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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1922-11-23, Page 6Address eemmunlcations to Aeronomist, 73 Adelaide 'St. West, Toronto. Odd Jobs With a Tractor; a 1 a success of his, business. By doing odd jobs when general' He advertised the place for sale at Work was easels, Jahn Semon has made a bargain, and spent the best part of, 11 trader pay on a farm.*here thea Year gutting rid of it ata huge aacpense, He was frank in explaining "My farm contains only seventy reahsan ,fox selling• to the young farm• f er tiv'ho finally concluded tq "try it a tone," Semon explained recently,1 whirl " beard if plowing ends general field work! "You can keep chickens in one place t tt leas all a tractor could do, 1 could not only so long,,, the disgusted man saidy, Sifted to have one on the place: Ii'°then the ground goes stale, lice fill. CO-OPL tATIYE DAZE MAitlCb:`I`ING• realized thus, and before I bought mine; up the building's, and with the ground Executive committee of the -million dollar co-operative company, I began to devise odd jobs to keel) it sour and, not draining properly, the launched by Hon. Manning Doherty for marketing dairy products. This busy. buildings hs'oon become damp." company will do for dairying what the Niagara Peninsula Growers, are do My first odd job was clearing a The young man said nothing, but he ing for marketing fruit Front row left to right, E. H. �Stonelwuse, Wes - were felled and sawed, I used the trac- tor in loading the logs, then again in hauling them to the. mill. Afterward, I began to pull stumps. With a little skill' in handling, I. found that the ma- chine would make an even pull, and develop a' great deal more power than a team. I cleared the piece•in four days, thereby saving a . week's tinie with team and man -power. tthe uh theeland I oro In fencing g i g, rysiallhors said it would be a bill of s'aCrifice, t'he used the pessimism of the' owner to ton secretary, and John Beatty, Mallorytown, president; back new, D. Z. pry off a few hundred from the price Gibson Caledonia, J, A, McFeeters, Toronto, and Wm. Newman, Lorneviile, and took the place. directors "The firrst thing. I did," he says, to outfit and go i "was get e. spraying o over all the (buildings with -a disin- Winter Protection for the fectant whitewash. It took half the Strawberry Plants. Under the most favorable sea son onditions winter protection for straw time that it used to take with the ' brushes. I found that the whitewash did just two things for me: It killed berry plants is ,absolutely essentia,•to the vermeil and it dried up' the in- • a profitable crop of fruit; what, then, interior amte actor into motion again. Hauling terror. The brightness of the , may be said when winter conditions We poets, stretching wire, and draw- I am sure, goes a long way toward are unfavorable? It is safe to say have purchased more than one share. the the wagon about. The same year keeping it day. Lime in the white- that strawberry plants that go When I was a bob. wood was cheap and the framework of most farm tools was made from this material so that in that day the farmer with a good outfit of woodworking tools was all set far most -of the repair jobs. To- day, however; steel has taken the place of wood to a great extent and the farmer who aspires to do his own repairing must be in a position to work in metal. A good vise comes. first on the list, with a hacksaw and strong postdrill, a set of stocks and dies for bolts and nuts, ranging from a' quarter on up materials but as a supplemental pee - inch. the various sizes to the half- materials Even where snow Domes inch. A forge and anvil will come in early, falls deep, and remains late,.mighty handy every few days. While there still remains a period of time files, chisels, timers' shears, soldering when frost action may work more or Outfit and a cobbler's outfit will pay The Tools I Find Useful. I longed most of all for a vise and the day I purchased a cheap combina- tion anvil, vise and drill I sure was sitting on the peak of the world. Had that been the only one of its kind in r • s billions could not existence, F d n exi , A I did road- work, dragging stones, grading, ditching and . rolling. T not only improved my own highway, but was able to take in some money be- sides, eral application of gravel and sand When marketing time came around and were then spaded. This guaran- I rigged up a couple of wagons and teed good drainage in the future. The hooked on the tractor. With this out -runs were then seeded to alfalfa and fit I hauled' my own grain and that clover or oats, as the case might be, of my neighbors.. On my return trips and the following spring all spaded I brought 'back fertilizer in the same wash, you luiow, as noted for taking dampness out of had places." To clean up the soil he used lime, plowing such of it as could be plowed. Other yards and runs received ;a lib - manner. I used the machine again in bring- ing in my winter's fuel, loading and halinl etc. Then, with a neigh-. bur's saw, I used the machine in cut- ting. I have found the tractor O.K. in belt work. Many times other farmers and I work together at this. If he has a feed grinder, cutter, etc., we ex- change labor and save money. In neighborhood work such as this I often exchange tractor power for This young farmer is raising more ch-ekens in the run-down farm than his predecessor did, and he is having g °$s e the best of success, because he is tak- ing preventive measures. He uses the disinfectant whitewash once- each month on the interior "Of his, buildings. As fast as the green 'food is con- sumed in one 'of the runs, he turns the fowls into another and seeds it down. "Yes," he said, "if the other fellow had ad only thought a little while about "These are but a few of the many getting out of the hole, he would have used some whitewash and he would jobs which my machine does," con tinned Mr. Semon. "I have rigged up never have let Allis soil get infested,. It is all foolishness ishhness to talk about a number of home-made devices at practically no expense, and every day I find something . new to which the tractor can be_ -put. For , many of these jobs it replaces horses, doing the work cheaper in a great deal less time." Get Out the Old Whitewash Brush. Two :years ago a certain poultryman threw up his hands in disgust. With vermin infesting his buildings and dampness hanging like a fog cloud in his brooder house, he could not make through hard winters without protec- tion will be of little value so far as profit is concerned, either for fruiting or for propagation. One needs only`to try out the two systems (if a method of culture omitting the winter mulch may be properly termed a system), to verify this statement. - Snow is an ideal winter covering for strawberry plants in so far as it. lay be depended upon; but even • where - it remains fairly constant during the greater part of the winter, its greatest value is not as a substitute to other moving to new land -every so often with chickens. If you want to keep the land eight you can do it, but you can't let things take their .own way, if you would succeed." He added adided That his father used to whitewash his barns and ,stables, and that by remembering that one fact,. he had been enabled to reclaim this place and .save thousands -of dollars for himself. It pay's to dig out the old whitewash brush now and then—or better still, a good spraying outfit. - /foto for school taxes, and then.—well, the barn • •is crowded, badly crowded That's what you are thinkhing. Confess: Say, friend, think again -and while you are thinking, look me in the eye: You know mighty well that old gar- bage man is •so stingy he wouldn't stutter on account of the waste of breath; ,.and will not feed himself enough..1et alone a horse; you know he eusses like a pirate when he is mad, and he is'always mad; you know he never used a blanket on the . last horse he had, and the beast died early in the spring from exposure and mal- nutrition. ' That'hs why he wants an- other horse now. What's that? The garbage man is not so bad as 'painted? Well, grant- ing that he is not; granting for the moment- that he is a near -angel with stub wings sticking out through the holes in his sweater, don't forget that your farm is the old horse's home, and that he loves his home just as much as you do, if not more. He grew to horsehood here and knows every cor- ner and fence -post, If you sell him to any one you will break his heart. He depends on you, he has every con- fidence onfidence in you. He has given you twelve long years of his active life, and if he had kept 'books -he could prove you owe him $2,400 at least. Don't break his heart. Personally, I don't think your barn is crowded. Why not .slip those colts intie.that box stall and -tie these two nlares.,,,ever in that double stall? Make room, for ,the old fellow inside when the weather is bad, and give him the 'range of the •pasture • when and the farmer cannot spend hit time' the weather is fine. In two or' thros looking for it all over ,the country. If years than he has left ..to live it should happen that the goods want - Since it will be to the advantage of Ontario potato growers to get rid of all undersized and