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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1924-6-12, Page 2Address communications to Agronomist, 73 Adelaide St West, Toronto PROTECTING TIIE HARNESS. Hangiug the harness where the g g horses passing back and forth will .not brush against it, and where none of the dangling straps will trail upon the flecr necessitates the placing of hooka upon the wall far above one's head. But the difficulty experienced by the boys in removing and replacing the harness, where such precautions had been taken, caused a certain con- siderate farmer to employ a novel ex- tension handle, A three-foot length of four -inch board was dressed to provide a handle at one end and a strap of band iron was nailed upon the other end to make a wide loop. Upon this board the harness hook was fastened and heavy spikes were driven partially- into the wall at heights of four and seven feet, respectively. With this arrangement, when a har- ness is to be placed upon the hook, the board is suspended from the lower spike where the heavy pieces may be arranged upon it with ease. It is then raised by means of the extension handle to the second spike, where it is supported safe from .accidental dis- turbance and ready to be lowered again without difficulty. A ONE -MINUTE MILK STOOL. We have tried many milk stools but none that we like better than our present one which will stand so much knocking around. The conatruction is simplicity itself. Take a piece of one -inch board and cut to a square about eight inches on! a side. Smooth and round the edges and corners. Fasten this to the bot- tom of an old bucket of the desired height, using wood screws. WHY MY CAMERA HAS BEEN OF VALUE 'TO 1\IE. My camera has been of value to me both from a gainful and a sentimental standpoint. I find that a sharp, clear picture of some prize-winning member of the farm yard, or some member of the poultry yard that has established a noteworthy egg -laying record, ac- companied by a brief caption, will bring a cheque from most any farm journal Newspapers and magazines. are always in the market for pictures of something unusual or noteworthy, One day my neighbor's boys caught a woodchuck that certainly must have been the great grand -dad of all his tribe. One of his lower tushes was over two inches in length. It pro- truded from the side of his mouth, ex- tending above his nose where it curv- ed at the end like the horn of a Rocky Mountain goat. One is apt to run across these freaks of nature either in forest growth, the animal world or geographical formations; and there is a wide market for good pictures of that kind. From the sentimental standpoint the pictures of your family early at- tain an almost priceless value. The careless easy poise assumed among home surroundings, is a great deal more natural than the stiff, stilted attitude assumed before the photo- grapher. Then the family gatherings. Then there was "Old Nell," the kind- est, gentlest horse that ever lived, who seemed to be always trying to ac- quaint herself with your every wish that she might render to you fault- less service. I always left the lines tied to the harness when cultivating corn with her. The reverse was "Prince," in the picture I can detect that seine roguish glint of eye that was characteristic of him as he used to look back over his shoulder when he had reached the end of the corn row, seemingly searching the side of the freshly turned earth to acquaint himself if one single hill had escaped his .devastating feet. Un- doubtedly in the event of there being any survivors he was fully as much surprised as I was. Then the faithful dog, and the cat who, back in 1900, was named "Century." When the years pass, and the subjects of these pictures have passed away, as many already have, these pictureseewill be of unparalleled value, for there is no- thing that will go as far as they in bringing back the happiest days of my life.—G. E. "Oh, What Shall I Do ?" Everyone Should Learn What Can Be Done in Case of Accidents. BY MARY IC. GREGG. _ These condensed directions and Poisoning—Remove unabsorbed poi - suggestions for first -aid -in -the -home son as quickly as possible by giving can be clipped out, pasted on card- emetic such as (1) tepid water, 2 to board and tacked up near the medi- 4 glasses, or add as much salt as cine or emergency chest, where all water will dissolve. (2) Alum, % tea - who pass by can read them and learn spoon for child or 1 teaspoon for adult them so as to have them in mind in mixed with honey or syrup. (3) Mus - case of need. tard can be used; eft to 1 teaspoon for Wounds -1st, check bleeding; 2nd, child; double dose 'for adult, in one cleanse wound; 3rd, keep wound at glass of warm water. If patient can - rest; 4th, protect wound from dirt or not swallow, give a stimulating injec- dust. Do not touch wound with dirty tion into the rectum. To remove the hands. Never apply cobwebs, tea pain, and irritation, give milk, white leaves or any such substance to check of egg and milk, flaxseed tea, or any bleeding. If impossible to cleanse gruel. These to be given internally. hands before rendering first ald, cover