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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1924-01-10, Page 6Vegetable Vitarnine,----Their Functions' in the Diet, An especially interesting article on were busy sawing up a tree that of a "I Never Thought of That." Neighbor Smith .and his hired hand Home Education "The Child's .First school le the Fainh--y"Froebel." vegetablovitamins has beencontxibut-down the night before, smashing eel by Mr. L F Burrows 'Secretary number of bis bee stands; when hie Pink ^OatrYl,eal to Tempt Children—By Marion Brownfield. of the Canadian I`Iorticultural Council, • friend Brown happened along. Whet child does not prefer a nice, give it a delightful ,pink color. This child fi n deer ,fir'' to the November -December ,A;gricul 1 "At last," said Brown, the old tree �'�' / ( you have braced with props and an- �•.¢� •^ Gazette. The value o ve e- y no frosts rural Gazerf g to nee its w d rales toadish of gray' last way prevents the "color" ro . •. bles as- a diet h sicians sa lies bored with wire for years p merely the color and avoid ,. - ., r P y yr c ' eating bis. 73 Adelaide St Wast, Toron4o ., from blowing down on your bee stands, oatmeal. As a child I could hardly mg the cereal, for what child's heart �f.ddress .cornmurricati0.ne Ro Anrpuui � largely in the vitamins thee' contain, ; r Al d these vitamins are necessary to has fallen. Why didn't you move t. • TREES. I Red Clover, Alfalfa, Sweet Clove ,, life. The writer of the article bee stands and let the old tree fall, flavor? Oh not But because it looped, even PRUNING OIDutch Clover gees , ., s slap-, ota- he eat salt fish hash: Because of its does not go out to a pink mixture and , c �,+ if it happens to be an insipid , ver and White "Well," replied Smith, as he l P so dirty! (Cod fish and boiled p gelatine? A bit of chopped fresh fruit conceded b ' both stiles Clo, p eta rill eonu e 3 all it -is clean, vigorous into particulars of the vegetables that d his hand on his leg, "I never toes in combination do'make a rather' makes cereal tempting as well as It is .generally a s and commercial and nater y Er.iFntific investxgatoi sed that the grower wishes to secure. contain this element to the greatest thought of that." unattractive color.) Also its fibrousI palatable: This also can be beaten at fruit trees should be s t this requirenng it is exent... , The an who does so little thinking torture •made me complain, "Mama; through the food, giuwurs that To nice Three distinct kinds of vitamins; m tuned during the tire two of three cessar that wedof strong vitality a as to take but one view of his busi- it tastes like flannel!" I With still other items on the bill . have been identified the Have been years of their life: l'hiw pruning is rice free from weed seeds be planted ,r „ „ y„nese is likely to blunder many times, Thus a squeamish appetite may be . of fare one should aim for a pleasing • •' toproduce a well-balanced an • and because ah our Pres- designated A, B, and C. Vita -t as Smith did with the old tine de,,}ffnetl p each year, min A, we are told, i a mysterious us prejudiced against wholesome f00(lj color effect. Many simple desserts o with a strong "-rar.teworlt capable methods of cleaning a.ie somewhatand_his bee stands. Just such blunders tree u , crops as the tree ant element in food without which chilbecause of its unattractive appear - of carrying heavy ci p inadequate, it is necessary that the dren cannot row but which ' town turn profits •into I. on the farm. 1 ante. This is more often the case grows older, Experiments have shown soil be clean. Clean seed and clean g g The successful farmer to -day is a with children than is generally real- ek that as a rule uixertixxed trees corns h folks also need Leafy plants are' t into bearing earlier than those which ground are dependent one on the other. v foods inthisrespect, h thinking man If lie has a task be- ized Of course a finicky taste is not growth of newly s The vigorous ceded valuable oo s 'spinae •and chard ranking first lettuce next, fore him he debates in his mind the to .be encouraged but many a time a are pruned. Failure to prune axises. grass or clover crop which is thick many different ways of doing it until re spial) however, coni and eabba a third, Tomatoes are rich little management will.persuade when they a + enough to occupy the availably g every detail has been thoroughly to eat plain hearty foodand 1 th' •t d Hubbard `s u sh youngsters such as farina, junket, cornstarch pudding or custard can be "pinkened" with the coloring that comes in pack- ages a - ages of gelatine. For the child who. enjoys chocolate, cocoa will give both the color and flavoring so . desired by him, It is both nourishing hove mixed with sugar for breakfast feeds. Chocolate sauce