Zurich Herald, 1924-06-26, Page 7Addreae communications to Agrono
.SUMIXER CARE OF' YOUR HORSE
More mer, fail in the care of theii during the hot weather than
at any other time pf the year. We
irav gathered together a number of
eug'geetions which will be found to
be valuable for the benefit of your
Horse, and your pocket, during the
hot summer seasoe. Remember that
cleanliness 'always travels side by side
with ` kindness:
The horse, like yourself, is subject
to the troubles, diseases and pains of
life. Therefore, be merciful.
GENBRAL RU�s.
1, A clean stable. No manure
should be allowed to gather. The
�eleanor you keep the :stable the better
for the horse and yourself.
2. Screens on doors and windows.
Plenty of fresh air (most important)
can thus circulate; and•flies can be
'sept from your `horse.
3. Sponge your , home. oftenest
where he sweats the most. Rub him
dry. Fluffy towels are good and cheap.
Do riot use the hose on your horse.
4. Cleanse eyes and nostrils, and
occasionally the ears.
5. You cannot be too careful of the
hoofs. Never allowyourselfto leave
the stable at night without thoroughly.
Cleaning the lower portions of the' legs
and fetlocks. Where clay can:easily.
e obtained,. it. will pay to pack the.
hoofs at least three - times. a . week,
airing the clay into a stiff
paste:.
6.
Watch
tli.
e
shoulders. da
1 as
If,
while
1
working your horse;. you find the
shoulders getting sore, far better for
the horse, and yourself, to stop work
ing for a half hour
Qat, 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto
, moistened, and add a little salt or
r sugar.
m
WHAT IS A BALANCED RATION?
Tho balanced ration idea is 'abo
twenty-five years old. That Is, •
talk of balanced rations was a corn
paratively new thing among farmo
of twenty -Ave years ago, and it mea
at that time, that a certain percentag
of protein, carbohydrates and fa
must prevail In the ration to make
balance, Too mach protein woul
,cause the animal to grow muscle an
frame or give milk, at the expense o
flesh,' and too great' a proportion o
carbohydrates and fat would product
fat at the cost of growth.
The world keeps moving on, we li.
and. learnt and our ideas change
they are influenced by the informatio
we take on. We have learned th
there are many things essential to th
well -being -ani normal, development o
air -animal besides protein, carbo-
hydrates and, fat.' We hear a gree
deal. •these, days about minerals in the
ration, and the newest thing we talk
about in .connection with proper food
is :vitamines. We • all understand what
minerals are and can readily see the
connection between lime, phosphate,
and salt, and strong bones, vigorous
constitution and good digestion.
But thesevitaniines, what are they?
What do they look like? Where do
you get them? One needs a good
magination ' and
a little
s'
ci
en'
knowledgew
t
rix
e
to comprehend.: them.. But
they have always been prevalent in
ut
the
rs
mean
t,
it
d
f
f
e
ve
a
n
at
e
E
o-
t
d
greater or lesser degree In the live
rub down the stock foods of the farm..
shoulders and apply the, following For all practical purposes we ma
hardening lotion: consider them, along with minerals
Tannic acid 1%oz., powders I
2 oz e . b 1' •d alum as some of the "other things" that ar
ar o is acid 1: dr., water 1 ` qt.
(I saw a span of horses last year
that had been working on';railroad
construction for seven years, and had
not been laid, off for longer than two
hours during that time on account of
sore shoulders. The owner .always' had
u
a jug of the above lotion right on the
job and kept his horses in condition
in the manner as advised in this
Article.)
7. Occasionally, during the day,
sponge the head, neck and eyes.
8. Do ;not fasten' a sponge on top
f h
S'
essential to make a perfectly e
p etly balanced
ration.. • We understand then, that a
balanced ration means a ration that
contains, in correct proportions, all
the .elements that go to build up a per-
fect animal body, keep it in perfect
health, and functioning '
ening after the man-
ner of its kind. The horse must pro-
duce
energy, the cow, milk, the sheep,
wool .and mutton;, the hog and the
steer;meat, and if the ration. is thor-
oughly and completely balanced, they
will do • these things:in a creditable
manner and at the same time keep
o t e head, eodess you keep it: wet physically - fit, Providing, of course,
9. The' straw bonnet is of some ser -that' such ; action
voce, if .then is not made rohi-I
e are vent•!' t P
ation .holes . bitive by conditions of heredity,. or
through the sides.;If the holes are' disease with which the ration
not there, the use of the bonnet ins thin in commo has no -
creases the temperature at the topThere are a g.
