Zurich Herald, 1924-11-06, Page 7Address communications to Agronomist, 73 Adelaide''8t: west, Toronto
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PASTEURIZING. MILK AT HOME,
Milk is one of the very best med-
iums for bacteria to grow hi that can
be found. If milk becomes infected,
as it nearly always does either
through the utensils, dust, or other
means, the microbes will reproduce
very rapidly, when theconditions are
right. Moreover, if the milk is infec-
ed. with dangerous germs, such as ty-
phoid fever, sickness may result In
the case of small children in par-
ticular, milk which has a high per-
centage of•bacteria may be unhealthy,
even if the bacteria are not disease
producing.
Pasteurization is a good method for
combating this evil. This can be done
at home, as well as in a milk plant.
The method described below is easy
and cheap. Especially where the milk
is fed to babies, it will be worth while
to pasteurize it at home if raw milk
is all that can be secured .
If inconvenient to have the milk in
bottles, fruit jars could be used. Have
a pail : in which these bottles may be
set.. Provide something to hold the
bottles up from the bottom of the pail.
An old pie tin punched' full of holes
and placed, inverted, in the bottom of
the pail will answer the purpose very
well. This will keep the bottles from
-.being broken by bumping on the bot-
tom of the pail and will let the water
under the bottles. Place the capped
bottles in this pail and fill up with
water nearly to the level of the milk.
lunch a hole through one of the caps
and insert a .thermometer. Now place
the pail and all on the stove and heat
up to 150 degrees F. As soon as this
temperature is reached, remove the
bottles from the water. Let the milk
stand twenty or thirty minutes so
-that it will cool slowly (replacing the
capon the one which contained the
thermometer).
When the bottles have cooled
enough so that there is no danger of
breaking, place them on ice, if it is
• available.' Cold water is the next best
thing. Keep cold, and tightly closed
in the same container until ready to
use.
In addition to keeping the -milk
more safe, this process will lengthen
thea time before souring occurs. Th
flavor" or nutritive value of the roil
will not be injured at all.
GOOD CONDITION NECESSARY
FOR PRODUCTION.
A hen will not lay if not in good
condition, • She should' be healthy, free
from any disease, and show plenty, of
vigor and. activity., The first pullet to
lay in the fall is tb.e early maturing.
one. The hen•which is a slow grower,
is slow in feathering out, is also a
slow layer. The moult is important.
As soon as a hen -. goes into a moult
she uses her feed to manufacture fea-
thers, and her egg production falls
generally to a minimum or nothing. It.
is easily noticed that some hens go
into a moult much earlier than others.
If a hen starts to moult in July her
laying for the summer is about over.
So we say that late moulting and
heavy egg production go together, be-
cause it gives the hen a longer sum-
mer period and still she is back in
form in time for winter production, so
says Prof. W. R. Graham, 0. A. C.
If a hen is laying heavily the plum-
age will become dry, hard and brittle.
The lustre will disappear and the fea-
there become broken. The hen cer- Recipes From Old-'!'anaey; .Ca Canadian House Wives.
fainly loses much- of her natural
Mrs. Kureueaci:, of i'iLnoiulu, is Lite i,�i'ue ;4.cAnL:11 c+.xnahlate for legisla-
tive honors in the territory of Hawaii.. Silo is,69 years • old and a vendor on
one of the busy streets of. Honolulu,
THANKSGIOi MENU
THE
beauty, but she cannot retain that
bright lustre and also keep up heavy BY ANNETTE'G� DiMOCK.
production. Watch for the old lady First preparations for Thanksgiv- cream to make that nice brown skin
with the full array of feathers all in ing began a fortnight ago when Aunt, ori top. Have a brisk oven at first to tively few experiences, and for this
good form and see if she is not one 1 k d heeked had' prevent the crust from soaking, then reason each one is very vivid in his
Home Education
'! Th. ChIld'e Pint School le the Family"—Froeb.LJ'
Romancing --13y Florence J Ovens.
saw a great black sat chasing a-dom from material limitations. the
mouse, The mouse was as. big as
Fido 'nil the cat was as big as an
auto, 'lid she had great big eyes just
like the lights on the auto 'nd—"
"Harryl" exclaimed his mother in
a shocked, reproving tone as she came
out on- the porch where her boy. was
entertaining two smaller children,
"What are you saying? Come here
to me, Why will you tell what isn't
true? Haven't I told you how wicked
it is? What shall I do with you?"
"When I was at Aunt Edith's,"
Bertha was saying to her little play-
mate, "I saw . a doll that could walk
and talk and eat just like anybody.
