Zurich Herald, 1926-12-02, Page 7• DANqEll'OF-FIRE-ON:.ThE FARM
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BY G." P. ,WILLIAMS. Ptct;tii,i;?if
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Fire prevention weeks see fer all top, -or with books to anchor .at the
die city dwellere and ridge. •
rural residents. The :city family has It is e matter fer real surprise,
not nary so much at stalce, because; noon second thonght, the way farmers
fire control is at hand and only a • permit chimneys to go from year to
relatively few city fires ever get much year and well onto a lifetime without
of a start Also, living en masse, the careful' inspection in closed garrets
city dweller and property owner is and iit the roof level and above.
often compelled by inspection to abate Sweeping or otherwise cleaning the
fire hazards that go on from year to. accumulated soot out of farrn chine.
year unquashed on the farm; (nee is often a job never even once
---,Soy on the vrhole, the farmer oughtiderbe. •
Both scientific test and aotual usage
to observe fire preve,ntion week more
straightfordwardly than the city peo- I for years have Proven that a thorough
ple, because his property loss is liable system of rods not only eelieves ae-
to be heavier, or complete, and he can cumulated electricity in the ground,
not usually begin housekeeping the but couducts violent bolts safely over
the building, yet tho.usands of barna
next day anywhere conveniently near
to his business. As I write, e reoati remain untrodded. They say that a
the neighborhood in which I grew up, redded barn protects a sphere around
it, yet, to the Writeris certain known
and remembee four farms all touching
edge, and seen with his own„ eyes, a
One Another, that have everyone had
bolt hit an old empty barn not a hum-
years—in
a house or barn fire within the forty
sired feet from a new barn with ap-
years—in which the structure was
pr•oved rods carrying five points, and
completely destroyed in every case. '
with groundings ten feet in the
What the fire department calls ".a. wi
• ground.
roof fire" is probably the most come
FOLLY TO SMOKE IN A BARN.
=on ,,, eq,^Trvq, coming either frem
e
sparks on the roof, or from defective Smking on the part of men and
flues,. t i e prevention weeks are boys, and kindling fires with coal oil
scheduled in the fall, no doubt, to re- on thepart of women, •are causes at
mind people of fire hazards before many bad fires every year. As to
they start using heating equipment— smoking, I know of an oil refinery
and to encourage inspection anel cor. company employing four thousand
men o
rection of dangers andus obviohaz-
on eight-hourShifts
ards, Most fire marshals get out ing is prohibited. The wheee smk-
ards,
same care
d. in the farmer's
- booklets outlining the moat common should be exercise
learn To smoke there - is foolhardy.
lire dangers and hcii-ve farmers should
avoid them. The farrier, or his wife, Then., too, the woman who brings the
who reads one of these circulars is coal oil can to the kitchen stove should
sure to be reminded: of batten means' of always kiss her baby good-bye before
alio starts for the oil can.
Much could be said about protecting
open fires by wire cages, about keep -
fire protection.
HAVE LADDERS READY.
The majority of farms are amaz- ing fire buckets at hand, about. not
ingly short of ladders. Many a farm filling lighted lamps, and about set -
house has burned to the ground, when ting down the lantern instead of hang -
a ladder at the start would have ending it up securely in the barn—and so
ab3ed the r•eople to extinguish the fire. ! (n and so forth; but the best general
farm, there should also be a roof lad- • the practices about the farm, and theBette• ' •cause; how can we reme .y t.
, ge with self -trimming or contrast- i For this house we would suggest
der sbored in the woodshed. or near by. I fire hezard is bound to diminish with fire,
a very sine ce st 1 to als I that the walls be -white or som.e light same size sash as shown on. plans?
s lone ofgeor-1
Tais may he made of rough boards the improvemnets made and the plans p. y e m ...te, yet mane.,
shade of cream and that awen defined I Steel sasb. are effective, They cost There has been settlement here.
-Wherever there is a gab:e roof on the tire preventive is thought, re ec upon , •
equaely effective if fin' I d
with cross c.eats for climbing,. with a I about what to do if a fire accident teems, ':' ematrast be assured. by the selection , more than woodee eash, but the (lit- This has been ceased. either by shrink -
heavy' slat on the reverse side at the shdtild happen. of thepaint or stain for all wood. trine leteeenoe is not geeat. The steel sub. age in ro.aterials or by settlement of
The wide water table at the floor level manufacturere have standardized their the fouadations—probably the lattea,
Any home modiste will find bid
ng the latest mode. -elle frontliss
in one piece, as is also the back, and p
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sarins wfmktp articles
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PLANNING . BUll-DING ,FINANCING
DECORATING . FURNISHING . qARDENING
copy ire we.
