HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1897-03-03, Page 2CELERY DED SYSTEM. � average rainfall.' The plants in this
experiment were watered on an aver-
age twice a week by using the garden
hose.
EXPEfUM9NTS OF JOHN CRAIG. O r-alanuixonty %% a' tilt, ]sed Nsistenl.
TAWA EXPERIMENTAL FARM ± Sit"• the segd in a hot bed or cold
frame about the middle of April. It
will be ready for picking out into rows
k ir►ches apart each way about a month
Eight Varieties Tp;ted-.The Ooudlti024 later. If it lg not picked out the young
and Xipid of Ti►ese v,tyletles Tnbulat- plants gbculd be out back to givo
ateclflne48. In the experiment Che
ed -The Bed method of Culture m stat plants were set out on June 27th. I of
118 Claimed For It. bed frames were used, additional sail
being added till a covering of 6 to 8
A good deal has been said and writ- inches was laid over the row well set -
ten recently regarding the advantage, tied manure, The plants were set &P -
,of "Bed culture" of celery over the proximately 7x7 inches apart. They
ordinary single or double roto system. ' grew somewhat slowly at first, but
soon covered the ground and made a
vigorous growth till arrested by
autumn frost, The sides of the frames
were 12 Inches high ; these 1•umished
the requisite amount of shade, The
i t early variety were well blanched when
taken up, while the late kinds needed
further blanching to mase them suIt-
able for market, trough they were in
good condition for cellar or pit storing.
As stated before, it was found that
{ such a large number of plants upon a
comparatively small area sucked up the
molyture so rapidly that it was neces-
sary In order to preserve the Plants in
a healthy growing condition to water
I at least onoe a week and sometimes
�f� j twice. "Celery leaf rust" was enn-
trolled by spraying with Bordeaux
mixture.
Paris Golden Yellow, White Plume
and Boston Market are three excellent
varleti'es and mature in the order men-
tioned,
-�1 The accompanying table shows what
f a large quantity may he grown in this
way upon a small area. Fbr this rea-
son the "bed method" of growing cdetry
possesses many advantages aver the
PARIS GOLDEN YELLOW.
Celery has been grown both In beds
and In rows for the past three years
at the Central Farm. Some data re-
garding the condition and yield of S
varieties grown In beds this year are
given below. The "bed system" is un-
doubtedly to be recommended to those
who have but a small area to be d,�-
voted to the cultivation of this vege-
table—which I may venture to remark
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When planted out,
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Total weight la lbs
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A LESSON IN MANURING.
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Average weight
I began to take a hand in the opera-
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of Stalks, lbs. oz.
1>ixior�o7�
EL large pile of compost, hair, ashes,
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mp pCa OO,D
bark in layers to make all pile up well.
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In the winter we drew this on land
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usually plowing it under in the spring,
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p pa~n
Sometlmes on fall -plowed land we
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as
parenthetically is much neglected and
soil, by the use of the cultivator or
generally unappreciated by farmers.
share hamronv, in the spring.
There is less labor involved If grown
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In beds than If grown in single or
pressed me as we dug trees and plants
avtl�aA
ti
e
xecure perfect balancing being unneces-
in which rootlets would lay hold of
congental bits of plant food ; the tufts
and Pelted knots of hair would be the
,
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A lesson to be drawn from this Is
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EUPHONIOUS NAMES. A GOOD SYSTEM.
Every Farm on Good noada, Should Iia, rw Vow an ,tl„dvan4Ad Fafitlaar ]►Yakut and �W ISTRASO
�ars Apt,ro�ltlate Nome.U•es #1q Manure Pile,
Onq of the evidences of enterprise I. I use put straw for beddlug 1n pi-L-
Is
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and 1>4tact the methods among farmers ferente to uncut; have used forest 11.D Y i•� ■
!e the fact and si n i of significant arg s giving leaves and eawduat, but thlli>,t: cut 3: .� Y/ W
beautiful and slgnitleant names to straw more convenient to handle.
their farms, and then seeking by in- 2. Think there is no tklvantage in For Xttias atld New Year's "Trade.
creased eFYclrts to matte the farm having manure made in box stalls, but RAISINS, CURRANTS, FIGS, `:PRUNES and PEkLS. old Raleiti
Worthy of Its name, and one of which rather the contrary, unless there is an s �.$ lbs
the proprietor may be justly proud, abundant supply of bedding to keep for 81.00. lloadquarters for TEAS and SUGARS.
