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Conducted by Professor Henry G. Bell
The object of this department is to place at the ser -
Vice of our farm readers the eal•ice of an acknowledged
authority en all subjects pertaining to soils and crops.
Address all questions to Professor henry G. Bell, in
care of The Wilson PublishingCompany, Limited, Toronto,i
and answers will appear in tis column in the order in
whir$ they are received. When writing kindly mention
this paper. As space is limited it is advisable :where im-
mediate reply is necessary that a stamped end addressed
envelope be enclosed with the question, who:, the answer
will be :[tailed direct.
The Business of Farming, --VI.
How to know what to use.—(Continued.)--We do not wish to prolong
the discussion of the point beyond t aluablo information, but we. have re-
ceived so ninny enquiries bearing on the analysis of the soil within the last
few menthe that it ..,toms time that this point was clearly stated so that
men who are anxious in improve their soils would not be working along
unproductive lines. In fact, we have heard of men going into fields and
ola,itning that they can make a ready chemical analysis of the soil and tell
the fernier from the chemical analysis just what he should er=e. Our state-
ment of the faets of the case show how absurd t.hi•s cluhn is, We wish only
to supplement our statement with that of certain leading soll scientists
regarding this feature.
What Analyses Can and Cannot Show.
"It must not he understood that these 366 analyses will give all the
information needed about Iowa sails and how to deal with them. Chemical
analyses cannot do that. For instance, they cannot show just what fertil-
izers are necessary and in exactly what amount they should be applied.
This is true mainly because chemical analyses merely show what elements
the soil contains and cannot show how much of those elements is available
far plant food and how much is unavailable as previously pointed out.
Chenseal analyses inay show that two soils contain the sante amount of
phosphorus, but in one enough of the phosphorus may be available to
insure good crops and in the other so little as to inure crop failure, and
chemical analysis will not show that difference."—W. 11. Stevenson, Prof.
of Soils, Iowa State College of Agriculture.
Fertilizers and Crops.
"It was formerly thought that a chemical analysis of any soil would
readily furnish information regarding the amounts of nitrogen, phosphorus
and potassum, which would enable one to know whether any of these con-
stituents was lacking and to what extent, if any, one needed to add to the
soil the deficient constituent or constituents in order to insure an abundant
crop. It is not difficult for a trained analytical chemist to determine the
amount of each plantfood constituent in a soil, showing the total amounts
held as a store for the future, but such results furnish no information as
to how much of these total amounts •is immediately available for crops
growth . The actual value of soil analysis in determining posi-
tively and definitely the plantfood needs of the soil has been and is still
a matter of dispute. All agree that the results of soil analysis are nega-
tively helpful in enabling one to reach conelusions, when ,it- is shown that
the total amount of any plantfood constituent is present in very small
amount or wholly absent However, there appears to be no general agree-
ment as to what shall be regarded as the lowest amount of any particular
plantfood constituent calling for special addition to meet crop growths."
Van Slyke in his book, "Fertilizers and Crops," page 408.
Dr. A. D. Hall, late Director of Rothe -meted Experiment Station, Eng-
land, in a report before the British Association for the Advancement of
Science, 1910, page 985, in speaking of the soil survey, which he was con-
ducting, states as follows: "Mechanical analysis is considered the most
important of the various determinations made in the course of soil analysis,
and it is believed that for ngeiculteral purposes the size of the soil particles
is more significant than their actual composition. This is emphasized by the
controlling Influence of the size of particle upon available water supply
and tillage.'
Now it is not our purpose to make a lot of destructive statements and
leave nothing constructive, hence we ask the question again, "How shall
a man know what to use?" It is now general knowledge that certain types'
of soil contain characteristic supp'ies of plantfood as noted by the tables'
given previously. This is true the world over. It is furthermore well'.
known that farm crops have their own characteristic individual needs for
the various constituents of pantfood. These are concisely shown in the
following table: •
Farm Crop Regiurements.
AVAILABLE PLANTFOOD.
