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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1939-03-17, Page 63 Its hfi. Its"'s 91`iskais s ?a'k► I No Entrance Fees • hiiaa deni'ng is a universal hobby or •.treoreatilon open to both sexes, to the Hold or young. Whether we live in tile'-ez'owded city or out in the open caumetry, in the south or up to the edge of the Arctic Circle, gardening is always possible. Only a few square yards of soil are necessary ter satisfying results. Even t h e apartment dweller with a few hang- ing pots ,olr window boxes is not barred. There are no entrance fees, and equipment, Unlike golf or fishing, costs only a dollar or two. A spade or trowel or rake are all the tools necessary. Other equipment consists • of a few packets of seeds, iterhaps a shrub or two. As our interest de- velops we can add more plants and flowers. Rules are simple to master, the ordinary Canadian seed catalogue supplying all the essential data. As we become more experienced we can add to our garden library. •any of •the many excellent government - garden •buldetisns that are available in any province of Canada. Intensive Gardens In the Ismvall 'vegetable garden ev- ery foot of space sthould count. Rows are narrow and as one vegetable is used at:Rather takes its place. Only the most productive things are Want- ed, like beams, reddish, lettuce and spinach and also those which 'have a flavor• all their own, whirr: taken from thee garden at the door. In this cate- gory will be peas and corn, never as sweet and fresh as when,. picked, cook- ed and eaten within an hour. Small vegetables like lettuce and radish require rows only 12 inches sow 'F STELE BRIGGS SEEDS , AND GROW BETTER CROPS SOLD BY LEADING MERCHANTS apart. Beets, beans, carrots, peas and spinach need at least 15 inches be- tween while potatoes, corn and stak- ed tomatoes must have a couple of fleet to 'tthanty inches. Space may be saved with the latter type if some- thing quick maturing such as lettuce and spinach are ,planted .in between. The bigger 'things will not need the full room at first and by the time they do, the early Drops will be out of the way. Tender vegetables are those wal & are grown quickly, therefore the experts force tiheirs along with chem- ical fertilizer, cultivation and, if pos- sible, water. Sow Grass Early Grass makes its most rapid growth in the cool weather of spring and fall. On tluis account lawn work of a new or repair nature should be carried out just as soon as the soil is fit to work. After cligging the ground should be allowed to settle for a few days at least, and then levelled again_ It is advisable to repeat this' process sev- eral times. The top soul should then be raked fine and the grass sown at a liberal rate, once across and once lengthwise. This double sowing in- sures an even distribution. Steed is sown on a day when there is no wind. For permanent lawns of deep green color and • fine textures good quality package seed is advisable. In cover- ing the gardener is advised to rake one way only and then firm the soil with a heavy roller or pounder. • TEE RAMON DSI AllAboard British Engine toTourU.S. Ln England they call their locomo- tive engineers ndnivers." This is the title of Frederick C. Bishop, Who mlate- ipulates the throttle of the Corona- tion Scot, crack streamline express train of the Logs(1on, Midland & Scot- tish Railway, who came to Baltimore to inspect This pet, the locomotive Ooronation, after it was unloaded from the steamship Belpamela, which brought it across the Atlantic for ex- hibition in the United States. Mr. Bishop was accompanied by his fire- man, Joseph Carswell, and F. W. So - den, master mechanic. From Balti- more they will take their train over 3,121 miles of railway- track in that country on a visit to 38 cities before it goes to the New York World's Fair for exhhdbition. Mr. Bishop has been in the service of the London, Midland & Scottish Railway for twenty-four years, and is widely known in the English railway world. He said he had only one wor- ry before he came to Baltimore, but this was dispelled when he examined the rails of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail- road. Hot Beds A hot bed for starting garden seeds A hot bed for starting garden seeds early is usually prepared la. early March. It .omelets of ,a bed of fresh manure, which supplies;- the heat, about 18 inches deep. On this two or three inches of fine soil is placed and atter the bed has heated up and then' cooled down again (a shatter of•tlirce