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"Blue Lights" in Dairying
We have been accustomed to speak
of the "blue lights" in stock breeding,
meaning thereby how to attain the
highest merit in the individual's
career. In dairying there are two
ways of obtaining high potential
value in the young breeding herd.
Of course, thereare really three
ways, but only two are practical for
the breeder of small means. The.
breeder who has considerable money
to start with often goes into the dairy
cattle business, not because he needs
the money, but because he either `van to
a pastime or wants to leave some
monument for himself which is very
enduring and it is true that there is
no. more enduring monument than to
establish a superb herd of dairy
animals because with such an .estab-
lishment it is a fact that many of
these animals will become a matter of
history and their offspring will march
down through the ages as long as
dairy cattle• are kept, which will be as
long as the civilization of man is in
the progressive phase. One of the
quickest ways to attain the blue with
the breeding herd is to buy a bull with
individuality and excellent breeding
that may be placed at the head of the
herd. It has been said by old breed-
ers who realize the value of quality in
the products they have to sell, that a
man can put as much into a herd head-
er as the combined value of all his
cows. This advice is given out by so
many good breeders of proven ability
that the young breeder can do no-
thing better than to take the advice
at its face value and invest in a bull
whose quality cannot be questioned,
Another way which is some slower
but just as effective, however, is for
two or three breeders to combine and
take the very best caws orheifers
they have, at least two, and send
them to a bull of unquestioned super-
iority for breeding. It is true that
the service fees are sometimes very
high, but this way of getting extra
fine: individuals- is much less ` expen-
sive than to try to buy males with
the breeding and individuality that
the young stock will have Of comae,
the idea in sending these cows away
is to secure, if possible, a male that
can be placed at the heed of noth
herds and the sending of two cows, will
in three times out of every four make.
it possible to secure the male. These
two methods of securing extra good
stock to eentinne operations with are
both of them practical and have re-
ceived the sanctionaof a number of
practical ;breeders.
There area good many registered
scrubs in breeding herds all over the
country and I have observed that the
man who keeps only registered` stuff
is not likely to show progress mate-
rially better than the man who keeps
only good grade stuff. It is not en-
ough to keep stuff that" is registered,
FARM FIRE -PROTECTION
By D. Williamson
Well, you saved the barn, any-
way," I said, consolingly.
"Yes—by sheer good luck," grunted
the owner of Maple Grove Farm, pick-
ing a derated ire pail from the cin-
ders, "The wind happened to be
blowing the other way.; that was all,"
"Couldn't you get a fire stream on
it? I thought you had a good water -
supply.
"I thought 'so, too. I had a pres-
sure -tank in the pit under my shop,
and a gravity -tank over it, on a high
iron tower. But the fire ^ started in
the shop, and burst through the roof
before we discovered it. 'In two mi -
mites the iron •supports of the tower
were red hot and crumpled up—there
the thing lies." '; He pointed to what
looked like a blackened, tangled
framework of a wrecked Zeppelin.
course, when the tower -tank fell,
it landed onthe pressure -tank, smash-
ing the valves off that; my gasoline
engine and pump were in the shop,
too; the fire -buckets had been carried
it is imperative to keep the best of off to slop the hogs -and there you
registered stuff. The surplus animals
produced from a herd kept on this
basis are always in demand while the
surplus animals from a herd kept on
the basis of registry alone very often
drug and even opiate the market.
Many people say, "If your registered
stuff' is all like that, quality grade l
stuff "is plenty good enough for me
and I would much rather have it." In
this way the market for pedigree
animals is usually discounted for th
Boor registered breeders by the good
grade breeders.
It is necessary sooner or later in
order to have one's efforts crowned
with success to get into the blue by
securing a fine individual to place at
the head of the breeding establish
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d
e
in the ground. The pumping -engine
ought to have been in a 'small, isolat-
ed building. . And so on.
In these war time days a farm fire
is as much a national calamity as the
destruction of a munitions or a ship-
_
,,,Now, all this isn't .an argument
ag'a'inst fire protection; precisely the,
opposite. My friend did not have a
good fire system; and so he lost sev-
eral thousand dollars' worth of farm
buildings, with all their ° oontenbs. Iron
is far less fire -proof than stout tim-
bers; it bends like wax, when hot, and
should never be used for a tank -tow-
er, unless set away off by itself. The
pressure -tank should have been -buried
ment. Progress secured through in-
troduction of high-class females is
pretty likely to be slow, 'especially:. if
the herdheader is , not in the same
class with the females that are
brought in. Nothing is truer than
that the herd header is the index to
the value of the herd and this being
true, one of superior quality must be
secured either by outright purchase
or indirectly by sending. the cream of
the females to a superior bull and de-
pending upon getting a son of this
bull as a herd header. Either one. of
the'last two schemes are practical but
the last one is the least expensive of
the two and is probably best fitted for
use among small breeders of small
finances, especially if there are two or
more living in close proximity to each
other.
The horse's stomach is small, there-
fore if . it is to eat but three . times
daily, and has a large amount of labor
to perform, his food should be concen-
trated. The amount of roughage the
horse is able to take depends largely
upon custom. However, "better results
will be secured and the animal win.
keep healthier and last longer if er
omitted to eat lightly of roughage and
liberally of grain.
But what grain shall we feed? This
is an important question, and the an-
swer will depend upon circumstances.
If we have oats we mayas well feed
them, if we are fortunate enough to
possess corn and have no oats we need
not buy them to mix with the corn in
order to make a suitable ration. The
old notion that a horse must have oats
in order to do his beat work must go,
because there are a number of careful
experiments which prove that if the
horse is fed either ear corn or. oats in
equal quantities there will be ractic-
ally no difference in results. p
The ration adapted to the needs of
the horse differs from that required
by the cow. The cow must make
milk from her ration and to do this
requires a Targe amount of protein.
Protein builds the body, and carbohyd-
rates furnish heat and energy. The
waste of the body of the horse must be
repaired and some protein is needed,.
but the great demand is for food that
will furnish energy. This is where,.,
seri -excels. Barley will practically
take the place of corn. Wheat bran.
maybe given in small quantities with
either of these grains.., with good re-
sults.
Flower seeds, particularly annuals,
are cheap and a beauthfulflowergar-
den may be had at a trifling cost by
purchasing a few packets of seeds of
annuals and sowing them now in well
prepared beds in the open ground.
Farmers who ship their wool
direct to us get better prices
than learners who sell to the
geberal store,
S Aoki &FARMER 4
ways, and tote what he says—.
wool both
ways,
better still, write us for our
prices ; they will show you how
niucb you lose by selling to the
General Store,
in we pay the Het est pried or any drat
asele eau nteanada, rtee lartcyttyre-
'nitted the sauce clay 21le a 1s i•e-
ship va your wool o wool .y l ewin ae
more than pleased is yea do, and are
5sstired oR a square deal /rein Us. 2
V. ANOREIN$
6 CHURCH s7., Ihtliattsarata
HAV
Every hog that is killed, in transit,
due to overcrowding or mishandling
means a loss, at present prices, o
probably :more than $30 to the shippe
as well as a waste of meat needed b
the nation. Mortality in transit o
after arrival at the central market can
be lessened greatly in hot weather by
the practice of the following siinaIe
precautions on the part bf shippers
and dealers:
1. Whenhogs are .very hot, during
or after a. drive, never pour cold wa-
ter over their backs.
2. Before loading, clean out each
car, and bed it withsand which, dur-
ing dry, hot weather, should be wet-
ted down thoroughly. Hogs in tran-
sit during the night only are not so
likely to be lost from overheating as
are the animals shipped in the day-
time. With day shipments in hot
weather it is highly advisable to sus-
pend burlap sacks of ice from the ceil-
ing in various parts of the car in order
to reduce the temperature: and "incid-
entally, to sprinkle the animals with
cool water. The ice sometimes is
placed in sacks on the floor, btit`the
animals are likely to pile and crowd
around the cakes so that only those
close to the ice are benefiter. The ice
should be sufficient to last to the des-
tination.
3. Do not overload. Crowding hogs
in a car during warm weather is a
prolific source of mortality.
4. The feeding of corn, because of
its heating effect, before and during
shipment in hot weather should be re-
duced to a minimum: Oats are pre-
ferable where a grain feed is neces-
sary. The maximum maintenance!
requirement of hogs in transit` for
twenty-four hours is one pound of
grain a hundredweight, or approxim-
ately three-bushels
pproxim-atelythreebushels of corn to a car.
Plowing with a Tractor.
building plant; and it's a patriotic
duty for ail of us to protect our farm.
buildings more carefully than we have .;
been doing,
Common whitewash, with a little
salt added, makes the best possible
fireproof paint, Did„ you know that?
In a large, connected mass of farm
buildings, fire partitions can be run
up, so that a fire can be kept from
spreading. These partitions should
of course cut right through the roofs
and frame walls, and can be made of
brick, cement block, hollow tile or
metal lath plastered with cement. All
doors through such partitions must be
tightly :covered with tin on both sides.
Fire -extinguishers are good things
to have handy.
If you 'have a water; system it
should keep head enough to throw a
good stream against the highest point
of any building. A pressure at the
ground of -thirty pounds will shoot the
water about forty feet in the air, us-
ing two-andaa-half-inch fire hose.
If you have only the ordinary gar-
den hose, a very much greater pres-
sure is necessary; the concern you
buy your water -tank from will figure
it all out for you.
But the best possible fire protection
is a "sprinkler system"; there are
dozens of ; good sorts on the maa•]cot,
and practically every factory, large
or small, is equipped; with one.
Then, there are all sorts of things
you can do to keep fires from starting.
When I visit an old farmhouse I "al-
ways examine the chimneys very
carefully; nine times out of ten I find
gaping holes right through the brick-
work, ju'st under the roof! And:. then
there's the danger of spontaneous
combustion from greasy rags; the
danger from lightning, etc.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON
Lesson XII. Jesus Triumphant Over
Death—Mark 16. 1-20. Golden
Text, I Cor. 15. 20.
Verse;.1. When the Sabbath was past
—This was after sunset on Saturday,
for the Sabbath ended at sundown.
Mary Magdalene, and Mary the moth-
er of James, and Salome -Luke
speaks generally of the women who
had come with him out of Galilee (23.
55). They were present at a distance
when the body was laid in the tomb.
As the burial took place late Friday,
before the commencement of the Sab-
bath (sundown), and the care of the
body was not completed, on account
of the 'Sabbath, the women returned
as soon as the Sabbath was over to
complete the final preparation. Bought
t spices -Aromatic herbs and ointments
f i for the embalment. This . was un -
r1 like the Egyptian embalment, for no
y incisions were made and only the sur-
, face was cared for.
'2. Very early, the first day of the
week -Our Sunday. The time is
carefully noted by all .theevangelists
and is to the effect : that Saturday
night was just dying out and the first
streaks of'dawn' were rising on the
darkness .
3. Who shall roll us away the stone
-They do not seem to know that the
authorities have sealed the tomb. The
expression "roll"''away" literally is
"roll up and back," since the circular
flat stone was rolled up and back into
an inclined groove and would have to
be wedged so that et' would not roll
down again. This is the character of
such a stone seen by the writer in a
tomb near. Jerusalem.
4. Looking up—While they were
walking along and talking, they look
ed; up toward the tonib and were
amazedeto see that the stone was roll-
ed away. Mark says nothing of the
earthquake or that an angel had rolled
away the stone, as Metthew records
(28. 2)`.
5. Entering into the tomb—Luke
agrees with Mark that the women en-
tered the; tomb and that'they found
not the body of Jesus. Some of the
rock -cut tombs in the vicinity of
After I had been plowing with a
tractor for a while, I noticed that I
was not finishing up the corners of
my fields in very good shape.
Of course I plowed the main part, of
my field by lands, but I was leaving
a good-sized headland, and when the
strip on each side of the field was
the same width as the headlands, I
plowed around the field, throwing the
dirt in toward the plowed field.
At first I would plow up to the cor-
ner while making these rounds, raise
ney plow as soon as I .had them even
with the last furrow,'turn around,.
and drop thein on a line with the :fur-
row' last plowed, and so on around the
field, just as Jf bad been used to dceng
with a team and sulky plow.
Dy plowing a short distance past
the last furrow on the corner I found '.
thrut 1 Was 'able to make corners with
no triangles of, unplowed land as had
previously been the/trouble,•--.If.II,O,
Jerusalem may be easily entered by a'
-person standing erect. The burial.
niches are in, lateral chambers in
many places.
6. He is risen; he is not here—The
resurrection is here stated as an ac-
complished fact. It has been. suggest-
ed that the "young man" may have
been no other than Jesus himself, in-
distinctly seen in the dimly lighted
sepulcher by the women,:who as yet
had no thought of the possibility of a
resurrection. Behold, the place where
they laid him—There were no:human
witnesses to the resurrection but evi-
dences all around that the event had.
taken place. The place was empty.
The body gone. There were no evi-
dences of a violent removal. Every-
thing was in order.
7. Go, tell his disciples and Peter
—There was no time to linger in
:transport over the amazing fact.
They had a message to give:to the
stricken disciples, sin their darkness
and perplexity. It is Mark only who
adds "and Peter." This is a special-
ly ,tender touch, that to the disciple
broken by his ,on. denial and by the
death of his loved Master the early
announcement of the resurrection
should' be made. It is. also. significant
that this injunction to tell Peter is re-
corded by Mark the interpreter of
Peter. He' goeth before 'you"into
Galilee -This was to remind them of
his promise to meet them in Galilee -
the scene of his glorious ministry.
But they had doubtless, In the confu-
sion of the last days, forgotten that
perplexing statement, "After I am.
raised up, I will go before'. you into
Galilee." (Mark 14. 28.)
8. And they went out, and.fled
from the tomb—True to nature. The
whole account is artless, honest, and
strong. Trembling. and astonishment
had come upon them -Matthew- (28.
8) tells us that this first impression
of terror and mental confusion gave
place gradually to other feelings so'
that they ran` to. bring the 'disciples
word.
It is maintained by biblical scholars
that the following verses (9-20) form
no _part of the original Mark Gospel,
but that they are of 'a very ancient
date and trustworthy material, added
to the Gospel soon after the original
draft. was composed.
9. He appeared to Mary -Mark
alone ` mentions that the first person
to whom Jesus appeared was Mary.
She first ran to tell Peter, then re-
turned, to the tomb to receive the
manifestation here recorded.
10. Told them that' had been with
CUT OUT AND FOLD ON DOTTED ,L1Bi1:5
Willie went to father's den,
Took the racket &man and then•--
Little reeestl ft tot his nerve,
soar htatl she'll 4'M1 ready—Serve,"
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GOOD HEALTH QUESTION BOX
By Andrew F. Currier, M.D.
Dr. Currier will answer all signed letters pertaining to Health. If yogi
question is of general interest it will be answered through these columns;
if sot, it will be answered personally if stamped, addressed envelope es en-
closed, Dr. Currier will not prescribe for individual cases or make diagnosis.
Address Dr. Andrew F. Currier, care of Wilson Publishing Co., 73 Adelaide'
St. West, Toronto.
M. E. -Will you please expla
nerve trouble? How does it affect a
person? Does it affect the heart?
Answer—Nervousness may be an
evidence of diseased organs and tis-
sues; or 'that the payehie part of the
individual, the will, desires, emotions,
senses, are out of joint and have gone
on, strike.
This term is dear to the heart of
those who are nervous, and few of
them would be willing to give it up for
any other.
With doctors the condition is known
under such terms as nervous excite-
ment, neurasthenia, hysteria and
hypochondria.
It isperhaps best expressed by the
"nervous nervous excitement.
Nervousness from real disease, or
from an impending event of serious
ness and great importance, is easily
understood, and it would be a rare
person who did not suffer from ner-
vous excitement under such conditions,
even if he did not cry out and make
a great time about it.
Again, a child with scarlet fever,
with parched mouth and heated body,
with unbalanced mind and uncontroll-
able restlessness, may have his ner-
vousness or nervous excitement as 'a
direct produot of disease.
Or a child of high-strung parents.
and excitable temperament is denied a
toy, dr compelled to go to bed when
he prefers to sit up, whereupon he
cries and stamps his feet or breaks
dishes or throws :thingsat his moth-
er's' head.
This, also isnervous excitement or
nervousness, but has no direct rela-
tion to disease.;
Or a :woman cries or laughs im-
moderately perhaps .over trifles, or is
unable to keep quiet or has a fore-
boding of evil, scolds, or finds fault
continually, and we are compelled to
say this woman : is laboring under
strong nervous excitement or simply
that she is hysterical.
? When nervousness proceeds- from
disease, we must cure, the 'causative
disease to get ridof the nervousness,
and we cannot prevent it except as we
prevent the exciting cause.
It may be an .indication of insanity
and show that mind and body require
certain remedies, whether they are
suitable hygiene or food or medicines.
When nervousness is ' unassociated'
with disease, the great thing is to
train the will; to determine persistent-
ly not to give ;way until victory or
death results.
Such a task is -all theharder, if the
will was not brought under some mea-
sure of control: in early life.
Nervousness may come to anybody,
but it is far more common in women
and children than in men.
It is less common in women who
work hard, day by day, than in those
who have been brought ap in luxury
and idleness and who spend their time
criefrivolity br in tasks which are of no
consequence.
Children have it so often that it be-
comes a reflectionon their bad in-
heritance or their bad bringing up.
The patent medicine makers deluge
the market with all sorts of nostrums
for nervousness. w ;,
Gve them as wide a berta aa pos-
sible; they are very apt to" make
in things -worse and give you a drug
habit, besides.
Asafoetida is not a plea§ant smell-
ing drug, but a five grain pill will
often cure an attack of nerves, and 1
never heard of its forming an asafoet-
ida -habit.
Useful, also, are infusions of chamo-
mile'
pennyroyal, catnip,- and other
herb teas. dear to our grandmothers.
It would be well if we went ° back
to these :harmless remedies, gathering
and drying herbs as our forebears
did, and substitute them for the whole
array of patent medicines.
Neurasthenia, called by foreigners
the American sickness,: is not a. dis-
ease at all, strictly speaking, but only
a collection of very uncomfortable
symptoms, though it often leads to
real diseases or may accompany them,
It was first brought to notice by Dr,
George. M. Beard in 1860.
It belongs to the intense period of
life, particularly in men, is essential-
ly nerve; exhaustion and is thought to
be due to a deficiency of oxygen in the
blood. A neurasthenic is always tired,
always afraid something terrible is
go to happen. Everything fatigues
him or makes him dizzy` or gives him,
a headache, and he is unable to con-
centrate his mind upon anything apart
from his own misery. Frequently he
looks well except for a constantly
anxious expression, and he may have
fits of uncontrollable trembling. He
is :'forgetful and irritable, troubled
with'inacmn.+.a, or if he sleeps. has bad
dreams. His skin tingles, he has
flashes of heat, his extremities are
cold, his heart is weak and palpitates
uncomfortably, his arteries throb, his
vision -is bad, his ears ring and he is
annoyed subjectively by, unpleasant
tastes and smells. His digestive ap-
paratus is constantly upset and he is
always on the lookout for some.new
ache or ail.
Many causes may contribute to this
condition which is based upon a1
weak nervous system. Among them
are worry, grief, intense hurry to get
rich, excesses of all kinds, atmosph-
eric extremes, and unhealthful occupa-
tions. Indoor work favors it, and
nervous, highly organized people are
especially sensitive to it. It may last
indefinitely but it never kills except
as it leads up to some fatal disease.
A change in surroundings may be al]
that is necessary to throw it off. Too
often the will power is insufficient to
fight it successfully.
,The only medicines which are suit-
able in treating it are cathartics to re-
gulate the bowels, and simple tonics,
One who has it should breathe deeply,
stay out of doors as much as`possible,
exercise moderately, sleep as much as
possible • by day as well as by night
and eat only simple food. Massage,
baths, and sunlight are all helpful,
Cheerful company,; wholesale amuse-
ment, and change and ;occupation are
useful measures of treatment. One
should neither ridicule nor pamper a
neurasthenic; he is really sick, but
not bo sick as hethinks he is. A good
doctor or nurse who can win his con- -
fidence and guide him intelligently
and kindly will serve as the best pos-
sible tonic for restoring his debilitated
nerves.
him' as they mourned and wept—This
discloses the condition of the discon-
solate group of disciples in their ex-
treme diatress.
11. When they heard . . dis-
believed—It seemed utterly impos-
sible. Nothing was further removed
from their thoughts. ' It was only
after the most convincing and irre-
fragible proof that they; subsequently
preached that he was risen from the
dead.
Do You Guess ear Know?
Ona maty says that one reason many
farteers aro not more prosperous is
hscause'they have the habit of ietiees-
leg about matt;erg of which they,
el1Qulet have positive knowledge, Ile
says many a farmer "p'frotlsea, at
rvc'ryth.Ing-- :t the to:nnago of his hay
crop, never :tvoxirately known unless
Tray 4s :z 14; at the ros(; o1 fcneingrr
stone 'p d.znie, plrawirlg, ouitivattlnN,
tnii'fur..4 ,`rp�°�t,rdiaag, and the (Mona if'
,fertilizer used .one eeivhn lielde; al, the
t3xnrarint he. ftfafi goat of ted ;pct^ cow,.
and at the `vieJ ):1of rrlllh r d;Urnrsl; al;
the acreage devoted to certain crops,
and at the expense of time and cash,
`suchcrops represent; at the cost 6f
equipment, repairs, and at theextent
and actual value of stock, and tools • at
annual periods. To such a farmer's
mind an accurate inventory of pro-
perty is only useful as preparation
for an auction sale, and to debit and
credit the crops he raises, 0 for pur-
poses of comparison and study, he
considers a waste of time, plus fool.
ishness."
Farming is a businessand the only
way to make an'assured success in
is to conduct it on the same business,'
principles known to be successful'`hs
other lines. One must learn to do
his work "conspicuously well" and
know that he is doing it at a profit. '