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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1917-5-3, Page 61' • + xzcritcic 6Y„l f rJ ile%e z ..that \ . Mothers and daughters of all ages are cordially invited to write to, this department, initials only will be published with each queetion and its answer .as a means of Identification, but full name and address must be given in each letter. Welte on one side:, of paper only. Answers will be mailed direct if stamped and addressed envelope is enclosed, Address all correspondence for this department to Mrs. Helen Law, 235 Woodbine Ave.,'Torento. H. K.: -Gardening is of ,the greateaii benefit to ,children, Not only is the work healthful for the body,' but it is a real character builder and mental trainer. • There is hardly one of the moral virtues which is not inculcated by gardening. We learn faith as we plant the tiny seeds in the confidence ;that God will give the increase; we. learn that we must do our share when we water, prune and weed; we see the advantage of generosity as we note that the more we cut the flowers the more richly they bloom; we learn patience and perseverance in working for a harvest "that is worth while. Then, too, the study of the plants' growth teaches us the great secrets of life, while the artistic sense is awak- ened and trained by observation of the lines, color's and forms of vegetation. Another advantage of gardening is the sense of responsibility which it en- genders, together with the joy of achievement, for the child, feeling that, even the tiniest bed is its very own to be tilled and planted and cherished,' takes a special pride and pleasure in the toil. That reminds up that grown- ups are not playing fair when they let the little farmer fret and plan and work, and then calmly gather the re- sults of his labor without even the courtesy of asking permission, much less offering any thanks or compensa- tion, E. R. S.: -The moral value of clean sport is admitted by every one who has had anything to do with training boys. There is no cleaner sport than tennis. It puts a player on his honor. Its etiquette requires that the oppon- ent should always have the benefit of the doubt. For the boy you mention it would be especially valuable. Tennis, I am told, has developed one little fel- low into a erack player who Itas the courage to lose a match, rather than lose his respectfor himself 'by accept- ing a mistaken decision of the umpire. A. J. B;: -The Boston fern, like all of its tribe, should not get too much sun, but plenty of light. The secret of fern success is in watering. Do not water from the top, but put the pot in a basin or tub of water reaching. half way up over night. Do this twice a week, Also wash the leaves off weekly with a little weak soap wa- ter. J. H. L.: -A very hot oven is usually required for pastry.To test it place a spoonful of flour in the oven. This should brown in one minute's time. M. D,:-1, Long hot baths are de- pleting. Hot baths for tonic effect should be short and always followed by a cold bath. A short hot bath. lasting half a minute or a minute may be taken every morning without in- jury. The best time to take a sweat- ing bath is before retiring at night. In such cases the bath should be fol- lowed by a neutral bath at 92 to 95 degrees F. for fifteen minutes. 2. It, is not harmful to eat fruit a half hour before breakfast if one likes it that way. The combinations you mention of acid and sweet fruits, such as oranges and stewed prunes or figs, are wholesome. 3. To pasteurize milk for a child it is not necessary to boil it, but merely to heat it to a. tempera- ture of 142-145 degrees and keep it there for at least thirty minutes. If the milk is pasteurized in a bottle or other container which has been placed in a kettle of water, heat the water to 146-148 degrees, so that the milk will be at 142`degrees at least. Boiling temperature is 220 degrees. 4. A p.rson is most susceptible to colds when tired. INTERNATIONAL LESSON MAY 6. Lesson VI. -Jesus The Servant of All -John 13. 1-17. Golden Text Mark 10. 44. Verse 3. The knowledge thaw, _he was Lord of all prompted Jesus only to act as servant of all. The knowl- dirty streets on his way to the host's edge that he was in this world only on house he gets his feet and calves bad - his way from God to God makes menial work majestic: what are this ly splashed. So on entering the world's standards to him! house, a slave removes his sandals 4. Garments, not only the upper brings water and att. 3. 