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Zurich Herald, 1924-10-02, Page 7Address communications to Agrono PUTTING THE PULLETS IN WINTER QUARTERS, If you have not already done so, get the poultry house in shepo.for the pullets. Fix doors and windows, be stare that roof does not leak, cover creeks so that there will be no drafts. The amount -of open froi,t that you have depends upon location and cli- mate. Two sides and the back of the house must be absolutely tight so as to prevent drafts, Thoroughly clean the house. Nest boxes should be taken outside and sprayed. with disinfectant; also pout - try `house itself, roosts and dropping board, top and under. ' Clean litter, hay, straw, chaff, corn husks, leaves or sawdust, must be pro- vided in which the grain can be scat- tered. Litter. absorbs much of the droppings. You will now begin to see the re- sults of crowding at night by the young stock.- If you allow all sizes of chicks to run together, the smaller ems .huddle under the larger birds at night to keep warm and in the morn - Ing they become chilled, and then you have an epidemic of colds which may develop into roup. You' can check colds by every .night immersing the bird's head in hydrogen peroxide. Do this for about ten days. Should any- .of the birds reach the soupy stage kill and burn or bury them. The greatest,prevention for this condition is to keep the growing birds from crowding and the different sizes separate. See that too many birds are not allowed in each house even if of the same age and size as the results are the same: colds and roup. By October first and sooner, if the birds are large enough, they should' be put in their' laying quarters so that they will not have to be moved once they' start . laying. Moving pullets when they start to lay or just after, may" check them and'sometimes they will not start again for several weeks. ed surface is in:bad :coeditiozi ,or shows: a clumsy accumulation of rosily Pre- vious coats of paint, a paint and lair„' Wish remover should be applied thou- oughly with a brush, allowed to petty trate and then seraped off with u' knife that has not too ;sharp an edge; After all the old stain or paint has. been removed, the piece should be washed with soap and water and blue' was dull and rich .and a wonder-' found her sitting cross-legged on the mist, 73 Adelaide St. West, 't'ronto be shellacked. bedroom furniture. Mix a green to'' match a ,greening apple. Add the slightest bit of pink or gray and. it will be page or leaf green. PeeenaTFUL AND SAFE BLUES, 1 have made a perfectly beautiful peacock blue by mixing together porch -chair green enamel and azure-{ blue .automobile enamel. This peacock Homo Educatiou "The . hll4' FP*Ssheol to the Ferrlllysr-refrf+el'et-" • Inrtereating Your Children in Books—By Helen Gregg Grego The other day Aunt Emma Lou and up my miner he should love Me read., I made a call at Hildegarde's. We ing. His father and I often read the book he reads, so we can discuss it with him afterward, Sometimes we dramatize the scenes in a book togeth- er. If we have other'books that will help hint to understand more thor- oughly the one he is reading, we leave thein lying on the library table, where they will be sure to catch his eye." "Well, my dear, you are wise," Aunt Emmy Lou approved, "and you: also seem to have made a study of keeping Jimmy: interested in the right' kind of books." "Indeed we have," Jimmy's mother smiled back. "His teacher tells us he is the best posted boy in the school." Aunt Emmy Lou and I went away thinking what a wise little mother Hildegarde was and wondering why we didn't all try so good a• plan. Why don't we, I wonder? Aren't books, after all, the real foundation of education? Don't we all know won- derfully brilliant people who are not college or even high school graduates? Ask any of them to what they attri- bute their success, and they will ans- wer, "My education came from books," Books! There. are thousands of them available to all of us. Teach your children to love them. dried; When absolutely dry it should fur color for furniture Midnight blue1 floor with her nine-year-old :song Jim. Pullets and older hens should not After the shellac is dr it tained by addingblack to dark blue,' Pile of dried moss stones, some small be kept together; The same amount entirely Y, of a to rod eegood egg prelims should be lightly sandpapered• For and if this mixture is too purplish, a' branches, crayons, a few Indian arrow f inpullets maycause hens to be- all the sandpapering that is .done be- bit of green will.make it right. Pea -1 heads, and some sheets of heavy ma- tron psi t tween coats the finest sort of sand- pock and •midnight blues are the safest nilla paper. come overfat, should be used. After dusting bines to use for furniture unless one " l _ ee ex - When the pullets first start layinng, paper g, What in the world we la o the floor in the furniture'is then ready for the has had much experienee,� claimed in one breath. some .of thein may . y n first coat of paint.' `If two coats of Chinese red is too decorative to lis- �, the corners of the ultr house, If aint ar to "be i regard. Needless y this should We, , are making scenes from theypersist, catch them yvlxen aboutused before applying g Nee g to say White s 'Boy's Life of Daniel Boone'," p s P e to' lay and put them on a nest. As a the finer one or two coats, these first be used in very small quantities. An Hildegarde explained, after Ji had rule this will break them of the habit.coats should have the chief founda-extremely small piece of furniture left t f ht l d i is another favorite. This can be obi] Beside them lay an open book, a might m ion o w i e ea with turpentine and ig. be done this color, or an inter - the floor as eggssuppose,for haveWe .amazed, I It is bad to v glooked g I habit of dryer, and without oil. They maybe 'ler f a chest or desk, the outside of Hildegarde continued, "As child I if they become broken, the .about the color that has been decided Which was painted putty color . o egg eating gets started. Egg eating on for the final coat, but this is not black. Chinese red should be very learned to detest books and reading of seldom is found in a flock where the necessary; if there is some other paint' much of a henna, and if I were mixing all kinds. I came from a home where birds are not confined.' of somewhat the same tone value that it'myself I should take a normal bright the reading of a book was a solemn tenance. Mother and Father never keep the house much too warm. The you would like it to be in the end ie i Black is one of the most decorative' seemed to have time to discuss any of birds catch cold and this prevents ! that . you can see how it is going . to furniture hues that we have. It should the books we read; they'simply hand - good results in egg production. The look before it is finished. have a bright surface such as is giiven ed them to us from dusty library fowls on range have been in fresh air The first coat of paint should be bee regular enamel that is not rubbed night and day so that any changes in put on just as carefully and well as down very .much. the temperature of " their quarters the last coat. Little paint should be Putty color is another color that is should be gradual. Dry fresh air taken on the brush at a .time; the 1 very desirable. This may be light, paint should be brushed in with even• and the actual color of putty, or it stroke's, working it in so hard that may run deeper until it is more the the brush makes a slapping sound. color of 'coffee ice cream, or even of supply of grit and oyster shells and The brush strokes should be in one Powdered cocoa. see that they have all the green food direction. Many of these colors come ready to they willeat up once a day. The same Allow the first coat to dry there use in cans of eggshell enamel, but if ration they had on range should be oughly. Sandpaper lightly and dust. Putty color must be mixed, I should continued . for a time. The change Then apply your second coat of paint take deep ivory and add brown in from range to new conditions upsets The third coat may be of paint or of small quantities until the right depth the pullets for a week or two and if eggshell enamel, and must be identic- was obtained. If too pinkish, add a ally like the coat that is to go on last. little green. When wishing to change You will have to use your judgment Just barely the tone of a color by add - as to whether you will need to put on .ing a little of the opposite or comple- all four of these coats. Sometimes mentary color, be sure to add only a two coats of paint and one ,of enamel brushful at a time, as it is easier to are enough; sometimes one,; coat of add more than to take it out after paint and two of enamel are preferred. it goes in. If the last coats are of paint instead Grayis another color that is used of enamel they should be protected for painting furniture, but it should with ,a waterproof varnish, applied be sandy, partaking somewhat of the the very last thing of all. color of putty. Furniture painted this If you have used an eggshell elia_ color is hard to mix into the usual mel for your last coats, after the room scheme, and gray should be kept enamel is thoroughly dry it should be more for the painting of bedroom rubbed with powdered pumice and furniture. water if its color is light. If its color Orange may be used in very small is dark, it should be rubbed with pieces of furniture, tut probably even powdered pumice and oil. one who is fond of this color would not dare have mere than two tiny pieces in one house. Avoid cheap colors—pinks, Alice blues, porch -chair greens, steel grays and ; fire -bucket reds. Paint a piece or so at a time and note the effect. The European Red Pe Mite. 4:iipi growers in many parts of the c+ 4 is ve: long been"familiar with. the .common red snits which'attacks 'the foliage and causes it to , turn brown. The,; European red mite has now appeared. This new pest was first reported in Canada in 1915, and has since been observed in the Eastern States and California. It is probable that it is quite widely distributed, but has been confused with older forms. Red, mites live over the winter in the egg stage on the twigs of apple trees. They are sometimes, so abun- dant that masses of the eggs may be easily seen by the unaided eye. The to handle the animals and view them writer has had no difficulty in killing` from all angles and may see or feel the mites in the egg stage by spraying something that is not evident to the with lime -sulphur diluted at the rate : man at the ringside. of one to five. Experiments with] The management of Fairs and E weaker solutions have not proved very effective, but many of the miscible oil sprays are reported to give a good percentage of kill. When changing the pullets from they can be used up. One advantage in; red and add brown and yellow until rite, performed with a solemn even - range to their winter quarters do noti painting the piece the color you think dull and rich enough. even if cold is much better than warm damp air. Provide the birds with a plentiful the ration is c ange a so, gener- ally takes them longer to' get back to their normal condition. If pullets do not start laying promptly, a wet mash should be fed at noon. If you can secure fresh bones and have a green bone, cutter this feed will be found to be a splen - 1 did stimulant in starting egg .produc- tion. Too much green bone may start a slight bowel trouble but this is sel- dom serious. Just give less of the green bone. Beef scrap can be given the birds in a hopper. At first the birds may eat more than seems good for them but, their first greed satis- fied, will eat only what they should. For the Farmhouse Painted Furniture BY ETHEL CARPENTER: There is no diubt at all that.paint lends a special beauty and effect to a piece of furniture. And especially is this true of inexpensive "furniture that might be quite unassuming in its, original state. Added to this, there is no place where simple painted fur- niture is so at home as in the farm- house. So, when this beauty is,,. absolutely within the reach of anyone at all at the insignificant cost of a can of paint, it does seem as though more people should avail themselves of this easy method of thus transforming their otherwise humdrum furniture. The two kinds of furniture pre- that unfortunate semisophistication of eminently suited to farmhouse use are such painted pieces and the simpler types of farmhouse antiques. Any farmhouse can be entirely and very charmingly furnished with either type, but a mixture of the two with a predominance of either, results in the ideal farmhouse scheme, and this should be kept in mind as an influ topart with quaint treasures! But to ence even when buying furniture of no ome is e simple antique pieces of Colonial fur- niture are already possessed—cherry, maple, or mahogany chests and slat back chairs, corner cupboards, setters, old' kitchen chairs, drop-leaf tables of mahogany or pine, shelved dressers, crickets, four -post beds, all of which are usually too fine and valuable to paint, but which` have been kept in or restored to their original state even in this sort of home, the rooms will surely need the addition of a few simple painted things to add' variety and richness of color. Such simple antiques are the natural heritage of the farmhouse and comparatively few farm homemakers were influenced by a few years ago to the extent that they have got rid of all of them in favor of what was once mistakenly' fancied to be grander and more suit- able city furniture. How the pendulum swings! For city folk are combing the hedgerow lanes for farmhouses that are willing still other types. And even if no suitable h th re such honor in pos pieces are at hand, in starting over sensing just these simple pieces as to with this new scheme of furnishing in the farmhouse itself. mind, it will be found to be quite the Though it is a• pity as a rule to easiest and cheapest method that will paint a deserving antique, among the assure success. simpler pieces; there are some that Afterr a beginning is made, this will lend themselves to this purpose- scheme may be pursued to completion the commoner of the kitchen chairs, over any number of years,' real plea- the cruder tables made of wood, a 'lit - sure being attained with each new tle cricket or a clumsy chest,, may, be piece that is painted and each old made very handsome if painted black piece that is acquired. The home that' or a dull and decorative color. thus grows from year to year is the I Failing any old pieces that may be most thrilling and satisfactory kind painted without desecrating them, however, there are very inexpensive quaint new types made in the old spir- it which may be mixed in with such. antique pieces as still show their orig- are available, the farmhouse may be final finish. These may be bought most furnished entirely with modern paint- economically and sometimes even. in ed furniture, chosen for its quaint old the unfinished state, and are extreme - shapes, and painted at home, with ly desirable when painted effectively perhaps an antique piece restored to for giving life and variety to rooms. its original finish, lending variety and Plain chests of drawers; drop-leaf, charm, tables—Colonial gateleg or the situp- I Though simple and quaint modern ler- straight -legged type; Welsh dress - furniture may be bought in nearly ers; spindled beds; Windsor and slat-' any new shop, there are very few back chairs; bench tables—many in- farmhouses that haven't a number of deed are the suitable pieces that may quaint pieces in their possession which be bought with a view to painting. are not antiques, but rather simple; .rust how should furniture be things of humble origin, needing only. painted? to be painted to show their undeniable First, let us consider it from the beauty—drop-leaf tables originally ,de -"standpoint of practical work, then signed for kitchen use, but lovely from that of the decorative effect.( enough in shape to be welcomed in When painting any piece,ofsfurniture, living and dining rooms; porch Wind- it should he determined first whether i sots; candle stands; plain bookshelves the interest lies in obtaining a prop without doors, or even those that are fessional-looking result, or whether the product of the home carpenter; the painting insist be accomplished plain straight chests of drawers; hutriedly for a quick effect of color. learner cupboards with small -paned A really professional result in; doors; wooden spool -turned beds and painting furniture may be gained in' quaint cottage dressers. All these pieces, plus some even more nondescript hi character, may be glorified by the magic of paint, and ifatin interiorsmay thus be turned into helves of beauty that may be com- pared favorably with the most charm- ing hones :of to -day. • l len in the farmhouse furnished with old things, where a ntunber of to have, and the most lovely in the end. THE MAGIC OF PAINT. When very few antiques, if any, this way: Te the piece is new and un- stained, first dust it and then apply a ;coat of shellac; this seals the knots and acts as a fiber upon which the first coat of paint will go inure easily. Pitu STARTING POINT. This should be done only when the furniture is to be painted or enameled, not when it is to be stained. If the furniture is old.and the already naiad:. The foregoing directions for fine painting, if followed carefully, result in a product so perfect that no decora- tion is needed for its further beautify- ing. The amateur who is able to produce a perfect painted piece is not always able to do a perfect bit of decoration. A line of contrasting color, either put on with a striping brush or else drawn in first with pencil andruler and care- fully painted in with a camel's-hair brush; a line of contrasting color run on a bevel or turning here and there; the spindles in a chair back, the edge of a table, the under side of a flap lid, the inside of a desk, the interiors of dresser drawers and shelves all done in some vivid hue that is in contrast to the .: decorative dull color of the piece itself.L_this is as far as the sen- sible amateur will go in decorating furniture. Paint your furniture, but keep it plain. There are certain colors that are particularly suitable for the painting of furniture. Dull olive green is very decorative in certain rooms, and if in doubt about this color, look at' an olive and get a painter to mix this color for you. Apple green should be used in smaller quantities. or c 1s:: 2or shelves with a 'Here's a book that will teach you many things you should know, so run along and absorb its contents'. I would run along, all right, but often 1 hid the book under a rock. "When Jinn was a little chap I made Taking In the Fair vs. Being Taken In by the Fair. As the Fair and Exhibition season is here, it would be well for all who contemplate attending .sane seriously to askthemselves this question: "Do I get as much out of my visit as I should?" , Fairs and Exhibitions provide a means of social intercourse and enter- tainment for the people of the sur- rounding community but fundamen- tally they are educational, particular- ly to the rural community. Their main object is the improvement of agricul- tural conditions by comparisons of in- ferior and superior live stock, crops, etc., and the donating of premiums to the latter class. The pleasure of the social and lure of the entertainment features should not be allowed to supersede the inter- est that should be taken in the educa- tional features. Every 'agriculturist is, or should be, interested in making the most of his business, and he can find numerous aids in a day well spent at the Fair. Speaking more particularly from the live stock man's point of view, he should make a point of seeing as much of the live stock a spossible as it is being judged, so that he can see the good and the bad types and cor- rect his own breeding operations ac- cordingly. Undoubtedly the spectator will not always agree with the judge as the best of them make mistakes (as do the best of farmers), but to the dyed- in-the-wool stock man there is no greater pleasure than to stand at the ringside and pit his opinion as to the meritorious animals in a class against that of the judge. It is well! to remember, however, that the judge has the advantage in that he is able ..