HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1918-7-25, Page 2By Agronomist.
This Department la for the use of our farm readers who want the advice
of an expert on any question regarding) bei, seed, crops,ed etc, if this your
gmnt.-elf
is of sufficient general interest,
etamped and addressed envelope is enclosed with your letter, a complete
answer wto be mailed to you, Address Agronomist, care of Wilson Publishing
Co., Ltd,, 73 Adelaide St, W., Toronto.
HANDLING FARM MAN LIRE IN RUSH SEASONS.
Almost everyone who has made a' water thew gas may be driven off very
study of the matter would agree that quickly by an application of heat so
the only way to conserve all of the in both the liquid and solid portions of
fertilizing elements in feign manuremanure there is a large amount of
is to place it on the land as soon as it ammonia gas. It is a well known
is available. There are some condi- fact that when horse manure or any
eons, however, which preclude such other dry manure, is thrown out in a
disposition of the manure supply and heap, there is bound to be some heat
it becomes necessary therefore, to so with further decomposition of the
arrange the materials and appliances solid or woody portions.
at hand that the greatest amount of;' Sometimes in the morning we ap-
fertilizing constituents in the manure' preach the hath and if we had not
shall be saved and made ay:t eble for' seen the sight many times before, we
future use. At the same time it is would believe the manure to be on tire.
agreed manure should be put on the with danger of burning up since there
land as soon AS made, it is just as seems to be much smoke and pas
well agreed that it should not be corning out of the top of the pile•
placed upon hilly or lulling land, but However, the gas that is passing off is
a short while before that land is to the most valuable part of the manure.;
be plowed or worked up. Freshets The fact that the manure heats, of it
and showers when failing upon ma-' self, does no particular harm, but the
nure so placed on rolling or hilly land coincidence that the manure in heat -
carry away a very large amount of ing drives off the ammonia gas which
the fertilizing ingredients and for this is dissolved in the moisture of the ma -
reason it is not wise to make such a `. nure is the: fact which makes it dan-
risk, gerous to allow this thing to occur.
The other condition which makes it And so in any system of manure
impossible to spread manure as soon storage., it is absolutely imperative
as it is made is in the rush season, to have the bottom of the pit tightly
If there was some way of getting at closed so that the liquid portion of the
the exact amount of loss that takes manure will be saved and to have the
place while the manure is being stored eaves o£ the storage house so arrang-
under ordinary renditions for three or ed that rain water can be put in
four weeks until the work lightens from time to time when needed to cool
sufficiently to put it on the soil, we down the decomposing pile of manure'
probably would find that there is no and to re -dissolve the ammonia that
season ton rushing nor in work that may have been partially expelled by
pays better than putting the manure the heating.
i fertiliz-
e various directly unto the soil as soon as it is
This year when the aro s
made. However, since we have been ing elements are so costly, it be -
accustomed to think this job can not hooves us even more than any other
be done during these rush seasons, Year, to save all that is available in
it becomes necessary to provide some the supply of farm manure on every
suitable storage place for the manure.' farm. To do this requires some sort
Taking all the farm manures, by of a storage house. An old shed may
and large, it comes about as close to be used and the manure dumped into
the truth as we can get to say that this. With a little cement and time,
sixty per cent. of all the fertilizing it will be possible to hollow out the
elements lie in the liquid part of the floor of the shed so that the liquid
manure, while Forty per cent. lie in Portion of the manure will neither be
the solid part. If we wish to put it wasted nor allowed to leech away.
in another way, we might say that Then too, the roof of the shed should
eighty-five per cent of the available he arranged with eave spouts so at
fertilizing elements are in the liquid any time surplus water may be ran
manure while fifteen per cent. are in on the pile of manure. If there is
the solid portion. In other words, the enough cove manure mixed with the'
liquid portion is much more valuable horse manure, however, it is not nec-
than the solid, and where manure is essary to run in extra amounts of wa-
placed out in piles under the eaves ter. Added to this, there is another
of the barn or wheeled out to the side precaution which should be taken and
of the hill with the expectation that that is to keep the flies out. The ma -
the rain will wash out portions of it nure pile is the place where flies 1
that are too heavy to haul to the field, breed, with all the consequent damage'
it will readily be seen that any ma- which an army of flies can do, and if
nure supply so handled might as well there are any windows in this manure
be dumped into the river in its entire- shed, they should by all means be
ty since the solid portions of the ma- screened. The door, however, should
nure that remain are very inert and it be solid and fly -tight. In this way
takes a long time before they are de- the flies will gather on the screens at
compsed sufficiently to be used by , the windows whereas if a screen door
the growing plants. is used, flies would gather on the door
There are some facts concerning ' and ae. soon as it is opened they flock
manure that should be kept in mind directly inside.
