HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1924-09-18, Page 2Address commu aicationa to Agro ernist,7s Adelaide St, West, Toronto
SOME SILO AIDS.
To save time and annoyance, and to.
lessen the risk of the undertaking,one
fanner .has provided the outside wall
of his silo with steps made from iron
rod and mounted ladder fashion from'
the ground to the top.
Directly underneath the dormer
through which the blow spout of the,
filling machine is inserted at filling!
time, there is a broad step or seat l
upon which the operator stands when I
assembling the outfit.
This idea naturally lends itself to
any type of silo and is worth bearing'
in mind.
The writer once saw another kink'
that should be noted here. The silo
was. of wooden staves and required
frequent painting. Since no ladder of
the ordinary length would serve the
painter's purpose, the owner laid the
track from three old barn doors about
the top just under the roof and on
this mounted .the car wheels from one,
of the doors.
These were attached to a wide plank
and on the lower end another wheel
at right angles was also mounted a:0
that it would ride against the surface(
of the. silo. ' This plank was also pro-1
vided with a hook with block and
tackle. When the silo was to be paint-
ed a seat of a wide board of sufficient
length was attached to the tackle with
two ropes, the painter seated himself
and drew himself upward with the!
tackle, This had a lock and he could
remain at any desired height. Move-
ment about the silo was accomplished
by : his feet which were encased in
rubber -soled shoes. It will pay the
silo owner to keep these tips in mind.
—D. R. H.
BARRELING APPLES ON TREES.
If you want to have good apples, be-
gin
barreling them while they are still
on the trees. No amount of good care
in `barreling will make up for lack of
1
care in picking, or picking at the
wrong time. 1
Apples are not ready to be picked
when they cling so tightly that spurs
are broken from the trees. Neither is
. the color of apples which eventually
turn red a reliable index, since the in-
tensity of the color depends on the
cloudiness or brightness of the wea-
ther.
ea-
ther. A good indication of maturity
is a ground color ' which, when the
fruit is ready for pieking,'.ahould be
turning from clear green to a whitish.
green or greenish yellow,
Yellow, green, and russet varieties
of apples are generally ready to pick:
when they have reached their proper;
size and the.stems separate readily
from the spurs. In picking apples, the
stems should be separated from the
spurs . either by giving the fruit a
alight rotating motion combined with
a sharp upward twist, or by pressing
with the thumb or forefinger at the
joint of the stem and spur.
In picking use both sacks and bas •
-
kets. The baskets are handy for gath-,
ering fruit near the ground, while the
sacks can be used for ladder work.1
Some folks thing there is more danger
of bruising the fruit when sacks are,
used, In emptying either basket or 1
sack, avoid dropping the fruit. If a
basket is used, it.should be lowered
to the bottom, of the lug box or other
receptacle and emptied gently, There
is a certain type of sack with a drop
bottom, so than the fruit can be .emp-
tied without bruising it.
Step -ladders are especially good for,
work m small trees and for picking
from the lower branches: -of <, larger
trees. The good type are wide and
flaring at the bottom, narrow at the
top, and supported with but one prop.
In small orchards apples are usually
packed :right out in the open, but in
large orchards and the sections where
the weather is bad, fruit is often
packed in central houses, tents or
sheds. The use of packing houses is
increasing. The houses afford shelter
for a supply of unpacked fruit which
can be handled during bad weather.
If there is a packing house there is
also a better opportunity.to put in
sizing machinery and other labor-
saving devices.
Two types of grading or sorting
tables are used—the apron table and
the canvas or burlap table. The bed
of the apron table is slatted, so that
the trash can fall through, and is in-
clined, so that the fruit as it is graded
rolls to the Iower end, where it is low-
ered into the barrel by means of an
apron. While work can be done rather
rapidly with this table, the fruit often
crowds past the sorters faster than
they can handle it. .
The canvas or burlap table is made
by stretching the cloth over a rec-
tangular frame. This type of table
is fitted for running the fruit from
the apron into the barrel. The apples
must be sorted by hand into baskets.
The most common practice in barrel-
ing is to separate the fruit into two'
standard sizes. The first size includes,
apples from two and one-quarter tol
two and one-half inches, and the sec-,
and two and one-half inches or larger.!
