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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1923-08-30, Page 2... »nn.•r+••w^••^R.mm.r.. — r." --,n .e -r... ... ..,.r.. ,--nr-,.nmm— -,« +++..+ ...«....m...-_ - A Weed Survey. Weeds and their suppression have �' " ?�:�1 *'y► p , r Tor many years engaged the attention of not only the Dominion I>epertment q g r kb of A.grieulture but also the Yarioue Provincial departments, A movement has now, been set afoot under the Di- vision of`Botany of the Dominion Ex - boxes d may be full exposed to the eerixnental I .arms, .8 •210—Witi Spa please tell me timothy at tage to have them dried and �stor�ed away as giekly as possible rJ ose Se- lected for seed are not so eare.o,lly dealt with in this res eet; ix feet they are all the better for becoriing cite reen as in tits condition • xey seem to keep must better and are 'riot so likely to sprout Iii-eneatur•ely. They shouter be spread out; thinly in shaillow ores an m y y p toether fuller rn-. Address communications to Agronomist, 73 Adelaide St, West, Torgnto light, It is ,an advantage to- have the formation as to the extent and distri- ' 1 f` th tin be talion of farm weeds; and such other what time of the year is best to plant rhubarb, and how to reptant it? I have several bunches but they are not doing well, ,Answer Rhubarb may be planted in either the fall or spring. September is a good month to replant because the roots are dormant by that time, Rhu- barb is a ravenous feeder. , It is necessary, therefore, for best results to fertilize the soil well before plant- ing, The plants should be set not closer than four feet apart in soil that has been well fertilized to a depth of .two and a half feet. T. A. B. -I had an unsightly ap- pearance of locusts, willows and brush this spring in front of my house' along the roadside, and spent some time in cutting same down. Now the stumps are shooting out 5ranchea, and by an- other year it will look just are un- sightly. Isn't there something I could apply to the stumps to prevent. any new growth? ' Answer—The best plan, and per- haps the only plan so far as willows are concerned, of getting rid of the plants, is to dig them out root and branch. By digging:around the roots a team of horses with a chain should be able to remove each plant success - sets pace y Sprouted n E rip g . e8 fore planting and if proper aecoriinoq data as is likely to be useful, With -_-- _..-, acre when seeding down. Ort red dation is available they should be ;box- pouxids of timothy, 8 pounds of ed for sprouting in ;the fall or soon country are invited to sena a form clover and 2 pounds of . alsike are after they are lifted and' spited, (postage„ Division free), o seeded, a good even stand of clear;. For our purpose shallow` boxes are that has gone out with Seasonable timothywill be secured the second necessary and if the ends aro three, Hints” for July; to that publication's It seldom that year after seeding. � isinches higher.than the sids -,t;liey can three hundred thousand at affect their ecipients, tha there is not a fairly clean stand of be tiered one above the-otiaer, and still names of the w timothy somewhere on a farm; such admit light aid air to' all the';tubers. I soil, and the extent to which they are area should be reserved` for seed, par A dry cellar wherein^ air 4eae, be, ad -i troublesome; the character of the soil` It does not mean a great loss mitted,;but quite cool, that ;h••exelud-' on which they flourish; whether the poses. of hay as the straw after threshing is trig frost, is a first class place an which land is well drained, naturally or of fair.q Y quality andcan be fed unless to keep them, chOosn1 p. apo ^e*rhe.re otherwisE, what rotation of crops, if badly weathered. It was found that they will receive plenty 'of ;light.. If any, is followed, and what methods a seeding of timothy alone in 1920 temperature and other coielitions are have beenfound best in suppression. gave in 1921 280 pounds of timothy right, they will, by plantin ,;tii}xe, have The forni contains a list of the weeds seed, and' 2,220 pounds of straw per made short sturdy shoots. " revs, good most frequently reported to date in ti strong sprouts on .eacle �tt er are the order of -their :apparent import-. ample. produced 157 pounds Finishing Hens'lind Broilers: this end m view, farmers all over the • acre after threshing. The hary was done August 4th, and as the sea- son was dry the seed ripened rapidly. once in the country as a whole. This list every farmer is invited'to revise so as to represent his'. own farm fairly. This same area p of seed and 2,4'75 pounds of hay per Dispose of all hens that are riot to Weeds not present may be crossed out be kept over far breeder as soon or marked absent and others added if acro in 1922. A considerable amount of other grasses, particularly red top, as they stop laying. If .r„ plan is of more concern