HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1919-9-25, Page 3:Cramps in Stomach
Never Suffered
Worse Pains.
There is no other kind of bowel trouble
that comes on one so quickly and with
so little warning as an attack of cramp
in the stomach. These are very painful,
and when you are seized in this way,
and are all doubled up, you wan a
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berry is one of those remedies that
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knows just when some member of the
family may be attacked with diarrhoea,
dysentery, cholera, cramps colic or some
other bowel complaint.
Mrs. S. E Clark, Dorion Station,
Ont., writes:—"While visiting my mother
in towns I was taken very sick with
cramps in my stomach. I don't think
I ever suffered worse pains. I'sent and -
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hours I was all right again, and able to
ride eight mike home in the evening.
I can't' praise your wonderful medicine
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Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Straw-
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past 74 years. Don't experiment with
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by The T. Milburn Co. Limited., Toronto,
Ont.
September is a good time to look
around for new blood. An extra male
or a few yearling hens purchased now
can be secured al a better price than
later on. New stock mn,y be the means
of preventing troubles that are sure
to follow too close breeding.
The arrangement of proper winter
quarters is worth considering. Steps
must be taken that will mean comfort.
It must be borne in niihd that over-
e��rowded flocks are not comfortable.
Advantage should be taken of the
`fine weather in making repairs, put-
ting on new roofs and cleaning up the
•premises. No time should be lost in
getting ready for winter, which will
soon be here, and which may be a
severe one. The poultryman who pre-
pares for the worst is the one who is
never caught napping.
The present generation of poultry-
men does not seem to believe in white-
washed walls in the hennery. I do.
Whitewash, especially when some
good disinfectant (.such as a coal -tar
product) is mixed with it, not only
gives the premises a cheerful appear-
ance, but is a valuable vermicide and
a germ killer. It is impossible to be
too clean.
Sneezing Bad Omen.
Sneezing, from remote times, has
been held ominous. Our forefathers
went to bed again if they sneezed
while putting on their shoes. A sneeze
to the right was deemed lucky; to the
left of evil portent. To sneeze near
a burial place was unlucky. Tradition
has it that at first •sneezing was a
fatal sign, every human being sneezed
but once, and then died, but Jacob
petitioned the Creator to remove the
sneezing ban, and succeeded. Thence
arose the once universal custom of
saluting a sneezer with "God bless
you," or "May you live long." In an
old book, "The Code of Conduct,." it
is directed that "if his lordship sneez-
es ye art not to bawl out, "God bless
you,' but bow to him handsomely."
All over the world the sneeze was
recognized. Whole nations were under
orders to make exclamations when
their king sneezed. Sneezing was be-
lieved to be a sure cure for coughs,
and was also looked upon as a sign
of sanity. -
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noticing the advertisement of Milburn's
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Storing Vegetables the 'Right Way.
There are three kinds of storage in
general use for root crops: 1, special
ly built cellars; 2, cellars under resi-
dences; 3, field storages.
Where the total amount is likely to
average more than 100 or 200 bushels
annually, the specially built cellar is
recommended. For a •smaller amount,
the average house cellar will answer.
Field storage is recommended only
for special conditions and where neith-
er of the other methods is available.
Cellar under residence: In modern
houses where part of the cellar has
been specially built for storing vege-
tables, results are satisfactory. How-
ever, some farmhouse cellars are not
adapted to this purpose. Some have
no drainage and water accumulate's
often to considerable depth. Quite
a few have no ventilation other than
the windows; as a result the air be-
comes stagnant, decay organisms be-
come numerous, the temperature is
unequal and variable, and conditions
in general are more or less unsanitary.
If the cellar contains a furnace the
air is sure to become too dry during
the colder months. A heavy shrink-
age of the vegetables results, with a
consequent loss in quality. Where
part of such a cellar can be partition-
ed off and fixed up like a specially
built one, results are quite as satis-
factory.
