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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1894-9-28, Page 7Sf{rro ER $,1S 4 T1IE 131i II PRACTICAL FARMING. A LEVELER NOR FLOWED LAND. One of the very hese contrivances for properties Wheat and cora Ground is, one that has been invented in the Wort, but Which has hot been patented, writes a oor. 'respondeut, The eon is it loam or drift deposit, ireo from gravel, and in some pieces the subsoil ie a oentinuationof. the upper soil for u great dietwnoe, In plowing the -soil it ie found elute the land will wash during the heavy showers of the eummer, and in many places become full of enroll gullies. Although it does not A SIMPLE LEVELEE, get hard and lumpy like soil of a more clayey nature, still there is trouble with oloda when the season is very drouthy, In order to level the ]nod and to break the umpe, an implement has been invented by the farmers here, and is very much in use. For want of some better name it la called a leveler. Another tool oalled the float, or clod breaker, must not be confounded with the leveler. The leveler shown in the illustration is made by the use of four planks, three inches thick by twelve inohes wide, and fourteen or sixteen foot long. About four feet from each end of two of the planks a gain is out on one side of the plank on the surface side. There four planke are bolted together edgewise, not unlike a box with- out any bottom or top, except that the sides are not flush with the ends by four feet. If the oornere are not braced, large eye -bolts must be used. In order to use the leveler a team is hitched to each of the two front corners, and the implement' is hauled through the field, after having been weighted to the proper amount to best serve the character of the field in which it is used. Tho drivers ride on theboards planed across the leveler. The soil will gather in front of the front plonk and all the fine earth will sift through and under the plank : lumps will gather and be mashed as uneven planes are found in the field. When a dead -furrow is crossed, it is at once completely filled up and leveled in a way that cannot be done with any other tool. The leveler and the float have almost superseded the harrow herein the prepare. tion of the eoil for crops. I prepared the ground for fifty-five acres of wheat last fall, ,that never had a harrow in the field, and the wheatlooke at this writing as if it would yield thirty bushels per acre. It is a perfect stand and was put in with a press drill. The float or clod -crusher is made by placing several planks, twelve or fourteen feet long, in such a way that they will overlap each other, like the riding of a house, And the float is drawn by two or by four horses. I have found that this imple- ment does better, work by pot being too long. I pi efer ton feet to sixteen in length, 13y the use of there two tools, a field is left like an onion bed, and only needs a roller to complete it in some dry treasons. Rye For Winter Pasture. All stook like some green food in the winter, and when fields are convenient for the purpose, it pays to sow some rye for pasture, soya a writer. This year all stook food will be ;tear, and rye pasture will give better returns than usual. I first began -using it for ewes with winter lambs, and am sure it increased the flow of milk very materially. Rye is hardy, growing when- ever the surface of the ground is not frozen, and early in the spring making abig amount of feed before other grasseestart. In open winters it affords food nearly all the time For young stook that is hard to harry through the winter in a thrifty condition, some green rye is especially valuable. The common practiceis to seed corn fields to rye. When the corn stands up well, I prefer to seed before tho corn is out, as when fall pasturage le wanted, the seeding should be early. In my latitude, where corn ripene the latter part of September, the first of the month is a good time to sow. More seed should be sown than when grow- ing rye as a grain crop, the chief thingbeing a dense growth. One can use a one-horse drill in the rows, or else sow by hand and cultivate the seed into the ground. I.perfsr the latter way. Five rows of Dorn at a round can be sown easily, and then a sur- face cultivation will stir thesurface and cover the seed at the same time. But storms often lodge. some of the cora, and then it does very well to wait until the corn is put into shooks. If the soil is not too hard pecked, I