can also be indulged in once in a while to dress i?p- plain in a rotation in P p 6 the careful. and continuous thinkin • an other glands.Potatoes, swee and g true that candy is sweet, as well as .desserts. make food at eluding a cleaning crop, clean farm gthat successful farming requires. bright -colored, but all fruit is not Even the dishes help k land will be the result and from it whfte,.contain appreciable amounts.of g + this vitamin but turni s and onions What to do, how to do it and what to sweet, yet it is equally tempting to ,tractive. Pink dishes are worth in will spring clean seed. ' P leave undone are three things that most children because of its cheerful vesting in if they persuade a child to are better off Beets, tomatoes stab h manly results in stations trouble in ground, will do much to smother out in xs vi emirs an q a thrashed out and a profitable solution', until it becomes a habit •with them, latex ears. Such trees frequently de- undesirable growth. If seed, free.is said to be a valuable source, Vita - y min B is guardian of `o -' digestion has been f^+and• veep to many main branches, bad' from the seeds of • foreign plants, be g u Crotches are formed, and. the percent sown year after year d 1 1 d t age of breakage is heavy. When the tree has passed the form- ative period the necessity for pruning Attractive colors more than any - g o e Probably no other business requires netionin of the liver thing else appeal to children. It is _ and ro er f is not quite obvious, but mos stj It is it hien to secuia bite so o viol no sura pro ' will make any farmer scratch is enticing color. Breakfast food, there- authorities are agreed that even clean seed from much of the grass an i bags, spinach, lettuce and parsley also 't ' still d P t' 1 1 contain so too does the lowly donde- head and think for all he is worth, fore, is worth colori advisable to pay itan a is this true n connection 'd t m- One of the most successful farmersl Fruit juice from a the tree reaches bearing age i is ,clover crop as harvests . Particularly' ar y it, ng. annual visit i'with our lion Most fruit •juices 'and even nuts if he does them justice. f 1 There are several ways to do this. with the tuning shears, The oblert are said opossess appreciable . a ! can of straw- P Bilin clover, It is an easy nether to sep- 1 ever knew said he paid his hired berries, peaches or apricots makes a of this is to remove all mterf g erste out light material and other ounts of this vitamin. ~Vitamin G pre_ men more willingly for thinking thani tempting sauce for oatmeal. Fresh P branches and to open out the tree so foreign matter of a size different from vents disease and promotes the gen for work. Doing farm work•unplan- sunli ht can penetrate to particular seed we are working eral health, Lack of it, we are in fruit juice is even nicer still. A little that the g thus ex - with. pa ped is'merely playing a game of, each fruit spur. The laborwith, A good fanning mill with proper' formed, gives the skin a"bad color and ; Jain dotted here and there is effective ended is fully paid for by the im- adjustment of sieves and wind velocity makes the heart weak. Lemons,. limes,. chance that is just. as likely to lead to while a teaspoonful of red jelly can' in the grade of fruit pro- will readily make such a separation. oranges, and fresh fruit seem to be loss as to profit. Work preceded by be whipped 'through the cereal to pserious thinking and planning is more duced. The grower with the ordinary fanning beneficial in this respect. Again the than likely to be a paying proposition. The dormant season is the logical mill is limited, however, to this sep- tomato shows to advantage,. its juice C. Conger. time for pruning although when the oration: Foreign seeds of a size and being.regarded as equal to that of wood is frozen the work may not be weight similar to the seed being clean- the orange. The Swedish turnip, or Keepthe Dropping Boards very agreeable to the grower. Where ed are beyond the power of his ma- rutabaga, is valuable as a source of �� g young trees or stone fruits are con- chine to remove Indeed the separa- vitamin 0; so also is the carrot, par- reined -it is probably advisable to de- eat the despised potato. Milk, which many parents pay a child to drink, will sometimes be cheerfully taken if it can be drunk from a certain allur- ing mug the child has fancied. Where this inducement is held forth, the coveted dish or mug must not be used for other items of diet, otherwise it • loses its novelty and "special oc- casions" value. lay the pruning until late winter or early spring, but bearing apple trees eq. be pruned in zero weather without apparent injury. Pruning is the one major orchard operation which can be performed -to advantage during the winter months. At