The Clinton News Record, 1920-6-10, Page 2ta. MoTAGGAIPT
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Aodra.so commo'apiatioes to Agronomist, 73 Agelalde St, West,'Torento
• Thin- the Apples if ',Teo :Thick,
There are Rome very good reasoas
why it will pity to thin the fruit on
the apple Igoe, if too thick. Where
spraying ir followed it is very com-
mon for trees th overproduce if -thin-
sling is not done, tonna muelrfruit
bus,.An eyerload mekes -the fruit%
inferior in size and nalily,t
Orchard men who have thinned
overloaded trees say thinning is
saving of labor instead of an increase
of labor as wally contend lt it. The
picking of small froits end the extra
eare in grading at harvest time .win
more than make up 702• the 'additional
labor of thioning, Witsre tests ha'N
been made it was found 1110120 scone
cases the saving in. labor was twiee
as much as cost of thinning, when all
the work of picking, selling and pack-
ing' was taken into consideration; and
this did not count the profit from the
better feta:
11 wou will atop to consider, you
nen readily see that there would be a
big diffetenne between picking three
or four small apples or one big- one, actor of -wink done by a good machine
and in culling out the hundred and-oneIs no better than the care it gets.
"atly advice to any man who ex-
pects to buy a milking machine," said
one, man with twhom I talked, 'Os to
be sure le understands the machine.
A milking machine, like a cream sep-
of the fruit would sell as first class, arator, or 'more so is an abomination
and probably none- would if the size if n *
riot kept an. It is up to the ma
were to be eonsidered closely; and that who buys the machine to make a .stiet
,orthard had been spraYed well and,
the tree were healthY. cess of machine milking.. The milk-
ing machines of twenty-five yearago
Overcropping; will often result in no were jokes,
crop at all the following year; if the -Those of to -day are pear -
fruit Is properly thinned the trees will
.bear again unless from tome other
cause. It is no uncommon thing to
Cows have less odder trouble
wheo properly milked ls.y Machinery.
6. H, atd-Milking cot,ve, ,cowstwith
tender ticidera.or sere teata, aretatore
readily Milked by inliehinery,
peephines, are move depettlebla
than•hiteal•men.
8. Cleaner milk is possible with Ma-
Dlitite milking, if ilm machineate
Properly cared .for.
9. Take a ,great (Mel all drudgery
out of tialryihat . '
30, It coete less to milk by machin -
Where the milking machines are
need, ' contiderable extra lime` and
labor • are involved M wasbing arid
Paring for the machines. But the time
required tor this work is made up
.asallY times in the grodtmi speed of
milking with machines.
The opinion of most; of the veers
with whom I talked is that the-sne-
gess of a milking -machine depends al-
most entirely on the man who uses
ib.••The worst thing that can happen
is to have a green band •or .careless
hand operate a machitie The char -
kinds oi discards causedby crowding.
I saw an unthinned orchard last man -
mer in which not half the apples were
of anything like a perfect shape. I
doubt if more then twenty per cent.
ly mechanically perfect."
,Age -When Fruit Trees Bear.
Reckoning the age of a tree from
-find sprayed orchards where . some the time when it 19 planted hi its
varietiee that naturally set too Much. permanent place, apple trees shcitld
fruit have tried to mature so ,inuch
begin to bear, 'as rule, when they
fruit -that they bear only Gooey other have been planted from six to •eight
year. This does not pay. Try thin- years. -C.ertain varieties, such as the
ning one year, keep tab on tbe labor, Yellow Transparent and 'Wegener,
end you will see that it pays in the ma ,
y bear considerably yeunget;
long run, ever! if, you have only a few
others, such as the Northern Spy, not
trees and are producing fruit for home
use only. until they are somewhat older. India
Milking Machines Are Dependable
Helpers.
vidual trees of the 'same variety very
somewhat in this respect.
Pear trees,bearein general, at about
the same age as apple trees, though
• Within the last four months I have perhaps a little younger, , ,
visited twenty dairy -farm where Peach trees under favorable concli-
milking niachines are in use. I haveI tions often bear at three years of age,
not 'heard a word of dissatisfaction 'and in any event theY should bee): at
four years, unless injured by frost or
otherwise.
Plums vary considerably according
dependable helper. • to the group to which they belong, but.
The testimony of these twenty most sorts begin to bear in tom or
upers only strengthens my belief that five years after planting. ..
in a herd of not less than fifteen cows Sour cherries ordinaeily begin to
O milking mathine is a paying invest- beer in about fem-• years and sweet
ment. Where there is a gasoline en- cherries at six or seveo years after
gine or a motor on the farm, so that„ planting. ....-
a milking machine does not call for Aprigots come into bearing at about
extra power, a herd of twelve cows ii the same age es peaobes, or 0 little
!urge "enough to make a milkipg ina- 'later..
chine pay. . „ Quinces are usually five or fix years
' The tprinCipar things . that' Make old before' they bear much .fruit.
milking machines. such dependable Raspberries, blackberries and dew -
help, according to the testimony of berries, if planted in the spring,
•these twenty men, are as follows:
1. Machine milking takes less time
than hand milking.
frotn one- of the twenty users; every
user has said,, but net in so many
words, that his •milking 'machine is a
should bear a eight crop the next year.
Strawberries planted in the spring, or
eaely enough in the autumn to make a
• 2. The last cow milks as easy as the good growth lsefore the advent of
first; consequently there is no tend-
ency to slight the hist cow, as in hand
milking.
3. It is easier to get hired help on
a delay farm where cows are milked
by machinery.
4. One man can take mare of more
COWS with a milking Machine, thus
cutting clown .overheed expenses per
cow.
cold weather, thoeld produce a crop
the next season. '
Currants and. gooseberries common-
ly bear' a few fruits the third season
after planting.
Grapes may bear very lightly the
third season' where 'conditions . are
favorable, but not ntuch fruit should
be expected earliey than the fourth
year.
Idlenesi must be discouraged in the
broods which are confined, as it is
almost certain to lead the thicks into
evil wars -.bad habits.
Toe pecking and other forms of
canoibalism are invariably the pro-
ducts of injudicious feeding and idle-
ness. Harmlessly (inclined at first, a
few chicks will jzlick at another's toes;
an 'abrasion starts; the victim's toes
commence to bleed, the sight of which
seems to thrill the rest of the flock
with a bloodthirsty impulse; they get
O taste of the blood and fight viciously
for it, until very soon their victim is
rendered helpless 'and subsequently is
partially devoured.
Id a surprisingly' short time the
habit spreads throughout the entire
flock, and where chicks are brooded
in large numbers, as they are round
stoves, the floor of the brooder tom-
partment will be the scene of numer-
ous gatherings of chicks fighting and
tumbling over themselves in frenzied
attacks upon unfortunates that are
powerless to resist them,
Brooder operators are eattioned to
keep on the Ipoluout for the first signs
of this habit, and to isolate the ring-
leaders at once, If a chick is injured
in any way, especially if there is any
blood showing, isolate it, to forestall
an outbreak of cannibalism.
Changing the -diet sometimes cheeks
cannibalism. Increase the animal feed
-milk or beef scrap, or 'both; reduce
the grain ration; if a mash is fed it is
Well to make it a light feed, such as
coarse -flake bran and mealed alfalfa,
The beef scrap may he added to this
mixture.
Number of Shingles Required.
Average size of shingles, 4x16
inohes, is, taken as a basis of calcula-
tion. • _
, Laid four inches to the weather,
100 square feet. of surface will require
900 shingles. " .
Laid four and one-half inches to the
weather, 100 •square feet will require
810 shingles. •
Laid five inches to :the weather, 100
square feet will require 720 shingles.
Three and one-half ponds of four -
penny nails me needed Ica laying
11000 shingles.
• From five to Len per .cent. should
be 'added to these figores ap allow for
--
waste and shortage. '
The camera, as an aid to the farmer
who wishes to keep a perm:went re-
cord of his stook.business, makes its
bow (for Mar apptovel.
Annual Climbing Vines
Nothing improves the appearance of
a cottage so much as vines at porch
or window. It is not alwaYs desinable
to wait' for the permanent elimbezs;
the animal vibes aro quickly grown
from seed. A. combination .of morn-
ing glory, wheel:, moonflower and
wild euemnber will fill every want,
though there are several °thee annual
elimbers just tie desirable bat not to
\tell ktown.• The scarlet bean will
yield an abundance of flowers,
The young plants may be 'S0:W(1
more quickly if the seeds are planted
112 a hotbed or Window. They call 10
be more easily protected while tender,
Transplant them to the bed when
they are to grow, before they have
formed runners, A kind of bed of, rich
earth goo) tvell-aotted Mame or leaf
niold should be made at least two feet,
from the wall or porch eolumne. IJn-
less there are glitters, the bed pre.
pared for the vines ehould bo
oatside the drip frtrin the eaves. If
the v•ines are to be on a proteeted
side( of the house, it is sometimes de-
sirable to plant the seed directly in
the bed where they aro to grow.
One objeebloo that has beeo ad-
vanced against•vines is their tendency
to discolor Woodwork or even...cause it
to decay. With the proper trellising
this will not result. Vines shetild not
be a146Wed to tench the window easing
ot verandah celoreas, Set two posts
in the ground, brace (matt at the tap
-by nailing on then a narrow board,
etretch • light poultry netting
actoss the frame thos made. The posts
shoold bo high at the top of the
Window or eaves of the verandith, and
should stand at least ttvo feet from
the wall. Vines thug trained will not
only make a denecia growth, but will
allow•a feee circulation of air through
the window. The shade will be effec-
tive and isertutifyieg,
leeietls RefrigeFater a IlOme.Made Device
Comitty houses without ice-13014es
and too ftu from town to have 1500809
to ice siipplies, truly have an ieelese
refrIgeoatox as a good substitute,
This convenience cemprises a eimple
wooden frame with a covering ab
ton flennel, atiolap, Indiatobeacl Plath
or linen crash made to fit.sethat lit-
tle' air 14 admitted into it.
Wicks made of the same material
as the cover •are tackecl,on top of
eagh side of the covee and extend
o