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Zurich Herald, 1923-05-17, Page 6iAddreee communications to q{lr°'"'" M a . 73 Adelaide St. West. Toronto + WS.. best -filled kernels. This seed will ger- SUMMER I'EED FOR COI irate uicicly, sending forth strong, THE CHILDREN'S HOUR MY NEST.. Up on a hilltop .ever so high There's a grassy nest where I love he. There I keep very still, And watch until Tiding the cows over the dry i hardy shoots. , ear after, •All kinds of wonders pass me by period of summer is a difficult and By following this plan y ( you were born so close to nature. You matter.. for us dairymen. ear, the salve strain of oats will in -I ortunties to study•wild •life, important crease in weight as well as in Y' There's a: flutter of wings, a' birth • have opp Yield. ' Cows which freshen late in wintery adopted this plan, we raise draws near;' i and to help conserve it that many city and in the spring produce well for a Since we folks envy. heavily 0 er cent more oats than He knows I'm a friend and he has no Humane clubs could well be organ- ized in various rural communities and Much helpful propaganda could be have golden opportunities to make life easy for all kinds of dumb animals, because they live where the animals live. Not all of the humane prone - geode, should be distributed in cities, one elite. readily see. Animals used on the farm often suffer, when this could be alleviated, were there some boy or girl pr older person who would make the effort to see that.. animals are., given proper care and treatment. Instead of viewing your fate as un- fortunate because of the fact that you have to live in the country or in' a village, you should be thankful that short time and then fall oil from 25 to 3 P There fear. in the milk flow, due very largely ' we were able to raise before• this meth d, as the light He swings to and fro the decline of pasture and the lac o is no waste in Some early m ° aturinsucculent feed. oats are used for feed; whereas; if the! On a branch °that I love to hear. 'Spread;. A country store, church, or ow combi Oats and, peas make an excellenta oats ,are sowed. without cleaning, a, And trills song schoolhouse could serve as a meeting therefor nation for summer feeding: I large percentage of the light kernels Bright as the sun and blue as the sky place. Humane literature could be . d ill distributed- from sansei libraries found have grown them heretofore for for -I will not germinate, an w Flutters a brilliant butterfly; ape with excellent results. The crop ; be wasted. a• be cutgreen and fed as a soiling, Smut in oats will reduce the yieldsilk A can bear bee'sdeep nghumming, may red. I would th• is ea y • crop or matured and stored. sow one and one-half bushels of oats and one bushel of peas to the acre as early in the spring as the soil can be mad ready. e Where a large acreage of clover hay is grown, some of it can be cut early and used for feeding. I have done this as early as the fifteenth of June. Alfalfa can be used in the same man- ner. A neighbor has been feeding al- falfa as a soiling crop and likes it very much for the purpose. For summer and early fall feeding, I have been growing a small acreage of sweet corn for my cows. It is eady at a' time when pasture begins to decline .in quality and aids mate- rially in keeping up the milk flow. Sweet corn is highly palatable and! in villages, or from the rural school. Nature studies could be made by a large extent. However, is tment. He crawls deep into a flower near hype ;classes, whose.pupils would not havem prevented byt the fo ret ofn seedede ,1 to go far before finding something I per find that the amount to soto', Hello, Mr. Squirrel, so gay and so bold, study. acre varies greatly according to, Hello, q g pretend 'to the condition- of the ground. In sow-1You,You, laugh, although you I scold. oats, iE 0 'th , ing grass or clover seed with is not safe to sow the oats too thick. Your ;aeclooks ks sue sduffed of crops by sow- For your our best Phold. g have raisedInuts as they can We ing from 2'�a to 3 bushels of oats.to As full of the acre. This leaves room for a good lizard I can see;, seeding for the next year's hay crop. A crimson se g basks in the sun and he watch in He own not When grass or clover' are me. with the oats 3 to 3s • Fresh Vii" and —or, as the Report of'the Ministry of Health of Creat Britain; said; "a sanitary environment and sound nutrition''— are the great