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The Exeter Advocate, 1919-1-9, Page 2By Agronomist. Tide Department Weer the use Qt our farm readers who aaant the advice of an expert cn ams questicn regarding, solt, seed, crops etc. if your question le ef &efficient eeneral Interest, It will be answered thii-ough this columfl. lt etereped and addreased envelope Is encloaed with your letter, a comelett answer wilt be mailed to you. Address Agronomist, cars of Wilson Publishing Coe lade 73 Adelaide et We Toronte. Bea -elm -plug Tie Young Dairy Aninialslbest caretakers report w.ecellent re - The cell is the fandemental faen suits from the use a about one table - tor in cattle breeding. sueeees An spoonful of soluble blood meet mixed /Failure with a herd ie dependent Upori with each feed served to keep the securing a liaing calf. lusty with the h°wels of the calves in good condi. luherited merit* of ite aneestors. Thei, and since it is a, comparatively earo and eievelopmene of the calf are• nlexPensive feed a wider use of it on more important than a knowledge of:breeding farms might be profitable. pedigree in blending the bloodlirtee.1 Yowler animals •that axe being de - Net enly the inerease • but the aeasyeloped for breeding .purpoees should provemeae a the herd depends upon! not he closely housed aad pampere& the ealf. If there is not ampie pro -h, A strwrg ragged he3fer je the vieion made for the reception a the•basis of suceess in producing well y.ang-ster arid the tater care and den eee.opea cows and tons for that harvest. Sugae was Selling in Spain a montle ago tet Xl.`07.11 cents to 20. cents a pound. And Spain was neutval. In Austria it was from 30 cents to 54 cente a pound, when proearable, while in Turkey,' just before her capitulation leader emaehing blows in Palestine and Me- sopotamia, auger was selling, or at least was tpleted, at from $1,70 to $5 a pound. These figures eliow g•lobee wide shortage. -------ee Pedigreed Seed. When seed grain is advertised as pedigreed seed, it should mean two things; first, that the eecord of that particular strain is known from its -origin; second, that it is rib in the qualities that males it superior to other seleetioua a the same sort. In order that the term pedigreed, may have the proper significance to those who wish to purchase seed grain a high quality, the foilowiug outline given of the essential rae- thods, in the primary selection wok of pedigreed varieties or etrains of grain. 'Before seed grain ean be termed pedigeeed it must be de - *tact:. should be given as nennh h t d the seended front a single plant- that velepment, then po wisdom in thelYeUlrg P peee - ef red grce. seeth ea-eel:eat with a, healthy growth and nor- honno5,--, eon :saw the heed gran p-; mai developraent. Ry close stall 'feed- ing into ol•aivion. mg it is possible to obtain greater gletered !growth during. the firat year but it is Ilundaale hreedore oe re, w . • , t a queetiun whether or liot this method • e dand . outdoor life end exercise as is consist-. pa-ea:awn. plant must have been a* supexior plant to others a its Rand and must have had the ability to tranemit the high yield ad the de- eirable characters for which it has' been eeleeted. This superiority eau ... =etas in soneh and equipment, howin .ends to make. the Animals more su,s- only be deterunned b careful obser- . e faile.1 eiynply beeause they had not: cePtL.we to disease and common- an- ration at the time oithe fueet seiee. the gereptioa to eeeare the servieet0 Trinit'-'• The ealf that is well fed Emu; o ef geed care talzere or were unwillingi alloued to run outside a few weeks to tfinr1:etancoubilyiti:nrr with Ud tuhtest ilieparelu en‘ tllot ThcraIve; to give vigilant. wateldul-, grow and devehat strong mantes and other stainilard varieties. Also, thie raga and daily atteniien to ea'' e and I a vigorous constitution is capable or selected stra!xi pallet be watelied close- at-eil, Some neglect ta isrlug stinebint,anitklua. better gaine from theemeunt. 15,-. daring the multiplicatioa period vael fresh :air to the calvee; .otheral el grain •and roughage eausauleufor the appeuranee of false heeds or ;tun% ale= pees are, entd haus tow than one that has been kept inside the breaking up of the variety. This 3TAuch trouble. qome 'VP feed morel during .. e ... , a„. a . • is the esseatial work in the propaga- Early'mt.