Field Storage: This consists for the
most part of deep pits dug in the
ground, lined with straw on which
vegetables are piled. Over the top
is put more straw and then a light
covering of earth. As the season ad-
vances more coverings are added until
there is sufficient protection from the
coldest weather. Such pits must be
placed in a light soil where the drain-
age is good, and ventilation should be
provided where the quantity stored
amounts to more than ten or fifteen
bushels. Cold -frames and hotbed pits
may be used in this way.
Such field storage can be used for
vegetables like potatoes, beets, eau.
rots, etc., that will keep until sprring.
They are not suitable for large quan-
tities where the pits must be opened
during the colder weather.
Specially built cellar: Specially
built storage cellars for fruits and
vegetables are best built wholly` or at
least partly underground. Fruits, po-
tatoes and other root crops are kept
best at a temperature of 40 deg. F.;
the normal temperature of the ground
is approximately 50 deg. F., which
is too high for ideal storage condi.
tions. Consequently, a cellar or cage,
even though wholly underground, with
no cooling system is generally too
warm.
An air-cooled cellar is equipped with
ventilators at the top where the warm
air will pass out; these ventilators
are equipped with dampers which an
be opened or closed as conditions war-
rant.
Cold -air intakes open into the cel-
lar from the side walls just above the
floor lines. These intakes can be made
of six-inch 'sewer pipe joined one
above the other just outside or in the
wall. A damper is attached at the
top so that the amount of air coming
in can be regulated.
To secure the best circulation there
should be false floors and walls made
of 2 x 4 joists and studs covered with
1 x 4 boards nailed one inch apart.
These will let cool air pass underneath
and on all sides of the contents, thus
cooling the stored vegetables.
During the fall months when crops
are stored, the night temperature
drops' near or below the freezing
point. If the cellar is opened up dur-
ing the cool nights, cold air will come
through the cold -air .intakes, and the
warm air passes out through the
ventilator. In this way the t.ir can
be changed many times during the
course of a single night, thus thor-
oughly cooling the cellar before morn-
ing, Early in the morning the cellar
should be closed and not opened until
the weather will permit without
again warming up the interior. In
very severe weather the cold -air in-
takes should be closed.
Vegetables should seldom be placed
directly upon the floor of the cellar,
as this prevents the proper circulation
of air. False floors should be provided.
These are raised two or three inches
off the bottom and can be made of
three or four -inch slats spaced one
inch apart, placed on pieces of 2 x 4.
Upon these false floors the vegetables
are placed in bins, racks or crates,
according to their particular need.
The size of the bins may be regu-
lated according to the eonvenieoce and
the space available, but the depth
should be limited to • three or four
feet. The warmer the storage room
the less should be the depth of the
pile. rf, the bulk is too large, heating
may result which will start new
growth or cause the vegetables to
mold and 'shrivel. If the depth must
be greater than three or four feet,
place slatted ventilation shafts up
through the piles of vegetables.
Backs: These generally consist of
a seriesof slatted shelves built into
one side of the storage room. They
are for such vegetables as cabbage,
squash or onions, which can be stored
only in smell quantities and
require
better circulation of air. Such racks
are usually about• three feet square
and placed In tiers from six to twelve
inches above each other, If they are
made to pull out like a 'drawer they
Iwill be much more convenient,
Crates: Many packages such as bare
sena, vegetable. boxes. and slatted
bushel boxes are successfully used.
The small sized provides for sufficient
ventilation and they may be tiered
up to any convenient height. The
slatted crate is more desirable than
the other kinds.
Storage for Different Crops.
Beets: The best size for table beets
which are to be stored varies from.
two to three inches in diameter. The
tops are twisted off by hand, the beets
are dried in the air and immediately
stored. If the leaves are cut off the
stems' should be left a half inch or
more long, as there will be less evap-
oration and they will cook better.
Small quantities can be kept in sand
where they should keep fresh until
May.
Cabbage can be stored in two ways.
Where the beads are solid and well
matured, remove the roots and most
of the outer leaves. Place the heads
on racks or two or three deep in bins.
