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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1917-9-20, Page 2Do all your preserving.with; ConiYuctece ny. Ph .7(n Mothere and daughters of 0 11 We ere cordially Invited to writs to thi* CI itli T. I ItC0101,34*'' DrViir department. ntat only will be published with each „question and ito answer a$ a means et identlitOdCliM, but full nanio and acitireso must ba alVen in each letter. Writ* on.ona side of paper only, Answers+ will be wailed direct If stamped and addressed envelope le enelotied. Address ail corrouponcience ter Ititti siepartortsint to kirs, Helen Law. 234$ Woodbtn Avs,, Tororilia. Daughter e -The author of •Nartha 'magazines that she could find. After By The Day" is Julie M. /apple:ann. This entettainixig story may be had sorting and arranging the collection she divided it up with all eye to suite at any of the large bookstores for ability and variety, made each stack sixty cents, into a neat Paek•age and distributed Steplianiei-A heahne hp salve le the pachiegee among -the farm vehicles e made of one mince cold cream, 15 drone of tinceure of benzoin and 30 drops of glycerine. Rub the cold cream and glycerine together and then incorporate the benzoin with the mass, • e Rub with a spatula or flexibItnife on a flat tile or.plate, A nlixture.ean- said, from one familY to another, so ed cream of roees is also good. 'Melt that each Might have the benefit of it • all. They repotted also an unwritten that stood hitched every day in the market place and wagon yards. , It wile not long before the farmers found her out and came to tell her what the contents of the bundles meant to them. They paseed the reading matter, they an ounce of white vaseline and halt an ounce of white wax and beat. When nearly cold add three drops of attar of roses. E.B.S.:-1, Here is a good recipe for oatmeal muffins: Take one-half law of their own making -that for every lost or badly injured book or magazine a fine should be pad, in the shape of a bit of farm produce, to be delivered eo the giver of the books for the toveri poor ainong whom she cupful milkone well -beaten egg, one worked. teaspoonful butter, one tablespoonful = The fines filled Wheal a need as the , sugar, one cupful flour, into which has reading matter had filled;, and since been sifted two teaspoonfuls baking the farmers have begun to reallie the fact, they carry their tributes straight powder and one cupful oatmeahmush. Stir well together and hake in hot to the doors of the recipients. Scarce - muffin pans in moderate oven. 2. ly a week conies that the cdtintrY peo- Perspiration steins can be removedi ple of the4 magaeine circuit fail to from a blouse by soaking in strongi bring in a little farm produce --turnips salt evater before washing. 3. The ,,,,,, nerrtee or, in dirty spring,, saniples best and simplest way to mend a torn net curtain is to dip a square of net cutto fit into ceold starch, lay on the of the new green .vegetables that city dwellers. crave. The outcome of the plan has been wrong side ef the curtain over the rent the establishment of a" friendly circle and iron with a hot iron. 4. A letter that widens steadily: Good _reading of acknowledgement for a wedding is put into the hands , of appreciAtive gift which has been sent: by a whole people; the people -themselves ' are faMily should be addressed to the brought into -touch with others whose mother ,but should contain mention of material needs are greater than their the other members. 5. It is good own; and the. poor become the benefi- form to display Wedding gifts in a ciaries of a unique form of spontene- room especially set apart for there. 6. ous giving. A great deal more than When wedding gifts are on view the reading matter, in fact, is put into cards of the donoEs should be remov- ed. 7. The hest man esually takes charge of the wedding ring and the clergyman's fee. Would-be Benefactress: -How does the following idea appeal to you: A woman living in a small town originat- ed a novel plan for circulating read- ing matter among her neighbors of the outlying . country districts. Her first step was to collect among her acquaintances all the used books and 1110•••••••••••••=mileomm••••••••, circulation. Mrs. C. D.: -Yes, there are munition factories in the towns you mention, but they in common with -all other plants in Canada just now are nOt en- gaging any more workmen. On the contrary they are dismissing their employees, as the supply of ammuni- tion is abendant and the demand is steadily decreasing. It would be bet- ter to seek employment at some other occupation. Colts show to best advantage if taught to stand and lead before they are taken into the show ring. Teach them to walk and go through all the paces to