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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1924-01-31, Page 7Bei Xt Fl°14rt brained. ' RELATIVE POSMON OF CANADIAN BACON t. THE +fvHI1,ARk°.l s tura( accretion of s 1Rwa7R, the nes certain glands situat d in the abdo ONE ELFT HOU (nen of holey bees and : produced l y chiefly by the younger members of 1 l h. , th T., .w, ., �• THE LITTLE BOY'S DREAM. lk of / " harness oils 1 h lubricants Address communications to Apronomiste 73 Adelaide .&t• West. Toronto quiet, Only once- electrlG><ans, patte2'n makers„ and dente For the last twenty months the Do-. A. staple food like bacon is very sen+, bebig yellow moon peek out from bo lists,' Tha greater. part of •the wax. minion Department of Agriculture sitive to conditions of demand and CAN WE'PULL, 'DOWN OiTI; than an equal advantage would hid the clouds to make spooky shad" rodueed, however, is used by bee- has issued a weekly report of "cabled supply, such as those sketched below obtained. ows on the earth. keepers in the ;manufacture of comb prices of bacon in England, which, if by Rxofessor W. C. Mite heli, a world Then there are other Costs: In this The little boy went to bed early, for fogndation. section the life of an ensilage a properly read by Canadian hog rale- authority on commodity prices. The harvestin of the corn crop has averaged about four deacons, with his father, he was very times as mush Per pound as honey, other statistics the report should be sale price of articles. • es i, g 1: st fall was rather a heavyoperation least they were laid away and pro- "What a fine pet Bruin will be when P i 1 n py p tide in the apiary should be goad with a clear knowledge of what were only.one unambiguous price for pounced unsafe, and, of course, ne I get him trained," thought the little ever article Qm , And {{ The prices ne th ng on a. g ven AAV. how man would venture to use them ba We will have big times like I an many '.eralities; The life too, Y . vel believe I. 'the xve is used ex nsive y in . e to y P epreSelldt ELL `To Praces of Weekl Re ort 1 'o Not R lnanlXfactu�e of many •products such p It was all dark outside, and, oh so as ° po xs " ' in a while did the sanddes, tipor wax. It is also used by� Supply. SILOS? BY NT A DRUJMMOND u•tter p g ' ay Aa Wax is worth more than three ern, will serve a useful purpose. Like; "We commonly. speak of the whole- at after tram m ran the woods all d tire•d' f there ce file :b,mesLm oa.RM J,a...,,,= c,l,aaxJ' , �.. ��t GA,,,..�.... .� as ...�..,.�.. .... ............ ---- -., ---- thing honey ,The greater' part of the, wait given are "top" market quotations for ever' this price may differ from one is (a popular one for din who would blame them?• , and Rover used to ha 1 will be from cappings while a lazge Trish, Danish, Canadian and Amer- day to another. In fact, there are •Can the silo be abolished? Some of of a jointly -owned binder r,s very can hitch him to my little wagon. amount can be obtained from broken ican imported "Wiltshire sides" in Cie farm papers have opened their short. Thus the cost of silo, seed, a Right then the little boy's eyes went or disGarsled combs and pieces of burr London. columns fur a rigid discussion of the ter, binder, cultivator, twine—besides shut and he was off for Dreamland combR F' scraped from the hives and The variations since March, 1922,, Of course, varying grades command problem, and'I have followed them the application of all the barnyard To -night it was different than he• had closely. Now I am living in the manure is enormous; without main- ever seen it before. There were trees, fraiees.during the summer.. I can be seen on the accompanying. varying prices and so as a rule do Province ofQuebec, and pretty' well tainingthe labor. However, there is oh so many, and there were houses ass' a certain amount of aken Rice chart. The prices quoted are in soil -I small lots; for the same grade in the P are present in 'the wax as taken from linos per English hundredweight of! same quantities different prices are north, therefore I think I ani in, a one consolation -a silo sets off farm among them. the . Iiaary it is necessary to adopt 1.12 pounds. No doubt they aro as paid by the manufacturer, jobber and position to voice an opinit,n on thea buildings to advantage, and silage The queer thing about it .was that smile e method of rendering or extract accurate as can be expected of cabled local buyer; in different localities the corn crop as a safe one for eastern seems to have a tendency itself to keeping animals lived in these houses, • rlihey ing the wax pure. Two