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Zurich Herald, 1925-04-02, Page 6•s��•..�..r���.. 'm�,rS•-..!•Itis w+•w+r-r •-nn+w r. r rrr.«r.r,rn nrwr'+•�+/+ ' • 1 • tee - lddress comn1unicatians to Agrgitoinist, ?S Adelaide St. West, Toront# I~~E1iIP RATS IIU,;GR r. 1 house Scor and left over right. nes-i would be undesirable for this reason. • 14" of kitchen garbage by feeding l' i One smaller than.'8X8 feet lsnit solus- 'l?he number of rats in a piace,is to stoelr. or to chickens or by burning factory either, always in direct proportiou to the it, A garbage. Pile behind the home An 8x12, 10x1.0, or 10x12 colony avails POULTRY. If a new brooder house Is t4. he built its si:ue should be determined by the size of flock one is most likely to want to stat le it. Other factors which must also be considered in deters' mining size are, portability and con=' venience for doing the necessary work inside the House. A house larger than 10x12 feet 'is, not easily veered,: and on most fauns. h e food supply, if to farm, a or barn will feed many rats. GeanarY house built on skids, will be found house or a barn is overrun with rats, • and corn crib should be rat proof.. Do -suitable under "`a° wide variety .,coil it is evidence that some one is gerfer' , not t;tore grain ith the straw any 1ongr ditions. The chick eairacity of such ons with rat food. . than necessary, Protect the horse a house will run from 300 as optimum Well-fed ratsmultiply rapidly and grain boxes so that rats cannot rob r for the smallest size mentioned to 600 always incaease to the utmost limit; your icuirnals. Bald rats have been of the available food: If the daily'; known to drive a horse away from rat rations will support only twentyhis grain. dean rats there will be no more, and; Trapping rats is no easy matter, in incubators, or where day -ofd chicks are purchased each season, there' is no use for the broody hen. She be- comes more or less -of a nuisance. '•• Unless wanted for hatching • chicks, broody hens should be -,removed from the nests whenever found and placed in a slat -bottom' or wire -bottom coop with no nesting material. They should be supplied with water and dry mash if it is desired to have them lay again as quickly as possible. Three or four days of this confine-, meet will usually be sufficient to'dis- courage the broody tendency and the hens may then, be released. From the labor standpoint ,there is an advan- tage in having the broody coop in the hen house where it is convenient to shut up the delinquents. ' Furthermore, they will become ad - live when the flock is fed and will thus as the absolute xnaximurn for " the large size, On farms where chicks are hatched no fewer, rats in that place. When; especially when they are wee fed, the number execeeds the food sul,ply,, Poietin is always dangerous. The rats their ill -nourished bodies fail to lea have an uncanny way of carrying the produce, and disease takes a heavy'. e i:oir-soaked bread round and leaving ' toll of them. That is true of all anis, e whore the dog or the cat can get it, including man. You cannot in • Poison-eoaked grain is best, if you .any circumstances raise more fish in i must use poison, and it should be put a pond than the food there will feed. under the floors and in the partitions A farmer noticed that during the, where nothing else except rats and summer there were veryfew eats! mice can get to it. round the barns, and that even they A steel spring. "snap down"• dead - had hard packing to live. The granary fall rat trap is very efficient. Bait it was rat -proof. The chickens got no! with a piece of meat. As every keep - more than they cold eat in a hurry.: er of chickens can testify, rats are A few rats su p tie d by foraging in' meat eaters when they can get (neat. the fie:da and gouda'. But soon after, If the deadfall fails, try a common the big mows veire stored with un- steel trap buried just out of sight in threshed wheat the, rats began to' a pan of cern meal or ground feed. tonne. It was early Winter before a! Be sure the trap is well oiled and thresher was available, and by that' springs easily. time the barn wee alive with rats— hundreds of rata, big rats and little t HOME USE OF DAIRY PRO- be induced to eat more feed than rats, brown ones raid gr ay one.. Yon. DUCTS. could hear then squealing and, I was in a farm hoarse recently ;scrambling in the stray. They an where the farmer and his wife, their boldly round under foot 4 few family of four children and two hired might otherwise be the case. The re- sult is that they lose little weight and start laying again within a short time: In very waxen weather it is often months later a well-fed rat was hard men, use from eight to twelve quarts advisable to place the broody coop in to find. The few that the farmer trap- ' of echo:e milk a dray. They keep Hol -/a shady spot outside the henhouse in ped made little difference, but the stein cattle and the chief source of order to keep the broodies more tom - threshers came and beat out the grain, income on their farm is from the sale the straw was sold and hauled away, i of butter -fat. the wheat was locked in the granary.' "We all drink milk," said the moth- Beyond question rats wili migrate.; er, "and I use plenty of milk in cook - That farmer's rats had to move or, ing. There are a great many dishes starve; so one dark night they just; which can he made with milk and I went away, no ane knows where, but know there is no healthier nor better most t teramy to some place were food certainly where' f d than milk." fortable. HOGS Not long ago a farmer penned up a sow which was soon due to farrow. Before she was placed in the farrow- ing quarters she was accustomed to , they could get food. When I hear farmers talking about seeping around the straw pile. �It was considerably against her de - The moral is that, if you keep rats; impending oversupply of dairy pro - hungry, you can keep them scarce. Al ducts, I wonder what those particular sire to enter the pen, but she was hungry rat is easy to trap, a famish -1 farmers are doing toward improving forced to go into the quarters with ed rat takes poisoned bread with al their own markets by using plenty ofwhich she was unfamiliar. gusto; so the best way to get rid of ` their homes. For a long time she was unsettled, dairy products in eown 5 is is not to have any. A buttermaker of a creamery in a and tore about frantically seeking an Keep every bit of rat food securely •community that uses a large amount i exit. All of this was brdizght about covered. Put the chicken feed into tin i of creamery butter said to me recent- lust on the eve of farrowing. Even boxes or iron barrels and keep the, ly, "I am glad to say that the patrons, with the farrowing she trampled with most flower lovers. How dis- covers down. Feed the chickens, not of this creamery use lots of their own, several of the pigs to death , appointed we feel when shown a rose the rats. In other words, feed the; product. That is as it should be. Ie of rare colarfn and perfect form to n nomorethere is anyone who can afford to) The mistake this farmer made was g pe f chickens or than they will• clean' y - l becasue he did not accustom the sow ! field that its /satin petals yield no per up, Nothing encourages rats more; use p.enty of good creamery butter, it' t o her quarters a week Or so in ad- fume. Oge may -tire of • brilliant, than grain scattered over the chicken- is the farmer who produces it." o ofvance the farrowing date. Hogs, showy flowerseleut the sweet-smelling, and especially mother- sows, usually old-fashioned Jones ,will never lack ape become veryfond of regular-duarters. predation. No quality in flowers In such quarters they are much` more `Slir'liea elle-clavi e nee eeeeee eaeiva,vssth. quiet than when confined lea strange so true` a touch of fragrance.. When lace: the rose:is mentioned,: we at once as - Without P : sociate it with sweetne€s. . We love a doubt the sow s condition th ' fragrance even of mind has much to do with the ease tf l flowers after farrowing she was still .restless: x!6 •.l.M1f "•N � tT COL' NTAL 101';i1t Pria,10NED 111M: r1(. W. ruin)', i There is perhaps no other type of home which has proved so popu- lar in the last few years as that • of the Dutch Colonial. In the plan here illustrated, the center hall has been reduced to the niinimunl. This home,•planned for a corner. lot somewhat lower in the rear, and in order that the owner might take advantage of this, the garage was placed under the sun -room. In doing this, however, • it was necessary to raise the