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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1919-5-8, Page 6By Agrouowlet This Department tet for the use of our farm readers who want the envie* of sit expert on any question regarding soil, seed, crops, to If your question le of sufficient ae:leral kiteleat, It will be answered through this column. 11 stamped and addressed envelope Is enctcse;1 with your fetter, a complete * newer will be mailed to you, Address Agronomist, care of Wilson Puttllshln Co., Ltd,, 73 Adelaide St. W., Toronto. Serve Farm Manures. which fertilizer is supplementary to Animal malrare is the only "uni- manure. It may be used to balance ✓ ernal fertiti ar" +o be had. Yet in Timely, Things About Steck.. Try a few beets, carrots, or any other root crop for the stock this year. Army horses 'averaged $280 each at an English sale not long age. The highest price paid was $408. The cream separator with its many parts, requires daily washing And scalding to keep bad odors from de- veloping, Clipping the Horses when shedding begins means comfort to the horse and may prevent overheating with resultant chills and eolie. Nothing keeps hogs well and thrifty so cheaply as good, o/d -faille the plant food ration furnished by toned eeercise. To brmg that about some poorly favored ceuntrie ma- manure. It may be used to piece out is often quite a problem. A cov- f the coo - inadequate supply of manure. In ered and well -sheltered outside yard nese nlus be u,ed a13 a fuel, and :n is line. Itaom pens come next in some section, of our own country tae,:. it may even be used to grow Y manure is :turned instead of being those crops from which more manure the order of importance. sprIs made or to replace manure by the More milk sours during April and tionsl on the a i :i. a even in lei- F May - than in hot weather, because balls where the value of manure is growing, of ;;ren manuring crops. Y appreeiate:I to re ;ere thousands of Before taking• np these several points, this is the time, more than in suns - farms where, half or more of the however, let it be clearly understood mer, when dairymen do not realize available "r:ppcy is unintentionally that the better the utie made of man- the necessity of proper cooling of "burned u r'° before the land -owner ure the ',eater the opportunity for milk. Ten ,gallons of spoiled milk gets ready to rice it as it should be the fertilizer helm:arta cost more than a half tan o. ice. used, Foot and mouth cif •ease broke out tiI lei ;he> 11ri: ;'c humus. It also i' se of Clover, Grezinire fats and in England recently. Thi- is the see • supplies plant feed. It both .•tdds and Vetches for Silage, end time within six months that the stimulate: ba ter.al life in the soil. We wish to .mpre:s up=:n the live disease has appeared there. Vetelin For one or the other of these three, „deck mel: of Eae.tern Canada the alleles and stock owners in Canada reasees, or perhaps for all three, the n'et city of miring plans to have should keep a sharp watch for the[ old lambs will not' sr ru e of marture an Land increases t'rolt' . iting:lent tins n •.ol•ogo unto avail- disease. irgrowth; and beeauee the valueoftheabiti to till ti.eir ado', iii ei- their 1) ked lalmhs sell highe-t. If doek-` t:rease produced is ps ticaliy el- carr, •ap is not up to the standerii, e{I when one weeky tlest saffer from bleeding. Hot pincers am ways greater that the east of apply-, as happ.rtd le t ee... on. 1 ink the manures, it is good businessi We, era not fur one moment wish often used for cutting off the tails, to saveand use in:inure as a fertilizer.' to discourage the raisin.:• ui corn, cis and when idled #11e searing prevents` To some fertilizer men it may seen { lord id ane ttA our must vaiunhle for- bleeding. A sharp knife can be used.; that manure is a competitor of fertil-i age crops in many section of East- Cut between the joints one inch circ icer, but this is riot ehe ease. Manage! ern Canada. Corn is also a crop that less from the body. 1 and fertilizer are ewo very different is very useful for the creaking of our The Crass taste m milk can be things. The • are- .cap ienentary, but •' fields of weeds and patting the sell,almost entirely prevented if the cows flat antagonistic. Fertilizer cannot old if ouitlw'ated p.'o;rtrl;;, in the he are al:owved to graze fur only a few" most farms fultill all the duties of haPe ;:o.sible fer the succeeding hours daily during the first few animal immure, Neither can