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Zurich Herald, 1923-07-12, Page 2Address communications to A ronomist•. 73 Adelaide at. West, Toronto 4 the close of the main, he br e9@ing s traeted ' Honey' �. . The business of be',jk `is" as sentially ,one of 'forethetu Io and ,pre paration. Before the crop of one el is her vt, 'rti2>mkibcn7en- eedesforedprthatepaofathe n ts ,belot eonis, the foundation of, this year', 'rip, should have been laid lust surer just Before R. S.—Will you please tell me whether Sudan grass is of ani/ virtue or riot? .Answer Sudan grass is not re- garded as suitable for pasture crop. Xts chief value would be as a catch crop in such a place as millet would be grown. Even for this purpose'it is suitable only in warm soil that is fairly rich. At the Central Experi- mental Farm, a small area, left va- cant through the failure of a Swede turnip seed crop, was sown to Sudan grass. The seed was broadcasted on June 16 at a rate of 20 pounds per acre and harrowed in. ,On August 21 the crop ,was cut and yielded at the rate of 14 tans per acre of green weight. A thick aftermath.followed that reached a height of 18 inches when the first killing frost appeared. The soil on which the crop was grown was very` rich. G. H.—What cane one do with sheep pasture to keep it from eggs or larvae of stomach worms? Answer --.When a pasture becomes infested with h sto ach worms m � , ms the only y satisfactory treatment is to break it up and to keep it in cultivated crops for two or three years. If this is not practicable, the sheep should be mov- ed to fresh" pasture once a month or oftener. K. M. -I would like some informa- tion on the use of Bordeaux mixture for spraying potatoes. 1 have a five acre field of early potatoes planted the last week in April. 4'hey seem to be growing pretty well, but 1 would like to know if Bordeaux would help any. How much would it cost - per i acre each time I sprayed them? Howl often should they be sprayed? Wily the use of the mixture increase the• yield any or enough to pay for the � extra expense? This piece of ground! was a heavy Tune grass sod that had' been pastured for about fifteen fears. Answer—Where the potato crop is' at all likely to be attacked by late( i blight or rot, it pays well to spray throughout the growing season. Ex-' periments reported by the Experie mental Farms have shown that from five to seven very thorough sprayings carried on over a period of ten years, increased the yield at the rate of 97.6. bushels per" acre. In some of these years there was no blight yet the in: crease was always large enough to g make the undertaking profitable. The' cost of spraying on .a field scale should not cost $1.60 per acre per spraying. On a smaller • settle it might cost $2 per acre. At this rate the spraying should be profitable in average sea- sons. Complete instructions for the preparation of Bordeaux mixture .and applying it to the potato ` crop are contained in Circular No, 10 of the Experimental Farms at Ottawa, F, B.—Please let me know what kind of alfalfa is the best to sow on mostly high land and medium soil. Should it be sown 'with oats or barley and as early as possible? How many pounds to the acre? T have never grown alfalfa so thought best to ask you for advice. • Answer—The two varieties of On- tario Variegated and Grimm's are both good:and"''about equally valuable. If sown in the early spring at the regular seeding:time for grain, it is well 'to sow with a nurse crop, pre- ferably oats, at the rate of about a bushel and a half to the_acre.. If sown after the middle .of June, it is better sown alone at the rate of about alfalfa 20 pounds of seed per acre. If a 4 has not been, grown on the farm, the seed should lee treated with a bacterial culture. This culture can be obtain- ed in quantities to 'do 60 pounds of seed, from the Botanical. Division of the Experimental Farm at Ottawa. L. R.—.1 have a couple of acres of weedy mucic land. I had thought of. sowing Sudan grass and . mowing it once (for hay) and then let it get a good growth and plow it under. Have also thought of dragging once a week or so and then in August sow it to rye and plow that under in the spring. Now, what do you think would clean it the best and still improve my land?' Answer -Sudan grass has been tried at the'Experimental Farm on muck land and proved .a complete failure. For such a location it is not to be compared with "millet, either Japanese or Hungarian. Probably the best crop, to sow for the purpose desired is a mixture of millet and. sweet clover .at the rate of 25 to 30, pounds millet and 15 pounds of sweet. clover to the acre. When ready for hay, the millet should be taken off. The sweet clover.crop should then make a satisfactory growth for fall pasture., The heavy stand' that should. be expected from ` such- a =mixture should help the land byl 1c e, iii a it p zip. and •improying the texture. Five Ideas Abort Roadside Signs :3` BY W. C. The roadside sign sells goods, but can you afford to pay more for a pub- licly located farm in order to make these sales? I have talked with sev eral men. who made specialties of fruit, honey, dairy products, and poultry, and had tried signboards. "Don't believe it is worth while;"" said one man, "unless you have a steady product, keep a display out in front of the home, . and have someone to look after ' Tt. You can figure on a spasmodic business."