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Zurich Herald, 1926-12-30, Page 7MAKE THE BUILDINGS COMFORTABLE Some Precaution That Will Do This and Also Save Fuel. Many home owners suffer more lis- from frosting over, A strip sof felt, • necessary such as can be bought at any hard - if they w trouble would uoull d take a 'lift,off soma of time and ware or ten -cent store, tacked around tothe easily the outside edge of the inner face of remedied heat wastes. In many eases the storm sas"b where they set against no money at all will be required, or the frames, will double their effective - If a small outlay is necessary, it will ness, The door openings need pro- be more than repaid in the fuel saved tection even worse than the windows, and in the greater comfort secured. since they are larger and must be Cost of this work can be done by the opened and closed frequently. Good fanner himself .at odd times. storm doors are well worth while, es- pecially if they have the additional felt protection. If 'a storm door is not One would think that any house available, covering the screen door owner would know enough to keep the with half -ply roofing will help a lot in cold winter wind from howling up un- keeping out cold der his floors, and yet many homes Weather stripping the windk ws and suffer under just such a handicap. No doors is one of the most effective me - amount of fuel can keep such floors-.thods of keeping out the cold and waren, and it Is difficult to keep the smoke end dust. The best of these are lower rooms even comfortable. Ven- of metal 'and require a carpenter's 'dilation under the floor is all right in services for removing the windows summer, but neither necessary nor and cutting the necessary grooves. desirab:o in winter. These also have the advantages of With open foundations a good layer preventing the windows from rattling, oil some kind of insulation, put on the j and yet of allowing them to fit loosely under side of the fioer joists, and all enough so that they will always slide joints made tight so the wind cannot up and down easily. Cheaper types get in, will make a wonderful daffier- are available in the form of insulation ence in the warmth of the floors, and' roles which are tacked on the inside wile be well worth while. However, if i of the windows, just as they are, and these also keep out dust and dirt well. INSUULATION OVER CEILING. There is one simple remedy for cold KREPINeI ;HE FLOORS WARM, • the foundation is closed, grills and ventilators are closed up, heavy tar- red paper, or half -ply roofing fastened with laths on the foundation and i and unoomfortable homes which lower part of wall, and then banked - should always receive very careful up with earth, straw, fo•d'der, or some- consideration. This is the matter of thing of this sort, there will be little; insluation at the ceilings, where by chance for the cold to get in, and in-; far the greatest loss of heat occurs. suiation under the floors will hardly I Most of the present homes were built be needed. My experience has been ,with nothing overhead but lath and that piling snow against the basement; plaster, which allows the heat to leak walls does very little good, because the through almost as well as though it snow melts back from the wall little, and this open space seems to let the+ were sheet iron, One way of remedy - and SMART TWO-PIECE COSTUME cold in almost as though the snow nig such a condition is to put insulat- was not there. Smartly youthful is the two-piece frock of flannel pictured here. The slip-on blouse opens under a plait at the centre front and plaited frilling fall's gracefully at the left side. There are soft gathers at each shoulder, a shaped collar, set-in pockets, and the long sleeves are finished with cuffs. No. 1044 is in sizes 34, 86, 38, 40 and 42 inches bust. Size 36 requires 2% yards 36 -inch material; Ve. yard plait- ed frilling. 20 cents. The two-piece skirt has an inverted plait in the centre front and at each side seam and is joined to a dart - fitted lining top. No. 1033 is in sizes 34, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inches bust. Size 36 requires 1% yards 36 -inch - material and 1% yards 36 -inch lining. 20 cents each pattern. The designs illustrated in our new Fashion Book are advance styles for the home dressmaker, and the woman or girl who desires to wear garments dependable for taste, simplicity and economy will find her desires fulfilled in our patterns. Price of the book 10 cents the copy. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and..address plain- ly, giving number and size of such 20 patterns as you want. Enclose e in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number and address yourorder to Pattern Dept., Wilson Pubeishing Co., 73 West Ade- laide St., Toronto. Patterns sent by return mail. 6 • a j erder // THE C:ANAD1AN HOMEMAKER <Jerraa f meow, artio rs covery Ir LANNINO . Duni:Awl . riNr Nci•NQ DCCORATINQ . FURN`5H1NQ . GARRENINCa DOORS AND WINDOWS, ing material between the joists then put on half -ply roofing and tight floor- ing on top of them, thus making the Windows, by all means should have attic usable for storage or for Weep - good storm sash, a comfort which is ing rooms if desired. If it is not de - almost universal in city homes, but sired to use the attic, one can: put a for some reason is not nearly so corn- layer of insu'•ating lumber, plaster mon with farm homes as it should' be. board, or something of this kind, on Storm sash has the advantage, not top .of the ceiling joists, and then later only