The apple grower must get a grad -1
ing machine which has a big enough
capacity to handle his crop, and one
that can be operated most economical-
ly. Look for one of simple design, not
requiring too much adjustment . and:
not apt to bruise the fruit. The life
of a machine, and the various methods,
of feeding fruit to the machine, should.
be studied carefully.. Upon all. these,{
things s depend the total dailyoutput
u
g R
and,: consequently, the cost of opera-,
tions Only small machines a can he op
crated; by. hand Dower- Some of the!
simplest types have a capacity of per- ,
haps 100 barrels a day. In most cases,'
however, the gasoline engine or elec-
tris motor is preferable.
The first step in packing the barrel
is to face the first and perhaps thea
second layer of apples. Thatis, ar-1
range the layers in circles with stems'
down. For facing, only apples of the l
best size and quality should be used,.
because the trade expects and custom-'
arily demands an attractive.pack. But!
remember that the general quality and •
size should conform to the grade in!
the rest of the barrel. There are other
standard practices in filling barrels,-
such as "racking," or settling of the'
fruit by rocking the partially -filled
barrel, and "tailing," which means ar-f
ranging the last layer of apples in
concentric rings.
1
POULTRY.
Ordinary culling practices simply
involve looking the birds over at night
when they are on the perches and
eliminating those which are obviously
out of producing condition. It be-
comes, however, a much more serious
problem to attempt to handle every
bird in the flock, make a careful ex-
amination and make a final deter-
mination as to the fitness of the indi-
vidual for future breeding.
Here is a simple practice which will.
eliminate the shock to the birds: Con-
fine the birds to the laying house the
night before they are to be culled.
This culling must be done in the day-
time when the birds can be carefully
examined. Secure a large catching
crate. A good thing for this purpose is
a live -poultry -shipping coop, double
deck height, commonly .known as a
turkey coop. Make a hole in one end
of this at half the height of the coop,
about eight inches wide and ten or
twelve inches high. Provideit with a
slide door.
Set this coop so that this opening
on the end is directly open to the hen
exit opening in the poultry house.
Scatter a little grain in the coop. Open
the exit door and With a little en-
couragement the birds will pass out
the exit door and enter into the coop.
Whena convenient number is thus
confined, the exit door can be closed
and the hens can be culled and taken
out of the coop through the door at
the top, one at a time, handled care-
fully, examined in minute detail' and a
determination made as to what is to
be done with them.
The culls" can be cooped up in sep-
arate coops, teady to go to market,
whereas the good 'birds can be dropped
into. the yard or, if their future quer-
ters are ready for~ thein, they can be
transported and put in their new
houseow
Tf Ws operation Is carried on in a
quiet, gentle way, the handling of the
birds at thisseason will be followed
by no loss' in production,
$.1 Nine 101414i
CaII on the urveyor.
The payment of
half day's work of
meant the changing
age for my neighbor
to put in a main t
farm. His eye tol
water should go to tl
in the direction of E.
for some reason he
gineer and found th,
as well go west and
trench and buying t
many extra rods.
veyed the whole d',
depth of cuttings every 100 feet so
there was no trouble to get the tile
in properly.
In my own case I had a drainage
problem and had two outlets that could
be used. One was a fifteen -inch tile
along the border of the farm and the
other an open ditch at the end of the
place,
My plan, as my eye told me, was to
run a main tile the length of the farm
along one side and drain into it with
cross ditches. But the surveyor soon
showed .me that I could cross -ditch
right into the 'fifteen -inch tile and
save 160 rods of six or eight -inch out-
Ret. I had plenty of fall. Besides,
large tile is a better outlet than an.
open ditch. •
The saving is hard to estimate but
the cost in my case was $1.5.0.
A. good many drainage jobs are
jumped into without much previous
thought or planning and surveyors
can earn their charges and much more
on many farms. The eye is not a sure
Deuge of levels, and natural `slopes of
the land do not seem always to till
the story.—Earl Rogers.
The number of eggs consumed per
Year on farms averaged 28.8 dozen
per person. The per capita farm eon -
gumption of fowls averaged nearly
one fowl per month, The consumption
of c : gg s and poultry was found to be
the greatest in seasons of lowest
prices:
Miss Annette E. Buck, of Brooklyn, N.Y., is the first woman to ascend to
the summit of Mount Robson; the highest peak of the Canadian Rockies.
She was accompanied by Mrs. Monday, a Canadian.
