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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1924-2-14, Page 7Addrerrs communications to Aproewmisi, 73 Adelaide St. West. Toronto TEANDLING THE YOUNG LAMBS. Our experience has shown that the ewes that are in the best flesh and condition in the fall are the ones that. breed first and, what is more essentials eed a:larger per cent of twins. We t have heard flock masters say they "Would rather have one good single lamb than twins." With .any well- cared -for flock this is a great mistake. Our experience has shown for many years that we getfar greater returns from the ewes having twins. '_ Now, for 'the care` of the ewe and young Iamb. ''First, provide a clean dry place for the ewe to lamb. While., a warm place is certainly desirable, yet we feel a clean, dry place means more than the warmth. The wise shepherd will pass through his flock very often and note each in- dividual carefully as lambing time comes on. A wrong presentation is not unusual. A normal presentation is the front feet with the nose and head immediately following. Some- times the hind feet appear first in this case. Be suave the bottoms ofythe feet are turned up. Should they be otherwise, the shepherd, whose hands have first .been carefully washed and disinfected, and with finger nails close- * ly cut, and having thoroughly greased the hand with some soft, clean grease, should carefully insert the hand and .using plenty of time get the fetus turned over a ndPY robeb 1 all will wz be well. We have had the front feet come first O.K., but the head turned back. This simply means untold suffering and final death to both ewe and Off- spring, unless assistance is given. In this case, after proper preparation as above described, the shepherd .should, taking plenty of time and with great care, force back the fetus and follow- ing up until it is well back and while the hand is yet there carefully bring the head forward and usually the 'trouble is over. 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Guild, Incubator Dept., Rockwood, Ont. and secure a normal presentation either way. Nearly all farmers, we feel sure, are in far too great haste to help, as they think, in -the delivery. First, be sure thePresentation is normal and then go away and leave nature arone for at least three or four hours. The parts need plenty of time to expand and yield sufficiently for the delivery, and great injury and even death may re- sult from too great haste. If present when the lambs are drop- ped, avoid haridling as much aspos siblet but be sure they are. properly cleaned up and, dried. Next examine the ewe's udder -and see the milk starts readily from both teats. A very little stoppage in the end of the teat will discourage the weak lamb and result, in 2much trouble. It may, and with many farmers does, often occur in cold weather that the new born lamb becomes chilled and dies. In the case of chilled lambs, we use the warm water treatment. We found this treatment almost by acct-' dent many years ago and have had some most remarkable experiences with it, completely restoring lambs we had thought dead. We will not stop to relate them here, but for the benefit of some poor beginner will describe the process. If the lamb is chilled, the mouth Cold, and you fail to get him warmed up, simply -immerse him in a pail of warm water and hold him there until every part is thoroughly warm. The water sl;ould be simply warm, not hot. We believe many Iambs have been lost by the use of too hot water. The lit- tle lamb is very tender and water that would not seem hot to the human hand might prove fatal to it. The hand will stand much hotter water than our own bodies will. Any person who has tempered the water in his bath tub to the hand and then jumps into it, has done, just as I have done many times, jumped out again very quickly.. If this is true with us, how much more so with the little new-born lamb. Now, in every case, get a draught of the mbther's milk down the little lamb as soon as possible. When, a little lamb gets up on his feet and a good drink of his mother's milk down him, his chances are certainly good. Lambs should be docked and gelded while yet quite small. There are two or three reasons for this; first the nervous system isnot so fully devel- oped in a very young animal and any. operation of this kind is much easier borne and recovery is much quicker. Then, too, it is much better to get this out of the way before warm weather comes on and files become troublesome. Some prefer to leave the tails on the wether lambs for convenience in sort - Fully Guaranteed ' ing in the fall. But the flock looks much nicer if all have been nicely docked. The excrement of the young lamb is of such a sticky, gluey na- ture that their tails sometimes will become so stuck down to the body that movement of the bowels is ire- posible and the lamb will droop and die unless assistance is given. Soft grease applied to the wool will help greatly; but dock, and dock short, and the job is done and all further trouble is avoided. One thing we have found about the eyes of sheep and lambs that many farmers seem not to have found. Both sheep and lambs often suffer greatly from troubles with the eye and unless the water runs down in quantities suf- ficient to saturate the'wool=the owner willnot know it. A short time since, we bought a flock of pure bred Oxford ewes and , the owner thought he was. a good caretaker. 