HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1925-01-29, Page 2WU A MANURE SPREADER
The Proverbs of a Wise Farnser to His Son.
BY BERT M.
M • son, hear the wisdom of thy
!ate •, and learn the way of growing
bigger and better crops. Know thou
first, that thy land enricheth thee, ss
thou eniichest
Learn thou that the food, or humus, if thou possessest a time -saving
that thy soil doth most desire is the spreader.
humble barnyard manure. It giveth For when the frost goeth, then
life to the weary and worn soil. It speedily may thy fields be fertilized
311a1ceth mellow to plow. Manured
clod gummeth not when wet. It shap-
eth not itself into unyielding clods
when dry.
It drinketh in the refreshing mois-
ture even three -fold above the eapa-
eity of impoverished soil.
It giveth up to the drying wind its thy fields; and thy reward shall be
store. of moisture at a rate one-third more sightly premises and a larger I
as rapid. Its crop withereth not with crop yield from thine husbandry.
the noon -day sun.
There, go to, my son, and use a
manure spreader.
1VIATHIAS,
My son, when the cold winds of win-
ter have continued long into thy.
planting season and the manure of thy
barnyard and feeding -corral long re-
maineth frozen, then wilt thou rejoice
and thy crops planted in season.
VI.
A proverb of the wise farmer on
economy.
My son, own and use a spreader, and
then will thy stack bottoms and un-
used straw and forage be applied to
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My son, thou shouldst have all A portrait of H.R.H. the Prince of, Ales, by A. J. Mannings, was chosen
spreader because it will aid thee in by Sargent as one of. the representative examples a British portrait paint -
keeping flocks an.
Again the second time the wise For knowest thdouhnoterdsthat live -stock ing. It will be exhibited at the Grans f entrai Gallerjes.
farmer spike a proverb to his son, husbandry hath a three -fold value to
x Govea'nnient Dairy Station Finds Way to Help a Poor
For it provideth a home market for .
Profitable to Patrons. Memory.
saying: --Conserve thou the riches of the farmer?
thy fertilizer by conveying it to thy
fields with thy spreader as it is pro-
duced. It
For know thou that manure collect-
ed in heaps undergoeth chemical
changes and the goodness thereof wast.
much of thy crops.
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The Recompense • By Mildred Anne Leslie,
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"Play, laugb, run, strive, and work behalf, she forgot to appreciate them.
with your childreu." IThere they Very wisely and -very grave—
There was once a little girl who had, ly would just' not have time for her
the most wonderful mother and father l for awhile, and would let her exhaust
in the world. Also her brother and her own possibilities for education and
sister, who were quite grown up, were entertainment. It usually didn't take
the finest and most beautiful young; long for her to realize that getting .up
persons this particular little girl for _ breakfast with them was ,much
could imagine. Unfortunately, they more pleasant than sleeping late and
had to be away at school nine months] cooking her own! When' she insisted
out of every twelve, for this family ; on having a puppy in addition to her
happened to live in a very tiny town, cat and two pet chickens, Daddy
Father's business was such that he bought her one; but taking care of so
made frequent 'trips to the country, many pets soon' got to be a very irks
and still nicer, . frequent trips to the some pleasure. It developed that there
city. Whenever there was anything had been a reason for his original
that this littlegirl could possibly be
interested in, Daddy was always will-
ing` to let her go along.
Mother could always find time to ing that no one else understood, no one
devise some plan for a dull day. What sympathized, no one rejoiced as Moth -
fun it was to play school with Mother er and Daddy did. Of course, Daddy
as a teacher! She could teach while seldom said so, but she always knew.
she was sewing, or baking, or making Mother was so busy doing things, that
beds, or writing a paper for her club. discussions were rare, but her little
It was all the more fun to have a girl always shared in that doing.
teacher who made pretty dresses for When Big Brother and Sister came
her pupil while she was actually home from college they always opened
teaching her to read or write. It • up a delightful new world of work and
wasn't every one who could learn to parties and interests which' Little Sis-
objection to that additional care.
No matter what happened, or didn't
happen, our little girl was always find-
tendeth to crop -diversification and The Finch Dairy Station, operated I have a bad .memory. I easily for- subtract while sniffing delicious cook-, ter could share, by proxy, if not actu-
quit y she might have just one cookies to make this little girl happy!
tilizer for thy fields. since 1912, has.proved a profitable in -my atte
• rotation. by the Dairy and Cold Storage Branch et things, and often do not recall les, and know that if one worked very ally. Everything' seemed to combine
Moreover it maketh plentiful fer- of the Dept. of Agriculture at Ottawaem until some duty forces them onto kI h
enl'ion. , This lack in my mental' th lass of milk! I But it was not always to be so
eth away; and that the snow and rain Seest thou a farmer wise in his call- stitution to the farmers who were its, • training, or make-up, is a real hands -i And oh,the htrills before the first Something happened to Daddy's buss-
from heaven falling upon the litter of ing, the same keepeth live -stock in patrons. The Station when organized cap: I wonder if others are affected trip on a Pullman with Daddy, to a `, nese which took away: all the confi-
thy barnyard and feed -corral doth goodly numbers, and a manure spread- by the government consisted of two in the. same way. I hope not, at least, Convention! Mother and Daughter dence from his eyes, and all the peace
Straightway dissolve the plant food er; and lo, the combination keepeth cheese factories and later•another fac- to the same extent that I am handl- Ia ed the Iovel ams of "sleepingfrom'Mother's and much of the ha i
thereof and carry it into the earth, him, I tory closed because its patrons desired capped. ' ary for weeks before with chairs and ness from Sister's and put a new,
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end to the creeks and rivers, where it 1 VIII. / to serve the Finch Station.. The Stasi, Realizing this deficiency, I began a' portieres. And when the time came stern expression in Big Brother's
doeth good onto no man. My son, thou shouldst exalt the low- tion almost immediately extended its number of years ago, keeping books., togo'and all of her clothes were which seemed to say that he had been
For seest thou a man without a, :le
spreader even to the extent of operations to the making of butter At first these were very crude but as paced an Daddy's her suitcase, and graduated from college just in time
spreader,
reader, tette the and e is he whose
hh o en as ownership thereof, because it Pulver- and the selling of ,cream and milk.' I began to know better what a'saving she was kissed for the last time, and to be Father's strong right arm.
ma-
nure
thfather-has apoken. , izeth the fertilizer from thy corrals These extensions proved very profit- they were bringing, I gradually intro- Daddy was reminded once again tel Little Sister grew up quite sudden -
Therefore, if than wonldst be a wise and barnyards, and maketh it to more able to the patrons for during the last duced more _complete records of my Daddy
the porter on the Pullman or the Iy. Mother and Daddy had played and
readily yield up the plant -food which eight years of operation they received farming business. Now, from these maid in the hotel to tie her hair rib-; laughed and worked and rejoiced and
farmer, procure unto thyself a ma -h more than $100 000 above what b k I g
nnure spreader and show diligence in
the use thereof.
III.
Also a third proverb spake the wise
farmer.
My son, if thou wilt heed the counsel
at con last . e they books have workedout a budget bon, and the train finally pulled out'sympathized with her—she world
For when thou apreadest unwieldy would have received had cheese only system which enables me to know the for a glorious adventure—what . a show them that she could find ways of
chunks upon thy field by hand, the been made. Dr. J. A. Ruddick, Dairy approximate amount of money 1 can happy little girl she wast Then the making dull hours bright for them,
same doeth nuisance when plowing and Cold Storage Commissioner, ans:aspend for clothin fuel,food re airs
and profiteth thy crops but little. Ipouncing this fact, explains that the `new machinery, stock, buildings, p aca� f breath -taking sight of the inside of could Learn to work in order to help
IX amount of this premium was. arrive tions, etc. the big hotel! The distracting sounds take burdens from their -shoulders,
of the hustling city! The delicious, She it was who remembered to say
My son, when thou goest forth to at by comparing the net returns to This has prevented my poor mem-; "never- before- did- anything- taste so- grace at meals and have family evar-
I have given thee, then will thy car- feriihze thine acres, remember now the Finch patrons with the average ory from' getting me in bad. Not only good" flavor of the foods Daddy let her ship. when the family was torn up and
rale and barnyards be of no offence the manure spreader. 'returns of cheese factories according am I warned beforehand of oblige- order all by herself! The important transplanted to a new community and
to the eye, nor to the nose. For it covereth thy field with an to the quantity of mak worked up. tions to meet, and when payments are' feeling of •sitting very still beside a strangely friendless environment.
Moreover then mayest thy stock even coat of goodness. i The Station undertook as one of its to be made; but I am also warned Daddy at meetings, even when she Father's eyes finally brightened
feed and Ise down in comfort because Then doth every part of thy crop objects, the extension of winter dairy -when any part of my business is get -hadn't any idea what they were all with, confidence, and Mother's with
their pens are riot encumbered with' ing, The fact that 14 per cent. of ting near the end of the expense. about! And best of all, the joyof hope, if not with assurance. BigSister
came up and grow evenly and leaveth p ,
filth and mire Pby the mils. was received during the win -money. allotted it. This gives me op- going home again and telling Mother leraned to work, happily carrying her
And thy servant who doeth the' not some spots burned out over- ter months, "more particularly in re- portunity to review my affairs. I,
chores, toiling in clean yards and pens manuring and other spots showing cent all about everything! Jokes were so' end of the load, and Big Brother was
Iack of plant food.
years, accounts for some of the often find it desirable to change from much funnier, shared with Mother, ex-: a true rock of strength. Little Sister,
• up each day to call thee blessed >
Yea also when thou keepest thy
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barnyard thou dost prevent the multi -II, At the last spake the wise farmer
plying of flies! and whoso swatteth the' thus:
ey destroyeth pests to his beasts, and My son, every farmer should own How longwill itbe before we lis -
carriers of filth and disease to him- and use his own manure spreader be-
self and those that dwell within his cause as it, is written, "The Borrower cover the twenty per cent. of our
gates. is servant to the lender,, cows that make us no profit?
All these things will the use of thy And when thou goest to borrow ma- '
iiianure spreader. 4o -for thee.
that the
satisfactory premium patrons; my budget allotment; but this is not periences so much more wonderful' consciously growing up, was filled
were able to secure through the op- done without thoughtful consideration. after they had been talked over with; with a sense of responsibility which
eration of the Finch Station. I might say; then,.to those who are her. 1 was a joy in itself because it afforded
afflicted ah a poor memory, and it
isOnce in a while because Mother and her an opportunity to give back in
is a reall affliction, that the book- Daddy were so good to this all -alone some measure the happiness of her
keeping idea may prove a real aid. little ,girl and so thoughtful in her childhood!
—W. L.
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chinery from thy neighbor, then dost By keeping the light out of a�
thou make thyself an abomination ventilated cellar, it can be improv
My son, listen to a fourth proverb. unto him. as a place to keep potatoes.
Whoso owneth a manure spreader, Besides,a tan- neighbortmay be a
saveth much arduous labor, for behold kindly man, and suffer ne to usee his
with ft his team doeth the work of hi when he hath need 'thereof
many hired servants. Therefore my son, heed the words
Or whoso hath a son should surely of thy father,
possess a labor-saving spreader, for so
will he make easy for him a much -
despised task, and thereby will he
keep the boy on the farm.
V.
The fifth proverb of the farmer.
The healthy know not of th • Slack Apple Packing 'Looses
health, .but only the sick: This is the rotected onl b the blue sk
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eirelement last and permitted it to be
Money. • John was a different type of farmer,
He hadt shed built of rough tum
A considerable percentage of the her, but it had a good roof over it.
apples shipped in barrels from Can-
'the
an- Every implement was oiled and ada to the British market open' out
greas-
"slack" when placed on sale. This ed after being used and. put away for
slackness during travel causes a,
the time being. There was no deter-
bruising of the fruit, reducing con-•ioratian from the weather,
siderably its selling value. To find One can imagine John's feelings
out the extent of the saving that' when the binder was returned three
ed:'physician's : aphorism, and applicable
in a far wider sense than he gives it.
Flowering Shrubs for Lawn Decoration
The usual long lists of ornamental.
