HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1927-02-10, Page 2F. FOR WINTER iG
Some Practical Suggestions..
13Y W, F. TAYLOR.
The system of feeding should le would be greatly increased. If one
Uniform, , and during the short days, desires to nix the mash at -home, the
where lighid arse not used, all possibleputnsulted.
fipll:qual par11e of
e
daylight sb.auld be utilized, Again, should be
coduring the short days, plenty of hop- bran, cornmeal, middlings and ground
per spat- i$ important Thi' sealer oats, with celywht. E meatIn ten eco
the hens can breakfast aftercoming twenty P
off the roost In the morning, the bet- cording to the •announ4 of milk the
ter; and the chance for the last him- hens are getting., This is the formula,
gry bird to be satisfied upon going •
and
it is per cord to im love on. Usually
tto roost at night, is equally iec oss ry an
Something to drink and plenty of it, is from one to two per cent. of ground
equally important. During the very l limestone (calcium carbonate),
cold weather i;, requires extra effort A PRACTICAL MASH.
to provide WaTM drink, but it will pay. f The writer has one bunch of Leg -
If either the water or the milk be too' horns in which he is getting interest -
cold, the birds will not drink enough ed. In this flock are 170 pullets, They
of it, and what they do drink will tend . were hatched June fi. We bought this
to chill them., I bunch, cockerels and all, when they
RATION NEEDS EGC-FROI)IleINC FACTORS. were seven weeks old. To begin with,
The average farm flock lays but few there were 400 of them, but we fed the
eggs during the winter, usually for weasels pretty well on two oecasions,
two reasons: First, it contains a small •and the number was reduced. The
percentage of pullets, and it is hard , birds never ate a kernel of scratch
during December and January to se-', feed after we got Cham, until they
cure high production from old hens 'i}were fomonhs old. ns follows: d a Smash
that have laid well during the year. `made practically
Second, the ration fed the average hundred pounds of yellow cornmeal,
farm flock in winter will not produce 3.0,0 pounds of good middlings, sixty
eggs in paying quantities. This is true pounds inset scrap, ten pounds of salt.
because it is not a balanced ration; in I•and twelve pounds of calcium carbon-
ate. We had it mixed t the mill, cases cern i> fed almost °rein- ! , a
sively. Here and there is one who feeds which saved some time and labor.
nothing but Wheat I have in mindl As the hours of daylight shortened
one man who told me last spring that 1 and the nights grew long, we gave the
his hens had eaten nearly half a i pullets a feed of corn just before
bushel of wheat a day. They get' went on the roost. They began laying
Wheat to eat and water to drink, and {shortly before they were five months
d ine-
March 1, they were not producing a
dozen eggs a day.
ANIMAL PROTEIN NEEDED.
There is a very general lack of ,ani -
nal protein in the ration fed the farm
flock, This lack can be very easily
supplied by feeding a dry mash con-
taining the necessary proportion of
There are several kinds
of re axed poultry mash
old. They were five months an nath
teen days old yesterda5y, and we from he 170
birds. seventy-five egg,
birds.
There are several good methods of
feeding hens. They will consume the attractive da time dress shown
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variety of grains. In fact, all th . here. The bodice is slightly gathered and be so arranged a.s to give the best
grains commonly known on the farmexcep' to the skirt' in front, while the back outlook and the greatest amount of
e can be fed with profit.
meat scrap. There rye, is in one piece. Slenderizing lines are light to the more important rooms.
p p d It on the mar- I are many ways in which a good accentuated by means of the deep v Often we filed the rooms tsoo arranged
t. Many of the local dealers are poultry!mash can be aration must
front, shawl collar extending to the I as to give consideration. to the public
keoultry i principle of the balancedwaist, and the plaited front tunic. The
mixing and selling very mash at reasonable es lfdfa mere, i be kept ever in mind, and for growing
feAd and use chicks yellow corn is preferable to
reeves are in two sections the lovrext highway only regardless of the real
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DOMESTIC DESIGN FOR A SOUTH -SIDE
By Craig & Madill, Architects.
