HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1929-08-01, Page 2Farm Notes
Cost of Rearing Draft Horses
One of the big problems that the
farmers of many provinces will have
to face for at least some years to
come is where • the necessary draft
horsess may be purchased. Will they
be good bones and the kind desired?
How much will they cost?
With the object of throwing light
on this question, cost studies have
been made at the. Ste, Anne de la Po-
catiere Experimental Station since
1921, From that year to 1926, thir-
teen Percheron colts were raised to
the age of two and oue-half years. The
weights of the colts, food consumed,
and cost for each colt, was tabulated.
To grow these colts to working age,
an average of 4,921 pounds of hay,
3,664 pounds of oats, 990 pounds of
bran, and 7.7 months of pasture was
required, at an average cost of $116.37
per colt weighing 1,517 pounds.
No mention is made of the service
fee -as this varies with the stallion
used and district, nor has any charge
been made of the mares having nursed
rrhese colts. At this Station, as at
many farms where colts are raised,
the mares, as a rule, are, before giv-
tng birth to the colts and afterwean-
ing, worked more than necessary to
pay for their upkeep during the year.
From the figures given above on the
feed consumed by the thirteen colts
reared in this five-year period, it will
be seen that the average cost is 40
per rent. below the cost of draft
horses' of similar qualifications and
weight in the open market. These
experiments and many others appear
in the annual reports of the Experi-
mental Farms and Stations, which
may be had on application to the Pub-
lications Branch of the Department of
Agriculture at Ottawa.
Protective Measures for Mosquitoes
The annoyance from mosquitoes and
black -Ries may be greatly lessened by
the application to the skin of mixtures
that have repellant qualities, While
many mixtures have been tried, none
of thein are entirely effective, but
some are of great value especially
wlien the insects are very numerous.
Some mixtures that have been found
useful to campers are described by
Mr. M. B. Dann, Entomologist of the
Department of Agriculture at Ottawa,
in Pamphlet No. 55. While suitable
preparations can be obtained at drug
stores, very effective mixtures can be
made at home. One of the best re-
commended by iVir. Dunn is composed
of oil of Citronella 3 ounces; spirits
of Camphor, and oil of tar, 1 ounce
each; oil of pennyroyal, sn ounce; and
'castor oil, 4 to 6 ounces. A simple
mixture is made of oil of citronella
and castor oil each 2 ounces and oil
of pennyroyal, one-eighth of an ounce.
The purpose of the castor oil is to
prevent injury to the skin by the
other ingredients. Tallow may be used
instead but the mixture made with it
is in the form of grease or salve
which of itself may add discomfort,
Whatever dope is used should be ap-
plied liberally . to the skin of the
hands, face or neck that is exposed,
about office an hour. As a safeguard
against accidents it is recommended
to, carry the liquid dope in an alumi-
num flask or screw top tin rather than
in a glass bottle which may be broken
in the pocket.
Smudges For 'Mosquito Control
When mosquitoes and black -Ries are
troublesome much relief can be se-
cured from smudges. To be effective
for any length of time, however, it is
important that they be well built. In
Pamphlett No. 55 of the Department
of Agriculture at Ottawa, on .the sub-
ject of protection from mosquitoes,
black -flies and similar pests, instruc-
tions -are given for building a smudge
that should last for an hour. An area
several feet square should be cleared
of debris and top soil. A bright fire
should then be started and several
fair sized sticks of wood added. These
should be allowed to burn until re-
duced to bright embers. On these
should be placed, a small quantity at
a time, green ferns, Ieaves, shrubs,
damp leaf mould, and rotten wood.
The addition of dry wood from time
to time may be necessary to keep the
fire sufficiently alive to burn the damp
material which will 'give off a heavy
smoke. If used within a tent smudges
should be confined to a metal pail.
Such smudges as aro described are
especially 'iseful at meal time and
may be of service to drive mosque rs
from a tent or canip: To clear a t it and stone, fine arrow heads and spear
the smudge should be placed in i .t Points of obsidian, pieces., of a large
part farthest from the door, the smokelinked gold chain, and perhaps most
being billowed to tate roof atm In the
important of all, watts of charred
direction of the door with a bit of`cloth, for find, of genuine lire -Colum -
bark. The insects will move ahead of, bran textiles are new curee
the smoke and itthe door be ,previous -
]y opened for a few :moments, most of
them can be driven out. This process,
according to Mr. M. B. Dunn, the auth-
or of the pamphlet, when repeated
• every hour wilt keep the tent in a
fairly habitable condition.
ing Leto dark grey and ,black, then
white, and' finally tipped with black.
