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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1915-01-14, Page 6Farm Garden DRAFT HORSES IN, AMERICA. A; Good Stock Can Be Raised Here as Abroad. (Prepared by United States department of agriculture.] The ,best breeds of draft horses are now so well established in the Fruited States that experts of the United States department of agriculture be- lieve that the European war, which has Interfered seriously with importa- tions, will not injure breeding In this country. It is, in fact, asserted that the American people will now have an opportunity to see for themselves that ns good steel: can be raised in this country as any that can be imported The leading characteristic• of good draft horses is maselveuess, for their chief usefulness is the hauling or heavy loads. In consequence power, not speed. Is desired. To possess this power a horse should be compact, low set. or short legged. nod be able to throw a grout deal of weight into his collar without lesing a secure footing. A draft horse of the best tylia should therefore weigh at least 1.000 pounds, and in localities where the heaviest tncetls are common say animal under this is classe,;l as a tight drafter. In good drafters ttte chest is sleep and AN AMERICAN RUED PEI CIIEIiON MARE. brood, the girth large and the body deep and comparatively short, wail well sprung ribs. The muscles ,r€ tee Idol quarters and thighs must I•.;• we.l developed, for it is these that t :.,..•Sa tee chief drawing power. the legis acting largely as weight ear - 1%;,,•.; trod legs anti feet. with clean, heavy bone. are very essential. In ac- tion the draft nurse should walk with :r i';!;Oi:l stride of gond length, the feet !mom, married ser; i ht forward. This of action covers considerable •.r.n a l in a short time. The ability to tr.=t well Is also desirable, but the walk is me (let ft horse's gait. the Percheron probably out- mu:tilers in this country all other breeds combined. In fair condition a mature stallion will weigh from 1,800 to th r,,0 pounds. though many exceed tni,. In height it runs from sixteen to seventeen hands and in color is usual- ly either black or gray. The Perdu:- mu erchirot: stallion has proved very popular for crossing with ordinary mares, and grade Percherous are great favorites in our markets. Loss of Barnyard Manure. Pile up the manure of the barnyard with no protection from leaching and other detrimental actions of nature, and more than 20 per cent of the for - strength of the manure is lost. Put down a bed of earth and on this pile the manure. spreading a titin coat or earth occasionally, and Finally when the hoop is completed, cover it with a thick coat of earth. The result has born that only about 2 per cent of the fertilizing strength of the manure has been last. Te-rett i;i the bold, earth preserved manure has been found to yield on a potato crop three times as much as the carelessly kept and unpro- tected manure. Soon the cattle will be in the stalls for winter feeding and the time for making the manure heaps will begin. This is a year when conserving every- thing that is useful that has been going to waste should command the atten- tion of Mt farmer.-Flome and Farm- ::tt'illi. SOMETHING ABOUT CATTLE t Q..A«Mw..,.«.«• i....ng1..«e....... • No farmer who has not tried it should engage in the cattle feeding business on a large scale at the start. He will find. and generally at pretty high cost, that experience and good judgment are needed as much as corn to lay the fat on a bunch of steers at a profit. The power of production in a cow is inherited. If the cow is a good dairy animal by inheritance and is given good care and feed she will become more productive as she increases In age. The quantity rather than the quality of her mill: is influenced by 6 teed. It costs just so much to put a pound of meat on en animal, and if it is lost during the winter, from low feeding or exposure, it is just that much extract- ed from Abe owner's pocket. It is Much more profitable and sensible to retain every pound of flesh gained and also it possible to keep each animal fffnproving all through the winter. erq1bred dairy cattle will often be keynote to great profit from the aa, What is the use of keeping an mt pit eittcing- animal Of wheel mire to will rat *Of tare to rooLq, no more care gond no more IIC'O '0 TFIE WINGHAM TIMES anuary 7th, 1.915 ;et AND REALM TO L?i::::! i',%D Cl4�LJ. itiut. w 1NSI,ox•'a Soo'Ynist;, tan we has, been sett for over SIXTY '1r as by MILLIONS of twit I TI itsfor thew I ) $ t4 w t.i[ I.I Y`i `V vti II it 8 I I.TIIING with I I*Til kC7 St �Cr, a, z)J�[t TtIF.S the CI[Il u Solc'lit't � t":c• 4.111155 A1,I,.a2$ all PAIN , t mats STMT :,ttt,IC, sad a. the best remedy g. r DIA it it t. is Iltr luLely harmless lie sate aim k„r;, tar bits t'insiew's Sloth !ng Svrnn • , ,41.4; co tithe, •4 1'wauL.vlivc ,:urk it R WILFRED FOR A PARTY Tt"r ° E. ' It Wilfrid Laurier .few'. 