which they will be subjected by the judges. Grooming the coat, combing and decorating the mane and tail, add much to -the appearance of a show animal. • The exposure of young horses to the short spells of severe Weather which occur frequently during the fall, caus- e's a shrinkage in live weight and is a hindrance to rapid and economical de- velopment. Older horses seem to - stand this sort of treatment with less loss. It it doubtless true that animals become accustomed to winter weather but frequent changes from fine fall weather to bad storms retard gains in colts without shelter. Four yearling Percheron fillies with an average weight of 1169 pounds on pasture, With a nation of six pounds of corn and oats (one-half of each by weight) daily shrunk an average of 32 pounds each during the spell of severe weather on October 18 to 20 of last year, at an Experimental Sta- tion, Aged mares in foal lost only slightly during the same period. Inexpensive sheds which 'will pro- tect colts from wind, rain, sleet, and snow will pievent part of such loss in weight. Growing horses should not be housed too closely and prevented from taking plenty of exercise, but they lihould not be subjected to extremely bad weather if they are expected to make satisfactoey grewth. ae, Soft hands indicate a character lack- ing energy and force. Storing Potatoes. In staring potatoes a cellar or half cellar is best. The material used_ in building a storage house does not greatly /natter. Either wood or stone masonry will serve. The material should he waterproof. Depth under ground is not of moment so long as it is sufficient to insure against freezing. Of course if the storehouse is heated you do not have to consider this. The ordinary house cellar is safe enough in this part of thefrconntry, though houses with, a double c,ellar, the fur- nace in one part .and the Other Part for vegetable storage, are particularly _ favored. - - There are - thme thing§ to keep mind: , • The temperature must be kept as low as possible without freezing, t The air must -be as dry as possible all the time, The place must be kept dark. Keep the temperature as near 32 deg. Fahrenheit as you can; the ideal range isbetween 30 and 36 Fahrenheit. Potatoes in large quantities will not freeze at 28 deg. Fahrenheit if expos- ed to this temperature for not more than an hour or two. To figure space allow 114 cubic feet for each bushel of potatoes. There must be ventilation. If you are building a storehouse or semi -cel- lar build it in line with the wind gen- erally grevailing through the winter. In spring leave the door open at night, closing it in the day. Doors or win- dows at either end to secure a draught through are desirable. Store only clean potatoes. Potatoes breathe. Dirt chokes their respira- tion. Cover the floor completely be- fore you begin putting them on top of each other. in Pure cane. "FINE" granulation. High sweetening power. 10, 20 and 100 -lb. sacks '42 and 5-1b. cartons Order by name in Prig - packages FREE. 1001: Fluted and, fittuoncJ, labola for fruit jars, if you ',MI cut rof.1 ball tradu-mark front tt Lawle bug Or Citron and asee,it to Atlantic Sugar RefleeriesLimited .Power Building MONTREAL ' 141 Alan's Great Surprise. When Laura's and Vary Anna's big brother, Alan, was a little; fellow, he had to go to bed at eight o'clock every night except Friday and Saturday. He thought it was a hard thing to do, es - ride into the country. Little brother Alan was thinking of that when the teacher said to all the children, You may lay aside your books for a -mo- ment, if you please." Quickly all the children closed their books and sat straig•hteglad to listen to what the teacher had to say; they were expecting a surprise. The next. moment Alan wished that he was any- where else except in that schoolroom, because this is the question that the teacher asked: pecially in the spring and early stun- "How many boys and girls in this liter. Perhaps if he had been a COURr0Oni are in bed before nine ,o'clock try boy it would, no-4have seemed so every night ''except Friday nights and hard; but he lived in the city, where Saturday nights? All who•are, please Alan despised a lie; so he stood be- side his desk arid, tried not to notice that the boys who wee his neighbors, to play outdoors until nine 0 clock' were snickering behind their. hands. every evening, and sorrietime,e„ later. A moment the teacher waited, think - Long after Alan wasiin bed, with ing that others would stand; but no dozens of other boys were his near neighbors. The other boys went to the same school that Alan attended, and they were allowed to stay up and his bead an his pillow, but with his eyes wide open, he used to hear the boys playing ball in front of their houses, or hide and, seek round the houses, or shouting like Indians, just for fun. Spring, summer, fall and wintee, it was all the same while Alan was. a lit- tle bo -y; his bedtime when he went to school was eight o'clock. one else rose. 