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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1918-09-05, Page 7TEN. ACRES AND A LIVING She Was Young, Popular, and Had Been Reared h1 the City, Everybody Laughed 'When. She Decided to Farm�-'-�' But That Was Pour Years Ago. Whets she decided to be a farmer, quality, but it would frighten away a everybody laughed. She was young` oaro£ul buyer. Likewise, I do not popular, unusually fond of frocks an illustrate my egg sales tialica with a :fun, She had been roared in the city, She didn't Know a Jersey from a cam le dozen of odd sloes and shapes, Hereford, or a Wyandotte from a Ply It is needless to add that geode de - mouth Rock.livered to easterners must be o£ the "You'll be back immix months," her same quality and appearance as the 'friends said, samples, and that one must keep one'e Four %ears have passed. Mrs, promises to the dot. A little well- Charles S, ToP9er stud 15 "buried" In directed enterprise will land a cue the country. Moreover, she is sup- tomer, but only good service can bola hlying eggs, ehiekensri Money, and " ome -canned goods to those of her When the current wholesale price former assoicates who are willing to ,. pay, for quality, of honey was $8 a case, Mrs, Tupperse "farming," said Mrs. Tupper, "1s comb honey' has been in demand at the ideal voerdion for the woman who from 20 to E0 cents a pound. She feels'the modern desire for job and disposes of every pound to private the need of marriage and a h to do to home."` customers and to one grocery Stora "T never wanted a job so ans yes which caters to !limey" trade, She r apartment without anon when, I found' myself in a small oito sells eggs from her 400 Wyandottee keep mo busy. After Ind swept and at from 4 to 6 'cents more a dozen dusted and prepared meals for two, I than the country store is paying its had hours of time on my hands. The patrons who bring in eggs and "take corner bakeshop, the laundry, and them but in trade,' modern conveniences had thrust upon Mrs. Tupper figured that if a trade - me more -leisure than I could use. mark has'advertlsing pull for a menu - Mr•. Tupper 18 a young engineer featuring concern, it would help the whose work takes him to various parts farm business. She christened her of the ugly hn. In hiss ng u110•acres "Graecland Farm," and this felt strongly the Head of filling up- my idle hours in some interesting, useful name is stamped on everything that wa , leuves her 'place. She had cards '� didn't quite like the idea of printed bearing the name of the farm, spending all my spare time en cards, its telephone number, and its .pro - •calling, women's daubs, and social ducts, p Graceland Farm is also em- pleasures.- I --longed to be a real hasiaelletter on heads, partner to my husband and to share "prompt ateto correspondence in making the family income as well , as spending it. is an easy method of advertising a "We had a few thousand saved for farm business," she suggested. A a home, and were trying to decide typewritten letter on letterhead sta- where to build. One day jt flashed tianery, mailed promptly, creates a upon Hie: 'Why invest in city pro- pleasant impression on the man who party? a ' not a little farm. Then has written to inquire the price of a we'll have a home; I 11 have a job, and •can make our livings" setting of eggs or a trio of chickens. The idea materialized into a modern - "Suppose I delayed a week and 'bungalow on a 1.0 -acre farm in On- wrote the reply with pen and ink, or, •tario, an hour's drive from a small worse, with a pencil onaruled tablet •city. Mr. Tupper's salary furnished paper? I'd stand a good chance of working capital for the enterprise and losing a customer, wouldn't I? If I Mrs. Tupper has found congenial andchia vegetable gar- didn't miss an order outright, I Poultry, bees, work as farmer,ief. should certainly leave a suggestion of den are Mrs. Tupper's specialties. inefficiency and carelessness' which Her side lines are a pig and a regis= could only be charged to the debit tered Jersey eow. She looks after side of the business." the poultry, works in garden and She has found that a $60 type - apiary, and milks the cow herself. She employs very little help. writer and a letter file have helped "It wasn't difficult to get a start 1n greatly to create the good -will which learning to farm," Mrs. Tupper ex- ie as eseential to the farmer business plained. • "I visited farms and studied woman as to the woman who runs a the methods of farmers and their millinery shop or an insurance office. wives. I asked lots of questions. Mrs. Tupper has encouraged