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The Exeter Advocate, 1918-12-26, Page 2--,17-7771 13yA4T011031103t.. This Department le for the use ot our farm readers who want the advice effl xPere on any questlen regarding Coll, seed, crop, etc. if,eeue eueetien is O suffieient general Interest, It will be answered through this column. If etamped and addreseed ertvelope le enclosed with your letter, a complete anewer will be mailed to you. Address Agronomist, care Of W11800 Fee4101412 Coe Lt., 71 Adelaide St. W. Tororito Selection For ,)eigge. !wide spread end the keel 'is forced The eeketion a the stock for egg citve.trei away give ae ifrcgnl ctehpea'Peiefy,Tli1 i•vieaii.le1,1,71i11- $° production this season is a problem as tbat requires careful eonsideration. 'bie skill as well. as pliability of the in the cities and ,towils of caned, abdominal Parts are indicative of there have been undoigedly a great heavy production. " many more ehiekeos raised than. everl Cull the fleek closely and early $o before, hut in many of the eountry as te get nun well settled before distrcts coeditions aethe direct reverse of this. ' Many farmers who., tion. The following 'ration and ie ! winter and feed a good, geuerous re- in forzner years raisecl frorn two to method of,feeding have given satis- three huntired chickens, this Year, on} faction: - account -a the ecerotty, and high ecatch feed composed of two parts price of feed have raised practically! corn, one, part feed wheat and' one none, so 'that despite the inereasect part oats, is fed in a .'deep litter production in ethe mentie loealitiee,i morning and eveaing: Dry mese o there appears to be a 'decided short- two parts bran, two parts shorts, two age ie the pellet crop, paets cornmeal, If Part gluten, half part loll cake and one part fine beef- ruline for all meat foods are causing feed: Boots, mangels preferred, or and will continue to cause ,people to sprouted oats at noon; also either illi-alepnelIhdre,dectugsa•nd Toirleecgssultwoifii this sprouted green cut bone in the proportion ofea that more ancfeemore people will want half, ,ounce per hen per day oeernoist mash; or theseentay be fed alternate - to secure.pullet for winter egg pro- ee duction, and there will be a , great wheea .e0-er milk is aveilable a sup - temptation to keep 'over anything ply is kept constantly before the and eveeething that looks like a Pelle flock and the green bone may be omit - tete. Grit, oyster shall, charcoal and The need to keep up production is beefscrap are also kept in topPers, very apparent—so apparent in fact and a supply ,of water is at hand. that not one pullet that is capable of profitable production should ') slaughtered. At the sa,rne time liet The Period of Oes.truni During Which would be Well to remember that word profitable: There will be undoubt- edly, a strong deman,d for all the new laid eggs that Can be produced, bat that is no reason: why poultrymen slieuld produce eggs if they cost more than they bring. The extremely high prices that are scrap in hoppers ail the „time. Green Unless careful culling is followed, - there, will not be profitable produc- tion. To ensure the most profitable production, birds must lay in the win- ter, pullets must be properly matur- ed before cred weather sets in. This means that chicks of the general Pur- pose breeds euch nsRocks aad Wyan- dottes should be laatell not later than May the fifteenth and Leghorns and !similar 'breeds not later than Tune the flast and only bred -to -lay strains should be used. .., :le chick which has had a set -back will never make as good a mature bird as one that has net, -se that it is not only important to get -the chicks hatched early but 'also to push them right along from tee start and get theneeineo winter quarters early. To .Breed Sows. , The, period of &estrum or heat in the sow appears in the neighborhood of every twenty-one, days, with the normal animal in good breeding' -con- dition. The ,sow remains' in heat from one tofive days. The effect of delaying the boar's services until- the period of heat is almost over, has long been a subject fine discussion with the hog -then. Such practice, it is claimed, inveriably results in larg- er litters than would be the' ease were the sow bred during the first' day.. As a physiological explanation, of the foregoing, it isdaimed that during the latter pert of the