How to Hang Your Pictures
BY LUCY B. TAYLOR:
•
Pictures give a room"thought" and
add the touches that suggest interest
and life. It is quite possible`te decor-
ate a room, have it perfsetly "correct,"
and yet have it stupid and uninterest-
ing. , It is the humanness of a room
that gets our interest and makes us
feel at home.. -
The little picture over the mantel
or on the table, the colored print on -
the
n -the bedroom wall, may go a great deal
further than we ever • expect iii giving
to that particular room the air of be-
ing really "lived in." Whether in
color or black and white, it represents
thoughts that greet us pleasantly an&
arouse similar and stimulating ideas;
within us
-But it doesn't do to pick out pictures I
essly arty 'nor •4.thano+ tea
riends:�care eso_ ..�kie ,
�u •� l s y.:
are not genuinely good in some res-
pect, it is better to have something
else that gives a spot of color and I
life; for a poor picture is like a poor'
companion—it grows constantly worse
to us.
The duplication of ways and means;
in reproducing pictures has done
marvelous things in placing at our'
disposal the loveliest of reproductions,
both in color and black and white.
There are now several museums that
carry a full line of prints of their
paintings. These include landscapes,
sea pieces, and subject pictures of
leading artists, as well as some of the
best of the •historical pieces.,` Every
good and really great piece of modern
art owned by a museum is pretty sure
to have its color or photograp c' re -
such,
fully
that
shed.
tints
e cut
e est -
production. And it is picture
as these, framed, and hung ca
in the right places on the wal
make a room look right and fiir
There are also many onnt1 rnlnr
for size and shape and then adjusting
your picture accordingly. For ex-
ample, there may be a sofa, a chair,
and a table, up against the wall. The
natural thing to do is to hang a fairly
large picture over the sofa—one that
will take the same feeling of length—
and then possibly over each of the
other two objects a smaller picture:
This repeats the feeling, of size- and
shape that has alreadybeen establish-
ed by the sizes and shapes of the fur-
niture, and kelps the essential har-
mony. That's the whole story. Follow
Hanle Education
-The C11110 Flet School le tho P,pmiiyo—Froeb.l..0
Cu -operate With Nature By Ora A. Cicinent.
"Goodness, ,taking care of children then can be taught habits of order and
Means spending all your time making cleanliness which will stay ,vith° them,
somebody do something he doesn't all their lives. Though too small to
want to de," exclaimed young Mrs. do actual work, they are pleased to do
Lane as she tools Daddy's letter- little, step -saving tasks for mother, if
opener from the baby and motioned th. task is a matter of imitation. This
Billy and Sister to continue their task imitative age is a period of golden
of picking up blocks and toys. opportunity.
"Right on top of this lovable age
comes the individualistic age, when,
almost overnight the child becomes
distressingly selfish. He wants the
best of everything for himself and will
fight to get it, He eeent„'the attention
mischief and tease and hurt one an- '""i adulation of adults and will try to
other? It must have been Bedlam all
the time."
"T suppose it was noisy, and I don't
doubt. that I was sometimes worried—
and cross. But I have forgotten that for Johnny that he should get so far
part of it.. That is one of the nice beyond control. It is not her fault,
things about growing old—you forget though. Johnny's Mother Nature is
so much that is unpleasant. preparing him for the battles of life;
"But about the children—I learned she is teaching him to think and to
one thing while I was taking care of act for himself.
mine that helped me : a lot, and it was "That the process is painful to his
that Mother Nature keeps a firm hand parents and friends does not influence
on all her babies and is quite deter-: the •old Dame for one "instant. She
mined they : shall grow upto be note; knows what slie is doing. Soon his.
mal'ohealthy human beings. So that I selfishness will be controlled by con-
working against Nature is very much! scious self-denial, and Johnny will be-
like swimming un -stream, while co- I gin to show real character. His boast-
operating with: her makes the care of 'iul contrariness, which challenges
children comparatively easy." every spoken statement, will soon be
"I don't know what you mean," the tempered by reason.
daughter confessed. "There are many things you can
`:Well" R_ explained her mother, "after , teach him at this age. He ap nreci-
R g
watching six of my own and many of ates praise for his individual effort
my friends' and neighbors' children go and will spend tremendous energy to
through their childhood, I have decided, gain it. He can be taught to take re-
that all children pass through certain' sponsbility: The irresponsible and
stages of development, and during I untruthful young people, who are al -
each stage it is especially easy to'!together too numerous to -day,. were
teach them certain things. 1 not handled rightly at this age. The
"Of course, at first, the baby's at child asks imeim:erable questions, and
tention is chiefly occupied with learn...! your greatest possible .mistake is to
ing to manage his hands and feet. We ignore, ridicule or evade these clues
-
do not usually interfere with this pro- I tions. Give truthful, serious answers,
cess, though sometimes people urge a 1 drawing him out when you suspect..
baby to walk too soon, and sometimes I that some troubled thought lies at the
sickness prevents him from walking' bottom of the questions, and m later
when he should. I years you will not have to suffer that
"Usually the four-year-old has worst of all hurts, the knowledge that
learned to use his hands and feet, and your child's confidence is being pur-
his chief delight is in their use. Move- pesely withheld.
ment of the arms and legs is what he "Besides these there are other -but,
wants, and he imitates the motions mercy, child, see what time it - is! If
his mother makes as she works about I sit here lecturing, James will find
the house. ' During this period chil- • no dinner when, he comes home"
"Oh, I hope it is not as bad as that,"
her mother laughed comfortably. "In'
fact, I do not remember it in that way
at all."
"But how did you manage, Mother,
when there were six of us to get into
gain them by `show-off' antics. He bul-*
.
lies the younger children and teases
the older. He becomes a family nuis-
ance, and his discouraged mother
wonders what she has neglected to do
the lines and spaces of your furniture - --•- = a
groups as well, as. you can, and if they
are well spaced the pictures will be
too.
e e
S e ime a o 1 a m„ m'
o t s n odd' .'goo m co s
m p
T e a tabe in the„corner, a chair,
;aa i1�+and', perhaps a bed
alori tithe wall. "Then group one; two
or three of the smaller pictures 'in` a
longish -looking group over the bed
and balance the wall with' one well
chosen, with regard" to size over the
'table. _Then . your walls will be
pleasing.
The possibilities are innumerable;
Choose good pictures, study your wall
spaces, and try to maintain a feeling
of balance. Ono could write volumes
and say no more!
Ask the Agricultural Repre-
sentative.
se re-sentative.
In most every section wheat var-
ieties show an adaptation to a soil
fertility range. The kinds that do
best on poor land fail to make so good
a showing on rich land. This is an-
other matter about which agricultural
representative advice would be desir-
able. As a rule the earlier wheats make
their best showing on the poor lands..
.The richer lands with a greater]
moisture -holding' capacity can more'
safely carry the later -growing var-
ieties.
We need more men who do not fear
to break new ground, to blaze new
trails, to lead i1.c people on to a larger
aiid more satisfactory ` progress.-
Arthur Capper.
FRUIT NOW SHIPPED IN NEW TYPE'OF CAR
The development of the, Niagara Peninsula as• a source of fruit for the
markets of the Dominion is becoming more pronounced, through the co.opera-
tion of the fruit growers, the dealers and the Express Department of the
Canadian National. Railways. •
For this traffic the Canadian National Express hos designed an entirely
new style
car which has:eiready given satisfaction. No ice is used
.in theeecas,Pa natural air -cooling' -method being used. While this does not
develop es low a temperature as ice refrigeration, the process is more natural,
and as a result, the fruit does not deteriorate sa quickly when reproved to the
warmer outside atmosphere.
There are thirty of these cars in operation between the Niagara Penin-
sula and ,points in Ontario, Quebec, the Maritime Provinces and the North
West, and they received several tests ;under the most unfavorable conditions
ons
possible, before they were finally adopted foto service.
Stringent Measures to Prevent
Spread of Corn Pest.
On account of the danger of further
distributing the European ,corn borer,
a.peet which is seriously menacing the
corn -growing industry in Ontario,
stringent regulations regarding the
transport of corn from infested to un-
infested areas are being enforced by
the Dominion Minister of -Agriculture:
Last year, during the sweet corn
season, the Department inspectors dis-
covered corn on the cob, infested with
the caterpillars of the pest, being car-
ried from the infested areas by motor
cars. The regulations make it illegal
for tourists and campers to carry corn
from • the quarantined areas, because
of the danger of the spread of the
pest in this way.
