The Wingham Times, 1915-07-29, Page 6THE WISGHAM TIMES.
July 291h. t91$.
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Scientific
Fanning
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ERADICATING WEEOS,
Different Methods Suggested For Keep_
ing Down the. Top Growth.
CPrepared by suited estates department of
agrieulturee
In lighting weeds it is astretuely in:1-
portant to know how long they Jut.
wally live and their .habits of re •ro.
duetipn. Weeds are divided into t., x'e
classes, according to their length of
life -annuals, biennials and pereene e.
Some of the most persisteut wee is
are perennials -weeds which produ 'e
each year underground parts whi et,
live over to the next year and prods •'e
top growth. These uudergrouud pa: tic
may be of various kinds. They in ty
consist of loug, more or less liorizon al
roots, as in the bull nettle, milkwe 'd
And Canada thistle, or the undergroa id.
parts may consist of root stocks or r
derground stems, as in the case of
quack grass, Johnson grass and per a-
nial sow thistle.
Among the ways that may be ado 't•
ed for keeping down top growth of p r-
ennins weeds are the following: Cle a
cultivatiou, pasturing, growing smoo t1•
er crops. frequent cutting with a ha. .d
hoe, spud or mower, and smotherii .g
small patches with building paper lir
other material.
In most rases cultivation will hr '9
to be relied upon to destroy perenui t.
The work may be done either with .w
PENCE ROW TURNED INTO A LAWN -Olin
WAY Ox' SOLVING TELE WEED PROBLEM,
without a cultivated crop growing on
the land. Many farmers have eradi-
cated perennial weeds by giving thor-
ough cultivation to a crop. Cultiva-
tion is especially effective if the crop
bas been planted in check rows, so as
to permit working in two directions.
The ordinary shovel and tooth culti-
vators permit any weed stems to slip
through unharmed. It is often best,
therefore, to use cultivators of the
sweep or weed knife type. These
sweeps skim along under the surface
of the soil and cut off all weed stems.
On many el the modern cultivators
sweeps nine to eighteen inches wide
may be attached in place of the shov-
els.
No matter how thoroughly the tops
have been kept down during the period
of cultivation, most well established
perennials will continue to send up
tops after cultivation stops. This situ-
ation may be met by frequent chop -
pings with a hoe. Hand hoeing in
such cases is not as tedious as it may
seem, since most perennials do not oc-
cupy the land solidly, but occur in
patches. If thetop growth is thus thor-
oughly kept down one year is usually
sufficient to eradicate even the worst
of our perennials. This plan is espe-
cially effective against Canada thistle,
bull nettle and bindweed.
Perennials may often be attacked
most effectively by clean cultivation
without growing a cultivated crop -in
other words, by a bare fallow. It is
seldom advisable to fallow for an en-
tire year, since this does not permit
the farmer to get any use of his land.
A better plan is to use the land during
the early part of the season and to fal-
low it the latter part, For instance,
the land may be pastured up till mid-
summer, or a crop of hay or small
grain may be taken off before starting
the fallow. This plan has the addi-
tional advantage of starting the work
of eradication by fallowing at a period
when nearly all weeds are in their
most susceptible stage. Under this
plan the work of fallowing should be
started as soon after harvest as possi-
ble. The land should be plowed and
then harrowed or disked at frequent
Intervals during the remainder of the
season to prevent top growth.
Thick stands and vigorous growth of
smother crops may be depended on to
keep down the top growth of peren-
nials. The most commonly used smoth-
er crops are alfalfa, buckwheat, soy
beans, millet, sorghum and bur clover,
Some weeds are more susceptible to
this treatment than others. Nut grass
may be eradicated by a continuous
succession of smother crops, including
may beans or cowpeas In the summer
and bur clover or winter grains for a
winter ei'op.
Cutting of repeatedly the tops of per-
ennial weeds with a mower, scythe or
Other tool may sometimes be aged to
advantage. This is of most use blipas-
tures, roadsides and other tinenttivated
pewee. It has been found that mow-
ing twice a year for two years 'will
eredieate the fern brake, one of the
rind weeds of pastures in New England
end New~ York. -
A Lesson from the Aeroplane
THE
force that makes the aeroplane ---a heavier-than-air machine -----over-
. come the law of gravity is the propulsive power of the motor. Stop
the engine and gravity exhibits its law,
In much the sande way the pro-
pulsive power of advertising
makes a business triumph over
dragging down tendencies per,
sonal inertia, quiet times and
general business depression,
Advertising is the propeller.
