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The Exeter Times, 1920-11-4, Page 3or throw 4, Watch the Buck vheat.. t''` When , leu rho uuekywheat crop is bar - vested, it is 'essential it ;should be saved. The danger in heating is above that of other grains, and it is news - eery that the buckwheat bin should be earefully watched, The danger arisesprincipally from dampness at time of threshing. Threshing usually occurs in late September, October, or November. The weather is frequently damp or wet, consequently the grain goes in the bins in damp condition. ,Grain es usually hauled from the field and of work is started at a fairly early hour in the morning, there pill be sufficient dew or frost on the buck- wheat to .affect the efficiency of the thr+es9. r, Tlrls.will also cause damp- ness in the grain. Buckwheat should be observed from dad to day in the fia11, particularly if there has been dampness about the unthreshed grain, If this is the case it should not be placed two deeply in bins, but better be spread so that it can be shoveled. One should thrust his arm deeply in the grain and this should be done not ,in one place but at different points, In addition to this use a tiling spade with blade about fifteen inches long for stirring. Heat- ing commences in pockets, perhaps not larger than a man's hat. This is apt to spread. It niay start with a par- ticularly damp measure full of grain. If the grain is badly spoiled it is dangerous to feed. If it is heated slightly and cooled before it cakes or ;swells, there is little danger in using it for feed. We are using some now -whichx had started heating ob but was - aierved in time, Buckwheat may show no signs of heating in the fail, but when the warm spring :weather comes, .much that is dry v'i11 be in danger. Buckwheat that is • apparently thy and in good condi- tion- may. quickly heat. and become a caked masa. :Two nearby farmers felt entirely satisfiedthe past spring that their seed buckwheat was perfectly dry. They feet it in the sprang, and at the time it was perfectly cool. Two or three weeks later the grain was .spoiled, and they were compelled to ra: $4.00 per hunched for seed. I came near having this experience. I found a pocket perhaps about the size = a keg. This was heating. I eenaov- & the grain in that portion of the 'bin, and stirred the remainder daily. t If ;buckwheat has become warm, and perhaps may enroll at little, it will still ,Hake chicken, dairy or hog feed. It sati,et will grow. 1 have tested and planted that which had heated a little but not sned. However, I would advise the; farmer to figure on sixty to seventy- five per cent germination. Buck- wheat which had badly spoiled caused a considerable loss lin a neighbor's panitry flock, when fed. One should nave the buckwheat in the bin. With flour at present prices, and commercial feeds at figures now .quoted, buckwheat is worth not less than $3.75 for dairy feed and sot less than $3.25 for hog fe.ed, and perhaps :more. A.s poultry feed it le worth as much US for dairy feed, and it ranks next to wheat in our experience for chickens. It can be fed profitably ranging from twenty to fifty per cent. of the grain 'ration_ It is usually advisable to feed about twenty-five per rent but we have feel it as high as fifty per cent. .of the grain ration to dairy cows, and ft proved one of the best milk pro- ducers. We have read criticisers of buckwheat being an irritant, bat this year from abot t June 1 to August 15 Nee fed a WW1 of nine pigs whole buckwheat, scattering et tiyell on the 'grotuad so it required some time for them to consume at. We fed whey, and tine pips were on pasture, and were supplied mineral matter, and they were as good es any 'Plea we have raised. We have fed some bucicvheat to horses, and with oats at present prices, 'buekwheat selling for $2.40 per hundred pounds with little demand. just at present at those figures, one can feed this grain in the dairy, poul- try and to hogs, making it a part of the grain ration, and realize not only profit but save trouble and expense of handling it. Storing the Potato Crop. Who has not seen potatoes soaped into a chlute into a grater's storage cellar, and permitted to drop from three to ten feet into a bin? Such a bruised crop under the warm, moist cellar conditions •commonly given, is likely to show severe rotting. The farmer must realsize that in the long run he pays for this rotting of his product. The sound skin of a potato is its best protection against rotting and handling must endeavor to keep the "wrapper" intact. It is evident, with the potatoes dug early, that the iproh- lem