period, a much larger number , ova- are presented for fertilization by the male- element, with theeireeeleant in- crcase in the eize of theeenibryo lit- - With horses andCatele, -the gener- ally accepted- practice„ -particularly with the former class ,of stack, is te delay breeding until the -period. well advanced. :Likelihood of con- eeptiopewould thereby seem to be in - Cull the hens closely. Do not keel) creased, due, no doubt', to the fact a It of old wasters. It is that the female functions have,. had rarely- that a hen ever two years oid time to take _place properly, that the —especially in the heavier breed— female is usually more. eeeeptive to -will produce eggs profitably. male attention and alloWing a reason - In order to lay well, a. bird must able length of time to elapse after have a sound body..., It must be vig- the usual advertisement a ,oestruin. emus arid healthy. This is Indicat. With the sow the seine probability ecl by bright, clear ekes, a well -set af conception by delayed breeding is body, a comparatively active dispesi- heightened, for the foregoing ieason. tithe and a good. circulation. That a larger litter should be expect - .A laying hen uses -up the surplus ed, is by no means so sure, the claims fit in the body.: EsneciallY, it re- of many expert breeders to the con - nacres the fat from the skin so that trary-. The size, vigor, and numbers a bird ef a yellow skinned Variety of the litter may be far more cer- that has been laying heavily' will tainly controlled -by the conditien of 'Irgee-*-- laid almost ali the color out of the boar and sow at 'elle time of her sysiem. These color changes breeding.. Such, at least, wouldbe occur in the followine,s order. First, indicated ,by the results noted fienn the color goes out. of the skin around the large herd of breed sows kept' at the vent, so that it may be taken as the Experimental Farm at Ottawa. a pretty J safe guide that a bird with Here, the getteral practice Is to breed a yellow vent is not laying. on the second` day, using, veliere nee - The eye -rings, that is the inner essary, the breeding crate. During edges of the eyelids, leleach out a the winter, of 1917-18, la,oweveie sev- trifle more slowly than the vent. The eral groups of sows were bred, by earlobe:s of white -lobed birds bleach allowing a hear to run with tach- lot. out -a little rnore slowly than the eye- Besides obviating much labor, in hand - ring, so that a bleached lobe means breeding reluctant inclivicluale and a little heavier or longer production reducing to a minimum the ,number of than a bleached vent or eye -ring. "missed sows"—the size and vigor of . The tolor goes out of the beak be- the resultant, litters left little to be ginning at the base and gradually desired. disappears until it finally leaves the In brief, to the -'man who keeps nib. The lower mandible bleaghes only a few sows, and who makes use easter than the upper but. may be of a neighboring boar, breed on the used as a guide when the upper is second day, depending, of course; on obscured be horn or black. the sow'eeindivictual peculiarities. See The- 'shanks' are the slowest t`o that elle is in rising condition -not bleach out andehence inclidate a much -fat, not thin, but in fair flesh and longer period. of production than do eah-ane every day. IT the,sowe have the other parts. „e been on fall grass, use a little -grain 'After tbe hen ceases to ley the before breeding:* If the sows have eeee color comes..back in the same order, been irregular in heat, thie first to the vent, last to the shanks. to bring them in for breeding regal - A hen that has beeu laying arly and within a few da3rseet one an - has a large, „nicest, , dilated other. Use judgment in breeding vent,, and the whole' abdomen the weaned sow. If she is much rem ie so dilated that the pelvic bones are- down irom neesing her litter and • bred in this condition a few days after weaning, ea -disappointing sec- ond litter 'ten1 in meet eaiee remit. If no bear ie kept, try to select the, services of one, not too heavily used, reasonably well fed and above all, well -exercised. The thin bear, or the over -fat individual, frequently are both geteete of email litters, no matter when they f>erve the ee-tv. To the reanewho allowe lfis boar to lien with the ,sows, good results may be expected, even if the boar -bee not show rnech steiettifle lemevIedge, pro- vided