house some- what higher off the ground than usual. - In order. to overcome this, a small terrace was provided for across the entire front. The small stoop has been slightly projected in order to provide fora vestibule. and the stairway landing and still leave room for an arched opening between the hall and dining room, - similar to that of the hall and liv- ing room. Interesting features in this plan are the passage from the kitchen and living room, which open di- rect into a fair sized breakfast room. French doors also lead from the living room into the sun -room. In addition to the rear entry, there is also provided space $JN ooM �A 6XStM LIVING f2M Iz:n 2x ki t.LT CHT PAowl QG j; _ rol'cHCs one 1. DI tua4 Rool.1 �^ izcnll•t. ' �' NALLti s➢Vt51'.• _ _ for first floor- toilet. On the second floor there are two fair sized chambers and a large owner's chamber with two closets. The passageway to the rear deck, which provides space for airing bedding, etc., is an in- teresting feature. The basement contains the usual storage and laundry as well as 2urnace rooms and garage. nr c. nee einie. 12x10 BALL ;Lc. (tie yC to cmAin5t. nxloe, CNAIAtttr, Everything has been worked out along Colonial lines,. both inside and out: Red Colonial brick has been used in the foundation walls above grade. White siding has been used on the outside, with green blinds and green shingles. It is estimated that this home San be' built, exclusive of heat- ing and plumbing, for from $6,250 to -$8,500. The Fragrant Garden. Someone has said that we are fast drifting toward an age of flowers. that will have no fragrance, and this is accounted for by' the keen desire of growers to produce larger flowers. No prelusion of'blossoms, no exqui- site coloring or beauty of form can compensate for a lack of -fragrance THE CHARM OF THE EVERGREEN Evergreen trees of the various var- ieties cultivated for landscape decora- tion give a feeeling of richness, par- titularly for large grounds. They re- evergreens for the planting of the of farrowing and the success of the quire, however, more thoughtful' care home grounds is a matter for very litter after 'farrowing. in placing than do deciduous trees and careful consideration. Some of the -------o---- shrubs. - - shrubs. They have the important many varieties .available on the mar- Ontario's Production of Beef. value: of presenting a striking appear- ket are more suitable than others for . Dur.Ing the year i=nding December ounce at all seasons of the year. In the climate and soil of this country. 31D ing there was marketed through the winter months, contrasted with the Both Macdonald College at Ste. Anne the 1919, ereStocas etat West h't f d thef leafless d Bellevue near Montreal and the To - white will give a home an enviable distinc- tion and charm. The choice of suitable varieties of Home Edueahon "The Child's First School Is the Family."—Froebei. Jaunts With Our Children —By Edith Riland Coss Do you ever enjoy a jaunt in -the sire on the part of the child to pro- woods with your children? And do tett the birds and their •home.., e nd you share an interest with them in thus further flee w i rk of OUT b; rd prn- Y tcerive s0.'ieiles. the things of nature, in God's great Along with the birds, study flowers out-of-doors? If not, you should re- and trees. Let the children have a member that parents, living in rural wild flower garden at home and teach communities where,there are no kin- them how to transplant it from the dergarten,•'- can give their children woods and tend it. In this way have much they would get in a city kinder- them become familiar _with twenty- garten bid taking' frequent trips,with five or thirty of our,most common thein. • One of the greatest purposes wild flowers and trees. A good flower firth -ie" andleesege--te.e., eel lerarel o _wide would be -.se serviceable. child's' observation, to acquaint him, lrii ted., z:;to�ihc vecod and to teach him his relationship to of course; the picnic lunch: '-Tmv lie associates. children love to help build the fire the people. with whom. he h and cook the meal! And don't you love the. freedom of, it, too?"' There is no better time to become real pals with your children' than when "close to nature. On a jaunt it is always a splendid idea to gather specimens to bring