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Zurich Herald, 1927-04-21, Page 7THE ONTARIO GARDEN Pruning Roses, and Planting. The Outloolg for the Swine Bedtime for Birds. n. ry, Industry, When bedtime f little ores amts strongly in favor of the producer but s, they melte their own beds in bird By X UTSY zlelrTToN. "The bog industry in 1926 w•as len o amo comes or n e the shortago xn volume represented a theca .own way, and settle down for Generally speaking, roses should be, Thie should be rolled or emilded nYa ireav lobart% farm revenue." 7;n these a c0.1:eZiiable night's sleep, pruned before the growth buds have and the work done in the evening' or y really started.. " Bush roses should have all dead wood removed first. Prune out all weakling growth, words the situation of the swine in- The cheerful little song birds go a dull day when there is no wand, dusty in Canada in 1920 is summed to sleep .safely hooked to the twigs of After the seed is sown a light appin the latest 'annual hive .Stock trees, •and they do not depend on fast - up cation of nitrate of rode, every ten arket and ` Meat Trade Review is- torics to turn .our;" the hooks, Each days up anter the beginning July sued by tree Dominion. Live Stock bird makes his onw hooks by curling allowing only strong, healthy growth, will. keep the grass growing vapidly Branch. The marketing of bogs in the back toe ofhis foot around. to to re iia. Cut back very lightly, as and will allow the lawn to wine into 1926 fall fax short of the Potential meet ntoes. makes a t11e bloom 1 r this yeas is borne on general use by that date. When the demand, p Latentthe locfrok, fart when This the bird sits i the previous year's growth; at the grass is up about an inch it should The average lice of hogs for the d th u p g ym year, es based on the Toronto inarlcet, , his toes cannot unlock until he gets cal. It is advis�alele to leave : one or , dull machine will pull the plants out Was the .own -the muscles ,ere so drawn that same trine melte the bush s metri- • be cut with a very sharp ntower.--.a' two strong, young, once -year canes : by the roots. Keep after the weeds month .at highest $16,72 was the highest When sleepy . time comes to the that start near the ground each year1 and watch for. low spots where the monthlyaverage since Se• ember, woodpecker, he hunts for a tree with to keep the bush supplied with fresh . seal has sunk. These can be filled an 1920, The market value per head a reugh bark, so he can have a •good growth. Very old wood—three or 'i gradually with fine sand, or sifted was , 1,7i; higher than in 1925 and; toe -hold, Clinging to the tree with four years old—may be cut out to garden earth: Do not put more than make room for this young growth. half an inch onet a tinne so that the Cut out to its base, at any season of the year when seen, any briar .or inanetti growth on rose bushes. Briar growth is most common on hybrid , Is still waiting for the ground to perpetuals budded on the briar er ' work up,trellis work can be made. imanetti stock. More rose bushes This is usually made out of strips of have been destroyed by briar growth planed wood about one and three - than by winter killing. Roses re- quarter inches wide and almost half quire ,a thorough soaking of water an inch thick. Most lumber• miljs at the roots at least bice a wedeln carr such material in stock. These very dry, hot weather: i stry The best time to rant roses is ia�ips. are either nailed en.•iss-crossed p or straight up and down and support= ' early spring. Bush roses should be ed on material the sante width but at set about two and a half to three feet least twice as thick. After staining apart. Before planting, cut off . any or painting the trellis is ready for buds or young growth below the bud- ded or grafted mark on the briar or manetti, stock. grass will not be smothered. MAKING TRELLIS 'WORK. On wet days :or while the gardener TENDER VEGETABLES ARE GROWN - . QUICKLY. tween flower and vegetable garden or High .quality vegetables must be on the sides of verandahs. It may grown quickly: This means early also •.be used as sides in arches or seeding, plenty of cultivation and the pergodas with the tops made of application of quickly available fer- heavier pieces of lumber set on edge. tilizer. Nitrate of soda will fill the neem w BOXES. last mentioned want. This should be This is also agood time to make the broadcast over the garden, preferably { window boxes. If one will remember just before or during a rainfall about that the window box, and the hanging every two weeks. It is particularly basket, too, is simply an intensified valuable for producing leafy vege-- garden where three ar four times the tables and early peas, beans, .carrots number of plants are to be grown as and beets. MAKING A LAWN. There is only one way to get a good lawn and that is to build it up carefully from seed. True, quicker be the same length as £he window results niay be obtained from sod, but sill, about eight inches wide at the this method will not produce a sward top, six inches at the bottom and at of such evenness and high uniform least nine inches deep. As it will quality. One should get • busy just weigh at least 100 pounds when filled as .soon as one can walk across the with earth, plants end water, it must soil without getting the feet muddy. be strongly suppol;Pted and construct -- All low spots must be filled in with ed. To prevent warping put iron L - fine earth and allowed to settle once shaped corner bands on the inside. or twice before seeding, Dig deeply These can be purchased at any hard - use. Straight trellis work snakes • a good .screen' for climbing rases or similar plants to be placed at the back of the perennial border, or be - would be put in the swine space in the regular beds the importance of depth will be realized. Most window boxes are far too shallow. The box should and remove all ;bits of brick, stones and sticks and leave "the surface as fine as possible. If the soil is poor ware store for a few cents. A strip of wood along the back and resting on the sill will support the box without a light sprinlding of good garden having it sitting actuoally on the sill. loam will help. After rolling, raking Of course wires must run around the and digging several times the ground front and be fastened to a hook.in the is ready for the seed. Got good seed, window frame above._ Leave holes in and sow, it liberally, one pound to the bottom for drainage and fill with every 1&0 square feet is about right. the best soil obtainable. • SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR POULTRY FARMER ERADICATION AND CONTROL OF PARASITES BY L. STEVENSON, 0.A.C. External parasites have proven to its louse control effect than be a serious problem, against which dusting or dipping. viligance must be constantly exer- The reentry -house and equipment cised or the subject of the problem should be thoroughly cleaned at regu- will get more out •of the poultry busi- lar intervals and then sprayed with ness than . the operator. The louse a four per cent. solution of any good will have its living whether the poul- coal tar clip. trman does or not. either Poultry continuously tormented by the biting or burrowing parasites are so uncomfortable every minute of the day that growth or egg production is seriously interfered with. Weak in- dividuals are further reduced and the once strong bird is devitalized to a point of easy susceptability to in- fectious diseases. Treatment to Destroy --Stich meas- ures must he taken as will result in the destruction of the louse in its various stages and the egg. Wild birds that have their freedom can. and do keep lice ire check by the fre- quent use of a dust bath. But Mr. Mites; ticks and fleas can be de- stroyed by spraying thoroughly the house and its, fixtures with equal parts of crude carbolic acid and. kerosene. Scaly legs can be treated effectively, by first softening the scales with soap and water and then dripping the legs in equal parts of kerosene and lard. Squab Raising. • While at the present time the de- mand for squabs in Canada does not warrant the encouragement of ex- tensive plants clevotecl exclusively to their breeding, a profitable market for them might be worked up in al - Louse finds the neglect of not pro- most any medium sized city. Al- viding a dust bath by the poultryman though the breeding of pigeons fo-r just what lice need to permit the wel-, squab production is not very difficult fare of the louse :family. Wherever a certain knowledge of underlying proper dust baths are not provided principles and methods is essential to Nee multiply rapidly. success. To assist beginners, the Do- minion Dept. of Agriculture has is- sued a bulletin entitled "Pigeons" which is distributed free by the Pub - 1. Dusting by means of a powder lications :trench of the Dept. at thoroughly worked into the feathers. Ottawa. • For this, :sodium fluoride or a powder If ordinary care is exercised in the made by thoroughly mixing one part choice of breeding stock and common of nicotine sulphate in ninety-nine sense breeding methods followed parts air -slacked lino is very effi- there is no reason, why anyone should dent. \.., not be successful with squabs. The 2, Dippingn-.F"or this method a flesh of these birds is very delioate solution made by mixing one ounce of and• juicy and has a high nutritive sodium fluoride to each, gallon of value. No heavy outlay is necessary, ' water is used. The biirds birds aro inn,• nor very moth labor or space. Breed - nursed in this solution long enough to ing can be carried on, successfully in 'Wee . the skirl and feathers. This a town or city pa'avidetl a small yard method should be used only when is availabl• • vreather conditions are such that the birds ,will dry quickly and without The best axe Z Byer had for split- birds ting wood hada rather blunt, edge. It 3. Greasing—For this method an Ointment composed .of equal parts of fifty per cent. naercurical ointment and vaseline is used. Anether very good ointment can be made by mix- ing equal parts o2 lard tallow and vaseline, and then adding nicotine sulphate to the extent of two, parts per hundred. A small amount of either of these ointments is worked into the feathers of the abdomen, taken up on this teg•ular night and thigh; and ender the wiege. Gives- being a some of satisfaction as a THREE METHODS OP CLEANING UP THE FLOCK. was an axe that had been worn clown quite close on the bit. An axe of this, Mad will do better service than will one with a thin bit, which is apt to stick in the ivoocl and require strength to pull it out. Set aside one evening a week to clean up your letterewriting. Of course,' some business letters require an immediate answer, and should' have it; but friendly letters may be ing, if well dean is more iastingn` good job done,. the average price per hundred pounds; his toes, and using' his stiff tall for was 75 cents Higher. I a brace, he tucks his red head under According to the Review, which his wing, and goes to sleep in the may be obtained by application to the greatest .of comfort; Chimney swifts Publications Branch, Dept. of Agri- sleep -in much the sameWay, using culture, Ottawa, there are no indica. the side of a wall for a bed. tions of a very material increased pig Marsh birds, that wade around in crop this spring in -either Canada or swamps on long, slender legs, donot the United States. Cost of product' bother to look up a dry spot in which tion should be from now on the main to spend the night. When they 'ant factor in successful sale to Great Bri- tain, and it is pointed out in the Re- view that in this respect the Canadian farmer should find himself in a. very, satisfactory position since the Do- minion has an 'annual surplus of com- paratively cheap feed grain which cannot otherwise be marketed, while European countries have to import the bulk of their feed stuffs. c To Stop Chicken Thieves. Just now many people are wishing to catch chicken thieves: Here is a simple trick which will protect any neighborhood adopting it: Mark chickens with a toe punch or clip the web' •of the foot or—perhaps not so good, though I have seen it land one thief -use wing bands. 'They are positive identifications if the thief does not find and remove them. If he does he will surely leave the trace. to take a nap, they simply draw one foot up under their warm feathers and go to sleep standing on one 'leg If the leg becomes tired during the night, all they have to do is just to shift legs and go right on sleeping. Going to bed is simpler yet for the duck family. They just stop swim- ming, tuck their heads under their wings, and are off for duck dream- land. The wind may rise in the night, and float them down stream, but they sleep on, no doubt dreaming of won- derful wild ries fields, where food is plentiful and hunters scarce. ae Self -Pity. HO's x CARE FOR L NO U S N Y WHO- TYPES HTYP S .REQUIRE IFFE ENT T,R AT TENT BY NELls B. NICEOLS.. Women are sea•irching for satisfac- tory floors, My 6prrespondenee and conversation with homemakers proof of the eager desire for a sur• face which will make a fine appear- ance with the minimum of care, 1 I have opinions about floor finish- es. Many women have heard me tell of them. The great interest in the subject has inspired me to make in- vestigations to snake certain my ideas are backed by scientific facts. My study has progressed far enough for one to report on linoleum. Occasionally w+onven asic how to, judge this floor covering., Frankly, I do not consider this a problem. The market offers excellent .: kinds. If a reliable dealer and .a well-known 'brand Is chosen you are safe. ! Meet people are familiar with the two types of linoleum, the inlaid and the painted. In the first the design is stamped through the covering;. in. the latter it is painted en the upper surface. These surfaces require dif- • ferent treatment. Two floors in my home are wearing inlaid linoleum installed eleven years ago. While some of the durability of these coverings has been due to the care received, much of the credit goes to the dealer who insisted that the linoleum be laid properly. One mis- take was made. Instead of setting a strip of linoleum run through the doorway and across both rooms, a seam was made at the door. Since there is much traffic at this place end a piecing . always is somewhat weak, there is evidence of wear. There are few things so foolish as self pity. And yet it is a popular fea- ture in the human make-up. For the life of me, I fail to see any reason for self pity, This, morbid fussing over •oneself, and shedding tears for this and that failure, is just Keep watch of your birds so you a maudlin Indulgence. It leads no - will know when,�+�they are - missing. where to our advantage. Usually, it Require all who buy poultry within leaves ns poorer Haan before. a reasonable hauling distance that the And yet• there are many of us who seem to enjoy it. when we give way seller, be identified and the sale re- corded, also the breed and number of to it, there is not the slightest doubt fowls. but what it saps our energy and enter - When fowls oxo missed report the prise. It makes us fearful. We see theft, also give the identification. `If failure in the future before we are web on foot is clipped be sure to clip it deeply enough so that the scar will not be outgrown.—Mrs. G. H. B. lives—are never accomplished by this within hearing of it. Great things ---and there are many great things in the most simple of A Soft Anvil. A useful device .for any farmer is what may be termed a soft anvil. The removal of parts frequently requires hammering or pounding, which must thoughts and words and deeds become be done on a soft surface. For this a positive menace to ourselves and purpose the top of the bench is gen- other people. _. erally used, and this causes much Who wants to live or be associated wear and tear on the -bench. "A soft with someone whose moods are tem - anvil can be easily made by hollowing pei+ed with this enervating condition out a 'cast iron disc to forma cup to of self pity? The world is a sorry hold lead, so that all hammering can enough place, and full of venting con - he done -on the lead centre. An old' uncdrums, bat your individual who pulls fly -wheel will serve as a disc, but it a long face and tells the world that it's should be cut down to some extent so hard upon bim is nothing more than a as to reduce weight and permit easy. grizzling failure„ And that's about the handling. truth of it: your self pitier is a failure. habit of melodramatic self sympathy. Of all they follies in life, none is so baneful as ladling out to ourselves the cloying syrup of self pity, It brings the spiritual side of us into such a lugubrious •condition that all our An iceberg, of Course, "What kind of a berg is the of Iceland?" "An iceburg, I'd say." Let's be up and doing. If you've had a hard knock, all the moans you. give to yourself will just strove you farther into the bog of it. 'There's lots to be done. Plenty of sorrow to alleviate. Crowds of people waiting for the glad hand of friend- ship,. And if, instead of reaching out and giving service to your fellow man said woman, you hide away and drivel over your own troubles — troubles which are, perhaps, very small fn•y— you re a poor sort of individual, and a quitter.—E, D. Even a light meal should be eaten slowly anti a slight rest taken after, fifteen minutes being the shortest time suitable. To jump up straight capital from a ileal and resume active work or exercise is to interfere seriously with the digestion. Every family needs to know how to lay linoleum correctly. Even if the merchant attends to this work the homemaker must judge if the task is being properly done. In ninny com- munities the head of the house must make the installation. He can do this satisfactorily if he will secure accur- ate directions from the linoleum manufacturer and then follow them to a T. ATTEND TO FOUNDATION. Temperature is to be reckoned with in laying. Danger of cracking is avoided if linoleums remain in a warm TOM for at least forty-eight hours befote unfolding. The linoleum can be no smoother than the foundation on which it rests. In my home the floor cracks are filled. with putty. If there are any pro- truding nail heads they are driven down. Bumps are removed with a plane. The baseboard molding is loosened and the linoleum slipped under it. I take great caution that the floor is thoroughly dry and clean, before the laying begins. Dampness causes a mildew that weakens lin- oleum. Deadening felt is first adjusted. This is cut the right diinenaions, fit- ted neatly and pasted to the floor. It must be dry for several hours. Un- less the floor is clean the paste will not stick. Next the linoleum is .past- ed to the felt; et the edges and seams it is cemented. Success is assured by taking accurate dimensions, cut-' ting earefully and using the paste and cement made especially for lino-. lemic. Weighting down the covering is necessary. Dealers have heavy roll- ers to push over the surface hut a homenvdae substitute is -a box filled with bricks with a rope handle, This xray be drawn over the floor, Weights. are placed on the edges and seams. Sand bags or bricks are fine. WAX AFTER WASHING. When a•Il the loose dirt which ac- cumulates in the laying is removed and the broom fails to dislodge the soil left, washing is necessary. Then: wax is added. The care of linoleum is. simple. In' the courseof a year a few scrubbings are essential. Spots are wiped up daily with a moistened cloth and the surface litter is removed with a broom. I use liquid wax, as it is easy to handle. I use it sparingly and polish thoughiy. When this is done the floor is not slippery. My method of waxing linoleum is to sprinkle the liquid wax on a mop., which is rubbed over the floor. This is allowed to dry twenty or thirty minutes before polishing. The ideal way is to use an electric polisher, which may be rented from most wax dealers. In homes not wired for e1ee- tricity a weighted brush polisher may be employed. If this is not available the children will have to employ some elbow grease, A brick padded -with soft cloth may be rubbed back and forth. I polish linoleum both ways— that is, lengthwise and crosswise. This gives a splendid polish and drives the wax into the pores. If there is any surplus of dry wax after polishing it is swept off. The frequency of the waxing de- pends on the traffic in the room. If not excessive, once every month or two is sufficient. The doorways niay need applications every week. If scrubbing is necessary, due to an accidental spilling, use tepid water with a mild soap or flakes, Rinse the linoleum with clear water; then wax it again. Printed linoleum is handled differ- ently. That which I have in my home is varnished instead of being waxed. It has been used three years and the painted design is net worn yet. I varnish the surface with a linoleum varnish once a year, and sometimes twice. I did not wish to go to the expense of having this inexpensive type of covering pasted and cemented down. The floor was prepared with care and the molding around the baseboard loosened, Strips of linoleum were laid the same way as the boards of the floor. They were cut just barely to slip under the molding and not a brad was fastened for a few weeks. This gave the linoleum time to ex- pand. Then the molding was fasten- ed in place and a few brads used at the seams. In cleaning this floor I take great care not to let water seep between it and the floor. Nut Bread. Four cupfuls flour; 4 teaspoonfuls of baking powder; 1 teaspoonful of salt; 1/2 cupful of sugar; 1 cupful of walnut meats broken in small pieces or chopped if preferred; 2 eggs beaten. light, 2 cupfuls of milk. Let it rise % hour and then bake in a moderate oven. Manicure -sets and ornamental pins have been found in fancy reticules dug up near Ur of the Chaldees, prov- ing that the modern vanity -bag is really a very old institution. Birds are said to have three kinds of language: alarm notes, call notes, end songs made up of call notes join- ed together. THE 1927 ORGAN GRIelnE o. nci la organ 31,a�lfia bas dune a. lot for event Inc. here •�v© ,.see- t;taa nn c c t s likes it better than the old one, for he tipee notalmee to turn the handle. ,en with his new hook-up and he My Turkey "Don'ts. Having had turkey -raising for a hobby for a number of years I have made up from experience a list of things not to do: Don't feed too soon. Don't allow poults to git wet or_ chilled. Don't feed soured or musty feed. Doii't use scrub stock and scrub, methods. Don't allow lice to get on stock. Don't allow turkeyhens to set after; they have laid a dozen or so eggs. Don't allow vermin to rob the nests.; Don't skimp on feed. Don't sell turkeys until they are fat. Don't keep diseased birds for breeders.. Don't use sloppy methods in dress- ing and shipping. Don't forget the Golden Rule when selling. Don't buy inferior breeding stock. Don't start on too large a scale. Don't expect too much at first. —Mrs. H. H. How to Use Cheese. Cheese is a very concentrated and• economical form of food. It is, how- ever, often used more for its flavor than as a main dish of a meal, but ac- cording to a pamphlet on Why and How to Use Cheese, written by Miss Hdlen Campbell of • the Dominion Dairy and Cold Storage Branch, it might advantageously' be given a more prominent place la Canadian dietaries. One-half a pound of cheese contains almost as much nourishinont as one pound of moderately lean beef, while there is no such waste with it as there is with meat. Besides being served in its natural state it may be made an ingredient in many deli mous dishes, full instructions for the preparation of which are given in the pamphlet which may be obtained from the Publications Branch, Dept, orf. Agricultu:re, Ottawa. Laundry workers need different temperaments according to the de - pertinent in which they week. For washing, women should be steady, easy-going and able to face monotouy, while machine 41,1ning calls for a eautious temperament .able to > weelx I independently.