Zurich Herald, 1915-04-23, Page 7STUDY THE }VIARI(ETS.
Often .a farmer has raised a sue-
cesvful crop or produced a nice
bunch of logs or cattle, he loses a
part of the real profit when he
conies to sell his produ*e, No email
part of the net profits from farm
produce comes through the practi•ee
of scientific methods of selling. The
progressive farmer must keep in
close touch with market operations.
The keen competition in the sale of
all classes of farm produce demands
that the man who would be success-
ful must study market problem
regularly.
Most men pay some attention,
but by no means enough, to picking
the right market. This applies
equally to both the products that
are commonly sold near home, as
eggs, cream, butter, vegetables,
etc., and to those that are sent to
more or Less distant markets, Of
course where the home market is
good it is best to sell there. When
the produce is shipped the freight
'charges and the time required in
transit must be taken into consid-
eration. But it is sometimes the
case that a distant market more
than makes up by extra prices the
difference in freight rates and .the
extra work involved in getting pro-
duce to that market.
Let us take the first class of pro-
ducts, for example. A farmer may
live five miles from one town and
twice that distance from another.
Once or twice a week she must make
a trip to one of those markets with
butter, eggs, etc. The one five
miles away is his logical market if
prices there are as good, or even
from one to two cents less if just an
ordinary .amount of produce is mar-
keted, as prices at the more distant
market which requires at least two
hours additional time to reach. But
if prices at the distant market are
so much better that the quantity of
produce to be marketed will returh
a profit sufficient to pay the pro.
ducer from fifty cents to one dol-
lar' an hour for his tithe in making
•the extra drive, ordinarily the far-
thest market is the proper outlet
for that producer. The same rule
applies to shipments of cattle, hogs
or grain crops made to the large
central markets. The closest mar-
ket is nob always the best.
The modern farmer must keep in
close touch with the central mar-
kets. No longer should it be pos-
sible for local dealers to hurry out
from town and buy up stock or pro-
°" duce at prices prevailing the day
before, if there has since been an
advance' in values. That was pos-
sible before the rural mail delivery
system was established, but now
that mail is delivered right at the
farm house door there are too many
daily newspapers published which
. carry up-to-the-minute market
prices in all of the large central
markets for the farmers or stook -
man to be caught napping in any
such manner as we have mentioned,
There is hardly a part of the coun-
try where a reliable daily paper
cannot reach. every farmer by noon
or �a, little after, and if a dealer
shows up before ;the paper is receiv-
ed it is a simile matter to step to
the telephone and nail up a friend
who can give him tiie lastest market
quotations.
#Daily market quotations, while
of ines'tima'ble value, if used imme-
diately, are of little help in inform-
ing ;the farmer what to do ;to -day •n
order to: hit the market right many
months in the future. What should
be studied for the purpose of fore-
casting the markets are the stables
and Charts, prepared by experts,
which present in a direct -'ay the
results of careful studies of supply
and demand, of causes and their ef-
fects, and of seasonal flubtuations
in supply and prices. The agricul-
tural periodicals publish many such
t'a'bles and reports which explain in'
simple language why prices rise and
wall at certain times.
Waren .all of this material has
been well digested the farmer will
possess fairly accurate knowledge
as to ithe trend Of affairs on the
farms with which he is competing
and in the various markets 'that de-
mand his products. He may then
draw more perfect eonGlusions re-
girding what to. do noire in order to
adjust himself to ftiture eommerc.ial
conditions, to the end that he niay
reap greater profits for°himself,, It
may seem ;best to s1ecialize on. the Mrs. Sidney Dalby, Audley, Ont.,
type of his product that is going to writes: "I have used Baby's Own
be in popular demand, or it may be Tablets for the past twelve months
that his ;proper course is to delay or ,and have found thein an excellent
to advance certain operations, medicine for my little girl," Thou-
sands of other mothers ;say the carne
es, thing—once a mother has steed the
A `negro 1)rea0he addressed his Talblets .she Would use nothing else,
re -
flock with great ea•rnestriess on the Whey are pleasant to take ; the asu;bjetat of "Miracles" as "fo•llow=s: stilt is sure, and above all they are
"My' beloved friends; de greatest guaranteed by a government aunte-
ob all miracles was 'bout de loaves lyse u be absolutely he, free from re
and fishes. Dey was 5,1100 loaves )umioby druid The, Tablets ,are
sold by medicine dealers or by mail•
al,n•d 2;000 fi.s'hes, and. de twelve at 25 centa a box from The Dr.