The weight is 6 and 7 pounds for does
and 51/2 to 6% for bucks. Other quali-
fications are described in the ptlfnph•
let, which treats of housing, feeding,
breeding, and• marketing the carcas-
ses and skins,
Two Principal Methods of Canning
Tlie one -period cold -pack method is
so called because the uncooked or
partly cooked food is packed lute a
jar and covered with some liquid,
such as syrup or water, and both the
jarand its contents are heated simul-
taneously by boiling water or steam.
This method may be used for all fruits
and vegetables and is recommended
fdr home use. It is a very simple pro-
cess and completely sterilizes inas-
much as the product is placed in the
sterilized jars which are closed dur-
ing the cooking process so that the
organisms are killed and access by
any bacteria from the air and other
outside sources is rendered imposs-
ibte. The appearance of the finished
product is superior as each berry or
slice remains intact, There is no
crushing. The flavor, color and tee -
Please Keep Out
FEATHER WATCH DOG
Daisy, a butcher's goose in London, stays at the door all day and keeps
out cats and dogs who Height try to steal a bone or a piece of liver.
Animal Fallacies
Still another mistaken idea is that
ture are more natural, animals clo not care for cleanliness. way traffic along the who tee,.no wore? to define the most character
Another method, described in Bulls- Every animal is happier when clean, both the governments and the saner int°c. We have to borrow it from the
tin No. 77, "Preserving .Fruits and even those who dislike water. Cats press organs are anxious for a peace• t, reneh Hadi>ette. And it was in looks
Vegetables in the Home" obtainable Strange is it how certain fal-
se
and monkeys, as heartily as they de- ful settlement.
from the Publications Branch of the
Czechs. Awaiting
Budapet 2eport.
Of Border . Incident
Governments Eager for Peace-
ful Settlement of Espion-
age Affair
Vienna—The arrest of a Czeclto-
slovak railway cashier, on a charge of
espionage, at the frontier station of
Hides Nemeth', in Cast Hungary, by
Hungarian police officers, continues
to occupy the attention of the central
European press. The Czechoslova-
kian Ambassador In Budapest protest,.
ed on lie tall of his Government that,
whether this man is guilty or not
guilty of spying, his arrest is quite
contrary to the railway agreement
signed by both states.
Czechoslovak Cabinet Ministers,
meeting in Prague, after discussing
the affair, decided to await further
explanations from the Hungarian
Government, Though the ultra Na-
tionalist press of•both countries alike
has demanded suspension of all rail-
le front
The English play
Attitude.
The British have given free rein
to their play -instinct, but, while een-
ftning it by , rt les,;:: they :.h 4vv'-'z1ot
thwarted • its nai%'i iral :, development;
Here and there, under Puritan infjurt
ence, play has been forcibly repressed,
but such repression was temporary
and had little effect on developments
in other directions. It is this natural
:volution of the play -spirit which has
given English character its most in-
teresting features and from the politi.
cal, cultural and broadly human point
of view, its most important aspect. ;° .
The play -attitude is essentially
naive. English games are not "made,"
i.cr are they necese rily organized;
they are entirely natural. In what-
ever sphere, sport, drama or music,
they have arisen as naive expressions
of natural instinct• "The naive is
childishness occurring where least
expected." In writing this, Schiller
had no thought of England, but if he
had been describing English char-
acter he could not have been more to
the point. The English language has
By DAVID LEE WHARTON
lacies in regard not,to animals become test a washing, are de]ightfu]ly cone Unfortunately the present incident
so deeply embedded in the human Portable and happy after a forcible is but one of many which have bale
?bath,
s-
lti } i will bathe i the other have occurred The Pi g
cessive days. This is used in the case it is commonly believed that it is portunity, Watch the sparrows er Tagblatt declares a e
of vegetables which are not strictly from choice that animals upon the gather anct enjoy a "shower" when of the present situation is not so
fresh, and especially applicable and approach of death steal away to die the sprinkler is left going on the much the incident itself as the atmos -
desirable for those vegetables lacking alone. Now any one who has sooth- 1 lawn. The canary, of course, must phare it has created.