•of ' the head, _ just where. it . is great.manyg combine-
wanted. least tions of minerals that are good, from c
10." Give •your horse small quanti.. ana. dl sal ain home to. thoselthat
of ewood ashes of
ties of water many times during the, ,by others and acedaon are prepared
day. P the market b
X1: When your $5.00 or more per hundred' ounds.
horse comesr, o
.3n from lat
A very efficient � .
a days work in the hot sun I be and easily post no
give him! mixture may prepared on most any. no
a chance to "cool off" before putting' farm by combining w
him into the stable, andhim'g : orod ashes, barrel fr
give salt and rock,.. bone acid phosphate it
plenty of . water in small quantities, that comes in the fertilizer sack.
Then put him into the stable and feed. self -feeder offers a convenient w off tgr
o
The above is a particularly helpful ' feeding them,and it onlytakeswait little go
method during the hot humid weather, I to go a lonway.
a g
such as was experienced in this coun- I The leafy portions of clover,ata
try for some days Iast summer. If and other leguminous alralfa or
you fail to treat ,hays and grass- we
your horse, as just I es are rich in the :life-giving and is
advised, he is liable to start. out tired health -promoting vitamins. Bright,
the following morning and may col- clear hay in winter, and fresh w
lapse before the day's work is done. in summer aro as essentialforage whe
12. Give your horse a chance to- roll. fare of our domestic animals,so the whe and
It is oftentimes better than a dose of hogs and the hens, as are von the and
medicine- for him. : trated grains. Theyandconcert- mi
13. If your horse the minerals
is off . his wer f ar '
e e
e needed e
n d to-•
'round n
d
gut '
• 'vothe heration
g1 him
a few carrots, or a bunch of and to satisfy the animal's natural ap- trost accurate bal- T
ee
clover, .then two quarts of crushed petite, which is the r'
oats mixed with a little bran and, ancer of the ration.
This swimmer is wearing his newly devised swimmin cap fitted
glass • coverings for the eyes and which also covers nosedr fitted with
• and cols,
How T
. o Hing, y • Pictures
.BY DOROTHY ARNOLD.
"Pictures are for art museums not Pict
for the walls of a house," a prominent lotion to are best hung In direct re-
for
then alts of a pieces of furniture Tor archi-
recently, Such a .tectur
zal features. A largo picture fits
statement draws instant p1•otest from °in well , over a mantelpiece
us,, for how uninteresting our rooms sofa:whicsa overw a
l
would be without the relief of .:plc- space. h stands acture ;a large wail
S
,, rSmaller
tu_pictures r
ButP ta.
whenare
we c good
consider the sic- Mang over.. a desl�, a table or over.
tures on some' walls, we see his point, chairs, Very small ones
for a -room "full of pictures" means a inn group, close together may. behung
cluttered and varied assortment of wall space shows betweenen th m. and so
shapes, sizes, colors and • subjects un- that if bounding them. and
related to each other or to anything about the outside of ethewere drathe
wn.
else in the room. lines would be horizontal and vertical.
A good rule is not to purchase a Diagonal' lines are to.. be avoided
icture until we are sure .just where cause we see thein beforesbe-
is to go. and how it will look in thing hunge any-
itn
g else. If a' picture- is on
that place. Most of us, however, have a 'single. wire, running diagonally
pictures on hand, inherited or given the hook,. our • eyes' are :unconsciously toy
to us. Those should be hung which drawn direct! ousis
"fit in"; theY to that hook:
others putISo itis
away. This better, if the picture is too heavy to
sometimes takes courage but after all hang from a nail back of. it, to draw
our homes are.ours t a wire
through th
e
screw Verr w
ofteni
e
Very we come upon pictures ing a small loopyes, mak-
which we wish to. have framed, Many] each loopat each endand
popular magazines print fullpage:` that the over a separate. hook- e ,
wires run parallel.. Pictures,
pictures lovely in subject and color, hung in 'ateias are no good for
and very suitable for framing. Bright,, same reason: the
gay covers from fashion magazines Very small ict"
make delightful pictures for bedrooms which cannotP "res, the subjects of
and there are photographs which we should be hung be aover aeen a ct desk w ew 8y,
wish" to preserve by framing. i they will always be looked here
A narrow moulding of wood in old- , short distance, or theymay at from a
gold finish makes the best possible' upon a book case, or' on: a table aga3
frame for. color prints. It is good to! the wall, where they may be
omit the mat and. to have, tha.„frame. gieekee,,,i Y easily
co
wanted. close to the picture. Prints ' P +rvd a raxnined:
photographs in sepia or: grey and
""'^
white are good in narrow frames of �'"Y a ,Ripsaw f>�utfi$*
town or grey wood.. These should_be • s h
f about thecolor of the•next to the ten' ll former should ofd •have one
rkest spots in the picture. Black is i Often` narrow strips withboard are
t so pretty as it detracts too much i needed; to. rip them a handsaw
om the picture, something 1 from a board is slow and tiresome
which the, work. To Make a trip to. town every
an must never do. For photo-! time sone are needed takes tinie and
aphs, a. mat may be used or the sic- !the cast is. high; you can bu
re framed up' close. Most . photo -;y the saw,
gr are best in frames wth a'ofa few pieces already
bearis,ripp d the price
nd placed: upon a table, bookcase, 1dealers' present priceripped out, at
bureau rather than hung upon they Make a substantia frame from
11. An accumulation of photographs 1 2x3 -size lumber, spiked` or bolted' to -
not in happy choice, I shall never I gether,' with braces of boards' nailed
rget a house in which I once lived on; from the junk dealer:
re the walls were covered with I a suitable' ahaft and you can get
dreds of photographs of friends, belt bearings b with
relatives. Clustered about the matter
o fl' dollar
saw will cost but a
mat
tai
of
mix d
ox in ell
o air
one or
be s '
bedroom a
m alone' there fiVe_inch, size, for one. of
ro thirty-six of all shapes and sizes! iis large enough.
Y P Fasten:thebearing
effect was almostnights;
•• to the f
that of _1rants
a night bolts'or` lag fvith.
re, screws, cover the top of
he' manner in which pictures aro I the frame with boards,, allowing an
i opening between theni for the saw. A
g can mar or make the looks and
"fee
be
a room. They.should never strip of aoocl, can be used for a gauge,
1” ofg
a : onehaving :holes bored in top .
notices pictures l boards e.
P tel
.be
ally from a seated 1 in which to insert bolts of gauges
position, P this
For
0
we•
2
p a
Amu
"�small a
bn
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taken1
gasoline so i
into lne
co g e
aside • engine
xa ne
consideration. g
will w ell,
xt
P or
d
rule,if
isyou
tou
h
establish a line di- have -electric
Iy opposite the eyes when fine is power a; quarter -horse motor will
ing, and too hang all piotints so
this imaginary lin will ' pass
ugh their centres. This brings
into the line of vision front all
of the room whether one is seat
1o>e ducat
"The Chitties First SohoGPt .re the aenerrie•••rw ieeoe
"Caparisons' Are !(opens" Ey Edith Locbrldg
chid should be taught to be
honest!
Clifford dielxkes hie cousin. Frank 1
in fact the dislike almost amounts t
hate -.-and the only reason is that eve
since the two boys were old enough
distinguish right 'from wrong' Fran'
has been held up as a "shining e.:
ample of behavior,
"Prank rank wouldn't sit down in the
dirt with his best clothes on," is the
way Clifford is reprimanded for his
carelessness, "Frank doesn't take' such
big bites of food," Is offered as an
incentive toward good table nxanners.
The truth is that Frank is natur-
ally disposed to be neat, His temper+;
ament is entirely unlike Clifford's tied
it isn't an effort for him to be clean
and polite. Clifford has many good
wholesome qualities, but he is httsky
and decidedly toylike, an altogether
different make-up, But these thinge.
are not taken into consideration by
his mother
There is just one reason why . a
child should be asked or expected to
act in a certain way or follow a given
line of conduct,. and that Is because
such a course of action is right and
•proper, not because some other child
does thus and so, If you are going
to set up an ideal for a child to attain
be sure the ideal is infallible. He will
not reach this perfection of course, as
no human being ever does, but it will
be worth striving for. He• should be
inspired'with an inward eonsclousnese
of right and not directed to act like
some other child.
.lulia's mother wag
very much
crushed one day to find that herr small
daughter had stolen. a bag o f popcorn
from
the.,
peddler!g�.wagori.
"'few could you do such. a thing`
and make your flother feel so bad?"
oibeeause stealing is wrong and net lis'
ca{ise >7t maires another feel bad.
to
°Betty tock a bag first," said Julia'
k defending Herself,
ex
"That''s .no excuse for you, my deal;
you can't take things that belong te.
someone else even if your friend does,'
"But mother, you always tell m
Betty is so nice and quiet and good
to her .baby sister, so now why r on;S
you put the flame on Betty?"
Can you wonder: that Julia showed
ibis resentment?
This ease illustrates . the fallacyof
holding another child up as an ideal
of behavior, Perhaps Jack does keep
his hands clean but he may be de-
plorably deceitful. Suppose Mildred
does go to bed without pouting and
picks up her, playthings without being'
told, she may be a very disagreeable,
selfish little •girl when she plays with
other children, So beware of holding
Mildred up to your little Mary as an
ideal, ':for Mary knows all about Mil •
dred's faults. It all conies back to
what Julia insinuated to her mother;
about Betty, that If an ideal is. see
up it should.be followed In all points
—and yet there never was a child so
perfect that you could say you wanted
your .child to be like him in every
y
h
was the..first reprimand Julia received
eaped+.
The only safe way, . then, is to -come
neat : favorably on the good traits
our own child possesses, and by thee'
treseltng hia best natural character -
atlas, inspire him to develop • other
ood ones, not because some playmates
as these, qualities, but beetles() thay''r
appeal to him as desirable. .And,1
whenever you are tempted 'ta' set up
shining examples" before your chip!
Come.
'for this misdeed. --a remark ,which in'Oren, remember the old saying, "
Itself was very bad psycholo A } orf yig'
gy p sons are odious".
Handles Natural. Swarms.
To facilitate the handling of na-
tural swarms, clip the wings of all
laying queens early in the season,
preferably during the first honey flaw.
Clipping the queen's wings does not
;stop the colony` from swarming but
prevents the queen leaving with the
swarm, which will return as soon as
the bees realize that the queen,Is not
with .them. When the swarm issues,
the,'queen will usually be found. on the
ground in front of. the hive. Place
her in a small box or cage and while
the swarm is in the air move the old
hive from its stand, replacing it with
a : new hive fitted with empty drawn
comb or foundation. Over the new
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THE CHILDREN'S "
HOUR
_-...rte.
LA'6TDAY'OI'SG O L,IN
WOODLAND.
Only four days more before'the last.
day of school. Hurray l Hurray!"
sang Jimmie Fox.
"`Yee. Hip! Hip! Hurray?" an8wer-
ed Jackie Rabbit. "School's been line,
but I'll be glad for vacation, too,"
"Wish we could have a picnic like
the boys and girls over in Frog Hol-
low did," wistfully spoke little Fanny
Fox, d
hive place •a queeh excluder and on "Let's ask `teacher: Maybe he'll let
ced top of this, all the supers from us " theyall
the , chimed iii..
nst old hive The' swarm will return to f When the plea was put to Teacher
'the new hive and as the+I±e be wr'
bees .enter � inkled, up 'his.- Zone etrag-.
the queen can be released among them f gly eyebrows, peeped over the top of
at the entrance. I his glasses at the :; group, and con -
To prevent after -swarms, the combs sented.
in the old, or parent colony should be! So that was how on this bright sun -
examined at once, all queen cells .de-' ny day all the little animal boys and
stroyed, and a young laying queen girls ef Woodland happened to be by,
introduced. If queens are available. the big lake in the woods,one . ,with their,
cell. leave The parent capped colod ny one uncapped i lunch baskets packed' full of so many
o y is' left stand. , g° • Everyone was ready for a .
ing by the side of the new hive but l good time, and that's what they had;
with its : entrance facing at right "Let's play train," suggested little
angles to that of the new. Turn the Jennie Squirrel:
parent colony a little each day so that "Tell. us how," asked all her
in play-
• I
out six days its entrance will be, mates. .
"It's easy and lots of inn," she said.
"First we'll all get in a circle and Pit
choose Sandy Squirrel, Fanny Fine
and let's see Willy Woodchuek, It
guess—to be the `engines'.
r
'engine' ,
tWlinIsa
o each y g , ch engine musft
•
SHEEP. _'
During:hot weather and fly timd in
glimmer all animals do better with
0
d shade in the
pasture: Trees and
ilio
rush may afford that shade.
But in
he
absence of natural shade, it is
well t , provide some kind' of cheap
artificial shade. Such may be built
gl poles and covered with brush, straw
' any rough: material that will keep:
ori the hot sun.
With ns, from the middle tothe last
of summer, nose flies bother our sheep
intolerably, causing the animale :to
fight the pest and seek shelter whey
they can hide their noses, This •fly is
eotive and aggressive from late morn -
mg ''till early evening, during which
time the sheep are so severely tor-
enented that they do not attempt to
groae in the open pasture.
"ring severe fly: time in het sum-
mer sheep without adequate shade or
shelter• from . the files lose flesh and
become unthrifty. Ewes with late
Iambs not yet weaned drop in their
milk flow,• hence their lambs are.
stunted.
When nose flies and other flies are
t?ad in late summer our sheep graze
Only in late evening°, at night and
very early in the morning. But if un-
protected from tiro insect pests, they
lose flesh.
'Io- melte life comfer•table for the
well'. durixtg fly title we have pro-
vided for them a cool, darkened shed
ap the north side of a larger building',
The .doors and windows of this shed
are 1'
co
d
� for r
the s
umni
ex
with
bur-
y
l
halt''
ap, ing the interior quite dark.
Flies' will not follow the animals into
the•darkened room, honed the Animals
rest in peace during the heat: oft he
day. We also have a low room in the
middle of the general.barn, always in,
semi
daxkn
ass, which the sheep like - to
use during the heat of the summer
day when flies are " too aggressive.
When n furnished a dark roomagainstthe ;fles, both ewes and Iambs thrive.
+
Concrete Facts.
The common practice is to use old
lumber for building concrete forms.
Many buy new, seasoned lumber and
use this with a view to using it again
in building the structure above when
the walla have been completed.
But when the lumber is to serve no
eI other immediate purpose after the
wails !lave set, green lumber is,
many respects, better than,cured lu
bor. All' wood absorbs; some wat
when used in this way and if d
boards are nailed tight and then
lowed to absorb water from the co
crete they will buckle and warp,
Green lumber, since it is already im
pregnated with an above -normal su
ply of moisture, will draw Ines fro
the 'concrete, and board.dimension
will remain practically unchanged.
Before tearing off the forms in col
Weather, remove one or two board
first and then apply hot water, If th
water is'colored or if •rapid erasiontakes place it is a sign that the con
Crete has not set but is frozen. If the
forms are then removed, thawing
would ruin the wall. Hut if the forms
are left until the wall has thawed
and then set, the concrete, though of
an inferior quality, will usually give
service.
When concrete to
work ,
i s e
during
ecarried
a
n
freezing weather,
8' either use
hot water and pour the mortar. quick-
ly, or heat the sand and;cement before
Mixing. If the concrete is more than
100 deg, F. when placed it will set
before feezitig, ij, E. V4I,.
in
ixi-
er
ral
n-
p
om
a
s
e
n
hun
"fe
beh
!nos
slip
A00
g
rec
stand
that
thro
them
parts
ed or not. I worth every time th s
t
the saw through inch boards and rip
up a lot in a hurry. Try: oxie;. you
ma
will wonder why you did not make
before: it
Some people grieve two dollar '
they 1 ose a dollar,
\ 1
A sett handful for the girls who hold diem, these fiery pups may prove
a tough handful later for the driver of the Chateau lerontena c : d
Moxtntie, the fatuous leader of the debg
team.
popular leant, is the Father, of this s!1, qt
ttttetand four.beside, Wabsla, enother member of the team, elle a notner of them, Beauvais will give themtheir tiPet less�ns at t�teldc next winter,
rf log being their drat load.
facing in the same direction as the
new hive. On the ninth or tenth day,.
when the bees are flying freely, move
the parent colony to a new location,
this will cause all the workers to un-
ite with the swarm.
If by accident a swarm issues with 8'o up to some on in the circle and
a flying queen, it will usually cluster! make a noise like an engine. Toot!!
on some nearby tree or bush, After' Toot! . To-oo. The one he faces must'
the bees are all settled, the limb on da. the same and then turn$ and
which they cluster can be cut .off and! `hitches en' to the engine and is the'
the swarm carried and shaken down! first coach of the train. Each engine'
in front of a hive prepared for it, or t keeps on doing this until. there is a
it can be returned to the hive fom!Iong-string of cars behind."
which it issued, first destro I "Teacher Fox cal n be
a conductor, t
ya or
g due ante
queen
cells. The
oldaboard'
queenwhen he
sas
al
so tall
sh
0
ul
deach
be killedp
>.
train,
and the colony requeened ten' starts for the big oak that® by the
days later with a young Iaying queen.) lake. The first train to Arrive with
--C. B. Gooderham, Dominion Apia.
ist.
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tu
ori
b
0
ins
irlx
. qu
inc
pa
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tett
ono
the
deg
aril
Loss of Milk.
all itspassengers wins,"
"A fine game, won't that be fun?'R,
they all shouted.
What fun they all had playing train
In an experimentconducted by the and trying to see which train could be
airy Dept. of the Ontario Agricui- the first one to the station.
ural College to find the Ioss in weight, I But ' it wasn't longg before they
any, In the process of pasteurizing found
oundY tcalled es very
yll together Teach.,
ilk, the following conclusions have gethe'r am
be
reached; how•good that picnic lunch did taste
1. In commercial work probably I —heaps better than when' at school.,
ver one per cent. of the weight of After lunch they played some more
'lk heated and cooled is lost when games and each one got home just in.
o pasturized milk is placed in cane.' time for supper, Evry little boy and;
2. On the average,:about thirty- � irliiinstWood a d thou hem they
ehad
arts and one pint of bottled milk I t
y be obtained fl`om 100 lbs. of • "Pm awfully sorry this is the last
steixraed milk, lay of school," said little Winn*,
3. From 100 lbs. of raw milk about, Woodchuck to Teacher Fox. "Now;
rty-seven quarts of bottled, pas- I we'll have to wait .a whole year before
rized milk may bo exsected, we can have 'the last day'_again."
. The volume iif crea ti which rises
the, milk decreases with a rise in; rises, �1--'1',7'''\
heating temperature above 142 The generator on a flivver showeti
g• 1{',, when pasteurized for the cityi iso charge until the car had been drl
It trade.
van forat1
least
eas five miles. Then ap.r
aA ... - I psrently it worked all right, The.
Old stovepipes make excellent cat armature was cleaned and the genet,
guards for small trees and poles,' ator tested without discovering anere
Open the seam, put the pipe around. thing wrong, yet:the trouble Persisrt.'
the tree and their olanip the seam to -1 ed. The brushes appeared all right
gether again. For larger, trees two: but finally a new set was installed
pipes can bo need. The pipe should, and the trouble disappeared.
extend
about five
feet
from Over' .
t oil,
the n a
fthe
�'" generate' atoi'
ground. No cat can get over this, ' the oil to collect on gthe cornriiutu�e
tor
from where it worsts onto the br sh t.
This has the effect u es,
t of insulating the.
surface of the brushes until. thec
:: •.
tonal heat' ofIrl
the running ge�erataX'
has had time to melt and break down
the oil film and the brush again ac•
quires its to1i1ncting prespertle,,.
In burning rubbish out 'of doors,
keep the fires a safe distance from
buildings, and never : light tires on
windy . days, Two serious fires were
recently started in our neighborhood
by burning betide C, P. S.