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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1924-08-21, Page 6r jdli ^ti letrips and dyed prepared and dyed }e to buy But it zs posszb ready- In selecting a new figured rug, I rags by the if these rag's are sol' feel, torn into them, we know enough not to buy a PACKING RER FOR INTER USF • new are of tills style, • '4� iU i 1! La Jt hank, foci that the Oriental motifs are less BY •BEl L•G. E MIGLAR, DAIRY DEPT., Q,A end these are admirable for crochet- house. The farmhouse idea is quaint- I attended an Institute meeting one the tay which are. made out of new material, suited to the farmhouse n o n ing, Hess, and share is nothing quaintday and heard one of the . 3pe seer's The woven rag ruga that eine in about Oriental patterns. In figured close his , Chess with this lithe verse. they have the added: desirability of over patterns that are not inspired Iiy' T Lo h • Addrese communications d the Rag carpeting strips may, be sewed Straw rug's,gsa s g f rml:ause. But room size are very inexpensive, and rugs, er to Agronomist, t• oro" . coming from the washtub like slew. these sources. .73 Adelaide St. Wes s ru s anal matin tilled. u an are suitable for the a STRAWBERRY ROOT ROT: diseased plants are P p together to forma roam rug. t roots cut transversely it is noticed These two typos look especially well these should show no pattern "Good, better, best, Never let io rest, 'Till your good is better, And your better, beat." other It is the very best butter that we During the last two years numerous that the entire root and crown is on a painted floor, painted the hue of than a stripe, a block, 6i an all-over d i ntrugl tinyfi ure; a s samples of strawberry root rot have row or black. xealthy strawberry the re a nine t color g , nd there. should be no can make that must be packed for P V Pwinter use. been sent in to the St. Catharines'} plants show a white central core, Quite a bit more expensive, but as stenciled decorations. Linoleum is Dominion Laboratory of Plant Fath one farm this troublo has leen urab a as iron, are the plain -color suitable, for farmhouse use, and many Buffet: undergoes changes in the Dompax ologyfor examination. While some of es n the same ,piece of land for linen rugs which are suitable fel' use people welcome this expedient for the keeping and two things necessary for � piesen o g q P results when keeping butter for these were without doubt directly due the last four years. Various fertiliz- • g roughfly boors'. goodP g tsuccess. in the dressiest farm room- . These havo covering of and ttnsigh winter use are best quality of butter to winter killing, massy were brought ere were tried but without pile,butthickly d for holding, Sheep. and low temperature l ,about by some other agency. This no a are woven ne an eel. g this last year this grower evenly and lie flat on the floor Tapeworm in ever , ow ,sweet ` ea that has a clean, Use cream same trouble has been reported this s patch limen rugs, but Sour© eiglit different species of tape ber so far noP t flavor. Churn' it at a ' temperature year not only from most strawberry other p^it of his farm acid just so much more desirable as their 'worm are Harbored boy the sheep, bu sections of Ontario but also from the evidence of root -rot has been sppar- increased price .would indicate, are the most caniinon type, found in the low enough to brinsr, fisc butter in nice, States of New York, Illinois, Michigan eiit While, .as yet we are not able the woven wool rugs which have iia ,granules'10 Idaho. Th cause is vee as Province of Ontario is known as firm in from 20 to and Idah e t: state the cause, we believe that con- pile. In platin colors these rugs are Toenia expanse. This sprcies of tape minutes, undetermined, although certain soil ditions of the soil Lave a great, deal delightful and may be had with worm may ruin from eight to- ten feet If by any chance the butter comes organisms are suggested. to do `with it. We should advise any straight plain borders of contrasting in length up to eighteen feet, and from soft, be very careful to get rid of the re -grower who is troubled with root rot or harmonizing colors. about 1-25 of an inch wide at the buttermilk. It will be necessary hi The leaves of root -rotted plantsThese rugs may be had in a case of this kind to use an extra main small, are bronze in color and , to set .out any new plantation on a g y mall of head to nearly 1-2 inch at the , tee wash water. et out his strawberry on an-, Something like the ail often become yellow, but eventually piece of land that has not previously room size. The entire worm is yellowish Willie in the butter in the usual the plant,roots and crown dies. Gen- been planted to strawberries. ( Among the more conventional rugs .color, and is composed of segments Salt way that are suited for farmhouse rooms land work it thoroughly. Should the picking the diseased plant dies before This ve