the heed is well -exercised, liaised in dry quaetees end suffici- ent:1y well ted to ensure gain in weight and provitlect eurteer teat ,the sow it reeerivece temporarily, froth the group as soon as properly served. Emphasis, too, meet not; be riegleet. ed with reference to the cleeirable effect ob breeding „stock of' green feed in seal le ea and e itc e filen t foods,— Not clover, 1.1Y.er eitsi)gtg'e r, .win- ', 3 eel fere wore tit11.1' sti Phi> Pot' ;14,6 aifq,9t5;34 g furs' b*ve 4t. rid 1 1,Itno.sn'of r niktirl,Tot II )1c?", ITOitiV17tr:IiiPt%/ig.it6 Pt549itr° WI" MA , rtp n,id I, yg,rgim,i. N.PAtiirt ,11$?3,10.1. :BROS CO. 14-it,irth,t, molt riiii41-"celtAti 4,e)a AtittOtt ldt.h ,0 V'AP Ten rules, -far StleCOSS:,--- 1.---bnprove your poultry stock, - one of the ,general-pnr- pose breedS, such as the Pirmenth Ruck WYandottes, Orpington, or Rhode Island Tied. 3—Provide one, clean,. dry, vermin - free neat for every four or five hens. 4e—conclude all hatching by May 15 and eell 'or confine male ;birds during the remainder of -the, flier. , eolr- once daily during ordinary tinie, ancl tWicei daily dur- ing hot or rainy weather. eummer, place eggs as soon as gathered. in a cool, clry ' 7—Use all 'small and dirty eggs at home. • , 8:P. -Market, eggs frequently, twice a week, ifposeible, deringethe mer. -9,—In taking eggs te Meeker:, pro- tect „them from the sun's.. rays. 10.—In selling-, insist that tile transaction be on e "lose -off" basis; for, if •care has been, given the eggs, this system will yield money to the producer. , Care of House Plants. As: a rule house plants suffer most for want of light where the tempera- ture is high. , As far as possible flowering plants should have - eastern or southern window. Many plants will 'remain in a semi - dormant state in a temperature of 40 degrees for xi -tenths, with but -little light in locations where they would soon die if the temperature-wasrais- ed to 68 or 70 degree's*: Palms, rubber plants, aspidistras and other plants kept standing in the middle of rooms and in halls, entire- ly out of direct light, no matter how caeefully- eared for soon begin to show unhealthy signs and unless • . • S. • `' 3 UT OUT caiND 'flD Lieie . eaege, GO - AND:(3.0Q.W . A Tfal. DRUM' t."1.4.).0R4.5..HAT, \\X„ tIAVE..N0'..pRupt-7.0o3 .1JHAT OF1UAT. p aced' in the light nothing willesave them. Excess water must be remelted from eaueers, otherwise the, soil will become sour and the plants die: All erneoth leaved plantshould be -spong- ed to remove the dust and allow the foliage to "breathe." 0 ---- The receptive mind is one of the best gifts of God.—le. B. Ince. MOTHER -WISDOM II1I-lealth Spells Poverty and Misery: We Must Prevent It. Helen Johnson Keyes Is there something mistaken about. the methods we use in 'teaching our boys and girls health and hygiene? According to the statute' the subject must form part of the gehoee curieu. lune yet how little is really le-arneet? The truth Is, very few -children will kindle to enthusiasm over such sub-* jects-as, "how to be well," "whet are germs-?" "dean milk," "the un- spealcable,fly." We mast attaek the subeeet in a different -way if ewe want to get their interest. , Instead oe leetering to them on "How to be. Well," why not show them that ie -they want to be good- looking, bright, and c-onepetent, they meet have health; that health rr.eans popularity and power? - Let them understand that fresh air is good, for the -complexieli, that exercise gives strength and grace to 'the figure, that a geed digestion, means a clear skin, an agreeable disposition, and an ac- tive rnind. After they have been made to fed that health is worth while, because it gives power,,then we may tell them how air, exercise, and nutrition aet on the body. We have related health and health -habit to something which interests them. Almost any person, particularly et young -girl, Will resent being told that she ought to take more baths - in order to be cleaner, but if she is re- minded that -she will be prettier for frequent bathing and if the boy is told that he will play better ball for having frequent cold showers - or sponges or plunges, they will feel that 1± 18 worth While to test the sug- gestion. The girl's mind will leap to dreams of influence and admira- tion, which every normal girl desires, the boy will see himself out -stripping his matee in muscle and general