of preventing deep injury to the tubers with tender skins is difficult. Ontario potatoes are stored in ware- houses or cellars or are pitted. Oe-. casionally requests come to know with what a storagea cellarshould be fumi- gated or disinfected. The warehouse should be cleaned of all old, rotting tubers and thoroughly aired and dried. No special disinfection is • necessary. It would be better to spend the money and time for false floors. to provide •good circulation than to try to dis- infect the 'bins. The rotting_ organ -1 isms are all about the .potato. They are native to the soil. Conservation i of the tuber depends upon the , .ound skin and cool, dry air conditions. Large piles of potatoes should have ventilaat!on channels provided, either by lattice work or by rows of crates. Potatoes tend to sweat upon being put into storage. Ventilation is necessary to dry this tnoieture. Only a general rule can be given,, but potatoes .should be kept as dry as possible, yet avoid- ing 'shriveling, and should be kept as near the freezing point as possible, yet avoid freezing. Pit storage lis commonly employed. It has the advantage with the ordinary season of keeping the tubers better than the ordinary warehouse storage, and the disadvantage that the tuber's aro not readily obtainable for ship- ments in cold weather. A pit should have a base of clean, dry straw and if at all large should have a straw chimney connecting with the base to provide ventilation. It is the custom to cover ,lightly with dirt until a snow -fall, and then complete , the covering with another layer of straw and earth. Where provisions for ventilation are not provided, a blackening of the hearts of the tubers has taken place coannionly in mild seasons. It is doubtless needless to say that only sound, uninjured tubers should be put into storage. Ontario's problems, then, is econo mically to gather, store and market her vast potato crop. Whether the crop is moved at once or held in etor Ater App le -Picking My long two -pointed ladder king through a tree Toward heaven stili, And there's a bairpel that I didn't fill Beside i; t, and there mai be two or three Apples I didn't pick upon some bough, , But;:.l am done with apple -picking now. Essence of winter sleep is on the night, The lucent of apples ; I am drowsing off. I cannot rub the strangeness from my sight I got from looking through a pane of glass I'skimmed this morning from the drinking trough And held against the world of hoary grans. It melted, and I let it fall and break. But I was well. Upon my way to sleep before it fell, And I could bell What form my dreaming was about to take. Magnifiedapples appear and disappear, Stem end and blossom end, And every fleck of russet showing clear. My instep arch not only keeps the ache, It keepsthe pressure of a ladder -round. I feel the ladder sway as the boughs bend. And I keep hearing from the cellar bin. The rumbling sound Of load on load of apples coming in. For I have had too much Of apple -picking: I am overtired Of the great harvest I myself desired. There were ten thousand thousand fruit to touch, Cherish in hand, lift down, and not let fall, . For all That struck the earth, No matter if not bruised or spiked with stubble, Went surely to the cider -apple heap As of no worth. One can see what will trouble This sleep bf mine, whatever sleep it is. Were he not gone, The woodchuck could say whether it's like his Long sleep, as I describe its coming on, Or just some human sleep. —Robert Frost. age, the farmer moot exercise e ca e in handling, protect from frost, and -pre- vent deterioration. A common fault in the past has been to injure serious- ly by -bruises or wounds. In addition, serious loss from rotting anises :froze warm, moist storage conditions. The cardinal pninriple is to provide ventilation and to keep the•tubera cool. The black heart condition which de- veloped so markedly last season may be avoided if the tubers are well aer- ated and do not get too warm. The potato even at the lowest offering of this uncertain fall market, is worthy of careful handling. For the Right, Every Time. One boy I know used to stop at a farmer's house where a very iruiuisi- bive woman lived, She used to "pump" that little fellow dry every time she could. One day She asked him some- thing about ,the home affairs. "My ltlemma doesn't want me to tell," came back the answer very quickly, but modestly and firmly, and that was the end of that woman's quizzing the boy. She found out that he knew where the eine was between what should and what should not be told away from home and was bound to stand by it. There is no finer quality for boy or girl than that of uphold- ing the night always and everywhere. The home is the bay's castle, as well as the man's. The best, perhaps the only way he can defend it is to be true to father and mother.—E. Some of your corn get caught by the frost? Too bad! The best market for it is through the hogs. A pretty and servicable walk on a lawn can be made of irregular fiat stories laid two or three inches apart, so that the grass• can glow between them. EN who work outdoors need the comfortable warmth of ST HELD'S "MI Label" Underwear It is made of the best wool—and is cut to fit perfectly, giving ease and freedom with the warmth needed to protect against bitter cold. We make underwear in heavy weights for men, women and children. Write for free sample been. STANFIELD'S LIMITED a Truro, r , S. !PoUAW Never try using last year's water - glass solution for another lot of eggs. Be sure and take your own, cans or bottles to the druggist when buying waterglass. It is better to furnish your own receptacle and save money. Earthenware jars are necessary to preserve the eggs in the best condition: The solution cis made by using one part waterglass to nine parts of water which has been boiled and cooked. A gallon of waterglass will make enough solution to preserve fifty dozen eggs. Aa a little speculation better than oil stock we recommend putting down about fifty dozen eggs now while they are worth around fifty cents per dozen. Sell them about Ohmistmas time when quality eggs are high and scarce. Sell them for exactly what they aare waterglass eggs. And let the qual- ity prove to the customer that they are better than- cold storage eggs sold in the store. If the eggs are sold for seventy-five cents, that means $12,50 profit, less the cost of the solution and the time of putting down and fishing them out of the crocks. That's not much money, but there isn't much; easy money ia the business of pro -1 deicing food, and every dollar counts. A hen has a bodily temperature of 106% degrees and she Is protected by a thick coat of warm feathers. When! the bird de well fed and living in a still air, her body generates enough heat to keep her feeling fine and the; feathers keep the heat from leaving( too rapidly. A hen exposed to the wind soon suffers from the shock caused by the feathers blowing out and exposing the warns skin to coed air. .This means that windbreaks are useful on poultry ranges and draughts must not be permitted in poultry heu,ses. Fresh clean cold air is health- ful to fowls. Damp unclean •air is unhealthful whether warm or cold. It is not the cold air that causes sick- ness in poultry flocks. The open -front house is necessary because fresh air ,means healthful poultry and they can stand cold if well fed and protected! from draughts. What is Fertility? Fertile land is the basis for all per manent agricultural prosperity, and the question cf soil fertility has a di- rect beating on practically every agri- cultural subject. It is useless to spend time and money for the purpose of ,improving plants and animals unless the soil is fertile enough to furnish a sufficient aamcunt of food for the former and fc'd for the clatter. Sell fertility niay be defined as ca- pacity to produce growths of the crops to which the soil and climate of the region are adapted. It does not depend upon any one factor, but upon a number of factors working together. The chief of these factors are: suffi- cient plant -food elements in an avail- able form, sufficient water to convey these elements to the roots of the plants, prosper soil temperature, and ,sufficient air in the soil to furnish oxygen to the roots and to facilitate necessary chen;cal changes in the soil. Water in soils, except in irrigated sections, depends upon rainfall, but may bo conserved by correct amounts pf organic ,matter and prorin tillage methods. Therefore ilio chief duty. of the farmer in maintaining' soli fertil- ity is to see that the still is kept sup- plied with organic siLatter and brie es- sential plant -food elements. jrie,'st your school at least once this month. If you have children try to sake it every week, but go once, THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON NOVEMBER ITH Principles of Christian Living --St. Matt. 6: 1-7: 12. Golden Text,. Matthew 6: 33. 