or four days) the seed is sown in rows a few incites apart. The bed :s protected by rough boarding along the title aotl un top and sloping towards the south about 10 to 18 inches above the bed is, placed a window sash well gin seed. Lawn Hints Beneath hard spots'en tine lawn wiil urs1ally be found })00h or sour soil un- derneath, it will be necessary to di' l remove any gravel or stones till - Me up with good earth and sowing i y d tl irlcly with a good .quality of Cana - t, Mian gr,i,; ;,eel. For this purpeee \ i isalways best and for new ]S t O nlawnsll high �of hr lctutlily to get a good m!ixturcg ] pee caged grass seed blended by e.c- et pert y �timen. NEXT WEEK- Shrubs, vines and n u r•sery stock. Pleased by Rails "I was worried for fear the Ameri- can tracks wouldn't hold up the Cor- onation," he said. "It's a main big engine, yo•u know." One look at the rails convinced him, however. "They are heavier than ours at 'home," he said, "and now I ani wor- ried no longer." Railway trains also are heavier in the United States than, in England, and some of the locomo- tives there are twice as big as the British type." An Ounce of prevention may save your hiealth•, Build up with Dr. Chase's Nerve food CONTAINS VITAMIN 81 for 17 years. His work day is not so backbreaking as it was formerly, for the Coronation has an automatic stok- er, and r 11 he has to do is keep an eye on it and on a couple of dozen gauges and dials. Thethird member of the party, Mr. Soden, started work in the railway shops as a lad of 16 years. This was 20 years ago. He has come along as a "trouble-shooter" on the American trip. British Official ' Robert A. Riddles, nrechrandc<a.1Nel- ectrical engineer for the London, Mid- land & Scottish had charge of the unloading Of the train and its assem- bly and conditioning for the Ameri- can tour. Col. K. R. N. Spier, an offcial of the company, will have charge of the train on its tour and while it is on exhibition at the New York World's Faig. The Coronation Scot will, on its American tour, use the rails of the Baltimore & Ohio, the •Pennsylvania, Michigan Central, the Big Four, the Louisville & Nashville, the IlLinais Central, the Boston & Albany, the New York Central, and the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroads,. The Coronation Scot has been driv en:7' as fast as 114 miles an hour on test runs, Mr. Bishop said, adding that he preferred railroading in Eng- land to that in the United States chiefly because in .his. Koine country a locomotive driver has a compara- tively easy time. He faces no grade crossings and the tracks are fenced in, with the result that it is a rare thing that personas, vehicles or cattle get on the tracks, Moreover, there is a stiff penalty under English law for trespassing on railroad property. :1lr. Bishop's proudest possession is v . •al crest. . t. with the re .I silver watch of Bulgaria engraved on its case. Gift from Kr n9Bori s "It was presented to me by King' Boris, who drove the Coronation Scot from London 'all the way to Carlisle, • 1 on the Scottish border, and would let no hands save his touch the con- trols for the entire trip," he said. '••1'he King mettle Fireman Carswell 110(1 nils is stand on the footplate. He knew his business mos. and wouldn't be told," :t11•. Carswell also displayed a watch him r sented� to by N Inch has. been presented: King Iior•is, Mr. Carswell has been in railroad service for 18 years and a fireman FERTILIZING PASTURES Pasture experiments during the last decade or so have demonstrated very strikingly the improvements that can be secured in yield and quality of pasture herbage and that these can be secured economically. Experi- ments conducted at the Frederioton Experimental Station, states T. C. Chiassoce, Agricultural Assistant, have shown how pasture yields can be in- creased by the use of commercial fer- tilizer. A pasture field receiving a complete fertilizer since 1928, has given an average yield, for the last three years, of 7,277 pounds dry mat- ter per, acre, compared with a yield IT IS EASY o et Results TO BUY OR SELL Position Wanted Help Wanted House to Rent Coming Events Farm For Sale Live Stock For Sale Grain For Sale Personal 491, TELEPHONE 41 with HURON EXPOSITOR Classified Ads. • A Classified Ad in The Huron Ex- positor will get you what you want or have, to buy or sell "out from under the bushel basket." Us- ing The Huron Expositor's classifiied columns is the mostdirect and inex- pensive method of making wants known. Our rates are only 1 cent a word (les for more