capa- city. And the dreams will eoree true: Cleanliness does produce beauty and strength and when one daughters end sons have i1arne1 that this is soethen it will be the mo- ment to teach them why it is so, What the pores are 'and what they do.. III health spells poverty; if they want a bank account and the respect, of the eortimunity, they must leave the power vehich health confers. Why does the govegnment, we ,might a'sls them, distribute free medieines and treatment to maintain health Among animals? Because the sickness of animals means ertorindus loss of wealth to the nation. .Loes of health amengehumarte beings means even greater loee of wealth to the nation and, in addition, great personal suf- fering and the leurniliatien of families. The reason• why the goy- ermine/It has ,not ,enforced health among 'them ae it has etmong brutes is because „ they, are sele-g,overreng creatures, and are supposed to .1seep l:hemselvee well 'without- government intervention. - The felloveng very :ati gee s Live eable, computed ^ earth:elle by men who lia-voistudied the Tacts',' gives in dollars the 'value to ene,eethetry of an individual atteording to his age: 65-70 . If a club of11w:00e00e00 70 e given the task' of collecting the statis- tics- of deaths from preventable dis- eases in the district or 'county dur- ing a year and then of multiplying each age -gee -up by the number of deaths which have ,oceurred within it, those young peeple Wohld have a new appreciation of the commercial of health, their own ireporlanee, and the impeereance of teeir' neighbors, to: national proeperity. Health evoUld assume aetotallyenew signifieanee. A school club ee-liose. rnembees *ere set the task of , collecting certain health statistics among eethe nupils; reporting', perhaps, to a physician, would learn ,more about health "and hygiene. in one term- that ,text :books could teach -them in several terms, because they would perceive the re- lation between well-being and suc- cess. -4 ...Suppose the club made a- school census of -the following' facts: . (I) Children who breathe- through their mouths. ' (2) Children Whose appearance, habits, and way ef reading eadicate defect in eye -sight. •(3) Chilcieen „whose ears run and whose reply to eque.stione indicate fauity hearing. • - • (4) Chili -lien suffering frorri._ con- stant toothache and indigestion, (5), Ched'ren abnorenelly reselese, I nervous and unruly. . Suppose a table of comparative marks were made out between these and 'thoroughly normal children, wouldenot the result -be a new respect for health and a netridea7 of the im- portance* of it in relation to eteitly and attainments in later life? , An'honoe roll should be formed within thie club of childeen who slept_ With open windows, brushed their teeth tl,"iice a ,day, tool: bathe at least twice a week, ate lees than a certain amount of candy andedrenle a ceetaii. amount tee inilk.,, e 2 With the school spirit thus arous- ed,, the homes, and the •-eemmunity esiuld scarcely escape the -contagion of enthusiasm. ',The application of eleanlinees,to the dairy, to the stable tee refuse, teuld becomenecessaier as matters of eecial decencY and pub- licopiniqp. People' would demand - these :thinks of theie neighbereg see- ing the importance oe them to their own 'survival in healthy prosperity. Ebalili Wolelel be 'associated. in the minds of the conemunity with power and' success, ill health, with dirt; fail- ure poverty and septal disfavor. To :the hard.hearted, dirt, failure' and poverty might rei.ndm just re- pulsive or rieicelous but to the finer- epirited, they would be so pitiful as to call for 'assistance and so through sempetby, this element in. the com, multi ty w out cl,, gradually be -.relieved arid done away ' Germs would be starved becauee no filth would' re- main for ,them to :feed upon—neithee the little of deco:Ye:1g teethe/lee thee of milk from dirty stables., C,ontregie oue diseases would be iseleted, so" ehat the 'dee to the tonunimity from ill. nese should be es small as possible. This method -takes into ,aceount,the way our minds are made, requiring to see the relation of whali we, learn top;e, vra,y. ,tva live before ,the lessee bf!.