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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1924-05-15, Page 6t. ; . Address cgmmunlcatione to Agronomis 74 Adelaide St. West. Toronto reach them, but where the direct nays, POULTRY, o1 the sun do not penterate, Toe 'much 14'itero chicks are being reared with heat burns the wool, and ;free,ttng', bons and have access to tender grass shrinks it. After a down quilt is dl'y, er other green feed, a very good feed I press it between the 'stitehinga with is raw or cooked .Johnny cake made a• warm, not 'hot, iron, and ocetislan- '•-with an egg in it, so says Prof. W. R. f ,f/ ally I give thin quilts a quiek Pres' Graham, O.A.G. Give milk to drink Pillows need to he laundered query and have a quart or so of gravel near -.✓_.� now and then. Although the feath- the coop to supply grit. Move the ers can be washed without being re- coop every few days. When the chicks moved from the ticking, I get better are a few weeks old gradually change results by emptying them. To do this to ordinary feeds. I make a small hole in ono corner of Raise the chicks on new ground. the pillow and sew this to a similar Keep off the old ground that has had opening in a muslin bag, such as a chicles running upon it year after clean flour sack, which is closed at year. Ifeep the hen free of lice. Dust the top with the exception of the. lit- with sodium fluoride or use a small tle hole sewed to the ticking. I shake amount of blue ointment. A piece the feathers into the muslin bag, one-half the size of a kernel of corn, Recommended varieties are, fel* which is tied tightly so no feathers placed on the skin below the vent, will early crop, Irish Cobbler and Early will escape before it is separated usually kill many of the lice. Ohio; and for main crop, Green from the ticking. The mash used at the Poultry Dept., Mountain, l'i'ce McGregor, and Ern - The muslin bag of feathers is wash- O.A.C., in the hoppers, or feed moist, pire State. ed in warm soapsuds, rinsed •tlzor where the chicks are ranging consists oughly in two tepid rinse waters, and of: REGISTERED COCKERELS. hung outdoors in a breezy but shady 160 pounds of corn meal Canada is. setting the pace for the place to dry. I discovered by „experi- 100 pounds of crushed oats whole world to follow in the system adopted to obtain registered cockerels. 111E POTATO CROP. They are then given a little more otatoes heat; vend two or three strong sprouts Bloch pia can be done beforeop will soon appear. The sprouts should are planted to ensure a good crop. It be about two inches in length at plant - ie ,a mistake to cut the sets several ing time. If allowed to grow longer days before they are needed, but than this they are more difficult to this is done they should be sprinkled handle without injury. with slaked lime. At the Rosthern Experimental Station in Saskatchew- an, the crop from sets cut two- weeks before planting gave a yield of 209 bushels to the acre, which was 170 bushels to the acre less than those planted on the day Out Even though seed may be sound and appearp erfect in every way, there le no assurance that it will produce a good crop. The source of the seed has great influence on the yield. The Maritime Provinces and New Ontario both appear to have favorable climatic condition for pro- ducing vigorous seed. It has been proved again and again by the Experimental Farms that im- mature seeds is better than that which is thoroughly ripened. Seed grown under conditions that are fav- orable for' keeping the tops green well The bred -to -lay cockerel that can transmit to his pullets the ability to produce a large number of eggs is what all keepers of utility poultry are after. It is recognized that the quick- est way to increase the average egg yield of any flock is through the male, and this fact is commercialized' by many breeders of so called bred -to - lay stock, who advertise high pro- ducing males that 'have not the breed - once that it is best never to wash feathers unless it is a good drying day, because if they are left wet any length of time they sour. ' I put the ticking.. in soapy water without shaking it, to keep the down from scattering. A stiff -bristled 100 pounds of shorts 100 pounds of bran 67 pounds of meat scrap 20 pounds of bone meal The whole grain hopper feed usual- ly consists of fifty per cent. each of wheat and cracked corn. If milk is brush dipped in soapsuds helps. won- , given to drink, one-half, if not more, derfully in removing the son. By of the meat scraps may be taken from hanging the ticking evenly ;;en the the mash. line, it seldom requires pressing. Proud as on e is of the results achieved on comfort, quilt, and -bran- into the autumn appears to give best ing behind them, 'and are therefore ket washing day, the work is just dif- results. The value of immaturity in unable to transmit this quality to ficult enough, or perhaps I. should say the seed is further proved by experi- their offspring. the homemaker is weary enough, when ments in the use of seed from crops Because of this fact dishonest the day is over, to wonder if there is breeders have foisted overrated stock upon the public, and one of the rea- sons why registered cockerels are wanted is to overcome this practice that fewer washings are required of selling inferior birds as good only when care is used in protecting breeding stock. At