whenever any syetem for its handling; It is necessary to have some sort of
is mapped out. One of the first is a manure storage plan and this plan I
that the liquid portion of the manure` should have in mind not only the sav-.
is much more valuable than the solid; , ing of the greatest amount of the fer-
the next one is that under normal con tilizer value of the manure, but also
ditions the nitrogen of the manure is the bettering of sanitary conditions
the most valuable part of it, When! about the farm. There is no one nuis-
the small boy goes out to the barn to ante that causes so much trouble as
clean out the stable that he neglected' the fly and since he and his like may
the morning before, he usually gets be "nipped in the bud" by screening
an eye full of foul smelling las. This' in their breeding places, or the ma -
gas is nothing other than ammonia, a mire piles, it would seem that any
combination of nitrogen and hydro- manure shed should prel'ite* con -
gen, and for this reason every bit of serve the liquid portion of the ma -
ammonia gats should he saved since' nure as well as providing some means
it eontains the nitrogen which i$ so . whereby the escaping ammonia gas
costly when bought as a fertilizer.; caused in heating may be retained and
The commercial ammonia so-called„ redissolved in water. If in addition'
which is bought on the merket for use . to this, this shed is by some means or;
on wash day is nothing more nor less other crept free from flies, we shall!
than ammonia gas dissolved in water.' have a manure stora.gn that is directly
''Ammonia gas dissolves very readily I in line with the spirit of the times --y
in water and is somewLat heavier than. embodying both conservation and i
air and when ammonia le dissolved in I sanitation. i
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'"I can't understand!" Mrs. Holman!
cried, with her hollow eyes full of bee
wildered trouble, "Doesn't God prom-
ise to give us strength for our bur-
dens? You said so yourself, Dr.
Movable or bloating Kidney. 'fort or pain severe in character or Kerxl The last sermon I heard you
Mrs, S. Mer. --Please write an ar-' dull, 'telling and dragging and intensi- preach before I waa taken ill was
tide on floating kidney, from which I fled by exertion, upon, 'As thy days, so shall thy
have suffered three years, Was told If the kidney is very loose and strength be.' You said Cod couldn't
it would return to its place if I got movable, it may possibly be twisted fail. I was fighting to keep from
stouter and wore an abdominal belt, on its axis, which would be a serious breaking down under all the work I
Have suffered severely, of late, parte- matter for its pedicle containing the was doing, and it comforted me sol I
1 cularly in connection with en attack ureter, renal artery and renal vein, went home feeling better than I had
of grippe. I desire to avoid an opera- would be greatly compressed, great for it month. And then, three days
tion, if possible, as I have a weak Pain or colic evoulcl ensure, its blood later, everything came to an mull I
p circulation would be interrupted, the don't mean to be irreverent, but I
urine could not pass down to the Mete- don't see bow I can believe God`s
der and the result might he a fatal word, Cerlainly He hay 'failed me
one, ' now. It isn't of myself I'm think -
Fortunately this accident is not of ing, but of the children; they need
common occurrence. In addition to me so, and it makes things so terribly
pain, this condition is often as- hard for Sharley--"
sociated with constipation, indigestion,' Her voice broke abruptly. All ber
dizziness, palpitation and more or less life she had been trying to keep hard
intense nervousness, ;things front Sharley.