In front of every farmhouse there the an%mals cle4n. If SUAICknt b(dding CROCKERY, C111 NA, GLA` 6WARE and LAMPS we. have to make ronin
should be an artistically painted board Is used, then, portions, especially ' ,
I tearing the name of the farm, also the around the walls, will remain dry and for our Imported Ximis au(I New Year's Gods and have to reduce our
name of its prof-rietor, or manager. unsuitable to apply to the land. On prices, Call and see our Goode and got prices. Good Butt0r' E
It might also point the direction, and the other hand, the ordinary cow stall , Eggs dud
give the distance, of the proprietor's Is not always provided with a water- Dried Apples taken as GASB.
post -office town, and other near -by I tight gutter to save the 11(luid manure, Cash Paid for Good Butter and Eggs.— `
towns, if desired, and thus become, and it not, then there would be an ad -
also a "friendly guide -post" to strang- vantage o the box stall, �r�'ln
ars In the vicinity. S. It would largely depend on how , ■ `liyy ton.
Thousands of pretty names, from the manure was to be disposed of. It s s Clinton.
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which any farmer may select an aP- drawn directly from the stables and
propriate one for his own home, may spread on the land at once It would /^� moo,,
be formed by a combination of words. hardly pay for the extra trouble In New Canned Cx OodS —�'- - _
If located in a timbered country, the handling to mix it before applying. If,
name may be based on a favorite kind however, it da drawn to field and plac-
oP tree, or the kind prevafitng to the I ed to large heaps to remain so until PEAS, CORN cold TOMATOES; PINEAPPLES, PEACHES, PEAR,y,
locality, as Oakdale farm, Elmgrove, spring, or If allowed to accumulate In PI'UD9S, CHERRIES, STRAWBLRRi4S,
Cedarvale, etc. Or the name may beconsiderable quantities in the barn- r�ff
selected with regrad to the location yard before being drawn to the field, Extraordinary Value in Teas,Try OUl Delicious MONSOON, a pure
of the farm relative to some near -by two advantages would be secured; 1st,
object. If near a river, lake or moun- i uniformity of quality, and, 2nd, more Ceylon hes, also our noted250 TEA.
taln, etc., as Rlve•rslde farm, River i convenience In handling, as the com- Special drives 111 Dinner Tea and collet SetS,G�.�
View, Lake View, Hillside, Hilltop, paratirely light horse manure would
etc. Or the name may be based on render the solid and ,heavy manus
the proprietor's favorite plant, or the from the cow stable more porous and
one principally grown Clover
his farm ; as Basler to spread evenly. H. Robson Albert St
Cloverdale Yarm, Clover Leaf, Blue 4. By the liberal use of absorbents ' (�!�7 y� }Oyu
Grass, etc. Beautiful and suggestive and a.ppl•ying directly to the land, and • v •i n v ii
farm names may be selected from a not allowing the manure to ferment
thousand words or from a combine.- in heaps either in the field or sheds. ►y
tion of words, and each one can select 5. I think, as a rule, manure loses to i 89 / F V R.L G U � 89
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one to his own Ilking, value in proportion to the amount of J.V J. c�s`7
The farmer who puts up his name fermentation is allowed to take place.
and that of his farm In front of his Formerly I was in the habit of hauling
AVO have startedthe New Year with as fine a line Of Furniture as you wish
home proclaims thereby that lie is not to the field in winter and piling In
ashamed of the farm of which he is large heaps so as to induce fermenta- to see and at prices that will aslonish you for cheapness. All our goods are
proprietor. It Is a guarantee that his tion to destroy foul seeds and rot the warranted to siva satisfaction and we extend to you an invitation t t call and
efforts shall be so directed that the ap- strawy portlon%-, but now think there inspect our large stock of BED ROOM SVI1�Es PARLOR SUITES, SIDE•
pearance at his home shalt, as rapidly i is loss aceompan' Ing the escape into BOARDS, EX, TABLES, DINING ROOM C +
as he can do it, be made to consist the air of the gases formed as termen- HAIRS, CENTRE TABLES
with its beautiful name. tation procetds; also rains wash In the HAT 11ACKS, WARDROBES, CHIFFONIERS, BAMBOO GOODS and
In addition to naming the farm, the soft where the heap stands more than CITAIRS OF ALL IiINDS, when the Itnow we can please you in quality and
residence, out buildings, lawns, etc., its share of fertilizing material, and
should be put into repair, If needed, when the straw used for feed and bed- rices. GIVE US A TRIAL.