have used a grain drill without previous preparation of the ground. The corn stubs may interfere with the drilling, but with an extra man to follow the drill and watch that the rub- ber tubes are not pulled out of the hoes by the stubs, good and rapid work can be' done. In Chit way I seeded ten acres last year that made a heavy growth. When the eon is bard t packed, I sow broadcast and cub the seed in with a disc harrow, This does very well, furnishing loose soil, and covering the seed. There is an old English saying that rye should be "dusted ia,' which means that:a dry seed bed as desirable. While one can sow rye successfully in ground so dry that wheat would fail in it, yet I do not believe in the Baying. Never saw rye when the ground is wet, but a fair amnia of mois- ture ie best for all seeds of which I have knowledge. I would always prefer to sow after a rain, and just as soon as the eon is dry enough to crumble. If one Dan get 0 good rain about the first of autumn and then sow the rye in corn, it will germin- ate and mako root ready for good growth just as soon as the corn is out, and the sun- light"oan ebrike it.. Theta is only one •serious objection to leading tilled fields to rye for pasture, and that is the danger of having the ground tramped when wet. The roots do not make enough of a and to keep stook from ousting through. Tramping of ground when wet Wile it, One should make ib a rule never to lei, stook into the fields when soft; if ouch a rule le followed I believe that a field will gain in fertility by growing rye for pasture between crops. The roots add organic matter to the eoil,and this not only improves the mechanical condition but helps chemical action that makes plant food available• It is net always safe to graze pregnant animals on a rye pasture. Ergot may be present and give brenble. .This caution, 1 believo, should be heeded. lye' may be sown with thnothy and other grasebe in the full for permanent pasture. 'The rye will furnish food until the o tiler grasses make a growth in the late spring oroom ier, itmay oleo A he so noilIrity for green manuring, i n although paeturad acme untl time to plow the land. In some Boils suoh e growth of green etuff,when plowed under,aids greatly in foromg the growth of a aucoeed'ing prop. Stoedt Notes. Poor pasture, and too much exercise est down the profits, , Always keep salt where the Cows can have easy acorea to 10, What farm stock ie worth keeping is worth keeping well, Keep the stock but of low, damp pas, tures, at night especially, during the fall. Many farmers, in feeding, waste what, if saved, would make a good profit. When buying a horse for work on the farm make this point --that tt is a good walker. In breeding, the individual merit of the sire should be taken into account so well as a long pedigree. The greater the variety of grasses in the pasture the better for the thrift of the stock that feeds there. Give a colt plenty of epportunitiy to exercise and he will grow faster and make a better horse when ;natured. Generally a good looking horse will sell well, but with speed in addition to good looks he will be more valuable. 1f ail farmers cannot have registered stook they can improve what they have by good breeding and good Dare. FOREST FIRES. 1110 Danger Would be Decreased by a Little ]ltareeight on the Part or the Settler. When a settler on the Prairies in the west has his Drop in he uses his plough to turn up a number of furrows completely around his farm. He does this to protect his property from prairie fires. If a fire Carnes it burns to the edge of the broken' land and there exhausts itself. if he did not take such measures of proteotion the fire would sweep across hie holding and would destroy everything in its passage. The inhabitants of settlements in the lum- bering districts by taking similar preeau. tions would -greatly lessen the perils from fire to which they are continually exposed, and such woeful tales of disaster as have come from Minnesota, Michigan and the Rainy River district within the past few weeks would` be more rarely told. Many settlements in the lumbering districts are sot down in the bush. There are trees upon every aide and their overhanging branches often shade the houses. When fire sweeps through a section such as this there is no contending wibh it, and it the set- tlers escape with their lives they are for. tunate. The danger could be greatly de. oreosed by a little foresight on the settlers' part. The cutting and clearing away of the forest for a radius around the settle. rnentsuff'icient to ensure safety would be either an expensive nor a laborious undertaking, and would serve as a better protection than any plan which could be devised. If the cleared land were put under tillage so muchthe better. A few days ago we saw a paragraph in an Algoma paper expressing gratification ai the work of a settler who had cleared a block of land adjoining Fort William and rendered the town secure from bush fires which would be stayed at the edge of the clearing. This season has been an unusually dry one, rendering the woods so inflammable that even a spark might lead to conflag- ration. At such a time the dwellers in the bush cannot be too careful, but unless they are out of reach of fire by putting them- selves as far distant from the bush as possible in the way suggested, they cannot hope to escape when fire comes. MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL. A Deficit of Over Char a 1t11l11on Dollars on the First ;tali Year's Business. A despatch from London says: The Man - cheater ship oanal shareholders met this week to hear the financial result of the first half year's work. The total net revenue from tolls on the canal amounts to 040,000 total net revenue from all sources 5175,000: interest due on debentures 0750,000. There is, therefore, a deficit of much more than half a iniliionto be provided for. The com- pany has "unappropriated reeouroee" amounting to $2,520,000 and can meet the interest due easily enough. These resources consist, however, of the balance of the last. corporation loan, and of the reserve fund, on both of which there are heavy calla for construction purposes and future half -yearly nterestpayinents over and above the rev- enue. The direosore, nevertheless, have con- fidence in the future. They aro at present engaged in a bitter controversy with Liverpool, which takes the form of rate- cutting. Liverpool's hostility to the Man- chester canal is unmitigated. There are odds with the railways, also, between which and the Manchester docks there is at pre. sent but asingle oennection. The directors, however, are far from despairug, and have the shareholders do not seem to have raised a single complaint at this meeting, distant as the dayofe dividends must be. `;' The re- port was unanimously abopted and the chairman's salary increased. A Romantic Story. The following singular story istold a oporter by a missionary connected with the London police courts, .but names are omitted for obvious reasons. Sone time since the missionary befriended a family when the husband and father was dying, from con. sumption. The poor man diets, and the missionary got the children oared for, and sent the widow to be trained as a nurse. The poor woman obtained her diploma, and a fairly good connection amongst the medi. nal profession. Ono of her patients was a lady Who was stricken with fever. Good nursing and careful watching alone could saveher, andtthie the nurse gave unstint- ingly, The lady recovered, and was told 01100 she owed this more to the good num. ing than to the doctors. One day the lady wrote to the missionary montiohod; asking for an e.ppointesent, as she wished to make her will in favor of the Hurst. The mission. ary advised a pause for consideration. Was ehe dealing justly ,with her relatives 9 "Oh, yes; the relatives were only cousins, acid worn tither than she," And thee the lady made her will, leaving 15,000 to the poor widow and her throe children, and appoint. ing the missionary as exooutor and trustee, with a small legacy for his trouble. AT MOEEA'S CAPITAL. itinchc t Os t o lnier a e In iho Tri1 i Front Shanghai to Seoul, Seoul it must be oonfeseed, Is a mean, iooking town for the capital of an ancient kingdom, but it le A town whip;; anyone making the grand tour of the world ahoald by no means neglect to visit. Possibly, when this war ie over, we shall hear Of the organization of apersonally conducted tour. From Shanghai the journey to Seoul is -pleasant enough, The traveler skirts the Chinese coast in a comfortable little steamer' renowned for its excellent table, makes a Sall at the balmy little watering place ()before the health resort of jaded Anglo.taleetials, and thence crosses to the West Lorean port of Ohemulpo, Then a choice roe of ways ie open to him. He may sail up the Ran in a junk as far as Ma -Po, the river port of the capital, he may make the journey of thirty miles in a , Corean sedan-ohoir borne on the aitoulders of coolies, or he may ride in a procession of pack.horees. The pack.borae is, however, on the whole, the preferable' mode of progression. The river is extremely tortu- ous, and the journey by water long end comfortless; and , the sedan chair is a barbarous invention centuries behind its prototype in China. It has no seat, and one is compelled to squat tailor -fashion on the floor. The traveler by pack -horse finds much to interest him on the journey. The land is undulating and picturesque ;the road. lies amid well-oultivated fields and planta covered with wild flowers. At the village are quaint groups of nativee, looking, after. the dirt- and rags of thins., refreshingly clean and neat in their long spotless tidy, cotton robes and their curious open-work horse -hair hats, shaped like that of Mie- trese OVinifrid Price, and in "their trans- parency revealing the curious knotted bunch of hair on the top of the male Corean head. The little children, too, in quaint eummer costume of a little oottoa jacket reaching not quite down to the waist, gaze at one smilingly. There is no begging, no abuae,no calling out of "foreign devils," or flinging atones, such as one may have experienced in Cltina ; and the inns, if nut to be compared with the tea -houses of ,Japan,' are decidedly superior in point of cleanliness to the squalid hostelries of the Celestial Empire. So eight hours slow riding brings the. traveller to the picturesque little port of Ma -Po, and here he passes over the very spot where a quarter of a century ago Bish- op Berneux and three other French mite sionaries were tortured to death by cern• mond of the still living father of the pre- sent King of Corea. Another hour brings' him to the western gate of the mother city, and after a further half-hour of winding, in and out among narrow, ill -smelling lanes the great broad thoroughfare is reached, which stretches in a perfectly straight line from the eastern gate to the entrance of the royal palace. Near by may oe seen the famous bell which for over four lino• dred years has given the signal for the closing of the city gates at dusk and their opening at dawn, and which has nightly rung the curfew warning all citizens, under pain and penalties, to keep within their doors. Apart from the palace and the bell, and the little knot of consulates and European residences which is springing up, there is little of interest to beseen beyond the peo- ple themselves. Corea possesses no arta beyond a poor imitation of the arta of China and Japan. There are few, if any, curios to be picked up beyond specimens of bam- boo work superior even to those of Japan in the fineness of workmanship hue inferior in art. The houses are, almost without exception, little better than mud huts; and there are a few shops for whose whole stock in trade our would care to offer a dollar: Yet there are no signs of extreme poverty such as stare one in the facie in China. Every man carries in his girdle a pouch of tobacco and a long straight -stemmed pipe ; and rags are rare. Occasionally a pour% proeeseion passes by, the courtiers in won- derful head-dress and gorgeous raiment - strongly reminiscent of the characters one may have seen on the native stage in China, and the maids of honour with well -plaited chignons of enormous size ; or a mandarin maypassby on pony baok,orin a flat -bottom. ed sedan chair,with latticed windows of oil ed paper. From Seoul the tourist may make a jour- ney right across the nock of the continent to Gentian, and there Ind a steamer bound for Japan, or be may return the way he came. For variety he may travel by night, preooded by relays of villagers lighting the way with torohes and paper lanterns, and chem ed by the most inharmonious siugiug of his guides. �q "No!" Yr'L? iifra�i^t 6f 46,,„,7 s 1 lf1 n t 3e. "1{ "The great trouble with you, John, 15," ' said a lady to her ;usbanl, who was suffer- ing from the effect of the night before "you camintsay 'No.' Leafn to say 'No,' John, and you will have fewer headaches. Can you let me have a little money this morn. ing 4" No," sand John, with apparent ease, Willing to Compromise. Bright Boy -"The paper says ;heir's a doctor in the city who makes long noses shortor, big mire smaller, and I don't know what all." Father -"Well 1" Bright Boy -"I guess you'd better send me to liim to have my legs shortened, if you can't afford to hey mea larger bicycle." Not Likely to be intruded .Upon. Little Miss Newrich-"We is very ex. elusive." Little Miss 13rickrow-"Wat'e that 1" "We don't have much company." "Oh)Id 1ehltlea?n"tma noticed that," "1 "Yee, and ehe said you wouldn't have mach company, either, ao long as you let your servants throw slops in the street," 8BLS I'QSI!. WONDERS DF L4.J311ADOR AS DISCOVERED DT DOMINION DEO. LOOMS, Tile Iix1;loratiott of nfesars. Low mid Calan ending Fifteen Months Pant -'file Grandest Midis 1u An,erlen•--Meunlnina of iron Bre ,and shrills et Fish•-•menet; .i•ow and Eaton Jit Rucb,ee, Messrs. Low and Eabon,of the geological survey of Canada end four Indian guides reached Quebec the other day on their way home to Ottawa from a perilous journey of 15 months through the inboritir of the Lab- rador peninsula, ab.rador'peninsula, A brelf outline of their trip from lake St. John to Ungava bay, in theextreme o h n rah, which connecttr with Hudson strait, has already appeard, based upon personal letters ,front the explorers. Not only have they • filled in 010 story `with a record of valuable discoveries made during this portion of their trip, but they have also brought with them one of the most wonderful reports of hitherto unkown territory ever made public at one time. Where the maps oontain dotted lines, sl g• nifying'the existence of an unkown lake, Mr. Low has found an inland body of water as large no grand lake Mistassini, TDB 1rAbil/NON RIyert FALLS exceed all that was expected of them, and are undoubtedly, says Mr. Low, the finest in America, if not in the world. Hundreds of square miles of the richest mineral de- posits have been found, and the world of science has been enriched by the collection of notes and specimens of the flora and fauna and geological formationaof this far nor thorn country. Early in the year the ex- pedition left Esquimaux bay or Hamilton inlet to recross the interior of Labrador. Mr. Low travelled 500 miles in dog sleighs making explorations. Then, about the ist of March the whole party commenced the ascent of Hamilton river. Six or eight Esquimaux half.breeds were engaged to assist in hauling provisions, etc., but were dispensed with after a fortnight each of the remaining men having S00 pounds of supplies to curry, necessitating three trips, or five,including returns, . and that over a distance of 300 miles, equivalent to a jour- ney of 1,500 miles. Up to about the 19th May the explorers ascended the river in sleighs. Then the ice gave way, and the progress of the party wan RENDERED EXTREAIEI,X DANGEROOS by reason of the large manses of needle shaped ice floes, which meet the canoes. Oue canoe upset, and two Indians were in the water for nearly half an hour. The Great falls of Hamilton river were reached and explored prior to the going oub of the ice, and numbers of beautiful photographs were obtained from all points above the ice cones, etc. No previous expedition could have had a full view of the falls, as only when the river is frozen can they be approached. In five miles the river has a total fall of S00 feet. In the centre of tate drop there is a sheer verbiea of 800 feet, and the ricer is generally as large es the Ottawa. In a quarter of a mile there is a rise of 700 feet in the port age leading to the head of the falls. The cataract is confined within walls 300 to S00 feet in height and perfectly vertical, la places below the falls the canyon narrows to some 20 to 50 feet in width, through which the rush of water is INDESORIDADLY GRAND. Near the foot of the falls Mr. Low's party found the remains of the boat, the burning of which by the carelessly left re. mains of a camp fire inflicted suoh misery upon the members of the Bowdoin College exploring expedition. The records of that expedition were discovered in a bottle above the falls, and Mr Law added to them those of his party. The Canyon is gradu- ally eating los way backand the glacial period of the world's history has left un- doubted marks upon the face of the coun- try. Michikim tw was found by Mr. Low - to bens large or larger than lake Mistaasini. It is at least 100 miles long, not filled with islands like the latter mentioned, and with a much greater width. The dotted lines that purport to represent it upon existing maps place it 50 milesaway from its actual width. The whole of this northern coon try ism perfect network of waterways, Mr. Low complains of the difficulty in keeping the road through it. When the river in ascending leads into a large lake it ie often didlcult to find the way out again by the inlet. Several lakes larger than lake St. ,John were found in the north- east, EleIT ARE rLENTIrCL. The fish in these northern waters are exceedingly plentiful and include large whitefish, lake and brook trout, ouanani. ohe and rod and white carp. At Nstvak, sea trout up to 14 pounds are taken. The explorers have brought 'back with them a large collection of birds, insects, plants, etc,. and, more impuneau stili, a large lot of beautiful Labrodorite, the precious var- iety of the gam and apecimens of iron ore which oorreeponds with that of Marquette, Mich., and is of moss fabulous value from its immeuse extent. There are whole mountains of the almost solid metal, con taming. 1II0010:M Or 0MM EACH, and this icon -bearing formation extends from latitude 50 to Ungava, covering it tract of land 400 by 20.0 miles in extent. Immense herds of oariboa cross the north, ern rivers in late adtunm, usually furnish- `rill �.1:VR ee ;lard's ,Liaitrsttl,aneo- rtlht now 1 want to how and shy t Tihank You T was badiyafreetail wilb 91rsmut mid Leer ofirin Soren, covering almost the Whole of one side of my fade, nearly to the top of ley head, Bunning soros tlisebmged from both eats, illy eyes were very bad, the eyelids so sore it was painful opening 00 closing them. 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A very eminent specialist, who has studied profoundly the workings of the nervous system for the last twenty-five years, has lately demon- strated that two-thirds of all our ailments and chronicdiseases o ses aro date to deranged nerve centres within ur at the base of the brain. All know that an injury to the spinal cord will cause paralysis to the body below the injured point. The reason for this Is, that the nerve force is prevented by the injury from reaching the paralyzed portion. Again, when food is taken into the A. IPJ1ADmi4N stomach, it comes in contact wi%b numberless nerve fibres in the walls of this organ, which at once send is nervous impulse to the nerve centres which control tho stomach, notifying them of the presence of food ; where- upon the nerve centres send down a Supply of nerve force or nerve fluid, to at once begin the operation of digestion. But let the nerve centres which control the stomach be de- ranged and they wilt not be able to respond with a sufficient supply of nerve force, to properly digest the food, and, as a result, indigestion and dyspepsia make their appearance. So it is with the other organs of the body, if the nerve centres which con- trol them and supply them with nerve force become deranged, they are also deranged. The wonderful success of the remedy known as the Great South American Nervine Tonic is due to the fact that it is prepared by one of the most eminent physicians and specialists of the age, and is based on the foregoing scientific discovery. It possesses marvellous powers for the cure of Nervousness, Nervous Prostration, Headacllo, Sleeplessness, Restlessness, St.Vitns'a Dance, Men- tal Despondency, Hysteria. Heart Disease, Nervousness of Females, Hot Flashes, Sick Headache. It is also an absolute Bp:eifin for all stomach troubles. Wholesale and Retail Agent for Unmade ing ample food supply for the Indiana, who slaughter them by thousand&. Their entire absence last year, which caused death by starvation of hundreds of Indians, is sup- posed by some of the aborigines to have beep canted by polluted etmosphere,due to the number of carcasses loft to dry in the previous Beason. Up to the time that Mr. Low reached'Jvlingnn last month he had rer ceivedno news from elvii ization of iater,dete than December 15 last, which reached him on March 20. The QUfvering Aspen. It the pretty Christian legend that the aspen quivers with theme Mammas from its wood the arose was made. Observers of a nature have discovered, however, that the quivering of tae aspen's leaves is due to the fast that the leaf stalk is fiat on the aides and so thin about the middle that the slightest breath of wind Bets all the loaves a -wagging horizontally. A single leaf plunked ff and taken by the end of the loaf stalk between the thumb and forefinger admirably illustrates the ?similarity of the aspen. A Pretty Picture. Little Girl -"Oh, Mr. Wheehnan, do stop talking to sisters minute, end come and apo my kitten. Site looks too cunning for anything." Ma Wlteelman (reluotanb!y)-"Um- what is the kitten doing?" Little Girl -"She's etandtn'up so it and pretty a.-aliarpenin' he bioycle." Tho foot travel across' year reduces to powdr yards of granite"