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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1923-01-18, Page 6;3404 41. tiohofil The Fiala Wood Lot Areoe.din.g to bile 1910 cezmsq , tkae value of forest Predecte,ertetede ` pn the tore S' of the United Sl,tltet' •art cf the Greet Plaine was c109c toe 00 z� _ ,t*et�,-.,,vr..,,� 000,000, Ill tenet, ,� , -*Vet. 100,0 nee.en,}^�r-, ce ds of wood were burn d et) Anis'r r� r ericati farms an sold oft the Terms to _ town and city dWF�Ue111S Thxou 'xlout Address Fsrmreeteoattoits to Aeronon tet, 73 steetaide at. West,, Toronto, Eastern Canada• th*aloe of tKTit Marketing Poultry: I either the weight or number., 1f you products sold on the average ;Cat• i:; have to make a claim againstthe probably greater then in tlae°."United Many farmers to -day like to .leap express company or you have alis- States. their pcultrg' to market instead of pate with pe commission 'man, the, Except in the more tliirkly Settled Bening it to the poultry better rim their number and weight are very essential sections of the c tr entry leers:nee etti- aa'zx test in. to a satisfaetams* settlemexit in eithecr ployment is found for farm labor and The bovine public in all the larger case- teams during the winter months cost� Ship early in the week. The mar" . ting and hauling logs, ties, pulpwood kets in the big cities are practically pit tin -thee and hoordwood. x vexr in the over by Thursday noon and unless thickly popud+ated portions of the there is a short •supply, Friday is bar- Eastern Townships of Quebec where gain hunter's day. the farms have 'been cultivated' for shrinkage is a big factor in -sleep weld over one hundred years, it is ping and should' be taken into can-; quite o+oinman for farmers to h>indIe from 100 to 200 cords of firewood in sideration when deciding; whether t°i a season. This year stove and furnace sell at tame of ship to, the nearest' Wood is selling for from $10 to• S14.b0 big market. The average shrinkage per Gerd;; This will eve an idea of on chickens is from five. per. enh• on; the important part the; farm �. lot aged stook up to ten per cent. on plays a helping farmers the gh before slipping, the shrinkage will Periods of depression or financial .dif only be that much heavier. Turkeys shrink from ten to fifteen per cent. and .ducks shrink the most. The shrinkage on these seldom runs less than fifteen Per eent. The most popular. breeds of chickens aro Ply- mouth and 'Barred Rooks and Rhode Island .Rede: These, if in good con- dition, always : command the best prices, - L•egh+orns, Bleck Minorca., Anoonas, and other under -sized breeds are not wanted except at a marked reduction in prices,, generally' Densly, two to five cents, per pound under the If you el.'s shipping enough stock to, first mentioned breeds. do so, guars your poultry when put- If they can be obtained, one -trip ting it i i o;:ohps for shipment. Heavy coops are the most desirable to ship springers in. one coop. Heavy hens in. They weigh about twelve .pounds. in anobh ", and light shock by them- selves. 1_ e not crowd too many birds in a coop. One dead chicken pays tire express on another coop. In warm weather especially,. many coops arrive at market with two to five dead in each 'coop because the shipper has crowded too many in a coop. Always weigh and count your poul- cities, cs ec ly, grow more disarm - Mating every yea; or at least they become n ore particular, and any poul- try offei•-ad for sale most be nearly perfect n dressing and conformity. As a general rule home -dressed poultry i oes not sell as well as city dressed, for the reason that the eralld- ing is imperfectly done and the chicken_ hale a spotted appearance which h ate their sale. The retail dealer, therefore, wants to -buy thein let a discount of two tofivecents per pound as compared with city-dressei eteck. - In sl•ippiag dressed poultry see that it is thoroughly 000iled before shipping and wrap the head of each bird in a piece of paper to prevent any blood from Clipping on the other chickena. Pack in barrels or boxes anis ship ley express or truok. In shipping live poultry, the fol- lowing precautions should be ob- served: Do not aloin any culls, thin stock, or , diseased chi -hens. They are not- sale- able and yc .n only pay express use - young chickens. If you feed heavily r•, ficulty. Slat coops weigh thirty-five to forty pounds, -At the present express rates, it webs twenty-five to thirty cents more to ship a' slat coop than a light one and you then have to gay twenty cents for the return and you do not always get it returned. In shipping for any holiday market, ship early. Prices are more