and a grind photograph of the home ding is cut it will not interfere
taken. Letter heads bearing the name with tha cultivation of the soil. The Undertaking Department
of the farm and also a cut of the pile In the yard should be under cover
house, should be Printed, and used by to prevent leaching by rain, as It is a Our Undertaking DopartmOrt. is complete in every respect and as we purchase from flrst olasl
members of the household in writing 'much greater expense to provide a manufacturers only we can guarantee tb give good satisfaction inyall Its brancheys as we bac(
to friends, or on business. All these water -tight yard basin large enough to withlyhal Undertaker
the Embalmer
y best att ilfltio C111' onit Porpget the old�stt(iziid near Fai RzMill, be Favored
thing- would stimulate a pride of home hold the combined accumulation of BROADFOOT, 1 8 Rt 1.linton.
and farm, and would surely result 1n manure, snow and rain than to have i'. S• Night and yztzida3 dills will be attended to by calling at our Mr. Jno. BOX
CO__ Clinnc•u
an Improvement of farm methods, and a suitable shed where the cattle can
In an Incregs- of farm pleasures.—Jour- i tramp and manure and thus prevent
nal of Agriculture. fermentation, and at the same time it Brtoadfoot, Box & Co.
----- will be protected from the elements.
A Corner Tl.nt Avill stay, 6. I have adopted the practice of
The corners are the trial of the wire hauling the manure to the fields and --
fence proprietor's life. Regardless of spreading a le the surface during Big i w-elghting, anchoring, bracing and Hinter, regardless of the depth of the ,�••• i • e
guying, two-thirds of them are in a snow, and think 1t the most labor-sav-
state of partial collapse within a few tag method. Where ]and s compare., Sac ��
1 weeks or months after the fence is lively level, I think there !s little b loss,
but on hilly ground u would be ob- ce
d
jectiona:ble, as rain would wash agood - -
-- deal of it away. On hilly ground F
r would save the manure under cover till And
h , the frost was out of the ,ground In
spring, then haul the manure, spread
�.. on the surface and flew or cultivate
In at once.
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WRITE FLUME. 7. To all hoed or cultivated crops,
Ingle row system to the amateur city such as corn, potatoes, roots, beans,
.sr suburban gardener. SECURE FENCE CORNER, d
JOHN CRAIG. f
t., 1•ndleed, the
Horticulturist, Centra] Experimental constructed, y withstand
Farm, Ottawa. the attain of the original stretching.
But it is neither dlffieut nor expensive
to put in corners that will stay and
that will prove satisfactory. Here is
how it may be done : Select a large,
straight, sound post for the corner
and set It 30 Inches deep. Six or eight
feet from the corner, along each line
of the fence, set an ordinary post to
the regular depth. Fix a piece of 2x4
between the top of the corner post and
the tops of each of the other two posts.
and run a guy wire from the top of
each brace post to the bottom of the
corner post, as shown In the Illustra-
tion. Make the guy wires double so
they may be twisted tight. A corner
built this way will last as long as
the fence. I have never known one to
"heave."—Amerlcan Agriculturist.
+ Good Itonds and Convict Labor.
It Is in the interest of the men
themselves as well as of the public
that criminals undergoing sentence
should be employed at manual labor,
says The Toronto World. Such occu-
pation tends to improve the prisoners
iaoth mentally and physically. At the
same time men convicted of offences
against the well-being of society are
the very last individuals that the pub-
lic should be obliged to support. Pris-
oners convicted of crime should be
made to earn their own living. That
would seem to be an economic axiom.
An occupation that appears to be em-
inently suited for prison labor is that
i of road -making. The principal Item
i in the construction of roads is -labor,
and nine -tenths of it is unskilled Ia-
I bor, which Is about the only kind
that can be utilized to advantage in
the case of the short-term prisoners
of the county jails. The question of
utilizing the labor of the convicts of
York County was brought up the other
day in the York County Council on
the motion of Councillor Norman that
the Government be petitioned for leg-
Islation permitting the employmnt of
prison labor on the public roads. While
a goodly number of the councillors are
in favor of the proposal some object
to it on the ground that the employ-
ment of the prisoners in this way
will interfere with free labor. Prison
Iabor can be used in constructing and
improving the roads without infring-
Ing in the least on free labor. There
is enough work to do in the improve-
ment of our highways to require the
services of twice as many men as are
now engaged on them. Let the pris-
oners be employed to supplement the
work that Is ordinarily done on the
public roads, There are seven or eight
months in the Year during which pris-
on labor could be utilized in this way.
The experiment ought to be tried,
Gangs of men under competent super-
intendents should be placed at work
on all the principal roads radiating
from the city. It seems to us that
such a policy would give us the good
roads that all classes of the commun.
Ity are so anxious to secure.
HOW TO APPLY MANURE.
