The Exeter Advocate, 1919-7-10, Page 6-w
By. Agronomist,
This Department is for the use of our farm readers who want the advice.'
of an expert on anyquestion regarding soil, seed, crops, etc. if your question
Is of suffiolent generl interest, it will be answered through this columna if
stamped and addressed envelope Is enclosed with your letter, a complete
answer will be mailed to you. Address Agronomist, care of Wilson Publishing
Co., Ltd., 73. Adelaide St. W, Toronto.
Food Spoilage. i Protecting Newly Placed. Concrete.
This term applied to agriculture Newly laid concrete must be pro-
bes an important meaning. Food, tested against the elements and
spoilage, especially on our farms, i against injury from other outside.
amounts to a great deal, and from a . causes until the concrete has thor-
national standpoint it is stupendous,; oughly hardened, In most cases this
It is d'.fzioult always to prevent this; protection need be no other than a
spoiling or wasting of food, especial.: ; covering of some sort which will pre Giving Farmsteads Individual Names.
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THE CHEERFUL CHER.UD
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depression;•.
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them ' .t least
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invest Your Money
in
5' li % DEBENTURES
Interest payable half yearly.
The Great West Permanent
Loan Company.
Toronto Office 20 King St, West
consists of pasture. Cort with a lit-
tle tankage makes .cheaper gains than
corn alone.
To keep a cow from sucking herself
or other animals, insert through her
nose a ring such as is used for ring-
ing bulls, with another ring attached
to it.
A repair kit for mending breaks in
harness will save many trips to town
in rush times. The initial cost of a
repair kit is small, and it often pays
for itself in a short time.
Ten cents' worth of buckskin thong
Ty in busy seasons and unfavorable 1Vent tarn from falling directly on t e: The practice is growing of giving tied to the harness will often come
weather; but much can be prevented,. exposed concrete surface. P hand;. With that and a good pocket=
and as we advance in effi.ient produc- In certain climates, and in certain farmsteads individual names which
tion and economy, we will give more', seasons of most all climates, especial will add distinction to the faxm itself ,knife the right sort of a man can
' important t p precautions must be taken to protect and define it as a home and as a ' fix, temporarily, any break about the
fate :tion to this branch t,: F business organization instead of an. harness.
fa�z�r management. Without doubt,Ptlze concrete against freezing temp- hnnamed iece of land that does noti The shorter the pasture the better
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the * greatest spoil, ge a food in this' eratures. There are various ways oft>xe line fences ought to be, Once
�' stalky doing this. The most effective and deserve a description. Let our summer food be of the My mother is 66 years of age and
cor.z..r-. ,s that of fodder, e.Pe . p " i i e- With the,growing need of adver-r let a sheep act the habit of crawling kind it takes least energy to digest, has enjoyed the best of health her
with tie cera plant. It is eitiraated, also the most usual and early a ' ti i g faxm Product's and of identify -,t through the fence, or iumpiTt`g over, Ener makes heat,in the bodyas entire life until abort two years ago.