11 -so ead),,asdhis othfeet one. In Indian language, he adopts (Luke 7. ter So he proceeds to the collie costume to do coolie work: the meal. towel serves as his dhoti. One has 11. This is parenthetic. Judas had to visit the East to realize how in- tensely degraded a man feels when received the washing, but it did not made to do the work of a caste below cleanse him any more than the parable him. The Son of God does a slave's of heavenly bread and wine gave him work, to show that a man cannot be eternal life. degraded by the work he does; then he 12. Know -Rather understand: it first. We can picture the others ac. cepting it in utter bewilderment, too ashamed to speak. That was not Peter's way. Every word of his sharp out -cry carries all the emphasis Peter was capable of: thou hast most. 7. I and the first thou are both emphatic. 8. Peter finds the promise too vague, and it does not grip him: all he can think of is the utter shame of letting his idolized Master do such a thing for him! No part -Compare Acts 8. 21. Na share with him in his work and his glory, unless he has cleansed him first. The very sug- gestion sends Peter into the other ex- treme. 10. A banqueter starts his prepara- tions at home with a bath. In the dies a slave's death and shows a man,13. Teacher -The English Revised :annot be degraded by what is done to a nim. Version Master gives the note of 6. Cometh -Apparently not first authority better,. and comes nearer to is so rendered in verse 7. r April's 'Way. Fair April pinned a violet Upon her dress of green, And stepped out bravely in the sun So that she might be seen. She was a very charming sight, Foretelling summer hours; And when the raindrops pattered down We called them April showers, There is a way that April has Of smiling through her tears; And always when she smiles the sun Up in the sky appears. She knows that rain and sueare both Spring's welcome guests, and so She drops a tear chased by a smile To make the flowers grow. The Happy Spider. "Swing high, swing low, High bee, high ho! Never, despair, Just swing in the air. It's all in a spider's life." "Won't you please make a little less noise'?" asked Mr. Elephant, as he lookedup to see; who was making such a racket. "Oh, it's you, is it, Mrs. Spider? I didn't know you could be so disagreeable." "Disagreeable? I'm not disagree- able. I was singing, not making a noise. You have no ear for music." Mrs. Spider simply had to lauigh. If there was one thing Mr. Elephant could not stand it was being laughed at, so he took a good look at his ear, flapped it once or twice and said: "What's the matter with my ear? I really can't see why I, the king of beasts, should be worried by a spider:" "Oh, ho! The very idea! The Lion is the king of beasts. Every kind of king ;has ,a jester, so you must be the Lion's ,je ter." Mrs. Spiderwent on with Idea' spinning, singing the while, "Swin(;; high, swing mow.' "Dear Mei Didn't I ask you to cease?" whined Mr. Elephani. "Cease? You must never ask a spider to cease.. Through all the ages, since time began, a spider has been the model of patience and pains- taking work. I simply can't stop, even if I wanted to. Don't be dis- couraged; you might learn -something, even from a spider." "It's very kind of you to want to teach me," said Mr. Elephant, swing- ing his huge body to and fro. "What may I learn from you?" "As I learn from the tiniest things, so you, too, may learn, from me. I learn from the ant to be industrious. From you, to be cross and fault-find- ing „ "That will be enough about me," -in- terrupted the big fellow. Mrs, Spider went right on. "Do you know that a man was once so dis- couraged that he was ready to stop his work -stop everything -and as he lay on his bed he saw my great -great- grandfather, or some other spider, try- ing to swing to and fro and patch up its web, and finally the spider did make a successful swing and did patch the web, and the man was so encour- aged by this little tiny act that he, too, kept on trying and finally conquered?" "I don't know of anything I want to conquer," replied Mr. Elephant. ' "Ah, my dear sir! You may not have a web to weave and you may not have an army to command; but there is always something in this world to conquer -bad habits, for instance." "Haven't any," Mr. Elephant replied curtly. "Then start in to conquer your ter) rific temper," suggested Mrs. Spider. "Well,!that's, growing better," said Mr•. Elephant. "If you can't think of anything else to conquer, conquer yourself," replied Mrs. Spider softly. "That would be a great victory -for you!" 14•11) In poultry raising the farmer has an advantage over others in the wide