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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1917-11-15, Page 2hin ut Le.. ver t Tea Leaves interrnixed with Dust, Dirt and Sty° s but all Virgin Leaves. has tile rept4tatioit a bele the Olea eSto , a est' perfect tea. Sold© lf: i4' 1 ; •X, faRnE ' ®k .lL=,..XED. sS'.I~d-0,I` ED PACKET ONLY.; GOOD HEALTH QUESIION BOX 13y John 13. Huber, M.A., M.D. Dr. Huber will answerall signed letters pertaining to Health. If yens' ;uestion, is et general interest it will be answered through these columns ; t not, It will be answered personally if stamped, addressed envelope'' is en- i.losed. Dr; Huber will not prescribe for individual eases or make diagnosis. Address Tyr. John 13. Huber, care of Wilson PuTilishing Co,, 73 West Adelaide Et,, Tomato. For that which, ,befalleth man befcclleth also the beast. THE CUP THAT CHEERS. Tea and coffee are generally drunk however tired and unwilling those tis - for the pleasure and the sense of suea may be. When the stimulant is well-being they give; yet both these stopped, or, if after a time in spite beverages are mostly stimulants, with practically no food value. When a tired woman prefers to food cup after cup of strong tea she is cheered, perhaps exhilarated --yes, times actually inebriated; and this to the jeopardy of nerves and .mus- cles. So that her constitution must sooner or later break down, if the tea _ tippling habit is persisted sin. Then is there a case of hysteria for the doctor, possibly even .. case of "incompatibility of temper" thatiehas to be dealt with in the domestic re- lations court. In like manner, when a man under stress of business or who is going "the pace that kills" drinks daily anywhere up to a dozen cups of strong coffee in order to keep up under the unnatural strain, he is, as sure as fate and,the tides, going to pay the penalty for his in- toxication -for that is what it all amounts to. There are plenty of other intoxicants in nature besides alcohol. The natural forces of the human body are able to do normally just so much work; and their ability to do this worn: is directlyin proportion to the energy derived from the food sup- ply taken into the body. A machine. is kept going by the fuel in the . en- gine; it may be made to go faster by means of bellows. Coal is the fuel; the bellows stimulate the flame. In the man ,machine, food (meat,' vege- tables, cereals) are, the fuel; tea, cof- fee, ;hleohtI''and 'like stimulants are the bellows -they are not the. fuel. No amount of such stimulants adds to the living tissues (the nerves, -mus- cles, organs of the body) ; they mere- ly goad the nerves, the muscles and the organs to undue, unnatural effort, of the stimulant, the exhausted 'tis- sues refuse to do their work, then the weakened body rebels and refuses to work again until it has been fully restored -recreated by rest,. sleep, change, fresh air, abundance of nutritious food and by hygienic living in general. If these salutary means are not forthcoming, disease perhaps fatal, is inevitable. ' QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. Feels Dizzy. I am 54 years of ,age and am trou- bled w,th dizziness. In the morning on rising I leave to hold on to some- thing to steady myself; and on lying down I seem to lose control for a moment or so. What .can be the cause of my trouble. Answer -With such a symptom at your age one must consider harden- ing of the arteries, of which dizzi- ness is a very frequent symptom. You should be under the care of a good family doctor. Rabic horse Bites Cow. Sometime ago our cow was bitten on the neck and foreleg by a ' horse having hydrophobia. But where 'the cow was bitten there was no wound made in the flesh. We have waited 25 days before using her milk; do you think it is safe for us to use the milk now? Our veterinary told us to wait. 21 days. Answer -By all means use the milk after 25 days. You were.wise to take precautions. And when the skin of animal or man has, not been• perforated by the bite of a rabic ani- mal, the danger of hydrophobia is slight and certainly after 21 days negligible. THE STOSAGE OF POTATOES By Louis D. Sweet. culls, and dirt before, placing ' them into permanent storage for the win- ter, All of 'the cuts; culls, mis- shapen and diseasedtubers should be fed to the poultry and: live stock, but should be steamed or boiled before being fed, as in this way you increase the food value, and also destroy the It is of great importance that all the potatoes raised this year should be stored under proper conditions. Even when every precaution is taken the wastage of. potatoes during the whiter is considerable; under bad conditions of storage it is very great indeed. In order that the, best methods may germs of° -the disease, so that it will be adopted by the small growers, not get into the manure and thence those who have not had the experi- into the land. ence in the storage of potatoes should 5. By proper ventilation' of the eel - know the chief causes of the wastage. lar or storage, room, and by holding These causes are: 1. Sweating, heating and consequent rot: often due to insufficient ventila- tion. 2. Rotting: due to potatoes getting wet at the time of putting them in storage. 