likely to be lower the day before a holiday as try when you ship, Do not guess at every one is filled up by that time. The matter of mineral elements in the hog's ration is important, especi- ally in our north country where, for months at..a time the ground is frozen so that hogs cannot root in it. The exact proportion of the ingests clients. used to make up a mineral mixture, however, is not so important. The object should be to see that min- eral elements such as the hog's sys- tem demands for proper development, and such as are not provided in the food in sufficient quantities, should be available in some other form.. In ashes; salt, lime and sulphur will be found most everything that is needed. Some bone meal, or ground rock phosphate, wild help and should be added, if it is available." Charcoal is goad, so is soft coal, but charcoal Is simply an aid to digestion and soft coal is vadniable mainly for the sul- phur it contains. The four ingredi- ents first named, along with charcoal, can be secured anywhere and cheaply, and we will do well to supply them. As a guide to follow the following The "Cheap Feed", is Often Expensive. In many , ahections eonsiderals ev- enue is derived from the sale of maple sugar products. Forest areas conserve moisture for springs and wells,act as windbreaks, reake the landscape more attractive and utilize land unfit for colas on. 'Every farm . should . have at enough home grown' timber to .sz$, p'ly fuel, fence posts and lumber for re- pairs to farm buildings: A little caregiveneach year to fire protection, proper thinning • and 'util- izing :of the timber would'- ";nearly double the yield from the •average woodlot. Instead of slas'hing,., a alf grown trees of the •useful - mark varieties •for home requiremen the less valuable varieties, wi o.le if 5, and trees showing • signs of 10et damage and rot were used, . the ;re- maining trees would make more rttpid growth. , 4 Open spaces should 'r be avoided,: as much as possible because once' a grass sod is formed the growth of the trees is checked. Tops should be : ;tapped to : ensure more rapid .decay and to lessen the danger from fire. The main idea is to keep a blanket of leaves and wood on the forest floor to, t ld_ moisture and eneourage''the g'y ereiif the young trees. It is bad practice to,'allow or cattle to pasture in the w because, they destroy the growth winch should come on a as the heavier timber is remov Of the hardwood trees sugar maple is the m Besides supplying sap for making, the wood is valuable f the manufacture of agrieuitura, plements, furniture, hardwood, ing and distilled products. Oth able hardwoods are •• birch, brawn and white ashand elm wood and poplar grow more- In ore Iii buying feeds, as in buying fer- tilizers, too little consideration is given to the actual feeding contents of the bag that holds , the contents. Too. often -the main consideration is the price per ton. Buyers need to keep ha mind the fact that when they buy digester tankage,;.oil stake, cottonseed meal, etc., they buy protein that will balance up the carbohydrates carried by the home-grown portion of the ration. ; ' Many feeders, in past years more frequently than now, have used a forty per cent., protein tankage be- cause they could get the former for a few dollars less per ton than the lat- ter. The truth is that unless they. got it for two-thirds (or less) of what the sixty per cent. goods cost, they were foiling themselves. The cosh per ton for bags and freight was just the same as for the better .goods, and it w+as just as niuheh labor to handle a bag of the forty per cent. Its•feed- ing value, so far, as protein was con- cerned, was only two-thirds of the higher grade and higher priced goods. formula is good: Wood ashes, one It always pays to figure the cost bushel; charcoal, one buehhel; rock per ton of the particular material that phosphate, one bushel; salt, one peck; is sought in feeds. Do not consider lime, one peck, and sulphur, one peck. it on the basis of price per ton. Al- : ways analyze it into the cost per pound of the particular feeding in- gredient agredient needed to balance the ration. That is what counts, and what is Here is my method of breaking bought—not so many tons of feed at calves to milk. so many dollars a ton. Put the heifer in stanchions with her left side next to a partition. Put on halter with long tie -rope,' bring Lice on Cattle. head to right as far as possible, put the rope around right hind leg' from the rear and let it come out under rope around leg.. Put leg in right po- sition to milk, draw rope tight and tie securely to something behind heifer. Sit down and milk. The heifer can only move her leg up and down. Usually in from one week to ten days the heifer stands like an old cow. I have seen mein lick a heifer in breaking them in. Always try kind- ness indness first. It is not necessary to mis- use a heifer if broke in this wap. Dairying will grow as a ba do farm.