HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1949-03-31, Page 7Hell Get Ribbed For This Boner — 'footsie, •a O -months -old
terrier, looks at more bones than lie's seen in a long time --
and all of thein, except one, his own. 'He's studying an X -Ray
of a 4;:; inch pork chop bone he swallowed—which was removed
at a clinic with the forceps shown holding it. When Tootsie
came out of the iiraesth.etic he' barked happily and licked the
vet's hand.
Although not many of thein play
the horses or shoot dice, every
farmer is a natural-born gambler.
He has to be, or he 'wotild not
keep on matching wits with such
unpredictable things as hungry
begs, bad weather—to say nothing
of that cold beam you see in a
livestock buyer's eye.
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Such being the case, says ;fins
Roe, it snakes it all the harder to
understand why so many apparently
smart farm operators pass up a
sure thing year after year, That
sure thing is • a sweet clover
inter -crop.
Time after time such an inter -
crop has proved its ability to give
a terrific increase in yield—an in-
crease reaching, in the case of corn,
as high a* 15 to 25 bushels per acre.
This, in return for a planting cost
of three or four dollars per acre.
just why should this be? Well,
high-priced :teed is part of 'the
answer. But sweet clover costs
only from a third to a half as much
as• the highest priced clovers. And
ten POUNDS of that sweet clover
seed can produce twenty TONS,
green weight including roots, of
some of the finest green manure
you ever turned under..
A$ an intercrop—sown in small
grain this spring, plowed down next
spring for corn—It doesn't take the
field out of cultivation for a min-
ute. It's a bonus, pure and simple.
and easy to collect.
T.ots of well - intentioned folks
have been scared out of trying to
grow sweet clover because they
failed to get stands. Nine chances
out of ten their only trouble was
lack of lime in the soil, as sweet
clover is more sensitive to this
than most of the other clover
varieties in general use.
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Proof of this was seen in a field•
on a farm I've heard of. A couple
of years ago this field was split
for a season—half in corn. half in
wheat, Tn August the wheat half
was limed. Then the field was
switched hack and fanned as one
unit, A year ago sweet clover was
seeded on the entire field. Oa the
lined side the sweet clover grew
rank and strong, On the nnlimed
side you couldn't see a single clover
plant.
So test the soil in your small
grain field. If it needs lime, add it.
Then inoculate the clover seed, and
seed it carefully. Broadcast fairly
early in the spring, so that a freeze
or two will cover the seed for you.
Or so* shallowly, on a firm seed
bed.
Sweet clover makes a slow growth
in tine spring. But by the first fall
its taproot is big and deep. The
crop makes nearly all its nitrogen
that first season. So, for a green
manure crop, it may as well be
plowed down then and there.
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Some like to plow _ it down in
the fall, some the next spring. Ex-
periments made over in Iowa indi-
cated that sweet clover .adds the
most nitrogen to the soil when
plowed down between May 3 and
May 18th. Next largest amount
was when the clover was plowed
down between November let and
13th.
The best all-round time to plow
it down—to kill all the plants and
yet save as much nitrogen as you
can—seems to be fairly early in
the spring when the clover is knee-
high or a little shorter.
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when planning your farts
work for the year, it might be an
idea to give some thought to this
sweet clover proposition. It will
give you free nitrogen, excellent en-
silage and lush midsummer pas-
turage. Its taproots will ' punch
holes in tight sub -soils. The leaves
and stems slow down the spring
and fall rains, protecting the surface
soil. And those same leaves and
stems, when plowed down, can
make tight soils loose, wet soils
better drained, and poor soils rick
and fertile again.
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1 n short, according to those who
know, sweet cioiver is the cheapest
fertilizer you can buy—and just
about the surest sure thing on which
you ever risked a dollar.
FUNNY MANS
Years ago, when Mark Twain was
doing his best to entertain his guests
at a dinner party, a woman turned
to the young daughter, of the humor-
ist and said: "Your father is a
very funny man."
"Yes," responded the child, "when
we have company,"
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F YOU HAVE AN OLD -,--
SPRING IN THE. HOUSE
-- SUCH AS THE KIND
THAT WAS USED IN THE
HAND -WOUND PHONOGRAPHS-.
YOU CAN UTILIZE IT TO GOOD
ADVANTAGE AS A SELF AD.
JUSTING BOOK END,
SIMPLY FASTEN 'rHE
SPRING TO THE SHELF SO
THAT THE FREE END COILS
AGAINST THE LAST BOOK,
PROVIDING SUFFICIENT
PRESSURE TO KEEP THE
BOOKS NEATLY IN PLACE.
THiS WILL PUT A DEFINITE
END TO THAT ANNOYING TEN.
DENCY THEY HAVE OF SLUMPING
DOWN UPON THEIR SIDES,
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BY Tom GREGORY
THE CHANNELLED PART OF A TELESCOPING CURTAIN ROD,
NAILED TQ . HE UNDERSIDE OF A BOOKSHELF TOP AND FITTE
WITH A FOLLOWER, IS ANOTHli
EFFECTIVE DEVICE FOR Kt P
BOOKS UPRItHT" MAK
LOWER OUT OF TWO "f 11 i
HEAVY SHEET BRAS.
AliRIQtNTA 41,$N
uPPE.R ENDS AND $ l.la
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GARDEN NOTES
SAVE YOUR MONEY
It is a waste of money, time and
effort in trying to grow flowers
and shrubs only suitable for the
Southern States or the warmer
parts of Europe. in most parts of
Canada. Our climate, soil and other
conditions are not suitable. To
guard against discouragement one
is advised to etick to those flowers,
shrubs and vegetables that are
specially recommended for Cana-
dian conditions. These are the var-
ieties and types listed in an Cana-
dian seed catalogues. These have
all been tested under Canadian con-
ditions and recommended by Cana-
dian authoritise.
INFORMALITY USUALLY
BEST
In garden layouts, the informal
type is almost invariably the best.
This is built around a piece of lawn.
Even in the very tiny city gardens
this snakes the most effective treat-
ment, the level stretch of green
grass setting off the flowers, shrubs,
vines and trees which surround it.
If at all possbile one should avoid
straight lines in these surrounding
beds of shrubbery and flowers,
though rigid fence lines and drive-
ways sometimes make this difficult.
Experts advise, however, a curv-
ing front to the flower beds rather
than a straight one, and both flow-
ers in this and any shrubbery
should be planted in clumps rather
than in rows, Generally small flow-
ers and smaller .shrubbery are
brought to the front, though there
should be a little variation in this
rule just for variety.
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SOIL MADE TO ORDER
If very wet and heavy it may be
necessary to drain the garden either
by tile drains or shallow; open
trenches, Heavy - soils wil also
greatly benefit if manure, . rotted
leaves and all other vegetable matter
is dug in. Some people make a prac-
tice to sow half the garden with
some green crop like rye, buckwheat
or clover and dig in when well
grown. Even a good crop of weeds
will help if dug under. All waste
matter like pea pods, carrot tops,
corn stalks, etc. ,should be dug in
.or rotted down on a compost heap.
Strangely enough, the same
treatment is good for light, sandy
soil.. The rotted vegetable refuse
dug in adds what is technically
known as- humus, puts some body
into the soil so it will hold moisture
better. .
INSULT
A man obviously in bad condi-
tion from the night before stepped
up to a bar and sputtered through
trembling lips, "Give — give me
something for a hangover."
"What do you want?" asked the
bartender.
The sufferer could only blurt:
"Tall—cold—and, full of gin."
"Sir," snapped a drunk standing
next to hint, "you are referring to
the woman I love!"
Where
'here No Profit!
The Waltham Watch Co.'s Christ-
mas circular "proudly presented" a
new model, its 33 millionth watch.
Last month Waltham went into
bankruptcy, and 2.300 men lost their
Jobs.
Forbes Magazine pins responsi-
bility for the crack-up on the pre-
vious management and declares the
business bas been running down for
25 years.
Labor leaders and too many
others have long been critical of"
management, decrying its import-
ance to a huainess, protesting "big
salaries and privileges." But ask
those 2,300 e!.-VVafthamites about
that now.
For workers. stockholders, con-
sumers and the public at large, the
value of able management is im-
measurable and its price is • in-
consequential.
Reflecting that fundamental weak-
ness is the fact that it did not ap-
parently keep pace in moderniza-
tion. To quote Forbes: "Waltham
failed to provide funds to keep its
machinery up-to-date. After the
war, when other American watch-
makers had the 'benefit of the best
of tools and production equipment,
they were able to run circles around
Waltham costs. The latter tried to
make decades -old tools compete
with new. They hadn't provided
adequately for depreciation and re-
placement. imagine if Ford were
still using the same equipment to
turn out its cars that they bad 20
or 30 years ago."
Not only for management, but for
all the critics of business, and the
planners of taxes, the need for con-
stat;t renewal of a business—tate
planting. the saving and the spend-
ing of teelay-to make possible
a profit tomorrow is fundamental.
Labor unions need to have gravers
in stone the truth: "Where there Ia
nn profit, there can be no jobs."
A young lad in the lower grades
complained to his teacher that he
had a terrific stomach ache, The
teacher sent him to see the princi•
Pal- When the little tyke returned to
the classroom, he walked in such
a manner that Ws stomach stuck
way, ''''hen the eacher asked
hire why he was walking that way,
e replied: "I told the principal I
had a stomach ache and he said
if 1 dould stick it out till noon he'd
drive zne home."
Y wish you'd go on a diet, Mom.
You're squashing us!"
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This is an adaptation of one of a series of ad-
vcrtisements designed by The House of Seagram
to promote the prestige of Canada and help sell.
Canadian products to the markets of the -is ot'ld.
The campaign is appearing irr. magazia.es and
newspapers published in 'various Ianguages and
circulated throughout the world. The penile;
of many lauds are toldabout the
quality of Canadian products and
see Canadian scenes' illustrating
these products.
The advertisements are in keep-
ing with the belief of The House
of Seagram that the future of each
business enterprise in Canada is
inextricably bound up in the :Future
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of Canada itself; and that it is in the interest of
every Canadian manufacturer to help the sale
of all Canadian products in foreign markets,
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_ campaign such as this not only helps Cana-
dian industries but also puts money in the pocket
of every Canadian citizen. One
dollar of every three we earn comes
to us as a result of foreign trade.
The more we can sell abroad
the more prosperous we will be
at home. ft is with this objective
that these advertisements are being
produced and published .thr•ough-
out the world,
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