HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1951-05-24, Page 3GARDEN NOTES
Take Your Time
. Most people arc inclined to rush
planting. 1 t is perfectly alkright
• to put a few things in curly, hut
it also is important to keep plant-
ing until well into the stuntner.
Only in. this way clo we get a long
harvest of either 'bloom or fresl,
vegetables.
Go at the job gradually, advise
fie:Jets who know, get the soil pro-
perly prepared and. enjoy a sac -
cession .of bloom and fresh verse-
Beeta, carrots, beaus, spinach, let -
sone, radish, etc., can be planted
every other week or so right up to
• Itete June, and the harvest will be
spread accordingly, Mowers; Ws),
can be spread over several weeks.
Some things, however, like grass
seed, nursery stock, garden peas,
sweet peas, are best all planted.
early. But bedding plants like pe-
tunias, zinnias, stocks, spider plants,
tomatoes, cabbages, eta., should aot
be set out until all danger of 'frost
is ovei. ;Tender things like glad-
ioli, cannas, Melons, squash, corn,
etc., alto come. in this category,
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Must Use
CtremiCtd fertilizer must be used
carefully and according to direc-
tions. If allowed to come into direct
contact with the plants or roots it
is liablc to burn them. A safe plan
is to .first dissolve in 'water and
apply, or spread thinly during or.
just. before a shower or hosing.
That is also the proper time and
way to apply this material on lawns.
'For hastening growth of Vege-
tables the experts usually mix a
•Iittle quick -acting fertilizer with
the soil before sowing and theta
later spread a little close to, but
not actually touching, the rows.
Far trees, shrubbery and big plants
one can dig in fairly closely around
the roots,
VS/here one suspects that the soil
lo the garden is deficient in some
of the main chemical elements, it -
• is a good plan to get. a sample test-
ed at the nearest7experiniental sta-
tion. , Sometimes there is some
simple thing lacking like potash
or one of the rarer elements. In
this case a special application of
what is missing will :readily. work
wonders.
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Make Good Soils as -s
The Compost heap is a source
of the. very fittest plant food, avail-
able even in the city garden.
. Composting, as it is called, is
very simple. Instead of throwing
out or burning weeds, grass clip-
pings, leaves, old bouquets, vege-
table tops, potato peelings, etc.,
these are piled in some out -of -the-
, wayspot at the back of the garden
and allowed to rot down into rich
humus which is then spread over
the garden'. There are various diem-
, real compounds on the market
which, will hasten the breaking -
down process, turning even tongh,
„dry leaves into rich mould in^ a
matter of montWt4Every bit of
waste material frotii the garden
should go into the compost.
To hasten rotting and repel flies
and odours it is advisable to cover
frequently with a layer of fine soil,
and in dry weather it is also a good
. plan .if possible to soak thoroughly
once or twice a month. To make a
well-balanced and rich plant food
it is a good plan to add some chem-
ical fertilizer to the broken down
compost before returning to the
garden. A few bushes, ornamental
or fruit or some
quick -growing an-
nual flowers win hide the compost
heap.
If we can accept each adversity
of life as a kick in the pants in-
' stead of in the face, adversity 'can
become a step up the ladder of
s.uccess.---sConra d Record. .,.
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BY EDNA M!LES
.fiJ'S Surprising how many otherwise well-groomed
women attempt to get by with nails that are under par,
hoping others won't notice their cracked polish, split ends
or ragged cuticles.
This is, as a rule, a futile hope. Because a woman's
.1handf, are one of the most mobile parts of her body, an
obsetver's eye is automatically drawn to them.
If your fingernails are to pass inspection at all times,
avoid going Out with such mental. reservations as 'my
nails look a fright, but 111 keep them out of sight," or,
"Pm ashamed of my cuticles, but I'll cover them with my
gloves."
Such resolutions have a way of breaking down mid-
way through a social situation. You find yourself en-
thusiastically waving your bands as you stress a point,
or you discover you can't manage refreshments with
your gloves on.
It's much better policy to avoid these makeshift meas-
ures and assure yourself of pride -worthy nails before
leaving your home. Set aside a definite time in your
weekly routine to devote to a careful nail grooming, and
make a practice of allotting a few minutes between mani-
cures to touch-up repairs.
And, most important, cultivate a consciousness ^ of your
nails. Check them before leavilv your home as auto-
matically -as you do your lipstick. -'Never go out in public
with nails showing'imbedded grime; it takes only a few
seconds to clean then.
Banking second on your taboo list should be cracked
polish. As a general rule, it's better to lose a few min-
utes removing broken polish than it is to arrive promptly
for an appointment with polish half on and half off.
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Actress Dorothy Hart, featured in Warner Brothers' "I Was a
Communist for the FBI,” believes in regular fingernail grooming
to keep her bands looking lovely,
rhardly need to remirrd you that
tractor trouble—botbersome at any
*ne—is especially deplorable in
"late"-. seasons .such as this. one.
'When the. tractor stops, everything
stops. And there's danger of
tractor neglect when you're behind
with work.
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danger td ' the tractor' s well
beingis two o r ihre 'drivers. WIt en
change -offs keep the tractor going
for 16 or 18 hours each may think
the other looked after the water, oil
and grease.
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•.When the fuel tan ist goes dry, the a.
driver finds it out ..quick.. )3.,Itt Whea
a bearing 'gets dry, 'asou. may hear.
thesepsectie and you may not hear it.
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How can you keep two or three
drivers from spoiling the tractor
operation? Make one responsible
for all service jobs. Then be should
keep a written record.
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You might pet at service chart 011
the tractoy like the service stations
use on cars. Mark down the time
, when the tractor -got an oil change,
a grease job, radiator check, air
cleaner inspection, oil filter change,
etc.
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How often should main service
jobs be taken rare a, There's no
answer for every tractor.
The instruction book that came
With the tractor will tell you. Take
time to read it again. If you've lost
its ask the dealer for another. Then
follow directions.
Generally, oil changes are recom-
mended at the end of each 60 hours
of operation. After each 120 hours
of operation, the oil filter cartridge
should be replaced with a new one.
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..rhe air cleaner should get its
regular service job every 10 hours.
Yoe'll get dirt 111 the motor if you
neglect this,
Every tractor • should have a
general inspection each day if i1 is
operated on aochange-drivers basis. •
Look for loose nuts, listen for un-
BY
HAROLD
ARNETT
SLED STORAGE SCREW EYES AND
A SCREW HOOK PFRO‘/IDE 'EASY WAV
7-0 SI -ORE SLID AGAINST OvArAAG-E WALL.
usual noises, and test any trouble
spots that are peculiar to your
.traetor.
Other points you should watch
on a tractor doing almost daysand-
night service are:
Fuel lilies should not leak, You
lose fuel and incur fire danger when
they do, Tighten theunions care-
fully. It's a good idea to. have a re-
placement fuel line on your farm at
,all times. It can be a big time-saver.
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Sparkplugs should be carefully
checked at least every week. Re -
'place plugs that have ends burned
off so points can not be spaced
Properly.
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If you replace plugs, get the plugs
your tractor is made to use. There
are "hot" plugs and "cold" plugs.
just any plug won't give good serv-
ice and maximum power.
Set your- carburetor according to
the instruction book rules. There's
an idling adustment and a load ad-
justment. Be sure to set both.
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The important thing for a tractor
operator is this: 'Don't keep -the
tractor going.just as long as it will
run. Stop the tractor and fix things
the minute the need is noticed.
That's the way to save time in the.
rush season.
Cannibalism among baby chicks
accounts for untold losses to poul-
trymen every year. Rules for pre-
venting this practise have been
17rntsn.iarized recently by noted ex -
1. :Don'acrowd. Provide one-half
square foot of space per chick until
they're six or eight weeks old, then
one square foot Ater chiek.
2, I'ae good. dry liLICr. Fine:
enonath to encourage scratching,
coarse enough to allow ch.oppinga
to settle thtu to tIP:' floor.
3, Have enough Ingmar 6pacc.
One inch per chick to four weeks,
two inches to eight weeks, three
inches thereafter.
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4. Give 'eni plenty of water.
Provide the equivalent of two glass
jar waterers per 100 chicks to three
weeks, then double,
5. Feed a balanced ration. Be
sure chicks get enough necessary
vitamins, minerals, proteins.
6. Provide roosts. Put up low
-roosts when chicks are four or five
weeks old.
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7. .Keep heat down. Tempera
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lure in brooder 110t1SC Should be low
Move Over, Girls—Recent show-
ings of men's swimwear indicate
that the girls may have to share
the spotlight with the males on
the beaches this year. For ex-
ample, the outfit, above, con-
sists of a shirt with a fluorescent
print front and mesh back,
topping fluorescent trunks.
enough so chicks have to depend
on the hover for warmth,
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8. Let them out. Put a screen -
floored aunporch or range shelter
next to the brooder house as soon
as they're big enongh to get along,
without heat.
9. Keep equipment clean. An
ounce of sanitation is wortb a ton
of cure.
Ir you, still have trouble, say the
rt 1, try these things: Put salt
in the water at the rate of one table•
spoon per gallon. Provide chicks
with green, leafy 'material to pick
at. Smear affected parts with axle
grease or a commercial priTaration
to stop picking. Paint windows red,
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If everything else fail, debeak the
chicks. This is done hy cutting off
beak tips with sharp knife or clec-
trie &beaker.
