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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1926-01-07, Page 2`ABM BOOKKEEPING PAYS Booming Sweet Clover. Sweet c:over has become the most its value', . .. popular :J.:. kauilder haseme in n bun A dafinte:ySt tete flew Year Ri ht b lee ig Retorts of the Fauny provet ills tve:l. into the commonM Busimess, rotatiystc>tn of Manitoba; it can be 'depended uppon for good yin•*ds of "hay i under almost any cortditioxts of • soil • •and climate; as a'"pagture'sweet c:over� ''The merchant who tried to carry on that cattle gave a 'ready sale for has a carrying capacity unequal:ted by i a business without bookkeeping failed. rough feeds at home, at about their most crops; it is an eininda•ntseed, The farmer, who is producer, mer- chant, . and trader, carries on an ex- tensive business enterprise without •a record of any sort, save the unfaithful memory. Too commonly, he fives on the raw edge of failure without even knowing it. A set of simple books would permit the farmer to cut out certain lines which do not pay, and develop mere extensively those return- ing a profit. The farmer for his own comfort and, satisfaction, wants to be certain how corn fad to the porkers produced 12.5 seeding with nurse crop at slightlyj and where . his business is paying oil sire or ht bush4:'s of corn losing. But, by no means are all pounds g g less than the normal rate is ; most i were required to''.make 100 pounds of economical; cutting the crop in the farmers born bookkeepers, and an in, . tricate :set of, doub'.eeentry or Loose- d gains For each bushel of corn: fedi early bud stage,' leaving a 4,or 5 inch; l books "wo 'd be beyond' the ability into the hogs, we received about $1.85, stubble wflL make the, most pa:'atab'_e offeeds, trite' BY' EARLS W. GAGE, market value, and besides, helped producer; Az•ctic sweet , clover has maintain the fertility of the Mand. Be- been recognized ie �a standard variety; cords on rate of grain and feed con- and has. given favureble results; j '. sumed, show that,' after deducting the sweet c:over. can be made into' silage,1' cost of other feeds, etc., calves fed for but is apt to become slimy un''ss care awhile after weaning, paid about .one is taken to redcice the "moi. ;,.,'e, .by dollar .a -bushel for their corn, Hogs further maturity or mixing w th some' following the calves also gained some. dry roughage; early seediata is aeeoni-; ee computed the cost of .p,roclueing mended; when a nut�e crop is used;' pork in terms of pounds, and found 10 to 15Npguud' of; clover�seatl:•per acre, a that, counting feed, 1alrar, , interest, is a satisfactory rate of seeding; equipment and depreciation, the cost shtullow seeding. is preferable, provid- ` was about; 9.8 cents. Each bushel of ed the seed bed is mellow and . firm; i e t after labor, cost of other ee e, r_ hay ,tnd a:low•for, a; second, growth; ' of many to' -Manage at all. }est, depreciation, and other just and .Harvesting with the bit}der and coxing There are now avail=able en the ;reasonable expenses, as thy appeared in the 'sheaf will preserve the maxi market simple bookkeeping systems' at the time, were` deducted." ' j muni amount of Weaves and reduce the made up especially for the farm'tise, ; On all farm operations a strict; de.. 'ca'st"of handling the crop:; lits a mix- coveting all items that should go into ' count should be kept. Bookkeeping. tore with sweet clover, Vienne grass as record. These books will not, be., a s because it helps the farmer toadvantages found difficult to understand by any-' p ' p has in over other -grasses; know what he has done, and is do%ng: growing sweet clover in, inter -tilled one who can read and write, so that.Aiso, farm accounting compels the rows for-. seed' production is recom- the records can easily be kept by the' farmer to study his business and use mended; inoculation of the seed is in- boy or girl. his judgment. ' • expensive and is advisable in the A Youngman returned fr: ' 1 a short But a survey would show that the newer fields. Such .are the conclusions course at the college of ag • •ilture; farmers of any given community keep reached by Mr. Derick of• the Bran - covered new possibilities in farming, cannot be blamed too hard, for, at the with many new ideas. He "li., l die- few records.. Per this the- farmer