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F. xoanor, Special +Colonization: Agent CALG`AltY. T'. 0. P. Heroes., Asst:;.. to Supt. of Cohnization EDMONTON.. ' Miller, Land • Agent 1Q NTR3EAL.-. T.' Does:11, General Agricultural Agent is. ea Piro Norwood, ]Land Agent I , (3. SatiPn'"!), ;assistant Comrnitaioner. .aG.,�ti>'fdK�F1,Ptl�.tt •--'-Y==-�.lniCua., i:.i�-2-.�:...;.�5=1.-..aa�.. ._._.1Yr.ew TriENNI ti, Chief Censnusstoner. HOME COMFCMT RANGES And all repairs from factory only. $90.00 plus tax, freight prepaid in • Ontario. Wrought iron Range Co., Limited 149 King St. W., Toronto. much suffering. We found, many years ago, that small lambs often suffer from having (please note carefully) the under eyelid simply turn in with the lashes against the eyeball. Not a year passes that we do not find many of them. The remedy is simple; simply draw down and turn out the lid and usually, itwill stay, but occa- sionally• it may require many times. We once had a ease where it would not stay and the lamb was going blind, so we simply clipped that portion of the lid off and effected a cure at once. We have one just now that we fear' we will have to treat in the same way. This may seer • seed flats are to be used, two inches: will be sufficient, No seed should be sown until the temperature in the bot - bed has fallen to between eighty and ninety degrees Fahrenheit. After sow-- ing, the temperature must be care- fully observed, and if it gets too high the lights should be raisedto provide ventilation. When the plants appear the frame should be kept aired s>;lffi eiently' to prevent weak spindly! growth, although the plants must not' get chilled or .be frozen. Water should,. i be applied 'carefully, as too much will make for damping -off conditions. The, soil, `however, should be kept danep and this, together with: sufficient air, dight, and proper -'heat, will ,promote satisfactory growth. Chronic Tympanitis. This form of bloat is present in many cattle stables during the long n cruel, but yea y 1 13 far more humane than permitting the terrible irritation to be continued. This seldom occurs in lambs over two weeks old, but I think I have never examined a flock of young lambs in which I did not find some surrering in this way. —L. W. ---tip The ' Construction of the Hotbed. Many of the most popular vege- tables, such as tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, celery, and of our best flow- ers, are of southern origin and re-' quirea longer growing season than this climate permits. By starting' such plants in the hotbed from six to° eight weeks earlier than it is safe to plant out -doors, and later transplant- ing to the open, the required growing by the use of the hotbed such vege-I may be obtained. Furthermore, season tables as radish, lettuce, cabbage and1 cauliflower may be started early and thus reach development much sooner than if the seed were sown in the open. The only really satisfactory loca- tion for a hotbed is one with a south- ern exposure, protected from north and west winds and unshaded to ad- mit a maximum amount of sunlight. It may be made either above or below ground as desired. The former re- quires more manure, the latter more labor to construct. If above ground, the bed should be situated where there is no danger of water standing at the time; if below, the situation should be naturally well drained, or drainage would have to be provided. With this latter type, the soil should be removed to a depth of about eighteen inches and the cavity should be at least two feet wider and longer than the frame to be used. This operation is best done during the previous autumn, as it is often quite practical to start a hotbed before the frost is out of the ground to a depth of 18 inches. With the above -ground type the site merely requires levelling, which may be done in the spring as well as any time. The frame may he made of inch and a half or two inch Iumbers The most convenient size is six feet wide and of the required length to use one or more sash three feet wide. It should be from ten to twelve inches high at the front and, if six feet wide, sixteen to eighteen at the back. This slope allows rain water to run off easily and, as the hotbed should face south, a greater degree of sunlight is ob- tained than if the top were level. The sash must fit snugly and the frames be so constructed that they can be raised or lowered as ventilation is -needed. Fresh horse manure, as freefrom straw as possible, 1s the only satis- factory kind, for a hotbed, and that from grain fed animals is preferable. For a bed six' feet square, one and a half to two tons is required. It should be secured and piled near the site a week or more before it is to be used, and turned as soon as itbegins to beat, thus ensuring even heating and uniform texture. Four or . five days after turning, the manure should be. evenly heated and ready for the hot- bed. The bed of manure should be =at least one foot wider every way than the frame to be placed upon it. It is laid down evenly in layers about six inches deep and eachlayer thorough- ly tramped.:' The depth of manure re- quired depends upon when the hotbed is made. If made early, two to two and a half feet are necessary, but if made during the latter part of March, one foot will be found sufficient. After manure has been placed to the proper depth theframe sholild be put on and more manure banked around the outside of it up to the top and at least one foot wide. The lights should .now be placed on the frame and care- fully closed so that the heat will be retained and the bed thus brought to a high temperature as soon as pos- sible, .:After about twodays the sash should be removed and the manure tramped- thoroughly and watered if necessary. The ',hotbed is now ready for the soil. This should be of good fertility and • of such a texture that it will not bake, If seed is to be sown directly in the hotbed, five or six inches of soil will be required, butif winter period when cattle are stand- ing in. Some animals may be affect-, ed'.by this. form of digestive trouble, while others living under identical conditions, are net. The 'affected" ani- mal boats up after feeding, but gen- erally not to an extent to require puncture and relief by trocar and cannula. A purgative will generally. giver relief, provided the chronic bloating has been caused by indiges- tion, and, not by tuberculosis of the pulmonary lymphatic glands. , The following dosage has been found very effective in relieving this form of bloat; one pound of Epsom' salts, one-half ounce of powdered Bar- bados aloes; one ounce of powdered ginger, and one pint of molasses. Stir all for five minutes and give as a drench. After the operation of the purgative see that the feed is suffi- ciently succulent to favor easy diges- tion. Root silage ge and clover are most useful.in keeping the alimentary tracts in good condition. The use of linseed meal and •glauber salts mixed with the feed morning ane night—a hand- ful of each is good practice should there be any indication that the gen- eral feeding is not Iaxative enough. Potassium bi-carbonate, powdered ginger and powdered gentian are very useful as a tonic to tone up the di- gestive system and thereby aid in the prevention of chronic bloat or tym- panitis. Use equal parts of each, mix well and give one ounce at the be- ginning of the feed three times a day. Should chronic bloating continue after, treatment the tuberculin test should be applied to the animal. In -Breeding and Line Breeding. Having located a successful mating, one can perpetuate easily so longus the originals are breeding, but the problem begins after the first mating ceases. Shall one breed mother and son, or brother and sister, or cousins, or what is the best procedure? Our experience, so says Professor W, R. Graham of the Ontario Agricul- tural College, in breeding birds of very close relationship, such as mother -son or brother -sister matings, would not warrant us recommending such a procedure. It is true that we have had some successful results, but it is likewise true that most of such. matings have been very bad. If one � is anxious to breed closely, our ex- perience would suggest a trial of any !relationship, so long as the birds are vigorous, but it is not wise to depend entirely upon such a mating. A good in -bred bird will likely be a valuable breeder, but such a bird is difficult Ito produce. It is very doubtful if one can say I what relationship will give the best results, but to the average .person it Iwould appear to be good advice not to breed too closely, and to look for new blood from somesource where the breeding has been similar. Live Stock in Canada. Dominion -wide statistics indicate that there were fewer horses, mules, cattle, and sheep in Canada at the end of 1923 than in 1922 and more swine and poultry The figures supplied are: Horses, in 1923, 3,530,641 com- pared with 8,648,871 in 1922, a de- crease of 118,280; mules, 8,722 com- pared with 9,202, a decrease of 480; cattle, 9,246,231 compared with 9,719,- 869, a decrease of 473,638; sheep, 2,- 758,860 compared with 3,263,525, a decrease of 509,665; swine, 4,405,316 compared with 3,915,684, an increase of 489,632;_ poultry, 45,469,292 com- pared with 42,930,562, an increase of 2,538,750. Horses and sheep have de- creased in every province excepting British Columbia; cattle have increas- ed in Ontario and. British Columbia, but have decreased in every other pro- vince; swine havedecreased in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, but have increased in all the other provinces; poultry have increased in :Ontario; Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia but have decreased in the Maritime Provinces, Quebec and Manitoba. These figures do not in- clude the live stock on Indian reserves. ® _ Oil cans are less expensive to use than monkey wrenches. Beep house plants clean and free from dust. Water thoroughly when the plants need Water rather than a little every day. When fed to horses in large quanti- ties, wheat is apt to' develop digestive disturbances and also cause skin eruptions. The best plan to follow in giving the grain to horses is to feed in moderate quantities only. Grind it coarsely and mix with some other bulky feed like bran or chopped, or straw. ISSUE No. 6—'24. i.), THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON: FEBRUARY 17 Joshua and the Conquest of Canaan, Josh. chs. 11.1, 23 and 24. ' Golden Text—Not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the'Lord your God spake concerning CONTINUATION OP TUE ,sTo 1Y After 1 Moses, when he received his call at the,. disastrous failure at Kadesh the 'Horeb, Exod.3e12. - We find the sense people of Israel remained in the wil-lassurance of God's presence with his derness south of Palestine for many iservants who are called to perform. years. They lived like the Arab's, a 'great tasks, often repeated in Bible wandering life, seeking the shells and history. Compare vs. 9 and 17, 3:7, springs of water, ' and "the best - pas- 6:27, and Ddtita'31;8" and 23. And tare . lands. Eventually they passedwith this goes the declaration of God's south and east of the . Dead Sea, unfailing help "I will not fail thee, through the lands of Edom and Moab, ;nor forsake thee." to the territory of. the Amorites east 1Vs. 6, 7. Be strong. Human strength a1 Jordan, whose cities they captured, ! and courage res pon.d.to the divine `pro though strongly fortified, reel whose d's mt strong people they destroyed.. Here, in the :noise.and couraGogeous inservant reliancuse uponbe him, fortieth year of the Exodus, Moses and in obedience to his law. Compare died, and the leadership of Israel Pass= vs. 9 and 18, It is well that tbe man ed to his friend and loyal "Helper, charged with the leadership in the Joshua. Joshua inherited the spirit nation should be strong, courageous of his great master. He had the task and steadfast in his adherence to thea of conquest, and his fame is that of a right. Such a man is sure to be great- soldier. ser But like Moses, he was soyas le tempted, but he must hold un - Jehovah and exelted Jehovah swerving allegiance to Godes law, and Israel's true king and Lord. Like "turn not from it tD the right hand Moses, he had the promise and the or to the left." And so doing, he assurance of the presence of God. See 'shall "deal wisely" whithersoever he Deut. 31:1-8 and 34:9. ; goes. Ch. 1:1. Joshua Moses' Minister. ; Vs. 8, 9. TMs book of the law. The Joshua is called the minister or sere reference seems clearlyto be to the ant of Moses also in Exod, 24:13 and 33;11. Compare Deut1:38: He ape :first written law, referred to in Deut , 31:9, as having been delivered to the pears first as commander of Israel "priests and the elders to be preserved fighting force in the battle with the by them and taught to the people. It Amalektes in the first year of the w:as probably some such law as we young man xod. : and Exodus (Exod. 17:8-16),. Ile was thand good success for Joshua and foren find in Deutchs. 12 to 26. Prosperity a (E 3311), through all the years that followed, Israel will depend upon its observance. was a faithful and courageous sup- Ch. 23:1-3 contains the opening sen - porter of Moses. He "was full of the fences of an address delivered by spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid Joshua to the people when he "was his hands upon him: and. the children cf Israel hearkened untohim." old and well stricken in years, (Rev. V. 2. Go over this Jordan. The Ver.) He reminds them of the good Israelite people were still on the east- ness of God and the great things ern side of the river. They had taken which he had done for them, and ex - possession of all of eastern Palestine horts them to steadfast courage, pur- from the Moabite country northward. sty and faithfulness. It is a very See Num. 21:21 to 22:1. Hayle valedictory, anti itsky ote 18 V. 3. As I said unto Moses. See the the exhortation of 1. 11,—"Take good. promise to Moses in Deut. 11:22-25. heed therefore unto yourselves, that V. 4. From the wilderness. Compare 'ye love the Lord your God. the description given of the boundar-1APPLICATION. fes of the promised land in Gen. 15:1 The keyword of Joshua's character 18 and. Exod. 23:31. The wilderness and of hie commission is a master was the wild, sparsely populated coun- word, one to conjure with,—courage. try to the south. Lebanon is here the And the tap -root of courage is knowl- name given to the mountain range in edge of and obedience to the moral the north. The river Euphrates is thelaw. "Conscience doth make cowards ideal northeastern boundary, which ; of us all." That is, wrong -doing is was reached only for a brief period in the greatest enemy of courage: the reigns of David and Solomon. The`Thies oft it haps that, when within Hittites were, in the time of Moses' They shrink at sense of secret sin and Joshua, a powerful people, living lei feather daunts the brave. in the northern part of Syria, with But courage comes when we have Kadesh on the river Orontes, and 1 God's promises and his presence, when Cerchemish on the Euphrates, as their we have the assurance that we are on chief cities. A Hittite community was the side of right and truth, when we found as far south as Hebron, in the are conscious, though humble, of fit - time of Abraham (see Gen. 23:3 and ness for the task, when we are vigor - 25:9). The great sea is, of course, the ous in our desire to do God's will, It Mediterranean, "toward the going is for this that we must, like Joshua, down of the sun. be dilligent in our study of "This book V. 5. Not any man. A similar prom- of the Iaw." Here we see how God ise to Moses appears in Deut. 7:24. dealt with his people, how he kept his The comforting assurance, "1 will be promises, how he revealed his prin- with thee," recalls the promise to ciples and plans. patch, he steped on something that caught his foot and made him fall. THE CHILDREN'S "Ouchie, owl" said the little squir- HGUR rel, rubbing his bruised knee. "What was that? Why! It is Bruin's hand- kerchief, for it has his name on it." Scampering back to his friends, he A HAPPY REUNION. told them of his find and soon they "Right, hoe We must not stand were all on the right trail again. It here idly. Let's get busy and become was just an hour before they came real detectives," said Roily Rabbit, as upon Bruin sleeping -by a log. soon as they found Bruin gone from "Buzz-zz-zz! Buzz -z!" He was snor- the trap. "Who will help me?" ing so he never heard them. "I—I will—I," chorused Frankie Frankie Fox got a long blade of FoxWillie Woodchuck and the little grass and tickled his ear, and Willie squirrel. Woodchuck tickled his nose with a little twig. But when the squirrel "We will let wise Frankie Fox be tickled his toe, he jumped up with a our chief," said Roily. "He is always start. so clever at finding out secrets." "Well, where did you all coma After Frankie had looked every- from?" blinked Bruin, rubbing his thing - over carefully and had made eyes. several trips out among the trees, he Then Roily told hint all about the said: "It is just as Roily • Rabbit dreadful time they had finding hila, thought first. Bruin went in that di- and Bruin told them about the man rection," pointing off toward the east. and how the little boy had unfastened "His tracks seem to follow a man's his chain. With his sharp little knife, and he must have been led away with Roily cut off Bruin's muzzle and they a rope. We will follow them until we all started home, happy to be together find him, and then plan some way of again. getting him away from the man. II --*-- am sure Bruin did not go away with -i A recent survey of the hog popula- out being forced." tion of Prussia shows a substantial "So am I," chirped the little squir- increase, the number now on hand rel. "He was dreadfully afraid the! totalling 9,460,000, as compared with man would come before we got back,? 8,683,936 a year.ago. and he did. But I ran just as fast as I •could.." "You did your best, and if we are, To be a good farmer you must feed careful we may find Bruin before it your mind, your body, your soil, and gets dark," answered Roily. 1 your soul.. They are merely engines, So off they started, Frankie Fox, that will run if you give them enough first, then Roily Rabbit, then Willie of the right kind of fuel, and will Wobdchuck, and trotting along behind, stop and rust if you don't. was the little squirrel. Every few; minutes Frankie would sniff the earth! and nod his head y P but the never sto -' A satisfactory winter ration for ped. [ dairy cows kept at the Ste. Anne de while it became dark' After ala Pocatiere, quebec, Experimental theycould o no further.allStation, consisted of corn and sun - curled g nest So they flower silage, roots, and mixed hay. curled up ,in a little of leaves by, To this was added a meal mixture of a big tree and went to sleep. Early, oats, corn, bran, distillers' airs, and in the morning they started on their way again. But Frankie Fox had oil cake. This ration was fed at the slept sollard he just couldn't redeem-' rate of one pound of the mixture for Pevery four pounds of. milk produced her how bruin's., tracks smelled: and soon they were cif the - trail and lest.' by the individual cow. All day long they... T wandered among] the trees, and it was a weary and' Remember that, for any profession, discouraged group that curled up on it takes a long course of study before a bed of Ieaves that night. any real and substantial success can. Bright and early the next morning, be looked tor. Don't take tbe advloe just as the sun was getting up, the of admiring friends alone, who will be little squirrel got up too. 1 sure to tell you that you can do any "I'm so hungry, I must find some thing and do it well without a Pre - berries," he reberries,"he said. "I'll slip out quietly' liminery course of preparation. It is and not get faraway." i not what conies to you, but what you Nearby he found a fine patch of come to, that determines whether you blacic1 .,' as and when busily munch - are to be, a winner la the great race of lif ing' them 'right in the middle of thel ,