this time there are r leaves to interfere with the vision Seed Control Act and also in the the pruner and consequently he is i noxious and other weed seed allowance 1 tter able to judge which branches i provided in one of the commercial gold be removed. Furthermore, grades under the same Act. i; only during" the winter that the Out of the numerous experiments t rower has the time to give to this now being carried on in the separation work. Consistent and systematic annual pruning aid in producing more extra fancy fruit. - CLEANING HOME-GROWN SEEDS OF GRASS AND CLOVER.n The production of home -grow ass and clover seed on the average 8T Canadian farm is confined for the most part to the seed of Timothy, free from weeds„ tion of some of our weeds, including ticularly young carrots. Potatoes, on - both noxious and non -noxious weeds, seem to be beyond the capability of any of the cleaning machinery now operating commercially. This fact is reflected in the large amount of seed that has annually to be classified as rejected according to the Canadian of seeds by liquids will eventually. come a method of separation that can be operated commercially at reason- able cost and that will perform the thorough cleaning necessary to -good seed. production. In the meantime, the least that we can do is -to plant on our farm only seed that is as clean and pure as can be obtained and only such land as is POULTRY SHEEP The frosting of the comb of either Many dairy farms can support a the male or, female is one thing . the small flock of sheep to . advantage poultryman -must guard against, where their usefulness will be found can be accomplished by having a house in helping to control or subdue weeds that is well ventilated,"a house in in the pasture fields or in utilizing which the moisture given off by the small pasture lots or fields where the birds in the process of respiration is dairy cows cannot be put in handily. quickly carried away and replaced by They can be made a source of income, fresh oxygen -laden air; for it is a too, both from wool and lambs or from fact that birds will do better in an ex- well-bred registered stock. tremely cold-- temperature, provided 1 No animal will do more than shee% the atmosphere is dry, than they will to keep weeds in, submission in the b a much warmer `temperature where pasture field, if given a chance at the the atmosphere is heavily laden with weeds while the leaves are still tender moisture. The moisture conditions 1 and succulent. Sheep are particularly seem to be conducive to freezing the, fond of the leaves of plants which comb. I they strip off, leaving the plant to die. Ventilation then, with a cold temp-, The sheep are wintered easily, and erature, but plenty of fresh air, is the with the addition of a little clover or first way to counteract the ravages of , alfalfa hay they will find a great part Jack Frost in the winter. That means; of their roughage in the stalk fields we should not attempt to keep our j when these are not snowed under. birds in a house that is closely built,1 They require very little grain until but rather in one whose front is large- i they approach the lambing period, ly open.' Another precaution to take . when it will be found 'profitable to, in avoiding frozen combs is to be sure' give them oats, which are usually not that the droppings boards and perches high-priced, with perhaps the addition are at the back of the house, which is' of some corn, though we have not the warmest and best protected, and found it advisable to feed very liber - that the perches themselves are a suf- ally of corn, which has a tendency to talent distance below the roof, so that cause them to fatten and lose their the combs will not'come in contact wool prematurely. It is not necessary to purchase a lot of high-priced feeds in order to keep sheep. Nor does it take expensive or elab- orate equipment to house sheep. They are a great outdoor •animal, but they should be protected from, rain, sleet anclefalling snow to prevent their Clean. The "classical" poultryman, who is i r - ions, parsnps , h b b, lettace, caulx flower, and cabbage may be counted in. Raw cabbage is said to be espe- cially strong in this vitamin. Satisfactory esults of Cow Testing. The average increase per cow in milk• in three years was 2,168 lbs. ` In 1920 only eleven •cows in the herd produced over 300 lbs. fat; in 1922, thirty cows exceeded this amount, or over 66 per cent. of the animals in the hem,..; In Kent County, Ontario, by :following the cow -testing method, conducted,. by the Dominion Dairy and Cold Storage Branch, an average of 7,488 1bs. milk and 246.5 lbs. fat was increased to an average for eleven cows in the sae three years to 10,235 lbs. milk and 346.4 lbs. fat, an increase per cow_ of 2,747 lbs. milk and 99.9 per cent. fat. Modern agriculture must be organ- ized agriculture. with the rafters or boards. Another precaution is to strive in some way to keep the warm air given off from the birds' bodies around and adjacent to the perches—that. is, have ' some arrangement in the house so that the warm air, as it is breathed by the scrupulous about everything he does, -For Years I Didn't. For many years I farmed and only jotted down what I paid out and re- ceived in a small notebook, and let it go at that. When on some cold win- ter day I would look over my book, I t THE CHILDREN'S HOUR found that I really did not understand A LITTLE BOY SAVES BRUIN. may be able to hire his dropping myself, and could not see my finan- Bruin groaned in the tight grasp of boards cleaned every morning. It is cial condition. the man's trap. How his foot ached i the most sanitary method. But the Then T started systematic bookkeep and pained! Twist and squirm as - he one-man poultry plant can not always ing. I have one cattle account, includ- might, he could not get loose. No. t d th t ing cream and steers sold, one wheat matter in what position he stood, the have one a way. I know a farmer who cleans his account, one oats, one flax, etc. pain was no easier. 'From my hog account I learned that To Bruin it seemed a long time. I was losing money. Yes, a very long time, since the little My poultry account shows a profit, stranger Squirrel had started with his Before I kept books I could not tell, message to Roily. - really did not know, what the feed IIs knew Roily Rabbit would bring help as soon, as possible. But lie wish - cost or how much they ate. Now when I bill a 10 -bushel box I debit the pool- ed he would hurry, or— try account and credit the feed ac- No sooner had he thought this than . teas. count with the cost of it.• he turned' to see a man coming, wind Between the two extremes, c ) ing his away among the trees. - the dropping boards once a week usually once ayear=it shows me {1His heart went thump. Forgetting seems to fit in with the one-man plant, Whenever L take a trial balance— gain or loss on any one of the ac- the trap, he started to run. - But he In the summer I sprinkle ordinary dry counts (2) gain or loss during the could not get away. The sharp teeth dirt on the boards after I have cleaned' year on the whole; and (3) it en- of the trap cut deeper into his flesh. The beneficial effect of cow testing poultry house about once a year. is abundantly shown by results course it is a sight, and of course he achieved at the Oka,.Que., Agricultur gets poor results, • He ridicules the al School. In 1920 the average pro "book farmer" who is "always fooling duction of 44 cows, Ayrshires and -with his chickens," He is a sample of French-Canadians, was 6,733 lbs, milk, the old-time farmers, who are grow - 257.7 lbs: fat, and 383 percentage: In ing less every year, thanks to the ex - 1922 the average production of•46, periment stations and the agricultural cows of. the same breds was 8,901 lbs. p milk, 346 lbs, fat and 3.88 percentage: 1caning them: In winter, sifted coal ashes. All the year I add` phosphate (phos- phoric acid) to help make the drop- pings ` a balanced ration for the ,gar- den. ' He who would look with contempt upon: the 'farmer's pursuit is not wor- thy • of the , name of a man, -Beecher, real puzzle, as, one recently found out. He was running a truck along' the It is those things which he is man's character. net road -when the engine started to miss. compelled to do—the just treatment In the course of a few minutes it be- man's and soon the engine stop - of the h''pless that test the fibre of y ablest me to make a businesslike; state- The man rano running toward him: merit if my income is large enough. "Ah, Ha. At last I have you, you that I-haveto pay income tax, -B• O. big rascal. What a nice fur coat you will make me, Mr: Bear," he said. Two Misses at Once. "Now to get you home." When two or more troubles come at Bruin could not understand. what the same time the car owner has a the man meant by these strange noises but his' tone made him more afraid, Taking some shells from his pocket, the man put them in - his bang, bang gun. Bruin_had never seen a gun like this before, but he remembered about pedcame wo , what happened to Mrs, Roily Rabbit. p Cranking to start it brought one or `His knees trembled and he was; weak. 1 two explosions, but it would not start! Just as the man raised his bang, lir Col ty M uses the Young F®l S The examine i was towed home and ori bang gun to shoet unningt p Bruin, examination made. Tho plugs wero a little boy came running up ,behind taken out and put on the cylinders him. and the engine turned over by the "Don't shoot him, father. He is so crank. The spark was very weak; in small and cute. Please, can't I take fact, it could hardly be seen at all, him home?" asked the little boy'. "1, -The coil was taken off and tested at have the muzzle and rope right here." a near by service station. It gave a The man thought a few minutes, very weak spark and another one was then answered, "Perhaps he is too used. Still the spark was not good small for a coat anyway. Yes, we will and the engine missed so much that take him home, son, and you may have it would hardly run idle. him for a pet." Examination ofthe distributor "Jut see how frightened he is poor wa u — rd principal even He talked to Bruin in gentle sooth- our young people journeying tows p p the nearest city. en and the side which killed t when closed and when op The Rutland Community " Associa- friendly relations between the two tion, Inc,, has proved that no rural would be of benefit to the church. His community need be without recreation. efforts resulted in a larger attendance In three short years it has revolution-, at church services and a good reputa- ized our social activities and provided tion for the association,—Marion us an inexhaustible store of enjoy Frink. ment. Three years ago our social centres Our community organization is were the rural schools and stores and known as the Evergreen 'Sporting As - church. These were veryywell in'their sociation. The name was adopted little fellow said the boy y, b t Friday night found most of more than twenty years ago, when the showed the trouble. The contact screw 1 t a hunt by the d til the contacts hardly birds does not immediately escape catching cold. Low removable parti- from the house. We do not mean that tions or hurdles are very handy when this air must be confined rigidly to the lambs begin to arrive, to keep the the house, but let us find some scheme ewes with young lambs separated . a where 'the change of warm air from few days; If ewes are bred to have the house will be gradual, thus avoid- the lambs come during the'month of ing drafts. This can be accomplished, May most of the lambs may be drop - by dropping a board or a curtain ! ped in the pasture field, as some farm - down from the roof just over the front I ers make a practice of doing when Of the droppings boards. Have it drop barn space is too limited to house all ten or twelve inches. Another mighty valuable way to de- feat old Jack Frost in his winter ram- page is to turn on the lights about half an hour before daylight, giving "White lotion" for treatment of the birds a grain ration at this Urns' , barbed- wire wounds and other shal- This will get them to work quickly. If i low wounds is Composed of one ounce u have everobserved u h n the ewes and early lambs comfortably. To Make White Lotion. was lied loosens un en had ing words, but it was with some diffl- „ Some of the older people were' dis- satisfied with this state of affairs. They thought there was a remedy, and ning our club has developed until now ran smoothly. so they formed a community associa- everyone is eligible to membership, — - tion. They got the young people into from the smallest school child to the Dairy Products to Britain. it, made them officers, and stirred oldest` grandparent. Denmark during the nine monthe. them up until they became ent,•husi- During the year we have the hunt, ending September 30, shipped 1,399,: astir. a field meet, three ball games, threw 470 cwts. of butter to Britain; Aus- Our first aim was a community literary and musical programs, and tralia 444,571 cwts•, , New Zealand building, the site of which was con grain, livestock, and domestic' science 940,120 ewts, and Canada 10,714 cwts. young men, In The culty that the roan and the bey finally the most game was banqueted by the four times the ordinary gap• of the muzzle fastened on .him, losing side. From that small' begin- contacts. were adjusted and the engine g Bruin was very doubtful as to just what they were going to do with him, and he cuffed on every side with his paw and tried hard to get away. The• muzzle over his head was very un- comfortable, but try' as hard as he might, he could .not get it off. At last he became too tired to re-, silt any longer. And after weary tributed by a man having two girls exhibit. Pointe are counted on each The Nethexlannds, including Den- miles of walking, Bruin,found himself; and a boy in his family. Money for event, and competition is • so keen be- mark, shipped in the same time to the fastened to a tree. Nearby was a big the building we' obtained partly by tween the two: sides, the Reds and same destination 149,007 ewts. ofbigger subscription, partly by loans, and Greens, that out of a total of twenty cheese, Australia 39,284 cwts. New P artly by earning .it: Plays were thousand points there is often a dif- Zealand 1,211,986 cwts., and Canada. Y given, and•a 'field