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Zurich Herald, 1926-07-29, Page 2THE FARM BUSINESS WOMAN1 Care of the Nails. 1 si'erider five of fine, flexible steel; o {pair of small, sharp cuticle d ci sora, a ' f p:peows' i iso of good steel • enure boat s; azge I ed nails are indiei five o a } and small. orange sticks; a goodish+ed W�li�.zi it is i*ea}fired that well-graont- cle�andinass :an • d even of eb�.iracter, one, buffer with a removable;chamois bur pANGYtYORK FOIZ SCiTOOI. BILLS., will scarcer begrudge" the few, mo- I face. islets. yo tips • •„ •u hter went away complete a set worth many menta required to ]seep the Caller iP Se.tet these articles for praestioabil- 1-ast year my daughter f g school and —P. W. in the pink of pezfectigrt. fitly rather than- far appecirazice, sines. to work her way through, inow wXielr I.,uNCIIES FOR MOTORISTS, , titn,rough home manieure may be they we . no longer•.: displayed on the it. is a great.satisfaction to me 4 " Refreshments Served min- fashionable .dxessini table. The ccs - to know that I can send her an ossa- Luriclies .and invitation aver accomplished in fifteen or twenty a , This the wayat All Hours," is the i . Utes, and this should be a weelclv', acetic needs hwiade polish, w toning in h sum haveef money.- This is , , attracts many tout- ,,.i if cream, cuticle cream, cuticle lee, I spend accomplished re Un it: � out never box that zz•tua}• Fee the naiei according to the c z , in, Which1 i 1; e d spare bine doing , fists every, day from the, automobile shape •ai the frn era atvordrn • absurd,: pumroe and coco.v butter. I used to sp n my p highway trent of our house Some ly pronounced points.' Remove the fancywork so when I overheard a . fig iWsY m Frankfurters 1 I 11 alcohol lamp sto•ve to have several of the stamped d • vacuum deft strokes of: Potato Yields„ r C a small - r> warm—not Not all the results from potato n ed dr e,,ses arra r; c.�t soak the hands in warm no th field ndwrches an a i. woman say, in the large general store `days, when I have fresh , fluffy edges with a few .o y, where we trade,that she would like or buttermilk, there are s,,n sign r alio emery board. .. fc cut out and ready;making egg sa , hot --soapy wat?r to softezi the etilticle. s_rrxtyini; are noticeable in e that come already iter fax nerving iztstait- _ 11'1' good effects are carried ried through to embroider, if she could• do that kind; bottle of hot w milk If the eutfGle•does not yield sufficient storage rots: k I spoke upand offered to do! taneous coffee, tea or cocoa. Codt' ly to this softening influence a good to the bin in preventing g of woxy j Potato spraying for her. She seemedt and lemonade add to the varies o£ cuticle cream is re omiitetvclecl. Or if with Bordeaux and the embroidering °tiler copper sprays is done largely to ,eased and bought three dresee . store! drinks, and buttermilk at five cehin • s the trails are: brittle .and the' flesh at e1 late 'bli itis el to Pcontrol. earlyand g After that the proprietor of the es -glass brings in many nickele. l surprising how the sides is horny, use warm oil instead allowed me to lace two finished dress- are kept handy, it is s p so of soap and water.for the softening prevent leaf -hopper injury. The In- es oreesed yield which may be expected es in his display window. A small ad -II -ouch money can be made with a little el zenditure of effort.—E. S. pr With the orange stick gently free at digging time depends upon whether the nails of overgrowing cuticle, gent- the's'e troubles occur during the-grow- ly pushing it back at the base sof the ing season and upon the effectiveness nails to form well-defined half titoons. of the sprays. If the cuticle is ragged clip it ever so' Where these troubles. do occur the carefully, but whenever possible avoid increases frorn,spraying as measured the use of the. scissors. I at digging time should be substantial. Often the surface of the nails is urn• In case late blight is present the in- even and covered with ridges. Treatcreased yield will be further augment- this condition with. a p_aste,efpowder- ed by ;a prevention of late. -blight rot ed pumice and cocoa butter te produce in storage. a smooth surface which will take an In checking up on spraying .increas- easy polish es in the field it has been customary to Now apply .a whitening cream under leave check plots, or. unsprayed rows, the nails, pressing it well in with the through the field. An insect like the orange stick. leaf hopper, which is repelled by cop - The nails are now readyfor the pot- per sprays, will go from sprayed to dry unsprayed vines in this event and, no fish which be either a tinted paste doubt, do more damage there than or of the dry variety. If the farmer is preferred it is dabbed on each nail, they would on the •sane area if the whereas the latter is applied to the entire acreage were unsprayed. In' buffer. In either case the desired the case of hopper burn, therefore, a