Ventilation should be ample and the
room kept as cool as possible. If the
temperature runs much above 40 deg.
F., decay will begin. Split hearts or
those showing signs of rot should not
be stored.
The second method is to pull up the
cabbabe, roots and all, and place the
heads upside down in a regular order
in the field. Place the heads close
together in long rows, usually two or
three wide with a second row resting
on top in the interspaces. Throw a
light covering of five or six inches of
earth over them, leaving just the
roots exposed. Let the cabbage re-
main untouched until the ground
freezes. It should be taken out in
November, the heads removed, and
stored in the cellar as described abeve,
Carrots: Large quantities should be
handled the same as beets. Small lots
are best kept in moist sand.
Onions: These should be pulled and
left in the sun to dry. Twist the tops
off, place the onions in slatted crates
and store where they can get plenty of
air. They need a fairlyjlow temper-
ature but less moisture than the root
crops. Where the temperature is
above 50 deg. F., the onions will
soften or start to grow.
Parsnips: Dig in the late fall and
store like beets or carrots. Small
quantities are best stored` in moist
sand as they remain fresher. They
may also be left in the ground over
winter and dug in the early spring
before growth starts. Freezing in the
ground does no harm and is claimed
by some to improve the quality.
Potatoes: This is one of the easiest
crops to store. Quantities up to 200
or 300 bushels can be easily kept in a
farm storage cellar. Place them in
bins from four to six feet deep and of
any convenient length. Shut out light
to prevent excessive sprouting in the
spring. Handle tubers with care when
digging •so as not to bruise them, and
throw out all that show signs of rot.
Potatoes freeze at about 28 deg. F.,
but it is best to keep the temperature
above 32 deg. F.
Pumpkins: These should be removed
from the vines when ripe; leave the
stems on. Store in a warm . room
where the air is dry. An attic, a shed
or a loft in the barn where they *ill
not freeze will do. 'They may be
placed in the racks with the other
vegetables when it is not intended to
keep them longer than the holidays.
They should be examined frequently
and those that show any signs of rot
removed.
Tomatoes: It is often possible to
prolong the season of ripe tomatoes
until Christmas, if proper storage
precautions are taken. The vines are
very sensitive to frost and should not
be allowed to suffer a heavy freeze.
The temperature should be watched
and the vines pulled just preceding
the first killing frost. Hang the vines
by the roots to the ceiling of the stor-
age cellar, or in any convenient place
where they will not get too cold. The'
tomatoes will gradually ripen.
Turnips: Treat the same as beets.
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Send Your Boy to Agrlc.ltural
College,
To Win on a Farm Requires a Mental as Well as a Physical Education.
Probably you can mention a dozen excellent equipment. Model horse and
or more of the older generation of
farmers who have never seen an agri-
cultural college and yet are success-
ful farmers. They have succeeded
without special training. But if you
consider carefully, perhaps you will
find that they made needless blunders
and experiments, costing them both
time and money, before they found
the right way.
These men might have been even
more successful if they had had the
advantages of special training. They
have probably done the very best that
they could with their limited knowl-
edge, but undoubtedly they, them-
selves, are the strongest advocates of
the agricultural colleges.
Besides these men who have suc-
ceeded without' special training you
probably know of a much larger num-
ber of untrained farmers who failed
—undoubtedly in the majority of
cases because they lacked fundamen-
tal knowledge.
If, then, a lack of knowledge is a
great handicap to successful farming,
the next question is: Will the agri-
cultural colleges supply this knowl-
edge? If the boy will do his part
the college education will not only
supply the fundamental knowledge
but what is still better, will also teach
him the proper application.
It is impossible to do any farm
work intelligently without employing
some scientific facts. It takes scien-
tific knowledge to feed hogs—if you
do it intelligently. Many farmers use
scientific principles in their work
every day and never know that they
do or, in some eases, why they do it.
You believe in milk testing, don't
you? And in soil analysis? In.fer-
tilizing? In ventilation? In sanita-
tion? In veterinary services when
needed? These are a very few of the
every -day things which are based
upon chemistry.
You must believe in an intimate
knowledge of plants—corn, wheat,
oats, etc.—if you are a farmer. And
also in a knowledge of animal life.
Biology, the science of life, tells about
these things, And so with the rest
of the •sciences studied in college.
The agricultural colleges show how
to apply the truths drawn from the
sciences and hitch them up with up
to -date methods and the latest appar-
atus. Dairying, animal husbandry,
farm mechanic's, buttermaking and all
the rest of she courses are based upon
science. These courses are not merely
related to agriculture—they are a part
of it. - Your boy at an agricultural
college learns the best way --the most
efficient way—to do these things. He
does his experimenting at the college
—not on the farm where experiments
are expensive. He does it under ex-
pert supervision enabling him to do
it correctly and to draw definite con-
cl io from his a
is nstiv i t.
1 He learns
ns
exactly why he does certain things to
get certain results.
The agricultural colleges are as a
rule well equipped. Aood pian
would be for you to visit your provin-
cial agricultural college your
see the
dairy barns, model hog 'buildings,
blooded animals, the latest apparatus
in use in all lines—all these will con-
vince you that your boy will have the
advantages of a very practice) edu-
eation.
So far I have mentioned only utili-
tarian reasons for sending the bay to
college, but there are many other
reasons for doing so. The agricul-
tural colleges teach other subjeots be-
sides those directly concerned with
enabling one to make the farm earn
"A Good Living and 10 Per Cent."
If one should go to college and study
only those subjects concerned with
earning a living it would be like a
person sitting down to a table laden
with a bounteous dinner and eating
only sufficient to sustain life. A per-
son's general culture should receive
some attention. A study of history
and literature, and possibly one for-
eign language, is wonderfully worth
while.
Right here I'd like to add some
more subjects like economics, soci-
ology, psychology, etc., if I had space
to explain definitely their value to
your boy. But if he comes home and
tells you that he's studying some of
then, don't object they're all right
for him to study.
When your boy graduates from an
agricultural college what results have
you a right to expect of him? First
of all a college -trained farmer is an
intelligent, scientific farmer using the
most up-to-date methods and ac-
quainted with the best apparatus of
his occupation. And from this it fol-
lows that he is able to make a fin-
ancial success of his farm. Second,
he is able to make the most of himself
in his life-work—he fills his job about
100 per cent. efficiently. Third, he
has the ability to appreciate and enjoy
farm life—the ability to be happy in
his work. Fourth, he is a well-edu-
cated citizen, and therefore a good
citizen who can think for himself.
I hear some one say: "Well, that
sounds all right, but right over two
and a half miles north of here is So-'
and -So who went to college—and look'
at his farm. If that's how they train
'em I don't want my boy to go to
college." The answer is that you can
find failures in every profession—
lawyers, doctors, dentists, etc.; but i
for every failure of a college -trained
man fifty successful ones can be nam-
e .
am -ed. The failure is the exceptional
case—the successful man is the rule.
Colleges are not maintained to train
men to be failures. If a comparison
Of 'college -trained farmers is made
with non -college -trained farmers t
under similar conditions, then there i
is some basis for such a statement.
But if you will make such a compari-
son you'll scarcely have an objection
to college.—C, H. S.
A farmer to be a real success must
believe in farming as one of the best
callings in the world.
Soil May not think, but it is quick
to respond to the treatment we give
it, no .natter rvliether good or bad.
INTERNATIONAL: LUSSON
SEPTEMBER. 28.
•
Jesus Our Saviour and King—Review.
Matt. 21 1-9, 15, 16. Golden
Text, Matt. 21: 9,
The first lasson for the quarter no
ending gave us' its central and pre
veiling theme: The Church, Its Lif
and Work. The review may dwel
upon this theme, and the question
raisedmay be of the nature and mean
ing of the Church, its membership, it
sacraments, its helpful and inspiri
fellowship, its private and public wor
ship, its work of winning souls and
spreading the Gospel throughout the
world, .its interest' in every good word
and work and especially in moyements
for social betterment, its ideals and
laws, its hope of the life that is be-
yond, and its guide -book of faith, the
Holy Scriptures.