injured potatoes at home, the best method of feeding this product to the pigs will be of interest to many, Potatoes are peculiarly valuable as a supplement in fattening pigs. The best practice is to cook the potatoes, drain off the water and then mix the potatoes with grain at the rate of about three parts of potatoes - to one part of the grain. The writer's method of doing this is to boil the potatoes in a feed cooker and then do the nixing in a barrel with a piece of board of suitable length. Thus prepared liberal quantities may be fed to fattening hogs and also to brood sows and small pigs. Raw potatoes should not be fed to live stock in too large quantities because of the solan- ine which, if consumed too liberally, is apt to produce harmful effects. This crystalin compound is lost in cook-. ing. Selling the Old Horse. If you don't mind, friends, I'll put In a word for the old horse—that olid bay fellow, you know, with the en- larged knees. He has worked for you some twelve years, I understand, and has been [satisfied with his board and room and a set of new shoes now and then. During those twelve years, if I a hi'h rightly informed, nineteen hired men have kicked, got balky, and..::lain down on the job, but the old bay has never dente any of those things. I am told that in the same. length of.time three hired girls have run away, but the good horse has never done that either. It is also said that you yourself have been away two winters, two months :each time, -but the faithful nag has *tuck to the farm and kept things running until your return. He to eighteen now, or is it nine- teen? At any rate he is about as old in hoaae language as you will be at seventy in man language, He is still isdingth t bests, but of course his best " g' end,. if I'm alive at the time, 'I'l'I say the same' thing about your when you are seventy. What are your going to da with him? I know 'what you are thinking of doing with hien, You are thinking of selling hitt for $16 or $17.50 if you oath get it, to the old garbage man in town. He ec uM'' do the garbage man's work all right, you say, it wound not be hard oar, bixi, you need the money less injury to - strawberry plants. Strawberry plants that show tip thrifty and green on the ;going he deep snow covering soot,, par this virgin vitality under the of frost and sunshine. Dried. up f quickly takes the place of the uriant greenness se essential to p' for themselves in a year. For the woodworking job the farin- err will need •a good draw knife, a cut- off, rip and compass saws, batehet, two or three bevel edge chisels. A rge plane, a block plane, a square, a'"brace with a complete set of bits,' an automatic •screvedriver, a good nail hammer and a good level. While vigor and productivity.' there are •a great many other small Yes, the strawberry bed should have tools that the • farmercan use ta ad - .40 TheToLacco of Quali y V2La1i 2 t and in packages been given protection at the appro of winter, but, if this work wasag,Y. lected it will no doubt still be a profit-. atrle preposition. The season`is sure.',cising of a- little ingenuity, meet -the to be unusually severeon all ;kieda ;af majority of everyday needs.—D. vegetation. In most situations a pretty } d' ng heavy,gen licat'on of maters n oil ; vantage, he, will find that the above, with- the.; addition hof bolts, nuts, screws and nail's will with the exer- necessary -to carry the strawberry; plants through uninjured. Fortunate- ly, our berry bed is favorably located as to windbreaks. --K. W. ' tear It is human nature l require much from others but to lay light responsi- bilities upon our own shoulders. Profitable Way of Marketing Farm Products The marketing of farm .products • one of the most ampartant t hien gs,• the farming business. It is at le ' in a good c.. as tors important as g g I think a weekly home market in every •town and city where there .a' a railroad would benefit the farmer to a very large extent. The farmer would be able. to take advantage of such'a marketing system in- many different ways. The main idea would be that the farmer eould 'sell his own produets Parents as Educators The Child Who Pouts—By Marion Brownfield. The child who pouts is a problem, as the tendency to remain sullen and disagreeable. may easily become a life time habit known as a "bad disposi- tion." Tere is the little fellow who pouts when he takes a notion that he does not want oatmeal for - breakfast, and the young miss who purses up her lips when her mother decides it is not best for leer• to wear a certain frock she fancies. When one knows the direct cause of a pout, it is com- paratively easy to deal with. But with children, the bad humor may really go farther back than what ap- pears tobe the whim of the moment. It is because children are. made more sullen,` batter, or deceitful by unjust punishment -that one must be -careful to understand the real cause of a pout•. With children there is such a differ- ence in personalities, just as much as ed the fainly th, a ;suggested v with weevil- that one merit study real cause oft this also, if oa is to •cure the. pouts ... 