material of any s very glad about one-quarter of an inch long. butter soften Burin theprocess of time although it is not un- to receive material of such trouble are the Axministers and the Wi:Yons• The experience of the Animal Hus- g P The' best qualityAxminster rugcosts workin ut it away in a cool lace eusual to see patches of diseased plants from any grower no matter where bandry - Department . has been that g, P P sometime after. Such situated. Any material thus sent in about the same as a foes -grade Wilton, lambs suffer more from this trouble to become firmer before continuing the remain alive till t obeco mall green, immature will .be carefully'examined and, re- lied ip boos3szg ]zc�tvvicen the highest to d • I 1918 and in X.322 g. plants produce a g c an o sheep: n flock were As butter keeps best in a solid, d worthlessfruit In Inearly all ported upon In sending specimens grade . Axininsters and the.lowest- the iambs, in the O.A.C. fl an fruit. cases this trouble appears in isolated kindlysee that they are packed so se .grade Wiltoe there is not the.•slightest ; badly infested, butthe ewes were I spots throughout the field. Some to arrivegood condition, and ad stip i my mind that mrn the Axpractically t e fr the trouble. In - Much h Pl t P th ' gy 204 St. Paul St St Ie purchasing a rug like an Aecmin- the sine becomes pale and wdifflculeakness It is sometimes t to say just ]n ao COn i que n in re om erodes .or -boxer are used for Winter use. The boxes have. a coating pf paraf.• rine on the inside and it is necessary' to' line thein with, heavy- parchment' paper. While many people have a GG -ib, box filled for winter, in some eases it would be much better to have it put in two 28 -lb. boxes. The crocks should be in good condi- tion, free from cracks or breaks in the glazing, When packing butter, be sure to pack solidly. See that there are no openings in the sides and that the filled. corners are well If there is 8 or 10 lbs. of butter in A churning, do not put the whole lump into the crock and then try to pack it down. Rather put it in in pieces, making sure that .each piece is solidly packed. Finish the. top off evenly and cover with parchment paper, A thin layer of salt paste may be put over this be•• fore fastening down the lid. With 'crocks 'it will be necessary to tie clean wrapping paper over the top after the lid has been put on. All butter should be stored in a clean, dark place where the air is pure and the 'temperature .low and even. POULTRY rows may -be affected in their entirety dress the Dominion Laboratory of ster would be the wiser purchase,' fested sheep' or lambs do' not thrive, but this is riot the general rule: tic an a o.o , , more often it is only a past of the Catharines, Ontario.—G. H. Berkeley,, stet or a Wilton it pays to put as follows, accompanied by a dry condi- where poor management stops and disease be ns but there is one ail - you haven't enough to get a fine -Wil i digestive. troubles. The surest symp-' meet of partly grown chickens that is minster. 'worm in droppings. If this trouble is ment. Poultrymen often speak of it Plain rugs are very fashionable the suspected close observation should be as "fall colds." world over for every sort of house. given the droppings of the sheep and As the growing birds increase in They are decorative in the -highest de- lambs. 1 size they require more and more air gree and no room can fail of beauty Fast the cheeps or lambs twenty-, while on the roost at night: If they if it has one on the floor. • row that is diseased. When such Plant Pathologist. much money into it as possible If tion of the wool and very often by g1 . ton, spend it for a good -quality Axe tom is the finding of segments of the most always traceable to GOOD -LOOKING FLOORS -FOR FARMHOUSE ROOMS mismanage - four hours before treatment. Then are kept In close, stuffy houses where BY ETHEL CARPENTER. Seine housewives 'object to them, give one dram oil of male shield fern the air circulation is poor they are THE CHILDREN'S HOUR JACKIE RABBIT AND WILLIE WOODCHUCK GO FISHING.. It was an excited little rabbit that went running over to Willie Wood- chuck's house one bright morning soon after school was out. "Oh, Willie," shouted Jackie Rabbit, are regular bugbears Ted polisher, til the however, because they show foot- in three ounces of castor oil to a ma-' very likely to develop colds. "mother ease I may go fishing this Floors gu g marks though I myself do not obaect tote sheep or half the dose for a It is tok her Boor shows f gl lamb. Give as a drench by means of this trouble and to guard against Can g rs to the with along -hand po ie er, un i well to be on the lookout for sot ow. am it. a long -necked bottle. Kamala in 1 ,4 ' by being sure that the roosting guar dram doses to mature sheep given in ters are well ventilated at all times. thick gruel or treacle and. followed by, There is very little danger of draft three ounces of castor oil in a few