acid ,such as peas, corn and beans. ed the last moments of a loved and have his bath daily. The Neue Freie Press demands a
It is more thorough as regards sterili- loving subhuman friend, walked with ! The majority of people firmly be- conterenee for central and east Eu-
zation than the one -day process owing him to the gates of death and watch- lieve that dogs understand only tones rope, to do for these states what Lo -
to the fact that spores, which may de- ed them close upon him, knows that ' and gestures, and not the words them.! carno and the Young plan are doing
velbp after the earlier sterilization, an animal longs for the companion- I selves. Any one who talks with for the western powers. Many thou -
are bound to succumb during the sun- ship of his loved ones in the lioui• of dogs and not merely to them, will sand Hungarians who annually visit
cessive periods of sterilization, but death as much as does any human. 'smile at this assertion. Mention,! Czechoslovakian spas have now can of the ancients, which ranged ,rani
the intermittent sterilization involves Wild animals who have no human even casually, dogs or cats, in the; celed their arrangements and are go the theatre to the arena. Human na
considerably more handing than is (friends seek reculsion, perhaps, in or- :hearing of a dog, in the language to ing elsewhere,• ture carves out its path urged on by
inch t d a desire for free rhythm and new har-
monies ... such. harmony is only ob-
tainable when one can remain naive,
and snake sport merely a lint between
the physical and the intellectual;
when one can keep in the background
not only artificial organization and its
excesses, but athletic exaggeration;
in short, when the play -attitude
achieves more than a brilliant luck or
Government Excavations Re- sh An an absurd record. To have achieved
away w i e Re -
such harmony, in their own way and
veal Ancient Relics of At any rate, it is a rare thing to come en heart.
not without some trembling if .the
balance, is the merit of the English
people. In the past Puritanism, often
unconsciously :and unintentionally, has
been the most dangerous enemy to the
development of childlike naivete in the
British character. In our own time the
greatest danger and rival has been
.the commercialization of sport.
In the field of sport England has
returned to both natural and national
paths, but the nation is beginning to
get back, in the same natural manner,
to all other kinds of play as well.
Thus a wide vista is opened up, for
the motive force behind this childlike
simplicity is, like everything funda-
mentally natural, potential artistic
power and a mainspring of national
culture.. England's most valuable in-
tellectual and artistic achievements
have always bee•, based on a popuiar
foundation, and the same can almost
be said of English art.... .
By virtue of their play -sense the
English have acgeired certain qual-
ities which are as precious to them-
selves as they are pleasing to others;
a rare sense of hamar . , meeting its
blows with laughter;on the other
hand, remarkable social and moral
gifts, the result of team world, that
is to say, manly rivalry under the
tegis of fair play.—Rudolf Kircher, in
"Fair Play: the Games of Merrie
England." . Translated by R. N. Brad-
ley from the German.
Mr. Maxton's Party
London Evening Standard (Ind.
Cons.) : More than once already Mr.
Maxim has fired, as it were, .a
warning gun for the Lew Government,
but in Glasgow recently he Iet off
what can be described only as a post-
tive salvo. "I want to suggest," he
said, "that there are more than three
parties in the field," . . There Is
not much doubt as to what he 'means,
The fourth party that he has in mind
is his own, the "Socialists in otic
time" movement, which is retirosent
ed by the thirty-three Labor mem
bers who were nominated as candid-
ates at the general election 'directly
by the Independent Labor Party. Just
as nineteenth century Radicalism
bred to its left a Labor Party which
could not definitely be called Social-
ist, so that Labor Party has bred this,
which definolely can. For a long
time the Liberal.Party was accus-
tomed to reckon the Labor members
in the .House among its own forces.
lip to now the official Labor Party.
with Mr. MacDonald at its head, hes
beet accustomed thus to reckon Mr.
Maxton attd his followers. There
have been 'divergetices of, opinion and
questions of party discipline, but It
was not doubted that in tele last res
sort the elaxtonists were realty be.
hind the party. That seethe now
to be' changed, and it looks as though
Labbe, which has always spoken with
two voices, were now going to de-
velop two bodies,
�1.
