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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1917-3-15, Page 6• Some Feeding Suggestions "For hop, beef cattle and even dairy cows barley is worth more per ton than buckwheat, emmer or oats, and approaches very closely to corn, wheat or rye as a food for hogs." The aforegoing statement is made by Prof. Geo. E. Day in bulletin 240 of the Ontario Department of Agri- culture. Prof. Day goes contrary to another rather general belief when he says that with the use of judgment other grains may be substituted for oats in the feeding of horses. In the United States, he says, corn almost entirely takes the place of oats in many dis- tricts, and corn at two cents per pound is cheaper than oats at two cents. In Prof. Day's judgment, how- ever, a mixture of corn and oats would be better than corn alone. When oats and bran are the same price per pound bran may be used as a partial substitute. In any case weight rather than bulk should gov- ern in the grain ration of the horse. Rye is not high in protein, but it is very low in fibre and is high in! nitrogen free extract. At the same price per pound it is considered more valuable for stock than any of the other cereals except wheat and cern,l and should be worth as much as corn. :t Buckwheat is worth more than oats for fattening, and for general feeding purposes barley is worth more than emmer. Speaking of by-products of grain, s as valuable as good oat chaff; buck- wheat hulla also have very little velue, but buckwheat middlings, if true to name, have a very high value, especially for increasing the protein in the ration of the dairy. cow, Gluten feed, a by-product of cornstarch fee- tories, contains, in the highest grade, a high percentage of protein, but low- grade gluten is mach less valuable. This should always be bought on guarantee of analysis. Cottonseed meal is valuable for its high protein content, but shoulcl be used with moderation, even for dairy cows, not over two pounds per day, and for pigs or calves it had better not be used at all. It should also form only a minor part of the grain ration. Linseed meal is not so high as cottonseed meal in protein, but it is a safe feed, and tends to pro- mote general thrift in the animal. There are different grades of cotton- seed meal, and this, like gluten meal, should be bought on guarantee. Buckwheat straw is higher in pro- tein than other straws, but it is also much higher in fibre. Barley straw is about equal to oat straw in pro - Lein, but it is not so palatable, and the beards are objectionable. Chaff of oat or wheat straw is much more valuable than the straw itself, and he old practice of separation had a good deal to recommend it. Good corn ensilage Prof. Day considers worth twice as much as roots. Cull apples are worth saving for tock feed, and apple pomace has con - Prof. Day says that oat hulls are not s iderable value. PAINLESS CURE FOR BURNS. New Mixture Wonderfully Effective] Cure of Liquid Fire Wounds. Wonderful stories have reached this country of the remarkable success in curing burns from explosions and liquid fire through the medium of a mixture called amberine. In the World's Work, in a group of articles entitled "Wonders of War Surgery," the composition and application of this healing wax is described. Here is how it is applied: A young soldier with his hands and forearms bandaged was led in by an orderly and seated on a stool. A nurse removed the bandages and the burned skin. She washed off the pus with a small rubber hose, and dried the flesh with an electric hot-air drier. Then she brought an atomiser filled with a hot liquid. This she sprayed carefully over the hand and forearm, so that they were soon entirely cover- ed with a soft, white, waxlike cover- ing. While it was still hot she laid strips of thin cotton batting over it and painted this with the same liquid un-' til the whole wound was sealed in under the drying liquid. Then she • wrapped it up in thicker cotton bat- ting, and went to work on the other hand. Whatever the victim may have felt. about it, this was a very simple case. I saw the hands a week later and they were covered with new, supple skin. It is not quite so simple a matter when: the burns are deeper, but as the pro- cess is always the same and does not vary on account of the degree of the n burn, before going on to describe other cures I had perhaps better de -1 ' scribe the process. The liquid which does the work is nothing more than a combination of paraffin and resin. It makes an air -1 tight covering over the burn and, at the same time, soothes the wound and allays the pain. Laid on with a brush it would be Ills painful, but as it drops in tiny glee Ibules the patient does not even feel , I the fall of the spray on the flesh, and ft it is quickly covered with a waxy ur face that becomes airtight as soon a the strips of cotton batting are laid over it and painted evenly with more , . liquid. The temperature of this liquid, when applied, is70 