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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1915-05-13, Page 6P. WAR _ ON RATS. mArmont de not realise the de, strnction due to the rat niggle, Ina the world is beginning to !onaider the rat as the carrier Pr disease as 'well as agent of delstruction. bs the rat we bare a twofold enemy—an enemy that destroys property and an enemy that Im- perilx health. Let us have communing co. operation in an anti -rat cam. Palen. It is estimated that the rats destroy property worth $50.- 014,000 annually, This seems a small estimate, Only .constant alertness will 911hb1,; the family to prote0 it- sei> from the +geiil`edatl0pp Of t!ie 'k rats, but through eonlinnnity co- operation it ought to be possible to rid the country of rats. It is one of those pestilences• that bring nd compensation whatever. We know some of the benefits of the g411 weevil, and some people think that the Zangllah sparrow earns Its living in checking the growth of the caterpillar,, but the rut does no good Whatever and is worse than shakes about the henhouse. itkkKkAAlt itie WINTER CARE OF CATTLE `Needs of Live Stock In Cold Season Demand Attention. . In the sections of the country where rigorous weather prevails during the winter careful attention to the needs of live stock will repay the farmer for his trouble many times over, in too many instances cattle emerge from the winter in dull, listless, emaciated con- dition, their vitality sapped by living under conditions that are incompatible with the development of milk giving propensities. In the case of feeding dairy cows no hard and fast rule can be laid down. Each cow will be found to differ from her neighbor in surplus vitality over what is needed to assure normal bod- ily functions and a good average in milk production. By careful observa- tion it can be readily determined which cows are below standard, and a diet composed more largely of fat forming foods will be found to bring them rap- idly out of the decline. Just before a cow comes in the diet should receive particular attention. Subjecting her to cold drafts or per- mitting her to drink quantities of ice water should be studiously avoided. Such attention is just as necessary be- fore coming in as after. Care also should be taken to keep bulls in good condition if successful service Is desired from them. The practice of keeping the bull in a nar- row, dark, dirty stall at the far end of the barn usually results in the animal becoming dispirited and dull, lacking in the necessary vitality. Be should have as good a placate the barn as the best cow, and he should be exercised regularly and kept clean. --National Dairy Magazine. An inoculation Short Cut. A progressive Alabama farmer has worked out a short cut in field inocu- lation that saves time and labor. His method has been studied by Field P. D. Stevens of the federal office of farm management, who considers it worthy of a report to headquarters. "When a new legume is introduced into a locality," Mr. Stevens reports, "it often happens that one is uncertain about the land's being inoculated. Many prefer to use soil, from 600 to 800 pounds to the acre, from a field in which the legume has been grown suc- cessfully. Such fields are rarely with- in easy driving distance, so the matter of haulage becomes an item. Provided 600 pounds were to be used on each acre of a twenty acre field this would mean six tons of soil to be hauled. "The year before this Alabama farm- er wishes to sow the whole field be In- oculates a strip through the middle and sows this strip to the legume. The balance of the field may be sown to wheat or oats or other cover crop. U a good stand results he is sure inocula- tion is present in the soil covered by the strip. "The following season, when he sows his whole feld, he loads his distributor, then drives to the edge of the field and back, where he refills the machine and drives to the upper side, continue tag thus until the whole field is covered, "In locating the strip to be inoculat' ed the capacity of the distributor should be taken into Consideration and the po. sition of the strip so determined that the machine can be driven to the boundary and back to the source of ii apply without reloading. Split Pole Pence. A. fence of split poles or of small rotund eaplings not split can be built, whit:h is very serviceable and durable. The fence Is built up in the manner sfso s% by the illustration, Each pole is driven into the ground and rested he the crotch of the crossed uprights. All are then nailed, and the nails should be clinched wherever they reach through the uprights. ft Is best to make a good selection of the poles to be need. They ehonld be of uniform length, and the more regular and alike in also they are the better will be the ite1Oe,-..Wiscobeis ,Agrilluiturhitt s•� • THE WI ..ti >< e 'TIMES START AIJV[RT1SI6 NOW II STAGNATION in one's business is greatly to be feared and greatly to be avoided. Action— an effort to get ahead --keeps a business healthy. wealthy and wise, Visible action is advertising in the Weekly Times—a fresh advertisement each week. The preparation and publieaticn of a new advertisemLr.: is l.;r1 indication of business