HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1917-12-6, Page 9That themthrough the
1 be , in to eau
re ' And they s 811 be deaf to team
inbred -
kinds of farming are more No reliance etre , is
or lens of •Ramble• but the man who fowl that is not pure in allowed w remain `ttw long it gives man• addressed, gazing with ill-con...)have it .bis li.nce.
Is in dairying is reasonably sure of a is •downward tendency in the haphas- I ami a few other little things which any oft ammonia and tithe: fodl asses sealed contempt on the -fleeing .Rus- Do Not Tax Children
P ' aid mixture of breeds. The purebreds � Thor have taken the ,bells of Flanders amateur carpenter or real one needs i i
fair return for his labor and capital. I which injure the sheep, also cavalry. Only thuuKhues+nes or selfishness
There is no sure way of telling of to -day not only pusses the strong And melted them into bells ' at various, times. can make children pay the first
what cow it capable of except be combine with Of the crossbreds, powers but
for They have branded the of Flan- and the thet war tax through the
weighingo and testing the mthe length
the pro it wonderful PO rowsor 1 naway of milk or )routhe
of• the tail and depthbetwethe milk the production r eggs and the R And trained them on her sons. taking t;awnyt0 of ickthisur let necessary
tail and depth of the milk ing of meaty carcasses, qualities that The tower of Bruges is silent, .1 . food. The ill effects of this depriva-
pail the cow will fill. Some of our are more or lee* unsatisfactory in � And widowed shall she stand;, tion would not come awifuy.enough•to
'At
kelt samers have been wide s a mongrels. I No more shall the voice of Roland warn of the harm that is `done but
ee theh etas time a space be- It was purebreds that production. ti ne. Sound "Victory in the land!" 1 .. - , with a drearytslowness that is not
by
t loOk\f ba in buying.
is a good main possibility of winter found P �,+ _
The main Mongrel bene are not in the list --- _., ` ltio tree health is undermined nedlibut
tolike
look hold for , buying. ler
• width of of phenomenal layers, neither are they Proud Ghent and prouder AntR'erp � _ , • , l97� (even who the hreak comes, iwhcther
rithing, sin er, a depth andP It farms. Are silent on the Scheldt; I, .r •i;
Th and siindicatene between ribs and hied a factor in establishing poultry ; �: iC, il.::,i:� t i r •-^ t{' ; r�;.• .•i,�•t it mews be due to a contagious her
This foo.capacity m to store and In fowls that are pure we have • They have
humbled the belle of Flan- �rvr.r,crr ,, - - iJ ii rise m to a severe cold, t nt sea! cause
� ' �' ` may never bet thought of --that the
dis-
digest. food. e "milk' veins" are habits, i abilities and is enables us Art sleeping. Van Artevetde' 't:. 'j.,•
also important. practically the same. This enables us i P R• child net not hat enough fu,rd of the
• if you want large ilk yields you to feed and care for them more Intel-1';ow this is the condemnation .�= kind that a child needs.
Th t follows t i ^i•• Without milk childrendcannot thrive;
most have a fairly ease cow• Qttler lige y ofit m a r
row will There mo years L: • y be getting
-'ilflfs�a being • tL-F�,�� than in dung •:� ; 0 0 _,- ? •}, ,red even though they may
produce more, at less cost, an wi bta the steal blind d b LY • _ • :t•, •• t;Y i �ptanttttes of
• • � •' • •' � 1 hose who have studied d d the problems
a small cow. t:! ;:
....ctrttlltlttiltMltMlNt....._ ' '� •\ ' f child nutrition point
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11y Agronomist
This Department Is for the use of our farm readers who want the advice
of an expert on any question regarding soli, seed, crops, eto. If your question -
Is of suffioie t general Interest, it will be answered through this column. If
stn enclosed with our letter, a comp
lete
tou Address Agronomist cars of Wilson
A.1).: --Which would be better for a well prepared seed -bed. Consider.
PATENT YOUR INVENTIONS
Sums
your own tire ece may ou tholight be +� uable.o f
•eoat•t or Iarorwattea Ives.
''n1 t, p Itrtr'd I'rtenl Att't
8Y�lBJWgh6IOOL Lumsden Building
Toronto
If you are breeding for speed, mate
long-legged males and females. Moat
of us would not care for that kind of
sheep on our terms. We do not want
fence jumpers, but quiet, yet vigorous
sheep. For this, sheep with short
legs and compact bodies are best.
Every year or two some one _seg.