'ng 'a address to the Montle 'luh lately what we assumes i , he io Liberal policy at the neer- • r ng 'salon of Parliament. Pee 'outly fcr a party truce, Fe ett•�,a ;eat e would "rather retire from t ui rte fife ban errbarass the Govert•menr. at he resent time." He took his stand v ith he Liberal • Premier of Brit tin, Mr. squith, in favour of a united notion •aging a just war foe the life of the 2 rrl Dire. The supreme busin,'ss of all British objects tolay is to win this war. We `)ave no tithe- in the pu'wiie arena, at all events -for any other enterprise. :such "business as ueusl” ee tem he 1;ept going by the Government, will help steady opinion at home and keep up the courage and determination of the people for. the trying task which confronts them. But thet we should at this tremendous crisis when the life off' the Empire and the existence of our liberties and free institutions are at stake -turn aside froth our "great quarrel" to the petty bickerings of tarty strife, is surely unthinkable, - [Idontreal Herald and Star.] ' :\ tt'stAte M1E8vm•.i, ImOY EGGS IN WINTER, The whole basis for winter laying may be summed up as follows: Supply the hens in winter with feed similar to that which they pick up dur- ing the summer months. A hen when at large supplies herself with grit in the shape of sharp flinty substances. It must he remembered that grit is the hen's teeth and is used in the gizzard for grinding up the feed, She picks up insect life in every shape and eats a very large quantity of green stuff. She keeps herself free from vermin by dusting herself in the dry earth. She eats the grain that may be thrown to her and is off again in busy !search. She is in a stage of constant activity in supplying herself with all the essen- tials necessary to make the eggs which she deposits in greater number then when leading a state of artificial exist- ence as she has to do for many months of the year. A TERRIBLE INDICTMENT To the Editor-. A gentleman after serving on a Grand Jury expressed his opinion of the liquor traffic in the following words: "It is a rebel against good govern- ment. It dictates nominations to office corrupts the ballot and falsifies the re- turns. It smirches the legislature, soils our executive officers and stains our courts. It is the foe of the home and the enemy of organized society. It tries to overawe the pulpit, undermines "My boy Frank seemed weak -chested ! and took a very severe cold," writes Mrs. 1). Stevens. Ninga, Man.. "The I ' many medicines used did not seem to benefit him, until we tried Dr, Chase's I Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine and I found it to be exactly what was wanted to cure him." No treatment is so thor- ough and effective as a cure or croup l and bronchitis. 66 the platforms of political parties and subsidizes the public press. It discred- its the constitution and defies the laws. It is the destroyer of domestic happi- ness. It brutalizes the husband deso- lates the wife, debauches the son and batrays the daughter. It has no toler- ance for the church, no interest in schools, no consideration for home; no expectation of he teen and no fear of hell." And that is not half that can be truthfully said, of the liquor traffic. But if half be true how can any self- respecting citizen of any political party go to the polls and;vote for the legaliz- ing of this traffic? Nay more how can any conscienti- ous loyal citizen refrain from doing all in his power to destroy this traffic that burdens us with taxes to care for LI e ruin it causes? H. Arnott, 1VI. B•„ M. C. P. c.. DRYING OUT GASES. Various Methods by Which the Mois. ture Is Eliminated. In the manufacture of gases like oxygen, acetylene or illuminating gas, to be used immediately in chemical processes, it is often necessary to free them from all moisture, One of the commonest means is to bubble the "wet" gas through 'con- centrated sulphuric acid or through a heap of glass beads covered with this liquid. Concentrated sulphuric acid has a powerful tendency to absorb mois- ture from other substances -a prop- ' city which is aptly illustrated when a splinter of wood is dipped into the liquid. The acid extracts from the cellulose (whish is the principal con- stituent of wood) all the hydrogen and oxygen, which celhiloet) contains in just the proper proportions to form water. The only other component of cellulose is carbon, and this alone is left, leaving the Wood charred as if by fire. Another way to dry a gas is to pass it through small cbunks of calcium chloride. This exfracts water or vapor from everything. The most efficient of all methods is that adopted by the bureau of stan- dards at Washington, where a machine is •used which, by lowering the temper- ature of the gas passed through it. freezes out all the moisture and leaves the gas absolutely dry. -St. Louis Post-. Dispatch. Glycerine will help to dissolve fruit stains from linen. 5c: PER. rr,2•01111OIa.w,ww 99 TRIFLING amount, ---what does it mean? Just this : That you, as representing the average Canadian citizen, can square off your account with our army of factory workers, by making sure that at least 55 cents worth of the things you buy, in your ordinary every day shopping, aremade right here in Canada ---the country that gives you your own living. That Sunt, 55 Vents a day, equals $200 per year. There are 8,000,000 people in Can- ada. If for the support of every one of them, there was spent $•'00 a year on '. anadiaii made goods it would give us a factory output Of $1, 600,000,000. Back in 1910-11, Canada Was enjoying pretty good times, but the total factory output then was less than $1,200,000,000. You (pan easily bury the hard times of to- morrow under the coppers you spend on odds amid ends to -end to -day, just by using a little intelligent discrimination, by saying to the shopkeeper— "Nothing but ` Made in Cana- da' for Mine." li+`lies' Eggs, Eggs of flies are so small that you must use a microscope in order to see their real peculiarities. Each female fly lays on the average of 150 eggs, For her cradle she selects a heap of garbage or refuse. The eggs hatch into minute maggots. In live days the maggots turn into little cbrysa- lids, or pupae, shaped like miniature beans. Within another five days these give birth' to flies, which de- velop with amazing rapidity into adult Insects, and then the mischief begins, Goethe. Besides his five or six consummate works, which by universal consent are practically above criticism, it may be said that Goethe's songs are the best in the world. He is the greatest of all literary critics, and in subtle and abundant observation of human life and in the number and value of his wise remarks and pregnant sen- tences he is one of the greatest writ- ers of all time. Goethe may be class- ed as one of the "greatest men," DR. A. W. CHASE'S CATARRH POWDER L iJ �■ is sent direct to the diseased parts by the Improved Blower. Heals the ulcers, clears the air passages, stops drop- pingsHay Fever. 25c. a box; blower free. Accept no substitutes. All dealers or Edmanson, sates & Co., Limited, Toronto. TOWER OF LONDON. It Once Had a Menagerie With a Mut., derous Orang Outang, It is not generally known that until the year 1834 there was a menagerie of wild beasts in the Tower of London. In his book, "London Survivals," the Rev. P. II. Ditchfieltl writes: "A word or two may be said about this collection of beasts. It commenced with the present of three leopards from the Emperor Frederick to Henry III, - an appropriate gift, as our sovereign bore three of these animals on Ills shield of arms, and then a white bear was added, for which the sheriffs of London were ordered to provide a muz- zle and an iron chain to secure him when out of the water ands, long, stout cord to hold him when fishing in the Thames. We tear his successors at the zoological gardens do not enjoy the like diversion. Then came an elephant. Int the timt3 of Edward. II. there was ai lion, for which the sheriffs, who must have deemed these creatures trouble- some beasts, had to provide daily a quarter of mutton. "Paul Hentzner saw here in 1598 three lionesses, a lion of great size -r called Edward VL from his having been born in that reign -a tiger, a lynx, a wolf, 'exceedingly old,' a 'porcupine, and an eagle. James I. often visited the menagerie and used to enjoy bait-' ing the lion with dogs or seeing a fight between a bear and a lion. In 1754 there were two 'man tygers'-orange outangs-one of which killed a boy, by throwing a cannon ball at him." Wanted Hint Solemn. "Mamma," exclaimed little Elsie, "I know something awful about our minister!" "Why, what is it, dear?" asked her mother in surprise. "Why," continued Elsie,. "he was talking to a man on the street to- day, and I heard him laugh right out loud." They Won't Let You Reform. A few days after you have quit to- tbacco a friend in Kentucky ships you enough tobacco to, last you a year. And when you make up your mind to quit lying some girl asks you to guess how old she is. Patience. There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste. There are no honors too distant to the man who preeares himself for them with pa- tience.—La Bi'uyere. Just Spending the Day. A woman frons out of town walked into - one of the big hotels the other morning and wrote- her name on the register. "What, madam," said the room clerk, with one of those engaging smiles for which he is famnrfs, "can I offer you in the way of a room?" "Oh, I don't want a room," was the reply. "1 am just spending the day here." "Good thing some people spend more than thnI with us," remarked the clerk to elm:self as she turned smilingly away. -New fork 'Times. SUFFERED WITH LAME BACK. Could Hardly Straighten Up For Pain. When the back becomes lame and starts to ache it is the sure sign of kidney trouble. Doan's Kidney Pills cure the aching back by curing the aching kidneys be- neath—for it is really the kidneys aching and not the back, This is why "Doan's" cures are lasting —the medicine cures the actual cause of the disease, the kidneys. Mr. 3. W. Aylett, South Oshawa, Ont„ writes: "I have much pleasure in recommending boau's Kidney Pllls. Last summer I suffered with a lame back. Sometimes I could hardly straighten up for the pain. I read about Doan's Kidney Pills and decided to give them a trial. I can truthfully say that the second bot cured ins. I can recommend` them to all as a speedy cure to all suffer- ing with backache." Doan's Kidney pills are 50c per box, 3 boxes for $1.25, at all dealers or mailed direct on receipt of price by The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Tcronto, Ont. When ordering direct specify "Doaa's," The Slow, Sluggish, Torpid. Action of the Liver is Responsible for Many Ills. Milburn's I.axa-Liver Pills stimulate the sluggish liver, clean the coated tongue, sweeten the obnoxious breath, clean away all waste and poisonous matter from the system, and prevent as well as cure all complaints arising front a liver which has become inactive. Constipation, sick headache, .bilious headache, jaundice, heartburn, water brash, catarrh of the stomach, etc., all come from a disordered liver. Mr. Victor B. AicNeills, Sandstone, Alta., writes: "I thought I would write • and tell you of my experience with Milburn's I,aca-Liver Pills, as I inn greatly pleased with the resit: I re- ceived by using them, I was troubled with sick heaclacle for a long 'time, and would get so sleepy right after I ate my dinner that I could not do any work. A friend of mine, from Toronto, visited me last summer and he asked ine to try Milburn's Taxa -Liver Pills, He told me they had done him, so much geed for his stomach. I used sevirai vials, mod I found they did me so much good that t inm canfrorecm livornmenctertroubtltle." ent to any -one stiller- ! Milburn's Taxa -Liver Pills arc 25c :t vial, 5 vials for $1..00, at all dealers. or melle'i direct on receipt of price by The "C. Milburn Co., Limited, 'Toronto, Ont. THE EXPERT. "it's just this way," the expert said, • "the kaiser sees a chance to be The ruler of this universe -to boss the land and run the self; For twenty-five long years or more he's been preparing for this fight, He's had his mind on battleships anti regiments both day and n ght, He's jealous of Great Britain's power, be wants to knock it cold and flat, "When was it," someone slowly asked "that Kaiser William told you that?" "All France has hated Germany - those Frenchmen never will forget The bloody Franco-Prussian war - some of 'em think it's going yet. They haven't done a thing for years, but plan with all their might and main To wallop Kaiser William's troops and take back Alsace s.t.d Lorraine, I knew this war would Piave to come, to stop it there was not a chance," "It must be fine," sornettody said, "to know the president of France." "You'll find old Italy in next, its's only waiting now to see Which way events are going to turn, it will hop on Germany, It's sick of Kaiser William, too, and it will lend a million men To help the French and English fight,- and ght;and Turkey will get in it then; And Spain and Portugal will join; they'll never keep their banners furled." "It must be great," somebody said, "to be so sure about the world," -Edgar Guest, in Detroit Free Press. ALFALFA. What makes the landscape look so fair; What blossoms bright perfume the air, What plant renays the farmer's toil, '''. And will enrich the worn out soil, to Alf'alfel What is the crop that always pays, And will mature in forty days, Resisting drought, the frost and beat; Whose roots reach down one hundred fete , Alfalfa! What grows in loam, in clay or sand; What lifts the mortgage off the land, ,What mem is cut six times a year, And no foul weeds in it appear? Alfalfa! What makes the swine so healthy feel,. And never raise a hungry squeal; The wholesome food that never fails To put three curls into their tails? Alfalfa! What makes all other stock look nice, And brings the highest market price, What•fills the milk pail, feeds the calf,. And makes the old cow almost laugh? Alfalfa! • SENTENCE PHILOSOPHY. Sailor bold, be not too bold; The Ship is young, the Sea is old. One can think good thoughts while• peeling the potatoes. Do not unburden your imaginary troubles on those who may have real ones. We think more of a stain on the car- pet than we do of a stain on the char- acter, There a're too many men between the man with the hoe and the man with the mouth. Do not expect to surround yourself with good friends if you persist in be- ing unfriendly. A contemporary says that a man who has money in the bank but allows his• wife to haul water and scrub worn-out floors may have riches in heaven, but he will never connect with them. God makes no mistakes, and He gave women brains. Even if the Methodist Church does rule that women must not preach, they will go on. Thank God their commission is from higher- up. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTO R IA PRIN Al .' t N STATIONERY We have put in our office a complete stock of Staple Stationery and can supply your wants ind WRITING PADS ENVELOPES LEAD PENCILS BUTTER PAPER PAPETEItIES, WRITING PAPER BLANK BOOKS PENS AND INK TOILET PAPER PLAYII. G CARDS; etc We will keep the best stock in the respective lines and sell at reasonable prices I JOB PRINTINO We are in a better position than ever before to attend to your wants in the Job Printing line and all orders will receive prompt attention. Leave , your order with us when. in need of LETTER HEADY BILL HEADS ENVELOPES CALLING CARDS CIRCULARS • NOTE HEADS STATEMENTS WEDDING INVITATIONS POSTERS' CATALOGUES Or anything you May require in the printing line. Subscriptions taken for all the Leading Newspapers and Magazines. I, e Times Office STONE BLOCK Wingham, Ont.