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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1924-04-10, Page 6• roiled up and forced into the tole,'aiid Churning. - • on the: other that itis *dee' to ante On many thermngometiserspriat s2 clegf; au long and sprawling roots:.; ' the word "churni"• nted. I Indeed, both roots and tops should the manufaetprera placed it there ie, be cut back at'transplanting°time. Itj.a guide, many have mistaken it 'tor is by no means necessary to go to the a rule. Stringfellow extreme, There e' no • 11 t but consider- i standard temperature able pruning is advisable., The best for churning, as conditions vary and amount will depend 'oil, 'ii1any iseevariable , many things should be taken into con- onditions which cannot kre discussed ' G _... Homedtwao1 J "'Tie Child's Fleet lishooi 'h the .Fr giyY'", a `; • Teaching Children to be Truthful by axple BY HELEN GREGG ,GREEN. Dropping in at y neighbor's next' : "Why—why,—^" and she bushed Pp m cried mother and scarlet, looking at me as if for help. But I was tongue-tied, and greatly embarrassed for the mother. Sudden- ly the tears started down her cheeks. "Why, Babette, dear, Mother is ashamed! I never thought of this be- fore: e- fore:'. Why, how could I expect my little girl to be truthful when .Moth- er's so untruthful hertelf? To think I've set such an example for waxy child," ordered the mother. "Run out and "Why didn't I understand?" she play! But remember, never lie to said• thoughtfully. Mother again!" Yes, why didn't she think? A few days later Babette told me Do not parents know that children her mother was not well, so 1 called are very impressionableand are kind a$ to see if I might help in any way. fly influenced by the right While we were chatting, and Ba- example; and binculcating proper bette was playing with her dolls on ideas and ideals? • the floor, we heard a knock at the Yes, there's no doubt about' it, par - door. ents must learn to think. told me "Teresa!" called Babette's mother A young bride recently that as a child she thought her moth- er absolutely incapable of telling an untruth. And to her knowledge she never did. A. beautiful example, and a beauti- ful record. . Parents usually appear infallible in their children's eyes. And that is as it should be. sideration; for example, low churning] door, I found a wo we a tearful little girl. have such conditions as m, "Why, Babette, what's wrong?" I not too much in the churn, succulentasked the child. iced, and cows fresh in milk. . "Whether just punished me. for fib - Choose the temperature that will bin'," sobbed Babbette. Adelaide 8t west. discussion a .. ,beotei be used when ronomta . Ta but the discus i t m y mai �c communication* to A�, here, temperatures Add as comm n ea large windows .provide spared the easier,. since the trees are rich cream, KEEP THE SOURCE CLEAN. dust. Many g No - ample sunlight. In this kind of barn' bound to grow i fi able' soil for public is de -1 are reduced to a minimum, No -I Using fresh sweet11 es' The milk -consuming P odors i etter milk every year. If ^ • worse could hap �:en to the intik, filling in upon the roots is rea y minding better :.thingbring(the butter in nice, en desire to see their bust- i. than to have it contaminated with' cental in spite of all faatslx%nt treeminutes. the dairymen odors. A goodin o ethat will. flees. grow, they must provide that; foul stable ventilation] at the beginning of this rt A too manyof them] h be home built is' bedded in straw, manure, sod, stoat A ranee of temperatures t would better milk. Only still believe that no matter how firm graules "For lying, Babette," frowned the mother. » an the Oh, mother, I only-- began child. „ "Don't argue with me, Babette! system, whit may , dirty' a necessity, and wall eventually or clods hard as brick shards stencover most farm conditions be almost t a poor chance This clean soil should 54 to ii8 deg • F, in summer, and 56 y, There is nothing is important. r Dairy Dept., O. A. o ege. ds the milk they ship to the creamer the cheese factory, the condensery, or mile distributing plants, that these various organizations are able by some kind • of scientific magic to renovate the products as to make it 'satisfactory., be required by city inspectors. y to 64 deg• in winter, so says Miss B. th' more disgusting be firmed down b hard tramping. College. than to go into a stable and see the' This, too, P Milia manure which is A common practice is to water: trees iInll farm dairies the barrel churn is cows covered with the hair, Manure is re- heavily when they are planted out. en used, and having it about one-third matted into ull will make, the work easier A s and p d" is so moved at least twice daily out of the ground is