the present time it is possible for honest breeders to enter their pul- lets in the Laying Contests (of which there are 12 throughout the Domin- ion), and by having their birds qual- ify to produce cockerels that may be planted on different dates. May planting gave poor planting stock for the next year, compared with that put in toward the end of June. Potato yields may also be increased by using sprouted seed, a practice sometimes followed by market gard- eners. It does not do to depend on the long white sprouts that potatoes produce in the cellar. The sprouting should be done in the light so that the sprouts will be green, stocky, and not easily rubbed off. The cold frame is sometimes used for the purpose, but sprouting may be done in the attic sof a dwelling house or in a well light- ed room where frost can be kept out. The potatoes should be spread in a thin layer or placed in shallow boxes or trays with the seed end up. The boxes are then put in a bright airy place, where the temperature is too any way of avoiding this task. I have tried to answer this question for my- self, and have come to the conclusion the bedding from soil. I now place plain muslin bags over all my pillows. These covers not only protect the ticking and feathers, but they also add charm to the pillow case by providing the right background. • Another example of ` how I protect registered by the Canadian National bedding is the use I make of protec- Records. tors on the tops of quilts and coin - The fact that a cockerel is regi.,- tered is a guarantee to the public that he has a certified pedigree behind him, of at least two generations of 200 (or more) egg blood, and that he is himself a bird typical of the breed and without standard disqualifica- tions. Such a bird grown in efts Can - forts. These are pretty and dainty as well as serviceable and ;easily laundered. I make them from a thin, white fabric, such as India linen, cheesecloth, dotted swiss, or anysoft muslin, or from white linen. Material which is one yard in width•• is used, and the length is one inch longer than cool for the sprouting to begin. After adian climate means the very best the width of the quilt. This material ; a few days the potatoes will turn procurable in breeding for high egg is folded lengthwise and the ends aie i green and the skin become tough. production. stitched together in a tiny– ,French seam. Then a two-inch•hem is basted along the selvage edges and narrow How I Wash Comforts Quilts,and Blankets.. • broidered design, Or any initial, i is be used for decoration. I work five buttonholes, one in the. Laundering the blankets and quilts, B. rows of running stitches with a centre and two on either side, in both like the annual house-cleaning, is a task dreaded by most home -makers. I firmly believe, however, that this work need not he a bugbear if the right day and methods are used, and a pile-up of household duties is avoided. The weather requires some consid• oration. I always choose a bright, breezy spring day. Then I make cer- dering process. tarn that most of the ordinary house - There is likely to be a variety of work can be put aside so all my materials in coverings on comforts attention and efforts can be given to and quilt blocks. Naturally, the bet - the task. And, quite naturally, I try ter qualities are not so likely to fade in washing as the poorer ones are. I find the use of tepid wash and rinse waters and a mild soap or soap flakes The pullets stay on range until ready to lay, which period is when they are about six months of age. If 'they prefer roosting in trees to the house we allow them to do so; in fact, we rather prefer that they would roost in trees. Shade, tender green feed, plenty of clean drink, and enough to eat, are essential. • i • BY NELL B NICHOLS. coarse basting thread across it, . just hems. Then I slip this protector over to hold the batting in place. I find it the end of the comfort and mark the takes little time to pull these stitch- position of the buttonholes. The but- ings out afterward. This precaution tons are sewed on the quilt, with cat° assures evenness. that the thread is not pulled tight Many of the newer comforts con- enough to draw the buttons into the tain cotton and wool pads which are comfort. These protectors may be quilted by machine. With these the unbuttoned and washed every week uneven surface caused by masses of or so, and they are easier to handle batting is not found after the lawn- than a large bedcover. • Folding -the sheet down over. the blanket also serves as a protection. A few slightly soiled places on bed- ding may be removed with a dry cleaner, and of course it is essential that the covers, when not in use, be kept in a clean place, away from dust. I use large muslin bags and wraps- pings rap-pings of paper about the blankets, quilts, and comforts When they are not in service. • to tackle the job when I am in good apirits. ' My washing machine is mustered into service; its tub is filled with and working as fast as I can help to tepid water, soft, if possible; but if keep the dyes from running. When a machine is not available for this laundering work, it is more ings of a mild soap which have been difficult to keep the batting in cpm - melted in a little water are stirred in forts, and in some quilts, smooth. It until a rich suds is made. By oper- Is better to avoid rubbing on the sting the machine three minutes it is board or between the hands. It has r a tendency to loosen the cotton and easy to determine whether the lathe is rich enough. wool filling and to stretch the wool I have a favorite soap jelly which in blankets. I souse the covers up I keep in fruit jars on my - supply and down in a tub partly filled with shelf for use in washing woolens, and soapy water, using a plunger or my $ frequently make the suds for faun hands, and if there is no wringer, the Bering blankets, quilts, and comfortssurplus water is squeezed out gently. Froin it. Since the results it produces Twisting or wringing by hand loosens are excellent, I am passing the direc- the batting, and if a wool blanket is Cons for making the soapy solution! being `unshed it stretches the fibres, en to you. Weakening them. Use one large cake of soap 01' six Contrary to popular opinion, down cupfuls of soap chips, two table- i quilts may be washed with ease. I spoonfuls of borax, and two quarts make a rich suds, immerse the quilt of water. Mix these ingredients to -1 In this soapy water, and squeeze and ether, and heat until the soap and: knead i badly several eit through two it ve a iminutes.it orax are dissolved. If the mixture j soapy waters. Then I rinse it in two s stirred while cooking, the jelly is p made quickly. I tepid clear waters. Occasionally I After the force of the machine and + use a soft bristled brush to remove obstinate patches of sail. Down quilts the soapy water have loosened the' Wail in the bedcovers, I wring ,them are•never put through a wringer; in - tepid water is sgtieeze'I out.. %.epicl in temperature. Only one bine • Drying 'the washed bedding is of When full grown the caterpillar is not,'I add two tablespoonfuls of borax dissolved in one quart of hot water. Then sufficient soap flakes or shav- through the winger Into a rinse water A, 'is go and extra go®d is the Ta ORANGE lPEIOE QUALITY Alum added to a lime whitewash hogs on farms in the United Stateati. will prevent the whitewash from rub- died of hog cholera last year, says) bing off. the United States Dept, of Agricul- Approximately 4 per cent. of the ture. Hog Grading Results. Returns for the first three months of 1924, compared with the first quar- ter of last year, from the stockyards and packing plants, particularly of Alberta and Ontario, indicate the pro- gress that is being made under the hog grading policy, and the campaign in favor of the bacon type carried on by Dominion and Provincial Depart- ments of Agriculture. In the first named province, the returns show •4,516 selects compared with 2,840 and 166,341 thiek smooths compared with 111,674. A noticeable feature of the Alberta returns is a decrease of shop hogs from 26,410 in 1923 to 338 this year. For Ontario - the figures are 92,534 selects this year compared with 47,449. last year, an increase of no fewer than 45,085, and of • thick smooths, 128,796 this year compared with '74,095, an increase of 54,701. For Manitoba the returns show 6,- 531 selects compared with 8,082, and 96,842 • thick` smooths compared with 59,876. Quebec shows a decrease in selects of 8,797 and an increase of thick smooths of 9,728. In shop hogs Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec each show an increase. But selects get -the premium, and they show a total in- crease in the four provinces combined of 42,013, A Walnut Tree Pest. ' The walnut tree is liable to severe injury by the walnut caterpillar, an insect that was more or less prevalent throughout Southern Ontario last summer. In some localities the trees were badly stripped of leaves the latter part of the season. Partial de- foliation at any time lnterferes.wwith the normal functioning of the tree, and complete .stripping year after year will finally result in the death of the tree. Other trees subject to at- tack are the willow, beech, honey locust; thorn, oak, and apple, Circular No. 21 of the Dept. ,of Agriculture at Ottawa gives a picture of the moth, the parent of the cater- pillar.• The wings have an expanse of about two inches, are buff color, muchdarlerr in the. centre and aro crossed with dark brown and whitish lines. The under or back wings are pale buff'. The larva when first hatched is about one-fifth of an inch long. The body is of brick -red color. ket, quilt, or comfort is placed ib the' great nlipoxtance. I like to hang machine at a, time. I give each cover i ill possis ble, s and :and mos' spread between two o bines two thorough rinsings. After sousing! :the bedding up and down in the first. leets over a 'clean 'sheet on the grass. the chn -rinse water, 1 put it through the 1 If there is glean 1�lanketslcl.eths er wringer and immerse it 1 another trackingy bthe dried on curtain stretchers, tepid rinse. After this last rinse is,may As a rule, it is more convenient to completed, the cover is ready to be' hang there on the line, In doing this, Bung on the line to dry. If I am wash' g a wool blanket., I always add one, 1 take care to pzct one half over the tablespoonful of pure glycerin toll" so that the edges will be straight. every two gallons of the last rinse When blankets are hung single, the weight eig it fi the longer portion may be • water. This the natural oil). n tomake the corners which is removed in the washing, amid •heavy enough snakes, the blanket safe sag. 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