N'trogen Phosphoric
CROP. (ammonia) Acid Potash
Potatoes, mangels, car-
rots, sugar beets.... Good supply Medium Abundance
Turnip Small supply Abundance Small supply
Wheat, oats, rye,
barley Fair supply Abundance Small supply
Corn (husking) Small supply Abundance Small supply
Corn (silage) Fair supply Abundance Small supply
Meadows, pastures and
fodder crops Good supply Medium Steell supply
No matter what source this plantfood comes from, whether from the
soil, from manure, er from fertilizers, the crops must have ,it, and that in
abundant supply, if they are to make largest growth and produce fruit
of best quality. With these two facts in mind then, the practical business
man on the faros knows from the results which he is obtaining from his
crops whether or not the plantfood of his soils is properly balanced, If
not properly balanced he can by the use of manure and fertilizers regulate
his practices so that the material added will make up for the deficiencies
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MY CHILD'S GOOD LOOKS
Little People Hare a [tight to Benutjful Tiodics;
lly JI•IANNE M ARM DUPONT.
The Holme Medicine Chest
Every child has the right to a the •towth of the hn,ir provided the e
heal thy body, t "hed .kin noel thick chills he:tlt.li is good, j There are many accidents, al -
glossy hair and the aver t o little one For dandruff oft a child's head I use merles, etc which any housewife- Iter -
is endowed with all these blessings a simple lotion made by pouring one :elf can suets idly Trent, She ger-
hut because of neglect or improper pint o; toiling wilier aver half i. tea- not only save herself the doctor'shew1
treatment often loses its lerihrr lel,/ •.'0 0 f.tl or borax and tt heaping tea- ! c but clue will also release ]rim for
Many n wenn et with a thud iy 't- otic i i ;: of tit 1 red imbiber, 1 lot
more scream work Where his care and
for
piexiol or n w.:p of hair tit :die this t;c.1 and inti,tcn the chill's cciyict's arca abs110lie aster-:uy,
has to supplement with rtvitclo v if :,..110 with it two or three Vines a' ' 1While v1 it.inq• a family living nix
MI care hid been telten al her mvcic, miles front town, one of elm children
childish beauty, won'.el :.till iutve l+.r:- W'hc 1lo r 00 not to cut children's had his arm scalded. The mother
urant hair until site gee very -01,1, batt• 1 •p-nda greatly upon their' tohysi- c:t^el the fancily physician on the
and if her skits had been ,riven the reel condition. If the 111111 is wt.l and telophote, and as the child was not
small amount of attention it needed drag and the hair ran be given the seriously hurt, he tall her haw to
when she was young, doe tootle! have prepvr amount of attention to keep
'treat the injury herself. A:s he had
had a clear complexion all her life, it in good •eonditicut it is foolish teetuithtng its the house that he suggest -
The same thing is true of the teeth• i cut it. If the child is delicate or the
ed tieing, he ens forced to make the
A famous dentist said to me not longi hair is thin or of poor quality it is tri charging her a good fee for
ago: I decidedly ht..,t to keep it short until mileage, for drugs and bandages,
"The reason why most people have the age of seven 00 sight. and for his the ices. IIe told her
such heavy dental hills is because in I The best and most effective method [;hen that he would give het a list •of
childhood their teeth were not started of hair tomes is good blood circula- articles to be kept in her Name mecli-
right." I tion which brings its nourishing stip- clue chest.
What on earth do you mean?" I' ply of rich, pure blood to the hair An emergency medicine claret is
asked him in sirpriso. cel supposed
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all children's teeth were started in
the same way,"
"Not at all," he replied. "Sonne
children are given a splendid chance pear to grow Properly, cm tam Pune „place your cabinet in the bathroom,
for a sound, permanent set of second lotions rubbed on the scalp are often the kitchen, or any easily accessible
teeth, while others are foredoomed a great help. When the hair is very room. have it high, out of reach of
to spend their lives paying dentists dry it indicates that some sort of, the children. Keep it locked, with
roots, This is promoted by scalp as necessary in the home as are the
massage which stimulates the nerves clothes closets," said the physician
of the scalp. When the hair (alis out when she called at his office for the
more than it should and does not ea-
. information he had promise) hes.
bilis. It all depends on the habits
insisted on by their parents when
they are tiny tots."
"The most important one is that of
keeping, the teeth scrupulously clean
and beginning this even before the
bit of stock manure obtainable in the best way possible and lime his soil
sufficiently often in order to keep the reaction right and should supplement
the plantfood when in las soils with fertilizers suited in analysis to make
up for the characteristic weakness of his soils and to meet the special
needs of the crops. The most profitable fertility management of your soils
is not a thing for snap judgment. Do not he misled by anyone that claims
he can tell you exactly what to do. Improve by the fund of experience which
has been accumulating for the last 100 years. The use of fertilizers is by
no means a new practice; it has been largely instrumental in the production
she last 50 years been
of food for intensely populated Europe,
growing in its importance on the American continent as a means of operat-
ing North American farms most profitably.
(To be continued.)
Pam,
If the litter in the poultry house is
damp and dirty it should be cleaned
out and fresh straw replaced. This
Vfiej
lubricant is needed. to supply the
guttural oil that is lacking. Any pure
oil can be used for this.
Hair that is too oily is caused by
the over activity of the ell glands or
the torpid condition of the muscles
first teeth appear. Baby's gums and glands of the scalp. Massage oh -
should be washed daily with a solo- vietes this condition with the addition
Lien of weak boraces acrid, applied on of a little pure witch hazel used on
a bit of absorbent cotton or n soft the scalp until the hair is normally
piece of clean linen wrapped around dry. In children, however, most cases
the mother's little finger. This should of oily hair are caused by insufficient
be thrown away and a fresh piece of shampooing. If the ]fair of young
material used every time. When a children is washed once a week and
number of teeth have been cut, a once every two weeks when they are
very small, soft brush should be pug•- of school age, there will be no trouble
chased and some antiseptic tooth with oiliness.
powder or else a tooth paste with a Every child, boy as well as girl, has
pleasant taste, and the teeth should a right to good looks, and Mother
be most carefully scrubbed with that, should do everything in her power to
taking care not to hurt the tender secure them.
gums of childhood.
"When three
I'v hen the child is about
years old, he can be easily taught to
care for leis own teeth. If it is made
an invariable rule that the teeth shall From an economical point of view,
be brushed night and morning, this
habit will continue through life to the it, is best not to crowd the horses
great advantage of the appearance. when first beginning the/spring g ill k.
store them except a 1ew days' com-
plete rest.
Especial care must be given in
starting the plowing. It worries
horses, especially heavy ones, to trav-
el over newly plowed or uneven
ground. Frequent short rests relieve
the worry and prevent the 'horses
frail becoming overheated.
The harness motet be 'given careful
attention to prevent the forming of
galls and sores. Wherever it rubs, the
maze
their I
It is better still to insist on ie-
ing brushed after the noonday meal
as well.
"If the first teeth are not cared for,
the permanent set will not be strong
and white and the gums may not be
'healthy. Dental floss should be slip-
ped between a child's teeth ftf they
are close together to remove any par-
ticles of food that may have lodged
there, for this will quickly cause de-
cay. And any indication of tartar
should be at once destroyed by dip-
ping an orangewood stick in powder-
ed pumice -stone anal gently y sero i g
the teeth with this, taking care to
rinse the mouth well after the op-
eration."
"Doesn't that hurt the enamel?"
If they get tired out, nothing w
the key close at hand." These are the
atopies that common sense advises
every home to have on hand:
Charcoal er pepsin tablets for [in-
digestion; quinine, a good liniment, a
good cough medicine, sulphur. There
should be various kinds of .physic;
many people can not take salts,
others find it difficult to swallow
pills; castor-oil is best for children.
Ground mustard is good for foot
baths and plasters, carbolic acid for
antiseptics, oil of cloves for tooth-
ache. This should be used only to
stop pain until one can get to the
dentist. Equal parts of limcsvater
and linseed oil, web nixed, is a good
remedy for burns.