A residence should be designed to I given to the arrangement o•f the rooms stucco exterior is relieved by red brick
nit the lot on which it is to be built on r. There
floor h ee bed bedrooms of , is in kehe ground base, lls eping twith the general design
e roof
floor. There
convenient size with generous closet', and is carried Town with pleasing et.
space. The owner's bedroom, which! feet over the front entrance. English
has the preference in outlook is the! cottage casement sash and shingles
largest and is provided with two I and woodwork stained brown coni-
wardrobes. Where possible two! piete the effect.
groups of windows have been pro -1 The cost of the building exclusive
vide•d in the bedrooms to give cross i of laud would be in the neighborhood
circulation of air. The sunroom, which' of 59,500.
9,0 Readers desiring further informs
faces south and has three exposures,i
opens off two of the bedrooms and may I tion regarding the plans and specll•
be used as a sun sitting room or as cation%for this house should comrnunl-
a sleeping porch. The bath room is tate with the architects direct. Ad -
ample in size and is equipped with a I dress, Craig & Madill, 96 Bloor St.
built-in tab and pedestal basin. The West, Toronto, Ont.
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generally, would buy this
it, the production •at these small hocks the white variety.
Coma Excels Barley for Breeding for Quality Eggs.
Laying ing Hens.
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There is a growing feeling among
In an effort to find a cheap home- poultrymen and the trade alike that
grown food for laying hens that could the average size of market eggs is Be-
be substituted for imported corn, the creasing. The feeling is that this is
especially the case on large commer-
s � I..
part being ofcol t g ossecsseii by the lot.
match the vestee. No. 1461 is for; The design illustrated here is for a
ladies and is in sizes 36, 38, 40, 42 •. 1ot located on the south side of a
and 44 inches bust. Size 38 requires street having a desirable view or gar -
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snfans
3i/ yards 39 -inch material and % d•en- in the rear. The _
yard 36 -inch contrasting for sleeves roam has a view on three sides. In
and vestee. Price 20c the pattern. 1 its planning the natural advantages of
Many styles of smart apparel may11 the site are utilized to the utmost.
be found in our Fashion Book. Our • French doors at one end lead to the
designers originate their patterns in verandah and ,gar'd'en to the south,
the heart of the style centres, and' while a group of three casement win-
dows look toward the street. French
doors give access from the living room
to the dining room. The dining room,
like the living room has exposure on
three sides. Windows .on either side
of the buffet look to the west while a
group of three casements face south
and a pair of French doors lead to the
verandah on. the east.
There is no waste space in hall-
ways in this,clesign and the stairway
is conveniently arranged at the front
of the house with the basement stair
under it. The trades .entrance to. the
kitchen is -Placed at the basement stair
lauding and also provides au entrance
from the side drive to the front hall.
The kitchen is of ample size well
equipped with cupboards, broom cup-
board, electric range and refrigerator.
The sante considerations have been
Lethbridge, Alta., Experimental Sta-i
with corn in the grain ration sial egg farms, where strenuous ef-
tion lisle a test comparing barley; forts are uncle to breed high praduc- their creations are those of tested
FQur . era. It is a recognized fact that if a e ularit brought within means
Bred and fifty pullets were used bird lays more •eggs; and one continu- po P Y,
of the average woman. Pricethe ole
f the
boo 10e the copy. • ar••,
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for the experiment. To half the num-, f one part rally breeds for high egg production,
bet the cern, onen paced crushed d oats especially in the naturally heavier
clacked earn, •breeds, there is a tendency for each
and two parts wheat an scratch -feed,. succeeding generation of birds to be -
and equal parts of bran, shorts, mid -I came smaller in size and to lay small-
er •eggs. It would seen, therefore,
that we must give serious attention
to the maintenance of egg quality.
y.
