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The Exeter Advocate, 1922-10-19, Page 7#Lddreeo communications to Agrono rtlt, 73, Adelaide 5t, West.. Toronto Dairying By Guess and By Gosh. dozen pieces of work on aFfarm, So, As the dairy herd -come fresh for for testing cows, we must have suit - another years' yield of milk, it is a able tools. These are: a milk scale, good time for the farmer to start preferably of the circular -dial;, twe- testir.•g his cows and knowing what handtype; milk pails all of the same oath one d�oest-or does not, The dairy weight, a milk sheet properly ruled farmer who does not keep systematic for days, or three days a month be taken for more than one day, records of each milk] cow in his weighing for each caw; and a lead Preservative t. b'.�ets may be purchased . heed is not doing just a to himself pencil attached to the milk sheet for of dairy supply houses. If these nor to: his gown, lie may be ever -convenience. If every dairy farmer samples are taken once a month dui - feeding a record -producer oi, ho may went no further than this and weighed ing the lactation period, results will test we have a comparatively simple' method of determining the fat con^ terlt of milk, The owner ,may test the milk himself by using a four- bottle machine, costing about $10. He ought, here ever, to take a few lessons, ora short course, in testing. The strong pigs in the litter never ( lose their start on.`the smaller ones. It is these larger ones from which we, It is very importaut thatthe sample get the 'greater profits, A great deal be properly taken. After all the milk depends on the condition of the sow,. is in the pail, stir and take out about whether she will produce good strong a tablespoenfel, placing it in a bottle pigs and feed them well, or a litter having the name or taunber of the of weaklings and then have nothing cow marked on the bottle. Do this for them to eat; whether her system night and morning, preferably for two is nice and cool or feverish and hot, or three days. In hot weather, a pre- In the ono case the sow will Ise servative will be needed if samplesgood-natured and let the edge suck,, and will furnish plenty of milk; in the other, fretful and peevish, the chane are that -she % i11 eat her pigs; as soon as horn, if she gets a ehanee. All these conditions depend very each cow} s milkrregularly thrrughout': be satisfactory. fat testing be that if largely, if not entirely, upon the way � b the ear, he woo 1 have taken a mark- g e taken dor- the sow is treated and fed during ed step in advance over the "by guess ing the second and fifth months of pregnancy. It -is an almost unheard and by gosh" method of simply not lactation, that this gives results ac- of occurrence for a •brood sow, running cowv and not known it if he does not" knowing what ba cows are doing ez curate enough for all practj.a1 purl out on geed pasture, to eat a pin, not doing. poses. The main point is to take Sews are not cannibals. by nature, and ,est. Tont 1 Barran, of Brantford, Ont., samples for testing, often enough to are only made so bypoor feeding, lack never would have known that he had The milk scale can be bought from , a cow capable of producing nearly y - ry , know how each craws milk tests for ; of exercise, eter, g an dei supply house at a cost of 1,604 lbs, of butter in a year, if lie from $3 to 5, and when properly fat This is especially true where figs. Should not be weaned until ]rad not been testing Bella Pontiac, As cared for, will last 25 years. It should brawl'; rs svld on the fat basis, they are at least eight weeks old, and a result of a year's testing, this cow be kept dry, oiled occasionally, and To apply the results: Suppose a cow if the sow is not to have a second advanced in value from between $200 not be subjected to heavy some. It has given 930 lits, of milk during the litter, or if there is time enough. in to $300, to a value of anywhere be• should be used only fair milk weighing month, and her milk testa 3.6 per cent. case else is, it is better tit let the twveen $6,000 and $14,000, Pretty good purl:ose3. Good n . pails cost from fat. She will be credited with 930x pigs sheltie until they are from ten ell:tyyl or only wise year's work on one $1.26 to $1,50 east from hardware 3,6 plus 100 equals 33,4 pounds fat, twelve weeks old. . ry dea➢ei, or tinsmiths. If there is any or nearly 40 lbs, of butter far that Farmers ottee get in a hurat The actual time of weighing amt difference` in weight, this van be ads month, (When calculating