methods are information but they are not entirely prices paid by the various dealers are stock healthy—this itself is worth even came up to talk to him and he g y g k not the same and even in the same much. I was surprised to find that he. could many different prices for every great staple, on every day it is dealt in.... . Canadian farmers in general, On the farm on which I live corn, alfalfa, sand all clovers seem to thrive'equally On the other hand, alfalfa has talk to them. But the biggest surpriseof ,artificial' heat, Rendering' wax by� And for this reason: Danish ex - well; and they all are giving satin- many merits in which corn falls down. of all came when he looked down means of the solar wax extractor is a ported bacon comes from hogs of factory results and none of therm are'In the beginning, if one cultivates the himself and found that he was cover_slow process and only suitable for which 85 per cent. rank firsts, and the to be despised. There has been a silo field the previous autumn and then ed with a coat of fur. He felt of his on our farm for many years; in fact, sows.the best alfalfa seed available face and found a long snout where his sial ;amounts of cappings or pieces quantity of their yield for which so far as we know, my father's was —grown in your own locality if pos- nose had been. His ears were little of new comb. For a large amount of "top" or near prices can therefore be who reports prices "must have suffia ' the first in Pontiac Count and he Bible—a good catch is almost assured, soar wools ones and new comb most of the Y P Y t ted b it cappings in .neral use, one b usih " the heat representative of the relation of Can- •*oni� the sun and the other by means adian and Danish prices. localities different dealers of the same, class do not all pay the same, price to everyone from whom they' buy • the. sante grade in" the same quantity on the same day." He adds that the man "TOP" BACON PRICES IN ENGLAND a boy at all," 1922 19 2.3 „ in hot water and then showing it to probably harvested the first alfalfa Of course, it is better to inoculate the "Why, I really am notwax can be extracted y meltingcool; The wax being:the lighter will.rise to the top and harden.not grown, the alfalfa alone could re- trouble will be encountered. It s at first and stopped and talked wittor old combs that have been usedplace it, I believe. And the change grand stuff to have! In this district, all the animal folks he met. -in the brood chamber or contain pollenfrom the one to the other if it were 31/e to 4 tons per acre are often har- I3ut as he was walking off amongit will be necessary 'to use pressureever copsiaered, should be cautiously vested •cvith a value equal to bran, the big trees, all alone somethingtO senarate the wax from the refuse. and carefully executed. and bran is $30 per ton; therefore, an suddenly grabbed his foot. The corn crop we have just har- vested was exceptionally heavy andmuch lodged by fall rains; henae, itwas a very heavy and diffeeat opera- , seed in the county. I. am . comparing corn to alfalfa because, if corn were seed. Now you have it established, he thought, "I am a bear. and when established little further He rather enjoyed this new change `yiy` how Several good hot water presses are on acre of this crop is worth around it did hurt, and he cried with pain the market and any one of them will $100. And this is not all. As it grows poking the leaves away with his other soon spay for itself in a fair sized it collects nitrogen from the air, de- paw he found that his right one had a is The combs are first placed in posits it in the soil; and it also sends been caught in his father's big lisp a tank containing hot water and thor- DHy the least. The field con-� its branch roots and rootlets far "Oh, daddy, daddy, help me. I am °uglily melted. A sheet of burlap or listed of eight acres which filled our down into the soil, loosening and mak- in your trap," he cried. some similar material is spread over silo, 33x141, after refilling it three ing plant -food available. And so, in- It was a long time before a man the bottom rack of the press and two times; besides this we had 50 loads•, stead of depleting the soil of plant- came, but it was not his father. The or 'three gallons of the molten mass to stook. And, drawing and stocking food, as corn does, it deposits and little boy tried to tell what he wanted, is poured into it. The edges of the corn takes time. Not only was this makes more available by its action. but the man did not seem to under burlap are then folded over evenly heavy labor, but it cost money; for an Which shall it be—corn or alfalfa? stand. Roughly he put a muzzle with engine $2.50 an hour was paid. Then Or some of each? Which can be grown along rope fastened to it, on the boy's The a resseisrthenpfilled with boiling repaying neighbors' time when we to best advantage on your individual head and let him out of the trap. Still water. The.•top rack is then pressed should have been at home cultivating farm? Find this out. If you live he could not get away. The man pull I flow} by means of a screw and the the stubble. No doubt a corn crop, near a city where land is of -high ed and jerked on the rope and led him wax forced out of the cheese in the provided that it has been well culti- vated, leaves a field in a good state of cultivation, but if the same time which is lost in filling silos were spent In after. -harvest -cultivating, more value your opinion may be biased in favor of the corn,- but, generally speaking, the other has merits which weigh heavily upon my mind at prevent. POULTRY. ,A bred -to -lay male birds should have four things, each of almost equal importance, because the lack of any of them will adversely affect the off- rpring. The four characters are breed type, bred -to -lay breeding, constitu- tion and vigor. Themale bird, should be fairly typi- cal of the breed he represents. If he does .not possess breed type, tole gen-' . eral type of the flock will not be uni- form and the , sale of his progeny, especially the male progeny, will be very limited. No good poultry breed- er purchases male birds simply be -- cause they are male birds. Breed type in the male either sets or scat- ters. type in the poultry flock. That the male should be of the right breeding is of the greatest im- portance if high egg production is the desired object. There is no surer way to failure than to introduce a male t bird of a poor producing line. The degree of success met with in the egg production of his daughters depends almost entirely on the amount of high producing ancestors he has had. Cer- tainly his dam taould have produced 200 eggs or over in her pullet year, and if his granddam has laid 200 eggs or over in her pullet year so mush the better. His sire should be the son of a high producing female, and the more high producing females the male side of his pedigree carries, the greater are his chances of passing on that desirable character to his pro- geny. So important is this one char- acter, that a good bred -to -lay strain can be ruined in one season by an inferior male. Constitution is very necessary if the stamina of a high- producing flock is to be maintained. To improve the laying ability of a flock is wasted time unless the birds have the consti- tution to withstand the strain of high .production. A male of poor consti- tution seldom if ever passes on rug- ged constitutions to his offspring. The right male bird is one well grown for his age, and that etar,ds straight on his legs. He should have a good full breast, good depth of body, and above all, a good masculine head. Vigor is also very important, for without vigor the hatchings from the matings would necessarily, be limited. Vigor. in the male bird will give good fertile eggs that. will hatch strong chicks, the kind that can kick the shell to the other sideof the incu- bator, dry oft' rapidly, become fluffy, and get well along the way to matur- ity with a low death rate and the least trouble and greatest profit to their owner ration of the pregnant ewe if proper care is taken as to the amount fed. Some good legume hay should form the main part of the roughage, this to be supplemented with. not more than two to. three pounds per head per day of silage: If the silage is from a well matured crop and consequently high in dry matter, the `larger quantity ...may'be fed. If' from a' green, watery cress with -consequent -low dry matter content, then less should be fed. Mouldy silage is more injurious to sheep -than. to other - classes of live stock, so only silage free from mould should be fed. ' Corn silage is the best known and therefore most recom- mended for sheep, but other silages, such as peas, oats and vetch, clover or sunflowers may be used, though in the latter case, much smaller quanti- ties would be advisable, owing to the high moisture content. Frozen silage should not be used as scouring and bloating may result. The reason that care must be taken in regulating the emount of silage or other succulent feed fed to pregnant eyes is that it is claimed that too much will cause weak, flabby lambs. The ration of silage niay be increased slightly after lamb- ing as it will assist the milk