HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1927-01-06, Page 7THE WOOL INDUSTRY .L OF CANADAPrecautions Against Fire
,l in Winter.
React murk, learn, and thoroughly
Broady progress continues to be •r;85,000 Ilse(420,000) Britis.'.t CO':uni digest is good advice regarding an
made in the Canadian wool industry, bin, 210,000 1+bs, (161,000) ; IYlanitoba,
artiele in the last number of Season
Accordine to the estimate of the Can -11'85,°°0 lbs. (160,000) ; Quebe(Y, 1°12,, able Hints, +a periodical issued three
1009 lbs. (93,000); Nova Scotia, 67,- times a year by the Dept. of Agri-
adian Ce -operative Wool Growers , 0011 labs.(85,000) ; Prince g&iwa`1d Cu:ti ro at Ottawa. The Pinion
Ltd:, the Drirriieion wool clip of the land, . 30,000 lbs, (40;000) New Animal Husbandman, es. B, Rothwell,
past season has been about 11,000,000 Brunswick, 19,000 lbs. (21,000). • dealt with thee subject oi' farm fires
pounds, as ooumpared with 10,000;000 The Eastern domestic woola, com- and dwenn ori+ precautions against loss
pounds in 1925, an increase of about ing from Ontario, Quebec, and the by fire during winter.,.' As Mr. Roth -
ten per cent This is only the wool lrlaritime Provinces have beets cliiite
.. � well suggests that although the mess-
as removed from the mature breeding up to the usual standard in the Mat- ,ace of conflagrations by lightning, by
sheep and does not include any iambs' ter of length, strength of staple, and
or pulled wool. According to the same cleanliness. The Western domestic
authority the wool has, for the main wools, as coming from the- farm see•
part been removed in good conditions tions, are considered the best ever pro
and there is ever* indication that luted there. With 'regard to the range
gradually a superior product is coin= wool of Southern Alberta and Seeth-
ing from the producers of wool .in 'this ern Saskatchewan, it is stated that
country. It is now onlytheoeeasional the fleeces are easily from one to one
dip whieh reaches the 'market in any and a half pounds heavier than the
way"unsuitable for sale in direct coin.- general average of six years ago.
petition with the main grades from This is largely attributed to the wider
other countries: i use of fine wooled` Rambouillet rams
This is in marked contrast to the with the Western range flocks. Gen-
situation a few years :age when wool era:Ey speaking, the efforts of Govern -
produced in Canada was offered for .meets and livestock and wool growing
sale in such an unsatisfactory state organizations to promote the sheep
careessness "of tramps, and to some
extent by spontaneous combustion, is
removed, there is danger •in winter in
the very concentration of the work
and in the increase of the dark hours.
First comas the necessity of care in
the •use of the: stable lantern • which
should be kept clean, supplied with
the best grade• of oil, with well trim-
med' wicks, and above all when out
of 'hand should' be placed well away
from the ceiling, the walls, and any
inflammable material. Mr. Rothwell
truly says that aside from combustion
arising during the early stage of hay
be storage the best preventive methoda
that even Canadian manufacturers industry in Canada would' iieem to
be can ire described++in one word—order--
regarded
ord-order-regarded the domestic product with meeting with a gratifying success: liners. Avoid artificial heating in
indifference. In• considerable measure ONE TIAL' OF CLIP EXPORTED barns as much as possible: but when
the revolution is, due to the • lntroduc- i Approximately half of the wool clip absolutely necessary use the greatest.
tion of Government grading and the of Canada remains in the Dominion Dare in selection of the instrument
systematic marketing effected by the for manufacture and the remainder is used, in handling; in material and in
Canadian Co-operative ool Growers, exported. According to trade returns placing. Mr. Rothwell, urgently ad -
the producers' own organization. To- in the twelve months ended July, 1926, vises no smoking in farm buildings
day Canadian wool is not only-I;s'ed Canada exported 6,456,671 pounds of and suggests that cards should be
extensively in Canadian industry but raw wodl valued at $2,255,232, as placed in prorninent positions bearing
is going in ever greater, extent, to compared with 5,618,092 pounds worth the legend "No Smoking" er "Don't
foreign markets.
INCREASING PRODUCTION.
$2,426,156 in the previous correspond= Smoloe " • Special care with snatches
ing year, •and 5,935,835 pounds worth' and In dumping ashes is advised.
Figures of the Canadian Co -oyer- $1,986,134 in the year ended July, Close outhouses rigidly at night and
native_ Wool Growers for the present 1924. Of the 1926 total 6,416,562 keep e: good . dog as precautions
season are indicative, not only of in- pound's worth $2,238,990 went to the against .the'entranee of tramps. Keep
ereasing production but of a growing United States, as against 4,731,794 a good fire extinguisher and have re-
conviction on the part of producers, of pounds worth $1,966,899 in the pre-' gard to the water supply and to the
the .profit in consistently marketing vious year. The United Kingdom in handiness of the 'hose are -Mr. Roth -
the wool on a ,graded basis. Ever sincethe past year took only 47,868 pound's well's• concluding items of counsel.
1921 an increasing 'amount of the Do -;worth $6,622- as compared with 873,
minion wool clip has been coming for- 031 pounds wodth $463,399 in the pre=
ward on consignment to the growers' vious year.
own organization; for grading and That . there is. yery broad • appor-.
sai'e on the collective basis, and 1926. tunity in wool production in Canada 72 of. the Dept. of Agriculture at Ot-
h!as made the best showing to date. lis indicated in the figures of imports. tawa (Messrs. E. S. Hopkins and W. very marked and objectionable tene-
Approximately 3,750,000 pounds, it is In the twelve months end d July last C. Hopper of the Field Husbandry Di-,
estimated,. will be handled co -aper- -Canada imported 14,913;072 pounds of 'vision, Experimental Farms) do not meat character but the tendency of
ativel57 this year as against 3,270,000 raw Waal as against 13,8. , 6 recammen a a a hay an grain
pounds last.. year. All provinces, with
the exception of the Maritimes, have
registered increases.
Following are the wool consign-
ments to the Canadian Co-operative
Wool Growers in W26, with the fig-
ures for 1925 in brackets:—Alberta,
1 `00,000 lbs. (1550000) • Ontario ,t c e ds vithout regard to the posse faetorriy It might be use
760,000 lbs. (74+0;000) ; ask etc newan, bilities oexport.
Alfalfa' as a -Feed.
While the writers of Bulletin No.
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THIS SEMI-DETACHED HOME IS DIFFERENT
Many semi-detached homes p'osse'ss
27 68 pounds �d If • •if d this design is •to create she imp
in the previous year. Of the current alone as an ideal feed, for cows, they ofa private•residence instead of ac-
oentuating the fact. that it is not. The
years total 5,856,393 pounds camel point out that at certain experimental! cottage roof, for instance, and the well
from the United States and 5,228,012' stations in the United States alfalfa separated front entrances both oontni-
pounds' from the United Kingdoni.1 and concentrates have given as good huts to this effect.
This is a volume. greater than the en- results as when corn silage has been The small porches are also an in -
tire Dominion production and suggests fed in addition. They think that in resecting demarerches m the fail width
the need of expansion to meet domes- districts where alfa>+fa will grow satie- ,
i ire • z - d to ad verandah wliieh has become such a
common and deplorable feature of
houses of this type. They afford much
S k } bili f tage .to.repl'ace the hay.: (usually'red
clover, alsike and timothy) and pas- more privacy and do not obstruct the
A Rotation for Dairy Farmers.
A three-year rotation that Messrs.
E. ; r Hopkins .and W. C. Hopper, of
the ;Pla'A Husbandry Division of the
Dominion Experimental Faro's, re-
commend to dairy farmers who re-
quire m%.;h silage and possess onlya
small acreage of and, consists of
corn, grain : and clover hay used in
that order. This short rotation they
point out is admirably suited to main-
tain the fertility of the soil. The
clover crop coming once every three
years helps to maintain the nitrogen
,and organic matter supply of the soil.
The rotation., the authors also say, is
not suited to the average farmer be-
cause it contains a rather larger
acreage of corn and •a smaller acreage
of hay than is desired• and is only
applicable where it is thought advis-
able to feed the cattle indoors the
entire year or where other land is
available for pasture
they advise the .application of farm
manure for the benefit of the corn
Crop: Unless the l'an'd is too, rolling
it is customary to spread the manure
on the sod land during the winter and
to p+low, it under in the spring.
The foregoing, it should be stated,
is taken from Bulletin No. 72, publish-
ed -by the Dept. of Agriculture .at 'Ot-
tawa, consisting of 57 pages dealing
with crop rotations and soil manage-
ment in Eastern Canada and procur-
able without cost by applying to the
Publications Branch of the Depart-
ment.
A four-year .rotationdescribed' in
the bulletin adds pasture to the rota-
- tion, but otherwise only differs from
the three-year.' rotation in that the
hay trot) is allowed to standotwo years
instead of being plowed •after one crop
of hay i•,+as been secured, Then follow
descriptions of five and six-year rota-
tions, combination, double and other
rotations and a great deal of matter
on soil. and methods: of cultivations.
Why ' Cattle Should Be
Dehorned.
Experience has 'abundantly proven
that the man who offers horned com-
merciai+ cattle for sa.ie is acting
disadvantageously to his own inter-
ests. In this 'connection the Chief of
--the Dominion Live Stock market iii-
telligence division and the Dominion
Animal Husbandman of the Expert-
mental F+arnns, Messrs: P. Ji. Light
and G. B. Rothwell z espectively, in a
pari! ihiet numbered 15 that is being
reissued at Ottawa, and can be ob-
tained et no cost by -addressing the
Pu!lrlicatiens Branch • there, ca1C( upon
breeders and farmers generally to
"otter for higher market prises,"
Illustrations .showing benefits derived
by the Cattle themselves emphasize
the subject, but the reasoning employ-
ed more thee justify the wisdom of
deherni n.g.
Apart; from the material game
iahown by the pamphlet the fc !lowing
resp tztion unanimously adopted at e
coliaereaite of ,governmental '.ehiefe,
professors from agricultural colleges,
representatives of live •stock •associa- as a cropping practice. Unless the
tions, packers, railway men and the, land is well supplied with fertility in
Canadian Council of Agriculture, such a practice. the v weeps_ say the
should be sufficient to commend the yields of hay and pasture become so
small as to be unprofitable.
While pointing outthat on _ soil' to
which it is adapted, alfalfa not only
gives a much larger yield per acre
than other hay crops but also possess-
ture frequently employed with grain
1
practice and to ensure • its . general
adoption. "Experience bas proven,"
runs the resolution, "the great advan-
tage from. every standpoint of dehorn-
ine commercial cattle and this con-
ference is of the opinion that a great es' superior feeding quality, Messrs.
benefit would accrue to' the livestock Hopkins and Hopper: wish: it to be
industry if all commercial cattle were remembered that alfalfa pasture has
dehorned." The resolution then goes a tendency to bloat ruminant .animals,
en to appeal for the support of alland that, consequent,,, considerable
interested and the encouragement of care should be exercised in placing
By Walter Stuart •Pavey, Architect
living roam light.
The dimensions are 42 ft. x 28 ft.
Hollow -tile backing and brick are sug-
gested for the first floor wails with
hollow •ttie and white stucco above.
This permits the interior plaster to be
applied direct to the tile or it may be
furred and strapped, and then lathed
and plastered in the usual way.
Good quality eedar shingles should
be used on the roof. A very striking
and attractive effect can beobtained
by having the shingles dipped in
several shades of brown and some red
but remember also that the suocess of
such a treatment depends on random
variegation and :should never suggest
having been studied..
The well proportioned ,oasement win-
dows, with stationary shutters and
R3ndow boxes painted a bright green,
are not only pleasing from a strictly
detail viewpoint but blend in perfect 1
harmony with the enoemble. It may
seem rather "de trap" to mention that 1
the window sills are el brick with the!
brick laid on edge, but if .the effect be 1
good—surely the cause is important.
The floor pians• show that the house
at the right is slightly larger than the
other. It is not noticeable from thl
perspective, which is absolutely sym,
metrical in every respect, but you will
notice in the plans that the dividing
partition wall is nearer the windows
at the Deft. However, the layout of
each house provides the same aocom•
modation and convenienoe as regards
the number and position of the rooms.
Readers desiring further informa-
tion regarding the plans and specidi-
oations far this house should Communi-
cate
ommunicate with the architect direct. Ad-
dress, Walter Stuart Pavey, 880 Rich-
mond St., London, -Ont.
-Acca..o '.n4-
dehorni : of commercial .cattle be them on..the pasture. They add that
Ing the month of October. - tion to the alfa -fa some nixed clover SHE PRETTIEST ROOM I
THE HOUSE
tween..lVtarch 15 and April 15 or dur- it might be advisable to have in adds -1 ,.
The pamphlet proves that not only and timothy pasture, both from the
are better prices Obtained ' for de standpoint of the avoidance of bloat-
horned cattle, but that 'serious losses ing when the`alfalfa was wet and as
are avoided, that the cattle feed bet- a protection against winter -killing,
ter, making greater gains, ere in more
Peas for Grain and Fodder.
The growing of peas has dropped to
as saying: "No single step or opera- -a ow place on many Canadian farms.
tion in the handling of cattle yields With a view to securing mare pro -
bigger returns in money than the
single ,act of dehorning."
demand, are in greater comfort them-
selves 'end are easier to handle. An
extra large' commission firm is quoted
ductive varieties, the Experimental
Farms have been crossing some of the
sorts that, were largely grown years
ago. More than thirty years -ago :a
Skim Milk for Laying Hens.variety of exceptional merit was pro-
duced from a cross between Munnmy
A four-year test at the Nappan, N. and Black-eyed Marrowfat. A pure
S.Experimental Farmshows that line selection of this, crossbred var-
skim milk has a very high feeding iety was given the designation of
Value for' laying hens. The experi- Mackay Ottawa Number 25. In conn-
merit was conducted in order to deter- parative trial plots on practically all
mine the relative value of beef scrap of the Branch Farms as welt as at
and skim nn'lk :as a source of animal. Ottawa, .for several years, ties sort
yields both lar a produced roof
protein for poultry. The hens used in has p ` g
the' test were divided into ::twee pens .grain and straw. Thepeas are creamy
and fed a regular grain mixture and in color but rather darker than most
dry mash. One pon was given beef sorts and carry the black eye of the
scrap in addition and the other skim old Marrowfat. This variety yields
weend straw making
milk.. Bath pens received all the i both of grain
'water they could take. Taking the it an exeeilmit fodder crop when sown
average of four` years the profit per with such varieties of oats as Banner
bird ever feed cost was $1.67 for the or O.A.C.. No, 72, which take about the
skim -milk pen and 1.13 for the pen same number of days to ripen, This
receiving beef scrap., The liens re- inixture is giving excellent results in
ceiving skian milk laid considerably, the form of hay for feeding to dairy
more eggs and cost slightly less for cows and other stock. The Dominion
feed than did the others. Cerealist announces in his report for
1925, available -at the' Publinations
Branch., Ottawa, that a large number
e grtcu! tura, e reser a-
tive Says—en their own farms.
What to do on,a rainy day?
Always steep a list of the things Our 1'�ona-F'reezin�'rump.
that can be done in the shop er barn. - We have a pump in our horse lot
IIow many of yc-n' tcol's are under that was frozen up about half the
shelter nowl time in winter. We put the cylinder
Nor mean ears live by ()I'm crop alone., about four feet bei' -opus+ the ground sur -
our community reflects what you Osco and then drilled a small ,hole.
are rind what you believe.
'Tis about stock -taking .Brise.
Don't Int January slip up on you
without taking an inventory.
Limed land produces•• without it
gr.•oucli,
'
freeze.
never firncC any money in•ground when the pipes would, fz r.
forluing-•-,y�ou'11 have to work for it. We finally made a false well int,, the.
Make a neap of ynnln;.farm, showing lowest point of this 'pipe and put is
leads and rotations, a small hole to let the water drip oat.
fn If at first you don't su'CCeed, limo We haven't had any more trouble with.
1rr�ozee pipes and pumps. --13. J.
of farmers were this year supplied
Th A 1 1R E
with seed of this variety 'for testing
about the size of �a shingle ea'I just
above; the cylinder � in the pipe. That
was two years ago and we have never
had it freeze yet,
We also had the ,same trouble with
our pi es leading to our tank under
and then •soul! clover, - '
BY ETHEL CARPENTER.
When I first went to housekeeping; through. T made these curtains on
I made up my mind that my kitchen! rings, and at night I pulled them to -
feel sure that our efforts will Le worth
while and repaid by lovely results.
In answer to the simplest planning
any kitchen .at all can be made beauti-
ful. For every kitchen has wales,
woodwork, windows and floor, the best
places for beginning real kitchen
would be the prettiest room in thea gether for privacy, a pleasant prat- beauty. As a further aid to real ef-
fect, hi a kitchen there isn't the tamp -
house. There was nothing convention- I tice which dispensed with the need of
al about the kitchen; in fact, the f}oor window shades. Three tiny rag rugs tation to be too pretentious; this room
plan of the room wasn't even squared, ! in blue and red and black added a cannot err as Dan so many others
having three straight sides and: one note of decoration to my floor :as well; through being too overstuffed or too
work were in a shocking condition; ! used sections froet of the sink, /
diagonal one. The walls and wood-; as relieving the wear on those much- gilded er too Flushed.
COLORFUL EFFICIENCY.
Here in the kitchen you have simple
things Iike spindled chairs and rag
rugs to deal with; you may have
paint, .and chintz, and rows of alumse.
the dresser was straight in front,' table and stove.
whereas the wall back of it was With such fine beginnings it was an
diagonal; there wasn't even a drain- easy matter to decide to use paint of
ing board by the sink. a soft cherry rose for the interiors of
And yet the room had three lovely* my blue dresser and the interiors of num pans so well scoured they ere as
windows from which count be seen a kitchen cabinet which had been done beautiful as pewter. You may enjoy
wide country views. Window views of on the outside in cream color to match the efficiency of tiers of convenient
the out-of-doors comet so in kitchens the walls of the room. Two wooden kitchen -cabinet units, and you may
where much work is to be done every
day:.
And I counted on mine not only tomake -working hours pass pleasantly
but to inspire me to build in my room
a proper frame of beauty around
chairs and a stool were painted cherry enjoy also the way you have painted
rose too. them yourself to go with your own
I just loved to work in this room, , col_or scheme.
and perhaps that is why 1 fanned Kitchen color schemes should be
more than 1 ree'lly needed duringthe ' sufficiently decorative to afford in -
first summer for X saw several un- tense pleasure es everyday duties are
dred jars of. fruit vegetables and pre done; it costs nothing more, really, to
them.
The first yearor se 1 didn't spend serves gradually'and colorfully take choose kitchen crockery of yellow
much Money en my Ititchen•, instead I their p'•ace along the shelves in my When the woodwork of the kitchen is
'created what magic I could with paint 11 a blue; it takes no extra time, really, to
andgay flowery 'stuff at the windows. d.rassor-and ce aiw y
So often we hear kitchens discussed thrill with the joy of fixing red and
salad on a large
Everything I did counted, °and count-
ed
from the side of efficiency ,alone. But '°°' and green
od bid how can any room be. a hundred per plate of green. `
AWAY WITH Dula, KITCIin a Curtains used in the Ititchen may cent. efficient if it is not beautiful
the walls in cre+ani; ,, of l be as colorful as desired, whether pat
I water -tinted'
too. And the kitchen, al rooms,
these lied been sink anti were flaking termed or plain.; but usually if there
1 b I1 th tt t n
may �e, as know, a pre ties t noon
badly; hut when I saw them in thein y are valances these should be fulled
new dress I was encouraged to paint in the house if just a very few aids rather than fitted. Curtain material,
the old dirty*ellowv woodwork a lovely to beauty aro tdee! ed it. So .et us of course, should be washable, but
have done with dila kitchens once and
iseer • 3i bleb I made bymixing cretonnes, calicoes, chintzes, gin; hams
tog k blue, v for all striving' instead for eii'eets
together light blue and porch-chair°g and sprints copying; cheaply old toiler
which radiate sunshine and cheer.
green--tyro-thirds of, the former to
de J�iuoy, as a rule may be tub ed
Dile-third of the latter. I painted my When we think of the quaint old most successfully; it is the timp'est
•e ii•sh blue too, but to this cotoni•al kitchens with their wide ,natter in the world to wash a sample
flooragzez
mixture I added enough varnish to hearths, their hangiurs cranes and before purchasing the goods.
insuregood wear as a kitchen -floor burnished copper, their settles of pine' Pots et flowers on the window sills
and tab •ss of dealti kitchens which'
finish, giving the floor two coats and may planned to accent the color
promisin it a fresh one about twice 'lz+ave be•!yn lnonrored in classic poem and ;scheme. A pewter plate or so, some
c' ea prose; curl which are nowv found wor- i candlesticks ,of braes, the recipe books
oa li y ina• t•e roduced not ani an i
cl fieeence ,al- l thy of be !� p 'S i n new ackets of osaaeo or et storms,
I. was amazed at the i a j
to be seen in the beauty of my nnnseiiins but ren the honnes of people, some colorful bits of china picked. up
ready ! . .
titc:hen. So I set out with a real thziLI who can a.ffo d such reproductions ell' for the pure joy each affords, may
l
to choose my curtains and my little civaintness,—•perhaps we realize mere • lend special beauty to hanging wall
rag rings l: 'loaned jus .
t the curtain than ever before that the 1 shelves oi• sheaves bracketed inn„some
material ' to 'slid Sparkle to my 'beauty as well as the efficiency of our odd 'wall space just waiting for such
scheme. it was ,a cretoinne, showing a kitchens is very near the heart and impnovenlent,
Ants in South America have been
known to construct ,a tunu4.1 three
plenty of . the croarn color . to show , pend upon cur owns plateung, we may ries,Ieng.
l y
sweeping design of birds and flowers a ideals of aur land. And whether we
in orange red,: black and blue on a strive for a beauty which ie repro-
g ! ducat or a beauty depending 'upon a
repro -
cream rl;round, the design stra�glinq a 1�. • ' g 1:
suffneieintly over the surface to allow co=orful simplicity or whether we de-