lustre Is produced by a moderate buff- check at digging time is likely to over- ing. If the nails break easily avoid emphasize the trouple from that vigorous buffing._ For such netls an source. . almost imperceptibly tinted liquid pol- In the light of the knowledge that ish is best. both blights cause definite storage rots When the buffing process is cam- evihieh cannot be practically controlled pleted dip the fingers in warm sudsy en the bin and that the grower r•+(Mot water, removing all traces of powder foretell beirhtor leaf-hoi:pet• years, and paste with the nail brush, mean- the necessrcy foe more complete potato while sleeping the cuticle with the ern eying is c'e•arly proved. towel and giving a final shine to the �''e---- nails with the palms of the hands. Summer Pruning, Watering To preserve the well-groomed look and Fertilizers for Roses. of the nails between manicures,, re- member to push the cuticle back each Summer pruning of roses is essen- ditions, so do not create such by water - time the hands are dried. Apply a tial for beet results, says Prof. A. H. ing during cool cloudy weather. cuticle creain on ice every night to Tomlinson, O.A.C. Old •flowers should ,;;,_ keep the cuticle soft and pliable. Once be cut away, and dead growth or weak It takes 20 common bricks to lay this habit is established there will be shoots should be treated likewise. Old one cubic foot. In an eight -inch wall, the aid of ordinary hand dusters, In no need of using the scissors with dowering shoots, finete!y e 15 common bricks make one foot of one-fourth the time occupied in spray. their attendant hazard of wounds and the flowers have done, should be cut five it Ing. They spread and adhere well if hangnails. back, especially eel ly in the season to . Here are the important tools the a sarong prominent bud. With Teas home manicurist will need: A long, and possibly Hybrid PerpetuaIs vertisement in the local paper helped to advertise my work. I do not make the dresses; I simply embroider them, and the work is like play to me. —A. M. MONEY IN ANGEL FOOD. FARM TOOLS TO RENT. My husband had a rather expensive fertilizer planter or sower, which he loaned every spring to the farmers around us for twenty-five cents an When I found that for various rea- etre. But it seemed that they usually sons I could not raise poultry to fur- forgot to pay, and in the spring rush nish me with a little spending money, work bothered my husband so much I did not sit down and bewail the that he refused to lend it. fact. Not much. I took stock of hey I wanted some extra money, so abilities and found that I was able to said that for half the profits I would bake`:i'igel-food cakes as well as I take charge of all. the hiring. This I could_:aise po:try "Why not bake have done for four years. The farm- cakeseto sell?" I asked myself. So, ers bring the machine into the yard acting on this happy inspiration, I and pay me, and I lee that every man bought the necessary ingredients and gets his turn. : A great deal of buss utensils, inserted an advertisement in ness is done over the telephone. Last the daily newspaper to the effect that spring I cleared ninety-two dollars for I would bake fresh angel -food cakes my share. It was easily earned money for so much per cake, according to and, in my opinion, an unusual me - size, and then eagerly awaited results thod. It wasn't Tong before orders began l I see to it that the machine is al- to come in. Women who were enter- ways available for use on our own taining made such requests as "Would farm and that it is returned in good I please bake them one or perhaps two' order.—C. D. G. cakes?!' I could and did. 1 SUMMER -VISITOR PROFITS. My cakes were found to be made ofConfronted with the problem of how the best materials and were always , to run, the farm to make it pay with fresh. Consequently, my orders in -1 out a man to work it and with no creased continually, and I later even money to pay wages, I solved it in this added home-made candy, rolls and very satisfactory way: - mayonnaise to my list of products.1 My farm is in a summer -resort vil- Ail my things sell so well that I now,lege, where the business people of the enjoy a liberal supply of the much - nearby town own country cottages. wanted spending money: J. D. J. i There are also motorists coming down ANTIQUE ACCESSORIES. 