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DestroyingWeeds by Means of Chemicals FeeI ng T �p 11
.74
While the fire and the etxltivatex,
are likely to remain -as the two most
efficient weapons to use in the combat
With weeds there are certain ease
where the use of some chemical may
be extremely desirable, A good ex-
ample of the latter is the case of a
grain crop ,infected with an annual
such 'as `wildmustard where it is pox
Bible by spraying with iron sulphate
or copper sulphate to injure the weed
to such an extent ,that it is unable
to ripen it's. seeds;
There. ere also numerous plots of
waste ground in towns, miles of road-
sides all over the, country, railroad
tracks, and large areas of stony or
rocky ground that cannot be ctiltivat-,
ed, where the employment of chemical;
means for keeping down weeds might
profitably be considered.
The spray should be applied in fine.
calm weather when there is .a prob-
ability that no rain will fall during
the next 241 hours. The amount of
spraying mixture will vary somewhat
with the kind of spraying machine
used, but as a general rile at least 60
gallons are necessary to cover an acre.
The spray should be applied while
the weeds are young.-.
• The chemical substances that are
mosiesemployed for .killing weeds: are
sulphuric acid, iron sulphate, copper
sulphate, common salt, caustic soda,
sodium arsenite, carbolic acid, orchard
'heating oil and fuel oil. After the use
of some of these the soil remains ster-
ile until the chemical bee been washed
out by the rain. In calculating the
strength to be . used it has to be re-
membered that a gallon of. water
weighs 10 pounds.
have 1
,v
opinion that, sheep'hill feed..,thei'r flee
Sulphuric acid or oil of vitriol has living and- hat, t,. s, no i
p ` e effect on the „e ,raying ap- i give shorn. much feed or attentions,,, tr
a corrosxv p ,.
aratus .and eau be used only in a is es well-known feet that;.Nhegpeerel
p I
weals . solution varying from 3 to 10 graze on weeds around We fence cors
pp
r cent. It has no injurious effect and over rough land. and find a great
on wheat,, oats, or barley crops end part of. their living, bet fur sere e
has a fertilizing -effect on the soil, the sprixig-lamb sections make a irnle.
Iron sulphate or copperas -isused take , when they fail to give breeding
in a solution of 15 to 20 per cent. but ewes enough feed to bring them
cannot be applied with safety to a through the winter in good' condition•
crop of beans or flax, Practical farmers seem to overlook
p
Copper
sulphate or bluestone can the fact that the ewemust maintainaintain
be used instead of iron sulphate but her own body, produce a fleece of wool
onlyin solution of 1'/z. to' 2e/e per.and develop a fetus during the winter
a
cent. - months, Unless she is properly, fed
Common salt or sodium chloride is she cannot do this work, ImproperlY
used in a strength of 20 to 25 per fed ewes produce small, weak lams.
cent. It checks the growth of other These lambs have been improperly
plants besides weeds until it has been nourished through the different stages
washed out by rain, of development and. after they are
born are stunted for lack of mills.
If lambs are to be made "tops"' thee
must be well nourished iron- the tulle
forms az plant food otnerwxse un-
they are born until they are sent' to available for plants Sezowth; so that
market. They should,be mads to grow either
manure or settle sort of green
rapidly and take ori flesh regulaxl�. manure crep is •essential in any gar-
Lambs are best fed through tlieia flzn, even though large quantities .of
mothers for the first two months' of nitrogen, phosphorous and potash are
their life. For this reason the ewers supplied' as -fertilizers.
should be fed a.milk-proclueing ration. Nitrogen is the most unstable of
-A ration consisting of'oats, bran our elements and the most variable
'oil meal and a legume hay, such In the. early spring, even on well ma -
and
as alfalfa, clover or soy beans, is' hest
from lambing time until good grazing
is savailable. • Ewes do not require:;a
large quantity of .feed", in fact, they
fare better• when they are not over-
fed. One-half to one pound per 'head
a day'of the ration mentioned•is wsuf
fxcient for average.ewes. They should
have what hay' they will cieareeep. •
After the lambs learn to eat they
should be fed grain from a.creep. This.
iiiethod of feeding: them prevents` the
ewes from having too much grain and
gives the lambs the advantage of
extra grain along with their mothers'
mills. A very small quantity of gran
fed in this manner will give` splendid
results in growing and finishing
lambs for the early market. The flock
Some -
should be kept on the small grains,
the response will be very rapid. Some- «
such as rye, barley or wheat, as much times' we want to brifig our celery grew madder: every minute.