This can be done only by se-
lectioncareful and mating, and by
breeding. The answer should lee to
hatch only eggs of normal size from
birds of goad size and weight, and to
diings, oat -chop, meat meal and corn
meal as a dry mash. The other half
of the flock received a similar ration,
differing only in the substitution of
barley for the corn both in the scratch -
feed and the mash. The usual addi-
tions of salt and charcoal were added
to th4 mash in each case. In the sum-
mer a slightly higher proportion of hatch only eggs of normal calor for
Bwas used accesssthe winter. their respective breed or variety.
i Both pens had toalfalfa runs , When short of eggs the tendency is so
in the fall, spring and summer and iii I often to put small eggs in the machine.
thela winter were given cabbage, alfalfa ; Research studies tell us that these
teeves and mangew in liberal qurnti- I small eggs hatch small chicks, which
ties. Only water was given foredrink.eI ow into •small pullets which again
The results of the test were greatly small eggs. If nothing but two -
in favor of the corn -fed lot both as to Ilaeggs a •gs are set, poutrymen need
egg production and vitality of the have no fear about the quality of the
birds. The average egg Production
in the pullet year ,was 201 eggs for I eggs, in reference to size at least,
the corn -fed pen and 174 for those re -
from the forthcoming pullets.
ceiving barley, and while the coin ra-
tion was higher in price, the feed cost
per dozen was 3 per cent. less where
corn was fed. A serious objection to
barley was brought to light in the I know, have shrewdly worked out a
higher mortality of the birds giveno marketing plan whereby they get rid
this Ma
of their surplus products �at good
Many other useful experimgents were prices, and get cash for them. They
id a Station "pay-day” innearbyfactory
carried on at the Lethbridge sell on pay-day
and are reported in the annual report towns.
of the Station for 1925, available at First, this man has his meats cold
the Publications Branch, Dept. of and fresh in pieces of convenient size.
Agriculture, 'Ottawa. He does not encourage small sales, ds
they take too much gine. The women'
Mulching Berries With have the pay cheques and can t ay
Fertilizer -Bags. 10
HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS.
Write your name and address plain-
ly, giving nuntber 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., 73 West Ade-
laide St., Toror to. Patterns, sent by
return mail.
Speeding Up the Bearing Age.
Though it is perfectly natural to
want to get our orchards into bearing
as quickly as possible, and though we
are justified in putting more or less
pressure on the trees to bring that'
about, yet we frequently overdo it.
The principal factors which influ-
ence early bearing are the following:
Setting precocious varieties, summer -
pruning the trees while young, setting
the orchard en soils which are not
overfertile, and being conservative in
our use of cultivation and fertilizers
which promote growth.
Now, any one of these is legitimate
if kept within bound's. We might easily
justify setting McIntosh, which comes
into bearing in five or six years, in
preference to Northern ..Spy, which
takes ten to fifteen years; and we
might well be cautious enough in our
use of nitrogenous fertilizers so that
our trees do not overgrow.
But on the other hand, we ohght
always to keep in mind the fact that
for tire firs ten years atleast
Pay -Day Selling.
A young farmer and his wife, whom
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"An Endearment Contest" conies
next. Secure partners thus: Give to
the men slips calling for same laugh-.
able stunt such. as "Snoring," "Do an
BY BEATRICE PLUMB. esthetic dance," "Senile sweetly upon
boy and girl .some maiden," "Give an exhibition of
Coulda anything be more original 1 sand i; Twoplayers,
of they group and at the cake -walking," "Dance the Charles-
Herethan a heartless Valentine P Y sword "Go!" both start talking. The ten," and so en. The
what kind,
is the invitation: boy's subject is "My Girl Friend"; the given slips of paper telling
girl's subject is "My Boy Friend." of stunts are to be done, and each
Although a 'Valentine affair girl claims partner when she pec-'
My party is a heartless one! The one who can talk the longest wins girlogniis his here as the one called for
'file girls will give the men the air-- ,a gas balloon, on her slip. When all have secured
t..., i ,._r_,. refreshments usher partners, pencils and papers are pass-'
ed and the players told to write down
as many textus of endearment as they
can think af. Later these lists are
'read •aloud and each -couple must
scratch off every term thought of by
any one else. Ten points are •awarded
for every word no one else thought of,
and the couple having the most poli"
is given a box of candy. If a humor
ous prize is desired, fix up a daint
bot with a cake of mush inside.
