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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1923-06-07, Page 2Early Sources of Nectar and The earlY sources of neetareand berries grow abundantly large croPlt ere obtained. , Carag;ana or Siberian pee tree b also a heavy Yielder and is begeining len are Of' great inportance • M the very isupartant in the prairie paw - beekeeper, not from the standpoiat of inees who're it is being grown to pro - the surplus honey ;they , may give, 'but vide windbreaks, In Manitoba' and The Ontario Long Course Sc oo4 By f, SzEVENsoN, B.S,A„ Secretary and Supervising Director, , In °uteri°, winter classes in agrisi able. -This feeulty was oemposed ' largely of college arid uoiversity graduates with teaehing ..experierice. . The Domestic Science class at eaeli school had the benefit of a resident • domeetic science teacher, who in turn was assisted by the visiting specialists. Classes were assembled at 9.30 each' morning, except Saturday, and cone tinted until four o'clock in the after.' cattle for the British market- since are the basis of the pig c e, noon,- -.h eight easily earry a larger load at a rate' itself to be a big helper.* The trailer . in many localities, and it 'becomes neo- soually inspected at Montreal by the drop production, all of which are of schoole made a grand total of 239 boy Dominion Minister. of Agriculture4,great practical value. The three- and 260 girls. Many occasional stile) hour uncleesiinilar conditions. Sup- 11.0,0_1 have them build un strong enimgh for Hon. W. 13. Motherwell, the Deputy months' courses in agriculture and, dents attended the classes of specird of frem twelve to twenty miles ant to feed the bees in order to - makes use of the reserve power of the' essarY iengine. You know that the Depaetment ef Agricalture. Iniceuee of the eirect theY • have in Allserta a surplus, is.' obtained frem cultu,re ancl ein cloroeptee scrence are stimulating the bees to heavy bi•ood tiles plrint, held hy the Agriceltileal Representa- Gdress eerseleueleatien; to-aseronomlife 7-3 Adelaide St. West. Torent* Preduction and so pro;*ridiag lerge Horse chestnut, hawthornebarberry, tives, end during the daration of the force of worker bees in dine for the dogwooel, heneysuckle, buckthorn.Agriculturel Instruction Act 4,000 Rir4PING THE HELP PRO/3L'EM, were hauled eighteen miles every day. harvest "Iwild mustard also yield small amounts farm boys have benefited. Out of these 1ee you realize the great time -saving' In the hauling of peeishable 'produce I Most regions in Canada produce a of nectar and are important in the classes have grewn the junioi• farm - veins) of the motor -truck? A tea tie each as fruit and vegetables, the time fair supply eff these early floevers, aggregate. " ers' organizations, of which there are of horses with en average load can; gained by the use a eriator-tracks li, especially the Maritime Provinces, se -104 within the province, with a mem- h dl tha five or six an Important factor. 1 Quebec, Ontario and Britieh Colum- The flied shipment of Canadian. store bership of 2,815. These organizaea tions Against this, the rnotorstruck will] Tine motor -truck trailer has shoevn ever, these early sources are limited the removal of the embargo was per- clubs, and various competitions nregular miles an hour on a fairly good road.' la„4ILF.2 CUTs nowX HAULING COSTS, 1 Ma. In the prairie provinces, how - Minister Dr. ,T H Grisdal and d t' e ow held at eight interest to them Literary and debats , , , , , e, omes lc scienc n 1 • pose, then, that a farmer has to haul, mobile or motor -truck engine inust be th • fi w, say a distance of twelve miles. If he . t l' b tth plants are the willoees and Agriculture, as well as by several development. f*P o c im s eep grades or go rough, eerlY take him practically half a working heavy roads. On -a • road with fairly i maples; they grovs abundantly en most without „excessive parts a Can,ada and yield bo n 427 animals in .the shipment, mostly The Three Month Courses or Long uses a horse and wagon the trip evill Members of Parliament. 