FISH'S OWN FAULT
A very talkative woman button-
holed an angler who it at; miading
his own business and said: "Aren't
you ashamed of yourself? A big
fellow like you might be better oc-
cupied than in cruelly retelling poor
little iish."
"Maybe you're right." said the
angler, "but if this fish had kept his
mouth shot he wouldn't be here."
THE FE
NS
Viddleheads uncurl aud the bright
new fronds of the ferns begin to
spread themselves at the foot of
the banks where violets and Dutch-
man's breeches are full of bloom.
If there is something venerable
and touched with mystery in the
uncurling of si fern, there is reason,
for the ferns are literally as old
as' most of the biOs, Their begin-
nings go back millions of years,
and fern fossils found in the an-
cient rocks show little difference
from those now opening in the
warm May sun. Cototterrittras of
Lady ferns and Maidenhair, Wood -
ferns and Cinnamon ferns grew
here in the clays when our moun-
tains were still mild flats washed by
the youug, restless oceans.
For ,generations men were baffled
by the ferns, which bore no flowers
and had no seeds, yet throve and
kerns were magic plants,
and those that dealt in magic be-
lieved that if they could only find
the seed of a fern they would ,
have the ultimate in mysterious
power. They never found a fern
"seed," of course, for ferns multi-
ply bY a complex of spores and in-
termediate growth in the form of
prothallium. it i- a process that
requires seven years from spore to
mature fern, and it goes on so
secretly that few are aware of it.
Yet ferna are everywhere. In
some size or form they grow in
almost every region of the world.
And every spring they comenosiog
from the leaf mold along our
roadsides and in our woodlands,
common as violets, yet still over-
laid with their ancient air of mys-
tery. Like the very old and very
wise of our own race, they scent
to have outgrown haste and impa-
tience and the need for sharing
From The New •Vorl,
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Designed Ca ada's
First Postage Stamp
ineitiory S-4i)forti
.1;b•ining, lite wail who gata. Lim:l-
ila its one
I5',a1' nt, V:111 1, tti,tt',tii'd
tinting, the 1 nt t ()titit Stamp
Exhibition which ia to he held in
the Automotive Building, 't ,t,
front Soptember 21 to 21.
it WaS 100 ;Oa
..‘spril 23, 1851----t1tat Cainela's, first
101:stage stamp was issued, it bad
Leen desioned in the Toronto office
of Sandford Fleming which, re-
afesecb algyess, was locatted at what
is• now 112 Yong'- Stresa.
The streot tioc,I, of tha locildinsa
at that time, was occupied by Jol-tu
Bentley, ont, of Tarmac:1'a . earliest
druggists. The 1114thirS 'Nati 001.31-
4,10d by Sandford Fleming and W.
11. Leather "draughtsmen and laud
surveyors."
At that time -D,t.otits,"s
tion tray tyn' 14 mete 25,166. There were
10 railways its or near tile city.
Stage coaches tiere :the common
means of transaiortation and they
atalved and departed front various
inn yards. The waters Cif Toronto
Pay catne right up to the acitul,
side of Fremt Street, the area where
the Union Staticin now stands.
Twenty-eight years later, in 1879,
Sandford Fleming developed the
idea of standard time and was
knighted by eommand 1,..itteen
Victoria.
Turing the International Stamp
Exhibition, being, held to commem-
orate the 100th anniversary of gov-
ernment issued postage: stamps in
Canada, a tablet will be erected to
the memory of Sir Sandford Flem-
ing,
This tablet will read: "Canada's
first postage stamp, issued Aprit
23, 1851, was designed on this cite
by Sir Sandford Fleming. Erected
by • Canadian Philatelic Society,
1951."
It will he erected on the office
building of the 'Huron and Erie
Trust Company which now occu-
pies the site at 112 Yonge Street.
The International Stamp Exhibi-
tion :will he held under the auspices
of the Canadian Association for
Philatelic Exhibitions, an organi-
zation founded four years ago to
commemorate this great historic
event. Some of the greatest and
most rare collection0 of stamps
from the four cornersipf the globe,
including Canada's first postage
stamp designed by a,5ir Sandford
Fleming. will be on display.
SALINIAALLIES
t'lleitcling aloud makes pia sleepy?;
dear, so cork elf and stop keeping
me a.wake."
Young Dynamite—Peter Sabah, left, waits impatiently for his
opponent to get up in the championship bout of the 40 -pound
class at a recent junior boxing -tournament To some spectators
there appeared to be a question of whether it was the force %5#
the blow or the weight of his oversized gloves that sent
three -and -a -half -year-old Chris Hartle to the canvas.
JITTER
OH susta.„ CALL JITTER
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FOR TWO BITS ID MOVE
TO TAHITI AND SLEEP
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THE REST OP
MY LIFE./
Br Arthur Painter
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