` "So far as that. big sign along the inter -urban is concerned," another man told me, "I might as well have saved the lumber and paint it took to make it. Folks used to seeing signs don't notice whether they are tobacco, fresh eggs, or Clothing advertise- ments, "..sell considerable stuff from my sign," said a lady who had'an attrac- tive bulletin board along a much - traveled road. "Sometimes we dispose of perishable stuff, or sinall quantities not worth advertising in the paper. It is quite a bother though, A good many: want to visit, and while they SMITH, have spare time, I haven't. That is one reason I wonder sometimes if it pays The." I asked a professor of poultry hus- bandry for us-bandryfor his opinion about selling from salesboards. He said; "Personally I would prefer the farm less prominently located—provided it Was on an improved road near school and church. I figure that my time would be worth more eight out at work than it would be in looking after sporadic sales that come from my signboards." "We sold all of our fallen apples last season, simply by writing a notice on the bulletin," said a prominent farmer. "We don't specialize like a lot of folks, but when we have any- thing to sell it doesn't take long to ' get rid of it." A road sign will sell things, and there is reason to recommend it for. certain purposes, but opinions indicate that the ,specialty farm needs a more regular outlet thap this .ail'ordsir I; believe it is doubtful whether one can afford to pay much extra for the lo- cation of a specialty for its advertis- ing value. POULTRY For years many poultry enthusiasts have said that leg weakness in young chicks is caused by feeding too fatten- ing a ration, which causes the body to grow faster than the muscles, and makes too much weight on the frail legs. Others have declared that lack of exercise causes early hatched chicks which have been ' making a rapid growth suddenly to lose the use of their legs without losing their ap- petites or showing any other signs of disease. Still another theory has been that too high a temperature, to- gether with dirty quarters, werethe primary causes of leg weakness. Although the cause of the trouble was not definitely known, the remedy has been the common knowledge of poultrymen for a long while, and sim- ply consists in allowing the chicks the liberty of an outdoor run. We know now that leg weakness in chicks conies front digestive disturb. rices brought on by the poor elimina- tion: of waste from the bodies of the chicks, The rations lack a 'sufficient amount of inert material, which causes the quick elee 'trig of the di- gestive tract. Giving oil does not help, but feeding a ration that is high- in inert material prevents the develep- naent of the trouble, and aide in re- lieving it after it has developed. This can be supplied by cutting paper up Very finely and adding it to the ration, The ;dost satisfactory method of preventing—or curing—the trouble is to allow the chicks to have access to fresh earth, One spring we were .both- ered with leg weakness and it was im- possible to turn the'chicks out, as we were having a very cold, wet spring. So, as it was impractical to let the chicks to • the soil, we brought the soil to the chicks. Every morning, noon• and evening a big blue -grass sod was brought to the chicks. These sods were put in the brooder house, upside down, for a couple of. ,hours, until the chicks had picked out all the roots, and eaten all the earth their systems required. Then the sods were turned over so that the biddies could :,helpthemselves to the tender green grass, We also cut down a little .on the amount of dry mach and scratch feed and in only a few days the chicks were improving. Of course, had the weather been different, we would have let the chicks out during the warns part, of the day, hut our Way proved a very good sub- stitute. • Eat a little leas food in hot weather. Food makes heat, and in hot weather You need less heat, 1+ oed the cows two quarts of ground oats for ten days before she is due to calve and :gyve her a pail of warm water`. Put one tablespoonful of ,gin- ger in the feed, There won't be any trouble with afterbirth, l; have tried this for twenty years and it doesn't' IL P. that each colonywas hea-d b .a'gQQd y, prolific queen; later, • wing ade- quate . uate winteriin'or W ' at;ii lying" might be strong in sp In and'when the spring ne tro ,; a made, by: clipping queensexamito foci it e ha}diing 'of swarms, x ° From the time that ,`e" ees are. removed from winter q 'rters;:until the main flow,'' a large ' amount of brood rearing should 'b-eeeouraeed. 