safeguards of Health. Hoe Education. "The Child's First School Is the Family"--Froebet. Carrie A. Rittei An Old Fashioned Quality--Respect—By had a hen -party yester- 1 The young folks used to come over "Motheryoung girl, too. Grandma let us have all kinds day," et sixtelly exclaims a and invited of sweet: Sixteen. "Mother had seven'i of seemed: to enjoy them it tmuchmeals. as old hens here and you ought to have�S heard them cackle and seen them eat I It ;Nas the same girl who said of her ice cream." I randmother, "'Grandma does not hear people might call this a cute g well over the phone, in fact she Many P Pvery up-to-date speech, but the mother of' does not hear it ring unless she is in P this same girl complainsMary is n the room with it, but don't hesitate to respectful to me. She thinks I'm old, call up, there are some persons she This is one way by which monotony too,and I'll pot be fifty-six until Sep-( eau understand so she will _answer if can be routed, thaand are hep part about tiber. I don't see why she talks so possible," U it will world that you are helping f make about my age." Doest this sound better than liar and the life ' 0 rid 1 ova he w t dumb Casually observing these cases we no "She's deaf as a post, what's the good d ng of her trying to understand anything? same a a- ' We wonder, yes, we wonder: very much if' the attitude of sons and daughters-in-law to aging widowed mothers has anything to.do with the way young people speak of "Grand- ma." "Old folks aren't wanted," You, hear it often. Perhaps they are.not, but sometimes it .may be their own fault because' years before they allowed', themselves to speak carelessly' of other O S. elderly persons, forgetful of the law Poultry to me to of suggestion.. Let us, be. thankful. for: There has newsy the mothers who taught us that filial respect and considerati&l were 'their due, that members of the generation elder than themselves were to be treated with: deference, loving care, and gentle thoughtfulness for their. Comfort, and that selfishness and dis- respect for our seniors are 'neither more uplifting nor ennobling. to our explains girl, own characters than they are .pleasant such a lot, both of us, it kept her busy. to the elderly people. g em heav- ilythe fall for fattening, feed them on mash •feed composed of what m the grain are available, corn being,in to it that only approved hens and especial favor, and feed occasionally cocks are kept for breeding purposes, The average whole grain to whet the appetite. and that only -eggs from. approved' :not ---' parentage and up. to a required- attic, s usually e a :n elevated on Distinguish - and are i�icu at Ya g tin the season piers four feet or more and the bins are to be pt, and during les the animals more comfortable. er how much of this is training Some day you may move away from wonder or rather lack of it. No use. your telephoning unless mother the country --though it is. to be hoped We notice the Pe ttitude an the parents not in- is home or I am." connection ' t His bright little eyes es that you will not—and what you have frequently in speaking of, or to, elder- I learned about nature and all Torras of''yes Children are often al - wild life will be of considerable value. 1 relate bushels to the acre is ad safe amount Show no surprise To say the very least, it will.prove a to sow on well -prepare groundPerhaps he thanks I am part of the pleasant wholesom Y When a I along this line in your community lodging; most generally it is supposed A sea gull floats through the blue 'of, now. , Do not wait until 'conditions tThisnot con- a memo, lent of . fertility: taming plenty tree' Decide that you will do something h farmers are annoyed by oats that the land is too rich. is the sky..'seem more promising. always the case, however; it is often.) produces a large tonnage of fodder. I because the soil lacks some essential sow the corn as early as' possible after element. The soil may lack- potash, the early spring crops are in; upon .which gives strength to the stalk. If good clover sod which has received a bl a covering of manure during the winter. About twelve quarts of seed per. acre are required. -Leo C. Reynolds. HOW I RAISE BETTER OATS. From experience covering over twenty years, I find that most inferior oat crops are due to inferior seed. I do not mean that farmers intentional- fertilizer, ia en ions - fertilizer, containing a -goodly amount of potash, is applied, this trouble may often be overcome.