butter wean pits when they are only six fro testing, probably did not take Mr. ,lusted by adding solder on the bottom, m fat, add one-sixth to the pounds weeks old, but unless there is a Bion over two minutes a day for of the pail. Although the daily weigh- of fat.) abundant supply et milk and aspecia' Although • this may look like eon- ly geed care is given, the pigs are weighing the milk three or four times.lug gives the fanner the widest pos- sidei�able extra ww�ork, when it is once likely to beooiue stunted, sometimes a day; while the testing was done by sbble knowledl;e of what each cow is started and the owner becomes inter- so sevy erely that the, never recover, Government -employed ed men in the • doing, weighing three times a mouth h Record of Perforn -race, the actual, is accurate enough for au practicalet-t--1in knawvsntt just what each rAw The deepest way to put gains ois n! sow, She cost of which -vas very little• --pr c purposes, say an the 1st, 10th, and: time is not the work is e With evasy and the hie a pigs roast dsges �oh,the can turn tically nothing but the vest of board 20th. If a cow[' gave an average ot, farmer tieing systematic methods in�eoaise Gams and pasture into easily. and lodging for the inspectors while 30 lbs. daily for a month, she would, his stable, the work is not only mare digested milk at the farm two days a month. In be credited with. 30x31-•--•930 ibe. for ante tan�e but much snare onfitals➢e ' he over -feeding a worthless scrub, either of which is not a paying proposition. .. A. farmer inlay have e world -record that nror7th, .. r . „ , addition, the caw was tested under .., .. Record of Merit soles part of the time,? The milk scale may be hung from Protect Locks from Rust`. for which the owner is required to the ceiling of the stable or nrdk roexn' Careful experiments show that ab pound of weight taken from the sow Swill main more than one pound of bracket So pay the supervisor 3 per day and lty means f' a wire or rod; or, it niag do a lot for protection and cSafi times very simple devices telili gain in the Piga, the flesh of the ani ' It doubtful male containing more water. The sow traveling expenses. is t oubtf u] 3# be Gua T er�-J on n -x6'1 braLcghastly ha fed to urea a high yjeldQ the whole cost of having this eow's4 that the pail will he clear of the wall., and can be made by anyone, Padlocks ' • 7 milk tested eineally. for a year yes when weigliing. The milk slaee.t ntay, are frequently found frozen and also wva.nuik r unttil i e't u i1 be fit koPt ted. f H 'rus from continual exposure.. gra to ti snore than ti4'1a0. This was money well, bar taeke.i on the wall, or tap in; full feed of both grain and pasture. When the time comes to wean the b'I Barran l chased.Itl ld bekept .l hi apiece of rubber #tom err old boot , invested, but before it was invested a cabinet which ran be made or pus is something that prevnts all this Cut r. u'- n bad himself c: rr,eai on c eu en clean , tests that demonstrated :trundling, of laving a gl;tss or ?:aper for the ,Hill, leg, about six -by -six inches. Tack it! Pl ' cut down the sew'e retie= to the great possibilities of the cow. But eats hand to rest upon when recording : to a strip of wood one-by-si,�c inches, 9 water 4 and a iritis grain. Take away, suppose, on the ether hand, be had weights. If' everything be eonvenent and nail it to the building above the, the ,.ronger gigs first, leaving the kept blindly on? What an anger- it will not take a minute a day t+o'• atatplc that holds tate padlock, so that! weer to suckle fora few days lorbg ttrnity would have passed right by the weigh and record each cow's milk ell the rubber will hang down over the' er The°c+ few things, catarjcd out will p have much tat do towvcard pork profits. Harron farm! the herd. lock. Here you will always find your i ibm dairy farnt4r has three systemsAt the end of the month, the totals' padlock dry and not frozen. Do this of public testing open ---two applicable ehould be obtained for each cow, and!" when the lock is new, It can't rust to those who keep pure-bred cattle---, these transferred to a Herd Becord& then. , E, F. one of these open to but one breed, Book, On the evening of Dec. 31st, The risk of bei struck byht- Holstein -Friesian; the other, open to next, the monthly totals for each cow>; light, ell dairy or dual purpose breeds.. The should be added, and the average for: ring is five times greater in the eoun- thi'rd is the cow testing association' the year made. All cows which have; than in