of keeping out cold and saving, put the floor on top of that, if a floor fuel, but of preventing the windows is desired. How Much to Cull, Crop Rotation. The art of picking out the non- The Department of Agriculture has laying birds in a flock of fowes is just issued a comprehensive bulletin probably well known to most every one on crop rotation and soil management raising poultry, but the importance of for Eastern Canada that should be in putting the knowledge into practice the hands of every farmer from Os- is not appreciated in many instances. tario to Prince Edward Island. The A survey of the practice of coriner- authoritative information contained in tial poultrymen in New Jersey during the bulletin, which may be obtained the past four years shows that on the free from the Publications Branch, . average about ane -half of the flock Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, is disposed of every year. is the result of many years of scien- -This seems rather high on first tiflc experiment and research con - thought, but when one remembers that ducted on the Experimental Farms of a non -layer in June, July, August or � the eastern provinces. September will loaf on the job, so to It is "becoming more and more clear speak, until late winter or early that crop rotations are necessary in spring., one can hardly blame the nom- order to make farming a profitable mercial poultryman for disposing of industry, and the kind of rotation to her. He fills. the vacancy with laying be foiowed must not be chosen in a pullets. The usual practice is to be. haphazard, manner bent must conform gin culling when the production falls to the requirements of particular re - below 50 per cent., and cull the flock gloms and different systems of farm - every week or two from then on until ing. October. The average amount of cull- The chief abject of improved crop lug by months on New Jersey farms rotations is to assist in maintaining during the past four years, and the the fertility of the Soil and thereby number of eggs laid daily, are shown increase the yield of farm crops. The in the following table; adoption of a good rotation involves merely an arra.ngment of the cropping plan so as to produce one crop after another in proper sequence. It causes_ no additional expense. If proper methods of tillage are followed' in the rotation weeds are satisfactorily con- trolled. Insect pests and fungous dis- eases are kept in check better by rota- tions than when the same kind of crop is grown in successive seasons, espe- men practice culling throughout the cieny in the case of crops subject to year, removing undesirables as they attacks of certain insects and diseases. are found,—Editor.) -Another important advantage of us - The foregoing table is not meant to ing a proper rotation is the better be used as a rule to go by, but rather distribution of labor throughout the as a guide toward good management. For instance, if one had to cu.'l out co 10 per cent. in June and 15 per cent. in July in order to maintain .a 50 per .cent. production, he would have every . Here's an experiment I recently reason to believe that something was made: I bought 100 three-year-old wrong. The birds might be losing; White Leghorn hens, I have been in- weigltt due to unproper feeding, or formed many times that old hens are they might be affected by +lice and not a good investment. From my older mites. Whatever the cause, the thing' record, I know that each hen costs me to do would be to retiredly the trouble about 60 cents a year and must lay another season. if the production 90 eggs to pay for her "beard and noted above could be obtained With keep." Bess culling than has been. practiced, In four and one-half months these well and good. It would indicate good 100 old hens produced 8,900 eggs, of management or good stork. Efficient enough eggs to keep them for a year, management is the keynote of success- The rest of the year they will be pure lel egg production. ---C. S. Platt in profit and I can sell them at the end The Farm Journal, of that time for about as much es I raid for them or more. I bought them cheap because they were three -year - Per cent. Per cent. Month culled production June 6 51 July 10 49 August 14 46 September 16 • 35 October - 16 , 18 (Culling is frequently continued untie November. In fact, some poultry - season. Some Old Hens Are O.K. Healthful Canned Foods. Never in the history of the canning industry, as regards fruits and vege- tables, says Dr. Robert Barnes, Chief of the Meat and Canned Foods Divi- sion of the Health of Animals Branch at Ottawa, has such extreme care been taken inthe quality of the finished product as now. Greater oare is be- ing exercised in the processing and identification of the canned product in order that when labelled the quality claimed will be found in the can. Regarding canned meats Dr..Barnes in his report to the Veterinary Direc- tor General, from which the forgoing is quoted, expresses ,appreciation of co-operation of factory managements and adds that its continuance will re- st t in the consumer being able to ob- tain a quality unsurpassed, free from disease, soured and wholesome, if he insists that the products he buys bear the government guarantee eCanada Approved." Dr. Barnes, however, feels compel- led to deplore the unwarranted num- ber :of immature calves sent forward for slaughter and the carelessness apo parent from the bruises on live stock in handling and shipping. The Last Pounds Count. I find that it pays handsomely to well -fatten the chickens, hens and turkeys