6: 1-18, Take Heed, Jesus would have His followers sincere and modest. He , gives no approval or encourage- ment to loud profession of 'piety, or to ostentation or' boasting in religion. It iia the sincere and simple purpose and desire of the heart •that God hon- ors, and this .conception of religious duty is always present in His teach- ing. The kindly gift to one who needs, the prayer, the fast, are all best done in secret, and best done when the doer himself hardly recognises that there is any merit in his act. Jesus. said, Let not tray left hand know what thy right hand doeth. He warns against the spirit and manner of the hypocrites, the play -actors, the pre- tenders, in religion and morality, of atom there were not {lacking era aniples among the Pharisees of His day. The model prayer which Jesus gave His disciples (6: 6-18) le short, shnple and reverent. It begins with peti- tions that due honor may be given to the name of God, and that His king- dosn may ,come and His will be done among men, and continuo then with the presentation of personal needs of daily food and forgiveness of sins and to be kept from temptation to evil. How very simple and necessary are the desires and longings of the true Christian as expressed in this prayer! Just that God's name may be honored and His will be done, , and that we ourselves may be forgiven and kept froan evil and have our daily bread, And how very different the elaborate, complex, .wordy and long-drawn-out. prayera which we so often hear in the churches to -day! 6: 19-34. Treasures. There is a difference, surely, between laying up that which is necessary fox the main- tenance of good life, for food and shelter and clothing for one's self and children, and the hoarding up of treasure upon which one's heart is set. The former seems an Snipers tive duty and even necessity, too much neglected in these extravagant days. The latter is and has been one of the chief causes of social ,injustice and discontent. We must distinguish also between the .accumulation of wealth, whether by individuals or by corpora- tions, which is at once invested in productive enterprises such as make or the common good, and that ac- cumulation which either Ilea idle or is used merely for the gratification of idle desires and the pursuit of use- less pleasures. The warning is ad- dressed to the poor as well as to the rich --a serious and solemn warning not to set the heart upon such trea- sures, but rather upon treasures in heaven, treasures of the unseen world treasures -of faith, and kindness, and selfforgetfulness, end hope, and love. If Thine Eye Be Single The Re- vised • Version renders correcelyy "The lamp of thebody is the eye." Tie eye here represents the spiritual outlook KLINE FAWNING MILLTHE smrre:' OF FARM 'rhe unproved Panning 'Mill of to -days_ separates wild oats, smut, andchew--, nograin toes dirty for the Kline. Cae pacity 100 bushels per hour. Write for particulars. ILINhi i+'A.NNIl+I.4 i4tlLi; CO., 480 Crawford St„ Teronto, Nature's Balance a Delicate One, If all jack .rabbits eould outrun all coyotes the coyotes would starve out and jack-rableits would then become a .serious pest, as indeed they have in localities in which the coyote has been °terminated. If all coyotes could out- rest of the world. This fact was ent4 run all jack -rabbits, then the jack -1 phasized during the war and le even; rabbits would, eoon be exterminated,. more apparent just now when the and the coyotes would starve. But, whole world is in a abate of unrest nature has provided that some coy -1 an1d when the Industrial anti capital. otos can outrun same jack -rabbits, so esti° closet, aro earrying on their wart - trod. The opportunity for sane living and wholesome thinking offered to ,those who are fortunate enovcji to live in the open eountry le one sit the worths while compensations of agriculture aft an oocupation. Farming mwaybave. atS disadvantages compared to the soolat a financial advantages of other oe4 eu ations :but :her lifeglveh one the . proper ,perspective far eizfng up the that there Is always left some food for the coyotes. A thousand and one other delicate balances between living things are to be found in nature. .The most inter The business man to -,day is cone fronted with problems that threaten: the entire business structure, a partial eoneequence of the war upheaval. In esting, and perhaps the most import- like raanrier the laboring roan also hail ant, is found; in the work of the tiny his troubles In forcing the necessary organisms—bacteria, molds, etc,— adjustment of wages to fit living costs, that cause decay. If the remains of The man living independently on the dead plants and Animals did not de- farm, from the abandpoint of comfort (arty, it would not be many centuries and contentment is probably haveng until all the carbonic acid gas in the less worry and trouble today than the Atmosphere would be tied up in the worker In any other e1.as . This