as possible during the winter slid
along a little quicker, an application . He seemed a tough little propos--
early spring months; in fact, every of nitrate for this purpose is excel tion, it is true. He had pitched greed -
farmer who raises sheep` should make i'ent. In fact, wherever we are grow- ily into the feeding process as soon
it a point to have a small grain pas- ung Plants far their foliage and not as he had noisily and rudely taken
tura for his sheep. for the root or for their fruit, appli- possession of his chair.
lays :the blame for the Y h The ewes and lambs should be' turn- cations of quickly available nitrogen Grandfather and Grandmother look -
his summer work on q ed to fresh pastures as early in spring' are excellent. On the other hand, ed frowningly at him, Their ��pro
as it will supply good grazing.Clover where we want root, as in the carrot, Grandfather
began with "In my dad
PF Y I beet or onion, we only resort to ni- "Look at those hands!"big sister
is one of the Best pastures for sheen.trate when the man.ure supply is de- demanded of the company in general.
"I'd be afraid to' eat the bread they
touched, but Dicklseems to thrive on
a germ diet."
Big brother's ammunition required
a big gun. He raised his voice for
the mention of some "perfectly awful"
thing Dickie had done that day, and used for mattresses. It comes in lay-
Dickie's shortcomings, which were ars, is sold by the square foot and
generally very short'indeed, were re- can be cut the desired width by the,
surrected and hammered" at one after dealer.
another. 1 The edges will be square for boxing
Caustic soda or sodium hydrate is
used in a 5 per cent, solution. It kills
all kinds of vegetation.
Sodium arsenite is used at the rate
of 2 pounds to 00 gallons of water.. It
is very'po'isonous"' and the powder is
dangerous to health it inhaled. It
kills all;vegetation.
Carbolic acid is used in a solution
of 12?/a per cent. or stronger..
Orchard heating oil is applied at
full strength in a fine mist. It de-
stroys all .vegetation but is not poison-
ous and does not injure the soil.
'Fuel oil can be -used on waste
ground or garden, paths. After its
use the soil remains sterile for a con-
siderable period.
Of the various patent weed killers
"Atlas A" was tested during the sum-
mer of 1920 on various weeds and.
gave good results.
Fighting Weeds.
We used to think -the main object of
cultivation gad to do with making •a
dust mulch. We used to think sum-
mer fallow out in• the dry country
was a natter of making a dust mulch
in order to save moisture.
The new orthodoxy, arrived at by
trials and measurements rather than
by the old plan of merely thinking -out
a thing, puts the dust mulch hypo-
thesis pretty much to one side.The
new orthodoxy
necessity„ of t
weeds.
Careful trials have shown that
Where latid is already clean of weeds have such a clean field, can prove this
and grass, cultivating between the to his own satisfaction" by leaving a
rows of crops has precious little ef- few rows without more cultivation
fest one way or another when the than necessary to keep weeds and
result is measured by yield. On soma grass away.—B. H. -
steep or hard-baky lands it does have'
a bearing on the nxgisture problem,
but it has- been found that the effect
of cultivation on such soils is to enable
the land to catch and soak in the water
-The old type of.cultivator share is
not a good weed killer. It was design-
ed- back in the days when we were
all thinking in dust mulehsterms. To-
-day the summer fallow work is being
largely done with the duck -foot type
of cultivator. , Crop cultivators are
being •equipped with this same type of
share—a type which cuts off rather
than wiggles by any weedy growth
encountered.
And incidentally, if anybody has a
weed -free field—a field which natur-
ally stays weed free throughout the
season—frequent cultivation does
more harm than good.. Any doubting
Thomas, if he be .so fortunate as to
FERTILIZING THE
GARDEN
,I3y.1Ve.i P: Davis, B.�I,A., Assistant.
I)on inion Her ticultierist.
iVlost amateur gardeners de1?end,
largely upon•the use of manure as
the main source of fertilizer material
and this is good practice, but often a
little' commercial fertilizer can be used
as a e�upp:cement to very great advan-
tage mills in Dash day's ration, Many ehil-
Manure contains large quantities of dren want more and :can take it with-
nitrogen, some phosphorous and pot out leaving out other, essential foods.
ash, which are the three . constituents Under these circumstances they ought
nerally lacking in most garden soils. Under
have more.
