Zurich Herald, 1926-05-13, Page 2SHALL LL MARRY JIM?
13Y "MERCY I•L MAXWELL,
"Shall 1 marry Jim? --Well, If I do, I learned little by litt_e and to -day I
1 won't work out doors. .I"11 live just; am quite capable and I ,am proud of
kas I would if 1 married a lawyer or it, 1 have learned the barn chores,
a carpenter, how to pump water by 'engine, how to
Jitn i$ a farmer, and for that reason take care of the calves, bow to operate
my young friend is hesitant. Had she the milking machine, which are dry
asked me the simple question; cow$ and which are milkers, when a,
I marry Jim?" I should have answer- cow's udder is full of milli and when it
ed without hesitation • "Of., course, if I how all are fed and many
hire." For love seems the re-; other little things. At first it was
you loge terribl • herd, I t seemed that 1 even
tit,}isite upon which hinges a successful 5 '�
marriage. A man's job, provided it is ,could never learn one cow from an-
re••raectab:e, should not ; °thee, so madlyaluke to nee did .fill!
honest and their black and white spots look. Now
matter to the girl. But when Janey
to tl n I &dye,
added that Nast•—"I won't tvorl: out T know each one i s it
doors. I^:l live just as 1 would if I; the tractor for drawing all loads of
married a lawyer or a carpenter," it hay and grain. To -day we have been
mf t y u in our back lot getting a load of
made my answer different --and diffi- p
second cut clover. It was beautiful
cult. 'there. We were close to the woods and
I know the seriousness of Jane's po-;the trees are in their gorgeous autumn
sition. I have been there myself. colors.
Jane must understand that the busi_ i
nese of farming is different from. that My husband isn't the type of man to
wish to keep me at chores all of the
of a lawyer ora carpenter --in fact, rt t' Rather thand this, helms cut----=r-r=e-
is
Shade.
different from any other business.d hat But I am rt station where quite re -1
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Royal Vocalists Travel 10,000 Miles
to Jap Prince.
On the second lap of a ten -thousand-
' mile journey a chorus of fifteen sing-
ers
ine
ers who are accredited. to the court of
a Japanese Prince passed through the
' Foreign Department of the Dominion
Express Company at the Windsor Ste:
tion, Montreal, recently, and in an lin-
promptu rehearsal that filled the room
in which they were resting with
'n•,a,'c.'k�•,.° YULN'.'l•.•','�2F,a",kuv;3.�:,a�,,
BUILDINGTHE DAIRY HERD
On act farms where dairy' cattle see ecoiton',,ioa.:ly unless she gets raw roe,)
utilized to manufacture !home-grown belittle of the right kind and the pro-
rougha�ges and conee rtrates into !lard , per quantity. It is common knowledge
aSh and wherever this maeuta^etur-, to stridents of apimall 'husbandry:Iand
ing,
busin•et=�s is the chief :7ource of even •admitte�d' by many leaudtng, dozy
revenue on the farm, the ditty of farmers that comparatively few bindle
building a dairy herd that will be a • are e.d sufficiently well to enable
source of satisfacticm to both the eye, theme to rea,eh their marinitun econa
and the pocket should be present ale, oznica1 production, consequently in
ways illathe farmer's mind. There is stead of chiding the cow for not pro
nothing myst<:riou�s or intricate in the' ducing the milk, we should, in many
prooess, but iiath,er. only the practical cases, chide the farmer for not feed -
application of certain we'll' -defined E ins the cow. If every dairy farnne?
psnarly , • would supply ' his zniliclt cows 'and
laws of p�rooe�il'ure ,(coatiirmed by m nY ,
years of experiments work) that may' other breeding stock with an abus
that they were in fired- .following' dance of palatable,,, succulent, home -
melody, proved be summed up under the
• ,�• Go�,rd Ii'�eed- grafi*rn i�aughages, such es alove�r or
class voice.
They came from Southampton, liav-
ing sailed oe the Canadian < Pacific
Liner Marloch. They travelled clear
across tho Dominion to Vancouver and
thence they will traverse the Pacific to
far-off Kobe, ".continuing until they
finally- attain their destination at the
palace of Prince Take Tsukasa
at
Azabu, Tokio.
•
•lime, a er o is, i
own his dairy somew expeinnei
It is a business that one cannot get around the barn enough so that I shall markable results hand .apparently been ( One is often p,uz�<ed to know what
out of at a moment's notice; it is a not forget •all I have learned. i secured in forcing fruitfulness by I flowers to plant in such parts of the
business in which it is most difficultMy 1
husband calls my knowledge ; serener pruning, but persona,=ly :I 'flowers
as get comparatively little sun-
to obtain help, So what would a wo- `our insurance." I found this true re -1 would far sooner have had an orchard'
shine. From experiments and close
roan do if her husband should get sick; cent! . For the first time in man - Y1 of ire:es liloe those whi�h had been obseri"ation •at.the Experimental Farm
or die? Stock would still have to be y
years he was too ill to go to the barn ;pruned during the dormant season— ,at Ottawa, no gess than fourteen `an -
tended. She might be placed in a veld ! for a few days. I cannot tell the relief fine, large trees that would do some natal flowers have been found to do at
ery t
hard situation, harder than it
„imam
R o and composure I felt because I was thing for their owner s bank account
have been to have learned while her i able to het and direct a man who was 1 list fairly.we l in' partial shade. The,
p : when they once got started—than to list ina:udes many old favorites that
husband was able to teach her, i unfamiliar with our work. `If I could :.leave had an equal acreage of Clue pre alio do wet in open sunshine. This
Also, there may come a time when not have obtained assistance, I could i cociau - •:itt:e summer -primed trees.
her husband will resent her attitude P'list appears in Bulletin No. 60, New
of not tieing willing to help him. !have wiggled through the chores my- We see the same notion reflected in Series, of the Dept. of Agritcu.ture at:
.self. al]ovvitig strawberry plants to fruit Ottawa, and available at the Publica-
I can sympathize with Jane beeau.e i I hope I have helped some- girl who , the same year they are set... On�e;ought tions Branch, and includes Alyssum,
I once felt exactly as she does. I !x'ish; is facing this decision. My advice can always to remove the blossoms frons Candytuft, Clarkia, Godetia, Ino -psi -
is her to see all sides. I did not for many I be given in a few words: -"If you love ; the newly set strawberry plant if it t:e Larkspur, Lupine, Mar-
diem ,acau , 1 , P =
year's• ! girl Jane, marry him. Be • a wiling •is to do its best and manycommercial
vel of genu, Nemophzla, Nicotiana,
I was brought up on a form and my sense-- finished product in abundance and more profita e ai
mother helped out doors, especially; helpmate, use your cornnton growers do sa regularly; • but too many Oanother�a drumneondi (Evening Prim-
p b !bone too. f us are so anxious to see what the Phlox druxnmondi and _
headings: Good Breeding,
ingand Good Weeding. These agent alfalfa hay, corn silage and note, and
les have been listed in a�:ph�abetiaal balance thas!e with home-grown grains,
csupplemented by limited quantities of
order advisedly, for, like the finks .pf seep
-a chain, each one is important, yet, bran. and ,Oilcake, there would be more
one takes . precedence over the good cows and fewer poorer farmers
no p
other, in the country.
_ t steptowards Weeding.—Evese. with the best of
Bre�dznl,.The file improvement in breeding should be breeding and feeding, some cows
the purchase of a pureabred!' sire of would prove to be uneconomical pro -
good size and choice type, well backed deems. Such cows should be weeded
by high milk and fat production re- out by use pf the milk scales and
cords of an official nature. Such a Babcock test, together with the record -
sire is practically guaranteed if the ing of the amount of milk ,and fat pro -
Purchaser insists on securing with his deiced and balancing this up against
purchase an Advanced Registration the amount and cost of feed consumed.
Certificate as well as a pedigree cer- Any cows not measuring up to a pro -
The flatter 'guarantees pure fitabie •sbandaed shoals! be disposed of
pro-
tificate. o g ortun'it as it has
broad only, but the former guarantees at the earliest opportunity
pure blood plus type and production, >been proven that the feed and labor
without which it would. be difficult to such cows require app'l'ied in the m
realize the dual idea. Having secured of extras to the good cowls in the form
d
the right kind of a bull, he should be would return much greater profits.
need on all the cows in the herd, but Following the above lawsof proce-
only the heifers from the good type, duce as closely ss local conditions will
high -producing cows should be main- allow, and taking steps to alter the
tained to build up the herd. conditions so that these laws may be
Feeding.—The dairy cow is like a followed', if necessary, will undoubted -
factory hi that she cannot produce the ly make for better dairy herds and •
d• 'ry faiming
with the chores. She did not wish her but have ac c , a rase) , Pansy,
fruit will be like that five reduce the. Verbena. It .should not be understood Disastrous Pest of Pear 'gees.
ams to do this work. I was an over ! Early Bearing. P=
Bearing. ultimate usefulness of the ant to that these flowers no bloom without The pear Ps es is a very Tree .
sensitive girt and Mothers he pine ,some sunshine in the twenty-four was a great humiliation to me. I now There is always a temptation to let firud�ut y- five insect that during recent years Shippers and breeders of cattle for
Every fruit grower, amateur or hours but if they get but three or four has wrought considerable damage in export would do well to study Bulletin
deeply regret that. I should have felt :any fruit greet bear just as quicklyg
knew ll— n fact to het it alongon professiorai,•ought to get away from beers a day fairly luxuriant brooms the fruit region of Ontario, especially No. 62, entitled "Shipping Cattle to
proud of Mother because she as it wi i p this idea. Build a first-class producing
may be looked for. These annuals are: Burlingtonto the Niagara River, Britain," of the Dol'ninion Dept. of
gory to do so many things. But Mother the road by any treatment that we
described and their cultivation covered alongthe borders of Lake Ontario. It Agriculture, detailing experiments in
a
Points Relative to Export
Cattle.
plant and the returns, will more than
make up for any delay.—F. C. S.
Former hat salesman: "A large
head of cabbtlge, ma'am, say about six
and seven -eighths?"
should have taught me that she was I can devise to secure this result But
doing big things and not humiliating !most trees which are forced into early
things. i bearing by intensive summer priming
Mother was clean and well -poised , or in any other fashion look thorough -
about her work. She never wore the ly diertcouraged over the result.
same dress in the house that she did I well remember an orchard at an
in the barn. But the long skirts of
her old barn dress, to keep it out of
the barn dirt, was tucked bunchily,
front and back, through the band of
the tie -around apron, and the costume
capped off with a homely sunbonnet.
It was in this grotesque attire that
Mother was forever being caught by
callers. Our friends from the village
had a habit of driving out after sup-
per—just our milking time. If Mother
felt embarrassment, she never showed
it. Now I realize what poise she had.
Though; in defence for myself, -it real-
ly wasn't a wonder that a young girl
should have felt "fussed" about it.
The farmer's wife of to -day who
helps out doors doesn't have to look
like that. She can wear good-looking
knickers and middy and be as smartly
dressed as her city friends at their
out -door sports. And nine chances out
of ten her village callers will think
she is having "great fun," if she car-
ries herself that way.
Well, to go back: I grew up to dis-
like farm life or the part of it that
dealt with out -door work. But—I fell
in love with a fanner! What was
there to do then! I thought I knew
and I said, like Jane, "I won't work
out doors!" I remember plainly the
day I gave him to understand this. We
were in our lovely old orchard at
home, sitting on the ground. "But,"
he said, "if I had hay out and it sure
was going to rain and 1 had no one to
help, wouldn't you help me?"
"No," I answered, shortly.
I remember, too, the face he turned
to me. If T had been he, I should have
been a little afraid to marry a girl
who answered like that, Whenever I
think of that scene, I feel small.
Thank God we may develop as the
years go on.
Well, we were greatly in love and
IVO married.
I was able to carry out my ideas for
several years. My father-in-law was
retired and did many odd jobs for us;
our boy was born and in time helped
is receiving a good deal of attention the Shipment of live cattle andi chilled
from the Entomological Branch of the beef to Engi-. nd conducted by the
Dept, of Agriculture at Ottawa and Animal Husbandry Division of the
in this new• bulletin that many will
be glad to get.
Teakwood is• so durable that beams
2000 years old are still strong.
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A MODERATE COST SEVEN ROOM COLONIAL HOUSE
13y E. G. iVileom Architect.
This plan shows the possibility of for laundry, hcnise storage; heating
l • and in these days help couldbuilding a compact :seven room house, • boilers, and coal are arranged foe.
greatly; 1.
be hired sometimes. In the course of withoutthe usual cluttering of en -1 The master's bedroom and two
lad to say,my common o •s and stairs, and also -pro- , family roots of ample sizes, and each tante, I am g trance clo i
sense came to my rescue. viding uuuseal cupboard facilitiesea i provided with large cupboards, ere;
A life -'long farmer said to tree re two very important items. altown on the first floor.
" has his r the house the! r clearly dominated by
cent! When a man ha, to melee Entering the centre o -The exterior is e
Y
h :better quit gives direct access to both' tt well-clesi ned tyiiical c'•tilonial en -
wife do out-doorework, e q roomy hall g v1 g
farming." This man raised four sons plain rooms, that or the dining room trance door, and the grouped windows
and when they left home, he was• for- being by a wide archway, another arch or the living room giving wiled grace
tunate to sell his faxen. 'He never connecting the dining room with the , to the elevations; the hold treatment
was pinched for helpers as some men living room. A well lighted kitchen, i or the chimney is unusual and adds in
are. There are mon the opposite to, with easy access to. the "front door,
this onc,, men who would drive a woe find with properly planned locations.
her. and k and other kitchen enuipment,'
inter to the limit of for sin
take it all for .granted. Wii.h it bus- leas -also a china pantry and refriger-
wife needs .i mind alor and pot cupboards close' at ,band. a .the first floor:; gables are of.
band of this kind a tieing ning
of her own with backbone to use it. Dirert covered ecce
She .should not "deo" until she has no is provide:I, where
reserve of strength. nerve er mental.
lty. If she is firm, she will be respect -
o& in the end. No man cares much
about a door mat exceptto use it and
• kick it out of his way,
I wish with all my heart that no
>m,an had to do this extra work and
a women with a growing family sim-
ply cannot do it. She has not the time
or strength and there would be great
waster The waste will -include flood,
clothing ;and doctor's bilis, ,
In our 'family the aged have passed
on and the yeaith Imam gone the, owr
!ways. My husband and 1 face esus.
Werk alone, It Is an :almost unheard
Of thin!.g to be ,able to hire help, both
berg wise Of sc>1;turity and high" wsgesr
terest.
Regarding construction, the house is
built on stone basement wa11s, lower
story i0P• brick, using "rug"' brick for
es to the basement Stucco on brick, the stucco being lin-
the usual facilities lslied "pebble dash," The gables: are
finished with a steal! cave moulding --
so characteristic or the Colonial style,
Boors; shingled, tole-dipt in a brown
stain. The bricks are waren buff, laid ;
with a dark brown joint; woodwork
painted putty gray, and blinds Of gray
green, Tho roots and dormers are pro-
tected from heat ami told'witlegoured •
i stos mixture.
ittsttlnting asl e e
o tliron bout
Mr. W. A. Ross in charge of the Vine-
land laboratory has written a p•amph-
let dealing with the pest that pear
growers could .advantageously study.
On badly infested trees the continual
sapping of the life juices by myriads
of spy'! a,s robs the . trees of vitality,
dwarfs the fruit, produces brown dead
areas on the leaves and causes the
foliage to drop prematurely. In the
painphlit are given illustrations of the
various stages of havoc caused by the
insect. It ravages are mainly confined
to large ',orchards, small plantings,
Floors are of hardwood g ,
rlr, in ;tlie
Dominion Experimental Farms. In-
deed breeders for the domestic trade
would also benefit by close study of
much of the advice therein contained.
Briefly put some of the points regard-
ing the live cattle trade may be quoted.
as follows :
While cattle ranging from one and
a leaf to three years sante profitably
shipped, the preference of the British
feeder is for the younger steers, pro-
viding they are of good quality.
Profitable returns have been reeeiv-
ed on cattle ranging in weight from
says Mr, Ross, suffering little unless 900 to 1,360 p�ourrds, but the stfer that
sheltered by tall.hedges or large trees. best meets the demand is one that
If the trees are thickly planted the
insect multiplies rapidly. Spraying
plays an important part in control anal
this should be- done as early in the
spring as possible. In making the ap-
plication, Mr. Ross points out, the
spraying of one tree should be com-
pleted on all sides before passing to
the next tree; that liberal quantities
of the.spray should be used, care being
,taken to wet all parts of the tree; that
Other fruit trees in proximity to the
pears should be sprayed at the sante
_time, and that preferably the spraying
shoaukl be done in coal weather. Where
and when severe outbreaks occur it
inay :lie necessary to apply an extra
spray in July.
A spray that has been 3ktvised and
found eatisfaetory by the Entomol-
ogical Branch is a Bordeaux oil emu.
Sion consisting of 3 gallons of red
paraffin oil, 11ii gallons of. water, 6
ounces of copper sulphate (b� ue-stone)
and 6 ounces of hydrated lime. Ana
other is calcium caseinate ernulsion,.
consisting of the same quantity of red
paraffin oiland water and 6 ounces unnoticed, with hens dropping 0
of calcium carinate. These emuleione from time to time and no great loss
when diluted in water to 100 gallons on any one day.
make -a three per _ cent. oil; spray. The disease affects mature stock anti
1Vlethade of making and applying these generally shows sights
wcagily recap
sprays are described in the pamphlet. nuzed. The comb and wattles become
eighs between 1,100 and 1,200
pounds.