that from meaty -five to thirty per complished is to build a sort of cove s nn p d t n , and 1ve have last every hope of peace Energy
i ernig over the concrete either of mg farms in eonnection with corn -i elsevrhexe. Eat enough to sustain, Then we noticed loss of the use of
cent. of ,he value of this plant is' a , munity enterprises it is advisable for •the rest of the seasair• but no more. Three light meals; if the thumb and index finger- of the
nasto.l each year after it has beeniboards or canvas and plate ender this
heaters than farms should have distinctive! When a horse gnaws the manger, hungry, between meals, satisfy your- right hand. Our doctor at that time
grecs;:. I'twv,,an,'s of d llh ra worth i covering small stoves or t Itmay pointed out that or the sides of the stall, or chews self with a glass of cool milk—sipped said it was a symptom of Hardening
of ildeferage gees to waste each , which are kept burning continuously names. ay
• a hardened. The the identities of persona and even of his__ halter rope, rub'an some mutton but not gulped down. Never eat of the arteries: Nothing has checked
year, v:.rr at lila same time atoei+ until the ciffeb h 1 d farm animals are recognized by tallow. The taste of it is very dis- when tired or hot, Dine, if possible the disease, On the other hand it
fool i. ir. ereet demand and corn, hear, given off by these stoves will
ithe concrete names, and that fa , ,
m: n. r_ .:_ pr!ces. :t more liberal: be .u.fiti.ent to prevent c sive of the whole,are equally de -hen there is comparative
lice- of eelos weu:�.i prevent much of , from freezing, even though the can- y �`'11'e is Cheaper than owes USC
this .i,..O.•e.z,: :ca?tage. i coolness
By John B. E ub e r, .A T,M•D
Dr, Huber will answer all signed letters pertaining to Health, if your
question leeof general interest jt will be answered. through these columns,
if not, it will be answered personally if stamped, addressed envelope is en,
closed, Dr. Huber will not prescribe for individual cases or make diagnosis.
Address: Dr. John D. Huber, M..D.,. Care of Wilson Publishing co 73 Adetaid.
St. West, Toronto.
Rot Weather Food, powdered, black, ,shiny, brittle, in
Both over -eating and over -drink- odorus, tasteless and insoluble. Char•
ing are espeeially to be avoided in the coal is largely used as an absorbent
good old ..summer time. From such for'foul gases as a deodorant anc
excess comes congestion of the liver; disinfectant, It is used in fiatulenei
stomach and intestines, constipa- dyspepsia, in Chronic gastric catarrh
tion and the heavily coated tongue, in diarrhoea. Some people use it as
The bodily seeretions are altered in a tooth powder; for this purpose if
composition. The nervous and the should be very finely pulverized.
muscular systems suffer. There nat- Charcoal may be mixed with flaxseed
wally ensues headache, lassitude, as a disinfecting poultice to slough -
drowsiness and mental stupor: Come ing cores, For this purpose one can
a hot day then, many such a sufferer a also use a powder of charcoal and
is like to succumb to a heat stroke.. iodoform, half and half.
riuisteads inclu- agreeable to him; a few applications in the evening when the work is
will break hum of this habit: over and �v
!vas or hoard eoverthg should not be serving.
feces of wire of geed: size with
$ Possihl, tine commonest type of FBete are some blood cooling; fruits:
Keen v. lo sa the cern fodder is put; entirely air tight. Qne 1Yhich is. derived from: which to ground at intervals the wire
.� r' i • •* g s In seasons of extreme heat it is name is i n' ge fresh, juicy grapes; oranges, grape- though not to her bed. Another doe•
it "'i.`.ti' the ,p"'la.e i.. „feat, as -some topographic feature of the fence against lght ing. ginning fruit, lemonq and limes in lemonade; tor pronounced her trouble musculaz
whale. rein an 1 snow .ill break down , also eeee-.az y to protect she ion at the to hire give each Piece a twist ,
_ break �} " > F g cantaloupes, watermelons, stewed atrophy but could not determine the
nes! destroy the value of the forage. ` Crete against direct rays of the sun farm, such ac Riverdale, Brookdale,
Be 2 „ ;is:de is left which ecnU and direct expo„ire to the heat. Such Lakeside, 'Merest, Shady Valley and around each wire, dont to the bot- rhubarb, peaches, cherries, berries, cause. Do you thins: it could be in•
like• and many farms take their tom, and then Hell into the ground. apples, pineapples, pears, And there fected teeth roots as she has three
has made rapid progress until now
her hands are badly crippled and her
back and limbs are very weals, so
that she is confined to her hone al -
1 t. i eed or palatable feed. The
iso ., .pave this forage and pre-
serve in the beat possibie tour.
