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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1934-07-19, Page 3THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1934 THE SEAFORTH NEWS PACE THREE * * * * * * * * * * *' * NEWS AND INFORMATION * * FOR THE BUSY FARMER * * (Furnished by Ontario Depart- * ment of Agriculture.) * * * * * * * * * * * Acute indigestion in horses is the result of one or .other the following causes: Sudden exercise after feed- ing; overfeeding; change of food; new hay or oats; feeding close-tex- lured foods, such as meal when not Properly bulled with cut hay. Ventilated Trap -Nests Open trap -nests are being advocat- ed in some quarters for summer use, The sides are constructed of laths or other similar material, admitting cool air freely, and these are covered with wire screening to keep out other hens, mice and other nuisances, The usual trap-door is situated at the front and the top is boarded over, but three sides are -ventilated. Intercropping the Orchard The central space between trees in orchards utilized for crops should be treated under •the cover crop system. Hoed crops like potatoes, straw- berries, etc., are to be preferred to crops of grain or grass. Instances have been recorded where tall grow- ing inter -crops, such as corn, when limited too close to the trees, have prevented the hark from properly ripening or hardening, with the result. that a large number of trees were 'tilled by sun -scald the following ranter, Precooling Fruit The recent transportation of early strawberries over long distances has celled attention to the benefits of the Precooling system, Precooling , as the term is commonly .used, denotes the removal of field heat from fruit after harvesting and before it fe sitfp- ped to market. Unfortunately, with strawberries as with other fruit, there is ,till the practice of picking and hipping fruit that ie not fully mature, deterlc'r:ltinit IS 1 t as ap- p:,:•ent as in mature fruit. Fruit ie ntrorre when it has reached that ..age when the normal process of ripening will continue after the fruit picked and enable itto develop it'd, flavor. It i3 to enable ;he producer and shipper to co-operate in placing n::,tors, Weil -colored, fui• tlavare.] fruit within leach - the consumer, that p.eeeoling of fruit by tannin i- rec irmacnded. Potato Beetle Poison The best 1 d rhes pe -t ;' ison to use for the control ci the potato Leetle is calcium arsenate at the rate 1'; to 2 .rounds in 4n gallon, of T rdeaux mixture (copper sulphate -'«,. :b;,, lime 4 lbs,. water 4n ga:lnns). 11 the poison is ueed aline in water. add vas. to three pounds of hydrated 'ince to each 40 gallon,, Should ar- sen:ete rf lead or Paris erten be pre - !erred as a p ..r,n, two to thrtc pcands of the arsenate or half to one pound of Pais ereen may be stub stiteted, to he used in ettc11 40 gallon barrelof spray. • Gardeners' Insect Friends A:: =mien insects are not injaricus. In fact mem: of them are beneficial, rcntiunaliy doing good by destrrying thosespecies which are '.n:rnan:. Feren.ost an, -ng the is rets that .elp the gardener are the different kinds of ladybird beetles, Both in their larval and adult stages, they feed almost •ex- elusively upon plant lice and scale •insects. t1'nother kind of beetle, the fiery grouand'bettle, is a particularly u$eful insect. This beetle and its vor- acious; grub, Which i$ called the cut worm lion, destroy enormous cumb- ers of cut worm's, The • beetle is brownish -black, with the tying -cases spotted with coppery red—hence its ft'a.nve. T'he' large harpalus beetle, which is very common, destroys -cut' worms- The different kinds of lace- wing, and other two and four winged parasitic flies are also friends of the gardener. • Weekly Crop Report Re -ports from district agricultural representatives have taken on- a more optimistic tone in the past twb weeks, From Bruce comes the report that spring crops have a wonderful -color and give promise of a real good crop, Dufferin reports grain• fields very promising and a considerable acreage of annual flays and corn planted to supplement roughage requirements. Halton -states that field crops have as- sunhed an entirely* different aspect and that the district is headed for the first crop of alfalfa seed in a number of years, in North Simcoe spring - sown crops are looking exceptionally well, there having been a plentiful Supply of rain fur three weeks, Wat- erloo, nn •the other hand, reports crop prospects •the poorest in years, tvtth livestock in pour condition cite to very short pastures. Crops are look- ing real well in Wellingtoft county, The small number of potato bugs is a matter of continent'among potato growers there, the general opinion being that the severe winter killed many of then, llelaw-average crops are reported front Brant, I-laldimand, -Middlesex and Laanhton,. although recent rainfall has improved prospects, Fail whsat wail he a light crop in 'Ox'ford while the bay crop is about one-third off, Better crops of alfalfa and clover ,.inn -anticipated are reported iron Wentworth, dint orchards have not shown nisch comeback from their backward appearance earlier. in the spring. Spring craps in Ontario c•rntl- ty give every appearance of a splen-- of yield, both. of straw and .rain, In Prince Edward spring. grain locks very Promising, while fair yields of early peas are reported and early pe,- tatnes look-exeeptionaay good. Win- ter injury in orchards there is m,n'e serious than anticipated, the varieties Most affected being Stark, Ben Davis, Cra•tberry, Pippin and Northern Spy. In Dundas county, Eastern 'On- tario, corn, grain and ,potatoes are drains well and hay .has also improved somewhat, while in Glengarry all spring grains hie making wenderttt. growth and have showed a decided improvement. In Northern Ontario, frequent rains have made the crop c atl sok decidedly brighter. Ontario Salad Week With the endorsement of the On- ::tri . Department of Agriculture, the, week of lune 25-3t) has heett design -I ,;ted Ontario Salad Week.. Through- out the Province, retailers and whole- eilers of the fruit and grocery trades rove c --operating with the Ontario fresh vegetables for salads, !Generally, by the end of Jttne, a glut of produce on the market makes it difficult for the grower to get his goods into consumption. it is felt that by advertising to the Ontario house -wife during Salad Week the econdmic and ,health advantages of home-grown salad products, a huge volume of fresh vegetables can be disposed of, to the benefit of producer and consumer alike. During Salad Week, crops of naiad vegetables in Ontario will be at the peak of abundance. There will be plentiful supplies of outdoor lettttre. Home-grown new cabbage will be available in big volume. Cauliflower, beets, carrots, radish, green onions, 'tot -house tomatoes and cucumbers and other salad favourites, will be pouring in from Ontario's rich garden lands,. -Dietitians and cookery editors have assured their co-operation. The De- partment, through its radio broad- casts, will feature new and attractive salad menu suggestions each day during Salad Week. Retailers will make big window displays of locally- raised vegetables and display posters hearing the slogans: "Serve a Salad Every Day," and "Ontario Fanai Products are Freshest and Best." A Commendable Plan Yt praiseworthy experiment is be- ing carried out this year ^ar at a small sehoel in Elgin 'County where the teacher has inaugurated a plan where- by the pupils will puttheir lessons in farm practices to the test. Each pupil is growing a certain experi- mental crop on his or her home faring a the products being varied to provide a wide range for •field study. Some of the pupils are testing varieties of Sint and dent corn for husking; others are cultivating hay and ensilage crops, while the remainder re experiment- ing in soybeans for sed and fodder, table or sweet corn, nangels, miser beets, field carrots an turnips. Each test plot is two rods in length and one rod in width. Seed wasobcdred free of 'st, from the O.A.C. in con- dtertirnn with the cxl rimental work crnuluctod by that institution. It is likely that this plan will be recotti- naended for general adoption in the v 1 a c t d 1 e t t SMYRNA The city of Smyrna k ;ituac.'1 on the western coast of Asia \lino., opposite the island of Chios:nd the Christian ceinm.unity there form- ed one of the seven churches ad,iress- ed in the book of Revelatiuu. Concerning the founding of Chris - flank)," there we possess ns definite information, but since Smyrna lay within the Roman Province ei Asia tRev. 1:17), and "e know that, dnr- ing Pauls sojourn at Epheses his message spread far and wide thrott,lt- out that territ,,ry t.\cts 19:1')). it may be inferred that teh Gospel sprea,i to Smyrna then, if it 'tad nc 1 reviled iled there previously. The references in Revels ian make plain the apparent poverty. but ria. spiritual riches, of the church :et Smyrna t2:(!), while the ge,ud work, effected it its members, and the trib- ulation they underwent. -'s'' won praise, with the promise of a "er-,011 of life" as a reward for crrtinnance in their steadfastness (2:10). Gnawers' ifarkets Council to promote It \vas at Smyrna that Pelycaep ,he consumption of Ontario -grown was martyred about 155 A.D. ALGON'GUI'N PARK. Those who have visited Algonquin Park, Ontaris, return with a treasure hanse of memories, for in their minds are pictured its clear water lakes, its islands, and its streams which wind untroubled through the forest or tumble down rocky rapids. There are deer and. -ether animals of the wilt' living •a free •and protected 'life, bea- ver darts, pleasant. canoe trips, e11 - chanting camp sites, thrilling epi- sodes with rod and litre, to think about after holidaying in this reserve in the heart •:'f the province, There is accom t -'dathen for those who would eschew :he life tinder canvas but it is in keeping with a• wilderness where no m-o:pr horns disttti•b, the: quiet; no firearms, only the dick of cameras, startle ttild :die to action. There aretilll to he found in 'sec- tions fine stands the " far -farmed White Pine, the ' i' ing of the Sci-it woods' of. eastern America. Ifuleed this .area or.:ains quite a wide varies ty of treespecies, both evergreen and. dechition., This rich arborescent flora CC,rtnpleteS the scenic beauty of the park in all seasons of the year. .- :1. new :ttnp coveriag a large .part of Algonquin -Park has jtist been pub- lished b.y. the Topographical and :air' Surrey Bureau of the Departnhcut „f the Interior, Ottawa. and May. be ob- tained for a meninah stint, This. -map has been prepared front vertical aiv photographs, the necessary control' for plotting them being supplied by', the Ontario Department ofSurveys, The Park has ant area of nearly 3,00 •:quare miles, is 7tt miles from east to west and 54 utile., from !wren to south. It fs note nnlch larger than the original arca appropriates. in 1,s93 and "re-ervel and se: -apart as a pub- lic park and forest reservation, fish and game ',reserve, health and p'leas- stire 4T011:11, :or tlu henetit, advant- age. argil cnjey-utent of the people," its altitude caries from oti0 to 2,1)9;1 feet, and in these healthful s tirr•ttlnchng. bay Lever is unknown. Two line; of rci:aay traverse tea Park. one cross - 'Mg the :'tc t. ,,art. and the other the 51 .t.c:ri-esuon. There are tttttn- c: ns 1.inttinw places for :..ae-, and a land aerodrome on the Tr;:--,' ..... ,d:, t'r route .s ',eine t . ,:ra: oc: • :ane travel is pro .. The Pets nu .l Madawaska riv- ers -• the arc.,, '.dnkdn,g up a num- her , .aces 'f filch contribute natural ra.ze F. r tie maintenance ,.f flow :o the water ttcr're. Furca or' both rivers, par- tirr' ,r'y •' owe :yin; I'eyonl the bouit of .'1e Park.a '1.'1,r gra . ter 1.50:1 lakes -gin the Perk. -one tellieh seed their wear ere ti - ere 'ty hesok sod stream to the 1'er:,- ttaare, Vt.:aatta,:at and .\ntahlc dtt Fent rters where they evcntaully retch the Ottawa ril'e's Others send their staters loon :he Oxtongue river through ,at \litss,lsa re ion to t;enr- .tan 'nay` 10 these waters titt'ottgh- out. the Park are' o tto' fish of varied edit. , i•, ,;k tt ..t thrive its cold, ;unpo:l ue : waters. •.,nd wonderful -port ,.:n be '3.1.1 with the grey lake Or .'ill-... .rout and black bass o1 Gte s•na:l-n:- ,.,'r,a1 variety. No hunting is per:state , .t 1:le Park en:' fishing only ander rens', s conservation measure tl.:ca :.. ' 011S arts sport in large ert.os immediately ,atside the it e ,.:fries . reserve. tc .. Cracbe lake unt Ch ek Book • We Fire Selling Quality Books Books are Well Made, Carbon is Clean and Copies Readily. Al] styles, Carbon Leaf and Black Back. Prices as Low as You Can Get Anywhere. Get our Quotation on Your Next Order. • The Seaforth News SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, to Cedar lake through a .score of at- tractive lakes is but one of the many charming cruises opehtto the canoe- ist. Experienced guides are available, and complete supervision of the Park by a superintendent and staff of rangers with areopland equipment brakes it one of the most modern yet pietu,ros'gt e pl'ayground's of the prov- ince, thor forty years the Par ikh'as lived up to its designation as a pleasure ground. and thousands have fished its lakes, followed its. oattoe trails, camp- ed, ,bathed, and rested within its bor- ders. Each year that p'asse's adds to its attractiveness, and Algonquin may well Look forward with assurance to its future, giving health and pleasure to .al'1 who eater its portals in search of Nature's gifts. FRESH SWEET CORN HAS ITS DAY (6y Barbara •13Brooks) The season is approaching when fresh, sweet corn will 'be on the mar- ket. This is important news because corn is one of the few vegetables that still his its season. Nearly every- thing else can be found in the mar- kets at some price the year artittucl. 