home. The'children sometimes busy 'themselves for days making things from their collections. Each'. specimen has its story to tell, and this further for w:. air ragran though , they 'are not very beau i u Nature lessons serve this purpose. First help your : children to know well P as e are fragrantv en lint h w they as beautiful our enthusiasm knows the many land and water birds. Keep Ifo bounds. Plant the old-fashioned a list from year to year of the birds fragrant flowers even though the seen and the dates on which they ap- peared stale nes tell you wonderful tales of peared each spring.. A bird guide and C g a email pair of field gasses are help- ;ihe beauties The the newer ones of ave ful on a field trip. Teach the children manse size. smallertpflowersme.have to know the songs of the birds, too, usually the sweetest perfume, • Sweet peas, mignonette, stocks, by taking them just at dusk to listen e o snow an grey o ea ass e , , twigs, the dark green of the conifers Ontario Agricultural Co"'ege at ionto 333,225 cattle Of these: 183,323 d d' "good," while 149 902 e suggest warmth and cheer. In. sum- Guelph, have had wide experience in were giat a as' g , ,. pansies, to thsir calls, or 45 0 graded es common.'" There .;heliotYo e carnation,lilies mer their heavy green and solid ape the use of various varieties of ever- o� p 'If these calls are translated into contact more clearly= impresses t io campusplanting.The lists 'u' not inclnudieil in this 62,000 calvee lily of the valley, lilacs, honeysuckle, words the children can more easily characteristics upon the child's mind: pearance against the paler leafage of greens for which were marketed `as veal anti and loses, are deliciously frangrant. pure,, e Some very' beautiful roses are not, but distinguish one from another, . From Aside from the y du:cative f . are fragrant and beau- childhood I remember that the brown purposes of our jaunts, I would far the follow ng g thrasher says, "What would you give rather have my children remember, tifulr; Frank W..Du epic Madam But- 'terflGress au. Teplitz, Sunburst, me for my tail, my 'tall? A sixpence, when they are TilsK'{alta timeitohgo y' a sixpence. 'Tain't enuf, 'tain't enuf. could almost al•ii y . America, Hoosier Beauty, Columbia, A shilling, a shilling. Cut it off -cut to the creek with them than have them ;BedePaul Ravar . IlTme. Edoon Hefew it Tr -r -r -r -r -r- (the saw)." The remember whether or not my house oft Ravary.•. roses areit onlys a few •off• l"Teakettle, tea in was always dusted and ready for of`the'fragrant roses, but is a goad meadowlark says, Killdeers hoebe^ and callers, deciduous trees present a fine con- recommended by these two institu- trast,• A natural glove of spruce, tions do not differ widely. Together h firs, pines, -and cedars present a pit they include the following: be ewes from strictly dairy cows turesque appearance. The study of Cedar, Thuja occ. globose.; Globe one of these is often a hep in ar- Ware's Cedar, Thuja _occ. globose which there never was ane* intention Trained Cedar,of making into beef at maturity. Nor ranging a planting plan. Even with Warreana; OrientalPyaloes itl take into account 31,000 can - out assistance, skirl is needed to set Thuja Orientalis ibota pyramidalis; dens and cutters, as the tni ha0ts mar- eeven a dozen conifers. Too great Virginia Juniper, or Red Cedar, Juni- variety is seldom as satisfactory as perus virginiana •, Swiss Juniper, Jun - two or three species presenting di- iperus euesica; Savins Juniper, Jun- sersified contrast in shapes. The more iperus sabina; Prostrate Juniper, dlitnug beef, and therefore ,sbouLd not numerous the species, however, the Juniperus prostrate; Dwarf Mountain be consiered in this connaetion. greater the diversity in skyline and Pine, Pinus mugho; Japanese Cypress, which .could not readily be graded on' a beef -basis, well miany of them would keted under this ; heading were very largely discarded dairy cows, -which, were not bred with the object of pro composition. Conifer evergreens are Retinospora plumasa filifera; Japan - the deep tones of the pictures of out ase Cypress, Retinospora plumose; of doors. As contrast to a background' Canadian Yew, Taxus canadensis; of buildings. low foreground or horti-. Japanese Yew, Taxus cuspidate. cultural