AN ATTRACTIVE STYLE.
Grace and charm are admirably
tured here which is developed =Pave may be smooth, slightly tex-
combiued in the dre7grable frock pie-.
satin with vestee, gathered flounce
from' tared er rough trowelled and other
end sleeve frrs:Is of lace. It would be' eff.e°t°
emelt stones and broke,n. eolored glass.
are obtained by the use of
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A CAPTIVATING COLONIAL BUNGALOW
By Storey and Van Egmond, Architects.
The flue Colonial ,entrance of this Get a standard form of agreement Question: Many manufacturers offer
bungalow with Its kneeling pediment ; betweeu connector and home builder catalosa and leaflets dealing with
and nuussiva disengaged coinmns is in from your etatiOner and fill it mit with 'huilding materials and household up
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itself mint:tent to indicate that the your contraotor, Write into the pro- panacea Can one depend upon the
home belongs to the better class. Even' per place the total amount of money information they give as being fatr
e be =familial. with archin to be paid. Then write an a para- and unbiased?
lecture and, architectural detail, which graph providing for partial payments
after all are only 'causes, it does not i as the work proceeds—that is to say,
detract from the appeal of the effect. lee 30 day intervals. Provide foe the
With regard to -construction and an payment of all bills for labor done and
economical solution of the probieme of materials ,delivered on the job. Pay
strength and beauty, a shingle roof the contractor no money =tit he can
and frame and stucco walls on a eon- first show you reeelpted bills. Get a
emit° foundation are an excellent m.echanic's lien release for every item.
Hold out 15 per cent. until 30 days af-
Manufacturers of ,good products. an
manufacturers of poor ones make simi-
lar representations in their catalogs.
You may rely with .conadence on the
statements made by well-anown mane,
eacturers of high grade products. They
cannot afford to make false state-
mente. Use materials that bear a good
reeutation. and that see tisoked by the
Ichoice of me.tenals. Neither sloe_
one oveelook the fact that the widens° ter the work is turned over to you coma guarantees of reputable rnan-afse-
of stucco has resulted in the Mention pleted. Get an architect to help you turers. Ask your architect.
of a great variety of finishes. The draw the' papers.
— of OUT living room has zunk nearly an
Question: The floor along one side
Question.: Our plans call for case- inch although the house Whe bunt last
meat windows. We have thought of summer. There are also large cracks
using steel sash. Are they effective? in the 'plaster in the wall above where
, , t more? Can we have the the settlement shows. 'What is the
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SOMETHING TO
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reduees tb.e apparent height of the product so that stock sizes are avail- Get all architect to look over your
ucculentlFood for Sheep. walls wad -will fail to funotion as it able. Iinless your windove openings buiedieg to see what the real circute
are quite unusual, approximately the: stances are. He will prescribe the
the flounce is shirred to .the dress on;
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both sides. The set-in sleeves with at -I
tach
ed fri0e, -and the testes are- of minently.
special interest. No. 1400 is for ladies i should if not made to stand out pro -
Considering the moderate cost,
and is in sizes 34, 36, 38, 40 and 42' id the commensurate dimen,
inches bust. Size 36 bust requires 3 S5'°°°'
sleas et this 11°Ine. the floor plan re,
yards 39 -inch material; 3% yards
""'- ' veals eommodlous accommodation and
several interesting features.
• by the substitution of a large area
of glass in niece of solid walls the
front
hall has been converted into te
Cabbage, turnips and mangels, the
last mentioned in small quantities, are
good for sheep. Cabbage, says Mr. J.
B. Spencer in Bulletie No. 41 of the
Dominion Dept of Agricultufe, is over lace 27 inches wide .20 cents.
—net
ready for feeding when the heads are The secret of distinctive dress Hes
Here is soxnething that any little welt. foireed and have become firm. It in good taste rather than a lavish ex -
boy can easily make from a shoe box. •
A large shoe box, a pencil, a ruler,
and -a pair Of scisaoro, and you are
ready.
• This is e game celled "Airplanes in:
may be fed 'from the fielcl until the penditure of money. Every woman
shed. While the sheep will consemei designs illustrated in our new Fashion ; sunroom, while still serving to a great
The large living room including din -
fed on•the pasture or in troughs in a and the home dressmaker will find the
time turnips are harvested. It can be shoudld want to make her own clothes,1
extent in the capacity of the former.
cabbage from the whole head it is i Book to be practical and yet H Lug alcove with built in seats and
to make the hangar. Of course, the -- this room is a deo
table is 13 ft. x 17 ft. At the en o
r leading to the
the Hangar." And now we are going ' preferable to divide it into h,alves or I maintaining the spirit of the mode of
quarters. For giving :variety to the' the raoment Price of the book, 10
hell, bedrooms and bathrooms and an-
other to the kitchen. The grade en-
trance to kitchen and cellar is a great
convenience and one you are strongly
box (Withont the lid) is the hangar, I ration or adding a valuable succulent
but we -must out dors for the air- food, cabbage fills an important place
are to be' on the sheep farm.
planes to enter it. There
. five doors, os openings, •along one side' For fattening sheep and growing
of the box. Measure these carefully 1 stock turnips are fed in practically
lend outline them with 4 pencil before' unlimited quantities and for breeding
cents the copy.
HOW TO ORDER PATTERN&
Write your name and address plain-
ly, giving number and size of such
patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in
cutting. The smallest doorway is an i ewes are conoid'ered a necessary part 1 stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap
inch wide and two --inches 'high. It i of the ration. No other green crop is I it carefully) for each number and
shou'id be cat right at the top of the , so generally used- in the wester sea_ haddress your order to Patterli Dept.;
box in the raid
dle of one side. Tinder
son. Apart from their food consti- Wilson Publishing Co., 73 West Ade-
laide St., Toronto, Patterns sent by
return mails
this write 25, so that you oan read it
when the box is upside down.
On each side of the smallest door-
way cut another doorway, an inch and
a half wide and three high. Under
these write 15.
Then between these two doorways
tuents turnips•have a wonderful effect
in maintaining a vigorous condition
of the digestive organs and the gen-
eral system. Young lambs are greatly
benefitted by liberal feedings of finely
elized turnips in the winter and spring
until grass arrives. Previous to lamb-
nd the ends cut others, two inches ing ewes should not be fed more than
a
and a half wide and as high as the four or five younds per clay, but after
hexw aow. Under these write 5. lambing the quantity can be gradually
NOW
at the box, top down, on a increased. A gcod method to prepare
b ch and you are ready to turnips for sheep is to cut them in
taoe or .
strips with an ordinary machine cut wool the airplanes flying into it. Then wool A generous layer is placed in
fold a' piece of paper and -send it fly- ter or they may be pulped and mixed the bottom of the basket, then the
Ing by means of a rubber band. (If with chaffed straw, thereby increasing eggs are placed in layers with a small
you do not know how to do this, ask the palatability of the latteramount of wool between each layer.
another boy to show you.) Each, Breeding sheep and particularly Each egg is wrapped separately an.d
player has a number of these folded rains should not be heavily fed with
papers and an elastic band. Each mangel's in winter and spring, al -
might choose 'a different color of though in the absence of turnips a few
paper. pounds may be fed with advaetage.
They take turns'flying but one air -1 As spring •approaches, says Mr.
plane each turn. If the plane entersi
Spencer, mangels become less danger
the 'hangar through the smallest door, i ous and by April may be fed quite
it counts 25. If it enters through a generous72y except to rams.
mediumasized door it counts 15. Ansi It is not uncommon to find them
if it enters through a large door, it comeosing a part of the daily ration
of show sheep up to the middle of
counts 5. Bat if it dom not enter at '
;Tune. Manges ere prepared for feed -
all it counts 1 against the player, The
They Can't Break Our Eggs.
We have tried almost every sort of
container for shipping our high -bred
hatching eggs. Now we use only
bushel and half -bushel baskets and
corrugated pasteboard cartons for
shipments of one, two or three set-
tings.
The eggs are roiled in fish wood
player who scores 100 firstis the
Winner.
• Also, you CAR place the box on the
floor and call it a garage, using mar-
bles as automobiles. You prob-
ing in the same manner as turnips.
I Sell for Even Money.
I have found that in retailing farm
ably find this easier, and your scores pi oduets it is a good policy to make
will mount up more rapidly. the price a multiple of five. Chenge-
If you wish to make theau
ami aplane making is easier, change does not run
out so quickly nor is so much needed.
If corn is se:ling at 18 cents a dozen
I offer 14 'ears for 20 cents.
- Apparently I lose a cent but custom-
ers quieldy snap up the offer and that
game easier, use a larger box an
'make the (low -ways 'arger:
WhatCele Cost.
Some Years ago our men -folks pour -
advised to incorporate in the plans of
your new home.
Readers, desiring further informs. -
tion regarding the plans end specifi-
cations of this house should commune.
cate with the architect direct. Ad-
dress Messrs.. Storey end Van Egmond,
McOallum Hill Buildin.g, Regina,
Sask.
Question: If I ,engage a. contractor
Is he entitled to part payment before
the house is ftnished? It so, when
should I pay him and how much at a
time?
same size sash may be used, ne
•renal
LEFT -OVERS THAT DENY NAME
A thrifty housewife dislikes to season to taste with salt and pepper,1
waste left -over food, and yet a goed sprinkle with dots of butter and bake
cook dislikes to ajeopardize her repu- till brown and the potatoes, are done.
' ' " • ed -up" foods. If the corn is 'eft from supper, it
Following are some of my recipes, and may
the finished dishes are not at •all rec- giving a very common dish, a holiday
taste.
ognizable as left -overs. .
WITH cooKun ISM.
- CHICKEN OR SALMON sense.
A dish of cooked fruit is often in.
This is equally good for chicken or
salmon. Remove the bones, eruct fleke danger of -being allowed to spoil, elm -
because the family has tired of it.
the salmon or mince the chicken fine. ply
I have two 'favorite ways of using
Add .as much diced sweet pickle es
this. A rich biscuit dough is the
you have meat. Moisten; with salad
. ti t' of each. -For the first, roR
fastened on sedurely with the wire the biscuit dough very thin, spread
-- - serve. *This is a dish that has infinite
packed compactly so that it cannot tation by serving be
move about. A small handful of the ed the morning pancakes
wool is pulled out, then the egg is
carefully wrapper and packed.
I always put in a few extra eggs,
usually about five to a hundred, t
allow for breakage. I have had only
one or two complaints of eggs broken
in transit in the eight years, I've been
selling hatch%
When the basket is filled the lid is dressing, pile on rJettuce leaves and
fasteners made especially for the lids.
Then they are properly addressed on
pasteboard shipping tags that are
nailed on or attached with fine stove
possibilities as anlish to be prepaie
quickly for unexpected company. If two rounds together and bake. Sep -
pile fruit be.•.
there are many mouths and little arate thD rounds and
tomatoes may be baked with cheese
Flidir,g Our Rubbish Pile.
with babel. and cut in rounds. Lay
t them and on top arranging
salad, the salad Italy be f'lengthened
,a14 nailing one on and fastening the , • e
out" by garnishing with hard boiled each two rounds in an. individual dish., ugly one. The foliage is smooth, so it
If the fruit is not real sweet, add more , keeps free from dust and insects do'
wire. I always put on the tags, usu-
other with wire. sugar. Sorve hot with cream or rich i rot bother it so far as I know. It,
If shipped by express be sure that , s.
. SOCIICSAMCOtZettSlereleseBamIesyobef wuelslocria;
ace o1 the eggs. 'Ile does not kill back and quickly covers.
For the other dish the dough is a large space, it grows so fast.
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Chicken or ed.lmon may alleo be used
rolled out thinly and spread quite The trumpant vine is e, rampant
in delicious croquettes or fritters, both,
for , thick with the sweetened fruit, using hardy vine for those who want some -
of which are particularly fine
supper. I very little juice, Roll up, jelly roll , thing showy. It does not appeal to
There are several ways of hiding
the farm junkpile with vines. All ask
for some framevvork. We can simply
fix a screen in front high enoughto,
hide what is behind it. A better plan,
is to give it the •appearance of en'
, arbor by having a front, top and elide'
and this is not at all hard to do. With
many vines only a coarse support is,
essential.
The coral honeysuckle is one of the
prettiest vin -es for this where a com-
plete dense covering is not essential
end yet foliage thick enough to inake
anything back of it hardly totieeable.
• It blooms so free,y and the rich corai
• red trumpets are so beautiful that it
will make a very pretty spot of an
there is an express office at the point
:they are shipped to, -0. N. B. •
Sugar to Improve Flavor;
saved cent frequently results tn. sates When. turnips, aciagots, peas, or
ed some Paris green sohltion on the
that otheferise -would be lest. Alto the string beans seem tasteless, they oan
ground after they had used all they
-stock is disposed of in less them. If be enormously improved juet by the
needed in spraying- potatoes. Some
eggs are 56 cents, try offering 13 for addition of a eery little granulated
a° cents each found a small inaarao of 60 cents and ste how many takes that sugar. Be careful not to use too much.
mail chiekene from eggs that coat us
They died. extra egg. Or if vegetables are 8 This n-esty be done with either fresh or
the liquid and drank it. cents a hunch, offer two for 15 cents. Gentled vegetables.
Last year a neighbor wrapped a little The same thing is true of meats,.
Paris greeti seettrelY in -paper and put --M• l'' B• A pinch of grtusulated sugar sprinkled
it on a high shelf under a shutter: The eo...............osfr.....**
o'er an inferior quality of bacon or
Other day a busy heft, in sear& of la ' " My Tractor Lunch
nest, flew up to the shelf andscreteh-
pl, work for lunch. ..I had a amall eori-
died. TO prevent. aceidents we ptit
ham whee, cooking wiel make either
ed the peaage off, A valuable ealf Hot coffee adds greatly to my trec..
toe lunch whorl 1 don't want to stop
eiresired and swallowed the paper and
I sty" and place in a long baking pan. me because of its coarseness. The
.
wisis A BIT or CANNED CORN. I Pout about two-thirds of a cup of honeysuckie is a good vine for the
Laft-over corn is one dish that caus-
: bot ing water over it, sprinIde with purpose but will. need more and finer
es me no worries, as there
are s') 5—ugar and clots of butter and, bake till support than. the coral. It has the ad -
many ways a 'using it If it is left ' drone through. Serve hot, with rich vantage that it is much denser and
from dinner, and the weather is such
milk to whielt sugar and cinnamon remains evergreen, fat into the winter.
that soap will taste good for supper, it '
have been added. The white and cream flowers are borne
it used in soup. Bring a quart of milk I freely in the spring and for a long
to the boil, add salt .and pepper to i 7..uvr-ovna VEGETABLES.
time, and. enfew all summer. They
taste, a rounding tablespoon of butter I Nearly any left -over vegetable or
and if desired a few drops of onion cereal may be used for supper, if al'e very fregrturt, smiting the air
juico. Add the left -over coins, allow ; added to a good fritter batter and well all antrad.
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- . A d here is a fried. It is well to remember, how -
"ye I cal a a real ii.
taste like the, very best sugar -cured to boi- oP, eh e •
aft,), poison, moaitina
In fruit jar ,avri inade front thiti strap iron
put in can fitted with a top that .diletlY 'Gm thamaThift*itt`i• into whi611
Won't easily ensile oft —D. II. It, a gollou tin pail just fits:- The
eeeeeeeilpeeeee,e.„ ftrisa with prepared coffee and
Weight for weight, a cliistipairsee is. ielety Inivuties bjt'al7rtafl°11;1; fififttirftalt:
pisoa the eon
about feur Vistee 95 strong aa a maw
Nig oxtA A.
product. It also improves cheap cuts time to use dci ry bread, BrOWn the ever, that these fritters should riot he
of inset used for either reastieg er bread rLightly in the oven, Spread with served with one er two other fried
beilieg. Ilea Only a little ettgar, how- batter tied serve with the soup. foods. told eiced beef will be nice
ever, never so meals that it ean be, If the faintly is not fond of soup, to serve foe meat if you are serving
deteeted tire food. try cooking the corn in the caSserole.! frittera.
When le.ttute ealatie of any kiha Arrange a •laYer Of sliced potatoes 1 Rice and some other cereals may be cents."
"This is it great country, Pat."
"And how't thatr
"Stites, th" MeV says you can buy.
it teive,doIlar limey order for three
leek zest, or if the dressing on, them about two inches 'deep in the cassu- atte.c1 to custards, and Improve the ''"•••••--*----°
proves a, bit too acid, Just add a eau- role, ispread the tern 'over the top, theta Nailer than 'detract from it Thee Patin relief usnally Cornea dtet the
tious sprinkling of grariata'tea supr, vow- eh 'rich milk to barely ,cover,( may also be baked with. 'cheese, andbv
leveag cholzY eye dons.
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