—L. M. D. APPLE APHIDS EASILY CON- TROLLED. Aphids on apple trees are quite easily controlled by the use of as anin lime -sulphur nicotine applied justa e He flaps his wings with a wild, shrill' There is a• great work for' you to do cry. Just over the grasses A' dragon, fly passes, And locusts snap their wings as fly. Running along. with `a ,jump and- • a bound, Comes Mr. Field Mouse. Now what Rocks. These flocks are intended to has he found? provide the source of improved breed - He looks so merry; ing stock and hatching. eggs for the I spray containing an In his mouth there's a berry • use of farmers. This work is ; in t t' 1 e disappearscharge, of the Manitoba Poultry Pro - many inferior seed, but rather that � • 1' d s the insects are � Then h in his hole in the rooter of the Live Stock Branch, who ly ground. many farmers sow inferior seed with-' hatching out in the spring. aware of the fact. ` There are two kinds of aphids coin- ' enters into agreement with farmers out being v !on buds of apple trees in So now do you see why I love to illi wishing to take it up. Under the I find that the cost of improved seed money found P agreement the breeder places his flock Is very low, considering the good re-' the spring, one known he sthe eosy green apple In And est keep ;tzilthe hilltop big , hands of the promoter who sees sults that are sure to follow its use. aphis and the other a of these insects And wait until good seed necessarily mean aphis The feeding I Nor does high-priced seed. Good seed will make results m dwarf a'rapidearly growth, which is very set d is frequently a essential t d f is d cropis rarely seen from .a hat makes. a , slow growth • in the • they in your community. Approved1 Flocks. With a view to improving the farm poultry . in the Province of Manitoba, the Department of Agriculture at Ot- tawa has set about the establishing of approved flocks of Barred Plymouth y their grand lowed. to be saucy to parents or to their elders. ' So it comes to us that the atmos- phere in which a child is reared is responsible for his respect or. dis- respect for those•older. or in authority. Sometimes it is not the words so much as the tone in which the parent speaks of an elderly person that conveys dis- respect.s seemed. be a natural bond between children and very elderly persons. The little ones. love stories which the older ones can ' tell delightfully. I, know of-' a case in which a grandmother and her only granddaughter are chums. They camped together for a month when the rest of the family' did not care to go. "Grandma had the time of her life," d the1 "only we did eat The Granary Converted Into An Elevator. farm granary with bins eight feet or more in height, with Such wonderful things come passing by? —Ethel C. Brown, -in Youth Companion. ed mis-shapen fruit unfit for mar an : " loss to growers. • Experiments have ' . that thorough spraying with a mix- 's stand a score away a ac, a ' h Pullets b d L records economic A granary a To g a>r�u Hens. yes doubles he ea r 'mss i ,. to t �+ at to I t 1�..:. o a 'goo crop o oats; a serious o demonstrated goo field W A BIRD FLIES.. cis be.culled by, an, officio extended.• I have daf d 3 one-half al- HO ,r ft!" +�tbe ;flo k t two and g ca• d other carr lag- contents, at small'cost An much labor is re- tore containing.• ' atment. These a ytin wishing pullets 'Troia you spring. Just as •three-quarters ofHow man of us can answer the.of the Deto •�of lame -sulphur, q y fly?" P observed' for` a elevator shaft with,cups is a:coin gthe best plan aired crop sow poor seed and harvest' eons • i water : " does` a bird -It requirements are to,be qret of nicotine sulphate, and w question. How sow first class seed pa f threeThe Poultry coun small, as to good is and harvest a:goad crop; hence, the • balance is all in favor of the better seed. paratively cheap equipment. 