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Zurich Herald, 1924-01-24, Page 6Kicked a Cat to .Death A twelve -year-old lad by the name of Chadwick amused hirneelf by.kick- ing a cat to death, The kicking last- ed some time before the cat suoclI1b ed. He appeared before ' Magistrate •: �. r Brunton charged with cruelty. On ac- �„ ass count of his extrer a youth'it wan dif- - -. ,; , e • ,- ficult to decide what punishment to Address communications to Aare:ion:lot. 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto a urs other of those unfortunate children E and the t fapplying themn inflict. Evidently he was but an - brought THE BEST VAR- aim . e cos o brow ht up without home trainin on IETIES QF GRAIN. I are largely labor costs which, in maa'ty the pub subject g cases, may be done by the farm helpj t of kindness' to animals.. J. L„ Oxford Co., Ont.—Can you y hours, but Magistrate Brunton gave the :father outline a simple method bywhich the b . working additional ., • rl,i1e of the boy a very severe; lecture and ,.' es of lar larger el�uatmoees c ee i Quietly. duc y said it was thins like this that farmer may ascertain the varied n- larger yields per acre, produce results g grain which are best suited to his eon- equivalent to owning a larger farm brought men to the gallows later on. e Reformatory and a healthy riinioa Cereci.iist—Practically he without extrahelp, the manure wall be only sure way in which the farmer He ave the choice between five year's ditA s e , tan Do- and if the larger crops can be handled in th w eel by L. 1'f. 1Vewm , th t xtra practically all o t th e o thrashing at the hands of an'able- e gross value d as increased nee income. bodied police officer. Tho father;ehose may certain t t the variety hesecure 1 a be ha va let is ase labor chargesthe °machinery the latter for his son, and he was Th , growing is suited to his conditions is are used only taken to the cells below and strapped out on his own fa u to test farm a number in exact accounting to learnchange and the interestwhat to It was nota case of "spare the rod ; of those varieties which have been credit. the, live stock for each ton of and spoil the child." A strap was. most highly recommended at his near- used that left its impress with every manure or to know how much to pay blow, and the officer put his heart into est experimental station. Later he Ipiano purchased, a radio outfit in- stalled ,one cos two floor lamps pur•- chased, some new silver added, and numerous neiv.'amall things added to the furnishings of the "house, Alto- gether my wife and 1 .estimateni the increased value of 'the house and furnishings at ;9;4,000. Other improve- ments on the farm brought the total for manure in the event it is Pur- NVO_-investigation. In the case his warlc. y,__ _ c chased off the farm. may include sorts which may seem Other methods of evaluating ma- I The' thrashing was quite all right, of those who are especially interestednure than that of reckoning the value. as far as it went, but what that boy, and are prepared to give the matter of the increased crops produced are' and thousands of other boys• require considerable attention, the use of S es small plots, say one rod long and com- posed of five drills each, is recom- mended. These plots may be sown with the ordinary hand seed drill used in putting in garden seed, and may be sown side by side without any space allowed between them. Owing to tiompetition between varieties, only the three central drills are considered, the outer drill on each side being ignored. By this system quite a large number of different varieties may be sown and studied during the summer. It is also possible to replicate each sort four or five times in different parts of the field, although on the average farm, for the first year at least, this is not so important. The heads of the three central drills may the harvested by hand with the use of the sickle, They can be placed in ?taper' sacks, threshed out by hand and studied during the winter months ar d the actual yield taken. fa the case of those to whom the al ^~e system may seem too exacting, w. recommend the use of larger plots sown with the ordinary grain drill. Th -re plots may consist of one width of i lye drill across the field, providing ti_ se is sufficient seed of each var- iety to sow a strip of this area. In order to facilitate 'a comparison of the plots a small space should be left between them, although owing to the extent to which weeds in most cases ire inclined to fill in any open spaces of this sort, it is recommended that not more than the one drill be dropped out between any two plots. This /eaves a space of 14 inches between the plots. This may.be accomplished by driving the wheel of the seed drill on the last wheel mark. When it is desired to seed ' down . to