energy, .Mart Something" is the slogan of to -day. Start ad- vertising i\OW, Keep up the advertising all through the ear and your business will feel the tonic t.f1-ect of your ?ction, , To the Merchants of WinAham Make business brisk for you and the town by a big and rightly -directed effort ---by .a:series of adequate advertisements in the Weekly Times. Get and Keep Ahead by P aninAAhead 11 .a+o•.n MOMMear A SMILE. Drover's Journal: Everybody knew and liked John Bunny, the movie star, who died recently. It was his business to make other people laugh and forget the cares of life, and he did his work so well that his salary reached the top notch. The world needs more men of his kind, who are able to be funny and make other people happy. The smiling, congenial person in any walk of life is welcome. It has been said, "Smile and the world smiles with you," There undoubtedly never was a more true saying. John Bunny won success on his smile bat there are many who go through life and seldom Iook pleasant. The people flocked to the movies to see his funny actions and their appre- ciation of his smiles and funny actions were responsible for his success. Anyone who can go through life smiling deserves success, while a person who always carries a grouch is handi- capped from the start. Go into a gathering where there is a person who is jolly and you will find that one helping others to have a good time. Pleasantness is always appreciated no matter where one goes, and the world over would be better off if more people would learn how to smile. HOW A TREE GROWS. The phenomenon of plant growth is one of the most interesting of studies, but as in all life processes, many of the activities are not understood by man. Plants have the power of converting inorganic substances, that is the water, the soil and the ,air, into organic sub- stances. Animals can not do this. They must live on vegetable food or on other animals which have lived on vegetable matter. Plants can exist without animals, but animals can not definitely exist without plant food. Trees, like most plants, get a large proportion of their nourishment from the air in the form of carbon dioxide. This must be supplemented by water and minerals which are derived from the soil, The leaves absorb the gases of the atmosphere and the roots absorb from the ground water containing minerals in solution. The water is transported to the leaves through the outer or sapwood of the tree. By means of sunlight the carbon dioxide and water In the leaves are united, and changed into soluble carbo -hydrates (saps, which are then transported through the inner bark and distributed to the growing parts of the plant, where they are changed into insoluble ' cell substance, Trees do not grow throughout their bodies as animals do, but only at the tips of the branches and at the roots, and in a thin layer immediately under the bark. If a nail is driven into a tree trunk, it will always remain the same distance from the centre of the tree and from the ground. Because i the crown of an old tree is higher above !the ground than that of a young tree, !it is popularly believed that the whole trunk has elongated. This is not the case. The elevation of the crown is due to the lower branches dying off and newhones int dam the takes Since wider the hark, the old bark must be #pushed farther and farther outward i each year. We would naturally expect that the bark would he ruptured in the course of time. This is just what I happens, and is the rowel why old trees have a ridged and furrowed bark. A thin layer of bark is formed each I year under the old bark, thus preventing C the wend from being extiosed as the old bark becomes ruptured. --University of Wisconsin. FARE $3(22 DAILY BETWEEN BUFFALO A. CLEVELAND rag. 1W.THE CLEVELAND & BUFFALO TRANSIT CO., Cleveland. 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In the Pictorial Review, Dr. 0. S. Martin has an article on "Mothers," Ile says in part, speaking of the reverence that ought to be paid, you owe it to your mother— To lift all the burdens you can from shoulders that have grown stooped in waiting and working for you. To seek her comfort and pleasure in all things before your own, Never to intimate by word or deed that your world and hers are different or that you feel in any way superior to her. To manifest an interest in whatever interests or amuses her. To make her a partaker, as far as your different ages will permit, in all your pleasures and recreations. To remember that herlife is mon- otonous compared with yours, and to take her to some suitable place of a- musement, or for a trip to the country, or to the city if your home is in the country, as frequently as possible. To introduce all your young friends to her and enlist her sympathies in youthful hopes, projects and plans, so that she may carry youth into old age. To defer to her opinions and treat them with respect, even if they seem antiquated to you in all the smart up- to-dateness of your college education, To talk to her about your work, your studies, ,your friends, your amusements, the books you read, the places you visit, for everything that concerns you is of interest to her. To treat her with unvarying courtesy and