HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1918-9-12, Page 3µ2j
By Agronomist•.
This Department is for the see f, our farm readers who want the advice
of an expert on any question _regarding soli,'eeed, crops, etc, If your question
is of sufficient general Iftttree,t, It will be answered through tine Column. If
'stamped and addressed envelope ie enclosed with your letter, a complete
answer will be mailed to you,. Address Apronomist, care of Wilson Publishing.
Co., Ltd., 73 Aclalaide'St, W„ Toronto.
Saving the Grain.
Oyer Government estimates that th
farmer loses three per cent. �f his
grain each Year through careless
threshing methods, and very often it
is t1 o farmer himself who is most to
blame.' Anxious to `speed up a
wearisome but very necessary job, he
forgets that the big idea is to get ass
muchgrain aspossible instead o
p . =S1i11t,
getting the work'done in the shortest
time.
While ther
1 cause,. of waste are conz-
paratively few, every precaution,
should l
u ct io taken for its prevention.
Grain threshed whetnit is tough and
damp is sure to represent a loss. It
is impossible for the separator to re-
move all the l.er�rtels, and an unbe
.1ievable amount of grain goes over
with- the 'straw. The value of the
time lost in waiting :for. the bundles
to dry will be More than made up by
the saving in grain,
A competent separator man- will
Iceep his machine `adjusted and run-
ning at the proper speed, but' he of-
ten J)ecomes careless and thinks move
• about the number of bushels going
into the'feeder than of how much
grain gets to the bin. .l+rorri long' as-
sociation many farmers understand
threshing machinery well- enough to
find out for:themselves if:everything
is working properly, and should not
neglect to see that adjustments are,
made whenever needed. I
'Where the portable elevator is used
the waste in transfering grain from
wagon. to hies is very slight. However;'
not every farm is so equipped: Shovel-'
ing grain is hardly child's play under i
the best of circumstances, and if the
man with the scoop is compelled to `
reach a high door or work in a cramp-;
ed position, not all the grain will
down the speed, which means a pro-
portionate loss in efficiency, with the
result that much grain is cstrriedi•over
into the stscl.
'Who. Roos Your Farin?
The government runs' my Teem,
and I aro quite willing to lest thein dao
so." Thus spoke a fariner whose
l , financial credit balance is represent-
" ed by six figures. He has made a
gadopting
rA 't1eC f 'reading the
G 1C and
o e in a
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results of rile government's e peri
encs on the • experimental .farms, both
Dominionand in i.' a' been
prey tial, andAh, :, b e
i rewarded handsonnely
This fartzter„was instrumental in
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forming a farmersr club in his neigh
-
boyhood.' and seuut in lectures by the
travelling representatives. of gov-
ernment agricultural departments. lietl
-tools advantage of these by 'adopting
the good points fresh each. A govern-
ment report advocated the installation
of lightning rods •on farm • buildings.
He put'them on his buildings and ad-
vised his neighbprs to do likewise,
Some of them followed his lead; oth--
ersridiculed the idea, ,one of whom
lost his ,buildings the ;following sea
son by lightning. Neither was ' he
too proud to mane arrangements_with
the tow„ 'store and ii,,,,,.., to s,,,,,a,>
haul away the manures , .from their
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thein with etra'w free that. he mlgnt they are young, they' 'are net only
learning useful occupations but at the
same time are developing their "brains'
stables and the1. 1 ' 1 1 t
s .cep lis, and
the highest p
uP o in the' very best possible way zo that
redeem e mint ` lie did •
not consider it too much trouble to so they will be`gaick to understand tile';
clean his seed that 1 11 demand
higher branches of learning at '
r s es a le could
e emanc
81.50 per bushel for his oats as more mature age
. seed,! I
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GOOJ! ilEALTH QUESTION BOX
!3pA,ndrew h, Curr•3er,
nri Currier will answer *lt,aigned letters pretaluing to .Health. ,It seat .
ilgestion is of general interest it will k)43 ansr'iveretl tbrougt; 'these co'lgmns,'
it: not, it 'will be answered personally it stamped, addressed . eleveloPo Is oa
closed. I)r, Currier wIli°'not prescribe fon individual pastes/ a larks diageoels.
address Dr. Andrew N': Currier, ears of Wilson Publishing Co,, 13 Adele/di
Bt. Went, Toronto,
The Meaning of `Ponies, fOr it xray be the means of petting
No `medicines are used -he those whoa the patient ori his feet and making
do not consult a doctor for their eine, him vwXdL
meats to Stich an extent as tonics. l This is often eeent in the use of
Many of these preparations are, not I tonics after severe sickness or suar•-
tonics as advertised but, simply mix- giral operations or. any condition in
;flares in which the principal .ingredi-' which there has been great lass of
eats is alcohol, I blood.