cities, and twenty times open to all dairymen whether they` not produced at least 6,000 lbs. of greater at sea tban on a railway, keep pure-bred cows or grades. All • milk, except their milk tests high in should easily be able to get into one fat, may be regarded as unprofttablle.1 Four hours= hard thinking exhausts or other of these three plans for test- Some owners are adopting standards the tissues as much as ten hours of ing cowvs•—Record of Performance,' of 8,000, 10,000 and 12,000 lbs, of milk manual labor. Re:ord n Merit or Cow -Testing As ' per cow per year. When we consider Province of Quebec interested to a similar line of work, i 4,000 lbs. we can see that these is ,-- There ` There !day be farmers who, for' much room for improvement in the various reasons, are unable to take urs; dairy herds. This inn -moved -tent can After learning the principles of, tamed in the peace and the love of testing in any one of the three publicbe brought about only through hot domestic :science and agriculture in', traditions that have safe -guarded systems mentioned, but who would, proved breeding, and by weighing the domestic science schools and convents; our race. like to know what each cow is doing milk from each cow dturing the whole of higher teaching, the girls and; The acoomgljshmeaut of this gro- in the herd. This may be done by lactation period, young women of our rural. districts' gram is entrusted to local councils of knowing the fallowing rulers To do The foregoing is lute first step in in the Province of Quebec are organ -I supervision, constituted of enlightenedf sociations,, and receive the benefltl that the average pounds of milk per „y • •' which Teach Children to Avoid Traffic Dangers. Parentseihould teach their ehildren to use the utmost care -wherever there'. is traffic, either congested or other- wise, if they wish to save them from danger which, as thee goes on, will be worse instead of better, unless some unforeseen wisdom is put into action by authorities. • comes from contact with others cow is probably between 9,500 and n omen $Clubs the *XII Job well, we must have properl systematic improvement of dairy cat- ,zed into clubs under the toole. This applies to cutting wood; tle. The next is that of testing for "Wren) 's Clubs" (Cextcthles de fer- digginrg a ditch, or to any one oil a milk fat. Fortunately, in the Babcock mieres)* The first of these clubs lblished ' 1915. There are women --mothers of families or per- sons whose conduct and authority en- sure sufficient influence for the suc- eess of this work. to -day seventy clubs, including 4,740 The provincial Department of Agri - French -Canadian fanners' Wives and culture gives ° material assistance daughters, under the general super- through its domestic science division, vision of Mr. Alphonse Desilets, B.S. supplying a general director and A., whose headquarters are at the teachers experienced in domestic' Do You Realize That You Can Own An Overland Motor Car Fully Equipped For TOURING ROADSTER Now $785 Now' $785 SEDAN COUPE Now $1295 Now $1095 Freight from Toronto and Taxes Extra. Wlllye-Overland Limited - Toronto, Canada Without obligation on me, please send, postpaid, your latest Catalogue to NAME .. POST OFFIOE R.R No. .... provincial Department of Agriculture, Quebec. In seeking to promote the economic interests of mankind, the essential part playedby woman and the influ- ence that she exercises upon the vo- cation of children should not be for- gotten. Under intelligent manage- ment by devoted nuns, the domestic science schools endeavor to influence women to remain on the farm. They do this by training dutiful wives, thrifty housekeepers and experienced reorganization of domestic textile lie helpers for the "man with the btoe.' dustries for wool and flax. However, it is only a small number, as-. On the other hand, the elulbs organ - yet, of farmers' daughters who go to ize courses in domestic science, cook - these, centres of science and practical ing, sewing, hygiene, care of children, training. The majority of the women and nursing the +slick, One day each and girls in .our rural districts have month is set apart for studies. Agri- -yet to be reached, and the women's cultural community days are arranged clubs are the means by which this as well as mother's days and all other work can be done. The fundamental manifestations likely to keep up the idea of this undertakuig is to °keep brotherly and patriotic sentiment in our population on the land, to pro-; healthy religious tradition. feet it