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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1918-1-3, Page 3t Ale r (, Oct try 'a ed `Vgg8. ere Aliolit et- red meet 'Our: eeldiees, and. Or -allies require more , than peer 'lsefeee, \srts ere alle-oente ilievesse houeehold every hotel and ...,,eseeeesse're--esseseg-esee; sese// eestauraet In ilia' ern -Merle the 90- -eeashroa..`"51:7-1!•seesse eg- stitetien Of poultry l'Or red meet, In- creased prednetion of poultry can be effeeted, much faster then beef, perk and rentten.:1Yiiibi \Y( Want iaor0Se h; all the letter, we must haye a quick response ie poeltey end prasitry pre- tecte, lilies -0 is a ,great waste of poultry feeds frenn.every household By AgrOnoinist teereartmeetere for the us e of ourfaren readers who want the ativ:ice 4an expert on any qeeetion re6 rdlng Soil, seed, crops, etO, if your quest'0,11, , Of SliffiCienk•gerl.prt, iriterst, it will be answered through this column, H stan1Ped addressed envelo e Is. enclosed 'with your letter, a oomPleto #ineevet• will be niailed to you. Address Agronomist, cere of Wilson Publishing Ltd:, 7'3 -Adelaide' St, W,, Toronte ' Garden Seed Bed the soil' which should then be 'wet te( A noted,garden writer hes said that as fine and Smooth as possible. the greateet, pleasurehi gardening is However.) tees soil is not "just thxoevn "t"he joy of. Seeing things grotv," ancl in' it is an advantage in eailiness to 1 t 11 1) es to ne same nieaStlre as in the raising,. the south. Tliie you can aceornolish in no way can this -pleasure be had ie. `1) au Seeds on a bed w sic s of small plants from seed for your own garden. It does not require a very large sPace to grow a large number of warnier best, and produces a better Sreung Plants. For the home gerden, growing condition for continuous seed 50 by 100 feet in size, a plot three feet wide by fifteen feet long will be amply- sufficient. This for the tart, but in following Years/ when you be- come mote expert inOhandling of the seed bed, you will cut this down and get just as good results. when patting the soil ia the seed bed by making it.six inehes higher at thest back than the front, meing a.board front to • retain it. This neekes a t: ting better results. A short person bon rows. Try the newer and better will get better results ,with one thirty way, mark of the seed -bed into as inches wide. many squares as may be needed, each The location of the seed bed is verY of a eize to suit the quantity of seeds and Plant growth. In the seed -bed are planted the mail don or late vatietiee of 'vegetables and a small space ehould be reeerved for the transplanting of a few of the early fences when it is safe to plant them out, but before setting theneein the garden prope', Sow Seeds Compactly Do not plant the different isinds- of It is an•advantage to have the seed bed long and narrow, so that it can be easilyareathmore from the path, mak- ing the work ore pleasant and geseeds promiscuously; or in long eib-' and faun. requiees little labor Crainet the poultry raisers of the coun- try help us by nroviding the `Meie' ased supply we, need?" sv ,These are the oiels of I-Ierbert Hoover in an appeal directed to the , , ei leen Poultry Association and producers of noultry and, eggs in the United States, The words are just as "applicable to Canadian Petary 't leers, ,ore meat Must be pro- vided for the fighting men.. Less of the meats that can be shipped mus • be eaten at home. Something else 1 `nnist be substituted -for the recl meat, Poultry and eggs make the best arid cheapest:substitute at,the present time ancl-should be used more than they are for 'that purpoe. •,important; in fact, there is but orie to be planted. Plot these on a Paper, good ocation in every garden, and and mark the names of the seeds on ,that is along the north fence, so that them, as a matter of reference and re - 11 will be exposed to ,the senshene all ord. You wilt find it -very con - day and be protected from cold winds. venlenc, to be able to work with all the If the fence is an open one, such as plants of one kid eight under your palings or wire, it will be well to cov- band in a compact square, instead: of s te it along the eeed bed with building having to wsalls along a long row. paper, fastened on, th make it tight froin the wind. -.„ 'Good Drainage Necessary The seed bed should be specially prepared, The soil , should be deep And 'well ,thetined.