It is well that we should seek to
gain a true .conception of what the
Church is. We must avoid the two
extremes as often met with in these
days, the one of identifying the
Church with some special form or
organization or institution, and the
other of disregarding or malting light
of all forms and all organization. The
simple, primary fact is that the asso-
ciation, or fellowship, or companion-
ship and co-operation, of those who
believe in and follow Jesus Christ
makes His Church. Where two or
three are gathered in His name He is
present in their midst, and that is all
that is essential. In the time of the
apostles and the first preaching of
the Gospel we read of "the brethren"
(Acts 1: 15), of them that received
the apostles' word and continued in.
their teaching and fellowship (Acts
2: 41, 42), of them that believed and
were together and had all things com-
mon (Acts 2: 43, 44), of the apostles'
"own company" (Acts 4: 23), who
were "of one heart and soul" (Acts
4: 82), and of the increasing number
of disciples (Acts 6: 7), who wherever
they went abroad preached the Gospel
and formed communities of those who
believed (Acts 8: 4), which communi-
ties were at once called churches, or,
as a whole, the Church (Acts 9: 31
and 13: 1). So it has been through all
the centuries and in every land, since
those days. They who believe in and
follow Jesus come together that they
may help each other and may further
extend His gospel.
Baptism became the sign of formal
entrance to the Christian community,
and the Lord's Supper the symbol and
formal recognition of its fellowship.
In its meetings men talked and prayed
together, read the Holy Scriptures, to
which were now added the Gospel nar-
ratives and letters of counsel and in-
struction from the apostolic leaders,
sang hymns of praise and listened to
words of instruction or exhortation.
In such meetings were planned the first
great missionary enterprises, under
the inspiring guidance of the Holy
Spirit (see Acts 13: 1-3), and to them
were welcomed the returning mission-
aries, who "rehearsed all things that
God had done with them."
The Church speedily found, as it
still finds, its distinctive work to do.
It provided food for the hungry and
clothing for the poor in daily minis-
tration (Acts 6: 1 and 9: 36-39); it
proclaimed the gospel of God's love
in Christ and bore witness to His
resurrection. The missionaries of
the Gospel went abroad to ninny hinds,
founding churches, teaching in schools,
rebuking crime and superstition and
idolatry, endeavoring to establish
clean living and pure morals and right
and just relations between all classes.
Their work was mighty in the over-
throwing of ancient strongholds of
error, but in the highest sense Con-
structive in that it aimed ib build
and to sanctify the life of the home
and of the state.
Above all, the Church with its great
evangel led men to faith in God and
gave them hope for the future. The
common things of life were glorified
in its teachings and given a signifi-
cance of immortality. Men were en-
abled to see life in its relation to
eternity. The gospel of the Church
demanded the making the most of this
life in the light of that which is to
come. It broadened human sympath-
ies and broke down an0ient barriers
or race and creed and color, establish-
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ng
ing a real brotherhood. It put master
and slave, rich and poor, high and low,
great and small upon an equality in
he sight. of God, as brothers beloved
(Philemon 16). It pointed to the con-
summation of human relation's in a
holy citizenship; a "household of God"
(Eph, 2; 19-22), which is the Church's
deal in all ages.
The Church has the best things on
is program. The League of Nations
was planned by it centuries ago. It
stands for justice to all. Its sym-
pathies are with the poor and with tall
who suffer. The Church cares for the
souls of all. Can any one of us afford,
o remain outside its fellowship and
is activities?
One of the fine things a young
farmer and his wife did last winter
was to send an
ma and VSO
mani
tl e
y
lovedh'
a big �t and a nine strip of
home -cured bacon. Ilow good it tast-
ed to those folks who had none and
wore just hungering for a bit!
d g � And
what they wrote back to the young
folks on the farm tasted .sweeter than
the bacon and ham ever possibly could.
aches and constipation, I tried all
kinds of doctor's medicines but none
did me any good, I . tried Milburn'e
Laxa-Liver Pills, and after using four
vials I am completely cured. I would
heartily recommend them to all sufferers."
Milburn's Lame -Liver Pills axe 25c. a
vial at all dealers or mailed direct by
The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto,
Not a Soldier.
Here I stand in the early fall,
straight and •stately and fine and tall!
I'm quite a riddle, as you will see, far,
though I stand so fair and Gfree, I
cannot move- a single peg. because,
alas. I've just one leg. I must have
been to war;, you say? I wasn't In it,
though I helped to win it. (You see,
our family's born this way.) But I'll
confess, now,—since you guess,—that
they called me a kernel one fine day.
My uniform's the richest green, all
trimmed with silk of golden sheen;
and there's a tassel on my hat. But
I'm not a soldier, for all that. One of
my habits odd appears: each year, for
half the summer, whether it's cool or
hot or rainy weather, I wear green
mufflers on my ears. My trusty blades
are lull in view; any pistils, too. Does
that puzzle you? But still I'm not a
soldier true. I have some powder,
but it's gold, and very precious, I ant
told. In fact, it really helps to make
the bread the cooks and bakers bake.
Yet, though my heart is true and
right, I never wished to go and fight.
Another funny thing I've found: just
now I'm standing in the ground; but
some bright day, in some strange way,
I Miall be ground myself, they say.
And queerer still another thing: my
family and I are worth a small -sized
fortune in the earth; often a thousand
dollars will be offered for us, cash,.
and still, sooner or later, mark my
words, I shall be had for just one
mill!
What am I2
1
The Sliding Tumbler.
The following trick is sure to myse
tify people until it is explained; then,
like many another, it becomes ex-
tremely simple. The apparatus con-
sists of a glass tumbler, a bit of
candle and a pane of glass or a slab
of marble. Those are shown to the
company, the tumbler is inverted on
the glass or marble, and anyone prey
ent is invited to set the tumbler in
notion with no other means than the
flame of the candle.
It sperm's impossible; but this is the
way t� do it: First, the glass or mar-
ble should be slightly inclined by
placing a small object underneath one
edge. While the :attention of the com-
pany is distracted from what you are
doing, moisten the rim of the grumbler
with oil, if possible, although water
will do almost as well. Now light the
candle and place the flame close to the
.side of the tumbler. The tumbler will
soon begin to move down the inclined
plane and will fall off unless you stop
it.
The moT:emcnt is caused by the fact
that the air within the tumbler ex-
pands when it is warmed by the
candle. The film of oil or water tee
tween
re-
tween the rim and the sheet of glass
prevents the heated air from escaping,
and the expansion of the air raises
the tumbler so that its edges rest very
lightly on the glass surface. The
lessened friction allows the tumbler
to slide..
INSIGHTLY PIMPLES
PAINFUL SOILS
Are Caused By Bad Blood.
When the blood becomes impure, it is
only natural that boils, pimples, or
sons other indication of bad blood
should break out of the system.
Ointment and salves will do you no
good. You must get at the seat of the
trouble by using a good internal blood
purifying remedy such as that grand old
medicine, Burdock ,Blood Bitters. This
preparation has been on tho market foe
the meet 40 years, and is acknowledged
by all who have ever used it to be the
best blood cleansing remedy.
Mr. Emerson G. Goodwin, Cambridge,
N.B., writes:—"For nearly two years I
suffered frora boils and pimples en my
face sad neck, and nearly all of my body
was covered with the pimples. I tried
meet everything, but got no relief.
One
•
` dayfriend advised me to try
a
BurdoCk
Blood o�
Bitters,ttl
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ftar
using
three bottles�e���ve eioob0i belle
alt left as, tietsri o ts a othege
retaining. 1 eat strorrtzly racoxnmend
id
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skin, dikeaise,i This T. Milbw*
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