Younger, lighter steers must be of
good beef type but do not require to
be so well finished as the other heavier
sort.
Extremely heavy cattle or cattle
showing undue ago or roughness
should be extra well finished.
Beef type is an absolute necessity if
the highest returns 'aro to be bad.
Upon -improvement of typo more
than any other single factor must wo
depend to oonsolidate'our foothold on
the store cattle trade in Britain.
As regards breed, Aberdeen -Angus,
Hereford and Shorthorn, or good
grades or crosses of these, are ac-
ceptable.
Herefords shoe=d be shipped in the
spring for finishing off early grass a5
they are exceptionally good 'grazers.
Uniformity in lots is very desirable.
So too is the absence of horns.
How to Spot Flock '1=':••
In many flocks tuberculosis exists
faded and shrunken. .The birds lose
Annual Flowers for All weight and often go lame. They have
Sections. good appetites until just before death.
}f everybody ware asked !role many In the last stages of the disease dine -
stained (Talk., the woodwo varieties there were of sweet pees how rhoea seta in, the feathers ruffle up,
main hall, livi*R aitd dining rooms is many people avould, be able to say, and the bird leees a 1 its strength and can
of oak; the remainderor the finished yet, in a bulletin an "`Annual Flowers hardly stand.
woodwork of the house being pine, for prepared by Miss Preston, I Open the dead birds and you will
paint finish. , Specialist in Ornamental Horticulture find whitish lumps on the spleen, the
of the Dominion Experimental Farm liver and sometimes on the heart and
Bathroom wing-, are of good
design the navies of upwards of 440 varieties lungs. These nc5'nles may appear idea
built-in type, iioors'autl Uado of tile.
Pleating throughout by hot water.
The cost of. this house, -according to
the above description, wo'tiltl`be about
seven thousand five htnidred dollars. P house and yards ihoaough-5
rs desiring further inform' a- supplied and regarding which every-tchicken disinfected. All drinking
Reade c g body interested and requiring further cleaned and and flea
tion regarding the plansancl specifica- apply 1 to the water s+hon:tl be kget clean a
information is invited to < 1 P Y y 'e ., tion n dl�ip-
tinrrs of this house sltoui11 conrmuiii' Hortictdtu.t�al Uivisian, Centra: Ex -`front rho clrance af. mise
Gate with the architect direct, Address perintenta Farm, Ot,t•awa. ; piru,G .
The bul.etui,;which can b., had free j , ;azt salt., should tae chanced
on application to the , Publications i team i feed ;.to r,asture girttcitua.ly-
Br•a�nch at the 'Capital as ono that (roan dryhent on astui}e toe noon,
commends itself alike to the market Do not turn
t p
and the domestic gardener, the Sower i
as lige oarly grass ha error tntt h sub-
stance in it.
grower oft a large ora email scale, 1
Besides giving valuable hints oft cu..ti-1
ration •it supplies an extensive list
with description of tho best species
and varieties to grow, mimes the
twelve annuals hest„suited to each and
practicably every section of Canada,'
the twelve heat annuals for outside''
sowing, annuals for special purposes,'
and th,aii.stprevious:y referred to of,
anneals tested at the Ottawas Farm. {.
..a i
I killed bindweed by putting the
field in alfe:ht ..a fine, profitable way,
—O IL ?,
that have been tested at Ottawa are along the intestine. Th,a large
given. In al a list of more than two nodules, }veal be hard, almost gritty.
thousand varieties of flowers that have All: birds showing the symptoms
been tested at the Ottawa farm is should be killed and burned and the
Mr. 1+E. G. Wilson, 2 131oor St, W,,
Toronto, Ont.
INote that the terrace brings the
ground litre well tip to the main floor
level, freeing the entrance and vein
daft from the itsual cumbersome steps..
The plastering ou the interior has
bean f iilshed in a fine sand stucco
*Melt is alike serviceable for either
paint or paper apish.
BEFORE, BUILDING
The MacLean Builders' Guide
'contains Fit pages brimful of help-
ful information on planning, build-
ing, financing,- decorating, garden
lag and ftitnilshittg, ttuttdreds of
vital geestions +answered. Enables
you to Iriepi step with tho latest
ideas. Profuseiy illustrated, Seel
206 'for a copy, MacLAan Btiildl�g
Reports, Ltd., 344 Adelaide St.
!Vest, •Torolito,