Zurich Herald, 1930-03-27, Page 2Farm Notes
• Record of Performance
alrYmete throughout Canada will
lie:tne'rtiCniarly interested in the 21st
rdeNetetereire Canadian Record of Per-
lOrgieenee' for Pure-bred Dairy Cattle,
eatiOngethe years 1927, 1928 and
1929:Iued by the Live Stock Branch
of the Dominion Department of Agri-
culture.
The report contsans a detailed re-
cord of every animal -whose record
was such as to merit being placed on
the honor roll up to Novemher, 1929.
Indtvidaul records are listed by class
groups and are readily available to
the individual through au index to
owners.
Complete details as to stanaards
and. registration by classes and. rules
and regulations are included in the
report.
When to Plant
years, although it is still well over
One million barrels. Comments avail-
able groan -foreign sources Indicate
that the Canadian grower uid shipper
does not realize to the full the oPpor-
tunity presented iu the export mar-
ket because of is apparent1ier4;ard
for popular demand 'aka seieliable
quality in packing. There!isalso ap-
parent from im11 source e a real op-
portunIty for developmsut of the mar-
ket for Canadian, apples through a
consistent edueational programme,
that is, the range of use to which the
apple may be put is not fully aPPreol-
eted, and is'Z.' uggested thet there is
room for development in this direc-
tion.
The perennial problem of when is
the best time to plant garden crops
has again come around. An interest -
Jug and useful guide in this direction
is furnished by the Central Experi-
mental Farm of the Dominion Depart
-
meat of Agriculture.
"The safest guide as to the proper
time to plant vegetables is first of all
to divide the various crops into
groups. The first group comprises
those that are considered hardy or
able to withstand very cool conditions.
Those that are semi -hardy and must
be planted when conditions are more
favorable, and lastly those that are
very tender, requiring warm, moist
soil and ideal seasonal conditions for
their proper and normal development.
"Those that fall in the hardy group
are onions, smooth and wrinkled peas,
spinach, radish and turnip. The aver-
age date of early planting of .seed of
these hardy crops in the Division of
Horticulture, CeLtral Experimental
Farm, Ottawa, hes been found to be
the first week in May.
"Iu the second or semi -hardy crops
we find cabbage, cauliflower, beet, car-
rot, lettuce, parsnip, and wrinkled
peas. The plants of cabbage and cauli-
flower can be set out. Quite early, but
they must be well hardened .off so
that they will withstand quite low
temperatures."
"The third group, which includes
beans, telery, corn, cucumber, melon,
Pumpkin, squash and tomato should
not be planted until settled warm con-
ditions have arrived. The soil must
be warm and moist, thus giving quick
uniform growth. The best time for
planting these crops is from the end
of the third week in May until about
Juice 10."
Insect War Resumes
A mighty army of mites wages
ceaseless warfare on all forms of
plant life and just as ceaseless is the
warfare waged by skilled entomolo-
gists to protect and. preserve farm,
field and garden crops. Experts of
the Dominion Department of Agricul-
ture have already planned intensive
campaigns against field crop pests for
1930, includir grasshoppers, the
wheat stem sawfiy, wireworms, the
Does Grading Pay?
One quaetion which. perhaps con-
cerns the fruit and vegetable grow
more than anything else is that et
grading, and many growers, still sc
tical of its value, ponder' this question. should be cut away fecnn the goose -
Potato growers in Prince Edward berries and currants. Grapes Must
Island are finding a very interesting be trimmed up early to avoid exces-
answer in the affirmative to this ques- sive bleeding. With grapes, one may
tion in the Boston market. Officials
of the Dominion Department otettgre
culture, whose concern it is to keep
in touch with this section of the
work, point with interest to the re-
ports published by the United. States
Department of Agriculture.
From January 2nd to February 25th
of this year Prince Edward Island pe-
tatoes sold at a premium over the
State of Maine potatoes every single
day on the Boston market. This pre-
mium ranged all the way from ten
cents to fifty cents per unit sale; the
Prince Edward Island potatoes selling
in 99 lb. lots commanded a continuous
remium over the State of Maine po-
Every carload and every schooner a bud pointing outward. The„weaker
Garden Talks
Testing the Solt '" •
Serious results are sure to follow
the working of the soil too soon. Let
the ground become dry, it necessary
work off your fever on indoor plant-
ing or indoor plannings. It is a sine
pis thing to test whether the soil is
ready or not. All that is necessary is
'to take up a handful and squeeze, If
it compacts into a lump in the hand
it is too wet to work, but if, On the
contrary, it crumbles when squeezzed
it is probably in just the right condi-
tion. for working.