than one inser- tion). All you need to do is pick up your phone and call 41. •' THE HURON EXPOSITOR MCLEAN EROS,, PUBLISHERS Established 1860 of 3,303 pounds dry matter per' acre flavored maple syrup" for use where for a freid that had no fertilizer since flavor strength is important and su- 1923, This was an increase of 3,A [ 0at• content not a disadvantage. This pounds of tiny matter eost.i.ng $3.1i1 or was developed as a result of the dis- $i $2 per ton. Therefore there doe, revery that maple flavor is a ,product not seem to be any doubt that for- of a tasteless substance in th•e sap. eHy.ng,will ierbage yields eccelreit- \V}lile this substance has been id!enti- oIly, The ]herbage on the fertilized tied it has been found that it changes es, was also mdcc`r more vnitlah!(' inti the flavor -forming material, by tit- ft was made up largely of I1ul.r1 heating the concentrated sap under t`.oths grasses and choice~•, w'!uilt the moderate pressure to a temperature herbage on the largely tilizt'd Pnstfh'1' above its boiling point, Hence a syr- cacomposed r e rtf un PI ab e s la, g ly [ � tat � up of e.r•cPirtioually strong flavor is glosses and weeds. ma.dr, by Processing the sap so none Pastures that are bully run sewn ((f 'the flavor -forming constituent is and contain mostly we(,e!e may prove lost, and finally heating it in a pres- inh ex ero:e to herfYr r 10 a high sure • h l,1 s,imilar 10 the lomd5tic state4 of fe'•trl ri. In 1 pressure -cooker. This too has been may be well to fertilize a small area , patented s(i unit the Government can at the start to see whether wild white prevent its abuse, not its use, by c'l'over can be made to grow. Liming manufacturers. may also be necessary to encourage the clover. Unless one can get wild Improvements Reported white clover to grow, pasture fertiliza- Improvements in commonlyd • used tion will not give very ecc'nomical products include a "non -mottling cast returns. maple sugar." One of the reasons 'Phe following applications have why maple sugar is a seasonal rather given good results at the Fredericton than 'are all -year delicacy is because Station: Where no white clover is the cakes tend to become hard and present, a complete fertilizer is net- take on a mottled appearance soon essary to give best results. A yearly � atter being nese. Several years ago application of 100 pounds nitrate, of the laboratories developed a cake soda w'iitIs 280 pounds superphosphate which broke easily, did not mottle, and 100 [rounds muriate of potash per and had a fine full flavor, but being acre every .three years usually gives good returns, This should be con- tinued until a thick turf of wild white clover and Kentucky blue grass hag been established. Once this turf is established, one may dispense with the nitrogen and maintain fairly good yields with the minerals alone, every three years. ;Si" New Uses Sought For Maple Sugar When the Pale Facee first arrived in, North America they discovered that the Redskins were eating a new kind of eugam• msade from trees. The visitors sampled it, found it surpris- ingly good and straightway adopted it as an important item of their food supply. For many generations it was about the only sweetening akva11ab1e, and then, as cane sugar became ,pro- curable, maple produces fell back to the more humble tasks they fila to- day -as candy and as syrup for grid- die-cakee. Considering how delicious 21.1111 111pw widely popular is the maple flavor it i.e nu -pristine' that tstltt t al seletere and industry have not lone ago found countless ways of tttru.ing it to com- mercial uses. It would seem that Government authorities have boon surprised tlteinselves, because narw they are taking up the search end al- ready in the iaaborratortes of t'ito clivi• siva of chemistry, Crone.+Ilan °Nationual Resoarolr Councii, official's claim hien they have developed various new maple products and made improve ments in the old. New Developments Sought Among the first group, they have invented and patented wlmt they call "concentrate of true maple flavor." Hitherto, they explain, no really satis- factory coneetitrate of true maple flavor has been available for use in the making of confectionery, soft. drinks, ice cream and so forth. Now they announce they (have found a con- centrate which has been approved by all maple experts who have tasted it. It is prepared by addling alcohol to a concentrated syrup, pausing a large part of the sugar of the syrup to .rya tal1ize out,.'leaving behind the flavor- ing constituent. The crystallized