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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1917-8-9, Page 6IOLWL at- M7 d daughters of all ages are cordially Invited to write to department Initials only will be published with each eueetion and its answer as a means of Identification, but full nano and address must bel given in each letter,. Write on one side of sAper only. Answers will be maned direct If stamped and addressed envelope Is enclosed. Address all correspondence for thls department to Mrs. Helen Law,115 Woodbine Ave., Toronto. Miss -Canada:-1. Three pateiotic thz•own at 'a wedding is much safel tableaux for girl performers which 6. A bride should write personal let Might be euitable are: "Britannia's tors of thanl,:s to all those who hay Deughters," at 15 cents, "Women's sent presents to her. Work in War,"at 16 cents, and "The Bluebell: -1. You might try benzin Making of Canada's Flag," at 26 cents, to remove ice cream stains trim sill Ae the cost is so small, why not buy taffeta. Or another rnethod is to la all three seleetions, and ascertoein the spot upon a folded damp cloth which would best suit your perform- put another over it and press with ens and your audience? 2. "At Home moderate weight for an hour. The in the Water," by Geo. H. Corsan, wipe off both sides with borax water price 25 cents, is an illustrated text- weak and cold, fellev,,ed by clear wa book on the art of swimming and ter, Shift the spot to a clean plac siee_saeine. 3. et. Quentin is pre_ now and then, When clean pin i flounced San-kan-tan. 4. Lemberg is smooth between thick cloths and press the capital of the Austrian province of dry with a moderate iron. 2. Ten Galicia, through which the Russians boots when stained with salad a.nd dirt are now drivingcan be cleaned by rubbing with a slice of raw potato, allowing them to dry, Madam Y.:-1. No reply to a wed- then polishing, with beeswax and tur- ding announcement is necessary 2' pentine. 3, As a remedy for per - One's visiting card with a word of spiration prepare the following pow sympathy can be sent to a person who der to be applied to the hands and feet has suffered a bereavement when the or sprinkled inside the gloves or stock. degree of acquaintanceship does not ings; Twenty ounces prepared Vene- call for a note. 3. To remove tan tian talcum, ten ounces powdered orris from the neck apply the following root, five ounces oxide of zinc, five paste: One ounce honey, one tea- ounces powdered tartaric acid, five spoonful lemon juice, six drops oil of ounces powdered boric acid, two and bitter almonds, the whites of two eggs one-half ounces salicyclic acid, one - and fine oatmeal sufficient to make a quarter ounce menthol, one-quarter smooth paste. 4. A married womail ounce oil of eucalytus. 4. Placing a when calling upon another married small piece of orris root in the last woman leaves one of her own cards for rinse water will give delicate blouses the hostess and two of her husband's and handkerchiefs a suggestion of cards for the hostess and the husband sachet. of the hostess. Mother: -1. A doctor gives this ad - Bride -To -Bet -1. An engagement vice: Teach the children to take Da- ring need not necessarily contain a tural sweets like raisins, prunes and diamond; many other stones are used, other fruits, and especially teach them frequently birthstones. 2. The wife to chew thoroughly. Honey is a of the clergyman who efficiates at a wholesome sweet and may be given to wedding should be invited to the wed- children occasionally with whole wheat ding. 3. One wedding invitation will bread. If the child has a Well bal- suffice for a man, his wife and daugh- anced diet he will not have an abnor- ters. It is not good form to address mal desire for sweets. 2. Lettuce is a wedding invitation "Mr. and Mrs. rich in iron. It is a blood -making John Smith and family." In send- food. There is mere iron in a pound ing wedding invitations to a family of lettuce twice over than in a pound consisting of father, mother, one of beefsteak and the iron of the let - daughter and two sons, one invitation tuce is all available for use whereas may be sent to Mr. and 1VIrs. Jahn the iron of the beefsteak is less avail - Smith, witi. the name of Miss Smith able for use; besides lettuce contains written underneath that of her par- lime, which is lacking in beefsteak, ents, -while another irivitation should and is rich in vitamines, a highly es - be addressed to the Messrs. Smithsential food element. 3. White, pro - 4. Wedding announcements are never celain lined or agate dishes should posted before the cerem.ony,.. hut as be used in preserving fruits. The soon as possible afterward. 