,apostles had .to eat 'emu all. :De Williams' Medicine (Jo., Brook-
tarrracle is, dey didn't bust." villa, `Outs,
SPRING BLOOD
IS, WATERY BLOOD
How to Get New Health and
New Strength at This Season
Spring ailments are not imagi-
nary. Even • the most robust find
the winter months nrosttrying to
their health. Confinement indoors,
often in overheated and nearly al -
wraps badly ventilated rooms—in
the home, the office, the shop and
the :school—taxes the vitality of
even the strongest. The blood be-
comes thin and watery and is clog-
ged with impurities. Some people
have headaches and a feeling of
languor. Others are low-spirited
and nervous. Still *thane are trou-
bled with disfiguring pimples and
skin eruptions'; while some get up
in the morning feeling just as tired
as when they went to bed. These
are all spring symptoms that the
blood is out of order and that a
medicine is needed. Many people
take purgative medicines in the
spring. --This is a serious mistake.
You cannot cure yourself with a
medicine that gallops through your
system and leaves you weaker Still.
This is all that a purgative does.
What you need to give you health
and etren,gth in the spring is a
tonic medicine that will enrich the
blood and soothe the jangled
nerves. And the one always re•
liable tonic and blood builder is
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, These
Pills not only banish spring weak-
ness but guard you ,against the
more serious ailments that . follow,
such as anaemia, nervous debility,
indigestion, rheumatism and other
due ue to bad blood. In
proof of this Mrs. D. E. Hughes,
Aazenmore, Salk., says : "About a
year ago I was badly run down, my
nerves were all unstrung, and I
could not go upstairs•without stop-
ping to rest. As I was a long ways
from a doctor I decided to take
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, .and in
the course of a few weeks I felt
like a new person. As an all round
restorative I can heartily recom-
mend this medicine."
If you are ailing this spring you
ca.nnot ,afford, in your own interest,
to overlook iso valuable a medicine
as Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Sold
by all medicine dealers or by mail
at 50 cents a box or six boxes for
$2.50 from The Dr. Williams' Medi-
cine Co., Brockville, Ont.
e .,
Cherry Growing.
"The Cherry in Ontario," by E.
F. Palmer, B. S.A., is the title of
Bulletin No. 230, forty pages, well
illustrated, which is being distri-
buted without charge by the On-
tario Department of Agriculture,
Toronto, to those interested in this
branch of fruit growing.
The relationship between the sour
and sweet varieties of cherries is
thoroughly discussed, it being
pointed •out that the latter are
much more tender in bud, and 'con-
sequently are less generally grown,
the number of sweet cherry trees
being lees then ten per cent.. of the
total- Fall planting of the. young
cherry trees is recommended, and
at distances not less than 18 x 18
feet for sour and 24 x 24 feet for
sweet -varieties. In the natter of
pruning, low headed trees with
rather open centres are- advocated..
Low-lying, undrained land should
be avoided • in planting a c}ierry
orchard, as the trees do not thrive
with "wet feet."
Methods of picking, packing, and
marketing the fruit are fully ,des-
cribed, with ' illustrations of the
most deerable packages. The most
suitable varieties to plant, cost of
production, insect enemies, dis-
eases, rete., are given in dental:
Three leading cherry growers &so
contribute articles based upon
their individual •expericnre, which
is not the1•e,ast valuable -feature of
the bulletin.
Still Iles It.
"He has the first dollar he ever
earned."
"That's nothing. I know a, chap
who still has .the first dollar he ever
borrowed, "
Ari EXCELLENT REMEDY
FOR LITTLE ONES
r
A. little salt dissolved in water is
recommended for eyelids reddened
in the wind.
When cooking a custard stir slow-
ly and regularly. This is the only
way to prevent curdling. e
• The celery and cheese sandwiches
are delicious. A little mayonnaise
is mixed in with the cheese, which
is finely grated, the celery being
put through the mincing machine.
To clean brass that has been ex-
posed to the weather, make :a paste
of salt and common vinegar ; rub
the brass 'with the mixture and
leave for ten minutes. Then clean
in the usual way.
Prevent .a'steamed pudding Frain
becoming heavy by putting a; cloth
over the steamer before placing the
lid on. This prevents the moisture
from settling and making a pudding
heavy. •
`When there's company for din-
ner a man stands at the ,batik of his
chair and waits until all the guests
are seated; when the;y're alone .he
dives into his Chair and .says : `Colne
along with the food.'
When a brown stew or curry is
too greasy, mix a teaspoonful. of
flour into a smooth paste with .a
little water, pour it into the stew
and let it boil up again, when all
fat will have'disappeared.
sr i ee,
Pin This Up.
One •esaspoonful of salt to one
quart •soup,
One teaspoonful salt to two,
quarts of flour.
One teaspoonful of soda to one
pint of sour milk.
One teaspoonful of extract to one -
plain loaf cake.
One scant cup of liquid to two
full eups of flour for bread.
One scant cupfpl of liquid to two
cups -of flour for muffins.
One scant cup of liquid to one
cup of flour for batters.
• One quart of water to each pound
of meat and bone for soup shock.
One-half cup of yeast or one-quar-
ter cake compressed yeast to one
pint. liquid.
Four peppercorns, four .cloves,.
one teaspoonful of mixed herbs for
each quart of water for soup stock.
When darking taib}e linen tack a
piece of stiff paper under the rent
and make a number of fine stitches
backwards and forwards carrying
them ,a good inch over the edges.
Then tear the paper away.
Sew snap .fasteners on each pair
of stockings ab the top and have the
wearers snap them together when
taking them :eft. They can be laun-
dered this way and save all the
bother of trying to match the stock-
ings.
Jewelry can be successfully clean-
ed by washing it in hot soapsuds in
which a little ammonia has been
dissolved. Shake off the water and
lay the jewelry in .a small box of
fine sawdust to dry. This methes1
leaves no scratches or marks of any
kind.
About oranges.
Two of the housewive's most vex-
atious ,problems, -"How to lessen
the cost of Heine' and "How to
vary the menu' 1" could easily be
solved by a greater use of_fruit, de-
clares one of America's best-known
food experts.'
Says she:—
"I have been testing out fruits
as foods; ordinary fresh and dried
fruits such as we al'1 leave around
the house ,all the time.
Mark well what I say, fruits as
foods. •
Nearly every one has been using
oranges, bananas, prunes and ap-
ples simply as fruits or for different
binds of desserts. But hardly any
one ever has thought of these
things being worth mulch more than
their delicious flavor. And almost
no one has attempted to else them
as meat substitutes or in place of
vegetables, ,or even in soups 1
Well, for months I have been ex-
perimenting ;with these and other
everyday fruits, and with rice, for
I have found it is such an indiepere
sable thing when working with
fruits as food.
I had always known that many
fruits rpossecsed far more nutritive
value than is Commonly attributed
to them. For instance., a pound .of
ripe bananas contains more food
value 'than a pound of white pota-
toes,' And pound of dates is far
more productive of energy in the
human body than a similar amount
of beefstewk. These, and all other
.statements I make concerning the
food value of fruits, .are based on
figures furnished by the United
Statesl)epantrtaenrt of Agriculture.
Also, I had realized that people
did not make free enough use of
fruits, .although their consumption
has increased largely during recent
years. Still, more should be eaten.
And with meat prices steadily
climbing and other food staples ad-
vancing as a, result o,f the war, 1 set
to work to see what we could do
with fruits as food.
I suppose few persons have any
idea that an orange has real food
value. Yet, pound fur pound, the
edible portion is two-thirds as
nourishing as potatoes.
• Also, few persons have any idea
that oranges can be served in more
than 'half a dozen ways, and. those
in the raw £tate or used as a i-lavor-
ing.
Yet nothing is more delicious'than
an orange omelet, a breakfast dish
fit .fur a king!