I left a box of candy on the table
near her and she ate it all up."
Bertha's mother, standing at the
environment pictured in the story be.
comes very real, The narrative seems,
like an experience and :ike an exper-
ience is lived over again and again.
Is it strange if the story sometimes
varies, the. hero or heroine changes
and this daydream is woven -into the
autobiography that the child likes so
well to tell?
The situation calls for imagination
on the part of the one who is to deal
with it. A. little sympathetic under-
standing will admit one to the child's
confidence, It is necessary to be there
in order to be of service. That it;
really is difficult for some children
to distinguish between what they im-
agine and that which actually occurs,
is well substantiated, Fortunately
there are men and women who have
window, heard her and was troubled, not forgotten the days when' "Jack
but when the •child came in answer and the Bean Stalls" was real to them.
to her call she only said, "Please go Soine can even remember how they
upstairs and get Mother's knitting." themselves, in imagination, quite out -
Many a mother has been puzzled re- did Jack's exploits.
garding the attitude she ought to Little by little this vagueness of
take when the little. son or daughter distinction between what is really
insists on telling original stories for done and what is merely thought. of
facts. No one can solve this problem disappears, and the former stands out
for her. No one can outline a definite with clean-cut outline. At this time
course and be sure that it will prove a reaction may take place against the •,'?.
to be the best always; individual fairy story. This is to be regretted,
cases differ so greatly. Nevertheless, especially if it be the outcome of a
perplexities of this sort are often feeling, on the child's part, that he
much simplified by considering the has been deceived. The plea for a
underlying causes, true story is quite often the outcry of
The little child has had compare- disillusionment. The child should be
protected from such experiences. If.
told from the beginning that the fairy
story is a make-believe it will lose no-
thing of its first charm, and his please
ure in it will be prolonged. And what
is even better, this method will help
him to classify his man stories. If
the parent uses tact.the child will.
quite enjoy applying the term "make-
believe to his romancing.
Min bac -eye , rosy -c
of the boarders in your flock. what she calls Pie Day. On this day reduce the. heat and bake very slowly consciousness. He lives them over
The question is often asked, "Can she:made thirty pies to be frozen and ',until a silver knife thrust in comes and over. This is not the result of
you tell whether or not a hen is lay- so according to some cooks, improve out clean. any effort on his part, the mind acts
ing?" This is very easy, and requires their flavor. A happy youngster sat MIN'S TOMATO MINCEMEAT. spontaneously. Stories are enjoyed
but a few observations: When a hen on either Sade of her trying to copy any minister to this mental
because the
commences laying in the conditions set motions and unconsciously Five c. cooked chopped green to- activity, d, to the younger children,
Y g her deft lea 5 sugar of all are those in
up in the reproductive organs are of her old-fashioned
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d' matoes 5 c. chopped app , c.
absorbing ok. - (Min uses male 1 c. fat salt pork
joy in wor 1 lb, raisins (seeded or
"Butcheian"' came right after the
(chopped),
first freeze, so the pork loin is. ready seedless), . 1/a lb. currants, 2 tsp.
to: bake as well as the turkey, goose ground cloves, 2 tsp. ground alspice, 4
or• chicken, dressed days ago: ; tsp. ground cinnamon, e� c. boiled
Hens, canned at culling time, are cider. -
ready to be turned into chicken pies. � Chop the green tomatoes fine, put
The vee is small, puckered, , Dressing for the salad is always on;I them over the fire without any water
in yellow fleshed chickens has a decide hand just waiting for cream to be and cook until tender. Measure. Add
ed band of yellow pigment around the added. I all of the remaining 'ingredients ex -
inside. When laying commences the Sweet pickles and jelly were made i Cept the cider and cook until the ap-
pelvic bones become pliable and in September. Cranberry jelly mays pies' are tender but still hold their
spread apart. The distance may in- be made ahead, so after all there is •shape. Cool. Add boiled eider and
crease from one to three fingers in - a not so much to do at the last minute.) put into jars.
short time. The vent becomes large Oyster Soup, Pickles, Crackers, BELLE'S E's CABBAGE SALAD,
and moist and after two or three eggs Roast Chicken Turkey Duck or Goose, I 0 e c. sugar, ar 2 tbsp mustard, 72
have been laid the ring of yellow pig- Roast Loin o Pork, Chicken -Pie,
tap: salt, 2 eggs, c. strong vinegar.
meat has disappeared and the vent CranberryJell Jelly or Conserve, butter dash of cayenne, 1 c
i bleached.. Meshed Potatoes, Buttered Onions, ee cream. to whip, about 1i/2 quarts-fine-
most satisfying f
very similar to conditions in any preg- k p ) which there is an atmosphere of free
nant animal. Preparation is made for
laying, much as for parturition in a
cow.