Serve fruit cup, sandwiches fill°
with finely chopped ham, celery sala
in red apples, strawberry ice cream
date Cookies, cocoa with whippe
cream and peppermints.
Of course x only
TLESS VALENTINE P
TY
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We'll show no heart at all, but then . your guests out with on all -pop relay.
You'll meet some cultured girls who Give each a paper bag and lime up
sing, your two teams facing, the doorway.
lots of promising young men--- On the word "Gel" the first player of
And p , .
the
do
or-
In fact, they'll promise anytning l each team .rushes tlixough
Hearts have no place at your party.' way, stops, blows up his paper bag,
Cooing doves, lovers' knots, cupids and ; "Pops" it and sits down upon the floor.
bows and arrows may be used instead. ! The next two players rush to the door -
everything is arra i could have an ice-cold atmosphere way and repeat the performance. This
quantities, so h t we ate 3. ei (continues until all of one team are
ch n of or 20 -pound .or pparcels. Ate td by I onnPass popcorn tions to ape are
chunk of beef .or park at from five to � building up our ns returnsr manufacturing many) cut�inttoeaafringle of iicic es,ewtitha cot -I, seated. team. The winners think this ,a
los-
elfel than the which will yield us let g
ton batting for snow, heartless procedure until they dis-
When the girls are upstairs taking.I cover that the losers must eat, the
off their wraps hang eliinga over the i balls without touching them with their
banister. Leave one end of each l hands.
string where the boys downstaiirsa it I $LINT) CUPID.
Ohl fertilizer sacks come in handy
on our farm. We lay the socks along' eight cents less per pan I years; to build a good one should be
each side of the rows of strawberry ; butcher acres is tenpoundss tofafresh `our first concern.
plants, with edges close to the plants while eight or The writer once saw an eeporinsan-
and parallel to the rows. The eacks sausage will not go far in a large the trees
are more easily placed if they are wet. ; family, The meat is the very ee t hadorc orchard
in which
summer-pruned port'
d of
Part
To hold the sacks o place, use Pieces,
fresh prepared, , iti will feet, Although Blind Cupid is a simple Be ,' With �t'onx>rsel{,
e recce le, pigs' perfectly
had been. pruned r-prun the anddrmant reach it. To the top ends fasten o f
ized wire, bent into "Ti" shaped p , I fresh. Serape p' g 'season, and the former, at eight years I size gloves.
e opening about two inches livers and ell the scraps are used. - age, hadr, several times These are illustrations cutfrom a game, it is more Tutu than you can
with' th P , gproduced
long, These are Then there are kraut, vinegar, cot I of g ,the latter. But glove catalogue •and pasted on. card I imagine until you have tried it, and
What is the s meth ng
across and. five inches g ; n I live chickens, eggs, late as many apples as
said run into the sok, nalng Cage cheese, . ` theyshowed it, and I would far rather board. Explain to the boys that some; the Valentine decor'ations of cupidsNearly Y Y
inverted naps app. ea, drie,i corn
• the snore. vegetables, pears,f trees like the as each one of them an a string finite it appropriate. Give itulnbereti t string, 0.1 bottles, crookediold t -ovens nal
ou save
one a each copies of, adr things. Frequent-, have had an orchard o girl h
The
fertilizer sacks serve several r and dozens of oche d rmant- runed. and that the heartless olio will shortly slips to the ;guests as they arrive, even o ringf material,
iial,o that.
