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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1929-05-24, Page 6t n Plant i re raiz sue tlaa vegetable acden about fete; inchee apart. The taller of the in vidual placate will have to be staked, likely, to prevent keeling over in a wind or a heavy rain. The bulblets or coves found clinging to large bulbs in the Fall may he wn in rows about an inch apart. The, should be dug up each Fall and ed away in some frost -proof place planted again in the same way next year. In two or three sea- theys will obtain their full, flow - g size. Gladiolus require frequent ivation and when the flower spikes ear, sprinkling the soil around the s, but not actually touching them, nitrate of soda at about a half ce per square yard, will result in ger flowers. During cold spells, ter late in the day, and in very hot other, at night ,or early in the ` F I \ ` 1 '., s{ m r-'-� \ l ri L UU x the SOW! The The stop and the son erin cult C20 elan? l ste • w,• . f ,� ui, with G desk g 1 Bae + g >y e 1 9 tarn wat GA I•, DEICING SERVICE Corm. The season for corn, like most other egetables, can be greatly extended if dvantage is taken of the fact that here are early, medium and late var- sties. Even in those parts of the Vest where this crop is somewhat of s gamble there are usually two varie- les from which a fairly safe choice :an be made. In the average district n Canada, three or four plantings at ntervals of a week or so can be made and will furnish a supply of this table lelicacy for a month or more. The Bolden Bantam type is a standard in most sections and can now be secured n both an extra early and early var- .ety. Corn requires loamy soil and plenty of moisture and sunshine. It is a gross feeder and therefore should supplied with plenty of manure or commercial fertilizer, and it requires thorough and frequent cultivation. Al- low about five kernels to a hill, and count on an average of about a cob and a half per stalk. Because they are so easily grown, make a brilliant showing, and are hardy, gladiolus are now among our most popular flowers. They will come into bloom in from fifty to ninety days depending upon variety, hence a long season of flowering is possible. In those sections of the country where sh early Fall frosts are encountered, na- turally the earliest varieties should be chosen. This flower will grow in al- most any soil, but prefers a rich op- en loam, properly drained. Plenty of in moisture and sunshine is necessary, though too much of the latter will fade out the flowers and, therefore, it is advisable to locate the bed in a position where it will be partially shaded by light tree growth during the middle of the day. The gladiolus bed should be moved each year so that there will be no trouble from any disease that may be left in the soil. Two to four inches deep is the right depth to plant in heavy clay and a- bout five inches in sandy soil. When planted in clumps, which is the best way from a, decorative standpoint, place about eight inches apart, but where grown for cutting it is well to mo fie floe ma pm de In wh cat do Pr Fa M' (A Pa re en tre Ro er be po so Wi an er fl foi ars prjrorni.,tDy ©e NOMI �AS2 l CL THAT IT HAS BEEN SOLO FOR NEARLY AND IS TO -DAY A GREATER SELLER REIFORE IS A TESTIMONIAL THAT SPEAKS NUMEROUS CURATIVE DUALITIES. Irefliaved Eey �, CTMOC ®0 L ,#?= r ti FIFTY YEAS, t THAN EVER .d FOR ITS, ' rx I @ ,, _•.. tj: Ak de ba is �I b :: 9► la r IIlC��/`Jho e �E ]i®Eg in th % "i.11i ` j/j��'7yo T�yi� 1LJ1 ®I'I I I I i I co -_ I, 1 1U J1tL � NpfJrH1EI's It o work help of electtn rrnnmtg water. The the inf limennce of a Dad's work is easier farm profits bigger. DELCO-LIGHT CAMPBELL & HUTTON, W. C. 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In fat leant, production and particu- larly for the early trade, quality is of greater importance than weight. Lambs ofnlout 82 lbs. dead weight of ripe quality are most in demand. To secure this result it is essential that the ewes should be extra good sucklers 'with a plentiful supply off milk, as It is impossible to make fat lamb of good quality without an am- ple supply of milk, therefore it is most essential that the ewes should get a plentiful supply of the necessary foods to encourage the flow of milk. There must be a good supply of suc- culent food provided for this purpose such as turnips, swedes, cabbages and mangolds, as the pastures cannot be depended upon to provide fresh suc- culent food in winter. In addition to an ample supply of succulent food, the ewes must be given a liberal ra- tion of concentrates, such as crushed oats, bran and bruised, or, compound cake mixed with chaff and some sweet hay in the racks. Their milk must not only be plentiful, but rich in qual- ity, and if the lambs are to thrive the ewes must be kept in good condition. Plenty of room should be given at the troughs so that the young lambs can find their way