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The Brussels Post, 1929-4-10, Page 2Wil?NlejSDAY, APRIL 10th, 1920. TOM $RUSSELS PUT Every tiny leaf is a storehouse of flavour l11111 Y, ORANGE PEKOE BLEND 14414 'Fresh frosts the gardens' PREVENTION OF GRAIN SMUTS AND RUSTS LOSSES DUE TO SMUTS AND RUSTS. It is exceedngly difficult if not im- possible, to estimate the financial loss caused by these diseases. • The following rough estimate of the loss caused by smuts has ween made by considering the value of different grain crops grown in -Ontario each year, and the estimate annual average percentage that the yield of the dif- ferent crop is reduced by smut. Oats Market value of yearly crop, about $60,000,000 Estimated average an)aal loss dr e to smuts 5%„ of crop. Yearly financial loss $3,000,000. Barley Market value of yearly crop about $11,000,000 Estimated average .annual loss due to smuts, 4':,. of crop. Yearly financial loss $440,000 Losses due to rusts are very hard to estimate tie they vary greatly from year to y•.ar with the eeason. How- ever, this tin mei r1 loss to fanners can be greatly reduced. The grain ..mut, can be prevented almost entirely by proper treatment of the seed, and the loss rained by grain rusts materially reduced by .ekil'.ful and careful farm - ing a good seed bed 'end using early varieties or farm' crops, 4. Good culture method, rich fer- tile land, plum) seed treated fox smut and the use of even 'ripening varieties ii1 rndxtures wfil lnate1ally redutio the chances of rust ewusing serious loss. Canadian Breeding Poultry Going Abroad Breedingpou5.ry carrying Record of Performance certificates are com- manding wider and wider markets as Mtheir qualities become known, Some solution on the oats. Two men can best do the work, One man should shovel the grain while the other sprays each shovelful. 1n order to avoid irritation of •eyes, nose and throat from the strong formaldehyde Fumes, provide good air circulation in the granary and barn when the work is in progress. After the oats are all sprayed they should be piled in a heap and covered with blankets 00 bags for five hours and then sown, This dry treatment has been found very satisfactory. It is easily carried out. The grain does not clog in the drill and in case of wet weather not fit for sowing, there is not likly to be any ill effects on germination as with the wet treatment, Treating Barley Smut One pint of formalin to forty gal- lons of water should be sprinkiect on Parley at the rate of two-thirds gale. or more bushel. Make sure that all the barley is moistened. Cover for 2 or 3 hours and sow as soon as the grain will run through the drill, A mixt:ro of barley and oats may be treated without much injury to the dry treatment as outlined for oa::, N,tT3. See that the floor on which the grain is treated is clean. Give it a few shots with the, e',rayor. Spray the bags or seen inside and ant. Spray the drill. These points are important and if neglected your work may he undone Methods of Prevention of Oat Suggestions as to how to seduce.... Smut Loss from Rust. Oat smut which is the mot coin- There is no way of treating the mon grain smut in Ontaro. Loo=e seed or snraying the crop so as to smut and covered smut of oats are prove ai ru-0. it is impossible to eon - two separate dieeaees but in so much tral rust entirely but loss from rust as the treatment of the two smuts is may be reduced considerably by act- the same, from the standpoint of the ing on the following suggestions. practical man they may be considered 1. The Common Barberry and th:' the same. buckhorn harbour this disease. Place the oats to be treated in 0 Rust may cause serious loss in dis- pile on the granary floor and shovel districts where shrubs are not found them over in another pile, as they are but when they are present they un - being shovcllerd over spray them with doubtedly tend to increase the dis- a solution consisting of one part ease. Destroy them. Aiming to wipe formalin and one water. Use this sol- out wheat rust in Ontario, Hon. John ution at the rate of one pint to teen. S, Martin, Minister of Agriculture, ty-five bushels of oats. 1f smaller ur introduced a bill in the Legislaure Iarger quantities are to be treated, which will make the growing of the use proportional amounts of for- common barberry in Ontario unlaw- maldehyde solution ; thus twelve and ful. a half bushels require only one quer- 2. Wet seasons, poorly drained ter pint of formalin mixed with one land and late ripening varieties all pint of water. A small quart sprayer favor rust development. costing about one dollar is the most 2. Endeavour to have the crop • convenient for spraying the formalin mature as early as possible by prepar- ROMA:.:._.:.: ASTER iTli iiTHE THE WOR Not one Royal Matter in a thoutand will ever puncture. Not one in fire thousand trill blow sot under two year) of service. DOM I GREATEST u. 1LD'try EVER .R. 6CNC) (r VN rr The R,',:'c: r is built without re;.,ard for a -:a. I: r -!:s rine_' rare that can be built. Its massive tread is double thick, cured by a new slow process, Its carcass is made with extra plies of web f, sir, Side-walls are guarded against scuffing. The Roel \f1„u•r is made nt+ersia. Or rather, the 14 .:!•'..! rt>e for real tire economy. If you ware tires that will last as long as you keep your car, then buy Royal htitsters. On sale at every rafttl 6 E ph© 1 T BRUSSELS.. ..... ._........ .„._................ .................... ...... ....... .E, C. Cunningham E. L. Desjardine ETHEL WALTON - . .. T. S, L. Cummings good shipments have been going for- ward to the British West Indies. The most recent shipment consisted of seven Record of Performance ap- proved White Leghorn cockerels.. This order followed a larger one of ninety-one birds shipped to Trinidad Last September. or mien Live ve Mr. IL S. ArkeIl, D n Stock Commissioner announces that reports from the purchasers of these birds indicate that Canadian bred poultry are giving every satisfaction in the Southern temperatures. 1 BAN.1NA ('t'Ill➢, Stalks Are a Certain ('ire for Var- ious Hinds of Skin Diseases. Iiananar, for the first time in their history, are to be taken seriously. Mr. Crowther, a scientific chemist has discovered that banana stalks. correctly treated, are a certain cure for various kinds of skin diseases. Mr. Crowther has made rxperl- ments with sufferers who have been cured by the banana treatment Treated stalls, ready for nppllcat:en. are tr, be sent to entree of London,> leading hospitals. Before the b;rtani stalks aro rec,c' for use they have to be ah.,,n a strong dere of intra -vii l 1 roys. which r - stores to tit. to all the vitamins thFy tins '.;.. ,.. •.ur.. �,r, 31r. Crowther rtther rt rated how he o;i'u to make his tli:•r ,ti v. Ash si • l:• the hart n eradeei. iy miller the influence t.f pole 10 mile. app'at•al o turn fto.0 brown 10 ,. htr,d Utv hrau, "I wanted to and a e,•riatn for sump 01.rauln2 mdxtun 1 v'.lhttu t-'," said ,lr. Ct oigttr,•1', "cr!. •. I euddenly those,: I nilci,1: ebti';u front tartan., 'kine. 1 : erne tub •re hmv fond yr.un z utl,r.,,., a„, ,.;• 1'! time of banana skins, h, taus, cleaned `heir •,;oats and bt•11n "Thr- banana stalks werc hold l.l', :;rest pile in a yard. {,.',orae dray. bit - „r a Ivan working for me 011'1.'1 tir•tn over. Iii' worked. on 11 p. 1 for two or 1hr::e days in success:,:. . and at the end of that itnp• rttuninc t:, me, su+•p'!.;ed, The .e• - mit on one of his hands had oam- pletoly disappeared, and his hand. were unstained. "Each week about 98.000 of these stalks are thrown away by fruit mer- chants as waste products, "The banana stalks are strapped on the patient like plasters, and left there. When the strapping is undone nothing remains of the stalks except some dry powder. The patient is completely cured.” SEEDING AND PLANTING potash (4-8-6 mixture) has been FLOWERS •found to give excellent results on CANADIAN'S IMPORTANT POST E. R. Peacock, noted flnanelor,and native of Glengarry, Ontario, who has been appointed by the British 1 Government to be Chairman' et consider e a the committee of five to on the economic aspeets of the pro- posed Channel tunnel between I England and France. Improvement of Sandy Loam Soils All soils and particularly sandy '. soils, requires the addition, fr'ofn time 1 to time, of humus forming material if they are to be kept productive and to give a maximum return froin the application of plant food es manure or fertilizers. Humus may be consid- ered as the natural storehouse of . nitrogen and when this constituent is abundant in the soil, it is associat- ed with a liberal supply of nitrogen, the most expensive of all soil foods when it becomes necessary to pur- chase it in commercial fertilizers • - Sandy loam which are well supplied with organic' matter (humus -forming material) will have a good tilth and a high moisture -holding capacity which are essential features for maxi- ; mum crops in season of scant rain- fall. The chief means of increasing the organic content of the soil is by the use of barnyard manure and green manuring (ploughing under' a green crop, preferably a legume e. g. clover). Commercial fertilizers may be used to advantage in improving crop yields on sandy loan's, and will give best results when applied in conjunc- tion with manure or a green manure The nature and rate of application of the fertilizer mixture employed will depend largely on the past treatment of the soil and the crop to be grown it has been found, in the ea:perirnent- al work of the Division of Chemistry, that complete fertilizers supplying all 3 elements of ,plant food, nitrogen, , phortyhorie acid and potash, are as a , rale desirable for light loams. A 1 fertilizer mixture more particularly !suitable forlorn, potatoes and roots, containing 4 per cent nitrogen, 8 per cent phosphoric acid and 6 per cent many of the lighter soils of Eastern It frequently happens that those Canada. One, 'ton of this mixture may be prepared from the following : who are unacquainted with the habits Nitrate of Soda 260 lbs tions they will stand, lose either Supenplrosphate 1,000 lbs vb 0 T' E Pret5 p Pr VP Red Seal Continental Motor Bendix Pour -Wheel Brakes Morse Silent Timing Cbain Full Force Feed Lubrication Passenger Cars Fours and Sixes from $675 to $2095 f.o.b., Leaside, Ont. Standard Factory Equipment Taxes Extra a 829 t h M'"an'iM THS,mem' "60" $PSCIM. SEDAN /DUKANT 1\60f1 Alt the Attractive Features of the new Durant "60" will be thoroughly explained to you by the Durant dealer in your locality. He will tell you about the refinements to the Red Seal "L" -head Continental Motor, about the new type steering gear, about the Bendix Four Whettl braises ... about all the mechanical per- fections and quality units that Durant cars possess. He will take you out in a "60" ... or any model you.wish .. . and let you drive it, so that you can compare its performance and; excellent riding comfort with any other car at or near its price.' You will be absolutely free to make your own choice ... at your convenience.. BUILT BY DURANr MOTORS of CANADA LIMITED TORONTO - CANADA RUGBY TRUCKS IN % TON TO 11/4 TON CAPACITIES ALEX. ANDERSON BRUSSELS ONTARIO 41 MY LADY'S 4' COLUMN.Ot A Man's Job. of flowers and what weather condi- Sulphate of ammonia .., 190 lbs If you are trying to do that bit of carpentering that seeds or plants by sowing or planting Muriate, of potash 240 The by to do so many times and .you them at the wrong time or under un. Filler (fine dry sand, pow- 411 find the wood very hard and you asked hub - favourable soil conditions. The temp- tation is to sow all flower seeds out- side as soon as the soil is dry enough in the spring not thinking of the cold frosty weather which is to fel• •ed peat or land 'difficult to hammer a nail into it plaster) . , . , . , , .. , .. 310 lbs stick the nail into a cake of soap and then try again You will find it 2,000 Ms easier. Onvery light sandy foams the Orangeade low, the result being that many seeds ,potash content of this fertilizer may Always a refreshing drink to go not in the ground without germing- sometimes be. 'profitably increased with the party sandwiches. Two cups tion and others germinate but soon to 8 or ten per cent. sugar, 1 quart water, 3 cups orange after the plant appears above the • juice, 1 cup lemon juice. Boil sugar and water for b minutes, adding the rinds of the orange. Strain, chill, add fruit juices and dilute to taste with ice water. This iso sufficient quantity for 12 glasses. Milk Punch It is well to know how to make this most nourishing beverage in case there is illness in the house. One-half pint of sweet milk, 2 table- spoon brandy. Dissolve sugar in the milk, add the brandy and stir well. A fresh beaten egg may be added if more nourishment is desired. If you prefer it rather frothy and light, shake well in a milk shaker. Lambs Croquettes A delicious way of using up left- over lamb, One cup of cold cooked lamb put through the grinder, 1 tablespoon minced onion, 2 table- spoons butter; try cup flour, 1 eu•p milk, ',t sup boiled potatoes cut into tiny pieces, 1 teaspoon finely chopped parsely, salt and pepper. Fry the onion in butter untiltender but not brown. Add flour and when absorb- ' ed ,pour in gradually the milk. When smooth add the rest of the ingred- ients. Cool and shape into croquettes. Dip in egg and crumbs and fry in deep fat, PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT "Jane has had so much experience with light housekeeping that she is bound to make a success in her new "career." "What is her new career?" "She has just married the light- house keeper." ground they are killed by frost. 1t�—"" is, then, desirable to have some idea of the kind of seed which may be sown very early and those plants of which the seeris should he ,planted un- til the soil Is warmer or danger of frost nearly over. Among the hardiest annuli plants grown for their flowers are Sweet Alyssum~, Calendula or Pot Marigold, Candyteft, Cornflower, Coreopsis, Cosmos, Es,-hacbnitziti, Larkspur, Lin. vela, Nasturtirnn, 'appy, Virginia Stork, Sweet t Pea. Anione. the tender annuals: Nasturtium, Zinnia, Aster, Stocks., Balsams, seed of which should not be crown until the soil heats tin semewbat and there is little danger of frost after the plant comes up. The temptation is to plant Geraniums outside too early, especially when i they have been inside all winter, but ; in moat piaeoi in Canada they should trot bee tented mrteidc until near the • end of May er the beginning of Tune, Gladiolus corms may be planted tis soon 110 the soil is dry enough but Cannes and Dahlias Should not be I planted until clanger of frost is about ever. The earlier that ?Loves are plarted in the spring, the more like- ly they are to grow, 4. A parrot school consisting of 1,- 500 pupils and having two terms a year in, run by W. A. King, of Texas. 51 A INT A V ES surface d special produce- for every purpose- for ever 100% PURE PAINT for exterior or interior MARBLE-1TE for hardwood floors forSaleby S. . Davison NEU-TORE flee fratwash- able pain/ VARNOLEUM for oilcloth &Linoleum BRUSSELS, ONT. WOOD -LAC stain forf/oors andrurnilure`