� ��....... .. k 0 6'S +Av.,,. 4.. ,azaassmia MEETING TI -M CANADIAN BUFFALO 'iltis is a snap taken at the Empire Exhibition at Wembley the other day. A. Canadian ~a•ie Telegraph messenger Is 'introducing his little friend to the big buffalo that stands outside the ciinipany's pavilion at Wembley, hibitions should endeavor to plan the live stock judging program so that too many classes would not be going on at the same time. This, of course, is difficult at a one or two-day Fair, but comparatively easy in the case of a four-day or full week Exhibition. Having the judging rings located fair- ly close together woulca'lieip consider- ably for then two classes of stock could be followed at the same time fairly intelligently. The programme of the judging of live stock should be published in the press previous to the dates of judg- ing and on notice boards around the grounds while the fair is going on so that the visitor may go to the ring of stock in which he is most inter- ested. For instance, at the Central Canada Exhibition at Ottawa this year, notices were posted around the grounds giving the time of judging of various classes and sections of live i stock. A day intelligently spent in taking in the above mentioned educational. features of the Fairs or Exhibitions' which you attend will be something to look back on without regrets, as there i is everything to gain and nothing to I lose. On the other hand, the side; shows and other questionable enter -1 tainment features invariably take in,1 financially and otherwise, more than! they leave with the community, and their attendance at Fairs and Exhi- I bitions should be discouraged by the deadly method of withholding patron- age. , II The woman who was thoughtful enough to count the number of times that duties required her to be at the stove, cupboard, sink, basement, din- ` ing-room table, etc., had valuable data at hand when her husband and a car- penter sat down to plan the new kitchen. A self -:feeder evhich will supply the growing pullets with both grain and mash is quite as necessary to the economical development of next sea - SOD'S layers as any other piece . of, poultry equipment outside of a good house. . I. THE CHILDREN'S HOUR , JACKIE RABBIT GETS CAUGHT IN THE FENCE. When Johnnie Muskrat knocked at the man's door in Stoneyville to in- quire the way back to Woodland and the man himself came to the door, how he, Jackie Rabbit, and Willie Woodchuck ran! Dodging behind bushes and bunches of grass, they were soon out of sight. They never even looked back to see if the man was coming. When they had left the village, with its stone houses, far behind, they paused in the shadow of a big hazel bush for breath. "Oh me, oh my, I thought he had me that time," puffed Willie Wood- chuck. "And so did I," said Johnnie Musk- rat "Is he corning yet?" "I don't see him. Do you suppose we will ever get home?" asked Jackie Rabbit. "We must hurry back teethe woods and perhaps someone can tell, us the way there." _ "Yes, I guess• the only safe piece for us is the woods," said Johnnie Musk- rat, "and that doesn't seem very safe, Anyway, I'm not going to knock at a stranger's door again to learn the way." "Hush! What was that?" whispered Willie Woodchuck. With ears alert they all listened. There was a swish, swish in the leaves behind them. With a frightened look at each other they hurried off as fast as they could go. It wasn't very fast though, for they were tired and very much out of breath after their long run. They never turned to see what the swish was, or they would not have been frightened. They felt sure it was the man but it was only Mrs. Blue Bird hunting in the ]eaves for a big black bugs for her little Blue Birds. i Across the fields they went running until they came to a barbed wire fence. Johnnie and Willie Woodchuck climbed through successfully without catching their very much tattered clothing. But when Jackie Rabbit tried to get through it wasn't so easy. He was larger than the rest and caught his trousers on a big barb right where he always sat down. There he dangled back and forth. "Help! help! help!" he called. He thought sure the swish in the leaves had been the man and that he was right behind him. Just as Johnnie Muskrat was al- most back to help him, his trousers gave way. "Rip! rip!" and down went Jackie on all fours, Ina jiffy he was up and the three little Woodland boys trotted as fast as they could toward the woods. /Of Playing Safe. Askins—"You're drinkin' quite s bit for a gentleman's gentleman. I should think you'd be afraid of the poisonous stuff." Opkins---"I'n quite cautious. I never touch it until after my gentleman has opened a bottle and taken a drink of it himself." rs-,—`- The farmer who would keep his poultry flock free from white diary- hoea will blood -test the bullets and other hens saved for laying next year. This is best done when the `look is culled in the fall. If you are lucky in marriage you can afford to be unlucky in everything else, -Lord Leverhulme,