don, Man., Experimental Farm in his p:ampel e on "Sweet Glover" publish - and also made some discoveries which time when the things which it is moat ed by the Dominion. Dept. of Agri- led him to believe he had been culti- important to record are happening, the culture. eating trope not adapted to the par.' tiller of the soil is too busy and his <•. ticular soil oIt the; e1t1: farm. He had hands and mind too tiredfromtoil, to a slight suspicion that they• night ;make a record. Besides, in too many have been conducting the business cases the farmer feels that, since a wrong. He believed keeping records to ' record of his operations does not determine these things just as import- i change the results; books are not ant as• keeping accounts to determine worth keeping. the earnings of a bank. I However, the business man in town So, when he took hold of the farm might make the same excuse with .ae. work again, he opened a set of books,' much reason of getting away with it. and before the season was over was In making such assumption, the farm- able to tell his father and other expe- er overlooks the fact that a well -kept rienced neighbors some facts about and carefully studied record of each farming ;theydid not know. • For ex.! year's operations will change substan- ample, on such land as he was crop- tially, the result. In such a record e' •' ping„•worth from $50 to $60 per acre,- tlie farmer will 'discover the principal he found that it cost, including labor leaks in his business, and the means • of prevenng tith ese wastes'in the fu - and interest at six per cent., $5 to • produce a ton of hay. ' ture will suggest themselves. The d that 't -•t' record will disclose the principal a bushel of oats in the hire. Before the opportunity of LI1dU1N:RURAL SCHOOLS 'Youpg citizens can best receive the but to supplement•: that lunch, It la • full benefits of,,feee education : when to give every child who must carry a their, sa'n'd l bodies are Well nourished. cold, lunch at least one hot dish each The wide' teacher . not bre v practices noon: heath .'.habitd 'herself and ;Beaches I . The following is listed as• necessary health;. habits�',tii her pupils, lilt also 'equipment: Dacia out by weighing and measuring 1 Stove (heating stove or kerosene -the exact state of nutrition of the stove). boys'and girls in her charge, and she Goods box :(to be used as table and ;cupboard).. uses •all the influence at her disposalu h to see that a hot school lunch is made IKett1e with °over (large enough to ,; child. : If she hold OreP'eup of cocoa or soup for each available for every a thinks, that in her case conditions. are pupil). too difficult to control and she can do -Dishpan. nothing; she will be glad to hear that Onesaucepan,. RIPPLES ARE SPONSORED BY FASHION.' Here is presented a silhouette in long bodice effect with ample lower flare, a conspicuous feature of both the daytime and evening mode. The recent Exposition of Decorative Arts at Paris caused some loyely designs to ' be printed and bordered silks to be developed, one of'which was chosen to fashion the. upper part of this charming frock., with the flared skirt many teachers have. achieved the seemingly impossible. Aa:;a,Maf terof,fact the seh dl Lunch,. or at least :ante hot dish to add to a cold lunch brought by the children, is becoming more and more a matter of course in our schools. When a teacher notices that Jacob and. Alice are restless. and inattentive, she is..more apt to inquire whether One large spoon. Ladle or cup for One knife. . One fork One teaspoon.. Measuring cup. Eaeh child provides his own cup, spoon 'and plate. ' With the equipment in- hand the" problem of. food supplies. comes up.` • - These answers to questions showed , thee itwo had tea.er coffee for break - how teachers were obtaining food. fast, or perhaps no breakfast at all, "Zech child brought something." than to scold diem. ?. "Took turns in bringing the Whole • Whatever may be the conditions at dish," home, children can learn at the school "Each brought hisown." lunch to like unaccustomed foods and `'Teacher sari -flied it," to take ,this 'lesson away with them. "Parents supplied food." Careful'' educational features "accom- "Children brought .money." - panying the sehcol lunch make' the ex-. "Dept some supplies on hand -per perience doubly valuable to the child. ishable