that are to be marketed, just Carry a Note Book. olds, as well as it does the cattle and hogs. A pocket note -book leas proven a I slow have 700 priests and hens and ! A large portion of the poultry nl'ar- tane and. money -saver on my farm. I my new hatchery. My chicken hal- I "ted. does not bring a fair prise for, t o over each implement or piece of mess is still considered a side line with the simple reason that it is not put in machinery when I taut it under g]>,ql lie but it is proving to be a better; prop"fo r oncli eon n. Naone desires a ter; if there's a tnirsing bolt or a last paying' business than my real line,' poo any kind.I find that that of raising cattle. --C. B. W. liberal feeding for ten or fifteen days nut, if the drag°bhrrow hate a tooth before marketing on a ration of oats, gone or a log is broken in the cotton wheat and cracked corn, twice a day, y, planter, I make a note of it, stating Nature is always trying to "put in with an ,ample supply of fresh water, the size, the implement and, the make. her oar." Often •before now I have willut anyhealth fowl in riffle The first trip to town, instead of loaf- found clumps of elderberry btishe s condition fomarketing.. p ing around the barber shop. 1 visited growing right in the meddle of the A fat turkey or chicken will bring the hardware store and, referring to meadow. How they conte there was five or seven cents more per pound my note -book, I get the parts nacre- more than 1 Could tell until I tried to than a poor one, and at little expensenary to make the repairs. Sontetintes dig out the stuff root and branch. When we raise the feed. It doesn't the north have to e ordered froli the thee. I found haw almost impossible pay a farmer to raise any kind of manufacturer. The next rainy day, 1 it is to get the fast particle of root, livestock when he has to buy the feed, visit my wokshop and put those impAnd it is the li(;tte rotli's which aro —w. II, it ' Meets in good working order, so when aft that strcrt up new clusters of the _ the ,;.1::sb7• neaten is en I won't 'have Wits. I halve learned that I must If we were to shrink front dreaming c•e •ersiVO deays. Time is money, yeti do a thorough job if I would get the of the impossible, we should! never i1)‘... -•It. , t of 1�1"atutre. . L. V. achieve the possible;, 04 r .rte 0 at et: fe . •C. Irmo pogo ir •�� aay,..,4'p.,,�t • ,fru 1 GW/ a41/444- , �hrq�,�,�.��,i 1.0 s .4W; • t S.rbi.,�NR,,J4 �d1•Nu6 1`�2FSLT t1�, ,Ams. ru ... ... ... .... _,�1.��/'.fuWIWKq .jt'�' h.4Tr' rl. .16616 e SOMETHING UNUSUAL IN A SMALL HOUSE DES Moderation in sire and cost are fre- quently misconceived as being detri- mental to the achievement of pleasing appearance. It is indeed unfortunate that such thoughts should exist for they are .entirely falladlous and much that is deplorable in the case of many small homes may be attributed to them. The delightful little English type of house here illustrated can be built for approximately flftyfive hundred dol- lars and for beauty of line and real charm is hard to improve upon. For ages and ages English domestic archi- tecture has been a great heritage to home lovers the world over. The well sloped shingle roof; white stucco walls; half-timbered gables stained a dark brown, and the dark rug brick of tire verandah are a splendid choice of materials and •colors• which, through their artistic blending in texture and tone, will please the most fastidious tastes. The hood over the entrance and the flower box are practically negligible items from the viewpoint of cost but quite indispensable from that of ap- pearance. Neither etas the architect failed to indicate the importance of such finishing touches as attractive fencing and shrubs. Trees are shown in the background and one or two 'well placed at the side or in front would By Edgar Prain, Architect, not be amiss—the shadows would be very effective on the white stucco. The floor plans are self-explanatory but space will permit comment on sev- eral outstanding features of the one for the ground door. If preferred., the verandah could be converted into a sunro•om. It is ac- cessible through a snie.11 hall from both the kitchen and the living room. This is a very convenient arrangement for the serving of meals or perhaps just afternoon tea on the verandah during the summer. The living room; is quite large, 17' x ,12', and has a beamed ceirng and open fireplace. The matter of light is well taken care of by the large group of four windows in front; the window at the side and also by the, light front the vestibule and lobby at the lett. You will notice that one may go directly from any one room to either , of tho.other two. Experts in this 1 phase of ]route planning will tell you i that in the short space of one year the goad wife has walked 00 many; t miles less; saved several days of her !time and that the saving in wear and I tear 011 floor coverings amounts to so; much. 1 Readers desiring, further information regarding the plans and specifications of this house should communicate with !the architect direct. Address Mr. Ed- i 'gar Prain, 212 Confederation Life; Building, 'Winnipeg, Man. N Question: lYllat Is the best way to avoid xtras in building? My friends who built recently found that their house cost a great deal more than they though it would. I want to avoiici this.' The time to avoid difficulties of this kind is before the work is started. You cannot Nope to avoid "extras" unless your plans and specifications are com- plete, and that means having therm done by an architect who knows his business. If you