quite dother hand; if the longchurning.: are Glean agreat manyof While it every well regulated stable. The at- is advisable. On thecaused by having eo much c. that clarification and Pasteur tendant also watches carefully to ..see the soil is moist and in thoroughly tteam ire is true the churn. Another cause re long iration can do wonders in that direr- that none of the droppings remain good filth this watering is iinneces- nen is having the cream too cold. tion, they cannot• do it all. This was where the cows can lie down upon sary. In some cases it may even churning home to nee most forcibly them,but pushes them into the gut prove postively . harmful. For -ex- eh after s having thirty min - brought the agoon inspectingrci de- ters. Plenty of bedding follows as a ample, if planting is done in clay soil utes there is no sign of butter com- not so long .hrm ero milk t d But ' addition to watering and tramping in raise P may puddle it and lead g' Take the was bottled for city e- matter of course. u in - to its baking, livery. the prompt removal of the manure, y aboutE the dairy or bot- clipping the flanks and udders of the after which the tree will have a hard ling houseng was above criticism, the cows makes it much harder.for fitime Another indeed. common practice:is to equipment was ample, and the meth- to attach itself. Then if the cows aremanure or fertilizer t .newly ap- ods' good. In the barn conditions were . groomed or brushed so as to remove plylaned trees. The lizer abouto may act bre no means as satisfactory. Every all loose hair, clean milking is much pps a mal experienced milkman knows that un- less he gets clean milk to start with, that later precautions It- good plan to a easier. is even a ch and do considerable ser- a steel wire brush and wash the cow's vice; but the plant food nth s seldom are only par ener- tails thoroughly about once a mons used. offered transplanted tree has m tinily satisfactory. Inasmuch as the, in soap and hot water. If fthe cow used. the greater er the new aveto rage dairy farmer is not concerned are ;groomed a short with bottling his own milk, he is able ing, they should be c to concentrate his attention upon stanchion so they cannot lie down maintaining satisfactory barn condi- until milked. This is easily accom- sled There is, d the cow's time before m pained up in the year building a new root system, and until this system has reached some de - velopment fertilizers cannot be gath- ered. fact _seldom any tions, When the milk comes from the pushed with a strap around barn it must be "right," or the best neck, with a snap to fasten the strap I call for extra plant food before the to a little chain at the top of the second There are then a few points which stanchion. The habits of the milker are import- may be reasonably observed in trans - ant. I am not an advocate of absolute planting Young trees. First, get a dry -hand milking, but like to -wipe off good tree, e , one th t is thoroughly alive. the udder of the cow with a damp P g cloth just before milking, and to wash appropriate but simple means till the moment of planting. Third, have the quality of milk cannot be set before the consuming public. There no longer is any dispute about the right type of barn. In the modern dairy barn the floors are of concrete, and ample gutters are pro- vided. Most new barns which are be- ing built have sanitary steel stan- niy hands after every cow. To keep ( in the ink of condition.' Fourth, chions. In other words, the cows are enough milk in your hands so that it• soilpee quickly, firm the soil g given a chance to stay clean. Chutes can drop into the pail is a filthy habit.' and lana the o on to the next one. are provided, so that hay, bedding, Semi -covered pails, tests show, will and feed can be taken into the stable keep most of the dust and hair from After this all that is necessary -is to give the tree a chance.' God made without raising a great amount of falling into the milk. that tree with every twig, fibre and cell full of life andwith no other pur- pose or expectation but to live. Living, water several degrees colder than the is its business; and as our purposes( of the cream and con dreds of ducks, started with a small happen to coincide with those of the time churning until the granules are flock and built a pen for it. Leading from the doors of his laying -house which was a few feet from the hank of ' a stream, he built a fence of chicken -wire stretched on wooden posts, just as he would have built a runway for his. chickens. This--run-- way, however, began in a space of sandy beach ` and terminated in a quarter pf an acre ' of constantly freshening water. The ducks- were held in by the fence and 'yet had the cream the temperature of the hg the