1 to picnic and bathe. I rented the There are so many people interested barns and land, except the five acres in collecting antique furniture these of orchard around the house. days that anyone who can make the I bought paper bags, cardboard car - old -fashioned knotted bedspreads and tons and plates and advertised my hooked rugs should have little trouble homemade cooking, to be carried away • In disposing .of her handiwork at ex-' —nothing to be eaten on the premises. cellent profit. i The city housewives were delighted to I enjoy work of this kind and find send for me for ready -cooked chickens, it possible to pick up many a welcome squabs, ham, croquettes, salads, pies, dollar during my leisure hours HOW T FATTEN FRY.. BY R. T. PARKHURST. When cockerels are . about seven•or the general purpose breeds such` as eight weeks old, they shoaled be sees Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes, Rhode Island Reds and Orpingtons. White, grated from the pitl;ets;. At this tine, buff and'red varieties are preferred place the most promising, vigorous, because of their light-colored pin and dick-rnaturin • cockerels that are feathers. q h The length of the fattening period. varies from two to three weeks. At the start of the feeding, period, the powltry ehou'Id be starved 24 hours and given no water for twelve hours. ,The first few days only a little feed is given and the amount is gradually wanted forbreeding purposes 'ie a separate yard or range, and give them the same management as the pullets. As a general rule, all other cockerels should be sold as soon as they are big enough. It is usually good economy to market thein as soon as they reach a size for which the market will pay increased until the birds will eat all a reasonable price. It is often poi- they want in 20 minutes, The con= sible to improve the quality and in- mon practice is two feeds at twelve - crease the weight of these market cockerels by fattening either in small pens or fattening -crates. fudge and fruit; also for an occasion - The design of the bedspread is al can or vegetables or an especially simply filled in with French knots nice cake. placed close together_ The Sunflower,' My business has grown so that.for Snowball and Bowl of Rosespatternsthe three busy months a friend comes lire the most popular. The finished in and makes the desserts and candy. • Spread sells for from ten to twenty- These three months furnish me with Ave dollars, depending, of course, on most of my, year's income. I live the work involved and the materials comfortably in my own house among required. my own friends for nine months of the The famous hooked rugs, made' of year, and do not work as hard as they. heavy woolen thread, in natural col-' do. I raise my own squabs and chick ors, to match these bedspreads, rival ens and can my winter apples for sum- the most exquisite Oriental rugs, and mer pies.—S. Allen. hour intervals, although occasionally three feeds a day are given, Tho ra- tion should be the consistency of thick I'u pen fattening, the cockerels are cream. Occasionally a little salt, grit,: kept for ten days or two weeks in a well -ventilated, dry penthat does not allow too much moving about and Is sufficiently dark that it has a tend- ency to quiet them. Somewhat bet- ter results are obtained by using a fattening -crate. A simple home-made crate can easily be made. If exten- sive fattening practiceis going to be carried e$, it will probably pay to get a galvanized -wire battery, as the bat- teries are more sanitary and will last much longer. The fattening -crate should be placed in a darkened, well - ventilated room. The average producer does not real- ize the value of fattening poultry for market. Only 10 per cent. of the pro- ducts reaching most fattening estab- lishments are ready to kill. Properly fattened birds show off to better ad- vantage either alive or dressed. The best breeds for fattening are and green feed may be added profit- ably to the ration. Watch the appe- tites of the birds and remove those birds which failto eat. A good feed- er can expect about a 35 per cent. gain on springers. (one and one-half pounds up), and 40 per cent. on broilers (one and one-half pounds). A good ration for summer feeding. is: 67 per cent. grain oat groats, 40 per cent. corn -meal, 2 per cent. char- coal, 1 per cent. alfalfa meal. The same ration can be used for both -pen and crate fattening. This feed should be mixed with sour skim- iiuttermillc milk or , to the consistency of thick cream. If skim -milk or but- termilk is not available, use semi- solid buttermilk, or buttermilk curd diluted one part by weight to four parts of water; or, you can use dried buttermflk or skim -milk powder, dil- uted one part to eight parts of water. flowering wood will develop quickly. When pruning is done a quick acting fertilizer should be distributed over the surface, nitrate of soda, acid phos- phate or 1ilood meal. After fertiliz- ing, should the season be dry, water the plants well. Early morning or early afternoon are the best periods for the watering of roses; never water late .at night except in very hot wea- ther. Mildew and fungus diseases spread rapidly under cold, moist, con - The Green Cabbage Wor>rn-- Artificial Control. Control experiments, involving the treatment in three series of. 5;000 early and late cabbages, with Pyre- thrum powder and lead and calcium arsenate dusts and sprays, lead to the conviction that under local conditions dusting with lead arsenate and hy- drated or air -slaked lime in the pro- portion of one part to