range he can give his fowls. The hen may a machine, but few of us ever learn how to run it right. Never hold duck eggs long. They depreciate in quality more rapidly. than hens' eggs. • One nice thing about brooders is that you can put two in one house and they won't fight. Early chicks will not thrive in a cold,. open coop; it is an impossibility, so do not experiment any further with it. The second brood of goslings usually need more' Care and more feed than the first ones, as the grass is apt to be so tough by the time they are hatched that is is hard for them to bite it off. Goslings do not need feed until they. are 24 to 36 hours old, when they should be fed any of the mashes re- commended for chickens' or ducklings, or a mash or dough of two-thirds shorts (middlings) and one-third corn- meal, which can be made equal parts shorts and cornmeal; and five per cent. of beef scrap added after six weeks. A humid atmosphere in the egg chamber of the incubator is one . of the first essentials to the hatching of strong, healthy chickens. After the breeding season is over, roosters are worse than a useless en- cumbrance. They are a positive in- jury to the quality of the eggs.- --' " Chicks should..h:lam 'tii`•"ii eubators. for 48 hJ 7 after hatching. You cannot expect clean eggs from unclean nests; and clean eggs bring Verse 24 suggests that Peter was sit- the original Rabbi. Lord 1) u.th- � r -- ting some distance away. Ito u-itya,oye ;n.rwm n'- :17t compare the be just like Ju;�3,su tax he place Indian guru), and royal rights over next,JP'' 'and receive this washing the whole life, are the notes of the two titles. PRAYER Through Communion With God Conde Wisdom and Knowledge, Moral Strength and Decision of Character. ".Ask, and it shall be given unto you." -St. Matthew, vii.,7. When faced by the great realities of life, which force one to realize his own weakness and insufficiency, the yearning for help from some higher power without one's self almost com- pels a man to pray. LineoIn used to say that he went upon his knees be- cause he had nowhere else to go. He realized that the problems and difficul- ties of decision which came to him could not be solved without the help of the Divine Being, There are few persons who, in the time of imminent danger, of great distress or in the hour of death, do not involuntarily offer a prayer for help. It may be faltering and un- practised, but it is a recognition of the need of God's assistance. To the Christian prayer is far more than this. He knows that "Prayer is the Christian's vital breath, The Christian's native air," He has learned that simple petition for one's material needs, while permit- ted in the 'form "Give "urs this day our a daily read," is the °lowest use of pray-- cr. 13e prays for praYer•'s sake and has found it a most stimulating and valuable occupation. The Power of Prayer Prayer is conimttnin withGod. g Through it come wisdom and knowl- edge and moral strength, •th It de- velops decision of character, TemP ta- tions difficulties and dangers taken to God in prayer loseltheir power, and in their place conte s g serenity, strength, , discernment andp eaee.. Most of us who pray have formed the habit of doing so at night and in i the morning at our bedside. Our prayers are certain crystallized peti- t thins that have become habits and are repeated almost by rote. To get 'upon one's knees is wholesome.. It humbles us before One greater than ourselves, and in those periods of the day set aside for prayer one should follow this custom, but prayer can be offered without so doing. "Pray without ceasing," says the Apostle- that is, pray as we walk, as we ride, as we toil. "Men Ought Always To Pray" Prayer is work; it involves a con- centration and use of the mind and of the will and of the affections. These three ingredients enter into all .forms of work. To do anything well we must love to do it, but manual labor becomes so mechanical as to require q e but little thought. Study may become an intellectual habit and require no effortrybf the will, but in prayer these factors are more evenlybalanced than an in any other occupation. Prayer is importunity, , p y Effective and successfulra er '''rust p Y importune. While the soul is cleansed and expands. and is strengthened the mark of r^ ,p sy- e>' and God's presence is stamped upon the countenance, so that Moses toyer- ed his face with a veil and those that looked upon Stephen "saw his P p :face as it had been the face of an angel" When we descend fromthe mountain and rejoin our fellows in the valley as we take tip again our