to the corn, and as soon as they learn to eat, a pen should be made in to which they can crawl, but not the ewes, and be giv- en special food to themselves. Lin- seed cake, split peas and beans, crush- ed oats and cracked maize make an excellent mixture for fat lambs, also wheat germs are sometimes success- fully used. Strong lambs soon eat quite a large quantity of concentrates considering their age and will soon consume a pound a day per head. Con- sidering, however, that they can be turned into cash at from eight to twelve weeks old they pay well for the food they consume in that time, particularly if they are ready for the early market. Ewes that are suckling fat lamb must not be kept too thick on the ground. They need. plenty of room with ample variety and change of food and soil. Lamb will not thrive on stale land. Ram lambs should be cas- trated at about nine days old and both rams and ewe lambs should be docked at the same time but not too short. A medium length of dock han- dles better, a good dock being an im- portant point in a fat lamb. It is highly important that the young lambs never get a check from any cause as once, they become un- thrifty all hope of making good qual- ity fat lamb vanishes. The lambs should on no account be put on the market until, or unless, they are in ripe condition and to fetch the best price they must be of top quality and well fattened and the most profit is obtained by catering for the very early or out of season trade. ruing. Special Flowers. The real gardener will not be satis- d with just the ordinary run of ers year after year, but requires ny special varieties for particular rposes. There is, for instance, a ady corner in practically every gar - n 'but this should not be neglected. fact, there are certain flowers ich do especially well in such a lo - ion, many of them in fact better partial shade than in an open posi- n. According • to Miss Isabella eston, of the Dominion Experiment rm, Alyssum, Candytuft, Clarkia, arvel of Peru, Lupine, Larkspur nnual), Godetia, Verbena, Phlox, nsy, Nicotine and Nemophila are commended for shady positions. Ev- under the dense shade of our leafy ees, a brilliant show of Tuberous! oted Begonias, their wax -like flow- s in an amazing array of colors, can obtained. Then there are flowers pularly known as the ever -lasting rt which will provide material for irater bouquets. There are also Rhod- the, tSatice, Acroclinium and sev- al others. For preserving the Owers, pick with long stems just he- re the blooms open up fully and ng upside down in some warm, rk place. The Chinese lantern plant also grown for permanent indoor coration, as the pods of this turn fight red and puff up like Chinese nterns when dry. I } , • REEDING FOR AND FEEDING EARLY FAT LAMBS wad ir ( o c rp pf o n among low iced cars IIiE FULL-SIIZE ROADSTER. (gait rao6la soar), 08 o The production of early fat lambs a system of sheep farming that has ecome increasingly popular in Eng- nd as well as other countries dur- g the last decade. It is a business hat can be conducted on farms that re not adapted to keeping a regular reeding flock and it also commends self to many because the production f fat lamb brings a quick return on he capital invested in, a flock of «•es and with skillful management it rings in money at a time when there not perhaps much saleable stock on he farm. The widespread expansion of this ranch of sheep farming has had a evolutionary effect on some of the ld principles of sheep breeding, in- smuch as early maturity is the very osis on which early fat lamb produc- ion rests, and it has consequently brought down the development of hat important characteristic in many f the breeds that were formerly con- idered as later maturing types. The fat lamb trade may be said to be a luxury trade and the point is to put fat lamb on the market when it s a luxury, that is, before the regu- ar season begins. Easter is, of course, the popular ime when fat lamb really comes in season, but the luxury trade begins at Christmas and any time from then onwards the leading hotels and rest- aurants as well as wealthy househol- ders are customers for fat lamb or any other delicacy ou t of season. Fat lamb production is, more or less, a specialized business and should he carried on as such, that is to say, it should be the main object for which a flock is kept on the farm. The ewes must be adapted to the business and must be mated at the proper time for the lambs to catch the earliest mar- kets and with rams that are particu- larly suited to the purpose of getting fat lamb. It is the early bird that catches the worm in fat lamb pro- luction and therefore breeds must be employed whose nature it is to lamb down exceptionally early or before the general run of lambing begins. A breed that particularly commends it- self to the production of out of sea- son lamb, is the Dorset Horn, which is the only breed that will lamb: in