on the farm. Num - was noticeable in the 1922 cutting. An followed the marketing will;,be extend- beret can then be placed, before each adjoining area seeded in 1920 •with ed over a- considerable 'period ' If you name to indicate the order of serious - the clover and timothy mixture men- can get them • all nearkeied before tress'. Any weed not known by name tioned above yielded 186 pounds of broilers become plentiful S+.su:are cer- should be sent to the Division for timothy seed and 3,052 pounds of tim- tain to obtain much batter ierices than identification. Parcels up to sixteen othy straw per aere in 1922. This if you market thetri 'inter in the ounces, if addressed to the Division of seed was of particularly good quality season. e ,, 's and much better than the seed from ,After hens have been leyjng heav- the area in timothy seed for two years. sly they are likely to' been ea in .flesh The practice here is to leave the and shouldnot be mankete�RR; until put timothy that is to be cut for seed .to good condition again Ieven hens' Botany, Central Experimental Farin, Ottawa, are postage free. 'plants should• be sent preferably. when in: flower or fruit, and as complete as isBible , including root. The list of fully.. Indeed it would seem that a ; neat appearance of the front of one's standing until it is nicely filled an house could not be secured except by to cut with a binder. The sheaves are stooped neatly and allowed to stand complete removal of the roots' and levelling and seeding in the usual manner for making lawns. - SAVING TIMOTHY FOR SEED. Tests made at Experimental Sta- tions go to show that it is quite profit- able for one to grow his own timothy seed. This may be done by seeding for two or three weeks, or until the heads shell readily. It is then taken in and threshed in a threshing mill of with .a flail. It sometimes happens that birds cause a great loss from .fowl much more tender ail shelling in which case the sheaves Broilers—Many poultry growers do (wild morningglory). should be taken inside to a loft and not consider that special •,feeding of : ear allowed to stand until they can be broilers is necessary. : -r They think that -. Do It NOW. often they will be tender tri l consequently found in business offices for the par= in that have been loafing and are con- weeds given in the: frrm, which can sequently fat are not hi he good con- be had from the Division, is as fol lows: Couch twitch grass), Canada dition for killing as.:ley should be. ( Ten days feeding in. he ,crates will thistle, perennial sow thistle, wild make a great different , ' 4e butts mustard, wild' oats, common ragweed,F as the crate feeding a� 'nactili.ty. stinkweed (French weed, pennycress), softens the muscles ; ahakes the eedroot,•pigweed, lamb's quarters, ball . u e; mustard, Russian thistle, bindweed I r threshed. because the chickens are young that The "Do It Now sign is very o n ou poses of getting things done quickly Storing Spuds, and Other Jobs Good stable manure is becoming such a scarce and expensive com- modity that home gardeners who are 'so situated that they cannot procure all they require for their gardens must) try to replace . it with other humus - forming material, Fur this purpose there is nothing_ p better than the leaves which 5trt I•+11 gather in-rkift, alairsg;o,xi ,aros�,.?k�iti Under the treses; :when ;peeierler stored, w they �co7�<s in;,tamE a rich 'iuntu:•i: e ll : easeeeih xizttle stiinnleting dres ink:; of commercial_ fertilizer to make it .;a .manure substitute that is evep, superior to some animal ma- nures. The question of storage requires some consideration. Where the gar- dener's grounds are commodious there should be no difficulty iii selecting some out-of-the-way place for the compost heap, but in the shall yard it may take some thought and a little trouble to concoct a suitable recep- tacle. Tramped firmly in boxes or barrels the leaves can be left in some out-of-the-way corner, or a hole can be dug for them; tramped firmly and tone soil spread on top, they will in the course of a season become a solid block of rich black humus. A large' dry. bin or crate can be readily made by fixing four strong posts- in the ground to form a square and then nailing boards or wire netting round them. Another method of storage is to build a *gall of sod, either in the form a squarethe ofor an oblong. In this leaves are tramped firmly in layers of about one foot. On this is spread three or four inches of fresh manure, then more leaves as before, alternating the layer of leaves with manure to any desired depth, the whole being covered with a roof of three-inch sods. Late the following summer the entire mass is turned over and mixed thoroughly, they take them from the range and market them as they ,are ' Such meth- so that the big boss can go golf play - ods tend to retard thedemand for ing, or to give the impression that the busy meats. A