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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1927-01-27, Page 2"TIPS" FROM OLD TRAPPER TOM Hardiness of Weed Seed. The seed of some of the troublesome varieties of weeds 'show a .great telt- achy .of life,. They will resurrect long BY GEORGE; J. THIES'SEN, after'' they are supposed to 'have bolt "The r the fur season is planes for sets.. But before malting killed if not. theegeo ly: aiid slcilfuull Tao balance a€ h y the best,". Tom'Wilson laid down his any, yen utast studythe traps. The knonr disposed of. College islengaged� as recorded knife and through force of habit where to pet your P to r the ed of a tear just makes a set at the most con- in Buklotin No, 72 of te Dominion Tan his- fingers we edges venient place, but the experienced Department of Agriculture p he non rete he was making. he continued, "from now otv we trap- pelt -hunter knows that there is one Ratatielt in an experiment to ascor- i• moue because best spot and does not put out a trap taro definitely hove many ^ yeers dormant ers pelts to prime," b g y, axe rime." until he has discovered that phare. I common weed seeds will lie theI flatteredt P " o show you what I mean; suppose. in the soil and then resume growth I Felt its that he would even T y i , , near the where suitable conditions come about. we consider that spring d include air .among the Pelt-hunters,W4 ed seeds are mixed with. sand an for Than was considered' one of the bridge at Rock Creek. I've noticed placed in uncgxked pint bottles that best trappers in that section, having, mink tracks netarby and also a n p a followed the line for many, many of traps The fellow—" are buried twenty inches iielow the ,� Tom I confessed. surface and one taken up every five years.. The experiment which can be continued for 100 years has already been conducted 40,yeare. After beins this length of time in the soil it been found that black mustard, pepper Dr. P. W. Routley grass, pig weed, ragweed, wild prim -sou is served piping hot and is popu roe, common plantain, purslane and Direc'ter of the Ontario ddvisien of ' :the lar i cold, blustery hot a curled dock will still geeetinate. Some Canadian Red Cross Society, who, of "Sizzling blustery eery da_snd nice rolls of these weeds removed in the earlier, ter return+in•g from a five -months so for sandwiches are always good sells years failed to germinate but did so , journ'.in Paris, says the Red Cross is ere. And we do not forget the onions-. later years, Ragweed .failed• to ! doing an indispensable and invaluable for what is a weiner without this relish? We also have some kind of a sandwich made with sliced bread and ground meat. years, while X had made sets for only three seasons; "I know furs aro at their best," I answered, "yet my catches are few and far between. Up to the present—" Wilson booked up, reached for his corncob pipe 'and interrupted': "You don't know how to catch thein, sonny. The books never teach you that. When you have had experience, you find out many things that make. your fur cheques bigger." I waited until the old man had tampedhis pipe u I made the sets, ," se Wilson seemed not to notice: "The fellow," he repeated, "over- looked a place where he could. have made catches right along. There is, if you notice, a rock which overhangs the water, and the minks, instead of fol- lowing directly in the pathaof the stream, go under this stone." "I know the place and you're wrong, Tom. .There are no tracks under that rook, for I've looked. You see the signs are scattered, so it is bard to tell full of home-grown exactly where to put the trap s. tobacco, lighted it and blew several made •a number of sets: hoping a mink rings of smoke toward the ceiling of I ontTw old o ghtran them,et into waited ti until his shanty.:. I "You're right," I admitted to my ; I had finished. "You're just like the friend, "and if you could give me a hunter who shoots .gat a whole flock hints I -know that I would have of geese instead of one. You never ant better luck. fewluck." I any. I'll admit you can not see y Old Panto, Wilson's hound, rose etracks under thathone, but e same.If miyonk behind the stove, :stretched travel under it, , J t himself and came toward his master, `have used your eyesyou of ldtha ive putting his nose into the trappers noticed thatit strikesf that rock, r hand. "I guess I can not refuse," was quite strong where current white the answer, "when both of you start and carries rririder bre fine, are pleading." And with that he patted sand. other the dog's head and began: I quickly covered up or washed away. I "First of all, the average trapper I know the minks gothe route on men- es - to -day does not study the habits of tioned because youwill find, the animals as he should. To illus- I examination, where the animals rub trate: When cold weather comes and against the overhanging stone as they most of the furbearers den up, he, fails ,make the turn." to make catches at all. At this season I confessed I had overlooked this of the -year, minks are very profitable and would not rearrange my t eset foror one who knows how to get them. at this spring but try And no matter how cold it is, the formation at others as well. a TIE FARrI SALE LUNCH .�S. A 1 ONEY4Y A ER, BY JUDITH BAS11ERVILLE, "What do you do to (tarn money?" "We use a• tested grade of coffee and I, asked the president of°a country brew it the bee we knoweltew, The women's club., I value of real cream is not overlooked. " n lunch at farm sales is the ; Since nothing tastes so gond as hot ,Seo g •►zest money -making field' in sight .for; coffee when the mercury ister and the rural club," -she replied. "A year' zero, it sells readily in the never goes by without at least a few for 'bracers.' The men do not like to sal s. The men are always there, for 'leave. the sale to come for it, SO WO, e it is a winter picnic for them. What Carry it around through the crow "We have a fine assortment of pies. Pumpkin, raisin,- gooseberry, mince, is more, they' generally bring along huge appetites,. "There can't be much variety for such a lunch, for it is too hard to Sometimes we have'a fee itfr�ore.•• lab - manage. We serve vegetable soup, the orate pies,, but :usually stiok to the hones for which are boiled the day staples. before. The stock is then strained, "Paper plates, cups, forkSt . and the meat cut from the bones and run spoons are inexpensty , atidta35c the through a foodeho r and added to serving easier. 'ties0''.paper�> ttnsils stonext m gathered;up.:14 burned vatth. the the stock. The morning the'vegA.;•'l�rp 'tables are cooked in the broth. The rest of the debris. when the sale is over and the crowd baa -disappeared. "Ninety per cent. of farm. -sale days turn out to be unsettled or freezing cold, so we try to pick out a sheltered c prner".in which, to serve. Even then many theyee the Wind will whip around and upset our plans. It is not an easy way to' earn money, but we al- ways feel well repaid for the effort." cherry and chocolate are favorites. animals run. "You're right," I apologized, offer - "The thing you should do is to la ing my hand. "And thank you for rate them by their tracks. If you will what you have nati exptain n or II'lltry' ggo along every tiny stream that flows hard to make use of he from a springs—and there are many The old man watched me as I walk near --a close examination will reveal ed down the patch few hournd s turned thewilard l signs.And sets. properly placed the creek. However, I found will get the animals." betime to make one good set under the "The trick is to place the traps stone by the bridge, as Tom had sug- gested. I ' did not bother with any other locations, for I had no time. The traps I pulled up were hidden until the next day, when I would pass, and pick them up. Yes, I got fur under that rock—erne minks -were caught at that one location during the rest of the season. I knew that that the old trapper had toldd the truth when he made the statement that "the balance of the fur season is the best" to germinate ih every trial until 'after it work towards the rehabilitation of had been forty years in the soil. As many of the wavtorn peoples of Eur - the authors of the bulletin referred to' oepe. (Messrs. E. S. Hopkins and W. C. Hopper 'of the Field Husbandry Di- vision of the Dominion Experimental Farms) suggest, it is apparent that therecan be n"o let up in the war Something to Make. Mary and Bob are never in doubt about'keeping their napkins separate, against weeds, especially if the land for at the end of each uveal each nep- has, once become infected, and that kin is folded neatly and -drawn into prevention of their getting a start is •a ring whac',t-has the owner's picture pre-emne'niently the most important to identify:Us method of weed control. Neglect for These napkin rings aro easy and one year may ,result in a plague of fun to make. Cut a flexible cardboard weeds for a life -time and longer. foundation, 6 'inches long and 12' inches wide. Forum a ring by bring- ing ring Look Your Hens Over• ing the ends of the cardboard founds- er' both in the baking of cakes and tion together. To prevent a ridge' making of bread to which it•impartt When is a hen laving? 'Tile gUeS- where •the ends join, do not lap, but g right," I lamented. "Certainly," was the reply. "You can't put your sets just anywhere in the water and hope to get results. The mink is the most cunning of tall small furbearers, and at this time of the. year ..you must be mighty careful to make catches." The old pian puffed vigorously for ,a few moments and then continued: t{As I said before, pr ectoally all small flowing streams offer good How Honey May Be` Used. Honey .sweetens life in many ways. This is apparent • when we see the various uses' to which it is put. For -1 merly it was used mainly as a spread{ on bread, but to -day there are a great number of other ways. of using it to vary one's menu. Though the best i way to serve honey is in its' natural or raw form in desserts, as a sweeten- er it is used to a large extent iri cook tion is after asked, "Can you tell glue the ends down to a small cut of whether or not a hen is laying? This cardboard laid just inside the ring is very easy and requires but a few where the two ends meet. observations. When a hen commences You must next choose mateurial for laying the conditions set up in the •re covering the ring. Mary chose some productive organs are very similar to pretty flowered glazed chintz. She conditions -in any pregnant animal. found it in the scrap bag and its Preparation is made for laying, much colors were soft blue, green, and as for parturition" in a cow. rose. Bob preferred a striped design When the ovary is dormant and no and he, too, found what he liked eggs are being produced the distance 1 among the odds and ends. It was Method of Feeding the Winter Laying Stock at the O.A.C. ' We try to simplify our method's and use only common feeds. At the pres- ent time we are using as a grain mix- ture equal parts by weight of good -wheat and cracked yellow corn. At times we mix with these small quan- tities of plump oats, barley and buck- wheat Such a mixture can be bought already mixed. The grain is fed in the litter of straw. This induces the the incubators. 'birds to exercise. A light feed is fed We use a coal-bbening brooder stovev early in the morning, while as much and put the chicks out the second The y as will be eaten up clean is fed at with the hen right nig night before the birds go to roost, hen will cover some of the chicks, bu Sprouted oats are fed either in one they will soon find" out that all cannot feed at noon er in two lighter feeds keep warm there and will seek the at ten thirty in the morning, and warmer .atmosphere under the thover he again at about two thirty in the after- and spread out from the hen noon. As much as will be eaten up stove. clean is given. The oats are fed with After the chicks are a week old the sprouts about one inch in -length. hen is tied with a string aro about hrlee e When available in the fall, cabbage, feet long to keep her raper Chinese lettuce are fed` in the feed and is put to bed in a small o addition to the oats. We endeavor to pen about 3x3 feet. At nightthe have the birds 'twat as much green feed smallest chicks are put under the hen, as possible.as these are usually the ones the Oyster shell is supplied in'hoppers larger .chicks tramp and crowd away Once each week the from the stove. Many small -sized We Use a Hen as a Live Brooder. the property of keeping fresh for a long time -this is a point which all good housekeepers should note. Besides this it is used in the' nralc- ing of candies, both as•a centre which is chocolate coated and as an ingredi- ent in many other kinds of sweets, for which recipes are to be found in all good cook books. A very appetizing new spread is now manufactured by incorporating honey with peanut butter to make' between the pelvic bones is very small. blue madras with slim brown lines. what is called "Honey -nut Butter." 1.4 The vent is dry, entail, puckered, and So very little is needed that there is Apart from entering directly into in yellow fleshed chickens has a de - never any difficulty in finding what a- dded of yellow pigment around is wanted right at home. table use, it is used to make most ex - the inside. When laying commences nine the inside of the ring with cellent vinegar, said by Many to las a equal to the best produced. A few years ago we started using a hen in connection with our brooder stove and liked the arrangment so well that we now use one' for every brood., We try to set a hen when we set the incubators, but if, none are broody at that time and set later we let her set and put some chicks under her and take the hen off a day later than the pelvic bons become pliable an spread apart. The distance may in^ plain material,. selecting a color thatraent has disappeared and the veet is. vvith glue, let the glue partially dey,then smooth lining to the inside of satisfactory to some who have taken! no temper by the uo of it as an anti-; crease from one th three fingers in a side covering. Cut this linang 61/2 freeze. It has been found that equal; short time. The Vent becomes laige ' inches long and 2 inches wide. parts of honey, water and alcohol , and moist and after two or three eggs I Spread the back of it very sparingly make a mixtuTe that has proved very! have been laid the ring of yellow pig- • matches one of the colors of the out - The motorist too may sweeten his the ring, having' an even margin an "--- proper each side. • ring these niargir,{s up that is leakaand ge can iocsuons ar etight, 8o Tourists Buy Our Fresh ,. • >11• th and over en to the outside and smooth where waters, cannot pass through I Garden Stuff. them down. The ends will slightly honey will; Last summer we sold all ouz fresh lap. _ We can mixture realize the value of honey as! garden stuff to the tourist camp lo- You are now ready for the photo - a natural food when we see some 'of, cated near our farm. Two evenings graph and the outside covering. Glue the breakfast food msec soactux-� a week we leaded the car with.. nicely the picture, an" unmounted snapshot, the large advocating on all packages of , sorted and cleaned bunches of vege- on to the ring and trim off the edges, cereals put out by hem the use of it' tables and called on the tampers. We if the picture is wider than the ring. cereals a sweetener. sold young rad beets, carrots, green Cut the covering materiel 61 inches onions and. radishes forfive cents a long and exactly 1r/ inche•s wide: Cut small bunch. Corn, cabbage and cu- neatly and sharply so there will be no at all times. n drinking dishes are scrubbed out and chicks are saved from being smothered the birds given Epsom salts in the in this way. drinking water at the rate of one Now comes the time for the chicks. pound of salts to one hundred birds. to be turned out in the pen and at At all ether times milk in the drink- this time the hen proves .1r useful Ing material used, It is good practice flees, She will call the chicks out in to have both water and buttermilk the morning and back again et night. continually before the birds. Anyone who has tried to get a bunch A dry mash is constantly before the of brooder chicks in quick in case of birds in hoppers. We aiet to have sadden rain will appreciate the help them eat as much of their grain in a hen gives at this ;time.. F. W. the ~form of mash as possible. The i I e read 'A°ree Diseases. fer formula we are tieing is as follows: i 3p read corn chop, 500 lbs. oat chop, i I spread blight through our young 800 lbs. bran, 500 lbs. shorts, 500 lbs.' orchard in 1923 by using dirty prim - low grade flour, 6 per cent. high grade ' ing tools. It cost e $5.50 to corr ti t tankage. 1 th the damage, and two trees were For Leg horns the percentage of stroyed entirely. The following year tg anka e is at times increased to eleven I found a way to eliminate the changer. doore to supply the early market or per cent,. -of the mixture The. low ` A small quantity of corrosive sub- grad -for dn.�meseic use. The former should e flour may be omitted if difficult limate was bought for a few cents, be ready i about ten weeks and the to Wenn.. For theepast five years wertnti this was Stirred into hot water at letter in six, The -latter as a winter have been able to secure fresh hag the rate of one part sublimate to one letter itt ai crop is, eslieoially profit - haveat •a fairly reasonable price, and thousand parts •tvate�r. The mixture able and is .easy to produce. fed the White Leghorns at the was peened into a wooden buck and Itmay be nto proms toe. top dress havE. rate of three to four whole li'Gers per taken to the. orchard. When a tree Telles�tvhich are being forced, for win - ice Per week. These was prouned all tools wore innn+erseclmea also be r wi hundred birds twice Pter flowering, It y are fed raw, snick on nails on the in the solution b•aforo passingjvercoated sary to repot such as L. Aura:l;um into sides of the pens and the birds allowed the next. Saws and hooks... , a -int the ones in which. they will flower. With the solution boy useeaheuWhether grown in the home or green; brush, �t took on1� a few rnantttes �'� 3 dobueket house Lilies should riot be subjected erxch time to r tits yob, told to an excessively high temperature, of the mixl;n�re Wali otedfleient to go 60 deg to deg. is high enough. over every tree ill the entire orchard.70eg. in the horn or We worked choir both, *healthy 'end 8, For flowering diseeased trees and there Wass no re- greenhorns bulbous plants ot a si - tm e ttrronce of the trouble, We , have since, JeerJeerflowering nature eueb. es ,Atilt iV used file rx, ethoet anion t r'eee in to y ail . r i tet, d and wilt, a c anlre bis �' with d ` n to find how` roue', dant- ' ie . Uri rl� g in s p age esti be prevented' be , (l. taking this klugepreeatation.—F R. cilia sated. and file Begonias in loam, ' cumbers also found a ready sale. There was a demand, too, for some canned things. For instance, •a few jars of freshly ground and prepared horseradish always went well. Every- thing was sold in entail aenounts— small bunches of vegetables; pint jars of fruit; tiny glasses of jam. Tourists smooth it on to the ring. Watch the don't want extra food to pack. Paper edges and •keep them straight. Do sacks holding two pounds of new pyo net try to fold in any raw edges; they tatoes sold best. Each trip netted us: around $3. Prices were gauged by those at the local stones. We didn't make •enough to pay for a truck to do the, hauling but we did think it well worth the two teips�a week in the car. Our gar- den wasn't large enough to supply demand, so this year we are going to plant more vegetables and in greeter variety.—Mrs. F. B. frayed ends or edges. Measure and cut an oval or square out of the Centre just large enough to frame the face of the snapshot. Spread the back with glue, centre the opening care- fully over the picture and working both ways, away from the picture, will not fray after they have been glued down. The picture may be omitted entirely if preferred, or you may like to use the snapshot of a pet instead of your own picture. 0 In some persons the arteries have begun to harden at the age of forty, while with others this process does not begin until fifty-five. Cocktail. Grapefruit Cut 2 grapefruits into halves and run a sharp knife around inside the peel to separate the pulp from the skin; a grapefruit knife is a great convenience for this. Run the knife from the centre of the fruit out to the peel on each side -of each of the dividing sections. • Now lift out the core, and most of the tough portion inside the peel will colic with it. To the pulp of the grapefruit add 1 ban- ana, sliced, the pulp from 2 oranges and 4 tablespoonfuls of sugar. After putting the desiiad amounts into tall glass dishes, add a tablespoonful of grape juice to each portion. Serve very cold. o`• The Golden Rule is all there is to good manners. THE CANADIAN HOMEMAKER J'er/cSof wfe7r5/ articles - coperin . -PL.ANNING . BUILDING . FINANCING DECORATING . FURNISHING . GARDENING .�.,, CopyrWif' WINTER OPERATIONS IN THE IN wf7OR AND OUTDOOR GARDEN January. 1. A planting of lettuce and a acne - lug ot radishes may now be made in- to tear than up. The heavy breeds are fed very little, if any, liver. At 'times when the birds begin to slacken in production a very suit i amount ,of inoist plash of the seine folrrttale as that fed dry is fed` ai noon; to increase the aiiwunt of nt8.811,coi ruined.. A peer farmer can't get ,alorr .. with d a nod farmer+ mod, hived ithenr�.att � geed een't.,get .atotig with' pear "htr c1 MOIL The good` hired roan has it jots do at good -farmer's feeler, , , 11101iee and: Tuberous Begonias may for early flowering be petted and started into growth.. The A.ehileteiles do well in a soil ooniposed of a Mixture or peat By Henry e Moore. leaf soil and sand. In the mixture leaf sofl should slightly predominate. 4. Tomatoes should now be planted on the greetrhousebed about tieo feet apart. A good, .way to support' the plants is to . 'arrange -wires or cord vertically, tying these to horizontal wires, one near the roof and one near the bed. Stakes stay .oaf oourse be used. 5. Ore of the best things you may now do is to prepare a plan upon which you Will indicate the position of your .crops to be sown or planted in sluing, Based upon this yott will order the seeds in good time and so not suffer disappointment at finding the varieties you require alt sold, 6. Grape vines hi greenhouses and also ornamental • climbing plants should meow be Pruned in alt 'cases where dormant. The rough outer bask of the grape vines should be, removed by scrapping and; .theft they should be thoroughly .sc ut?bed, .soap; and water being used. • • it ttl A SIMPLE AND PRACTICAL GIRLS' DRESS, If you are thinking of making a new little frock for your young daugb- te,r, you will find this smart design very simple to.fashion. • The dress has • the popular kimono shoulders, and -long sleeves gathered to narrow wrist- bands. The neck has a front opening and is finished' with a neat round col- lan An inverted plait at each side of the skirt gives added width, and a belt and patch . pocket complete this trine little dress. No. 1366 is in sizes 6,•8, 1,0, 12 and 14 years. Size 8 years requires 2% yards 36 -inch, or lye yards 54 -inch material. 20 cents.. Our new Fashion Book contains many styles showing how to dress boys and girls. Simplicity is the rule for well-dressed children. Clothes of char- acter and individuality are hard to ' buy, but easy to make with our pat- terns. A small amount of money spent on good materials, cut grit simple lines,' will give children the privilege of wearing adorable things. ' Price of the book 10 cents the copy. • HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plain-, . ly, giving 'number and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in • stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for; each number and • address your order to • Pattern Dept.; Wilson Publishing Co,, 78 West Ade- laido St., Tororto, Patterns sent by return mail. 7. TLe.piropagation 'of warns green- house plants such as Cretans, . Dra- caenas and Rubber plants should now be undertaken, A warm propagating case will be necessary tofacilitate quick rooting. They will root fit a finely screened mixture of peat ,ettd sand or directly ha a bad •cf stand. 8. Those who desire to raise tub ar- oue Be:gontas from seed 80 as to have them in flower during autumn Omelet sow the seeds now. It will bo well also to sow the 'seeds of the Fibrous rooted bedding Begonias so as to have them ready for planting out during roto May. 9. An inspection of the vegetable roots which are storedaway nay re- veal that eertatn kinds are rotting. Carefully sort over the Carrots, Beets, ?otatoe,s and others of value, 10, Sltoued opportunity oeottr,' sort the Potatoes and set aside eon in- tended it's "See&" also sort the, Onions, the small to be used for pick- ling, the larger for any. of their &ne- nion rises, Only One 'train. "HOW can this tiroe single-track; couldn't hav +. railroad sltty they simply co a collision? Do you believe it?, Hubby-•--"'dees they have only on train." The farmer who saws his wood fir May or puts battens en hire 'barn 1 April will it .never make "A'Cood X:1 ing-and 10 Per Cent."