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The Exeter Advocate, 1918-8-8, Page 74a; ;an enweenarea-e.--a•-ae-eass4 INTERNATIOlaAL LESSON ' 13y AgronemIst, AUGU SI' 11, This Department is for the use of our farm readers who want tite advice of an expert on any question reuarding soli, seed, crops, etc, If your question Lessort VI. Christian fielpf airless - ;la of sufficient general' Interest, it -Will be ansavered ihrougii this oolumn. . °tamped arid addressed envelope Is enclased with your letter, a completel Luke 10. 25-37; Ga1. 6. 1-10. answer will be mailed to you. Address Agronomist, care of Vallson PoblIshIr19 Golden l'ext, Gal. 6. 2." tacj,,, 73 Aaelaide St, W., TOreritE5. \ Luke 10.30-37' , Amount of Bordeaux Needed for an the effe.et of poor see, Poor $911 c011-1 were, 80,, A certain. mare_rohs Ics, am way to ;t(11' the41,. They lie Oefore as, Ife paese Iss; on, theaolbee itIe vvoendeci man, all eswel'ed with grime and blood, arouses in the dish -qv prieet afraid ef ceremonial defilement, not phy hut disgust. He P118841S by, as many mast:her pates by the oppot- tunity of-lovieg service to s seffei.inte brother,. The priest. &Dee not, eVell come over to look at ha 1OTHER WISDOM I This scot which sweeps Awana itt Be tiladeaSi:00(1 Gi•Be a at ed. hy '' Mist 'By 3.1-felen Johnson Kesee 'y a8n2t. oIntifliekeofrmitclIlarierrei9,1:11(:"'34‘1711.,t`',,,,--11-0A ,s,,eitt..: ustptallyY0C11.o It'f1'411Cze 1117'1± '-'4.1)i'cr.'arrCli-;1,°eS'''/1.1,5i11.14 ,latbfeenntildki I. elica' r ei lle slet's ii(i'ai'lli•e's ealli'lodicem'atInIdePtlir')eg- thmes his journey with no m . eon- hood and that when the dieease ap • ' eold cni'iesitY, looks upon him s,rttiritizife,sta_ penr3 in '01111derracit:e(,:sod::9n:nig:„ i, ,1 paratioo of feet e& say uti li tha 111 ry ,zt one 4.1c ,-) ,,, 1 , ya. ue o z•ee play, isleocoodocirnie.,,,.. esAsiirld stage of tbta.11'•;,11-1ac.lhli,"ids! tion tei d of fs :coinnaunities to at': a-npoItsi-eeecliaa-- ' , peo tiori of inteeezt, The • e . that pnl.,est flti1 done , cormnon drinking ciii)('Q'n't'a-P'1°'11 their pas.t in tres clay'sreligio ' life '- - 1-4 • 1 the dangers ol1 ' . attensline t tl ' '' " l'e in Every '' through ''' ' ' e o ten- rounclof official t • Levite considered they had d . ,oing hoen.,-, frealtllisydeiasio.ntsleletit.toduitel 9110100 Canada end ' a • -' '°wets In this cot t 1 -) i.e.., ple. Mated the health a f 1' see so forth; and it has not appre- Acre, ditioas nr poor cultstral prec,tices. plication is that he was a Jew. From But outside of prescribed . 'The amount of Bordeaux needed • - ''---- I Jeruealein to .Terichos--One of til countlee-s providential oppertunitiesare constai etly ill svith 'it zuld there they had to be improved; cOnatry eon- , na tu a y so bad , peep e CrtY eonditione evere t • 11 per acre varitee with the size of the laF--Our maple shade treesare routes easievaed from 3 ertisalern to the for brotheely service. are now about 10,000 children attends ditions ;were eaturally So good they . . :. potato vines to be sprayed and the being out beck every year ebealtuse of Jordan, svinzlieg deem e steep descent. 33, 34., „.„5,_ c,..,rt.ttin Sarnariten- ing our public,. schools who will be vie- have not been safegoarded. , method of' applying, Fifty gallons will cover an acre of small plants(11"1,ev?'itriti.eA., i,svir,'•11-1r° the :e running along our roads. of four thousand feet iis eighteen miles lioundly hated 1)y the Jew as the de- tints of it before middle life unless ' Steady loss: of vseight, aceomPauied through a wild region of g beetlincliffs votee of a mongrel religion; a heretic' inore is done to pee -vent it than ever by fatigue, nervousnees and a Pale, . ''1.11 '4 Very large plants may need -1,00 gaa. Answer i -1') -ie only danger that l slialbebalkY eall.Yeiis.1. Pell among. che tile Worzt kind, who had defiled the has been done in the past. -Vet at run-down appearance, may be the fire't- ions. Seventy-five gallons per acre would occur to the shade trees \you'll '' 7 ti.i.oWe'll'is--nejwo.enti os x 1.tei nienego fa tttheen tt.irear,si, eti it3enitts pli• , , a.1.01 ‘t.seles(i••• taeller";;:i)s7 lweea1-11.1-td least 8,000 , of these children could be symptoms oftuberculosis although of -that day' on this lonely road, • Came seehterePhe wasn . on an average for each. sprae$1ng will be by eprunihg „off large limbs arid ea leaving, wounds that would . . saw him . saved by the means which we alreada. they may be accouneed for by several beaample. The number af sprayings "bleed" The same•thing has occurred in recent .. . with compassion . . eame to know and could Put into practice if other conditions.