manure; clop, weeks they are turned to pasture. furnish all of the plant food needed' Bat in Eastern ('::nada cern is verb This should be during the early part h r wast' of manure. is eranonlit. loss.; ctrun;• of the late frosts in Spring_-----�--�• i The ehances are dollars to dough -` and early frost in autumn whieh p'tt►- h t in the oar ran those farm- n nut;' Lowe! those vent its maturing auffhtlently to make; era who anew maniere ;ere to waste are the vest silagee clow ever, there a r,: placed ht yard or stable until after the evening milking is finished, when they can again beturnedto pasture for A few 'hours more. • Building Up Permanent Pastures. le • the .,ei,..on ir•ony i'lir hermore r uneecrtain in cerasin s cellons on ae of the day. Then they should be the ones whit very shortly wvill haveother crops that thrive anddu very no money with >w i:leh to buy fertil- i well 1n these` diet".rt: and that make izer. Coed pra'e::e in eoneervation the best a i citere when harvested at' and application eei manure goes hand the 'eloper tune, One of these is ours in hand with sof nd pri..•titd in the' red diver pl nt, which makes very use of fertil: >r. i pelat abae anal nutritious : i'tage. If Let tie take, Wig illustration, ai rae-r the ;first wet of t' Ove" is made about tiee all too tana;,-,oa—that of allow; the la wt of .Eine fer bay, the second; ing the manure pile to, remain loose' cutting can be utilized very nicely:' and open for weeks. even for months,; for the 441°,'an,3 another point in before epreadin<g, just as wen may favor of tieing the .second Butting for the farmer eel at torch to the pile., silage is that it is very often difficult; for just as surely will it be burned' to dry it setneientiy to make the best up and aieetroye 1, with both organic' of hay et this late season. matter and ammonia lost to the winds! Oats and vetches can also be grown, of the heaven;. The value of the in -1 very sat,essfally for silage; sow at. crease in sirup which this aright" rate of two bushels of oats of a bring is lost, and to this extent thestrongerrowing stiff straw variety; farmer is less prosperous and less' such as, Storm King or Alaska, one; able to inierove his agriculture. t peek of spring rye, and one-half; On the other hand, suppose the!bushel vetches per .fere, cut in autumn, farmer pr :lice, the simple ev:gedit'rt as soon a,e beginning to chow any„ of either• apps ii g the manure when, signs of turning. This crap can be tut with a binder or with a n.owv ing i fresh, a _ can b' done in large sec -1 be stored for ant, hireith of time, keel it coon can possible t.e e , r cutting, a i It packed and mas et,tr thus prevnntin� i it will conserve better, tions of the r in ' y, or, if it must; mac ame and raked and put into 5110 1' fie tt s! g Our experience at the Lennoxvrllei destructive heating. The cost is very) little. The :;living in humus .ie• at 1a, een t a t ere s more immense. The prevention of loss milk in clover, oats and vetches silage! of ammonia is even ::till more Pound for pound than in immature important, Tho.e farmer: who corn. Clover silage is much relished follow the last , practice ea.n' by stock and has proven very useful keep their soils alive, in goon • in conjunction with other feed for oncfitma. and in such Angie Iia to hog.. make the best possible use of fertil-; In using ,,laver or oats and vet- izer. On the other hand, those farm-" ekes for silo it is best, if possible, to ers who waste manure use their' run through cutting box and harvest fertilizer at a disadvantage, with Ioss' !,eferc the corn, as the weight of the alike to themselves and to ail those' earn oil top will cause it to settle andustries depending on agriculture! brise.ne end keep it in the best for their prosperity. icortiitiorl pod: ible.— Experimental There are a number of ways in S Farms Note. Several years ago, while visiting a large commercial poultry plant, I no`ed small roosts erected in the col-; ony hawses far birds not more than' six and eight weeks old. The poul- tryman had started to teach the; young chicks to roost, although they were hardly old enough to leave the protection of the stove brooder. Since' then I have tried to teach our chicks -1 to roost at an early age, and find that it has many advantages. After the chicks learn to roost, alit danger from overcrowding is over.l Overcrowding causes eolls, due to; the heating at night and the gaiekl chilling which follows when the! evil-- :.;r1 out on theground