It is not a particularly difficult' Dr. Kerr's eyes, grave and tender
condition to determine, especially if and understanding, met hers steadily,
one is accustomed to the interroga- "I am here to repeat it, Mrs. Holman.
tion of the organs of the body, I could not come to you if I crime
In the majority of. cases the symp with any other message. I could not
toms may be relieved by a well -fitting go into rey pulpit another Sunday,
abdominal belt; but if this does not The God whom I serve and whom I
give relief, an operation may be re- declare to my people never breaks Hie
quired. wore]. He has said that He will give
It used to be the fashion to ope- strength for every duty and every
rate upon every case that came along, burden that Ile sends—and ile wile"
but since it was shown by Treves, the' "Then how—" Mrs. Holman falter -
heart and barely pulled through an-
other kind of operatlon. Is there
danger that floating kidney may lead
to something serious like .Bright's
disease? Could the condition be clue
to strain or injury. Would exercise
be beneficial? And what would hap-
pen if it got twisted?
Not so much is heard about this
condition, as was heart] a few years
ago, when it was a novelty.
The kidney is embedded in a
thick layer of fat which is a very
Yielding tisaue and varies in quan-
tity from time to time.
If this envelope becomes thin and
weak, or is subjected to strains, the
kidney may become loose and mobile
and the envelope stretched, so that it
will wander more and more from its
proper site.
It may move very little, or it may
move as far down as the pelvis, but distinguished Eneilish surgeon hobo ed.
almost invariably remains extra-' has done more than anybody else to. "Because He never promieecl
abdominal, away from the abdominal inform us in regard to displacements strength for all the burdens that w:
organs. This is called movable ]cid- of the kidney, that operation was sel- pick up for ourselves along the way.
ney, in dietinetion from floating kid- dom necessary or desirable, the craze Tell me what you have been doing.
ney, which is within the abdominal for operating has subsided. this winter besides the neceesar;v
cavity at birth and swings upon its Operations are sometimes very things for your family. Didn't I
pedicle of peritonaeum like a polyp desirable, but one should know when, hear Sharley say something about a
upon its stalk. as well as how, to do them. ' party gown?"
The latter is a rare condition and "But they can he girls only once—
need not receive further consideration (QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS I and a party gown means se much to a
at this time. Mrs. S. M.--1—Is there danger that girl!"
Movable kidney is much more coin- a floating kidney will develop into "`Didn't Sharley have any?"
mon in women than in men, more anything serious? Was told by my "Why, of course, she had a temple
often on the right side than on the doctor that if I gained weight and of old ones; but a girl can't wear theca
lett. wore an abdominal supporter, the kid- forever."
As it is produced and accentuated ney would return to its place. "Which would Sharley rather have,
by strains and injuries, it often fol-; 2—Would playing ball cause the a new party gown or --a mother? Dia
lows the severe efforts of childbirth,' kidney to be misplaced? you give her a choice?"
prolonged constituation, sudden and I Answer—I—Y ou are evidently un- There was no answer; lir• Kerr
violent muscular effort, or injuries in der good advice. Continue to wear had not expected one. He went on
the region of the loins. 'your belt and do as your doctor tells gravely: "And that entertainment you
It may be free from symptoms, ; you, and you will probably get good gave the Fortnightly last month.
many people being unaware that they results. Everyone was speaking of it-- of all
have it until their attention is called' 2—The kidney might be detached the work you did. Would the Fen -
t() it in the course of a physical ex-: by violent exercise while playing ball. nightly have gone to pieces if yon
amination; or it may produce discom-1' can see how that could be possible. hadn't entertained le this winter.
{ Again Mrs. Holman was silent. Iler
• pastor's strong hand tool here in a
In Paddock and Pasture.
This is a good time to rediscover
the value of farm manure. Ivlanure
reinforced with acid phosphate is the .
most effective fertilizer known. More
of it is needed. 1
The fertilizer shortage is real—not
imaginary. Even at advanced prices,
its use is warranted. Get the fertili-
zer if you can. If it is not to be
had, keep up the fertility of the land',
by raising more stock and feeding'
more crops to animals.
An acre of alfalfa furnishes twice
as much protein as a ton of bran,
four times as much as a ton of corn-
meal, and nine times as much as an
acre of timothy, and it can be grown
successfully.
In twenty-four hours the sweat -
glands of the horse eliminate waste
material equal to that passed
through the lungs. Never allow the
sweat -glands to become clogged with
dirt and sweat particles for lack of
grooming.
Tankage, which is composed of the!
scraps and refuse- from packing',
houses, has received a great deal of
attention from hog feeders the last
few years. Its composition makes
a good source of protein for use with
Often when a cow freshens the comforting grasp.
udder is milked dry, stimulating the "That's sermon ennngh for toaley
flow of milk Soon the udder gets I have just given you the text—CI d
sore, and milk fever may result. To never fails. You ran preach pe .-
prevent this trouble, take only a few self the sermon. Only, I'r'e one mere
quarts of milk the first time, and suggestion; Suppose yant talk the
gradually increase the amount. In whole matter over with Sharley; take
a few days it will be safe to milk her into the hard and responsible
her day. places; nothing in the w•urld will make
Rape seeded at the last cultivation such a woman of bei•, The child
of corn will furnish abundant nitro-' vyants it. ou ars rob]» ng her if you
genous feed for bogs when corn is' give her party dresses instead of her
"hugged" down. By suspending a mother," "
tin can with a small hole in it, on Once more leIrs. Holman was silent,
each side of the cultivator, rape seed __._..
may be distributed in the corn -field Doctoring Your Plants.
without extra labor. From one to' Some times plants aced a little dor-
twro pounds of seed to the acre is the tering just as human beings do. They
usual rate. have a tendency to catch diseases
Thousands of horses will suffer which cause them to wilt and die,
with tender or scalded shoulders this Occasionally the outside evidence of
summer, and galls will develop later, disease is lacking and the plaits ,iia
To prevent the galls, get a can of nick] others, again, dry up enol din
talcum powder and ,lust the shoulders by slow degrees. g To the first clues
well before putting on the collars.
belong the remota, cucumber inns]
Your druggist will sell you s pound muskmelon and to the latter the peta-
for about fifty cents, which is very to and bean,
cheap. This will save many times, The wilt diseases aro caused by
its Host later. bacteria which work inside the flint
Devices for mixing milk with but;
1
ter to make the latter "go further" and clog it up so that it choles, The
should be regarded with caution. Such only remedy is to pull up the wilted
b them. B f ; 11
a product soon becomes sour in warm Plants and urn t em a etc pull -
corn in feeding shotes. I ing them up, however, you should be
Cows may have a pedigree a foot weather and wastes the butter it con -
long and not have a sixteenth part of tains. quite sure that the wilting is not
an inch in cream on their milli. It i caused by dry weather or by a worm
_ —_ _ -- -- -- -- --- _--- - _. in the stem of the plant near the
The greatest cost in growing chicks pays to find out about that before! To make a shabby -looking wicker ground,
is for the first two pounds weight; putting geed, hard -,earned money into chair look now again, dust well, and, The other diseases are called fungus
after that each additional pound will a pure-bred cow. What eve want is scrub well with soapy water. When diseases. They are really cause by
average about half the cost of the cream, not simply a big name, the chair is quite dry again, apply, tiny invisible plants which are pare -
Sweep down the cobwebs and clean first. This makes it more profitable pays the bills. Croton] stain with a fine brush, sites living upon the larger planes.
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up the house generally, for July is a to grow the youngsters up to roaster —___-. ._.. _,._ ._______._._�_._....__ _. ...- _ _- They show up in the form of discolor -
hot month, and heat and filth make a size than to sell them as broilers—at
Many people who use three -horse
teams seldom give a thought to the
strain on the middle horse. His posi-
tion is the hardest in pulling, back-
ing and turning, especially if he is a
free worker, for many three -horse
:aims are improperly reined, so that
poor eoni.rol is exercised over the will -
leg workers and the drones are not
Farmers who ebip their wool
direct to us get better prices
than farmers who aell to the
general store.
ASK ANY FARMER!
who has sold his wool bath
ways, and mote what he says -
or, better still, write tis for our
prices; they will show you how
mode you lose by selling to the
Geueral Store.
we peq the bigheetInk :eeorenyfirm
in theeon ntryand ureter! Lu gest wo,1
dealers in cnnadn Payment is re•
routed the same day wool is receiver].
ahlp na wen wool today --you will he
More ten a pleased if yoo do, anti are
assured of a square deal from aa, 2
H. V. ANDREWS
13 cHURCH ST., TORONTO
+naes eseaanva.uw:ai =xeia amsare
made to work into their collars or ease and vermin. The work should be', where roasters are preferre .