11'owever, corn is neither fresh m?r sweet after it has 'been picked for Manny 'hours, and most of the crop _tri sold a$ it ripens near the place when - it is groan, or it is canned or dried for out -Of -c casott tt.;e, \\'hen we bite into the first ,juicy corn of the season, we decide then and there to hate 0 every day. '\\'e feel that the could never tire ,1 coon. Perhaps, we really 4.1 not tire of it. The fact emains, however, that after the lirct week or so of the corn sea- son tvc begin to think of ways of eerviftg it that are different. ti.uecotash and corn, fritters with maple syrup ,ir honey are time-hon- ored whys u1 using corn chit Irom the colt. :Many cooks has, discovered that cooked corn left -aver or freshly cut from the cob is delicious if .heated in creat and seasoned with salt, pep- per and, a little htitter if the cream is net tau rielt, \\'ell -seasoned corn stuffing is goad in tomatoes .,r pep- ers. Corn has its place in cream or l',0;01able -:,ups, 1 t adds a certain something to muffins. hi:senile, griddh cakes anis wafflers. In fast, ii y,at ail: list your favorite recipes for tttcat and vegetable dishes, n'e soups and for quick breads, natty suggestions_ for using encu will occur to you. \Vheft you wish to feature corn 111 the mem: atu.l want something different, the ,,Co,vin4 recipes will help you. Corn Stuffed Peppers 11 green sweet peppers, 5 trips. te•- utato eatsup: 2 cups w!tolc kernel eeoked cora: 2 Visite. sugar 2 tsps. onion salt: '; cup thin white sauce; butter; corn flake crfnubs; er.ctc•d cheese. Cut off tops and rentt'v' seeds of pepper,, Put peppers and top slice in cold wtttcr and bring to boil, hafting tine minutes. ('nt cooked tops of pep- pers into .mal: pieces and add to cora. .\dd cat -up, snaar and onie,n salt and pack into the parboiled pep- per cases. Put lump of butter on top of each and corer tops with corn flak, crumbs and ,gaited corer. dlakc- h,,t oven14'25 leg. F.,) until brown on t n;i, Spanish Corn. 1 th.p, butter: 1 tsp. .,'t; 1. la' great 'peaoer. minced: tsp. black t cpper; 2 ceps cooked corn; 1 ntcd- itnn onion chopped; :_I. caps toma- toes; S whole wheat biscuits, Melt ;butter in frying pan and sante Pepper and onion 'until tender bet not brown. Add other ingredients (ex- cept whole wheat biscuit,) and sim- mer until juice has partly condensed. Split, heat and ,bitter teh whole wheat biscuits, place a generous amount of the corn mixture on top and serve. Yield:.S servings. Scalloped Corn and 1O1ives 1,7 cups celery ,(diced); 2 cups cook - cel cora; % cup rice olives (minced); 1 tsp. salt; '/A tsp. PePPer; 1 cup corn flakes; 5 tbsp's. 'butter. Cook celery in boiling, salted water until tender, but not soft. (Place in a battered casserole alternate layers of corn, celery and minced olives. Add seasonings of ,nati'lk. Top with corn flakes and dot with butter. Bake in a moderate oven ;(3175 deg. F.) thirty urinates. Toasted 'Corn !Sandwiches ?" cup soft shanp cheese; '1 tbsp. milk 1 egg (beaten); % tsp. salt; t.$ tsp. baking powder; i5 clip grated raw corn; muttered 'toasted, strips of t'r bacons st, Mix cheese, milk, beaten egg, :sea- sonings and baking powder into a S11100 paste, Add the 'corn and spread mixture eta shoes of toasted bread. Time strip 4 baron on top and putt un'de'r broiler until it le coantes 'brawaed and puffed up. Serve immediately. IDistem-per responds quickly to Douglas' Egyptian Liniment. Keep a -bottle handy in the stable, Send us the names of your visitors, DIAMONDS. To +begin with, the Transvaal isas precious stone country; diamcradx: country, t10 'be excel. In FdansdsEtsst-. tein in the Transvaal loot tong ager. a 'prbspeotor st'u'bbed up two, yellow pebbles in loose lallulviall ,stones and in a space evf an hour or, someone -bade offered 'him 0715,044 'for them, ,vult::-1:i he declined, !And what happens fur •tan.