consumer who gets place is a pile. air -slaked lime does in keeping thea broiler that is hard and;'stringe is{ While this sign is use .many clean. In the spring inclined to 'order another, but if impressional purposes in offices, i house sweetandnott' the manure will require to be crushed, he gets a broiler that hie been prop -I might•.be -tiled to practical purposes' on,a hard)`n confinement. for from ten; around the fatm buildings. It ntayi reducing it to a fine powder, eery fed -i . I back of a hea - spade daYs to two..: weeks the; quality will be; pay to wait in some few things butt floor with the� • y To>, when it,.comes to repairing>and 're-� or club. Before using add half its= such.: •that -lie- will w�,n ' .snore. g, � - :. _ i. ,; a l ., a' stitch: in time 'saves ?fine. wet ht of acrd phosphate and you will, properly finish .erthe 1. nx ,pi.z 1 painting, g P ..• :.;. • left ' - . '.r . it : job is �,tn ., , lou ea small, iepu. J for allr . Thi a�- , , fe. trliz�er "ho ld be g� £' _ an excellentsrss u r z have they ou;ri' ,. use e to tae.l&n er'and:more expensYve the job garden vegetables but soft f sh l g an get e n � qua t,.y is necess «z of "to' tI e a h ivith s uxtmilk to indicate that buil Beauty is only skin deep-- Ktvep the skin clean, fresh and beautiful with. Lifebuoy. The smooth creamy lather of Lifebuoy wakensup the skin. Lifebuoy makes soft white hands— Fresh, nds-- Fresh, wholesome bodies. Lifebuoy's health odour is delightful. • se se of economy inay whenthe harvesting : and'storing o mix x, .m s ,.r.e it work. nec sir x do es Pa._ stoY �d Yt high "b ut. o ton the "" " Will require +tttention. the proportion of ;about , i+ . . otato crop w eq � P .is of our s ease economy A that . grain, s ofIf milk to two 0 andso, of o ur 1 ' musthaveP les ler varieties e a h .4a in taking them u to mixture of equal pants of finely ground. needs. adjusting ilei but P r ur x� .,. lia lIbe r kiss at hand th fi t it Y t_. ho `l: "i1 s ' ie will c he . ti �" are ls t'teria din mti I ] g' s care, b tore the mainguide is theweatheroats and corn -meal is one of the best Your implements may need ade- store, our; chicken coopmay of the soil. Of all mss- feeds but other grains may;. be used quite shelter; ,y.. nd condition ickens for: our ch listen '1 ob- it necessaryy the hour and madeif dower in price or more easily makeI used to sit by �akes:in dealing with potatoes` r your none is greater than working among tamed, to spend' their winter shivering; y to my Mother .and I well remember Home Education "The Child's First School is the Family"--Froehel." The Story Hour—By Mrs. Grace P. Abbott. It has been one of the many ro- all just sit there ever so quietly until mantic fancies of my life that some- a new thought comes along and hops day, seated in front of a glowing fire- right out of us. Or 'sometimes we place , I would observe that holy of have great fun telling nursery rhymes holies, the story hour, with my fair- haired boys and girls gathered at my knee, My' girls,. it is -true, are fair- haired and airhaired-and dearly love stories though ;. they are young yet, but they' do not love "The story hour" as I had so I as many tithes visioned it. `Then, �P the stery-teller and, they the starry eyed audience. Y ,s alone n.` this - �t Ian no . a on i that ko x I n w di'sill'usionment' fOX I have seen ;other I then M t e same ill in iii d • tr h ' cis g t too h Y abolish the story hour, saying regret- fully, "Somehow, , my. children don't care much for: stories.- I guess they aren't like I was when I was a child. n turn,—each one n s g p while the one in turn before, recites. The littlest one of us, my baby of , three, has to be started on' her rhyme'`' quite often or switched from her fav write recital, the "Now •;lay me," prayer, whicla. she cannot 'd�,� }`s�t��inguish yet from good`ioi1 Motheiviv ae My other daugllter ;loves to- telt stories teal li• e; asp she Sees it; stases aabou good little girls who• •'deli `.1 a) tithe ilk every day: for •week►lil'�week' f atie and weeks and grave fatten and r and 'fatter ,until I am afraid they will: • them and especially digging them up, A little salt added to the' feed will - barn" may be leaking and thus cause once' how—" : "By the hour" was ' probably how it seemed to them and not to their mothers and they probably listened much as do the children of to -day, by doing all of the . talking themselves. ,St took me a rather long time to learn my lesson. I hated to give in to the fact that I was beaten- and I would not give up • that story hour, but at last I was forced to admit my defeat in order to keep the hour that has now become an even more pre- cious thing than I' had visioned it. I have come to a happy compromise which is .really what all great happi- nesses are based on,—we make up our stories together. I start in or one the children starts, or sometimes w when it is raining of when the soil is soaking