adjunct the shadows they Some of these varieties, beautiful as cast have great decorating value. they are, may, if left to themselves, Too many evergreens make the pit-� become too large far the space they tore too dark and dismal. Use of the are planted to occupy. Any oil them, lighter shades of green will help to however, may be kept dwarf by sys- offset this difficulty as the selection tematic pruning. This, however, of white pine instead of Norway , should not be done later than July and spruce near a dwelling. ''In the group-' preferably in. the month of June— ing of the various conifers care should - Canadian Horticultural Council. therefore be taken to avoid the intense; 4, forms of color. • One needs space to! Graft. adopt the evergreen' as a decorative; At grafting,John Brown knew his feature. In small areas one conifer, stuff, can dominate the scene ora group of i. Remits he got were great. a few can be the central figure- of a But nothingpleased hint well enough, large panting. It is well in either , case to layout a tantin :an I He always tempted Fate. P g P , choosing carefully of the varieties to be set out and to make their arrange -1 ments fit ,into though not mixed with deciduous varieties of trees and shrubs: For best effects it is most' satisfactory to keep to two, types of vegetation, quite or nearly apart ex- cept when definite differences of vege-• tation are desirable in order to work otht a plan calculated to improve the picture through' the inequality oe light and shade. There are many types of decorative evergreens in cul- tivation; but the spiry sorts as Irish juniper or yevt aroe, particularly' use, ful es accents in the .ornhal garden, Wits these and the spruces, pines, arbor vitaes the student of planting has air interesting field. to work on. g (food staging, however, is of the ut- moat r'nportance and when well done With some new ,idea. But at last Ho reached his life's one goal. Now wealth and fortune hes arnaseed, A blessing on, his soul. He took his 'flivver, made of tin, And grafted it, by band, To his peach tree. Brains always win, His peaches now grow canned. The average weight of the cattle grading "good" waif approximnately 1,050 lbs. and the average price at which they were sold $12.50 per cwt. The total value, $24,061,143.75, or an. average price per animal of $131.25. The average weight of the cattle grading "common" was 850 lbs., and the average pride $9,40 par cwt. The- totaa $12,977,198.80, or au averageprice.` per animal of $79.90. It will be noted that there,iis a dif- ference between the. price realized Up- on the wattle graded as "good'' and thesle`gradedl ass "common" of $51,35 per head, In •other words, if all of the cattle marketed at the ,Toronto Stack Yarde• in 1919 had graded "good" in- stead of grading es "common," they. would have been worth $7,697,467.70 more •than they were. As only about one third of the beef: cattle of the exrovince a,1'e: marketer% ttiirongh the Toronto Stock Yth ds, Cn«. taricee total mass through. the use of poor beer sires would • be over $20,000,- 000,00. -W. A. -„• some aresome men that simply can't be persuaded to go calling, and are al.waY s too busy to attend a petty or social gathering of any kind be- cause they can't possibly leave the farm. But when the Dairy Show or the 'S+iational Exhibition come along 1 they can spare ate awful lot of time, and the faun . doesn't seein• to need them at -all. list to plant when beginning. The charm of these will urge you to in- crease your list,—Jeanette Leader. the teakettle." , p �, chickadees say their own names. The - 'Above, all help the children realize robin says, "Cheer up cheerily." that back of the wonders of nature Birds' nests should likewise ' be which they .seethere is a kind Heaven - studied and the eaven-studied_andthe kinds of places chosen ly Father watching over each and every thing -Whom eve must glorify for these great, blessings. Suppression of the Cutworm. lir the different birds for their homes. The cutworm is 110 respecter of Instil4 through such knowledge a de - plant, soil or district. Its suppression is therefore a necessity everywhere, and the method recommended by the Dominion Entomologist is by poison - Tonsils. The tonsils are small bodies that ed bait composed as