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Home My WebLink AboutZurich Herald, 1925-02-12, Page 2Addreae cAtrirm.+1.c4r,,vi4s 1.0 0fa+onoa,s,„, , • ,Har o,.;,pn St. West, meronts 'Vfi •liVTER 1S THEIR VACATION. mass to get a new part. Said it both- ervd last" y:'ar. Be wood dOnbties.i Winter great is j est:ally the rt?st time have been $20 ahead of the game if fox the great ruaaority or farmers— overhauled the binder last' these telse their summe he had overha vacation in winter i ter and realthe part which' the wiit..r. Too often this "vacation" his memory said had caused trouble is'.continued until the spinwont ! drives them t;a the field. before. 1 puny au implement is allowed to; Tools, implements and machinery: rot or rust down just because some, are all too often just as, and where, part has railed and the farmer thinks they were unhitched from last year. only in terms of what it would coat to Many less careful farmers have :eft load the implement, haul it to town most of their implements out in that' and pay the blacksmith and wood-, tool shed which has the sky for a roof worker good High fees for doing thea and possibly one or more barbed-wire job. fences for sidewalls! Such imple- But, with the exercise of a little merits have depreciated approximately ingenuity and a small outlay fort seven per cent. since Iast year. Pretty parts, the work can be done at home heavy tax, isn't it? And they are ccr- with the fanner actually earning me- tain to receive no attention until the' shanks, wages! You can pay yourself day next spring ar summer when the' fifty cents to $1 per hour for good, rush of work demands their immediate faithful work and thus get the tools use. For the type of farmer who' and implements all ready or the sea - abuses his implements this way there son's work. How nice to earn ma - is little hope of improvement. This chinists' wages for three or four weeks story is not written so much for his' and stay right at home where you benefit as for the farmer with a good can stick your legs under your own enough business head on him that he' well -loaded table and tuck yourself wants to develop more efficiency in' into 'your own woolen blanitets at his business as a rural gentleman. Inight! PUT WORKSHOP IN ORDER, Well, pull the tractor into the shop I the first thing. If you. are inexper- It is high time now to bring that ienced get a neighbor who knows how vacation to a close. The first thing to to do it, and learn by acting as his be looked after—if it needs it—on the helper. Overhaul the tractor, replac- well -regulated farm in preparation for. ing piston rings and .all other parts putting the implements in A-1 shape that are not giving 100 per cent. ser - for spring, is to have a workshop and vice. Grind valves, etc. Go over the have it in order. Frequently I go into gas engines with the same care. Every the workshop on a farm and find that engine should be overhauled annually it has become a catchall just a junk if it has much work to do. Don't shop, having the accumulations of neglect the truck and pleasure cars. scraps, and broken things for the Lord Then get the disc. More than likely knows how many year! The first this tool would be fifty per cent. more thing thct should be done. in such a efficient if well sharpened. See that shop is to clean house. Load all of all bearings are in good shape. Go the scrap and junk onto the wagon or over all of the tool's and implements truck and haul it to the junk dealer.' with the greatest of care. Be as rigid. He needs it in his business. You in your service requirements .as if don't. I need not suggest that perhaps you were a government inspector. there is enough other scrap around PROFITABLE USE OF PAINT. after you have taken out bolts, etc., After all of the working and zvear- which may be useful, to make a full load. (ing parts of the implements and ma - Get all the working tools together I chines are fixed up properly, go over them with a heavy coat ofgood mink. and fix them up, getting every tool in Maybe some of them have gone so good working condition—file and set long without paint that two coats will saws, grind drawshave, . axes and be highly advisable. chleels, draw out cold chisels, pinch, Choose thoughtfully the color you and crowbars, get a rasp and some ` want for wood and the one for metal new files, eta; and have a regular work. Get good quality of paint. You ',,lace for every tool Get a stove in may be surprised to be informed that an have a. floor space large enough to you can sell good quality paint to your hold a tractor clear—in short, make implements and machinery, when they your shop a real business unit in your, need it, at more than $24 per gallon! farm business. What do I mean? Just this: Good, OVERHAUL ALL IMPLEMENTS.painting of farm implements, when As you think it over you will recall' care is taken to get an ample supply that several of your implements need of ' it into all joints, and especially repairing, . or worn ar. broken parts where wood and metal work join, will need replacing, or the implement prolong the tlife and usefulness of the needs a general overhauling. One day, implements suffieiently to repay at in harvest time last Year I called on' the rate of more than $24 per gallon a good farmer friend. The knotter on for the paint. Then the added pride the binder was causing a lot of and self-respect which well -painted