The merchant is the pilot. His
business is the machine, His
community is his sustaining me-
dium. If you want business to
soar, start the motor of adver-
tising,
TO TU[ PtOPLU IN AND ABOUT WINGI ANI
The pilots of every dominant and progressive business in Wingham are
using the propelling force of advertising in some form or other. The most
powerful form of advertising is newspaper publicity.
Advertisements Save You Time and Money
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POTATOES ROTTING IN THE
FIELDS.
During the last few days we have
received from various districts in the
Province of Ontario samples of diseased
young potato vines, with requests for
information regarding the nature, cause
and care of the disease. We had just
previously noticed the same disease
amongst the potato crops both on the
xperimental grounds and in the gener-
al crop of potatoes on the College farm.
As the disease appears to;,be fairly
wide spread this season, we have deem -
e 1 it advisable to issue a circular letter
respecting it.
In the growing crop an affected plant
will have a wilted appearance, being
dull dirty green in color, the stems
flaccid; the leaves will have a tendency
to curl. The stems near the ground
and below will.be blackened, and in the
various stages of decay from a soft
wet rot, On digging out the seed pota-
to, it will he found to be soft and pulpy
and when broken open, the inside is
usually slimy and gives off an offensive
odor.
This soft rot of potatoes is a bacter-
ial disease. Its development in ground
where it has not been before is nearly
always due to diseased seed potatoes
having been used for planting As long
as affected seed potatoes are kept dry,
the disease will not spread, but as soon
as they become moist the soft rot dev-
elops as the bacteria which cause it have
then a chance to develop rapidly. An
affected seed potato in which the dis-
ease has been checked by drying out
will have brown or blackish diseolora-
tions which are easily seen on cutting.
The rot may be present in varying de-
grees, but as it has dried ont it may
look like a dry rot, When such affect-
ed potatoes are planted the moist con-
ditions in the soil which are necessary
for growth, are favourable for the fur-
ther development of the disease. Some
of the eyes of the potato will send up
their shoots. but these are usually weak
and spindly. As the disease continues
to rot the seed tuber it enters the
young shoots and rapidly passes up-
wards, causing the stems to blacken
and rot near the surface of the
ground, then the top, wilts and topples
over.
Spraying of any kind is of direct use
with this disease. The treatment is
preventive rathe_ than curative. As
pointed out above, the disease develops
in the first place from affected seed
tubers. But when once it is establish-
ed in a crop it may be spread from the
diseased plants to neighboring healthy
plants by the cultivator, hoe or other
implement used getting contaminated
by corning in contact wish a rotting
plant and then with a healthy plant.
Biting insects, as the:potato bug, also
spread the disease to some extent, and
itis only by spraying for these that
spraying is helpful ;in preventing the
spread of the disease.
The crop should be carefully inspect-
ed and every plant that is found to be
rotting should be dug out and , either
buried in quiok lime.
When harvesting the potatoes, any
tuber that shows any signs of the dis-
ease should be placed on one side and
not allowed to be stored with the main
pile, Should the disease not be far ad-
vanced in the tuber, the affected part
may be out and the rest used for food.
If'any of these affected tubers get into
the seed pile to be used the following
year, they will either rat during Stor-
r
age and mime those around themto rot
also if they are not kept dry, and, if
they are kept dry, the disease will be
checked until they; are planted, when
they will rot arid destroy the plant that
springs from them.
Prof. Ilan. H. Jones,
Ontario Agricultural College
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DESCRIBING A MAN,
What eort of a man is he? The sort of
a man who goes
Clear out of his way to cheer the day
for a brother knee-deep in woes,
The sort of a man that's mum. lips
sealed and a tongue that's dumb,
when the voices of envy sneer,
And when the scandal flies, be it truth
or lies, he lends no willing ear.
What sort of a man is he? The sort
you are glad to find.
For no joy he jars, and he leaves no
scars by uttering words unkind
In a brotherly way he Iives each day,
no slave to a selfish pride,
He's the thoughtful sort that will pull
up short to offer a man a ride.
What sort of a man is he? The sort of
a man who feels
The weight of care that his fellows bear
and the grind of life's greedy
wheels; •
He knows no thrift that would spare
a lift to one of the human clan,
And I would that ere I come to die
could be known as his sort of a man,
REST AND HEALTH TO MOTHER AND CHILD. t,
Mas. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP has been
:gad for over SIXTY YEARS by MILLIONS of
MOTHERS for their CHILDREN WAILS
TEETHING with PERFECT SUCCESS. It
SOOTHES the CHILD, SOFTENS the GUMS
ALLAYS all PAIN : CURES WIND COLIC, and
is the best remedy for DIARRHfEA. It is air
solutely harmless Be sure and ask for "Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup," and take ao ethes
Uad. Twenty -Jive seats a boU,)e.
RASPBERRY LORE.
(By Peter McArthur.
The meanest man in Canada has been
discovered, but I dare not give you his
name or tell you where he lives, for
like all men I know, he is very respect-
able and moreover, he is well off and
for that reason his neighbors look up to
him. It would never do to east a slur
on so estimable a citizen, but lot me
tell you what he does. He hires the
children in the neighborhood to pick
raspberries for him, and it is part o1 the
bargain that they must whistle all the
time they are in the berry patch. As
he is always within hearing he is able
in this way to make sure that they do
not eat any of the delicious berries they
are picking. Now what do you think
of a man like that?
I wouldn't consider this man so mean
had it not been that for some time past
I have been trying to determine the
origin of the name 'Raspberry'. The
explanation given in the big dictionaries
is perfectly absurd "Rasp -with refer-
ence to its rough outside -looking like
a rasp," What nonsense. The appear-
ance of a raspberry might remind one
of a cluster of rubies, but never of a
blacksmith's rasp. But philosophy, or
'the science Of words, is a mere matter
of guess wbrk in many cases 3a I feel
quite at liberty to guess at the origin
of the name raspberry myself.
What does a healthy bey do when he
discovers that raspberries are ripe?
Anyone can answer that. He Comes
rushing towards the house yelling
"Rah, Rah, Rah! an abbreviated cheer,
expressive of joy. Hence rahs berries
is the berry that makes the small boy
cheer because of the jov he feels. Do
I hear any objection to that? Of course
not. Anyone can see that is the true
explanation. Let the makers of die_
tionaries take note.
And now that I am at it I may as well
set the learned philogists right on
another point that has to do with the
raspberry. They seem unable to decide
on the exact origin of the word 'jam'
as used in raspberry jam. Once more
I am amazedat their blindness. Also
more I go to the healthy small boy for
my . explanation. What does he say
when he gets a chance to steal rasp-
berry jam? If you cannot imagine,
just use your memory and recall what
you used to say. "Yum, yum!" of
course. With this starter any learned
professor will tell you that by the
application of Grimm's law, or some
similar law, this ecstatic exclamation
in time, became changed to "yam,
yam!" Still later if was changed to
"jam, jam!" and then in the hurry of
our modern life was abbreviated to
'jam'? Do I hear any objection to
that? It is all as plain as mud. Say I
have a notion to give up farming and
go in for philology. The college pro-
fessors and dictionary makers seem to
lack both imagination and knowledge
of the small boy.
Now can't you see why I consider the
man who makes the boys whistle when
picking raspberries the meanest man in
Canada? The berry itself and its chief
product both take their names from the
love for them shown by the small boy:
If you do not believe in my derivations
just try any healthy boy with ripe rasp-
berries and strawberry jam and see how
he will act. If he doesn't say "Rah"
and "Yum, yum" he is not a normal boy.
The Finance Minister has sold in New
York, through the Governments agent,
the Bank of Montreal, short-term notes
amounting to $40,000,000, to provide
for capital expendiiure to the end of
the current year.
That conscription would come if
volunteers did not come forward even
more rapidly than they do now was the
opinion of Mr. W. S. Middlebro, K. C..
M. P., speaking at Owen Sound test
night.
The British press unites in comment-
ing favorably on the excellent impres-
sion made by the Right Hon, Bonar
Law in his first official statement in the
House of Commons as Secretary of the
Colonies.
� a
Mayor Martin, f Montreal, will start
a slander action against Controller
Ainey for $25,000 damages. because Of
the controller's statement that the
Mayor was elected by the tramways
Company and paid by it.
SEARCUUGNT; IN VVAR,
Hew They Are Worked by Distant
Control in Land Operations..
In modern warfare the seareitilght
b invaluable. On darts nights at sett
it is the only means ut guarding
against torpedo boats, which its beuuls
will reveal at a distance of two miles
and more.
On shore it is the electric,eye of the
army, It is carried to all parts or the
field of action by motor truck, and the
motor that propels the vehicle drives
the electric generator that supplies the
current for the light.
Most of these field searchlights are
not directed by hand, for each instru-
ment is fitted with what is known ati.
the distant control, Two stoat,' motors
govern the vertical and the horizontal
movements of the light, From them
an electric cable runs to the station
of the operator, who, although he may
be several hundred feet away, can
send the rays of the light in any direc-
tion he pleases,
According to the Navy and Army
Illustrated. one advantage of this dis-
tant control is that the objects picked
up by the beam of Tight can be sighted
more quickly and more definitely, for
if the operator stands behind the light
and looks along the beam his vision
is hampered by a luminous haze. A
second advantage is that the light can
be placed in an exposed position wycb-
out endangering the men who run it.
Were the operator and officer beside
the apparatus they would be certain
to receive the fire that is sure to be
poured upon a searchlight and would
suffer the instant the range was found
Napoleon as an Editor.
The Almanach de Gotha was already
of sufficient importance over a century
ago to prompt a dispatch from Napo-
leon. On Oct. 20. 1807. be wrote to
Champagny, his foreign minister, com-
plalning that "the Latest edition of the
Almanach de Gotha is full of errors,
no. account having been taken of the
changes wrought by me in Germany,
Tell the minister from Gotha to Call
on yon and inform him that this must
be set right in the forthcoming edition.
Insist on seeing the section devoted to
Germany before the edition is pub-
lished."
One of Many.
"What kind of work could you pos-
sibly do around an office?"
"I'm a kind o' alt around handy man,
mister. I kin hold a door open, light a
match for ye, look out an' see if it's
rainin', call a taxi, drop letters down
the chute an' tell folks yer out when
ye ain't" -Life.
Speaking of Sponges.
"I see in the paper here that the
largest sponge ever found is three feet
across and ten feet in circumference."
"That's just about Uncle Squeezly's
size, isn't it?" -Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Couldn't Expect Him To.
Lady -I'm afraid you don't like
work, my good man. Tramp -How kin
I, mum? Work's wot killed my poor
wife." -Boston Transcript.
Ominous.
First Shall Boy; -We'd .better be
good. Second Small Boy -Why? First
Small Boy -I heard the doctor tell
mother to take plenty of exerdsel-
lt oa Angelos Examinee.
Pure Bred Arab Horses.
In Cairo there is a society for pee -
serving the pure bred Arab horse. It
is said that recent changes in the lives
and habits of the Bedouins have re -
soiled in the deterioration of these
horses. A practical horseman of wide
experience says that as a rule the Arab
horse is now no better treated than our
own horses, whatever may have been
true of the old days when such poems
as "The Arab to His Steed" were writ-
ten.
aitten.
A Troublemaker.
"Why did yon tell -my wife that be-
fore I met her I promised to love you
forever?"
"Well, didn't you?"
"Sure I did, but that's no kind of
conversation to go to a loran's wife
with." -Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Fulfilled.
Mrs. Gnaggs-Before we were mar-
ried yon used to say yon could listen to
my sweet voice all night. Mr. Gnaggs
-Well, at that tithe I had no idea I'd
ever have to do it. -Judge.
CONSTIPATION
CAN BE CURED.
•
Time 1s Nothing To Equal
Milburn's Laxa - Liver Pills
For This Purpose.
Mrs. A. Cumming, Manchester, Ont.,
writes: "I have been troubled with
constipation for over five years, and feel
it my duty to let you known that your
Milburn's Laxe-Liver Pills have Lured
me. I only used three vials, and I" can
faithfully say that they have saved me
from a large doctor bill.',
Milburik's Taxa -Liver Pills regulate
the flooi
wof bletoacto
pr periy on the
bowels, and thus skeep thein regular.
Irregular bowels are the Main cause of
constipation.
1'he price of Milburn's Laza-Liver
Pills is 25c. per vial or 5 vials for $1.00.
at all deaer�s�pr nailed direct on' receipt
of prick by Tite T. Milburn CO., Limited,
torouto. Ont.
Operation Decided On
As Only Means of Relief
But the Writer of This Letter Resolved to Try Dr, Chase's
Ointment First and Was Cured.
whits is not` an isolated case, for we
frequently hear from people who have
been cured of piles by using Dr,
Chase's Ointment
after physicians
had told them
nothing' short of
an operation could
bring relief and
oure.
If you could read
these letters, com-
ing as they do, day
after day and year
after year, you
would realize what
A wonderful cura-
tive ,Arg ent Dr t•
Chase's Ointment N1��.
really is. rpw ail-
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an-
noying or more
persistently torturing than piles; and
when this suffering is promptly re-
lieved by the application of Dr.
Chase's Ointment there can be "no
doubt as to where credit is due,
Friends and neighbors are told of the
results and so the good word spreads,
and Dr, Chase's Ointment is l}ecom-
ing known far and wide as the only,
actual cure for piles or hemorrhoids.
Mr. Charles Beauvais, a respected:
citizen of St. John's, Que., writes :•---
"For 14 years I suffered from chronic'.
piles or hemorrhoids and considoredt
my ease very serious, I was treatedt
by a well-known physician who couldi
not help me, and my doctor decided,
on an operation as the only means or
relief. however, I resolved to try Dr..
Chase's Ointment first. The first box_
brought me great relief, and by then
time I had used three boxes I was:
completely cured. This is why it gives:
me such great pleasure to recommend..
Dr. Chase's Ointment to everybody'
suffering from hemorrhoids as a pre-
paration of the greatest value."
Dr. Chase's Ointment, G0c a box, a.'I•: ,
dealers, or Edmanson, Bates ScCo.,,,
Limited. Toronto.
HOW TO SAVE TIME IN DISH --
WASHING.
The time spent in dish -washing does
not depend so much on the number of
dishes as on the size of them. Yon can
wash and dry three small dishes in not
much more time than one three times
as big, because if they are washed
quickly in hot water they' almost wash
and dry themselves, and do not have to
be turned arpund, and rinsed, and
wiped with such care. It pays, in buy-
ing one's kitchen -ware, to have an ex-
tra number of small enameled ware
utensils, to use in setting things, away,
cooking small quantities of food, and
mixing little messes such as mayon-
naise dressing, In the use of utensils
of this ware the housewife need have
no fear of the corrosion that might take
place where foods have been stood
away for a long time, There should be
at least two little covered saucepans
holding only a pint and one skillet of
the smaller size in which to cook herbs
for flavoring, shallots, or mushrooms.
There should be a small deep pail or
two to hold the cupful of gravy you
want to save for Iuncheon, the soup
stock, the vegetables that are to flavor
the soup, all safely covered. There
should be a cup -shaped enameled ware
bowl and a measuring cup to save your'
china cups. A small saucepan also.
serves on occasion as a ladle --if it is. -
small enough; and a small deep enam-
eled ware strainer is ulso useful to,.
have. By having enough of these small
unbreakable enameled dishes, and never•
setting anything away in a large one„
if a small. one Will do, you can reduce as
rather formidable pile of dish-washingg!,
to a Lellection of little howls and pans.
These can be dropped into a hot water
bath as you finish with them, if they
happen to be oily or stick, or filled withi
cold water If they have held milk, ando
will be almost clean when they reach.
the suds.,
A fireman's helmet invented in Ger-•
many can be connected with a line of
hose in such a manner that he cah be
surrounded by a falling current off
water.
In Bread. Of Croup
Every mother dreads croup unless she •
knows about Dr. Chase's Syrup of Lin-•
seed and Turpentine. Given in frequent
small doses, at the first indication of
trouble, this treatment loosens the
cough And affords relief and comfort.
Its use should be kept up until the childt
is entirely recovered.
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