daily pur Suits men will "take ktiowled b -e of us that we liave been with Jesus." Rev. Robert B, li'iniber, a premium . Clean drinking water and plenty of it is one of the prime essentials to success in poultry. The artificial ' incubation of eggs dates back to the early Egyptians, who used ovens heated with ferment- ing manure. Eggs all of one color are preferred to those of mixed colors. Uniform-. ity in size is also a matter of import- ance in marketing. Zee/fah There is a lot of money in the early lambs if they are kept growing from the start. Oats and wheat bilan will keep them growing fast. Keep the ewes up to full miik flow by good feeding. Arrange the lamb creep where the lambs can go for extra feed. Coax them to eat all they will as early as possible. A small quantity only should beput in the trough so they will eat it up clean. ' Keep it replenished. A. little watchful care will, enable the flockmaster to keep a:fr:•esh supply of grain in the trough. Separate the ewes arid their; lambs Separate from the main flock. A hurdle can be used for this purpose, The ewes with lambs should' be fed stronger than the ewes that have not yet had their lambs. Women feeljust as en feel; eel; they. need exercise for their faculties and a field for their, efforts, ,just as men do, r 1. g: the: g, i'he rttn s that can leap ra �i eat- est ai e insects the flea and grasshopper " , >; 1 Per' The former cars hop over an obstacle 500 tinie> its height, which is the same asif a man could hop over � a Mountain 3,000 feet high. A grasshopper can. jump 200 times its length, How tall areou'?' Four :Feet? Well, if �• you were a grasshopper you could leap 800 feet: mace The symptoms of ring -bone are gen- erally irregular lameness followed by constant lameness with a bony en- largement, partially or completely sur- rounding the coronet or pastern. The best treatment is rest, then blister with 2 drams each of biniodide of mercury and cantharides mixed with 2 ounces vaseline, repeat in about two weeks. If this fails to cure have joint fired and blistered. As the heavy spring work comes on, the work teams should be fed and car- ed for in the most careful way. To increase the efficiency of the farm team means dollars in the pocket of the farmer. The best way to feed for -efficiency is to cut the hay, sprinkle it with wa- ter and mix the ground. grain ration with it. This ration is to be fed in the morn- ing; at noon, feed whole grain; at night, give the cut hay and ground ra- tion, and a little long hay in the mang-' ers for the horses to , pick at if they want it. The hay canbe soakedfrom one feed- ing to the next if desired. For old horses this is a good plan. Docking or cutting off the tails of horses is a cruelty that lasts through life. They can never, after thiser 1. operation, i rashaaf"ineflues and mos- quit9es that make their life every sum- mer a torment. By Henry G. Bell, Agronomist. • 0, �.?i� it •h�P' it �, r , .� Y�� •"^•"''',hl"") Conducted by Professor Henry G. Bell. The object of this department is to place at they servf ce of our farm readers the advice of an acknowl- edged authority on all subjects pertaining to soils and oreps. Address all ,questions to Professor Henry G. Bell, in care of The Wilson Publishing Company, Limited, To- ronto, and answers will appear In this column in the order in which they are received. As space js limited it is advisable where immediate reply is necessary that a stamped arid addressed envelope be enclosed with the question, wF en the answer will be mailed direct. Question -G. L. L. -(1) I would Izke to learn a little about °pit silos. I think they have a great many advant- ages and would like to try one. State how the gas trouble is overcome, and dhowone' the digging and plastering are (2) '}lave we not been cautioned to provide drainage for the inside of the silo to prevent actual accumulation of liquid. How can this be done in a water -tight pit?` (3) Is there any simple way of re- moving the silage from a pit silo. .Answer: -.