'Mete were, good surface , and Course Schools in Agriculture and Do - day, and the services of the man who and nectar. There are mane -pecies of the Shorthorn and Polled Angusi grades however, this reserve is! rnestic Science, were organized m , typee, and of good be quality. The 1021-22 alii an exteneion activity of the but $16 per • etudent for the *three ' ' ' 'ft tth I • t' B •anch month period, a mere trifle hr well a willow and practically all of them Just as a horse or locomotive can y , , o the Ontario epartaen of gr - ,. pull a nnich heavier load then it can first to bloom. Of the mep s, the P ' le of store cattle shi rnents would lead 1 • icu ture, in four countili, Middlesex, agriculture and domestic science k 1 h lder or to the gradual development of an irra H P i ci --- tw di The Huron, ee anen or . The schools were held, at the fol-' milk to the railroad every morning, , The moet impeniain ortant a the very other Officers ef the PePartment of. centres in the province are a similar Ing societies were orgenizd in connea.' • owerful enough to enable the vehicle ben with each School. The cost of Mese, echo -els has been very low ,when .compafed With 'the, cost of the permanent schOpl, being A... -,cc the team are lost during that seldom used and thus becomes „avail - long period. Besides, both man and able for drawi trailer. are -visited byelioney bees. The pussy lms el s a . Aglicu ura epr organized schooling in elementary suniption after a period of 30 yeats I horses niey be badly needed for other a e ng a (Salix bicolor) is email the fD tAi work. On. the other hand, a motor -truck 'carry, it has been found that a motor g U make- the round trip in a little vehicle can not only carry the Weight swamp maple, red or soft maple, and Portant export trade. over "am hour or tem hours at the which it is desi d a e t the Norway maple areimportant In , --•.--• ' . ge-leaf map econtroversy - British Columbia the lax .. le In France the between gne o carry, u can the cities. and the country over day- light saving has been settled by corn- resentatives' services in those wen es Agricultural Botany Horticulture I' - Promise. The government orders all were very -desirous -that the schools be Farm Drainage, Soils and Fertilizerse clocks turne'd .ahead one 'half hour to repeated in 1922-23. Four other Apiculture, Feria Mechanics Poultry' conform with Strasbourg itatead of 'cw°auell.:, eas'ndSi„Prilectc'eerb.olaroeedsas'kePdritnhaet Ed- ' •Husbandry, -Farm Dairying, Farm Management, Farm Forestry, Econo- mic Entomology, Elementary, Chem- istry and Physics, Civics anriturall e, Organization, Co-operative Marketing,I Veterinary Science, Gas Enginese English, and Mathematics. The classes in Home Economics re) ceived instruction in Sewing, Home Nursing, Foods and Cooke'ree Laun- deritg, Household Administration,' Millinery, English, and Mathematics. All Domestic Science students may elect to attend the classes in Poultry, Apiculthre, Dairying, and klorticUlg tare. Special lectures on s'ubjects of interest were arranged from time to' teaching into the back distriets and trinSechoOL' of this type 'take the college • reach young people who can not for various reasons attend the permanent -1 ly organized Agricultural College at made up of the best instructors avail- Guelph. lowing points, Clinton, Parkhill, courses were very successful, and the Iington, Mallorytowe and Orillia. Streetsville, Binbrook, Norwood, Wel_ various groups of peoiressive people making use of the Agricultural *" Rep - The classes in Agriculture received instruction in Animal- Husbandry,' most, releasing both truck and driver for other duties. • But this saving of time, due to the Increased speed of the motor -truck, has other aderantages. It opens up neev markets and enables the farmer at a distance, who owns a truck, to compete with the man who is nearer a particular market, for a horse can hardly haul a load more than twelve to fifteen miles and return the same day, whereas a motor -truck can easily do fifty miles during the same period. Besides, it costs more to haul farm products to shipping points by team and wagon than it does motor- truck. - : EXTRA POWER WHEN NEEDED. An interesting example of the value of the motor -truck in an emergency in addition haul a trailer or trailer bearing. an equal or greater (Acer macrophyllum) ie very import - Other plants that yield pollen at load; in other words, a truck -trailer ant - the same time are the aldee, ash and combination can haul from. two to three tinees what the truck, tractoe or elm* A little later in the season the corn - automobile could haul alone. Yet, de: mon dandelion and fruit blocaereapple, spite the greater load capacity of the pear, plume cherry and the wild fruits combination, the'added expense of op-. erating the motor velucle is only about 25 per. cent. The use of trailers also saves time, for the trailer can be loaded or un- . are very