GOOIr HEALTH QUESTION BOX
By Julio B Huber. 11.1. M U
pertaining to Health. 1t 70VU ,
Or. Huber will answer all itgaed lettat will be ns W a•
len t. It
fi
general be answeredrest personall7 f stamped. addressed swered through tee6e&MP•uunse
closed. Dr. Huber will not p • Ibe for ladlvidual cases or mike dissociate
Add 73 West Adelaide
tt,
If WHY CHILDREN
NEED MILK
a
res. Dr. MIS U. Huber. care of WUaoo lrubllablsg Co.
'l urouto•
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Cut out worrying; it help. d'setae to deteloi .
The old horse, if given proper care WHOM INV (ill t rod growth. These two -substances are
p seats that the forests be used as sheep In England whooping co tgb—'per-'pertussis incubation or ►mtchin� Pc
roped and adds d envelope Is cnc ose Y ' Publishing and treatment will in almost every or goat ranches: The foresters say found in milk more plentifully than in
answer will b• mailed you. case stand as much hard work as the(the time between exposure to the ire-
Co., Ltd., 73 Adelaide St. W., Toronto. is impracticable. Why not One farm tussis —uccasiona more deaths- than f!tctiun and when one shows the fleet any other food. One of them is in
�— pri��eanimal and, of nurses at the present time the pastures instead ! doe+ measles or diphtheria or scarlet symptoms1 is (rum a week to a fort- fulutionh in the liquid portion of the
A narrow gateway fur sheep leads night. If sixteen day : milk and the other is in the fat.
fever or typhoid fever. 800 of our own x have passed
to •
a big lot of trouble.When the cream is taken from the
candy loam, to• tlprcad well rotted ably ,,:are must be given to the cu Iva- old horsy is worth just as much to the A sheep corral is nothing lees than thildrer, dire annually of it. Nor it, since the exposure there is no occasion milk half of th Krowth getters are
manure on this fell or in the spring' tion of the crop. When the plants raerFtte18astnhefnng horse, as far as P this taking into account the diseases, to worry. taken with it; and butter made from
Would it be advisable to err fertilizer turn yellow, harvest the whole �lant,l rk roues it the old nurse is offered tneurance against aheMet onlen ofdothe or sequel QUESTIONS AND ANKN'Elts.
which have agcoainst
which may he complicating q t! the cream contains practically all ofm
on such land in the spring.' Thia land leaving the livres in the pods. if tT>te� I as much greatest obstacles to sheep -raising. to pertussis—emphysema, hemor- Subnormal Temprralura thole that the cream contained. Skim -
it level and well drained, intended for sare tore soewell. out, 3. To gettrid bt twttej ils doI1.• rt'he youngkone), because not she most of :Sheep may be driven into the corral at rhages into the brain, hernia, broncho- Will you kindly advise me if any-
,
nY ,mrd milk baa the other half of these
potatoes. quack R r his life lien in the past, however, con -1 p y pneumonia, mastoid •
abscess, tuber- thing can be dune for auhnormttl tem- mytltrrioua substancex, and cheese ,
An3anure would spring putting on l grass sintent,acre. Various meth rare re -1 sidenng everything if he be given the! retell) ice ghee losses usual) of ght. rulosir. perutute of one and one-half degrees. made from thio skimmed milk retains
the manure in the spring. Be sure payY Be sure there are no ticks on the N'hooptn(t cough is even more ?ter I am 55, weigh about 11;11, w.crk to only a portion of them. Skimmed milk
s store it erwseted from the rain and 1 cummeu g t Some get good rration proper care he will his way and he roes fpr adults. 4n old pe°Pit IL has aide, de nut drink, use very little is better then no milk tut a child, but
b giving the soil good preMratioA a profitable and faithful servant to the skeet when they glinto winter quer-
the
otherwise you will fear a lot of Y K R tete. been fatal in itself or i• has led to the tobacco, sleep fairly well. 1 had u nut •
nearly Sti much growth will be
the available get by leaching.) sand eed:ng e. milletaorery aorghutit i farmer.
•many, as soon as a horse bel It will cost good money to winters development of such "terminal slim- nervous breakdown 15 years ago from made as when whole milk is fed. Yet
In order to largest wilyiel do of best' l n grow old, say from 12 to 14 lot of ticks and there is no profit in •cots" as pneumonia. Pertussis comes overwork, worry and other rawer • milk, cream, butter and cheese all con-
yuality next spring, you will tests at Thr idea is to smother out the gralain thin Krowth getter.