maid, "If those are callers, tell cream a few degrees. from ,the churn, place the cell in a vessel of warn water and stir the cream until the required temperature is reached. With very thin cream it is difficult to gather'the butter and it inay be no,•essary to draw off part of the How to Pant a Tree If You Give it Just About Half a Chance it Will Do its Best to Live. BY FRANK. A. WAUGH. the roots.in the ' But let. us , remember what Mrs. Plant it with g round and the buds in the air. This Thorne said to her married daughter the onlyrule in transplanting'when: asked about cooking salt niack- is I said,"In the first young trees—at least the only rule to ereh Mrs.. Thorne which there are no important ex- place I get a good mackerel." This is ceptions. indeed highly important. If a nursery. Beginners in gardening do not feel tree is dead when we begin to plant it like that. They have a superstition no amount of ceremonious care will bring it back to life. It is probable, that planting a tree is a ceremony; that it has some astrology in it; that indeed, that 90 per cent. of the fail - one has to consult the moon, the cal- ures in transplanting small trees are endar and the Cyclopedia Universalis. due to exposures and injuries which Yet the truth is that a young healthy occur between the time the tree is tree is very hard to kill. With the tree it is a matter of life or death; and the tree wants to live a great deal worse than we want to have it. All:the ancient and solemn exhorta- tions to extreme care are probably wind after unpacking. This last item. bunk. Take one, often repeated, about (of exposure is one of the most deadly; preserving all the small, fibrous roots. and inasmuch as it is wholly within Now ordinary transplanting does not the control of the tree planter him preserve 5 per cent, of the aforesaid self he is inexcusable if he permits fibrous roots; and if 5 or 10 per cent. its occurrence. should be preserved by the conscien- j THE SIMPLE JOH OF HEELING IN. tious gardener they would die and rot in the ground and a new set of feed -1 The next point at which the anxious ers would be, put out before the little tree transplanter may propexly ,give tree reallytook up life anew. ( himself some concern is in the pre- Or take the other charming thought paration of the soil. Above has been that all the main roots must be saved cited the practice of the silviculturists and carefully combed out by some- in planting in raw sod; but this is not body's fingers, tenderly placed in their to be recommended for fruit trees, natural positions and softly bedded bush fruits, ornamental trees and down with moist earth. Henry M. shrubs or any other garden species. Stringfellow some years ago shocked Indeed, all experience shows emphati- thehorticultural world out of that cally that any failure to have the land notion. He preached what he called i well cultivated, sweet and clean, "the new horticulture"; and his doe- greatly multiplies the percentage of trine succinctly stated, was that all losses. the roots should be cut off the trans -1 If any number of trees are to be planted tree and nearly all the top. planted it is often necessary to keep 'When he was ready to plant there was them for a few days after their ar- nothing left but a stub of a root four, rival from the nursery. They should inches long, a stub of a top four inches be heeled in. The trees are taken out long and a label. And the most nidi; of the bale or packing box in which micas part of his system was that his, they are received. The roots are trees grew just as well as those cod -1 rolled in a puddle of thin mud. This died infants.that were planted by i process, known as puddling, is almost the trained nurse, . always followed by la'rgeplanters and E CAN'T MAKE EEAD ONES GROW. also by the knowing small ones. It WE covers the roots with a coating of soil, Another instructive example show- which greatly retards their dr; ing ing how much a young tree will stand ono may be drawn from the universal; They '.are then placed in a trench, practice o4 the foresters. They feel' usually about eighteen inches 'deep, obliged, for reasons of economy, to the roots are deeply covered with cut out all the frills and plant trees, moist earth and solidly trodden down.. just as rapidly and •just as cheaply as Here they, will . keep for weeks pro - it is possible to da it. So they talus vided the weather is not so warm as 'a bucketful of nursery trees in p n one i to start them into growth nor so dry hand and a s ecial spade p ade or adz in; heas to desiccate them. Of course the the other, start in a bee line up t effects of a very dry spell can be al- hill and plant as fast as they walk. evid by h lateeavy watering. A hole is forced in the raw weedy