important, yielding both pol- len and nectar, and in favorable sea- sons a good surplus may be obtained. In the prairie provinces many of the wild flowers contribute small supplies loaded while the motor -truck is going on another trip, and by using three trailers, one loading while a second is unloading and the third is on the road with the truck, the loss of time is greatly reduced. THREE TYPES OF TRAILERS. There are three principal types of came up an .a. farm near • 'Yellow trailers: the two -wheel, the four - Springs. Two men loaded the truck vheel and the ,semi -trailer, all of with alfalfa as high as they could which are being -aged by farmers, the pitch. The load was two and a half particular kpe selected depending tons. Hardly had the truck started upon the inaividual needs and prefer - for the road wheri it came upon a ences of the user. As with motor - of nectar. and some pollen. The bush fruits, currants, gooseberries and easpberries also furnish large am- ounts of nectar arid, where wild rasp - Greenwich time. Learning to cover up an aching heart, to smile when you would weep, is what eveeyone must learn if he would live the masterful life. To the motorist a child on the high, way is always a- danger signal. When you see one ahead slow down at once; and if you are in any doubt, stop. Home Education "The Child's First Schooi is the Family"---Froebee Unspoiling the, Spoiled Child—By Mary E. Underwood "Joe is so awfully mischievous," his evhat some parents claim. al* absolute - wagon -lead of one and a half tons of trucks, certain manufacturers of trail- mother complained- to me. "Ile sim- alfalfa. The load had beconie mired ers are„ specializing in trailers espe- ply takes the house apart. He nieddles in a soft spot, and the most strenuous cially dargned for farm work. Many with the clock, every heck or serew, and the animals we.re unhitched and the the market embody the most approved °II. we never know what terrible thing is efforts failed to extricate it. - Finally of the best makes of trailers now going to happen next." T9 illustrate, . wagon load of alfalfa was hitched be- features. of the mator-truck, and are she told ma of an, unpleasant expera hind the truck. The motor -truck, , able, without' difficulty, to follow in ence which resulted , ecause o Which had plenty of poiver, not only, the track' of the towing vehicle with-Imischievousness. One morning when ichildhood usually develops a- selfish, pulled the mired wagon »met of the out wobbling, overturning or coming he was alone in the room, he opened , self-centred, self-seeking adult, who in rrmd, but with the extra load in addi- to grief when turning corners. the telephone, and -loesened the evires.' the end pay e a heavy penalty for it all tion to its own crossed the fi"ld d Th f -11 'examples , e an e o owing - illustrate A few beaus afterward a neighbor by being generally- disliked. i ... . went on to the barn; nearly a mile the' varied uses to which the trailers hastilY came t° call for the doctor. The - This use of crying as a business ly,unavoidable circurnstances; one in- stance being a sickly child whom the parents think should not be irritated, crossed or annoyed in any way. ' A child so treated 'quickly and naturally learns the great value to hieriself of showing irritation. This coddling in away. _ , are being put bylariners: farmer op- telephene,was eat ef commission and method ip a comparatively simple vat - A motOr-truck is intended, of course, erates a wholesal1k e mi route covering , f ' ' - • no one Preeent knew what to do Joe 1 ie ty of 4`spoiledness" to cure, if the for hauling. 111.an emergence thmigh, twenti-five miles a day ,with an auto_ was aehlteoolae At th.,311tiee table mothe14 r,0ea. at whole-heartedlY, see - It can do other jobs. A farmd. farmer hamobile-and" trailer; a fruit grower erbe's 14°.kher Inentlee-e- e incident' in to it'‘that the child never gets 6'ny sixty-six acres of wheat which had, hauled his entire peach crop to mar - Joe cafnii ",nv,D, minced that he knew thing by cryingfor 11 ' been badly tangled by storms.. There; ket with a light passenger ear and a :how to fix it. This he did. "And," The, child who maliciously teases was a shortage of horses, but the' four -wheeled trailer, averaging sixty concluded the mother, "I fixed Joe to animals does ie perhaps bemuse he has wheat had to be harvested. The tem -1 oeach load being thus more than the telephone again*" them kindlY, ocrates on each trip, the_ total weight help hirn remember not