food brought each day." He. learns readily what combinations, "Interested woman in the district: of food are good•for children, and why. sent it." , Sometimes the teacher has' the, Satis- The hot dishes served it the schools faction of an 'early visit from his were cocoa, cream soups,, and cream mother. ' ' ' vegetables. "What's that brown: stpff Jacob gets The preparation and the serving of at the school lunch?. Mad :o'` sweet, the dishes were variously accom- rviag soup, he says-" plished. "That's cocoa." "By groups of students." (Easily. "Well, he says he wants that at done and most desirable.); sent home. •1 guess if'yob show ine, I can "Entire dish prepared andby make it." one family in turn with others." A lesson ensues which assures Jacob "By teacher alone," his cock at home' from that time It is now a >generally accepted' fact forth.' that a child's mental condition depends Sometimes the mother has a differ- 'largely upon his physical condition,' so that progress in school requires a consideration of, health factors which in the past have not received their due share of attention. It is as much section in ' crepe -back satin. This" ent way of acquiring knowledge of model has a convertible collar opening' valuable foods taught to her child as 'far enough down the front to allow a health lesson. . it to be slipped on over the head, and "Say, isn't there anything but spin - fastens with a narrow tie of the crepe � act that will put iron in my boy's theuty of ht ul provision or authoritiestiphysical satin. Lohg-full sleeves showing the blood?"g border at the lower edge are joined "Of course there is," and the well-being of the.child as to provide a to the kimono -shoulders and gathered teacher explains in a word or two the proper schoolhouse and 'intelligent aeafy vegetables. teacher. The long and sometimes ex - into bands' of satin at the wrists. No. The Wrong Way. 11053 is in sizes 34, 36,' 38, 40. and 42 She (stamping foot)' -"You mustn't triches bust. Size 36'bust requires 4 kis me that way!" - yards 36 o.r 40 inch, or 3% yards 54- that way!" inch material. rice cents. Our Fashion oo c, illustrating ae value. The school lunch helps the teacher tremely"'cold winters, and the great herse:f, as well-fed pupils are good -distances some pupils live from the He also fours a t was costing natured and attentive.• : , school, make the noonday lunch one fifty-one cents to growl thresh and put sources of income; and give the farmer ' h further developing kiss met y '' 1 Price 20 t The rural school teacher sometimes of the most vital problems to be con- usiness. ite way?" B ' tl fids difficulti=es in seeing that school sidered by all. This problem can be that time they did not know which those departments of the b paid the greater profit•for the expense " At ahy-rate, an inventory should be nclQ d labor involved, d o whether any of made at the end of the year and stud - n will lunches are provided That these dif- solved only by the co-operation of the newest and most practical styes, wi be of interest.to.every home dress -acuities are not insurmountable is home and school authorities. The a tical] My Ws• maker. Price of the book 10 cents shown by the reeudts of an mvestiga children areand have een practically clic up Kitchen. •• ,.• t shoos where hot always eager ar_ a r znvo ve r '.. cash bol- . Guided ley the first ear's accounts once, and'tn comparison with the in- the copy. lunches n in country s Y -, The sill of rnykimy h sbadows are lunches are supplied. and successfully and carry ready to the hot along this coot non set about cultivating ventaixy of the year preceding. This row so I had "my husband fit a HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. The phot lunch at school is not meant school lunch,. but their . enthusiasm g theiroperations were really paying ted in connection with the c s a ' , clearl in which • rection narrow b certain crops: he knew wound return •a, will show Y...