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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1917-12-6, Page 6By Agronomist This Department Is for the use of our farm readers who want the advice of an exPert on any question regarding soil, seed, crops, etc. if your.' question. Is of sufficient general interest, It will be answered through this column. If stamped and addressed envelope is enclosed with your letter, a complete, answer will be mailed to you. Address Agronomist, care of Wilson Publishing Co., Ltd., 73 Adelaide St. W„ Toronto. Saving Labor. We are feeling now the' scarcity of labor. Another season , will be this S still more noticeable, We must there- fore, start now tore are for the, labor situation atthat time. me. How can we do this? First by co- op-erating: mare intensely t n erisely among- our- selves. Each neighborhood planning as a whole the maximum use of cer- tain farm machinery that may be too expensive to buy individually, as ma- nure spreaders, silo cutters, feed grinders, ditch diggers, etc. It is economy to buy fertilizers in advance so they can be hauled and stored in the barn during the winter for spring and fall use. Each person should bo able to know how much he needs. A great saving can be made by buying in clot ie planning of work far in ad- vance will in many cases make many working :days and possibly months difference in the course of the year's work. We should also planon grow- ing such crops that require the least amount..•of time for harvesting com- pared with the .money and nutritive value. We should also plan on having, crops that will make u_se-e1 a farmer's time as well as-" wt of the hired help continuous!,"; and not have all the work pile i -"at one time. See that all machinery is well greas-1 ed to tent rust, housed as soon as 1 not» neeeded, as well as all repairs m de, each machine being looked over 'very carefully to see if there are any ,,,,,,worn parts that need to be replaced. G'nee-binder I,.saw this summer had been -.used every season for the Iast twenty years. "It cut seventy-two acres Of grain this year. It could cr INTERNATIONAL LESSON DECEMBER 9. Lesson X. Ezra and Nehemiah Teach The 'L?iv Neb. 8. Golden Text; Psa. 119. 105. rses 2`ii ii a e the gathering of people. Broad place -Equivalent quare" or ?plaza;" the term is ed to the open square near the gate used as a market place and other public gatherings. Water ate -From Neh. 12.. 37 one may infer at this was a gate in the eastern the temple area. Accord- ''tTalmild it derived its name rrd ft `that through it water rom the virgin spring to the feastof tabernacles. h_ Ezra - 7, 1-5 the genealogy of :aced back to Aaron. Ac - Ezra 7. 7, he came to in the seventh year of king who is generally thought first ?ng w•bearing that" see-tided the' throne in B. would make the date -ley B. C. 458. There nor Noulties in the way of der cc view; consequently 4 Ervin 3 Ruth. rreb RICES PAID 1,,Z, GAME, t�S .54, FEATHERS ams a for. particulars.. C ;'OU1X7r F-5: CO., :eeconrs market, lam:areal YOUR ifVEi' Tkmj hfle device you thought ,,of lvn use may be valuable, t of 'information free. .; as Reg'{a Patent Att'y t,urnsden Building .Toronto JUR ADViCE ip to ass at once and Reap riefifa.,. , Prices 4pirig4gpc FREE 1ry 1r�f�k t 1 iSS SOMETHING a,11 'to attend nnuai Toro> tto before, in, Ontario `span, cv+,, rriday, ?oc!s 10 ri,tvl,, not have clone this if it had not been taken care of. Clean, oil and repair all harness. A well oiled harness will last twice as long as 'the one mis- used. Make gates that are light, service- able, easy to operate, Did you ever think how many minutes, as well as hard work could saved . , be by having such gates?" You get accustomed to seeing and using .your own gate, but notice those of someone else. Some of you have spent hours, possibly days of valuable time during the busy season repairing fences, but only in a make shift way to keep the cows out for the time, only to be compelled to .do it again in a day or two. Such places can be fixed at odd times during the winter, and in many cases the loss of crops damaged by the cattlewould have paid for the labor several times. Besides getting mad at oneself on ac- count of one's own carelessness is hard on a person's morals. Replacing- a broken hinge, on the barn door or putting a cheap fastener on it instead of using a prop may save minutes which, taken as a whole, are y, id;i4ble. Repairing buildings, stop- ping cold draughts on the cattle saves feed because it Makes, the cows Pro- duce more economically. Farmers as a whole have co-operated in their work more this year than ever before. There is a, great difference, however, in the amount of work done with the same help in a given time on the different farms. One man is a hustler and had everything ready in advance, another takes plenty of time for everything and being unable to prepare for a certain kind of work until the moment it, is needed, causes a great amount of wasted time. others identify the king with Artax- erxes II (B. C. 404-359); if so, Ezra would have come to Jerusalem in 397. But if Ezra was a contemporary of Nehemiah, as is suggested in the les- son text, he must have made the trip before B. C. 430; and many hold that his work was done in connection with the second administration of Nehe- miah, about B. C. 432. Scribe -In postexilic times the title "scribe" was applied to the expert interpreters o the law (compare Ezra 7. 6). Law o Moses -The extent of the law rea by Ezra is a matter of dispute. Som hold that it was the Pentateuch in it present form; others, that it was only 1 the part of the Pentateuch known as the "Priestly Code." While the question 'cannot be definitely decided, to the pre - 1 sent writer the former seems the more probable view Ssee F. C. Eiselen, The Books of Pentateuch, pp. 247-249). Priest -Ezra was both priest (Ezra 7. 1-5) and scribe (Ezra 7. 6). Hear with understanding -Or, "who were capable of understanding what they heard;" that is, children. The as- sembly consisted of men, women, and children. First day Seventh month -The day on which the feast of trumpets was observed in postexilic Judaism.. (Lev. 23. 23-25; Num. 29. 1-6). Verses 3, 4 describe the reading of the law. Midday -The excessive heat made continuation impracticable; the noon hours are a time of rest in the orient. The reading was received with closest attention. Pulpit -The author has in mind a wooden plat- form on=which a dozen or more men could be accommodated. Verses 5-8 give a more detailed description of the reading. Book-- Better, ook-Better, "roll;" this he opened by un- rolling it. ' Stood up -As a mark of respect; they were about to hear a divine message (Judge 3. 20). Amen -The word means "firm" or "estab- lished;" the response expresses the people's approval. Lifting up -The attitude of prayer and adoration (Exod, 17. 11)., Worshipped -Better, "prostrated •themselves;" a position of homage. Verse 7 contains the names of ,".,evites who assisted ,Ezra in inter- preting the law to the people. The translation of verse 8 suggested above brings out the thought more clearly. Ezra read from the book suitable sec- tions, not the whole book; then these sections, read distinctly, were inter- preted by him or by the Levites who were with him on the platform; as a result, everyone could get the mean- ing. Verses 9-12 portray some of the ef- fects produced. Holy -That is, de- dicated to Jehovah and to his service: It being the first day of the month, it was the det'y;, of the new moon cele- bration; as already suggested, it was also the day on which the feast of trumpets was observed; now it acquir- ed a new sanctity because. -of the*read- ing of the law., Mourn not ---Religious festivalsshouldbe occasions of rejoic- ing. Wept -In the light of the re- quirements of the law the people sa.r their sins more clearly; hence the ears (compare 2 Kings. 22. 11, 19). rat sweet -They were to eat i and drink the best they could get; it was an occasion of rejoicing, not of fasting. Send portions -The poor were to have the opportunity of re- joicing in the spirit of the occasion' (Dent. 16. 11,_ 14)., Joy of Jehovah - That is, the ,Joy they have or take in Jehovah, "He that re;joiceth. in /Je- hovah has a strong fortress from which he can, repel all adversaries," Verse 11 is in the :nature of a par- enthesis; it states that the Levites succeeded in quieting the people. ,Bold' your peace -Do not Weep aleud. The people did as they :were " told; they made the day an occasion of rejoicing ecause they had entered into a new rndehtaiftling of the law, of7ehovah. Experiments carried: out in recent years show that the falling off in milk supply from cows lying out is little or none as compared with those kept constantly tied up, provided the ani- mals are well fed, and reasonable shelter ie found. Animals which are allowed exercise get up a healthy circ- ulation which enables them ,to "with- stand chills,and if they can get rough shelter they adapt themselves to the winds. Animals tied up in undue warmth during part of the twenty- four hours, and standing in cold draughts, puch as are found in most cowsheds, arein a more defenceless condition. Ventilation and draught practically always go together and do mnot als. work harmoniously for the ani - Animals are 'able tostand great g e t Cold. with impunity so long as they can' get under, shelter„to keep their skins • dry, and can lie dry. It is the evaporation of moisture from an animal that caus- es chill, and consequently the necessi- ty for sheltering hovels in lands and pastures. When toppirg up fattening cattle there is no doubt that meat' is more quickly laid on when they are restricted in their movements; but in doing this the ultimate object is not in maintaining a healthy constitution for a lengthened period. Itis not to he inferred from what has been said that animals should be left to face the full brunt of wet and wind, snow 'and frost, and the amount of shelter needed depends very much on the breed, and whether it is in its natural climate. Food is the great defender from cold, and the colder it is the more is needed. A well-filled stomach, even though it be of coarse food with lit+l,. foal :.aieriaT Seams to -act as"a pro- tection against cold, the bulk of warm substance acting as an inner lining against loss of temperature; but the increase of cold should be met by ad- ditional starchy or fatty matter, which when- assimilated, will generate heat. The well-known experiment on pigs carried out 'years ago by Sir John Lawes ehowed what iL large propor- tion of the fgod consumed; went to maintain respiration, to which starch and oils mainly contribute, There are many late -hatched chicks now arriving' at roosting ap3e, and the trick of getting them safely to roost- ing without ,losses . from crowding, overheating, and thus lowering their vitality, is no small problem, Some helps that are saving losses among progressive poultrymen are poultry -wire covered frames that can be s`et in the corners;. of the brooder houses and brood coops to prevent the chicks from crowding into the corners when sleepy time comes. Another similar help to be used lat- er in getting the chicks' to roost early are slatted or wire -covered portable bridge's leading up :to the level of the low, roosts and so made,that the chicks cannot 'get tinder, -through, or behind the bridges ariroosts.' The chicks will then naturally walk up to the, roosts when trying to get to their :former sleeping place on' the floor lit- ter. It is important to place the low flat roosts just above the place where they have' previously slept • on the floor. The first roosts for the youngsters can well be made in the form of a movifble platform having the roosts two inches wide and a foot aiiart, and the entire under side of the roosting platform covered with poultry wire: t,n keep,„the chicks from, -g' clown throuh and•.'lrehind the roost to sleep 51i -the floor. Even when hundreds of chicks are housed in one 'brooder coop, this plan will prevent there from crowding and overheating, since there is always air below and they will na- turally prefer to sit on the roosts rather than on the uncomfortable wire. - GOOD HEALTH QUESTION. BOX By John B. Huber, 11LA„ M.D. Dr. Huber will answer all signed letters pertaining to Health. If your question is of general interest it will be answered through these columns ; if not, it will beanswered personally if stamped, addressed envelope is en- closed. Dr. Huber will not prescribe for individual cases or make diagnosis. Address Dr. John B. Huber, care of Wilson Publishing Co;. 73 West Adelaide Et., Toronto. The first four years of life ar FROM 18 TO Four meals daily. 7 a.m. Corn - f meal, hominy, oatmeal, with butter f' and sugar or milk and sugar or but - d ter and salt. A soft boiled•egg every s2 or 3 days. Minced chicken on toast occasionally. A drink of milk. Bran biscuit and butter or stale bread and' butter. When egg or minced chicken are given cereal in smaller proportion or cut out. 9 a.m: the juice of an orange. 11 a.m. Rare beef; minced or scraped; the heart of a lamb chop finely cut Minced chicken. Baked potato, spinach, asparagus, squash, strained or stewed tomatoes, stewed carrots, mashed cauliflower. Baked apple or apple sauce. Stewed prunes. Stale bread and butter. Sample --dinner. Lamb chop, baked potato, stewed carrots, baked apple, stale bread and butter. After the 21st month well cooked string beans may be, given. 2.30 p.m., Chicken, beef or mutton broth with rice or with stale bread broken into the broth. Custard, corn- starch, plain rice pudding or junket. Bran biscuit and, butter or stale bread and butter. 6 p.m. Farina or cream of wheat (each cooked 2 hours); from 1 to 3 tablespoonsful with milk and sugar or" butter and sugar or butter and salt. Drink of milk or malted milk or weak cocoa. Zweibacic or stale bread and butter. Wheatsworth bis- cuit. After 18 months many children will have better appetite and thrivemore on 3 full meals the day, at 7 a,m., ,12 o'clock, and 5.30 p.m. At about 3 p.m. a cup of broth and a cracker or b 11 e the human formative period. 24 MONTHS. toast or a drink of milk may be given if it does not - take away the appetite for the evening meal. The oatmeal; hominy and cornmeal above mentioned should each be cook- ed 4 hours the day before they are used. The cereal should then be of the consistence of thin paste. 'This is strained through a colander and should form, on cooling, a jelly like mass, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. Large as a 2 Year Old. Will you kindly send me a feeding schedule for my 19 months old baby.' He is very healthy and as large as a two year old. - 2. Would you advise taking the bottle from him entirely? Does a baby at his age require one or two naps a day? Answer -Read to -day's article. 2.. By all means. Babies should be weaned at 12 months, 3. Better two naps. He will most likely take them anyway. Babies seem to have just about three functions in life. Take nourishment, sleep, and wriggle when neither eating or ,sleeping. Fracture- of. Collar Bone. In case of a broken clavicle on an athletic field what should be done be- fore the doctor comes? 2. What is the length of time required to repair the break. -. Answer -Put the sufferer flat on his back, arms by his ^sides, no ,pil- low but rather a cushion under the spine so as the shoulders shall be thrown back as far as possible. 2. About six weeks ON (DOTTED , UNES' draw, , n., = ua eKzm;su,s x tm;c6zx Willie thought the ekating fine, Didn't see the danger sign; Till-kersplash- ari'rl he was in, Icy Water to his chin. MY CHRISIIAS, DINNER A Delicious Menu That Covers These Points: ,Home Prodnetion, Economy, Patriotic Food, Conservation. 13y A Country Womac Somebody said "Christmas", and I Woke to the fact that Christmas din- ner this year cannot be as it has been in 'our fancily;. The food shortage ,has changed conditions all for of Being a patriotic woman and having patriotic family 1 am shaping 0 days to these new coziditions and must hake the Christmas Day patriotic as possible. In the first place we are not spelncl- ing' as much money on ourselves as we have felt we had a right to do in Pre-war years. There are too many maz y calls for help for the Red Cross, Vic. tory Bonds and all ourS wn'communit, 0 work. Therefore my Christmas din- ner must be planned not to cost too much. Instead of going to townfto buy dainties, canned and otherwise, the home feast this year =Will be from strictly home-grown products, Just as I came to this dcc.ision my flock of geese waddled past the window and I decided the chief part of my menu, goose. I cannot feed the big birds with expensive grain. 1. As I picked out the fattest of the flock I recalled that this patriotically planned dinner must fall closely, in line with Mr. Hanna's counsel to us housekeepers to conserve fats, meats, sugar, wheat. The goose will furnish all his own grease and grease to spare for shortening for Many days to come. Patriotic bread appears daily on our home, table i nd "as we like white bread for gala occasions I will use th yeast oatmeal bread. The color white although the usual amount white flour is reduced. At this point I took,a niental'wa among my stored foods for 1 knee that we can have a delicious dinne and yet be economical, conserve th necessary products' according to M Hanna, use hone products and-ol eat correctly. I try to remem ber that three tin=es a day and shal be happy when I have made a perfec habit of thought along this line. Goose -there is my Muscle builder and my fat product; patriotic' bread - there is my starch content; I will have apples with the goose'and a fruit salad and -for those who like it, a fruitade-these are' from the group depended on for mineral matter, vege- table acid and body -regulating -sub- stances; potatoes, _onions, canned pears, hickory nuts, all home products give are more foods in the other groups and take care of the sugar group. ` I can use honey to make my salad dressing, saving sugar. Look over my menu as it is going to be and cgngratulate me on having cov- ered all the points: economy, food con- servation, home -production, patriot- ism, deliciousness. Roast Goose with Stuffing Cinnamon Apples Browned Potatoes Creamed Onions Patriotic Bread Pear Salad with Honey' Dressing,, Brownies with Coffee or Fruit Drink Hickory Nuts R us, a ur s0 as until lukewarm. Add yeast softened in warm water. Addflour and le iepd. Let rise until double its bulk. T xbad again and place in ans. ^ Whenlight 1 p lbit bake forty-five initiates to one hour in a moderate oven. If dried yeast is used, a sponge should be made from about o"ne,half cupful liquid taken, from the amount given in the prupol}(aons, and some of the flour. This is allowed to rise before adding the Oatmeel and the white flour. Pear Salad with Roney Dressing --_ One -hall' of a large canned pear or two halves if the pears are small. • The Dressing 3 egg yolks, 1-3 cupful ektr��acted honey, 1-3 cupful vinegar, pinch of salt, whipped cream. Beat the egg yolks slightly. b y Add the.honey, salt and vinegar. ' Cools in doable boiler until it thickens. Beat with egg beater as it thickens in boiler so 'that it will be smooth. Set `away to cool, Before serving fold in a moderate amount of whipped cream just before adding to the salad, remembering that we are all now economizing in the !tee of cream. Garnish with canned red. cherry ,or ,cranberry on top. - Honey Brownies ' 1-3 cupful shortening, 1/ cupful ex- tracted honey, '1-3 teaspoonful soda, 1 egg, 12-3 cupfuls flour, ? teaspoon e ful salt, 1 square melted' chocolate, is 2-3 cupful raisins, 2-3 cupful chopped of nuts. Warm honey slightly but do not let it get hot. Add the soda lk and then the shortening. Beat: well, v Add the well -beaten egg, the melted i. Chocolate, then the flour and salt sift - e ed together, and lastly' the raisins and nuts cut and floured. Stir stiff, add 1i ing more flour if necessary. Drop - by spoonfuls on Well -greased tins and II bake in a moderate oven. t 1 `, Fruit -Juice Drink Roast Goose Select a bird ' of weight • to -allow about one pound to each person' to be served. Dress and scrub inside and out with warm {`water in which baking soda has been dissolved. Rinse' well in boiling water and dry; with clean towels. Stuff and tie into shape. Rub the outside:with flour mixed with salt and pepper. Place in roasting pan with breast- down. Baste fre- quently with pan drippings. Add one cupful of water to the pan after the first half-hour of roasting. To, determine time for -roasting al- low one-half hour to each pound. Ta make the gravy,- skim off as much as possible of the fat in the pan. Thicken the liquor that is left with flour, first wet with a little cold milk and stirred until perfectly smooth. Add boiling water gradually to make the gravy the right consistency. Stuffing for Goose 2 cupfuls bread crumbs, 2 cupfuls. stewed apples, 1 cupful currants,' 14 teaspoonful salt. Add the stewed apples to the bread drambsa mix well, add ,the salt and the cleaned currants. Cinnamon Apples These are used as garnish for the goose. 2 cupfulsesugar, 1 cupful wa- ter, 6 medium-sized firm ,apples, 1 teaspoonful red cinnamon candies. Boil the sugar and water together for five minutes, add the candies. Core and peel the apples and put into the syrup. Cook very slowly until the apples are tender but not until they break or mash. The t'ed candies give color and flavor. Let the apples stand iri'the syrup until ready to use. They should be clear and a bright red color. Serve round the goose on plat- ter. Give one` to each guest with the helping of goose. Creamed Onions . Boil rather small white onions un- til tender. While hot pour over them for each cupful of onions, one- half cupftil medium white sauce. The satrce may be prettily garnished with' finely chopped fresh or finely 'sifted dried parsley, one level tablespoonful. to each half cupful of sauce. Patriotic Bread 1 cupftil liquid, 2 tablespoonfuls sugar, 1 tablespoonful fat, 1 teaspoon- ful Balt, '/a cake compressed yeast softened in a/.i cupful -liquid, 1cupful rolled oats, 21/ ;cupfuls wheat flour,, This paopbrtion- makes one loaf of bread. Scald liquid and '-pour over rolled; oats, sugar, .alt and fat. Let stand Use lemonade, grape fruit juice or a combination of juices, such as grape juice with lemon juice. Crab-apple jelly and grape jelly can be boiled to- gether with a little water, strained, seasoned with the juice of lemons. Any unspiced, acid fruit juice can be used to nialce a delicious fruitade. We shall: have' the simplest of .re- freshments for our third meal "on Christmas Day. .. Bread-and-butter sandwiches, " the bread cut very thin, will be the' p4ru- cipal item. Day-old bread is neces sary for these. Part of the sand= wiches will have - jelly or peanut but- ter or a touch of salad dressing sub- stituted for butter. Hot coffee or tea for those who must have it,; milk or a fruit drink, will be served by one "of us seated or perhaps we shall just let each one help himself. - Doilies take the place of the table- cloth and only plates and spoons, cups, saucers, glasses and napkins are need- ' ed. Make Bees Work Overtime Plans are being worked out in California whereby at the end of the honey -gathering season bees will be, transported to a new region where flowers are blooming to see if they. will continue their work and: thereby increase the output: HIGHEST Ph&SEs ;PAID For RAW FURS and GINSENG N. SILVER 220 St. Paul 5t. W. Paontreai, P.Q. Reference 'Union Bk. of Canada W. R • ADA 8 OO ' FREMONT, 'NEE3,, U,S,A. 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