Our Needs
AS you grow ready for it, Ronne
where, or other you will fine what is
needfuY for you In al book lir a felon/
--George ItfacDonald,
ing for something little in keeping
Department of Agriculture at Ottawa, with their own character that they
is the fractional or intermittent meth• b tl , paned recently, in which a number of discovered it. But witht tufa English,
mind Many who are really fond of naivete is a permanent quality, Play
od which involves the carrying on of animals and should know bAtter, still Even the sparrow, who is no dandy, arrests of nationals of one state in gives thein the means of reta.ini�tg
the sterilization period for three sue
cherish these illusions. For example, ince ngt rd, w 1 at a at every op- d 1 that
th worst happy childhood right into old age.
It is nowadays everywhere the fa-
shion, and a very pleasant one, to ap-
pear, and inwardly to be, younger than
the calendar permits or our grand-
fathers could have expected. In Eng•
land this fashion is no discovery, ,
Reaction against leaden Puritanism
has been mainly instrumental in stim-
ulating the Hellenistic. spirit, the cult
of physical beauty, the play -attitude
necessary in the one -day method; also
more fuel is consumed,—Issued by the
Director of Publicity, Dominion De-
partment of Agriculture, Ottawa.
Ancient Relics
der to avoid vultures, or the canni- Zv he is accustomed, andsee his •
balistic of their own kind. And, !instant interest, but speak of then price ®f wales
speaking of death among animals, 4 as emphatically as you please in a
what becomes of the thousands of , foreign language, and be pays no at -1 Opens o%
sparrows which must die ann sally in , tention, simply because he does not
large cities? Only after a severe understandthe words.
storm or terribly cold period is a dead li One of the most cruel and unjust' London—The Prince of Wales open-
. bird seen on city streets. Even in of fallacies in regard to animals is ed at th Olympia the most important
Found an Mexico the woods a dead bird is an unusual that they are incapable of mental suf- air exhibition yet held in Europe -
sight. There is an old legend which ' fering, Never a day glides into eter- France, Germany, Italy, and for the
affirms that birds do not die, but are nity but bears the life of at Ieast first time in Europe, the United States
bornetoHeavenhil alive. one "beast" who has died of a tarok-, were represented. The Briti
Ministry released some hitherto secret
across a bird which has died of itself.' That domestic animals are able to aircraft, tliougli their capabilities re -
Another queer- idea is that animal. provide food and shelter for them- inained unp ablished.
faces are inexpressive. Why, no , selves is another pernicious delusion. Interesting items include the sub -
face on earth is sa capable' of regis- ; Where in Heaven's name can a dog marine Southampton, a flying boat;
tering astonishment as that of a dogs ; or eat find refuge from the elements Vicker's fighting machine, capable of
His look of amazement is, at times, so with 'every gara..ge and cellar door speeds upward 'of 200 miles an hour,
exaggerated as to be Iudicroits• Con- locked, • or food, '.with every morsel Vicker's Victoria type which rescued
sitter the expression of fatuous com-'cast into a garbage caa and closely more than 600 persons stranded at
placence upon the face of a (sup-' covered? How little time and ef- Kabul ?wring V e Afghan trouble, a
posedly) fierce bull -dog or blase fort_ it would cost to put the edible new 40 -seater Handley Page biplane,
Thomas cat when being fondled and scraps in a pan. or even upon a paper, and a Parnell seaplane which folds its
flattered. The dog, especially, is a and place it where some hungry waif wings and slips into a submarine. This
pantomimist par excellence. Curiosity, could get it! tiny machine was contrasted with a
contrition, in fact almost every emo-i That animals are possessed of in- huge Fairey monop'ane capable of
tion is partrayed without effort. He stinct only, and not of reason, is stilt carrying over 1,000 gallons of petrol.
makes himself understood even by another foolish error. Why is it so
man, the "dumbest"- of animals. A ' difficult, apparently, to realize that
entrances guarded by warmer -pants bear when living among men and the lower• animals are crea-
catered on the door lintels and by' treated with kindness, acquires such' tures of like feelings as ourselves,
a human expression as to be uncanny. and that the lordliest king and low -
And what a fine fellow is a bear, and Best living thing are "brothers un -
how little understood! One of the tier the skin"?
most companionable of beasts. 1 United States Senator Schell of
Domestic animals are said to be-, Minnesota, who is blind, has a very
come more attached to places than intelligeut police dog who acts as his
to persons. In rare instances this guide in Washington. Schell called
Mayan and Toltec
Civilizations
Mexico ' City.—With the coming of
summer and the rainy season arehm-
ological activities of the Mexican
Government have been suspended, ex-
cept for the vigilance kept over the
more than 1,200 sites where remains
of pre-Columbian buildings or carv-
ings are preserved.