`conies interesting' or sciaes ',put at- moebere elite eueeeed in making ealTiiAtiOrt, Cleanliness and *health, -interesting to our children, they til1 certainly Telt into 1it16, OOD HEALIN QIIESTION By Andrew 1e ,feurrler• MO curner win toamer i1olgned. ieittero pretnizilng. to Illealth. tf. yowl 1 (lutist/0n Is Pt Conerai Intere)4t' 'It will' bp answered, throng)* these eeiltitan%t 1,4 set, it will be ansWereci personally ifestamped, addreies.eel envelepe le ere tiosed, Dr, Currier ,will noe prescribe. for andeeldeai ertees„or mete dlagn6els. 'Address De. Andrew, F:-Dtereler, ,eare of 10V1i,40ao leubilshlee Co, 73 Adeleleee , -Et West, Toronto. „ • ' Treittnreut of Burns, fncluidin ±1 (pent and le'' -ere in connection AmtriMe Treatatent, thc barbarous Rad; diabolical iriracticeg -Lue-01).iects sought in the treat- of the 'Germans, '% ' merit of 'burns are the relleT of pain, This lias lee to Nyh&lt 1± knowx-4, as the overcoming of shock, and the re- the anibrine treatment 'of burni straining and limitation of reaction Which, -with its nrodifications hai and of congestioa and inflammation been an inestimable' boon to of, the internal _organs. , jured. , 'If burns are slight the. principal Ambrine treatment is iles'eribecl ii object seems to be to peotect -them Penhall ie Military Surgeryas in, from the irritatin the a' • traduced by Dr Borth° -de Sanfordt . g e s o a., . ,Al.per-,being. as carefully cleansed ambrine being a s,ecreL,proprietar;i as niay be possible or necessark, they Preparation co.nsisting, of parafflne,.ali should be covered with olive oil or a ae-base, combined with certain resins, M X ttire0± linebed oil and lime 'eva- , It is of a muddy brown color and ter', or thickly, Powdered wieh zinc as a dressing is 'not friable nor.elas- and bismuth. ' tic and forms a tough, Protective lay - Or when these Substances are not er to a burned suefece, It is applied aveilable a Covering of molasses, in n- atomiser and is a painless dros,s- , flour or white lead may be Used. ine even on a fresh burp.. , It is well to spread these substan- Healing under this • dressing takes ces upon gauze.or cheese -cloth and Place quickly wit,liout copixacturee then' cover' the- surface with absorb- and with soft scars, et cotton-- securely a.pplikl. ,Sollman and Bei -ter 'whose exeeri- The fluid irTih'lister-,s may be 'with- setae in, 'the treatment 0± burns ln drawn through Punctu'res but the connection with the work of Iron skin 'Must nee be broken, if possible, furnace s has been -very s, The dressing§ intist not be renewed found, ' elle, application of ordinary more frequently. than,- ,is essential melted pareeffine RS a dressing too fON cleanlinegs.and bealing ,and great Painful and 'they were eble to cone- care,must be, take in removing than Pletely obveate this by spraying the for -elle process is extremely paieeal burned ,surfaceeewith hquld Vas:eerie, and wi1i retard --healing unless done covering this' with a, film of absorb- , so as to aveid irritatien. To prevent extensive scarring and contraction „skin grafting may be re- quired in severe burns. In burns resulting frem the action of acids, alkaliee like bisrmath,or bi- carbonate of eerie, OT chalk must ,he applied a$ promo:Ay as possible. - If an acid like carbolic acid has been swallowed, plaster scraped frorn the wall or.'flour or white of egg or in it hot bath „of salt solution or milk may be used. boric acid solution without removing eauIestte ichzabkuarhe vinegar,iasbeellorpiCe s'oolueocithbyhis clothing. other Mild acid should be, used as ,an enti- ent cotton and then painting with a coat of melted paraffine.. leeen's _method of treatinge exten- sive burnsconsists in fleet giving e hypodermic of -morphine, -then a liy0 podermier-of salt solution and a hot rectaleenema of tee same -with appli- cation of heat to the feet. In hall an hear, if the patient is not reacting well, he is- to be placed The diet must be extremely shnple for a few dayseafter burns have been received' because the digestive organs are incompetent to do much Work.. Thirst is tieually intense and may 'be relieved. with, ice and, water an with sedative drugs' if necessary. The bowels must open and frequenrier. 'this ean best be does by enemata. ' ' During the war bierns were R 5-10 10-15 . , 15-20 25-80, . , • . • • 80-35 85-40. 40-45 4540 • • , 60-55 • • • 51.5.-60 60-05 ... 41,500 2,1100 , 2,500 , a,000 5,000 7,500 - 7,000 ..., • ... 1 + ,,, o : • % k 6,000 5,500 5,000 , 4,50e -, . 4,506 , .. • • , , . „ 2,000 , I50 - Winterieoftitee1HOrse. It is often eleirnee that 'the *inter caie of horses is much more import- ant than at any"other„season of the year. In spring, '..S11A2neiyand fall, 'they are 'worked every day, and are fed regularly,' 6:n4-1iberally .watered. They are clianed at regular, Inter - vale and 'the -labor in :the- open eeie tende to -keep thern healthand , =Igor- eusge In winter when team work is not needed, the horses are often nee greeted, 'seine days going-evithout be- ing cleaned, and perhaps going fee a week OT more with no more exercise than they get while being led to mete ter. . Many stables aie floe properey ventilated. Th‘air is breathed over and civer again, and becomes noxicers i11 a short time. .Under such -care and treatment leterees soon 1>eco,Tne deleilitated. ' A 'Cold stable es to -be shunned as much as a 'badly „ventilated one. Horses slayeld toe be kept in aaa•lc stable, ,or where- they eels constantly cone:pellet' to face the light.,The best way eseto have the light adinitted into the stable behind „ the horses. 'When they are not 'frequently driven or veorkee they should have 'et” eraid or field where they rnay'exercisa, The stalls should 'lie wei1.117eteted with straw, and the droppings reineved at least puce a e day. , In the winter there is no excuse, for net cleaning the horges every cley. Our experieriee has been -that r coarse brush is better them anything dee' for eemovertg dirt from the akin wieleoLit annoying the Tliereeiseetuqh diver,siter of ,opinion bs to thi bestil;,rinter fe'ed for horses. If they -are I/early grained, and also; fed hey„ they will prove costly ani- enels by spring,„„Uniess they have performed meltable weiek, duringeet portion of the' time. -*Horses that are kept fat by feeding plenty- of grain will nob prOire as efficient as. those which hae-e been kept on lees grain. , Only as mach grain shouhl be fed in winter as to keep the ani- mal in good,spirits and fair flesh. Half an hour later he -es to be placed in. a rooni at 110 degrees F., his elething removed and such dress - applied as may be eleemed suit- e Questions and Answers. C. C. R.—I have an enlargement in the -centre of my neck, but without pain.- Am I dee-eloping a goitre? AnsWee--I should think it probe able .that thie was the crtie.- Send sten:Ted' self-addressed envelope...ear rny article on this subject. matter orf ehoeirig. Every horse Own- er .sh-Ould 'nee his owiejudg-rnerre But when it- is found necessary to pro- tect the feet or to prevent the 'horse 'from slipping ,when the roads are ley, a moment should be lost to the horse properly shod. • Keep a Bee. 3 Sugar is to be short for .perhapt, several years after the war, Thers. is one way of greatly diminiehing- elm shortage. Plenty- of sweet'lies- untouched in the flowers. If • thousands of eCanadians ev,Ould begin the keeping of bees, -this country and the world Would be bet- ter off; :Ind that branch of country life is as interesting as it is valuable. RAW FURS' RAW FURS ane: GINSENG KOOT yeare-Qf 'rellatjle trading, dkeference-z--Union Bk. of C.'-iinadc. Write for Price List and 'Cage, FL LVER,st F2onal.„g2 of all kin 13ett0er dikality: pre Write for gm' STANFORTYS. 128 Mattateeld St, The ;ALI. '081 - pay Try satief ABB 310 St. Pe Refereiici )us ness .1;or ore........e.uttor...i.auswanotarafioweisurtecorficwa, Send ., ,We obseieed that horses wyll oepa y eat too much hay if given the oppor- tunity. If 'there is good cleaii oat straw it may be fed to hotses in whiter if accontpanied with.' a proper allowatiCe of grain. Tiowever, -sev- coal weeks -before :the '• opening of spring, nay sliouid.bc fed, instead of, oat straw. " While stahle 1-danketing in winter has mane advocates," e-ee have never favored the practice. elle only time eve use blankets is -after the horse roe turns heated from rt,d,rip in the cold weatee • er, oe if the aninral is sick. A horse with proper food and stabling can Withstand Mare cold with less in- convenience and ie' leee likely to take cold etiom an orni:igion to blanket while waiting On the road, tlian cristcanecl to constant blanketing in the siablr.s. relieve es et° rule to ley cloven in tl.,3 ,42fe St. Peel St. 11D 0 Ate 5AL W Get ticlnwolif.icittren and 110 t b(Iying itO 001 we Always skasure the haltest gracting the highest raarittt prieez. Qktisik returns ie. iirico list is:weil bot we gnarnnteo to hold your ricins seertreto until you accept ortoiect CIA' offer, el0 retesreeseeteeestweleetteeseneete,