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Zurich Herald, 1920-05-13, Page 2Composts as a Source of Humus and Nitrogen. The examination of many types or igoil—clays, silts, and sands --virgin and cultivated, has furnished evidence of a very emphatic character regard- ing the fundamental and vital im- portance of semi -decomposed organic matter (humus) as a soil constituent. It acts mechanically in improving tilth, lightening and mellowing heavy clays and increasing the moisture - holding capacity of all classes of soils. It supports the microscopic life of the soil, the function of which is to pre- pare plant food for crop use. And, lastly, it is the natural storehouse of nitrogen—the most expensive of all plant foods when purchased in the form of fertilizer. One of the chief objects in view of any intelligent, ra- tional method of soil management is the upkeep and if possible -the increase of the soil's humus content. Applica- tions of farm manures and the turn- ing under of green crops—clover, buckwheat, rye, etc.—are the princi- pal means of adding humus -forming materials to the soil, and these may be supplemented, cheaply and effect- ively, by composts. Every farm, every market garden, should have its compost heap, for such affords the most economical (and sanitary) means of utilizing the vege- table and animal refuse, indeed all forms of organic waste. To enumer- ate some of the materials that can be profitably used in this way: potato tops, cabbage leaves, waste straw, dead leaves, kitchen waste, old sods, the cleanings of ditches, road scrap- ings, muck and peat, pond and stream deposits; all these materials and many more rich in organic matter niay by composting be converted Into a forc- ing nature of very considerable value by reason of its humus content and its store of readily available plant food. In these days it behooves us to abandon our wasteful ways and util- ize everything that may make the land more productive. The practice of burning all organic refuse is an ex- ceedingly wasteful one and should only be followed when, by reason of the presence of the eggs, spores and seeds of injurious insects and plants, the composted material would be likely to disseminate disease. The making of the compost heap is a very simple affair. It can be built up of alternate layers, of say six inches, of refuse (including swamp! muck if much is obtainable) and ma -1 pure, to any convenient height, cover- ing the whole with a few inches of good soil or muck. The heap should be kept moist, that decay' may pro- ceed, but not so wet as to cause drain- age from the heap. The result, in a few weeks or several months, accord- ing to the season of the year, will be a manure of very considerable fertil- izing value, capable of improving both clay and sandy loams and especially useful for vegetable and garden crops. A Temperature That Melts Diamonds. The highest temperatures ever known on 'the earth are developel in . a new type of electric furnace con. strutted in the research laboratoty of the U.S. General Electric Co. They have reached 8,130 degree.; Fahren- heit. Think what that means. The Beat of the sun is not supposed to be much above 9,000 degrees. Thus, by arti- ficial means, human ingenuity has ob- tained temperatures approaching the celestial. At 8,130 degrees diamonds, the Hardest of known substances, are vaporized. The employment of electricity for heating has of late been increasing at a surprising rate. The electric fur- nace is considered indispensable to- day for many industrial purposes. Electricity produces heat far higher than any fuel will furnish. It gives the heat quickly, economically, and without pollution of the atmosphere with smoke or gases. The variety of uses to which it is applicable has al- ready given rise to a great number of devices for its employment, and, through invention, new ones' will con- stantly be added as time goes on. Electric heat finds its widest use in ovens, which have proved specially valuable in the automobile industry for baking the japan on car bodies. By this means japan is baked on 3,000 bodies every day. Other large users of such ovens are telephone and type- writer factories, foundries, makers of Iran frames for beds and cots and manufacturers of chemicals. Electric devices of the sort are employed for baking effervescent salts, and for dry- , ing a large variety of products requir- ing well -regulated heat and clean air in the oven itself, More matches are used in Great Brie Main than in any other country in the yvorld, They use an average of eight Imatches each person a day, It takes the constant labor of 60,000 people to Make snatches for the world. From 700 to 1,500 hens, averaging dine dozen or more eggs a year each, aalte a very good one-man business. `SYRUP OF FIGS" CHILD'S LAXATIVE Look at tongue! Remove poi., sons froth little stomach,. liver and bowels Accept "Californ r. Syrup oC Figs only—look for the name California on the package, then you are sure you: child is having the best and most harmless laxative or physic for the little stomach, liver and bowels. Child- ren love its delicious fruity taste. Full directions for child's dose on each bot tle. Give it without fear. Mother!! You must say "Califcrnla." • Unsinkable Lifeboat. An unsinkable lifeboat equipped with doors that automatically close over its occupants should it upset has been invented in Europe. A Health Saving emh ider. Don't wait until you get the Spanish Influenza. USE LINimpa At the first sign of it. Its Healing Qualities are amazing. THE OLD RELIABLE. MINARD'S .LINIMENT CO., Limited. Yarmouth, N.S. A man I know saved a little more than $160 by selling his potatoes di- rect to the folks that 'use them. He had about 600 bushels to sell. By sending out 300' circular letters to townspeople, stating what he had and the price, he was able to get from twenty-five to fifty cents a bushel above the local retail price. Oddities of the Branching Mangrove. • The trees known as "mangroves" form dense thickets along the sea- coast in the tropics of the Old 'World as well as of the Now. They' are characterized by the production of many prop roots from the trunks and branches; these prop roots reach in- to the m.ud and form practically Ma penetrable tangles. They thus hold the mud together and" are said to serve as,natural sea walls, protecting the soil against the inroads of the sea. The bark of the tree is sometimes taken for its abundance of tanning material; otherwise the several species are of no economic importance. In many of these species the roots branch repeatedly before reaching the mud, instead of growing straight down. The root divides into two branches, one of which soon dies away, while the other continues . the growth. Af- ter extending for some diettance this also divides into two, , one of the branches persisting, and so on. The Dutch botonist, 'Van Leeuwen, had an opportunity to study a man- grove tangle near Semarang, in Save, and he discovered the cause of the peculiar habit of root branching to be a small beetle The., 'female beetle lays her egg near the tip of the root. The injury eau.. , a new root to sprout out just above the tip, the old tip continuing to grow. THE BEST MEDICINE FOR LIT T LE ONES Thousands of mothers state posi- tively that Baby's Own Tablets are the best medicine they know of for little ones. Thele experience has taught them that the Tablets always do just what is claimed for them and that they can be given with perfect safety to children of all ages. Con- cerning them Mrs. Joseph Therrien, St. Gabriel de Brandon, Que., writes: "Baby's Own Tablets are the best medicine 1 know of for little ones. I thought 1 would lose my baby before trying the Tablets but they soon made him healthy and happy and now I would not be without them." The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr.' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont, an a More Italians live in New York than in Rome. ' e Ask for Minard's and take no other. Newest ©f Summer louses 4439 �lit1 0441 Embroidery Design Pio. 1025 9479 9381 Embroidery .mbroidery Design No. IOU DesignNo. 795 9439 -Ladies' Kimono Blouse (with measure. Size 36 requires 114 yds. 36 inset panels front and back). Price, ins. wide. 25 cents. In 8 sizes, 34 to 48 ins. bust McCall Transfer Design No. 1031. Price, 25 Cents. measure, Size 36, 11/4yds. 40 ins. ,. 9381—Ladies' Side -Tied Blouse (to wide, figured; 1 yd. 40 ins. wide, plain. be slipped on over the head), Price, 9441—Ladies' Blouse (to be slipped 25 cents. In 6 sizes, 34 to 44 ins. on over the head). Price, 25 cents. In bust measure, Size 36 requires 11/a 6 sizes, 34 to 44 ins. bust. Size 36 re- yds. 36 ins. wide. McCall Transfer quires 1% yds. 40 ins. wide. Design No. 709. Price, 15 cents. Transfer Design No. 1025. Price, These patterns may be obtained 25 cents. from your local McCall dealer, or 9479—Ladies' Blouse. Price, 25 from the McCall Co., 70 Bond. Street, cents. In 7 sizes, 34 to 46 ins. bust Toronto, Dept. W. and i;fee Hurt Many People If -tea or coffee disadrees with you;make a ten ars trial. of More healthful -than -tea or coffee, C;tsts less , and Its flavor pleases. Sold by Grocers Evelrywhere1 . - R EUMA N ISM This is just the season whe nRlaeumatism wit hi is grinding pain and stiffen- ing of Joints gets hold of you. Fight it with Tem pietoro's Pheumatic Capsules Tenapleton's Rheumatic (7a sules bring certain. -relief, and permanent re- sults. They are recom- mended by doctors, and sold by reliable druggists everywhere for 91.04 a boa, or write to ri'einpletons, 142 King St. W., Toronto. Mailed anywhere on re- ,eeipt of price. AST H MA Templeton's RA:: -MAN Oap- sules'are guaranteed to relieve AST 11 MA. Don't suffer an- other day. Write Tenopletons, 142 King St. W., Toronto, for freesample. Reliable druggists sell them at $3.09: a box. A Golden City. • The Mexican city of Guanajuato, built near the oldest gold mines in the country, was originally construct- ed of abodes glade of the refuse of these mines, As the early processes of extraction were very imperfect, the walls and floors of these buildings were thus full of gold, Things would have continued thus for an indefinite time, and the inhabi- tants would have been living yet in these valuable buildings, if the pass- age of a railway line near by had not necessitated the demolition of about 100 houses. MONEYORDERS. Send a Dominion Express Money Order. Five Dollars costs three cents. There recently arrived at the Lon- don Zoo a Bell Bird from Brazil. The note of Ibis bird, whe h in top form, is of a piercing and ear-splitting rliar- acter, and, according to travelers, can be heard a 'distance of three miles away. Fine New Citizens for Canada. • The immigration buildings at any of the Dominion ports of entry pre- sent a curious scene of hustle and bustle shortly after the arrival of one of the giant ocean liners, and a wit- ness is not likely to soon forget the commotion created by the discharged emigrants. A vast mass of humanity surges through the galleries past the immigration officer and the various in- spectors, and once accepted for Cana- dian. citizenship, inen, women, and children of every kind, loaded down with baggage of every shape and feria rash hither and thither making multi- tudinous inquiries of everyone general- ly unacquainted with the next steps to be taken to further proceed on their journey. It is neither pleasant nor comfort- able to land friendless in a strange land. The hardened traveller feels this and more deeply those who set foot in a foreign land where customs, conditions, and possibly language dif- fer from those to which the emigrant has been accustomed from childhood. Then the petty worries incidental to travelling are intensified by the total unfamiliarity on every hand, and eachr•meve is fraught with enmbarrass- Ment. Yet each month thbusands of potential Canadian citizens are ar- riving at the Dominion's shores from the British Isles, France, Belgium, Hieliand 'incl Scandinavia—people who bane broken up homes and life-long ties at the promise of the great new land. Into a whirl of unfamiliar sights and sounds, in a eonfusian of huulrnity and baggage, ninny unacquainted with the language -they hear on every hand —thio;, at the gateways of the Domin- ion, arrive the ancestors of the Cana- dians of to-morrcw. First impressions are often linger- ing; they are apt to have a consider- able bearing on future outlook. Realizing this and the expediency of rendering the utmost service to these Dominion builders -to -be, the Depart- ment of Colonization and Development of the Canadian Pacific Railway, in- terested among other progressive phases, in the human development of the country, has appointed a coloniza- tion agent ---a foster parent to emi- grants arriving c11 the company's boats. When a vessel steams into port he is there to go on board with the immigration officer—Capt. Andrew McDuff, veteran of two wars, versed in many languages, sympathetic, tact- ful, and schooled in the many sides of , human nature. He is at the service of these new arrivals to assist with information and advice. He shep- herds them from the boat to the wait- ing train, secures seating and sleep- ing accommodation, overseas the checking and loading of baggage, does everything humanly possible in fact to ensure a safe and entire arrival at the many poilfts of destination even to accompanying the train on the first part of its journey. It is a great work, this fathering of the Dominion's citizen -to -be, not only temporarily accommodating, but im- parting the lasting • impression to these strangers that they are welcome and that Canada wants "'them. A cheerful send-off, free from annoying worries, means a great deal, and to this end the Colonization Agent has been appointed. A Stern Critic of Education. The teacher had sent numerous notes in vain endeavor to get Johnny bathed and cleaned up, There was to reply and no visible improvement in the boy's appearance, until at last the mother, driven to desperation, sent the teacher a long letter saying, among other ,things: "What is it to the teachers whether the children in their schools have a bath once a day, or once,a week, or once a month, or once a year'They ate washing the SAP all out of the children, and that is how so much tuberculosis gets started." EQrnly .. ., . I I ; glary 2Rf. Minard's Liniment for sale everywhere Lift off Corns! Doesn't hurt a bit and Freezone costs only, a few cents. Ciassqled Ad vertise ents. PE` 1.NS' COMPLETE FERTILIZER 1.7)Twin pay you, George Stevens. Peterborough, Ontario. .PAR113 LAND rms. SALE. LT ALF SECTION FARM LAND, virgin soil, surrounding land under cultivation, near Battleford. Sask. Chas. I3, gloss. 18 Rutherford Ave., Hamilton. 9'OZ SAME i Lln EQUII'liTgD NPWSPAI'.fi1t and job printing platlt in Eastern Ontario. Insurance carried $1,600. Will Wfor 51,200 on quick sale. Box 69. ilson ] ubllshing Co., Ltd.. Toronto. SO?T ELM WANTED. oli"r ELM 1VANTED, 2 IN. AND thicker, shipped green from saw. Do not sell until you communicate with es. Heenan Bros. Limited. Owen Sound, Ont. blies CELLBNEO V S. flANDER. 'rusioiti, LUMPS, ETC., internal and external, cured without nein by our borne treatment. Write ue fbefore'Limited. Collingwc od m nt Medical "The richest soil, if uncultivated, produces the rankest weeds,"—Plu- tarch. HAIR SOON TOO SHORT TO DO UP A little. "Danderine" stops your hair corning out and doubles its beauty • your angora! You can lift off any hard corn, soft corn, or corn be- tween the toes, and the hard skin cal- luses from bottom of feet. A tiny bottle of "Freezone" costs little at any drug store; apply a few drops upon the corn or callus. In- stantly it stops hurtiug, then short:y you lift that bothersome corn or cal - Ins right off, root and all, without one bit of pain or soreness. Truly! No humbug! egs fbtu Se.a.c'?g? : `.' Jo'dst,t,c t sti t Pa N Cure Doe;:ora'v;aru aatei:ast ioMl:tllse conlaiaini pc,•acsiel ..rrt;: and !conA. "The t. at t,,if IZocts, long known a s fli:J',rr Sdgel':i ' ▪ Carafare 6y'rap, ha., ate dope or ,F,3 strong ing=e-.Berta; it cures iridi>as. or:., biliann.oss and y� • constipation. Can be bad at any • drug store." Oct the genuine. . • 50c. and $1.00 Bottles. p3�/Is • ny.ti `'y�S%nY F5 "s��Ji.a<,O;i:r Ji`1-6i"�RAre FA" eJt'STQlasDOUG -.S America's Pioneer Dog Eemeclien Look on DOG DISEASES and Haw to read Mailed Free to,any Ad- dress by the Author, H. Clay Glover Co., 311o. 113 West 31st Street New York, U.S.A. To stop faliieg hair at once and rid the scalp of every particle of dand- ruff, get a small bottle of delightful I "Danderlue" at any drug or toilet counter for a fele cent,,, pour a little in your liana and rub it into the scalp. . After several applications the hair usually stops coming out and you can't find any dandruff. Iielp your hair to grow ::troy thio wad- long and be- come rt £:, a:1c , y and twice as beauti- • fail and tat :recd, eat. r On Face, Arms and Hands. Cuticura ra erleals5 °A1 have had Balt rheum for the vast five ;'acro. My ince, arms, and elanda broke out all over in rough scaly patches so that you could hardly eat your finger where there waa not a patch. 1 got so I could not elcep at night. "Seeing Cuticura Soap and Oint- snent advertised 1 thought 1 would give thein a trial, and after using a full-sized box of Cuticura Ointment With the Cuticura Soap 1 was healed." (Signed) Mrs. Thomas Bogen, Essex junction, Vt., Dec:18, 1918. 'Use Cuticura for every -day toilet purposes. Bathe with Soap, soothe with Ointment, dust with Talcum. Soap 28c, Ointment 25 marl Soc. Sold throughouttheDominion. CanadianDepot; L7 mine, Limited, St. Paul St.. Montreal. Firer*Cuticulta Soap shaves vdthout mug. ONLY TABLETS MARKE "BAYER" ARE ASPIRIN Not Aspirin at All without the "Bayer Cross'; For Colds, Pain, headache, Neural- package which eoiltaini benipletn did =ie., T .rtbaehe, Earache, and for rections. Then you are getting real Ilhoumatisnh, Lumbago, Sciatica, Neu- Aspirin—the genuine Aspirin pros ritis, take Aspirin marked with the scribed by physicians for over mood nano "Bayer" or you are not taking teen years. Now made in Canada. . Aspirin at, rill.. • Handy tin boxes containin 12 tab' Accept only "Bayer 'Tablets of lets cost but a few cents, nights. 'Aspirin" in an unbroken "Bayer" also sell larger "Bayer" packages. There is only ono Aspizdst--"$slyer"-CHou must Say "Bayer" :Aspirin is the trafie nark (registered In (aneda) of Bayer Manufacture of Mono• a(eticacldester of Snticyncated, Whit, it is wen known that 11.eplrin moans Bayer manufacture, to nacsist the public agaInct imitations, the Tablets ot.13ayer Company, xpiituc eta ped.ivltll•:their densral Iratle.otuxls, the "Bent :CrotShm