11, however, there be a' arth el nec- tar between fruit- bloom + d the; main flow, feeding to stimulat brood' tear- ing will be necessary..:, ee tiro t the queen has ample room. n which to lay; if extra room is nee d, 'a. second brood chamber is glvee, ,. ove. As the flow may come thea„ rush, enough supers should be onihand to take care of the crop. ie utsi . to allow 3 deep supers, or ell, q zival-ent, to each colony but t is will vary with location. Indications of the conineneeirzent of the flow maybe recogniz at the rive entrance in the greater a avlty;;ti[' the bees and in their he rvylapii?arance when alighting. Insidehe, hive are further Indic tion ' Pa "1i s i n 'th resence of white wax and new bore shiriir in the cells. Another good indi-atio , and an ac- curate one, is a colony of scales.The object of all rna,ri rltions is: �� To promote contentment among , the bees, which is the keynot 'iri prevent- ing swarming, and to ' ire ' he work- ers together in a workin. mood. To promote . contenfine' t, ventila- tion is given when necess'ry by rais- ing the hive on 1 -inch bliel.s, which are.placed between it end tlieebo.ttom board. Upward ventilatior•may' be given by turning back ;riches of the. writ rn rfront and raising the cover there with a one -inch block of wood, Make', examinations every 9 or 10 deys to .provide room for storing and 'to head off swarm preparations. In' eaperxng°, before; giving ;the first ettper, the queen is pub in the lower brood chamber with an excluder: above; if the weather is warm so that there will be,nix chilling of brood, the honey supee is placed next with the upper brood chamber on top; otherwise place the upper brood chamber next with super on ; top. When a super is about one-third full, which can be judged by its weighty; it is raised up and an- ther ,one is planed between it and the brood 'chamber; Supers should be left on till all honey is capped over' or at least two-thirds of it is; this is very important, as i}ncapped honey is unripe, In examining, if, eggs are found in queen cells, destroy them and make a note of it on the record card of the colony. On the next examination, should eggs in queen cells again be found or larvae in queen cells, the colony should be immediately,; treated for swarming. Oneof the methods of treatment, and a very' good one, is that in which the cells are destroyed and the queen removed. (The queen and one frame of brood being used to form a nucleus.) 'Nine days later all queen cells are again` destroyed and a laying queen given. It is advisable always to have in the.apiary for emergencies spare young queens whether' they be; home reared •or imported. , Whatever method of control is used the object is not to divide • the colony. If a natural swarm' emerges, hive it on the old , stand, leaving the > parent colony- alongside for '7 days that . its field bees may strengthen the swarm when it is removed. When a cow -goes, dry before fresh- ening, milk her the last time. on Sun- day morning, before sun -up, and she will calve during the day and not at night. We have done this for five years, getting about thirty calves dur- ing that time, and not one was born in the night. H. Vv.' How They Save Minutes DRIVES AROUND FIELD IN DRILLING. :r One way of saving', minutes is to :drill ..a field by driving around the field instead of going back and forth across it. I'find the workcan be done much quicker that way. • The drill discs will not have to be raised, and by keeping one of the horses following the wheel track the work can be done very satisfactorily. When finishing, make a round'°from the centre of . the field to each corner, inex•..' pa s'' � �'ty- iu t ' ,OFI-NDS MINUSHTES f REPAIR OP A good '_ method of saving minutes is to have a well-equipped repair shop on the farm. When something breaks it can be repaired during the 'noon. hour or in the evening. This frequent- ly saves many a trip to town. The shop should contain a vise, post -drill, anvil and forge, soldering outfit, shoe repair kit, a good :supply of bolts of all descriptions, an assort- ment of 'rivets, some wrenches and pliers.—J. B. - ` MAKE YOTJR HEAD HELP. We all can save minutes in our farm work if we will only our use :1 head. When we go to the city or village we jot down the things we shall likely need during the next week or t"wo,•and then purchase the entire list.; -. Like- wise, when going to the field; in the morning we always have a wliench, a few nails and some wire, so drat in case something does go wro g t he tripto the house.Then,too,think are we can fix it wi Bout a the farmer should go about hie work in a way to overcome that tired and nervous feeling. Work straight ahead and keep constantly thinking of the most efficient method of accomplish ing the task you are -at. W D. MENDS VESSELS QUICKLY. •There are numerous savings, both in convenience• and money, that may be effected by a little ingenuity on the part of the handy man—or woman about the house:Kitchen utensils, i55tli of tin and=enamelware, frequent 1lrvholes come in the .. 'Hotq'inany' of, us can remember the Pays of our grandmothers, before germs were discovered, and the im- portance of sanitation so emphasized, when a piece n£ rag was drawn into the hole in the tin milk pan. There is a better way and more sanitary, and without the trouble of taking these articles to the tinner. If one will procure an assortment of tinner's. rivets one of these may be put in the hole and riveted down, stopping it. completely. -Or a plug of lead can easily be whittled out with a jack- knife and hammered in. Anirregular shaped hole may be fitted with a lead plug in this way and stopped. Sometimes in using. tinners' rivets a washer on one or both sides is need- ed. If washers are not at hand they may be cut out of sheet iron and, a hole punchedin to fit the rivet. A large crack that a tinner had failed to stop with solder in a copper 'boiler bottom was closed by two large wash- ers cut out of 'sheet iron, and under one of these was placed a third made from lead hammered down to a little more than the thickness of the sheet iron. A rivet brought 'thee down firr`nly and completely stopped the hole.—E. H. • • �., ' .ADA.� .APPIG APPLE .SHIPMENTS OF THE SEASON OPENED AUGUST 301ti AND ENDED APRIL 30TH' TOTALLED 0-914 it µa _, DURING TNAT pERlOD : l3:0 STEAMERS LOADED APPLES r`d-‘,VNT TO lJi EAT DP1T POW,PTS 1 � _ T l 1 Li *"O 7 DSL CANADIAN APPLES FOR THE OLD LAND r,. pie shipments from Cariath to Great Britain reached imllor•tant pro- ri +� n� for the season last a The cb ar;shows that:1,145 109 portio a season n ssed. o f, barring and 18,2.75 boxea left Halifax le epairt months, Home Education `nThe Child's First School Is the Family"--Froebel. Half "a. Mind — By Helen Gregg Green. A little school marm was telling about speaking to the mother of a pupil ..about her son's poor work in school;' "Well," eighed the mother, "I really don't know what to do. I've"told -Ron- ald he'll have to stay away from the movies this week and ..study, and I've half a mind to stick to it." Half a' mind! Therein lies the trouble with many mothers, When you're a half -a -mind mother, your children soon ,.find it ouc and! when they discover the fact, tow your discipline Will suffer! I recently overheard several• boys talking. " let'sgo 'n swinnnin " !Tome on, r g, James, coaxed. Eddieg rin ed hut shook his head, n "Can't. Sorry! But Mom said, 'Not to -day,' " "Aw shucks, Eddie, come on.! Your, mother'll forget what she said. Mine usually does. ' Half the time she doesn't mean it," "No, my mother won't," • .Eddie answered'firnily. "She doesn't'' lay down the law very often, but believe me, 13o, when she does, she means it!" "Oh, well, I'm going. My mother told me not to. Said she would spank me if I did, but she won't,. At least," hesitating 1y., " I don't think she will. Sometimes she means what she says, 'and sometimes she doesn't." And ° o1 James shambled. What a contrast between the moth ers of these two boys, and how much better the effect of firmness! I don't believe in nagging children; and I don't believe in giving perfunc;. tory orders and rebukes every' ° few minutes. But I most firmly do believo .in•-ineaning what you say, and having a goad mind of your, own: Occasionally you, will change your mind about'something, . In that case if is wise to explain to your boy -or girl` just why you' did so.' Your children will respect you more, and you will be "'a more successful parent if you are not the vacillating', half -a -mind` type. And the matter' Of discipline will be much easier and pleasanter, and everybody will lie happier. DAIRY Feeding a well-balanced grain ra- tion to a-tion'to cows on pasture markedly in- creases the milk flow, helps to balance the grads ration and keeps the cows in good .condition Pasture during the spring -and early summer months may supply the needs of the dairy', herd, but having grown very rapidly, it possesses a large am- ount of succulent matter in propor- tion to its dry content, consequently is low in nutritive .food value. Cows always flush in milk flow dur- ing the early pasturing; season, . but later the flow rapidly. declines. This is due to the fact that grass is a natural milk -producing feed. How- ever, for the dairyman to make the most of the grass season he must not allow his cows to become overworked. When;. a ration- is inadequately baI- anced, likespring grass, there isden-- ger en-ger ' that the large milk flow is being accomplished at the cost of other fac- tors 'which must be taken into consid- eration, if milk production is to be kept up throughput the milking period. ',know that my cows keep in better flesh, come through the early, pastur- ing season in better condition to meet trying conditions- •lateer, ` when I keep up the grain ration during the spring and early summer months. I feed mostly farm -grown grains, such as ground.. corn meal, wheat` bran with an allowance of one and one-half pounds of cottonseed per. animal per day. -L:'. The Bull for Beef Breeding. , The breeding