grass and *lover the entire area, and still leave s, space unsown to grain between the plots, this may be accomplishedby stopping up the outside drill on each Ode of the machine and driving the 'Wheel on the second drill mark. Careful observations should be tirade throughout the growing season in order to note to what extent one ariety seems to excel the other. is teaching in humane education. It sometimes suggested. oma sugg_ usually takes very little. to change a multiplying the standard analysis of „bo from a very tcrueltys oe a manure by the market price of the y tendency tendency to kindness. In many: fertilizer constituents as found in homes commercial fertilizers. Others 'sug_ the parents are incapable of giving est basingthe value of the manure this. instruction as they have• never o received it themselves. Humane on the fertilizer value of the feed education in our public schools is used, assuming that one-half of the nitrogen, three-quarters of the phos- phorus and all the potashcontained. in the feed will appear in the excre- ment. These methods, however, over- look the variations in soils which may give increased crops from manure in some instances several times as much as in others. Such being the case the Ottawa figures should be accepted only as a general guide until actual trials show the real value on differ- ent soils. In any case, the value of the ma- nure per ton will be increased by uni- form spreading, by using a light to medium application of ten to 'fifteen tons per acre rather than a heavy ap- plication, and by applying the ma- nure to root crops, corn, potatoes, and hay rather than to grain crops. Where bad weeds are not present, unrotted manure will prove more economical than rotted. THE ADVANTAGES .OF BEE- KEEPING. Bees can be kept in town or coun- try, by young or old, rich or poor. For one entering the business on 'a large scale with more than one apiary, the country, of course, is necessary where larger sources of nectar are available. A few colonies can, however, be kept on a small town lot or even on the roof of a house for the bees will fly to a distance of two or three miles for nectar. • Bees can be kept in situa- tions which ,are useless for any other enterprise. There is scarcely a spot in Canada. where a few colonies of bees cannot be kept profitably. An abundance of nectar secreting flowers with a high average of favorable weather for the secretion and gathering of nectar makes Canada an excellent country for beekeeping. trength of straw, freedom from rust Almost anyone can keep bees, and and smut, date of maturity, and vigor without investing in land or expen- of growth should be carefully noted. sive equipment a man or woman who Where at all possible actual yields has the aptitude can learn to produce should also be ascertained by actual eight. In this case each plot will ltave to be harvested and threshed by self, and t heno rat g f each weighed parately. Where this is not prac- ticable, eight or . ten single drill sec- tions each one rod in length may be chosen at representative points hroughout the plot and the heads eon these removed and threshed, and an article of food that is unsurpassed for quality and which will keep in 1 condition even fromgood marketable year to year. It is difficult to state the amount of honey that will be ob- tained from an, apiary, as this will vary in different locations and sea- sons. Most localities, however, will be covered if it is put at from 50 to 150 pounds per colony in an average he grain weighed. The weight of season. With proper management rtsin obtained from the heads taken one or two colonies will yield enough om any one plot may then be coinhoney for the average family. tired with that obtained from a sin 'Beekeeping affords a pleasant out- lier quantity,of heads taken from an- door occupation during the best sea - other plot. This part of the work son of the year. As a hobby for office may be done during the winter. The men it provides a profitable and inter- f'entral Experimental Farm is en- esting recreation. For teachers and couraging this sort of experimental students it offers an occupation for Work among farmers and is prepared the summer vacation, which is educe- to give considerable assistance to tional and remunerative. Many stn- those who wish to do something along dents have paid their way through this line. college by keeping bees during the summer. Many are finding it a pro- fitable auxiliary to other lines of work. As an exclusive business, many find it well worth while ,THE VALUE OF MANURE PER TON. Manure is worth exactly what it Beekeeping not only gives one a 'will give in net return from the in- crop of honey and a little wax, but Creased crops produced, This amount fruit and seed growers are also bene- Varies widely depending upon theflted by having bees in the vicinity 4uality of the aro d tl , resting to learn in a general soil, the season, the of their orchards and fields. Larger. factors but it is in- crops of fruit and' seed are obtained p an o ' ler P e way bycross pollination of the blossoms, Ps moneyvalue-per p ton. and honey bees are important agents On the Central Experimental Farm, in this work. Ottawa, where -a four-year rotation ' 0 inangels, oats, clover and timothy, ' was =enured once every . four years' A Hard -to -Find Knock. Ott the rate of fifteen tons per acre,1 When a truck engine develops a the manure was worth gross, figuring' knock that combs and goes for no tip- in nnllt. e the farm products at,pre-war •ant reason fes automatic spark 3. GOOD BAKNS. The handling of milk after milking prices, par n pa k ad regulates largely its commercial *3:89 per ton. This is the average ; vance should.be suspected, if the en- The good dairy barn where healthy .1 , grass value o each ton of manure by - ine is of the kind so eq ui ed. The cattle and clean milk can be produced, value. Do not leave milk in the stable ereditin the application fifteen! equipped. l built," t or pour milk in the sta'�le after being g pp pre of fifteen advance may.have become worn so need not be extravagantly built, bu ,ions of manure with the entire value' that it sticks or catches and holds in must have the following requirements,?•Yawn from the cows. Weigh atter et the increased crop produced' over, the advance position, which makes namely: Light, ventilation, comfort, peal' into cans in a clean room adjoin- It}imtnatured land during the thirteen l,the engine knock under some condi- efficiency,durability, floors which will : leg barn. Cool the mirk as quickly ears of the experiment This figure: tions.. Then it releases and no knock not absorb liquid manure, walls and a possible either by means of a well not, of Course, the real net value is apparent under exactl the same ceilings as smooth as possible to Olin - the sterilised, dust -proof, modern milk, Pp this _. cooler or in a good.ice tank. Ice is: rho rnanuxe, ..the net value can be conditions. Naturally is tnysdfy- ornate the gathering of dust and cob, ecured only when account is taken of in and more than one engine has webs.. indispensable on any dairy f"ar m for g, g in ofmillcata- eetom the k low t t Cr. e cost of handling the in r P g c e MILLI orad AN NG. g d in to . CLEAN been torn own attempt trace 4 ature until delivered to factory, milk }, xop, the cost of applying the manure' a mechanical knock that could not bel The cleanest method of milking dealer, or the consumer. the land, the interest Charges and located, Sometimes the automat'c I . k include the method itoins:. The siariie' a share of the machinery charges 4 principle applies also to the handling g advance mechanism only needs luhr- mus g er acre,. When these factors are cation. (a) Cows to be bedded clown at least' of creame onsidered the averse value of t -,i thirty t'riinutes' before milking': You eat build a gored it e•houte: and g the, I , enure i 2 „are wrong', there is no sense (b) Cows to be brushed at least. old storage attach:nerd on your .farm" „ $1. S per ton. It should be If you g, h s s Membered, :however, that the Lar ger in your losing your temper. If you twenty ininutes before milking;, let st very low cost, Foyer it will pay st f be dein the i r e e lit wh et mad about it? (e) Udders and flanker to be brush- for itself hi three or four years, the thing. to $6,000.. We had been putting back into the ,place about. $1,000 a year of which we failed to take any account. It's my firm belief a lot of farmers are doing just the same thing year after' year. ' Are you guilty?—Gaston Farmer. s When the Chain Slips Off. 'Quite a few farm trucks are equip- ped with chain drive, especially the heavier ones, and the'' driving chain will sometimes slip off the sprockets. When this happens and no chain pull -I er is handy, usually . a small bar or rod inserted through the chain and against the sprocket ir. order to tight-' Len it sufficiently to draw the connect-' ing link together This requires usu- i lly two men: However, there is a better way of 'doing the job and one man can do it, comfortably. A good -size block is placed behind the rear wheel and the engine put in reverse gear, first being careful to turn off tho ignition switch to prevent the engine' from starting. Then with the starting crank turn the engine over until the drive chain is tight between the sprockets, after which it will be a comparatively easy matter to go and attach the connect- ing link.: The engine may be on the compres- sion stroke' by the time •the chain is tight and therefore rock back. When this occurs, this trouble can be over come by opening the compression cock. in the offending cylinder, or