deference you accord to those who are above you in rank or position. To bear patiently with all her peculi- arties .or infirmities of temper or dis- position, which may be the result of a life of care and toil. Not to shock or pain her by making fun of her religious prejudices if they happen to be at Variance with yours, or if they seem narrow to your advanced (� views. To study her tastes and habits, her likes and dislikes, and cater to them as far as possible in an unobstrtisive way. To remember that, she is Still a girl at heart so far as delicate little atten- tions are concerned. To make her frequent, simple pre- sents, and to be sure that they are ap- propriate and tasteful. To write her and visit her. To do your best to keep her youthful in appearance, as well as in spirit, by hr.lping her to take pains with her tires; and the little accessories and details of her toilet. If she is no longer able to do her duties, not to let leer feel that she is tiuperannuatr'd or has lost any of her importance ss the central factor in the family. Not to forget to show your apprecia- tion of all her years of self-sacrifice. To give her credit for a large part of your success. To be generous in keeping her sur plied with money, so that she will not have to ask for it, or feel like a mendi- cant seeking your bounty. Anti -shock Doubletree. The donbletree A is very easy on horses, for it reduces•jerl-ing. It is three feet long, with a clevis at each end. The spring is bolted on the center with two bolts. Each end of the spring is A bolted to one end of the arm B. The singletrees are attached to the oppo- site end of these pieces in the usual manner. This device adds also to the comfort of the driver. To Make Whitewash. The following is the government whitewash recipe: Take a half bushel of unslaked lime, slake it with boiling water, cover It during the profess to keep in steam, strain the liquid through a fine sieve or strainer and add to it a peck of salt previously dissolved in warm water, three pints of ground rice boiled to a thin paste and stir in while hot. Add five gallons of hot water to the mix- ture. stir well and let stand ii few days covered as nearly air tight as possible. It can be colored by adding ochre, lamp black, ground keel or bluing to suit. He says he's slogs but sure, the lout! And one sure tli ng I know— The only thing l. -•s sure about Is that he sure is slow. —San rr.inasco Chronicle. "What a shoekii, looking dish this Is, my dear!" "Perhaps, my Ione that's because It is currant pie"—BaiUlnore American. He's twisted some from Ms proper plumb, His skeleton's a v r,•...• He's sprshowsained ala •,ed. and a big lump At the back of his broken neck, Elis ribs have swerved. bis spine is et.rved. Be has grown double Jointed. But he is hep to a new rtaaee step, So he's not disappointed. --New York Sun. l "kit,'nking of rank outsiders," began i the tat ririn. "Well?" interrogated the thin man. '•1 was referring to the wrapper on ` this vigor you gave me," replied the i I *Ai ,..:ro . Citl,'inuatl Enquirer, I i 1 'IL i Dr, llsa c's Ointment will relieve yea at once ' and as certainly caro you. HDC. ahot- (tai dealers, or Edmanson, Batas do C ., Limited, Toronto. Sample bole tree It you mention this 1 »aper and enclose So, stataff w i►ay postage, another not with Itching, BBleed- lag, or Protract. ing Piles, No surgical oper- ation reeutree, WiNTER'S CROP, " in these chilly days ou is like- ly to think little of the Waggle torts of nest summer's drought. All out of doors is d cooler that cheeks Interest irl field work, but there Is ono crop thet_must -be harvested now or never: It is the only crop that removes 'ab• solutely nothing from the soil and can be bad Inmost` cases' free for the harvesting. It grows, nearly everywhere in .unlimited quantities, The satisfaction de rived from a store of it Is almost Immeasurable. for it adds to the • health and pleasure of the en- tire family. - Harvesting is so ridiculously simple that we may well wonder why stores of the crop are riot to be found on every farm, Millions of dollars are spent to produce it lit the cities; farmers gain have all they need for a few days' work at ,odd times in Winter. •. The nearest approach to some- thing for nothing in farming Is the Ice crop. -'.Country Gentle- man, ic0r0oIrl ikir**** FARM PASTURE GRASSES. Sufficient Pasturage Necessary to Raise Live- Stock Successfully. There is plenty of land in the United States under grass. The trouble about it is that' this land is not producing what it should in the way of forage. writes A. K. Bronson in the Farm Progress. Too many pastures have a poor stand of grass, others are seeded to the wrong grasses, and still others have been left to seed themselves from anything that invaded them aft- er the first stand bad died out, It is impossible to grow live stock with any degree of success unless there is enough pasturage available. Prices of live stock. high as they are, are not high enough to make it possi- ble to produce meat or milk with &profit where dry feeding or stable feed- ing is the sole reliance. Dairying can be made to pay in special instances where the market is assured and trans- portation is not a problem even though all the feedstuff's are bought. But one of the strongest reasons for taking up dairying is absent on that farm where pasturage is at a premum. In beef production, where the ani- mals are bred and grown by the feed- er, there must be pasturage if the business is to show the proper re- turns. The finisher of beef cattle can take the yearlings or two -year-olds and by stuffing them with fat forming feeds for a few months make money on them.. But somewhere in the life history of any beef animal showing a profit there must be a period of pastur- ing and roughage, This wakes the growing of grass crops all important in any proper scheme of farming. The man who gets the most from his pasture lands will be forced to adopt some sort of a 'plan whereby he can get as much green feed as possible from early in. the spring until late in the fall. This in most localities means the adoption of a mixed grass setting, something that will have different grass varieties ripening all summer long and others coming on to take their places. Some sort of legume should be made a part of the pasture, especially in old regions that have been settled for a long time. In new countries where the soil Is strong this need will not be felt so keenly. but where the land has been cropped for many years before being put In pasture, the clov- ers will help to keep the right propor- tion of nitrogen In the soil. Whatever the legume may be it will help fatten the land and feed the other grasses. It will prevent, too, the Condition often spoken of as "sod bound." As much of the pasture acreage is sown in the spring or in the very late winter before the ground quits freez- ing, , this is a splendid season to con - alder just what the new pasture should be made up of. In nearly all the states some agricultural authority connected with the state experiment station has made a special study of grasses with a view to finding out just what is best for certain areas in the state. It is a good plan to get the advice of a man who knows before seeding. Don't Allow Your Dowels To Become Constipated. If the truth was only known you would find that over one half of the ills of life axe caused by allowing the bowels to gee into a constipated condition. When the bowels become constipated the stomach gets out of order, the liver does not work properly, and then follows the violent sick headaches, the sourness of the stomach, belching of wind, heart• burn, water brash, biliousness, and a general feeling that you do not care to do anything. Iteep your bowels regular by using Milburn's Um -Liver Pills. They Clear away all the effete matter which collects Tit the system and make you thine that "life is worth living." Mrs. Mans Meiitriek, Wakefield, writes. "Por several years bwee troubled with sour stomach and bitten*. nese and did not get relief until I toed I,tilburit's Laxa-Liver Pills. I had taken then two weeks 'when my trouble was quite gone, and T will recommend them to all suffering as I did." Milburn's Laxa-Liver Pills are 26c per vial, 5 vials for $1.O0, at ail drug stores only or dealers, or will be mailed on receipt of wirice by The T. fitburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont, May 13th 1915 PRINTINCi AND STATIONERY r We have put in our office Stationery and can WRITING PADS ENVELOPES LEAD PENCILS BUTTER PAPER PAPETEIIIES, a complete stock of Staple supply your wants insi 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 JOB PRINTING 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 ordet% with us where in need of ' LETTER HEADS: BILI. HEADS ENVELOPES CALLING CARDS CIRCULARS NOTE HEADS STATEMENTS WEDDING INVITATIONS POSTERS CATALOGUES Or anything you may require in the priming line. Subscriptions taken for all the Leading Newspaper* and Magazines. The Times Office StONE BLOCK Winghamt Ont. II-4-4.4,.-ii, \7. far,+,.•_, ibe 7 kill..._.a ' Why Not Telephone? If you telephone him first you may not have t� go at all! If you would just remember to observe this rule of first using the Long Distance Telephone, you would save yourself and your staff many tiresome trips, unnecessary disappointments and much expense. Many progressive business houses have found that by a systematic and persistent use of the Long Distance Telephone travell- ing expense can be reduced anywhere from 20 to 80 per cent. Why not adopt this principle in your business? Telephone first! Try to figure out where the Long Distance Telephone can save you precious time! ,�•I _ "Trion, lien Tdsphohs is w Lon/ Distance $fatten,•' i► «h �i7A NCC The Bell -Tele hone Co. Y, rndpNF +. of Canada. Op PRINTINCi AND STATIONERY r We have put in our office Stationery and can WRITING PADS ENVELOPES LEAD PENCILS BUTTER PAPER PAPETEIIIES, a complete stock of Staple supply your wants insi 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 JOB PRINTING 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 ordet% with us where in need of ' LETTER HEADS: BILI. HEADS ENVELOPES CALLING CARDS CIRCULARS NOTE HEADS STATEMENTS WEDDING INVITATIONS POSTERS CATALOGUES Or anything you may require in the priming line. Subscriptions taken for all the Leading Newspaper* and Magazines. 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