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The Brussels Post, 1924-7-9, Page 2Effkient �arnrain SUMMER VERSUS WINTER PRUNING. The aubject of.summer pruning has long been a moot one among fruit growers, Some men have claimed that summer pruning produced fruit and winter pruning produced wood, Some have chime i . were bear d that'f thetreesr pruned in summer they would fruit at an earlier age than those pruned in winter, d block In the writer's own eschar a of ten acres was summer pruned in order to get. a comparison with the rest of the place that received only winter pruning. After a period of several yearsnodifference could be seen in this ten -acre block. It did not come into bearing notice- ably earlier than the rot of the place nor has it produced any more fruit. To look at it to -day no one could tell where the ten -acre block ended and do rest of the orchard began. This one experiment does not prove that there is no value in summer pruning. One experiment seldom proves anything. It is only by taking the results of many experiments that we finally arrive at a little of the truth in horticulture. Even then we may occasionally go wrong. Other growers have felt that sere - mer pruning increased the fruitful- ness of their trees. In some eases there has been a distinct increase in the number of fruit buds produced after a year of summer pruning, In such eases emphasis is -laid on the fact that the work was done early in the summer before the trees had fin- ished their annual growth. In most of the apple -growing sec- tions this would be before the first of July. The fruit buds for the next year are developed early in the sea- son and the tree must be pruned be- fore these buds form if any results are to be secured. If the pruning is done after the buds are established tie more would be accomplished than by winter pruning. PLENTY TO DO IN THE ORCHARD. From this time on the cultivation in the small fruit plantations should be made especially thorough. We are getting into the period in sections where there is likely to be dryweather, We have also approach- ing PP in the period, or have reached g P it, when the bush fruits are ripening their crops, And the combination of dr • weather and a e a heavy draft of water by the plant to mature its fruit is likely to result in a shortage"of soil moisture. Moreover, as the picking season comes on, one is very likely to let down a little on cultivation, partly because of the extra work involved and partly because cultivation makes the conditions not quite so comfort- able for the pickers. Don't do it! Keep the cultivators; going. It will pay in the extra size: and attractiveness as well as the extra yield of the fruit. THE BEST STRAWBERRY MULCH. The questions as to what materials to use for a mulch on the strawberry bed is often a serious one, and if one must grow some crop especially for that purpose it ought to be decided upon at once. Of course, if wheat, oats or rye is grown largely in a section, that set- tles the question very satisfactorily.' Or if one is in a section where pine needles or straw can be had, they snake a very good mulch. But in sections where none of these, stand -bye cam be had, one is often at' a loss how to supply the need. To begin with, if there is any low, swampy land on the farm which; grows grass in abundance, this ought to be cat and the bay used for mulch,; since one Is almost certain that such 'material will contain seeds of no; plants that are likely to come up as weeds in the strawberry bed. There may also be available some bay fields on which the grass is so poor as not to have much feeding' value, and which may therefore be added to the mulch supply. But under the best of conditions the man who grows a half acre or more of strawberries is often obliged to, grow some special crop for the mulch.: Various crops are grown for this purpose, the choice depending on one's: locality and to some extent on the soil'. available. Two of the best are Jap-; enese millet and sorghum, the latter sown thick enough so that the stalks; do not become too heavy, An advan- tage of sorghum is that it is heavy enough so that it is not easily blown about,. The one solution which ought to be avoided at all costs in this strawberry mulch problem is to mow all the odd corners about the farm and use the hay thus secured for the purpose. Such material is certain to contain all sorts of weed seeds. LATE -HATCHED BROILERS, Almost every year, on the average Canadian farm where fowls have. free range, some hens will steal away : in the late summer months to appear again a . few weeke later with broods of baby chicks, What to do with these youngsters is often a serious problem. It had been my practice to give away such late broods, hens and all, to avoid the trouble of raising them; but a few years ago when • I offered The .Sunday ch of Le op JULY is some to a farmer acquaintance he ad- The Boyhood of Jesus, Luke 2: 40.52. Golden Text -- broiler market, vised rot to fent-feed them far the Jesus increased inwisdom and stature, and