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.
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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
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� 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: ,
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of Tani"lis
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'Mann of
Pleasure
't.,Y EMPRESS or
MONO-
CLASS
ISERVICE
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ocean, the entertain-
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—arid what ships.
Large, speedy and
luxuriously furnished,
they represent the
very highest in ship-
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the cuisine and
service leave nothing
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a voyage of enchant-
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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
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tt4-.
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All the amusement' ,devices
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