In addition the manure contains a Second, there is an egg in the first
large amount of organic or vegetable bill of fare and a little meat or fish
material which on decay, supplies the in the others, This is for izon,n sass
humus and organic acids necessar�i to Third, there is fruit in two t
maintain a good physical condition out of thxee. This is a good rule to
and to assist in bringing into solution keep in mind all the time. Fresh fruit
is best -:juice or pulp for very young
children, If fresh fruit can not be
obtained, dried fruit may be used at
one meal, and either a little tomato
juice or a -raw green vegetable, such
as lettuce, in the other. These foods.
are the watch dogs of the diet. They
help to keep off disease.
Fourth, every meal in these rations
provides for "roughage." In some
-lured land, the nitrogen supply is meals it isxi•;supplied by potatoes. In
lew and it does not'increase until the (others it is .supplied by whole -grain
cereal breakfast foods or whole-wheat
bread.. This means that the food will
thane enough bulk to prevent const--
patron,
I+lifth, at pne meal there is a vege-
table other ithan potatoes.
Sixth, every meal contains a little
butter or cream. Something very
much needed by children is in butter-
fat and it is well to give them a little
_..---- In Private. Leg Weakness.
Eight of them sat at table and each Leg weakness in chicks is generally
had a fling at Dickie --grandparents due to artificial conditions, with too
and parents, sister and brother—and much crowding, too little open air
their missiles, though only of words, activity and not enough contact with
were sharp and stinging and Dickie mother earth. Many people make the
mistake of "coddling" chicks in bad
weather, keeping them almost con-
stantly housed. This is almost certain
to lead to delicacy and leg -weakness,
especially if the birds are kept for
any length of time on cement or
wooden floors. Earth that they can
scratch in is a necessity to young
chicks. They should all be kept in
open-air runs placed on grass or earth
and fx�iie gravel, preferably a mixture
of both grass and gravel soil.
A DAY'S MEALS FOR
What is your plan for, feeding your of it besides that...Which they get
child?' Do you think only about keep- the milk. y.`
it . aur childf
Make :9,4414 o
f the foods y
m him?
n;g in{iig�estible faQd� away fro
the times, Or' eats and see`if all six of these different
If so, fou are behind i
do oihink filet about serving him kinds of food are included each day;
Y
o eggs, s 'vegetables, fruit, whole -
arethe foods his body needs? If so, Yea Mills: gg , g
are modern and up-to-date, grain' cereals, and butter or cream.
Iielbsv are: some .bills of fare for Suggeeted Bi11 of Fare for a Child
ehildree which contain all the.things of Twp.se
needed for their development,
First, there is at least a pint of
weather begins to warm up and the
soil gets pretty well heated and
worked. . Decomposition of the vege-
table Material must be progressing be-
fore there is much nitrogen available
for the plant and, as the nitrogen in
manure is locked up mostly as vege-
table matter, we say it is slowly -avail-
able It is liberated throughout the
season and the-nmanure'we apply this
spring will act as a sort of reservoir
for our nitrogen supply all summer.
But if we want early growth on our
lettuce, for instance, we can afford
to supplement the manure by a light
application of. nitrate of soda, which
is.already available for the plant, and
Brealsf'ast—Juice of If en orange;
whole -grain cereal, int , mills, two-
thirds of a cup, or a if wanted;
toast; butter.' . .
Dinner—Coddled eggs; baked pe -
tato; spinach, bread; butter; pulp of
cooked prunes, cookie.
"Supper --Milk, one and one-third
cups, or more if wanted; whole-wheat
bread; butter.
Suggested Bill of Fare for Child
of Five.
Breakfast --Baked apple; whole
grain cereal mush; milk, half pint, or
more If wanted; bread; butter.
Dinner—Boiled potato; creamed
codfish; string beans; bread; butter;
cup custard; cookie.
Supper—Milk, half pint,.or more if
wanted; whole wheat bread; date
marmalade.
Suggested Bill of Fare for .a Child
From Eight to Ten.
Breakfast — Berries; whole -grain.
cereal mush; milk, two-thirds pint, or
more if wanted; bread; butter; sugar,
one level tablespoon.
Dinner—Beef stew with potatoes
and carrots or tomato; bread; butter;
tapioca cream; ginger snaps.
Supper—Cream of lettuce soup;
graham bread toasted; butter; honey
or syrup; milk if wanted.
Oiling the Harness.
I spent 22 years of my lifemaking
and oiling harness, andwould not
rather than to hold it. • want any one" to oil leather for pie
And out in the dry country careful while it is wet. Water and oil are
studies showed that the good effect of enemies. Oil does not go where water
summer cultivation lay entirely in the is if it can avoid it,.. Oil put on a
elimination of weeds; showed that a ` wet or half -wet strap evill'largely stay
dry surface acted as a moisture -i on the outside, and, the water will
retaining blanket whether stirred ort gradually come out through it, giving
not.I the leather a nasty and slimy feeling
This new point of view has one, for many„weeks thereafter. Letthe
mighty practical bearing on farm straps get dry, not bone -hard. Roll
work. Any everyday farmer knows the straps and dip then- in the oil,
that cultivators must oe kept going zf la in them en a metal surface to
a good crop is to be raised. At first, drain agback into the oiling pan. When
blush he is not concerned as to.wheth-1 all the oil has drained off that will,
ei• the theory of .cultivation ties on to , hang them in a warm place well away
weed control or to moisture saving.
'from the fire till dry, then wipe the
On second thought he is finding that straps and buckles clean with a dry -
it does make a deal of difference. cloth.; Take a good grade of harness
The flock will do well also on 'early
blue -grass pasture.
One of the best annual pastures
that can be seeded is a combination
of oats and rape. -When sown together
they afford a maximum of good graz-
ing.
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soap and a moist sponge, wet the
soap and get a good lot of it on the
sponge (not lather) and draw each
strap throughthe soap about three
times, Assemble -the harness and let
it hang in a warm room for 24 hours,
and you have a No. 1 job that will
...,stay pliable.—F. T. --
Darkened nests will do much to-
ward preventing the egg -eating habit.
' Clean the windows tri the hen house
with newspaper nothing better. -
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ficient. For these wet supplement
with phosphorous, and if we want
quick response we use acid phosphate
instead of the bone meal, which is
much more slowly available.
In the growing of flowers it is nes-
eesary only to bear in mind that
where we want increased growth, such
Renting Out a Cow. as ` in a hedge or a specimen shrub
You speak of renting out e cow,: ,I for instance, we -supplement our ma -
have been using this plan fti;x=o;nure with nitrate of soda; when, we
,rears: I furnish a cow to some one
near town who has children going, to
school, :or a .young man working 'i i
want perfection of bloom or fruit we
resort to the addition of phosphorous
in the form of acid •phosphate and in
town. The party' furnishes the pas- extreme.eases also to potash, as muri
ture and the feed, and brings me two ate of potash.
quarts of milk a day. I keep two For most Drops and most soils the
buckets, one of which the party uses. alone mentioned elements may be sup-
quarts
place the other on the
porch and plied in the following forms and at
then when he brings the milk he eets the following' rates: Nitrogen, as ni-
his down and takes the einpty one. „ trate of soda, at the rate' of e., lbs.
I usually have a month's vacation. to 100 square feet Phosphorous as
—this would mean'.that I receive two
quarts of milk 335 days, and I also to 100 square feet. Potash as muriate
get the calf. I change cows when I
feel the ..other is getting old and I
usually get as much for her as T• had
paid, so there" is 'really no deprecia
tion. My figures foie one cow last
year showed a: net profit of • $35.70.
-V. B:
I have found the best way.to repair
traces which wear through, or break
at the point where the backband is
attached, is to insert 'an oval link
about three or four inches longire the
trace. I' fasten the oval link to the
trace -with hame flips, slipping the °ing blocks with letters on them!".
hate clips iir.the oval link and rivet:—
ing them to the trace. The backbend.
is then fastened to the oval. link, and - It is estimated that the production
the job is complete and stronger than
when new. -0. S.
Bright Cushions.
Homemade cushions to brighten long
seats are best made of the cotton felt
Father looked as fierce as a South' and cushions will be found springy,
Sea Islander as he said, "I'll 'tend to Yet soft, and will keep their shape.
you later." saying, "IYou can take this or leave it—there
Mother wound' up by y g,
can't do a thing in the world with is no substitute for plain hard work
hint," her voice a despairing plaint. in paying off the mortgage en a farm.
There was no such ugly trouble in The good old-fashioned kind of hard
the family near by, though it included work that means getting up with the
a boy of Dickie's age and proclivities. sun, milking the cows, feeding and
For fault in the presence of the fam- harnessing the horses before break-
fast, and being in the furrow by seven
acid phosphate, at the rate of 10'ibs,
my," from his mother was sufficient. o'clock—that's what makes farming
It was true that one might have Tray—G. MeK.
Tom -
of potash, -'at the rate'of 21/s lbs. to thought Thomas had been shod by the
100 square` feet. 4, blacksmith judging by the noise he
. made climbing the steps, but he obey-
ed. One cannot expect ill temper -to
be wiped out magically, only that it
be treated sensibly and considerately,
regard for the child's future regulat-
ing word and action.
Dickie's mother visiting Tommy's
mother on one of these occasions; ap-
preciated the even flow. of cheerful
conversation that continued uninter-
Poor Thing! rupted by Tommy's defection: It was
Bobby Bug-"Boo•hoo! I want Uuild•so different from the general squabble
in her own home that followed misbe-
havior by Dickie.
When Tommy's mother reappeared,
and her son had dashed out of doors
of farm eggs in Canada for 1924 was to his play, the less successful mother
put her plea:
_ d "Please tell me how you settle
Utility- is the science, and beauty dozens of the aloe oaf .$48, things so easily. I can't do anything
the art of poultry keeping. • with Dickie. I believe he takes a pride
in his successful rebellions." "
"I. make it a rule never to correct
Tommy in the presence cf. others," her
friend answered quietly. "Nntice that.
tree," she, continued, whiting through
_ BY S. R. WHITE. the window to a fine, straight little
beauty. "A. few months after it was
The' `°Gloves and. Sausage" is not As soon as_they. are rolled into a planted it began to lea-;, I set. the
only a startling trick but it causes small ball, he releases his hold and gardener to work. He drove a strong
great amusement: -as well. The, per -they, are snapped back under his coat, stake, the top poleting ns directly to
former enters wearing gloves. He res -the movement being concealed by his the sky as if a pi.areenee bad been honng.•
moves these and rolls there lip into a forearm. He"should contjnue'through as a guide from the rimed above it,
ball. He throws thein into the air, the actions 'of roiling for a minute, and to it he fastened the young; grow -
but instead of the gloves, a string of just as if the gloves were still in his' nig thing. Not with flimsy strings
-real sausage leaves his hand,' and the hands, fluid filially he will go through that would break in a day -as ineffi
gloves vanish. e! the motion of transferring the g.oves1 tient a.s intermittent ;i.seipline�--nor
The method of. doing this trick ie from his left band to,his right, turn- did he pull ittiiolenily into place,
very simple. The string of sausage jug •around as he dors so, until his allowing others to join in the rough
is, placed in.' the performer's right 'night side faces his audience. ".Phe treatment. No, alone he tied it with
sleeve _ before his . appearauee. The next motions 'should be done quickly, strong bands neither harsh nor son- •.
gloves should be of .whitd silk, or of
some other soft nxateeiai so that they
may be rolled ,into a small ball.
To the glove which is worn on the
left hard should be attadhed one end
of a piece of rubber band, or elastic,
the 'other and of*which ie securely
fastened to the belt strap or suspen-
der button on the left title, tinder the
G t Standin • with hie left side to
the audience, the elastic is `concealed
212,648,685 dozens of the value of
$50,322,439, as compare with 202,-
186,508770,780 in 1923. -
A TRICK FOR THE YOUNG MAGICIAN
For mildew on roses apray with bi-
carbonate
i
carbonate of soda, an ounce to a gal-
lon of water. There are commercial
sprays you can use effectively, too.
During the seventeenth century it
was the custom of English women to
wear the engagement ring on the
thumb.
Ile brings his arm down to his side, to fining, leaving it room to grow true
allow the sausage to fall into the to the guide, upright My dear, a
hand, end brings it up again, just as mother -nay be the sill glh that will
if he was throwing something into. the keep the child growing tr ai .•llt, bund
air, and the sausage leaves his hand. and protected by bands that will not
This is one •trick which especially break—frothy niecctiun, respect. The
le:qurires practice before the anii•ror. child respects tixe maser who ,"howl
The performer can tell much better respect for shun. Oue res; the ways of
by observing himself in the glass, just doing this is by reco;nlzing his o:nc1,
oa . g what positions -to assume in order to inviolable i•i ghteeeeereciaon In pry,
by -the xnagic`en's forearm and cat,sage is pot necessary, either, forthe
conceal the secret movements. San- vat"
.s --
His right arm shottidis° held hi a bort- successful performance of the trick, Nobody has any right to find life
position in order that the sac- nor ago the gloves. A. handkerchief 'uninteresting :or unrewarding who ,
somal'
sage secreted there will not li fall out and some other article, such; as <i ban- sees within the sphere of his own
g ana,would serve the purpose, but 1 activity a wrong he can help to rem -4
before it is time. •:.p p '
es` are removed ,and the think that the gloves and sausage are ody, or within himself an evil hos can! + "';`letig No. •2t!'2G.
The glon7hope to overconie.---•Charles 'W'. -hitt 1
right one is rolled into the lift one. 'about the best combination.
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