against the lures of the chit A general congress of women's that attract our rural • youth, and to' clubs is held every threeyears; one direct • this youth towards its natural was held: in 1919 and one is arranged and normal vocation by fostering a for this year• liking for family rife, for farm life; The clubs are supervised by the pro - and for the parish or community life.' vinvyal councils, and they have an This movement, which has for its official organ in "La bonne fermiere," • motto "Cling to the home and to the a domestic science and agricultural farm," has therefore a double object: review for women, which is published to attach woman.to the home by in- every three months. .d;isysolubie ties, by making pleasant The main provisions of the statutes and easy the accomplishment of her are as follows: duties as housekeeper, wife and teach -1 er, and to keep en the land our sons Each olu'b is administered by a and daughters • by making rural lite Board of ' Umeetons compared od a presidlen�t, a !vice-president, a sere more attractive. The Quebec Depart- , merit of Agriculture gives a liberal may' a treasurer, a librarian, a lee - assistance to local. organizations that turer and two councillors. will take ' in tllais useful, Patriotic All women and girls taking an.• a- socialpart, work. live interest in agricultural work are The means employed by the clubs eligible as members of the club, after are practical, limited in number and being presented by the Board of Di- well defined; the aim (a) to make rectors and accepted by the majority more attractive and easier for the ,.el the members of the Boas d., The' woman thee accomplishment- of her annual membership fee is not less rn, i and'material dot es towards than fifty. cents. f science, in the care of children and in wvoman'e work in agriculture. Each club receives from the Department an annual grant covering the expenses of administration and permitting the organization of competitions and similar work. A large quantity of vegetable seeds and flower seeds, of eggs for hatching, of pure-bred fowls, of bee -hives and bee material are dis- tributed annually by the Department, and encouragement its given to the o eand ©el. May P. un Fergus, Ont This year our Bonne s:rid Sebeell I Saluki like he l rl g to neer retire Club experimented with the que•,tzen" the fad the:, o ra;raitar how ?irr it .'ant of encouraging the teaching of ra ngC, e nark ten:her is or how met e- h), our Pa hlie school, How did ve pe.rieuce she bag, bio #tea. 9re:lent do it? First, our club renev -ted a grant iw give:, to a sated bears stale s hall (part of the wheel preperty) aid, the tea.'hher cif mulls holds a near :Hr's equipped it with chairs and other eertificate and has taken a few furniture. Then, adding to an exist- months' cruise in music. If we had ing piano fund, we bought an instru-;: that grant it would aid materially in meet and presented it to the Selma] the salary question. We expect to Beard. With the sanction and co-' finance our muai. -classes by means of operation of that body we persuaded! entertainments and a school eon^ert one of our club members, a Judy who` once a year. has had a thorough training in both instrumental and.vocal 'music, to take I might say that Guelph is up charge of the music classes, We di-; against the same «iffieulty we have, di- vided our school into two classes ani They wanted. to engage a local teacher ga.ve each ei.ass about a forty -minute; off splendid bwtiajnments, sial they lesson per week. Our idtaa was t-0' would lose the greet, so they engaged simply teach the children to sing a qualified teacher from Brantford to songs, but our teacher` goes deeper:conie three days a week. than this, and is following the course" We think our music lessons are laid down by the Department of: most valuable. The children are learn - Education. ! ing to sing by note in proper time, Just here is where our greatest dif'- and with proper inflections. They are ficulty lies. Our classes are too large,! getting a number cf songs which are and we would like to hates three oars -a used in the arhoolroom, and are a es instead M two, but the salary is! great help to the teacher who is not totally" inadequate to the services able to sing or to teach a new song. rendered and we feel it would be int-, Of course, we realize results would be posing on good nature to ask our. better if we could have two lessons teacher to devote more time than she! a week instead of care, but, on the is doing unless we substantially in-; whole, we feel that our efforts are eralso the remunerattion. I bearing fruit. Wearing Spectacles. BY DR. C. IT. LERRIGO, If you are forty or past, and you suddenly discover that your vision is not what it used to be, don't be alarmed. It is nothing more thana natural deficiency. It means that the crystalline lens of the eye is not so flexible as heretofore. It is beginning to harden. It never will work again quite as well as in the old days and you must give it the artificial aid of a glass with a slightly convex lens. The fitting of spectacles assumed in middle life to adjust such natural changes can be done without any use of "drops" in the eyes to dilate the puipils. The real need for "drops" is when there is astigmatism ITT some other error of refraction and the doc- tor needs be examine the whole eye very carefully. This is even more likely to be required in children who need glasses than in adult*. The fact of the matter is that it is more important to have the eyes of a child correctly fitted than those of the adult. When children, especially those in school, require spectacles, it is usu- ably because : of near-sightedness (myopia). The ciliary muscle, which controls the lens of the eye is exceed- " ingly active in ,children and a proper examination is quite impassible until it is put at rest. Mat is why medi- cine is dropped into the eye by the doctor before the examination is made. The medicine,quiets the muscle and the dotoor is able to see properly and judge a the real eondition. Perhaps. it is worthy saying that honsa,tropin, the medicine now chiefly, used by doc- tors for eye examination, is quite transiitory in its effects, the eye be- coming active again in 36 hours : or less. - Never make the mistake oaf using spectacles bought at a notion store or of a travelling peddler. It is great folly to trust the care of your pterions eyes to some man whose education in the specialtyis limited to a fc.AV weeks training in "fitting glasses." You need one thor:ot.ghlytrained, not alone in the eye but in all of its relations le the whole human complex, When you get your glasses let the doctor tell you just how to wear thew, and have hum personally examine the her husband, her children and herself; (b) to show her and her family how inddsgjcnsable and 'how health -giving the work of `the farm is; (c>) to 'maker For the Istady an.d the diffusion of good methods of agriculture and do- mestic science, the members of the deb divide into cmem ittees, each eeeeee. her the champion end main support .charged with tlfe study and promotion. of the community organization, main- of a special line.; of work.: frames to see that they are properly adjusted. To give full effieiency, not only must the centres of the lenses correspond to the c;rulareentxes; but the distance of the lenses from the eyes must be proper. There should be just sufficient space to prevent the eyelashes from touching the glass. Breeding ewes suckling lambs all summer become run down in flesh and out of condition. This is not a fault. of the ewes, but rather a desirable quality, as it shows a tendency to- ward liberal milk production essential to giowieg .a profitable Iamb crop. After the lambs are weaned the ewes should be put onto scant pasture for a few days to dry up the milk flow and give the system an .opportunity to adjust itself. The ewes need from. now on every possible chance to re crait up in flesh in a natural health; manner. Heavy feeding is not ad• visahle for the present. If possible turn the ewes onto s stubble pasture. There is always e. vamiety of feed on .stubble land that will stimulate the appetite, and at the same time cause the ewes to take on fleeh'"gradualdy, which will put them in good condition foe the mating sea- son. If the stubble pasture hecomee scant ;supplementary feeding may be. advisable or other pasture ; that is not too succulent to induce scouring should be provided. In every flock there are •a few ewes that show unusual tendency toward milk production and if they have 'suckled twin lambs during the sum- mer, acre likely to be wel•1 red'uoed in flesh. These ewwes should .be> closely watered and given the best of wire as they ` are the most valuable ewes in the flock. It may be necessary to divide the fleck and put the thin ewes by themselves where they may re- ceive a: light ,;rain ration.:. Australian Aborigines are usually regarded as a very low type of hu- manity; ,'ct ,one who recently died was o clever storthanci-writer and A keel,*, stuciont of English literature, 1