'A four whatis- writes a "Northumberlandn ,1+�iul- w. Away that ad-' try raiser. vised by the` Dominion Poultry Hue- bandman, namely, to leg -band the pul- lets each. fall, using, year' • about, the right leg and the left leg. Wlien the pullets are being selected for keeping, put a band on the right leg of each pullet. In the next year put the band a to make 100 gallons at the time that seems simple enough, and yet it is a period o - nyea�his period and to `six -horse power gasoline engine is the tips of the leaves of the fruit buds neem that the wisest in such mat Promotex dor g P used for driving' the belt to elevate P will A good way to secure good seed oats is to take a good variety of native oats and run it through the fanning mill three or four times, until only the largest and plumpest kernels remain. Wef out about 40 per cent of our an oats, leaving only the strongest and HORSE , proassist in securing ters have made athe flock The most prominen bird, in which it differs from every aa}d render such other assistance as m one-fourth' to one-half d study afterwards, protrude from bout a market for the produce of the grain. Grain arriving at the ale inch will control the pests most . t fact a vator can be scooped into the grain effectively. d 11 bl the dump at a p Horse stalls so arranged that a heavy 4nch rope, stretching across, each stall behind the horses, saves the Necessity of halters. The attachments for each rope are made in a black- smith shop and must be reasonably heavy and bolted firmly to the stall. One end of the rope is fastened to a ring and bolted to the stall. The •- other end has a heavy hook to drop into a ring when fastened. Arrange that the stalls are high at the front end so horses cannot reach each other's heads. This method of fasten- ing prevents the horses backing up possible, from the same source'each. This explains ow a other, Horses, n selecting a male bird choose itself in the air, but how does it sail Branch reports. Calves showed nod This. economy of space necessitates an be slaughtered for rood: and kicking at each year. I g change at Toronto, were a trifle lower b' d that is strong in the points in forward at such terrific speed? Ile t w. al outside stairway. All the windows of rapid` rate. Careful spraying from the ground; other creature, except the bat an in.I,wi enable from bins by gray- under the tree rather than. from} sects --is its power of flying. For this `flock up to a high state of quality and Reloading grain and tank is re ardedlthe bird's arm ends in only profit: The details of the scheme are ity into the lywaYin few bund ed bush - the topofthe spray g purposen s or other - alt factor in the control lore slender finger, instead of a published. in Pamphlet No. 25 of the wise, leaves only as -an imports one g, full hand. To this .are attached the Department of Agriculture,: whic breeder to keep his of these pests. ------------ '-- .quills and small feathers on the .upper .available from the Publications Department at Ottawa. ford which make up the wing I Branch of thep cause they are cheap, buy eggs side w is e in purposes late in the season. Observe how light all this is; in the This pamphleualso ementsexplains of the Record bred g a climate like that of Canada, first place, the bones are hollow,• hen°i of p .and ranee "A" for poultry by In chicks hatched before the middle of, the shafts of the feaththemselves whichi certificates of production are May give the best results, though with. and finally, the feathers at lay good care they maybe hatched several' are made of the most delicate, ;fila the reqd for trapnested hens uired aired number of eggsrola year. tank and the elevator reduce the bags ed around the birds' leg without weeks later; but if pullets are not well' mints, interlockingltlenr aseinging i g hooks q necessary on the farm to the mi trouble. developed before winter comes they one another with g P The Live Stock Market mum These fixtures are permanent, e h left to spring then wait is ' p Calgary and Edmonton they were 65 breeding season is over. It is wise to yourself up between the parallel bars stick to the same variety and buy, if i in a gymnasium. , cents and 50 cents respectively, better, h the' bird keepsaccording to Dominion Live Stock els to be scooped out of the bottom, on the left leg.. You will then know Reloading can also be accomplished. through the elevator's operation' and' that the right -legged banded birds'are g hens. If preferred, the legband may spouted into the grain tank. The ear- be used only every year, . •d amination of any grain elevator in your market town will give the basic ideas for remodeling a granary into a farm elevator for storage. A grain r. other . an the distinguishing marks would be'the birds without and those with a band. The leg -bands are made of aluminum or other substance .that can be fasten-- should• never' be used for breeding. � of microscopic fineness: An openwingwi ke T rices for steers were a shade �while