When the ovary is dormant and no
eggs are being produced the distance
between the pelvic bones is very small.
t' dry,k d and
THE CHILDREN'S
HOUR
DADDY TARFOOT'S CORN
ROAST.
Daddy Tarfoot had the very finest
patch of corn in the whole neighbor-
hood—and he was mighty proud of it,
tee. It was Yellow Bantam and sweet
as gager.
Daddy Longears said he could
.actually see it growing, and one day—
well along in September—he told
thankful to sit down to a meal .,that
I didn't cook myself!"
So! Simon Silvertail kindled the
fire—bright and clear;, and Daddy
Tarfoot put his' ears to roast; and
Henry Hopover kindled another fire
and Daddy Longears put the potatoes
to bake.
-
Weill Everything was going beau-
tifully when Uncle Strapleaf Turnip
came up with a great armful of dried
moss and without so much as saying
'''by your leave" flung it full on Daddy
Tarfoot's fire.
e i ' f P k Ch' k
Orle Up shot the blaze; and the ladies
is Ap y, c d screamed; and the corn scorched; and
poor Daddy Tarfoot burned his arms
Mashed Turnip Squash, Cabbage ly chopped raw cabbage, ',Daddy Tarfoot that he ought to give dreadfully. But Uncle Turnip lilugh
meal in the proper proportion Salad,.Mince, Pumpkin and -Apple Pie; -Mix sugar and mustard, add beaten. a party—"roasting ears and baked ed sort of nervously dud said he liked
oilorp p p p>, his corn scorched—and they could
to balance them. One pound of tank Rice Pudding, Cheese, Apples, Nuts, eggs, salt, cayenne and vinegar. Cook potatoes—mm mmmt
Raisins Coffee.
it meal or fiftyover.; hsa water, stirring until it thick- <'Just the things" And TJaddy Tar- give him all of .the first lot.
age, two pounds of o e"Let's And ° he , ate• ever bit of it• -and
should added From this glorious abundance it;is • ens, :adding the butter as the mixture,
foot slapped his knee jovially. Y
pounds of skim -milk s o d be dd d easy `to subtract enough for a simpler heats. C'ool.. This foundation'. will, see—to-night's •moonlight and the became so ill that they had to call
to ten pounds of these grainsc
POULTRY
Pullets ' hatched in April ,or early
May are now six months old or better.
If} they are of the light' Mediterran-
ean breeds, such as Leghorns or An-
cones, they will in all probability be
laying quite heavily on the range
when they are put in their laying
quarters. 11 they are of the heavier
American breeds, they will be just
starting to lay their first eggs as a
flock.
This means then that our feeding
problem is one of supplying the nec-
essary ingredients to induce egg pro-
duction, and at the same time to en-
abie the birds to put on flesh and
gain in weight.
in tackling this problem the first
requisite is to continue' to feed heavily
o$ grain. Cutting the 'grain at this
season may induce a few more eggs
out of the pullets, but it -is almost
sure to deplete their body weight. So
et is a goad plan to feed to laying pul-
lets for the next three or four months
A good ration fora sow consists of festive meal, reducing the menu of our
corn and oats of aboutkeep for months in a cool 'place. As ;corn's an the milk—we'll fly around
equal.parts, foremothers to something like this: desired, : add . ee c. of the foundation: and get every one here to help --hall
with fifty pounds of wheat middlings, Soup, Roast Turkey or Chicken,' to the whipped cream and mix with the fun in a party is getting ready
d into a thin slo with skim -milk Cranberry Sauce, Relish, Potatoes, the cabbage Adding a little chopped for it"
Doctor Pedley. So he had his lesson.
Mrs. Zip Coon did up Daddy Tar -
foot's burns with a strip torn from
her old work apron; she had her best
made
i p - a Any preferred vegetable, Salad, Des-, axon with hes.
and kitchen wastes. What. she will green or red sweet pepper, pimento, No sooner said than domes Daddy • p
clean up in twenty minutes is enough sert (pie or pudding), Beverage. I or parsley to this gives a nice dash Compeers lippety-lipped over to the The ladies waited on Daddy Tar -
to feed• In addition, she should have Grape fruit may be substituted for of color, Cottontail's and told Pa Cottontail to foot so that he had a good time in
the soup, or may precede it.. GRAN burns and he felt sorry
Oyster stew may give place. to a
clear soup or tomato soup.
Celery and olives would give crisp- Cook cranberries m
mess, color and interest. cream and the skins burst. Add the sugar ands And Daddy Tarfoot lippety-lipped Well—the party was a great sic-
Many people prefer ice cook until of the consistency of mar- to the Hopover's and asked Henry, cess. Granny Wobblenose roasted the
cake for r dessert rather than pies or malade Strain or not, as desired. Hopover would he invite the Silver-' corn and it was done to a turn—so
dd' d feeezmg the cream " T this one
plenty of fresh pasture, or, in winter,
clover or alfalfa hay and a chance to
look over the wastes from the stables.
She will get lots of exercise in this.
way, which is essential.
In winter hogs often suffer for lack
of sufficient mineral elements. This
is especially true with animals that
do not have a wide variety of foods
BI•.RRY SAUCE. tall all his neighbors that they were spiteofhis
One quart cranberries, 1 pt sugar, invited to Daddy Tarfoot's corn roast for Uncle Turnip and told him he
1 c. water. —that very night—and be sure to could carry an armful of corn home
b the water until come early. ! with him—to eat when he felt better.
puddings, an It is easy enough to stodge up tails andthe wi c e and any were. the potatoes.
makes nice "busy work" for father on food materials, mix flavors and add else he could think of. "And don't' Then Bob -Cricket and his folks
During the winter months when they Thanksgiving morning!
new names, but little is gained there- forget Zip Coon a
d his folks— piped up—"Crik-crik-crikl" And the
cannot root in the ground it is ado's- . How pretty the Thanksgiving tabby. As Liberty Hyde Bagley says. theyve been eyeing that patch for little bunnies 'and the little squirrels
able to supply these salt, sulphur
in the looks with its snowy best tablecloth, "We add the extrinsic and meaning- some time." ,,; and the little Zip Coons played games
form of wood ashes, sulphur and its centrepiece of fruits and nuts, its less odors . of' spices and flavorings,' In less than an .hour the little folk in the silvery moonlight.
bone meal. Often hairless pigs, rickets, shining glass and silver, How good tt'ng that odor no less than of the woods came streaming from all So one and all they thanked Daddy
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and paralysis of the hind parts may t
e
e s, he whole house smells. What an at-
for i 1 tt ' g 1 each try- Tarfoot for their lovely party.
mos here of good cheer pervades itlis- in to reach Daddy Tarfoot's first. Then they bade one another good-
aution. p tensile hasits own Odor that theg and went happily h
T Id not h the rationt peace and Plenty, tin cook will try to brie out Granny Wobblenose carried her nightPP Y cine and to
Ids high as fifteen pounds of grain a be avoided by taking this pre'
day to 100 birds
music hath, occasions; each of the ma- directions—c as ermb gal y,
wog change ea ermine bed.
In the case of the Mediterranean farrowing time, but carry it right Elaborate, sophisticated dishes have
breeds this figure can be reduced, in its best expression. I think that 'own little knife—no one could husk
through the suckling period. It is ad- no. proper place in this days semi.,
one reason why persons enjoy the corn as neatly as she; and Sophia'
visible however to feed 1' lits religious, ceremonial feast..It is -a simple cooking of farmers and sailors Silvertail had acorn cookies.
slightly, whereas with the heavier •
withhold a feed or two at time of far- time o ams y ga ermgs an ome and other
ig y or
h • dh p
elemental
meriean breeds a aright increase, if f f t Y ntal folk, is because of Jemima Hopover set the Cottontail; The production and distribution of
the birds will eat it readily, is not too rowing. It •as usually safest to follow associations. Homely dishes with the compaa ative lack of disguise, al- bunnies and the Hopover bunnies and improved farm crop seed is made an
much grain. Do not fail to feed the the demands as expressed by the sow homey flavors' make the greatest .ap_ , though they may not be aware of the the Silvertail squirrels to gathering important factor in the supervision of
1 Improved Seed.
gain in deep litter, keeping the birds herself at this time, and feed lightly peal to most people, so here are some
genuine, old-time
of it. Canadian housewives. pare wholesome,- simple• food for this colored—was peeping through the
All. we' need to. give the birds is a MIN'S PUMPKIN PIE. High Festival in wholesome, simplo pines, Daddy Tarfoot had a great pile
4staplegr ,
merit of it. . cones to start a blaze.