pis because agrienilture as a profession fe on a more Mable basis, year in and year out, than any other profession,. Thepeople of the world are grebes ally lining up into twogeneral classes: those who believe in established gov- ernment with equal rights for all; and those who believe in the destruction of government, and chaos. The eane, fair, intelligent thought of Canadian farm people will do more than any other one thing to keep publie semi-. ment an an even keel during this re- construction period. Our M adleas Home Walks. The muddy season has now lost most of . item uddi ss around ne our home buildings, where 'permanent cement walks have taken the place of make - remains of dead plants, and plant life would disappear for lack of its prin- cipac source of nourishment. More than half the weight f the water -free materials in plants is arbon, all of which is obtained from the carbonic acid gas in the air.. Without plant life animal life would be impoasible. Bac- teria, molds and other organisms of deay are thus the basis of all life on this good old globe of ours, Fall Plow the Garden. The 'exposed soil will crumble up through the winter due to alternating freezing and thawing. The roughen- ed garden surface will catch and hold moreh od the winter rams and snow's than would a smooth, beaten -down surface. The slices themselves wall dry out, and when the season at which shift gravel, cinders, and unstsehtly .seeds can be planned does come, "the board walks. furrows can be covered' with the For yeara, during the spring and crumbled, dry soil which is in .excel- fall months, sticky clay Hind made lent condition for seed • sowing • and lite a season of ,cleaning indoors as which will protect :from evaporation well as out. Now we can walk dry- the water- Caught through the winter; alted in any weather to stables, pouf. a sort of insurance against dry scum- try and log houses, garage, lee and mer•. Fall plowing will also help to smoke houses, etc. It is an improve - control insects. Those that case the merit? Just listen to the refrain of winter on the ground in crop rem- "Yes, Yes, Yes," from every member slants will be buried so deeply that of our family they can not work to the surface, and We began at the rear entrance by those that burrow into the ground to escape auteide temperatures will be turned up to freeze and perish. making a wade cement platform on which velaicies can be driven for un- loading and loading, leaving room on all sides for walloing. This platform The sky at sunset ars a huge palette was also extended into the corners at upon which angel children are paint- the sides of the enclosed porch to ing with their water colors, making' make a dry place for temporary star - pretty things for the folks "doom ing of produce. home" to see. From this eenint platform the walks extend to the various uildings, form- ' We hear a great deal in. these days ing curves and angles to lessen walk- about efficient farmers. What snakes beg and 4» snake the effect attractive. fanners efficient? Turning good fur- rows, ur The. walks were built to a height of rows, sowing good seed and making only about an inch above the ground the way we look upon and regard the money hand over fist? These things level, so that a lawn mower will cut world in which we live. If the outlook are all good, but they do not fill the the grass along the edges. The front be clean and sound, if it be free from .!sill. Efficiency at its beet means cement walk was previously in place, unhealthy desire, and greed, and mere thinking right thoughts and doing winding slightly ;from the road en - self -seeking, the whole "life will indeed right things; ;in being good and kind trance until it joins the 'cement porch be bright. But if the eye be filled acrd true and helpful to those that, on either side. The siding of our with covetousness and avarice an need help brit and selfish passion, the whole rife will become dark indeed. Two Masters. The origin and exact' meaning of the word mammon is un- known. Augustine, an early Chris- tian scholar, said that it was a Phoeni- cian word meaning "gain." It may have been used as a title of the god of wealth. Service Jesus declared, must be single and whole -hearted. We can- not render to God divided allegiance. One or the ether, God or gain, must be first and supreme. This saying of Jesus is a simple, di- rect and satisfying answer to the question often asked in recent discus- .sions of social. questions "Whit must be the basis of our social order? or, What the ruling motive in business?" Is it to be self or service? Is it to be the making of profit er gain, or