„Sl?. rein profit, and whichaverenadap=ted to the the business is headed. •two east ones, ly, giving Aurora Borealis. , On winter night's when all the plain is plumed With frequent trees, on silver breasts of snow, With purple .trees that shale sex crys- tal -glow As if in them a vital mys=tery fumed, -- Then, the announcer of grand northern night, He stimulates upon the polar wall Opal and rainbow, sun, and even all Volcanic color in one sumptuo•tts light. board into' each of the ' Write your mum' and address gists to take theplaets"of the lunch at home, alone can not make success. fastened to'the sills number and size of such soil in which they were planted, and . The inventory sheet, listing the ma -: with a small trail at each end. I fin- patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in ter' which there existed a profitable chiuery owned, live stock, grain, hay, ished the boards with varnish stain stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap POtaSll hi Agriculture. market in that region. vegetables, etc., will prove most vain- to match the woodwork and placed it carefully), for each number, and Potash performs ce=rtain vital fund This young. farmer believes that' able in the case of a fire, as this would several wants an each. They make the address your order to Pattern Dept., 1 tions in plant nutrition end is ooze of farm accounting offers advantages to be the basis of adjustment. The same kitchen a much more pleasant place. Wilson Publishing Co., 73 West Ade- the essential elements of plant growth. the farmer in these rather difficult holds true of the possessions in the Under the other window, at the back Ade- laide St., Toronto. Patterns sent by Some of the sources of this valuable times to make both ends meet. "And farm, home. Also, thee inventory will of the room, we placed a good-sized return mail. no farm record is complete,” he ad- materially aid the farmer to show his wooden box g with hinged cover, finish- ed also in the •varnish stain, and the children keep their rubbers and go1- vised, "without an accounting of. the banker. what his resources are, as labor expended by both men.: and against: his liabilities. If he be a for - horses in. terms of hours. Only in tunate farmer, who does not .borrow this way. can the. labor cost of pro- money, then there will still be some during different crops be determined. satisfaction in knowing how much he "I learned from my account backs is, or is not, worth! Cellar Wintering of Bees - i of butter salted with an imported salt • were compared with lots of butter The be cellar should be well ventil-.leaving Canadian salt added. The lots ated but not draughtp; The best tem- having 'imported' .salt scored highest perature in the early part of the win- when fresh, but lost more in flavor ter, says the Dominion Apiarist in his' while in.storage as compared with lots '•bulletin "Bees and How to Keep them" -salted with Canadian sada. that can be had free from the publi-' Pasteurized Milk in Cheese -making. cations Branch, Ottawa, is around 48' -_Pasteurized milk for making Ched- de,g:.F., which towards the spring, as,;,dar cheese produced an average of the bees become restless, should be re -4.24 pounds more cheese per 1,000 luted to from 42 to 45 degrees. The pounds of milk, as compared with raw air in the cellar must not be too dry, advises the Apiarist, Mr. C. B. -Good: erham, but it also must not be damp enough for moisture to condense on the floors of the hives, and the cellar milk, but the pasteurized cheese was not quite so good in quality. '. Egg Yolk Powder in Ice Cream -- The use of "egg yolk powder" in ice cream nixes . inproved the whipping should be Well drained. The bees ntia;lity of the enix and shortened the should be kept in darkness and' Mt time of freezing, but did not 'show a undisturbed. By boarding off a por- constant improvenient in the quality tion of the house cellar the atmos her- .rule u p of ice cream. requirements as set forth in the mance of Sterilizing .Cooler way into the kitclieia and .to the open? After games and dancing they had ical Sterilizing ged Grann her supper; then the cake was cut, with Bulletin can best be secured `fora few Steriliizing the surface of a 'market door, when in steel Y� pp' ' • before basket on her arm. And she laughed much joking and laughing. You should ;colonies, Do not •tttnter-your bees in milk cooler with live steam seen B=an•'ariiin's face' when he. trenches dug in the ground or in the cooling the.milk, reduced the average as she said: "Well, daughter Cotton- have j g tail,and daughter Fo'ov'e", what do discovered .the. axe. He joined in the upper rooms of homes. bacterial content as a result of cooling g bees in the winter250 bacteria ei c.c. a you think 1 .saw? When I, came to laugh thatfollowed, but Betsy didn't llavilig to feed bfrom. 