The Exeter Advocate, 1920-3-25, Page 2'r Address communications to Agronomist, 73. Adelaide St. Wean Toronto
Hew We Cash In on Good See& I wonder if you ever thought tacos'
1 wonder how mann of us have
gilled in malty of our farm, operations
the past year because we sowed
needs that were weak in germinatiolz,
Poor in quality, or full of dirt and Near the tune of lambing the ewes which has been lessened in some
la1f matured grabs,'
tl n that
Income for the first nine months; of milk for the newly dropped lamb,
n , connecti
peraon with a creamery, using
'the year 1019, and ' e base to our a thrifty condition o£ the ewes. I waste steam from the creams
'
credit $637 mare than tee nave ever have seed rises that were. slightly
droop and tending towards lifeless- One neighborhood solved the prob-
tnade before in any twelve months e_ gess completely changed in just a few leen, by sending a eonaniittee to een#er
pub faxen, and we have been imaminedays by s little different care, with the local laundryman, who agreed
h
match you lose by lalanting poor seeds,
front the field down to the flower bed?
Care of Ewes
The Welfare of the Home
Taking the Indigo Out of Blue Monday.
Housewives will agree that it takes
some management to turn "blue Mon-
day" ,into a lighter shade of indigo,
but many families. and communities
are solviug the problem and it is . in-
teresting to see flow they do it.
With a good laundry available,
and ironing -board, They are .heated
by gas, electricity or kerosene,
Irons should be kept in a dry place.
When about to. use them, as noon as
they are warm, mob lightly with par-
affin or beeswax tied in thin cloth.
Then rub the,irons over some eleaneing
much or all of the wank can be done powder, or coarse salt, sprinkled on
away from home, but the great ob- a newspaper. Clean the irons in the
jetting to this pian is its expense, same manner when your work is fin-
ished; when cold, store in a covered
box. All laundry equipment should be
protected from dust. It saves time in
cleaning when it is next needed.
.
We have just now Booted up our sronlocalitiesthrough co-operation. Co-
o
° and otive laundries are often run in'
ci11 result in t
g lnhtbs, should have the kind o1 atten .o
plenty of
'Ing swag here for twenty-eight years to make a rate o£ six cents. a pound!
asst. One essential thing is to give the }9th Annual Report is Issued, Showing
for flat -and rough -dry work if tho
We did: this and bath of our boys in ewes sufizcient exercise. We never people would furnish their own laund- Tremendous Gains in New
tie zen We made a teen Year's kept the ewes closely confined more ry
hags and do their own delivering. Business obtained,
that was toplant only than a day or so before the lambsevelai new and interesting records
resolution, and a i The fil'st eveek twelve families tools "
the best seeds obtainable, or not Plant were dropped. They always had the advantage of this ofi'er, and the nuns- in the insurance business,
eraomado
ef
at all. It east. us a few dollars more. run of the large lot, or access to a by the Sun Life Assurance G
bei is increasing. Tbey* etre planning
at
.be 20 but it. has pain, for wepasture field if the weather was any -to work cut a system of co-operation Canada during 1912. The 40th annual
Y $ ,thin but rain, If necessaryforce report a the company ilas just bean
have had the best of everything for g Y• delivery, so that it will be necessa.v
the family, and also for the swine.' therm to go outdoors. In pleasant for .a member from .each hone to' published and shows that time new
weather they can be fed outdoors. I business actually issued and paid for
and chickens, make a trip to sad from town. each
effects
have taken ewes out and driven their during the past year was $86,543 S60
Planting poor seeds not only aboat the lot in the morning %or ex- week for laundry. i being an increase at $34,057,457, or
the crit , but is also feat in all other , i But there will a114ays be isolated g per cent., over 101fi, Time tre-
P erc,se and occasionally down into the . , i
departments o£ file farm. A Poor- woodlot. Sheep seem to like the Dover I-trimtlmes nova tnut It with laundries, uleneues business of the Sun Lite will
yielding crop of small grain, wheat, of a woodlot in both winter and sum- and for such families equipment for be realized when it is stated that ail -
oats, barley, or rye means that the nier home -laundry work is of great im pI •cations for new assurances retained
table may suffer for bread, the 'glens Portance, First anti foremost must
Water and salt are both essential during 1919 exceeded one hundred
safer for scratch feed, the sheep getto ewes. They ought to lmave salt be- come a good supply of running hater million dollars. The 'figure •creates a
thin anti short. -wooled, the swine g° fore them nearly all the time, The (both. hot and, cold), soft if possible, distinct retard in the insurance busi-
ness of the Dominion, as no Canadlau
company has ever before approached
this total.