5. Con- acids in the fruits will affect iron and fetti as a substitute for rice to be tin. WAR From hill to hill he harried me.' He stalked me day and night, He neither knew nor hated me; Nor his nor mine the fight. He killed the man who stood by me, For such they made his law; Then foot by foot I fought to him, Who neither knew nor saw. I trained my rifle on his heart, He leaped up in the air, The screaming ball tore through his heart And lay embedded there. - Lay hot embedded there, and yet, Hissed home o'er hill and sea Straight to the aching heart of me Who'd wronged not mine or me. -Arthur Stringer. Cost of Bread in the U. S. Bread prices in the United States have advanced approximately 27 per cent- since January 1st, according to statistics compiled from official sources. The result was arrived at by taking the average retail prices for each month in 45 cities of the United States for the period from January 1 to July 1 this year. The standard unit was 16 ounces of unbaked dough, which is a fairer test than baked bread. The weights of baked loaves have varied so greatly and the sizes so often changed that it is almost impossible to find a reliable standard other than in dough form. The aver- age price for the Ilnited States for 16 ounces of unbaked dough on January 1st was 6.98 -cents, as against 8.85 cents on July 1st. Potato and 'Tomato Plant Lice. The present season has developed a widespread outbreak of the green and pink potato aphid or plant louses. It is especially partial to potatoes and tomatoes. There are- two color varieties, one ga:een, the other pink, but the same insect. They cause the leaves of plants they infest to curl and become distorthd, particularly potato They sap the stems of the bloom clusters on toniato, causing the blos- soms to fall before setting of fruit. The sapping of the plants may cause them to die, and these insects are very mischievous, introducing blight germs from sick to healthy leaves and from sick to healthy plants. The best treat- ment is to spray very thoroughly with forty ner cent' nicotine sulphate di- luted with 700 parts of water or with 700 parts of Bordeaux mixture. Water vases and hanging baskets thoroughly every day, preferably late in the afternoon. To render boots and shoes water- proof in damp weather rub a little mutton suet around the edges of the soles. Beeswax is.just as efficient. INTERNATIONAL LESSON AUGUST 12. e' Lesson VII. Josiah's Good Reign --2 Chem, 34. 1-13. Golden Text -Eccles. 12. 1. Verses 1, 2. Introductory. Josiah Sen of Amon, grandson of Ma- nasseh; king of Judah about B. C. 639- 608. 3-7. Uprooting of idolatry. Eighth . . tweIfth-From the very be- ginning the heart of Josiah was turn- ed toward Jehovah. Purge -At the accession of Josiah the land was full of id ola trolls symbols and practices, High places -The local sanctuaries; the attempt was made to centralize the worship in Jerusalem. Asherini -Singular, Asherah; a wooden pole set up beside the altar as a syrnbol of the deity, a survival of tree worship. Graven -Idol of wood (carved) or stone. Molten -Idol made of metal. Baalim---The native Canaanite deities. Sun -images -Probably identical with the pillars of 2 Kings 23. 14, a survival of stone worship, and serving the same purpose as the Asherim. Graves -"A sort of retributive pollution of the resting place of the impious dead." Bones -The resting place of the dead was sacred; its disturbance was the greatest calamity imaginable. The bones of the idolatrous priests were burned to defile the altars upon which they had burned heathen sacrifice. te Manasseh and Ephraim and Simeon,-- even unto NaphtaliThe reforrns ex- tended beyond Judah: they covered the whole of Israel, including Simeon in the far south, which was reckoned with the northern tribes (2 Chron. 15, 9). 8-13. Repair of the temple. Eigh- teenth -According to Kin th WINTER WHEAT WAR SERVICE The Ontario Farmer Can Render Efficient Aid in the Present Serious Food Shortage by inoreaShig HiS Whitten Wheat Area ThiS AtItumst. I By Henry G. -Bell, Agronomist. Foed, mere and munitions! These namely, Prof. A. T. Wiarieko. Its are the sinews of war. :Canada's gal- valuable contribution to the question hint snen at the front in co-operation before us is as follows: "Experi- with the soldiers of her noble allies, ments in 10 representative counties are giving of their best. Their of the state have shown an average strength must be maintained, The gain due to Xertilization of wheat of whole American continent is a unit in 11.6 bushels per acre, The average a determined effort to this end. Pre- cost per acre bf fertilization was $4:14 sent food requirements closely parallel leaving a netsprofit per acre of.