-. Transvaal stirs people's imagina- tions irresistibly in every other coun- try on ttte face of the globe. The blue' clay ground o ftiie Trars s'asi ,has, been yielding facts as well as fables ever since 111515. The story goes that M that year .a child of Dan- iel Jacobs, a Boer farmer, cotiected sotne .pebbles to 'play with one dare that, among them, ,one was brlgha and shining; that'a traveler, by -cache O'Reilly,. noticed. the glint, separated it from the others when the cbiki'ham tired of praying with th'eni, dart-ieL i't to Grahamstown and learned than it was a diamond .crystal, weighing 21 .3-1116 Carats. And the diamond STS:0ss oohs un, It ryas 1905, when a fabtr:cnrsN .stone later calved the Cullinar. uvae found, le weighed '3132454 carats, was alma four inches long and as hies as a Heat's ftst. The stone s'ltowes iis'sa' fractures; an internal .strain coals!. hate caused them; ntrt one could teit what size or shape they would ter;' crystallographers said they might never turn up. And 'then, in 1934. the pr.:specter found two new yefirntr. pebbles. Diamonds in the rorsgiti:. Otte weighed 500 carats, The 'rather - 7,210 carats. 'Hove to tell 'that the-, were the missing parts of the %ri- linan? They were found three rca ee, from where the Cullinau was Motu,>:;.i :How, if they were the missing pants,, . were they found three miles cvr ± -A river bed might 'have carried their slowly-. At any rate, wham t::7.010 utiles, .compared to ,the neifiaro, years that have passed since the Cu?= linen was formed ? A nhereimpercep,.. tfble dot on the map of time.. 'Front ancient times precious stones* have been the silent and inseparsii;e The history- of precious sante iaats like a ,gleaming thread througlS the, lives and histories of famous, - 'rate. aurl women of the age;, 'Pliny- Elder, Pliny Elder, 'and Theophrastus 'wrote the: first natural 'histories eon record. 'art$ in tient the ,allusions to gems x- use hill„Tical and rnn,oltic more than they were ntinernlug:_.ii Ptit min eeatom- carte along ans, evolved into an exact eciencc. -sect presently'tad a subdivision, whiet ?,.. gemology.:\ml in the field. r,f ngy and its lures lies the the prospestot's temerity in refusing. 5375.000 for his yelltwish lump'= These days, in the diamond aree colored gent and pearl markets, Omen are string and exciting - tcr?es -3:' - t:nttsunl 'activity. The stock marker crash has dimmed into samethi=,r a* w'bieh people, by being ultra 'hardy?, can laugh a little now. "Tire csr:f z - inn i.1 the tittles, which began - '6-icis the crash of the steel( market. terugiti people something which is ter tt-- termting. Tt 'tattgimt them time a, two days, a week, whenever, aft'W e” stock and bonds grew• Intoe. .e . to resemble fine bits of engraving - than certificates ,for cash, that diamonds and other jewels --- _. course, diamonds, mostly worth precisely what they had i:eann when things were well and continue to he worth their full vaise.. That is very contorting knaw'Iccir: To 'have possession of a definite vaIn s which cataclysm cannot shake.. --T1- eetrewd people diamonds and *rascal other precious shutes hare take:: •it new significance, a new stability.. new soundness as investment." The new maid, under the directing of her mistress was washing 2, vadss- able cut -glass pitcher. Once it 511gpeS out of her hands, but fortunately Ell not smash. How it escaped war-vx,zen-- stery. But the second: time; it.: brake • into many pieces. "Dear Inc,"exclaimed the 3asfr.. "And that's twice yott dropped it five minetesi" "I know it, mum," said the rnaat'.. humbly, "but it didn't 'break the'fn.i».' tithe." A brat's-t:\'tlantic .sea-captaiin voue£t-- ed for this one: "`•Otte .trip," he said, "there was a . woman who bothered the officers'a ire to death about w'h'ales. Her clssse desire wars to 'see a whale. A dosser tinier a day she besotigist us to have._ her called if a whale hove in sig!lai. . "I said rather impatiently to,'nen- one afternoon 'But, madam, wiry are. yon so anxious about the whale ques- tion?' 'Captain,' siteanswered, i ranula tosee a whale b'hib'ber. It must: $vw very impressive to see such an enss.- taients croature Cry,' 'Requisite on the ':Farre.—;Every Kars tiler and stock :raiser should keep .it supply of Dr, Thomas' Eclectic Oic on •hand, not only as a ready rented'. for i'l s in the family, :but because: ;t 0 a horse and cattle m'edicine. great potency. As a substitute rik sweet oi-I for horses and catt'Ie affevnt by eo'ilc it far surpasses aluyt'hfngettaa clan be administered.