•_� time
i, moon—stone
S alve and searching for every particle until she lets you know in no Ulmer- standbys used by y' So let us use our best skill to pie By the t m g Y
fain terms that she is hungry.
combination of the three grains One pt stewed and strained pump-; ways. And `keep the feast with of corn ready and waiting; and he
tt�rn, wheat and oats. A mixture of kin 1 pt sugar (Min uses maple).,' thankful hearts. rubbed his hands and said:
200 pounds of cracked corn, 100 To' prevent waste in the apple 1 qt. m ls, 4gtbspflour, 2 tap, salt, "Well, folks, I'm hungry as a bear;'
pounds of wheat and 100 pounds of orchard, those handling the fluff 3 is . cinnamon, 2 tsp. ginger. and if the ladies don't mind I'll roast
heavy oats is, hard to beat, both from should realize that they are dealing p
These proportions make:four pies. ' Leghorns require at least three the corn, -for I'm a fine hand at the
Handling Apples.
the nutritive as well as from the cost vvith a prciduct that is a• living
standpoint.
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HOGS.
organ- Fill a crimped shell of flaky pastry
ism and also that it is very easily in with this niiituie. Over the top of inches of roosting space. Inc heavy `=iv.undi" exclaimed Susan Cotton-
jured. Most of the soft rots attaclt- ee
each pie pour 2 tbsp. sweet milk or breeds need more space. j tail: "I'm sure I, for one, should be
square feet of floor space and six business." 1
ing the apple are started through
There are a great many 'rations bruises and 'skin breaks commonly
that are good for brood sows. Ido caused by rough handling. Apples
not know that there is any one best should not be packed until they have
ration. The important thing to re reached a stage of hard ripeness with
Member is that the ration be well 1.olor development characteristic of
balanced. the variety. If picked too early flavor
By a well-balanced ration wemean and keeping qualities are lost to an
one that supplies only what is 'neves- extent, that does not help the sale of
nary of the elements essential for the this fruit. Apple : picking is carried
health 'and normal growth of the sow, on by some in a way that shows ten
per cent of the fruit injured by care-
(ind of the litter which she is• carry lessness. Packing apples in tight,bar-
rag. This means not only a nutritive cels on warm days generally leads to
patio of one pound.of protein to six unprofitable results. If •thework
pounds of carbohydrates and fats, as
We are in the habit of thinking of a must be done on warm days, select
balanced ration but also the mineralshe a place
tableth A cool the orchard
buildingdfor
or
elements and the bulky foods that ate basement with a temperatura below
50 degrees is to be preferred over a
temperature of 75 or 80 degrees in
the orchard, Low temperature in
which to Cool, pack and store apples
are very essential to long -keeping of
this ` product.
When weaning the calves they
should be taken from the dams ab-
ruptly, and, if possible, kept w`liere
they can neither see, nor hear the
'required : for the normal, healthful
funetioning•of the. vital organs.
Such foods as corn, barley and rye
are 'arboraceous foods and make too
Wide a : ration, Skim -milk, tankage,
and oil meal are nitrogenous foods
and make too narrow a ration. Oats,
•wheat middlings and clover are well
balanced so far as the nutritive ra-
is cpnoerned. ' We need not look
few r lief
r other any o foods to balailco them
but when we add corn, barley or rye
We, should alto add slttni-milk, tankage 65/ a
?Dere aro some of Can ida`s 'futile vitt ens. Some eighty-five Barnado boys are shown
Tomoiito recently in a spacial car ott.theregular train from Quebec,
on their. arrival In.
the Dominion Illustration Stations.
The report of these Stations for 1923,
available at the Publications Branch
of the Dept. of Agriculture at Ottawa,
points out that the varieties grown at
these Stations are those that have
proved the most suitable on the near-
est Experimental Farm. By growing
these crops first on the illustration
fields, the farmers in the district are
able to observe their performance
from a field and yield standpoint. The
lessons in regard to these are fre-
quently learned at meetings held at
the Stations at different periods of the
year. It is the policy -of the Stations
to dispose of the surplus seed of these
varieties to farmers in the neighbor-
hood nt a nominal price. In a single
year there were sold from the Eastern
Canada . Illustration Stations about
six thousand bushels of wheat, ten
thousand bushels of oats, besides large
quantities of potatoes, grasses, and
clovers of the most popular productive
varieties.
Modest Dress.
"She's wise itt knowing what to
put on."
,ellut not no 'Prise in 'kuowltee what
not to leave off'