sod, ` hour "comes for the final the seedling is forced into the hole, When the the earth is a hobnailed boot and the tree isrmed back with one jai; planting the trees can' be taken out , I of the trench and " filmed in a large Of In this receptacle planted. In spite of the unprepared] Pail or a barrel. water and perhaps some Moil and hi spite of the competition of will be somekthe roots from. drying, `ng. soil, to keep Yi buttermilk and centinur the work, re- volving the cht,.rn slowly. If the butter breaks and will not gather, but remains about the size of clover seed, take the temperature of the contents of the churn, add a quart fewd warm- How arn' them I'm not at home." Teresa obeyed. Babette stopped dressing her dolls, and scurried to her mother. "Why, Mother!" she said, "why is it you tell me not to lie when you do. it yourself?" - The mother looked amazed. Raising Ducks in a Running Stream.It may be that you do not raise or two of water a degrees _ ducks, but if you have a small, gently- er, revolve the churn a few times, let flowing stream of water on your farm it stand: a minute or two, then draw it might be profitable to use the plan off part of the diluted buttermilk, and of a certain farmer in keeping an- other kind of poultry in addition to continue the churning. If a rich cream thickens during the Your hens and turkeys. process of churning and concussion Of course, ducks can not be turned Belly Rabbit as he saw pun pass on into a stream and left to swim at his way to the Woodland post office ceases, add enough water at the same heir own discretion, because your one fine morning. "That old fellow temperature are to dilute it so that it It n, neighbor would soon be having roast hasn't smiled in so long, I'in afraid will drop agar duck for dinner. "It is rarely profit- he has forgotten how." Difficult churnings are caused in a able to turn the water of the stream "Has he always been like that?" number of ways but can be avoided if aside, dam it to form a small pond asked Bruin. a little thought is given to the and then fence it in. This entails a "Ever since I can remember, ans- question.teat deal of labor and such a pond wered Roily. When the granules of butter are g' about one-half the size of wheat is very apt to become stagnant and But it was right then that Roily a breeding place for germs:' The man resolved to see what he could do to. hu make old Grumpy Fox smile and be THE CHILDREN'S DOUR —9HOW ROLLY RABBIT CHANGED OLD GRUMPY FOX. "There goes old Grumpy Fox," said grains, add a couple of quarts of in question, who now keeps many n - happy like the other Woodland folks. And so it was when' old Grumpy re- turned from his morning trip to the post office that Rolly was out by the front gate fixing its broken hinge. "Good morning, Mr. Fox," said Rolly Rabbit .as he came near. "A fine -day it's going to be." Old Grumpy Fox ,snorted and glar- ed at Rolly, and looked even more to shake, a little, but . he said again, with a broad smile on his faee, "Good .. morning, Mr. Fox. A fine day it's the aquilegia, is one of the dei freedom of a t small fresh pond. As going to be." desirable of the perennial garden his business grew het, increased the "Bah," said Grumpy Fox. "I can't flowers. Its hardiness is beyond doubt, number of his flocks. He now has a see anything fine about this. day. The indeed we find it growing wild in ( track, elevated above the water, upon bright sunshine hurts my eyes," and many parts of the province. So favor -,which runs a small car. When lie he went on down the road, his cane. ably has this flower been regarded; feeds his flock he walks behind the poking the sand at every step. that a ,:umber of horticultural organ -1 Gar, pushing it ahead of him and The next morning Roily was fixing • the latch on the gate when Old Grumpy passed. "Good morning, Mr. Fox. .It's a beautiful morning, don't you think?" he said. "Oh, it'll do," said Grumpy, and his voice was almost gentle. This sur- prised Rolly so much that he decided to carry his plan further. The next afternoon, Rolly knocked at Old Grumpy's door,' and in his hand he carried a big sack, "Come in," said Old Grumpy Fox, as ugly as he could. But when he saw it was Rolly his expression chang- ed and his voice was gentle. "I have brought you some of my sugar cookies," said Rolly,•placing the big sack in Grumpy's lap. Right then a strange thing happen- ed. Big tears Vegan to roll down Old Grumpy's cheeks. tree we ought to get on together with I the size of wheat grains, when the great success.