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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1917-12-13, Page 6Icy Agronomist This Department is for the use of cur farm readers who want thevc. of an expert on. any question regarding soli, seed, crone, etc, if your clue's""if to of suffiolel t, moral interest, it will he answered through this. column•tet® d is. enclosed with your letter, a romp et +nswerd and addressed envelope chewer i mailed to you. Address Agronomist, care of Wilson Publishl 9 win Eta Co„ Ltd., 73 Adelaide St, W., Toronto, eed-bed. Consider_ wen prepared s r 'o r vel A.13.7, --Which would be better f x 1 _ p xva- ' rotted able care must be given to the cult sand loam to spread, well i t lents ireal ure' on this fill or in thespriz g? tion of the crop. When the p k l a. 1a turn yellow, harvest the whole plant,, Would it be advisable to use fertilizer i on such land inthe spring;? This land; leaving the beans 1n the pods, If theyof eti for are threshed out, the lentils do not p potatoes, and well drained, intended + r, get rid of: twitch liod'atoes. ``store so well. 3. Xo the Spxinz, Answer: —T wailer advise putting, on g I 1 grass or quack grass, it requires per - the manure ing. Be euro l eistent acre. Various methods' are re . to etore it protected from the rain and eormended. Some get good results snow; otherwise you will lose a lot of be' giving the soil good preparation. the available plantfood by leaching. In order to get largest yields of best quality next spring, you will do well to. add fertilizer to this, soil. In tests at Fredericton, . New Brunswick, last year, the Experimental. Farm got an increase of 69 bushels. and 33 pounds of carrots per acre by adding 650 disked beat pounds of fertilizer to the acre aleeg ion of alfalfa sowed en with 30 tons of manure per acre. This ground in the"spring. Do you think increase was in addition to that obtain- land should be plowed? your alone. In the same Answer: -If the land' where y ed by the manure test, the addition of fertilizer to ma- nure returned a gain of 124 bushels and 44 pounds of turnips to the were. PATENT YOUR INVENTIN Sone si.ut•Ple devi:cco you ihausht of tpr your own wo tries be xatuablo 7iP9kiet of iaiorre tion free. ltie7e ci E at�zit Att } 4 _ and then seeding it to a very heavy seeding of ra e Millet oi: sorghum. farmer, P, The idea is to smother out the grass. With many, as soon as a horse be- d results by summer gins to grow old, say from 12 to '14 Others get Roo raking - pieces of Years he is neglected and does, not re- roote, i.cu.g repine ii rhe hould have nor the drying and burning them, as 'ceive the care s , roots, can be gathered, .'care that he was given wheri..young. often et thers-1matwo d5 He is no loner, groomed as regularly Subscribers -1 would like s ocir opin R to and thoroughly as 'formerly. 'When not in use he is left to run in the pas- ture dunking all kinds of weather, and if a little crowded for stable room"he above, 'T protested against then scrim top eu s roller its maaY bines left out for the \\inter • visions on that day." Men of'fyre chiefs„an toys, drinking.p J pier to}vets and the like, which people who old find a place , shelter around the _People who • had come from the •anent beliillcl a bankPhoenician city of Tyre. It is' not ccme in contact• with the p straw stack, or 5 known when they settled in Jerusalem; handle. Except for the •droplet, in- sonne plate, have..gone therE to c�ixry, fection which results from sneezing Many times the old horse: does not they may 'which isalways' to receive i • are best on traffic in fish, which could beand coughing (and 'w. forhithe icula. of feed that in abundance along. the coast. :caught . be obviated by the handkerchief or for his particular case and; i£ the. teeth •z,; •}1 . may not have had 'the patient's ',reroute S4auloyy Lightfoot i.LiLll�iaeli But1C1,tee route The old home; if given: proper' care' and treatment will in alinost every case stand as much hard work as the young animal arid,' considering the price of horses at the present time the old horse is worth just as Much to the fernier as the young horse as far as INTERNATIONAL LESSON DECEMBER 16. Lesson XL Nehemiah Enforces the Law of the Sabbath--. eh. 13. 5-• 2. i Text, Exod. 20. 8. tussis—occasions more deaths than of does measles or diphtheria or scarlet Verses 1G, 16 give lllustkatzans violations of the Sabbath laws, (1) by fever or typhoid fever. $00 of our' own labor, (2) by carrying on traffic. Le , children dies' aimuaily of it. Nor is A leftnate note of a 8y •john 13 , Huber, 111,A„ Dr. !Julies will answer all.signed lettere pertaining to Beattie, It roux euest.on ie of general incer�est it will be afiswered through these columna 7 if not, it wUL be answered personally it scarped, addressed envelope le err closed. Dr, Huber will not' prescribe for individual` cases or snake diageoetr. ,e,Addr'ess Dr. 39bn 8: Huber, caro or Wilaoa Publishing CP., 73 West Adelaide ole, `Peron to. Cut out worrying; it. help, disease io de:cloi:. WH(1GPING COUGH, pertussis incubation or hatching period (the time between exposure to the in- fection and when one shows the fleet symptoms) is from 'a week to a fort- night. If sixteen'' days have passed` since the exposure there .is no occaslee to worry. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. Subnormal Temperature. Will you kindly advise me if any-. thing can be done for subnormal tem- perature of one and one-half degrees. T am 55, weigh about 160, work. in- side, do not drink, use very little, tobacco, sleep fairly -well, I had a nervous breakdown 15 years ago from' overwork,,worry and -other Answer: --Subnormal temperature may be occasional and not serious. If persistent the reason is it is due to alcoholism, melancholia, innutrition, wastin • diseases and chronic poison- ingR in dangerous trades. persist- ent subnormal temperature of one and one-half degrees is a more momentous matter than the same above the nor- mal. You should have your family you agood overhauling. 1 doctor give i am sending you the principles of the hygienic Life, Leading that should considerable. . Almost all indoor help workers suffer from lack of exercise. - Blood Pressure. In : E'nclaitd who'opieg co igh--p�er- those days—An i work is concerned, t' After his return Nehemiah this taking into account the diseases Of course if the old horse -is offered sale he will not brin • as much ( the course •of w,llieh he snide the chs- to pertussis --emphysema, homer for le R athe olid • one because the most of ie Mapes • rhegzs into the brain ,henna, } roneho- s y g cavery. Winepresses—The -and then . ., , . t, here placed in a receptacle, pneltmonia, meetoid abscess, tuber= his life ,lies iii the past, lie -Weyer, el, con , tress , traciclen with barE feet; fxrom the 1 culosis, s Bering Everything if he be given the i flowed into a x'eceptec.le low_ the au.�e tla t j,. hoo ping cough is even more ser- e will a his wayand be —13 ter with Whooping i ro er cele he p, y 1 Sheave 4t P per dowl . sit has a rofitable and faithful servant to the „1 f �•r•lin•” hese �ver�1 lois fez ��irclts. In old people p ime . may have made a tour of inspection, in which may be complicating or •sequel Y margin neaps o e been fatal in itself or it has led to the collected to tnlce ilium to the city for 11 beans wed grown last yearis of a day type, it should be plowed in the 3 .P, spring in preparation ;fora seed -lied le type e 'for alfalfa. It is almost impossible Potatoes require largely the sen 3 p c of fertilizers as the foregoing crops. c to give too much care in preparation The addition of sufficient fertilizers' of the soil when alfalfa isto be grown. i ht be of interest to you to know will undoubtedly give you good results. Ttin g ti au1Le- What would, you advise that on the Cornfalfa Farms, W muck land to give per- sha, Wisconsin, where approximately moving on low i are grown on.a manent pasture? 2. Could" you give 300 acres. of alfalfagi le culture directions for lentils? 3, 500 -acre farm, greatest care is given n field of twitch sass? to plowing, disking and harrowing the What wiii rid a el g Swartz Bothers,the operators, Answer:=1. For low land grass for soil. Svc t permanent asture I would advise you report that at seeding time they also P p apply from 400 to 00 pounds per acre. of a fertilizer carrying 2 per cent. ammonia, 8 per cent.,. available phos photic acid, and under normal condi- tions 2' per cent. potash`. This addi- tional available plant£ood gives the young crop a vigorous start., The Swartz Brothers have been growing to sow a mixture of— Red top ,. 10 lbs. Timothy 4 lbs. Alsike clover 4 lbs. White clover 2 lbs. Total 20 lbs. per acre If possible, provide suitable drainage. alfalfa for the last twenty years and culture of lentils ,French: have made an extensive crop of it 2. Relative to, advises a light and dry soil. Grow the driring\the last` ten years. It is no lentils in rows about 18 inches apart, uncommon thing for them to cut from planting them 3 inches apart. The six to seven tons of excellent' alfalfa P � P seed is planted about an inch.. deep 'on) hay per acre. c0 e( sale. It would seem. that work and development of such "terminal alim- business flourished on the Sabbath ents" aS pneumouiee.. Pertus5ls conies as the other days of the week. oftentimes' in Epidemics which vary Faoui Burdens—Better, `,"produce." To do greatly in contagiousness, intensity. these things' on the Sabbath was a - and mortality. The epecific germ is violation of oft -repeated 'exliortatians read 'lst . as in diphtheria; in the U ro Bets a:nd priests (fol• example spread, J the mouth enc[ the , ire ti ' etit. 5. 12-.15; Ise, 56. ; secretions '.from 2Ji 58. 3' $ , 21; Beek. . r� I nose that .are sneezed (and thus 2; . 1e; Joe^ 1 Bt,t, e mist.: or s r�•'led out) coughe " end 2.g), Testified—Better, as translated ..o p spat out or carried ai out in handl:er- a little longand this is often the As ioi.ei„nexs;t ey `• ecu of tiadiii otlnen cloth held before ere p ale exu les on th sub7 g dur n • these acts) n the Sabbath, ertussis is not -grind the feed as he did a few , b p anY s P mo azid 'nose . •- think >- blood pressure. of 0 reach= • 'lied. The'clo i; � o. But it is b It should be about 140. The slightly. conditions your doctor mentioned (15 Po unds under weight and anemia) Peel. case with the old horse he cannot but in a Jewis•h coin ens,i years; mii-ity they should have been re- y eachsin • words of verse inc infection is got either (1-i ectl" (by 12e serious? below \\Them the old horse has sural v par, ate "the. Jews contagion) -in-kissing and the like; or Answer ed this stage he cannot masticate his' 16 should be transl< � d 7 e Judah) in Jerusalem: indirectly, as from'; toys and the' like.. food as= it shouldt e be, consequently a (children of 3u ) ., , person iinfe`etion• and particular -- __ 17 tic . narrate Nehemiah's It ,e ape, son to pe , portion of it 'doe: him no good. tothe uthorities'thalt had al- the germ is not likely to live and be Then again it must be remembered he will require a longer time to eat his feed than when 'yoeng. Unless some ground' feed is given him and he is given sufficient time to eat it when being worked, he will fail: -to ' get the full benefit ofhis meal, and in a mat- ter of a very short time he will begin to lose flesh and will. no longer pre a foreign power, power- to go out sent the fat, sleek appearance of form-; Subjection too Jerusalem—A temptation ty, attacks by surrounding nations, , side of the city tval1 for` purchases,' e r days.P t s �` vier ' therefore that It is obvious horses are to be serviceable until a good old age, they "must receive as good care and treatment, if not a' little better, in their' declining years They whenyoung.Iha than they.were y must not be neglected whether at work or not. protest e a - . lowed the abuses' to spring' up. ,von- noxious more .than, several days out would account for the reduced pees- ed—or "expostulated." Nobles e living' body.' He, who keeps suee. Leading the Hygienic Life tend , —Whose business it - was to eniforce std a speaking distance of •-the should help greatly to your restora- the law. Profane Secularize it by Ueyoild pot like to be affected. The tion. *eating it as an ordinary .day. If patient is x would only studytheirpast his- ,.,_.�„- --. they. y tory they would soon discover that it whose fidelity he�coulcl 'rely: this vas was a similar disregard of the law o• done to prevent a "porter from being Jehovah that the brought such bitter ilif. induced by bribery to open the gates. feriiigs to' ` people. This evil— 1rden-See on verse 15. Without Bl elle etc. Bring more tice dam erste once simply another way of desecrating the it in elle present practice can mean only Sabbath. Once or twice—The traffic went on for a Sabbath or two before Nehemiah, took notice of it; when he did so he proceeded with all energy. Testified—See on verse 15. L•ay hands. on you—Thatis, inflict punishment. The threat accomplished its purpose, for the traders withdrew. Levites— Temporarily Nehemiah had ,appointed some of his owe attendants to guard the gates; the permanent arrangement committed the task to ecclesiastical officials," members of the Levitical caste. Purify themselves—To make All other kinds :of farming are morel No reliance can be placed upon a or less of a gamble, but the man who,, fowl that is not pure in blood. There is in, dairying is reasonably sure of a 1' is a downwardtendency in the haphaz fair return for his labor and capital. , and mixture of breeds, The purebreds There is no sure way of . telling! of 'to -day; not only possess the strong what a cow is capable of except by `constitution of the crossbreds, but they weighing and testing the milk. There combine with it wonderful powers for is no connection between the length } the production of eggsand the grow - further manifestations of the divine wrath. Verses 19-22 describe the steps tak- en by Nehemiah to guard the sanctity of the Sabbath.• Began to be dark— More literally, ` as soon as the gates began to have shadows on them;" that is, the order to close the gates was given at the beginning of the Sabbath day at sunset or as soon: as the dark_ es ^came on the y SaU In s , they and i a c batt �� close .��a 1-.✓' the until da before the i - were to remain slilit ' of the Sabbath day. I1 you are breeaing for speed, mate Servants—Personal attendants on long-legged males and females. Most = of the tail and depth of the .milk i in-• of meati= carcasses qualities that ..of us would not cale for that kind of pail the cow will -fill. Some of,our best milkers have been bob tails. • At the "same time a- wide space be are mare or less unsatisfactory in } sheep on our. farms. We do iot.wan mongrels. i fence junipers, but quiet, yet vigorous It was purebreds that solved the ; sheep. For this, sheep with short tween the back ribs is a good thing possibility of winter egg production. legs and compact bodiesare bese to look for in buying. The main. Mongrel hens are not found in the list Every year oz; two some one seg-' thing, however, is depth and width of of phenomenal layers, neither are they, gests that the forests be used as sheep rib and space between ribs and hips. a factor in establishing poultry farms.,)' or goat ranches. The Foresters say it This indicates capacity ,to store and In fowls that are ` pure we have lis impracticable. Why not use farn-i pastures instead? A narrow gateway for sheep' leads to a big lot of trouble. A sheep corral is nothing less than insurance against sheep frilling dogs, which have constituted one of the greatest, obstacles to sheep -raising; Sheep may be driven` into the corral at night, since sheep losses usually oc- cur at night. Be sure there are 116 ticks on the sheep -when they go into winter quar- ters. It will east good money to winter a • lot of ticks and there is no. profit in them. A 'ticky :flock will come out skin, poor in the. spring no matter how you feed. • Lambs make greater gains in ;feed- ing than old sheep. Hence it \vauld be unwise to prohibit the slaughter of lambs. digest food. The "milk veins" are habits, abilities and characteristics also important. practically the same. This enables tis If you want large"milk yields you to feed and care for them more Intel- must have..a fairly large cow, Other ltgently. things being equal, a large cow will There is ordinarily more profit ina produce more, at less cost, 'than will dozen i urebreds than in fifty dung - a small cow. If you killed a cow which was giv- ing three gallons at a milking you probably, would not find more than that many quarte of milk in her ud- der. Themilkis produced while the hill fowls. As a rule, mongrels aj-e of a hardy nature; they are not inbred. The continual mixture of blood avoids, any bad effects such as come from close relationship. In purebreds we also have beauty. ,process of milking is going on. ' The The uniformity of marking, color, act of milking transforms tiny cells in! shape and size melees them attractive: the udder into the form of milk. What success would the broiler Every dairy farmer should test hisplants have if mongrels and not pure- breds were employed? Uniformity of size , and condition is of untold value in shipping carcasses to market; and so it is with eggs; and surely we can not expect uniformity if we use stock that will produce all sorts of sizes, colors and conditions. cows ancl weigh their milk, He should do this for his own satisfaction. He should do it for financial reasons; a cow, proven ,as to -capacity by test, will sell for two or three times the,•, price of an unproven cow. • Hubbard squash and cabbage make excellent green. wirter feed for hens., It Is just as impcitant to provide .green fee4 and an^mal feed for hens -in-iretajas it is to supply a mi]ch cow h roa seiiage and chop to lnake,her milk. �."e.._,- HIGHEST PRICES PAID For POt1LTRY, GAM EGGS & FEATHERS Please write for tiarticulars• P, P^T3s Yir Sc GO., 39 73oi1aecouro I,ta Icet, 11ioxtreal HIGHEST. PRICES PAID For RAV FURS .rid GINSENG ' SILVER 220 St. Path: "St. W, montreai, P.O. Reterenoe,'Uziion Bk. of Canada OUR ADVICE Ship to us at since and Reap i anef$ts of High Prices flow prewa iie5g, co 1st and.ShlPping Tsiyt }F` ago CUT D FOLD OSP DOTTED the'•inselves ceremonially clean (Ezra 6. 20; 'Neb. 12. 30). By these pre- cautions Nehemiah hoped to preserve the sanctity of the Sabbath day. 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