find you. must make changes during the building, have the contractor give you a figure on the cost of each change before you order the work done, and always have trans notions of this kind in writing. Question: The party owning the lot next to me suggests that I go in part- nership with him for a drive, half of which be on my property. Would it increase the selling value or my house? Should the agreement ba made per- manent or only for a number of years? Whether or not this is a satisfactory arrangement for you depends upon how useful sueli a driveway would be to your property. If you need such a drive this is a means of getting one by paying half of the necessary expense, If there is no other way of servicing your house or providing access to gar- age such a drive would 12:orease the selling value of your house. Under such circumstances the agreement should be a permanent cue, made part of the died. DON'T LET FLANNELS SH€ K Properly Laundried, They Will Keep Their Original Dimensions. BY JULIA WOLFE. Winter is "flannel tune," therefore washing them correctly is often quite a problem to the housewife. Of course, the flannels of to -day are quite less cumbersome than those of days gone by, but these neatly -fitted garments aro often spoiled by not knowing just how to wash them, In washing all undyed woalon articles, a little ammonia can he used to advantage, rendering them soft and comfortable to the skin. Prepare a Bather, always using soap -jelly for the purpose. The a:kali in the soap -jelly is very much modified, and less likely to harm the wool than if cakes of soap are directly rubbed on them, See that the water is only a little more than tepid; work up the lather With the hand; add a little ammonia— one tablespoonful to one gallon of water is the allowance—and plunge in the garment. DONT'S WITH 1 LANNELS, Never rub on soap nor rub between the hands. Rather, shake about in the water, and use a eort of squeezing motion. Squeeze out this first water. Lf very dirty, put into a second water with rather less soap -jelly, and no aminonia. Pass this through the water in the same way, then eiean warm wat©r for rinsing. Pass through the wringer, then shake well. The im- portant, of this process must be em- phasized. • I>hasized. 't'o prevent shrinking, woolen goods must be dried very quiekly, and much of the moisture can be .shaken out; the shaking also raises the pilo of thINM! wool, and keeps it soft, See that all knitted garments are puled into their natural shape before they are thoroughly dry, and hang in the air, but not in the sun, If drying indoors must he resorted to, do not hang too near the fire, nor• ir. tco great rt heat. If the slightest steam rises fr- m woolens when they are drying, they are "walking in" as hard as they eau walk. WHY FLANNEL SHIRINKS. You may wonder why flannels shrink. Well, there are six reasons: 1. Because soap has been rubbed in- stead of scrip -jelly being used. °. They have either been washed rr • rinsed in water too hot or too cold. • 3. They have been allowed to lee about wet, instead of being hang, up to dry immediately. 4. They have been dried too s •owly. 5. They have been dried so close to !an open fire that they steamed. I 6. They have been ironed while wet, with a heavy hot iron, Take as much soap as will be re- quired, and cut it down in shreds if you wish to make soap -jelly, Put it into a saucepan, and just cover it with hot or cold water. Allow the soap to melt slowly over the fire until it is r quite clear and without lumps. It is .better to make soap -jelly flesh each week, as it loses its strength if kept many days. IFine white flannels may be pressed !ai. with a warm iron on the wrong side. i or on the right side if a piece of incus- lin is laid over it first, But they must be quite dry or the iron will turn the moisture into Steam, and se oiniss. thein to shrink. Ironing, without a doubt, gives flan - re's a fine appearance, but as tbs warmth of flannel depends to a great extent on its soft, wooly surface, it is a pity to deprive it of this by ironing, especially in the caro of garments that are worn as underwear. Ironing presses the soft fibres into the mea.' terial, making it less comfortable,' They should, instead, he well shaken, and pulled into shape, folded evenly, aired raeefuliy, :rnd put away. Vinegar Solves Many Problems. fungal• ;s u houseeed necessity with ole 1 fir4 that two tablespoons adder.] to the rinse water when wash- silks of ally kind, : cuckings,, gloves, undo-rwe:.r, and other ;ills fab- rics, will give them a brand new silky, geese We melte a liniment that is excellent. from arta] parts of vinegari and tur entine and the, whiter cf eggs,' Vinegar has a seething effect when rinsing the hair after a shampoo. Vin- egar eoftene plaster of hurls so that it an ,be pasted free broken cracks and ]daces abotli the Noelle. It helps to spread it num 'inouthly. 1 Sold Dried Apples. Every year we have a lot el inferior apples. Last summer I bought, for 98 cents, an apple parer with an ;nttach- luerit to takes out the core Every day the .apples were gathezed nrid peeled. Then l sliced them with a potato enter. The tin roof of the honhapase and shed of the barn made a fine place to spread them. I covered them with cheesecloth to. keep 'fiies away and I never left them out overnight, ht, as that Makes them dark. I sold a. lot to local merchants and the zest I put up in clean white cotton bags mid sold them thorough an ad In the county paper. The regular pride I 1ia1-lied was 10 eontw a pound. I cleared S20,.• --B. M. i a a 4 :i