\ If necessary to Tsake„ suflicient time to plant, the see* in the seed•bed thinly; hy' Whick is meant do not crowd them in the rows. When planted carelessly they are likely to be bunched in some place and thinly set in Others. Practice a few times dropping small seeds from get it so, excavate it to' a depth of the tlilimb and two 'fingers on a paper -two feet, fill in foul" to six inches of until you can do it evenly, and you drainage materials, such as stones the then are ready to sow them in the soil. size of railroad ballasts, bats; coarse One of the things desired to be at - cinders pr others similar mineral rub- bish. - tained in transplanting plants is to Increase eritheroot-massbeforethes On this put the soil, which eliould much top -growth. When seeplarit is be sPeciallyPreparect. Use the loam taken from the seed -bed and trans - .removed from the excavation, -with as relented it logesnuost of it roollairs, much in additidn as may be needed to which are reproduced in greater num- take the place of the subsoil removed. Give it a heavy dustingevith powdeied lime, and one of a, good chemical ferti- Rzer. Work all well together. On top of the drainage put four to six inches of the richest well -rotted xnanure you have available, and onlhis ber in its new location before the.ton gets additional growth. .This makes for a vigoroussplant. • -The vegetablesusually sown in the seed -bed aree Cabbage, onions, beets, 'dauliflower, parsley; ' peppers, celery; lettuce, tomatoes; cliatela Two or three pigs are enough 16 a pen during cold weather for the ani- mals. crowd and when many are to- gether they bee,ome very,sweaty. Ex- posure while in this condition makes them unhe,hlthy. Little pigs are happy in a snugly built, warm, movable hog house, and $o isetheir. lnother. Such a house is splendid providing , warmth, dry- ness, abundant direct and indirect sunlight, ventilation, sanitation, eafe- ty, comfOrt, convenience, service.ebility, durability, low first cost, low main- tenance, and pleasing appearance. , These /movable sunlit houses are easily cleaned because they have solid wooden -floors and plenty of space in- side in which to work. That they are durable is m•oved-by ;the fact that sev- eral 'such houses builVatethe Iowa Ex-, periment Station in 1007 look as if they whuld stand ten years' more sere vice. ."" - Such a house is good for the brood sow, theslittle pig the fattening' hogs and the.heed baar. All are contented within its walls; and it costs not more Selevting a Receiver. In selling eggs in case lots, or live poultry by- the eraee, locate good trust- worthy reeeivers and stick to the The writer inet a poultrykeeper' t other day who had shipped eggs to t same city concern for eetwenty-,fi years. He seldom hacl cause for co plaint about eeturns, and When he complain, errors were quickly, 1: etified. Between him and the _co mission firm there was moreethan.a ordinary business, relationship; the was 1. e steady, epen able shipper gets thrice the attentio at- the hands cif a receivieg firm th the producer does who ehips Rest to one hoet4, thmi. to another. e' Business etanding and reputation should be censidered in „selecting ,eeceiver. Some egg receivers deduct no commission, others deduet one or , others charge a percentage. Some concerns buy either by case count or loss off (for brealsage, bad eggs, etc.,), and others by ease count only. Sirrral- tailbone trial shipments and a come, than one half the present value of a parison of returns from different Reins 250-poneel hog. The prices asked for these are rea- sonable when compared. with the prices of 'other meats. At present rates -poultry, either fresh or stored is one of the cheapest meats on the market. Though new-laids are high, the stored eggs are reasonable in price and quite palatable. Fresh poultry is selling on many markets, at .from 15c. to 24c. per lb., and 'good stored eggs from 40c. to 50c. per dozen. These prices are, practically the same as before the war but when corapared with the present prices of other meats they prove conclusively that are no longer a-htxury. The prices 'of eggs and poultry were formerly comparatively high, and eon - sinners, to a certain extent, .eliscone tinued eating. poultry produce:4 nosv, when the relative prices have -changed, the impression remains that poultry and eggs are still a, luxury. As a .1.''Ot..t.DC) eoneemption Of these is not! Thege, are eevereil 'goad reaeoris why! iponitry eral'egene slieuld be need more , laege ae it usuilly Is than" they al`e as a Substitute for beef and becon:-- flm•seldiers and the Al" lies must haVe meat and eve cermet ! send them poultry sted eggs: have a good eupply of poultry pro ducts in Canada at present; They make 0 palatable arid 0 cheap sub stitute for 'the red meat required, by the soldiers: Poultry are mere easily grown and can be produced in less time than other live stock: The young. and the old ean supply all the lehos MOTHER wispom Bv isticulls and Quarrels the Child Works Out Ideals o "ght and J. ustice Treleu Jo-bn$On 1(eYes and John M. ICQ ,esM.D. - • • There are many' ways in which. chile people. There is DO riecessity it, dren receive edueation; znany ways and the effect of snob license is their s! outside of school/ es-eis outside of the selfishness, I direct influences ef hoineo" Theee are On. the Other hand, they illtn't have i forms of self-edueation--eclneation one nfreerions of °sits:100es, space aud through the instincts, - wage enele wars. Chll- 011arl'el, Boe's will fight. Iona instracts. It is; exceedingly Feresesately, we earl not help it. Their dis s • bl • vUL arid selfish. Yet, undoubted- us 1001 more trustfill of humanity to ly, it is a means by whieh 'children observe islet when a child's seisse at learn for themselves the meaning and lionor eernande a certain act, he per: - need of' fair play, peaceableness and forms it even though some grown-up co -opera may tell Iiirn his seese of honor as all " We /nay preach these virtues to our ,,,,rong, when Sain 3:reeari:s frorn.13illy's foe tind a law of honor to fight with. young peep yearal ter year A se then in quarrelling, and. figeit„,g., !hese are his rrioral inspirations, Physically, in the light he must be strong, quicls-Witted and decent, all qualities deserving respect and exer- cise. Moreover, a boy's fighte do not destroy friendships; they often make net essnrY for this work. „ ee Take -It -Back Day. Ile quids to talse it becleagein, The article 'yen borrow; And don't postpone that glety plain To same remote 1A-111in-row. I fear it sounds a little stern, And yet I have the -feeling That borrosving without return, Is 'moet, the sane a$ stealing. Our neighbOrs, good oui" needs supply, 'Without a word of fretting. 'Tie wrong to pees such kindness by And pay it by foegetthig. Thcth take 11 back, whlat:e'er you owe For friendly Itearts, ef course you Till neighbors all aresunny; Are woeth far More than money. 'Oh all evils/ labor, all who strive, -Ye yield a lofty power! Do svistltiyour r Vith your O When making cakes with dripping Inig41", do Fill every golden hour - The glorious privilege" -to do Is woman's noblest dower. Then to your countey„ to youeself, to your own God be truer A weary wretched life is theirs ho have no worls to do. .s. if a few drops of lemon juice are beat- en up -with' the dripping the'calse will taste as well as if butte,r had been used GOOD 11EALTH QUESTION BOX Sy Andrew F. Currier, M. D. Dr. Currier 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 be answered personally, if stamped, addressed envelope is en- closed, Dr. Currier will not prescribe for individual cases or make diagnoses. Address or. Andrew F. currier, care of Wilson Publishing Co., 73 Adelaide St. West Toronto. Who would not be coveious;and with reason, if health could be purchases' with gold -Temple. Cancer. after forty, especially women, e,lo Cancer is al,,vaya a tumor a swell_ find their health not as it should be, aa many people eai:, had best without delay go to their ing, 'a "lump," and they are apt to think of a tumor phys,idans for examination. as being necessarily- a cancer. But wig. mail further information about cancel: to all who send me a stamPed 0 the doctor any kind of a swelling rilean, a tuner; and there are at least and self-addressed envelope. a score of them -bone, cartilage, fat, QUESTIONS AND ANSWER. fibroid and the like. Also there are several kinds Of cancer differing in the degree of their malignancy (their life -endangering effects) and in their m. development. Most --benign tumors, he however innocent- to begin with, may Isys reason of constant irritation he- ve conie cancers; theesefore whenever poe- m' sible they should be removed. Thus id may not only definite and sure cure be 43- vouchsafed, but also such a relative- ly slight and shockless operation will n result, in the least diefigurement or re mutilation. Certain kinds of 'melee - a at b O Fitedieg, Tbe "Boarder" Cows. I have been in the dairy business for fifteenesesies with varied success, saYs O dairy -dean, According to my ex- perience' it takes about five years for • aecow to develop, kTp to thee age I am not positive whether she is going to be a 'boarder" cow or not. Now if there could be sO'Me means provided to aid one in determining exactly whetheree yearling is going to greet,' into a feeed eow--••or not, such Means would prove very, , valuable tee dairy -e men: Many 01 the heifers 'would be fa4tened.,and soid for meat, while, on :the othee „band, not a few that go direct -1.V- to the •ehambles 'without a ,trial at the pail would be given a "chance to show their value hs dairy aeintals.' The ecales- and the Babcock test aze the -Indy accurate means we beove ol snoeving -What a cow can. do/ O but then eenbe nsed only when the :inhale:to 078 and as a heifer May prove to be a geosLeow after an unproftelable zeasen 'ar two, we seen- saonet .etee--shilerssethessneactical dairymen 'ere going to avoid elitloisseeTenesxpenee. Involved in weeding out the "board.," ecr" cow' and at the Same Idine' not Waete ealuable potential dai cow , Mate .4rtiO:(.'Ait1' 6:J.1.0.1ie o;t.. gold: fish by iseeping, 'therm le weitor containing, at: taiii cliealtiltie is extensively carried" It len:eq. is the best way of getting at facts. The concern which charges no commis siert may really be the•cOstliest one t Take No Chances. About a month ago a swelling form- in ed under the left side of my tongue ti Quar'relling' is one of these educa- droll will pi, IA a ey -9 tiopal jown1ips; 10 01 ieionoi. is ,in valved and it should make out really gaining their attention but a child has an idea of juetice to fight 4. that the social organization does not. tolerate a bully; ad when qulia finds out from May's bitterness that friend- ship will ,not endure piggishness, these childeen! are begiening to become eitizens. Most, of our moral progress slime first we tasted of the knowledge of them ssron-ger ' good and evil, has been along the Qua.l'rels Are Eduoaf-bmal line of yielding to -other men the ;same Girls usually remain "huffy" after privilegewe claim for ourselves. their quarrels, probable, because these ft has been a strangely slow pro- are, only intellectual and do not have gress, Truly it is curious ,that it the exhiliration of physical exertion! should have taken our eace hundreds Even so, I believe their quarrels are and hundredof years to lean the 'joy educational. They make girls less of being just to the human ereatUres sensitive to disapproval' and crieicism, with whom we share this earth! which is a hardening they need ;when Curious that we are learning .eo they go out into the world; and these slowly that law and order make for encounters teach them to take care of happiness! Even into the midet of an themselves andPres themselves age confident of its ,humanitarianism , outspokenly, *hell power is a real de - has broken the great European -war.1 tense to a girt in many perilous edem- a view 'of all this we should be tions. . patient with our children who, like nee; Teasing has not any Oohibity. It; learn the golden rule very sleWles and 'is an employment where one person who, alter having seemed to learn it, has all the fun and the other person like ourselves, break it ever e.nd over all the torture The Imbit should be again. \ broken. its 'effect" sometimeis to Fight For Ah Ideal ruin a disposition. Of 'couree there When men go to war, we look be- is such a thing as good-natured banter- yond the horror and brutishness and ing but it is seldom seen among, chile the atrocities and find the courage, dren, who are too personal to receive the loyAlty, the idealism of the fight- the attack without temper. ers. DO not youbelieie that children A child grows •into a ,responsible -when they quarrel and fight also have man or woman through hiS increasing an ideal for which they are struggl- powers 01 working and playing fairly ing? Surely they have! Beyond with Other human beings. He does the coarse struggle efol' a sack of not learn this until he has rotino: out candy or for the -front seat at the the penalties of being nfair and un - "show," there is a'principle in their generous. What he learnsi from ex - minds and they are working out a perierice, he believe in thoroughly; problem of right and justice even what he is merely fold he must believe stronger than their greed, in, he always feels doubtful about. I believe it is dangerous to make a• , Moreover what he learns for him- a, habit of settling children's quarrels self lie likes; what is taught him 'by for them, to separate them in their en- conunands from other people, he often counters. 1 believe this for the Tea- dislikes. The men and women who son that I think the education of ex- like goodness are the really good pee- pevience and the punishmett of con- isle and we should give children every sequences are the strongest Corrective! chance to find out the happless and forces we have. When we settle a the advantages of virtue, quarrel we shield our children from, I do not, say that children need 110 the consequences of their acts and guidance and no checks. But in the thereby, perhaps, make cowards of case of quarrelling and fighting-, I be - them or else headstrong men and wo- lieve harm comes of interference at the -moment when they are taking place (unless they are disturbing thc peace of the household) and that par- ents can best guide theie children a .habit to settle children's quarrels. awayafrom the quarrelsome habit by Udell black. in color. About in the center sot. this is a little pus nocket. Althongh I have been using mouth Wash prescribed by a druggist I don't seernto notice the swelling go thieve. It is about the same size as at ,first. Its troubles me mostly' when I eat. sa., Answer -eel have no desire to fri g ht en you; but0 this may be cancer, as may any growth in the mouth that nd birth marks may take on malig- clues unt get well within a week or For their removal, only the at most a fortnight. Go to a cap- xpertest advice and skill must be able physician and get thoroughly ex- amined. Yours is no case fee over-the- counter prescribing. Read the above. I am mailing you further information., Bronchitis. en who: will rush into experiences nowt counting the cost because ley have never had to pay that cost. I said it was dangerous to make it Of course, there are occasions when the influences of home where every they meet be stepped abruptly. sI member has. his or hee,Own -rights and do not believe that children should be is" taught. to yield thets same eighte his fainily and neighbors fairies and generoeely. sought. An unskillful operator (-bleu a. beauty 'doctor is such) may leave some microscopic, pOrtion of the growth, which may become the seat or focus of a future cancer. Superficial carmen as these of- the face and lips, are reasonably necognizable by pro- fessional, sight and touch and by microscopic examination. Deep seat- ed'cancers are nnich more difficult to ,deteht. Oftentimes" the only indi- cation of thorn is a fenctionel.disturb_ ance of the organ involved in the growth and perhaps also of other and associated organs. Therefere those O I am 20 years old. This fall I breke down with my nerves. L have chronic bronchitis, and have had a bad set of boils and carbuncles. I have now no desire to keep up my physical being. Answer --:Are you sure the ailment is bronchitis; better get thoroughly examined. Am mailing you infor- mation regarding boils, which are most weakening. ship to. It, will pay the producer of .0 .... svell-graded eggs to ship loss 'off where that is possible. On runner- ir"VOYN.If aus merkets there are no loss -off buy CUT 'OUT AND rou) ON' DOTTED .0..1NE$ Beware of the agent who calls a your farm' and solicits shipments promising better than' market `prices lowed to disturb the quiet of the pme and the woek and rest of older INTERNATIONAL LESSON FEBRUARY 3. LesswiY. Jesus Lord of the Sabbath -Mark 2. 13 to 3. 6. Golden O Texts Mark 2. 28. Verse 23. Grainflelds-1`Thesown lands." Not break:Mfle g a path 'rough the standing grain but following the s path through the fields, as one does in Palestine to -day. 24. 'Pharisees said -Mark's second mention of this leading, religious sect, whose nalne,."Pharisee,' "the separat- ed," indieatee their aloofness from the messes. They were known by their Peenliar garb and their ostentatious piety, -so roundly scored by the Mas - ter. A prominent element in the I • t I creed of the Pharisee was his Sabbath ..., . I law. How could Jesus and his dis- ciples be religious leaders for the Jews t I if they violated the Sabbath? On I • 1 1the sabbath day that -which is not law- s• i Cul -Not unlawful ir. itself, but unlaw-: 1 i t, Tut on the Sabbath. Reaping on the . / Sabbath was forbidden (Exod. 34. 21),!, _ 1 . but ` jewish rabbis had decided that I dip 'As A Fan -Bag Obstacle Race. To prepare the "race couree" foi this amusing contest, forma zigzag passageway abeut three feet wide by arranging tvso lines of chairs, tables benches; and other articles of furni ture. The more it witi,ds the better. i will serve the puepose. • O Blow up a -medium-sized paper bag and'tie it at the, evith string. Place the bag at the beginning of the 'eourse; then get .a palm -leaf Tau and, while one "of 'the compane- times you With a Watch, fan the bagaleng the ease -age - way to enol, You must talw 11010 'not Co allow the bag me to strike at any tithe sides or the 0017150 01 0017P051 of your per- . eine Neither should you .011001 the fan to touc'n the bag, durhig the entire effort. Shi•itild YOU. cli>mmit either of Ihtise err,ere, you lose ',‘-ente turn, The player who eevers the emiese hi the shortest,spaae thee with9et vobab big any of the i -tilos 0 the game wins 'the eraitest. sesslm "Obeetwation is the, most we'lerieg of the pleasuree of ,life.” --George Meredith I ' ciples. 25, Did ye hever reacl----He refers them to their own history for a glimpse of the larger meaning of the Sabbath. Crider 8tre5S of emergency ,„...,.. , .; that may be done whith at other times , .1.,......._. --,,, might ,110 eondemned as sacrilege, Ref mionciates a peinciple which the world easees. .....n, , eae-aes- eel has 13004.1 810W to recognize, that the in. . 444...z, ,,,,,. ..,,„.ti' ,e0-% clividdal man is 01.00001, 11)1,) any in., - 'ti. ,•;,-, ; 4**,,,,'• 4 .. • even picking a few heads of wheat and, 00 0 rubbing them ,out in the palms was eeaping, hence, the offence of tise 1/1 'FOLD .41 ,oRwAm Sister tip -toed softly 11 really wasn't fair; For. Willie ththig:111 he had 110r,s1,1rey , And only caught the ehair, not man for the sabbath -The Sabbath is vastly move than the punctilious observance of injunctions; rather is it for the highest intereets nt inan in every respect. He places men 'above institutions. Everything in state ancl church ought to serve to being the in - 28 The San boinesit.an is 1:6 11d e,,,ven I, the sabbath -He will do what he pleases on the Sabbath, lent he will not please to doanything save for the inipisteeing to the highest needs inane 1. Into the -synagogue-Jr:his' was again in Capernatim with!no definite indication of time. His hand with- ered -The text suggests that it had become so; that is. by injury or Ais- ease. Luke tells us It was the man's Tight hand. 2. Watched him -The traditional law allowed help on the Sabbath if life was in danger, but would Jesus cure this paralyzed hand an the Sabbath? , 3. Stand forth -Jesus, realized their critical attitude, but now publicly and lormally challenges it. There is to be no question of his position concerning the Sabbath and this case will deter- mine it, 4, Is it lawful sabbath day sabbaday to do good or to do harm? ---He appeais,. to their knowledge of ,the, law. -Ife is here the challenger. Matthew in- teoducee Christ's words about; the sheep Callen into 0 pit, thns Showing that it -was not contraey to the law to do a beneficent work on the Sebbath. Held their peace-Thie is peculiar to Mark. Evidently they could say no -4 thing to his challenge for he wae real- ly baelced by their traditional taw. , 5. Looked rotted about --An expres- sion tied several t,inies, by Mask, he- aleating the sweoping 0100116, the listening. eieele. With anger-- Not e7,i) passion in Line glance but a right (wee he:Ilene tion is poi eel- ly 00 05)5103)11 with holy therecter. e be angry and 8111llot is the 'NeW To e tes stittitioni" thee, men are tiot to be, 8aerifieed to: bolster up Met-ladle/1e ; • - that rigid eestrietions must give place 10) It rnotliato, contai. tbe sof- ranaa.rd 26). S'I;rel;e1i. fertle tine Iio.aling 11 , irn. , , to• the higher recluirelllOnte j)5 11)1 sled snerey, ,„ 26. House of G6 -.Tho "tea of meeting". at, ,Nob (1 Sam. 22. 191, a localibyin: the northeast of Jetmealena The showbread--The law of the thews tweed 11 1.01111)1 in 'Lev, 24 5-9, It consitited of twelve new -baked leaves placed every Sabbath 011 a table in two rotes of eix, epeinkled ,Wth 'incase and 1010 105 the weelcs 27, The sabbath wee made e or a, : aiJd' dates re.t>.0 b0r.olt.,1 n 106 (11)11' ink 00 , pare :theme ,steara 2111111 teeder A' eovereii.,pan„. .aect orie-half queries, ..epples. and 'the grated peel of 0)101 011)1)11 with eliaihni1 eupfel ol metes., sS (id ono -half capful of! 011012- p 06 detes, stnineee ihe 15111 le emir six Minutes,: end eteOe'eeld,