- churning as a rule is- completed.., If butter comes with the first drawn The Best Sources of Seed buttermilk, it is a sign that the churn - (rain. ing is not. quite completed. Give a few Persons looking for reliable, infor- more turns to the churn. mation as to where desirable" seed :of 1" a proved varieties may .be purchased. The Columbine. P , will find the Canadian Seed Growers' The columbine, more correctly nam- Association, 114 Vittoria: St., Ottawa, one of the most satisfactory ;sources upon which to draw. This organiza- tion is composed of several hundred growers of high grade seed grain. They operate according to definite rules in order that their seed, if ,satis- factory, may be in line to receive the highest official seed grade,: namely, dug and the moment when it gets back "Registered Seed." This grade of into the soil. seed is required to be pure as.to Some of these injuries are due to variety, free from weed seeds and, other l impurities, contain not.: more than one. careless digging and packing, to bad.impu , storage, to heating or drying in ship -1 seed of other cultivated: cropstper five ment or to exposure to the air and] pounds of seed, and germinate at. least 90 per cent, Seed which does not quite comply with, this high" stan- dard, in so far as freedom' from -other cultivated grain is concerned,'but which does not contain more seeds of other cultivated grains than 'a total of 10 ..to the pound, may receive the official seed grade called Extra No. 1. It is one of. these grades which the farmer should endeavor to secure for seeding. The Association constitutes the chief medium through which the pedi- greed seed produced at the Experi- mental Farm is propagated and brought into commerce. It also co- operates with our best seed merchants, the latter purchasing a considerable. proportion of their supplies from or direct through the former. The As- sociation is, therefore, in a position to direct prospective purchasers wher- ever they may be as to where they may most likely be able to'secure Registered or Extra No fseed of the varieties which will give them satis- factory results. The commercial value of pure, vital seed of productive varieties. is fully recognized by a great many of otir' best farmers. Unfortunately, how- ever, it is not appreciated : very fully as yet by the average crop raiser. • - Special Trial Samples In :order to facilitate d encourage the distribu izations recommended• the co1um. ine for the national flower of Canada. The columbine appears in many colors and shades. During recent years the long - spurred varieties have grown rapidly into. favor. The columbine is frequent- ly used as a premium offered by hor- throwing the feed to the ducks below. A Cistern Cover. We have happily discovered that a five -dollar bill• can easily be saved by the use of a discarded demountable ticultural societies and is often shown I tire rim in place of the usual cast-iron in the flower shows, in classes foilm£,nhole cover. The adaptation with themselves alone, in collections of concrete is easily made and the result perennials, and in decorative baskets or vases. There are several forms of the col- umbine exhibiting most striking and beautiful colors. In all mixed bord- ers and beds they are almost indispen- sable because they continue to bloom over a fairly long period in the early part of the' summer, the foliage itself is attractice, and does not appear to be subject is a tight job that will keep all vermin from finding their way into the cis- tern. When the cistern or reservoir is already built, the rim is laid on top of the opening and built up all around with good rich concrete, flush with its top edge. A little troweling will result in a smooth job. The in- side of the top edge of the rim in place flares out just right to mold the to disease or insect enemies. flange on the concrete cover which is In cultivation the columbine can with -i made in place. stand partial shade, althotight it does Support for running in the cover better in the open sun. It requires a may be had on any projections which moderately rich soil for luxuriance may be inside the rim after it is in of growth and bloom. In the mixed place or a :false bottom may be made ,border the columbine should occupy a of boards and hung from wires tied position towards the front because it to sawhorses or a beam placed over does not grow higher than about twenty inches. The columbine is readily produced from seed but does not bloom the first year. Seed should be sown thinly and the opening. We make the false bot- tom roughly and fill in with tamped "Since you have been so kind to me, earth so that the cover will result inj I can see what kindness means to being about two inches thick when in others." ,lace. Use lenty of old iron rods for Soon ; after that Old Grumpy Fox P L "No one has ever been so good to me before," said Grumpy between - sobs. "Perhaps you haven't been good to them," said Rolly. "Well, I guess I