early] in the na*ring. After the chicks Iearn to roost it is easier to protect; them from mites and lice. Mites: may easily become established in a! brooder -house floor, and then they i are difficult to exterminate, but if the chicks are on roosts and the ,roosts are occasionally painted with! ikerosene oil or other good disinfect - ;ant it will practically eliminate the !mites, If brooder chicks are not taught .to roost after they leave the protec- ttion of the artificial heat, they will always crowd into the corners when settling down for the night, and this causes a devitalizing effect on the !weaker members of the flock. We 'often think that little chicks are ra- tther senseless in this matter of crowding, but they are simply -fol- lowing their natural instinct. Frain .the time they were hatched they have !always gone under the hen at night, • and after they get older ' theyi still :try to keep it up. With the hen gone t they crawl under each ether, eon - 1 sequently getting themselves into to small corner of their enclosure; [rand the one underneath will probab- tly smother. t ine prevent such clanger, I find that wire -mesh -covered frames made to fit the corner'. with an incline of a foot above the fioor, keeps the chicks from piling up, and allows air to circulate below the chicks that sleep on the frames. Not over three - inches above the highest part of the wire -mesh incline I place roosts, and the chicks soon get the habit of roosting. Don't Forget the Garden. Don't forget to include the home garden as one of your main lines of work the coming season. If you have not already made your pians for a garden do so at once. Select, fertilize, and prepare your ground as soon as possible. The seed supply should also be looked after and ord- ered at the earliest possible date, in order to prevent disappointments and delays in planting. See that the garden includes a good variety of vegetables, and also plant it so that it will continue to work for you and supply your table with fresh vege- tables throughout the entire -summer and fall. Too many gardens are abandoned after the first crop of vegetables is harvested in the sum- mer. Fertilizing pastures should be looked upon as a permanent invest- ment, in a class with fences and buildings, rather than a reason for expecting full pay and a profit the season they are applied, says a de- partment specialist. No system of farming maintains fertility, once in a sail, as does grazing with beef cat- tle or sheep.. There are many pas- tures which have been grazed eon- t'a usly far about fift a trs and to all appearances are better than ever now. Lime, phosphates and stable ma- nure a- nure are the materials which give the best and most lasting benefits. They are also the cheapest fertilizing substances. A liberal use of these at the start is advisable rather than small applications at frequent inter- vals. Scattering a little seed among weeds and brush is usually a waste cif time and money. The results ob- taine l are not at all comparable to those where a seed bed with fertiliza- tion has been prepared before seed- ing. Grain Bag Holder. The farmer who sacks much grain alone will welcome this.. Take an old bucket Ind -remove the bottom. Turn it upside down, slip an a hoop which is about an inch less in diarll- eter than the largest end of the bucket, and fasten the bucket to the ceiling by two wires. Slip the mouth a the bag aver the bucket and push the hoop down over it. This will hold the bag securely and the more grain you pour in the tighter it will bold it. When full raise the sack to loosen 1,. MOTHER w ES By Helen Johnson Keyes. There are same days which are home -making, asking: "Are these go - very dark for mothers, The darkest • ing to fatigue me to such an extent of them all are those when tender-` as to rob me of time and a cowman - nese and Iove disappear under cloud tender -; mind and an untired body to of temper and irritation. ! devote mytochildren? If so, are Although motherhood is divine, i they worth ore then 'What I could mothers are human! There are few, give directly to my children out of if any who do not at times lose self-' the same Amount of time and control, treat their children with un- ;strength?" due severity, nagging and scolding.! A certain variety of food is neees- Then how deep is the sorrow and how; sary to health and must be prepared; unfortunate are the results! For al -'but beyond this point, variety is usu- though it is not a vise to exaggerate ally hurtful. One kind of potato, one evil effects or to become morbid over. kind of meat, and one kind oZ pie are our shorteunings, nevertheless, such better than more kinds at one meal. days if they occur often do leave!, Clothes are promoters of self - ugly scars. • - respect and—every- one is better off The cry of the old Persian Poet' for being able to appear appropriate - finds an echo . in our discouraged' ly dressed; but unused garments in hearts: la closet merely double labor, for they O, Love, could you and I with Him •must be made over before they are conspire ! worn out. And wreek this sorry scheme of Dust, though certainly it is never things entire, !healthful or refined, is yet preferable Would we not shatter it to bits and in small quantities to temper in large the remold it Nearer to the heart's desire? That is what we all .long to do— remold the world nearer to our heart's desire. Then we should not any more be cross to our children, i for we should not have to do work, which we hate or do any' work long- er than our strength lasted—and ] crossness is born of fatigue. We could be good and gentle and, when night', came, face without humiliation, the! memory of the day which had pas-; sed. It seems altogether right to desire a world in which we could be • always gentle, always loveable and good, and influence our children to be so, too. Yet we are not permitted to shat- ter to bits the scheme of life and all that we can remold are our own habits. It is astonishing how many improvements we can make in those if, instead of accepting consequences and helplessly bewailing our faults we set about correcting our habits and thus changi.g consequences. I have spoken of temper as being born of fatigue. That is true and at first thought the fact seems a ter- rible injustice, because usually our fatigue is created by the fulfilment of our duty -or at least what we con- sider our duty. "Why is it fair," cry our outraged hearts, "to punish us for working- hard? Surely we de- serve peace and refreshment, not fatigue?" Fatigue is illogical, .for it makes us do evil as a result of hav- ing done good! It- is destructive, for it humiliates us by breeding out- bursts of temper which cause us to injure and alienate our children. Wait a minute! Are we always quite sure of the nobility of our mo- tives in working too hard? Do we not, for instance, sometimes prepare a greater variety of food than is nec- essary, impelled --let us admit it—by vanity of our cooking? Do we not sometimes wear ourselves out with an unnecessary amount of sewing, impelled by a desire to appear a little more industrious than our neighbors? As a matter of fact, excessive fatigue -fatigue . which exhausts our. nerves -is a violation of the laws of health and these lawn go on operating inex- orably, punishing us ,.for the abuse of our bodies, whether our motives are noble or not. The law has no re- ward for what- we thought was "self- sacrifice," but only chastisement for our disobedience to the laws of body and mind. Lawever acts according to law. In view of this fact, should not mothers weigh the importance of the various , acts of liouaciceeping and ! quantities! Destroy Grasshoppers. Winter wheat and clover cannot be grown, with any success, in fields overrun with grasshoppers. Cows cannot give any quantity of milk if most of their food is devoured by these pests. Bread is dependent on grain, but grain is not, plentiful where the 'hoppers abound. Improved varieties of farm. produce taste just as good to these insects as do the. common varieties. - No community can prosper when the farmer, ` the foundation of prosperity, is nearly "eaten out of house and home." The grasshopper is truly a limiting fac- toe and it must, be eliminated, The laws of health do not care whether the kitchen boor shines white but they will set your nerves on edge if you have added one too many labors to your day. Mothers! In dealing with our children we are dealing with life and death, life and death of character. The pleasures of gluttony last only for a moment; the pride of material possessions, except as these create the Joylul spirit of home, is 4<'lt;nout value; the characters of o r1 'children are eternal. - We have brought our boys and girls into this earthly life which gives them - their opportunity so to grow in strengthand purity that they shall become worthy of Heaven. Shall we neglect thifIn in order to. lay up a little more money? Shall we deny thein our companionship in order to have - mare pies for dinner? Shall we scour the darkest corner of every closet but allow to develop in our own hearts the germs of bad temper which drive our children from us? The children who have not mothers are and homes which who comrades, they enjoy, are likely to drift into evil places when they pass through those 'stormy changes which carry them from childhood into maturity. Then, when it is too late, we mourn and, perhaps, pity ourselves, because our children have "gone wrong." It is not, after all, the bottomless misery of our own wounded love which matters; it is the loss -of eter- nal life to the souls which we brought into the world and for whom we are accountable to God. Our children need us at every - age. Sometimes, it ie true, they need, most to have us let them alone, so that they can explore life and develop self- reliance; in order to know when such hours are at hand a mother must be in closest sympathy with her chil- dren's development, and when she stands aside they will be all the more conscious of her lave and ready to come back to her confidence. We - cannot be perfect. Sometimes we shall be cross and sometimes we shall nag, but let it be as seldom - as possible, for .these things jnflict a real injury. A. part of the laundry can remain unironed while we refresh our spirits and make ourselves com- panionable for our children, whose souls are immortal.. Yet is - not easy for a conscientious housekeeper to seem to neglect her "work," but when we must choose, let us put the really living work first. . a.. Sim Dr. Huber will answer all signed letters pertaining to Health, If your question is of general interest it will he answered through ,these columns; if not, it will be answered personally if stamped, eddrossed envelope is en• closed, Dr. Huber will not prescribe for individual cases or make ke diarnosis- Address Dr. John S. Huber, M.D., care of Wilson Publishing Co., 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto Retails in Infant Feeding. Almost all breast fed infants give very iittle trouble; but it requires the greatest care to avoid trouble with bottle fed infants. In those cases (much rarer than is generally considered) where infants have to be brought up on the bottle, infinite at - breath of life. it is the eomhination of oxygen with foodstuffs that make the body grow. We give the infant food at regular inter, ars, but of oxy- gen it must have a c ntinnous, twen- ty-four hour a day meal and that every day, This means the child must ever have plenty of freeh air clay and tension to detail will bring the best night. The "infant inu;t be talkers results. After we have properly pre_ into the open as early oral as much pared and proportit'uan the food and 1 as the season allows. In inclement arranged for the quantity, intervals weather the infant: should at least and number of feedings we must con- once a day, be dressed as for going g• out doors, and all the 'Windows of its sides other tllinf;s: After each bottle feeding the in- ity thrown open. font's mouth nrus+: be washed with B�' attention to such details as boiled water or boric acid solution. these failure in infant's fooling `There must be the regular daily beth often turned Lao success, by which the skin to made to fun tion properly. Questions and Answers. P p y. A moderate amount of crying should be encouraged ra- tite M. E,-1—What ii'lt€ct is the difference they than suppressed; for thus are between chronic arthritis and rheum the lungs developed. After feeding at -id arthritis? infant should be laid down; it 2 --Would a sufferer from either should not be puked up because it disease be injured by livin in a cries, but a change of position often makes it comfortable. Walking, pat- ting, rocking and bouncing an infant are undesirable procedures; they don't relieve pain and they further tire the nervous system—the infant's,. the mother's and the neighbors'. Abundant sleep at regular hours and feeding are the infant's main buss- is joint disease without wasting and ness in life. Let there be reasonable! deformity and loss of power. free play for arms and legs. The 4 every -day marvels of its suroundings are sufficient,stimuli for the infant's brain development. When we think of nourishment we seldom take into account its most important element—oxygen, the very house whit.h has sewer gas in the cellar? 3—To whom should one go to find out whether sewer gas really is pree sent in the cellar? Answer.—. -1 ---Chronic arthritis le any form of inflammation of the joint. Rheumatoid arthritis is ehran- 2. Anybody would he like'.y to suf- fer from such a condition, sewer gas being one of the most pervasive of gases. 3. To your local health officer. IIe would maize the proper tests to de- termine its presence or absence. Growing Good Tomatoes. 1 The tomato is not a hard crop tol grow, and yet there are some years' a when we have had trouble with them,; f and there are some things about> their growth that makes for more 61 certainty that are not as generally; known as might be. There is one fah lacy that has kept many from having, the best success, andthat „is .that to- matoes will not bear on rich soil. It is natural that such an idea should he formed' when certain methods have been followed, but the fault was with the methods and not the rich soil, Moving a Stove, Here is how my neighbor moved big stove alone, He made a plank rame for the range to reef upon. Underneath the frame he fitted a rol- es crosswise, just a single roller. In moving the range he simply placed the device under it and ba'iry ing it upon the roller it was moved through the yard upon the wagon over boards, and unloaded similarly. With this device one man can da more than four men lifting at the taorners.---W. E. F. Y ARD EN S. LAWNS. FLOWERS. The. fruit of tomatoes calls for an S‘,.."X-Complete evens pPeterborough, t r'On'S�vrita. Gaargt, abundance of phosphate and potash, and any lack of these elements will result in smaller fruit and less of it, while an excess of nitrogen will pro- duce a heavy vine growth. This clues not indicate that the soil should not be rich in nitrogen, but that a cor- responding amount of the other ele- ments should be provided also. For many crops, this would not be so es- sential, but it is with tomatoes. Then the use of .fresh manure the same year that the tomatoes are set will produce a very rank soft growth. Nor should any nitrogen manure be added late in the season, for the vine growth should be encouraged at the begin- ning of the season before fruit begins to ripen. There are several types of toma- toes and each has its advocates for home use. Earliana is a favorite with market gardeners. Chalk's Early Jewel ripens right up to the stem without any cracks. The Blue Stem Early or King Edward is about the finest early pink 'tomato and stands shipment remarkably well. Staking and pruning will make the fruits better and earlier, but it is up to the grower to decide whether it will pay to do it. It takes lots of time and does not increase the yield very greatly. To do it, select two or three main canes and keep all the side branches cut out, not allowing them to grow beyond where one bunch of bloom sets. The canes are uptothe stake and in good kept tied soil will grow to five or six feet in height. Wooden Ships. They are remembering forests where they grew The midnight gl3iiet and the giant dance; And all the singing summers that they knew Are haunting still their altered cir- cumstance. Leaves they have lost, and robins in the nest, Tug o£ the friendly earth denied to ships, These, and the rooted certainties; and rest— To gain a watery girdle at the hips. Only the wind that follows ever aft, They greet not as a -stranger on their njays,. But this old friend, with whom they drank and laughed, Sits in the stern and talks of other days, When they had held high bacchanalias still, Or dreamed among the stars on some tall hill. During the war 568 V.C.'s(were won in the field,, and two V.C. bars. A. total of 16,3`L9 ' decorations were conferred on the British Armies. by Allied Powers. prim' M.1LEA,THA11 Bnn.a cD Ready Hoofing, Asphalt date Shing- les, Wall Board. I3u1Idir,g Papers. Roof Paints, etc. ',Yrfte for pri.;es and samples. Save money by buying direct. McDERIVIffl BROS. ,S To oncost. 1.0?,3 Canadian Root Seed. Raised from the best stock by Aominiote Experimental Farms. SUPPLY LIMITED. Prices as follows:— i trangelff- 50 lbs. and over 55.'. lb. 200 „ 500. . 1000 " „ 45e. " 2000 .... 43c. " Swede "Taxnipr.--- 50 lbs. and over Sbrr. lb, 100 ROC. ' 500 " 75e. " 1000 " •' 730. "- Field Carrots -- 5 lbs. and over 'floc. lb. 25 .. 85c. 200 " ?Sc. Freight paid and sacks free. Net payment bank draft 50 days frons date of invoice and 5% allowed Por cash 10 days from date o1 invoice. Particulars about varieties on apple. e�tion• DR. M. O. MALT,, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa. 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