$7.46." Kitchener's immortal dictum concern-, Circular No. 23.., . ing the great was "It will take men On limed land, mixed fertilizes -has and more men," he said The days been used at good profits iri ill • cases. of war, andethe after days will take At North Vernon" and Worthington, "food and more food," and food that is where mixed fertilizer is applied to most easily transported. • wheat on manured land, good wheat The days .for seeding winter wheat increases have beensecured.from the are aeproaching. Every Canadian use of 200 pounds per acre . of , 2-8-4 farmer is vitally interested in study- fertilizer follo‘ving Cern, which had Mg conditions to determine whether or received six tonsof manuee , and 200 not he can aid still further M the pro- pounds of acid phosphate per- •acre.,, duction of this great food CrOP. "Win- Bulletin No, 198:, • . ters are colder than they used to be." Missouri Agricultural ' Experiment "Ontario weather is changing." Have Station adds: "On average Missouri you ever heard these reasons g•iveri for land the fertilization of wheat' is winter wheat production. decreasingin practically always remunerative. certain counties? The fact remains While there are seasons in which re - that Ontario'e avereg,e climate has net sults of an increase changed. . Records show about the ol' two oe three bushels only are secured, in average ture and rainfall throughout the years. ,seasons increases of from four to six The real cause of the decrease in The can be counted upon. On the wheat acreage has been the rather un- thinner lands much larger returns can satisfactory market conditions that els_ be expected. M. F. Miller of the tained in. years previous to the war .. UniversitY of Missouri College of Agri - Poor markets combined with unsatis_ culture cites the results of wheat fer- factory yields made wheat tilizing experiments conducted in dif- ravages, the use of inferior seed and growing sults a several years' experiments unprofitable. Now, the poor yields ferent parts of the state: On the were in many -eases caused by insect Igertheaq Missouri level prairie re - poor soil fertility. have shown an increase averaging 11 5 But Ontario has learned how • to . • bushels eie acre from the use master these destructis,e agencies. No of lime phosphorus and potash. On the North Missouri rol province has produced seed of higher lirig prairie the quality. The Ontario Agricultui at . . increase ,durierg approximately the and Experimental Union founded and same period has been 6.2 bushels. 01 directed by Prof. C. A. Zavitz, Ontario the South Missouri experiment field Agricultural College, has set a stand- the reedits have been similar, althoug drd of quality in cereals that has be in seine cases ma.terially higher thai come the ambition of farmers' Crop these. At the St. Jagies experimen Associations throughout this conti- field a six-year average has shown an increase in the wheat crop of 13.1 nent bushels. It is safe to say, therefore, Ontario farmers know that good soil tillage is absolutely necessary for good that one aught to expect a minimum wheat production. Good soil tillage of a.round 4 bushels and a maximum of not less than 10 bushels as very con includes good soilelrainage rotation of ' servative . estimates" A..gric. Cop. crops, lirning when necessary and pro- per working. of the soil. To these Service, June 19, 1917. fertil- West Virginia Experiment Station essentals must be added proper • ization and the use of good seed. reports an average gain per acre in yield of wheat of 10.16 bushes in "I don't think this and that pays." Did ou ever hear a grower say it 1901 and 21.66 bushels in 1914 as a y result of applying a complete fertilie- Well, here is the evidenceilet the jury ofkeen, business -like, patriotic Can_ er. Bulletin No. 155. same general variations in tempera- pilduct!d by Professor Henry G. Bell. The object .of this department Is to place at th*S service of our farm readers the advice of an acknowl- edged authority on all subjects pertaining to soils and crops. Address all questions to Professor Henry G. Bell, In care of The Wilson Publishing Company, LiMited, To- ronto, and answers will appear In thls column In the Order In which they are received. As space Is limited It is advisable where Immediate reply is necessary that a stamped and addressed envelope be enclosed with the question, when the answer will be mEtiled direct. Henry G. Bell. Question-C.M.B. i-lf I should plow under. a patch of buckwheat to kill quack grass, what damage, if any, 'would it do to the ground if plowed when the buckwheat is in full bloom? Answer: -To plow under buckwheat in fa:If-bloom will do no damage to your soil; on the contrary, it will do good by adding humus or organic mat- ter, which will help the fertility of the soil. Be very careful to work the buckerheat thoroughly into the soil by disking and harrowing; otherwise it will form a coarse mat as you turn the furrow over. Such a mat seri- ously injures the rise of moisture in the soil. I have known instances