,But aleohol is not a tonic, it stun Tonics are often needed after pro-
elates at first and then depresses and longed exertion which, hiss exhausted
is the worst kind of a habit-forming- the vitality, after intense heat or cold,
drug. and after prolongedconfinement in an
But it is of great value in certain improperly Boated .end ventilated
conditions espeeially when it is neces- house or place of business.
sary to produce heat quickly and stir The dull and listless feeling 'which
up a fainting heart. comes in the spring Ls an indication
It cannot ,possibly be useful when for a tonic, and it is then that the
taken for weeks and months in pre- highways and byways are alive vrith
parations in which it forms 60, 60, or flaming advertisements of all sorts of-
70 per cent, i patent medicines, presumably tonics,
Such preparations surely are not to deceiye the unwary.
medicines in the proper sense of the The tuberculous weakened by sweat -
term .
weat-
ter.m. 1 ing,, cough; loss of sleep, and absorp-
A tonic is a substance which helps -tion, of "riloisotieue material need tonics,
the organs of the body to improve and those shduId be selected which
the quality of their work, the heart to will help and not delude and disap-
beat more slowly and vigorously, the point them.
lungs to expand and contract more The anaemic, • pale and weak from
forcibly,: the digestive, apparatus to poverty of blood- and impairment .of
dispose "of food more effectively, the functions require tonics and are often
sbislaintentlyto . l think more clearly and per-1gr'.atly,benefited'by them,
benefited_
Perhaps it will not do all these QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
things directly,: but if it tides one M. V, -4 --Please „inform me as F to
of them successfully this may be fol- the symptoms, cause and curability of
lowed by a successful action ineether pink eye. 2. What is your opinion of
directions. one whocannot look out from a great.
The pure air of the mourftains or elevation without a desire to leap
urehigh air
the forest is a tonic to the lungs, but down, and who starts in her sleep
while his iteighbo.r zvas getting butt 65' We know that only a small peeper- INTERNATIONAL LESSON
SEPTEMBER 15
cents. f tion offarm ehildren continues
school but the' cumber is
t- '1 d f Th rapidly increasing. I believe that
fazmer, however, has an advantage' there is no stronger reason for this Lesson X1. Winning l'lie World To
over the manufacturer in that the let- , merease than the fact that more and Christ -Matt. ; 5. 13-16; 28. 18
-20; Acte 16. 6-1.0. Golden
reach its intended- " :destination•. A he mint >a:y for laic E .ieriener If the' been developing children's brains by, 1. r
1 16. 1,5.
Matt. 5. 13-J.6
save considerable. cry facts out of. books 4s discarded in!The "Sermon -on the lienar" from
returns fulie= Warranting the outlay. ` ,
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machine is another cause of waster peediture upon the, investigation le regions and where it is discarded sonic been called the "Magna Charts"
On\a neighborhood run, where help is I lost, and, in many cases,: means ruin, • there are found the brightest, most of the -kingdom of God, for it�sets
traded back; and, forth instead of How different is the .farmer's ;poli ambitious children and the largest forth the fundamental principles of"
ter must make his own experiments; more the elementary schools .have,
blanket 011 the1 Text. t i1 zrl
ground and one from results of experiments. are saris -'teaching them through dont;. The
the grain door to the wagon will f .t old dull way -- corm/listing to. nein-'
ac orv, .then may produce financial i
Careless and, fast pitebin into the If they are unsatisfactory, _Ehe ex- i the scnoo,s of our more progressive which this selection is taken. has
gy, by
having a hired crew, more 'caro is tak tion! Canada is tasking• the experi numb .r going on into high school. the kingdom,.
en, as all the 'inert are farmers and ments for the farmer:Canadians—the
As a result of trental development Verse 13, Ye are the salt of the
remember that their own turn will be' manufacturer, the mechanic'incl through muscular training' they are : earth -What salt is to the mass of presence foods so is the of
the children' of God in a sinful world.
Salt is also essential to organized life,
and: gives taste to all that is insipid.
The gospel alone can give zest and
meaning to society. It is essential
to the life of the world.
14. Ye are the light of the world.
4 city'set on a hill—The beacon light.
is to guide men and save them from
next. But even your best neighbors
get in a 'hurry' at times, especially if
they happen to be on the tail end' of
the, ren and itelooks like, rain. A
separator will not stand crowding.
The machine is set at what is con-
sidered a fair' pitching )speed and 'at
that. speed is supposed to hajtdle the
grain properly. Overcrowding cuts
every "resideni of Canada—are paying u of energy and ambition when they
the cost of securing the ex lerience by f finish the lower grades and they seize
I l eagerly an .the more cultural studies.
which the agriculturist may; personal-,;
I 'lie the 'gainer. gA great educator says that prob-
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It is only too true, however, pianY i ably no city school can equal the good
For our farmers. negictet• to profit by the, fainn as an educator for -the mind
help thee provided. Innumerable! through the muscles. It offers a
bulletinsare lett ur:read, and the ii: -1 splendid..variety of employm_,ents, de -I
formationthey contain is not utilized. tnands accuracy and promptness;'
MOTHER -WISDOM
All Day Long the Happy Farm C bifid Leata s by Doing.
By Helen' , oh neon Keyes.
Education has a • new slogan:
"Learn by doing."
That is a way in which farm chil-
dren always have received much of
their education though neither they
nor their parents nor their teachers
have beerr�'iri the habit of calling it
education. Education has been con-
sidered something learned 'out oi' very
dull books and the "higher" it has
been the less practical use it has had.
All this is changing and .something
very odd is l happening at the same
e time.
You remember that when our little
district school began to be not rquite
what we needed for our new farm life,
we turned to the city schools and be -
gen to copy them. •Soon we found
they were not right' 'eu Ler, at least
not for our country children. Se' we
" `developed a kind' of • school al. our own,
in which arithmetic is taught •by
working out farm problems, •and Eng-
lish themes discuss the operations
which occupy us day by day, and -
chemistry uses- the kitchen and the
soil for laboratories, The oddity is
that suddenly this country idea has
taken hold of the city, end the farm.
school 'at its' best is being imitated
in the most modern of the private city
schools!
1
I do not mean that for their arith-
metic city children are taught to cal-
culate the shrinkage of, hogs, nor to
write themes about silos. That would
be as absurd although no more so
than were the.old stock -exchange and
banking problems formerly imposed
ot; farm children and the compositions
concerning the sewers of. Paris. 1'
mean that the, principle of bringing.
knowledge into touch with life and of
learning to do things which it le go-
, ing to be our part in life to do, in-
stead of only learning about things"
which have fallen to the share of oth-
ea' people to do, is making over the
city schools as it has' done the farm
schools
if `fr"'te?4 „3 ,.^ .i;, r l ..r.71i � .+•
There are two very 'solid reasons
for this; one of them is a business
reasoneand the other a scientific one
and each vital.
The business reason lies in the in-
creasing difficulty"and complexity of
life. When you compare •the busi
ness of.farming to -day with the sim-
ple occupation which it was in our
grandfathers' time; : you will under-
stand what I mean.
No one does anything more in
very small way. The whole w
is tied together in a network and
a
orld
the
threads of your. business are knotted
into the threads of other people's
businesses so that you are obliged to
take very good care . of your own
strand when you knot` it into the net.
and do it very properly or elseyouu
will disturb .the business of other
people, who,: in turn, will injure yours.
Life having become so complicated,
there is.not much time left for time-
ly thinking about things. Every'.
man, woman °and•childwmust' do things
and do them Well.
A new science has grown up in the
last: generation which 'consists of'the
study of the brain' 'and nervous sys-
tem. It has a very long name and
very delicate and complicated instru-
ments
with'which to.
wh make its discov-
\eries. ,The truths the' • learned men
establish through this new science,
are taken up by educators and put to
use in schools, and in this way many
changes 'in • methods of'`teaching have
come about.
One of these discoveries is that our
n u;selea play:an important part in the
`rewth, .of our minds. It has been
qund that those parts of the brain in
which aro seated the centres which
control our muscles lie- round those
centres which makes us think and
that sometimes the centres for mus-
cls control and for thinking are the
same.. '
This scientific revelation must be a
comfort to farm mothers. We have
realized that our chikl„ren ought to be
taught to be good farmers and. house
keepers but we have been afraid that
if- s�$ix ,sehoolq, filled up their time with
a:1 "
ngt� re and agriculture, .manual
tiiefin ilg,.and domestic science our
bo$,'s and girls wouId know nothing
eld"de. Now we hayo' been shown
that, occupied with these studies while
punishes forgetfulness, neglect and
shirking and shows definite results
from work done. This is easy to
understand. e
There are machines in use in some
.city schools which develop the same 1
muscles which housework' on the
farm does -one, fur instance, which!
repeats the exercise of scrubbing at;
the washboard; another:: which calls
into use the muscles which are exer- ,
cised in mopping up a floor. In some;
of these schools no arithmetic is;
taught out of books till the fourth
grade," Before that time it is learii-
ecLindirectly through the measuring;
and collecting of materials for mak-
ing and doing things. These opera -f
tions are only what every chilli on a4
farm grows up with, sees every one
round end does a c es .liim cif.
s
So you will see' that the, farm is
serving as, an example, a copy. fori
those elementary city schools whiclil
repzsesent the incest scientific ideas arid 1
educate toward the most scholarly,
professions. The basis of brain ds -t
velopment is now known to ,be. muscle
training and the occupations of iirni
life, whether learned in school of at
home, are being copied artificially {n;
elementary city schools because great,
educators know them to be the very
best means of producing active, effici-
ent 'minds, capable of making the
most of whatever higher culture or,
business -opportunities life may offer
in later years; They produce the kind.
of men and women who act. i=
Three cheers for the. Canadian farm!.
It is the best place in all the world
to raise great citizens. •
Be Cheerful.
It doesn't help the boys out there
To whimper that the foe'is strong,
.t doesn't lift their load of care
To avail that things are going, wrong,
It doetsn't keep their spirits high
For ns. to sit at at home and sigh .
And prophecy in manner glum
That grimn disaster's. sure to wine.
Keep eheerfull though- the tack 15 liard
And hopeful; though the days are
grim. ..'
Our own,morale We uoaw must guard,
we musthave faith when li, Y� OX hope i9
Though hearts grow hoary now and
bleed,
This be our cry: "We shall succeed!
And though disasters round us fall
Let's be courageous through them all.
"True•'cournge is not incompatible
with nervousness, and heroism does
not mean the absence of fear, lout
the conquest of it." -r --Henry. Vsr i
Dyke,
4j
danger, The city is by some thought
it also brings more oxygen to the when such a' situation is brought be -
blood and hence means better blood in fore her?
the -;digestive organs, heart, liver, Answer—l:-This disease is other-,
brain, and kidneys. . wise known as contagious conjuze-
Therefore pure air is one of the tivitis,` being an infectious condition
best and cheapest tonics to be had, of: the mucous =membrane which cov-
available to almost everybody. ers the eyes. Its principal symp-
People need tonics sometimes be- toms are swelling, redness, soreness
cause they really have some kind of and a free diseharge from the eye.
disease, and, sometimes merely be- This discharge must be removed. with
cause their machinery ism slowing greet care." very frequently, and a
dawn and needs bracing up. solution of boric acid instilled into
The tonic in the first instance may each eye, as often as the discharge is
not cure the disease, the disease niay removed. It usually gets well in the
be incurable and yet it may make the course of a week or ten days: 2—
patient feel better for a -while and I should say that such a' person should
perhaps enable him to do mech useful keep away from high places°and avoid
work before he is permanently laid every opportunity for carrying out'
by. the desire to jump.
ine disciple gives forth in his life the
light of the glory of God.
Matt. 28. 18-20
These impressive words, occur in
the last interview of Jesus with;his'
disciples. It is after his resurrec
tion ora mountain Irl Galles.
18. fall authority hath been given
unto me, in heaven and on earth—"All
power" is the reading of the old ver-
sion. The infallible King himself an-
nounces his eternal possession of the
Kingdom—a fact recorded only by
Cleaning Milking Machines.
Placing the rubber tubes and teat
cups 'of a milking machine in an anti-
, septic solution while not in use will,
keep them clean with very little trou-
ble. Salt water is often used. and
whatever solution is used should con-
tain salt because of its', preservative
effect on rubber.
Matthew. I Salt water alone is not very effec-
'to be the city of Sated which occupies 19. Make disciples: of all the 'nations tive in keeping the tubas and teat
a noble summit to the northwest of' -This accords with the commission' cups sanitary, The addition of a`
the Sea. of Galilee. given in Acts—"witnesses to the ut-' small amount of chloride of lime will
15. It •shineth unto all that are termost parts of. the earth." , The make - the brine, solution germieid-
in the house -The lamp stand in the-, implication is that they are to dis- al as well as antiseptic. The
Oriental house -was obviously the pro- 1 ciple all nations by instructing:them. I: solution that has been found
per place for. the light. There is a I Baptizing' them into the name—Jew- best is made of"eight and.one- '
fitness in having things so placed that 1 ish proselytes were baptized into the half gallons of twater, ten: pounds of
they will serve the purpose designed; name of the Father. Jesus adds the' salt and one-quarter pound of chloride
for them. A lamp under a bushel is' name, of the Son and the Holy Spirit.' of lime. is Fresh°chloride of lime
only a ridiculous perversion of : the! In the instance of baptism recorded should -be added each week to keep
uses of a lamp. Put a lamp where it' in Acts 2. 38; 8. 16; 10. 48;" 19. 5, the the solution ` at proper -strength. The.
belongs. .f name of Jesus Christ (or •the Lord; odor of chloride of lime can not be
16.. Even so let your light shine be-• Jesus) alone occurs in the baptismal detected in the milk.
fore iren—Let a Christian be placed formula, but the Promise of the Holy!'This solution has been tested just to
so that he may show forth the I Spirit is given: (2. 88) or, the, gift f , determine' what results it would give
graces of the Christian life to the best the Holy Spirit follows the rite (8.1 when used under ordinary farm condi_
s
advantagesot ta
that al1-.•
I who come with-� 17) or precedes it (10, -4 47), trans. When it was beingtested,
in the range of his influence shall 20. Teaching them to observe all l the tubes and cups were placed in the
benefit by, his character. That they things whatsoever r commanded you solution immediately after., each mills-
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May see your good works, and glorify, -The ideals of Jesus for the individ- ing, being first rinsed hi cold. water,
your Father -The good works are the eel, and for society—this' is the core while the tops were thorou hl - wash -
fruits of the life. These nien can of the message, which meant "salve-' g' y
g , ed with hot water and washing -pow -
see and appreciate: They are to tion"in its largest sense. We are der:and the pails 'sterilized with
turn men 'not to the disciple but to the slowly coming to get some glimpse of ; steam. Once a week -the tubes and'
T.oi•d. It. is the Pharisee who` does Jesus' meaning of the word which; cups were thoroughly cleaned:with
his good works to he seen of men and makes it mean.infinitely more than hot water 'containing socia, and were
to be admired of men, but the genu- the rescuing of a soul from punish -scrubbed with long brushes. The
meat. It is rather the bringing of a milk drawn from the machines con
FUNNY U N O,
CUT OUT AND FOLD. ON DOTTED Lli E5
1 man to his best in every part of his tained no more bacteria' than is found
e ; nature and bringing the evorld to the in certified milk.'
realisation of God's will as the rule
of the nations
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'ii?niii SPORT, iTS SATURDAY AGAIN ,
1'LL SHEEP THE WALK FOR i'1A,Ali9TdE[
--POGO rUsoAs0
WE'LL ()ARROW BF,0'THl R 13013'6 MMOL
AND we A TRIP -JUST ME AND YOU, Macedonia appealing for help. Ile
interprets this vision as a positive call
and immediately takes ship from
:Proal and in about three days sets'
foot upon European soil,. beginning
'ol ofthe goodnews t
the proclamation n ws ».v
P
y the Roman colony of Philippi. He was,
-- ,/ not the first chrlellan preacher irl
iinrope, for already the gospel had $
reached Rome through the Christians I
who bad by this time become scatter -
i
over the empire,
ed all
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Acts 16. 6-10
This is taken from Paul's second
missionary tour. In the first tour he
1
held started out from Antioch in com-
pany with Barnabas, and after
preaching in the Island of Cyprus
they crossed over to'the mainland of I
Asia Minor, preaching the province
A a. gin h 1
of Galatia and establishing churches
in: various places. Returning to, I
Jerusalem for a conference, they start i
,;,gut again from Antioch for a second
tour., After visiting the churches;
established during the first tour they I
press on :westward, coming finally to I I
Troas, where Paul, ever dreaming of . I
carrying the gospel to the distant!
parte, tees in a vision a man from
ri
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Yials
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eves
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Chit otic rhfibarb send -stalks when-
ever seen, and thus throw all ° the
strength into the plant, e
age.
:the.
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Fertilizers made hung
dreds of - acres' strong • 6
enough to' survive the I
bad conditions of last
winter and spring
Do what. you caaz.•'to in.
sore best wheat conditions
fogthis fall and negtrvinter', ,
sale
Rills for ,(re bulletin on Fcal
tV7aat Production
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