arlto- "I didn't have any' old fogyisnis to mobile trade. Her apiary is within unlearn, and I didn't acquire any. I sight of the road, and a "Bona,' for went straight to the agricultural col- Sale" sign brings many a cue -turner. lege and the provincial poultry ex- Many of her city patrons have the perimental station for instructions. habit of dher to theafarm and re - (y While I was living in the country sup- g ervising the building of the bungalow, I read and digested every bulletin I' could get. I'm. still studying bul- letins. I subacribe for several farm papers and .a bee journal. "Of course, 1 learned a great deal from the practical experience of the people a'libut me, but I checked up everything to the rules and directions - of government provincial agricultural experts, which may be had for the price of a postage stamp. I tried to take orders intelligently. I ignored old' rules for poultry and beekeeping." Mrs. Tupper"s chickens are hatch- ed in incubators, hovered in a coal - heated brooder house, fed according to experiment -station directions, and reared in poultry houses built from experiment -station designs. From the first they have been practically free from lice and disease. She gets winter eggs. Even in zero weather and fed present costly feed, her spring pullets -more than pay their way. "Bees responded as readily to pro- per treatment," she said. "My sec- ond season I harvested $265 worth of comb honey from twenty working swarms. And I was stung not a half-dozen times at that." Some of Mrs. Tupper's neighbors. were inclined to' joke at first at her appetite for bulletins, her belief in experts, and her rigid insistence on pure-bred stock and poultry. They admit now that her faith has been justified. d If Mrs. Tupper had trod in the well- worn neighborhood ruts, she would have marketed her produce by the country-store-commissiomanan-retail ' er-consumer route; but again she did not, From the first she planned to plug the leakage of farm profits in middlemen's commissions. W1 en she had anything to sell she put on a good-looking tailored suit, a becoming hat, smart shoes and gloves,. antl went to the city to talk to ultimate con- sumers, The consciousness of being dressed appropriately—not expensively or ornately—is a valuable aid to the farm saleswoman, Mrs. Tupper thinks. "If a salesman comes to me shab- 512 Raft,Ny�� ,d7.e wit 4„,x a pawl 4,1(Mextp,/molt tea tha yo4,1 pay civ, Ufa ZVt{2 oa�a a �, W '�LYiI,A '�1 n'� U �gSD • ifOqvx to alpozinediazi r aigwr 250 iI%r-`5° cis il And 664* merie v 1 , 7/20)14 eCOn/01129 .rn heat4ateolaction 5 e7ea gain oiXeit ft r� tiimay a w&'i trne tea,. T. H. Estabrooks Co. LIMITED St. John Toronto Winnipeg Calgary Cenadie,t Food Control L c.,nne N. 6-276 Hogs suffer more from heat than any other class of farm stock, If kept in open yards exposed to the sizzling 'rays of a hot sun they will do well 'to keep alive, even though they are cohsuming sufficient feed to make two pounds of pork a day. Sunshades mean comfort, and comfort brings economy in the use of feed, rapid gains in flesh and increased profits at the season's end, Hogs do not perspire. Other ani - mels are provided with pores to carry off excretions and remove the heat from the body, but not so with the hog. A few large pores on the legs provide the only means of carrying off excretions, while the thick layers of fat check the radiation of heat from the body. As a rule hogs are fed turning with a hamper laden with more heat -producing food than other farm animals and to the work of can - eggs, honey, butter, or canned stuff from the vegetable garden. The gar - %citing this feed into meat there is a great amount of heat which cannot escape. It is astonishing to. note how many farmers compel their hogs to lay in the sun and suffer during the summer days. If the herd has the run of an orchard or shaded' lot they will not den last summer' supplied material for more than 900 cans of vegetables. The neighbo-s smile at her zeal far fairs and poultry shows. "It isn't fun altogether: it's 'busi- ness," she tela: them. It was cold, disagreeable week, fer need artificial shade. However, if instance, to prepare an exhibit for the they are confineal in open lots sun - National Exhibition at Toronto last shades should be built to protect them. fall; but Mrs. Tupper felt repaid. She won first prize on pen, first and sec- ond on pullet, and fourth on cockerel. Then she exhibited at the County Pair with even 'better success. "These ' prizes will add to the value of every chicken I have, and to all my poultry products. They give me another advertising point," she