HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1914-09-10, Page 3THE WINGIIAM TIMES, SEPTEMBER JO 1.914
FACTS ABOUT SILOS,
Some false statements about silos and
sUage-
1- Silage ruins a cow's teeth.
2. Silage causes tuberiulosis in cattle.
8, Cattle fed silage do not live very
long.
4. Silage acid eats into the walls of
concrete silos.
5. Silage does notkeep well in any,
thing but a wooden eilo.
6. The only good silo is -kind of !a
silo.
7. Silage is the cheapest feed that
can be produced on the farm.
Some true statements: -
1. Good silage sensibly fed does not
injure any kind of stoek.
2. Silage acid does not injure well
constructed concrete.
3. Silage is kept perfectly in all
common types of silos that are well
constructed.
4. A larger proportion of the corn
crop can be utilized in the form of
silage than in any other form,
5. Silage.furnishes the much needed
succulent feed in Winter.
6. Silage is very valuable as a sup-
plement to pastures, especially during
the hot Summer months when pastures
are likely to be short.
7. The best corn silage is made from
corn cut when practically mature, that
is, when kernels are well dented but
stalks and leaves still green. .
8. The higher the silo the better the
\ silage will keep, other things being
equal,
9. The important thing in silos is not
of what they are made, but how they
are made. Smooth, strong, water-
tight and air -tight wails are the chief
requirements in a silo.
10 Freezing is prevented more by
keeping the upper part of the silo clos-
ed and by keeping the outer edge of
the silo lower than the middle, than by
thick or double walls. A. D. Wilson.
IT WAS ALFALFA.
In a cornbelt field all the earth was
parched with drouth, the bluegrass was
yellew, the corn wilting in the fierce
sun and the stubble land like tinder
ready for the match. A timothy mea-
dow lay between the shrivelled corn.
The crop had been harvested and not
one blade of green had risen up to tes-
tify that the field was yet alive, Scat-
tered over the sere meadow were tufts
of plants that were richly green. They
were alfalfa plants, standing there say-
ing, "Look at us. Our roots reach
down to subsoil moisture. We revel in
this heat; we could accept rain with
gratitude, yet we are able to make a
crop with what we have.". Surely if
that farmer does not read that lesson
and accept its teachings. putting out a
field of alfalfa next year, he is a blind,
heedless and stubborn man for whom
all teaching is vain. -Breeders' Gazette.
It is very easy to manage our neigh-
bor's business, but our own sometimes
bothers us.
You will discover what a number of
things you can do without when you
have no money to get them -Thackeray.
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Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
cAs•roRIA
FARMER VINCENT'S WISE SAYINGS
Many of the old hens may well be
turned off now. Take them just as
they are. Money spent in making them
overly fat is money just about wasted.
Broilers should all be off the farm by
this ,time.
Get the roosters all out of the way.
Yard them by themseives for the next
six months.
A hen roosting in a tree is a pretty
sure sign that somebody is careless
about his hen housekeeping.
A neighbor lady told us the other day
that her husband had lost a number of
nice hens lately. She did not know
what ailed them; but he was a very
liberal feeder, and the hens were very
fat, and they just dropped over dead,
The truth is that he fed too much
hearty food, and killed the birds with
kindness.
As the young pullets grow up, weed
out every single one that seems to be
weak or in any defective, Save only
the brightest, the most lively and the
best shaped birds,
Little things point the way to what
may prove to be bigger things. When
you see a chick growing up with a low
flat head, it is a sign of low vitality.
Don't keep such s chick for your flock.
It is a waste of time, feed and labor.
Don't worry because a chick is lively
and digs up everything diggable. It is
the best possible sign of a thrifty bird.
Don't worry if the feathers of your
pure white hens turn a creamy white
while you are feeding corn at the molt-
ing season. The yellow will all fade
out when the feathers are fully grown.
-Farm Journal.
Cured of Piles
and Eczema
By Using Three Boxes of Dr. Chase's
Ointment,
Mr. Abram Buhr, Herbert, Sask.,
writes: -"I want to say that I was
troubled with eczema and piles and
suffered greatly from the itching,
burning sensations caused by these
annoying ailments. I sent for a free
sample of Dr. Chase's Ointment, and
this did me so much •good that I
bought three boxes more, and after
using same was cured, of both eczema
and piles."
This is the kind of letters we receive
daily from people who haVe been
cured of these distressing skin diseases
by the use of Dr. Chase's Ointment.
No matter how skeptical you rnight
be, you could not read these letters
for many .days without concluding
that Dr. Chase's Ointment as un-
doubtedly the most prompt relief and
certain cure for these ailments.
• If you have doubts send for a free
sample box and be convnced. It was
by use of a tree sample that Mr. Buhr
was convinced of the merits of this
treatment. For sale at all dealers, or
Edmanson, Bates & Co., Limited, To-
ronto.
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LIGHTNING AND RODS.
Five barns in the vicinity of Prince-
ton, 'Wis., were struck by lightning
during an electrical storm, July 27th,
and destroyed. None of these barns
had lightning rods. One man had order-
ed rods, but they had not been erected.
All over Wisconsin a like destruction
of barns occurred, entailing serious
loss to the owners. Couple this fact
with another, to wit, that the Helen-
ville (Wis.) Farm Insurance Company,
which has been running several years,
and which insures only farm property,
reports that it has never been called on
to pay a loss by lightning where the
building was supplied with lightning
rods. Isn't there food for reflection on
the part of the farmer in these facts?
-Hoard's Dairyman.
DR. A. W. CHASE'S
CATARRH POWDER
is sent direct to the diseased parts by the
improved Blower. Heals the ulcers,
clears the air passages, stops drop.
pings in the throat and_permanent-
ly cures Catarrh and Hay Fever.
25c. a box; blower free. Accept no
substitutes. Ali dealers or Edmanaon,
Bates & Co., Limited, Toronto.
It Would be Wonderful.
A workman, endeavoring to explain
to One of his mates what a phenomenon
was, made the following attempt.
"It's like this. Supposing you were
to go out into the country and see a
field of thistles growing."
"Yes," assented his friend.
"Well, that would not be a phenome-
non!"
"No, that's quite clear," agreed the
other man.
But suppose you were to see
singing away up in the sky."
"Yes."
"Well, that would not be a phenome-
non!" •
"No, that also looks clear,"
"But imagine there is a bull in
field."
"Yes," his friend could imagine that,
"Even that would not be a phenome-
Oen!"
"Bet, now, Bill, look here. Suppose
you saw thatbtill sitting on them thistles
Whistling like a lark -well, that would
be a phenomenon."
a lark
the
Making. the
Little Farm Pau
)3g C. C. BOWSFIELD
PROFESSION-
AL pickle
growers
make a great deal
of money, and
there is an oppor-
tunity for non-
professionals to
clear up a tidy
sum every year
on a small tract
of land;
Pickles worth
eating are worth
also a fair price,
and the producer
should be eats -
fled with nothing
• less. Take ac-
copnt bere of individual taste. Hearty
laborers relish big, salt, green cucum-
bers, but sniff disdain of fancy relishes
and unwonted tangs or mixed flavors,
such as the mangoes and
whose appeal to educated palates Is ir-
resistible.
If the soil of the pickle garden is
•thin it had better be devoted to cucum-
bers. The long green variety is best.
It can be cut at little finger length or
left until almost full grown and still
be marketable. Have the ground made
light and One; then mark it out ex-
curately in squares eight feet each
way. .Wbere the square lines cross dig
holes three feet across and at least
three feet deep. Put in the bottom
of them two inches of brickbats or
broken stones or dry corncobs, over
that a foot of stable manure packed
solid; then fill up level with rich earth.
One-third good loam, one-third leaf
mold and one-third rotted manure ie a
good combination. Make the holes and
1111 them in May. Plant a dozen seed
in each, sticking them down an inch
or so apart. When they sprout let
them stand for a fortnight; then pull
up all but three, leaving those most
vigorous and healthy looking.
To prevent bugs, which suck the life
from yorng vines, have bottomless
boxes six inches high and eighteen
inches square. Paint the wood over
with coal tar or even kerosene; then
tack over one end a square of cheese-
cloth. Set a cloth coveredbox over
each hill as soon as the seed are up,
or before it, if there are cold, drying
winds. The bugs will not stay under-
neath the cloth, and the vines there
will grow so fast as to be out of danger
in a fortnight. The boxes can be kept
from season to season and are invalu-
able for cucumbers, melons, squashes
or anything of that sort.
Keep the hills light and clean; also
the whole space between them. Plows
can run between the hills until the
vines begin to spread. Once they fair-
ly cover the earth what grass comes
up will not hurt them. Rooted in the
rich hills, they can easily give odds
to anything growing in poor soil. When
plowing is no longer possible a little
hoe work and hand weeding may be
in order, but take care neither to bruise
the vines nor to throw loose dirt upon
the leaves.
Unless there Is a ready market close
at hand get the brine barrel ready as
soon as the first flowers appear. ft
must be clean and sweet before the
brine goes in. Old pork and fish bar-
rels always taint their later contents.
Empty whisky barrels or molasses bar-
rels do excellently, but should be well
painted outside with red lead to pre-
vent the ravages of wood worms.
Make the brine of soft water and clean
salt, strong enough to float an egg. A
little brown sugar or molasses im-
proves the keeping quality. Bring it
to a boil and skim clean after every-
thing is dissolved. Pour it into the
barrel boiling hot, let stand a day and
skim again before putting in pickles.
The net result is nearly the same,
whether the pickles are cut small or
at full length. Decide In the begin-
ning which size It shall be and stick
to the decision. Cut the pickles every
morning while the dew is on. Thus
they are plump and cool, in the bests
condition for keeping. Use very sharp
shears for clipping and take care to
leave the least bit of stalk to each
pickle, but never to wound, bruise or
break the vine. If by accident a vine
Is bruised or torn, cut it of remorse-
lessly, so it shall not decay and set
up disease in the whole plant. Be care-
ful not to bruise the pickles. In wash-
ing use plenty of water and drain them
well before putting them into the brine.
Keep a weighted wooden cover floating
on top of the brine, thus Insuring that
the pickles shall stay covered. Put
only Sort and size of pickle into a ves-
sel. If saving various sorts use brine
crocks instead of a barrel, thus mak-
ing separation easy.
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PASTURING ALFALFA.
It is poor policy to pasture al-
falfa with horses or sheep, be-
cause they graze closely and in-
jure the crown of the plant, says
the Orange Judd Farmer. Never
pasture it until it has been es-
tablished for at least a year.
It should never be pastured so
closely that it will not be pos-
sible to take the equivalent of
two cuttifigs of hay during the
entire season. After clipping
never pasture for at least a
week. Some fermi% divide
their fields into set:Botts and pas.
ture a. part 'at Mae tithe.
MIRACULOUS
CURE OF ASTHMA
Suffered Terribly for 15 Years Until He
Mod "Frult-a-nvos"
D. A. WHITE, Esc*.
28 W.41.101c.0 AVU., ToucalTO,
Dec, aand. vers.
"Having been agreat sufferer from
Asthma for a period of fifteen years
(sometimes having to sit up at night
for weeks at a tirue) I began the use
of "rruit-a-tives". These wonderful
tablets relieved me of Indigestion, and
throngh the continued use of same, I
am no longer distressed with that
terrible disease, Asthma, thanks to
"Fruit-a-tives" which are worth their
weight in gold to anyone suffering as
I did. I would heartily recommend
them to all sufferers from Asthma,
which I believe is caused or aggravattd
by Indigestion". D. A. WIIITK
For Asthma, for Hay Fever, for any
trouble caused by excessive nervensness
due to Impure Blood, faulty Digestion
or Constipation, take 'Fruit-a-tives"
sac. a box, 6 for$2.50, trial size, 25e.
At all dealers or from Fruit -a -fives
Limited, Ottawa.
A DISTINCTIVE COW.
Sandwiched in among ordinary yields
there are occasional extraordinary yields
that make glad the heart of the good
cow's owner because he has taken the
trouble to record her actual production.
While the ordinary cows in July were
giving their meagre doles of seven
hundred or six hundred pounds of milk
and twenty-four or twenty pounds of
fat, a grade cow in Quebec gave 1,279
pounds of milk, testing 5.8, yielding 74
pounds of fat.
A cow like that is surely accomplish-
ing something. In six months of such
work she would give as food for human-
ity more digestible nutrients than
would be afforded by five average
dressed steers, She is giving far more
back from the energy contained in her
food than the best skilled engineer can
obtain from a quadruple expansion
engine for the fuel consumed.
It pays to feed good cows well; it also
pays any farmer to find out, by keeping
records of each cow, just what each
produces. In the ordinary way, the
above excellent cow would. De lumped
in with the "average" of the district.
while she really deserves a distinct
niche to herself in the hall of fame.
Perhaps dairy records will discover
some distinctive cows in your herd.
Build your herd of selected individuals.
REST AND HEALTH TO MOTHER AND CHILD.
MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING STAVIN has been
used for over SIXTY YEARS by MILLIONS of
MOTHERS for their CHILDREN WHIZ
TXETHING, with PXRVECT Kicesss. It
SOOTHXS the CHILD, SOFTENS the GUMS.
ALLAYS all RAIN; CURES WIND COLIC, and
is the best remedy for DIARRHCCA. It is ab,
solutely harmless. Be sure and ask for "Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup," and take no othes
laud. Twenty.fire cents a bottle.
PIGS MUST HAVE EXERCISE.
CASTOR I A
For infautil and children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature o
day and plenty of clean water at all
times.
I have been using tankage in the ra-
tion for my weaned pigs for several
years and find that I can get much
better results in the bone, feet, and
thriftiness by the use of a limited
amount of tankage than I can with any
other feed. -Independent Farmer.
SCHOOLS IN ARABIA.
Pupils Sit Swaying on the Floor ate
They All Study Aloud.
In the schools of Arabia the chlidren,
with the schoolmaster, sit upon the
floor or the ground in a semicircle, and
each has a tablet of wood which Is
painted white and upon which the les-
sons are written. Wben the latter are
learned they are washed out and re-
placed by other lessons.
During study hours the Arab sebools
remind one of the Chinese, for the
children all study aloud, and as they
chant they rock back and forth like
trees in a storm, and this movement is
continued for an hour or more at a
time. The schoohnaster rocks back and
firth also, and altogether the school
presents n most novel appearance its
well as sound. Worshipers in the
mosques always more about while re.
citing the Koran, as this movement. is
believed to assist the memory.
The desks of the Arab schools are
odd contrivanees of palm sticks, upon
which is placed the Koran or one of
the thirty sections of it, After learn-
ing the alphabet the boys take up the
study of the Koran, memorizing entire
chapters of it until the sacred book is
entirely familiar.
A peculiar method is followed in
learning the Koran. The study begins
with the opening chapter, and froro
this it skips to the last. The last but
one is then learned, then the last but
two, and so on in inverted order, end-
ing finally with the second chapter.
There are differences of opinion as to
the age at which pigs should be wean-
ed, but the condition of the pigs and
their dam, the kinds of feed available
has more td do with thriftiness and
their future growth than their age. As
ki rule, I let the little fellows run with
the sow from 10 to 12 weeks. At that
age the pigs should have learned to eat
enough so as to practically wean them_
selves and the sow can be moved to
other quarters and will hardly be missed
by the pigs. Always shut up the sow,
not the pigs, for if the pigs are shut up
they will have a tendency to worry and
will not do so well.
Great care should be taken at wean-
ing time as that is the critical time in
the little pigs' lives. Any direct change
or overfeed may check their growth
for several weeks. When the pigs are
about four or five weeks old, a trough
should be placed near where the sows
are fed, and fresh feed put in for the
pigs every time the sows are fed. It
will only be a very short time until the
pigs will be wafting at the trough for
their feed.
It is very essential to get the most
growth out of the weaned pigs that
they have plenty of exercise. This
they will get while gathering forage
which they should have. Alfalfa un-
doubtedly is the best, but if it is not
available, a field of rape or oats should
be sown for that purpose. The grain
r..tion should consist of a till& slop of
74 per cent, middlings, 20 per cent. corn
chop, arid 6 per cent. tankage. with all
the shelled corn they will eat twice a
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Origin of the Word 'Mustard."
Our English word "mustard" is
traceable to the French "moutarde,"
the origin of which is curiously given.
In 1382 Philip the Bold, duke of Bur-
gundy, granted to the toWn of Dijon
the privilege of bearing his armorial
ensigns, with the motto "Moult me
tarde" ("I wish ardently"), in return
for a handsome contingent of a thou-
sand men furnished to him at its ex-
pense. Pleased with the royal con-
descension, the authorities ordered the
device to be affixed over the principal
gates of the city. Time or accident at
length obliterated the middle word,
and the two remaining, moult trarde,
were printed on the labels which the
merchants of Dijon pasted on pots in
which they sent this commodity all
over the world.
As Good as His Word.
He -I always make It a point to
profit by the mistakes of others.
She -I got weary of George Brixton
because he never seemed to know
when to go home.
He then bade her good night. -Cleve-
land Leader.
optimist and Pessimist.
"What is the difference between an
optimist and a pessimist?"
"A pessimist Is always thinking of
his liabilities, while an optimist thinks
only of his assets."--judg.e.
MADRID'S ARID SITE. "
•Avono,,,P0A*.
Parohoci and Pasty Now, It Woo Ono+
wittoreti Garden Spot.
Travelers tied It hard to believe that
Madrid ever abounded with water.
The modern town stands on so bleak
amd arid au emluence, its etirround-
inp, save In early op el ng, are 00
parched and dusty anti the Water ped,
tiler's cry of "guilt Aginti" is 80
sistent and ubiquitous 0043 ruueleo
;smarm must have been thiNtY froM
the beginniug.
Yet Its aneleitt emit of. arms was a
large flint half immersed In water.
with steel liatellets striking it oil
ther side, the aseending sparks tom-
ing a sort of canopy around It. A.p.
pended was the motto:
1 Was Wilt on water.
My wails are of fire.
such is my emblazonment
This device was emblematic tatty of
the city and its early days before
Charles V. had started 11 on HS head-
long career of greatness merely be-
cause he credited its climate with hay-
ing cured him of fi fever.
At that thm? Madrid was a small
town embowered in gardens and
woods and meadows mid with springs
and wells lavishly supplied by nature.
The Mauzanares, now a inelallobolY: •
meager stream, was of a measurable
depth. But with the apportioning of
her territory into palaces and lodging
houses for the royal hangers-on 410
the cutting down of the trees to swell
the royal treasury the inevitable fol-
lowed. The sun of well nigh 400 sum-
mers has burned and reburned the site
of the old town and its bestripped
suburbs and dried up the natural mols-
Ore. At present the climate of Mad-
rid is nearly the most trying in all
Europe. -From Calvert's "Madrid."
Natural Result.
"The magistrate in a Brooklyn court
was injured yesterday when the ceil-
ing fell."
"Yes. I beard he was al) covered
with court plaster." -Buffalo Express.
ILoss of Sleep.
Medical authorities state that It takes
fifteen days for the average human
body to recover fully from the loss of
two consecutive nights' sleep.
Considering tbe shapes of shoes to
which it is required to conform, the
civilized human foot is not so disgrace-
ful as it appears.
Dancing, according to a physical In-
structor, is the best of exercise. It
may be so, but that is not the reason
so Many indulge in it.
One of the most common delusions
Is that of the man who hnagines that
he is working for himself when he is
grinding another's ax. .
Disraeli and Primroses.
Disraeli's alleged fondness for the
primrose rests upon rather flimsy evi-
dence. Lady Dorothy Nevin, who
knew him intimately, has recorded that
she "never heard him express any par-
ticular admiration for the primrose,
which it Is always said was his favor-
ite flower, though a great admirer of
his used to send him big bunches of
them from Torquay every spring."
Grant Duff, when discussing the prim-
rose cult with Lord Pembroke, was
told, "There are two stories about it,
but certainly be once told Cory, '1 like
to be in the country when the prim.
roses are out.'" A consensus of opin-
ion seems to favor the idea that in
Queen Victoria's inscription, "His fa-
vorite flower," the pronoun referred,
not to Disraeli, but the prince consort.
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