Pruning
This is Pie time for pruning. All
of the dead canes should be removed
from the raspberry patch, as well as
the spindly ones, among the new
growth. Some of the older wood
cut away all wood but a mere sikele-
at intervals of two weeks up to the
ton as the fruit is borne on' the new
first of July. They should be sown in
year's growth. In handling fruit
rows about two feet apart or wider,
trees, open up to let in 'sunlight and
where horse cultivation is used, and
air, and cut out branches that rub
thinned to about an inch and grown
against =other and remove ..weak
a little, using the beets, tops and all,
crotches. In pruning roses one should
remember that these, like grapes, pro- as greens, while the carrots may be
of the used in the ordinary way. Later on
duce flowers on the new wood
again take out every other root and
season, and to produce goes], lowers
'still later every other one again which
one must have strong growth of wood.
will give the vegetables a chance to
Trim back to a few geed branches,
reach full development. • Soaking the
removing all weak stems, Pruning of
seed overnight before planting will
the hybrid perpetuals should be done
hasten germination, and iu planting
early in the spring just before the
do not cover with more than about
new growth is appearing. Cut each
p
half an. inch of soil. Later plantings
cane back to six or eight buds from
tatoes selling in 100 lb. lots. the ground, alwaye cutting just above
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Sunday School
Lesson
ereund them so as to develop a sturdy
root growth, ' It may be necessary te
protect with little paper colars trona
out -worms. A few eerie' bills of corn
May be started in this same manner,
the plants being started indoors where
thee' are PrOfeeted teem frost and
transplentece oetteitle.latdr.,without die -
tubing ‘tlesalefeeitC. Biinply, remove the
bottom of'the boX, the frequent water
ing Will have caused the Soil to stick
well together so that there is no shak-
ing of the roots, and plant.
• Carrots and Beets
No vegetable garden, of course, is
complete without a few rows of beets
and carrots. But we do not mean or-
dinary beets and carrots. Nowadays
one plants with •definite purposes in
view. Thus, for canning and salads
where the whole beet is used small
round beets aro considered- the best,
and for early carrots which may be
used when they are as big as your
thumb shorter types of this vegetable
are advisable. Both can be sownjust
as soon as the ground is. ready and
further plantiug for later use put in
load of potatoes shipped out of Prince
Edward Island so far this year has
been shipped with au official inspec-
tion certificate of quality.
Strict grading with adequate inspec.
tion has placed Prince Edward Island
potatoes at a premium in the Boston
market.
Canada Week at Bristol
Fruit products -are an outstanding
requirement of the British market and
in the provision. of these Canadian ag-
'' ulture is playing au increasingly
growing hybrid teas are pruned more
severely. If size and higli quality of
flowers are sought, all but five shoots
are cut to the base and each of these
remaining five is cut back to three or
four buds.
Sweet Peas
Sweet peas must be planted early or
the result e will be disappointing. In
some parts of the country the vines
are probably up by now. If the sea-
son is later than usual do not wait
until past the usual planting time but
secure some old berry hoxes or card -
important part. Information avail-
able through the Department of Agri- board boxes bought for this purpose
culture indicates, however, that the . from any seed supply house and plant
opportunity is one in which. there is in these. Some people have used
unbounded room for development, and half egg shell's with good results. Fill
efforts to increase Canadian produc- with fine soil, plant your sweet peas
tion are a matter of special coucern. well spabed, water and niece in a
The first week in March "Bristol sunny window. When the ground is
Canada Week" was observed at Bris- fit for working outside, take these
boxes or egg shells, gently re ve the
tol, England, during which Canadian
products ot all kinds were featured. bottom without disterbing th roots
Between 400 and 50 shop keepers in inside and plant in the open. , 68011
Bristol carried special window dis- of course must not be disturbed.
plays of Canadian pure foods of all When transplanting, place in a shal-
kinds and a special Canadian exhibi-
tion. shop was included:
Reports now available indicate that
every one in Bristol co-operated heart-
ily in making this Canada week a real
feature and success.
The "Bristol Canada Week" is but
the first of a series which will be con -
der the direction of Cana -
red -backed -cutworm, the bertha army- va dian trade and exhibition officials in
s tarts of the Old, Country.
Pale western cutworm and his ally the
worm, the early cutworm, the Color-
ado potato beetle, the imported cab-
bage butterfly, and the root maggot.