� e down tiveeds• ;sire ctawnstairs and hand him the numbers to the men end odd numbers
They keep ly he has to run home for a second ; doDe not bo afraid of making the tree purposes, uction• load. The more peiishabldiately attempt to the girls. No. 1'and Na will be� May the offer apiece of advice
of
tendo to ereeent the prod . and thudg y > S
they it; .first, then the canned stuff; grow` vigorously for the first four mi en he I t1 first 1 y the game, which Than you
of runners between taws; whenthings go fi g , He stays five years, Get eighteen inches to to naopose to
• amount of mu;d �, the vinegar and fruit. Y „ u esti for it throughout the evening' should stoat before X11 hav^ •arrived. stun if you •can, but get
rains they lessen the amu and gI b 11 need it sem
s the berries; and if-s'aelcstmostly in the district where factory feet on the leaders if you ,
splashed on finding thein excellent requires a big tree. to carry a big
are used.immediately after they are' workers lure, fi g
emptied, the sail receives the fertilizer I patrons en pay-day. They have the crop. 4. -----
method
le washed out by rains, This I money and lay hi a supply of cheaper i
t downtown He To get customers an Iowa farmer
7nusthaci of caring for strawberry h
plants seems to us ideal for use on a
small scale where stray is untavail-
'tt . He must forme 1 h Throw ern out. e 1
r and continue these . he to play I - , rid . re
attempts on
occurs. Both players are blindfolded. They think maybe you will
whenever an opportanity o
Warn him that the heartless one will i are placed at loppo Lit . enone o long I time,
e, but ydt this way: if you are n
in her power to prevent him table and told to 1 a I p i . to keep it' yr scrap
front
all m leting any pro'po'sal, A prize I the table while "Blind
CYrp)d tries to, afore whether You -will +be right twee
Tram comp g f • t arta-I catch his victim and she trim to scrap it.
times for every once you are wrong.
,able.
If there are only a few hundred
plants in the garden plot, the use
bother -
trig
o than n ba
irab
1
•e des
ismore la
burlap
frig with straw, we find---.A..,p,
Hungry hen, these ever ready for,
their feed, lay the rarest eggs, ' and
make the best breeders, Such he110
ex
come fiat at feedigf tine, and ling
till the last., and yet, while they at en>�.
the moist,. they do tot bocotno ove tfat brooding -p ,
food than they can get t tl b
> i h good measure and first
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who ski `s eggs has the ends of e will be
vee t cin
quality stuff.
taking a wrath day and gc hitch ''veiptnts his goads to those who sect hos (part tar, proposethemost tines during direction. The fun lyes in the faclteh t
By he 'floes ntiuch shipments on depot platforms.. Fns ages P neither knows which way the of
but. a largeabreak
number csf a short string to one earner the party, excellent learn
better than to break asp a celled byumber of dc- Now explain the game to the heart- dodging n back and boat-
a clic rounds, IY•is patrons of each leer he pats a n I sire them that -A lovely and after g
on e A
days g neo less ones. g a
yr n
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his 1,
to a 1
bear -
know whent r ee of � Liza awaits �,
given o to oy who ns
P ^ in the question to his 1 escape. Each alae must keep one hand
� crate's neatly stenciled. This plan ad-Ice/As ce,..ds iri popping ono who man- on the table, but can move in either
t the
tin
:tai., Shovel Beats a Knife.
When cutting rutabagas, turnips•
nlovinn' unless ones has exc, l �, carrots for allay 'stock or horses
fig, a r o g`n way's use a sharp square shovel
successfully for a time, ilrey are very cod strung ;fox rr'
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totiln
long 'elfeet ikfa
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time Ytri
about Vision, When "Cupid"' catches 1115 '1'1C- lumber a15
I feet wide, where I put the vegetal)
tion, he becomes the pursued and rho ,kilo cutting' thn.
been given slip No. S while ,...; w t1
girl who has iy ` r a march quicker. Y
1 This 1s
is `"Build Cupid." No 3. them pursates • to cut bv'. hand. .A.. �'•
No. 4, and so oil indefinitely,
bearing look for hint, and have tachal)le tags, each ea g � the girl who succeeds in
the money ready. -11. ] ;. and address, and the caii,ren price i prize
the threatened proposal. On
his eggs by parole -post. Painted on.: averting each heartless one walks
- y. I ds the signal ea
h string, are the wa � g
aultr may servo a gaod, "Take one," as a in r� • � 'fads her "beau' to, hand hilar. tTib
Scrub p Y hould not be see the ,shipments and wish they could she f
purpose in elle riot, but s
permitted to occupy' span in the obtain similar fresh eggs for their t mid stories is a game to start
ov babies.
the boss, near the
sat g,
' hint tot avelers veto downstairs following her string till