2,500 to p Life's Testing Time. oshes inside, I find this box,.,whicht Early manhood is apparently the is on the level with the'window sill, to, danger period; of the 46;807' people be a pleasant and convenient seat convicted of crimes during 1923, over when doing some of the little sitting-' 10.,650 were men between twenty-one down tasks. -J.' S. land thirty years. AUNTY HOMER'S TWELFTH NIGHT CAKE. fertilizer ler i_'i r are farm . manure, wood 'ashes, seaweed, and pertain chemicals such as muriate of potash, sulphate of potash, sylvanite and kainite, used in nixed fertilizers. A new pamphlet, written by Dr. Frank T. Shutt, Do- minion Chemist, and distributed free by the Publications -Branch,' Dept. of Agriculture, Ottawa, gives valuable. hints on its use. Its use 'on clay loans, usually, is not • necessary; on such soils it employment is seldom profit- able, On sandy and gravelly loams, mucks and peaty loans, which are fre- Aunty Hopover had quite determin- `the pan, •the axe, the pen,•the thimble quently`yery poor in potash, the 'ap- ed to bake a twelfth -night cake in and other articles' were pressed into• it, plication of potash compounds may be honor of Eben Corntassel, the school- I she cake tin was scratched where expected to prove profitable. Cereal teacher. "Because," she said, a I read- the axe. was placed, so that there crops, except barley for malting, sel- ly feel that we owe it to him for that might be no mistake: dom require potassic manuring,. but it lovely Christmas entertainment. Why,1 It was a beautiful sight when finish - is likely td . prove heneficial for.. crops Granny can't talk enough about it." l ed -iced thickly -and the name e rich in carbohydrates, such as man - Aunty Hopover's sister, Ma. Cotton- a 'Eben Corntassel written on top in tiny ge:s, potatoes, sugar beets, sunflowers its tail had run in to help prepare for the red candies. and corn: It is also beneficial to fru s, party, and they were putting the best' Tho little Hopevers and their cou- large and small, . and leguminous room to rights, .while they waited for sins,' the Cottontails; were sent out to plants such; as clover, alfalfa and Granny. Wobbienose, who had gone to aiinvite a.1.. the, folks in Bunny Hollow, peas,. Dame Longears' little shop for a pat and they all came very =early. Aunty • • o, a f butter, pen and a tiny thimble.: r Hopover s parties were ,famous all ottont.ail had just 'swept her over the neighborhood. one authority terms "bad manage- meat'" If this has to be done, .candy,. made as follows, shouid be placed over' the frames: Dissolve three pounds of '1- granulated sugar in one pint of boa_ , ing water; after the sugar has dis- solved bring toe a boil ever a. slow fire : until it reaches 280 deg. k',, or when : the candy will form bard brittle strings on being dropped •into ,'cold ppm.water; po• into moulds and allow to harden. e Do not disturb the candy, after pouring or scrape it from the dieh in which ztwas. boiled into the; moald, Take care not to burn Or scorch the sugar when cooking. The • candy should be hard, light asnher in color and ttanrpatotit, • Experiments at O.A.C. Results of soma experimental work conducted during the past year by the Dairy Dept. of the. Ontario Agri. cultural College elle reported in brief as follows: Noutralizatiera of Sour Creane Sour creates wee neutre i'zed with lime •' to 1, 2" aid 4 per cent. add ' before ;arestcUri-zing, Thr :litifter excited high- ,. est and,.kopt beee in storage from the ,a lots •ednce4 to' .1 pet cent ;i,eid. • Caneditiin as, Imported Salt. Lots • - - ! 'How's this good as go.. the Brownfurs' there was Betsy cut- ting wood and Benjamin at the Win- ; low reading 'The Rabbit Journal.' I 1 couldn't believe my eyes. You know', 0 0 Benjamin oihimself on.not allow- p Hubby ;(reading) Merctfai he,it 'Brownfui• s as inry• Bets to touch an axe, � know that Benjamin (� J + ld ons, here's four more Demons killed. in `'So I said: ow s is, Betsy -has Pa f�.d,,,, . ' like it a bit, and; she said to Aunty Hopover: "You know, Benjamzn didn t want me to cut that wood." : d•" • 1' d Aunt I wonder • if the ice-fioes take that • flame, That flood of. color till their very deeps Vibrate •auroral=ly, their sterile Heaps. Spark More