Other necessary articles are vase -
line, turpentine to he used for cuts,
bites of ,insects or animals; peroxide
of hydrogen, flaxseed for poultices,
laudanum and sweet oil, equal parts,
spirits
for earache; incline, aromaticp
of ammonia, spirits of camphor, es-
sence of peppermint and bicarbonate
of soda, the ordinary cooking ]rind;
a roll of absorbent cotton, one or two
packages of gauze, adhesive tape.
An emergency listen drawer is an-
other precaution, and every house-
wife should provide for one. The
chest or drawer should be dust proof,
the contents to be used only in times
of illness and might contain the fol-
lowing list of articles: Two night-
shirts for men, two nightdresses for
women and two in children's sizes;
half a dozer. towels, a soft, warns
banker, half a dozen wash cloths,
bedroom shippers, a kimono or bath-
robe, strips of cloth torn into several
widths and rolled into bandages;
several pieces of old flannel end a
roll of clean old muslin for poultices
and dressings. There aro several
little conveniences which inc not nec-
essary but are very handy to have,
such as an ear sy-ringe, eye -corp
atomizer, measuring glass and bot
water hag.
Your physician will be pleased to
give you a 1,lst of remedies and how
to use then., the size of doses and
any and all pertinent information you
may want. Have this list typewrit-
ten and paste it on the inside of the
door of your cabinet. A. list of anti-
dotes for the various poisons should
also find a place there.
THE TIB1I1 KEEPING CRICKE'1!
Makes a Certain Number of Chirps
in a Minute, Says Naturalist.
Many insects have an instinct for
cadence. Phey sing their high-pitched
ittle songs in unison with a marvel-
ous rhythm. In the case of the field
cricket the temperature of the air
plays an importe,nt part in determin-
ing the tempo of its song.
An indavtclual cricket, says a writer
in the Amenlea0n Naturalist, chilies
with no great regularity when he is -
by himself, and las chirping is inter-
mittent, especially in the dlaytime,
At night, however, when great nem -
bore of lerlelcets are chlirpittg, the
regularity is astonishing; you hoar
all the crickets in an field dhirping
synchronously, keeping time as if led
by the wand of a conductor, The rest-
ing 'spell of individual crickets you
cannot, of course, distinguish; but
when they begin again they not only
follow the same •tempe, hut also come
in exactly the same beat as the other
e.lickets in the field. The crickets in
the adjoining field make the sante
number of chirps in a minute, but al-
alwoy:s following a different beat—
as you may easily perceive by listen-
ing.
The frequency of the Chirping
seems to be entirely detei'ndned lily
the temperatat ; in fact, it is pm -
ethic to [..nope .. the tfrnpeeatere ly
counting the number of calcis per
minute, At sixty degrees Fmhtenheit
the rate is eighty at minute. At seven-
ty, the rate is one hundrad end twen-
tty—a change e: four chirps a minute
for each change of one degree, When
the temperature :falls below fifty de -
grecs the cricket has no energy to
yvaste in music, and chirps only forty
times a minute.
•
In the West Indies the large pabn-
tree caterpillar is considered a great
fora luxury,
t horse sweats, particles of dust col-
a tl bb n lett, and by pressure of the harness
cut into the skin, forming sores. If
not taken care of they become so seri-
ous as to necessitate laying off work,
A good plan is to have clean water
and a sponge handy, and to wash and
dry the places before putting on the
harhess again. A wash of equal parts
of tincture of myrrh and soft neater,
used two or three times a day when
the sores first start, will assist a great
deal.