A Practical Illustrated Lesson Irrom a
Nurseryman's Experience.
It is at once clear that a nursery af-
fords some special advantage inthe
I
study of the manure question. lere
trees and plants are dug up at their
feeding stage, in a way that hardly ob-
tains with another crop, One can see
what an apple tree or strawberry plant
likes to feed upon and in what shape,
as is not likely to be the case with a
cabbage or a tree in the orchard, which
are not dug from the earth.
Many years ggo I learned a lesson to
the application of manure, It was
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A LESSON IN MANURING.
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when, as a bay in my father's nursery,
iD
I began to take a hand in the opera-
tions. We purchased from a tannery
EL large pile of compost, hair, ashes,
.g
lime and other refuse, with enough
bark in layers to make all pile up well.
a
In the winter we drew this on land
p
devoted to nursery and other crops,
usually plowing it under in the spring,
p
Sometlmes on fall -plowed land we
would incorporate the mixture with the
parenthetically is much neglected and
soil, by the use of the cultivator or
generally unappreciated by farmers.
share hamronv, in the spring.
There is less labor involved If grown
One of the things that vividly Im-
In beds than If grown in single or
pressed me as we dug trees and plants
double rows, banking up in order to
from soil thus ma.nured was the way
xecure perfect balancing being unneces-
in which rootlets would lay hold of
congental bits of plant food ; the tufts
and Pelted knots of hair would be the
attraction to a mass of small roots.
This Is illustrated In the accompanying
sketch, in which A A A shows bunches
iF
of hair. This thing was seen not only
In the as --se of seedling and tree roots,
but also in those of strawberry planta,
which lie much nearer the surface.
A lesson to be drawn from this Is
t i
that the Plowing in of manure as a
i h�
method oP applyttfg it should not yield
1
to surface applications in any marked
degree. We meet with persons who
say that the surface application of
manure is the more rational method,
because the strength of the manure
can only go one way, namely, down-
wards to the roots. ' The avidtty with
,
which roots seek out and lay hold of
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particles of manure in the case stated
II
showed to me that there can be no
mistake in putting the plant food right
where It will be needed.
t rl 'f.
With the surface application of ma-
nure In the fall and winter there Is
often .,great loss of fertility through
q
escape by leaching and surface drain-
age during thaws In the winter. If it
be drawn to the plat and be kept in
piles until just before the spring plow -
Ing or cultivating, such Ioss is not ap-
preciable.
Cir
In the frequent trips I make past
some of the most successful market
gardens of BuFfado I have often wish -
GOLDEN SELF-BLANORING.
ed that the young men throughout the
country who aspire to he successful
nary. In order to secure satisfactory
market gardeners could be impressed
results an abundance of manure and !
by the two fundamental planks of suc-
water is needed. Without them thi
cess witnessed here, ]namely, the most
pistils will be small, stringy and spind-
liberal annual manuring and the most
Ling.
perfect tillage. These two things ate•
The water question is the main draw-
compiish wonders forttp produce gar-
baot, It is unsafe to depend upon the
de4t. ELIAS A. LONG.
1
Valve of Good ]tends.
It has been estimated by expert au-
thorities that a uniform system of
good roads would add 25 per cent,
to the taxable value of rural property
throughout New York. The tendency
toward the abandonment of Parma Is
not confined to New England( but also
Infects this great commonwealth, as
well as New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
It is most Important to turn the tide
the other way. The prosperity of the
farmer lies at the (bottom of the whole
national fabric. There Is every reason
to .believe that good roads would g
far In effecting a desirable revolutions
by multiplying inducements to the car-
eer of agricultors. The vastly Increas-
ed economy and facility of haulage to
shipping points and the increased
pleasures of country life which would
be the outcome of good roads would
remove two of the most potent causes
of the decadence of farming. Moat of
all, It would stimulate the interest of
young men in agrieultura.l pursuits by
making these something more than
ere Gradgrind drudgery.-- New York
Journal: .. . .
i an rape, and to wheat and barley,
unless the land was manured for the
previous crop. If manure is free from
foul seeds I fled it a very successful
Plan to spread during the winter or•
spring on fall plowing, cultivate thor-
oughly Into the soil, and seed down
to grass, using wheat or barley as a
nurse crop. This method almost inf - I
-
variably insures a good "catch." If
the manure contains weed seeds I As lve Are about leaving•b town and all' v
would plant with a hoed crop and I in mustthus be able to prevent the growth of be sold before the last of Marchwe have
,
weeds by cultivation aster the seeds
had germinated. marked Our Goods to less than Wholesale Price.