'Alan stood alone. He felt, utterly miserable and wretelfed until the teacher said; "Yon may be seated, Alan." . Then came the great surprise: The teacher made a speech; she said she knew that Alan always went to bed early. How aid she know• it? ' Be- cause he always came to school fresh and rested, bright of eye and ready Alan was well, and he learned his for work. She said. she could tell lessons easily. Both his father and who sat up late and who went to bed his mother told him that he eves well early by the work they did in school, and that his eyes were bright anclethan, She could pick them out and name ' he learned his lessons so easily be- them if she apse. cause he went `to bed eatly. every night. When the teacher said that, several He thought they were mistaken, but little girls tuined red, and atdeast one he did not say so. Instead,. he kept boy looked foolish a:nd ashamed. - Boi• . . . his thoughts about rt to himself. --- Then one day came his great sur- - • prise. It was in June, a. few weeks befere the long vacation, and just the INTERNATIONAL LESSON SEPTEMBER 23. Leeson XIII. Daniel In The lions' Den -Daniel 6. Golden_ Text-Psa. 34, 7. According to Dan. 1. 21, Daniel con- tinued at the court ek Babylon frern the days of Nebuchadnezzar to those of Cyrus, who, according to the attlior, succeeded Daring, under whom the events narrated in the lesson text are said te have taken place (Den, 6, 1), tinder earlier kings DameI had had Opportunity to prove his loyalty to the Geod of Israel as also his,nsefulnees to the kings; ander Dariut hie faith was subjeeted to a new test. The situa- Com was this: The friendly attitude of Darius toWard Daniel diepleeeed The officiels, who plotted agamet his life (verses 1-5), As a part of 'their echeine, the,ec indueed Darius to sign a dere forbidding any niati to rtek any- thing of any gad or man, except the king, for e petiod of thirty days Uersee 6-9). At this point thenar - rative of the lesson text begins. Verses 10-17. Daniel continues his custom to prey to the God of Israel; he is diScovered, and though the king seeks to save him, is finally thrown to the none. Chamber -Better, roof - clamber; that is, a room raised above the flat roof of an Oriental &tree, a place orquietness and retirement. To- ward Jerusalem -A standing custom in later Judaism -to pray with the face turned toward Jerusalem, or tosethe temple; which signified a turning to- ward Jehovah. Three times -Perhaps in 'the morning, at noon, and in the evening (Fsa, 55. 17). Deliver -fin- able to save Daniel, the king seeks to cheer him, Chan ed -That nothing might be done by the king er, anyone else to rescue Daniel. 18-23. Contrary to all expectation, Daniel was inireculously delivered, Instruments of music -Word 'of uncer- tain meaning; perhape, dancing girls, or concubines, The king was to trou- bled that he did not indulge in the usual diversions. Larrientable-Bet- ter, pained, or agonized. God . . angel -A full tecognitien that the de- liverance is due to divine interference. The king rejoiced over the rescue of Daniel and them -ordered the aeasers thrown to the lions, He also issued a decree exalting. the God of Daniel, and heaped new honor t upon the lat- ter. the teacher did not mention any names;- she only, said that she was sorry that Ala,n was the only one who dared to stand. • Then she advised all kind of day when everyone wishes to except Alan to open their books and be outdoors, even the teachers. Birds study thein lessons. But she told Alan were singing, and the air *as sweet to go home and leave a good- time; he with the smell of roses. A gentle had earned.a holiday. Alan walked a step at a time, -a step at a time, politely, -until he reached the big outside door; then he flew down the steps and ran home a lessons as if theyhcared at all who the top of his speed, to =get into the General Wolfe was, or where the automobile on the front seat beside breeze wandered into the schootropm as if to call the boys and girloutSide to play. • - The children were not studying their highest mountains are, or the longest rivers -9r the largest cities, or how to spell heed_ efords. Alan was thinking of his big broth- er, Lee, who was in the high school. The high school boys had a 'holiday that afternoon, and Lee had planned -to take the beby Sisters, Laura and Mary Anna; in the autOrnobile for a Lee for the rid e into thecountry! A good mushroom, properly cooked, is a luscious morsel and as such is a wholesome addition to the dietary. If you are absolutely sure that