The most important work of Mexi-
can archeologists in the Maya area
this year was the restoration of "El
Castillo," in Chichen Itza, Yucatan.
The white limestone temple of Ku-
kulkan, topping a great pyramid
which iu cch ornman ds the
ancient city its
feathered serpent columns, is now
practically completed.
The pyramid itself once faced with
limestone siabs held t,n in panel and
provided with four steep stairways, is
being reconstructed on its north and
west faces with the fallen material,
the rest tc remain as found. is true, but not as a rule. To the at the White House and while there
In U'tmal, another Maya city of average household animal home is the President, then Calvin Coolidge,
Yucatan, repairs have been eontpleted where the "Boss" is, In the days asked hint to bring in his dog of
on the failing facades of the cover- before every family owned its 'car whom he had heard a great deal.
nor's House," called the most beautiful' it was not unusual to see, chained to "This dog is the first visitor I
royal dwelling known. the seat of a moving van, beside the have had in nearly eight years that
In the ancient Toltec city of Teo driver, a woebegone canine. Moving didn't want something," the Presi-
tihuacan on the Mexican highlands, day has its terrors for hint as well dent ( remarked, patting the dog's
excavations were made this year in as the rest of the family. The new head.—Capper's Weekly.
front of the "Subterranean Buildings" domicile may not be as much to his
which are noted for their frescoes, lilting as the old home, but he pro- .It has taken Niagara Falls 30,000
Walls, floors and terraces were found, ceeds to make himself as comfortable years to move seven miles. It's just
and pottery pieces, one of which bears and happy as possible. like Sunday traffic.
the painted figure of a Toltec priest.
Possibly the most interesting of all
the work of the Mexican Direction of
A.rchteology, which is under dose Rey-
gadas Vertiz, has been the excavation
and restoration, just completed, of an
Aztec pyramid at Tenayuca near Mex-
ico City, unique in the entire coun-
try, When dug up it was found as
described by an eyewitness of the
Spanish Conquest, surrounded on
three sides by walls of coiled stone
serpents, and with a great stairway
on the fourth side, the side of the set-
ting sem.
In it were found carved and polish-
ed ornaments of jade, volcanic glass
He Belongs
New 'York Herald -Tribute:: It leaks
out that while the President likes news
reels and mystery films he does not
care for the "talkiest" Hollywood,
which is "talkies" niad, regards the
Presidential preference as en outrag-
The Chinchilla Rabbit tolls usurpation ofpower§ which the
Of the many breeds of rabbits that Constitution never granted to the
are bred for their fur; the chinchilla Wlttte Ilottse atirl..threatens to go
is perhaps the most valuable, Accord Democratic in consequence, .The rest
lag to Bulletin No. 28 of the Depart- ci us, however,.twill throw up our lists
went of Agrictiltttre at Otta.wa.,on with' an extra~ cheer for Ur. Hoover.
i -
"Rabbits," the chinchilla originated In Mr. Hoover may have translated Age
France about fifteen years ago..Siitoe cola prom the Latin and he May be
then it has spread to Great 13ritaln, an tip -to -dilate 1929 efficiency +engineer,
buti¢ he really likes the old-time
theUnited Staten, Canada, and many silent "movies" he is one of us after.
other countries. The stattdar d at re- all, He belongs,
gistration set up for the fancy chin
clfilla by the Canadian Small Breeds 14tussoliuf opp0000 beauty' contests'
because lta.liatt g]rls Deter Witt. ae
llttg the wild chinchilla, with 0.1r lin• only be would apply that reasoning to
tertneti hie portion pearl•grey, inerg- elle Caesar complex,
Association, gives the color as resethby
Bareback Rider: And you really
love me?
Sword Swallower:
the hilt!
Love you up to
Renewing Many Friendships Made During t he War
PRINCE OF WALES INSPECTS HIGHLANDERS AT TROOPING OP COLORS
I t at "i -taw iii your wifo With the cook
HIS Royal tligltuess took the salute of the firs battalion of Seaferth Highlanders, of whicNf lie igl coiattol- book?" "x attspect slim 0009 fa tfsystd rrjr
n ehdor,
at theft recentceremony, Of trooping • the (*Yore. i novel!," •
it