to meddle with never been. trained or teught te treat perature stood at 110 deg. It impossible for even the few hoeses 3,000 pounds; pefarmer uses.his light It was very plain that what this ; those about him careless and unkind ' I r because he has seen F., making, f available to work more than an hour , runabout with a two -wheel. trailer "spoiled child" needed was not punieh- i to animals. Little childrenare cruel a on in weight ; • ment or.suppression of his mechanidal without. meaning to be cruel or know - or two at a time. , 1 hauling cattle up ..to t • I t ted t --------' other that sympathy" for animale can best be de - was cut in short order and without of tracks and trailers; a wheat groweLif he were my boy I Would gee that difficulty. ^ , er made use- of several touring cars However, a two -ton truck was hitch -I Pacific coast farmers haul thousands* inclinations but a chalice M make use ,ing that they are cruel. Kindness and ed to a nine -foot binder and the wheati of tons of hay every season by -means `he ovvned, a good set of heY's tools and velopecl in. children lerough actual parents obtained the set for him and be required to ,care for some living, lEverY little personal experiences. child should have a chance and should they proved to be exaetly what he growing thing, animal or plant. Only needed. He found great pleasure in through such practices can the finer using the tools and reading the books heinan sympathies and instincts in the and before long Joe, instead of being child be awakened and developed. an annoyance to everyone, became a The desire of a child to tease others very genuine source of pride to theis often the direet result of the child's household. He had a corner in the home environment. It is among the house which he called his ashop,'"' commonest of parents' sins to tease whence emanated all kinds of original and ingenious mechanical toys. , The problem presented by the child who "cries violentlef until he gets what he wants" is a very common one.*The child who has this habit is almost, in. - variably a child who has learned from sexperience that ceasing heed and cry- ing long enough is. the mest tuccessful method of securing his ends. ,Some - some good mechanical Nooks. Jee's Similarly, another farmer l'ised with foni-wheel trailers for handling 1 motor -trucks last season for handling last seaeon's crop, not only hauling wheat in the field and by their help the threshed wheat to the shipping found no difficulty in keeping up with, point in this way, but likewise bring - the thresher, which was harvesting' ing the wheat across' the fields to the twenty-five acres a day. During the threshing machine.—Donald McLeod eummer season 1,000 bushels of wheat ,Lay. POULTRY Green feed; -in some form, consti- tutes an essential -part of any well balanced poultry ration, whether for young chicks, growing stock or. adult, birds. _ The modern tendency is to give a somewhat harrow ration containing Protein in a highly concentrated form. This is particularly title With regard to poultry kept in confineMent and fed heavily for egg production, as are a large proportion of the birds on our Canadian farms during at least five months of the year. A liberal supply, for grazing from five to six weeks after being sown. Alfalfa makes excellent green feed for growing stock, and when cured is valuable for winter feeding. It has the added advantage of being able to withstand prolonged drought. The favorite varieties are Grimm and »Turkestan, Mangels or semi -sugar beets form the bulk of the green feed for winter use; they are easily harvested, keep well, and generally crop well, The Mammoth Long Red or Gate Post 'var- ieties' al:a/preferable,- as they contain a highete percentage of dry matter; of green feed minimizes the dangers of , Marigels should not be fecrammediate- this system by adding both bulk andi ly after being harvested, as when very variety to th6 ration, and at the same fresh they might cause bowel troubles. time replates a certain quantity of grain. Green feed is 'valuable, not only for its succuletce, which makes it palat- able to poultry, but also because it contains mineral matter, including ne.