time for putting fat lamb on the mar- ket by Christmas. They possess the somewhat extraordinary characteris- tic of lambing in the Autumn from September onwards, so that with pro- per management fat lamp can be made ready for Christmas and the New Year and this breed is most use- ful for supplying marketable lambs for the out of season trade and be- fore any of the Down breeds come down. The early maturing Down breeds, such as the Hernpshire and Oxford, begin lambing at Christmas and early in the New Year and lambs dropped at that period or even up to the be- ginning of February should be ready for the Easter trade with good man- agement. Those who cater for , the very early trade make the biggest pro- fit on the business as prices rule high for luxuries out of season and big prices are obtainable for well fed lambs with plenty of quality in the early markets. The fat lamb business may be said to be anybody's after Whitesuntide and after that period the trade is much less lucrative, al- though the cost of production is con- siderably lower when less artificial feeding is necessary. All sorts of crosses are used in the production of fat lamb which may be said to have been one of the chief factors in the expansion of the sys- tem of cross breeding sheep which is now so popular in Britain, but the two chief points are that the ewes should be of a breed that lambs early and are particularly good mothers and that the ram should be of an early maturing and rapid feeding breed par- ticularly strong in the loin and doer and fat natured. Among the popular breeds for cros- sing, in addition to the Dorset Horn, may be mentioned the litamPshir es, MAKING SILAGE FROM LEGUMES Sweet clover, red clover and a mix- ture of oats, peas and vetches have been made into very palatable silage with little difficulty. More trouble, however,' -has been experienced in making desirable silage from alfalfa. For the past five years extensive ex; periments have been conducted at the Central Experimental Farm at Ot- tawa to determine the best methods of making silage from the legume crops mentioned above, and consider- able information is now available on this subject. It has been found that sweet clover makes the best quality of silage if the crop is cut when half the plants are showing their first blossoms. While some little difficulty has been experienced in harvesting green sweet clover with the binder, the ease with which the bound sheaves are handled to the silo has more than offset the difficulties met in harvesting the crop in this manner. Two or three hours of wilting in the field after cutting did not injure the sweet clover for silage but longer periods should be avoided especially if the weather is dry and hot. In regions where red clover grows with success, it 'is usually made into hay but the experiments conducted at the Experimental Farm indicate that this crop will also produce good sil- age. Red clover cut when in full bloom and ensiled within two or three hours produced silage which always came out of the silo in splendid con- dition. Mixtures of oats and peas, and oats, peas and vetches which were cut when the oats were in the early dough stage yielded silage of the best quality. At this stage of growth the crop is usu- ally showing faint evidence of begin- ning to change from a green to a ripe color. A few hours of wilting in the field did not affect the quality of the silage secured from these mix- tures. When the crop was wilted for more than three or 'four hours in the hot sun there was a tendency for pockets of mold to be formed in the silo when this over -wilted material was ensiled, No commonly grown hay crop ex- ceeds alfalfa in value and this crop should be made into hay rather than into silage. In fact alfalfa has 'prov- Oxford, Xerry, cotch if nli JCbnsed, 1CoiZ- D ''(HIE improved Plymouth is ts,,ay ex- hibiting new standards of performance, economy, comfort and beauty beyond com- parison in the field of low-priced motor cars. Chrysler engineers have created many new refinements in Plymouth's famous Chrysler "Silver - Dome" type engine. These include longer stroke and an increase in piston displacement; a heavier crankshaft; larger interchangeable bearings; larger connecting rods; a newly designed system of full - pressure lubrication. These and a number of other improvements have accomplished in the full-size Plymouth a remarkable type of performance, comfort and economy hereto- fore unlooked for in a low-priced motor car. IMPORTAN'il ' NIEW IFEATU RIES Lair eesed dl'ragdoe StroC% Ifouvism Cranil.eMsl. Larger Medn' Baaodags end Conne-ddng Rcds. Noce Dasega lFtsBlF�vlxr- cora ILabo•doartdoe Sasha. Lcaprovad `Saeoripg Mia. ' Grocgor 18x000ciq c opevoafoo end np'Ll. Laaproved �.och abets igridAhn toil. Neo Seek-Co0foresa,a Baal oaasbdoas. Nem Spo•dng akbnr. Now more than ever is Plymoaa tg brisk and flexible in pickup. Now more than ever r3 Plymouth smooth and quiet through all geatt3 and all speeds. Come see the improved foil -size Plyntowd in all the glory of its new Springtime colorings. Take one out nod see how it sparkles and shines in anion. 