`ehing better lieeess t:a veering, cent. more per pound for them, as a T means better the sumnaer and fall months • - • - '' * * I than the teilf can diteesia others win' \linen eattle beeome so refined in type tion of pedigreed seed and unless et ehielcs, , le 1 rule the edible portion really co t • . let the calf. "nough- i'•';' The general, and pleasipg to the eye that the rug- has been seinete' d In accord:awe with higher prices for surpais coc -ere s , y . s s Next to the family trade conies the appearanee 0 tno eels tens a atery I ged life a ontaors is denied them, the above methods, the word pe(11-'old as broilers, mature pullets in less, The neat, attractive pathege is hotel and restaurant trade, which also whieli the geed caretaker ean inter, c.iestr..u..etive. diexaeeti in,,Tease with the greed should not be used. l the fail that will lay -mere eggs der - First appearance *a tequires a producer close enough that pret eeltli neon peereeptieti and axoild Vo-t`Wied turProvemeitt. It is well Apart from those wl ' inc.' e lti -- th • d I • ' ' Produce can be sh:uped or delivered troune Getting a, geed stert an; enough to azelet aature in caring for ed with experiment station% there are el' roasters and enllans i" the heli'' 10 are assoetata • a 0 'nea - ei., en algae, pomp- good investment, goes a long way in determining the frequently at not too high a cost, ideal zeal man but few men in Coralds who have the day markets. It aleo means greater Price of eggs and dreesed poultry, There are good rAotailers in every Next would come the retail stare. noive..ere i-.„ it mare irnateettelet than in *flea sete eature's ways aside. The facilities and the knewleeige essential use from incubators and brooders and The person who will take the trouble ' town looking for pr.odticers whe will imptrtant -T, .F.,WYry UnavrtZ.,Ing, &mu` Stav%, but in his iniegn i the Life of a ealf that ie 0=Peeted te fat, comely heifer contentedly thew- to perform the primary selection better labor distribution by putting' to make a neat box or crate and hese make a etnare an an ireeetmeut until ince her cud in a warm, richly beddea work in the pe.oduction of pedigreed the hatching and eare of the small' it tastily addreesed and marked, wilin suPPle- eggs regularty eaeh week the expeeee tlee morits of the beved astall, suerounded with every comfort' thick: ehe d a the rush of spring in all lacellhood, have something good year round at several cents per doz- Right eure• and prapar nreereatione 1 wattle her owner can thinlz of, may h • a: •13iarting however, o Ain pedigreedeeed and ' • to put into it. en above the average egg price. A difference of only a few cents .1. .. grain. Ane observant person ''' cann s ' a •aenea. Few relay can:es tile are eon% i not have the productive ability or the by the amintenance of a , seed plot . It ie. very difficult to break hens of Really good produce is sometimes ami the loes :s great ivrearee of the I reprothictive ueefulnees of the mod- and the careful rogueina out of the the egg eating habit. Various tne- sold for lees than it is worth beceuee-Lper dozen makes a large. diene inveettneet in the Are and dam and,: eratly ileehed, rough coated calf that etaes heeds and chance impuritiee, a thole, sada as filling an egg shell it 15 Packed in unattractive packages. in the income when 7everal fowls are the long perid in embryo life; but; h. netlee about the pasture for a Uv- preserve the purity and quality o'e , with red pelMes• placing a china egg . It is the not package that will help •kept. For example, one farmar even talvee :het are born strong dol nig. Sun, air and grass are needed bis sod grain that it may continue in the nest, ote., have been tried, but sell the eontents every time. There- • keeping one hundred hen e from which. not always enntinue to theire for the On seeuring that superb vigor which to rank as pedigreed seed. As the with very little success. This habit fore, it is good business to have pro- ' he gets ten donn eggs .eazh year, may take the wholesale prier. or he may simpfe reason that roma painetaking: immunizes animate from disose. It, production of pedigreed strains and l is started because of the lack of ani- dace not only of the best quality it - caretaker does net look after them' is alevnye better to practice safe and varieties is practically confined to mai food, or aceidently a hen breaks self, but packed in ',containers that send them to one of the other mar - vice a deer to discern the slightest , sane methods ef growing young stock I the various ern mon mom= • . e ti ' D 1 • and p • • il an egg in getting out of the rtest and will indicate the prime quality et kets and get a premium of five cents on a dozen. Five cente an each indication that health and growth are! than to go to extremes. Expeniment Stations, any so called, thereby