where the turning under of a heavy crop of buckwheat, rye or clover - without careto workingsame into the soil-L.11as actually starved' the follow - Mg crop by cutting off its moisture supply. Question-A.J.S.:=What can 1 sow that will furnish cow pasture for the late summer and fall? I have-'1ost myseeding this season and will be short of pasture after the middle of August. I ,have six acres of sandy loam, in a fair state of cultivation that 1 grew a big crop of clover last year, 8 but was pastured off very close last h fall that I was thinking Of sowing to 1 oats and rape. Will the oats keep t growing if they are pastured off or clipped? Can you suggest anything hitter? Would I stand any show of getting a catch of clover if 1 seeded in this pasture crop? Answer : -I would advise sowing the following mixture; -1 bushel each per acre of wheat, oats and barley, and 10 lbsof common red clover to the acre.' Would work in 200 to 300 lbs per acre of fertilizer carrying 2 to 3% ammonia and 8.to 12% phosphoric acid. This available plantfood will hasten the growth of the grain. As arule grain does not continue to make growth if it is allowed to come into head. This mixture has given good results as summer pasture. Question -L. H. :-We have four acres of light sandy soil which I sv,olild adieu farmers decide the case. The Canadian farmer is 'a business man. He is interested in keeping up his manufacturing plant and- at th.a same titne making -it pay. Especially under present conditions is he inter- ested in all practices that increase re- turns. He knows there is a great market for wheat. Can he profitably increase his total wheat production? He believes he can. He.ha.s a gen- Wheat thrives Where the tiny plants can get an abundance of suitable plantfooel, and where this supply of food holds out throughout the growing seag.6-n. - Livestock stock manure is the great home source of plant fobd. Every bit of manure that can be spared can well be applied to the *heat lands, either in preparing the seed bed or as a winter top -dress- ing to the young crop. To-deisure a like to get seeded. 13eing so sandy it is hard to get a catch of clover. It had a little clover sod plowed under several years ago, but since it has gotten run clown. I tried to seed it to clover and timothy but very little came, so I plowed it again and sowed to rye and manured it in whiter and spring, ahd planted corn. It was so dry and Lot last summer that.the corn did not get big, so I cut it early for fodder corn and worked up the ground and sowed rye and intended to plow it under for corn after manuring this spring, but as the rye looks good I let it stand. As soon as the rye is 'off I would like to plew it with a three furrow gang plow as there are quite a few sand burrs in this field. What kind of grass could I sow on this ground? Would sweet clover be good? could manure it next winter and plow under for oats and seed it then. Answer: -As soon as you have cut off the rye clopofthis yearghave the land plowed as you indicate and work- ed down to a smooth seed -bed. I would advise applying four or five loads of manure to the acre after plow- ing and before disking, and also ad- vise putting on 500 to 1,000 lbs. per acre of ground limestone, in order to sweeten the soil. When you 'Inc ready to seed the grass mixture, you would do well to use from 200 to 300 lbs. per. acre of fertilizer carrying 2 to 3% ammonia and 10 to 12% of phosphoric acid, applying it through the fertilizer attachment of the wheat drill, or scattering it evenly over the ground before the last disking and harrow- ing. This 'available plantfood will give the young plants a vigorous start and will almost insure a good catch if you have sufficient moisture. I am inclined to advise the growth of sweet clover on your soil. This crop will flourish where most everything else kills out. If not kept in control, it may possibly reach the stege of a troublesome weed, but it can be kept in check if cut for hay while the young stalks are tender. From 8 to 10 lbs, of seed per acre are sufficient. eral knowledge a practices that are good stand of wheat and to give it In August all surplus Leghorn cockerels and cockerels of other light strength for the winter and early, recommended as being good, but he must work out his own problem; he spring, farmers of Canada will find it weight breeds should be marketed as . must find a satisfactory answer on Profitable to suloplernent the manure broilersThey are of little value as roasters his own fields to his own questions. He with 200 to 300 llas. per acre of fertili- • has learned to put faith in the as zers. This plantfood supplies 1 to Green ducks are young ducks from . sembled informa.tion resulting from 2% of nitrogen, which gives the tinyf8 to 12 weeks oldThey should be sold careful