(1) Lowering a light into the silo, will soon discover the pres- ence of gas, since if it is present the light will go out immediately. The gas is heavier than air; hence, if you throw in a couple of feet of coarse blocks or rocks there will be room for the gas to settle at the bottom of the silo and not occupy,, the volume where the silage rests. • As to the digging and plastering, in digging a pit silo the dirt can be throw out to a depth of six or eight feet, but it is best to throw it out to a depth of about five feet and then true up and plaster the walls. Otherwise it will be necessary to build a scaffolding inside the silo. Care should be taken not to dig out too far, so that there will be holes or uneven places in the walls of the silo. It is best to leave three or four' inches at east to be re- moved when the walls are finally trued. After you have excavated ,.bout five or six feet and have the walls trued,, they should be plastered with a gopd cement mortar. The first coat can be put on about a half an inch thick, and should be made of one part cement and three parts clean sand, and plastered right on the dirt walls. If ' the Henry G. Bell. weather is rather Trot and the walls have dried out considerably, itwould be best to sprinkle them, so that they will be moist when the cement is put on. As it is desirable to have thiel cement three-quarters of an inch to one inch thick on the walls it would perhaps require three coats to do this, as not more than one-quarter of an -. inch can be put on at a tithe after the first coat. After the first coat has been put ane. -it will probably be pos- sible to follow with theecond coat, ,. since the first sets rapidly, but the second coat will require time to set. (2) There are two ways of getting of the moisture in the bottom of e pit silo. The first is' to run ai PPe from the bottom -of the silo up to the ground level, and have it connected with a small pump. If moisture gathers in the bottom of the, silo it' can be pumped out at intervals. The second means of procuring good 'drain- age is to arrange for a small drain pipe to run from the lowest point in the pit silo and connect with some out- side drain. Before it is time to put the silage in, open, this drain pipe and allow the waterto drain out. After the silo is thoroughly drained close the pipe by driving a close fitting plug in the end of it. This will prevent the 'entrance of air. (3) The hoist which was erected for getting out the dirt when building the silo can be used for taking out silage. A box with a capacity of about 10 bushels of silage is sometimes used. This box is provided with iwo 8 -inch wheels under one end, and the other end has handles, so that it is possible to use this in the same way that a wheelbarrow is used. After the silage - is used down to some distance, a horse or a gasoline engine can be used as a source of power to rm. this hoist:' English Grammar. Grace's uncle met her on the street one spring day and asked her whether she was going out with a picnic party from her school. "No," replied his eight-year-old niece, "I ain't going." "My dear," said the uncle, "you must not say. 'I ain't going.' And he proceeded 'to give her a little les- son in grammar: " `You are not going. He is not going. We are not going. You are not going. They are not going.' Now, can you say all that?" "Sure I can," responded Grace quite heartily. "'!'here ain't nobody go- ing." Experiments in the 'growing of Manitoba wheat in France have been going on ever since 1912. The im- ported variety :in many cases has given yields equal to those of the •ac- climtized wheats. CONTROLL! C POTATO DISEASES The Exercise of a Little CarePresent Enormous Losses E "'Scab and Blight--Sinpk Preventative Measures. At IJominion Experiment Farms the cost of feeding colts rising one year old, was found to average 10.6 Icents per day, for colts coming two years old 9.33 cents., and for corning three -year-olds 6.08 cents. The total cost up to three years old was $71.96. There are two grave periods in the ,life of the potato crop from the disease control standpoint. This first is be- i fore the crop is planted the second is about the time 'the plants are mak- If sows are fat when pigs are far- rowed keep down the grain ration for the first two weeks. If kept right, hogs are not apt 'to' have much thematter mau with. them. Goo d feed, a dry, warm place to stay, and a kind master, and yot. may leave the. hog medicine down at the store. There is not so much call for very fat pork as there was a few years ago. Sensible, too. The streak. of lean ought to be a good thick one. - How much does a pound of pork? little; it will pay. .Not one farmer even puts his hog • after he has 'ceased to be a hog and becomes cold pork, That is why so few really know 'how much it costs to make pork. But it would pay to weigh or measure feed and let the scales set you right on matters of cost of production. it cost you to get Figure on that a out of -a thousand on the scales until Waling • toPlease. :._. had y; Evangeline Maude got a new job. .fired of standing all dayi - she threw up her situation as a shopgirl, and managed to get