Another thine that worries the
method won. cera . nit c which horses is to have them. hitched The But that is just what le happening in soda has been dissolve--. If these comfortably to farm machinery. t
Last fall several farmers were dis-
cussing the problem of how to feed
their cows profitably with the present
will help to keep the hens busy until high prices of all mill feeds. One
the spring days when they can range man suggested, in a joking way, .that But if the child is very small I shout
outside, One of the large items in since we were having so many wheat- advise using powdered chalk instead
poultry work is giving the hens less and meatless days, we could of pumice.
plenty of clean scratching material solve the feed problem by starting "Whenever much candy has been
and it is one of the factors in keep- grainless days for the dairy cows. eaten it is a good plan to rinse the
ing the (tock healthy until better con- They were of the opinion that such a mouth with half a glass of water in
ditions on the range arrive to fur- tl d would It in 'll less days a good pinch of bicarbonate of
"Not at nll of it is carefully done.
do the soil and will meet the special plantfood requirements of the crops. ther invigorate them. Mathew Michels,d 1' e attended to in early youth traces should always be fastened
It is often said that every farm is an ,individual problem. This is gens on free range seldom eat the herd of ,tatgew a airy- things ai
perfectly true, although the truth must not be misapplied. The foregoing feathers. When they form this habit man of Wisconsin. Every day is a and the habit of brushing the teeth equal distances, thus bringing the
statement does not mean that while every faun is an individual problem in the poultry yard it means that grainless day for his cows. two or three times a day is faithfully single -trees and double -trees at a
the principles and practices of maintaining plantfood must be worked out p y �>
h omething needed in the ration is "Too many dairymen, said Mr,the result and thegl of ownerof thearls e teeth team ,is going. theill be right angle to way in which the
will spend very little on dentist's It is not permissible to photograph
bills in after life."
The other day a middle-aged friend women in China.
of mine who has the complexion of
a pretty girl of eighteen was talking
to me about the children of some
friends of ours.
"They have three of the dearest
and prettiest little girls I ever saw.
But I do not think they will grow up
good looking because they have a
family wash rag. I don't quite mean
that everybody in the house uses it
but I myself saw the another wash all
the kids' faces with the same cloth.
Horrid—not to say unsanitary!"
anew for every farm. If such were the ease we would not getanywhere s
in the matter of soils and erop food studies. It does mean, however, that lacking. A balanced ration will often Michels, "are still of the opinion that
the individual history of the management of every farm must have a large remedy the trouble. If one hen starts milk cannot be produced without the
place in determining fertility practices which shall be employed in order feather -eating she should immediate- use of expensive feed. To raise all
to obtain best results. ly be isolated or Milled before teach- the feed needed for dairying is en -
To make this plain, eupposing your farm has grown a large amount rofe in the habit to other members of tirely practical where alfalfa can be
legumes and you have returned a considerable amount of livestock manure the flock. grown. It has a feeding value equal
to the fields that you are preparing to grow a maximum craps of wheat. to wheat bran. So, in feeding, I
You should use a fertilizer with a medium small amount of nitrogen, a If there is little storage room for supply the rotein in the form of
barge amount of phosphoric acid and a medium amount of potash, looking feed it sometimes pays the farmer pp Y P
alfalfa hay.
at the problem from the crop standpoint and in view of the fact that the
to buy a few bags of some poultry
manure and legumes have made their contribution to the plantfood In the mash which contains all of the els- "After alfalfa hay, corn silage is
soil. Now, if the soil is a sandy soil, to begin with, necessarily you will ntents needed for egg production.
el t.
at�gclay ase loam, thee tritrogen f and n and
sh,ash. If on the other espe ally the latter, tt ascan Such 91,mash will help to keep the
a goody .hens healthyand maintain plenty of
be greatly diminished in the fertilizer that is added. No one can tell you
by what quantity 'or of what analysis will be most profitable under vino•. Menv poultrymen feed the
yew conditions. This is the element of in-hvgdual.ty of the problem. The
thing to do is to apply about 200 to 300 lbs. of fertilizer per acre, that
comes nearest the analysis that you think will best supplement the manor -
commercial mtashe•s throughout the
year and some farmers who have not
tried them at all, will find that a few
pal application of your soil, leaving sections .of the field unfertilized. At hundred pounds during the hardest
Harvest time compare the relative yields and from the comparisons You ,part of winter will help one gvonder-
can easily adjust both the quantity and analysis of the plantfood so that pully fw the poultry feeding it will return largest rate of interest on money you have invested in it. fullywith Where there is plenty of prob-
Farmor-
tests should be much more frequent than they are. The man
that goes at the fertilizer problem blindly, is not working in his own inter-
ests. Neither is the man who simply dismisses the whole problem by saying
that he does not understand it or does not care anything about it, These
._ are days when moat productive farming is going to win out. They are dog@.