experiments carried an by the wheat plant a vigorous start; 10 to before they moult. great international system of Experi- 12% phosphoric 'acid, Which plumps At the present time when growing ment Stationsthe kernel and causes the crop to ma- chicks are attaining an age of from Canadian experiment statiens have ture e`arly, and at present 1 or 2% of one month to ten weeks a disease given their work largely to a close potash which assists the disease re (known as coccidiosis) affecting the liver 'and bowels, is causing considers - able losses. This disorder according to Dr. Wickware of the Experimental Farm is \ quite prevalent throughout Canada and is probably responsible for many deaths at present attributed to -white diarrhoea. The disease is cans - ed by a small egg-shaped germ which inhabits the first portion and blind pouches of the bowels. It produces inflammation of the bowels and liver, the blind pouches showing the most marked alteration. The changes in the latter may vary from a filling up with a reddish granular looking mass of soft consistency to hard cores cons - posed of lining cells, blood, etc. The liver maye.show changes varying from a fairly normal appearance to large areas of yellow cor which whersecut i scientific study of systems of tillage sistent power to the plant. This fert- rind a determination of suitable vain- dim/. is applied broadcast to the plow- eties of wheat. Some work as to ed land, and worked in bydisking proper plantfood balanciflg is in pro- and harrowing., or is drilled into the gress. The Canadian farmer, how- wheat seed bed at the time the crop is i ever; will be nterested in the relative- sown. • ly long-time fertility experiments Late seedings of wheat, in -order to which have been conducted by some escape the .raages of the Hessian Fly of the older State experiment stations are strengthened successfully by pro in the land of our neighbors to the per fertilization. The I.T.S. Depart- South. m'ent of Agriculture, in Bulletin 640,' Here is a question the Canadian sayst="The a.pplication broadcast of farmer is asking, and some of the re- some quick -acting fertilizer containing presentative answeis. a large percentage of phosphate, made Does it pay to fertilize wheat? as sgliks as general infestation is ap- Ohio Experiment Station, with 20 parelitr will cause the plants to tiller years' experience, says: "In the fertil- more freely and give thern sufficieAt izer tests of this Station at Wooster, vigor to withstand the winter, and Strongsville, Germantown and Car- thus increase the number of healthy periter, the use of phosphorus alone steins the following spring. . . . has increased the yield " of wheat 'from While it may see far fetched!' to 4.85 to 8 bushels per acre; phosphorus bring forward as a preventive measure and potassium have increased the yield the enrichments of the a fertile froin. 6.20°to 9.19 , bushels per acre; soil will produce Plants that will with and phosphoeus, potassium and nitro- stand with little injury attacks that gen, from 8.77 to 16.20 bushels per will prove disastrous to plants grow - acre." ' ing on an improgerished or thin soil. The quality of wheat of the 1910, This is because a fertile soil will en - crop grown on fertilized an unfestil- ized plats Was etudied. The wheat from the fertilized plot analyzed 9.4% plump and 6% shrivelled; -that from e unfeetilized analyzed only 51% plump and 49% shrivelled. (Data from Ohio Experiment Station l3ulle- tin No. 243.) Indiana Experiment Station has con- ducted valuable tests under the direc- tion of a former Canadian, a graduate of Ontario Agricultural College, e repair of the temple and the finding of the Law preceded the destruction of idolat- ry, which is represented aS inspired by the newly found book of the Law. The ChrOilicler may have introduced the change in the order of the events to ernphasize the fact that Josiah was an ardent Jehovah worshiper from the beginning, Repair ---Under Ma- nasseh the temple was neglected. The direction of the work was entrusted to three state officials. Money -Con- tributions were received from all parts of the land. Levites- -In accord with his general point of view, the author is careful to state that the whole en- terprise was under the immediate direction of the Levites. nt o 'show a. ch eese-lik e centre. SYMPTOMS: -The chicks appear dull and isolete themselves from the remainder usually remaining in the hover or under the hen. The feath- ers become ruffled; Wings droop; ap- Petite is lost and occasionally the chicks will give 'utterance to a shrill able a,n infected plant ,to tiller freely, cry, particularly when trying to pass and these tillers Will' have sufficient material from the bowels. A white, vitality to withstand the winter And discharge is usually present although send up