is it to be the common good ? The ques- tion becomes, simply, in the words of Jesus, "Is it to be mammon or God?" For the Christian in the home, society, eo amerce, manufacturing, trading, everywhere, there can be but the one answer. The motive of gain or profit; may be present, but it must always be secondary and subordinate, never the ruling motive. ' Take No Thought. The Revised' Version renders "Be not anxious." The word "thought" en the English of three or four hundred years ago often meant .anxiety. Christ does not teach that there is no necessity for toil, for sowing and reaping and r.ngathering, but that with all this there should be simple trust in the goodness of the Heavenly Father, who feeds the birds and clothes the lilies. Here again the injunction Is to put God first, to make Him supreme, to seek before all to rigs to do His will. Seek first the kingdom of God. The best things hi human life will come to hien who puts the kingdom of God first. Not necessarily wealth, or worldly honor or success, or even long life, but the best will be his. Christ's law, as interpreted by Paul, is that we should be "diligent in business, fer-1 vent in spirit, serving the Lord," It. is not revolution of to .tenial eoridt., tions, it is not a new social order, al- though that nir.y come, that will make peace and`roltetni hu;, unity, but obed- ience to this law, putting til t, thhine's'' first Any system, anyrdor, any A vo .t form of common life, hcoanes toler- able when men seek first to do tho will of God, when they snake the law of love supreme. "Love wo.rketh no ill to li-is neighbor, therefore love is the. fulfilling of the law," God's will ane law for 'humanity is acnunied up in love, Elia kltagckrn is the sovereignty and dominion of love. CATTLE DOGS SHEEP Bring Big Prices When Sold by Auction at the Toronto Fat Stook Show CIasses for every feeder, 'whether nig or small. Show will he held at UNION STOCK YARDS December 9th & 101h 1920 Write Secretary, Box 635, West Toronto, for all particulars. 1 N G SAVE 50c to 1.00 per roll Prompt Shipment YOURSELF THE JUDGE We ship on approval to any station where there is an agent, We save you 50c to $1.00 a. roll on Ready Roof- ing o f guaranteed ASK FOR quality, yourself to be Fi4 ?E` the judge after in - SAMPLE s ecting the Roofing atpour risk, Samples free by nael, also tree catalogue with prices and full iuformat on. ne se letter or post carni, "Send me free and vrlceof Fe adY Roofing and partlentars of T r oe Delivery Offer." THE HALLIDAY COMPANY, Ltd. Factory Distributors, HAMILTON - CANADA !U a'; i J o. 44—"20. House is pebble -finished stucco, and , that, together with our new walks, gives a substantial effect that afford, a satisfying solace when our neigh- bors are using their paint brushes. The expense of our walks was but little more than the cost of the ceanene, the work being done at times when the work -men were not needed for ether farm work. Cream Delight. If you have tired of familiar candy receipts, make cream delight. It is delicious, and it contains only the purest ingredients. To male a large plateful you will need two cupfuls of sugar, one cupful of white corn syrup, one cupful of cream—or cream and milk mixed—and one cupful of nuts. Cook together all the ingredients, ex- cept the nuts, until you can string the mixture from a spoon. Set the sauce- pan in cold water until the contents crinkle when you tip the pan; then add the nuts and beat the whole with a perforated cake epoon until it is creamy. If the mixture tools before you have whipped it sufficiently, heat it slightly; then continue to whip it. Finally, pour the eandy into a butter- ed pan, let et cool and cut it into squares or slices. Profiteers. If profiteering menus taking all you cnn get end giving as little as pos- eible, how about the pian who neglects hisb uildingn, who refuses to fertilize his fields, and who cuts his woodlot without snaking provision for the fu - Lure ? Put your farm machinery in sheds, and fix it up in tip-top shape this win- ter. A shed will cast sone more than formerly, but the advance is building rna:berials generally itas not been near- ly so great as that ea machinery. E'retiinge are long ,and indoor attests. pations in order. 'Start a family read, ,trig ureic. The tendenoy tai sonsat"rail•+ el action and l ot is robbing us of our love for the classics. Ina<itt that ,thee children listen while someone roads aloud from Dickens, Seat, '.'haekeray, Stevenson, even Carlyle end Meoaul' ey. Have them take their turn at reading. They may miss 1nuoti, but they cannot tail to derive benefit :frock the carefua writing.