The regulations provide that corn
may n.ot be moved or shipped by grow-
ers, produce dealers, or others, ,from
the following area under quarantine
"Brant County; Bruce County; Duf-•
ferin County; the townships of Clarke,
Darlington and Hope in Durham
County; Essex County (including Peel
Island); Grey County; Haldimand
County; Halton County; Huron Coun-
ty; Tient County,; Lainbton County;
Lincoln County; Middlesex County;
Norfolk County; the .townships of
Pickering, Whitby East and Whitby
West in Ontario ,county; Oxford
County; Peel County; Perth County;
Waterloo County; Welland County;
Wellington County; Wentworth Coun-
ty; the townships of Etobicoke, Mark-
ham, Scarborough, Vaughan, and
York in York County, and the town-
ship of Brighton in Northumberland
County."
From the counties of Elgin and
Middlesex, which are the most heavily
infested districts in the province, corn
may not be carried`. even to other
counties in the infested district,
Except from Elgin and Middlesex
counties, corn on the cob may be ship-
ped from the quarantined area to the
Toronto and Hamilton markets, but
may not be ..hipped north or east-
wards. Violations of the regulation
'are punishable by a fine.
,Exports` of Live Stock and
Meats.
Our exports o, domestic live stock
and meats, according to ' Dominion
Live Stock Branch reports, to 'Great
Britain during the first seven months:
of the year compared with the same'
period in 1928 were: 40,026 cattle
compared with 84,152; 2;351,200 lbs,
of beef compared with 5,108,500 Ibs,•
62,411,600 lbs. of bacon compared with
57,408,800 lbs., and 3,201,300 lbs. of
pork compared with 1,738,700 lbs.
To the United States during the
same periods were sent: 45,082 cattle
compared with 84,152; 20,708 calves
compared with 13,745; 390 sheep Com-
pared with "3,817; 7,411,200 Ilse. of
beef compared with, 3,923,700 lbs,;
253,800 lbs. of bacon compared with
91,900 lbs.; 818,900 lbs, of pork com-
pared
ompared with 412,000 lbs., and 25,600 lbs.
of mutton compared with 60,600 lbs. I
THE CHILDREN'S
HOU UR
AT THE CROSSROADS.
"Bee, five, bee four, I wish 1 had
some more," sang Willie Woodchuck
as he finished the last sugar cookie
that Old Mother Coon had given him.
"Me, too," said Johnnie•Muskrat,
"I'm still a little hungry, but I'm
tickled that we are on our way home.
I don't think I want to go sailing on
a log again."
"Mrs. Coon said we would be home
by afternoon," said Jackie Rabbit,
"but we must walk fatter."..
"I• can't walk much faster," puffed
Willie Woodchuck as he waddled
along the road that Mrs. Coon said
would take them back to Woodland.
and home. Soon they came near the
crossroads where she had said a sign
post would tell them which road to
take to Woodland. As they came to
this post they were very puzzled. No,
it was not because these three little
Woodland boys could not read, for
they were the best pupils in the Wood-
land school, mischief excepted. But.
a big puff of wind had blown that way.
or someone had hurried around the
corner too fast. The sign post which
was to tell them the way home was
topsy-turvy.
On one board was -printed "Stoney-
ville" and on the other "Woodland,"
but they both pointed "hitch -a -cue".
angles toward the blue sky.
"Well, well, well, this is a real mix-
up," said Jackie Rabbit scratching his
head. "We can't follow the sign post
to Woodland, because it points up to
that big fleecy cloud. What had we
best do?"
"I think this road goes to Wood-
land," said Johnnie Muskrat, pointing
to the right.
"I'm sure it is this one," said Jackie
Rabbit, pointing to the one to the: left.
Willie Woodchuck said nothing, for
he was getting too tired to bother to
think.
"That's more of a puzzle still," said
Jackie Rabbit. "Perhaps we had bet-
ter draw cuts. We will go with the
one who gets the longest cuts." "
"Fine," agreed Johnnie and Willie.
When Willie had caerfully prepared
the draws, Johnnie Muskrat pulled the
longest orie, so off they started down
the .read to the right, hoping to reach
Woodland before the sun went down.
From Weeds to Hooey.
Sweet clover through its dense
Smothering effect the second year of
its growth sickens and discourages
weeds. Such rampant fellows as
thistle and bindweed become greatly
weakened.
And while the land is becoming en.
i•iched and weeds smothered, an enol
MOW honey crop of highest quality is
produced: Moreover, having bees on
hand to harvest the honey crop helps
greatly the yield of seed. Bees carry
the pollen from floevae to flowev.