My ideal method Is to save manure
under cover, prevent fermentation, and
spread on land shortly before seed Watch for out- Advertisement next week.
time, cultivate thoroughly, sow good
seed in Proper season, keep your fences
in forsafethe repair, andP. t•nzsl in Providence C
colt C t., OnD. In L. Campbell, Pres- _DTIFTON
Pres-
cott Co., Ont., In London Farmers'
Adv
Socare fate Latch. Woolen Mill c
The accompanying diagrams, sketches lilStore,
of which were sent by t. N. - 1-
sell Ohio, illustrate a `O simple and yet LINT ON
serviceable catch for a farm gala. The
two pieces, a and b, are fastened be-
tween the bars, as shown in the lower
sketch, so as it) leave sutHctent space --
to admit the rais:n.g of the latch a nut
- _ A Mistake .. 0 All
CONVENIENT FARM GATx LATCH.
H.
of the lock notch and the sliding back
of it. By driving a wooden pin
through a circular hole in latch, as in-
dicated in the diagram, the latch be-
comes self-locking.
Cost of City Pnvements,
The Toronto City Engineer, In a re-
cent report to the Board of Works,
gives the following information In con-
nection with the cost of different
classes of pavements, the payment for
which is extended over periods of 5, 10,
15 and 25 years :
Cost per foot frontage of different
classes,of pavements 24 feet wide -
0 a Annual Oct per
Class of Pavement. m root Frontage,
as ,nF Hooa N F
�
P•1 W Pi tv Pi 44 Pi
Heavy ' asphalt U G
(6 -in concrete,
2V,_ Jn asphalt),
stone curbs . , .4 46 100 55 40 281/2
Light asphalt,
(4-ln, concrete,
2 -In asphalt),
stone curbs ..3 00 871¢2 48 35 25
Brick on 4 -In.
concrete, stone
curbs .....3 05 681A 371/1 271/1 19%
Brick on 6 -in.
gravel, stone
curbs .. ..255 57 311/1'23 161,%2
Cedar blocks
on 6 -in. concrete
stone curbs ..2 77 62 34 20 171/2
Cedar blocks on
6•in.gravel, wood-
en curbs ...110 27 141A -W4 7%
Cedar blocks re-
laid, wooden
curbs .... ... 00 20 11 8 5%
Macadam, stone
curbs .... .. 47 55',%2 30% 22 16
Macadam, wooden
curbs . , , . .. , .130 421/2 23% 17 12
Note.—The prices for asphalt are
calculated on a 10 -year guarantee by
contractor.
Diamond Marling in Germany.
The first artificial diamond made in
Germany has been shown to the Kaiser
by Professor SlabY, the discoverer of
,the new method, which Is a modifica-
tion of that of Mofssan.
The Local Good Roads Lover.
If the farmers of each township were
to get together and mutually agree
that they would go about a system of
good roads their sum of Itappiness
would be Increased.
I
Through a wietake of a Wholeaale House, a Crate containing
FIFTY DOZ, SOUP PLA'T'ES and SIXTY DOZ. TEA
PLATES was shipped to Brucefiald last week. We mode the
House an offer for the lot and it was accepted. Therefore we
are able to sell them at a Price that will startle you.
Sixty Doz., 720-6in. Tea Plates, Best Iron Stone China, maple leaf
pattern, only 5c. each,
Ffty Doz., 600— lin. Soup Plates, only 6c, each.
Now is the time to buy Plates, when these are gone you will have to )gay
at great deal more for the same kind of it plate and at these prices they are
bound to go in a hurry.
THE UP-TO-DATE CASH GROCERY.
Pilone23. OGLE COOPER & 00.
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The
Oldest Clothing
Establishment
In Clinton back again in Victoria Block, next to the Post Office, Since 1854
we have catered to the wants of Clothing buyers and this week we re—
move to our old quarters %where we will again be ready to serve our many
patrons. In years gone by we made a reputation for selling only reli-
able Clothing and to -day stand ready to defend that reputation. The
Clothing and Furnishings
we sell are good—we know they are good, for the past experience has
taught us the difference betwon Good Goods and cheap imitations, To
impress upon you that we have Good Goods we will offer you
special Prices on all Lines during tris lnoRlhe
Come Carly and see the cloudburst of economic prettiness in Fabrics an
Garments of warm day style and comfort that we display. The wondet-
ful purchasing power of a dollar will be exemplified as never before in
every department. Watch for Special Prices next week, but in the
meantime come and see the Goods.
THOS. J-4CKSON, Sr.
<:; 'The Pioneer Clothier.`
Established 1854. Clihton, OAt.
It