Ptomaine • Poisoning — Symptoms: wound with piece of clean old Iinen acute inflammation of stomach and soaked in solution made by dissolving ? teaspoon table salt in a pint of boiling water. To Cheek Bleeding -1st, apply water as hot as can be borne, or clean ice-cold water, or direct pressure with bit of clean cotton. A tourniquet may be improvised from a bandage or handkerchief. If in arm or leg, ele- vate injured part. Do not give stimu- lants. They tend to increase bleed- ing. Gauze or linen soaked in Friar's Draw arms away from sides and up - Balsam tends to prevent infection and wards so as 'to meet over the head; promotes healing. then brought down to the sides, the Barns—Use gauze, cotton, or linen elbows made to come almost together soaked in solution made by dissolving; over • the chest. - This movement con - 1 teaspoon baking soda to a cup of tinned at rate of about 16 per minute. water. Cover burn. Olive oil is good Friction and warm blankets are need- to cover burn: Burns from carbolic ed when breathing has started. acid will be relieved by applying cornPoints to Remember -To keep a mon vinegar. Alcohol is the best anti- wound clean is one of tho most im- dote. and either alcohol or vinegar portant duties. Direct pressure is the may be used externally or internally most effective method to check bleed- for this purpose. Carron oil may be ing. A tourniquet bandage should not used, which is equal parts of linseed be left on too long or serious results oil and lime water. Keep air away' may follow. Best to remove after from burned warts. two hours, even if you have to re- Sprains—If arm, support with apply it. Stimulants' tend_ to increase sling; if leg, apply splint and keep bleeding. The dirt that is under the slightly elevated. To relieve the pain, l finger nails may cause blood poisoning apply a hot fomentation or an ice if it gets into a wound. poultice. I Every home nurse should know the Hemorrhage from Nose -=Keep per- substance which can be used to quick son sitting . up; never allow head held ly empty the .stomach and . be .quick to over basin. Give fresh' air; stretch use it when necessity. arises. In all arms upward above and behind.: the forms of poisoning, cholera morbus, head. Pinch nose below bridge be-' etc., the first; and' most important tween thumb and forefinger. For ex- - thing is to get rid of the offending treme cases, spray nostrils with alu,.ii'substance as quickly as possible. Even solution, • 1 to 2 teaspoons to a pint if diarrhoea is present, a dose of cas- of water. tor oil should he given, to . quickly Foreign Bodies in Eye—If under clear the food tract. upper lid, Invert lid by drawing it Things to Have for Sickness— down; hold a toothpick or mat••^hl Fountain syringe, bed pan, rubber, across it, and roll lid 'lack. Take a sheet, box of bandages 1 inch wide; twist of absorbent sown or clean l also 2 to 2 yz inch. linen and remove foreign body. • if l ,some Imps o•»ised A ppliances—A lime should get in the eye, wash thor-' shawl or blanket pinned to clothes -bar oil, ' makes a good. screen to protect pe- as olive oil, 1tient from.. draught, Roller towel Fractures • --Send for doctor at once.1 makes good abdominal bandage. While waiting, support injured part. Rrieks and flet -irons wrapped in. If patient has to be moved, bandage a' newspapers are good when 'artificial pillow around the fracture with two heat is needed. Save old table linen. er three. pieces of board outside the chest., handkerchiefs, .etc., :tor .band - pillow to set ae splints. Keep, l,o:iitices, etc. Old blankets and bowels, pain, cold sweats, and some- times chills: Remedy: first get the offending substance out of system. Give castor oil; wash the stomach, see doctor. Poisoning from Inhaling Gas—Re- move from poison air as soon as pos- sible. Use artificial respiration; give stimulation and an injection of salt solution. Drowning — Artificial respiration. Memel- underwear for applying hot fomentations. For Home-made 1Iediat"ne Chest— Olive oil, castor oil,a laxative of some kind, glycerine, vaseline, turpentine, borax, mustard, ganger, oxide of zinc • ointment, boracic acid, and peroxide, Household Disinfectants -A disin- fectant is a substance that kills all germs that have power to infect or cause disease. There are two classi- fications of disinfectants: natural and. ohemicai. The natural are sunshine and heat, and the chemical are sul- phur, formaldehyde, etc." Sunshine is the best of all. It. has power to kill tuberculosis gears in a few hours. Fresh air is needed, soap and water is necessary for cleanliness. Fleat—the. boiling of clothing, utensils, etc., is one of the easiest way to kill germs. All oiled dressings, excretions, etc., from wounds and contagious or infec- tious diseases, should be burned. , To Fumigate a Room—Close com- pletely. Arrange all furniture so that surface is exposed to Runes. Open all drawers. Mattresses should be thrown over foot of bed. Use 1 pint. of formadehyde to 1,000 cubic feet. Allow room to stay closed 12 hours. An Antiseptic is a substance that prevents growth of germs, butdoes hot kill. Listerine and boracic acid are antiseptics. To make boracic acid solution, add as many crystals as the water will dissolve. This is a mild, unirritating solution, and is used in eye treatment and surgical dressings. Freezing cannot be depended on to kill germs. HOGS "In the making of bacon it must be remembered that the right type of pig may be ruined by heavy feeding on barley, corn and other heating and fattening feeds just after weaning and before he is properly grown. Ra- tions should be made up with the idea of promoting growth rather than fin- ish. The best growing feeds are mid- dlings, shorts, finely ground oats, skinimilk, buttermilk, whey tankage (alfalfa, red clover, green), rape and roots. The bacon hog must be grown first, then finished. Heavy feeds too early in life tend to round the rib, shorten the' side and lay excess fat on the back and ham as well as make for a flabby jowl and a wasteful mid- dle. Many well bred hogs of good type are spoiled by early pushing with the wrong kinds 'of feed. Mid- dlings, oats, milk, whey, tankage, and the clovers are high- in protein, and so build bone 'and muscle rather than fat. Exercise helps to build muscle also, and should be frely given to young pigs. "Generally speaking, it is well to grow the pigs until they are four -and - one -half to five months old and then finish them as quickly as possible by gradually adding barley in place of middlings, a good finishing ration be- ing composed of two-thirds barley and one-third finely ground oats. If skim - milk is not available, tankage up to 8 or 10 per cent. in the ration will prove profitable, particularly in win-.' ter feeding. The plan should be to grow the pig before he is finished. The all too prevalent idea that pigs make cheaper gains when around 200 lbs. is eronneous. Pigs, like all other animals, make most economical gains when young. It does not pay to hold them over the market weight, either in gains or in market price."—Ontario Government Pamphlet. Egg Production ion at Q.A.C. The average egg production of the one thousand pullets that were trap - nested for theyear was 168 eggs each. We are trying to improve the strain in size of body, size of eggs and color, rather than increasing the number of eggs. Five pens of ten pullets each were placed in laying competitions. The fifty birds averaged slightly above 190 eggs each. The high bird of those in the contests was 263 eggs, and the high bird of those on the, plant, was 296 eggs, so says Prof. W. R. Graham, O.A.C. DAIRY After twenty-sixyears' experience handling a. dairy herd on my farm of 145 aeres under varied conditions, I am firmly convinced that it pays to grain caws well throughout the entire milling period. Early spring' and summer pastures are highly sueeu lent, containing a large amount of water and a low amount of dry mat- ter. Cows producing a heavy flow of milk cannot consume enough pasture to supply the essential amount of dry matter, In past years, when my farm grown supply of grain was exhausted, I thought I could eeosiornize by not graining my cows while on pasture, especially during the early spring months. However, after thoroughly trying the matter out I am convinced that it is unprofitable economy. Every dairyman knows when the cows go to pasture in the spring the milk flow for a short time increases. This may continue for a month or two, then a gradual falling off be- comes apparent. Not infrequently be- fore this decline is checked a heavy loss develops. Pasture does not con- tain sufficient concentrates to sustain heavy -milking cows for any length of time. For this reason I find it un- profitable to depend upon pasture alone even for a few weeks during early spring. Some good dairymen I know think it does not pay to grain cows on pas- ture, as the increased milk flow is not sufficient to offset the cost' of the grain ration. 'This in a measure may be true if taken alone from the stand- point of immediate increase in milk production. But there is something more important. I endeavor to en- courage a heavy uniform milk flow throughout the entire milking period. Graining on pasture keeps the cows In proper physical balance. The cows keep in better flesh, give less trouble handling about the stable, and pro- duce a more profitable flow of milk throughout the year. They store up surplus nutrients in the body which later become available for the pro- duction of milk. The Live Stock Market. Up to the end of April this year the sales of cattle at the five prin- cipal markets of the country, accord- ing to Dominion Live Stack Branch returns, totalled 224,873 against 211,- 085 in the corresponding four months of last year; of calves 78,284 against 67,151; of hogs 442,095 against 360,- 496, 60;496, and of sheep 50,129 against 69,- 132. In addition there were billed through this year, in the four months, 44,211 cattle against 41,621; 31,777 hogs against 61,683, and 5,279 sheep against 16,985. Top prices for but- cher steers averaged on May 1 this year, compared with the same date last year, $7.41 to $7.18 per hundred, 'veal calves $8.50 to $$.89, select hogs $8.06 to $11.19, and good lambs $13.41 to $12. In computing these prices the markets atToronto, Montreal, Winni- peg, Calgary and Edmonton are aver- aged. The guns aboard the U. S. battle- ship Colorado can fire a one -ton shell a distance of nearly nineteen miles. Soldering Irons for Putty. When removing a broken window- pane indowpane from an old sash where the putty has weather -dried and baked to the hardness of brick, it is usually a diffi- cult matter: to scrape the putty away, and bruised and torn fingers often re- sult. esult. There is an easy way to get around this. If a soldering iron is seated and drawn over the putty, it will be soft- ened to such an extent that it can be removed almost instantly. Any heated iron will do the trick, Spitting Carburetors. Aside from worn mechanism, spit- ting or back -firing in. a carburetor can very often be traced to a little water! that has collected in the gasoline. The, water is usually the result of conden- sation of moisture within the gasoline tank, something that cannot be avoided. Again the trouble may be due to a clogged high-speed spray nozzle, which has a very small hole that can easily clog. A careful cleaning is the rem- edy for both the above-mentioned troubles.—Ed. Henry. MR. WRIGLEY'S COUNTRYMEN [From LondonOemion.] I believe I've .gt•.Aaserica. 1 !sear a paralstent chewing Boum.' • orae Edocati3n "The Child's First School Is the Family"---Frositllb." Baby Talk -By Florence Bascom -Phillips. The half intelligible "babytalk" It was Buddy's sister, Edith, a bright little thing with a clear voice and die-, tinct enunciation, who had explained the matter to me. The members of the family were then beginning to realize the harm that had been done but were too indolent to make more than spasmodic efforts to correct it. Edith was less than a year old when Buddy was born, and since then had spent most of her time with lee'?"'",v, grandmother so she had escaped her a little lisp of his own with the er- brother's predicament. roneous pronunciation and construe- All parents Are not educated, and tion which he had been taught, and it few are capable of using the best sounded so irresistibly cute that no English, but all can and should use effort was made at home to correct it. the most correct English 'they- .know Later, however, when he entered especially in speaking to their chil- school, it ceased to be cute and be-dren. The truthfulness of the old came a problem. When he was seven adage, "First impressions are lasting," or eight years old I taught him. Ho is proven in nothing more • than in could read as rapidly as the usual be- speech. ginner, but there was scarcely an in -i I remember a classmate of mine telligible word to be heard. I tried who could riot overcome the occasional in vain to teach him to speak plainly, use of such colloquialisms as "yourn" 'and when I left the school he stills and "hisin," even after finishing her habitually . lapsed into his baby lisp normal course. Her parents were very and pronounced his words and chose ignorant I even catch myself saying his `constructions irrespective of any ! "ain't," from home usage, though my rules ever written. parents knew better. Let us have How' unnecessary for a child to "good English homes" instead of start his school life so handicapped! i "good English weeks." little Buddy learned sounded cute to his mother. She taught it to him, herself, with such speeches as the following; "Does muzzer's 'ittle snooky-ookums want a d'ink of wawa? Sure him do. Bess his 'ittle heart." "Baby see ze titty tat." "Him wants a nice eggie to eat, don't him? Yes him do." When he began to talk he combined POULTRY. (� During the heat of summer I find THE CHILDREN'S that the hens with a shady range HOUR keep sip their appetites the best and lay more summer eggs." When the ,y hens dust they select cool moist soil in a shady place rather than hot dry dust in an exposed position. Young stock like the rest during the heat of the day. I note that hens with a cool summer range seem less apt to stop egg production and start a summer moult, Fine shade can be provided every year with corn and sunflowers. After the plants are up a few inches they grow so'rfast that very little injury will be done to the foliage by`the hens. Fruit trees make a fine permanent shade on the range. My plum and cherry trees in the poultry yards are seldom troubled with curculio al- though it has not been necessary to use much spraying to control that pest. Evergreens like Norway spruce are! good for shade and windbreaks. I have noticed that a still warm day does not retard the hens from ranging like a hot windy day. The wind blows the feathers away from the hen's warm body and snakes ranging uncomfort- able. A windbreak on the range in- creases the number of days each glim- mer that the hens will continue for-' Aging. Colony houses for young stock can be raised on skids providing a cool shady place beneath where the poul- try can dust and rest during the heat! of the day. In furnishing artificial, shade with boards or canvas be sure' they are well built or sudden storms may blow the shelter down on the poultry and cause a serious loss. SHEEP. The presence of worms in a flock f is indicated by the elanibs becoming f dull and listless, the wool dry and harsh; the skin, Which should bo a1 bright pink, becomes pale, and the eyelids when turned back show the membranes to be clear instead of a net work of blood vessels. In the last stages, a dropsical swelling appears under the jaws. When worms are present, the lambs should be drenched with some vermifuge and changed to fresh pasture. Copper sulphate, com- monly known as blue vitrol, is an exp• cellent remedy, but one that must be used with extreme care owing to its poisonous nature. Sheep to be treated should be kept off feed and water for eighteen hours before treating. Just before treating dissolve one ounce of copper sulphate in,three quarts of water and adminis- ter the doses as follows: For a three months old lamb, one ounce of the so- lution; for a six months old lamb, two ounces; for a yearling, three ounces and for a mature sheep, four ounces. Any of the solution left over should be destroyed, as it is not safe 'to use unless fresh. A: solution can best be obtained by suspending, the ounce of copper sulphate in .a cloth and lower- ing it in the water only far enough to submerge the copper sulphate. In. measuring out the doses, the size and strength of the lamb should regulate the amount, 'rather than the age. A weak lamb, somewhat small for .its age, should not receive as large a dose as indicated above. • Handy Storage Birt. In most laying -houses a storage bin for scratch grain can be built out from -the. sills without taking up any of the floor space. Such , a bin can hold at least six or eight hundred pounds of grain. It should have a smooth slanting roof so the hens can- not roost on it. , The storage bin saves carrying grain every ' day and enables the care- taker to feed the hens quickly -.in -the evening when other work requires at- tention. The farmer who will carry grain to the hen house with the team and .keep the bin filled Will find that hiswife can care for the hense with -J out carrying heavy pails of scratch feed. In snowy and rainy weather' the handy grain.. supply may insure better care for the hens. I 011, BOY! Make the most of your school, Boy! Study as hard as you can! School days will soon be over And soon you will be a man! • Then comes the world of business, Tho work of life and the care— Learn what you can each day, Boy, 'Twill count up a lot in a year! Tackle the hard job first, Boy, Oh, don't be afraid to world The lazy ones may laugh, Bay, But never you try to shirk! Hold out a helping hand, Boy, To your mates ori Knowledge Hill! Pull together --it's fun, Boy, To work and play with a will! —E. H. Glover. BENNIE FOX FINDS THAT IT DOESN'T PAY TO CHEAT. "Oh, Bennie,we are just choosing sides for a game of pullaway," said Tittle Jackie Rabbit, running into the schd'olrooni. "Come out and play with e' us.. I want you on my side." (You remember Jackie Rabbit was Roily Rabbit's little nephew.) Well, now Bennie Fox knew that he didn't have but one of his arithmetic problems for his lesson that day and that he should finish them before he went out to play. But pull-away was his favorite game. He liked to play it - more than any other game he knew. "Sandy Squirrel has all his prob- lems worked," he thought to himself. "I'll just look on his paper." So be skipped out to play pull-away, and left his lessons undone. They played and played, but the time seemed short when the bell called them back to their lessons. Bennie sat right beside Sandy Squirrel, so hecopied all the prob- lems and slipped the paper back in Sandy's desk. At class, Teacher Rabbit called on Bennie first. "What is your answrrfor the first problem?" she asked. Bennie gave the:- answer, which happened to be 15. "Correct, Bennie. Please put your problem on the beard so the rest may see. Sandy you may put on the next one," said the teacher. 13ennie went to the board with a quaking heart. Oh, how he wished he knew how to do that problem.. In a few minutes Sandy had his problem neatly done and was back in hits s But still Bennie stood at the board, unable to do even the first part of his problem. `Bennie, T do not see how you knew the answer if you can't work the prob• - lem," said Teacher Rabbit. "I bet he copied his problems," said little Jackie Rabbit. And then how Bennie did feel. Everyone in the school knew that he had cheated.. He hung his head and went back this desk. But he thought he had learned a good lesson, even better than his daily arit.imetic lesson, for he resolved that no Matter how poor his lessons a ould be, he would never cheat again.. Weak Link. The .number of eggs set toget a mature pullet is pos:iibly the most in- efficient part of the poultry businc ss.: The hatching power of eggs is known to: be an iiihee'ited.character, yet the hatching powef of eggs is very seri- ously affected by nutrition and gen- eral care and management. The De- partment of Poultry Husbandry, 0, A. College, has been conducting some experiments along" these lines, but re stilts -so farwould not warrant any conclusions being offered. The prob- lem is complicated and will take some time to work out, so says Pie)f. W. R. Graham, 0.A.C. • It is fortunate that no one In real life is quite so wicked as 9ofiw of the characters in fiction: