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Zurich Herald, 1927-03-31, Page 2• r. If tete weather remain cool it is trot wia' to remove the covering front iperenrelai plants and spring bulbs, smut 'of course do not leave this on Until yotmg growth has mothered. Spread manure on the garden as early as possible, 'Order seeds early. ! Plan to try at least one new vege-,' table and .Hower this year. Loop up last year's garden n pla tar, if you have lost it, try and re- xnember how things were laid out in 1926 and improve on it this time. PLANTING SEED INDOORS. Often several weeks• can be saved by getting the seed started indoors. The best thing to use for this pur- pose is a box about three inches deep. Bore a few holes in the bottom and put a layer of cinders, broken flower pots or gravel . over. this to allow for, drainage. Then place a few inches of fine soil on top and press down Arm. Plant seed in rows about an inch apart, the finer sorts merely be- ing pressed into the soil. Cover the whole box with a piece of coarse sack- ing or burlap pressed close to soil and then water. Leave the burlap on until the plants have pushed up through the soil, as it protects them x from being washed out. The bo may be placed in a warm cellar until growth starts, then brought up and placed within six inches of a bright window. Do not place tight againsti the whitlow pane, as there is always a current of cold air here. When about an inch high, thin, and a little; later transplant. Be sure to harden' off plants by leaving outside or open- ing the window for a few hours each day, before planting in the open. • PLANT SWEET PEAS FIRST. Sweet peas should be planted just as soon as one can work up the ground. These will coin along in first-class shape no matter what the n weather follawiixt; . planting ie like. It is best to dig a trench about a foot or so deep. Place a layer of rich soil or rotted leaves or manure in the bottom, covering it with about six inches of fin loam. In this plant the sweet peas about three inches deep and an inch apart, The rains will gradually fill in the trench and the plants will develop a very deep root - growth as a result, which will protect; them against summer droughts. Get' the very best seed possible, and try some special shades. After the peas have come up an inch or so, thin out to four inches apart and supply brush' work, strings or poultry netting at least thirty inches high for the vines to climb on. Wire netting is the least. .desirable fax this purpose, as it is liable to injure the growing plants. WHEN SOIL 15 READY. Perhaps those persons who are making a garden fax the first time should be warned not to dig in the ground too early. Many a garden has been ruined for one season by plowing or spading the soil before it has become euiileiently dry. A. test is easily made. It is necessary only to take up a handful of soil and squeeze it, If it compacts into a lump in the hand it is too wet to work. If, on the contrary, it crum- bles when squeezed, it probably is just the right condition fax plowing, spading and planting. ' TAKE A CHANCE. Vegetable seeds cost but a few cents. It is a good plan to plant a few short rows of the hardy varie- ties, such as spinach, radish, lettuce, carrots and beets, as soon as possible. If they come through, a considerable gain has been secured in earliness; if frost cuts them down, the loss is • 1 till H rr them along with a little nitrate of soda, Our Thousand Mile Gate. I our women traveled not less than twenty-four unnecessary miles—more If a small gate had been put on our likely twice that far—with a heavy farm fifteen years ago it would have: basket of clothes in one hand and a saved us 1,000 miles of walking. Ilarge bag of clothespins in the other. • In our houseyard stand the gran -1 These axe all unnecessary miles ary and other outbuildings. A barb-: which could be eliminated by small ed -wire fence separates this yard gates put in where they would do the from the barns and in this fence most good.—Z. M. there always has been only one open -1 ing, a large wagon gate. Its size A Warning to Apple made it unpleasant to use when just running through fax a minute, so in- stead we usually walked 30 feet along the fence to a narrow open space between the end of this fence and a water , tank. ;There . yx'e would , p ss• ' through sidewise and then walk "back along the other side of the fence to the barn door, three feet from the starting point -60 feet of travel, and again the 60 feet returning. Someone in the family made this trip probably on an average of eight tines daily, a little over 65 miles each year: We have lived on this place fifteen years, so we have traveled practically a thousand unnecessary •miles for lack of a small gate. And all we got out of it was to cover about three feet of space. Last week we made a narrow gate for pedestrians there, a gate easy to open and close. But consider the time, as well as strength, wasted. Suppose we can walk a anile in half an hour. Then in the last fifteen years we have wasted sixty-two eight-hour days, just walk- ing. Along the fence to the water tank and back again to the barn! Again: Our two barns, side by side, have no inside door between then, so Two cupfuls of' rye, 2 cupfuls of that to pass from one to the other one Indian meal, 1 small teaspoonful of must go outside and open and close soda, a little salt. Sufficient sour milk two doors, another waste of time and to make a 'stiff batter. Bake in a cake strength. an a griddle. Split open and butter, And again: A fence separates our then send to the table hot. house from the yard in which hangs our clothesline. On washdays one Keep watch for the hen which eats must go 20 feet south through a gate, no supper and limps when she walks, then 20 feet west and 20 feet back Pick her up and examine fax a torn Growers. Last year there was a report of certain apples shipped from the United States hoeing tainted owing to the .excessive use of certain du warning, the:rofare3° gxvezi :ro�aa� let 78 of the Dominion Department pf Agriculture gains additional import- ance. It reade "Do not use arsenical secticides in either dust or spray af- ter July 1, in order to ensure compli- ance with the British standard of arsenical tolerance in foodstuffs." The publication referred td 'bears the title "Nova Scotia Apple Spray. and Dust Calendars, 1927." While the authors, Messrs. Arthur Kelsall and T. F. Hockey, are both officers of laboratories in the Maritime Prov- ince, the text being a description of sprays and dusts in common use with their methods of application, and for what cause, is necessarily of value and of interest to apple -growers gen- erally. Application addressed to the Publications Branch, Ottawa, will bring the pamphlet free of cost. Rye and Indian Johnny Cake. north. A gate at the west side of the house would save 40 feet going and another 40 feet returning. Figuring Shows that in the last fifteen years side. Use a healing powder (not grease), and it will soon heal over. Then catch Mr. Tom and file his spurs until they are dulled, VALUABLE M 1 NEED A , . ELM N BY L. STEVENSON, O.A.C. Many a good cow has her useful - nese as a milker reduced through neglect whip+ inflicted with the troublesome inflammatory condition known as "ailed udder." Neglect on the part of the owner to provide pro-! per treatment usually results in the; loss of the quarter of the udder as a in/idle/ling unit. This loss can be measured by the difference between! as profitable cow, one with four func- tioning teats, and one with only three, usually unprofitable. Withhold all feed excepting some- thing light and laxative. See that the bowels are loose. If necessary' give a moderated dose of salts, not ltae large, and repeat in 12 hours if (teed be. In addition to the salts, ; ,yrpoarulphate of soda, ginger and mux 'aotnica should to given. An eine- merit containing zinc oxide and iodine ghould be applied over the swollen bland and gently rubbed in. Bath the udder every four hours, using hot water, rub dry and then apply the ;diritnisof, i lief from the congested condition generally follows in 86 hours. INFICTIOUs MASTITIS. It is not always easy to distinguish between the non-infectious and the infectious forms. So it is always well to isolate the animal and treat the case as a possibly infectious one should there be any suspicions. Dis- infect the entire stable at once and exercise great care relative to the. mincing of infected cows and the dis- position of the milk. Cows believed to he infected with infectious mastitis should he isolated from the herd and attended by someone not having any- thing to do with the other cattle. The treatment is similar to the treatment fax simple mastitis, only more aggres- sive. Hand -rubbing of the affected udder, hot fonxentations and the ap- plication of a penetrating ointment are advised. This hand -treatment should be continuous if possible until complete relief is attained. Valuable cows- should receive the attention of a skilled veterinarian, no udder, no cow. Valuable animate are worth .giving the best attention no matter what the cost, as a cow that cannot be milked is no cow at all, Her value vanishes when her udder is ruined through want of proper" treat - • 1 Fatten Young Leghorno, My experience has beaett that by paying a little More atten,tie ° to fat- tening 'and marketing 'Leghtmrns the income froni thin source, ean,.,be con- siderably "increased., especially broil - ere, The Leghornbroilers fattben eas- ily when coefinod and ford; -fed for about two 'weeks. They is til consume about two pounds of feed during title time and should show: et gain, it weight of ane -half to three-fourth`s of a pound, 1 • I have employed two xrtet/rode-1iO4 and .crate fattening, The simplest for farm conditions I have keel is lien fattening. The birds are confined in sii'ieli peas when about lee pounds in weight and arc ted the following mash: 2a' pounds corn meal," 15 pounds middlings, .8 pounds meat scraps and % potuxd fine salt. This is fed as a wet ;Hash by adding sour milk, buttermilk•or skim - milk. The birds are fed this three times a day and areperniitted to eat for half an hour at a tune, when the uneaten portion is removed. It is im- portant that the intervals betweenthe feedings should be as nearly equal as possible. The object of feeding this wet mash is to get the birds to eat large amounts of fond so they will make maximus gains in the shortest time. Corn meal and milk in any form are the foundation of any good fatten- ing mash. When milk is used not too moth meat scrap should be fed. One reason for the wide spread in prices paid for Leghorn broilers and those of the heavier breeds is that the active Leghorn on free range will not take on flesh as readily. When dress- ed without being fattened it usually has a scrawny, bluish appearance. When confined these birds will take on weight rapidly and will bring a price very close to that paid for the heavier breeds.—B. C. The Eggs 1 Mail. I ship eggs by parcel post in six, ten or twelve dozen cases direct. -to pri- vate families in the larger cities. The price I charge them amounts to about the same or a little less than their city grocers' price. This nets me from four to eight cents per dozen more than I could receive on the local mar- ket. Since my price is no higher than they have to pay in the city for ordi- nary eggs, and because they know that they will alwaysreceive strictly fresh and dependable products, thesepeople are always glad to pay the price I charge them. This price includes all shipping charges with insurance. The party I ship to returns the empty case to me prepaid. I always 'insure all cases, so ineaseof any los ' ab eek- a K4 the .customer: is alwti 441 is to ask a :satisfied custox is,e the names of friends that would be inter- ested in receiving fresh eggs. In this way I can increase the number of cus- tomers to any limit that I am able to take care of. I gather eggs at least twice a day and keep them in a cool place. Before shipping they are carefully sorted, candled and packed as to size, shape and calor. Every egg is perfectly clean and if one is badly soiled it is discarded. Washing injures its ap- pearance and its keeping qualities.' Besides eggs these city people are often glad to buy surplus fruit, pre-. serves, an occasional dressed chicken' or other produce.—B. C. My Menu for Chicks. My feeding ration for chicks is' simple. For the first two weeks or so, beginning after the chicks are`. from thirty-six to forty-eight hours are: from old, I feed a dry, -crumbly corn -meal; mash—just as much as the chicks will eat up clean. Small grain is added in small por- tions around the fifteenth day and gradually I cut away the earn -meal mash until the chicks are about four : weeks old. • Then their ration is as much cracked corn, wheat and oats as they will eat up clean. I seldom fail to raise 90 per cent of chicks hatched, and often raise 100 per cent.—G. G. Wilson Publishing 9-QuiP,PY'QUla DINNERS WHEN HOUSECLEANING .EMERGENCY SELF TO THE RESCUE 1478 THE BOLERO JACKET IS SMART. Decidedly smart is the attractive dress shown here, having inverted plaits in the front and back of the two-piece skirt finished with a front closing belt. The lower edge of the chic jacket and sleeves are scalloped. The front opening blouse has a becom- ing round collar and long sleeves gath- ered to wrist -bands. No. 1478 is in sizes 8, 10, 12 and 14 years. Size 10 years requires 21/x, yards 39 -inch ma- terial, or 1% yards 54 -inch for jacket and skirt, and 11/,4 yards 36 -inch for blouse. Price 20c the pattern. The designs illustrated in our new Fashion Book are advance styles for the home dressmaker, and the woman or girl who desires to wear garments dependable for taste, simplicity and economy will find her tastes fulfilled in :our.. patterns.; Pl,?ice of the: book Turkey eggs for hatching should be kept in a room of even tempera- ture, net above 50 degrees F. Turn them every day. BY FLORIS CULVER THOMPSON, If 'ver there's a time in the house- keeper's curriculum when she Would like to Simply drop down in her chair to enjoy a good dinner at 12 o'clock, it is during housecleaning season. Then, of all times,• we hate to stop our work just when we've gotten a fine start, and cook a big meal. Fur- thermore, while 'families may occa- sionally enjoy a quick lunch of pan- akes and sausage, or macaroni and cheese, or bread and milk, as a rule, they (including hard-working mother as well), want a substantial repast once a day. Why not give the dinner a good start at breakfast time to do away with the xnad rush at noon when the cook -cleaner is tired anyway? And why not take advantage of our can- ned goods and also plan for simple meals? We might set the table, too, as we dry the breakfast dishes. Sup- pose we try a menu or so from the following, the supplies for which most of us have on hand. DELICIOUS COMBINATION. For a split pea soup and vegetable dinner, use a piece of veal, preferably -from the shoulder, and also a hock of pork. Scald and soak the peas (dried beans may be substituted) in cold water over night. At breakfast time drain, add enough hot water to a little more than cover the peas, and cook with the meat in large kettle. Before leaving the kitchen, scrape and quarter eight large carrots and peel the same number of onions and potatoes, for a family of six. Allow the vegetables to stand in cold water until an hour before dinner time. Then put the carrots and onions into the liquid to boil and the potatoes on top of meat and other vegetables, to steam. At noon the vegetables and meat may be quickly drained from the liquid onto a platter and put into the oven to keep hot, or to brown if de- (sired, while soup is being eaten. Serve horse radish or chili sauce with the vegetable ,and meat platter: After so satisfying a feed, surely canned peaches or pears, and per- haps some cookies from the jar, as dessert, will be declared. enough. A boiled ham is a banquet,'and one we are justified in attending during housecleaning season. Ham "lasts"' for days; is delicious cold; and lends. itself to interesting dishes. • SATISPACTORY s3/%LUTIoN. i Put ham on to boil over the break.. !fast fire. Peel the potatoes and fetch a can of tomatoes and 'a jar of • apple -butter. Make an apple -butter pie, fox which the pastry may have been made a day or two previous and i kept in a cold place, or bake a pie shell separately and fill it at the last moment with the apple -butter. The poatoes must be put on to •bail a little befere 11.80. They. ntay be mashed until creamy, or served plain. If the ham is allowed to cool over night in the liquor in which it was cooked, it will be tender and juicy when sliced. Short -ribs browned down in the oven or in an iron kettle or skillet un top of the stove, are perfectly dell - cions if cooked long enough to soften all connective tissue. A little water, only a cupful, should be added to the. short -ribs at breakfast time. They should simmei for several hours, or until tender. Their last hour of their cooking, the potatoes may be added and cooked in the rich juices. If turned occasionally and browned in the oven, the result will be dignified Franconia potatoes! From the fat in the pan a generous amount of brown gravy may be made.' Why not open and heat a can of corn to accompany this dinner? And we might "top off" with plum preserves and sponge cake, made the day be- fore. The Children's Hour. GRANDMA'S RAINY DAY VERSES. "What's the trouble, son?" said Grandma, slipping an arm lovingly around Bobby's neck, as he stood look- ing out of the window one Saturday morning. Tears were chasing each other over his plump little cheeks, as if trying to copy the big raindrops whichwere splashing against the •window -pane. ,r tell you the name of, the man who wrote them—Robert Lovemari:" "What a nice name, Grandma! I think he must have been a very kind .roan :and71 think he loved flowers, and bir s, salol everything—" ..^ "Especially little' lloys' like .you," added Grandma .with. % smile. "But now look at the spot on the floor, dear. What • is it?" "Oh, oh;it's the sun! I'm so gladl Now 'Jack can come," cried 'Bobby. "And thank you for my nice. time, Grandma—and I won't faggot .:fin "1 Write your name ante ad. ress'plain. ly, giving number and size of sueh patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for earn number and address your order to Pattern Dept, Wilson Publishing `Go.; 73 West'Ade- laide St., Toororto. Patterns sent by return mail. Sprouted Seed Potatoes. The use of sprouted seed potatoes is advisable where an early crop is desired. In tests made with Irish Cobblers and Green Mountains at the Charlottetown, P.E.I., ExperinmentaI Station planting was done on May 5, and the Irish Cobblers from sprouted seed were ready for use an July 21, while those from dormant seed were ready only on August 8. In the case of the Green Mountains the potatoes were ready July 30 and August 18. Irish. Cobblers from 'sprouted seed yielded 482 bushels per acre, against 305 bushels from unsprouted seed. Green Mountains yielded 490 bushels per acre, .against 380 bushels from sprouted and unsprouted seed respec- tively. In spite, however, of the ma- terial difference in yield sprouting the seed is practicable only where small areas are planted. Persons growing small plots for hone use or market gardeners who want an early crop will find sprouting advantage- ous. Before washing windows fill all places where the putty has loosened with a mixture of plaster of Paris and water applied with a case -knife, setiva WELLINGTON COUNTY FOR 66'YeAR The above Illustrations show James, Beattie, of Peegus, and hist father, ' the late John Beattie, whose •combined Ser ICA AS .clerks of Wellington County Counctl totals 56 years'. Beattie senior; who died fit 1897, help ofliae to April of that year from ranufrry, 1811. ^}tis son hes served 15 the sante oapaoity fax the past 30 years, 1 _ and once more gave a big 'sob. "Come up into my room for a bit and see how the rain looks from up- stairs," suggested Grandma. To be invited 'to Grandma's room was always a great treat, so Bobby scampered up the stairs, calling back as he ran: "Please catch me, Grand- ma, and aj.l, smiles, he disappeared into the room and hid behind the big armchair in the window. • First into the closet, then behind the door and under the table Grand- ma looked, until finally Bobby called "Cuckoo," and she soon discovered his hiding place. Seating herself in -the big chair she gathered him into her arms. "Please tell me a story, Grandma dear, I love your stories." Grandma's eyes twinkled merrily as she replied: "I haven't one quite ready -it's too early in the morning --but I have the loveliest bit of poetry that I'nx going to recite very slowly and , I'm sure you'll soon be able to repeat; it after me. . i And this is what Bobby heard: i1 It isn't raining rain to me, It's raining daffodils; In every dimpling drop I see Wild flowers on the hills. 1 "Now shut your eyes tight, Bobby, and try and eve them—a11 the beauti- ful wild flowers we love so much. And now tell me what you see." "Oh, I see dandelions, an' butter- cups an' daisies," .answered Bobby . promptly. "Good l" encouraged Grandma. "Can yen.. see any more?" ' "Butter -and -eggs, Queen ,Anne's Lace., wild i oses-11— "Splendid! Naw open your eyes and listen again; A cloud of grey engulfs the day, And overwhelms the town; It isn't raining rain to mc, It's raining roses down, "Why, Bobby, the very roses you were telling in about! No, listen, there is one more verse: It isn't raining rain to me, But fields of clover bloom— Where any buccaneering bee. May find a bed,' and room. A health, then, to the happyl A fig for him' who frets; It isn't 'raining rain to It's raining violets, "And how we do love them, Bobby —the violets—lifting their heads up from some mossy bank." • ' "Oh, Grandma,, <lo you remember, X always found them under the big maple tree beside the brook?"' "Indeed :C do, dear, and how you filled' my little silver vase beside Grandpa's picture." "Please go on," begged Bobby, as Grandma paused, "But that's all," said Grandxnn, "only two verses, And now I must U a '1 a C 71 0 n s t d 11 d Vinegar—we have coined the woe from "vinaigre," French, far "sour, wine" -has a score or more of vain= able uses beyond the ordinary ones of being an ingredient in.. mint sauce, salad dressing, etc. No discoloration follows a knock or blow if lint, soaked in vinegar, is laid an the place for about an hour. To freshen and cleanse the air in a sick -room, sprinkle vinegar on a hot shovel and wave the latter about. Steel fire -irons and. the like palish easier and better if previously wiped with vinegar. Gas mantles give a much better light and last longer if before use they are soaked in pure vinegar. Do not "burn off" till quite dry. A little vinegar added to the warm water with which an invalid is spong- ed has a cooling and refreshing effect. After a long walk, or anything which is physically exhausting, the taking of a warm bath in which two tablespoonfuls of vinegar has been added, banishes all tiredness, aches, and pains, like magic. There would be no cooking aloes if on the range you stood a shallow tin of vinegar. It should simmer gently. An instant cure for a tickling - throat cough is to take two or three spoonfuls of honey and vinegar, equal parts, nixed. Fur in decanters, etc., dissolve:, at once when teeated with a little hot vinegar.' Blacking width has caked hard Can be put right if moistened with a drop or so of vinegar. And for sprains which hurt a sure allevia tion is a vinegar, and bran poultice. Vinegar is veluablel . s< .f a 6 d in t ,d ibl 0 1p Had l~l9ured Ma ry---"i'Ia^ve You any grippleg situatio Niay-"-"Oh, been times." AH Tight. ever fgered 1ni oto?" hustoda tevP i Pop Overt. Oneiint of flour, 1 pint of milky a eggs beaten to a froth. Mixt quickiy,� and bake In hot buttered cups, Batt with hot salute.