The Exeter Advocate, 1919-5-29, Page 6.444„
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By Agronomist.
Thia papartment la for the use of our farm readers who want the advice
n? an exPert on nay question regnrding soil, seed, eroere eto. If your question
is of sufficient cameral interest, it win be answered through this column. if
etamped and addressed envelope is enclosed with your lettea a complete
answer will ba mailed to you. Address Agronomist, care of Wilson Pubilching
Co., Led., 73 Adelaide $t W. Toronto.
Making work nteetn for the most by• harvesting •corn with hogs. In this
Some farmers Dem a ram, awe waY they needed no help to pick the
work on it. Others, own a farm and' eorn. And the. method isn't waste-
ful, either. I have tried it, and I defy
manage it. The /atter works just as
nyoee to And an ear of corn left in
enuelt it..e the former, but in a differ-
ent way. He tveris his head along ‘Ie field after hogging des".
Headwork is just as necessary to
with his hands. He &-'1t get up,
thnn 'haies a farm it
at tour oaneek th morning mst
is to tile man who sits at a derk and:
bth
eietuse at is the thee all farmers
runs a. ral:rood, You must map out,
are peed erewl oti.t. He gets
your Eno of work, and then gather,
up bevause he knows that to keep
about you help that will efficeentlYt
thitates running imeotitly he must be
carry out your piens.
on the job. Te get the most efficient
labor from the wn he employes het
Control Tometo Dieeaeee.
must not only direet teem, telling;
them wha•t to do ana how to do itn A itnnv."k'dge af preeautionary
but !te alee then: it neeeesary to weak ineaeures to avoid erop diseases is
wish them :Ind -.eke the kad in Joins, highan
ly importt to tomato growers.
the werk. Thie miglit not be feasibre Tomatoes are subject to many dis-
lerge rateltso pnintatiens where eaees any one of which may be sut-
tee atnp mnt nth, tht hhhatett, nut, fleieatly serious to ruin the entire
en forms like yea and I know t erop, or at least to preelude the possit
it is zi rensety 6ti pletn. bitty of making a prefit on the sea-
serde work
nee er work. ahead and then r•
'tt. e •
1,:est seed obtainable; free
the wart:. If you ear. eheindiseus;.,,
if possible,
pnle ;veer farm w rk and direct yeuri
leeth so at. a's Choose seedbed soil not previous
eet. more done the thel h,„ used -ur
a
arereee, n t ere the man who; 11 erowing tomatoes or re-
1.-eten crops; or, better still. a soil
vet! etteel pey mere then the ay.:
eterilir.ed w'th steam or formalin.
eretto watres te -ter hele. Coed farm
aee ae, fer that :natter, is' Sr' phints !n the seedbed raid in
the t
f va°' h a e eoo,
fungivide, such
Boraelux mixtnre. Apply tlior-
lit:de :nose then the caner fellow, you;
toughly :Mout every ten days. For
gt:t. ;Ian van tent.
enrat had, in the sciedbed use the 3-4-
!-'•'!•'i evertything handY h0 Bordeaux formula,
re'. eat -tee feral so as o increasing the
t
make it' streagth to 4-4-30 or hail -D0 for field,
eenee tie the wart:. hrelsen or
straying. The stranger field con-.
hea.t-'oeret'ne antee that is imp e;eeteateen is preferable only in con-.
1('"t ef time intne., trolling enriv blight or aust Spray-,
tinrtY water,lin the field ma.y not be neeessare
•
eneet. hot are tired. means that one ,
or r -ere te the men roue: spend e,on- Keara in (heel: the various inseets
at rork on the plants. Title may he.
anne tei.ree (71 +he Temp hantile, eatze 1,,4 ;aminet every fifty gallons
ard •rianneene forgot td a.• &win:aux mixtera a half pint of
„ nnat I in e r 1s r:/'14;'. Leaf e4inand one pound of •
date er‘ en. b"" •- 7 `",t' arser.ite or keel arsenate. If ,
ree aeo te,:p the ti g ones ,prmIng is not practiced, duet the.
een•ea skint with a mixture of tobacco
n-teate hove mind siimel"rainy- dust. eine areenite or lead arsenate,'
nay" telis. ette ean't remember and flowers of sulphur.
tiate. pa: theta dewn in a hoela An Where plants nae likely to suffer
•,riPnt la tightening up or re- by tireught some means for irrigat-
eaearg a meet:new may save a ten- ing obould be provided. If this is
hear .;'at• :f i %reeks down in the impractieable, eilant and cultivate in
fed An nestle eof grinding or the heel:. way to censerve so mois-
'nt neat on a rainy day, even ture.
th: edh the feener isn't quite enepty,i h;ltrate of code is preferable to
tre net
ie the TYbc[allS of keep:ng other fOrInY. of nitrogen (ammonia)
ea. ettitiee. corals full elast in the for terting tomatoes. Avoid aa
fide: one :sett ie shining. Ma ug heavy application of stable maaure.
enen ate ea- ninee ie. only pos., Do not pee potaeeium chloride, nor
EY * Old adt.ls are done manure ar compost containing old to-
ev...et ra:ee. !, mato eenes,
nin far a$ peteinle, tne man -power ' Keep the field in a sanitary condi-
e rte. terzloy h:;1 ie eut down by tion. Examine it regularly and re-
tie•dintery. A earot tdow and six mere all rotted fruit and sickly
hte-ee, and tete ,nevee is in no jut a plants and destroy them by burning
.11in a 0.f.:%," t11-41 r".?ft FM:LA'S with or burying. If burled, they should be
three horsen and a driver each. You covered with a dieinfectant, such as
<-u.; atetas tell sare the eoet of ; lime.
that one mon. Two avo-row eultiven' Practise erop rotation. The less
tore will efficiently cever ae much often tomatoes follow tomatoes or re -
as four oee-ritw machlrea and kited erops, the less likely is the crop
by seeing them eou hnve sieetel to: to become dieeased.
men and two hersee. Your overhead While the observance of these pre -
le rued in preportion to the size cautions will not guarantee a crop
of natelairto mut man ean handle. ! free from disease. it will go far in
nteory farmers saved labor last fall that direction.
• eel; 't if eau can pay a
VII1On :%0 eN1V in at during perioki, of drought.
Most Tamers would say offhand
that a foal grows a little faster if
the mare and the foal run in the pas-
ture all summer. In practice, how-
evsr, it is found that the foals of
work mares often outgrow those of
the idle mares. The work mare's foal
is given better care, and that .is pro-
bably the secret, as the foal that runs
out all the time is apt to be neglected.
It usually gets no grain until about
weaning time or afterward, and it is
exposed to the daily torment of
blood -sucking flies.
On the other hand, the work mare's
foal is generally shut up in a partial-
ly darkened box stall by day, so as to
be handy for suckling the mare at
noon, and for the further reason of
keeping it from trying to break
through barbed-wire fences in trying
to reach the Ipare.
The dark stalakeeps the flies away.
At night the mare and foal are turn,
ed together in the pasture, where the
youngster runs and plays, and thus
• gets the necessary exercise. the work
mare's foal is also handy at the barn
three times a -day, 'when the other
horses are fed, and •it naturally comes
•-in for its share of oats.
Doubtless the idle mare supplies
, her foal with the greater flow of nil&
but the practical outcome is that her
foal frequently does not grow so fast
as the theoretically less favored work
mare's foal.
Let us work the mares and feed
,the foals. It is not nature's way, but
) we are not doing things according to
!the undisturbed natural procedure
when we farm high-priced land to the
CREAM WANTED
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t'through the year. We pay the highest
Irnarket price, In business Ullee 1906:
Drop us a line for particulars.
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limit of 'production.We
keep horses
for the work they do. We know the
horses that do the farm work can
also reprcduee, and thus replace
themselves and supply a surplus of
horse -power for sale. If one farmer
manages it successfully, so can an-
other.
We will eventeally weed out the
mares and the families of mares that
prove to be shy '1)i -coders when sub-
jected to the constant and strenuous
exercise which farm work imposes.
We will discard one by one the mares
which, habitually lose their foals be-
cause of hard work during preg-
nancy.
Farmers will gradually learn of
the limitations of safety in working
in -foal mares. But the absolute
economy in working brood mares,
and the profit from breeding work
mares, will certainly bring the horse
breeding business in Canada to this
practical and satisfactory basis, and
selection will eliminate the mares
that do not fit the system.
Do not let ewes and lambs run on
old pastures so full of parasites
which -will prove destructive to young
lambs.
ThE CHEERFUL
Ily red self' must be:.
irrip ---
When 1 looited in tile glt5s
t.nci st.w. youth Fled.,
It It.lighe4 from, my
eyes rritIcaously
" lvz...te to
be. old •'
like you:'
it stif.i.
t,adtten°
Five Rules for Sheming Sheep;
Use hand -driven elippers, The old-
style shears are slow and. it is hard
to learn to, use them properly. Driven
clippers are cheap, and,a.ny one own-
ing. sheep can well afford to buy such
a machine. Often several farmers
eon:bine Co buy e. rnaehine.
.Cheose a wnrart, sunny day for the
shearing. Drive the sheep into a
small enclosure adjeiaing the shear-
ing floor where they ean be ,caught
easily. Have the shearing floor clean;
remove each animal to it, as semi -as
eanght.
Commence shearing at the bean and
shear back. Hold the clipper bar
close to the body so that there will
be no double cuts in the wool. Sheep
should be held firmly, for they will
tear the fleece apart if they are al-
lowed to struggle when paetly shorn.
After each fleeee has been removed,
take off all manure tags, and wet
wool, and sack these seperately. Tie
the fleece into a neat bundle with the
flah or inner side out. -Use paper
twine for tying. Binder twine should
never be used, for strands of it will
get into the wool and can not be re-
moved. They will not take dye and
wilt therefore cause a severe cut in
the price of wool.
The tied fleece should be tramped ,
firmly into regulation wool sacks.
These are large and hard to handle,i
but buyers prefer wool paeked in
them.
For pig feeding nothing combines
with corn to give more satisfactory
results than skim -milk. This com-
bination makesia palatable ration, re-
sulting n a heaver consumption of
feed and more rapid gains than front,
any other ration. All of the cereal
grains sueh as wheat, rye, barley,.
and particularly corn, are low in pro-
tein and give better results when fed'
with some nitrogenous feed such as
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Dr: Huber will answer all signed tetters pertaining to Health, if your
question is of general interest it will be answered through these columns;
if not, it will be answered personally if stamped, addressed envelope is en-
closed. Dr. Huber wilt not prescribe for individual cases or make diagnosis.
Address Dr. John B. Huber, MD., ease of Wilson Publishing Co., 73 Adelaide
St. West, Toronto .
Eczema. In most eases there is a predispo-
sition, which makes the skin
I am asked to write about eczema very; An ounce of assistance is worth a
or gait rheum or scald or tettar. This susceptible to the action of external pound of advice.
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VARICOSE VEINS?
of,.Mon-Blestio Laced. Stocking
SANITARY, as they may be
washed or boiled. '7 Z.t.„
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Pleasure; light tun,'
able.
C.ltia, contains No 11,ibber.
1,0.0,000 SOLD
alCO11aart:O.Z.7;% cort $3.50
eaeb, or two for the ratite
limb. $5.50. postpaid,
Write for Clatal.-:',;tto anti
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1:lcutz..:.51.
is a skin inflammation, whieb irritants, such as heat or cold, excee-
sive use of water, strong soaps, dyes" -asetee-eee----------
there IS redness, discharge er matter, or 'chemicals. Or there is a favoring
'weeping" or scaling, erusting, thick-
ening and swelling of the skin; and
always itching, perhaps slight, but
agenerally intense. A skin trouble
tbwt does not •teh is -not eezoma.Be- We cannot say that -eczema is here-:
zerna is not catching and when com- (tit -2M but the children of eczem-;
pletely healed it leaves no sear; ex- atone
parents certainly come easilyi
rept when the scratching has been by attacks of this disease.
so severe—with dirty nails, perhaps There are hundreds of skin cliseasti
—as to a break or ulcer 'n the es of which the two most frequentl:
true ckin.e All kinds of eruptions ap- are eczema and syphilis. Eczema in-;
pear in eczezna—just redness and variably itches; syphilis almost never':
heat, burning, tingling and irritation does. Other skin troubles that may,
or blisters, papales (Pinhead sized) be mistaken for eczema are erysi
or pustules (pus blisters). Or large pelas, the shingles, the hives, psori;
areas of inflamed skin. The trouble asis, ringworm, barber's itch, scabies
may appear in any part of the body— and favus (a scalp trouble that
but more espeehdly in the skin folds, shows powdery, canary -colored, cup -t
the armpits or the bend of the elbow shaped crusts and a mouse -like`
When used esa suptdement to corn!
and other cereal grains nine pounds;
of skim -milk is equivalent to one
pound of tankage; 3.7 pounds is equi-
valent to one pound of middlings; 9.81
pounds equals cane pound of oil -meal;
10.7 pounds equals cne pound of say -
bean -meal.
When tankage is worth $2 a hun-
dred skim -milk is worth twenty-two 1,
cents a hundred; when tankage is
worth $4 a hundred, skim -milk is
werth forty-four cents, a hundred,
When middlings are worth $1 a hun-'
dred, skim -milk is worth twenty-
seven cents a hundred; when oil -meal
is worth $2 a hundred, skim -milk is
condition of the constitution, such as
poor or injudicious nutrition, digestive'
or nervous disturbances, exhaustion,t,
or a tendency to gout or rheumatism!
(in front), or of the baek of the knee,
or the creases in the neck. The papu-
lar form appears mostly on the trunk;
the pustular mostly on the head, faee
and neck of the poorly or improperly
nourishea infants. Adidas and elder -
smell), Further information on this.
subject will be mailed on request ae-1
companied with a stamped and self-
directed envelope.
Questions and Answers.
ly people are more prone to "red et:- Question—How long can an opera-
zema" where there is extensive tion be avoided after the discovery of
crusting (generally in the legs), Appendicitis?
which crust, when it conies off, expos- Answer—It is best not to avoid
es a most painful, raw, oozing red aeration. In some cases that has
surface. Then there is fissured ee- got to be done during the acute at-
zema, cracks resulting at the knuckle tack, Where, in the judgment of the
points, the mouth corners and the femily physician, operation is post -
finger tips; this is frequent among potted, it had better be done between
those whose business requires them attacks. A diseased appendix is just
to be in intense artificial heat or to like so much dynamite—ready to ex -
have their hands constantly in water, plode on the slightest provocation,
and from using strong soaps and lye. and sometimes with fatal result's,
"I'll swat the 4 of bulging eye, Fence -jumping rows are often the
From early morn till late at night; result of poor pasture. Look after
I'll boldly bat the robber rat,
And hold the work a great delight.
The Hunnisli mouse and chicken louse
Shall „know the force of angered
might;
The tater-bug and melon thug
I'll rush to kingalom-come on sight.
The cabbage pest and all the rest
I'll hill with club or poison blight.
And now 1 trow this solemn vow
Will busy me from morn till night."
worth twenty-one cents a hundred;
when soylicau-ineal is worth $2 a If you ever give your boy or girl
hundred, skim -milk is worth nineteen a pig or calf you should see that they
get the money for it when it is sold.
If not, their sense of justice is liable
to be greatly stirred and what might
have been an inducement to hold them
to the farm becomes a club to dzive
thorn from it.
cent e a hundred.
When cereal grains are 'worth 51
a hundred pounds, skim -milk is worth
twenty-eight eents a hundred pounds.
How 'Weeds Are Spread.
In his struggle against weal,
farmer is more likely to be sucitess-
ful in his efforts if he understands
clearly how weeds gain an entrance
on to the farm in the first inetence
and how those alreadythere spread
from one part of the farm to an-
other. Weeds may gain entrance to
the farm or be dispersed over a
er area in one of the following v.ays:
As impurities in the seed sown
Most samples of agricultural seeds
contain weed seeds in greater or less
amount, which are sown with the use-
ful seeds and thus the weeds may,
quite unknown to the farmer, gain
an entrance on to his land. The seed
sown should be absolutely free from
weeds of all kinds—a cendition of
things which is seldom realized.
By the agency of threshing ma-
chines. The threshing machine
should be thoroughly cleaned before
it is allowed to begin operations on
the farm,
In stable manure, and feeding
stuffs. Hay and feeding stuffs often
contaiu weed seeds, some of which
are liable to find their way into the
manure heap and eventually on to the
land. Some seeds can pass through
the bodies of animals and afterwards
germinate.
By the action of the wind. Many
seeds, sueh as those of dandelion and
thistle, are furnished with a tuft of
hairs which enables them to float in
the air fax long distances. In other
eases the seeds or even the whole -
plant may be blown overthe frozen
surface of the snow.
By the agency of animals. The
seeds, or those parts of plants which
contain the seeds, as in the case of
Blue Burr and Burdock, axe provided
with hooks by means of which they
become attached to the wool of sheep
or the clothing of workers on the
farm and lin thisway may be carried
into fields where formerly they did
not exist.
By cultivation, In some plants,
especially those with creeping under-
ground stems, such as quack grass,
the broken .pieces may be carried all
over the field by farm implements
and thus dispersed over a much wider
area than the - parent plants ozigin-
ally occupied.
Beare sho-uld be kept thrifty dur-
inllg the summer, but should not bebeaowed to fatten, '
What would you think of a man
who refused to join the local cow -
testing association because it' would
make it impossible for him to sell his
poor cows to his.neighbors?-
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No "Free Trade" With Decay
Everything with a surface needs surface
protection. Not onik the outside of your
home, but every part of the inside—the
floors, walls, furniture., woodwork and
meta parts.
To paint,' means protection and pre -
...servation an money saved on repairs, for
wear and decay always start at the surface
. To leave a surface unprotected by paint
or varnish, Means "free •
trade" with decay and .
waste.
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weather.'
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The old reliable - 0
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The 'sanitary washable
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Interior Decorations.
"Wood -Lac" Stains
ImProve the new —
renew the old.
"Marieie-ite"
The one perfect floor
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hardest wear.
"Varnoieum"
Beautifies and preserves
Oil Cloth and Linoleum,.
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They are the greatest material protectors you can
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