I Others get ood results by summer years is neglected and does not re -:them.
them. oftentimes in epidemics, which vary , Answer—Subnormal temperature
add fertilizer to this soil. In l g A ticky flock will come out akin' greatly in contagiousness, intensity may be occasional not serious. Milk is • Food
k'the pieces of ceive the care he should have, nor the 'I h,• . " due
theExperimental bushels
and 33 got an, routs, drying gathered.HeIslonger groomed as regularly [� read Jupt in diphtheria, to alcoholism melancholia, and children who are
increase of I; us r s pounds, and thoroughly as formerly.
Lambs make R secret one
wasting tis
11:":2:r:'sXs We:rtr kls:ksi+kaSf.4)0:sA114
The -most important part of milk as
a food for children is that which
furnishes the vitality of the child. It'
is found in two substances, not ve ry
well known, which diet specialists call
"growth getters" because they beget
Fredericton, New Brune wick, last, (allowing, raking up etific germ is
n and burning them, as care that he was given when young. poor in the spring no matter ow you and mortality. The p if ptrejetent the r on is it Milk is a food and not a beverage,
year, as in the - innutrition, drinking tea and
8 b h 1 'td p ends often as the material can be ur opin-
no Doge t 1 Whenl b k sea er Rains jn feed- se " the mouth and the
per acre byadding 660 Subscriber. -1 would like your opei from -disc; and chronic poison- -coffee in lieu pt milk are being de
of carrots ins than old sheep. nose that are sneezed (and thus in in dangerous trades'. A persist_prived of their most"important food.
pounds of fertilizer to the acre along ion of alfalfa sowed on disked think curet during all kinds oof weather, and., be unwise to prohibitHtheslaughtedr atomize. or spr:.yed out) coughe' and ant subnormal temperature of one and with the possible eonaequeneetu of less
with SV tuns of manure per acre. This ground int spring. if a little crowded for stable room he I �f lambs. spat. out, or carried stout in handker-
chiefs,
one-half degrees is s more momentous than normal growth, with bones that
increase cars in addition to that obtain -II land should be Plowed' d here your' is many times left out for the winter Evora due to lamb in the latter part chiefs, en toys, drinking cups, roller matter than the same above the nor-'
I Id h t m' are weakened or cracked. Not 1�Rly
ed by the manure alone. In the same Answer: -- if the an w
test, the addition of fertilizer to ma -1 beans were grown last year is of a, to find a place of shelter around the
nure returned a gain of 124 bushels' clay type, it should be plowtl l in the ! old straw stack, or behind a bank
and 44 pounds o{ turnips to the acre. spring in preparation for a seed ibis •some
times the old horse does net
of winter or early spring thou a towels and the like, which people w roan You should hats, gout rices the milk furnish the vitaltz g
given nutritious food for toning the cs me in contact with the patient doctor give you a good uverhat�ling. 1 substances d at promote the function
system, developing the young and handle. Except for the droplet in am sending you the principles of the
owing a coat of woof. Nitrogenous faction which results from sneezing Hygienic Life. Leading that should of growth bu it supplies the materials
from which the growing Indy is form -
Potatoes require largely the same type: for alfalfa. • It is almuat impost foods, such a. oats, alfalfa and bran, and coughing land wl.ich is always to lief considerable. Almost all indoor
are valuable Mr that purpose.be obviated by the handkerchief or workers auger from lack of exercise. ed. Such is the case with the forma -
of fertil•
izers is the foregoing crops.; to Rive too much care in preparation receive the kinds of feed thif the teeth
at are best tion of hone, made up largely of lime.
The addition of sufficient fertilizer of the soil vlhen alfalfa is to be grown• `are ar itllituetlong andcular et this and,
often the; ----- I other cloth held before the patient's i BloodPressure. 1 other food contains so much lime
will undoubtedly give you good results. i It might be of interest w you to now The Tool Box In The Kitchen. mouth and nose during these octal pressure 'oil'
H. 0•:-1, What would you advise that on the Cornfalfa Farms, Wauke- cased the feed e with the l he did a fewc snot Every well-appointed kitchen has pertussis is not an air -borne infection.( Do you think a blood p
W' here approximately I grind h h tb directly (by 1"6 serious'
Awing on kw week -land to give pct a, Wisconsin, w
300 a of alfalfa are grown on a Past When the old horse has teaht` a tool box all its own," declared one The infection is gout er -
waaent pasture? 2. Could, Y give' i Let t given ed this
ready for use by the body and at -
w a cost as is furnished by milk.
uscles growing to keep- pace
e lengthening bones need the
urnished by the curd of milk.