They also have a watching brief
against the forest pests, including. the
aphids on maple, willow and. elm, the
spruce spidermilt, the forest tent
caterpillar and the box elder leaf roll-
er and twig borer.
The Publications Branch of the De-
Partment of Agriculture have much
interesting information in bulletin
form dealing with these and other in-
sect pests.
riou
Not only is there a sentimental ap-
peal to the British buyer in connection
with Canadian goods but there has al-
so come an appreciation ot quality
and price.—Issued by th Director of
Publicity, Dom. Department of Agri-
culture, Ottawa, Ont.
Canada's Apple Market
Do people appreciate the extent to
which. Canadian apples now enter
*world markets? The Fruit Branch of
the Dominion Department of Agricul-
ture reports th•"; Canadian apples are
now going to twenty-two world coun-
tries. These include Great Britain,
United States, Australia, Fiji Islands,
Straights Settlement, Cuba, China, the
Hawaiian Islands, Egypt, Denmark,
Sweden, France, South Africa, New
Zealand, South America, Germany,
British West Indies, Norway, New-
foundland, Holland, Belgium and Ar-
gentine.
'While the range of the export mar-
ket has increased during recent years
there has been a falling off in the vol-
ume of exports during the last three
can often follow early crops of let-
tuce, spinach and radish. Do not be
afraid to grow plenty of beets and car-
rots as what cannot be used .during
the summer and fall may be stored
away for the winter and the larger,
coarses ones will be relished by the
chickens, rabbits or other live stock,
•
-HELPING OTHERS like a morning frock, Is illustrated in
To do something for someone else; Style No. 377.
to love the unlovely; to give a hand It is snugly fitted through the waist
to th unattractive; to speak to the by tie strings at back that hold it
uncongenial; to make friends with firmly to the figure, tied in bow at
the poor and folks of lowly degree; centre -back.
to find a niche in the church of the The neckline is unusual in square
Lord, and to do something out of outline at front with rounded collar
sheer love for Hint, to determine in effect at back.
his house to have His mind; to plan It uses a blocked gingham in lovely
to win at least one for the Master, orchid coloring with purple binding.
to aim to redeem past time that is It is designed in small, medium and
lost, to will to let one's light shine, large sizes.
to cut off practices that are sinful It is an excellent type to slip on
and costly; to add the beauty of hole over your "best" frock after return-
ness—this is to make one's. life a ing from. an afternoon bridge game,
thing of beauty and this is to grow in pasaritt oife tlhooesefraonekd. will not crush any
grace, tor growing in grace is simply
,,copying the beautiful life of the alto- Printed pique in red and white with
gether lovely Tne.—Edward F. Heim- red binding is smart.
Youthful Apron
Front Ste dere the Figure
• By
ANNETTE
A most attractive apron that kilts
its skirt at either side to flare the
hems which makes it appear rather
March 30. Lesson Mil—Review—,
John 10: 7,16. Golden Text—Unte
us a child Is bern, unto us a son is
given: and the government shall be.
'upon his shoulder: and his name
shall be called Wonderful, Counsel-
lor, the mighty God; the everlast-
ing father, the Prince of Peace. --e
Isaiah 9: 6,
We have just finished the first haft
of a six months' :muse on the life oe
Jesus. The aim as stated for ue has
included the making of a clear and
Comprehensive study of the gospel of
Matthew; to observe the Messianic
character of this gospel; to observe
the relationship between Jesus min-
istry of mercy and his teaching; to
develop faith in him as God's son; and
to indicate the way to complete Chris-,
tian living. Any one of these aims
offers us a suggestion as to the line we
might take in this review.
May we suggest teat we start in by
recalling the Messianic hope of the
Jews, looking to Isaiah 9: 2-7. What
was the nature of the Messiah they
expected? What did they expect he
would do for them? Why were they
particularly eager for his corning in
the years just prior to Jesus' birth
and during the period of his youth?
Remind them of the longing for de-
liverance that had long been in the
hearts of the Hebrew peaple. Deliver-
ance from what? And to what? What
would the expected one do :or them?
Now here we have the story of
Jesus and his followers claiming that.
he is the Messiah, the Christ, the Ex-
pected One. But does he i-leasurc up
to the expectation of his contemporar-
ies? Does he seem likely to give them
the strong -handed deliverance from
Roman tyranny teLich they so much
desired?