trouble. He had monkeyed several implements give the farmer are of hours with it and then had to stop greater value than the actual increase the harvesting and drive fourteen in intrinsic value of implements. POULTRY. different size fields is well illustrated y some data worked out with a group of farms. On eleven fields with an average size of 5.7 acres it was found that one man plowed 1.64 acres in ten hours. On fifteen fields averaging 15.2 acres in size, 2.08 acres were turned over in ten hours; in fields averaging 29.8 acres, 2.71 acres were plowed In a ten-hour day. In other words a man did 27 per cent. more work in the medium than b an ideal location for an inculsators The temperature will not va.ry great- ly and the floor is free from jarring. If the machine must be operated up- stairs do not have it, close to the stove. Avoid heavy walking and slaraming doors. Keep the room temperature as uniform as possible as the outside air is constantly passing through the incubator. Regulation is difficult if in the small size fields and 65 per cent. the room is hot during the day and more in the large than In the small cold at inght. fields. Chicks often knock down the ther- Applying the same yardstick to the mometer at hatching time. Then you cultivation of corn brought the same have to ruts the machine by guess difference. Using a one -row cultiva- work as the door cannot be siafely tor in fields averaging 6.2 acres, a opened when the chicks are emerging. day's cultivation covered 5.8 acres of find it pays to wire the thermometer ground. In fields averaging 15.1 acres to the tray where the eggs are turned this same cultivator would tend 6.2 the last time. Then it will stay up - acres, whereas in fields 25.2 acres in right and you can keep the machine extent, 9.1 acres were tended with the from becoming four or five degreee one row machine. too hot at hatching time. These data lead to the question, The stir around an incuba.tor is bee especially if a man let a general farm - proved if you use high-grade oil a,nd ing system finds himself with a lot a freeh -wick for each hathh. The of small fields: "Can I afford to re- aburner ca.n be boiled in hot soda water rrange my fields and eliminate the to remove gummy accumulations. extra work entailed in their plowing Thew the wick will turn easily a,nd and cultivation?" the flame is niore easy to regulate. The answer to this question depends Do not worry too much if a few on the shape and contour of the farm, ehicks die in the shells I understand the condition of the fences and the neany experienced poultrymen are sat - farming system. Certainly' every farm- isfied if they obtain close to fifty per er should give the matter some cent. hate.hes as an average for the thought if be has not already done so season. Of course, the fertility of the and when the fences rust out or wear eggs is much higher and it must be out so reconstruct them as to make that even the be•st of poultry keepers the flelds larger and more economical - cannot be sure of hatching every egg., ly worked if it is possible to do so. Breeding stock will produce a larger One very good farmer of my ac - per cent. of fertile eggs if they are quaintance has recently rearranged his allowed fren - range as soon at wea- fields so as to eliminate point rows.ther conditions are at all favorable. l Ile finds that he pan now do more Balanced rations in the winter laying work in less time than he did before. house are necessary, but fresh greet Incidentally he has. enlarged and grass, angleworms end exercise on the lengthened his fields soxisewhat in the soil is the original formula for poultry prams, thereby malting his labor vigor arid thrifty chicks. much more efficient. • In these days of high-priced labor Size end Shape of Fields. on farms a factor like this is of much more importance than it formerly The disadvantage of small fields on farmer linds it difficult to overeome. Pew farmers try to cheek' up on the Courtesy is the.quality that keeps:a extra time they do spend because of, woman smiling ' when a depaarting, short 7rtITIS. and extra turns. guest stands at the open door and lets efficiency of a man's Work with was.—F. S. P. in the sad, WILL BE GIVEN.. 0MMgIRDIAL..TEST- ROTOR SHIP TAKING CARGO TO ENGLAND Anton Flettner's sailless -wind rotor vessel, "The Buckan," has been chartered to carry a cargo of timber from Danzig to England. The strange craft has given satisfactory results in tests, but this is the first time it has come in competition with the regular sail or sfeam vessels. The Buckan is propelled by the action of the wind on large rotating cylinder masts, It Is shown above together with its inventor and navigating officers. • t. 'rHg Clill,Pr 7,N''s HOUR SALLY SQUIRREL'S VALENTINE It was the day before St. Velem; tine's Day, and, because Freddie Squirrel liked little Sally Squirrel, very much, he thought it would be nice to send her a valentine. Of course there were no letter -boxes In the woods, 'where Master Squirrel could mail the %Palatine but there was an old walnut tree with a hollow. trunk and, as Sally lived with her, Papa and Mamma in the top of that very tree, Freddie decided to place' the valentine in the hollow trunk at the base where Sally would be sure to find it in the morning when she scampered down to the ground. So, when evening came, he put on his little snowshoes, for a heavy snow had beginto fall, went out as he had planned and put the precious valen- tine carefully in the hole at the foot of the tree. Now it happened that a naughty lit- tle Bunny saw what Freddie Squirrel had done and decided it would be great fun to play a trick on him. So he told a number of his little friends that Masten Squirrel had put a valen- tine in the 'hollow trunk of the old • walnut tree. "Suppose we wait till midnight and then take the valentine and put a An Honest Doctor. funny picture in its place? Sally will "The thing I liked best about that think that Freddie did it to tease het," +said this mischievous Bunny. So they waited until they heard the old owl hoot twelve times and then they knew the hour was midnight.. The snow had been falling steadily for hours and was by this time quite doctor was—he was honest with me," said John Buck. "I tell you, it's rare to find a really honest doctor." Is that so, I asked myself. John was recounting his experience with an em- inent specialist whom he had consulted about treatments for his steadily in -1 deep. creasing deafness. The specialist had The rabbits had no snowshoes and bluntly told him that he'd better not they found it hard work struggling waste his money on treatment for his through the deep drifts and by the trouble was incurable. And now comes, time they reached the old walnut tree, John to tell me that it is rare to find some of them were quite tired and out a really honest doctor. Is that so, of breath. They wondered if, thhe joke I ask. really was worth so much discomfort: I know doctors. I know a lot of Then they made an unhappy dis- covery. They hopped around the tree several times, looking for the hole but there was no opening to be seen anywhere. "Why," said the naughty little Bunny, "I am sure we have the right tree! And I know there was a hole at the base, leading into the- hollow trunk." But the other bunnies were quite out of patience and began to grumble. "I don't believe he knows one tree from another," said one. ' "I think he was trying to play a in his ears as ever. game on us," said another. • The rare thing in doctors is the one The upshot of it was that they all who is both wise and honest. That is decided they had 'been tricked and the man you want far your family they resolved to get even with the doctor. If you wait until emergency naughty. bunny for playing a joke oil is knocking clamorously at your dbor them . your chance of getting the right man They caught him and railed him is very poor: Quite likely you will get about in the new fallen snow. They one who is neither wise nor honest, put snow down his neck and pelted him with snowballs until he was • glad to run from them as fast as ever he could. Of course,, you know and I know, that there was a hole at the base of the old tree but the ,snow; had drifted so deep that the hole was completely covered. Really none of them wens them and I know them in a way that John Buck never can know them, stripped of all their airs 'and myster- ies. And I say that it is not rare to find an honest doctor. • John Buck might have gone to a doctor special- izing hi ear diseases, a man just as HORTICULTURE N CITIZENSHIP honest wham cherished the belief that certain the one selected, yet one; treatment, we will say aural massage, might do some good. The man could Some one. has said that it*is bad enough to' be poor without having liis poverty proclaimed to the world. All proprietors of fine looking homes ire• not wealthy, but when a bare, unat- tractive place is observed one's pity ist likely to be aroused fox the unfortun- ate occupant. A half-hour's•wa1'k on the streets of a town . or village, or a drive of a few miles into the country in almost any direction:, may bring one face to face with homes showing} widely varying degrees: of , beau What may ;be taken fox; 'n evidence prosperitymay be onlyhe result iif well arranged planting done from time to time at very little expense. Many a town has benefitted permanently by a campaign of "paint up" and "plant. up," and no.one ever regrets respond- ing to such an appeal. A neat lawn and a few flowers and' shrubs can transform a bare, unat- tractive place into a loveable spot of which every member of the family A cellar with a little ventilation is will be proud. Indeed it is largely the. planting about the homes of England that has created the charm so charac- teristic of that wonderful country. Whether it be the larger estates or the humble dwellings, the same apprecia- tion of horticultural beauty is shown. With the ageing of this country sim- Ear results may be looked for. In fact many sections, particularly those that have come within the influence of a horticultural society, show unmis- takable signs of rapid advancement in home and town decoration. We have abundance of beautiful planting ma- erial prov,d by our Experimental arms quite herdy, and soil and el i- mate favorable for their highest de- vetopr`irent. All • we need is a resolu- tion to work out a planting plan be- fore the arrival of spring, order the stock and have it put in at the be- ginning of the growing season. By this means many homes may be remade more attractive and the reputations of the owners protected against the charge of indifference and neglect. —Canadian Horticultural Council. Hatching Eggs. Breeding hens gave good hatching eggs when they were removed from the laying pens in October and placed on free range, where there was an abundance of green feed, so says Prof. W. R. Graham of the 0. A. C. Poultry Dept. The hens were fed whole grain, mash, and given water to drink. They moulted quickly and, as was expected; egg production was completely stop- ped. These birds when placed in breeding pens in January gave excel lent hatching eggs during the season. Birds with a ration in which there was plenty of clover leaves, some canned tomatoes and raw liver, gave fair hatching eggs, but they were not core give John a number of expensive treatments, honestly take his Taney, and honestly leave him as badly off stant, and, therefore not entirely de- pendable. There is now under way a series of experiments with sixteen pens, on as many rations, in the hope that some ane may produce hatching eggs of reasonable value. Size of Flocks. There is some inclination for farm- ers to keep poultry in a large way, and moreover, a few would with very little encouragement, make poultry the major part of their farm activities, It would be better on the average, if the people increased their flocks gradually , every year from say one hundred laying hens to one thousand laying hens, so says Prof. W. R. Gra- ham of the Q. A. College. `ee - XPrj EN;? hgasees s w for plenty such are now collecting a living from a rang -suffering public. Don't wait for the emergency. Look around you now, while all is calm and the whole family rests placidly uncon- scious of its good health. Choose the doctor upon whom you would call with greatest confidence, the one in whom you could confide your family troubles, very bright not to think of what had the one you could trust to take care ready hnext appennedorn. - of wife or little babe, the one you feel. -The ming, when little Sally sure would be square. Then go to him Squirrel came scampering down the and say, "Doctor; I'ni John Buck. If inside of the trunk, she was surprised Here's a soldier who never answered the cook -house call. This stern - looking sentry was maldod in the slow with the aid c a spoon and knife. ever I need a doctor you're the man. I shall depend upon you and you can depend on me."—Dr. C. H. Lerrigo. Experiments With Wheat. A long series of experiments with wheat have been conducted at the Do- minion Experimental Farm at Bran- don, Man. A summary of the work to discover that the hole was closed and the base of the tree buried deep under snow. But she was more sur- prised and very much delighted to find her lovely valentine. She never knew how near she came to losing it and that the heavy snow storm had been her friend and pre- vented the band of naughty bunnies from taking it away. What Freddy did to the other bun - performed is given in Bulletin No. 42, New Series, just issued by the Dept. of Agriculture at Ottawa. It is a bul- letin from which wheat growers can gather a vast deal of information. The period covered extends from 1889, the first year after the farm at Brandon was established, to 1923, and the var- ieties tested •number no fewer than 173. Besides recording the tests and their results, the bulletin deals with seed, frozen versus unfrozen, hand se- lection, home-grown versus changed, and control of smut; with seeding. dates, rates and depth; with summer fallow and substitutes, including cul- tural tests; with cultural experiments, treatment of stubble land, treatment of sod land, preparation of seed bed, types or drills, cultural treatment to control rust, and cutting at different stages of ripeness; with manures and fertilizers, barnyard manuring, green manuring and commercial fertilizer with rotation of crops, early rotations, rotations under test from 1910 to 1921, and with cost of production, wheat on summer fallow and with wheat on stubble land. nies later on is a story not to be told here.—Enos B. Comstock. How I Get More Frain Manure. I am sure that I am getting more 'value from my manure supply than I did before I changed my methods of handling it. I have no manure shed, and it is not convenient for me to haul it to the field as it comes to me from the' stables. Fornier1y,.. I piled it in shallow layers where it was most con- venient. onvendent. But, I observed when load ling on the spreader that much of the horse manure was fire -fanged, and that it appeared to have little life. I then, upon the advice of the Agra~ cultural Representative, piled it up near the barn with vertical sides, The, 'Pile was made as deep as it was con- venient to pitch, and frequently I, would tramp the pile down to make ita firm. Built in this manner the maw, nure would leach very little and the, t -e-fanging seemed to be prevented,' especially where we mixed the ma• nure from the horses atel cows: -R, X, My Chore Hours Are Shorter. Although we are keeping the usual amount of live stock, which consists of about thirty hogs, having four brood sows, a flock of forty sheep and from ten to twenty head of cattle, the time required to do the chores has practi- cally been cut in two by the simple method of putting in water . tanks where each kind of stock can have ac - sees to it at all times, and by building self -feeders. I know that it is worth the time of any busy farmer to see how he can simplify his chore job by installing; these two labor -savers. Following the Style. Rabbit -=•-"Groat Scott, who are you?v0. It—"Why don't you know me? 1'ir Miss Porcupine, and I've ha,- my eul1I bobbed---teeIleet" ',