harming a healthy, well -feathered hours will expel the worms. Keep chicken in warm weather, so it is a' sheep in after treatment until all good plan to provide a ventilator of 1 worms are expelled. This will take.'' generous size in the rear wall of every from 24 to 30 hours. Put out on new colony brooder house. With windows i pasture, as if any segments of tape- in the front left open and the rear ed in a worm are picked up byothe sheep or ventilator also open, there will usually nut or darn oak are the colors to be room such as adining-room;'a piled lambs they will develop. The troublebe'sufficient circulation of air to keep advised for this. rug had= Vetter chow a small figure:.is most common in wet years and on the chickens in a healthy condition so 'e i ` th t.an ne ; : be b t to fall woman who is striving make e to this in the least,foraplain home pretty. Like most necessities, This makes an ideal background forrug conventional floor coverings are apt to the laying of small rugs, and would is expected to show them, ; and the make appalling inroads on the income, have to be renewed only'every six handsomer the rug the. more it is apt PP and even then there is the danger that months or so. It may be cared for, to show bet i�lg' a draw the flat$ of ethe er they may be unsatisfactory from the with a dry mop, with the addition j standpoint of choice. Nine times outl an occasional polishing when needoe broom over it quickly, seeing;: that the strokes all run the same way, and the of ten a woman is uncertain how any Varnish is another finish that is in i rug is as sleek ° as a pussycat. As the floor treatment' will look until it ishigh favor, and this is usually apglied- pile of any rug flattens, the footmarks tried; moreover she sometimes cannot to a bare floor in the form of a var-• , are less likely to appear afford what she would like, and must nish stain of the color desired. Wal- j When great wear is required content herself with some second or third choice. But if she gets the trick of knowing what will look particularly well on . the floors of farmhouse rooms, she will, a newP velo on any rug. But theg no hardshi , is an economy also, because if the ; not be large, more of a self 'to'e, or find a certain economy p, h _ g, o ' two •tone, and the rug should not Have . central -medallion. . Medallion rugs are in. very poor taste, and even if vie are still having to wear out some of Th best varnish stain a o y Th _ ca in: the din- wet pastures. that they will not subject can buy is'an economyin•the end•,_andl. is is 'also a convenience ing-room, where spots are apt to de- . •2 colds. coat of it applied when.needed ;, - figure need• A deep sense of economy is almost 'since the' eomewhat . unconventionalf floor is allowed to' get badly warn t e floor. treatments that guarantee the entire varnish finish must be removed most promising results for farmhouse before a new one is applied. living are usually quite within her Varnish finish should not be applied means.` on top of paint, or vice versa, but al - Floor treatments are just as im- portant in creating a beautiful home as are wall treatments, window cur- tains and the actual furniture to be ways the finish of a different nature should be first entirely removed. If the, old finish is cracking, flaking or peeling,' it must always be removed used in furnishing it And' an effec- by means of sandpaper or painteand- tive floor, which includes its paint and varnish -remover before the new coat stain, as well as its covering, does not is applied. But of all the finishes that may be require a great deal of money to be used on the floors of the farmhanse, spent on It to make it so. there is none so satisfactory, so suit - What it does need, first, last and a1- able and so beautiful as paint. ways, is intelligent thought. A colored floor, is not too garish, The first thing that we must de- imparts just that note of style and wand of a floor that is to be beautiful character a rooni sometimes needs for is that it be quiet in effect. TRANSFORMING SOFT -WOOD FLOORS. The second is that it has the proper value, which means that the lower part of the room should be heavier in tone than the upper part.. This makes the room keep its proper balance. The third is that the floor should act as an -effective part of the room scheme. The fourth'is that the right floor. covering should be selected with rela- tion to beauty, cost, wear and personal preference. I want to tell you what floor treat- ments 1 consider particularly beautiful and especially suited to the farm- house. These treatments may be divided into two classes: The bare floor re- good looks. Paint may be x„pplied to bare boards that have never had any other finish, in which case it may be flat paint or glass paint which con- tains an admixture of varnish. Var- nish mixed. with paint makes it wear better, but paint containing varnish had' better not be used on a fiat - painted floor, or vice'velsa, as