than diamonds, 'bulli, if! -massed the ;tames. With flames no thing but eyeless clouds.could see,- that . such light; Clouds, indifferent , could be. Maitlia. Webster Merrihew. Elevator Screenings for Feed. El g Screenings cleaned from the grain crops of Western Canada are now offered for sale by the elevator corn-'• panics at the head of the Great Lakes. They are' graded as' Standard Re- cleaned Screenings, consisting chiefly. of broken wheat and wild buckwheat in varying proportions as wellas, smal:erro oi•tions of barley and P p other coarse grains, and Oat Scalp- ings composed chiefly of wild oats with small quantities of domestic oats; wheat, barley, etc., invariably present, ;Oat scalpings from this, year's creel_ rr� +'Wh ear rep to f y A New One On Her, Hopover: s ozil a joke -we •all weigh from 35 to 40 pounds per. T Y „ • I. k y, trey • 'ea ed screen m s : e recleaned n g .hes t • eel. '1 bushel. from the nit final ele- . are obtainedg. valor . screening from which the' chaff Eben Corntassel found the pen m 1Benjarnin given up cutting wood?' , and ftrie weed seeds mistrust that also wads' Wife--`'Nevor heartl of that make of Beds have been rernov- his slice, and I • Thethimble fell to,Pa Cot - 'Ohl no,' she 'said, 'he has a touch of h` t' rn so I told him I'd cut :a marked. rm .e e� a � h d tontai s lot. and v g r. euma as ; .•,Daddy hon ears — few sticks myself. . Then she laughed sldy. and added: `1 might have known I'd be found a broom naught at it' _ I But Daddy Tarfoot-poor Daddy d t h • .. i "Next I went to the window and T.arfoott• r -he bit on a ng an °ted and warned him 1 tv on. And told Benjamin that I hoped his rheu- whole party sho is wouldn't prtivetat lila coming to be earefu frem no /� • toathe party, and he said he'd come, Daddy dryly obeerved- "I intend to �� ' �'if Betsy had to bring him in a wheel{ of some. of the 1 }flies ll get me yet." Hll • barrow," ,, Of course; -that *as a joke for a can'tnip ttu a mure.i' o 1 " !" The,very thing. exclaimed Minty; the Bunny Hollow ••f'dlks :ate kind to She --"I picture tn3 ge1C as your Hopover. "Wen' have a little joke at one another, wife." Beit nnriu's expense: You vvltitt a:, :a i When it was tints to leave, Eben He (Butting his arms! abotit her) -L-! �. tree wood, aid .Corntassel thanked Aunty Hopover little, axe out of soft p "Just stip into this framer, 1 ,. 't 'n tee cake, And -she' fora pleasant evening, and patted the 1bk h 1we. bake i -ran down her little bunnies on their heads and told +lou .ted unt>1 thetears gf I Single cropping is dike betting on e. Granny' After his departure, Ma Cottontail No sooner said than •don l ones, Its zine if d guess - quid; "Never, NEVER have We had the l�' nd d the axe d then saw to it j right, but comi g in second never 1, cheeks, how lcv'e.ithey were•doing at school. paid "off Ine'rtgage. AO work and no Play 1ty boy. pro uce i an h - a teacher as Eben Corntassel': that the oven was the right teiipex as lino 1 attire, while Aunty 1Iopover titeasured I sugar and spice =and Ma Cottontail es jack deal the eggs. ; i 'When the batter was poured into , ed. Referring to this clays of feeds, 1Mr. Geo. H. 'Clark, Dominion Seed Commissioner, ;points out that they "may be purQiased under the security .of iwipes,:Vole certificate,. if so 'ordered. Shipments .. of Cattle to Britain. 4t^ During the year ending March 81, 1925 5%1;66 a store c ait'.e were shipped to Great t'i it aril compared with 28,500 the pa.eviot;a year, `s geverntne;ie toed iii spector accompanies each ehipntent, and it spooks well for their.:ervices and foe the 4;ttterel Itopaltlt ot.,onr live stock that ithough the cattle carne • :trete all parts of Canada not a snip) i Il er Mother -"I hope you .it,tl v�aur animal Nuri t+57ectod for disease t y the. littlo friend=s behaved liko ladles at th ii,ish ofdtein ".Cleo shipn1 nt0 azo the party" a...,1, 'vory e'tisolyt wt,;twst&vised anti the re. �' a Elsie -••"Well, we lidu'=t, '1'itcire ir�erit.*nt.s of 'the British ministry. are %ittl qu • r= tte,5� and wE� ll eed with tel°. Also they agreed they .bad never enjoyed party more than this', ono And they a agr were iso cocktails ct .igar , -+•;' ,.,served couldn't gay lit iclgo, so there wars l , of the notlt'in • we could 'queri'61 or xwonr - lobi:� teamsters - malt* Ilopoveas °bout" ' iti+rxseii. glt*;Cen't Co pal?,r3ilt