The Exeter Advocate, 1919-8-6, Page 6By Agr4uonist,
of al This Department is for the use .of our farm readers who want the• advice.
expert on any question regarding soli, seed, crops, etc. If your question.
is of sufficient general interest, it will be answered through this column. 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 $t. W. Toronto.
Summer on the Dairy Farm,
The misty morning air, noonday
Beat, balmy evenings, murmuring
;crooks soft breezes luxerlant herb•
are an ideal place for flies and bac-
teria to, thrive and multiply. It is.
impossible to produce high grade milk
,
, that
filthy sulraund,mgs�,s. Cows th t
age and lowing herds are rdirases fori are kept under such conditions: will
poets, not dairy farmers, to conjure wade through the manure and get
with. The man who proviles means their legs plastered with It during,
for contending against the hot, blis- rainy weather. It pays to clean up,
tering sun, flies, drought, stagnant the yards early in the season andi
water, declining• milk yields and loss destroy the breeding places of flies
of flesh condition finds more r e and vermin. Lime spread liberally t
poetry than oetr • in the management of in the yards and stable will keep down'
dairy cattle during the summer foul odors and make Life less comfort -
months. Farmers have learned to care able for flies and vermin. Sawdust',
for cows better in the winter than in is an excellent absorbent to use in
the summer. I the gutters while the cows are being;
To maintain a cheap and eatisfae- kept en grass and other succulent -
tory flow of milk, pastures'must bei foods.
supplemented with some cheap, bulky t The work of handling the milk so.
food as well as grain. Dairy farmers, that it will keep until ready for ship)
are finding the silo of inealculable ment or delivery to the ereameree!
value in avoiding summer losses. factory or condensary is greatly simei
Silage feeding in many localities has • plafhed ,if one has an abundance of ice,
reduced milk losses and solved the at hand. The milk should be removed
problenc of maintaining the cattle in from the stable at once, the eons put
a tfhlefty, flesh -gaining condition due- in a tank of cold water,and the tem-'
ing the summer. During recent years perature reduced as quickly as pos-i
theus.tnde of dairy farmers have sible by frequent stirrince This re-
al o,deli ioeses which formerly- amount- mores the animal heat without expos-
ed to from twenty: to thirty per cent, ing the milk to the air which even
And the expenses for silage were re- under the most ideal conditions is sure
paid two times over in the actual to have more or less bacterial dirt
saving of flesh condition and growth floating in it. Cold and cleanliness are
of the animals. The summer silo the agents that must be employed in
marks the elimination of drought loss -,making high grade milk during the
es feenh the aecoents of the dairy farm.' summer.
With sil ge at hand one may rely, en After providing an abundant supply
p.,. tni e ,imply to supply its erop of of bulky. succulent feed and clean and
feed as a eon ritution to the ration • sanitary surreund,ings the next prob-
•a i.h is ceineleted whenever news lem is handling the herd so that the;
sane ,,y additional feed. Mere uniform-` losses from flies during the hot sea-
ly pr iltable milk yields and growth son will be minimized. Anything we
of young steel: are thus seeured in may do to alleviate the suffering of
spite, of the eecentrlc.ities of the the stock during this period will be
weather. With the lenses from' amply repaid us in the increased flows
drought eliminated every po: eible of milk and gains in flesh condition.,
pound of feed is made into m91., One pint of blood from each cow daily
,
growth and fat, i is the heavy toll demanded by flies.
Next to feed, :eater has the great) during their period of greatest netiv-
est itfluence :lean the flow of milk ity. Such losses and suffering mean
ani the heeith of the cattle. Cows; that they eannot produce profltably1
should be as much water as the at the rail. In nearly all chary local-`
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Bank An.other $40.Per Acre I
On. Your Fall Wheat
No crop Ontario grows shows better profl.ts with proper fertilizing than
Fall Wheat. Returns 12 Co s0 extra, bushels per acre -with the same labor
cost. remember --are proven over and oxer again. Sown with the seed.
,,'Shur -Gain" 'ertilizer starts the plant off with vigorous growth, gives
strong, numerous rootlets that shake off the heaving and root -snapping in-
fluences of frost, and supplies the rich. balanced nourishment needed for
a heavy crop,
"Shur -Gain
Fertilizers
Are compounded by experts who itnow from ac-
tual field experience what Ontario farms need,
They aro concentrated, finely ground, quickly assimh-,
fated by the soil. They give nitrogen. the stalk -trainer;
ehoephorio acid, the .plant ripener and root invigorator. and
/Potash for strength and disease resistance. Forty years of
eueeees.
SEEDING TIME IS NEAR
GET YOUR SUPPLY NOW
This advertisement will be wasted if we don't impress you with the danger
of delay in ordering. risking shipping decays, last-tuinute rush and scarcity
of materials. Don't let the other. fellow beat you out. Comet early shipping
discounts. Get your "Shur -Gain'= now. See or phone your dealer to -day.
WHAMS LIMITED- WEST TORONTO
In addition, they los. er the vigor and
general laying average for the flock
and reduce profits and chances for
flock improvement.
The pullets of the third grade
slhoulcl not be sold to beginners for
breeding stock or layers as this as very
unfair. The d will er amateur r br atry
t e
to be successful with them and fail,
and a good friend to the poalty busi-
ness and a suecessful breeder may be
lost because of the first failure with
poor stock. Too often breeders with
AU the pullets should be given a
separate range as soon as they have
feathered out so they can be easily
separated from the cockerels. This
gives the poultryman a better chance',
to study the pullets on the range and
the constant observation enables him
to grade them fairly accurately.
Strangers watching a poultry flock'
will wonder hok- the birds can be told
apart if they are the same ;age and
of the same breed. The poultryman of
experience soon learns that the young
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Dr., Huber^ will answer all signed letters pertaining to Health. If your
question le of general interest it will be answered thrqugh these columns;.
If not, It, will be answered personally If stamped, addressed envelope is en•
giossed, Dr. Huber will not prescribe for individual cases or make diagnosis.
Address Dr. John B. Huber, Q7,D., cars of Wilson Publishing Co., 73 Adelaide.
St. West, Toronto )
How To Prevent Hydrophobia
The only way to prevent hydro-
phobia is by administrative measures
strictly enforced.
England not only has a muzzling
order; but what's more, she strictly
enforces it. Those who idolize dogs
at the expense of herian fife get no
sympathy. The result? Whilst hydro-
phobia a u sed to he very rife on The
Tight Little Island, the dreadful dis-1
ease is now praetieaily unknown there.
When stray dogs are captured
methodically and without let up
hydrophobia diminishes progressively
to the vanishing point. WW'kcen the
pursuit of the civic mongrel is relaxed
rabies again puts up its horridfront
and the number of its victims cinereas-
es. All dogs that are worth the price
of a muzzle or a•' leash should be
nuzzled or leashed; the others amid
be destroyed. After all, the right late
for the unclaimed, starved, niisersble
dog as the blessed nepenthe afforded
by the town pound; or, far best of all,
the pathological laboratory,. where
those wicked visisectionists work
under the rharneful pretense of as-
suaging human suftering and of bene-
fitting humankind, Let us not he
molly -coddles here.
And remember that besides rabid
dogs there may he other rabid ani-
mals. Wolf bites are most dangerous
by reason of the vicious character of
the wound and the virulence of the
poison. Cat bites come next; and then
dog bites and so in order, rats, foxes,
jackals, bears, horses, cattle, sheep,
pigs. But the wolf's, and next the
dog's bites, are generally responsible
for the disease lin the animal world,
Bites on exposed surfaces are more
dangerous than through the clothing;
saliva is wiped from the teeth on the
latter and little or none enters the
wound. For the same" reason long-
haired dogs and sheep escape infec-
tion. Face bites are the more danger-
ous. happily the majority of those
bitten by a rabic animal do not de-
velop rabies—one in seven is about
the proportion.
Question and Answers.
My daughter is a school girl aged
16. She has iefianunation of the in-
ner lining of the white of the eye.
Can it be cured and will her eyes he
Aa strong; as ever gain?
Answer This li irfleaumation le
called conjunetivitis. It requires lo-
cal applieations which should be
made only by the fancily doctor, For
an eye wash a teaspoonful of boracie
•acid in a pint of water, that has been
boiled, ns right, Practically all eye
troubles, that produce matter, are
contagious. For the sake of other:..
therefore, as well as for your own
family's sake, have this inflammation
attended to at once. It can be cured,
and if the trouble is attended to
promptly, the eyes, in most eases,
will be as strong as ever.
What is dry pleurisy? I have heen
told I have that. Also, one side of my
chest is bigger than the other. Does,
this mean tulacrculoe's?
Answer—I am sorry to say that in
many eases, pleurisy is the forerunner
of tuberculosis. Further infornhatior
is being mailed you.
t:Tfle_Pal
One of the best investments the
The farmer of moderate means can
breeder or farmer can make is a safe use an ordinary herd of eo�ss as !Ai
will drink during the sur.mcr. The. ities flies cut down milk receipts from' good stock sell their cull pullets to poultry have an individuality of thein and comfortable house and yard for grade herd ifhe selects a good sire
j the irreedi b It honed .be awAy
s pi.l, saloul1 always be pure. The thirty to forty: per cent. No dairy Amateur breeders and it ahwt s in own and he soon learn. to watch the
drir,a •ng of impure water not only f farmer can afford to stand such losses.; aures their future business and is thus progress of certain birds the same as
has a leleterious effeet upon the milk, Keeping the cows in darkened stables; as unprofitable to them as to the he would study certain calves or colts,
but it loads to parasitic ,infection during the heat of the day and spray -1 buyer•
which lowers the cosy's vitality and ins; them with fly repellents greatly; The pullets of the second grade may
lessens tae flow of milk. If the water reduces their sufferings. A spraying', not be good .enough for the owner's
in the pasture cannot be procured mater.'.al made up of fish oil one bun- flocks and yet be very satisfactory to
Where 1 Iasi.
from a clean spring or running dred parts, oil of tar fiftyarts and a buyer who may wish a small flocl. There is a place here I am ~vont to
stream it should come^ from a deep crude carbolic acid one part, applied, of layers. It is fair to sell such stock stray
well that is not subject to surface every other day will give excellenti as the buyer can often be very suc- When -every -hope seems vanquished
drainage. The same principles apply results. A number of the commer-k cessful with them. In that way a new by a grim
to the quality of water used for wash- tial dips and sprays will produce i poultryman is made and such a man Relentless Fury, and the chosen way
ing dairy utensils. Impure water equally good results. It is impera- is apt to purchase higher class birds Grows shadow -cast and ;dim,
used for washing; utensils is a fee- tive that we use some form of fly after enjoying some success with birds The placid stream allays my= shapeless
fears:
quert cause of bad flavored milk. Of
the inorganic foods perhaps the only
one that needs to be supplied is corn -
mon salt. The other constituents are
present in sufficient quantities in the
food and water.
No one thing will do as much to-
ward insuring a high grade of milk
during the summer months as keeping
the utensils clean and sanitary. Milk
may be produced in any ordinary
farm from healthy. well-fed cows and
drawn in a cleanly manner, but the;
good effects of such (=re will be
wasted unless it is extended to the
utensils. The various kinds of bac-'
teria are unusually active gin warm
weather. Many thousand may be con-'
eealed in a crevice so small that it
ton hardly be seen, and if these get'
into the milk they may increase more,
than one thousand fold within twenty=;
four hours, A little milk left in the
seams, ar about the rim of the pails!
and eons harbors thousands of bac-
teria, and their injurious effect is sure
to be great if the conditions are fav-
orable for their development.
There seems to be a general tend-
ency on the part of dairymen to neelect sanitary conditions about the
premises during the summer. While
the work in the field is pressing, the
guttersare allowed to become full of
manure, the alleys scattered with lit-
ter, the windows and walls dirty and
covered with cobwebs and a general
air of neglect is apparent. Special
effort should be made to keep manure
cleaned up about: the stables and yards
during warm weather. Manure piles
repellent if we get best results from; not quite so good.
the cows during fly t?rie Young It pays to keep the best grade of
calves should be kept in a darkened: pullets where they can receive first -
stable during the day and turned crit; class care, This develops them into
in the pasture at night for eYera • fall layers and if they lay.all winter
during fly time. t.
without too much forcing, the eggs
I laid in the spring can be used for
Grade the Pullets. !hatching: Of course, these eggs will
:There is a loss in farm poultry` not be as good as the eggs laid by
matoften
flocks from keeping all of the pullets.
that grow instead of culling them. g durin a they w nterwhichhaveHon everlaii,� they
rigidly and keeping only the most vig-: w;iIl produce very good chicks. This
Drops of the best breeding. It will means that the pullets must be isolat-
pay to divide the pullets ant° three ed from the cockerels and the old hens
grades. The first grade will be the' SQ that they can be given rations
birds «Meeh have feathered early and which promote a rapid, even growth
grown rapidly and were hatched from and will notbe disturbed at feeding
the best breeding stock on the faun.' time by other stock.
Such pullets shou'.d be suitable to keep
until they are two years old with oc-1
caaional culling to remove any birds
thats Il below
rade of inlets can
contain the birds whi..h'may be satis-f
factory to keep for eggs during their
pullet year. They can -be forced for;
eggs and then sold for meat at the
end of their laying period, If any
of them develop unusual qualities of
value they can' be advanced to the
first grade and held over another year
for breeding stock.
The third grade pullets should be
marketed the same as broilers. They,
will contain the birds that feather,
slowly and seem to lack the vigor that'
is necessary for good laying or breed-
ing stock. They are the type of birds
too frequently saved over in the farm
fleck and they seldom produce enough
eggs to pay their cost of production.
With quiet faith it flows serenely
past,
Until ashamed of my rebellious tears,
I find them gone, . at last.
My pettiness is lost amid the sight
Of that vast out -of -doors -before my
eyes;
The stretch .of sturdy hills, the fields
of light,
The sweep of glowing skies.
There comes >a clearer vision to me
there,
A quiet courage for the -daily tett,
And in the wonders of God's open air
I am again at rest.
Selecting Memorials
ng oar. s
from the crest of the hogs, but con of either one of the great dairy breeds.
netted with the other yards with a He can secure one or two heifers of
lane or driveway. A comfortable
colony houso*and a strong iron fence
inclosing a small yard, and a larger
yard making altogether an acre of
land will be sufficient to give him the
the breed of his choice for a moderate
outlay of .money and gradually as
timo goes on he ran sell his grade
cows to his less fortunate neighbors
and fill their places with pure-bred
necessary exercise and afford good animals grown on his own form. By
grazing when the ground is not eov- and by he will find himself with a
ered with snow. If the soil is good pure-bred herd and it will have cost
and the lot properly drained by a par- him no large amount of money at any
ous subsoil or tile it will produce a ,.particular lime. Such a course and
variety of grasses and clovers, etieh such results are within the reach of
a combination as will suit the needs most farmers throughout the country.
of the hog. Alfalfa is not well suited The cow must be in proper eoniia-
for the small yard so one must pro-
ing
to go through the, work of mak-
vide grasses that are. Bluegrass, a good production record, whether
orchard grass, tiniotlhy Land red -top for seven days, thirty days, ninety
mixed will survive and last for years days or one year, Few breeders of
unless :abused or rooted out. To start dairy cattle .realize what condition
such a combination of grasses in means in making a great production
the boar pasture prepare the ground record. It is often the extra few
in the spiting, sow oats and peas mix- pounds of flesh and reserve energy
ed and seed_ with timothy, clover, that means the breaking- of a world's
orchard grass and red -top mixed equal.record for milk and butter -fat pro -
parts and add one-third the amount duction and places :some breeder on
of bluegrass. The lot will be ready the highest pinnacle of fame. It es
tot grazing in_six weeks: Such a difficult to define exactly just how to
seeding will roma on and furnish
put on this extra flesh and bring the
grazing for a long time. ccw safely through her calving period
Alfalfa s such a valuable crop for but it is seen only when cows" begin
grazing that it will pay one to have their official tests as vigorous and
a field adjoining the boar's yard, 50 well -fleshed as skillful feeding can
that he may have access to it when make them. Condition, as meaning
it is ready for grazing. If the growth capable of maximam iroduetion, is
,a ae ow rade
i is too luxuriant for him to graze pro- .necessary before a phenomenal record
The second g p b d may be looked forward` to in the
custom to place bronze effigies of sows in with h.ia to get the full !bene coming test.
Man has always been a maker. of
memorials. His desire to be so is a
manifestation of his innate craving
for immortality. From the very earl-
iest times he has aspired to keep alive
at least the memories 'of great men, or
of great deeds, or of astounding
events. The Greatest of Teachers did.
not neglect this elemental phase of
human character and one of the most
beautiful services of, the Christian
church was founded '•as a memorial.
With this end in view, too; men have.
created, often with' tremendous ex-
penditure of labor, many' differen
kinds of commemorative rnomhments.
in most instances these structures have
long been of great historical value.
The pyramids and obelisks of Egypt,
the sculptured friezes and other forms
of architecture of the Greeks and Ro-
mans and the altars erected by the
ancient Israelites each and all pro-
claimed . in unmistakable terms the
character and spirit' of the men who
erected them, quite as much as•they
kept •alive the mehnonies of the ob-
jects, they were designed to Commem-
orate.
During the past six, months, very.
much has been said and written about
:neinorials that will most fittingly call
to the mind of future generations the
splendid deeds. of ,sacrifice performed
throughout the war. To do this in'the
fullest and noblest sense; the memor-
ials should possess characteristics that
will symbolize the spieit that animat-
ed the men vsho :fought 'and died. It
is lent for those who sacrificed in a
lesser degree, or sacrificed not' 'it all,.
to determine how these character-
isties are to be exemplified.
The greater .number of the mem-
orials se far suggested are de rg ie!l
with a, view•,to ; their being of seraic.e
to the communities in: which they i:el
be erected.The time when it was the fitably alone turn one o two ' re
aest
is t
tze
To prepareyour stock for the
rcwoo-- F
'To be held at
UNION STOCK . YARDSS.
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Ealy preparation procilices the ripe winners,
Premium List, which will he ready for distribution in three
weeks, carries Vlore clan:sc s tha-i ever before,
soldiers on granite pillars as an excuse fit of the crop. By changing huh as -----
for forgetting deeds of valor is hap the conditions of growth in the two A good motto for the gardener and
allowing �
building of hospitals, schools, halls, sows to run with him when there es days ,is Get the weeds conquered be -
libraries, churches and other commune' an abundance of grazing he will al- fore they conquer you"
ity institutions for memorial purposes; ways have ;fetter grazing than when
more than x resrion. of a only a small lot is used. Of course,.if Sell only clean eggs of good size at
should be o e p i
materialistic age. Such institutions he is to have good grazing he must top prices. Use small, odd shaped and
maybe of deepp and lastiii -serviced have rings in his nose to prevent soiled eggs at home. As a rule it is�
or they inay be'merely utilitarian.'
rooting.. not advisable to hold eggs for a rise'
Such etructuees can be memorials' Such a house, yard and • pasture for in price .°
iii any real sense _only if those who the boar will save a lot of, unpleasant
erect them have felt deep within t'heni and risky wore. in caring for
hens are being compelled to
forage for the greater part of thein'
the spirit of .service and have -given, glory especially wean an aged boar is living dr° into their roosting
adequate thought to the visible em- kept on ihn farm., Besides' there. is,::o �� i' x s g slier
q ters frequently nn :the .evening and'
hodiment of that spirit. Further,' ta"tte casgu ting feature of hog rais-
there is a danger that these, of them nig then tc have breeding boars ?freak- feel of . their crops. it is the full{
selves will in tihne lose their glamor, ing through fences and running about erop, like the full dinr_ei pail, i,hat
To prevent this, it will be desirable tihe meneises root;.ng up the egnrdens well filled,restun lemer.� s. the crops are no:1
to 'hold patriotic festivals in them en aryl .heulibcry and tearing up' things
s l their gle�.nuzg,!
the anniversaries of the great battles in general. The man who takes Arida; with a good feed of grain at night.
of the war in which special attention in leis work and•keeps .a breeding There's money unit.
should be. paid to the spirit of service record of his sows wall not allow his
.boars free 'run of the premises.
i1y past. At the same time, the' lots demand and 11 wing one or two truck grower to keep in mind these
the hogs,
t
-as
-as well as to the memory of men andDa
women who transcribed their concep-"- —�
Ilion of service in terms .of supreme'A rank growth of weeds becomes an
sacrifice. It is essential' that mem-' asset when plowed under 'before they
oriels, whatever their form,, should make +seed:
convey something of the beauty and One farm flock of 75 hens is re-
coutage and love of country that in-' ported as laying 120 dozen eggs • in
spired the heroic deeds. It is import- July and August which sold for $80,
ant that they should be well and truly the hens gleaning their entire living
built, so that centuries hence they during that tilire from grain picked
will recall these deeds to men ;and up from harvested fields of wheat,
tivomen mice create enthem a desire to oats, ;and rye.
cherish' the memories of those who
diad .in, a tiS
freecitrn. In any case it should :be •
realized that future generations will
be in a position to judge with unfail-
;nig accui°aev whether the motiives•that
l rr;n"l;ted the building of the mein-
or:ais n i' wort iy ones or merely
'oar,it n, L., ill C`aziailan lrk uniecipa1
titanic stt•iie• •1e for human '
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