the new coat is apt:to flake off. Painted floors may be richly colored, the choice of decorative hues being wide. Old blue; peacock blue, which is old blue with a nearly equal quan- tity of green added to it; leaf green, which is grayish in tone; dark apple green; taupe, which is a grayish brown; mulberry, which is a cross be- tween ashes -of -roses and wistaria; and a gray which is not at all bluish in toile—a gray'more the color of lieved by small rugs, and the room- smoke. size floor covering. The paint usedonA floor should be In discussing the use of small rugs, darker in tone than the same color the treatment of the bare floor must paint that is. used for the standing be solved first, and there are several woodwork, good treatments that may be suggest -I- On dull brown varnished 'floors, on ed for the floor of soft wood, which is pale brown waxed floors, and on floors the usual flooring to be found in the that are painted, very delightful small farmhouse. I rugs may be used. These may be of If the boards have been carefully braided, crocheted or woven rags, or. selected and laid, and the floor is in they may be'hooked rugs,' which in good condition, there is a special their revived popularity are more than treatment that well repays for the the equal of real Oriental rugs, and trouble of applying. When finished much more suitable for use in the av It will resemble a hardwood floor. i erage farmhouse. Dissolve a sufficient quantity of I All of these small rugs niay be made burnt umber in linseed oil, thinning it by; the farm wife, as they have been with turpentine to impart a pleasant since the beginning of•time, and she is pale brown color to the floor. Rub this as capable as she always was in mak- mixed coloring into the natural un- ing rugs of beauty that the whole Here's a fish story that makes the average red -wielder look like the youthful George Washington. The gigantic musky' whose portrait is seen above was landed by an Indian with leis 1ia,re Bandl This is thesegcspel truth. Some few weeks ago, setting out from Devil's Gap Bungalow Camp, on Lake of the Woods, Ifenora, an ardent sportsman Booked this tremendous fellow, a 31i -pounder, on a fifteen -pound test black Japanese silk line and an eight - ounce split bamboo fishing rod with a No. 3 Starr doible-spinner as a lure. 'The captive, offering the type of battle anglers thrill to, struggled for forty- five mimeos, then, at the critical escment, made a supreme effort, snapped the fine and disappeared.' The epc.rtanian groaned, believing all was over. tut the'wily Indian guide paddling round quietly, spotted the fish lying .ex- ,I ex- hausted in four feet of water, `Don move" he urged. 'She conte up!' And, sure enough, the 'lunge presently rose td within a tow inches of the surface, A lightning movement of the ilielan instantly followed and, seizing the fish through the back of the gill, he flung hien triuntphsntly rote the 'canoe, Next trope you swim yarns ,with your pais land waist to cap their best efforts with something that is no less remarkable than it ie carrect in every pe.rticula'r, ask them "flans you beat this enol" as effective as the "still small voice." Taking a Milk Sample. • afternoon if I' get the garden hoed. ., you o? Willie didn't wait a minute to ans- wer. He just winked his eye at.Jackie and waddled into the house as fast as he could. In a minute'he war back again and -the broad smile 'that stretch- ed from ear to ear told how tickled he was. "Mother says I may go just as. soon as I get the berries picked," he said. } "Hurray,' shouted Jackie. "1 know where I can get some nice big fRatt a wiggly worms that will be just for bait." And off he skipped°toward home to finish the hoeing. So it was that early that afternoon. Jackie Rabbit and Willie Woodchuck r'as a found the eelvse down by the Fishing Growingalfalfa bringsprofits be- Several years of experience bend of the creek. yond pay, y grow milk! Carefully they the for the land's sake: tis in taking tali ed t fish, g Hole at the big d the hayroan ow it alone cow tester have indicated some points climbed out creek. a me, someat are - ' old log, that they always used t o s. samples that. a mil passing r thel from. With their hooks baited with The sample for a es n testnfort be' big ugly worms, the fish began to bite butterfatgcontentfdoes not need to be I fast, but onee when Jackie threw out large. A half pint is pwnen, too far, his fishhook caught on a log In taking a sample, when the cow is milked, stir or pour the milk from one pail to another two or three times. Then dip out what is needed. If the first milking taken :is even- ing and the cow gives twelve pounds, then keep that separate, and in the morning take another sample careful- ly mixed. If the cow gives eighteen pounds in the morning then save -a proportionately larger sample of the -were out in the middle of the big morning milking. Mix the two and river, drifting drifting . toward