- ing industry because it makes possible great savings in the production of nearly all fame rrropa. Every satisfaetory treatment for cattle infested with lice - and . other parasites is an application of raw lin- seed oil. One - quart of the oil is suffi- cient for eight or ten eows. Apply the ail with a brush or rag. Especial care should be taken to make the ap- plication thorough on the upper parts of the neck and along the back from the pull to the base of the tail. At- tention should also be given. to the shoulder tops, the folds of the udder and the escutcheon. Be sure to use raw linseed oil and not ;boiled linseed oil. The latter will irritate the akin; The treatment should be repeated in about two weeks and thereafter about once a month in the winter. VIR 1.4 Build Up Your Breeders, Maintoin their health - insure the fertility and hatchability of their eggs; It's easy pArylot PoultryRegulator guaranteed to put yottr fowls in Perfect con - Lillian and keep them strong and vigorotus, Makes ern lay more eggs—fertile eggs -the eggs that proditice lig hatches of worth -while Chicks. Your tvioney back If YOU Are Not Satisfied . fade in Camas Sccld iy,DeaJers .grreiywtiere PRATT tOOt CO. OF c.ASSiena, i2 CatlawMo„ 't'oroato fists:, • SO` Real Old eountry Tz'eat' '>DGDtN'S LIVERPOOL' remunnieesemasissinuessusinauseastimasserietanesice For those who rolL their own. ASK FOR OGDEN'S FINE C! T (in the .jreen packet') IT IS THE BEST- _ rdrer latoteo,' . To Decrease Shrinkage. s' t b�Eveay farmer knows. the large the: n't'l*.nloage 'w'h Ch often; oe ere in c�attle se a yetw,een the farm and ,the stock yards. a AlV nor - 0 �s- y than other deciduous trees and are useful for reforestation. Among the" conifers spruce is the most important wood, supplying the bulk of the tini- ber and Hough lumber for building purposes. Besides, it is useful -for pulpwood and pit 'timber. Pine is not often found.' in .farm wiaodiots, but is useful for manufactured lumber. `Fir: and hemlock are used mainly, for. building lumber and pulpwood. Cedar Makes the best shingles and is also used for telephone ancln telegraph poles,cross-ties and fence posts. Tamarack, although not a common woody is very durable ..and is Valuable for fence posts, ties, mina anent crib work timbers. Wherever there is plenty of noes. dire a second growth usually springs up where the heavy tiinber has been removed. Because of their rapid. growth . the spruces, firs and poplars often supplant the original hardwood forestee Fully stocked with trees an acre of soft woods will grow, at the rate of one to two cords per year;' will• supply posts or pulpwood in 15 to 25 years and . saw logs in 20 to -9;0 years. Haectwoods grow at the rate of one-half to one cord per year, a cord being equal bo about 500 • board feet of raw lumber. By proper man- agement rocky, waste and swampy land, if allowed to grow up under forest,; may be made to yield, a worth- while income. shrinkage," however, • Oen be re - diced by proper" feeding previous to the moving of the cattle, and also in the :management during that period. Where cattle haves een fattened on grain and grass, it is advisable to place them in a dry lot a day or two before ,shipping, and feed all the tim- othy hay they will -' eat, and .at : the sane time cut heavily on the grain ration. Gabtie fattened en a dry lot on grain and clover or alfalfa hay should be changed - to timothy hay at least. twenty-four hours abeam shipment, Hold -Ons. 1. Hold on to your hand when you are about to do en ,unkind act. 2. Hold on to year tongue when you are just ready to speak ,rashly. 3. Hold on to your heart when evil persons invite you to join their ranks. 4. Held on toyour virtue—it is above all price t,o you in all times and places. "h 5. Hold on to your foot when you are on the point of toesaiuiing the path of right. 6. ;HHold on to the truth, for it will servo 'you well, and deo • you . good throughout eternity. 7. 'Hold en to your temper when you are excited, or 'angry, ort others are angry with you. 8, ];fold on to your ideals, for they can bo realized. 