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Zurich Herald, 1923-05-10, Page 7Less Planting M -- M re Culture By, Hilda k iehrr and Since we plant less ground in garden truck and cultivate, the smaller patch • more carefully • u 4 more frequently we but we have more to give away with the small patch than with the large one. Also we have more time to try new varlet4 e. The vides are firuned enjoy more fruits for our labor. Time just ea trees are pruned, and while we was when In common with other farm- do not use the stakes we thin 80 that era we had to have a "truck patch" they can have plenty of.light and air. that was really a small field. Into The same might be said of lima. beans: .that truck patch' went everything that We used to have poles and poles to everybody else raised, without regard care for, but now a smaller bed with to likes :and dislikes, 'and also without better care yielde more than In other regard to, the ability to cultivate it. Bust years. the war, which taught so many les- There is less trouble with weeds eons, eliminated all the vegetables we now than in the b•ig patch. When the do not like and made us more careful• early peas, lettuce, radishes ,and such about plowing. up a big expanse of crops are done the ground is cleaned soil to grow up to weeds and sickly out and made ready for endive, later vegetables. We never cared a great plantings of onions, the fall radishes,- deal adishes,deal for Babbage, yet we always ex- spinach and all the other things• that pected to put out several hundred plants; trusting to the survival of the. fittest rather than to any great care, :simply because we d1d not orave cab- bage. • Now we plant no cabbage at all, must be sown in July or August. If there is a place not needed for those crops it is promptly sown to turnips,. as turnips will drown' out weeds and. can be fed to stock. The fertility . of but buy a few heads when the cabbage the soil for the two or three crops is notion strikes us once In a long time, kept up with well -rotted manure, but The spring garden consists• of fre- really it is less, trouble and expense quent plantings of lettuce, spinach, to do that than to fertilize a big field onions, early peas, bents, radishes and once. The soil le as mellow as ashes snap beans. These with the perman- and if weeds do appear they are very ent asparagus are enjoyed until the promptly used as green fertilizer.. middle of July, when the next beans,. It may, sound like a fairy 'story to peas, beets, pickles, tomatoes, roast- some folks to say that you can get ing •ears, kand rabi andsuch things. twice as much offa small plot well come in quick succession. Of course, tended as a big one skimmed over, but the fail brings a wealth ofrichnessin it 3s true. We even plant fewer pots - the garden, but it also brings the last toes and cucumbers and such things planting of snap beans, peas, lettuce, as formerly, though these crops go out THE WORST IS NTT TO COME A endive, onions and beets as well as in the field rather than in the garden - a_ -_-- the cultivation of the .•celery of which 'Proper. The Japanese with their won we are very fond. More time and derthl gardens, depend upon s•mail Goats in Alberta. energy are put on the corn, tomatoes plots and we may learn a lesson from and celery than anything else because therm as they fertilize and cultivate. we depend upon them more for can- With help so hard to get, and thefarm- ning and for winter use. This season we used the last celery In January ant, of course, the canned things last until fresh ones come. • By having the smaller garden it does not become a drag, but is a real pleasure. Formerly we felt that we must have at least twice as many to- mato plants as we needed in order to have plenty to give away to friends, VEN ers rushed to death, the proposition of a"small garden with better and more vegetables should appeal strongly, for the ladies and ohildren like to work in a well -kept truck patch when they ab- hor, a big weed graven Heid. Cut the garden in half and see if you do not increase production without increas- ing work. We know, for we have tried it. Floating Lands for Home Sites in Holland. Of all -the countries of Europe, Hol- land affords, per`haps, the best example of • how the topography of a country affects the habits of its people, and in- fiuences their lives. A considerable portion of the Low Country lies below the level of the sea, and it was to re- sist its cruel invasions that the gigan- tic levees, or dikes, were built. Never- the less, some of the flooded regions periodically inundated by the sea, have = beenh:wtter-logeed for ::centuries, and one 6ti,i0Sce is the province of Overys- ser. 'Perhaps its quaintest spot is the floating. village of Giethoorn. Taking advantage of the condition of the soil, these hardy Duhchmen have learned heeoto cut away sections of turf, and then float them to the spot where they pay on her." are wanted. Considerable skill, of course, is necessary to escape a duck- Gold cannot rust. �III�IIlIlljll�ll�� ��I. ie "Mere. Amateur. Mrs. Strongwords—"I hope • You'll overlook • my, ,language, little boy. I shouldn't have said what I did." The Caddy—"That's nothin' You just ought to hear what niy old' lady says when the old man holds out his ing, because the footing .18 uncertain and slippery, and the marshland' de- ceptive and treacherous. Poles, about 12 feet in length, are employed to shove off the floating home sites, which are cut away beyond the -village limits and then guided to town. Some 8 or 10 men follow this work exclu- sively, and, naturally,- are very adept in the handling of their poles and the islands" in their charge. Oiethoorn has been built up in this manner. A Royal Recognition. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has graciously added his 'contri- button to the progress of forestry in Great Britain and the Empire general- ly, in his aceptance of the office of President of the Empire Forestry Asp sortation. He presided on .March' lst at the annual meeting of the Associa- tion, which was held at the Guildhall, London, England. In moving the adop- tion of the annual report of the Coun- cil of the Association, he said in part: Goat statistics are not to be found in the livestock figures of the Domini- on of. Canada as• the raising of these animals in Canada has never readied a status warranting its inclusion: The only province where goat raising las. become thoroughly established and where it has arrived at undoubted suc- cess is British Columbia. Here •there are approximately 5,000 of these 'ani - mals, which have fnoreased to these proportions from an original herd. of. 200 head imported from tae United States in 1917, whilst a goat breeders' association in the province formed ! in the same year with a membership of 176, now has more than 400 adherents, W%th its favorable conditions in many sections there seems no good reason why . the Prairie, Provinces should not have a flourishing goat in- dustry, especially sines this pursuit. has proved so profitable' in the pro- vince across the •mountains. Alberta has,. at length its pioneer in W. A.. Schroeder, wlio came from' Switzer- land and settled near McLeod,. and has ante been engaged in proving the, feasibility of thegoat-breeding incate- try in Southern Alberta and the profit to be found therein, ;which he would seem to have done conclusively. He has one hundred goats, and with this substantial herd Is following along the same principles o1 domestic dairying that have for generations been so suceessful in Switzerland. He ie making fifty pounds of butter and cheese every week, which he sends to the McLeod and ` Calgary markets, where it sells on even terms with the 'ordinary dairy brands. An advantage in this industry lies in the claim that Canadian Trade With Italy concluded between franca and Canada and as another phase of the preferete tial trade program arranged for In Pump° by Canadian ministers, the terms of a similar favored nation treaty between the Dominion and Italy are .announced. Though the cameos are brief" they are extremely Whether they NOW through direct ar a'rJ unloaded, In the last fisoa.l year Canadaas f t taa trade, with Italy .amounted In vclee tq $ t6,723,1$8, of which exports apaountp ed to $16,335,818 and imports to only' $1,387,370. Almost the, entire volume of . exports was '.attributable to :vege- table products, ooesleting mainly of grain and flour, wThlele had a value of full and compreheuaive, and apparent- 114,543,707, whilst the other two imp ly all that either country could desire :portant items were ani?ne1 products, to foster -a mutual expansion of trade. which totalled $671,214, and `non-metal- Canada's" export trade with Italy has ;llferous minerals totalling $103,625. undergone a eupprising expansion, es- Curiously Canada's greatest item" of pocially since the outbreak of the war, import was in vegetable products, and the treaty is calculated to further; amounting to $747,480, followed by. stimulate ;this traffic, and at the same fibre sand textiles to the value of $322,- time, through facilitating the entry of 086 and non -metalliferous minerale worth $117,904, A survey of Oanadian-ltalian trade in the last fifteen years orso discloses the fact that whilst Canada's import concluding clause, which states that trade has remained more or lase at a in all matters governing the import, standstill there has been a surprising export and transit • of merchandise ; increase in the volume of the Domini - Italy grants to Canada and Canada en's • export trade. In the year 1910" grants to Italy the treatment of the the total volume of Canadian -Italian most favored nation. Articles, the pro- duce or manufacture of Canada, im- ported into Italy and similar Italian commodities imparted into Canada, shall not be subjected to higher or other duties than thcs-e paid on the same commodities from other coun- tries, and similarly no prohibition or restriction shall be mutually imposed which is not equally 'extended to other countries. Eirti.eles from either coun- try passing in transit through the I country of the other shall be recipro- cally free from' ' all transit' duties Italian gooda to Canada, augment the volume of the Dominion's imports from that country, The effects of the new, treaty are generally •summed up in the trade was $1,774,751 in value, of which Canadian imports accounted for $945, 243 and exports $829,508, giving Italy a small favorable trade _ balance. By 1915 imports from Italy had increased to $1,507,548 and exports to $1,840,910.. By the year 1920 imports, had declined to $999,040 and exports increased to the surprising total. of $16,959,657, While in 1921 there was only a rela. tively small increase in the value o2 imports,export value had increased by morethan three times and amounted! to $57,758,343. ........... Splendor In Excess. • "The first carpet ever seen in a Ne- vada town," says an old-timer, "was one gallon of goat's milk will make as in a parson's, house. One day a little munch cheese as two gallons of cow's money came from the preacher's home milk, and each animal averages a folks back East. With it the parson quart at a milking: bought the. cotton; his wife spun' it, Goats are easily raised n Alberta, had it woven and painted over in oil according to Mr. Schroeder, who first colors, with a gay border around ..the experimented with sheep, especially on edge and groups of flowers in the hilly or broken land such as is found centre. - in •certain sections of the province. "When the-ca.rpet was laid, the pee - They are economical to keep because pie were astounded at the magnifi- they feed largely on brush and -weeds, canoe of .the preacher's parlor. One tee snow offering no, deterrent to rust- old chap, stopping at the door, was Hopeless Struggle, With /en Irregular Plural, A young woman whio lives in Wast- `ington reoently returned from abroad. She was describing her experiences in mountain climbing to a friend who is in, the diplomatic service, "Ah, mese, said the foreign diplo- mat, "so you climb z•at maintain. Zat was a fot to be proud of!" "Pardon me, count," said the Ameri-F cau'gim1. - "I think you mean 'feat.' " "0 -oh." exclaimed the count with fresib admiration. "So you climb him more than once?" ling, whilst they seldom fall victims to afraid to enter. —0—.. coyotes. The meat of the goat comes " 'Walk in,' said the parson. under the class of wild game, and from ten to twelve pounds of tallow are pro- duced from each carcases. The pelts "'I can't,' said the old fellow, "with- out steppin' on. It. Do yo' think,' he added, in wondering admiration, "ye when well tanned are waterproof acid, kin have all that and heaven, too' have a good commercial value. Mr. Schroeder's experiments have been watclhed with a good deal of in- terest throughout Alberta and his pre- sent herd is in rather general demand for foundation stock for other herds. Some have gone a9 'far, north as the Peace River country, where a minia- ture goat -dairying '.industry is in pro- cess of being established. Now that it has _ secured its, tart and certain proven advantages have been proven for it, there is every possibility of the goat -raising industry becoming estab- lished on the prairies of Western I England as the Plough and in Germany Canada. as the Wagon. Reassuring, Anxious Old Lady (on siteamer)—",I say, my goad man, is this boat going up or down?" Surly Depkhand I "We11, she's a leaky old tub, ma'am, so I shouldn't wonder if she was going. down. Then, again, her b'ilers ain't none. too good, so she might go up." Different Names. The star group Usa Major is known in this country as the Great Dipper, in - Up But Not Ready. Companion—"Get up, Clara, get up' at once. A man has broken ante the house!" Miss :Passay--"I'm up, my dear, I'mi up! But what have you done with the. rouge box, I'd like to know?" Canadian Hydro Develo The Dominion of Canada, with a total of 18,255,000 horsie power 'avail able under conditions of ard4nary mini- mum flow and 32;076,000 horse power dependable for at least stx months of the year, takes second place to the United States in her possession of available water powers. In the amount of power available per capita of popu lotion, the Dominion :occupies• the second place, following Norway, and fills the same relative position in re- •spect to that country in per capita power development. Canada's water- power development is substantial and M the main adequate to the country's requirements,. but by reason of the Do- mdnlon's vast available resources, "I have had, the last.three years; un- amounts' to only seven per cent. of rivalled opportunities, of realizing the such present recorded water -power re- vast timber resources of our Empire and of actually visiting lumber mills M Canada and Australia. Without a sources. In the past ten years the yearly in- crement of new power made available cheap supply of timber, any progres has averaged 180,000 horse power. In sive commtmity must face disaster, the year 1922 Canada developed three having regard to the many needs we million horse power, of electrical have for timber 1n everyday life, for energy from Its water powers, con which a regular and cheap supply Is siderably over the decade average. essential. This, however, can be se- Thiswas divided as follows:—Ontario, cured only by close attention to farest- 1,330,000 h.p.; Quebec, 1,100,000 hep.; ey in all its aspects. British Columbia, 310,000 h.p.; and the "If we are to accept the evidence of remainder among the other six pro - those who have made a study of the vinces. It has been estimated by the rate of consumption of timber, the Federal Water Powers Branch that at world within the next twetty years the end o•f the last year the horse - will be faced with a timber shortage, power development in Canada per rates throughout Canadaan general- ly be stated to compare very favorably with those of other countries. To maintain this prestige - much develop- ment will be undertaken in 1923. Among the larger hydra develop- ments undertaken in the past year or previously, which will be continued in 1923, are the Queenston-Chippewa in Ontario and, 'the Great Falls in Mani- toba. The amain work of the Queens - ton project, which Is part of the Niag- ara.developm,ent, which with its 600,- 000 horsepower capacity, will be the largest' electrical plant In the world, was compi•eted in 1922, but the facili- if• not an actual famine. No time must be lost in making provision for future sapplies, steps must be taken to re- ' plant the vast forest areas devastated during the war, estimated in Great Bri- tain alone et one million acres, of which probably not five percent. have been replanted thousand of population was 337, the total capital invested in cle•velopment $620,658,731; and the estimated re- venue from development $81,600,000. Increasing Industrial Demands. The exceptional amount of new power development In 1922 was made "The need for systematic forestry necessary by the great demand exiting intis•t be more fully realized and the from industrial establishment, and feel doctrine of self. -regeneration of forests the Sonne reason, the yearn: 1023 is trona all indications to be an outstan.cling year., The. present year promises to ; make a record In the location of slew foreign industries, and n.ew elec1-`fsal developmaent must keep pace with inn no longer relied on as the seas means of propagation." ^Novoh,Boat: , A novel boat is both propelled and iyteered by jets of water ejected from dustri.al progress. Canada offers many a motor -driven pump In any direction indtieemeu'ts to manufacturers In other desired by the navigator of the craft, lands to locate within her confines, and one of the greatest is that of cheap Ifsatatir g Material. anddependable power: Thus the city 't't%.00l and cotton are pulverized 111 of Wianip•eghas achieved the distinc- . Viands for insulating material, td, ! tion of 'providing uma.aarfacturers with, clarify, solut!ons difflc>,1it to filter and electrleal power at a lower rate than tot somtie other purposes, any other 'City i'ty on the continent,• tend r ties are to be continually extended to the utilization of the maximum power. Zlh e' development progressing at Great Falls; on the Winnipeg River, is the largest hydro undertaking west of Niagara, with an ultimate capacity of 168,000 horse power and to cost ten and a half million dollars. New Development. A new corporation, financed by American capital, the St. Maurice Power Company -Limited, is to de- velop the Gres Falls and Gabelle Rapids on the St. Maurice River, in Quebec Province, having obtained --Cleveland Plain Dealer, t 1t I leasehold power rights to these. The . year may total installed capacity of the develop- I started. meat is placed at 120,000 horse power,In 1922 large.property holdings along and the capitalization of the company the shores of the Gatineau River were is in the neighborhood of 40,000,000. Another Quebec development will be undertaken on the Riviere des Prairies where 50,000 horse power of electrical energy is to be developed by the Back River Power Company, at a cost of from elm to seven million dollars. The Provincial Government has recently see actual development acquired by the Hull Electric Com- pany, _ which intends,' establishing a hydro -electric power plant this year with e.n ultimate capacity of 150,000 horse power, the cost of construction of which is estimated at $10,000,000. This is to be completed in two years. In the .Province of Alberta there is a' granted a sixty -year lease on. the river lireposale ;by' the Alberta Hydro-Eiec rights to the company. Through ar- trie 'Contpany to construct a, plant at rangexnents completed between the the Bow River, east of Calgary, to don - Quebec Government and: the Quebec stet of four dams, the first of which. . Development Company, Canadian and American capital will combine in the will cost half a million dol•Iars. There are several new power de building of a great dam at Grand Dis- velopments projected in the province charge from Lake St. John, the head- of British Columbia. Canadian West.;; waters of the Saguenay River. With inghouse is. said to be "planning the' an initial unit of 200,000 horse power building ,of a great power plant at Sea- it is expected the project will event- ton Lake, to sell power to a proposed' ually be developed to produce 1,000,- pulp and paper plant, and to Seattle 000 horse power. Further hydro de- power consumers, Contracts, have veiopment in Quebec Province will be been signed for the Installation of a accounted for by the Southern Canada 5,000 horse -power addition to the exist - Power Company, which is initiating ' ing hydro -electric facilities at the another large power development on Anyox smelter of the Granby Oansolt' the St, Francis River, which will pro- • dated Mining, Smelting and Poweell Power company !pCt duce 30,000 horse power. ompany, to cont in this neighborhood Thee Great Northernf $200;000. Ltd. has been organized in Ontario to • While the developments • here noted furnish the gold mining industries of comprise only some of those of which the northern part of the province with notice was given prior to the consul- power and assist in the general de- sion of the past year, and there will velopment of the territory. The conn- doubtless be many more projects initi- pang has under way the initial unit of ated in the course of Vhs coming a plant on the Montreal River, amid it menthe, they are sufficient to indicate is expected that this first poser unit that the year 1923 will be azoutatand. of 2,150 horse power will be ready for ing one in hydro -electric development; distribution early this year. As new electric development means i the exhaustion of available supply Further Probable Development. within sight, the new;undertakings an. An impoi,tant project which may suoh an extent are a fairly accurate nmrterialize, is the development of gauge upon, whlch to nesasure Cana• Great Falls, the largest single water la's industrial progress. With such an power in New Brunswick. le is es•ti- expansion to electrical power being eta mated that with the minimum en- teas& an unprecedented development pendittire which could be made in bar- I et the Dominion's industrial enter: :tossing the falls there would bo avail- prises is ee•nfidently anticipated on, all able about 30,000 horse power. By , sides. adding storage facilities the power � would be increased to 50,000 large power,. and by taking advantage of Perfectly well-meaning Old Lady;' storage facilities at the hoadweters of "Thank you jso, much for your song, the St. John, the purer output could my dear. It took me back to my child. be increased to• 80,000 or 86,000 horse hood days on my father's farm. Wheat ' power. Preliminary Innestlgatlons I shut nayeyes and listened to your have been under way by the Prov1acial singing 1 seemed to hear the de0r old Government for some time 'said the gate creaking in the wield.° C.