head -producing stems in the it may be rather reddish in color and speinge, ' the -vent may become pasted with the With the problems of proper Seed, insect control, and soil fertility so far advanced toward solution and with ever time prices ruling, it is good business fey C.anadian farmers to give careful thought to increasing ,winter wheat arees this fall: Grow Your Own Clover Seed. It has long since been established that homegrownseed gives best re - suite. Put all these facts together and what le' the very obvious conclu- sion ? Much is said to -day about the high cost of living in cities, but what about the high cost of farming which means cestly production? It should and can be reduced. If the farnaer will grow his own clover seed instead of buying it at a high price, he will be mare likely to sow an adequate amount of seed per acre to insure a good stand. Plenty of clover on farms means abundance of good feed for stack and maintained fertility `iA the soil, A thin looking second crap, of red clover will often yield a good reture of seedsIt can be cut with the ordinary mower with a!' flat table attached to the putter bar; a man folfows. and rakes it off into winclro*s., 13y rriale- ing a few; simple coljustrnents, it cap be threshed with the ordinary .grain thresher it a clover iniller is not avail- able. Save a piece for Seed each year. Sow plenty of Seed per adre, 'Harvest better and bigger crops. ' 41, The sober second thotight,-how steadying it isl materialedischarge. These are the prominent symptoms in typical cases but chicks may also be badly affected and exhibit no outward appearance of disease until death suddenly takes place. . TREATMENT:-Treatrnent consists in dissolving fifteen grams of powder- ed catechu in a gallon of dririking we- er. This shoi Id be kept constantly in front of the chicks and should be changed every two days. PREVENTION :-Prevention con. sists in the isolation of all ailing chicks from the remainder of the flock and the thorough disinfection of all the quarters and inns, which maybe ac- cornplished by the application of a limewash solution made by adding two and one-half pounds of stone lime to a pail of water, to which is also added one-half a teacupful of a good com- mercial dieinfectant. This should be applied full strength with a spray pump, brush or old broom to all parts of the quarters, brooder houses, etc. The feeding troughs should be cleansed, daily by scalding with boiling water and special care taken to prevent the chicks from getting their feet either in the feeding utensils or drinking foun- tains as the disease is transmitted frorn bird to bird in this way. The floor of the brooder houses should be covered with a coating composed of nine parts of sand and one part A air -slacked lime, and if the droppings are not removed daii`sr, they should at least be mixed with a fair amount of air -slaked lime to insure proper dis- infection. If the runs are not too large, it is also advisable to cover them with a thin coating of the above men- tioned lime and either spade or plough them up. The chicks should be kept away from all adult fowls and carcas- ses of dead birds immediately burnei as burying only serves to keep the in- fection going from year to ;, ear. mime Saving Fyom OSimetroke., Ordinarily, five minutes of work will not kill a horse, but if the five minutes . - are in the afternoon of a hot day in Summer when tire horse has heen working has'd beneath the burning sun, that (small ernount of time may be fatal: For that reason it is advigible to watch the horses to see that they are not overheated. Here are,sonae danger signals every tearnater should heed: An overheat- ed horse will lag in his gait, walk un- steadily and spread his legs when standing. His head' is held low, the eyes protrude farther than usual and the pupils of the eyes are, small. Breathing is loud and rapid. The skin ie hot, the pulse quick and weak and the heart beats violeritly and ir- regularly. In severe cases the horse will stop suddenly, spread the legs apait in an attempt to steady himself, and fall to the grottlid. When the horse begins to stagger, it IS too late for preveiztion. If a sponge saturated with cold water had been kept between the horse's ears while working, the trouble might have been avoided. The enly safe plan to fol-. low after the horee id overheated, is to unharness him and get him to a shady place at once. Cold water, thrown forcibly on the' animal, is an effective remedy, The skm should be rubbed vigorously with pough cloths1 A'bag of cracked ice may be placed between the ears. If conscious enough to drink, cold water should be offered in small amounts. A sthnuIant may be given. After the animal is recovered, he should be turn- ed in a ehady pasture whore there is plenty of clean cool water.