the that gives you a pretty fair sample. Taking the sample from two days' 1 Big Whatever shall we do?" asked Wil rankings is better, but one is more lie with a splashy tear forming in each prThecre of his little black eyes. We can't swim The reason for the two milkings is that far." no," that most cows will produce 'a richer Of, no, said Jackie, "we can't milk in the evening than in the morn -1-s "Oim ,no,hardly at all. Bute, "we can't ing and one sample would indicate lit- cry, Willie, and . Bed. Itosailors.sit awfully tipay ofand produce just the opposite kind you don't fall -off. Perhaps a merry of milk. h little breeze will come up and blow us Now that the half pint is saved, ward shore:"'' care again must be used in mixing the But Jackie was just as scared as sample. It ought to be somewhat warm Willie as went drifting, drifting 88 as cold cream and milk will not mix on toward theyeSea. any too well. Pouring from one milk Big S bottle to another is about the best way - to mix. But too much pouring is apt'Horse Barns. to incorporate sir in the milk and Many horse barns, good inmost make a "shy" sample, because bubbles every other particular, havepoor take up space in the pipette. } floors in the stalls or, in case of a dirt I like to make two tests of each floor; deep holes tramped out where sample. That is required in official the horse must stand or lie. After a work. The two samples usually are horse works all day he is entitled to exactly the the of one therein more a good bed. Board floors should be than two-tenths per cent. ulr- kept in good repair and dirt ones well q filled to provide proper drainage and feIenreatdiotheifat coium I've four i an even surface. ed to make the test over again. n g P y s horses compelled to stand with their. a bleak by fl makes the etchings easy front feet in deep depressions in the to read that filling jest turned lead. , stall will develop weak backs, And Cows have are jest foil pas-. another bad practice is to leave hay turd or had their feed changed in front of a horse slightly out of recently or have been or are coming reach when, in his effort to get to it, in heat do not give a fair sample of he h w press against a rranger . quiet. � � tion. This constant until the are . M; ik E• R. pressure will bruisehisbreast d Can You Beat This One? nearby. He pull' it and pulled it and wiggled it. east and wiggled it west. Willie did his best to'help him and finally off it came. But' what a frightened "Ohl. Ohl Oh -h h" it was that they both cried when they saw what had happened. In attempting to loosen Jackie's fish- hook, . the big log they -were on had drifted away from shore and they 1 f or milk. Waity •other like obstruc • reas an start 'sg rowth that is practically ire r' finished wood with a soft woolen cloth, world copies with dells ht: taking great care that it gree on very, Therefore I want you to be sure to evenly in tone. ' consider favorah:y the beauty and When this is dry, melt ; about a suitability of such .small civains rugs pound of shaved beeswax in a kettle laid on the properly treated bare floor, of the stove, remove from the fire and fi.Del.B:;;.'•4 „eg.,/ Tim nAG BBAG, tlifn with fur 'enV It is necessar to remove the kettle as the turpentinel Woven rag rugs come in all sizes is combustible, but after this is poured and attractive colors at very reason- In,the kettle may be replaced ora the able prices. Rugs braided by machine yare very inexpensive; but rues beaid- allye, heata that the 'mixture to may gracile, tel by hand are mostly so high priced ally' and come to the right eon- ,,heg'an added incentive sisteney to be applied easily to the that this furfii. floor; `for dant the work at home. This is applied evenly with another • Among room -size rugs there are sift woolen cloth; ietheist be kept hot also same, that may be made at home; , land these are the braided or crocheted dining, the s�peratlon. } . be made rhea- After allowing a day to elapse, oval .rugs, hey mayrs' b; the rag Vag- polish the floor with a brick wrapped lately withotitp in *noon Aral', er seft carpet, or else is.'rnade to yield up its treasures, and curable and means the loss of the animas. Wash Days. The next time the wife comPlains of wet feet on wash day make a slat platform for her to stand on. The platform is four feet long and two feet wide The long slats aro one inch thick and two inches wide, and etartieg At it, the cleats underneath -•-there are four Her Friend—"When you and retain- —are of the same material. It isli hi that it can be set up and were married he promised'00 . you the- _ g ereant of everything. Is he making on end when the wash is on the the gooclV' and, quickly dried out, Mrs.. "X'ottngbride-- "Re's making a - .+I" -- -- good -start, He earns float h to keep The management of the farm has a fna stir I+lalio,1 with cold cream tied liini- twe-fold aspect thee. of a b'asiness paid self with Ethel/Mg cream," i.hs,'i rf ,,. 11107M4,