wet underfoot. If we wish to have our potatoes in the best possible condition throughout the winter, the crop must be left severely alone while they are wet... In light sandy ground the tubers, as a rule, come out clean and free from any heavy deposit of soil, even though the latter niay be moderately wet, but in heavy land the soil will not fall away from them as it should do unless it be moderately When digging we should always choose fine dry days for the operation. Get as many taken up as possible dur- ing the early part of the day, bringing thein well to the surface and spread- ing them out to dry as digging pro- ceeds. evening v ceeds. Then beforeg they and should all be collected together covered over on the ground. It is, however, a better plan if, after being exposed for two hours or so, they are taken into an open shed and spread out to dry there. In this way much time will be saved and the tubers will then be handled in the finest possible condition. Some gardeners pull up all and it makes a pile of unexcelled me the vines before beginning to lift the nurial natter, POULTtt?-lIOUSE FERTILIZER. Iiut where no place is available for composting the leaves they may be dug into the soil as they are gathered. The best plan is to open a trench along one end of the patch, into which a thick 'Layer of the leaves' is spread, covering them with the next spading, continuing until the entire area is of tubers which cluster near the base finished, of the stems, Be careful not to get In whatever way the leaves are right on topof them with the fork, it composted or piled, a little air -slaked isbestto push it in a little to the lime should be used as the work pro - When When a quantity has been .du, ceeds; scattering just sufficient be- and is spread on the surface, they tween each twelveeineh layer to should be sorted over. whiten the surface. Where chickens are kept their drop- ,Mise KeesoNN's SttISD, pings , make a splendid fertilizer if The seed' for next season is Trow se - properly cared for. As poultry ma- rested, choosing second -sine tubers av- nure is very strong in ammonia, its eraging two or three ounces each in loss must be prevented. That can only weight and taken from those , hills be done by keeping it dry. It is usual which yielded well and heavily. The to find air -slaked lime being freely main erop is then picked up to store dusted en the boards, but this is alto- for winter. In whatever place it may be decided to stote the best tubers, they must never; be put away. until you are cer- make it more palatable and the foegls will eat more. Do not oven' feed for the first day or two, as the -birds will go off their feed and will• lose weight instead of putting it - on. Only by marketing poultry of the highest quality, will an increased' de- mend e mand be created. Saving the Old Meadow'. The old meadow was almoet•barren. The land grew oats at one time, then roots, but this is not a good way of going about it, for there is nothing left to guide them or show where each. hill of roots is located, and the conse- quence is that an innumerable quan- tity of them are spoiled with the fork: The proper way of going about the work is to push the fork in behind each hill and throw it forward, A few inches must be allowed for the crowd loss in hay and fodder; and even your house may begin. to look a little the. worse for wear. . If that is so the time. to get busy is now. • To keep in repair is greatest econ- omy; to repair when repairing is nec- essary shows good judgment, but to leave repairing go until it becomes a big job, is the grossest waste and extravagance, When it comes to keeping things in shape, or putting them in shape, "Do was turned over to the growing of It Now" is good, sound business buckwheat. Then the ;ground was advice. - abandoned, for it would raise nothing, 3 --- and a mortgage started, to Feed Floor Buys Itself. I bought it grow. After cleaning out the, old barn 1 think that.a concrete hog -feeding and other buildings, we put} the ma-, floor will pay for itself in about five nure on the sock. When :fore or fifty years. I built one 36x40 feet I be - loads to the acre had started? growth Xieve the feed it saves hie has easily one 'and e of fuzz, the land was the at . paid for the materials in the few ton: of lime put on to the sire. The years that I have had it.It cakes ground was planted to btickzvlieat and feeding easier.:You ' don't have to seeded to timothy and a little orchard get so dirty, especially in the spring, grass and other grasses. Next winter and the feed is always cleaner. On the the ground was given a top dressing ground some of the grain is bound to of poultry manure and coal ashes. be wasted.—J. H, gether wrong.' The lime certainly keeps .the house sweet, but its action on the droppings sets free the valu- Did it come to life? The result was timothy, red top and alsike clover five feet high, and the mortgage didn't grow.—D. C. Kenyon. able ammonia, it is driven off as a gas tarn they are thoroughly dry and then and thus Is lost. Gypsum or land plaster should be used instead, dust- ing it over the perches and boards daily,. using more when the manure is eers peel off. Gypsum will do all that HT1 ea reser Devoe nlotint t1 :retie wawa sees, et awerr.. mewing, dr rend -;for CatalO0tt , wee,„ this se . c . -ilii' await se, Toro Ifo pairing their flavor. It is an. ,a van - there will be no danger of any great loss or deterioration taking place. An open shed where the sue will not reach them is an ideal place in which to dry and cure the tubera. ,before storing, Immediately they are dry all light must be excluded, for if ex - Posed to bright light for many days they will become g'r'een, thereby inx- SU 'AS' WHEAT kilt/ t. If a drawer sticks, try rubbing the edge ' of the ,two. sides with laundry soap. ti 1 4 1a� ill burst of goodness or too much milk:' I get in one or two 'short funny stories each night but they must be very short and very funny. The ones which can be illustrated in life by the making of faces or gestures are the most popular. `. •I have learned how to tell a story and make it interesting (stubborn pride in my romantic., fancy brought' me to it and for once I can be thank- ful for my- stubbornness) but more than that I have learned how to ob- serve the story hour and . make it happy. Letbebe the children's story hour, guide their shapeless thoughts- into laughing channels but let it be their, story always and you will find that , they will love that time at your knee by the soft firelight.quite as well as you and be willing to sit there for the of hours that we all think we so yividler e remember: . Grass. To Kill Quack The way to kill quack -grass is to let it grow until it begins to blossom, then cut it for bay. As soon there- after as possible; skim the sod loose from the underlying soil in as thin a layer as possible. in small patches this may be done with a hoe; in. larger patches with a plow, provided the plowshare is broad enough to cut the entire slice loose from the soil, of course sharp enough. In plow - and ing, plow just as shallow as possible— certainly not over three inches deep. After this, stir the sod with a harrow about: once every ten days until cold weather. "If the season is a very wet one, you may have to stir it oftener in order to keep the roots from getting goad planes. A good jack-serew is attached to the underlying soil again- also a farm necessity -Farmer Vin If the season is dry they will die ceni<, iwithout so much stirring. We have known - some l irge fields of quack- ' grass to be completely exterminated in a:single year by this sirnp:le method. tools on the farm, Some hooks bacl of the bench will hold these, if they don't run away with so me c areless man. - A couple of hammers will come handy, one for the house and the others for the shop. Keep on getting tools, a 'few at time, until you have a set of strong. chisels, a standard square, a spirit - level -and be very careful of that, for it is a valuable and delicate instru- ment—two or three whetstones, coarse and fine, an adz, a small bench -vise, a try -square, a bevel -square, a compass, a saw -set, a cold -chisel, a screw- driver, a nail -set, some rat-tail, three,.` cornered and fiat files, a wood rasp and finally a drawshave and some Shop Tools. Of course, yon have a shop. And after you have it, what ought you to. have in it? First and foremost, a set of bits and augers, of all sizes; and don't get them at the five -and -ten -cent store, either. Get some good ones while you are about it. ` Back of the bench nail ap a strip of fneh-board with holes in it to stand the bits up in. Get t good stock to go with the bits and" hang that up on a hook close by the hits, A couple of nails driven into the wall an inch apart will hold the HAVING NO ENTaNGL i -s Wi?H Ut30P augers• Then got good atd's, rip and cross - Soma of the IihiroptEin governments are refusing offered loans from tris cut: Fanners es a rule are pretty ILS. ear the'purelias'e or wheat in that -country, Preferring to: purchase their short of, good saiws,, grain wherever they choose. A, TRCATI nbast qoi books Y48 Cannot'tiiibr5 fio ba 'Without it, It pelts you Sloth lmg! 'If yon ANA aaorsoa, It ettn aate y tit Lltudreda ,of dbtlet9, tho bon1C "A trends. on tbb bona.' -la ydnrd for the 4tneg nE.ynur dtttggi,t't, 77to borne And an about httn--his dieezney tj '-tiro*tori+ean*.thus—wt ttoduo{,odb-t t116#1 --with 4-barter',Sri broe¢ti+tf,'-eflotlt' 5444 ,hoMn , fotdln5-4444 Sulu, tried 544. y+pe�nein honiCMou'q retnodice, w Jtsrt*out druatftet for Adoprq of "A'd'rei ' oil the itotde" or �i'ritd nil direct -. 55 _ I2 -, Dr. 13.3. itgNbA'LM, cC , Ettoeb'trrl; !~Alla. "V`t, tx No reason why they should be. A —Front the New York World:pnsal:.o saw is brie of�� the most iridis.e �,`I SUS No. 34-•-'