0. E?tolid on to your good chauaeteer, for int is and ever will be your best wealth. and their grain ration shhould be re- duced at least fifty per cent. A .full grain ration shhouldnot be served the animals for at least twelve hours be- fore shipping. Some good cattlemen substitute oats for a portion of the gran ration at this tame. Where the animals are fed on. sil- age, clover or alfalfahay and some .nitrogenous concentrate, it has been found advisable to omit the nitrogen- ous concentrate for at least a day pre- ceding shipping. Timothy hay should also displace the leguminous hay and the silage should be cut to about one- third of the regular amount. Handle the cattle quietly so that they do not become excited or heated. No Need for Microscope. 'Spientific Barber— "Do you know. that when the edge bf a razor is ex- amined under a microscope it has teeth like those of a saw?" Custoner—••"I don't need a Micro- scope to know that" The little diff ferrenme between what we earn and what we spendiscapitol. It would require fourteen days to travel a mile at snail's pace. Parents as Educators The Educative Value of Mother Goose. BY, ANNA MAE BRADY: Every " child should have access to a well illustrated - copy of Mother Goose, not only because these little jingles represent the heart beans of the race but because they have within them great educative value. The tiny babe is lulled by their rhythm, to Which all the primitive in him re- spondls and his eye is caught by the pictures long before he is able to interpret thein, Grown-ups never outlive them. Poor indeed is the child who is •denied this foundation of the cl+ashsics. - Mother Goose represents the first attempt of the race to give us a liter- ature' Away back in the beginning and Jill; and Little Miss Muffet,, have as well defined places' in our mind% as Othello, Hamlet or Lady MaeBeth. Our children -of the •pre-school and 'kindergarten age are in this , same stage of development. They =too are susceptible torhythm, they love to•swing and sway ,arid they to music, and their ear is also caught by the sound of rhyming words. They need material like Mother Goose,: for it: is, to them. what Shakespeare la to the adult. Because these rhymes are the. product of many minds they are rich- er than anything. one person can give These jingles cane down to us from of time, bong before the days of 'books, the primitive races and Mother Goose these verses developed. The race no Was only a very clever teller of these doubt was in that rhythmic stage tales,—a woman who - made so many where people loved to swing and children happy that in her honor we sway their bodies - to music; queen call thein Mother Goose rhymes. music it as toafor we hear that . .The child who is brought up on it was often made by beating stones Mother,Goose learns to read natural- or ,sticks together, but always the ly*. He memorizes the jingles from rhythm was the appealing thing. So, hearing mother say them and, locates too, the sounds of rhyming words them by the pictures:. Finally he sees tickled their ears and when they were them as word units and is able to • so pleased wide them that they re- recognize the same worde in different „ peated them over and over, handing rhymes. This equips him . with a them down from generation to gen-. marking vocabulary which is of in- enation, each generation refining yet estimable value when he enters school. leaving the plat unchanged. Best of all, it has not been work, but These rhymes while but a sentence only play. or two in length afire well-nigh 'perfect in construction. They will pass any The song o] the bird was originally test to which we submit adult hbera- a cry of alarm. tome, Thhere is a plot, introduction, One sw llow devours about 6,000climax, and eonoluslon. The charac- flies an a. d'ay tors dance on and off again, yet so Clearly are they represented that as Lime which ;giv'es new life bo land 'is 'long as 1ife.lasts we have a clear pie- equally necessary in the human in- tute,of them. With only a few words tion. It builds bone. Sour land crops to deserihbe them, Little Bo Peep, Jack are deficient vii it- .- �+ If yeti have no stand on. which :to place the drinking' water pail try us -1 ing a srivarc wooden box jest a little • larger than the dinmeter of Wto pelt, Set the water pail in the box and ft' will not be 'tipped, .over from bons jumping on the edge as is the ease evhen 'a half'ereety pial is setting by its , BUMPER CROP 1--2 HIGHEST YIELD LOWEST RATES TO MARKET I SHOULD WORRY! es tlsoot ss N 4A 04 40215 p1A DP. nI' ib G WIu" ; 526 p10 Aw r 09 6 I MA'11;r< �:bg o ,� ,. w• .116 �A yViNN �E r� , 819 Po 9 loseii 6 Z 5 x I! g1 ?5 r "".0 2 pEG 0tAII' ' t ee ne felt' sidn'te- GRpNEN ;SAg1� E Be0Ao?o� fJ, it Ret tt't•• roue t jp`yRgl� '? a" 5EC1.01` 0Otte C + A sig tuO,a• 005 r) E toet EXPORT GRAIN MARKET tsT1 tt?Y1h\i a,,,.w,,�y,:., fi.. ��.-• f L R S — 5Od cw i/- %s oat" E A4/D ON ' as • ,vr