Recall with the group the manner
of his commencement on his career,'
This will require a review of ihe great
messenger of repentance, John the
Baptist. Why did Jesus come to
John's baptism? Get the class to see
again the spirit in which Jesus took
up the leadership of this new cause
by a review of his wilderness exper-
ience. What was the task Jesus saw
before him? How did he undertake
to bring in t.tis kingdom of heaven
which 1.0 declared to be ak hand?
'What do you understand by the king-
dom of God? What is the gospel?
Help the class to realize that the
gospel is the good news of 1/4.* char-
acter and his purpose fo-^ human life.'
It is the news that our God. is a Fa-
ther and that human life finds its free-
dom, its salvation, its triumph in liv-
ing the loving 'ife, the gathering of
God and his children into a great com-
pact of love and good -will. 'Dm w6
see Jesus giving expression to that.
Godeivay of living in his ministries
of mercy on every hand and MC words
of encouragement and rea,ssurance.
"The King Serving!" That was the
spirit of the gospel, and his kingship
implles that same spirit and practice
in all followers. If that under:
low trench and heap sod well up er.
Miss Askedth.—"Why do yon poets
always speak of the moon as silver?"
Mr. Scribbler—"It's because of the
quarters and halves, I suppose."
The .13.13.C. hopes to broadcast the
roar of Niagara Falls. Another na-
tural feature of the American contin-
ent to -which we would gladly listen -in
is the silence of the great open.
spaces.
Yellow and white dotted cotton
broadcloth with plain yellow trim is hi
equally smart. !standing of the gospel had gripped
Chintz, flowered dimity, striped 'the minds and hearts a. thos, who are
radium silk, cotton pongee in pastel
shade and Rayon cotton crepe suitable
for this 'youthful model.
HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS
Write your name and address plain-
ly, giving number and size of such
patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in
stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap
it carefully) for each number, and
address your order to Wilson Pattern
Service, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto,
BORROWED TROUBLES
Do we not know that more than half acter and purpose ef God. Dale s
The furnishing of food supplies to the...British Isles forms, in the aggre-
gate, perhaps the .greatest single factor in international trade—a factor which
has played an inestimably powerful role in. developing the resources not culy
of Canada but of Australia, Argentine, United States, Denmark, New Zealand,
and literally scores of other food-expOrting countries ail over the globe. The
volume ct this commerce is indicated by the fact that Britain annually
consumes over $3,000,000,000 worth of food products, of which three -fifth's are
imported.
A recent issue of the Loadon Statist quotes some highly significant figures
taken from a report, published by the British Ministry of Agriculture. The
figures quoted by the Statist form the basis 'of the accompanying diagram.
Contrasting the period 1906,09 with the period 1924-27, they bring out the
fact that there has been a marked decline in the percentage of Britain'a
food requirements that is met V home production—a decline from 43.3 per
cent. in the pre-war period to 39.3 per cent. in the post-war period. During
the interval Were has been -little or no relative increaSes in the focld imports
tern foreign. countries, but there has. been 9, pronounced gain in the extent
to which Britain's food supplies are being met by imports from Empire
countries.
MUTT AND JEFF— By BUD FISHER
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OOTSIT•E.
rna-
church members what a ti ans or
tion would be wrought, in the world in
a single generation! Consider, for in
stance. what it would mean in 'he field,
of social and industrial relations, in
the question of war or -peace, in our
relation toward people of othe,r races.
Emnhasize the face again tleteChris-
tianity dces not consist merely in be-
lieving crrtain things about God, cor-
rect doctrinal end credal statements.
Who, indeed, has the correct state-,
ment in this realm? Rather it ac -1
ceptin.g the God of Jesus as our God
and entieroniag in oar lives the spirit
which Jesus showed us ta be the cha.r2,
necessary and. previous terror; just that way ana apply that
our trouble is borrowed? Just suP- 7tc;
pose that we could get rid of all =-
suppose that we could be sure of final
victory in every conflict, and final
emergence out of every shadow into
•
Brighter day, how our hearts would
be lightened! How much 'more brave-
ly we should work and fight and
march forward! This is the courage
to which we are entitled- and which
We may find in the thought that God
is with us everywhere.—Henry Van
Dyke.
GREATNESS .
0, it is great, and there is no other
greatness. To make some work of
God's creation a little fruitfuller, bet-
ter, more worthy of God; to
make some human hearts a little
wiser, manfuller, happier, — more
bleased, less accursed—it is a Work
for God.—Thomas Carlyle.