said. • "The shows gave me a fine oppor- tunity to meet possible customers and to make friends :for my business. I was on the job for days. I met Scores of people and distributed hundreds of cards. I learned a lot, too, in talks with judges and experienced breed - A cheap and efficient shade can be erected in a few hours at practically no cost aside from labor. A few posts, some old boards or saplings and a straw or hay roof makes an ex- cellent shade and is preferable to one of boards, as the straw or hay roof is cooler than one of lumber. Plan the yards so that the sun- shades may he erected at the highest point so that the hogs will get the full benefit of every breeze. Losses from overheating can be guarded against only by providing a retreat for the animals during the heat of the day. If the days are extremely hot sprinkle the ground under the shades with wa- ers." ' ter. One barrel of water used to The Tupper bungalow is neat and sprinkle the ground under the shades attractive. In spite of her duties fn will help keep down the temperature the poultry house and apiary, Mrs • several degrees, during the 'heat of Tupper serves appetizing meals. Sha the day. finds time for church work and neighborhood calls, and gives every Thursday to the Red Cross. The housework is speeded up with such conveniences as hot and cold wa- ter in kitchen and bathroon, and steam heat. The kitchen is an efficient lit- tle workshop lined by cupboards and shelves. Mrs. Tupper can sit before her kitchen cabinet and prepare a meal without moving about for ingre- of fresh water before the fowls every clients and utensils. A service was day throughout the year. gon saves steps between kitchen and In winter usually once a day is suf- dining-room. fieient for fresh water, but during The floors of the bungalow are of warm weather twice a 'day is impera- hard wood. They are waxed a few tive and three times will be better. times each year, and a little work each The drinking reeeptables must be morning" with dust map and carpet kept clean. 'Wash them daily during sweeper keeps them In good order. The warm weather and two or three times washing is sent out. a week during cold weather, Disease "T rnnadn't' learn nn income from lalets in dirty water. In cold weather feed first and then attar wifb, tepid water, Early tched chicles should not have cold rater, it chills them and sometimes ey drop dead soon after drinkhtg. pid water, on the contrary, acts like. tonic. Clover is one of the most valuable eds, containing •shell forming ma- rinl, and should be a part of every tion. Hens feat clover will lay bet• e than those without it. Clover tt be chopped and mixed with meal d with mash. Clover is the cheap- t green food that can be grown for ultry. Clean out the houses thor ughly lee a year, four times is better. can the windows and every part of e house. Keep the floors clean as ten as necessary. Use tdbaeco Ms in all nests. Keep. the• setting ns out of thepoultry house. Broady ns are always lousy. The walls and perches, nests, floor8 Pew poultrymen realize 'the import- ance offresh water to fowls. It is not only required from the standpoint of health, but it is a ,big factor in egg production. Keep a liberal supply and ceiling can be sprayed with a 5 per cent. solution of cresol..' When this has dried spray with 1 part crude -carbolic acid or cresol and 3 parts ker- osene. Pill or flood every crack, crevice and smooth surface with the spray. After the whole house has been thoroughly cleaned, swept and washed a 6 per cent. solution of formic acid also makes ur good spray. Theso.aolutions must not touch the skin, and if they do wash it off at once. Be particularly careful not to get them in the eyes, which might cause loss of sight. It Will Never Die Out. G000 HEALTH QUESTION BOX Be Andrew P. Currier, Iu.D, Dr. Currier will answer all signed lettere pretaining to Health. 11 your euestlon 1s of general interest it will be answered through these columns; 11 sot, it will be answered personally 11! etatnpol, addressed envelope le on• elosed. Dr. Danger will not prescribe for individual cutoff or make diagnesia Addreee lir. Andrew P. Currier, caro of 'Wilson Publishing Co„ 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto, Blood Medicines, . noid food—beefeteulc, for instance. Blood medicines are evidently those But blood decomposes more quickly which are supposed to improve the than other animal tissues, and when quality of the blood --to "purify" it, you try to preserve it with alcohol as so' many people say who have no or other preservatiyes, you destroy very clear idea of what