su- gar is filtered out and the alcohol re- moved from the remaining liquid_ by evaporating it off. The •residue is the flavor concentrate, and the alcohol is recovered and used • agaitl for another batch. This concentrate can be used Where the sugar content of ordinary maple syrup would prevent its use. Another new product is a "super - light in color ile was felt that the, .public would doubt its purity. Fur- ther efforts Ibave now brought a cake of deeper color that does not mottle and retains its sparkle. The tprocess consists of heating the (syrup up to 244-250 degrees F., stirring (rapidly un-. til crystal foruhation starts and then more slowly until the mixture is cool- ed considerably and almost too stiff to pour into the molds. In the owe of "maple icing sugar" --,which ,te readily prepared from cast euger or granulated sugar -officials explain that the .only precautions are to have the sugar quite dry before grinding, to use sugar low in invert content, as otherwise it picks up mois- ture too readily, and to seal the pro- duct in tight containers. It is best hprepu'ed in winter e when the humidity Is 'low. 1hisnely powder - cd sugar has a very rang ora le flavor, and for icing use can be used alone or ,mixed with one or two parts of ordinary icing sugar. It is also suited for use on cereals, for camping trips to make syrup las required, for home candy making, and in cakes, cookies and so forth. SOIL MANAGEMENT The development of serious fertil- ity problems in Ontario seats is large- ly the result of inherent low poten- tial fertility in certain poor soil types, and secgndly, depletion of rich soils through improper management under continued cultivation and cropping, and failure to replace these fertility losses, states Prof. G. N. ]tuhnke head of the Chemistry Department U.A.C., Guelph. Paulty land utilization and poor soil management combined are the ma•ior factors responsible for most soil fer- tility problems at the present. time, Prof. Ruhnlce declares, adding that tillage and rotation practices may al- leviate or intensify losses of valuable surface soil by water or wind PToston. Fall sown cover crops should be used where possible to reduce erosion. Prof. Ruhnke suggests limited use of rolling and hilly Land for cultivated or hoe crops and more extevsive use of then type of land for hany and mea- dows, Shortage of manure neceselltates the use of green -manuring crops as a sup- plement While legumes are best for this purpose, non -legumes may be us- ed, particularly if they are handled as "green" manuring crops should be. Two tone. of cereal strasy per acre plus 200 pounds per acre of a nitrogen fertilizer will provide approximiaately as much active organic matter as 10 tons of average farmyard manure. It is essential that the nitrogen be ap- plied With the etnaw when it is turn - ,ed down_or nitrogen starvation may reriouely reduce the crop that fol- lows. Orrteid.e the Niagara Peninsula coun- ties where at least 80 per cent, of tlhe soils are l.imve d'eflcient in varying de- grees, the acidity problem is purely local and .soils should be tested be- fore lime applied, Prof. Ruhnke advis- as. Sohl tests are a valuable means for detection of deficiencies and farm- ers should Consult their agricultural representatives as to the nearest 5011 testing station of the Ontario Depart=' talent of Agriculture. It is no longer lreresey to advocate the use of commereiel fertilizer ®a a meceereary Harm practice if crop yieeldte are to be maintained, ned, alnd 110 get the maximum resulea from _commercial fertilizers, farmers shoui'd know just what their sail leeks 'by having it test- ed. IS YOUR SEED READY? lytta MARoll, 117., .1939 BACKACHE OFTEN WARNING Backache may be the rust sig. of Kiley trouble. When your back aches, look to your kidneys. Don't fail to heed this warn- ing -it is too implant. Takeyrwrpt action to correct Backache, or isle cause, At the rta= sign of Backache tin confidently to Ma's Kidney Pius -for over half a century the favorite remedy for K1&iey absents. Italy Dodds Kidney Pills Maple Cream Although it has never been imtprov- ed by scientific methods there is probably no maple product more de- licious than "maple cream" or fudge, remembered by all disuse • who have visited a sugar camp.. It is made by boiling the :sap to a certain tempera- ture and "beating it until it is light and fudge. Then there is what the French-Oen- adian calls "gumette":-a hard sub- stance caused by pouring the beilintg sap onto stn7ow. And no amount of research has discovered