follows: 20 pounds hang at either side of the back of the of bran arid, half a pound of Paris throat. When they are in a state of green well mixed in a wash tub while health, we are not aware of them, a hart of molasses dissolved in but when unhealthy,'as they too often dry; q are the can cause much discomfort two or three gallons of water and the , y poison thoroughly dampened; and suffering. The mouth and throat -bran andare constantly occupied by all sorts of therewith. For small gardens can be, organisms that, generally speaking, used a quart'of bran, a teaspoonful of , are quiesee1t, but that often conspire Paris green, and a tablespoonful of l and give great trouble, •and the ton - molasses with sufficient water to thoun for them share. ougli�ly moisten the bran. Shorts or nils naturally clinic i middlings in place of bran can bel iii sore throat, for example, the used. In gardens containing rows of brunt of'the attack may fail upon the vegetables, advises the Entomologist,; tonsils, and then we have what is the mixture should be scattered thinly called tonsilitis. • The tonsils become along on either side as soon as cut- . inflamed and enlarged, and swallow - worm is noticed. Flowering , ing is exquisitely painful; there is also waunt J � g .p lants can be protected by placing a; fever, a poisoned conditi.hn of the, sys- sit q .•fall uaetity of the poisoned bran' tam and all the other accompaniments • around, but not touching, each plant.' of sore throat. - Although the fever The bean should be scattered after of an attack of tonsilitis seldom lasts sundown so that it will attract the', more than a day or two, the result is pest when: it comes out to feed- at,' generally weakening, probably be - night. In small gardens, when cut -i cause there is no way to keep the Worm injury is noticed, the worm can' poisonous products from entering the generally be located about an inch be- general system. When anyone suffers low the soil' and within a few inches with repeated attacks of tonsillitis the of the plant so that it can be destroy- small crypts or pockets that chiefly ed by laud. characterize the tonsils become en- larged and give shelter to all sorts• of harmful ivaterial, which not only 'The crop of a week-old chick holds less than a teaspoonful of food. If 1 affects the health by being absorbed unset the aro will be empty into the system but also gives rise to Poled at s p p tr1 permanent bad breath, Heeger for orf sunrise, Hh long• before suns s . � g 1 hour is apt to cost .a days growth. 4uins$, is o1 exquisitely painful :Butter made front whole ,milk in- stead of cream is interior , to butter made as it should be. On farms where only a few cows are milked, it may pay in the long run to buy a separ- ator. Sow sweet clover right along with the small grain, :or immediately there- after. A great soil builder, -sweet clover is. The optimist is the men who believes all eggs will hatch, affection of the tonsils and of the sur- rounding parts. It is .generally a suppuration of the tissues round the tonsils, and its terrible pain is caused largely by the swelling of the parts — a condition that not only makes swal- lowing a torture but also makes the patient feel as if he were about to suffocate. As soon as theabscess of a quinsy is ripe it should be opened by the surgeon; in that way the sufferer may be saved two or three: days of agony. • Some people have tonsils that are naturally too large, and mi arghent of the tonsils Sometimes runs in families.„ Diseased teeth discharging their germs into the saliva often spread their in- fection to`the tonsi:5, or infection may be carried to them through. inhaled dust. Enlarged septic' ,tansi;a or ton- sils that aro always {riving rise to trouble in one form: or ,another should carne out. There is no.hninor opera- tion that is followed by more joyous. results than the removal of the wrong sort of tonsils. A Qucci' Lovo Token. Nst 0114entrance trance- of the great cathedral of Seville bangs a patched and psi 11 crouodiia, which once'• served aa ,a•'princely loupe token that failed • in its mission. In 12610 it wits Sent by the - , e sultan of Egypt to a besaitl- ,g, 6 felmimeos is Spain, Who det'lined a suitor whose first pi' ant roll CI"scares� ie7k orf 1tf o -.tion. ly be Sc�Y.1 to seeek