9 Coupe, $820; Roadster (with riessable seat), $850; 2 -Door Sedarc, $860; Touring, $870• DeLuxe Coupe (with rumble seal), $8705 4 -Door Sedan, $890. All prices f. o. b. Windsor, Oacler4, including standard factory equipment (freight and taxes�. t •. 2 II CANADA'S LOWEST- la'RICED FULL-SIZE CAL. 0 wm0 Amealt, Sfrt, Sefod± OFIFJCIE AT SNPIMEST STATEON AND B I(W ItOODE en in these experiments the most dif- ficult crop to ensile, frequently pro- ducing very unpalatable silage. When a successful method is developed for making alfalfa into silage it might be found profitable to store this crop in the silo. Although difficulties were encountered in the successful ensiling of alfalfa, experiments have 'shown that when the natural moisture of the alfalfa plants, which were cut in full bloom, was reduced by wilting the cut crop for five hours in the sun, good silage was secured in most of the trials. In two instances where this practice was followed, however, the weather prevailing when the crop was being wilted in the field was par- ticularly dry and hot, and the alfalfa became overwilted producing moldy pockets in the silo. The addition of green material with a high content of carbonhydrates also proved to be o: some value in making successful sil- age from the alfalfa crop. When un- wilted full -bloom alfalfa was mixed with 25 per cent. timothy, a silage of good quality was secured in three trials, 'but in one other trial the sil- age was only fair. Leaving the- al- falfa until ten days after full bloom before cutting, and ensiling it with- out wilting, gave a very promising result in one trial conducted last year. While these. experiments have not yet definitely solved the problem of suc- cessfully ensiling alfalfa, consider- able progress has been made. 0 Expert Q`IFor light, &Ic;gr gsie a rawt, use 2 tablespoons lass per cup of Pali t Rout than of otdlmarq Paster or soft wheat storm and a lord tablecpoon issari of .a,Anndo- rin8. Roll at dcsr. Poe tram rich pie cruet use >SaIf buam a and9 half lata.,. Sand 30c fro. Peaifiy Pk Ie Gaol ;lob. Went= e'aaara ti Winnie Mills Co. 1Lledied. ToraitsO 0.1 One of our unusually well-informed contemporaries explains to its read- ers that "Honi soit qui malay pense" is Latin.—Calgary Albertan. THE FAMILY PURSE In starting or administering a bud- get it is well to remember that it is not a hard-and-fast system, as un- changeable as the laws of the Medes and- Persians. It is more like a dress in the making, which can be taken in here and let out there to meet re- quirements. Indeed, it should be flex- ible enough to allow for frequent ad- justment whenever income or outgo fluctuate unavoidably or as vision broadens and • we learn • to let back- bone as well as wishbone dictate our spending policy. It is probably •a eefe guess that all families or individuals who manage to keep out of debt carry on some sort of budgeting to control monthly and yearly expenditures. This is of- ten a 'very sketchy scheme at best, possibly an envelope system which is better than no -plan at all, but it lacks the evident advantages of a frill -fledg- ed schedule. A budget, for instance, helps you -to get a sane perspective on the whole question of outgo, and keep any one class of expenditure from usurping the lion's share of the income. Ten dollars more a month may seem a slight advance when rent is being considered,' but it may represent a 20 per cent. increase for the year, which would bring the allotment foe shelter well over its limit of 25 per cent. of the annual income. You may see at once that this is a place where the budget cannot budget without upset- ting the whole financial balance. I The one large item that is apt tri be too greedy, especially at this sea- son of the year, is clothing. A knowl- edge of how much we eat spend on hat and spring suit without overstep- ping the annual 20 per cent., or what- ever has been agreed upon for cloth- ing, will do much to keep one from the pitfalls that lure every the sanest spender to extravagance.derry ,dtro- rnaan knows the subtle p'sy'ch"oiogii of a new chapeau in raising, o1ua'9 mor- ale. `iihnere , the 'budget ked bean furrne- tioning for some time, the sudden. urge for sprucing up either the ward- robe or the house, that comes to us all around Easter time, does not cre- :,� a problem. Proper amounts have been set aside periodically for these purposes and one can go ahead andl get all possible joy out of the spruc- ing up process without a pang of conscience. If large expenses, such as painting and papering a house, payments on insurance or mortgage, taxes and the like are judiciously spaced, the bud- get will work more smoothly at the outset than if several alarmingly large payments fell due in one month. In