by leaving the starting crank inserted in the ratchet and tying the handle to the truck frame with a cord or strap. Apple butter y be made with or without sugar or cider, but the flavor is better if the apples are cooked in cider. If the cider and the apples are both very.sour, and the apple butter is to be used as a spread for bread, it is best to add sugar. "I'm no slacker," says the cow. "Give me a maximum of good food and I shall go' to the limit of my abil- ity to manufacture milk." Do You Have Enough Fire: Insurance? My neighbor's dwelling was com- pletely destroyed by fire a few days ago. He had some insurance, but not enough to cover his loss. That disaster set -me thinking. , Did I have enough fire insurance really to protect my property? Investigation showed that I did have insurance fully paid ahead and I was about to dismiss the matter with satisfaction, when I remembered .. that several things had been purchased since the insurance was taken out, five years ago. Since that time it had simply been renewed for the original amount each time it expired. • A careful check showed that most of the furniture had been replaced. with that of better quality. The house had been refloored with hardwood, a Clean Milk BY E. S. ARCHIBALD, B.A., B.S.A., PERIMENTA DIRECTOR OF DOMINION EX - L FARMS. Clean milk is always the . cheapest. milk although costing slightly more to produce. Clean milk spoils less quick- ly, 1. thus savin ''liisses at the, factory or with the city milk dealer;fig.ting you a higher butter fat 'testi, and al- ways being l-ways'being .in greater demand by manufacturers and consumers. Clean milk is the best of human foods; filthy milk is _criminal. , You can produce clean milk at the least possible cost, only, by observing the following essentials: 1. HEALTHY CATTLE. Healthy cattle are those which are free, first, from tuberculosis, anthrax, or similar contagious troubles. It will pay you, on account of your children, your customers, and your future herd, to discard immediately unhealthy ani- mals: Healthy cattle must, secondly, be free from garget, inflammation of the udder, cow pox, . and similar udder troubles which contribute pus -pro- ducing germs to the milk.. Isolate such cows until cured. Discard their milk for human consumption and even for feeding live stock unless thor- oughly pasteurized. Healthy cattle should also be free from skin diseases and parasites, which cause contamina- tion of the atmosphere of barn and consequently affect the milk. ' 2. CLEAN CATTLE AND BARNS. Clean, sweet milk is an impossibil- ity when cattle are covered with mud, dust, and manure, and where the barn is equally filthy. The proper pro- cedures are as follows: 1. Stables to be cleaned outtwice per day. 2. Calf pens and boxes, if in dairy barn, to be cleaned out at least twice per week. 3. Cattle to be brushed off once per day. 4. Barnyard to be kept clean and free from mud through which cows must wade to get to. barn. 5. The barn must be kept sweet and free from cobwebs and dust, 6. Eliminate contamination by dust from hay by bringing down into barn ;mus ed off with clean, damp cloth, just be- fore tnilking. (d) Milker to wear white' jacket and apron. These must be kept clean. Change, three or more times per week if necessary. (e) Sleeves to be rolled up clear of wrist while milking, but . shirt sleeves not .to be exposed. (f) Hands and - face to be washed before beginning to milk. (g) Towels must be kept clean and changed each day. (h) Hands to be washed after milk- ing each cow. (i) No milk to be used on hands while milking. Vaseline may be used if desired. (j) No unnecessary talking while milking, (k) No tobacco chewing while milk- ing. (1) Cows to be treated kindly. (m) Cows to be milked quickly, gently and thoroughly, that is, clean out. 5. CLEAN FOODS. Clean, palatable foods are neces- sary in order to make the cheapest milk, the most milk, and the bust qual- ity of milk. Mouldy, dusty hay, musty grains, and all such containing dust, make the cleanest and cheapest milk impossible. • 6. CLEAN BEDDING. Clean straw or clean shavings make splendid bedding, whereas dusty straw, dirt from the hay loft, cheap, dusty hay, and the like mean a dusty barn and dirty, poor -keeping milk. 7. GOOD,MILK PAILS. The best milk pail is the one with the smallest opening at the top. The poorest milk pail is the large, open - topped pail `which will collect the most duet, spatterings, or particles dropping from udder and flanks, The strainer, pail is not the best. 8. CLEAN UTENSILS. The milk pails,, cans, separators,; and all other utensils used far milk t be thoroughly washed and senided twice per. day aiad �tiell aired through dust -proof chutes. I from dust and 7. Clean out the barn and feedin a room free roflies. dusty forages, such as hay,.afterh Use a good washing powder in your milking. You will thus avoid at least wash water and scald with pure, one-quarter of the dirt usually 'found `carding water. 