The business in force antountecl to
$416.358,462, showing an increase of
$75,548.$05. The assets of the com-
any were increased by $8,091,089 and
SUN LIf' E SHOWS BIG .
GAINS IN ALL LINES
ally because of leek of ground -feed
slops. If we fail in a good crop of
corn, the hogs go to market thin,
the cream cheques eut in half, the
table suffers for lack of butter, and three weeks. Sheep can go without sped the detached laundry, praperiy
the horses go to the claw next spring waver longer than most other domes- equipped, is ideal, for it can be plan -
thin and rickety. tic animals, but it is neither beneficial ned so that it is cool and .airy in
Now was it on your farm last or desirable for them to be cut off summer, warm and protected in whiter.
year? Was it because you sewed a from their water supply for more A basement laundry is perhaps next
bunch of eheap garden seeds that, than a few hours. Ewes without wit- in convenience, awhile a laundry
your onions were all stallions, your er accessible when they desire it, are opening out of the l,iteheu also has
eas never tender in the cooking, the betroubled with const; a- its good points; any one of these ax
P likely to t o P
garden lettuce and radishes were tion and this should be religiously xangements keeping the steam and
ough' It cavi be thus, avoided near lambing. Theyg need wadi -day odors and activities out o£
In our anter. we are *rowing sweet and dwill drink fresh a-ater twice a the dwelling part of the house.
g The washing nmaehine for domzlestic
corn of the sweetest variety, and we' dey, and if the water is colder than l
have gr;:.wi' this same variety for fresh Hell water and cannot convent use is not an expel` or nt. It _las
convent -
thirty -eve years in the family, and ently le warmed it will be well to been on the market for more than
know our meting; ears will be top-? have the water accessible all during alfdl and century.
a. Itdoes
The theory
notch, and the surplus worth canning : the day so they can take it in small' 1.1
of p the marhilza, ctii Imetlzer ciente: by
for the winter. r amounts,
VI e grew 000 bushels cif wheat this' Constipation may be caused by feed-, h:ir.ci-punct, water -power, Agasoline-
year on a bit less than 10 acres.: ing too much dry feed. Bran is ex- engine pottier, or et ctreity, . the+
We sowed the best seed obtainable,: cellent to feed if one has nothing but
agitation of clothes and water and the greatest life assurance corporation,
pampered it by a, 200 -pound applica-1 dry feed to give, oilmeal is good also. forcing of the tithe ,a soapy solution through
tion of commercial fertilizer, then top -7 + If corn is the only grain being feed Every lmouselvife should own a
dressed every shore of it with it Will be well to use bran and oats wringer, even e\ she Inas no washing
a
strawy manure. Alter reclean -I instead with the ether roughage, at machine The reversible ball bearing
ng we sold at for seed, netting least until constipation is overcame. with side s bin s best, Some
nearly $500 more than market Succulent feeds are excellent and one hes wringers have - is emergency
Price, and not a bushel of that wheat relished by the ewes; roots, such as
went over 30 miles from our home, the mangles, are Lighly beneficial in arrangement on top whereby the ten -
We grew 50 bushels per acre of the winter, as is also good silage. slag may be 'released should a finger.
Ia select white oats recleaned it all This is a critical time in the ewe's be •caught between the rollers. Wrings,
and sold it for a r good sum above life and proper care is essential. els should be ailed ,:n the bearings and
!market price, enough to pay us well A large flock of ewes is inclined to the rubber rollers wiped v after
bor our extra work and the growing of crowd through a narrow door or pas- using. They should be covered to
etter grain. sageway. At this stage they axe like- prevent dirt from gathering on them.
We planted corn that has been ly to be seriously injured by crowding. Mangles or ironing nmachines are
grown in the family for over forty Handling them quietly and forcing
gears, improved and certainly acclim- them to pass through in single file will
ated to our country, and when our tend to avoid injuries. In fact, ewes
tmeighbors' corn was in roasting ears near lambing should be handled as
from seed secured no one knows quietly as possible. They are often
Where, we were cutting and shocking of very excitable nature, and anything in the s;lotlies. 'Seventy-five per cent
well -ripened corn. tending toward excitement ought to be g
Thus ,it goes on down the list. Our avoided. Dogs are especially obnox- of the ironing for a family can tae
garden yielded us over three tines the ious at this time, so that in case there done on a mangle and done in about
one-fourth the time required to do it
by hand.
in addition to the mangle, it is well
to have several ironing-boards—a nar-
row one for skirts; a sleeve -board, a
little oval afl'a.ir held up in the air
by two supports so that the article
can hang free; a bosom -board, small
and oblong, nor lh$rt bosoms; and
either a small rolling pin or a piece
of broom -stick, padded and covered,
to slip into tight, closed places.
reining ironing -boards may be pine
best arrangement I have ever found but plentiful, mma matter what at:
was a sheltered box in one corner er quality inay be. Arrengcrnents should'
the lot and another in the sheep barn; be made for doing; the work under
these need filling about every two or convenient conditions, and in this re
p
now amount to $105,711,468, while the
rr'port shows a net surplus of $8,037.-
440 ewer and above ail liabilities: and
capital stock, which inelieates the im-
portance attached by the euml•any to
etafetF and protection. The company
paid out to policy -holders and their
beneficiaries $12..164,030. bringing the
total anzc,unt paid out in this cutter -
ion SircE• organization to S91,227,5:12. -
Antather record was made in regard to
income with a total of $25.704,201. or
an ineretn e cf $4:0:,::.1131 over the pre-
y ioue year. •
Oe ht;; to the rer:iarl.ubi,' clef elop-
inert in the husiner: of Canada's
Successful. Mince 1856
It is easy to maks claims for sends—itis another
thing to be able to substantiate them. We aro
emphatically able to make our claims good be -
camps our record for "seeds that grow" has.
goneunbvokenfo 64 years. For seeds, bulbs,
plant of all kinds, trust Sinners' goods.
MAY GROWL
Wrttd for our handsome new ma Catalogue today,
3. A. Simmers Limited, Toronto
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What Do You Do With
Your Straw?
In planning how much you intend to
put into machinery for the corning
season, it might be well to set aside
some money for the purchase of a
straw spreader, This is just a sug-
gestion, but I believe it is a wise one.
There are two ways to spread straw
:with pitchforks or with spreaders
espeeially designed for the purpose.
if your idea is to get it on the land
any old way, hit or amiss, in bunches
and bare spots, use a fork. If you
want a nice, even job, and one that will
bring results, by nil means use a
spreader, I believe that the increased
yield due to the application of straw
would pay far a spreader in one grow-
ing season. Certainly a few years' use
will pay you back in full..
The common sunfish is carnivar-
ous and in hatching Beason is especi-
ally pugnacious.
"No More Boarders Here."
If you. keep hens as a hobby, then
what follows will not interest you;'
but if you keep tilenl for what you can
get out of thein in the way of profit,
most probably it will interest you.
I only had a small flock, 80 birds all
told, and when a poultryman looked
over them two months ago, and told
me to cull out 20 of them, I didn't feel
like listening to him. Bet he talked
to me in sueh a way as to convince me
that itis advice was good, and I -culled
out the 20, selling thein at $1.50 each.
Now for results: My 100 -pound of
mash lasted me five days longer -nine-
teen instead of fourteen- -making a
saving of 120 days' feed, which. will
equal a cash'savieg of $60, and, des-
pite this culling, I have been getting
just as many eggs; in tact, owing to
the rest of the birds honing more
room, the production Las increased.
Therefore I ani thoroughly convinced
that the experiment has been worth
while.
Early spring brings with it COi'QIIS
PER. 310 prepared. Give your hur::,•
Oh11/8 Dist8mr iJmold
rt the arst sign of a cough. I9e'tter Mill, eve it i.s ;r
0. preVeuttve before he shows signs of M1 a.n s. "Sin )H $
acts Pctualiy wen as a itrereutive of 1'ur Ily : rezi,en
of its germicidal qualities, it etpels the ell. stet genius•
abates fewer. restores appetite and condition.
Sold by Tour 1Jrufsa'1
SP('RRN MEOW \1. r(111P.'' NT.
)1S711)1.
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operated by electricity or by engines,
or by hand. The rollers of the 31.5 gallons and is a little more than
mangles: are heated by means of gas half as big as the familiar barrel
or gasoline, or may: be made of hard, , known as the hogshead.)
highly -polished wood, depending upon A colo should have about two ounces
pressure, instead of 'heat, for smooth -
of salt each day.
the director:; feel that the business in
the Dominion is due to enormously ex-
paint
cpails during the pre=tont year.
Capadity of Cisterns.
('istern problems do not often arise,
but when they do it is well to be pre-
pared. Here is the method:
Determine in feet the diameter of
the cistern and also the height to the
arch, Multiply the diameter by itself
and by the height. Take four-fifths
of the product. Divide by' four, the
number ,of cubic feet in a standard
barrel. (A standard barrel contains
quantity of table stuff because we
planted the past season of reliable,
tested seeds, instead of relying on
puff collections and advertising lists
of cheap stuff.
The boys have returned. We have
taken them in partners with us here
ion the farm. We have them down at
ithe Agricultural College now, and
that is where they witl help us most
in the next few years, but it will be
a good helping, we are thinking, and
so long as they are reaping good seed
there, they shall have our support,
God bless them.
are any in the neighborhood that are
likely to be bothersome it may be ad-
visable to keep the ewes shut in at
night. We last some six or seven
head one year which were merely
chased 'by dogs less than five minutes.
None were injured to any extent, but
the intense excitement just at that
time proved to be enough to cause
their death within two days. I- tell
you it is a sickening sight to go out
in the sheep lot and witness the rav-
ages of a worthless cur or two,.
whether it is at lambing or any
time.
other
Dairymen and creamerymen in many
districts are troubled every spring by
garlic or onioh flavor in the milk. This
Is due to the cows feeding on garlic or
wild onion, one of the first plants to
Start in the pasture in the spring. The
trouble from garlic is not likely to
last very long, as this weed is soon
cropped off and. the grass becomes
plentiful enough for the cattle to feed
on it in preference to onion.
Garlic Savor in milk can be removed
by heating the milk can to one hun-
dred and forty-five degrees Fahren-
heit and forcing air through, it at this
temperature for '.thirty to sixty
minutes. As this ..method requires a
certain amount of equipment, it is
much more satisfactory for the aver-
age dairyman, tb keep 'the odor out of
Milk by a few simple precautions in
herd management.
There are two ways of protecting
#11e milk from garlic, flavor. First,
prevent the cows from obtaining gar-
lic; and second, manage the herd on
garlic pasture, so that there will be the
least possible chance of: getting the
flavor in the milk. Often the garlic
fs found only in one patch in the pas.
tura, and this can be temporarily
fenced oft and pastured with other
animals not producing . milk. , Where
gala ill scattered all over the fieId
it will be impossible to keep the cows
away from it, but by removing them
to' sonic other field three or four hours:
before each. milking the Ravel will be<
'educed to a minimum, The odor. in
;pink is strongest ' from cows which
arand the
have Just eaten g,iio , a odor
Vie; reduced as the time between the
eating of garlic and milking is in-
creased.
In case no garlic -free pasture is
available, it would be advisable to
1barnyard drive the cattleto the array dhree t
or four hours before milking and feed
them on hay and silage. As the sea-
son for ,garlic trouble is short, this
should not cause much inconvenience.
Select the breed best suited to your
market or the purposes for which you
wish to raise poultry. The farmer
will usually wish a general-purpose
fowl that is vigorous and a'good layer.
At the same time it will produce
enough meat to help out with the.
family rations.
An egg farm that is shipping eggs
to a market where white eggs are
sold at a premium, will wish to keep
Legharns. The Mediterranean: breeds
produce white eggs and here the
chance of selecting the best -liked
breed is all right, Some like white
birds and others the buff. Some
breeders will enjoy an unusually
marked fowl like the Ancona, and
take more care of a flock of birds of
that kind. ,
In some sections brown eggs are
most in demand anis a good Laying
strain of any .American breed will eras
satisfactory. If broilers are to be pro -
aimed there is nothing better than the
White Wyandottes or Barred Rocks.
A black feathered breed is not as de-
sirable for raising broilers because of
the black pin feathers which injure
the appearance of the ,bird on the mar-
ket, walling back and forth heemeen stove•
chased or made at Home. They permit
of garments being easily slipped off
or on. Any. handy man can put ad-
justable supports on. the old ironing-
board which you have always used
propped up onechairs and tables.
Then you can get the board at the
proper height and save much back-
ache. Fortunately much of the family
laundry can be put in good enough
shape for use by careful folding;
this will do ,away with the need 'of
ironing, and -the plan does not mean
shiftlessness -only common sense.
If padding for the ' ironing board
must be purchased, choose silence
cloth, such as is used for dining
tables. Two thicknesses of new cloth
will, make the board soft . enough.
Instead of tacking the covers on,
ironing -boards, cut them so that they
are about four inches wider than the
board, and sew tapes along the. sides
so that they can be tied on; Four or•
five tapes on each side will be sufici-
ent; made thus, the covers can easily
be changed. Unbleached muslin, sixty
inches in width, is the best thane, 12
new materialie purchased; this width.
will cover . the length of the board
'without waste.
For an iron -stand, use an ordinary
tin layer-cakepan fastened to the iron-
ing the board with stout nailse set the
irons in this. It protects the board and.
prevents the iron fromslipping to the
floor. To insure against fire, place a
sheet of asbestos` under' the -pan.
A large screw -eye inserted .in one: end
of thio ironing -board allows the board
to be hung upon a nail, thereby keep-
ing the ends from contact with the
floor.
Next to mangles the self -heating
irons are the greatest step:.savers, as
the irons can be kept at the peoper
.
temparatllis. without fir e., continual
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Famous Root Seeds
Bruce's Glans Feedlea Beet. In two
eiders, 'White and Rose, a cross between
Sugar Ilett and menet, splendid crop -
pets and unequalled tor feeding*, easily
harvested, and keep well. 31 ib. 250,
400, z 1b. 750, 5 lbs, es -Se, postpaid.
Bruce's Mammoth White Carrot.lralt
Long Variety, henry cropper, splendid
quality, ensity harvested, grand keeper.
3, ib. 35e, 35 Ib, lioc, tib. $t.00, postpaid.
Bruce's Giant Yellow Mengel. An
intermediate variety, heavy cropper, good
keeper, of splendid feeding quality and
easily harvested. 3, Ib. 23e, 31 b. qac; r lb.
yqse,5 lbs. $3.5o postpaid. Also Yellow
Leviathan, Giant Yellow Globe*, Golden
Tankard and 'Mammoth bong Red Mari -
gels at same price.
JOHN A. BRUCE
HAMILTON
fruee's New Century Swede Turnip.
A grand purple top variety. splendid for
the table and also far feeding cattle, a
grand keeper and stopper. 3, lb. 3,3c,
llb, hoc, z ib. $..a,, $ lbs. 15.22, postpaid.
.tiiso Bruce's Selected, Bruce's Chun
Sing, IIull's Westbury, Elephant, Meg-
SweedeBsla,t xf ib, Kangaroo
•,. 31 ib.6oe, xlb $i io
31bs. $5.25t 1ostoid. ,
Also Aberdeen's, White Globe and
Greystone Turnip, et '3i lb. 3oct_I
31
b.
53e, r ib. gr.00, and 51bs- $4.75, i 1
FREE—Our valnnhle ice -page Cnfatose-
or Seeds, Piants, Bulbs,"Implements and
Poultry Supplies. Write for it today.
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ONTARIO
SUN LIFE ESTABLISHED
,NEW LANDMARKS in 1919
•
New milestones in the progress of the Sun LIFE ASSVaANcE COMPANY
OF CANADA were passed In 191e.
Applications received
Assets
Assurances in force.. ,
Gratifying progre
,SYNOPSIS OF RESULTS FOR 1919:
Assets as at 31st December, 1919......... ..... ........... .
Increase over 1918
over $100,000,000.00
over $100,000,000.00
,,, .,.over $400,000,000.00,
ss was made itt all other departments during the year.
Cash income from Premiums, Interest, Rents, etc., in 1919
Increase over 1918
—Profits Paid or Allotted to Poli
Total Surplus 31st December,1
(According to the Company's Sta
cent interest, and for annuities, th
Claims, Matured End
....$105,711,468.27
8,091,089.42
j.. . .. 25,704,201.10
4,033401.41
cyholders in 1919
919, over all liabilities and capital
ndard, viz.,for assurances, the 4u. (5) Tabie, with 33<l and 3 per
he B.O. Select Annuity Tables with 3 es per cent interest.) ,
ownzen.ts, Profits, etc., during 1919........ , .. , .
Payments to Policyholders since organization
Assurances issued and paid for
Increase over 1918
in cash during 1919.............,,...... „
Life Assurances in force 31st D
Increase over 1918
Life Assurances applied for during 1919
Increase over 1918
1,606,503.37
8,037,440.25
12,364,651.15
91,227,532.30
86,548,849:44
34,957,457.40
ecember, 1919......... , .. ... .... 416,358,462.05
75,548,80592
100,336,848.37
42,529,881.70
THl COMPANY'S GROWTH
YEAR
Incodme
ASSETS
trim AMR- .
ANC/IS IN /FORCE
1872,
1884
1894
1904. ..
1914 '
1919, t
$ 48.210.93
$ 96,461.95
278,379.65 836,897.24
1,373,596.60. 4,616,419.63
4,561,936.19. 17,8Si ,1 60.92
15,052,275.24 64,187,656.38
25,704,201.10 105,711,4613.27
81,064,350.00
6,844,404:64
3,528 569.7
8S 327;68esee.,
218 299,835.00
416,358,462.05
The SUN LITE issues more ordina'y assurances annually' than any other Company tf the British Empire.
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HEAD OFFICE MONTREAL
T. B. MACAULAY, President
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