a better meth- od of obtaining sap than by "trapping" the tree, although enterprising farm- ers possessing "sugar bush" of mapor proportions are saving mnanval labor by piping the sap from tree to cramp and are utilizing modern machinery for battling, bottling and caking. Every spring the small boy will have his adventure of boring a maple tree and hanging his tin can under the drip, and afterwards attempting to boil the sap into syrup on tihe kit- chen stave. All, the progress of :;cit ence and invention can never It cv nL that. Tire quantity and quality of crop yields depend upon many factors, not the least of w'h'ich 'is the quality of the seed used. Good 'seed should be well matured, large and plump,• free from weed seeds, relatively high in germination and true to variety. A great many experiments have been conducted to determine the in- fluence on yield of fanning and grad- ing cereal grains in order to separate out the larger or heavier seed for planting, states the Dominion Experi- mental Station, Kapuskasing, Ontario. The results of the majority of these experiments indicate that better yields may be expected from large plump seed than from ungraded Beed or small or light seed. All grains, clover and grass seeds intended for planting should be free from noxious weed seeds. This is es- sential if the farmer hopes to keep his land clean and to continue to pro- duce profitable Drops. Weeds serious- ly compete with crops for moisture and plant food and sometimes for sun- light. Cereal grains, clover and grass seeds as they come from the threeher are seldom in a suitable condition for use Has seed. Further cleaning and: grading with some type of seed - cleaning machine are necessary. The common.types of 'farmers' grain clean- ers do a fairly efficient job when suitable sleves for each kind of grain are used and air blast and grain flow are properly regulated. For best re- sults in' cleaning clover and grass 'seeds, the special .equipment used len. seed cleaning plants may be neces- sary. See Bulleton "Weeds and -Weed Seeds," Which 'may be obtained free on application from the Publicity & Extension Division, Dominion, Depart- ment of Agriculture, Ottawa, for in- formiatiom on cleaning grain and small seeds. Since it is necessary for the farm- er to prepare his seed with care, now is a good time to do it. Do not put off the task until seeding time ,has arrived. Valuable time may then be lost at a job which by better man- agement might (have been clone weeks before, states E. ,I, Doyle, of the Ex- perimental Station, Kapuakasing, Ont. Now that the seed.borne diseases such ars bunt or stinking smut of wheat, covered smut of barley a,nd the smarts of oats, maty- be success- fully controlled by treating the seed 'with the Vey ethyl mercury phospihate dusts, which can be purchased unifier various trade names, this operation may also 'be carried out prior to seed- ing time. Seed requirements, how- ever, should be estimated rather closely es oat equitred treated grain is unsafe to use' for feeding purposes. FOR HATCHABLE EGGS Fertility and hatchability of eggs. although partially inherited, are in- fluenced greatly by environment Fer- tility, which is absolutely necessary, to get hatchability, is affected by the physical Condition of both the male and the female. Aids to satisfactory fertility aro good vigorous males and correct ratio of males to females. Although fer- tility is needed to get any hatchabil- ity at all, there appears to be rno re- lation between the number of fertile eggs a hen may lay and their hatch- ability. Eggs which are 100 per cent fertile, - incubated under good condi- tions, may not produce a single clhick_ Hatchability as inlhenite'd and af- fected .by both sire and dam. It may be improved by careful selection of breeding stock known to be of a strain with high hatchability, and by feeding a ration containing all the essential nutrients. Chopped alfalfa. not only makes a desirable protein supplement for poul- try, but it is especially valuable for increasing the hatchability of the eggs. The chopping or coarse grind- ing of good quality alfalfa or clover hay makes it convenient to feed in racks, hoppers or troughs. Although these feeds are too high in fibre to be used to make up more than five per cent. of the (ration of hens in tcomnvercial egg production, up to fifteen per •cent. may be given in the ration of breeding birds. Maple Syrup Trade -Climbs A boom year in the' maple syrup and sugar industry was experienced in ea nada in 1931; when production