have been rather cross,"' admitted •Old Grumpy Fox. covered only slightly as one would re enforcing and set in two horseshoes became known in Woodland as Old sow lettuce for example. The plants o•,,.. pieces of strap iron for handles. Smiley Fox, because he did so many require to be thinned out if growing Oil the inside of the rim to prevent things to make others happy that he too close together during the early the concrete from adhering to it. Use was always happy himself, part of the summer and transferred a one -to -three mix and allow the cover to their permanent place in the bor- to set for a week under damp earth der in the autumn, Horticultural so- and you will have a really fine job. OPEN DOORS. ciety members can arrange between _ themselves to grow manykinds o{' If I eri but in.Id Boyland dwell, an I have a row of rhubarb, which for, There.is a thing I'd do,— and trial of registered seed perennials and other garden flowers, several years has' not been doing well. I'd .let my doors stand wide apart, tion Seed .to be exchanged at lantie time. through Canada, tile, Canadian ion and replanting did not I, For some Guests to pass through. Association •ed to This is but one of theadvantagesof improve it, so I decided last year 1 Growers' is pound tai membership in one of these societies., receive orders for ,100 sacks'or m p to • make it glow or kill •it with •kind -more I'd welcome all: of good report, Banner,Vietor of Gold Rain --Ontario Horticultural Association. ness. I gave it the usual dose of -pluck, ,Courage, Helpfulness, Oats, of y pr_ garden fertilizer, and then added oats, . O.A.C. 21 barley, . or : Huron, Do -unto -Others, Honesty, Marquis.or Ruby wheat, at. $3 per 100 Hark! the hours are softly calling, three pounds of nitrate of soda. It. And Tidiness -in -Dress! Spring , grew and grew. I• have never seen pounds, f.o.b. shipping paint,. for the Biddingarise 3,75' 'per. 100 To listen to the rain -drops falling • better rhubarb, nor more of it, from A Will -to -Work, Promptness, and• wheat and barley, and $ p weeds ah i grass, nearly all these trees. It malty trees are to be planted the grow. ^,,,' So we r'b9'" le confidence tap- holes ihOtlie bet dug in advance or by �l , ' :, 'te gang •workin ahead, If Broach our lith% task d transplanting' a 1 a s ti g g 'not ask only' a `doWen or so are to be handled aur few garde -trees. We will then, either, to subitit to tattylite- the holes 'can be du{ one. ata time we are read for them, The holes -asY 1_. necessary rough -pausing. Ori the can , l n must: be dig big enough and deep ttaryy, we will do What we easily ea enough for the trees remembering on pounds for oats. A money, order at From the cloudy skies,, 100 pounds To listen to Earth's weary voices, r niore of one of the above varieties - Louder every day, not so much as I did, dissolved it in And all the friends whose influence 0 addressed to the Canadian Seed Grow- Bidding her no longer linger ere' Association, 114 Vittoria .St., Ot- On her charmed way. w M t '1i receive prompt attention _ the same number of plants. One of : Grit, my neighbors, who also used nitrate,' The lint brave I -Can tithed to a letter oideimgPg water' and drenched his plants every, . One needs in ,rival -up -Land. dry evening during April anday,j showed me stalks twenty-four inches' But should Temptation once appear, long and measuring four and a half With other Foot, a score, inches around, with leaves twenty- I'd summon Conscience to my aid, seven inches wide. The rhubarb was And quickly bolt ray door, just as tender and juicy as -you could` want. -B. C. Welsh, • • ash will e amount of seed would . Hens in their second year of laying The above farmer a verygood start in • are the most satisfactory, as their give a the acne':tine would chicks are stronger and develop bet- good seed and at s ter. These biids should be the best give eta saconioftpty . e seed with the ori roil flock of pullets, the returns from his oevn with of g those realized from the .seed parr- chased, • the roosts and nests are pointed If s e....illbe . M �° with a strong salt brine, Cher w To get rid of warts' on people 'or no ntmre trouble with mites. 1 use an animals apply castor oil three or four eld paint brush. 1)o not let the chick- Pp is ttr. enc drink any of the brine, the 1+ new ,err g r , to make 'thein APPY' in t the one hand that ,iota should not be times ---wart will d apps Producers are advised not to feed poultry before shipping, unless the i every life birds will not arrive until the follow- Bet there are times n v y , lug " day. It is desirable to have pout.,When one should shut them fast' try arrive with empty crops. . • At times one's doors should open, stand, In Boyland first to last,— •Adelbert P. Caldwell