Other ,4-'r s. such as kanr corn.
mills eats. pe s, and clover are
tires y : ir.:age,i =e weather and un-
far•or e:tee : r litter..; at they time of
her et. Zl:i l• wastinge end spoiling
preverzte•.1 ee properly hoes-
ing. o Fx
a g z: s'o here it could
be "slept. if need ise, far several years
in el:cod eor:elit 4'r.
A wet season at the time of har-
vesting clove"• er alfalfa will often
make it imp ossiiWe to dire the for-
age ani produce hay of any value.
With a silo this food could all be
saved and put in the best possible
forte. A rainy season in the fall will cs
exposi*re will cause the nater in the the
or dr • names from trees. Names of this You may save a nice cow, or possibly aro healthful vegetables tomatoes, natural teeth which the dentist dzs•
t
concrete mixture to evaporate y
had an y a number of them, in this way.
out before the eon.rete hascharacter are Woodlawn, Shad Lane, celery, spinach, asparagus, lettuce, liked to remove. Are those old teeth,
i v to harden, and thus an Maple Grave, Pinecroft, Birch Farm,, To ,lake a hitching stone which can beets, and onions. The cucumber although they dont trouble her
.nportun t.be carried in the wagon and used a, '
inferior concrete will be produced, and so on. fi lits best when it is dative- dant undermining her li.altli in a mannei
t'4uuari.• at the surface. The best A favorite form of name is made when needed, take ean old horseshoe tackle it in the dog days, All green I have described?
gar r sect the concrete against by combining the old English words and •imbed it in cement, A small tin salads else are good --endive, chicory, Answer—Your Mother's malady
nay Lop ail can be used as a mold for making g .
such injury is to keepit covered with horst or croft, which mean home- P gromaine, watercress, tomato, lettuce. may be arterio sclerosis or progress•
hardened. In the stead, with the name of the owner, the hitching stone, This will come' The right summer foods are: Thin ive muscular atrophy or rheumatism.
water until it has hain handy: when there is no hitching-
case of pavements or floors, this is, This practice gives rise to such names soups er cold bouillon; fresh fish er which it would be impossible to +ie-
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easily ac�•omn. z little as Bensonhurst and Allanscroft, post at hand. Grease the inside of
lis lied by building lz t
dams of c;a,
terial across the surface of the con -1° suggested in a fanciful way, as in
erete and keeping the enclosed spaces the case of a farm once owned by a
filled with water for several days, or Mr. Bailey, the farm being known as
until complete hardening has been Bailiwick. In another instance Stone Here is a poultry keeper who has
accomplished. In other cases where., Farm denoted the name of the owner the right idea about boys. When his
this method is not practicable the and the character of the land, In two sons grew big enough to help
ete may be protected by keep- still another instance a man who had him in feeding, he gave each a pen
v or other suitable ma -1 Sometimes the name of the owner is
the pail, or line it with oiled paper,
before pouring in cement.
How About Your Boy?
pro -
likewise prevent the curing of such: ing the air in the room in which the looked forward all his life to aequir- of 30 hens, He bought their egg pro -
for ^es as kafir corn, zzii:bit, and a concrete is located saturated with
ing a farm in his own right finally duction at current market prices,
1 braved I is ownership by naming subtracting at settlement time pay
could here he used to save the feed. ing steam or fine spray of water: his place Iona Farm.
There is a fearful loss each year' The presence of water or moisture .A. farm: name should not be . too
due to frosted fodder. This loss • often in the atmosphere will not in any way fanciful but should be dignified and
runs into the thousands. It has been injure the concrete, either before it descriptive. In a majority of cases,
found that corn will make excellent has hardened or after. Before harden- the simpler and more commonplace
silage even though frosted if put in ing has set in the presence of mots- the words that are used the better
immediately after the freezing be- Luxe in the air is exceedingly benefi- the result may be.
late cutting of alfalfa. The silo moisture, either by means of eseap- ce e
fore the drying -out process. g Corn' cial to the complete and thorough
frozen before it matures will make hardening of the concrete, After the
excellent s•',lage if put in immediately hardening has been accomplished the Old Mother Hubbard has just now
Words of Wisdom.
for all feed used. One boy in the
months of December, January and
February cleared $42.30.
"Of course,” said the father, with
a twinkle in his eye, "I' selected the
hens for the boys, and saw to it they
got fairly good ones."
This man has made goodwith hens,
and he knew how to make good with
boys. In contrast with his action
after the freezing. In this way all presence of moisture in the air will discovered was that of the farmer, too often
fodder ;;rown can be saved. Corn not affect it. The value of testing her herd. duplicated, who gave his boy a pig,
t
damaged by hail can be saved in the'
same way. So long as there is any
forage left it can be shoed. Drought-;
stricken corn or forage crops of any:
kind may also be turned to valuable
feed. There is always enough for -1
age grown in this•country to feed at
least twice as much live stock as we
keep, but the spoilage and wasting
gets rid of at least half the fodder
we grow. The economy demanded of
us during the progressive years to
come will frown upon this spoiling.
We will find it necessary to use pros:
gressive economic methods in our in-
dustry, and the silo must be con-
sidered one of the first equipments
to prevent this great waste.
The application of paint or other
s
protective coatings to concrete work
before it has hardened will cause it
r
serious injury. This injury arises
from the fact that the hardening pro-
cess will be materially retarded by
the admixture of any substance not
properly a part of the concrete mix-
ture. The concrete at the surface
will also be materially weakened by
this application and in all probability
will peel off after the concrete below
the surface has hardened. After the
hardening process has been complet-
ed no protective coatings of paint or
other material are necessary to pro-
tect the concrete from the elements
or injuries.
"A cow is a milk mill that changes
grasses which folks can't eat into the
greatest food for humans the world
has ever known," says an eminently
successful breeder of Holsteins.
"And that old milk mill is just as
sensitive as the inside of a rare -I
watch. And it's under as great a
strain when the milk is being gener-
ated, as a horse is in a thundering
race. I've seen my own cows stand-
ing in a tremble with the strain,
while the machinery inside of them
works up the masticated grasses into
milk. It is very wonderful—and it's
pitiful, too. Because their mills are
always working overtime, wheitheir
they want to be or not.
"Of course, the record cows are
specially trained cows. These record
cows must be • guarded from any un-
necessary excitement..Their food
must be delicately proportioned,
their bodies must be thoroughly ex-
amined every day—and I tell you it's
no small thing to be :training 'cattle.
"Of course, in the end it's worth it,
because we are doing humanity a
service --there's no milk for babies
like the Holstein milk.
"Holstein milk is the only milk
that can be drunk whole. . And that's
because it has in it solids which ere
almost perfectly proportioned.
"It has less butter fats • than other
milk, but butter fats are not the most
desirable solids .in milk. Butter fats
axe only fat builders. The other solids
are probably more important than
• butter fats, but people can't under-
stand `that. If butter fats were the
solids of greatest desirability in milk,
folks ought to use goat milk, because
goat milk contains more fats pro-
portionately than does any other kind
of milk, but goats don't produce ae
ex uch milk, and consequently not So
much bone, nerve and tissue build-
ers."
The cow she thought best was poor-
est by test—
` Now who said that to test is absurd?
There are many advantages in the
use of self -feeders for -growing pigs.
They save more than sixty per cent.
of the labor. They reduce waste of
feed to the least possible amount.
They prevent digestive troubles due
to overfeeding, because the pigs have
access to the feed at all times and
do not overeat. Many pigs can be
fed from a small trough space, for all
do not eat at the same time -All- pigs
weak and strong, Have' an equal
chance.
A . self -feeder will scarcely prove
economical where only two or three
pigs ate- kept, or where garbage or
refuse is the main feed. Where more
than ten pigs are kept the saving in
labor is quite an item. Here is one
man's experience with a self -feeder
for seven pigs:
I fed them from a self -feeder, us-
ing this ration: --One hundred pounds
tankage, 200 pounds middlings, 400
pounds corn -meal. Butchered October
15, selling for tlsirenty--six cents a
pound, the total sale amounted to
$490. The pigs cost $83, the feed cost
$297, leaving a profit, with no labor
item deducted, of $110. I am satisfied
with the results though nothing
wonderful. Think if I had had a bet-
ter pasture I would have made a
greater profit, and expect to try it
again next season using some. crops,
such as oats, peas and barley,
ed by corn, letting .the pigs
harvesting. The pigs ran
orchard and needed no labor
consequence. Water -pipes led
orchard so that they could
have water to drink
One cow den not do another cow's
bit. Each must stand or fall by her
self.
Hogs make cheapest gains when
from a third to a half of their feed
yet pee keted the money* it brough
when sold at maturity. The best is
none toe good for the farm boy, Dad's
cheerful
1 e in chore work. Let
ePr h
him have it! •
The equatorial circumference of
the •earth has been worked out at 24,-
872.4 English miles.
PRACTICAL POINTERS ABOUT PAINTING
fowl; roasted or broiled beef; mut- termine without examination. The
tan or lamb in moderation, and no teeth well may be a cause. This souls
be ascertained by having the teeth
X-rayed. Possibly at the roots there
may be some pus pockets which are
causing the trouble. As for pro-
gressive muscular atrophy --'this is
an affection which runs a chronic
course lasting from four to twenty
years. Heredity is a factor in some
cases although it is not probably so
in your Mother's. Exposure to cold
and damp, injuries, lead poisoning
blood' disease, infectious fevers are
also causes. This is a serious mal-
ady, and the sufferer must, through-
out it, be in the hands of a hood
doctor. The remedies are careful hy-
giene, good food, moderate exercise,
massage, electricity, and drugs are
given according to the cauee and the
conditions in each case.
mare than once a day; eggs soft
boiled, poached or scrambled; simple
desserts of gelatine, custard and ice
cream.
Cut out entirely or go very slow
on thick soups, canned meats, spices
and condiments, nuts, beans, oils,
cheese, bananas, dates, preserves and
hot drinks.
By D. WILLIAMSON.
The man -from the city stood gaz- then give the wood a priming coat of
ing gloomily at his country cottage. paint, thinned .down with something
"Did you ever see such a horrible like one-fourth its measure of linseed -
color in your life?" he burst out at oil (either raw or boiled) and finish
length. with two other good thick coats. Put
t
"Well, it does look a little starts- on the priming cos as soon as pos-
ing—that shade of bright pink," a sible after the carpenter work is
admitted. "How did you come to done; the same day, if you can.
Should the wood get wet, let it dry
choose it?
"I didn't choose it; I sent a sample- Completely before the first coat goes
card of paints to the man who looks on. As the paint in the bottom of
with a nice cream the can gets„thicker, thin it' with
after my place,turpentine and a little oil.
color marked as the one I wanted. He Old work must be brushed clean,
went to the store and asked for it -e- and all loose,,scales of paint scraped
No. 641. They were out of it, so he off with a putty -knife. Two new
said: `Give me the next thing to it,' coats will `usually be enough, unless
and they gave him 642—deep pink. the old paint is in bad shape, or is
And he went and put ,it on the house!” very dark in color. Don't thin the
Now, I know of farmhouses that first coat, unless the woodwork is
look tie me as if exactly that mistake rather. bare:
had happened, so utterly out of place 1 sometimes prix my own paint,
buying the white lead, linseed -oil and
is the color scheme. The colors may
look all right on the paint card, but turpentine. The various white -lead
against a background of blue sky and manufacturers issue little booklets,
green fields they will be all wrong. telling how to do it. Getting the pro
My own house is painted cream white
with olive green shutters, and nothing
could be better. Dark colors fade and
change, pure white gets dirty; but
Questions and Answers.
, Is charcoal of any benefit in the
case of gas in the intestines?
Answer—Two kinds of charcoal
are useful in medicine: 1. Animal
charcoal prepared from bone, in
powder form, odorless and nearly
tasteless and insoluble in water or
alcohol. 2. Vegetable charcoal pre-
pared from soft wood and very finely
The Right Kind of Shoes to Wear. dred could dig coal so well after a.
Thousands of Canadians have foundbefore being in the Army.
real comfort in the perfect -fitting
army shoe. They might- help our
farming feet too. The army shoe is
built on a specially designed last. It
is wide enough across the instep to
allow each toe to take its share of
the lifting and forward stress of
walking. The shoe is so shaped that
the metatarsal bones of the toes may
extend radially outward along a
straight line extending through a
point in the centre of the heel. It is
long enough to allow a free forward
sliding movement of the toes at each
step. The heel is about an inch high.
the sole is sufficiently heavy to assist
the arch support as the body is
thrown forward..-„
A change of shoes has been found
beneficial, and bur troops were pro-
vided with two pairs to each man.
Although soldiers wear out shoe
leather faster than men of any other
occupation, it is money well spent;
for it has been found that developing
and strengthening the feet is as im-
portant as developing any other parts
of the body.
per • tint is the difficult part, T find;
but after consultation with the paint
store man, and considerable experi-
menting, I manage quite well. Better'
cream white is always satisfactory. not try to use dry color; the little
For a very large frame house I cans of oil -mixed tints that come for
advise •a light buff" (not too yellow) the purpose are better for unskilled
with cream white cornices and porch- users.
es; a brick or stone house should also Outside paint won't do for furni-
use cream white for these. Berne and ture or inside work; it is always just
other buildings can have olive green a trifle sticky„ Special interior oil
doors and windows; the body color paint comes for the purpose, either
can be cream white or light tan. Two flat or glossy, as you prefer. In my
shades of brown aren't bad for a barn, home I use light buff (flat) for walls
provided you don't get them too, dark. and ceilings, glossy white for wood -
Olive green is good for gates, chicken work and brown for the floor. The
coops and farm' machinery; fence kitchen is in two .shades of brown.
•
posts should be cream white. Unpainted plaster takes two coats
If you use ready -mixed paint, get first time;' afterward, one new coat
it from some one that you have con- is enough.
fidence in Pay'a fair price for it; My new hardwood floors get very
follow- Very cheap paint is the most expert- different treatment. ' I use paste
do the sive stuff ever bought, for it won't filler, rubbed in with a cloth, .then
an the last. Linseed -oil is the basis of all two coats of shellac, then a good dose
of any good paint; it withstands the weather of floor wax, smeared, over with a
to the far longer than the various cheaper cloth, andpolished with a special
always substitute oils. Real linseed -oil costs weighted brush or a brick wrapped
real money but it's worth it. in old carpet. Now and then a Tittle
--- If you are painting new woodwork, more wax must be rubbed on the.
Learn the luxury of doing good. touch up all "fat" knots with shellac: floor: that's all you ever need to do •
The statue of King Charles I. in
Whitehall, London, is universally
praised as perfect—the only one so
regarded in the metropolis.`'
On water alone a horse can live
twenty-five days, but he will only
last five days eating solid food with-
out drinking.
Active service was responsible for
lessening the output of coal in Eng-
land. Not five. miners in every hun-
DOMINION
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"Unquestionccbly the
Best Tires Made';
For speed, safety andthoroughly
satisfactory service, be sure to
ride on "Dominion" Tires. The
extra mileage - makes themthe'
best and cheapest to buy. 10
Sold by the
Leading Dealer3
4•
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THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
December lith and 12th
Classes For:
Single Steers, Lots of Three Steers,' and Carloads
of Steers.
Single Heifers and Lots of Three Heifers.
Lots of Three, Ten and Carloads 'of Sheep and
Lambs.
Lots of Three, Five,' -Ten and Twelve Hogs.
Furthgr information on application to
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