'When industry and farming must work to each other's hands. The plan •
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render food industry or he fertilizer industry aims to rend
in fact this is the only basis under which the industry can persist.' • O
lochias in the interests of farmer's is that he should follow a d'eaii4ie
rotation of Crops, keeping up the humus of the soils, he should ua','e$i`y
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the next most important feed. It
should be remembered that the var-
iety of corn that gives the largest
yield of shelled corn will give the
best returns When fed as silage, Corn
with big stalks and little grain does
not make the silage wanted when
feeding without concentrates. Be
sure that the corn is fairly web ma-
tured before it goes into the silo."
The item of expense is not the only
age room foe various materials the objection that Mr. Michels has to
mash mixtures can be made by the feeding of concentrates. He points
farmer in a schtesfactory manner,
.'Where there is no time for mixing
he materials, the commercial mashes
form a good substitute and they have
a good influence on egg production
when fed to vigorous bred -to -lay
flocks.
It isnot too late to order the ince-
out that many good cows are made
poor or irregular breeders by the
feeding of an excess of grain. Others,
iheing overfed, contract various die -
eased.
It will be of interest to give his
system of feeding: Alfalfa is :fed the
whole year. It is fed in the evening
bate and brooder but the time is go- when the cows are on pasture. Then
ing fast. The early hatches pay the
best and delays in transit are very
discouraging to the poultryman with
quality eggs to incubate and no ma-
chine in which to place them.
A few days devoted to the building
of broad coops will slave time [text
spring and insure the mother hens
Safe homes for their chicks. Many
Woks are lost each year because rats
and weasels steal them from under
he bens. Place floors in all the brood
coops each night, This can be done
with a narrow hinged hoard next to
ground. If the small shed -roof brood
coops are used, either nail the roofs
tight or tree hoops on each side. This
prevents the roofs from being blown
off airbag men spring wind storms.
silage is fed in the morning ee long
as it lasts. When it is gone the al -
Palin is fed twice a day at the time
of milking. During the winter months
25 pounds of silage is fed in two feeds
a day with all the alfalfa hay they
will eat, and more, because practical-
ly all the horse hey conies from the
cows' mangers. A limit is put on
the amount of silage, because it was
found that 'when more than. that
amount of silage was fed, the cows.
were not able to eat enough hay to
balance the ration,
"We have had very eatisfaetory re-
turns," said Mr, Michels, in speaking.
of lois method. "For the past six
Yam( we have tallied and raised all
our stock without grain or ether eon -
My children always have individual
wash clouts. They are thoroughly)
boiled once a week tin borax water to
sterilize them and get them scientifi-
cally clean. I see to it that the chil-
dren wash their faces before going to
bed. It Is even more important to
wash a child's face at night than in
the morning, for if the little ono
sleeps for nine or ten hours with un-
washed face the dirt on the skin
works its way into the tiny pores and
this will coarsen the complexions even
if it dome not cause an eruption.
A careful diet, plenty of mild soap
and warm water used once a day on
the face, preferably at right, then
rinsed thoroughly and cold water
dashed on the cheeks will keep he
skin in perfect condition.
The care of a child's lbtyir is very
important, Never under any circum-
stances use a fine comb for removal
of dandruff or scales from a child's
head as this tears the delicate skin
of the seahp, Do not use a brush with
very stiff bristles. Every child should
have its own brush and comb for
dandruff is a contagious disease and
is acquired by most children by using
other people's brushes and combs.
Gentle massage of the scalp and a
weekly diem -pee wiithwarm water
and mild seep will always promote
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