"To borrow money to make more
money is the effective way to save."—
Kathleen Norris. '
Mutt's Lucky It Ain't A Coznmuntation Titket.
spirit and principle of geod ill every-
where? It is a high adventure, but
great souls have tried it and ha1 their
faith Vindicated.
"Tom proposed to me six times ia
two weeks."
"'Whom do you suppose he is prac-
ticing up for?"
Some of the coins in use In the,
South Sea Islands, we read, weigh as..
much as half it pound each.It is al -
moat impossible to avoid earning big
money there.
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21`6 P•C•
391 p -c•
radium silk, cotton pongee in pastel
shade and Rayon cotton crepe suitable
for this 'youthful model.
HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS
Write your name and address plain-
ly, giving number and size of such
patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in
stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap
it carefully) for each number, and
address your order to Wilson Pattern
Service, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto,
BORROWED TROUBLES
Do we not know that more than half acter and purpose ef God. Dale s
The furnishing of food supplies to the...British Isles forms, in the aggre-
gate, perhaps the .greatest single factor in international trade—a factor which
has played an inestimably powerful role in. developing the resources not culy
of Canada but of Australia, Argentine, United States, Denmark, New Zealand,
and literally scores of other food-expOrting countries ail over the globe. The
volume ct this commerce is indicated by the fact that Britain annually
consumes over $3,000,000,000 worth of food products, of which three -fifth's are
imported.
A recent issue of the Loadon Statist quotes some highly significant figures
taken from a report, published by the British Ministry of Agriculture. The
figures quoted by the Statist form the basis 'of the accompanying diagram.
Contrasting the period 1906,09 with the period 1924-27, they bring out the
fact that there has been a marked decline in the percentage of Britain'a
food requirements that is met V home production—a decline from 43.3 per
cent. in the pre-war period to 39.3 per cent. in the post-war period. During
the interval Were has been -little or no relative increaSes in the focld imports
tern foreign. countries, but there has. been 9, pronounced gain in the extent
to which Britain's food supplies are being met by imports from Empire
countries.
MUTT AND JEFF— By BUD FISHER
TELL "Me WOW.l'MAT A. tifon'T cLese. Kmor F*614T•toor
CHALLENGES PRIMO COMW€RA flOR.Th :Me 3ttE
MT—
RIPPoPorfrimus IcKfimPtoNstoP Dom. Attb'Fisfetastk
oc woRcb: mtrT4die: rROPA
niG
OOTSIT•E.
rna-
church members what a ti ans or
tion would be wrought, in the world in
a single generation! Consider, for in
stance. what it would mean in 'he field,
of social and industrial relations, in
the question of war or -peace, in our
relation toward people of othe,r races.
Emnhasize the face again tleteChris-
tianity dces not consist merely in be-
lieving crrtain things about God, cor-
rect doctrinal end credal statements.
Who, indeed, has the correct state-,
ment in this realm? Rather it ac -1
ceptin.g the God of Jesus as our God
and entieroniag in oar lives the spirit
which Jesus showed us ta be the cha.r2,
necessary and. previous terror; just that way ana apply that
our trouble is borrowed? Just suP- 7tc;
pose that we could get rid of all =-
suppose that we could be sure of final
victory in every conflict, and final
emergence out of every shadow into
•
Brighter day, how our hearts would
be lightened! How much 'more brave-
ly we should work and fight and
march forward! This is the courage
to which we are entitled- and which
We may find in the thought that God
is with us everywhere.—Henry Van
Dyke.
GREATNESS .
0, it is great, and there is no other
greatness. To make some work of
God's creation a little fruitfuller, bet-
ter, more worthy of God; to
make some human hearts a little
wiser, manfuller, happier, — more
bleased, less accursed—it is a Work
for God.—Thomas Carlyle.
"To borrow money to make more
money is the effective way to save."—
Kathleen Norris. '
Mutt's Lucky It Ain't A Coznmuntation Titket.
spirit and principle of geod ill every-
where? It is a high adventure, but
great souls have tried it and ha1 their
faith Vindicated.
"Tom proposed to me six times ia
two weeks."
"'Whom do you suppose he is prac-
ticing up for?"
Some of the coins in use In the,
South Sea Islands, we read, weigh as..
much as half it pound each.It is al -
moat impossible to avoid earning big
money there.
4iEtEgs4:itt.
Potoops.„ ts tfiari
FEET-
--Ata. wEPAks
,Numeeft
,I8 SNcEs.
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