this statement some of its important constituents, or means. The largest portion of the make them unsuitable for digestion blood is water.. In addition, it con- tains the ed and white corpuscles, the blood cella; furthermore, it con- tains, in solution, various mineral salts, albuminoids, and fats. These various substances are de- rived from the food and distributed over the body for its upbuilding; if there is too much or too little of any of them, disease would be the result and the best way to remedy it would be to supply foods containing• the elements which are wanting. But the wastes of the body are also carried by the blood--ehiefly as car- bonic acid and urea—the first of which, is carried to the lunge for eli- mination, and the second to the kid- neys, The blood may, also contain substances which are foreign to it, like sugar, bile, disease -producing bacteria, and animal parasites. In dialbetes, sugar is circulating in the blood. In inflammation of the liver bile, filaria is one of the para- sites found in the 'blood; and there are many kinds of bacteria. A blood medicine is therefore, something which will have some sort of effect on these different substances direct- ly or indirectly, and the number of these is very small. Quine will kill the germ of malarial fever, and is, therefore, a true blood medicine. Mercury and arsenic will destroy the germ of syphilis—sometimes. Iron, in proper organic form, will be taken up by the red corpuscles when their number is too small, or when they are deficient in iron—as is the case in anemia. One very common form of patent medicine is preserved beef -blood, which when properly prepared, may be useful, just as anemic and tuber- cular people sometimes seem to be benefited by drinking freshly drawn If you and I had a farm as big as' blood at 0 slaughter house. This is might be covered by t'he.eh8ets of pa- equivalent to taking any other albumi- per that have been written over by men and women complaining that this world of ours 1.8 growing cold and sel- fish, we should' have more land than any of us ever will own, Let me say all I have to say in reply to this.. wicked charge against the men end the women of our day in just four words. " It is not so! A neighbor of ours had a nice young horse get sick .one day. I know of men with so much of human interest and love in their hearts that they went to the help of that neigh- bor, sat up with the poor suffering animal night after night for days and daaas. It was cold in the barn, but bhey did not mind ft. They gave the horse its medicine, rolled up in horse blankets, and wormed their way into the haymow'until it was time to. care for the animal again. Only a horse, but it was a living thing, with a heart! in it; and it belonged to a friend. No; love will never die out of the human heart. It may seem some- times as if men are too busy to be good and kind, but let anything hap-. pen to the humblest farmer in the community and the grass will be all tramped ,down about his door by those who come to do him a good turn,— E.L.V. For lubricating moving parts of machinery an inventor has patented a perforated bolt containing a wick to be soaked lin oil . Wool to be reknit should be raveled in a colander and set in the steam over a vessel of boiling water. Cover the colander and let steam until the Wool is straight. Dry in the air and then wind. rums Y fOLD.UPS ?CUT OUT- AND FOLD ON DOTTED LINES w%Ir Witr.ki4,006.1" 1 THE SUN ISt3RIGHT,THE WATER'S WARM !THINK A SWIM WILL DO NO HARM — --FOLD FORWARD 50 ONE FOR DR MONEY IIVO FORTIIE SHOW THREE TO GET READY,AND IN I CO and assimilation; hence, most, if not all, of the preparations made from blood, will not. do what they are ad- vertised to do, I do not say that such preparations may not be harmless; but that Is not what people are after, whenthey pay their good money for them. When you sec advertisements of sarsparilla compounds and sure cures, burdock and willow dock syrups, iron ,end prickly ash strengthening blood vital• iper, and mixtures containing mother - wort, dandelion, mandrake, poke root rumex and many other herbs, do not let your imagination cloud your judg• merit. These are all harmless sub- stances when of good quality ,but have very little influence on the body or the blood. When they are of poor quality, they are about ae useful as dried sticks. Many people will remember the sul- phur and molasses they"used to be compelled to take when children. If you want something which will stir up your blood and most of your other internal arrangements, try a few doses of this useful remedy rather than the blood medicines with fancy names with which the market is filled. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS J. L.-1—Am bow-legged and my position requires that I walk seven miles or so, a day. Is such walking desirable for a bow-legged person? 2—Is there any way of straighten- ing bow legs? Answer—1—If you can ac omplish your walking without pain or unneces- sary effort, I do not see why you may not continue to do so. 2—An operation is possible, but it consists in breaking the bones and de - shaping them. Of course this is very much more difficult in an adult than in a child, but it is sometimes done very successfully. "s ,faDaz When a cow gives bloody milk, get a separate sample of milk from each quarter of the udder to deter- mine if the blood comes from one or all. If it comes from all quarters, gen- eral congestion of the udder has caus- ed rupture of minute blood vessels in the glandular tissue, This is not uncommon just after calving and soon subsides. When it occurs in the udder of a cow that has been milking for several months, an injury or an attack of garget is the cause. Bleeding often comes from growths in a teat or teats which are irritated by the act of milking. Such ,growths sometimes can be removed by opera- tion. If that can not be done the secretion of milk should be dried off in the affected quarter. This also is the beat course in 8 case of chronic garget. Kindness and gentleness always ac- complish more than the app aaation of a milking stool or a number twelve shoe to the back 'or belly of a nervous or fractious cow that holds up her milk. A gentle, expert, scientific milker may possibly bring back the normal function, but it is certain that brutality will have the opposite effect. The habit which calves have of suck- ing each other's ears or udders is a bad one and .should be stopped as quickly as possible. The sucking of the udder stimulates an unnatural secretion of milk; when that starts and sucking then is prevented, sub- acute and usually unnoticed garget results. Where that has happened the adder_will be almost certain to go wrong when the heifer has her first calf, and we regard this as one of the very common, but least understood, causes of mammitis (garget). Some Low -Priced Meats Certain parts of the butchered car- casses which provide us with meat are comparatively • low in price. These parts have net been generally popular in this country, although they are in great demand in Europe and also in the United States. Beef hearts, livers, tripe, ox tails, sheep's heads, calves' heads, pigs' feet and many other parts of the carcasses might well be used more freely in Canada than they are, thus relieving the pea- sure of the demand upon roasts, steaks and other higher priced cuts. Any good recipe book will tell you how to cook these cheaper meats and make of them delicious, tempting dishes. An expert 'stockman says that no- thing speaks go well for a farm as n well-mannered, well-groomed horse shown at a fair, even if the animal does not bring home a blue ribbon. Draft horses are shown at halter except in case of draft teams. Rope halters aro' all right to use. Draft stallions should be shown with heavy bridles. teases should be taught to stand and to lead before they are placed in the ring. Good condition and good manners in the show ring will not be of much value unless the horses are well groomed. Use the comb and fibre - brush followed ie by the ahairijirush every clay, o novo dot, damp - ailed sawdust should be rubbed into the hair and brusheit out with 0,sti bristled brush. !she mane and tall should be combed daily. Tangled pi1i'ts elrupla l5eventfulitlj the liners, sikldl; the coni l Is likely o pullout the hair, The appearance of the animal is 'improved by singeing the long hairs about the jaws and ears wth as lighted candle. The Chaoice' of all Ranks Shaving under trench difficulties at the front will quick- ly convince ` him" that the. AutoStrop is the only practical razor. It is the only razor that sharpens its own blades and consequently is al- ways ready for instant service. Anticipate your boy's request by including an Auto - Strop in your next overseas package. Price '$5.00 At loading dore, overtmhoro AutoSStrop Safety Razor Co., Limited • 83.82 Duke St. Tema*, Ont .,_ BETTY BASCOM'S PREPAREDNESS Aunt Lucy stopped hesitatingly at Katherine's door. It was a perfect afternoon, full of wonderful etinemee beauty, but Katherine's back was to it all. The table before her was strewn with notebooks and paper., "I don't suppose," Aunt Lucy eaid egoing "you feel like dawn to the mothers' meeting a little while? Some of those Polish women are in teresting, and you know you're going to do social work— Katherine looked round. She tried tospeak pleasantly, but her vette ex- pressed sorely tried patience, "I'm sorry, Aunt Lucy, but I mast get this work done,, You know a told you that T would have to work 1 I came up this summer." "Yes, T know," Aunt Lucy acknowl- edged, "only it seems as if on such s day and all—and they sort of need brightening up—" Her voice trailed away into silence. There was po response; Katherine had again bent over the notebooks. With a little sigh Aunt Luey tiptoed softly down the stairs. Down on the piazza that evening Katherine leaned her tired head against the railing and frowned. It has been a hard day. There was so,much to read and study, and yet one had to be thoroughly prepared these days. A social worker, to be valuable, had to know facts and un- derstand conditions and causes. By and by, with all her preparation, she would be ready for real work—not just a handful of Polish women. Uncle Henry's voice broke into her thought. She had scarcely been aware of Uncle Henry as he pottered round the flowers. "That snapdragon," Uncle Henry, d"aclared, coming up with a blossom in his hand, "ahvays reminds me of Hetty Bascom. Looks like her, some- how. Did I ever tell you about her? Well, sir, Hetty Bascom was the pre- paringest person we've ever had hi South Greenfield. Made up her mind, back in school days, she was goin' to be a writer, and began to get ready. She used to criticize a story a something great, I tell you: When Hetty got through there wasn't much left of it, and if you'd enjoyed it you felt sort of ashamed and as if you wa'n"t proclaiming it 'to the world. Well, we all waited for Hetty to write, a story that was a story—one that would set the style, as it were.. But she didn't do it. She read shoals' of 'enc, but ahvays, when we asked her, she said she was preparin'. She kept on preparin' to the end of her life and never got a line in print. And would you believe it, there was little, round- faced Rebecca Cutts that just jumped in and did it? She allowed the hest preparation was to t'ry, and try, and try again, and keep on tryin'." Katherine shot a quick glance at. Uncle Henry. „Had Aunt Lucy told him? But Uncle Henry was innocent- ly smiling at the snapdragon that re- minded him of Hetty Bascom. The Value of Lime. Lime not only corrects soil acidity, bhus making it possible to grow nitro- gen,gathering crops, but it makes it possible for farmers to derive maxi- mum benefits from the use of farm. manures and purchased fertilizers. One of the cost striking eeenomie wastesain Canadian farming to -day re- aultsfrom the purchase and Ilse of commercial plant foods before the chemical and biological conditions have been improved by the use of lime. Lime not only renders the soil mare hospitable u for nitrogen -gathering crops but it liberates chemical ele- ments in the sail which otherwise would be unavailable for crop growth. This is a point that Ontario farmers cannot afford to overlook in these days of potash scarcity. Even on Much land many truck growers are finding it necessary to resort to the use of lime as a means of liberating the potash necessary to make the use of other elements of plant food pro- fitable. On heavy clay soils lime has a tendency to separate the praetl- Iles and make the soil more retentive of moisture. On the other hand, loose, sandy soils may be improved by the use of line, because in this case" the lime renders them more compact and retentive of moisture. Test Por Sour Soil. Is your soil sour? Does it need lime badly? Test it yourself, as fol- lows: Work a sample of soil into a stiff mud ball about the size of an egg. Brea]: this into halves and put a strip of blue litmus paper (you can; get it at the., drug store) between. Put the halves of the mud ball to- gether, pressing them firmly against the paper, and let it remain for five minutes. Then examine to see if there has been any change in the color of the paper. If the soil Is sour, the paper where it was in contact with the mud should be distinctly pink ill' color, If it is spotted pink and bilge or purplish in color, either the P• oji is not very sour pr there sy>,lg •"the Ron�tinct between p'apCr and the mud. If the paper remained blue the soil is not sour enough to be very detrimental to crops. The soil of a Raid le seldom alike all over, an0 When making a soil test care shout be taken to get soil front several places and mix it together; or enough separate tests should be made frosn different parts of the field to deter` mile whether any ot; it i3O'pbui ,