Yes, the orange admits of so many
different ways of preparing and
serving, some cooked and 'others
uncooked, that it is possible to
serve a whole course dinner with
almost nothing but orange dishes in
the menu. And this meal, aside
from being novel, is tempting and
nourishing. Here it is:
Orange Juice
Orange Omelet
Orange and Rice as Vegetables
Orange Salad
Ice Cream and Cake
Candied Orange Peel
Orange Jriice
In serving such a dinner, the
table decorations should be made
to carry out the orange idea. There
should be a centre piece of fine;
bright oranges with green leaves—
orange leaves and blossoms if pos-
sible—dnterworked among the fruit,
and the color scheme should ;be fol-
lowed in candies, candle shades and
place cards.
WII AT GREAT BRITAIN HAS
DONE.
When the Mother Country decid-
ed to embrace the cause of Bel-
gium, France, Russia and Serbia,
against Germany and Austria-Hun-
gary, she had a standing army of
125,000 with reserves that brought
up her total of trained men to
798,000. Of course, these farces
did not include her overseas troops
that are subject to the disposal of
the several autonomous colonial
governments.
On the ocean she was invincible,
-a .*.tile mightiest of the world's
fleets was her chief reliance in the
event of a, war, her real bulwark
for attack and against invasion.
But this fleet was destined for a
time, at least, to play only a minor
role in actual hostilities. The
real test of Great Britain's fitness
was to be -made on land, and the
soil of France and Flanders was to
prove whether .she had become a
decadent and played -out . nation
since Waterloo, or whether she was
still in the national race.
:Numerically, hers was a 'contemp-
tible, insignificant, little army
compared with the others, she sent
to the scene of conflict when the
war began. But it was the best she
coald do in the few days of mobi-
lization.
it is not surprising that the Kei-
ser picked it out for ridicule and.
chastisement. .;
There was '.a chance, he thought,
to overwhelm the pride of Eng-
land in the first conquering rush,
and the effect of such a victory
would, no doubt, have proved enor-
mous upon the spirit and morale of
the whole situation. But the fit-
ness of the British regular was am-
ply demonstrated in the grueling
retreat from Mons. He kept his
head, and the fighting spirit, while
his •skilled and splendid 'comman-
der, General French, who had
learned .all the tricks of the game
as it wa's played by the trickiest
fighters in the world—the Boers••
kept him- out of the grip of Von
Rluck until a position was reached
from which he could .strike back.
The British had the most impor-
tant part of the battle of . the
Marne, for it was on their end of
the line that the issue was decided,
and int was they who started things
going the other way, that swelled
into a precipitous route of the Ger-
mans. They remained a small army
for a long time, but the Germans
dropped the adjective "contempti-
ble" when referring to them
thereafter.
Since then the achievement of
Great Britain has been the mainte-
nance of that, original force at
constantly :augmented strength in
spite of terrible losses, and the
simultaneous -creation out of volun-
teer materiel ,of an ee,ntirely new
army ;said to number over two
riiildi;oai
naela
This achievement is unparalleled
in military history. In seven
months se great thoroughly equip-
ped body of trained soldiers has
been built up, and there has Boren
no conscription,no compulsion, be-
yond the appeal to patriotism of
the people to "rally round the.
The men who •eornpose this grand
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aggregation, came from every sec-
tion of the British Thies, and from
every corner of the vast empire;
and .among them stand Ireland's no-
ble sons, who forgot their local
troubles in the oomplete blending
of the sons of Ulster with those of
Connaught.
These men cane of their own ac-
cord to face the horrors of the
trenches, for the ;sake of the Bri-
tish flag, and the cause of freedom.
This surprised Germany, far they
had counted on disaffection to
weaken England's hand. They
told the German people that the
tribes of India, South Africa, the^
colonies of Canada, Australia, New
Zealand and the inhabitants of her
other possessions only awaited the
chance to fly into open and obsti-
nate rebellion. Germany sent her
agents -of disaffection into all of the
colonies and possessions of Great
Britain, and they have been very
energetic in fomenting strife, dis-
cord and sedition, but so far with-
out substantial success. About
300,000 Irishmen are enlisted in Bit-
chener's army, the rebellion in
South Africa was put .dawn by the
loyalists of that uncertain country,
while Egypt refused to respond to
the cry of a "Holy War," and the
native princes of India have given
generously of their wealth, while
Indian troops are among the brav-
est of the brave fighters to be found
on the firing line.
Great Britain is touched by the
loyalty of Canadians, Australians,
and those from the Isles of the Sea,
who have eo 'grandly responded to
the call for help, and whose sol-
diers are the best and bravest at
the front.
With a wonderful force of loyalt--
ancl affection, she has held her far -
sundered empire together, and has
rallied the flower of its manhood to
her colors from pure love of the, old
Union Jack, that stands for liber-
ty and democracy wherever its folds
float on the breezes of heaven. But
her biggest and grandest part in
the field is yet to he played.
She has held her corner•, small,
though it be, against the most
vicious assaults of the enemy
through the winter; and if Dunkirk
and •Calais aro, still French ib is
due mainly to the invincible and
unbreakable fence of steel that her
forces have opposed to Germany in
the region of Ypres and. La Bas -
see.
Meantime, her fleet has cleared
the last of the enemy raiders. from
the high seas ; bulwarked her coasts
against invasion, led the bombard-
ment of Dardanelles, and convoyed,
without the loss of a man, over a
million troops to France to "begin
the war in May."
The world now recognizes that
the master struggle is between
Great Britain and Germany.. If
France and Russia, and Austr•ia-
Hungary were to withdraw from
the fight to -day, Great Britain
would welcome the chanes to fight
it out with Genially alone, Bet
instead of being deserted by her
allies, other nations, in the hear
future, will join with them, until
the overthrow of militarism is
complete and the world spared an-
other such. inexcusable slaughter as
it is naw witnessing.
CHAS. M. BIC'E.
Denver, Colo., April 6, 1915:
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SUP,
PLIES.
The various -committees in charge
of supplies report satisfactory pee -
geese.
A sheet shower was held on Wed-
nesday last in the Physics 13icrldin.t;,
which resulted in an addition to our
store, amounting to about seven-
teen hundred sheets. In addition„
to this, the necessary: quota of the
following articles has been reach-
ed—Surgeons' 'gowns and masks,
nurses' caps, covers for hot water
bottles and pneumonia jackets.
In spite of efforts, however, the
number of articles required is still
great. In the first place, ten
thousand sheets are still needed,
and this is an urgent necessity not
to be denied. Next to sheets the
most pressing needs are pajamas,
of which nearly two thousand suits
are required, and surgical. night-
shirts. Also let us not forget the
need for socks. EaCh letter from
the front emphasizes the urgency -
of the demand for them.
The writer will be glad of contri-
butions to the wool fund, of offers
from women who • are willing to
knit if wool is sent to them, as well
a;s of contributions of socks.
(Mrs. A.) JEAN McPHEDRAN,
Convenor of the Ontario Red Cross
Sock Fund.
MRS. F. N. G. STARR,
Treasurer,
University Hospital Supply Asso-
ciation.
The Canning Industry at a Glance
Annual production in Canada —
about 125,000,000 tins—more than
200 every minute- of the year.
Capital invested—$10,000.000 ap-
proximately.
Lancl required for growing fruits • -
and vegetables -40,000 acres.
Number of persons engaged in
growing raw materials 12,000.
Value to growers ---$1,250,000.
Cost of manufaceuring--$1,000,-
000.
Number of Canadian people bane••
fated annually by the canning in
dustry-75,000.
Classes of persons benefited --
manufacturers of tin cans .and their
employees; the growers of traits •
and vegetables; the fishermen; the
farmers who raise cows for milk,
and cattle for canning; lumber-
men; employees of lumber mills and
of box factories the makers of
nails; artists who design, an•cI litho-
graphers who manufacture the la-
bels; the Canadian railwaas;-
w'hulesalers anti retailer:e -C rtna-
dian Grocer.
1
DiploruaIteeny Speaking.
"I want to answer Gerenadolyn's.
e tter and say something that
neaps nothing."
'Cell boor yOA Lave bete" -
'
t el nihlt the Spy and His ideseaga' to ilrrlirr,
"All the Inddian soldiers in London are wouad,ed in taro lteacl, They.
crista be a reit hardy i is e, as Alrpitgently, none of the worixacis peeve
fatal.''—London Opinion,