of the preceding year, and came close to equalling the loosed commercial production figure of 1920. The 1938 t rU1 was reported in re- eent Dominion s'lledge tO have been 3,32(0,700 gallons, valued at $3,819,700, while the r erd production of 1929 was 3,343,900 gallons valued, at $6,- 118,600. Considerably lower was the 1938 production of 1,673,400 gallons valued at $2,245,000. SMALLEST PAPER Meet Seth M. Vining, publisher of what is billed as "the smallest daily newspaper in the world." Mr. Vining, who has served as prin- ter's devil, printer, reporter, editor, and publisher during his journalistic career, established the publication in 1928 and says it has brought him a wide reputation. The paper is 51/2 x 8' inches. It is known as the Tryon Daily Bulle- tin. It has mope than 900 subscribers, including readers in distant parts of the t?nitted S•tat)es, in Europe, Asia, and Africa. From chlildlhovd, Publish- er Vining relates, it had been. his am- bition' to own a newspaper, Hie was born in Eufaula, Ala., in 1899 and while attending the public schools there he became a printer's devil at the age of 12 on the Eufaula Daily Citizen:- Mr. itizen:••Mr. Vininig says his first, attempt at publishing This own paper was in 1916 when hie brought out a weekly about twice the size of the present one. It lasted for one month and railed through disagreement with the owner of the plant. He said he work- ed as a printer in Montgomery, WA Quincy, Fla., until 1919,' when he took over publication of the Hurts - bore, Ala.,, Tribune and operated it more than a year. While attending Piedmont Acad- emy at Demorest, Ga., in 1920 he paid his expenses by working in the paint- ing department of Piedmont College. In 1922 when be entered, the college as a student, he was made superin- tendent of the college printing de- partment and was elected ,editor of the student newspaper. In 1924 he established the Cornelia, Ga., weekly, The Northwest Georgian and published it two years. After a year in Florida and Hendersonville, he went to Tryon, N. C. The first edition of the Bulletin ap- peared, San. 31, 1928. It had four pages, Mr. Vining said it was print- ed on a press so small that only two of its pages• could be printed at a time. The press was operated by a toot treadle. The publisher said the expected at the time to ineue the paper only a week or two to get sufficient adver- tising revenue to bolster his job print- ing business. But the public• re- sponse, he said, bewildered hint and he has not stopped. After seven months of free distri- bution a small annual subscription price was adopted. In 1934 Mr, Vire Ing bought the Polk County News, a. weekly the, since has published along with the Bulletin. He also finds time to participate actively in the commun- ity civic amed religious life. Although The Bulletin hlas corre- spondents in Afrlca, England, Cali- fornia, and many faraway places through ante tIsted subscribertr, it is thle little happenings of everyday life In the community that makes up, the, paper's principal appeal. One of the meet widely read features is the coiumn, •"Curb Reenter," whleh Mr. Vining wrlteb daily. Groom:• "I specially• went out and bought you some bay leaves for the- pot hepot roast. Why didn't you use them?" Bride: "Well, wouldn't I look silty wearing bay leaves just because my trot roast was a success?" 0 Mts. Brown was displaying a large lampshade she Ihad just bought. "Isn't tat 'perfectly lovely, my dear? And it cost only ten dollarsi" tier husband looked anything but pleased. •t d "If you wear that to church tomor- row you'll go alone," he said: "There's ;1 limit to everything, including hats'." is , • A e`AOK 11A% IN A JIFFY LONDON and WINGHAM NORTH A.M. Exeter 10.34 Hensel l 10.46 Kippen 10.52 Brucefleld 11.60 Clinton, 11.47 Londesboro 12.06 Birth 12.16 Bel grave 12.27 Wingham 12.45 SOUTH P.M_ W i ngham 1.5() Belgrave 2.06 Blyth 2.17 Londesboro 2.26 Clinton 3.08 Brucefleld 3.28 Kippen 3.38 Hensall 3.45 Exeter 3.58 C.N.R. TIME TABLE EAST A.M. P.M. Goderich 6.35 2.30 Holmesville 6.50 2.52 Clinton ' 6.58 3.00 Seaforth 7.11 3.16 St. Columban 7.17 3.22 Dublin 7.21 3.29 Mitchell 730 3.41. W EST Mitehel1 11.06 9.25 Dublin 11.14 9.36 Seaforth 11.30 9.47 Clinton 11.45 10.00 Godertch 12.05 10.25 C.P.R. TIME TABLE EAST God erich M eneet McGaw cubit rn Blyth Walton McNaught Toronto Toronto McNaught Welton Blyth Auburn McGaw Menset Dedelriaht WEST e.1.• • P.M. 4.20 4.24 4.33 4.42 4.b2 5.05 5.15 9.00 A.M- 8.30 12.03 12.13 12.23 12.33 12.40 12.414 1-2116 ii i;ii,tti,aif t°1