fifteen parts is the most satisfactory ,form of treat- ment. The dusts were found more satisfactory than the sprays in that they oan be mixed and applied with CISM Alma's Party. BY ELLEN C. LLORA.S. Aima was to have a birthdayparty the very next time she had a birthday. Mother had promised her that. Per- haps she was thinking about it on that afternoon when she was skipping about in the back yard with a big Housekeeping Aids. Keep remnants of sandpaper in both the kitchen table and sewing machine drawers. Obstinate spots on the bake - board, tables and 'frying pans .yield readily to sandpaper rubs.. When sew- ing, if the machine needle becomes blunt, .renew its point by stitching through several inches of the sand- paper. To cleanse and freshen lace that cannot be washed,. rub a mixture of powdered starch and borax well into its threads; shake out and cover with a clean supply of the mixture and lay piece of whole-wheat bread, thickly the lace away for several days, then buttered. She wasn't very hungry'. bring it forth and shake until the last anyway, and, dropping the generous piece still uneaten, she went running repeated washings with white soap around the house. It was a crisp, co'' -d • and water and drying in the sunshine. January day, so she came in and stood When thoroughly bleached, wash in clear water end palish with chamois. Knitting silk is fine for darning stockings. The needle weaves smooth- ly over and under the threads and a hungry ch neater result is obtained than where Alma dropped her bread and with th,e use of darning cotton. The greatly increased cost or con- ' An effectual marble -cleaning pre- struction above that of. pre-war days crumb. and were picking up waned paration is made of equal parts of makes the "own your own home" probe crumb. They were darting about just umioe stone and fine table salt, di:ut- lem quite a perplexing one for the chirping godtime merrily that ft was P consistency of family of limited means. In addition a good all by itself- to watch ' ed with water to the.eclairs y clapped her hands and cream.' Smear the mixture over the to the cost of the home itself., the bur - begged time. Alma PP marif*e surface and permit it to stand dens of earr3'ing and upkeep are for more bread to feed the fleck of powder is removed. Yellowed ivory can be bleached by at the kitchen window looking out. 'i'Oh, look, look, mother! Look, it's 'a party,"' she called, excitedly. It was, too; for a- dozen or more h y little birds had flown down n1 new A washing soil gathers no profits. THE. CANADIAN HOMEMAKER .17 series f wag artical eoverinJ PLANNING . BUILDING . FINANCING DECORATING . FURNISHING . GARDENING . m.. Gapyrcyht 1946. rs"° III "4 f! I r —' y,�I _si-P'... ��p'il ':1 • sir _ ``' r yi:,iM,y7 .fri.,-.�,' . e •y. "S ..L ••-r,S ,f'.:7�w'�'►"a+.. , •• ,t :.� —*Pah-yu,'`; m•.:' • y Wei -..• "w,' .xt'p3-•sem`'"""". X.RWwfI.,('' .Iy, 17,i.{if•cIN'+,+'{PI M [ 4. ,F`, A WELL PLANNED, MODE ! TE COST BUNGALOW i until the stains disappear. Finally greater' and often turn out to he the birds. that breaks tl back," water, rinse and wipe dry.From these viewpoints the accoin- those stale scraps there in the little , parrying illustrations should meat with pan on the kitchen table," said mother. the approval of prospective builders. Alma wanted to go out and . feed A Delicious Conserve.' they Here is a conserve which is both four thousand dollars. To this let n wash the surface with strong salt straw tar revs to camel's. . "Why, yes, dear, you may have her hand' but 1 The initial cost is in the vicinity of the birds from h By Edgar Praia, Architect. adcl another • t:hoesand whleh, In view of the cost of the house, is the maxi- ilium amount you should pay for a lot. On the basis that the yearly rental de-. rivable should amount to tee per oent. 'of, t'he total cost and that you should . he able to carry the house for less, you 'will final this house conies well within the province .of propriety. Interest,,; taxes; insura te•o and repairs should ,e t considerately less than five hundred 1 dollars --not more than four hundred 1 and fifty dollars at the most, including s interest •oft your own equity. - hadn't learned how to play with little delicious and economical, having for i -" girls .yet, and were too shy. But oh, how they did fly high, and dip down, its baso red currant'jeliy. This jelly! is made in the ordinary fashion, but and dart about, and chirp the gbod a few minutes before it is ready to time they were having among them—remove from th4 fire into each meas- "• selves, urs is dropped -a handful of red rasp- After that Alma carefully saved all berries- This, gives a,b:ended flavor the stale bread to crumble outside the of currant and red raspberry; with the kitchen .window for the birds to come latter predominating. This method and pink it up. All through the cold minimizes the amount of bothersome Months they carne regularly. i �coedrs and where red raspberries• are