of beef cattle has re- cently received an impetus through the removal of the British embargo. One of the most important steps in., breed- ing of animals suitable either for the home or export market, is the selec- tion' of a proper sire. The sire should be of approved beef type, possess the best characteristics of the breed he represents, rugged of constitution, and of pronounced.' masculinity. The choice of breeds is of course optional, depending largely on the surrounding conditions and the inclination of the breeder: Herefords and Galloways are splendid rustlers,suitable for open lot and winter•feeding. The Hereford has the advantage in size and early maturity; the Galloway in the pos- session of an extra heavy coat and the lack of horns. Aberdeen -Angus are noted for their feeding : and finishing qualities, and Shorthorns for their size, substance, and general utility. As has been said, a thing . of the greatest importance in breeding beef cattle: is the selection of a bull com- bining as largely as possiblefirst-class breeding with strong conformation. Pasture May 'Kill Pigs. It is quite common for pigs to bloat and die quickly when suddenly turned into green clover When they are very hungry or not accustomed to such feed. That often occurs when pigs have been grazing grass and the pasture, becomes so short that the feeder .de -1, tides a change is necessary, and so; turns the pigs into a lusty growth of clover without due. preparation. Wet clove; as with cattle, is most likely to cause bloat. Any green feed may have the same effect, under sim- ilar circumstances. The best method of raising hogs is to let them graze a succession of green crops from early spring until late fall., Rye, oats and peas, rape, clover, alfalfa and corn are the crops most used for this' pnrpose, and losses from bloat• o' acute indi- gestion do not occur under this sys- tem of feeding, as the pigs become ac- customed'to the green feed early in the season, and take it daily without becoming inordinately, hungry, KeeP p the Feet Trimmed. I find that the .feet of in.y ,sheepp need afore attention than is ordinarily believed to be needed. This is par- ticularly true where the animals are running upon soft ground. The, rams seem to need this atten- tion .tn,ore than the ewes. Often the horn of the hoof in growing out wit throw the leg' out of shale and make it possible for foot infections to start. I simply catch the sheep, turn upon the rump and with a sharp jackknife pareback the over -grown horn until It is about levet with the bottom ;of the foot --R. C. D. ' THE CHILDREN "HOUR OUR FEATHERED FRIENDS- THE BALTIMORE, ORIOLE.' BY LEREINE;BALLANTYNE, This week we shall talk about oro of our most charming birds.. There is so much good to be said about it andso little bad that one could fi b pages just singing his 'praise:; He wears a brilliant orange; and black salt, which brought him his name from. the early settlers of Maryland, wl o called him that because it resembled the colorsof the livery worn by Lord Baltimore's attendants, under whose patronage the state was first settled. Swinging out on the slender brarch- es of the elm or smaller trees is the pretty basket -shaped nest, woven by the oriole. This is the most admired of 'all bird nests. The °'twigs are woven skilfully with the help of the sharp awl -like, bill and when completed are a marvel of skill, forming an ideal cradle for the baby orioles to swing back and forth with each motion of a kindly summer breeze. Not only is the coat of the oriole to_ be admired and his nest a work of art, but his, song earns: fax .... titleof the'Golden I5in: t„,a,; 6" contralto voice that glad .ens , of " trict in which he chooses to locate` n reminds one, of a waterfall -of tinkling silver rotes., His food consists mostly of insects such as caterpillars, betties, the larvae of which are thepestilent wireworms, maybeeties and grasshoppers. He is an ardent hunter of the insects and feeds mostly upon them. He may take a small percentage of fruit, but it is insignificant compared with the''tre- mendous amount of good he can do where the above mentioned pests at -e found, His body is . a vivid orange . with black wings, orange and black tail and jet black head and _throat. His mate wears a more. •modest costume, and when these gala little visitors appear with their glad song, every caro should be taken :to attract them, to the dis- trict. To keep lemons from drying up and so losing much of their goodness, put them intoempty, wide-mouthed glass jars. .Use a rubber ring on the jar and always keep it tightly dosed. You will be surprisedto see how "plump': the lemons' will keep under 'Such con- ditions and how much longer you can keep them on hand.- When one has to "ding" at a pian in order to get a thing done in the garden, it destroys half the pleasure of having it. The men ought to under., stand that. Corrugated Gatvrnize 4 Steel Roofing Direct " frem Manufacture to Con* ur tner. 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