- tritive constituerits, necessary to sus - tale life, promote growth, and assure reproduction. Foremost among these constituents are the vitamines, the ab- sence of which from any ration; whether for humans, animals or birds, will ultimately prove fatal. Therefoee it behooves every poultry keeper, whether backyarder, epecial- ist, or fix/quer, to make provision for an ample supply of green feed la some form, and in view of the shortness of our growing sullen, and the late spring experienced this year, no time Should be lost. , Green feed may be divided into two kinds, that intended for immediate consumption, and that which is to be held for winter tse. Certain varieties, however, are grown for both purposes this being particularly true of gfassed and leguminous plants. The Jerusalem Artichoke, and espe- cially the Mammoth French White, deserves more atteentioalrom poultry- men. Extreinely hardy and prolific, it can be grown almost anywhere' and under any conditions. The green shoots form abendant shade and sue- culent feed for growing stock,' the closeness of the •foliage helps to choke out weeds, while the tubers keep well, are relished for winter feed for laying hens and early spring feed for little chicks. Details regarding methods arid time for planting all the abgee mentioned kinds of -green feed will .be found in Jeulletins 87. and 88 (seeond series) and pamphlet 23,:w1ich may be ob- tained free froth the Publications Branch, Department of Agriculture, _Ottawa, Ont. Better be right and poor than wro g and rich, Among the green feeds. which are to be' used' AS soen 'arg grown, rape leelde first place by reason of its quick growth, palatability mid value for leaning and freshening the yards, 10 best variety is Dwert E, See* and It should be sown broadcatit, Mid r The gift to Canada of five breeding Shire leepeece, tees, stallions and three lifiaris; by the Shire itorse Soelety' of Great Dritain, has been added to by Kra. Otanton, of Derbyehlee, England, Vehe hae ,contribu,ted two-yeter-old eta from her fatnous stud at Sheletora near ahboprne, This colt is the son t en d the best bred mares in the 4by a Very faMOUS. .101„:1' rttOtWOIr of the breed in the weather 4On4itions a 10, ream/. 'pawn their little children. I do not need to suggest particulars here; most of us can supply thein from our own ex- perience. Wise and loving parents will realize that if their thoughtlessness and lack of judgment have resulted in spoiling, in oraer to insure the happiness and welfare of these children the work of unspoilMg the spoiled child must be ,Three Month School service be extend- ed to- them. This made a total of eight counties "benefiting by this 'form of extension work during the gest winter. The Agricultural Representative se- lected the location for the school in his county, arranged with the muni- cipal authorities or others concerned for the use of buildings, grants for running expenses, equipment, prizes, and other »eniner eseentials necessary to conduct a Well organized school for rural youth. , The resident faculty at each point where a school was held consisted of the Agricultural Representative, the Assistant Representative, the Domes- tic Science assistant and th'e instruc- tor in English and Mathematics. The travelling, faculty, visiting all the schools for a defiiiite period in accord- ance- with a well -ordered plan, was times this practice originates from andertaken. - THE 41141IXED" FARMER • CellESS-.„ -e" .a.,..... _......-......: ^. ''. ÷4.--.7; ease 444,144. ' lir YOtc cdeirr tiim ovr BUSINEA THE CHILDREN'S HOUR HOME-MADE BIRD -BATHS OF CEMENT. . bird -bath of simplest construc- tion', but which:has been much 'enjoyed by'the rabbits, »blue jays,ewreriee ,and other feathered denizens of my egar- den, is here described. - The cover of a large sized galvaniz- ed garbage can was used, as a mold, after being carefully lined with greas- ed paper. The cover avas filled about -three- fourths full with cement; then as the cement 'slowly hardened, it was drawn gently and constantly with a wooden paddle, back from the centre and to- ward the edge, until, when the cement finally "set," it reached up ta the rim of the cover at the edge, and sloped The Flower Garden in 'Spring. very gently and gradually downward - - , ' To all loVers of flowers the garden In spring is a Most enjoyable place; here one meets old friends among the spring flowering plants, which, per- haps, one has watched the develop - mut of for years. In many gardens, however, there is a dearth of spring flowers, but, , as .there are» so meta hardy desirable plants, this could ease to drop to the ground and hold their feet Lind hands high. ' Snake and- bfrds was played by the teachers and the children. The direc- tor of games told the' youngsters that "the lovely tdachers" would be the birds, which were to be