uscles .make more rapid
n fed on the protein froth
that from other foods.
yep •oil and --to a 1
i contain the growth
found in the fat of
cereal grains con -
'n the watery part
n be partly sup -
stage housekeeper, who says franklythatco Rt k'and the like ori Answer Nu But it is below The. The
me culture directions h like. alightly. It should be
disking d h rrowtng the � food as1 'she gets more pleasure red conditions your dodo t
Answer: --1. you aces he cannot masticate
for lentils' J. 600tacre farm, grea s care 1a kl rets on1 m feting about 140. with t1
it should be, consequently a ou
particular' out of work indirectly, as from toys andt e i e. r mentioned (16 protein
What will rid • field w twitch grata' to plowing, is ins an tl rtion of it does him no pperson infection; aand the
aFor low land grass for sell. Swartz $others, the operators, PO done in her kitchen Own that which' It is a person to undo under weight and anemia)
likely tolieanP°
permanei.t pasture, 1 would advise you' report that at seeding time they also R must be remembered a necessary in any other t Life gr
pp eat house I am la g h than several days out -1 would account for th Ii milk than to sow a mixture of -- I work, you and h k s sure Leading
of the eFiould greatly
apply from 400 to 00 pounds per acre
of a fertilizer carrying 2 per cent.
ammonia, 8 per cent. available phos-
phoric acid, and under normal condi-
tions 2 per cent. potash., This addi-
tional available plantfood gives the
a vigorous start e
Swartz Brothers have been growing
room in -her he germ is not•t. a reduced pros- owth wh
Then again it lk,n about house- noxious more the educed - gr o
hei will requireta longer time to erstant{, not'about read- side a living body• He who eop--4_R, cod
his eggr undo when young. and
ihelpteat) to your, resters- ERR
ng or playing the ono , distance ,extent --meat !�
some ground feed is given him and when i ing or stud g off that "st' she exp aifia. i patient is not hike to be affected. The tion. D getter which is
is given eked. sufficient will
time to eat it or "One which I consider ani milk. T whet
being worked, he will fail to get the) necessary part of , the t [trawl Galicia. full benefit of his meal, and in a mat- l absolutely { �; r alway+ keep s Lox of nails o[ A �ltory ) i •fain the one found
•era �ernalla is a tool ix{x. t• iSo small % ood story is' told concerning of milk. Thus it c
Red top 10 lbs.
Timothy 4 Ibs.
Alsike clover .. 4 lbs.
White clever. .'.. 2 lbs. -
young trop g Th kitchen p P
ter of a very short time he well begin, Mine, which really is a dee drawer assorted sizes on hand,
p � Commsntler Locker-Irmpson, whose -1 plied in whole grain car+, meats and
sent• the fes, sleek a ill no rlo of form- over n build -in ally is
contains two boxes of carpet licks, fortes -headed
handling' of the British armored -car breakfast foods. Thi vitalizer is
11 possible, provide suitable d}airench I alfalfa fur the last twenty years and; tof it h flesh and will r lee fr pre- i over a, a large one and another smal-I tacks, c and screws k ae several
'l. Relative to culture of lentils, French i hair made an extensive reel its no er, days. • ler, a funny fifes tool the name of size+.. Then, too, we keep a few culla' section on the Eaftern front during found also in dried beans peas, lentil,
advises a light and dry spit. Grow the during the last It is obvious therefore that i[ the which I have forgotten, but it is a of wire of different sizes, and we find] the Austrian -German •dvant� in meat and eggs•
h moron thing for le cut from be serviceable until a { r that all of these things are wanted ],t el'c' lied forth Rush warm praise at n give the child milk is, by far
Thex to seven ton. of xcellent alfalfaLh 'most receive sal wood ( f h t 1 mpkrt way is seeing
be fitted into often enough to wawa that h the necessary growth get
Total 20 lbs. per acre
-
lentils in rows about 18 inches apart, unto horses are to servtcea Iia ca
a
' wooden handle with a lot t goes ret our keeping During the height n the Rosman re- the Iluce+ ant ei
planting them t3 inches apargood t • ti a mu
little
tot! cadres and treatment, it t little things that canup to date." treat, when our allies were streaming , t a itis
seed is planted about an inch deep on hay Per erre• d f t for various purposes, e' the upply� one of his Tommiea ter ■
i_ - better,in their der R yearslarge hemmer and a tack h overheard enquiring aomewhatl There to likelihood 1 t tr mel a gees -1
than
R no a e s '
linin the en u i ° am- ,r_--4' - away eastward; of a present-day
Theysaw, a arR Hi; h egg Ari, tic ion '. cats . o
5Thfrr than when they were young.