day was held on ferenoe of less than one hundred. t Dominion Day: Donations in 'money the end of the year a banquet is sere- exceeded two thousand dollars, while ed by the losing side, and new officers. carpenters and other workers gave chosen for the next years work. New their time. Notes were issued for sides are chosen each year,.and fam- about one thousand dollars: lilies that were. rivals one year work When the building was; completed, ` together the next. - the association, now incorporated, had ` We have a neighborhood picnic each ahnost doubled its membership. The year et the time. of the field meet, We officers of the association were the also have' a party once a month: At president, vice, -president, secretary, these parties the host and hostess treasurer, and the council: This coun- . furnish the house and provide for the ing the summer months a too 11 era cil is a body of six, headed by the'seating and lighting, so that a crowd i feeding of cornmeal to the dairy cava president Each of the other five of one hundred people may be accom- is wasteful; yet, in the winter time,.1 members represents one of the follow- modated; One cot°nmittee furnishes and believe it is very profitable to i.:clude you veyour e s n of acetate of lead six dr --ams of su1- ing branches of work carried on by the serves the refreshments, and another. it in fairly liberal quantities. the early morning and stand around ' soft association; social, athletic, dramatic, provides the entertainment, 1 The quantity to mix in the ration { phare of ,zinc, and one pint of Our neighborhood is near two depends upon the roughage ration: Ittohg floor lig t t the house, waiting for! water. Label the bottle "poison," and educational, and musical. ` p P It et light so that theycan et to ryside is interested towns, where the young folks attend When I feed corn silage and clover or g g g shake well before using: , The whole count in -the work. People like to attend the' hash schools. The social committee alfalfa hay, then I plan to feed from • ' to know what thin s oaten has trouble ..to find dates that four to five pounds of cornmeal in the doings. s They hke g ration of each cow per day.—L. C. R. 558,030 carts. A leading British firm reports that' recent shipments of but- ter from Canada have been very sat- isfactory and that quotations are 188 to 190 shillings per long hundred- weight, or a little over forty cents :a pound. Feeds Cornmeal to Cows. It has been my experience that dur+ eating. This seems o be the time when most combs are touched or frosted. If, about half an hour before dawn, the lights can be switched on and the birds fed they will come down quickly, be- come active immediately, and their blood Stream is set In'rapid circula- tion, and the danger of frosted combs is lessened rung The >tnilt< i'n a cowrie udder ne is pretty exact trade erith the nadir of icgndneeee in the boaant of the tierliefi Sitio t194kiI care of bsei Other medicines useful for wounds are tineture of iodine, permanganate of potash, boric acid, calomel, and ox- ide of tine ointment: Calomel is used for "thrush." Bluestone in ,solution is the most effective drug for root rot of sheep and cattle, -Dr. A. S. Alexander. When leaving ,;a lunch ready for a belated dinner, place a tin or granite pan over each plate or bowl of eat• shies, and they will Keep moist and fresh many hours. dos• are going on. Best of a11, they feel will not interfere with school pro- - - i eommunityis, trulygrams, but the E. S. A. parties are upoud that their - r first in importance, even with up to date. always fir p , Of course, there was opposition: the school folks. to accexn- a well-intentioned people We are glad that our children are line of endeavor. In order Several hu for the faxen list anything, you must be enthesi thought it would: hurt, , .the church. growing up with a love Yp . They called our new'building, the 'and an appreciation of their privilege •astir and get a hustle on.; ' b of neighborhood • Half-hearted effort will never bring success in poultry keeping or any other "Devil's' Playhouse." Others content, of being a member a n their fall i it. or; anization like the Evergreen Sport- More prisoners attribute ed bhems reflves with to in of , g Association.— Mrs: Raymond to betting than to any other cause.— Wo were iCortunate in possessing a ing As y sensible minister, As realized that Paine, " , Detective -Inspector Thompson. house,- than Bruin had ever seen before in his life: The iinan and the boy left him alone' and went into, this big house. • A Close Call T•Itilibl+ (dropping 'phone receiver)-- Pi tin g "That was a close call!!" 'Wide --•"Gracious,' did you get a shock?" ' 1-Tabby—"Xe; T was talking to Jones next door: ;The most important ant ace the trade tot is the nab on the seat: