Zurich Herald, 1925-03-26, Page 6.aregs,
Addreea communications to Afironoinlst, 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronts
'REPAIR TOOLS ON THE FARM.
"Man without tools he is Nothing,
With tools he is all." ---Carlyle.
Forty years of observation leads
Inc to believe that the average farm
is poorly equipped With repair tools.
Not as much es a good esharp axe
can be found on some farms. If I'
could have but one tool I would choose
the axe, The first tool used by man
was an axe made of stone; it is the
fundamental tool.
In grandfather's day, a set of farm
implements consisted of plow, spike -
tooth -drag, wagon, harness, and a few
hand -tools, as rakes, forks, hoes, and
:scythes. So about the only repair
tools required were an axe, monkey -
wrench, jack-knife, a chisel, a brace
and bits.
With the present-day implement
equipment, which may include trac-
tors, motor trucks, automobiles, wind-
mills., gangplows, disc -harrows,
plan
t
,is, drills,binders, buskers, aid
threshers, it stands one in hand to
have good facilities for making snack
and inexpensive repairs.
We all know of men who spend
many a half-day every summer going
to and from town and paying someone
a dollar at hour on repair work, that
they could do themselves at home in
half the time that they spent on the
road, if they had tools with which to
do the work.
Tools most needed are axe, pocket
knife, monkey -wrench, claw -hammer,
hand saw, steel square, cold chisel,
files, screw -driver, wire pliers, punch-
es, jack -plane, draw -shave, wood
chisels, brace and bits, a grindstone or
emery wheel, two saw -horses, and a
work -bench with vise attached.
The most useful and economical vise
for farm use is a regular blacksmith's
vise. Small cast-iron vises are too
fragile to be of much use.
Outside of work -bench and saw-
horses, which one can make for him-
self, the cost of the above mentioned
tools is about $25 at present prices.
Six per cent. interest on the above
cost is11.50 per year. Saving of a
half clay in a busy season more than
pays it.
The more mechanically inclined
farmer might add to the above list
such tools as, forge, anvil, drill -press,
hack -saw, pipe wrenches, jack -screws,
taps and dies, spirit level, trowels,
soldering outfit, and cobbler's outfit.
A certain amount of raw materials
for repair work is as essential as
tools. Inch boards, 2x2, 4x4, 2x6 and
frequent use.
scantlings 2x8 sea areoffre t
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Nails, from carpet tacks to six-inch
spikes, but mostly 8d. size. Srews,
rivets, bolts, nuts, washers, wire and
hoop -iron. Paints, linseed oil, turpen-
tine, putty and glue.
Farmers need to bear in mind that
city wages are excessively high when
compared with his own, so that it is
good business on his part to do his
own repair work in so far as possible,
so that he may retain those high wages
for himself. Farmers are obtaining
fail_ prices for their products, but
have to pay too much fox what they
buy.—A. N. Clark.
0............ . beautiful varieties, that have been in
� LIA CUL ,� YRE I cultivation for a fele years, at very
moderate cost.—Can. Hort. Council.
POULTRY.
It is a serious mistake to crowd
noblest of garden flowers. Those who poultry of any age into quarters too
have not been keeping in touch with small for their comfort and well -
the development of this flower would being; The results of crowding young
be amazed at the shades, form and chicks are particularly far reaching,
size. of the modern dahlia. It is because next year's income depends
doubtful if any flower can surpass the largely on the pullets to be raised this
dahlia in these characteristics. With coming summer.
proper culture one can have dahlias In estimating the capacity of colony
blooming from the latter part of July brooder houses it is well to allow one
until well into October. The rapidity square foot of floor space for each
of introduction of new and improved three chicks when it is desired. that
varieties in recent years is a revels- i the chicks have optimum conditions.
tion to amateur and .professional On this basis the' house will be large
alike. So well has this I ,g. care of the' pullets
gardeners ,enoubh to. take c xp s
flower advanced that a .test plot for that are to be raised. to .laying age,
it has been'established at Mimieo,
Ontario, under the supervision of the
Canadian Horticultural Council.
These grounds will be used for trying available brooder house capacity just
out different methods of culture as as closely as possible. Often it may
well as the proving of new varieties be advisable to put an extra fifty
with a view to registration. chicks in some house rather than to
The dahlia requires a rich soil, well operate an additional coal stove.
prepared, and one that will not only
retain moisture, but also drain quick-
ly at times of excessive rainfall. In flocks so large as to average more
clay soils it is recommended that coal than five chicks to each square foot
ashes be thoroughly mixed in to help of floor space.
the drainage. It is a mistake•to plant
each year the whole clump of roots
from a plant of the previous season.
The individual tubers of the clump
should be used as separate plants. It
is well to select the strongest and
best of these. Each tuber should be
cut from the group with a sharp knife,
being careful to see that a piece of the
crown or eye is present. It is the
eyes, as in potatoes, that produce the
sprouts and the new plants.
Another system of starting the
plants is by the use of cuttings. The improvement if possible, of quality. It
group should be started into growth will be noticed that a cablegram in
at the beginning of March in a green- 'Yue daily paper recently announced
house or warm window. As soon ,as that 150 head, averaging over
the young sprouts have three pairs of 1,200 lbs., the first shipment in 25
leaves, cut just below the second pair years, had arrived at a French port,
and place- in a two-inch pot, using a and was thought to mean a continua -
compost of equal parts of loam and tion of such consignments. Apropos
sand. When the cuttings have filled of this the following comment in the
the pots with roots, they should be January market report of the Dolnin-
removed into four -inch pots, where ion Live Stock Branch becomes, of spe-
they may remain until it is time to tial interest:
plant them out after danger of frost "Lord Vestey in giving evidence be -
has passsed. The soil, when removed fore the British Commission ,on food
from the pot, should not be disturbed prides stated that during 1924 the
but planted in a hole carefully pre profits made by his company on their
pared for it. Argentine shipments of meat was less
The dahlia requires plenty of room. than 50c per hundred. Heavy handling
Rows three feet apart, and the plants • ap laborSir Edward reVmaitey,nlybrres ell -
to
three feet apart in the rows, is close
enough. When planting, it is well to Lord Vestey, said that during the last
cover the tubers with sand to prevent six months of the year their profits
rotting. A handful of sheep manure were practically nil. Referring to
and a springling of bonemeal placed 1 the present high prices of beef, it was
in the bottom of the hole and mixed' given as a reason that the Continent
with the soil that is used for filling in, I is now taking very large quantities
will bring on a plant rapidly. It is, equal to about 1,250,000 cattle during
eve:1 to drive a stake beside the plant' 1924. This has created a shortage
at the time of planting. This will be. and low average prices are not :ex -
needed to support the plant later an.Fpected.
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The dahlia has become one of the
provided the young cockerels are sold
as broilers.
Hatches should be planned to fit the
Under no circumstances, however,
should young chicks be started in
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Shipments of Argentine
Cattle.
Although without a doubt exporta-
tion of live cattle to Europe from the
Argentine is bound to have some ef-
fect on the market, it need have no
marked discouragement on Canadian
shipments. It does, however, indicate
that for the future we must look for
keener competition, which can be over-
come only by steady maintenance, and
I'he dahlia plant should produce butt
one stent.. If more than one comes !
tip, leave the strongest and cut the
others off. If exhibition blooms are
wanted, disbud every second slicot the
whore length of the stem, Careful
watering i The at..s ug is essent al. .Che ground
should never be allowed to dry out.
During the growing period occasional
dressings e:f sheep manure and bone -
Neel <<rell i,fforked in, will :ensure lux-
uiant growth. 'These fertilizers should
be kept a few ° inches away front the
t:.,ie of the plant. The, dahlia, in
its i l ,,: •t modern form may be regard -
,1 as to aristocrat of the flower king-
(lone
ing-f osis. One can pay long prices for
the siker creations or sr- re very
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Getting Rid of Weeds.
The way to get r.cl of weeds in
small grain, hay and pasture fields is
to get rid of thein in the seed supply.
That Is, sow only clean seed.
find
it.happens that you i d
yourself forced to rise seed with a lot
of weed seeds in it, and in that case,
the thing to do is to get the weeds
out by screening. There are seed
graders onthe market that will take
out mustard, buekhorn,. etc, These
graders do not cost a great deal, and
one will pay for itself in a year or so.
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Brake Tests Should Be Made.
Always test your brakes when start-
ing, and have tbein inspected frequent-
ly,
'A,. SMALL BRICK 'AND TILE HOME
DESIGNED D W, '�!t', PURDY.
The use of brick and tile in the
construction of the small home is
becoming more popular every'.
year. It makes a warm house in
winter and cool one in summer,
at oftentimes a cost not exceeding
ten per cent more than a' well -
constructed frame house,
The home here shown was
planned for an tomer who desired
the above construction, simple de-
sign, and a minimum cost. ` Care-
ful study of the floor plan will re-
veal a number of interesting fea-
tures and will show that'the plan
has been carefully studied with a
view to eliminating waste room,
each room serving a two -fold Pur-
pose.
The entrance is direct into a
sun -room, off of which is a closet
large enough for bed and dressing
room. The living room is a comp-
hination living and dining room.
The fireplace has been omitted and
.. built-in seat with china clip-
boards placed across the end. The,
kitchen, while small, is ;large
enough to provide the necessary
space for cupboards, sink and
range, as well as built-in pullman
set. The refrigerator is located in
the small entry and can be filled"
without going into the kitchen.
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The rear bedroom has a good
stied wardrobe which can be used
for closet :bed if desired. The
stairway 'leads to the second floor
Were one fair sized chamber has
b oh shown to be finished, togeth-
er`?with an equal amount of stor-
age space. If desired, too, the
large bedroom on the first floor
Obe used as a dining room and
the storage space on the second
floor be turned into an extra bed-
room.
The basement contains the usual
laundry, furance room, etc. Using
hardwood floors with hardwood
trim in the living room, pine to
paint in the bedrooms, it is esti-
mated that this home can be buil'.
as described, exclusive of heatip g
and plumbing, for from T3,500 to"$4,500.
APRIL FOOLS HOLD A PARTY
BY BEATRICE :PLUMB.
April Fool's Day is the jolliest the last game play Nuts to the Nuts.
twenty-four hours of the year. It's Each one is'given a paper sack con -
then that laughter is contagious. tail -ling twenty peanuts. On the floor,
What an ideal time for your party!• about twenty feet away, -is another,
This verse will make a good invitation lsack,. empty. The prize, a walnut, is
printed on foolscap paper in red ink awarded' to the one who, first eats all
and folded into neat dunces' caps his peanuts. A journey.mtist be made
They say there's one born .every
minute—
Don't know how much of truth there's
in its
Next Wednesday night we'll have a
party—
An April Fools' 1—and here's a hearty
And real -for -holiest invitation
To join our foolish celebration.
Please dxess the part. (To put you
wise,
The craziest guest will win a prize.)
Two vacant -eyed scarecrows should
receive your guests. They must greet
each ne«isomer with something fool-
ish, like "Many batty returns of the
day!" or, "With every good wish foe
a bright blue year!" Tack up plenty
of laughable signs. Near the door
where newly arrived guests will see
it first have a card reading "Good-bye.
So glad you couldn't come!" At the
foot of the stairs, "Stop, look, and
whistle!" At the head of the stairs,
"Thousands escape safely -you should
worry!"
When your guests are ready to set-
tle to the program announce that,
since this is an April Fools' party,
only simple games will be tried. The
first old favorite will be Musical
Chairs. See to it that the fun is fast
and furious until the last chair is
won by a triumphant guest. Then
present the prize for the first person
who lost his chair. The prize could be
a small doll's chair with the inscrip-
tion, "To make up for the Dile you
lost."
The second game will be a simple
Nut Hunt. Give each guest a paper
sack, promising a ,prize to the`. one
who finds twenty nuts in five minutes.'
Of course there aren't any nuts hid-
den, and presently someone will say
so. Present this scmeone with a shiny
tin mug inscribed, "A bright gift for
a bright child." By this time your
,guests will suspect a hoax in every
game, so try something different,
Craziology is the most side-splitting
game I know. Have the boys and girls
draw from different slats cards on
which you have previously written
melodramatic sentences describing ace
tion. Here are some typical examples,.
"Flinging himself on his knees before
every girl he met, he groaned, 'Sold
again!'" "The car skidded and rolled
over." "The dog barked." Tell your
guests that when you say "Go," each
one must act out the sentence, written
on his card, doing it eontimially until
you: call "Halt!" Youwill think you
are in a •madhouse. At the word "col"
r
one guest will groan on his knees,
"Sold again!" Another will skid,
while a third will bark like a dog.
The craziest Performer should receive
as a prize a one-way railroad ticket to
the nearest insane asylum,
Two. more games before refresh-
ments and the judging of .costuries.
Hold a Cabbage Head Relay Itaee..
Each contestant must carry on his
head a small round cabbage. The triek
is to mach the goal and return with-
out spilling the vegetable cabbage
head oil' the human cabbage head.
Yn.v�..'•. ..uNcn. k,�n.�'n
between .the eating of each nut to put,
the shells in the empty sack..
Cranes over, take the party to a
specially prepared room for refresh-
lr,'•e ts. Doughnuts and coffee, nut
b %d •acid peanut -butter sandwiches.
could be`served.. Your guests must sit
on'stepladders, tables, high stools and
boxes. The :table centre should be a
bouquet of cauliflower surrounded by.
young beets, carrots and onions,
nestlingin a bed of parsley.
Now, go to it! I'm sure you'll have
the;nierriest time!
Comhatting Enemies of the
Rose Garden.
The rose plant is subject to many
enemies, both insect and disease. Mr.
Wm Hartry, addressing the Ontario
Horticultural Convention, gave hiss
experience in combatting the rose
enemies in his garden, in Huron
County. Almost immediately after
setting out a bed, or with older plants,.
even before growth begins, it• is nec-
essary to spray the bushes. Mr. Har -
try recommends for the early spray
Bordeaux mixture with ten per cent.
arsenate of lead. Rather than to take
the trouble of making the Bordeaux
mixture at home, the commercial pre-
paration is recommended. Green
aphis, a very troublesome insect to
therose grower, can be easily com-
batted with a nicotine spray. The
commercial preparation known as
Black leaf -40, procurable at any drug
or: seed store, is. easily prepared,
simply by adding water according to
the directions given and a little soap.
Mildew has always to be combatted
in the : rose garden. The American
Beauty, Mr. Hartry finds, is very sub-
ject to this disease. Much trouble
from mildew, however, can be avoided
by care in watering, that is to avoid
watering the plants in the evening.
Watering should be done either, in the
inerning or early in the afternoon, so
that the plants will be perfectly dry
before the sun goes down.—Ontario
Horticultural Association.
The European Corn Borer.
Burial experiments were conducted
by the_ Dept. of Entomology of the 0.
A,C..in which 1,800 cornborers in
stubble and stalks were covered by
the plow to .a depth of five to six
Inches and then the soil cultivated and
treated in 'a : manner similar to what
Would happen oi oldi
tai
yf
farm.
The results, as deteripined by cages
placed over the plowed area, showed
that all the borers perished, not a
single moth • ha''ing been taken in
any sag,,. This ; and similar burial
experiments conducted by others, have
made us. feel satisfied that we are
quite safe in recommending plowing
as one of the great factors in con-
trol of the corn borer, says Prof.
Lawson 'Caesar.
It has been said that progress lies
in thinking well of your business, and
niost women consider ita privilege
rather than ..a duty to pass on helpful.
i:nfornmtion they have ,gained..
Silage and Sour Soil.
I am not disputing the idea that
silage makes acid manure. I believe
it to be true, for we all know that
silage goes through a chemical pro-
cess; ,and .it seems quite reasonable
that this chemical change should be
passed on to the soil, because we know
that manure loses its .plantfood by
heating or lying in the barnyard in
warn weather.
The silo is not such a criminal sin-
ner that we should pass the sentence
of annihilation upon it,. but while rec-
ognizing its good points we ehould
also recognize its faults and use it
only where the good points outweigh
the faults.—D. M.
The farmer with several sources of
income is the one .who is reaping the
largest profits.
Seed Potatoes
New Brunswick Grown and Govern-
ment Certified. -
Irish Cobblers and Grcen Mountains.
For sale at the following prices:
Peek, 50e. Bushel, $1.60
Bag, 90 lbs., $2.25.
Special price in lots of 5 bags or more.
No charge for bags or packages. Can
sell you Ontario Grown, at about 20
per cent, less. You will have to order
early as quantity is limited. Gash with
order.
H. W. DAWSON
P.O. Box 38 - Brampton, Ont.
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THE PERENNIAL
PEA,
The perennial pea,, resembling mile'
annual sweet pea in habit of growth
and form of flower, is, a very desirable
vine for covering a' fence or screening
a verandah. It is a native of Euro-
pean woods, but `there are many culti-
vated. forms difrering `somewhat in
color.' It alias a long. tap root and is
therefore difficult to transplant after
it is once thoroughly established. It
may be grown from seed. The seed
is often slow to. germinate.: ermine -
tion is hastened by soaking the seed•
for a few hours in a weak solution of;
sulphuric acid, or even in warm water.
After it is once established it Golf
sows,' but not' sufficiently to make the
plant troublesome if reasonable care
is taken -to remove the surplus new
,plants should they appear year by
year. Although perennial pea- bloom
has no fragrance, it is an excellent
flower for cutting, While the bloom
fades to a lighter shade after being
hut, it does not become objectienab'-o
until it is actually dead. A bowl of ' :.
perennial peas arranged with Baby's
Breath (Gypsophila) makes a very
Pretty effect. The growth is so vig-
orous that one can cut graceful sprays
with buds and foliage without risk of
destroying the appearance of the vine;
m
Like the annual sweet pea, the per-
ennial pea blooms froearly summer
until well into the autumn.`' There is
a pure white variety and several var-
iations of pink, magenta, and purple.
The perennial pea is one of the ,
hardiest of perennial plants and very
easily cultivated, thriving almost
anywhere, even among rocks and boul-
ders"•and in poor soil. Like all other
flowering plants, however, it responds
to good treatment in the platter of
soil and position. It is a good trellis
plant and is adapted as a covering
to such wild, rough places as a rock
,garden, where it scrambles over bush-
es and stones. It succeeds in shade
and grows rapidly when once estab-
lished. Although there are different
varieties of the perennial pea these
have not been clearly defined. The
variety Elbus is white. Splendanee
is dark purple and red is claimed by
L. H. Bailey in the Standard Encyclo-
paidia of Horticulture as the best
form but does not come true to seed.
There is also a striped form. Other
trade names are Albi fiorus, Grandi-
florus, Grandiflorus Albus and Magni-
ficus, with large richly colored flowers.
Most of the Canadian nurseries
carry the perennial pea in the various
varieties.—Can. Hort. Council.
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LABELS
Lite -stock -Labels for
cattle, sheep and hog:.
S ca 1 e s. Tattooed,
Chicken .Bands. Bun
Nose Ulnas, write for
.sanplco and piques
Ketchum Manufacturins `Co... Ltd Ottawa;
. Box 501W. .
Ont.
Use
"Simoais'
Crescent
Ground Saws;
their teafi areof
even thickness
throughout the entire
length of the saw, thus
makingbinding inthekcrf
impossible. CrescentGrind-
intt is an exclusive Simonds
feature.
SIMONDS CANADA SAW CO, LIMITED
Vaacaaver MONTREAL St. Joho, N.B.
"Cresconterooe t"
laces Tooth
Crass Cut,
So. 22
Send us the name of a Bank or' Loan
Company that won't assist in Purchasing a
good Pure Bred Sire.
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farm is making for Binz which de-
partments, if ally, are not paying. To this
.end he needs a simple record of receipt.
and expenditures, along, with yearly in-
ventories of land and buildings, stock,
machinery, feed and supplies.
The Department of Ag tteuiture at Ottawa
otters, fur' 10 cents, a "Fartnor's .,Acoouni: Look,”
Only a few entries from time'co time ore needed,
Sond 10 cents for the Account Book and
receive also " Saasonabfe 1'Iir,is" and our latest
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post free, to
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