3. Injury from frost. 4.C✓Decay: owing to disease in the tubers at the time of storage. 5. Sprouting of tubers in the spring. e,.. It is not, possible to prevent alto- gether losses from these causes, but by using the best methods of storage,. it is possible to reduce them very materially. This may be .done by taking care to guard against losses from each of these causes: 1. Sweating and heating occur if the freshly dug potatoes are piled in too large piles, so that the air can- not circulate between the tubers. The risk of loss from this cause is great- est in the fall, immediately after the tubers have been dug, and it is, there- fore, important that potatoes when dug should not be put in 11nnecessa ilv large piles, nor kept in an ill -ventilat- ed room. , 2. Rotting from getting the pota- toes wet. If the potatoes at the digging time are allowed to get wet and to go ,into storage in that condi- tion, rotting, is sure to occur. Be careful to have your potatoes dry be- fore storing. 3. Injury from frost. Potatoes are easily damaged by frost. If they edome frozen, their market value destroyed. Therefore, take every precaution to protect the tubers from frost before and after digging. 4. Disease. There are several die. oases of the potato whidh destroy the tuber, and if diseased tubers are reiX- cfcl With the sound ones, the disease reads -rapidly; therefore, it is neces- g ty to 'sort the potatoes eerefully,, jn ineting all of the disease, the 'cute, • the temperature as near 35 degrees F. as possible, you can keep the pota- toes from sprouting. Selection of seed. Seed for: next FREE TO GIRLS Lovely Big Canadian Doll and Splendid BIg Doll Carriage This Doll is made in Can- ada, 1s 15 in- ches -high and is fully joint- ed. 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Whe;i Sold you Send t1I� the money and we send you your prize. - Ef011IER-WARrtENCO 7beazt, g4i Torbni, , By Agronomist This Department is for the use of our farm readers who want theadvice Of an expert on any question regarding soil, seed, crops, etc. if your question is of sufficient general interest,iit will be answered tj,3 rough this column, if stamped, and addressed envelotie is enclosed with our letter, a complete, answer will be rnailed`to^you. rAddress Agronomist, care of Wilson Publishing Co., Ltd., 73 Adelaide. Vit. W,, Toronto, Will frozen corn make good silage? 2. When is manure most valuable, when fresh or; after standing some time? 3. What is a remedy for the zebra caterpillar? 4. to control to some extent the attacks .Iso for wire worms: of wire worms. Answer: -1. Frozen corn, if L.R. -i. I have a five -acre field in handled sufficiently early will make a alfalfa but it 'looks very thin. It was. fair quality silage, When, the coin soWn last fall. }Low can I improve is frozen, it is best to cut it at,once, it? 2. Can you suggest. a remedy on as soon as possible, before the for ex -eye daisy and "wild -mustard? leaves are entirely dried out. Corn Answer: -1, It is late to do any curt under such conditions should be thing on your alfalfa field this fall put together in large bunches or, other than covering., it with a light shocks, so that as little drying out as dressing of strawy manure at the rate possible will take place before it is cut: of possibly four or five loads to the up and placed in the silo. If handled acre. In the spring I would advise in the above way, very little loss will you to top -dress it with fertilizer at be occasioned. 2. From the stand the rate of 200 to 300 lbs. per acre, point of obtaining the most organic the fertilizer analyzing at least 2 per matter, manure is most valdable when "cent. ammonia, and 10 to 12 per cent. it is fresh. Ficom the standpoint of available phosphoric acid. After obtaining the most available°plant- you have broadcasted this, fertilizer food, it is most valuable after it has over the field, follow it with the liar - stood for some time, provided that the row, harrowing with the rows of al manure - is protected from rain and falfa, if the alfalfa has been drilled in. snow and sufficiently, packed' so that The to ie of the harrow should* be it will not burn or fire -fang. 3,. I do set back` so as not to drag the young not find any insect catalogued under ` alfalfa plants out of the ground. The the name . of "zebra caterpillar." I cultivation will do them good ds will assume from your description that the addition of the available 'plant - you refer to the army worm. This' food. 2. I assume that the ox -eye worm collects in large numbers in' daisies are growing .in your alfalfa meadows and pastures for about two' field. If such is the case, frequent weeks before it begins to migrate. cuttings of the alfalfa should prevent The insects hide during the day, but much seed dropping. It would be. begin feeding about sundown. ` There ; well also when fertilizing the "field in are several methods of combatting '`the spring to scatter some fresh al- the ravages of this insect. , One is by fella seed over the areas where the sowing broadcast a mixture of brans.' alfalfa has not grown, or where the mash, mixing about 25 lbs. of bran! daisies have killed it out. If' wild mus - with 1 ib. of Paris green, and a pint of tard appears ip the grain field, the field sorghum or molasses, with enough! should be thoroughly 'disked immedi water to make' sort of a loose paste.? ately after the grain is cut, so 'that The insects eat this poisonous mash'. the wild mustard seed will have an op- readily. If you can discover where, portunity to sprout and the young the insects are working in the mea plants can be killed by the plowing dow or pasture, have the section of the that follows. If the grain field is in- field roiled or dragged with a log ` fested with mustard, it should be, drag. This will kill a great number. i sprayed before the plants come to the In case the attack is Zander way and; blossoming stage, using the following the army of insec`s;'is moving toward solution: Add 75 to 100 lbs. of sulphate a corn or wheat field, have a furrow' of iron to 52 gallons of water. When. plowed with the vertical side of -the this is sprayed over the field it will furrow toward the crop. • Spread dry turn the grain a slightly dark color straw along this furrow and sprinkle! and will kill to a very. large extent •the straw -with kerosene. As the in- l the mustard .plants growing, .The sects fill in, light the straw and re- grain will quickly recover, while the P eat the burning out of the furrow i mustard will die out. If the mus - until the:'attacking host of insects has tard is among the alfalfa crop, I am r i afraid the spraying pwith iron ,sulphate, been halted, 4.Wire. wormN �xe.l .. � very hard to control. ` A careful' syr- will injure the alfalfa, so that all that tem of crop rotation should be estab- can be done would be to have the mils- lished so that the field that is infest -1 tardh"pulled by hand, under such condi- ed with' wire worms may be plo��ed u .! F tions. and worked, at least once in three or four years. ' This will upset the dwell- ing place of the wire worms and should clear the soil of the pests. The addition of fertilizers has been found year's planting should beselected from hills that produce all nice, true to type potatoes. These should be selected at the digging time, and stored separately in crates or :boxes,. and by storing them in a well -lighted room where the temperature can be held .at from 34 to 40 degrees, with a little,ventilation and this seed .plant. ed next .spring, the grower -will make a start toward 'improving the quality of his potatoes, instead of as in the past, simply planting the culls or runouts. • About four-fifths . of the „Italian army is drawn from the, agricultural classes, and as a result requests...for leave of absence to allow of the tend ing of crops are numerous, but only a small percentage can be granted. As far as known, ; only three con- ditions , are necessary to produce spontaneous combustion in hay -mows or stacks. These are the presence of'• moisture in the hay, the presence of a great enough bulk of the hay to retain heat, and sufficient ventilation to . supply the necessary o iygen. INTERNATIONAL LESSON" NOVEMBER 18 Lesson VII. Nehemiah's Prayer An- swered-Neh,- 2. 1-11. Golden :text, Blatt. 7. 7. Verses 1, 2. Nehemiah's sorrowful countenance aroused the sympathy of the king. Nisan-The first month of the Jewish year, corresponding to the latter part of March and the opening weeks of April. Twentieth -See com- ment on preceding lesson, verse ' 1. Since Nisan preceded Chi`slev by sev- eral months, Neh. 2. 1e compared with• 1. 1, implies that the events narrated in chapter 2 took place earlier than those narrated in chapter 1; which is improbable. The events of chapter 1,may have transpired, in the preced- ing, the nineteenth, year of Artax- erxes. Before him -Better, following the early Greek translation, < "before me;" that is, when it was my turn to Willie wants " to dig a cave; My1 at the rate he's going down 'Twould not surprise me in the least' If he'd come out •in Chinatown. rt. • 4yiiietrAAr.. 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Ask your dealer about this when he shows you Isis Gillette assortment. Standard Sets end "Bulldogs" cost $5.00- Pocket Editions $5.00 to•$6.00-Combination Sets $6.50 up at Drug, Jewelry and Hardware Stores. Mails are congested -shipments slow. Send his Gillette early! GILLETTE SAFETY RAZOR CO. OF CANADA, LIMITED, Office and, Factory : Gillette Building, Montreal 274 3 a' x a `a ti rR !h a Ir r ,_.'1 •At'.,,.ks.,.r.: 3'. have charge of the wine. Sad -The' 'cupbearerwas expected to be cheer- ful, hence when Nehemiah came into the royal presence with a troubled countenance, it immediately attracted attention. Sorrow of heart -Or, "mind.'.' There was no indication of physical ill -health; hence the king diagnosed` the case as one of, mental agony. The days our months of worry and fasting . had left their marks. Sore afraid ---Or, worried Test, having explained his case to the king, he would refuse his request.. 315. In response- to the king's ..re- questNehentiali unburdened his heart. Live forever -The usual formula at the opening of an address to' the king (Dan. 2. 4; 3. 9; compare 1 Kings 1. 31). My fathers' sepulchres -An in- dication that. Nehemiah was a Jeru- salemite, or even that he was' of royal descent; for Jersualem was arly; the burying' place of the kings. "The ancients attached great import- ance to the honor of proper interment, and paid the deepest respect to the burial places of ancestors." No won- der he was sad at the thought of conditions in the holy city, - which might involve a desecration of his ancestral tombs' `'Moreover, a refer- ence -to such possibility .would not be without effect on the king. Lieth waste -The effects of the catastrophe of B. C. 586 had not entirely, disap- peared; but Nehemiah may have been thinking . especially , of the events, described in Ezra 4. 7-24. Request The king was •stifficien.ly moved to make inquiry whether there was any-- thing he might do.' Prayed -Silent- ly; Nehemiah ;vas pre-eminently a maxi of prayer (Neh, 4. 4,':9; 5. 19; 6. 9; 14; etc. If, it please -The regular, formula when making proposals to the king. Build -Better, `rebuild. 6-7. The king readily grants the re- quest of Nehemiah. Queen -The word, may denote simply" the' favorite 'wo-. man of the harem. The fact of her presenoe is 'mentioned because Per- sian queens were known to exert a pewerful . influence over their hus- bands;Vbut' Nehemiah does not_ say This Watch Free TO ANY BOY This "Railroad Ting" watch ' is an abso'nutely guaranteed timelzeeper. ^It IS stow wind and stein set, nickel case, Send us your name and address and we will send you 85 packages of our lovely Xmas Post cowls to sell et 10 oeiits a set (0 lovely carne In each ��at,) . When soil.,' send tee the money, and: we will send 'you the watch, all chargers prepaid, • J-1OMFR-WARREN CO, DEPT, 66 T RONTQ. HIGHEST PRICES PAID For POULTRY, GAME, EGGS & FEATHERS Please write for particulars. P. 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Ma. whether the presence of the queen helped or leindete,,l_ his cause; It might inspire the, king to generosity or might lead hinyth hide his interest in the affairs of a servant. ' How long Better, "when is `your journey to begin?" When do you wish to 'start and how, long do you expect to begone? �- Set time -Proposed ii time for his departure and perhaps for the length of, the leave of absence.. Let- ters -To serve the same purpose as modern passports. Governors -Of the districts between Sus*, and Jeru- salem,- including local officials. Be- yond the River. -Primarily, beyond the Euphrates; but here all the terve-•' tory west. 0f the Tigris must be meant. 8. Nehemiah also made' provision for building \mai,crial. Asaph - Otherwise unknown; 'the name sug- gests that he was ' aa'Jew. Ring's forest -Or, "park," the word is tho Hebrew :form of "paradise," which is Persian in origin The location is not.kncwn probably in' the' neighbor- hood of .terusaleni. 'Castle , house ---The "house" is the temple; the castle wits to,the north of the temple area, (compare Acts 21;'31; 22.' 24). The timber sat wanted for (1) the castle, (2): the city wall, and "(3) hie; official residence. All the requests were readily granted. Good hand -- Nehemiah recognizes the reality of a,. divine providence in his case.