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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1924-7-31, Page 5Railways now Preparing for Harvest Rush DEALING WITH HORSES A number of steel Colonist ears as the one above forms part of the equipment of most trains. Interior view of one of the new Iuncl3 counter cars operated on Canadian Pacific lines. •`-� h p.' k „h, x; `•,iC. 1'tXi'+. _. R'i6•F� ,}'f^YA .. ' 0;v., harvesters' train leaving Ste. Anna de Bellevue. Cutting ofall wheat is expected to begin within about a week, says a report of the Ontario Department of Agriculture, and as a rule fall wheat is looking very promising.( Western reports are also very encouraging, but just what the har- vest is expected to be will not be generally known until representatives of the three prairie Provin- cial Governments and the two railroads meet in Winnipeg to discuss the labor situation and the best means of securing help to harvest whatever crop there is. However, the crop reports issued to date by the Agricultural Department of the Cana- dian Pacific Railway have been very optimistic and this company is already gathering and distri- buting istribut ng equipment to various points in anticipation of a heavymovement of harvest workers. The movement of harvesters has developed into quite a department in railroad transportation offices. As once the rnovenr'ent starts it must be rushed through to completicn as speedily and effec- tively as possible, the attention bf a large staff .of men is concentrated for nearly a month before, •during and for some time after the rush on assem- bling equipment, distributing it to the various parts. .of the country from whence the harvesters aredrawn, making up the special trains, securing .supplies .for: the lunch cars, and the hundred and 'one things which have to be looked after in order to ensure smooth running and of which the travel- ler usually knows nothing and probably cares less. During the last four years the Canadian Pacific Railway has handled some 85,000 west -bound har- vesters. Last year this Company inaugurated the Lunch Counter car which afforded facilities hither- ev a Interior view of Colonist car used on h� arvesters' trains. to unknown te excursionists and, although perhaps not as a direct result of this innovation, over 26,000 men travelled in special trains over Cana- dian Pacific lines. This year the Company is making practically the same preparation as last. As soon as it is known just how many are required to work in the harvest the excursions will be arranged and trains made up. The excursions originate from as far east as the Maritimes and as far west as the border of Ontario, but all are of the same type as far as rail equipment is concerned. Colonist cars are used which afford comfortable seating, during the day, facilities -are . afforded those who wish to prepare their own meals in a small kitchen at the end of each car, and at night bunks may be pulled down as an upper berth or the seats extended to afford comfortable sleeping quarters. The lunch counter car in which as many as fifty men can take a meal at the same time is an important section of the train. The travel- ling harvester is sure of being able to secure a meal to suit his purse and of the food supplied him being of good quality and served in a sani- tary manner. Last year this department on Cana- dian Pacific lines served over two hundred thou- sand meals, and the experiment was so mucl-i appre elated, and proved such a success that it has now become a regular institution. Old timers travelling west now -a -days regard the trip as a holiday and the number of women and children who have been seen travelling with the harvesters since the standard of service ren- dered has been what it now is, has increased to a remarkable degree. 4 SUNSHINE. Miss Agnes Creery spent the week- end with her friend Miss Ina Jaques. .Mr. Sohn Fowler, of Dungannon, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. F. Fowler. Mr. ane Mrs. C. B. Routley spent .Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. G. God - bolt, of Centralia. Mrs. R. Hodgins, of Saintsbury, is .spending .a few weeks with her dau- .ghter, Mrs, C. Fletcher. Centralia Mrs. Boyle, of London,visited at :the home of her daughter, Mrs. T. Boyer. Mrs. Wes. Hodgins, of London, spent a few days this week with friends here. Mr. and Mrs. C. Mason visited -with friends at .Aylmer over the week -end. Mr. and Mrs. M. Baynham and sot[ .of 'St."Thomas, spent the week -end with friends here. Miss Schultz and friend, of Detroit visited :,at ,the ; home of, tie; fo n;e1's .sister, Mrs; Frey. Mr. Walter. Baynham, of Brandon, .Man., spent a few days at the home of his parents here. Several fromthis district were at -the.: picnic onSaturday, held for the :section men at Springbank. Mr. and . Mrs. L. Hodgson were at 'Highgate last week attending the wedding of her brother at that place. Mount Carm&4 Mr, and .Mrs. E. Morrison and baby left last week for their home, Detroit alter spending several weeks with friends here, Misses Betty and Alice Ryan, left this week for their home in Chicagoi, after spending several days with the former's brother, M. Ryan, here. Miss Marie Carey is visiting friends' at Stratford this week. Miss Kathleen Morrissy is visiting 'Friends at Detroit this week. Miss Nora McKeever, is. visiting her cousin. Kathleen. Moos, Landon. Miss Margaret Carey, of Hamilton is \spending: two weeks at her home hese. A number from this .•neighborhood attended the Ford Picnic' at Grand Bend on Weenesday. UT. Vincent Guinan, of. Toron�`,c, spent a few days last week with his father, Mr. Joseph Guinan. ;Mr. Mack Cohan; and two sister-,.:, returned to their home iiia Detrcale after apendin.g several weeks ,with •(friends• un this neighborhood. ;Mr -Fran-k Pickering, tof Detroit is 'spend;ing a few days at the home :or `.his brother, John`' -Picketing, 12 Mc b •illi vray, -,,, 9 O'Rilea.of near: Stratf r -1 f life. guest'' of )Liss '•('}iHara foe cthe t eelt What to Do When Your Horses Are Broken -winded WHATPURESEfDMEAN Heaves and Its Syniptorns—Treat- rnont Recommended—Tere Axe l'wo Species of Tapeworms---Pre- ventive apeworms- €'reventive Measures, Suggested. (contributed by Ontario Department of Agriculture, Toronto.) The term Heaves, or Broken -Wind, is applied to a condition affecting horses which is manifested by short- ness of breath due to the air cells or the lungs becoming over -distended. It. is caused in many eases by feeding horses dusty hay, particularly timo- thy and clover hay. Allowing horses to drink an excessive amount of water after feeding, and lust before going to work, and also overloading the stomach with bulky food, always predisposes to the development of heaves, hence the condition is met with most frequently in horses which are greedy feeders. Over exertion,. when the stomach is full is always liable to produce heaves. Symptoms. Horses which are affected with heaves usually keep the nostrils dilated or wide open, and have a hur- ried, wheezing breathing accom- panied by a double lifting or pump- ing of the flanks which becomes intensified and more noticeable by ' exertion.- The peculiar heaving of the flanks causes a ridge to appear along the lower end of the ribs, which ; is known as the "heave" line. An- other symptom is the presence of a chronic cough, which is more pro- nounced after feeding or drinking. • Broken -winded horses keep the anus relaxed and pass much flatus, or wind, at titres. son, Hensall, about 3.30• a,m. on Wednesday morning. Mr, and Mrs: Wilson were sleeping in the upper part of the house and when awaken- ed, faced rooms filled with smoke and rapidly catching fire. Mrs. Wil- son did not wait to salvage any prop - t but rusheo a w d tindow and er y, called for help and in a`few minutes with the aid of a ladder, she safely Hensallreached the ground. Mr. Wilson, thinking doubtless, to save some Mr. J. W. Ortwein has purchased property, 'endeavrared to go down a new Ford sedan. . stairs, to where the fire had reached quite an advanced stage and was badly burned about the face and hands, but luckily, managed to gat out of the seething mass of flames, which pervaded the lower part of the house, after which medical aid was summoned and he was taken to a neighbor's home. The flames gain- ing such a "headway before the fire fighting ,equipment arrived, to- gether with the fact that no water supply was within reasonable dis- tance, rendered the firemen helpless to give any assistance whatever, and theentire building together with the contents was a total loss,.. Mrs. Armstrong, of town spent Tues- day last in Exeter. Mr. and Mrs. H. McEwan visited in London on Tuesday. Miss Amy Laramie, of Toronto, is holidaying at her home here. • Mrs e roster of Varna, visited her daughter, Mrs. S. Cameron for a few days recently. Mrs. Stevens and family, of Tor- onto, are visiting at present with Mr. and Mrs. A. Reicliart. Miss Lynn Ortwein of Toronto, rec- ently visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ortwein, of town. The Misses Grace and Ruth Chap- man are visiting relatives in Brant- ford and Hamilton this week. • VLrs Dick of Hen,sall us; ,9;pe,nd',ng .a -40,000 HARVESTERS WILL BE Pew weeks' holidays at the home 'of WANTED FOR. THE WEST her brother, Mr. Wm. Winter, Stephen;, Mr. Hy. Volland and Miss Volland • At least 40,000 harvesters will be spent Sunday with relatives is God-l;riectuiree. to garner,the Western Can, spent Sunday with relatives in God- aria Wheat Crop this"season, accord- Mr. Chas: Cook; of Chicago, ,last ing to information received at general week visited his brothers, Messrs. headquarters of the Canadian National Norman and 'Cornelius Cook, of Railways this afternoon. Of this 'er, num- town. ; bapproximately 20,000 will have to Mrs. T. Murdock recently returned be secured from Eastern Canada, it heir ; thought that the remauader can be supplied 'by the three Prairie Prov- imce.s•, and British Colurmbia, This inforrnatiort is the outcome of a coif ei aoe ,held:. at Winnipeg to -day' between: trepreneclltatives of Canadian National Railways, ?iovirsc l entad eral Governments' and the Labor Boards It, was also brought out at this meeting tlhat harvesting is expect- ed to commence in Manitoba about August 25th. • A further nieetin,g is to be held about August'and ilia WJpnupeg to de- cide upon tine ":date when, the special raid fares for harvesters will go into eti)ect .,This date (Will be governed by the time tvheai the farmers are pre- pared to accept harvesters. Represent atives' of Caaadiata Nait•_onal Railways were, asked 'by the Government Offic- .rils to state hodw wen they were pre- pared to l endleethis traffic and they were, told that that the: Natienal''Raa,I- way ..System has approximately'. 400 cars of the 'very latest type of colonist equipment held in readiuiess for the handling of 'the, excurelon Lia ad'd'itaoin there arc; ready for Serviceotn.; these. •t-ains a natebe!r' t7i :.sp'ec.ially des fined lu::' ecaunter 'cans:, alleOf theta 'larger' an. Ir•<better' egatpped+ than • arty- :eth e a s,,of the typelin the c,guivtty.' Treatment. The essential feature in the treat- ment of heaves is to alleviate the con- dition by careful dieting. By reduc- ing the amount of hay or roughage, and feeding chiefly on grain and mashes and regulating the supply of water to the minimum, many badly broken -winded horses may be enabled to do ordinary work. Dusty hay of any kind should "not be fed to broken - winded horses, as it will aggravate the symptoms, and to obviate such tendencies the hay should be damp- ened. The bowels should be kept regulated by feeding bran mashes, to which may be added''a handful of glauber salts, or flax seed meal. Heaves is usually benefited also by giving from one to two tablespoons of Fowler's Solution of Arsenic in the food, or drinking water each,, morn- ing and evening for a period of two weeks, from time to time. In mann cases broken -winded horses become more serviceable when moved from a damp, muggy climate to a dry one. —Department of Extension, 0. A. College, Guelph from Toronto, where for some time she has been the guest of her daugh- ter, Mrs. Dr. •Campbell.. A number of .the young ladies of. town have formed a soft ball team. We are expecting to witnesssome interesting games in'rthe near future. Oil Sunday evening, last the con- gregation of the Meth. Church, were favored with a much appreciated solo by Mr. David Smith, of Detroit. Mr. Smith is visiting relatives in town. Last N4eek we published a news item regarding the Oddfeilow's plc- ,nie to Bayfield, which, owing to a nits -print, read July 3rd. The correct date was July 31st, (yesterday), The picnic was well attended by the loot three of the lodge, "Who ,en1o3'ed a, good afternoon's outing.: ROUSE TO,TAt'.wt47u DESTROYED DX -„7 7RI1 s � ore, •the<•-cause..b•f lYlii.l), cannot be dealstinted'for,•-brokalosettgri' thelow er'floor"of the residence ,p vnedi and 'occupied yied'b .:Mr. and Mrs. J D. To the Agricultural College and the Pannier Seed Selection Helps in fiver One Year—Large Plump Seed Best -- Soil Fertility Experiments Give In- •teresting Results—Feeding Calves - (Contributed by Ontario Department of Agriculture, Toronto,)• During the year 1923 the Field Husbandry Department of the One tario. Agricultural College supplied to, nearly 2,000 farmers pure seed and other material, with instructions and full information for conducting testel on their own farms. Onehundred and twenty-one dis- tinct experiments were conducted during tb.e season on the Field Hus- bandry area. Selection. of Seed Important. Different selections of seed of vari- ous classes of grain have been care- fully tested at the Ontario Agricul- tural College for from six to nine years. The average results show that even one year's selection of seed grain has a marked influence on the resulting crop. In every instances the large plump seed gave a greater, yield of grain per acre than medium sized, small plump, shrunken or. broken seed. .In the average of the six classes of grain, the large plump surpassed the small plump in yield of grain per acre by 19 per cent., and in the average of•the three classes. of grain the plump seed gave a; yield over the shrunken seed of 20 per. cent. It should be understood that equal numbers of seed were used in this experiment. The results through- out show that a large plump seed will produce a larger, more vigorous and. more productive plant than ria pro- duced from a small plump or from a shrunken seed.—Department of Ex tension, O.A. College, Guelph. SOI, FERTILITY EXPERIMENTS. Following Up the' Soil Survey-:-Lime- Phosphate With Wheat—Ex- periments With Potatoes.a The three demonstration pigts that have been started as follow up work I. in connection withthe soil survey are , how giving interesting results;; The outstanding feature so far is the proved beneficial •effect'of lime and phosphoric acid. On the•light,sandy soil of the Norfolk County plat the increasing amount, Of decaying or- ' genic matter is beginning to ziiake it- self felt in the improved texthre of the soil and increased crop yields. On all three of these -experimental plots certain mixtures of fertilizers are giving paying results, while 1 other mixtures are not. I Lime Phosphate i,Experiments With Wheat. TAPE WORMS. The lime phosphate experiments planned to discover the effect of lime, How to Deal With These Pests When Attacking. Horses. Horses are frequently seen that give 'little response to liberal feeding and care, continuing unthrifty due s para- theo laid down onthreed sites, a point often overlooked in the ent farms in eight( different counties, care of animals. lime and acid phosphate and mixed fertilizer on wheat and the. s icceed- ing crop of clover,: have given inter- esting results. Eadh experiment con- isted of four half -acre plots, and to the presence of intestinal para- se weriffer- Taro Species of Tape Worms. • Variable appetite, unthrifty and Poor condition, indigestion with twenty-four experiments, .in all, As these experiments were started in the fail of 1922, only the wheat cop has been harvested. Tile clover, llgwever, shows marked difference in d velop- periodic attacks of colic, are the come went in the variofis' plots and inter - mon indications of the presence of esting results may::be expected next cestodes, or tape worms. Two species season, The outstanding resilts so of tape worm infest the intestines of ; far obtained is that acid'Iphccj�sphate the horse; one, the Tenia Plicate, increased the yield;:of wheat in every ranges from six inches to thirty experiment • The; average ,,for the inches in length; the other, Tenia check plot Was -22,2 bushelii,per acre, Perfoliata, is frons one to two inches and the acid phosphate, •plot 34.34 long. Both have comparatively bushels per acre,''an'in'crease of a large, four-sided heads in which are little over 50 per tent. • Ashuming fashioned four round cup -shaped that the addition of the acid phos - suckers. Their bodies consist of a •phate at the rateapplied.oh these ex - number of overlapping segments. The periments wouldilsave given tie same tape worm segment, or joint, is a results on the 714;307, acres of fall complete reproductive organization. wheat harvested,in Ontario in 1923, When ripe, detached and expelled the value of the Ode 'would have with the contents of the bowels it can been increased by nearly 'eight mil - be described as a small rectangular lion dollars, at profit over OA entire body containing eggs. After break- cost of the acid phosphate of over ing away the eggs may be drifted or four million dollars. y i canted from place to place by various Experiments Witla;•Potatoes: agents. Many perish, but a few aro able to continue the species by being The Triangle experiments;'iiith po- taken, up in food or water by other tatoes have demonstrated iii every animals in the intestines of which, county where held that legumes may they gothroughtheir life cycle and be used to gatherall or,nearliy all the provide for the -carrying on of the nitrogen require...by the potato crop, next generation. and that phosphoric'" acid •an''d4potash o Preventive Measures Suggested, in proper pboth theionu :may: be 1 sed l - increase both quantity and' gaol- Preventive• measures • col silt - in its- of the. crop ,with..profit, . ; d• providing clean fodder and, water; This work is,. being .extended to the avoidance of low, damp pasture eight additional counties . and is be - land and ponds contaminated by the ing carried on by -the C.hentistry de - droppings of horses. If tape worm is partment of the Ontario Ag4ulturai suspected and no qualified veterinary College in co-operation with the Agri - is available to administer Treatment, .cultural R,epresentatives.—ijept. of .the following dosage' can be given:. I Extension, 0. A.. College, Gu' 1ph. creolin, one-half ounce; on of turpen- tine, urpe- tine, one and a half ounces; and rear linseed oil, one pint; to be given at one dose as a drench, on art empty 1 stoniach. The treatment may be re- peated at intervals 'of .several days, if necessary. Clean fodder and clean drinking water are highly important in keeping live stock healthy and free from intestinal parasites. Drinking fropa filthy, shallow pools or ponds in which - hogs wallow . and cattle and horses wade is responsible foe consid- erable trouble, and this trouble does not usually show up until late winter a or . early spring., A cement water 1 trough, well supplied with clean, cold 1 water, is the, best insurance against tape worm in horses. -L. Stevenson,1 Dept. of Extension, 0. A. College,. Guelph. Have a Good Ram. None of the domestic animals re- spond to skillful breeding and good care more readily. than 'sheep. It is seldom that -a, `man 'pays too touch for a rain. `if nota. good judge Of sheep,• take a good sheepnaan with: you and trust to his judgment, and don't be afraid `to pay a good price. When ' ,'through with the ram. he;een be More)" r adilyssold•thee a'scrub, besidesthe' �' a .:Y.. ,, _ ..nereased value of two`or three. crops: , .i of Tani"lis • 'Mann of Pleasure 't.,Y EMPRESS or MONO- CLASS ISERVICE —The exhilarating sea air, the fascina- tion of the restless ocean, the entertain- nlents aboard the ship —arid what ships. Large, speedy and luxuriously furnished, they represent the very highest in ship- building, art—while the cuisine and service leave nothing to be desired --truly a voyage of enchant- ment. 9mvd earlrJ. Feeding Calves. It is considered a good practice, in teaching calves to eat grain, to begin by feeding them a little ground corn or sifted ground oats. This kind of feed may be given for a few days, and` then they may be given either whole oats or whole corn, or a mixture of equal parts by weight of both. Thits• whole grain may be fed to the calved until they are six to eight months of age and then they should be fed ground feed. when a calf reaches eight months of age it does not chew• its grain so well; consequently a high Percentage of the grain will be lost if fed whole. The theory of feeding. calves whole g..iu when a mouth to eight moutla3 of ago is that they chew the grain better, welch stiiuutatea the now of saliva. If new wheat, which is frequently damp. is thoruughiy mixed with 4cy old wheat from the previous year and mil: into bulk storax: ;or a few clays, experiments :haw the dry wheat so-• sorbs a sufficient amount et moisture from the damp wheat to improve both kinds for milling purposes Keeping the animals inactive with; good feed is not a li:ndness. Hard work all the time, with good care, is; much more so. Enthus,astie� '+celebrations toolfi place at Vancouver and Victoria, E.C., when the special service squad- ron of the Royal Navy, headed by H.M.S. Hood, the Iargest warship in the world and flagship of the squadron, visited those places re- cently. The squadron is expected on the Atlantic seaboard in Aug., ust, when efforts will be made byl Canadians on that coast to outdei the Pacific cities in the warmth oft the welcome they extend. The an- ticipations are that thousandso1 visitors will gather at Quebec and, elsewhere to demonstrate their of-, fection for the officers and men oil the fleet, "You may say that Canada is be-, coming more and more interesting. to Englishmen and before long ad-. ditional English capital will be u,ed1 here in the development of indus- tries. 1 am very optimistic and t believe tha' we are now progress- ing towards an era of unpree de -red prosperity. What we need more than all now is the immagration nf� good men who will become an asset, to this country," declar-d Sir J •bn Aird, President of the Canad=an Bank of Commerce, on his return from Europe recently aboard the, Canadian Pacific steamship "Em, press of France." Canadian National Exhibition AUG. 23 Toronto SEPT. 6 More comprehensive; more ambitious than ever—depicting the picturesque, the artistic and typicallife of Canada:and other lands, tt4-. Il -chin On" i! Gorgeous 'spectacle portraying the might„ romance and grandeur of the British Empire All the amusement' ,devices //�% ✓ /J , known to'the ingellaity of man. .ONE y I N, Q'hI-C1.T:��'�IiEI)-EXHIB. iT d SIIV' ()NE. ..,,;.' •cor su t .your : ie •eiC for Reduced Railroad Rates. • iQE,iT ►itiER, yre � .•,elfJt`..011N G KENT, Managing Director,