bags are in a constant con on When Calves Can be 't -----0-- L ate th lower. in the week eliding diti Aril 12 at of deterioration. ate hatched chicks are seldom worth forms a hollow. on its under side op g P � e. creme its costs best them. fo inverted saucer; when the wing .f when compared A roof over the end of the granary Slaughtered for Food. best be bought forced down the upward pressure of `Montreal and Toronto, p elevator used for the dump for un N. E. Ontario county—What is Breeding stock can g •t ate last year, but at i in the fall, but if the buying has been the air, caught under the concavity, with the same d y h t until the' lifts the bird up much as you hoist Winnipeg there was no change and at grain tank to stand when n feted? through loading, makes a good place for t e age at which calves may be s aug of in use. of alleyway running Regulations adopted under the Meat Afourfo Ywr the building at right angles to the and Canned Foods Act provide that. no four bins. weeks of age ntay. ss to all the I 'under three dump gives ecce animal u that attempt to kick at another while passing behind soon learn that the tope is there and is effective. Horses are easily cared- for and apparently. enpoy the greater freedom of their bodies when not tied by the head. The halter headstalls are hung up in case of need, but are rarely used: Building Up the Poultry Flock In this bulletin on "Poultry Keeping in Town and Country," Mr. F. C. El- ford, Dominion Poultry Husbandman, gives some invaluable advice on how to get pure breeds. He points out that the old theory that mongrel stock gave the best results has. not proved.true in experiments. at n foundation stock, he says, should be pure, but there should be a continuous selection year trios where the production of cereal Boys and girls, as `avail as adults ageing ow after year, Only birds of the best • e fortunate enough to live • ua 1 Before we know it we will be corn- NSt � r l,I dayregOu ,warmt the second day grains predominates and where the wb° ar laming about hot weather. type and strongest constitution should; systematic alternation of crops is not either sinal tri, P - they should be placed where they will e d It i ii able for a poultry 1 ti d Thorough culti- t towns oa In the,. co • -� uta have free access to a plot of tender ...:_ .. .•. i> grass, or should be: supplied with all the succulent green food they will eat; together with mach fed three times a day. If they are to be marketed as , green geese it is .advisable to feed mash heavily from the start. If they are' to be kept as stock, use more hard grain, anal when the .goslings are , enou' h let them have the free :. •..� >, tv ,.. , Ft .... • r :: strong g , ., lands .�.. ,.;,as �. • ..store , -tie 3.. n o l ,.. a•<. �,Yz r n P a x.. f 4' Y{ ... _, r ;...: r.r,w, •: ":# ' aa:'i,.. .': nd the will require only a light feed' . _ a y of mash in the morning tend grain at a ar _ which the hens are weak. If the• never in this way could get ahea ,' at„ Montreal an a annapeg, the granary axe removed except an e of bu in a new male bird :and the hardest question is still to be though ahead of the previous week, each c y g Now the front edge of the bird answered. but .manifested an improvement. at• the elfin Which may be wet and inclin- each year is followed, the male Gra formed of the bones and mus- both Calgary and Edmonton. Hogs can be changed to other should be taken from the flock as soon. wing, ,,,ere steady •at the previous week's ed to heat as the breeding season is' over, and cies of the forearm, is rigid andn is t Toronto and Montreal, but' bins through the elevator with conn the cockerels disposed of, or separated yielding, while the hinder marg prices a i ara+ive ease and given quite a goo from th 'flock before they become merely the soft, flexible en h k t tl th Western P 100 11 aeration ds of t e were. wen era ae ree ; __J McBride. tr feathers so when t g p ,n. Baby Chicks and Ducklings From STERLING stock. April chicks make'sure \Sinter layers. winter layers .aro money-makers. All varieties to 'choose from, Laying. stock only. write for circular to - •• TORONTO HEIGHTS POULTRY SUPPLY CO., Ltd. Toronto e he win is forced p oublesome. oints. .Lambs wexe u in a __ 12048 Bufferin St. �,+ --- down the air under it,' finding this the markets, compared with last year . ed as re ares the Pre- Feedm Geese and Goslings. l Weedless Parms. margin yielding the easier will rush and unchang g �` out here, and, in so doing, will lieaad vious week. Sales numerically all Geese, like` ducks, require a large To keep farms free from weeds, few, u the ends of the quills, pushing thein along the lane were greater than last methods give such good results as a P proportion of roughage an the feeding t'on of cro s with ilea ' of Year, excepting calves which showed systematic short ra l p , forward out of the way, wl + ration. This can be best supplied in course, tends to shove the bird ahead. a alight falling off. Up to date this the winter by the use of clover hay. cllar short dova to grrks the i uickl. re eated by theear the cattle billed through have inter In heuseroif given the gu This process q y P 3' + and r clover at short intervals, remarks the iia in of the wings, results in the i been 34,103 against 20,517 for the and r o of a good • pasture, a venk oe Dominion Seed Commissioner e has.1 d g g f „•bird moving forward in its flight. same period of 1922, hogs 56,155 geese require little else, ;ideas extra bulletin on "Weeds and Weed Seeds. I against 18,760, and'sheep 15,765 rapid growth is desired. According to Weeds are most in evidence in dis- RURAL OPPORTUNITIES. • t 18 569 Dominion Experimental Farm bulletin be bre . s a vis general y Arae ce , keeper who does no trap -nesting to ration with a systematic rotation of i "'r P urchase a 'cockerel each year from a crops, combined with the malntenancel. good laying strain and use ham rather of as many sheep as can be kept to• than one of his own breeding. In hugeaubantage, is a certain and profitablel ing, cockerels it is wise to get them; if 1 riieans of keeping weeds under control, possible, from the same breeder as I3ut superior to all suppression meth,.� the original Stock Cance from. d os is precaution in the sowing of Ocie way to obtain pure-bred stock clean seed --that is seed that has been stock, or d a- an oto buy eggs, breeding Y las p .Meetly purified as possible d old chicks. Another way is to.'buy i which comes off clean laud. In many' d males and grade up the ieves in the Tannin pure -bre cases proper s g flock already on the plant. The latter. mill will remove most of the weed way is recommended to increase the •seeds. egg yield, but is not advised for the purpose of changing a mongrel :flock into a pure bred. Eggs for :hatching should be obtain-. ed from hardy stock known to be good, 'winter layers and conforming to the neral breed type, The nearer home e eggs can be pureliased, other :ta#mgs�eitg equal, the better. It;, shouldbe remembered in eitehanging eggs With neighbors that breeding., eggs are worth snore thrin' market eggs, 144ever, advlaes i41:r'. Elford, be-', In this backward spring, doing the. right thing at the right time is what counts. The farmer's :success is going to de- pend upon the business he gets~: If he waits for the buyer to look him up, or his neighbors to tall everybody about his goods, he is expecting too melt of fiumara ,nature, and it Will be a; long time before his sales will reach any noticeable volume. night. For fattening ducklings and gos- lings, feeda mash moistened to a , crumbly state, consisting of 1 part1 bran, 2 parts shorts, 3 parts corn -chop, '' tom? t<`a:' , ., •:iR.; 10 per cent. beef' scrap, about 5 per ' g the gl oim food 1 Ii CROP.Cent. sand, reducing about half the quantity pre;Yih'tsly TIME WL�T pOlL ANO'iH of � e . Give f " Metallic" ceilings Never crack or fall off Send_tor our Arae Dookletf `•C"'. The IYletailic Roofing Co. Ltmlt.d 1194 King St, 1W ,,Toronto • Get Site hoose Fou cannot afford to am wttllont tt, It costa You ttothtnm 1 I[ qoq e,vn horead.ft 1tft V4 yotrhuadreda. of dullard: Thu Look •-• "A treatise on the bgr,o"-14 yours for tho eekItg, uc your dnlg6lsb'e. . l shoat Iain -1111+ dlseecee the hung and ei +--holf i�k'rtc�tttisu tiielm—rvhnt t6 do about Metre--Witt+ clts.rors on htnudllydtladbot,t and elwelug fenintl•—end tnxuy t alrn,ou tieraemen a Yoolatepy Ail;3•7*1r lItutgiottor f.06117 or'•n.Treatise ea the Herne" or Write rid 617111— 111 8. J. K< NDALL CO.. teestura «td...t't. tl,• plenty of rvateiy at lir:<lms Utile. When geese have been on 195r1. IVo. 1'ft3. dire all summer and -ai a penned in', bu P farmer ls'ulways optimistic in the sprang, and in spite - b e lixrn i farm Thew I +; and other adverse canditiohs, Canadian h talk of limited rel L 4ctfitts'. t o crop again this .year,, ore are prepaying fora big. cP ' g