'j Q•' fid' -extol habit successful'ly. And some children brothers were care „ have fancies and moods that are much from annoying the child, he tri more - difficelt . to adjust' than the safety -.pin that caused baby's pout. Sonie children, indeed, of change- able disposition, pout ften at trivial things, plainly the dis leasure of the immediate moment. While 'children of deep natures, sensitive at unsus- pected spots, will be "down in the mouth' for some hurt or disappoint- ment, quite unperceived by those who did not happen to be present when the - stab cane. Boys, especially, 'being, slow to •confide their little rebuffs to ad with +a certain type of child. The anyone through sheer masculine pride, hind that has "temperament" loves will be out of humor at seemingly to have his emotions noticed- and cat - ridiculous or unreasonable things, ered to: So utterly ignoring these when something underneath, that they pouts is the 'best way to discourage' are ashamed to confess, rankles. the child from trying them again. one h home market, tont em i ll ed' were no would at least be able to learn where sto get it. The weekly home market would also bring general merchandise to the mar- ket place. Many would put up booths and many bargains would be offered, and much money would be saved by farmers and town people and be much to the advantage of both. The next thing is how to start a weekly home market. This can be done in a few days. You don't haveto wait until next summer, there are many Young .children, too, of sensitive na- tures will pout in company out of pure diffidence. The writer knows a boy of three, who invariably pouts and hangs his little head in company until his older brothers and sisters have ceased to notice him, when he becomes less self conscious and the pont disappears. Another boy, the most sensitive of three brothers, de- veloped a pout through self defence! As he was less aggressive naturally than his two other brothers, they took advantage of it and gave him the worst of it at every opportunity. The consequence • was that not being a fighter he developed a chronic pout that the family for a• long period termed a "grouch." It kept everyone from teasing him. The .'sullen ;looks make them leave him alone. , It• was only when a sl1seehrning gramleakeast- up! So to cure the pout effectually, one must consider the cause before apply - Mg a remedy. A boy of most any age can under- stand the appeal "to be agood sport", and "not to whimper, when you're a loser". It can be urged on almost any occasion to prevent pouts that come from disappointment, a thwarted'. appetite or failure to win in a game. Ignoring the pout is a tactful meth - himself, -ter hold them if the prices were not right When the farmer ships some of leis even in the winter time. "1 fl CHILDREN'S eggs butter, vegetables, grains, pigs, HOUR products to some large market cum- cows, horses ,sheep, fat hogs, potatoes, missionhouse, v what ' is drone with les goods Whenohe gets committee of farmers. could be ap- • It is quite different at the present. things which you can sell There are , ' - chickens, etc., to start the market A the returns, he many times owes the pointed to get together with the town commission house money for shipping- official to buy a piece of ground to charges. The geode often do not bring the hold the'market' en. Make a few ar the cost of shipping, c g, not speaking of rangements for the up -keep of the the basket, cost of raising the market, like renting certain places at produets, etc, the market ground to people who There are also.a lot of farm pro- would lake to put up booths, etc. Then duets never shipped nor used, as small have the market place divided into amounts are . not profitable to ship. sections, At each section a certain However, if there were a home mar- kind of goods each be sold. Then a ket you could take down what you day should be set on which to hold the had, large or small, and it would not market. The market could be opened cost anything to get it sold, as you at 8,00 a•m, and last until noon or 2.00 would do this yourself. pan, Arrangements could be made to .