till smaller tier of breattiitg. than of breeds, ionxiouely of another who were our tragedy in this country the children
must not be neglected whether at work mer, a large screw driver and a smallare given less• one ---and there
are twos r �t guard
ones that i tools t t lean g
heredity than a )'pas • rear milk.. 1f the lives and
at belong to that handle full of The sheep e 1 hull have ire- .Thosewho have the 'worst horses the heaL•h of the childrei, are to be in
hat I mentioned—a monkey in
1 Ie placed upnn a
or not.
4
I tench, a pair of tweezers, a plane quell c
It wed
Ma es s o t
• *lied the manure ie' i should say.' gruffly answered the sured each t1111d must hitve milk and
All other blood.- There! The Melting of the Bei
at litasktivoiai
nt I •.
isordinarily
nose _
hill fowls. As a rule, mon
hardy nature; they are
if you killed a cow which was
Ing three gallons at a milking y
probably would not find more than
that many quarts of milk in her ud-
der. The milk is produ1ed while the
process of milking is going co t. The
act of milking transforms tiny cells in shape and size makes them attractive.
I What success would the broiler E Three-quarters of a child's growth
ongrels and not pure- q
yed? ' Uniformity takes place duriu� sleep•
is ret untold i Beware of the solicitor who offers
The continual mixture oft d avoids And through the coming ages.
ny bad effects such as come from When wonder and woe are theirs,
c • e relationship. . Forever the bells of Flanders
I .purelireds we also have 1)tauty•i Ring louder than their prayers.
tmiformity of marking, color, --Mary Eleanor Roberts.
the udder into the form of milk.
Every dairy farmer should test his planta have i
cows and weigh their milk. He .brads were em
should do this for his own satisfaction.'and
He should do it for flnancia: reasons;
a cow, proven as to capacity by test,
will eel) for two or three times the
price of an unproven cow.'
O--
Ilubbard squash and cabbage melte
cellent green winter feed for hens.
t is just as important to provide
gra e feel and an mal feed for hen.,
in wlpter as it is to supply a milch
cow With rpots, silage and chop to
make het milk.
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Ship to us at once and Reap
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- now prevailing.
Pries lid end ahtppinl Twee PRgg
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We Also Bt.,' HIDtS and SINICA ROOT
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value in shipping car saes to Market; I remedies
t be
ee puut itt oleof de destroying
and so it is with eggs;and surely we ,
can not expect uniformit if we usP .insects or disease. Direct applica-'
stock that will produce al its' of ton by spedraying
p go is
thehe onlyprespreventive! t t
sizes, colors and conditions.
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CUT OUT AND FOLD ON DOTTED .1 -%NCS
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Willie ran with all his might,
Steady blew the breeze.
Snap went the string—and ar. Kit.
Came reform among the
Go in NOW �
..j• •��your V ic`�rola
�ti and pick out .
for Christmas It will be
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'other food. substances
a u ie -
i out that slow
,tarvation ,results, in at bet' much,
poor development that the child is t -
-.tunted. -
Pitr•ent, are said to be charging well
formed food habits in order .4hat the
little ones may have milk that they
need. it has been long recognized that
food prejudices are among the most
difficult 'to overcome but it is urged
that the grownups, of, thehousehold
must be sett -forgetful enough to adapt
themselves to changs in their -
fare if by so• doing rte children. may
• have their milk.
in many families tr day in which
l,oth milk and meat have beer, abun-
dantly used the problem arises as to
•
whueli cite must be reduced. From the .
point of view of the pockethoek ani`
from -
,that of patriotism -the teU
good to the future of the country ---let
milk be retained, or even increased in
the family diet: ' Without question
milk is n cheaper till round food than
meat, atol, although the children must -
have milk. adults can use milk as a
supplement tO a derrearfed meat diet. '
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Iq times of stress the English
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state establishment more euphoni-
ously called. the mont-de-piete.
Royalty cannot descend to these
shifts, although' some of the crowned
heads of Europe, through pressure of
hard times since the beginning of the
war, have had to dispose of their jew-
els.
The Czarina. of Russia took time
by the forelock by selling hers before
the war began. Now the King of Ba-
varia has sold in llnflend pearls to the -
value of half a million sterling.
Dnubtlese these are the famous black
pearls of his family, which, according
to tredil'ion, bring misfortune to their -
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