9. MILK HANDLED QUICKLY. Home Education "The Child's First ichoDi 11 tths Farnli7"-•�•Proobal." Dependability a Priceless Trait, .By Edith Lochridge Reid At first glance'it may seem that de- rand a mother should hold him to his pendability is a pretty big word to fit into the lives of tiny individuals. But an hour spent in observation' on any playground will reveal this cSharao- teristic and the lack of it also. A rou of we.e bo s and iris were task and make him understand that - she depends on him for the execution of that duty and nothing must be ala lowed to interfere. If Billy is gi'ren a nickel to go one block to the store g p y g fora lemon, he should receive from enjoying recreation in the ark, "You riot'lier thoe idea that this is an im». y g P , Portant mission. And it is, push me in the swing and then I 11 give' you a arse long one," pleaded But if he stops and rides pn a pays Jimmy, So Elinor pushed Jimmy up d loses the mate's new kiddie car an in the swing many times until her lit- mekel—what then? Well, it would tie face was flushed and her arms bye much easier ta. give him another t• ed "W nickel and send him off again ospe- w g g you. she as it ill you swing Inc as long as ' I'm s in in �" ked sev- daily if one is in a hurry to make els- oral tines and Jimmyalways ans-J lemon Pudding. But there ie an ale- wered, "0,, sure, lots longer."y meat involved much •more important' But Jimmy didn't swing Elinor. He than five cents' worth of merchandise, saw some of the boys headed for the for perhaps when Billy is twenty-one Y h' 1 t slides and followed .feeling no coin- he may be sent by is emp oyer o punctions whatever, although lie left deposit a thousand dollars in a bane. Where is he going to learn depend - Elinor in tears. Riht lability for the big task if not from g across from these two chil- the first small duties assigned him? dren sat a . small girl watching her. So even, though Billy's allowance baby brother two years younger. Re- may be only ten cents seek—or five, and a ly her playmate came along he should pay back the loss from his and asked her tg wade with them in personal funds. If he is old enough the pond, but this faithful little miss to do the errand he. is old enough shook her head 'decidedly, explaining to do it in a dependable way.. that she couldn't hove .from that seat We cannot erect for .our children a" , -until big sister came back from swim far -away, grown-up ideal of depend- - ming in the tank. I ability and.expect them to reach it So within ten yards of each other at maturity by some stroke of .magic.. arese children demonstrated both' a' The vital qualities' of character are lack of dependability and a true ar.. developed ,from day . to day amid the plication of it in child life. And since activities of their " childhood and they were too young to have spent'' youth. much of their time under any influ- All mothers agree that it isn't easy ence except mothers, we must draw to stop each day and translate de - our own inference as to where the pendability into terms that the little responsibility lay. tots can understand, but in justice to When a child is sent to do an er- the future it is fully worth while, 'HOUR` An Unusual Well Problem. After the well diggers had sunk the hole to a depth of 110 feet the drill struck a sloping—apparently—vein of rock which set at such an angle that, try as they might, the bit was swerv- ed from its downward course. With the fourth attempt to pene- trate the hard stratum, it was decided that further progress under the cir- cumstances was impossible. The cost for the depth dug was considerable, and only as a last resort would a new location for the well have been ad- visable. Finally one of the men proposed placing a foot of concrete on top of the rock, `allowing it to harden, then drilling through it. He claimed that after penetrating the concrete the drill would bite into the rock and. would not work to one side. Though the owner was skeptical he allowed the suggestion to be carried out. And it worked. The conerete was : mixed thoroughly, then just enough water added to make it damp, and the mortar was dumped into the hole, the impact of the fall tamping it in place. Two days were allowed for it to set, though it was claimed that this' was longer than necessary. A Stockgap That Works. The. writer lives in a countryown where stock of all kinds is allowed to run loose. With a large lawn sur- rounding his home, and dwelling and garage some distance from the en- trance, he found it very .tryifi espe- cially ori rainy days, to get in and out of the car to open and close the double gate; so he constructed a wooden stockgap, with some original improvements that suggested them- selves, and it has proved a success beyond his fondest hopes. The chief feature consists in loose crossbars that yield decidedly when an animal attempts to cross. The gap is provid- ed with hinged covers to let down when it is desired to cross with a team, also with gates for emergency. During the trial period these gates were closed at nighttime, but for the past few months they have' never been closed. This gap can be constructed by anyone with very little expense. Gates are frequently left open or insuffi- ciently locked, allowing stock to get in. With the stockgap they stay out. Six Points My Books Show. We have kept farm accounts for fifteen years. Comparing accounts from year to year, I have learned: 1. We gain by feeding less pur- chased feed, such as oil meal, etc., and more alfalfa hay, and silage. Perhaps our test is not so high; 2. By selling our Buff Orpington chicks, three days old, at 15 cents Sometimes a dancing clown I spy each, we made, more than by feeding With peaked cap and twinkling eye, them until ready for broilers or fall And then again I see a boat, sale, not saying anything about the With all its gleaming sails, afloat. work. We keep as a sidel ins about 100 hens over winter, but from that At times a king upon a throne number we cleared, in 1922, $120 Is seated' silent and alone, above rho feed, and what eggs .and More often, though, a lady fair THE CHILDREN'S BRUIN'S FRIENDS SEARCH FOR HIM. After the little stranger . squirrel came to Roily Rabbit's with Bruin's message for help, he knew he must do something right away if he were to aid his friend. And he could not do. it alone. To get Bruin out of a big' trap, he must have help. "Little squirrel, run as fast as you can to Willie Woodchuck's house and - bring him with you to the big tree where you left Bruin. I will hop over to Frankie Foxes house and tell him. Frankie Fox and I will meet your there" said Roily "Are you sure . you know where to go, Mr, Rabbit?" asked the little s stranger squirrel. "Quite 'sure," said Roliy. "It is, . . about fifty hops south of the big elm tree near the edge of the old frog pond. Now run We must get there, before the man does." • And off they both scampered as fast, as their short legs could carry them,' and that is much faster than you or can run with our longer --ones. Frankie Fox and Roily Rabbit had much farther to go than their two - companions, but Willie Woodchucl4 was so fat he just couldn't run fast, At the eross-road they met Rolly>:, and Frankie Fox, and all four ran on' as fast as they could. . I left Mr, Bruin just around the , corner," panted the little squirrel' a* they passed the big elm tree and veer* near the last bend in the 'road. And now how they did run, to think they, were nearly there. But as they turned this corner, each slackened his pace and stopped right by the big .trap that had held Bruin's foot. It was wide open, and that told the story. Someone had helped Bruin out, and taken him away, Roily Rabbit bent his head to the ground. "Sniff, sniff." Then he went on a few steps and examined the leaves carefully.In a few minutes he came back to is friends. "Two nien have taken Bruin away. They,will shut him up. We must find him. Who will help me?" he asked, "I will," chorused his friends, and even a little bird up in , the tree who had heard the story, chimed in, too, e PICTURES IN THE SKY. Before the yellow dun has set Or shadows gathered round as yet, I like to watch the clouds on high With filmy figures flitting by. poultry we used on the farm, We have Intrailing robes 1 see up there. five in our family. 1 8. After the first cost it is just as I wonder where they go at last — b ]rap oas a' Thalways .hurby 'so fast] good drtoiving.. horse and buggyautombile . Perhapsey thoys gather inn the •moon 4.eaPurebred stock does not cost anylAnd feast and dance to merry tune; more to feed than common stock arid, when sold for breeding, brings more.' But still I somehow think it's true P 5. If land is adapted ted to rase alfal- I That they are people just like you-- fa, you get more hay from the same' The sky a great big looking -glass ground rand a hotter price. To catch their pictures as they pass. (i. I also found from experience and --Eugenia T. Quickenden, books What there is more ie t iti y boa t snot o y be cleared from it 200 -titre dairy Until we discover a lien that can farm than a 60-tec.re one. ---W. S. B• manufacture egg shells without a -..,-.,A..-.:,-..-W. supply of the ingredients of which One door himself an injustice when shells are made, we shall bo obliged he rises the bank as a piano to nese to provide oyster shell -r broken lime - his debts, anti the ohina. teapot as the stone to the working crass in the poula' J place to' put his moneys. try house.