flow and there is not then any danger of af- fecting the lamb. Ewes which have been penned in good condition in the fall should not require any grain feed when receiving a ration of legume hay and silage. SHEEP Succulent feeds, which are keenly relished by sheep, are valuable for their tonic and regulating qualities. Roots, such as turnips or mangels, are possibly the most satisf`ac'tory forni of succulent .feed, but they cost considerably more to grow and store that silage. It is sometimes more convenient and profitable to feed the latter* as it line been found that good products t i silos ", free from moulds and a long way off through the woods, and(burlap. It is well to release the screw shut him up in a little shanty. 1 once: or twice' during the operation He was `tired, hungry and thirsty, f so that the refuse becomes well satur- but could neither eat nor drink be_' ated with the hot water and then to cause of the horrid `muzzle. The bed press again. The wax being lighter was so hard and.cold, he could not.than water will float to the top and can he run off into moulds. Some presses are fitted with three racks so that three cheeses can be even sleep, _ And then! B1-bu-bang! "Oh my, where am I?" asked the surprised little boy rubbing his eyes. reseed at one time. Further de - Looking around, he found he had ails` on renderingwax can be obtain - been sleeping on the floor.. He felt :of and it reallywasn't hart at e ' from Experimental Farm Bulletin his foot ;`26, on "Bees and How to Keep all been •a dream. ' all: It had„, -This b u Iletin can be had �from "Bears do have feelings, just like + boys and girls,” thought •the. little liteerublications Branch; Department Y 0 „ of Agriculture, Ottawa, nt- We treated Bruin so' mean,yea , . Cost of Maintenance of Dairy Cattle. Iii• investigational work conducted Bruin couldn't quite understand it at. 'the Ontario Agricultural College boy terday. I never want to butch hien to my cart. Just as soon as the sun Xs up I am going to skip out amid un- fasten Bruin's chain so he can go home wherever that is." And he did all, but he winked and. blinked his with dairy cattle, the cost of main thanks to the little boy as he limped tenaaee Ishown to ber ry cows ruin per month heifers Some off toward the woods. Returns From Graded Hogs. An agricultural` representative in close touch with the hog raising situa- tion in Bruce County, Ontario, re- ports that by shipping a carload of hogs on. a graded basis the farmers who contributed the stock gained ap- proximately $80 over the flat rate of shipping which up to that time had been the rule. The load in question graded 75 per cent. selects and the balance thick smooths. Cultivation of Asparagus. Asparagus should be grown much more extensively than it is, remarks a Dominion Experimental Farm Sup.. erintendent. It is expensive to start. a good plantation, but asparagus cul- tivation, although it takes three or four years to become profitable, pos- sesses this advantage—that the plan- tation, if well made and cared for, will last many years and perhaps a lifetime. There is really only one species of edible asparagus in Canada though a large number of varieties and strains are advertised. Experts assert that Bonvalette Giant, Conover Colossal, Palmetto, and Argenteuil are all strains of the same variety. As in, other vegetables, many qualities are? looked for in asparagus, says Mr. G.! A. Langelier, of Cap Rouge, Que., the, Superintendent referred to, but the. most important -,ai a productiveness, market quality, disease resistance, size, color, uniformity, and tab( growth before branching. The best preventive of rust, to which asparagus is subject,' is to keep the plants' strong by cultivation, proper fertil-� ization, and not to cut during too long a season. In a test of ten strains' at' Cap Rouge, Que., Experimental Sta- tion, results of which are set forth in the report for 1922, Donald Elmira. has best met the qualities looked for.. If a horse is standing uncovered in cold weather, cover hint, If his blan-1 ket has fallen or blown off, pick it up and put it on him, The organized marketing of farm can become efficient and ef- fective only when backed by a well - low t•1 acid, can replace roots in the balaneed redaction prograln. work was also done in an attempt to discover a satisfactory method of handling veal calves from dairy cows. The:; results show that dairy calves for ` veal : should be marketed at the earliest -possible age at which the market will accept them. It was also found that to -make satisfactory veal whole milk' was necessary. In gradually increasing the number of good cows ,::we are following the course -of older civilization where the cow is indispensable. Home Education "The Child's Fps! School la the Famlly"-Froebel." Regularity in Hoare' Living for Children BY HELEN GREGG GREEN. "I can't understand why Throck is so Bud and I have never learned the doing 'so poorly at school,” complained Throck's mother to Miss McHenry, his teacher, who was calling at the child's home. "Mrs. Carlton, I think I know the reason," Miss McHenry answered; "and I thought you'd want to know about my discovery, so I came over." "Indeed, I do, my dear," and the mother was all interest. "His chum, Bernard, across the way, is doing such splendid work." "To -day I asked the children to write a short theme on their day's schedule, Most of them admitted a - sort of haphazard- existence, minus routine. But one chile(, a little girl by the name of Nana, woo clues good work, wre,to such a sensible 1:ttle theme I thoughtit might hell: ether mothers. So 1 brought it to show you, Mrs. Carlton,' and the teacher handed her Nana's composi- tion. ' Throck's mother read: "My mother has a • sort of time schedule for my brother and me. We lave to get up every morning, includ- ing Saturday, at seven o'clock. Mime calls once only! We have the use of the bathroom from seven to 'seveli-. forty-five. After that Father has it, Then we eat what Mims calls a simple, nourishing breakfast. Usually it ms. either hot oatmeal and milk: fruit, toast, and milk; coddled egg toast,. and milk; or bread and butter and warn„milk. V e have plenty of afire every morning to eat our breakfast, any regular • 'art of gobbling,' as father calls it. We never 'have to run to school, as we always start in plenty of time. Whexi we come home in the evenings we change from our school clothes to our `play clothes; then we have our 'reln3:ation period'. "We' have certain places for our into is delayed wraps, school clothes, and school fi book. We have our study room, which, ter in first class condition. Success It is important to have everything is very quiet; 1 following failure is largely attributed in readiness when the water has fro - "We" have certain duties at home lo.the fact that the present crop was ten to sufficient depth to be harvested. "Bud and I both like our schedule' iegated seed. o to ice -house a p g Shq .June July Ocl �Nw, Oa. Mar, Apl. Msy illAtrq . ! Gcp. Nw. Cvtc. y5• a70 ���■� s60 160 leo ■ 1!J■.■�1{■■■■■■■■■■■■ . CANAD AN �1,��.■■■■■■■II ■■ 140 Iso 130 120 :70 �alilL9illd 1111/111111111111111111,1 E ar441 rli !I'Iri N■ Iro 90 ■�■■iii ■■ 1IMAM 111211. Mai Ki i�■I e6 So Bean in England in shillings per cwt. of 112 Ib, 70 prices �e Mor. Apl May Jon. July Aug. Sep Ocl. No.. Dec. Jan. fah M.. Acl. Ma -7, Jun. July. Aag. ap6Oct. Nov. .a IS 15 11, 14 13 u 12 11 11 --"N• .,---- to 10-_ ,r 0 9 ' e Hog prica.s (toronbolcollArr. per 106 Ib,' .lest;' The upper part of the graph shows the "top” pricer paid by English importers for Irish, Danish, Canadian and American "Wiltshire sides" from March, 1922, until November, 1923. The figures are those reported by the Dominion Department of Agriculture in their weekly cables from London. Figures at the sides are in shillings per hundredw lght of 112 pounds. Broken lines in the chart last fall indicate nominal prices reported. In the lower section are chanted the average monthly prices.for "select" hogs on the Toronto Stockyards, also reported by the Dominion Department of Agriculture in dollars per 100 lbs. Notice how closely they follow the main line for Canadian bacon in England. obtained, is relatively high. In fact, thanks to their splendid uniformity, the bulk of Danish bacon may be reasonably put near the top quotation mark. This is not so true of Canadian ba- con. As the percentage of our hogs grading "select" is smaller, uniform- ity in product is difficult to attain. Much of our bacon does not get the "top" prices. There is often a differ- ence of ten shillings below the cabled prices paid for a considerable part of ice shipments. These facts should be known in the Dominion, for there is always a ten- dency natural in the circumstatices, for the seller of hogs to relate his prices to the prices he may fancy is paid for all export bacon. The fact that the cabled reports are official makes one all the more ready to as- sume for the prices a degree of ac- curacy that they as a matter of fact cannot possess, taken only on one day in the week. cient technical knowledge .to be sure that his quotations are' for uniform qualities or to make the necessary ad-. justments if changes have occurred requiring recognition. He must guard against the pitfalls of cash discount, premiums, rebates, deferred payments and allowances of all sorts." ' Now, the best Canadian bacon is - as s -as good as the best among Irish or Danish; of that packers and technical men are convinced: Yet there are many factors of public choice and pre- dilection for this or that kind. Con • sumers who have known a brand con- tinue to ask for it; this is a benefit to the trade when once a brand is known. Irish and Danish markets have profit- ed thereby. The salient fact from the producer's point of view is that there is no reason in the world why the mass of Canadian bacon should not, by quadrupling our percentage of "se- lects" to the total, be improved in quality, uniformity and volume so that it may at least equal Danish. O.A.C. Farm Crops. of peas and oats sown at the rate of, The crop acreage on the Ontario three bushels of oats and �a to 1 Agricultural College Farm for the bushel of peas per acre, according to size of the peas. season of 1923 was as follows: 105 ea acres of oats, 40 acres of mixed grain, Get the Ice Hook. 30 acres of barley, 40 acres of silage corn, 8 acres of mangels, 8 acres' of turnips and 117, acres of hay, includ- ing 20 acres of alfalfa. The hay crop was very heavy, over 100 good loads being taken off one 30 -acre plot of new seeding. Alfalfa also promises well on the College farm at last. Two good cut- will certainly put in such a store. tinge were taken from the 20 -acre However, when winter comes this job old• and the crop has gone n o win- iuntil toolate. One of the ways in which the farm-• er may employ winter days to aid during the hot busy weeks of the, summertime, is to put up an ample supply of ice. Each summer a large percentage of farmers declare them- selves that the following winter they. to help ;Minis. . grown from homegrown Ontario Var-Erecting loading platforms, repairing f tl h and rovrdrn an very riiuchl" The corn crop was not quite up to ample supply of dry hay or sawdust "Why# . Miss McHenry, this was; standard, two or three heavy storms should be seen to at onoe. All tools, written ley Bernard's sister, Nana,"; breaking it down badly and injuring such as saws, picks, and other imple. Throckes mother laughed. "Now 1 growth. There will be enough silage nments needed, should also be ready Ndin f inter feeding 1 for use on a moment's notice. Ice, like see why Berns s rd and ane are o ora w such gtiod wont and Throck isn't, I The mangel crop was lighter than 1 other crops, must be harvested when must confess we've never lived in the' usual, although the stand was good.' it is fit. right, healthful way," There are over 4,500 bushels in the I Grease the "The ecliedule is a splendid one,' cellar. The turnip crop was a bumper }Way. m grease Miss McHenry. one --the largest pro d use d on the isn't it!r� , As a little axle grease applied to "Indeed it is! And from now on farm in years• --and made up for the' the point of a nail will make it drive Throck 'will have a schedule and I falling off in mangels. There was much easier in seasoned wood, so will shall -give Bernard's mother a good over 6,000 bushels from the 8 acres.: a little „f the oil of human sympathy scolding for not telling me of her The summer yetstute problem was and interest make the ways of life plan," Throck's: mother smiled: ' ; not so acute this year. By keeping tire' more smooth for those whose yokes. Meeting Miss McHenry a fewcattle off the permanent pasture until are heavy. Furthermore, as the grease months ,later, the mother inquired June 5th, it got a good start, and fn. -,tends to prevent the mall from rusting about her son's work. ( quent rains kept it fresh and growing., in the wood, so will the sympathy "Very ;:good indeed," she enswered.1 Twenty acres of sweet clover held keep alive the fires of love and joy "It is a: close race between Throck the dairy cattle until the aftermath' within our lives. and Nada, now. And Bernard, who is in the 'hay fields came on. This after -1 --- •---t+_ ----- a few` years older, is in the `eolitest,' math on 97 acres of the hay crop was' Keep a small magnet hanging in the the e ildrea. cul! it and they're al! luxuriant and pasture remained fairly kitchen. It can be used to pick tip as h , ' .... • . , Oh,there's good till late autumn. spilled tacks, and with it you may reg receivmng;eitcellent glades g thin like,regularity in the home life ' As usual green feed for stabled' cover a metal pert of the stone which to'noh gg �' hel ; he child its his school work." stock was produced from a few acres sometimes slips out of place ��_