against their breeAings and do their done thorpughly, and the premises! A soft roaster should not weigh
share, sprayed with a good disinfectant. ' more than four pounds when dressed,
Another great strain on the middle If summer hatching is not dote, the and should be finely developed in four
horse, especially in summer, is the male birde should be removed from to six months. These are usually
heat thrown off by the horses on the flock and placed in separate guar- hatched in early spring and sold dur-
either side of him. This is severe tern until after moulting. Males that ing the summer. Roasting fowls
where heavy hauling is being clone by are not to be kept for next season had hatched in summer are classified as
free -sweating horses. Much of this' best be marketed now to save the feed . "large roasters" and must weigh from
injustice to the middle horse can be and to prevent fertile eggs, for in-' four to six pounds.
overcome. Teams should be so handled fertile eggs are better keepers dur- I Two objections have been raised
' by their drivers that "turn and turn ing hot weather. I against summer hatches: First, there
!about" is the artier of the day's work, As soon as the cockerels start to; is too much danger from the depre-
imidrile horse to -da is the he shousepa
ld I rated from' dations of. lice; second, the chicks aro
-- and the Y crow t
y
outside horse to -morrow, In this the pullets and fed all they will eat up weakened and die from the effects of
way each horse will have his turn, clean. Those that are not to be kept the hot sun. Those objections apply
and the general efficiency of the team over for breeding should he sold to when no cafe is given the youngstere,
will be greatly increased, for too many make room for the others. All sur- and would apply equally well in early
horses get so used to working on one plus stock should be gotten rich of, for spring when the days and nights are
side of the pole that they are almost there is no profit in feeding birds that likely to become suddenly cold.
are not needed. The secret of reliting eurnmer chicles
July is an excellent month for the is to keep thorn comfortable and con-
sole of roasting fowls and spring tented, and to see that they do not
chickens. It is the best season to'lack anything that is for their good.
sell spring chickens. I Over -crowding mush be avoided, and
The drinking vessels should be put, the houses well ventilated so the
in the coolest possible place, and tile' chielre keep cool at night. Fresh
houses should be well ventilated at air is a great tonic; along with range
night, land shtade, green food and sound
Phare i still a good profit in the grain, it does wonders.
WA of dressed ducklings' "Much of our lives is spent in war -
When all things are equal, summer ren r over oar own influence and turn -
hatches eon he grown at less cost of n
money, labor and worry than those enol; oth+rear belief in us lento n 'Widely
brought out during the winter and i c'onc',uding nnbel:eta which they call
tardy spring, If chicks are provided' knowledl;e of 111,, world, while it is
with n cool ranks they will grow with! really disappointment in you or me,'...-.
surprising rapidity, ' George Eliot,
iuseless on the other.
Observant Child.
Teacher. --"What is water?"
Wilho •—'"A colorless fluid that turns
I black when you wash your hands."
Oxford is the greatest university in
the world, It has twenty-one col-
leges and five halls.
Eggs produced by the backyard
flock rest very little, tis tho fowls aro
fed largely upon waste materials.
Illy bread can be ground in the
meal. chop}wr and used in place+ of
IfIour in making gingerbread.
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Will's father said, "It 1.5, no joke,
This bili machine will drive me broke."
So Wiliie tools the mini le out
And made a little imeti oat.
ed spots or portions of leaves or
stems wbich die and dry off. These
diseases can only be prevented or con-
trolled by spraying.
Compost eap.
In every war garden this year a
place should be set apart in which un-
used green stuff from the house -
weeds, leaves and so or --may be ]rept
to be used, when thoroughly decom-
posed, as manure for the, following
season's ernes. If a sprinkling of
lime is added from time to time, it
will sweeten the material, This pro-
, vides the basis for excellent manure
"and none of it should be allowed to go
to waste.
If the compost heap was made up
early in the season er iC part of an
old one remains, it is an ideal place
to grow squash or other creeping
vegetables, provided that it is not
situated in too shady a part of the
garden, Every square inch of grount
should be macho to count,
A Bigger Butter Ration,
With larger suPPHes of ilriti;da•
made butter the weekly ration of but-
ter or margarine is to be increased
from 4 oz. to 6 oz, per head, This has
already began in districts where, auk
fletent etooke are at hand.
When roasting meat arrange to
bake your potatoes, also pudding, and
broad can be toasted a delicious brown
in 'the oven,