Own and use a manure spreader if shrubs that may be used for founds -
thou wouldst leave a goodly heritage tion planting or lawn decoration, are
in worldly goods, and acres rich ins liable to Iead to confusion in the minds
productiveness. s of those who would beautify their
Then will thy children's children' home grounds. When care is taken
rise up to call thee blessed, � to familiarize oneself with the size,
POULTRY.
The name "black head" comes from
the fact that the head sometimes turns
* dark color, although this is not an
ever-present symptom. This condition
frequently affects turkeys, and more
particularly the young than old, but
in rare cases it has been known to
affect chickens. For turkeys it is a
mos;, serious disease, and often makes
turkey raising difficult.
The disease is caused by the ameba
melagridis. This can be found in the
erected birds in the liver and the
bowels. The disease is spread by drop-
pings from affected birds. The first
symptoms noticed are a dullness and
a drooping of the tail and wings. The
shape, blooming season, growing
Milk Pooling System Settled. habits and general adaptabilityof a
In an address given by Mr. J. A.
small selection and then plants and
Ruddick, Dairy and Cold Storage cares for them, he will almost at once
Commissioner, at the Eastern Ontario have added great charm to his home
Dairy Convention held at Cornwall an that will become an inspiration within
January 8, the story was told as to
how the question of paying for cheese
milk according to the quality, •was
settled at the Finch Dairy Station.
Mr. Ruddick was reviewing the his-
tory and accomplishments of this Sta-
tion that has now been disposed of as
a government institution. Up to the
time of the taking over of the original
cheese factory at Finch in 1912, the
cheese money had always been divided
on the pooling system, that is, accord-
ing to weight only of the milk de-
livered. The patrons were urged to
agree to the more up-to-date method
of accepting payment for their milk
feathers are ruffled, and the birds be- .according to its quality. Thih pro
come inactive. A yellowish -green posal was agreed to but after one
diarhoea follows, together with lack of { year's operation on this basis about
appetite and rapid weakening and loss i one-half the patrons petitioned for a
of flesh. Death comes in from three return t th old lsystem. The
the neighborhood.
Properly placing shrubs around a
homestead is .a comparatively simple
task. In fact the very first rule to
follow is to make it simpler and then
make it natural or'arrange it as near
as possible like nature would have it.
For a small home lawn, not more than
five kinds should be arranged in
groups near the earners of the lawn,
and about the base of the building.:
Shrubs may also be set to •a . hedge
form to add grace to the picture or to'
hide unsightly ' objects. The placing,
of either individual shrubs or groups;
of shrubs in the centre of a lawn is '
not regarded with favor by author-
ities and is always disappointing.
Many varieties of ornamental
shrubs have been tested on the,
ie urn o e pooling
syn e grounds of the Macdonald College at
days to a week after the first symp-management then proposed to conduct
Ste, Anne de Bellevue, Quebec. Mr.
toms, although in extreme T G Bunting g Professor of Hortieul
cases the the factory on both systems, It was . ,
ird may lave ten days. Occasionally! advertised that on a certain day those
the disease develops a chronic farm that desired to have their milk pooled
which will linger on for many weeks.' would deliver at one receiving plat,
The very best sanitary measures form, and those who preferred to be a, .,may
must be taken immediately. Sick birds paid according to quality would take
s hou" i be separated from well birds,. their milk to another. It was intended
and the well ones put in new quarters. 'to keep the two deliveries of milk en-
Fiequently it is necessary to discon-' tirely separate, to sell the cheese
tinue the raising of turkeys for a year separately, and divide the proceeds acs
or so on an infected farm. In secur- cording to the two systems. When the
ing new birds to start the flock, it is day arrived on which the division was
always advisable to determine wheth- to begin, not a single patron offered
er or not this condition has been press his milk at the pooling platform and
ent in the, flock at any previous sea- the question has never been raise/es
son. Birds from an infected flock since.
ehould not be sold to other breeders. ----+s<
Thorough disinfection, especially of 1 If you wish to keep the gloss on
the .places where the flocks roost, is , your linoleum, when washing it use
necessary.; Be careful to see that lukewarm water to which has been
when feeding and watering the flock added a tablespoonful of kerosene to
everything is as sanitary as possible, ! a half bucket of water. You will find
Potassium permanganate placed In e this to be an excellent cleanser, and
the drinking water, and also dissolved' at the same time a preservative.
hi water and mixed with feed, is a
p eventive of this disease, Use of 'this
,,nedy with every hatch of turkey, parts of linseed oil, turpentine and
until theyare at least several weeks i vinegar. Saturate a soft cloth with
is worth -while insurance against this mixttiro and rub the surface wel1.1
taw
We young turkeys. "Polish with a clean chamois.
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To brighten up the piano mix equal
ture, after checking over quite an
extensive list, records the following
as among the very best:
1. Philadelphus virginal,
2. Viburnum Iantana,
3. Lonicera tatarica,
4. Spira:a Van Houttei,
5. Berberis Thunbergeri,
6. Syringo Vulgaris.
Philadelphus virginal is spoken of
by Professor Bunting as one of the
finest: of the mock orange grpup. Vi-
burnum lantana is not so well known,
but it is extremely hardy and very
ornamental. The next three plants in
the list are all well known and may be
depended upon to give satisfactory re-
sults. Syringo vulgaris, otherwise
known as the lilac, should be included
inany list of the best six varieties.
Of these there are many varieties.
Probably the best are Abel Carriere,
Charles X., Charles Joly, Emile Le-
moine, Madame Lemoine, and Presi-
dent' Grevy.
When it comes to the selection of
low -growing evergreens, the' following
are all well known and very suitable:
Pyramidal Cedar, Thuja oeciden-
talis pyramidalis; Globe Ware's Ce-
dar, Thuja occidentalis globose Warta
reana; Savins Juniper, Juniperus sa-
bina'tamariscifolia; Virginia Juniper,
Juniperus virginiana pfitzeriana.
—Canadian Horticultural Council.
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might be made by careful packing an `weeks later with several bolts loose
order to overcome this loss, the Do ` and a few screws gone. He made up
minion Fruit Branch shipped two hun- his mind then and there that when
dred well packed barrels to the Liver- any one came to borrow from him
pool market. ' When openef on Dec -1 that
"No, I can not afford to lend it to
ment, or three per cent., were found: you outright, but if you wish I will
to be slack. On the same day 982: send one of my men over to your farm
slack barrels were found in a total to operate it for you and you_can pay
quantity of 5,205 barrels catalogued, me for'°the man's time and rent for
:for auction selling. The reduction of the implement."
ember 17 but six barrels of this ship -
he would tell them :
the selling value in this shipment one John has not lost a single friend
account of the slackness amounted to bythis new policy. When he borrows,
$460.60. Hall all the barrels been as he rents and pays the other fellow
• well packed as those of the trial ship- for operating the borrowed implement.
ment, the loss would have been but
$70,50. Other considerations than . Ask for deformation.
packing enter into the question of f
marketing apples, but on the packing The Dept, of Physics of the On -
alone considerable saving could be tarso Agricultural College is prepared
made in the apple export business of to offer assistance in collection with
i Canada. f the following list of farm operations
er and installations:
Loaning Farm Machiner
i y. It
' (1) Water and sewage disposal sys-
•
ems.
Three years ago John Ellis loaned' (2) Lightning rod- protective eye -
his binder to Bill Jones, Now, Bill is' tems for urban and rural structures
a good neighbor. He was willing to of all classes.
• lend and was always ready to borrow.' (3) Drainage surveys.
He always gave the same care to bor.' (4) Farm cold storage plants.
rowed property that he gave his own,' (5) Concrete consruction in all
The trouble was he did not care for branches of farm engineering.
I his own machinery properly. He usu..' (6) Anti -freeze mixtures.
' ally unhitched where he used the im- The Dept. of Physics invited those
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despite the g
ping finger
of Old Man Winter, Niagara Pails still continues to ilo
and roar
, interested in any or all of the branch-
es of the Department's work to ask
for information relative to the service
offered, and to submit problems for
solution.
You Carry the Umbrella --H*, the
Smile.
"My friend, you she l carry a
senile these old rainy days' as I do."
"Great loptimiet, I eupposet"
"No, merely an umbrella maker, alit.
£fiend,"
Cels glow In Forrming. r
it;
It takes from one to three years
effect , the eoniltlete traa,1atMat
from the egg to the eel, s