the variety that grows on year lawn or in the neighboring fields is 'of the edible kind, by all means cook it and eat it•F Silage As A Grain Suite: By E. W. Gage. The prevailing high prices of grain low in dry matter, owing to an un - feeds in the face of very ...moderate fortunata season. The Silage was prices paid for dairy products have re- found to contain 18.63 per cent dry duced the dairy farmer's profits to ei," naatter, 2.3e, per cent. protein, 4.68 per point where it is an open -question with cent. crude fibre, 0.92 per cent of fat, many whether it is possible to make and e 9.36 per cent, of nitrogen• free. the cow pay for the large grain ration extract, being richer in 'protein and necessary. Several dairymen have poorer in carbohydrates than average found that if they are able to dispense with half the grain he formally fed without materially reducing the milk production ana butter -fat, the chaaces for profit have, increased at a smaller cost of production. Tests Show Advantage:. corn silage on =account of ,the adneix- tue of soy beans and cowpecte. The cows fed the silage ration pro- duced 96.7 pounds of milk and 5.08 pounds of butter -fat per huncirel pounds of dry matter; those fed the grain ration produced 81.3 pounds of t. Several feeding experiments have milk and 3.9 pounds of butter-fa been held in various sections oNeThe cost of feed Per hundred pounds f ve York State to determi. just' what ofmilk Produced was $0.687 with the position silage may be iii5.de to ac- silage ration and $1.055 with the grain cupy in the dairy cow's ration- and the ration. The cest,ef feed per 1) -dad relative basis for feeding as compared of buttersfat was 13.1 cents with the ration and 22.1 cents with the with purchased grains. In one eV ei4-,ge these tests ten cows were used, 4e,_ grain ration. The average net prp- peesenting five different breeds, to de- fit per cow per month (over cost of termine what effect theefeeding of feed) was $5•864 with.the silag9 ra' more silage than is usually fed with Ltim- and $2.465 with *the grain ra- a; corresponding reduction in the gram • portion of the ration might have upon Silage is a Grain Substitute the production of milk, butter -fat, gain Comparing the averag.e daily pro - in weight, cost of ration, and con- duct of each cow for the entire test sequent profit. - with her average daily prodact for the The general plan of this experiment mon-IliCpreviou's to the change in ra- was to compere, two rations which tiOn (or the first month, of their test should carry as nearly as possible the in the case of two cows); the cows fed same amount of dry matter and nutri- the "Silage ration shrank 2.84 Per cent. ents. In one ration these nutrients in milk and gained 1.89 per cent. in were to be derived largely from rough- butter -fat production. The cows fed age, mainly eilage; inhthe other ra.- the grain ration shrank 9.11 per cent: tion no silage eves to be fed and as lit- in milk and 14.18 in butter -fat pre- tlerougliege as seemed, wise, the bulk duction. 'Upon the conclusion of the of the nutrients being. -derived from expe,rinient each lot of cows was folind coneentrates. The two rations fed to have gained in live weight --the sit - carried practically the earne amount of age -fed cows all averaie of forty - dry Matter. In one over fifty per seven pounds per head; the grain -fed cent, of this dry matter was derived from silage and lose than eighteen per cent, from grain. In the other over fifty-seven per cent, of the dry mat- .ries\ , • - n ned neeese. ek. Conducted by Vforessor lieniy G. Bell. ^ ' ' The object of this department le to place at the service of our farm readers the advice of an acknowl. edged authority on all subjects pertaining to eolls and crops. Address all questions to Professor Henry G. elI, tet tare of The Wilson Publishing Company, L.ImIted, To- ronto, and answers will appear In this column In the order in which they, are received, As space Is limited It Is advisable where immediate repry is necessary that 1,i:tamped ancraddressed envelope be enclosed, with the question, when the qnswer will be mailed direct. Question--=-B,E.W.;-I have a field teen clays before planting the hears. If of corn which is now clean and grow- no grain drill is available any beoadcast ing growverya grreaeipiidelyrp under to plow hetvei, x era,e t distti bu tor will work, applying the fertilizer broadcast and ,-,working it to Year; and haye a -farm that has been by harro;ing and disking. When run quite badly; but as you leriow, the 'fertilizer iS'applied with a grain drill corn crop this year is very late, and:at planting time it should be allowed its value, if matured, will be greater Ito run in the hole.to each side of the than usual. Will the sowing of a cov-lone which drops the beans and not in er crop now interfere with, or detract the hole dropjeing the seed. Some in any way front the present crop rip- ening' early? And how much vetch and rye should be sown per acre? Answer: -Regarding sowing a cov- er crnp in year corn at this stage,' I believe it will do no injury to the corn. You Will gain in green rnaterial which you ced plow under to improve the condition of the soil. A goad mix- ture to sow is a bushel of rye to about three pecks of vetch. The seed should be scattered be- tween the corn rows and then -worked in by a levelling cultivator or a nar- row sectional harrow. Wotild •be best done, of course, by a single row drill.' • - The addition of 200 lbs. to'the acre of fertilizer analyzing approximate- ly 2 pee cent. ammonia and 10 to 12 per cent. -available phosphoric acid would insure a good catch, and would 'also assist the riPening of the corn. Question-F.W.G. :-I am told re- peatedly that one should hot cultivate beans after -they, bloom. They -claim it Is an old saying ,but,cannot give any good reasons. Will you kindly advise me, through your columns if there is anything to this and if so state why it should not he done. ' Answer: -Growing beans should be cultivated very carefully. Men who handle large areas of beans say that Most of the work should be put on the seed -bed and just sufficient cultivation should be given to keep down the weeds. If you will carefully dig up a plant of beans you will find that its roots spread--fcut fairly near the sur- face and sufficientlywideto extend over half the distance between the rows. This being the case, a deep cultivation of beans, when the plant has made meximum groWth, 'sea as you will find at blossoming time, will cut off a large percent. of the, small roots between the ,rows. The Toots are the conveyors .of plantfuod. Then if you cut off the roots, you are to a certain 'extent e-starVing the plant. From blossoming, tine to the filling of the pods of beadne is a criticaleperiod for the bean crop. At such a fone it requires a „good, supply of water; hence any injuey to its root system should be ca,refully avoi;ifed. " Another _ _ reason for avoiding , cultivation at blessomingt time, is • that there is a tendency during damp weather, to spread 'bean disease, by the bean spores being criedby the cultivator or on the sheds or clothing of the w. °Ctrifesatino.n--R.F.D.:-I have this year planted beans, on heavy clover sod and have a fine crop of beans: I have been told 1' could plant another crop- of beans next year without any added fertilizer on this same I Would like your adViee on,this subject. An- -ether, gieestiOn I would like to ask is, should I -be compelled ed use commer- cial fertilizer? When is the best time to use it, fall or spring? Should drill it in or spread it,broadaSt, and howenuch to the acre.? This is a light loam sandasoil. ' Answerrl-As a rule, beang should npt follow -beane. They should fel- low a cultivaled _crop like corn oe potatoes. C.f course, if your soil is in cows an average of fifte--eeyen pounde, The, facts reperted seem to- justify the colodusion that silage can be made to take the place olhcensiderable grain ter was from gtain, no silage being that is being fed to dairy -cows iri var- fed. ' ' „ ious dalen eectiens. Growing mote The silage oied in the ;test was ea mixture of one ton' of soy beans and cowpeas to two and a half tons of sil- age cern. There' evete neaany' twice as many soy beans in the InixtuTe,as cotypees. The silege corn was very feeds rich in protein -clover, alfalfa, so Y beans, cowpeas, field peae, vetches -and ensileing there, or feeding them, as hay, will be possible to further re- duce the (mount of reed cost, and to increase the proAs of the dairy herd. successful beau growers go over the field twice, the first time (trilling the , fertilizer and the second time sowing the seed. This works the fertilize/ into the soil and avoids the fertilizei and the beans coming in contact, tht one with the other. While this method takes twice the time it mixes the ferti- lizer thoroughly with the soil, and the e tender bean plants are never injured Question-J.B..A.:-As I have a fiel4 - of alfalfa which I think would yield larger returns as seed I take the lib., erty of writing you for information in regard to the same. I1 you will kindly answer the following questions I will appreciate it very much. (1) Is the second etop the eneeto cut for seed? (2) About how many bushele per acre is an average yield? , (3) Does it injure the future exops to cut it for seed? (4) DO you think the past hot weather has injured , the prospects for seed? Answer: -As a rule thessecond crop of, alfalfa will produce the largest yield of seed in Canada; this for .the reason that there are more bees at the time that the flowers of thee second crop are in blossom -than there are for the same period of the first crop. The seed should be alit when about two- thirds °fettle pods are filled; otherwise the earliest filled pods will shatter and some seed will be lost. Frone two tin five bushels per acre is an average yield of alfalfa seed. If the alfalfa tivqp has made a good strong growth and is „well establish- edeelittle injury will be done to the alfalfa by allowing it"to come to seed, especially if after cutting the sed the crop is top -dressed with manure or fertilizer so as to give it strength to meet the coming winter conditions. The hof weather which has just past should not have injured the seed pros- pects pnless the ground is very sandy and has dried out. Question-H.J.:-I am trying al- falfa this year for the first time with- out a nurse crop. I will give you a , brief outline of what I did and ask';' your advice as to the next move. „Plowed seven acresathis spring, three acres bean ground last year, four acres two-year meadow; worked it un- til about June 25th; sowed .ground limestone on it, using about ten tons to the seven acres. Then I inoculat- ed alfalfa seed and put it on about one peck per acre and dragged it in at once with a peg -tooth. The field is heavy clay for thepst part, with a few sandy places. The field is rolling so it is pretty well drained. The seed came line, a good stand. To -day the alfalfa stands six to eight inches high and is commencing to blossom. but in a good many places ths leaves are turning yellow or pale green. Also quite a few thistleand ragweeds have 'comeap along with it. Now the'ground Was' so wet,last spring that we could not draw out manure and we have 200 spreader loads or ,better in our barn - ,yard., I decided this afternoon upon looking the field over to go over with mower and clip it quite high, then top - dress it quite heavy. What would you advise? - Answer: -I believe you have handl- ed your new 'alfalfa field wisely. I good shape and •you have used a large w amount of fertilizer this year, and ifould not top -dress it too heavy with manure just at the present time, but would give it, a second top -dressing =either late in the fall or early in the spring. My thought is that too heavy a top -dressing might smother out some of the tender plants. If after cutting and manuring, the crop ,does not make, a good healthy growth, I plantfood would advise you to top -dress still fot rieVe years crop if yan expect a pee c?op. Th rir6bism is further with 200 lbs. per acre of ferti. just the, same as is faced in, feedinen calves. If yen ,expect the, calf to do well from -one year to another', you have to look out tp,supply an abund- ance of suitable food ferti- lizers are carriers of plantfood and al- though the plantfood which you 'add- ed this year may not all have been used up yet I am of the opinion that' you will find it‘PrOfitable to make 'an addition, of plantfp,od on next year's bean ceop, •On light sandy soils, es- pecially if 'they -are- low in organic matter, it is profitable to top -dress the land after plowing in the spring with 6 to 8 loade of well rotted nu:inure to the aere. This should be supple- mented by the, addition of acid plies - photo or a complete fertilizer high in available phosphoric acids at the eate of 200 to 400 pounds pet acre, if largest yields of beet quality are to be harvested. The fertilizer, of course, Should -be applied in the spring Siiheestihil bean growers apply the fertilizer through the fertilizer attach - merit of the grain drill setren to four the beans have been absolutely free of disease, you niay safely plant another crop next year where these stand. The last point is really the point of greatest irnportence,„ since bean dis- eases live in the soiljar one or two years. On you' light sandy loam soil you certainly will have to provide lizer carrying I to 2 per cent. am- mohia 10 to 12 per cent. phos- phoeie acid. This will -tend to inviger- ate the plant and give the crop strength to withstand winter 0,ontli- tions. • We Will not see teberty perish trim off the face of•the earth. We will not soo heenan sonle harnessed 'to any tate =machine, h owever ,peweren Gen. Smuts. if the garden haeo shows signs of giving out, don't thrtik you' must theow' It away, Get some rubber tape and Wind the hose for a re.cr ina:aa above and below the break. Treated thus it will last a long time, It ;Tour town cannot afford a patent fire extingeisher for each district school, Suggest that each teacher keep a Pailful of wateena pailful of sand o1 a blanket -in a bandy place. In many schooie the beys attend to the flees, angl a simple precatition liiIe the above may goitre time save Yeur seheolhouse.