- Because an early will be varied according to the weath- severelY. If anY large liMba ba`ve, years in this -region, inhabited by Arab, him . . bound up his wounds , . parenta, teachers and communities recognition Of the disease is of Ine , er. Three may be enough during a to. be Pruned off, I 'would advise tribes, to obtain prothction from whom . set han on his own beast . . .1dvould make use of theirs. ; utmost importance for the sake of its season of light rainfall but five is a Painting the, scar immediately so as a goo See must be paid for the brought hue, to ale inn -Lest taa onel You wondm, perhaps, that I do not cure, it is best to take these caees at . -common number used when conditions to prevent the lost of sap. as far as v-eg . passing ; g Put this tesponsibaity up squarely to once to a responsible doctor eel- a 'E) ofunherrned throrneh1nothin that co ension and brother- ' • • • • • -e • • favor blight development. !possible. wish to discover the best tra,ysie.re. but content themselves fin out the pictui.e in anY WY w.e discovered which will cure tuberculo- , 'making Bordeaux amt aPPlYing it to , , . 1 .sl. --- cetain p rest was_going down tan went tile Whole length of syni-a' S1.3' Tuberculosis is not confined to t , Some things to keep in mind when; , . • with stlippmg and robbing him. 1 please, remembering that the Samari- • • ' - .• -• eha sea proper ierirlizer to use -e'en my larne . ; . a.- a.nd most of the cases which ar- lungs. It appears also ae htun , , a a a • • . rive in the doctor's hands are already hip disease aeci what is lsnewn as then. territory. Ihey do not to -clay; ly krnd-ness could do. We may 'well the doetors but no drug has ever. been thorough examination. . As it necessary to have a chemica that eeey The force of priests minie-`.pathy eelf-denial he p ness, genet - potatoes. s; ; _ 1analysis made of the . That B,arcleaux is a preve'ntive .so..117 tering at the ternpie servicee was sev-; ;Delia*, .tacl persistent kindliness. I Paased almost beyond ,cuie llealth vrbite.Ssvelting. ' In these ceases the Answer -The cliemr a iaanalygis of ,eral thearsand, many of whom resided' 811, Which now of these three, officers, sethooledoctors and ni urse:, nfection attacks the lymph .glands or and not a cute.lo be effect re e , n '- the soil tells , the total amount, of in Jericho.This man was returning thinkest thou, proved neighbor ?-The rauSt, therefore, be, applied before the' plantaooe disease gets a start. - ,_ ' and potash in the soil, -but does not :-nitrogen, phosphoric acid hoine• Right in -his road was the inference is inevitable. The lawyer wounded traveler, just as in our of -din- finds himself compelled to give • an 2. That the quantity of lime Should -distinguish between the availableaand ary comings and goings appear unfort-. answer, and only olio answer can be always be equal to. the quantity of cop- unavailable supply of: these materials unate claunonbs upon our sympathygiven. Ile that showed mercy on analysis is and help. We neeect not go out of our hirre-'lle answer is virtually forced , ta - per sulphate. An excess of lime will' in the soil. A chem'ical• do no har • • '‘' ' 't • d therefore only indicative and is not a m as long as i is not use in sufficient quantity to clog the noz- sure basis ell which to advise fertiliz- zles. , ling practices. To a former that un - i 3. Use only wooden or eartOetn derstancls chemistry, of course, it -vessels in which to 'handle the copper would be of value, but to the average sulphate. This enaterial corrodes tin man, untrained in this science, a or iron. i chemical analysis would not be of Dr. Currier will answer all signed letters pretainIng to FIealth. If Your Family ties andsaffections being what Swellings, tenderness, p'ains and , 4. , Have both the copPer sulphate particular assistance. Probably the question is of general interest it.will be answered „through these columns; they are, it is impossible to prevent stiffness in joints may be the danger and the lime dilufed before they are best way the practidal farmer can get if not, it will be answered personally if stamped, addressed envelope is en. , these first' infections, for that could signals for this form of the malady combined. If they are put together at information as to. what fertilizer , closed Dr. Currier will not prescribe for individual eases or make diagnosis, 1 Address D • A•sid ' w F. Currier, care of Wilson Publishing 3 Adelaide . be done only by'removing ell victims and should receive medical attention. when too strong, they will not stay: will pay best on his eoil is by choos- as we:a el•-•*ermieere - Co.," of the disease from their homes and If these conditions continue till de - in suspension. 1 ing a plantfood suited to make up Tle'ETHING. friends and setting them' apart in forrnity occurs, little can be done to 5. Strain everything which goes in- for the characteristic wealsnesses of ' I hospitals. As long as our sentiment relieve the patient. to the spray barrel' through a copper the soil and to meet the needs 'of the Mee: J. M. C. ----Will you pleeee ture and nerve supply, to disease, de- does not permit tills our only course The cure for all forms of tuber - GOOD IlEALTII QLItS ION BOX may do, indeed, are doing much to bones, instead of the lungs. Betsyeen prevent the spread of the disease by the ages of two and nine years chil- discavering it in its early stages and dren are very sensitive to this forts" pointing out to mothers and fathers II of infection and twenty per cent, oa the ways to cut it off at that point. those who are thus infected die.from The work of the doctors and nurses is it within a few.' years. - Enlarged to discover it; the veork of curing it tonsils end acieneide and decayed teeth must be done by -the home. are oaten breeding grounds for the Infection usually occurs -during the gerries which 'produce such f,atal re- fn•st three yeas of an infant's lifeeby sults and for-abis reason, as well as contact in the home witb a grown -Up for many others, ought never to ee- By Andrew 'Fa Currter, who is suffering frorn the disease, main. , gauze sieve with forty meshes to the crop which is being fertilized. For write an article on rafant teethingcaY and poor nutrition, local or gen- is to fight off the disease after it is culosis lies in---- inch,or two or three. thicknesses of instance, clay soils are fairly well hes eral. lalready present in its first form so It ie an old story that teething cheesecloth. !supplied in all three important plant- e, en .. ain may be accompanied as to prevent its running into the sec - 6. Do not use Bordeaux which has -.Pastels. After they 'have been farm- held responsible for multitudes with neuralgia of the head and face, and stage; or, if the second stage Sucha.p of ills in babies and eouna chillesse, s e, stood over night after being prepared. ed for sometime the nitrogen andif no mofe definite cause coud . , eontraction of the muscles which occurs,. to do our utmost to forestall ' l Do not use air -slaked lime when mak- phosphoric acid become deficient. If fo., mi. close the jaw and, in infectious cases,' the third. . 1 ing Bordeaux. ;you are` attempting to grow a good!• „ with abscess. , - I These first int/ itions which occur is many cases cml round-aooutsayingway at, I in of ,, , covered as possible after the plants need to add fertilizer high in nitrogen.a; ,n't know what ailsthe child.' • dns itionot present in subsequent life tagious. The ' -' are five or six inches tall until frost If it is grain you are fertilizing a, °- which have always tended to magnify roads, according lb' the general health first stage of tuberculosis do not or the matUrity of the erop. !medium amount of nitrogen' and Teething is a most important pro- the importance of the teething pro-' and -resisting power of the patient, convey contagion; therefore, the 8. ' To be most effective Bordeaux relatively high 'amount of phosphoric cess, but is seldom so serious amat- cess. • ' 1 his way of living and his surround- elementary school does not spread the should be applied with a pressure Of -acid With a little potash would pay; ter and so likely to produce disease An infant's nervous system is 'ex- ings. infection except through its teachers. 160 to 120 pounds. This should not, hest. ,If these crops are to bgrownas many of us have bean brought up cessively Sensitive and easily thrown The first type recovers without About three per cent. of all public • ,e ! however, discoarage growers, from. on sandy soil you must keep in mind'. to believe. • out of equilibrium; with. the, prochic- I, showing any7'symptoms of the die-- school -teachers are suffering from the using any form of sprayer which may that sandy soil is poor in all threel There is no fixed rule for the aP- don of convulsion; by causes -which; ease. Only Z test made by a physi- malady so that many, many children be available. - lof the Piantfood constituents. Hence,i pearance of the teeth, the lower ones would not disturb an older child; he clan could prove that the germ had are endangered by 'them. Of course, 9. Remember that Bordeaux is us-, a larger quantity of all three ingredi-lusually come before the upper, the -vomits his food at the elightest pro- ever been present. 1 such teachers should be retired at od to prevent blight and other fol,' ents will have to be used to give sat- 'first set between the seVenth arid -evocation; his body temperature would; The second type passes quickly on once on pensions. High schools and ' lege troubles. It will not overcome isfactory results. ,.,• i twenty-fourth months, the second be- be fatal in an adult; he reacts to to death. 7. Keep the foliage as completely crop of grass on this land you will least . eI • . In infancy, there are certain con- in infants an. • 1 -Large quantities of wholesome food, particularly milk and eggs. 2 -Long hours of sleep in fresh air. 3 -Free play in fresh air, without hard exercise or fatigue, 4 -Clean bodies, sound teeth, clear arm), are not con- breathing passages. .vel four different As we have said children in the On many farms poultry accounts Thave been entirely neglected even -when other accounts have been care- fully recorded. The result has been that the farmer has never known what his hens were doing. In some cases the flock has been a paying pro- position and ,the hens have received no credit for the work. The raising of poultry bas not been increased be- cause the amount of moneythe hens have added to the farm income has not been known. In other cases the flock has been consistently a losing proposition when the farmer has con- sidered it profitable. This has Tho Scefest nvestm Divs 54% V let ry been due to estimating the amount of food used and the return for the eggs. The estimates have been very inaccurate on some farms 'and the poultry business will be in line for reorganization. ' The time and effort required to keep poultry accounts is very small. When once the habit of entering up sales and feed bills has been formed it be- tween the sixth and twenty-first sensations of pain with perstent crying or screaming. There is no doubt that many in- fants suffer pain when- the teeth are trying to break through; hot, red ande"sevollen gums indicate this, also the rubbing of the mouth and gums with the fists, the desire to bite hard ; . Six front teeth in either jaw seize the food and cut it to four laterals; 1 it is transferred by the tongue and I teeth for partial cutting and grinding, ;while the finishing grinding and , e crushing are done by six back teeth. 1 A full set of second teeth', thus, numbess thirty-two. ' Teeth have an • I , important relation to one's leeks; 1 they aid articulation and they help comes almost an instinct to place the' greatly in determining hard and soft, hand on the record book at the first heaand cold in food. opportunity after a transaction -has t, 1 There are practically no ,third been completed. Personally, I feel teeth, and in some cases there are uncomfortable after a deal until none at any period, just as there are have had a chance to unload my mind and transfer my rough notes to the, I cases without hair. • There maY be teeth at 'b'irth or columns of the poultry account book. their eruption may be deferred inde- A complicated system of book- '; finitely, especially if, a child has keeping is not necessary -to determine rickets syphilis or thberculosis the profias ansi. losses in the poultry 1 ent business. he principal point is to record all sales or bills promptly and i then at the end of each month it -is 1 possible to quickly strike a balance; and know how the business stands.: possible to know. Due 1922;1927, 1937 PRICE 991/2 AND INT. Nosblit,,, Thomson & Company Investment Bankers, ited Meleantile Trust Bldg. Hamilton 222 St. James Street Montreal Partners who ship tifeie wool direct to us get better prices than farmers who s_ell to the general store. ASK ANY FARMER! who has sold his wobl both ways, and note what he says - or, better still, writes for ours.. . prides; they will show you/how much you lose by sellieg to the General Store. - We pay the highest prices of any firin thecouutryandurethe largest wool dealers in crusade, PrrY11,clIE re* slatted the szune day wool is eceived. 6121p us your wool to -slay -you will be snore than pleresed if you do, 121171 are assured of a square deal from us. 2 tlagiZaWlear2IMIESFIVA„ H. V. ANDREWS CHURCH ST , TORONTO Of course it is not •-• exactly how a poultry buiness stands each month because of the growing . stock which is being fed. Its value' is not' defi.nitely .known. However,1 if the receipts and expenditures are carefully recorded, it will he possible to tell the profits in the poultry basis nesS at the .end of the year and also make a report °lathe incorne that will be accurate and satisfactory. • a The dairy cow is a most important factor in winning the war. Food, we are told, is as ,necessary as munitions, and meat is one of the prime articles of feed.. , The 'beef supply of the neaa future must come solely from 'the present stock of ccears, Dairymen generally. attach not very much value to ordinary calves, but keep cows wholly for milk production, especially those dsairyinen who sell the whole milk. The steels of calves for the' conntey's beef supply will depend', largely, then, -'on the price of rnilk. If the beef supply is inereased it must be done primhily by . -mills. command- ing sufficiently high, a price as to ep- courage its produation and.the keep- ing of a Niger nutnbee" of cosvs, and then by a price .for beef that shall insure a profiC in raising the carves to beef age, A coneiderable ' pro- portion'ot the ports, too, comes from pigs -raised by dairymenll who' sei cream or butter and keep the pigs to consume' the sleimmills. It is aelnsila ted, I think, tha t pige can be grown more economically in this way that in any other So that an increase in pork supeify is dependent in large t measure on the dairy cow, e The ethics norMally worth about 20 cents, 1$ the standard coin or Russia. Delayed first teeth often have a bearing on the appearance and con- dition of the second. Wisdom teeth are frequently di- seased, deformed and sof little use. Extra teeth are possiale but are us- ually imperfect and defective. Teeth may be irregular verious ways from 'disease or mechanical conditions. , Pain is an ever possible symptom, before, durang, Or after the eruption of the teeth. It is due to their sensitive e s t-ruc- I substances, abundant flow of saliva, I restlessness. flushed cheeks, ssein 'eruption, diarrhoea, and many other evidences of disturbance. Neither isethere any doubt in these ' cases that there fg irritation of the nervous system; but many of the symptoms may be removed by ration- al procedure, scarifying the gums in 1preper cases, a dose of castor oil, ap- plications of cold, change in the food, etc., but seldom if ever by pulling out the- teeth; the teething process has rt°go I70.11g regard to the diseases which teething , was 'supposed to produce, Anost, if,not all of them, are germ diseases, with their particular and specific. cause; and, while teething may act as an irritant, increase the child's susceptibility and diminishable resisting power, it does not, in the opinion of the best modern observers, cause these; diseases. It is inconclusive, when meningitis , and teething are present, to reason !that thesformer waf-produced by the lattee. • e frailty of human nature. The weak - colleges are grerfter . sources of in - 'The third fights hard and finally re- fection as their -pupils may have pass - covers. ed into the contagious stages. The fourth appears to have recov- The preventives are well -cleaned, ered-then suddenly develops th synip- sunbathed rooms, individual washing . toms again and they prove fatal to' and drinking utensils, fresh air the child. - 1 through all parts of the buildings, ' It is rather a staange fact -that' with fewer desk studies and more there are about equal numbers of agriculture and manual work -done s ' these different kinds of cases in the out-of-doors. Sports a.nd athletics city and in the country. The rea- without too much competition and ;son is that the city 'has overcome its' strain, are excellent. natural ,disadvantages by means ofl Every community ought to enlist health laws, housing laws, milk pas-1in the army which must •fight to de- teurization, sanitary public baths,' stroy tuberculosis. Write, asking drinking fountains, school inspection,' for information, to your Provincial ,!playgrounds _and othen wise precau- Board of Health and to your Prov - tions. lincial Board of Education. From The countrY, possessing all the ad- these sources you will receive help in ;vantages of pure ,air, fresh food and, organizing 101.1'r community, for a war limitless space for play, has neglect-1against the destructive army of the I .ed them. It has often shut its sun- "great white plague." Every svoman light out of houses and schools, has should enlist! crisis enlarge the opportunity. We from him. We may imagine his very are not merely to wait until the acca- tones as he says, "I suppose he that stem occurs; we are to seek occasion showed mercy on him." - would to do good. • not defile his lips by saying "Smari- tan" but alludes to him as "he." Go, and do thou likewise --Thus go down The White Plague. all walls of separation between men. • Too Strong , emphazis cannot be ' Neighborhood is coextensive with hus placed on the statement made by Mrs. inanity. No consideration of race or Keyes in her authoritative article on condition or religion must separate this page, nitenely, that on the home me from thaneedy world. e and the home alone rests the great - Gal. 6. 1 2 9 10 , 1 3 , est burden of responsibility for the ' Verse 1. If a man- be overtaken an esoe of tuberculosis. Doctors ' and any trespass -Some sin due to the nurses can diagr.ose and advise lent patzo omutp4w CUT OUT AND FOLD ON DOTTED OLO !SAC ti W111110 .1 reSt 115 11177 .A.sPislogS Will take 'Hifi; Ent he'll itever catch that brill Dle0$ you. fold and vatic f as Mrs. Keyes rightly says "no drug ness of men makes it possible or even those who profass to follow Christ to fall into sm. When this is. the case, what are we to do -cast them1 out or lift them up? Ye who are spiritual, restore. such a one -Paul elsewhere exhorts the church to "ad- monish the disorderly, encourage the faintheartedeesupport the weals, be longsuffering toward all." To re- store a sinning brother -is to convert "a sinner, from the error of his way" and "Cover a multitude of sins." "Ye who are spiritual" are the proper per- sons to uncleetake • this restoration.' Looking to thyselfalest thou also b; tempted -The possibility of a shnilaa: , temptation and a similar fall may well temper the judgment with charity, • 2. Bear ye' one another's burdens,' and so fulfil the law of Christ -It is the law of love which should regulate the relations of Chrigtian disciples. "We that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak and not to pi ease ourseiVeS” is the milinetion given in the Roman letter (Rona 15).i Thd ideal chuects is Where mutual heir); is the prevailing spirit. .1 0. Let us not be weary in well -do -1 ing-The spirit of helpfulness must continue as long WI life itself, for as, long a8 We live we shall be related to, those about us anti shall have obliga- tions of service and incrcy. In due, season we shalt reap, if we faint not ---1 Sometimete in unexpected ways the harvest comes. It may be years be - ion the feuitage appears71 is our; business to sow the .eeects of love and mercy and kindnees. 10. Sc 'then . • let us work that j which is good toward wa have opportishity, And, every day has its oppornnity. . Special times of r has ever been discovered which evill cure tuberculosis." It is a fact, unpleasant to face but one that rnust be brought home to all mothers if our children are to be saved, that thousands of cases of tub- erculosis have ended fatally because parents ith er paid too little atten- tion to colds and coughs, loss of, weight, nervousness, paleness and de- ' bility, or else mistakenly tried to re- trieve them by giving the children advertised cough remedies mid so- called "tonics." As .the cure of the individual riO- tim of this plague rests with borne treatment so the health of the com- munity rests with the commimity self. To And out -why the disease is present, and then vigorously to re- move the cause or change -wrong con- ditions of living -this is our holy duty. Don't try to keep house without a small can of leeensene. It helps in a • dozen ways: clean bathtubs, leash's, windoW glass, etc., and is excellent to put on furniture dusters. A little kerosene added to t,he water 'with svhich linoleum is washed helps to preserve the floor covering, besides giving it a polish. Boxes, chests,' 'bureau drawers, well dusted svith it, are immune to nitoths, A squep of cheesecloth dampened with kerosene 1711115 (55 is goad &174t:1E18S duster. Pla ere it in is covered tin box for twenty - lour haul's. By that time tho oil will be evenly distributed.