time, this will not matter as each fund will be self-sustaining. Perhaps the commonest complaint among would-be budgeteers is that the two ends of income and outgo simply will not meet, much less over- lap to leave a margin for savings. Now, one simply cannot qualify as a budget -maker if one does not give Savings their due, as we shall see in a later discussion for this is one place where the budget will not budge. No matter what the income, it exacts 10 per cent. at least and as much more as circumstances will allow. This being the case. we may find a clue to the puzzle by reversing the usual or- der and making Savings the point of approach. After listing our assets, let us al- low the minimum 100 per cent. or more if possible, for this assertive item which includes payments on a home, life insurance and sane investments (not wildcat speculations). This, add- ed to a list of more or less fixed ex- penses such as taxes, 'phone, light, etc., insurance on house or furniture, interest and payments on car or any large purchase. will show us at a glance what we have left from the annual revenue -to spreffd over all the other necessary expenses. Thene be- cause' most of these items in the bud- get will budge most accommodating- ly if we are willing to make the com- promise, we suddenly see that it can be done, on paper at any rate. Whe- ther it can be worked out in practice depends largely on ourselves and those most concerned in helping us get rid of our money. It may even resolve it- self into a question of backbone ver- sus wishbone, as has been hinted. Plans must necessarily be based on past expenditures -rand it is here that even rough accounts are of value— but we are not bound to adhere to them. If, for instance, we find that our food costs have been exceeding the maximum allotment of 30 per cent. (it should 'be less in a smaller family) it is foolish to assume that they will not yield to treatment. Many a housewife who has set herself to a curtail this 'type of extravagance has worked wonders by a study of food values, personal marketing and sup- ervision of menus, and restrictions on out -of -season delicacies. In many cases, a frank listing of costs of, restaurant and club meals and lavish entertaining may reveal an unsuspected leakage from the family purse which is upsetting the food -cost balance. It might give some of us a rude jolt if we could see down in black and white the grand total lav- ished by all members of the family on what quite patently could be Blast- ed as luxuries. That is why some bud- get authorities advise the use of a special heading for Luxuries, net as an item of accounting, but purely for the satisfaction of seeingwhat one could comfortably have done without. That is to say,, every item under this title should also appear, under its own Ipartilei5lar heading, V as food, clothing, entertfifmment, lu etc., the f- ury list 'being just 'aa dtapll ate. It is very enlightening, if lone has the strength of eharracter to desire frank - ness in such matters, to know exactly what the extra pair of silver slippersn the unusually expensive French frock, the superfluous summer fur neckpiece, the smart imported spring handbag or any other of the irresistible at- tractions of the moment represent. True, they may be quite justified by circumstances, but how can one be sure unless the total sum is frankly faced? . Operating expenses including heat, light, telephone, service, laundry, household supplies and small furnish- ings, are less variable as a rule, but may be adjusted to a degree by con- servation, or economy in domestic, service. If, however, one prefers to maintain the service cost and econ- omize on clothes, or food or some- thing else, that may be a wise choice under the circumstances. The point is that it, like the luxuries, is recogniz- ed and figured on. But the budget will take care ofit nevertheless. It is in the complex group of ex- penses grouped under Advancement that the endurance test comes, for it is the most variable of all, and may need- to do a good deal of budging in order to come within the necessary bounds. Tgain thirty pounds iaa three months, and win back health and strength was the happy experience of Mrs. Mar- . garet 1Sra°Thou>r of Corn- wall, Ont., who give all the credit for it to De. Williams' Pink Pills. Q°After ,A a birth of my baby, II wan in the hospital four m®onatho," cine wrote, "anis came house well i°ina8 only anrtty-Have ipounaade. II &agan tatting Dr. Willdtmma' Pink Pills end is wasn't long until II weighed ninety-five pomade and my germ¢rt-il hnr,lotn wan of d,e boat. Every Spring drum then II mks the pilo no a tonic, and woo:irin't be without thesis, no matter what they coag if aarongly meommmmeand rjen ¢® till mothomo." Fxuny Dr. Wililian:le Pith Plllo now at your drug*¢'o or any &der in medicine on: by mail, 50 cantn, pcctpaidr from The Dr. Wilnlanoo Medicine Co,,, TiII nockviDBt, a. n '