establishes the habit, How- eanteuts• not ae they ehould be. The sire with i During the -first three weeks of the ' pedigreed seed that dame not trace' ever, if the hens gef, plenty of beef The ordinary packages in Which dozen means fifty cents per hen or $50 pedigree and individual merit has; calf's life from four to six quarts of back to these sources, or is riot re-! scraps, or tour milk and are kept busy, eggs are shipped to market are not per year for the flock, 'which is practi- only the calf. teres hi,; value; the !whole milk per day divided. into three, gistered' in the Canadian Seed GTONV-1during the day, they are not as likely! always attractive, The outside is aoliY elear gain, the result of good ' t t t ' e and noted for tier ' feeds will give good results.. There- er's As • t'' h ld t b soma Ion s ou no • e pur- to begin such a habit. frequently dirty, lacks neatness and business methods, uniformly geed ft th ' ora a hen or is too often more or less flimsy. Even quality and honest dealings. FUNNY. MIDI/MS COT OUT MDT0 DOTTED LINES ONCE -WHEN. MY Militia EYE WA)UIBT Hrt 14Mil. Mill ALL II MIGHT. HOME RUN I HEAR() THE 130YS AlL511OUT VUT 805 WASLTRIO. AND CAUGIIT NE Our PROFITS IN PREPARING POULTRY PRODUCTS By Eerie W. Gage Putting the finishing toieee on a mroduct before offering it for sale yields the farmer the greatest retUrn of any labor. ' This lack of "finial)." is nowhere so clearly seen as In our poultry products as shipped to mar- ket. To prove that producers de not put the care they should on their poultry products before offering them for sale, one may visit any market and. he will find that a large proportion a the poultry and eggs exposed for sale exhibits a Acarelessuess that no other business could stand. Good farmers who follow a systerxiatic crop rota- tion, -who conserve all the available moisture an the soil, who never mar- ket other live stock except in a finish- two hundred .mfies from the mama ed cond:tion, seem to forget all their station to the consumer. One can busineee principles wben poultry and be miles distant and yet, be elate en - eggs are being disposed of, and think ough. Many farmers who consider only of getting rid et them in the themselves out of reach of the best quickest and easiest way poeeible. markets may be nearer than they The tine it takes to prepare pro- think - In sneh dace before it is shipped from the a little co - what is being sold, be it breeding ideaL tlie sT, eo:ut ehee ir r e apno position fillslateooc;r1,.1:1:iotsratare:ni Iii:ga.ferli.eggs,setl:ig'vfarm orNo udmrneatsitlst eeidrt h is. the fewer ie should middlemen in between, the higher will ie in the best possible conaition, be his prices, but the greater will be aetially is this true when produce ie Tthheelheabsort apnadyei4Pen$ela/botInmeraslIett°11sga. Well -finished broilers or roastera *ho a" Willing to pay from five to intended for table use. cost less per pound to the producer twenty —are the private families who watt cents above the market price and they are nitich More palatable to willing t° pay 'f°r•it• Ma" atten- tion than holding them until they matiare, It is a &ma plan to be near your market. °This, however, is a rela- tive term and does not always mean. near in Alie sense (if dietaace. Some people one hundred miles from the market are really nearer than others. within ten miles, in that it does not eoet much to deliver and the pro- duce arrives in better - Distance from =erica should 1)e considered, not in milea, but in dui°, condition, and expense in getting produce from the farm to the market. Two miles of rough country Toad. from the farmer to the railroad. sta- tion may be a greater distance than than those that are poorly fie:abed, the best of everything and who are the consumer, Though he may have tion must be given to this class, how - Pay from twenty-five to fifty per ever, and all producers are not so situated that they can eater to it. excellence, is a disannolniment if she , after sitim-milk, grain feeds and hay' chased as sada without careful in- 17 eeei though the contents of such pack- , faiis to produce a good, lusty ealf. I may be profitably fed until the young.' quiry into its origain. two in the flock which do this ages are of higa quality they do not On many farms where whole mina' i ster is Six months old. Skim-milki Pedigreed seed bears the same re- structive work and by carefully is sold the use of prepared ealf feeds I should play an important part in the lotion to the grain growing industry watehing one can pick' them out and bring the price they ehould because has been found profitable. It seldom1diet of the eat one cannot afford. as pedigreed breeds bear to the live get rid of them. of the unattractive container. pays, however, to depend upon these to omit skim -milk entirely, although stock industry, and its use as noes- ' eThe best size package for ordinary .----.... ,, . 'without ,doubt, the substitute foods until the calves are prepared calf foods may be used to, very if a grower desires to main- "It is blessed to give; blessed is shipments lat from four to five weeks old, and then1 supplement a scant supply, When the tain the yield, purity and quality of he of whom it is said that he so loved thirty -dozen case. For private or special shipments, packages to hold to use them merely as a supplement calf is three months old silage maY his grain.—Experimental Farms giving that he was glad to give his to the skim-railk and hey ration. At be fed once a day while at six months Notes. life."—Donald Hankey. the leading experimental farms it has, of age it will make good use of two n been found that the use of skim -milk feeds of silage each day. As early or powdered milk is necessary to en- as possible grain should be intro - able tbe calf to ri.ke efficient use of duced into the calf ration. One-half these prepared i4a, ads, It has been a pound a day of a mixture made up deraonetrated that "the addition of of equal parts of cornmeal, wheat protein, such as the albumen of slink or the proteins of meat helped out -wonderfully in making the proteins in bran, ground. oats, with the hulls re- moved, and half a part of linseed Ea meal constitute an excellent calf ra- • •••••.+ GOOD HEALTH QUESTION BOX • Ey Andrew r Curreer, Dr. Currier will answer ali signed' letters pretalning to Health. H yoe2 estion • ot general latereat ft will be answered through these column*/ zot.'it 11411 be answered- personally It stamped. addressed envelope Is ens oiled 1)r Currier will not prescribe for individual cases or make diagnoslA the tereals more easily digested. This tion. The skim -milk and grain ra- Address Dr. Andrew F. Currier. care of Wilson Publishing Co. e undoubtedly explains the great value tion should be continued after the gt West. Toronto. _ of a feed like alb:a-milk or soluble calves are turned out to pasture, un- . blood meal in supplying the de- less grass is unusually good and they Cold In the Head. vent a complicating grippe or bron- fleiencies in grain feeds and prepared are old enough to maintain growth The influenza, or by courtesy, the chide. mixtures as well as promoting the and flesh condition without additional Spanish influenza, was so recently health of the calves. Some of the feed. with us, (indeed is still here and will . I remain a long time through the 1 sequels that have come out of it) two years the eight -hand man in that it seems hardly fair to begin a feeding Belgium, and who is now talk about colds in the head. touring Europe, ,says that the losses And yet those disagreeable visi- . in cattle in France and Italy are titer of carbolized vaseline or menthol therefore; cockerels that were large very serious. Not only are meat salve: I enough to be marketed at this time of a tants are alvvays with us; summer and milk directly affected, but - in and winter, more abundant in win- Also at bedtime take a hot mustard, the year were sold they would COM - t • than in summer and with vary- egree y an wear ong woollen draught purposes, and the areas inte Food Control Corner There is not a scrap more food ill the world because peace—"white- winged peace"—has come back. Those lands with plenty, as Canada, will, in reality, be obligated by a dictate! Which can be ploughed. next Year are of humanitarian honor, to send stilt likely to be greatly reduced by the retire of their sufficiency overseas. absence of beasts to draw the plough I'Leaving out the enemy countries-- and harrow. and Apparently they have been so battered' and starved, and their ' spirits so depressed by an unvarying ration for four years, that they are bordering desperation and starva- tion—there are anything up to 150,- 000,000 people who will have to be helped over the interval until the next harvest. Even then, possibly, the normalizing of food plants and of food animals may not be complete. Out of our existing stores we were able to keep our Allies so marvel- lously well fed that none of them were reduced to the state of depres- sed, dejected national spirit which plainly contributed to the utter de- bacle of the mice great German Em- pire. None the less, the Allied home sep- plies have during the war been great- ly eaten into, and their grain fields have been much red -aced. Dr. Vernon Kellogg, who was for Grow Rosea. Everyone ehould celebrate the re- newal of peace by planting Reses, they will grow anywhere in Canada if a little attention is given them; curiously while Roses imported from our Allies, and neutral eountries twelve, fifteen, or as low as ark dozen bloom for a season or two, it is the eggs may be made, as the customer Roses of England, that flourish and 'wishes. It is an advantage to make these packages all uniform in size, or half-stze, so that in placing them into the car or buggy, they fit in square and fill up the space. Instead of placing his stock on the market during two months of the year, or at the season when there is an over -abundance, which means poor prices, the farmer should arrange to The constant rule for cooking fish distribete his produce over more of is to submit it to iiitense heat at fist the twelve months than he does, . so as to sear the outside and keep tbe For instance, instead of keeping juice 'within. Then the tempera - It there is fever -add lialf a grain the spring chickens all summer long tures should be lowered, until the fish of phenacetine to each dose and at and marketing them in the fall, some is thoroughly done. When the flesh bed time take half a teaspoonful of of them, at least, may be marketed flakes, the fish is entirely cooked. aromatic spirit of ammonia and the throughout the season as broilers. same quantity of spirits of nitre in Broilers bring 'IMO to tbree times as HIRAM JOHNSON, LTD. bloom from year to year. British Roses in British soil. ---... The value of a farm may be sub- stantially increased by adding to the. knowledge of the manager. The world is full of willing people.; some are willing to work, others aro willing to let them. two tablespoonfuls of water. Rub Within the nose a small quan- much per pound in May and June as they bring as roasters in the fall. If these lands oxen are largely used for d • • water foot bath, dry the feet care- mend, in most cases, as much per bird s of misery accompanvine fun d 1stockings them. We speak of "catching" cold as if in bed. If constipated, take a laxative pill very materially lesganed. The same there were something infectious " or Seidlitz powder the next lemming. obtains with hens. Hens that have contagious about it and there Preltt If there are cough and expectora- completed their second laying winter ti e but not always . th ether medicines give and have passed thrcnigh the breeding as they would bring if kept until fall, and the cost of production would be The, Highest Pelee IN. -RAW FURS to us, no matter what quantity. We pay ethe itighoet price, also express chargee. Try onee waft you are enured of eatiefattion, ABNEY FUR COMPANY 310 $t. Paul W. Montreal, PA. Reference: Beak o oceeleers, 8t. elenre. te eeeirtese ter 30 veer e.eeeeeeeeeepeeeeeeeeeeereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet Then as to cereals, the International ably is some me . tions stop e • e Agricultural Institute has declared One catches cold by contact with a teaspoonful of syrup of hypophos- season should b e marketed a soon that the production of wheat in Italy, somebody who has it, or -by exposure plitte of ammonium every two hours as the breeding season is over, rath- while greater than it was last near, to the influence of certain irritating and wear for an hour or two at a, er than held until fall. Ilene -in time the Robinson inhaling mask, in-" June bring from fifty to one hundred haling equal parte oabeechwood creo- , per cent. more than in the .fall, and sote, spirit of chloroform, and a -1,0°a' when marketed in June oreltily do not hol. . • - come into competition with the cock: Paint the chest with compound, ereiS which are marketed as roasters tincture of iodine and wear an elecH in October and November. The rea- trie pad at night if there is pain" int son that the old hens bring a lower the chest. price in the fall is due to the fact If the cold is attended .with cough, that people do -not want them when fever and pain in the -chest the 'vapor they can get chickens, but, if the same of creosote may be inhaled from a hens are marketed in the spring when croup -kettle or if this odor is ebjecal there are no 'fresh roasters, the de- tionable it rnay be modified by adding mend is -good and the prices in pro - compound tincture of benzoin or the portion to the demand. M1 of pine. I The same may be said of other Is below the -average for the years before the war. Spain, Great Brie tain'Italy, Luxemburg, Switzerland, Ginacla, 'United States, India, Japan, Egypt, and Tunis (a list whieh, with the exception of Russia, Argentina and Southern Australia, ,comprises all the chief wheat -producing coun- tries) show an increase of only 8 per cent. above the average for five years, 191246, these including two year of war. That 8 per cent. will make but a poor showing even to feed the Rus- eian people, much less help in raising the general level of wheat supply for the better nourishment of x-nilliorts and millions of Allies. • Rye, however, in the six chief. germs, but one catches cold just as effectually, at any rate with the same symptoms, by exposure to pungent. gases' or to draughts of air or to cold and wet. The symptoms are familiar enough, a paroxysm of "sneezing, watery dis- ebarge from the eyes and nose, swell- ing, of the nasal.. mucus membrane, and necessity of mouth breathing, difficulty in sleeping on account of general discomfort. This' continues two or three days and then if there are no complica- tions the discharge ditninishes, it is no leaser watery but mucous, the breathing becomes less troublesome, the general condition improves and cotmtries, shows an tn3eease of 50 after A few days the afflicted person per cent, over the average for the seems tO be ae well as ever. same pemod, and barley an.. utereas•e It is not always easy to know how . of nearly 7 per cent. Oats show drop of, roughly, 15 Der cent. ler the stane five-year period, and (maize) corn in Spain, Switzerland, Canada arid the United States altogether is estimated to show a diminution of about 3 ner cent. Linseed, now more largely used than ever for ani- mal fee& and highly important for its esseneial oils for human cell:amp- to treat a cold and I take the liberty of describing the method used by a de'at• old medical friend, Dr. Beverly Robinson of Ne' York who has had more experience in public and pra vate practice than comes to the lot the sanie ae before the operation, , o'f most -doctors- Answer—I should think it poseilje When sneezing, e•bellinesst and that the child had ,adenoids in the cough- first appear give to an adult bade of her thi.ont anti nese, and that 5 to 1ara 0 ins of salicylate of am- if you would take her to a skilful hasececiesed a tion, dt least re 4e) per - e cexit. , enia and half a pel'am of caffein in specialipt in. nose and throat diseases,' a sules every two hours four or five he 'would be able ee, deterrnine, upori Sugar, boat production, in all tie oe-,-nP ' ' ' EtrepeJ ee.utitriee, al t, etaiLct Ger_ tunes. _ examination, just where the trouble many and Anetria, has tivoepee scrota If this does riot break- up the cold is and to do such an °aeration would The diet should be very moderate,- lines of poultry, especially ducks. and it may be entirely liquid during Green ducks, that is, ducks, that have that forty-eight hours. I just eomeleted their first coat of If there is great -weakness a suit- able alcoholic stimulant may be given if relief has not been obtained with het coffQeueeon asntidtseaa.nd Answers Olive E. --Five weeks age my little girl had her tensi1e. removed and each morning her nose is filled up and there -is blood upon her pillow, just it -probabl etorten it .and pre- gave rel'.ef. 8 500 000 toes iri 1914-15 to 4,408 000 a. feathers, should be marketed at that time rather than be kept until late fall. In an experiment recently con- ducted With sixty-five yeurtg ducks, it was found that' when sbld ae green ducks, -at 'ten and a halt weeks of age, they brought on the local merket about two hundred per cent. more than it cost to feed -them or in other • words, they cost tor feed $20 and ate ten and a half weeks of age they brought- $60. Similar ducks that were kept 'until fall and Were seld ducks are usually .,sold did . not pay for the cost, of feed. • Large produce . . 'dealers claim , that theyecannot get a aufficient quantity . of , green ducks and are advising people ,to sell their ducks , at -from ten to eleven weeks The oldest established Raw Fur Dealers lelontreal HIGHEST MARKET PRICES PAID Satisfaction guaranteed to shippers 410 St.Paml St.West, Montreal MERRYWEATHER'S ENGLISH EOSES sell orders received before Febru- ary ist will be delivered about April 1st. Catalogues free on. application to M. A. 13RUSH 24-26 Wellington St. west -,PHONE M.3480 - TORONTO • '7'..-,A;afiza•-• Send your, fir 4213 St' Ps I St. ,West MONTREAL Heinz. Manufacturers and not buying to re. sell we always assure the fairest grading and the highest market prices. Quick returnsi No price list issued but we guarantee to ' hold your sttins separate.until you accept or reject our offer. ^ Go