caaght within the circle by the snakes. . ',Then liecalled sixteen girls, and had thein -line up in fours. Each line of four, locking arms, formed -a -snake,' _whose Imsiness it was to kill a ,leird, withoat' letting gtt of each Otheee When the head of the stake with its free arm caught hold Of a bird the ' rest of the snake quickly encircled it, and the bird was pronounced dead and removed from the circle, :while the snake went •tO'the end of the line and the second snake was set free, and so oil until all -the birds were dead. Horseback tag was the next game.. Here to keep from being tagged, the performers had to straddle the backs of their fellow contestants. • toward the deepest part in the centre. - It was set upon a low *mound of stones, about which gay red and yel- low and white portulacas were plant.. The birds, seem particularly to .appreciate the bath's being set so con- veniently low that it is easily -within their reaCh as they hep aboul the _lawn, So 44..r+1,4cilia in our garden is gay all summer long with bright- ily be remedied if there is the desire hued blossonis and happy feathered to do so. creatures. A similar bird -bath was constructed by.a neighlxor, which, instead of being set low upon a tiny 'rockery" was elevated upon a pedestal. A cracked earthenware drain -pipe was .used as the mold for this pedes - inside before the cenient wes poured spring ' flowers; while close•"behind ar into it. After the cement had hard- ened, this roold was broken to piece's to set the pedestal free.—Harriet Jooe. TRY THESE NEW, GAMES. Here are some games that were played at a recent school fete: Nose amcl toe tag furnished math As soon as the snow is gone one may have the Snowdrop, Snatifialce, Crocus; Chionodoxa, and Scilla among bulbs; soon to be followed by the -.Daffodils and Tulips. Hardy Primes soon mingle with the bulbs as dcathe Ice, - land Poppy, Trillium, Trollius, Leers' tal; the pipe being thoroughly greasedionicurn Epimedium and Other early the Columbines, Bleeding Ifeart, Swee Rocket and Ireses, and many others. , As one looks at the garceen as it novr . , Is, one can picture how 'it would be improved if; in another year, there were flowers where there. are, no 11ow-1 ers,pow; where yellow, red or whits would add to the general effect; where atiusement. If the one who was "it" a low -growing plant or a tall plan tagged a ontestant ho was not would imProve the appetteance of ths manual connection with his nose and border. As one is liable to forget thesa twin toes, the unfortunate player had to things after the spring has, gone, ts! beeorne "it." good Plan is te write on a label ori Now then, look out! If you don't smali meee of wood the kind of plane want to get caught, just grab your which is- desired in each place where nose with one hand, and your foot' t iniproveinent can be made; then where b with the other. If you can keep Veer ' the proper time for Planting arrives*, balance and hop around on on foot, if such a plant is put there, it will not all well and good; but ifyou ,can not, be long before there will be, A .,rria,r1tel you will fall dovvn. • ut whatever you imprevement in the gardee in spill* do, don't let go ef -your nose or toes, and this method can he folloWed with or you will be tagged. good results for the whole season. .0striek tag came net. In this game, Leitrnavvelrlowhmo6InotseeinflotehTsg,atrlidneen, pnleaxl none of the performers could be tag - for ged while they slung an arm ender spring; a little improvement each yeaa the crook of the leg and grabbed the would- soon result In a gi6at chalig4 nose. To be seeh hopping atomic' iie and make the . home grotuids ' much tohfatthepoossittriiocnh febinutirlidt'ts fount!, vjue'rsyt try It, minion Ilortieulturiet. more attractive.—W, T. Maeoun, Ple• Anhei tag wes a game for the girle. Here the girls to be innetieie frore "it" would make a lunge foe each ether's ankles. Of course theta were some tells, but it only edded to the hilarity of the ehildren. Ji playing ttalie tag; if one kePt hie halide and feet front totalling the Hitherto eggs imported intbeCartade In less than ten -case lotieeee ,not been subjected to inepectiOne and by Making ernall consignments, shippers Were able to evade the regulations. The regulations lievenoW been )31tion& •and all shiprrieete Of eggs in +lc ground, he Couldn't be tagged. At shell will bencefoeth be eilbject to lar first the boys ttied to fly, but in a.few epection and Marking at the port InenlantS they diSeovered it was eatiee erit11.