work„ in a tele- phone exchai ge, although she knew nothing about it. The first call came through. "What nurnber, please? asked 7atiangcltnc. M. sweetly. " Ni.ne-- -nine---nine-nine!" carne the 1'c l -p y. F looked really ,,ally distressed, " OIr, I'm sorry," she breathed theough the instrument, "but we're out of-er-I. mean that -wine---nine--ru:ine----nine- .is n , en„�.g.ed , But .I Lan supply you with nine--nine---nine--weight or ten thou , datnd, if yell Avis1:." ing a goodgrowth and extends up un- til maturity. Enormous lossesare suffered by the potato growers, all of which are easily . avoided by, the ex- excising; of a little care and time. It is so easy to treat all potato seeds that most men'fail to do it properly be- cause the method looks so simple. Potato scab, for instance; is -very widely distributed. It may easily be controlled by using the formalin method or the corrosive sublimate treatment. Formalin may be pur- chased Ur- chased at any drug store and should be used at the rate of one pint of formalin to 30 gallons of water. Place the potatoes in a gunny sack and soak in the formalin solution for two hours, then spread the seed out on the floor to dry before'2axtting, All sacks, ma- chinery, baskets, knives and whatever else touches the seed should always be disinfected. However, I prefer the cora sive sub- limate treatment, as this not only con- trols scab but also controls the disease commonly called 'Rhizoctonia, which has become quite prevalent in many potato growing sections. This 'treat= mentis quite simple and inexpensive. Four ounces of corrosive sublimate, (which can be purchased at any drug store) should be dissolved n1 two gal- lons'of hot water, after which enough water should be added to bring the mixture up• to 30 gallons. This ma- teri.al should- be placedin wooden e,. v �s sols as it willdestroy iron or tin. Low- er the •potatoes into the vessel before cutting and allow them to remain.f U.r one and One-half hours. This mix- ture should only be used :four times after which it should be thrown away and a new lot made up. It may Lo advisable to gradually lengthen the time that each lot remains in the mix- ture, after, the first. „ Corrossive sub- limate la a poison and should not be where children or animals �a placedL. can get hold of it or drink t?ie' mixture. The latter ti e,rtinent will absolutely control potato stab and i:ag tonia and costs so little that no one can af- ford not to dip the potatoes. Blight. PotaEoes in many sections also suf• -- fee from both early and late blight, v. hich :frequently kills .the vines and causes the tubers to rot. These•dis- eases very frequently cause heavy losses .but they `can be controlled by spraying with Bordeaux mixture. It requires, however, that the spraying be started early. - The first spraying should be done when -the plants are 6 to 8 inches high. Spraying must be used as a precautionary or insurance measure. If it is not begun until afte � the eblight has attacked the crop P only partial control can be expected. In 'nixing tip the Bordeaux mixture use four pounds of copper sulphate (blue vitr:•ol) and four pounds of stone lune to 50' gallons of water. In mix- ing up the solution the copper sulphate should be dissolved in hot water '' and enough water added to make 25 gal- lons, In the same way the lime should be dissolved separately in a small quantity of water and enough added to make tip 25 gallons,' This diluted lime solution should be strain- ed through 'cheese cloth or a finewire strainer after which the two sa l ti o u ons should -be mixed together by pouring into a large barrel -or tank the spray.' For best results it is a good idea to ,have a t e ahalf barrel: in which to lair the ]lase solutions and another ei for mixing the copper sulnlinie, ' it 1p T, e rni_;ture sl � 11 ti. . it c c .he thoroughly 1 sir .r'� r, �i g G. or agitat- ed while.. being rey 1 g sp ,,yee.. The Bordeaux i solution Should be used as soon as mide,. It de 7r eia t 1 ecu lies Very rapidly when standing for any y ]engi;n of time. Great careshould be Used in �: Y in TP.Y g, tl e speay so y,oastotlbrr .t o i;;sly cover the leaves both on anl' 0n.t1 r , p e under Side, This may, be accomplished ,:1 having asprayeir with three nozzles, 'one ,uspended over the top of the row and one 0 on e:cch,.�,' side. spraying, loth thr, side and beneath the leaves. The "Potato ) o Ilug, may be controlled 9i •,, Y adding one oanci ''• Green g 1 o;G .. �az rs r 3 r,: ..r eeri' or 2 to t, pounds; of Arsenate of Lead tothe I o deauX. aolutaon and both tap lied at the same time.