in favor *f "Peri thorn up;" he said, "and begin With Coati and man. --Luke `�'¢, 5"�... feedingfor ureic development, This INT oA i is told us eonsciolieeess 2 as a confession{of q it uCTioN--Nath ng ( ) should have a fine 'shipment of broil- except what is related in this passage day it was not uncommon for men to ors weighing from one to two pounds of Luke, In later times fanciful gas- speak of God as the heavenly Father, each" ipels rams into existence pretending but none put into that name the won - exexperiment, and the .sixt -five babyhood, but the good sense of the church Jesus put into it, became noother A y.refused to accept these fantastic le -;.shared his unique experience. Men la September and by Christmas yod of the early Years of the boy Jesus, his sense of God es rather. In Jesus' Chiefly out of curiosity I agreed to to give narratives of the Maly child- irons depth of loving meaning which chicks, all Whita Wyandottes, with genii, How much mora reverent and spoke of God as Father, and yet di_ their respective mothers were confined impressive is the silence of our canon- , not see God clearly and rightly, and in an unused shed, with a small yard Teal gospels But while wo cannot did not draw the proper Inferences for range, remove the•veil of mystery from the for their own lives, But Jesus lived From the very firstthe feeding ,early years of Jesus, certain things:in God, and his first task eves to re - methods prescribed bymy friend for are clear. (1) The mind of the boy veal to men what God is and means to this flock were almost identical with ,Jesus was in these years ripening to be for man, This absorption a over those I had practiced with 'other that perfect sense of sonehip to the thought of God takes pieced nc , stock,the' onlyexception being !Pother in heaven which afterwards all other interests and duties, young p o b g,forms the deep foundation of all his Ill, sSBCs AT fQMo, 51, 52. that the percentage of flesh -building work and teaching. (2) Jesus grew i ors, 51, 52. Jesus, with all his unique elements, such as beef scraps, ground up in simple and unquestioning ac-"knowledgge, is the pattern of a boy's ceptance of the duties which the home -,loving obedscnce to his earthly par life at Nazareth imposed. (g) lie eat , Diss mother has joy int the re- was ,in close contact with the life of , collection of all his words and de.ees. nature, and saw in field and flower, V. 52 is Dioxins as a statement o£ the and bird and tree, the constant signs {•fourfold life" of the boy Jesus, In - of the heavenly Father's wisdom, and tellectua)ly, physically, religiously, of his care for all his creatures. (4)'and socially.. Jesus grows in grace and Ile went to school and synagogue at in favor with God and man. We can - Nazareth, and there his mind would,not, of course, divide life into corn - be constantly. occupied with the revela-partments, or separate the intellec- tion of the holy will of God in Old teal, physical and social development Testament scripture and in the his of an individual from his religious de - tory and hopes of the Jewish people. velopment: Religious growth is the All these instruments of education co- true foundation of right development operated with his own spirit to the in other spheres. Religious Life must perfecting of that communion with keep. pace with our ether A uh ire - God which is the divine secret of his menti or true development life, be One other thing we may be sure of, arrested.APPLICATION. There came no shadow of sin between My Father. We study to -day the Jesus and the Father in heaven. In portrait of a perfect boy. Jesus pass - dressed the total number weighed Slaw lahenat als of ienation God, disaffection,en around him, sus ed through all the experiences of ninety-four pounds net.childhood He was barn lived and enmity, brgkenness, guilt, failure. In Before shipping I wrote a reliable his own perfect experience there was grew, loved. by, and obedient e t his commission merchant for prices and no cloud of this kind, but only and wasenbefore And hisu developmentst ashrin from advice on shipping. The shipment always an uninterrupted and un- b b ] d to b hod so thein from bone and chopped green clover or alfalfa, were increased gradually until theyconstituted almost a half by weight of the entire ration. At this time the chicks were wean- ed and the hens removed so that self- feeding hoppers could be installed for the entire flock. Wheat was fed in clean litter every morning to induce exercise, and charcoal, grit and fresh water were kept before the birds at all times,' The hopper feed was cracked corn and oatmeal, and, as the chicks became more developed, some cracked corn was soaked in sour milk and fed in the evening. Fifty-seven chicks were raised to broiler size and by the last of De- cember were ready for market. When netted me forty-three cents a pound broken fellowship, a joyous sense of a 7100 oy o , oneness with the holy will and lovin the great ' after express and commission charges g sciousneee that he was at the thresh - day of his personal con- i were deducted—forty dollars and purpose of God. Here was a fact old of a new larger life. His first forty-two cents in all- which must have imprinted itself in- Y recorded words are about that spirits delibly on the copsciousnesshicof Jesus, nal experience. that time I have raised sew-' and the meaning of which he must perience. Before this, most of oral broods of late summer chicks for have deeply and wonderingly ponder- his decisions had been guided by broilers with slightly varying success ed. The evangelist tells us that as Mary. Those older than he was would say "You must," and he would obey. and, although I could not advise any he grew he was filled with wisdom, Buy this day the guidance came, not poultryman to take up this branch of n in - him. favor could be seen here means spiritual wisdom, from without, but from within. He work as a spectelty,I do affirm that it and that every sign of God's gracious made a great decision. No one could offers a profitable means of disposingmake it for him. An inner voice of of late chicks. h PAssovEn. 41-45• 'duty, from God, taught him to say, "I The American, or general purpose' Vs. 41, 42. When Jesus was twelve must A similar change came to lit- varieties, such as the Wyandottes,' years old, Joseph and Mary took him tle Samuel about the same age. His u with themu himsayin w to Jerusalem mocher to ht to a for to Ps e the reply Rhode Island Y g o s Reds e s and Plymouth Passover festival `The la required tothe voice "Speak Lord,:for w 1 ed pea Rocks, rank as the best broiler breeds every pious Israelite to make a triple thervant heareth" Jesus gae to A first-class broiler when ready for pilgrimage to Jerusalem every year, the voice a new meaning and its true market should be plump and full fea- but in practice only one was possible and beautiful name. He said "my thered. Comb and wattles should be for Israelites residing at a distance Father." Atter this his. parents kne small—here the rose -comb variety from the capital, and this would usu-•that their boy was growing up. What takes precedence—and if skin and ally be made at the Passover season. a happy world it would be if all boys, legs are yellow these points will add Passover was the supreme festival of at that momentous turning point in to appearance and value. the Jewish people, commemorating as their lives, would decide, as Jesus did, poultryman it did the deliverance from Egypt, to do in all things the will of the The p yman specializing in and the birth of the Jewish national -`heavenly Father. White Leghorns is not in a position ity and religion. At this time Jesus! Jesus entered upon the high path - to raise the Iarge or medium broilers, was in his thirteenth year, the period :way of fellowship with God, In God's but his late -hatched chicks are espe- of life about which every Jewish boy favor he "increased." "He grew more cially fine for squab broilers when was expected to take unoli himself :mid more to be such a young man as force-fed in a similar manner. They the duties of the law and to become,}was pleasing to God, for he had more can be made to average one pound or as it was called, a' bar-mitrveh or and more capacity to use God's grace better in eight or nine weeks, son of the commandment." We read; and make it effective in his life,' Open In dressing broilers for winter near -,;in Josephus that at the age of four -'confession of religious life makes it teen his knowledge of the Law was, easy and natural to know and obey ket dry picking is bettor than scalding, so full and exact that even prominent: God more perfectly. but all other work is conducted in the men of Jerusalem carie to him for: When any young man has a healthy same manner as for adult fowls. +information- In the case of the boy Jesus, the solemn duties of this period Progeny of Six -Year -Old Sow would naturally be present to his Alread Number Over 140. mind, and would give the visit to Jer- y ' usalem a wistful significance. Fcr productiveness Arthur Clow, II, MUM AND THE DOCTORS, 45-50. R.R. No. 4, Rockwood, is the poases-, sor of a sow that has broken all breed- Vs• 45.48. Jesus, searched for by ing records for Western Ontario. Al- his parents, is found at length in the though only six years old, this hog has VLniv it nn eager 1 stoner andequesf given birth to no fewer than ten lit- boner. The familiar idea that he was. ters of pigs, two litters a year," num- consciously instructing the doctors, is boring, all told, one hundred and founded on a misconception, forr the seventy, of which one hundred and sacred text says only that he was forty were raised. On May 15 she "hearing them, ;and asking them ques- brought into the world a litter of tions." What these questions were nineteen, sixteen of which are living we are not had their origin ,. t theus' own ll t have and thriving. Of this number the ful thoughte of God, and they were mother is raising thirteen, the other; sufficiently astonishing to the trained three being bottle-fed by their proud scholars who heard them. But imagine owner. 1 the astonishment of his parents - 0 • though in their case astonishment is. Picking Gooseberries. mingled with reproach. "Child," said Gooseberries are probably the his mother, "how could you thus deal meanest fruit to pick that eve have, with us? Took at the anxiety your The branches are so armed with father and I have had In searching stickers that one is tempted to let the for you. V. tit The answer of Jesus Is the crop go to the birds rather than gash- earliest of his recorded words. "Did er ft The irritation of harvesting you not know that I had to be in my them can be almost entirely avoided Father's house" (or "at my Father's by the use of heavy'gloves, buckskin, business") ? The words are remark - being the best. )able (1) es the expression, thus early s lin the life of Jesus, of a necessity to Bad luck is the man who stands! which he surrehdered himself, the with his hands in his pockets waiting necessity of always obeying the guid- to see how it all turns out, 1 once of God as it revealed itself in body, a trained mind, and a personal knowledge of God, he will soon find favor with men. Nature, travel, his- tory, patriotism, industry, -art and commerce will all provide open aven- ues for wholesome contact with fellow pilgrims, Jesus, the young man: four- square, being example, inspiration and hope to all who, in his name, chose to be about the Father's busi- ness, Camera Supported This Family.. My camera has been to me, not only a source of pleasure to myself and friends, but I have made it of commercial value. When my husband died, leaving me with three children to care for, he also left me a camera and some knowl- edge of how to use it. I not only did view work, but por- trait wont as well, learned to finish them myself, and supported myself and children mostly with it for sev- eral years.—Mrs. E. D, Farming is a game of put and take. You have to put before you can take. et - Many Many have .gotinto the habit of being dissatisfied, ti He's true to, God who's true to man. ---Lowell, The above photograph shows D. H. Warren, dairy expert of Wnshingto examine tlrn holes La Swiss cheese and deternifno whether It is lit to eat. who, with the aid of rho x-ray, can want s F lkwho 4the very best use RED ROSE ORANGE PEKOE iod ted A MESSAGE FROM A MOTHER. I I suppose, the same gestures, although With so many different little dispo-! I do not remember having made them sitiens and so many shades of serious in quite so forceful a.manner.--Mrs, nese In the nate of mischief perpetu. Il, M, ated by the owners of these disposi- ttgns, it is, not always wise to apply British TYeaeury Coins for the same est of rules to every' child. ,Soviets. Generally the mischievous trait is Tho population of Russia will no brought forth from two causes: either the child is oyer -tired or else le of a very energetic nature. In case of the first, a warm bath and a nap will usu. ally bring him back to his own sweet self. But if the very active child is your problem, supply him with some- thing to do.- Get him interested in his work. Make play of it and have him play with you. Spring a new game occasionally, even old' ones with new names are- played with more en- thusiasm. Sometimes I give the cause of some wrong -doing the wrong diagnosis.For instance, my little girl had been sent to bed for some naughtiness. After. in to see if elle was asleep, only to find her busily snagging holes in the quilt with her teeth. I then brought her out in the room with me and gave her some scissors and pretty pictures to cut out, and before twenty minutes had passed she was asleep on the floor. Sometimes, if the case warrants, to deprive a child of a well -liked pleas- ure is punishment enough. Do not make many rules and then Better a busy man's health than a stick to those made. rich man's idle wealth. Above all, set the children the ex- ample of a calm, unruffled temper There is a joy in real work well yourself—for children are such iniita done. tors. 1 have been surprised by hearing That some are rich shows that my five-year-old daughter reprimand- others may become rich. Worldly pleasures do not afford lasting contentment. longer be handicapped in the matter of coins with whish to terry on demo- cratic commerce, provided they can overcome the difficulty of gaining pos- session of these monetary conveni- ences, • The British treasury has al- readyt, ,started on an order to mint 45,- 000,000 coins for the Soviet Govern - The contract for these coins le the first that has been received from the• Soviet Government since the two countries patched up their diplomatic difficulties. These coins will also be -the first soviet °ohm ever minted. The coins two and sive ruble pieces: The design for the same minutes of extreme quiet, I went money is the work of an Englishman, although sug the Soviets, It is exceedingly plain, one side of the coin carrying the Soviet coat -of -arms and the other the value of the coin and the date, Lea Sugar In Goat's MWIk. 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D, McGilvray, MD.V., Principal Ontario Veterinary College GUELPH ONTARIO Alilliated with finder the Ontario niversity of Toronto ' Department of Agriculture 40.40 A HOUSE PARTY ON THE FARM The question of entertaining and staving company is one that interests every family, especially where there are young people. One of our eontri- butors, a college girl, who lives on a farm, writes that her family gave an enjoyable house party last summer In spite of conditions that did not et firs}: seem advantageous. We thought of a house party, she writes, but did not know we could have it, We were in moderate circumstances. The house was not large, It was seven »tiles from town, It was summer, and there was nothing to offer in the way of entertainments, concerts or other attractions. The farm was a half sec- tion with theusual fields, pasture, grove, and a creek running through one end. The barn was only of mod- erate size. No mountains, lakes, £or- ests or natural wonders were near to help entertain our guests. "Let's take account of stock and see what eve have that will help," suggest- ed mother. The "we" included father,. mother, two brothers, an older sister and myself, But all were young enough to enjoy a good time, "Six rooms we might have beds in," said one, "A big fine dining room," added another: Three teams, a hay- rack, a wagon, a surrey, a pony and lots of good walking," said father. Each added his contribution to the general list, But there appeared fourteen navies of guests whom we wished to invite, and where could they sleep and what could we feed them? There were the potato patch, the garden, the orchard and the poultry yard to draw foni- A meat wagon passed every day. We had plenty of milk, cream and butter. Finally some one suggested a tent for the boys to sleep in, We knew where we could get a good-sized tent at a reasonable cost. So we decided that, we could have the party. We sent the following invitation to fourteen young people: "Father and mother are going to turn the farm over to us for a week beginning Aug- ust 14, They are to be our guests far the week. We invite you to he a guest also. Bring your old clothes, a blan- ket, your musical instrument and soma music." All four of tis children sign- ed it, Of course we took carein making akin the list to leave out the fussy, the sentimental, the very sensitive and all others who wouldo "mix" w n t ix well. Wo asked only those who could enjoy wholesome, hearty pleasures, and who would appreciate our friends and neighbors. They all accepted. We carefully planned everything In detail and wrote down suggestions for each day. We set the tent up In a grove, dug a ditch round it and made it ready. We put down some horse blankets and canvas to serve as rugs. The beds were straw ticks on home- made frames, We do no extra cook- ing in preparation except hake a lot of cookies. We met bur guests at the railway station. All the girls rode out in the surrey; the boys and baggage come along in the wagon. They all brought comfortable old clothes. The list of musical instruments included three cornets, a flute, two mandolins, two guitars, and a clarinet, Several could play the piano. Before our guests had been at the house an hour they agreed' that two boys and two girls from among them. should be deputed every day to help us with the cooking and dishwashing. Onour side we had planned that two of us, a boy and a girl, should alter nate with the other two in doing the housework. One. of the two would look after the outside work and the other to the comfort and entertain- ment of the guests. So there were six of us each day to do the house- work. For breakfast wo bad a cereal, eggs, bread and butter with fruit, The dinners were also simple, consisting of a meat, vegetables and dessert, For suppers we had a salad, cold meat or fish, one warm vegetable, cooked fruit and usually cakes, One noon a big chicken stew with dumplings was the principal 'part of the meal. On the only cool evening we had a supper of baked beans tied brown bread, One evening we paired oft, and eachcouple got its own supper and cleared up afterwards. We gave a prize to the pair who prepared the best supper, Mornings the guests played, read, wrote, sang or did whatever they pleased, We had planned that they should have soma time to themselves. This gave the home boys a chance to do the odds and ends nbgessary about the farm, The pony did not get much rest, for all the gir:s wanted to learn to ride, Of course the evening,; were the best time of all. One evening we in. vited . all the young people • of the church and their friends. For another evening the fathers and mothers were invited, On both: occasions we had Music, games and simple refresh meets, We wanted the neighbors to enjoy' the guests and 'get pleasure from their visit, The night we camp. ed we sat around a small camp fire and told stories. One evening wo played such :games as hide.and-seen in the moonlight, htvoryi one of ear guests declared it 'vas the "best time ever." ---youth's Companion, 1StU5 No, 27---'24.