•' There would then be many farmers have the market place under cover for who could buy their needs from other protection in bad weather. Also, it farmers at the market place, while would be important to arrange that now it is often a problem to know not any of the neighboring towns where to buy some of . them. The would have a market en the same day neighbors do not have ,what he wants : This system is in full swing in many countries of Europe, and there has proven a big advantage to.farm- ing, you can pay him back a'little of that Make room for the old horse, friend, When you are his ago—seventy in your case—the boys and girls will make it a corner for you and try to pay you back for the years that you labored for them without pay. Present prices for farm products would be all right if other things would "deflate" accordingly., Each of us adds an iota to the world's fund of knowledge but we can add more if we make more use of that which is already available. Leveeing! the cost of graduation is a present-day economic need, It can best be done by getting more eggs per hen, more milk pet cow, and more grant per acre, and eating for lege, chickens, cows and sterol. 4 /IM "Personall ' --•- 1 always -•- thought -••- the '0,Caiitle Embargo business was Mete justified!" • —itidgewell, in London Opinion. Pedro's Friend. as they please, for they never go far from their master. Little Pedro -always goes with his fabler to the Company's warehouse - where he loads the burros for the trip to the mines. - The burro "Juan" is Pedro's favor- ite, and Juan's affection for the little Pedro Tito is a little Spanish boys boy is •something almost wonderful. Be lives in a village et the foot of One day when Pedro was a baby h the Andes' mountains in Chile. If rolled from a box on which his motile Pedro was a Canadian his name would had left him for his nape Juan was be Peter Titus, but he isnot,- so we in the case yard. As soon .as he saw ust call him by his Spanish name, what had happened he 'cros'sed• over m Pedro Tito. Pedro's father, Pablo, which in Eng- lish means "Paul," is a carbanil, and cabanil (cah-ban ye-il) in our lan- guage would be "a keeper of burros." Pablo takes provisions and ,other. things up to the men who work in the silver mines in northern Chile. He has fifteen burros and t 'ice a month makes the gong, tiresome trip. -Pablo is kinds to his bums 'and he tells Pedro many things about thein. Pedro is early six years old, but he knows, that the :• little burro is the most faithful of the faithful • creatures. He is sure-footed, steady-.nerveU, and .is worthy, of being trusted, He; is more. 'sensitive , to harsh .words than ' the horse, and responds to; kindness as. quickly es the dog. • For carrying loads of freight over. rough and rugged mountain trails there is no animal that can be 'com- pared with the 'burro. He can climb like a goat and without either bridle or driver carries burdens where a horse could never go. Pablo Tito will not work his burros en Sunday. He says that they, like man, need one day of rest out of the seven. So every Sunday Pablo and Isis burros forget the heavy- loads, steep trails, and the hot sun. Two Sundays In each month Pablo rests at his own came (house) and the other two he passes in some quiet lit- tle ' oanyon among the mountains Where there is grass and water for his tburros and where they Dari wain to the box, carefully lifted Pedro by, his vesitid'o (clothes), put him back on, the box,' and gently rubbed hint wit; his soft, velvety nose. 1 •- i'i Feeding Pumpkins. For feeding tows., 2.5 tons of pur0 king, with seeds in, are the equal o one ton of corn silage. Some folks say that pumpkin seeds will cause cows to go dry, -or that they will work on animals' kidneys, and hence the pumpkin seeds should nor be fed. There is no truth in such 'statements, as has been proved by feeding tests, On the other hand, pumpkin seeds are, beneficial When fed to pigs; they free the pigs of worms and put the'` digestive apparatus in tip-top shape. An excess of seeds causes an upset of the digestive organs for—a day or so, because the seeds are very rich. There is no danger, though, if fed in amounts in which they occur natural- ly For feeding pigs, pumpkins are sonietimes'eookad,'but this extra work, is not warranted. Squashes can be fed to cows, pigs and horses the same: at pumpkins.` Some stockmen make e. practice of fattening pigs„excliisiively on squish., es, and get good returns per acro from, the crop, but the pork hale an ole: jectionable yellow color. Home will sometimes refuse to eat pumpkins on squashes.—.A., O. None o3 us will eget very far if we rely alone on our owls eicperieucd: