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The Exeter Advocate, 1918-1-10, Page 3arnIV A4,74. By Agronomist, This Department le for the 'use ,of our farm readers who want this advIce an ,expert on any question regarding' soil, seed,, crops, etc. If your question 16 of. SUffiCient ,general interest, It Will be ansWereorthrbugb`this cblumn. stamped and addressed onveiope is enclosed With 'your letter, a complete' flsvieer will be mailed to you. Address Agronomist, care of Wilson Publishing Co4.Ltd., 73 Adelaide St. W., Toronto. Ini the production of winter eggs no consideration is of more importance than the health of the hen. It is contented, healthy hens that pay the profit and care should be taken to in sure the welfare of the flock. A few hours work on many poultry,houses, collided with an expenditure of a live dollar bill will transform them from an ugly makeshift into a comfortable, profit -paying hen home, and some- times it is not even necessary to spend a dollar. If one does not wish to spend real snoney there is often en- ough boards that lay around in disuse to go a long ways in doing repair Work. Even corn fodder from which the ears have been husked keep out the cold and prevent drafts when set about three sides of the house. Provide for Ventilation It is better to leave an open space in the front of an otherwise closed house than to board it up tight until no air or sunlight can enter. In such a house colds are the rule and disease gerrxis thrive. No hen can work pro- perly under such Conditions and it you really carino's afford a window on two, leave an opening that will admit light. Leave an opening in the front 'of the house anyway. Too many winter houses, and for that matter, all poultry houses, are built too narrow and too high. Build your house at least twelve feet wide and sixteen feet is better. Then make it only higlt enough to work under comfortably. This saves ma- terial and at the same time allows the perches to be placed far enough from the trent. The wide house also conserves floor space and a house six- teen feet square has many advantages over one twice as long and only half as wide. Use plenty of litter in the laying houge-brit be sure that it does not be- come wet and mouldy. Damp houses bring about this condition and floors should be higher than the outside yards. Even in houses where no damp- ness is notioeable the litter becomes badly damaged and will drassr moisture after it becomes finelY pulverized. The Best. Breed vs. Good Care • Just what we have learned from the various eggslaying conteets about which are the best breeds would be difficult, indeed, to determine, but one thing stands out clearly and that is the fact that almost eyery known breed— at,least,. every breed that is in any- thing like general use ---can be relied upon to produce good returns if the keeper does his part. Practically all of the better known breeds have won In these contests' under identical con- ditions, SD if your Rocks lay less than your neiglibor's Reds, do not be in a hurry to change breeds. It may be your own fault. Skim -milk in. copious quantities is a valuable egg feed and many farms can supply it at 'practically no expense. Where it is not at hand. a portion of meat scrap added to the ration usually pays. However, do not get the idea that milk will also take the place of water. Milk is a food—water a drink. Corn has been severely criticised be- cause of its fat -forming tendency but do not let this deter you from feeding. corn. Fed rightly it is a great food and no one ever found a poor hen that was laying eggs enough to be profit-, able. It is usnallsr the old hens that become too fat, but ;feed enough corn to aid in keeping up the body head when the weather be,comes cold. Corn and wheat are two great feeds. Lice by day" and mites by night furnish the unhappy conditions of poultry kept under insanitary surg rounclins. Treatments for lice are not effective for mites because the latter works; only at night, making raids on the tosvls from their hiding places in crevices of the" roosts and cracks of the building. 'To destroy mites and keep the flock free of their depredations insecticide sprays and a sanitary building are necessary. The presence of mites is indicated by small black and white specks on the roests—the excrement of these insects. The first step is to get rid of the hiding places so far ae possible. The roosts ehould be taken down and all unnecessary boards and boxes re- moved. In heavily infested -houses the mites' are to be found in all ,parts of the building, including the roof, Where they are leas numerous the in- festations usually are "confined to the • . roosts and nests and the walls imme- diately adjacent. iFor small. coops a hand atomizer will' suffice for apply- ing insecticides as sprays, but for larger houses a bucket pump,- knap- sack sprayer or barrel pump is desir- able A rather coarse Spray should be applied from all angles and thor- oughly driven into the cracks. The floor also should be treated, as many mites fall to the floor when the roosts are being removed. Of the several materiels that have proved effective, one of the so-called wood preservers, consisting of certain coal tar products, known as anthra- cene oil with zinc chlorid added, has given particularly good results. Its repelling power lasts for months. The cost is about $1 a gallon, but twice the quantity may be obtained by reducing with equal parts of kerosene. Crude petroleum is almost as effec- tive, retains its killing power for sev- eral weeks and. in most localities is very cheap. It will spray better if thinned with one part- of kerosene to four parts of crude oil. . Both of these materials often con- tain foreign particles which should be strained out before spraying is begun. It has been found that one thorough application of either of these mg- teriale will completely eradicate thii- mites from an infected chicken house, but ordinarily it is advisable tcrinake a second application a month after the first, and in some cases a- third treat-, meat is required. These subeequent applications may be made with a brush; using the materials pure, and covering only the roosts, their sup- ports, the walls adjoining and the nests • if they are ' infested. " This method of application is effective for the first treatment also if, the houses are not heavily infested. Poultry should be kept out of the treated buildings until the material is well ,dried into the wood. ; - Used as a dip crude petroleum will also clestnoy the small mite which causes scaly leg. In dipping for this mite the solution should not be allosti- ed to reach the flesh above the infeeta- tion Or to get op the -feathers. The losses caused byox warble each year aggregate millions of dollars. Not only is the hide Of the infested animal punctured by the emerging larvae, cauaingn reduction in value of one-third, but the presence of the grubs in, the animal's back is source •of loss which can not -be neglected. Tho la„tter it very often overlooked. The poor condition of .the -animal, its inability -to talce on flesh, or poor showing at the milk -pail, are factors attributed to other causes. Most un- OrMed CaLbleinen attribute these conditions to iipa,r care, lack of proper nourishment, or physiological troubles. The presence of , fifty or sixty binn- ing, running, -ulcers on the back of the animal r.c.-lenis, a matterof small iinportance, and is considered lightly bY most people. But, Mr., Farmer, how much •tyould you • accom h 'f 1.-ou had fifty or sixty boils ori your -The two conditions are analogous and conducive to the same resift 4 The insect cat -using all of this trou- ble is ona resembling, in the adult stage, the imrse bot -fly, or as, is some, times caned, the "nit" fly, but some- what larger, The adult is aelcboxn MMIEST PRICES.PAID Poi (liXME1i EGOS 0/EATHE 8 sima,ao .sveito, for Particulars - ss. isseirmin -el 9 oawuro Wont,' seen about the cattle. It is tirnia and appears only when everything is quiet. The eggs are deposited upon the hairs during the spring end summer, and the animal, upon licking them, carries'ile egg, or larva into its mouth. "The young maggot.passes into the gullet.; From the gullet it migrates slowly I, through the tisenes toward the back. It arrives beneath the skin, and a lump or exeresence begins to appear about midwinter. 'This lump gradually grows larger until the middle or lat- ter_part of April, when the full-grown grub, which caused the lump, emerges through a hole -cut in the hide scone time previons, and falls to the ground. It then burrows -into the ground and transforms to a pupa,' and ate adult two -winged fly appears from three to six weeks Inter. This completes, the life cycle which occupies about one year. This is one .or, the easiest insect Pests to control that we have. • In the w n el and early spring all the insects are in the larval Stage in the'backs Of the cattle. It every one owning cat - would squeeze the, grubs front the backs of his aninials and destroy there would ' be no rine] eus „generation, and; consequently no ox warbles the next year, When the grub "ripens," i.e., When it „tattles, a laqte hole appears m the luMp, bordered with pus'. This cOndi- tion:usuaily„appears'hi April and May. When it comes, wrinkle up „tile hige containing the grub; get the two thumbs and first two fingers on. each .hand beneath the hunt), and SqlleeZe.- the grub usually files to the ceiling like a wad .froin a pop -gam; limy tramp on it, and the job is completed. to Milton and Dante that We'o-We sritteh of the popular conception .of the tem- pter. ' Wise with the wild beats.—A vivid touch of Mark, to show the aw- fu1nes and' terror of the wilderness, 14. John was delivered up—To prison, tae fortress ef Maehaerus, INTERNATIONAL LESSON, built by Herod on the east shore of JANUARY 13. the Dead,. ea where John was be. headed. Came into Galilee—One of Lesson II• Jesus lleg,ins His Work—. Mark 1. 12-20.Golden Text, Mark 1. .17. Verse 'L2, Straightway the Spirit driveth him,forth into the wilderness —The inaugural glories are followed by the temptation. According to Matthew, and Luke he is led of the Spirit. In Mirk the Spirit clriveth him forth. He was impelled by a powerful influence, by e divine im- pulse. ' 13, In the wilderness—The wild and barren locality already alluded to, Porty days—Evidently «a round num- ber occurring frequently in Scripture, such as Israel's forty years in the Wilderness, Elijah's going forty days in the strength of food given him by the angel of Jehovah (1 Kings 19. 8). Moses was in the Mount forty days and forty nights i(Exocl. 24. 18). Tempted of Satan—The temptation occupies an initial place In the minis- try of Jesus. Mark gives the brief- est account. Matthew and Luke furnish details. The gist of the temptation is clearly stated by Matt- hew—"If thou be the Son of God." Take a short cut to the attainment of the Messia.hship. Work miracles for your own advantage. By the mani- festation of the di -vine power you possess come at once to Messiah's throne. . Satan—In Matthew and Luke he is called ."the devil," theace cuser • or slanderer, also in Hebrew, "Abaddon," and in Greek, "Apoltyn," Destroyer. Mark uses the name "Satan," "Adversary," as in Job 2. 1, and in Zechariah 3. 1. 'We have here current ,Teivish ideas of the existence of a personal evil agent with his minions, who oppoees God, and by tempta.tion, persecution, deceit, and guilt, estranges men frorn God. it is the four district e of Palestine in the time of Quiet (Judea, Samaria; Gali- lee, Perea.). The -textdigatee that lie withdrew to Galilee because it was not safe to remain near- the scene of John's labors. Preaching the gospel of. God--Heraiding the good news of the kingdom of God, according to seme text. The manner of Jesue' preach- ing is given in Luke 4. He thus begins his official ministry with preaching -- a message of pure mercy which God had coninlissioned him to declare. 15. The time is fulfilled tPhieeteha wcia)y—olttitehielortinhgin in the M(eorssicannile- g; now stands in kingdom which God had purposed—no- !thing in the cosinsel of God, the state of Israel or the condition of the na- ticihs. God has his Own philosophy of history, his great purposes are ;exeeuted, not prematurely, brit when the time is ripened Or COMpreted, The kingdom of God ie at hand—Has come near. The people were familiar with the conception "kingdom of God." It becomes now a characteristic term of the New Testament and a fundamental idea of the preaching of Jesus and the apostles. The idea of a kingdom of God has its roots in the Old Testa- ment conception, of the rule of Je- hcivah. It means the rule of God on earth, as the goal of the Gospel and the completion of the course of his- tory. It comes to its climax in the New Testament -in the book of Reve- lation, where "the kingdoms of this world are become the kingdom of our. Lord and his Christ," Repent ye— He takes up John's message and makes it the first article in his preach-. mg. Believe in the gospel—But he adds 'a positive element. Believe in the good slows announcing that the kingdom of 'heaven is at hand. This is notiChrietian faith, but only a step toward it.. - Christian faith is trust in GOOD HEALTH 'QUESTION0 BOX Bynnalin B. Huber M.A.. MD. Dr. Huber will answer all signed letters , pertaining to Health. It Mu Chest:on is of general interest it will be answered through these colunana ; If not, it will be answered personally it -stamped, addressed envelope is en- closed. Dr. Huber will not prescribe for individual cases or make diagnosis. Address Dr. John B. Huber, care of Iffilson Publishing Co,, 73 West A4tie1de PA -.-Toronto. The parents young; the children Ilea Baby's Developmet t. First MorithBaby is sensitive to light as eityly as the first,andsecond clays. Aleut the eleventh d,ay it takes pleasure in the light of a can- dle sand in bright objets. It hears on the. fourth day. During the „last two weeks of the month it discrimin- ates sOunds. It starts at gentle Ian -miles the .second' and third days. 'It' shows sensibility to taste about the end of the first week. Strong smelling substances produce mimetic (that is, grimacing) movensents the . first day. During the first few days it -evinces pleasure in nursing, in its bath, in the sight of agreeable objects; on the other hand it can evidence dis- comfort from cold, wet and tight cloth- ing. Nor can any words be unmis- takably more eloquent than the ex- pression of its sense of outrage by reason Of delayed alimentation. Ou the twenty-third day it can exhibit tears. On the tta-entY-sixth, day ----- mark that blessed date in the calendar —it smiles! Within the first Month it can utter vowel' 'sounds. The memory as to taste and smell is first -active; then, in order, as to touch, sight and hearing. The, movements of the eyes are not yet co-ordinated; and no mother need worry at this time about squint. The 'reflexes begin to be 'active. Baby sleeps tsvo hours at a time and sixteen hours in the twenty-four; thus far sleep and pabu- lum' together Make up its main inter- est in the universal scheme, in which it will later take so world -compelling a part. ,QUESTIONS AND .ANSWE'R,S. . Baby Sleeps, All Night. When'T put my 4% months'olcl baby in the hammock at tee 'o'clock, after a lthy; earthly paradise.—Victor Hugo. s good nursing, it does not .wake un-; til 1 in the morning. And then it does not cry or seem to be hungry. Answer—An right, mother, don't I worry. Doctors are now advocating no feeding at all at night, unless baby makes -a strenuous and unmistakable dereand for a 2 a.m. repast. - Yours it fi;"gooti hefty baby. Most babies weigh only 16 pounds at 6'snonths. Some Baby. My_ baby weighed 9% pounds at birth; now, four weeks after, it weighs 121/i,. It has several white spots in its .mo•uth and" -I am afraid it is going to -have , a sore mouth. -Is there any way to prevent this? le is 011dr-wise perfectly healthy.. I have no appetite for solid food; is this just nervousness or do I need soniething to give me an appetite? I am ins -self only eighteen Answer—A model baby, sure to take a prize m any baby competition, Two MOTHEriA bD011 Suddenly YOUr Littje Girl ud Boy 0 i By fielen Jo to seirKeyes Your little girl had grov/ii to be a instead or compelled. ' e comfort. She was obedient, reliablf6, and eager to assume respons losing and ,she confided to you her are happy if you treat them Lik eo pleasures and peins. How you had rades. Nothing is snore injurious tO COMO to depend upon her although she their development and to the'peace of was only thirteen years oldthe home than an „attitude qf distrust .Your boy. too about a' year older, and criticism toward" these maturing was raithrid in, alt the work which children,- " you arid his father gave him to do: .YoUr daughter's jabot' 0101114 Pc Your love and your wisdom in bring- light until she is well established isi ing them -up were,rewarded; you were the changes which make her a woman, , echatented and, at peace. , She should be given a monthly'period, Then suddenly, every thing was dif- of rest, during which, for at least two ierent, Your little glide burst into days, she is not allowed to cia heavy tears, one day when you -asked 'her to WOrh nor take hard exercise.' She sweep the hall, Now, she only half must be protected from neevous 'Worry, hears what Yoh say to her and pleads, nagging and teasing at these periods, forgot!" „when you call her atten- for only so will the new i"finction tion to the tasks undone. ,Ider MAO- develep, Properly. er complains of her inattention and At the same time, however, remems her reports are poor. She walks as bet' that too much coddling will make if in a dream, tells you 'very .little hee selfish. Every girl thinks 'about about herself and goes off alone when-' hereelf when she is edelescent and it is ever shecan. riot well to increase this tendency by Abotit the,sarne (Arne your boy- be- constant referenees to her bediry and gan to ask; 'far all sorts of impossible mental states. A mother intiet learn things and to sulk when he did not get to take care of her daughter' almest without seeming to do so. A'Period of Great Promise When animals. come to maturity tlieir horns, fangs and claws develop. them. For iestance'there is ai horse in the barn which is full of tricks and svhich no one except 'yens husband takes out.'but this foolish boy has begged todrive him. Moreover, one 41, day after having been punished' for seems to be an animal iOhss.essing and insisting on this privilege, he ran employing. all theaase,Qtworeeinuoneitisie away and was found 'some days later at once! Thus nature snakes; a Man Pc a lumber camp, earning good wags waisout of es ,m. 21)enc enca will cot).u and indifferent, apparently, to the last for more than a few years, for anxiety he had brought into, his home. ttlhieesuuhweowunildlinhga.gaepipeeiin.rdanegdeshoogr, tneo-tatsoa cotAlffutseirolyioNuvhbicelglinitthoecarsnoavaesifrome'dytheetliteuse thern -at all. have your woild turn a sosrimersault, In the meantime, let him work off a feelingeof anger rises in your heart. hie excess energy and reduce the full-, What wicked children you have after /less in his blood vessels.hy a normal a.ilI-but not excessive No,they are neiwieked but are i by all wholesonseisports, Swimming amouist of work and simpy passing through. a change so ; is the very best spelt in which he can enormous thatiecarcely an organ or a I,engage. No exercise lessens to the blood vessel -in their bodies is the; sa.me. extent a boy' e temptations or same as it was last year. Some are; fills hisiheart with a purer joy. larger, others are smaller, and soroe I Heshould understand hi, oega na_ are learning to loerf°rm entirely new ture. If hie 'fitthee does not speak functions. 11 your world ha- tuned; with him about these things, ask the one sorninersault, -theirs has turned ; doctor to talk fra several and then a series of. handd to naafi. nklY with him as man springs! Plenty of wholesome, simple food Wise Parental Guidance land almost no -pastry, soda water or Be glad that you live on a farin.1 candy should be eaten by the young At thrs age more than ever before Or ' The bedroom windows ought to afterwards, tide boy and girl need; be wide open and in mild weather they wide spaces, freedom, -satiety andl can sleep out-�fscloors. Daily baths, exercise ont-of.-doors. Perhaps they preferably in a tub should be taken have had these privileges all .their; and at a temperature cold enotigis to lives but you must manage to make, be bracing. These are a real help to -- them different ,now. 'They are filled ward moral. control. - Of course your with a .passion for different things"; dauglster should not take 'cold bathe just because they are different, -They; during her monthly periods. crave what is unusual, starthng- and; Try to seize all the good traits thrilling. whichare inanifesting ,thaseniseiglyr you may disapproVe of this but you your chil.drenianii-ithe'nuaCh as-po might ase well disappreatemf. an attlitise -.1"io ignore the disagreeable ones. ost of the sup • Yersethby and girl crave of the latter sail' be shed like a snakehl them so iritensely that they will get old skin. Overeome evil with good. them in so .ne svisy; it iS your duty to Never is the heart e -o quickly moved see that it, is in -a wholesome way. by religion by all nobility and beauty Let than, have their clubs and their as it is during adolescenee. Feed parties and their visits. your boy and_ girl, with stories of brave Something iiew, too should be put men and women' with purenind cheer - into their work. -They should be given fill religion, let them rend poetry, a sense of Partnership' with you and make music and- con -mune with the their father in whatever they tinder- gentle loveliness of.,nature, which is• take; for the agewhen they svill work always gracious and benevolent on the contentedly under authority is tempos-- ferns. Thus they toe will grow So, too, with 'the bey!. Sometimes he pounds ...positively__ two fun: arily passed, and they must be. inepired graciously. pounds heavier thanthe average at --ises birth, and holding its. own well and strong at four weeks. Wash out the mouth with a solution of boracic acid (a teaspoonful to the pigit of water that has been boiled); add a few drops of honey to this, so that baby will like it. You nurse baby yourself; that is splendid. Ain snailing you in- s. s formation as to what you should eat and _drink and much else helpful Something Terrible. I am suffering_ terribly day and night. My hands, arms, e,bows and neck itch terribly. 1 Scratch and lale4 •terribly. My health seems to Pc good except this terrible trouble. Is there a remedy for this terrible itching and sem-telling? Answer. -Relief. goes by return' mail; try to bold on until it eonies! Ot.-0Lit-7AND-roLD .iss-stasare 4-te1,44CW CIAC.14t • , 4):44C4 444" See' how 1 spin this ircciat It')s reiti 'wild 'western, 1, qt alot 9 ,..tynd just to show Inc \ve 1 I Ca 'll'rope lily dog and na , 'tf a person, Jesus Christ. Many who hailed the message failed to yield themselves to Christ. Jesus preach- ed hirnself an' the object of faith. Christian faith is not belief in some- . thing about Jesus, but our personal trust :hi Jesus himself, 16. The Sea of Ga1ilee-4n the Old Testament"The Sea of .CIainnereth," nun. 34. 11., ,In the New Testament, "The Sda " i'The Sea of Galilee," "The Lake," "The Lake of Gennesaret," "The Sea of Tiberias:' Ile saw Simon and Andrew—To these brothers Christ's call comes first. Simon, a Greek form of a Hebrew name— Symeon (Acts 15. 14),. later called Peter—hence, Simon Peter. Andrew is Greek name. John tells us that Jesus had earlier met , Simon and Andrew, but he now.definitely calls them (John 1. 40, 42). Casting a net; for they were fishers --The three kinds of nets used by the Galilean fishermen to -day do not differ from those used in New Teetament- times; the cast net, so thrown' as tosspreacl out in circular form and dropped over the school of fish; the bag net, used from boats.; and the dray net weight- , e ed at 'bottom and with floats on top and drawn from the sea to the shore, 11. Come ye after the—The definite can to be his disciples. Fishers of men—The sante idea OCCUSrS when Jaime calls the brothers ,Tames and John, according to Luke (6. 10) after the miraculous draught of l'ishes, lout svith the added phrase "from hence- forth thou shalt catch men;" trice Men alive. 8. ,And wa.s !something i11 gesde which -eon frons titese sirople-liearted .fisheemee irietant and -unhesitating , Obedience. Thes- le.ft their nets-eJust as they were, not dreaming of the iminertal significanee of tide itet o:f unhesitating allegiance.' 10., Going on a little further -es -Along thee"' eliere where doubtless 'other parties ',rill fishermen were busy with : 44.4,1 4h 4 t ;lea' ...one; zaps. ;fa -ales the son of Zebedee,. end John hi' es birother--A l''':12'„Ici(s)litilvallsal:10i°;f0.:111)11.1(11:31plerlOSITI:71)tt: S' elect' ion 20. Streightituy lie called Of hitherto unknown men...for lialtad previously seen them, but he Ito:iv ail/i- n-Ions, thein to be his followers. They ct wile ..1•,(eT„:1'1,tto.,t1,:*1‘); faalLshoela.'n':Iillril in\ veedliate 1eysnoicso, No 1ciitis are. given, no hint Of AO discucbic cith th .1" ather • save Llte, peompt Iecislon rolq.1.7e(1. itetiost, leo,iiing to 'father and lcis h1icP'0 itiee tite lusinose tif fishing. Tile mal oE i; l chri,, No animal an ..he faiin requires better protection from exposure than the hog; none for which,a bed is: more necessary; itone so mitkOn. "need of , the pasture, but they cats make more . „ sunshine as the pig. One of' the, first requisites .Cor success with hogs is a shelter where the young pigs Can be kept warm and well supplied with sunshine and ilvesh air. A little pig takes 'Cold very easily and recovers , sloWly. To prevent taking cold he must be kept dry, warm, away from drafts, and be provided with fresh air. Most good; hog raisers try ` to have' their spring pigs farrowed in March OT early April. Without goad warm buildings this is impracticable. :Breed - es findit necessary to have 'their pigs come about this time in order to have them large enough for the fall de- mand. P g p es nisi.. -eteint marked advantageei In tlie firei place there is -usuallymore time. to care for them in 11Tatch early April, Pigs farrowed at this -Lime. cisc 1<trge eireugli to begin to E'Iti as soon as th.. pasturo are ceaay. and thus tet Pc - be- ' cl te cl highcr than Pc rpisoul to 11 Ne igge ''S,911 al '1'13)rot,",,..ilit's r•Itt, pen cconancic k )4 longest poesible Season (41.' ilearly so. -usa ii taNnlyi Ise l theyare marc ecc' thein ciiii Pc will be Cintilied for Ina -ricer, ciccl )41, 41'