Then in the long, hot summer days sive it is a much cheaper cone Alma lied another kind of party for , ex ser than one made entirely trout her birds. At the edge of the back : the berries. yard stood an old stump, just where it' WAS nicely shaded by a Shed in theI p you If ranted some trees this hottest part of the day. Mother set a pan in the hollow of this stump, and ' spring and if the weather has been Alma would run out and fill ft with dry, draw away the surface dirt, pour water. And such fun as those birds in• two or three buckets of water, then did have,, flirting end splashing about return the soil, in the cool water! Alma is quite sure ri the very nicest parties there 'arm is rano-half pint. to the gallon:. tlrat her bird parties aro just among The girt" ttnount of dryer for paint applied when the Ieaves are wet with dew, whereas sprays to which soap has been added as a sticker have a low surface tension and much of the liquid is lost in the soil. In these experiments calcium arsen- ate dusts gave less satisfactory resulti than the arsenate of lead dust, the lat- ter giving perfect control. Calcium arsenate applied in the liquid form gave extremely poor results as will as causing some burning to the foliage. Pyrethrum powder used with four times its weight of hydrated lime proved satisfactory, but can hardly be used on a commercial scale as it costs ten times as much as the arsenate of lead dust. Judging by this season's observa- tions early market cabbages escape serious injury and whether treatment is ordinarily necessary or not must be left to the grower's discretion. For late cabbages and cauliflowers two ap- plications should be sufficient in a normal season, the first about the mid- dle of July and the second four .or five 'weeks later. When the butterflies are very abundant a third application may bo necessary early in September. Well Waters From Farrn Homesteads. In his report for the year ending. March 31st, 5925, the Domtuion Chem- ist, Dr. I reek T. Shutt, once more directs rttentkon to the leis taec which is frequently snake of sacrificing safe- ty for cony, nience in choosing the see of a well. 'd..a' :y the we 1, Dr. Shutts says; should be at least '1ii l feet from the nearer• tit i!ding, whetha, it be house. beet. or stable, and the sane distance from n enure pile, cesspool or Tire perspective impresses one with other passible source of dangerous te a h face that it is all house—no ex- , po.tution. :ie, eat pensive" frills but just n good sul>stan• 1 Examination of teeter supe s s lacking' in the quality of , to the Division of Chemistry at Ot- being me not acceptable g to the eye. What i tawa during the year has shown 31.6 b;onle rwls otherwise be rather plain lines:, per cent. pure and wlto-•esoine, 30.7 a otfld as he walls are concerned rtes . per cent. suspicious and probably daie- aefar e t 'erred on two sides: by the re- ` gerous, 1cJ,t3 per cent.. seriously pollut- cedn averted cecliitg porch and on another side by ed and 18.2 per cent. saline (not pot - the protruding bay window. The cot- • able). Although these percentages do tage roof; "wide water table at the floor' not differ materially from those ob- lee. e vel and :attractive windows also as- rained in other years, the doctor states pleasing bungalow that there is gratifying evidence that elft in producing a 1 filename are paying greater' attention effect. ear by year to the purityand care From the poreli-one may go dire ctiy �{.y. to either the kitolien or living room, of then' well waters. I This convenience is often appreciated !. In all cases Dr. Shutt •believes it de-„ when coming home but perhaps more sua £air degree of fittnatbleionto beysecure lininsg at the well, with con- crete or peddled clay to a depth of, say, ten•feet, continuing this lining, if concrote, one foot above ground level to prevent the entrance of surface wash. 'A good,'sound watertight cover is also of importance. He further says" that in a bored well tight sealing is. imperative between pipe and rock, and also between joints in the pipe and cover of the wall. A Clock for Cars. A little crock which never wants So ars a time saver in the many little trips necessary 10 10 find out "who's who" at the front door, The living ronin is 17' 6" x 10' and Bae a built -its bookcase; an open fire- place with tile' hearth and a, largo bay window. The two bedrooms are slight- ly larger thanusually found in small Mimes and each ries a roomy clothes closet Onset. A large broom set and well appohited bathroom and kitchen com- plete the plats and we 'think—€, desir- able home. - B.eedere desiring further -0information regardieeg the pians and speeiflcations of this house should col!tmunlcato with winding has been invented tar Motor - the architect direct. Address Mr. l ears.. las spring is kept wouidr byed b Edgar Praia, 212' Confederation Life lege'nious electric, de Building, Winxzipeg, Mau. the cermet of the lighting beets• erns.