d gr 158 Fahrenheit. My attention was , called to the heat first by the fact that a drop of it fell on the sound skin of one of the patients so that he cried, "It is burning me!" As he had just had several cans of it sprayed and painted on his back, this seemed • . . FREE TO GIRLS OATS FOR WORK HORSES. Experimental Farms Find Crushing of Oats Unprofitable. The practice of cruehing or grinding wits for horses is increasing. The best authoritiee have for years con- tended that grinding oats for draft horses does not pay, and if the meal is made too dusty or fine it may often be injurious. However, the practice of rolling or crushing has largely replaced grind- ing in many districts. Many large g h d city companies are now using crushed grain and report favorably as to it economy. Advocates of oat erushin claim great benefits therefrom, sue as: 1. Increasing the percentage of di gestibility of oats for horses on har Work and having little time for feed ing, 2. Greedy feeders are made to ea more slowly. 3. Horses with bad teeth are assist ed to digest the grain properly. 4. That twenty-five per cent. of grain fed whole is not digested and is lost in the manure unless crushing is adopted. 5. Proper crushing leaves the grain free from dust and fine meal. 0. Crushing exposes the grain more fully to the digestive juices, thus aid- ing digeetion. 7. That crushing even at a consider- able eget is profitable in that grain is saved and that horses are healthier. These and other arguments are used by advocates of crushing oats for horses. Considering the high cost of grain and also of crushing, it has been considered advisable to conduct an experiment along this line. The re- sults of this trial given herewith ap- pear to answer conclusively most of the above stated claims. Results of Experiment. Five teams of horses were selected for this experiment and these were fed experimentally for eight months starting in October, 1915. The object of this trial was a comparison of the same quantity by weight of whole and crushed oats. One horse from each team was started on crushed, and the mate on whole Oats, thus in- i suring a fair comparison as to work performed on each feed. At the end of each month the feeds were reversed n each team. Careful records and "eights were kept as to the feeds con -1 umed. All horses received their us - al supply of hay, water and salt. forses were weighed each week. As all experiments and practical! rials have proven the value of some bran in a grain ration the following simixture: oats 5 parts, bran r part, was adopted for both the whole and crushed oats. The first week of each month, the t transition period, was disregarded in! compiling results. The following ob- se , ervations were made: 1. The gains and losses in the ; weights of the horses were closely re- d lated to general health and vigor. I 2. No horses became fat but all remained in good condition in spite of !, extra heavy work in fall, spring ansi! early summer and regular work in • winter. 3. During the whole trial the gains or losses in weight were approximate- , a ly the same for both whole and crush- s ed grain. 4. The slight difference in weights ! was in favor of crushed grain but !I amounted to only 125 lb, gain for 10 horses fed half the time on crushed; (1 grain during the eight months. This is .15 lb. per here° per day. At ,1 the average charge of $2 per ton for' til it was explained to me that he did not feel the heat on the flesh as he would on the skin Great care is al- ways taken to see that none of it touches the sound skin, and this, as a matter of fact, was the only occasion on which I saw anyone even squirm. The whole thing seems so simple that it strikes one at once as remark- able that it is not the common pro- cess for healing burns everywhere. And when you see the size of some of the burn e it cures—a whole back, for instance—the wonder at it grows. Oriental Invasion. England is experiencing in a limit- ed sense an invasion of Oriental ser- vants. Chinese and Japanese are landing there in greater numbers than usual and are taking the places of the native servants who have join- ed the colors, gone in for munition making or back to the farms, where etch good wages are now being paid. he Orientals are said to be proving oilier because they make themselves ore generally useful and seem never o tire of work, 'W1 will give this beautiful prize., Cron T of all charge to any girl ,.r young p who will sell 40 sets ot Raster Post- m cards at In cents a set or lovely 11x10 t ince colored 011ograph Pictures at 10 cents each. The ilixtension liracelot is of rolled gold plate and fits any arm, Send us yoUr name and we will send . yoll the cards or pictures, When sold, i send us the money and we will send you the bracelet. Address, • HOMER -WARREN 00.1 • DEFT. 158, TORONNT TO O 1 13 Bright Youth. Caller—So your son Willie has tarted to work as an office boy. How s lie getting on? Fond Mother—Splendidly! He al- eady knows who ought to be clis- harged, and is merely waiting to get romoted so that he can attend to it. EL1 TO LIME OP HER All INVITATION PRo MRS, DORrel LPlelt4ESee TISESohea wwr -ro PoNtr NouAi Go U RAD CIGARETTES eveAceiwykie ffecrezone 9:he Menth'ig ^ •11L../WAInitrl. .1110AMWMI IAN • . • eV ^ • , _ • - crush'ng, such slight gains would cost 13 1-3c per pound, However no dif- ference was apparent in health or general condition, 5. When bran was mixed with the whole oats the -horses could not eat too rapidly owing to the dry, flakey character of the bran. 0. When horses were properly wa- tered and not fed too much hay, whole grain was found in but very small quantities when at all, in the manure. 7, Both from the weights and ap- pearance of the horses and the con- dition of the manure, crushing did not appreciably increase the digestibility of oats. 8. Whether fed crushed or whole otherwise leave it alone. Does mani-I recreation hut to the army in grati- East London Jews are presenting a , Thoughtless Flooding. • • tude and as a tribute to the gallant? grain, horses must have sufficient rest fold leak? after meals to start digestion at least. 2. Compression—To test: Open all of the British troops. Y If time is short, feed less rather than petcocks except: the one on cylinder to 'How seldom one sees a private Sarah Brooks, who is said to have allow too rapid eating of the regular be tested- crank engine noticing how off, owner start his engine with the switch though the professional driver General Trouble Rule For Baiky Ca is, I gasoline, cause much trouble. Note—To keep a gas engine run - re s. ning cooling and lubrication are need - ad. ra and neglected batteries, also dirty Above all remove nothing from ti engine except as directed in test rule 1, Gasoline—Is tank full? A pipes clean? Is carburetor clean If carburetor needs adjusting do it, INEWS FROM ENGLAND -7 NEWS BY MAIL ABOUT JOT13 BULL AND UM PEOPLE. 1•••••,11. Occerrentee la the Land That Beiges leprente le the Commer- cial World. le. C. Reynolds Manor Farm, Grettenham, has forbidden'fox-hunt- ing over his land for the duration of the war, The Ring sent a congratulatory mese geerno Mrs. Mozeley of Chelten- ham, who has just completed her 102n,c1 year. Women's labor after the war was the subject discussed at the Wo- men's Labor League conference held at Salford. The King has appointed Baron Ken- yon as a lord -in -waiting to his Ma- jesty in the place of Viscount Allen- dale, resigned, Alex. Black has given £1,00fr for the endowment of a bed in the Grimsby Hospital to be named the Lloyd George bed. An unexploded shell, 1_2 inches long and 4 inches in diameter, was found among the shrubs of Walton - on -Thames residence. Alphonso Lambert, an artist of Southport, and e personal friend of President Faure of France, has just died in his 1.00th year. feed. In conclueion, it seemed to be dee.; cylinder. • strong the compression is in eac finitely shown that, to horses fed in 3. Ignition—A. Test for a spark b the proper manner, the crushing of taking the wire off any plug; hol oats had little if any advantage and wire about ee of an inch from plug was unprofitable, In other words, the crank engine with switch on. Spar cost of crushing is wasted. I :heel(' jump to plug. i 13, Are the batteries run down PROSPERITY IN IRELAND. -- —4.----__. Does. the vibrator (if any) buzz? I — , timer elean? Do timer points mak Flax Industry, Shipbuilding and Agri- geed contact? culture Never Better. C. Are any wire loose, burned, wet "Trade in all departments of Ire- broken or short circuited? Are spar and are points 1-50 of a land's industrial life is so active and , ipalielhgsatelleerati'll to realize in this favored island that D. Does magneto armature revolve prosperous that it is difficult at times , we are in the middle of the third year Is safety spark gap clean? Are in of a great war," says Robert Coigne . terrupter points clean and adjustet president of the Bank of Ireland, in right? Do all brushes make good 1 iis annual report on banking and tact 9 Is distributor clean? I industrial conditions. He add • dietributor rotor loose, broken, or "The flax industry of the north is . making poor contact? prosperous, mid the exports of Irish il E, Check magneto wires as per "C.' linen for the past year were two Note—Loose wires and terminals million pounds sterling more in value I ---e— 'I • has a sobeen carried old i CANNOT STARVE ENGLAND. han in the preceding year. Ship prices for cattle, horses, and all or- !Ocean Borne Traffic Much Greater with energy, and our main industry, agriculture, is very prosperous. The ' inary live stock have been extra- Than Before War. rdinarily high, while the prices of ats, barley and wheat have been more than double the normal." is way to St. b • very often adopts this procedure whri the motor is cold," says a writer clay,Essex, in her 106th yein:. Helena, died at her home, Beller- The American Motorist, "The average d ; owner floods his carburetor, or puns distribute £500 in prizes in the form Te Re al Agricultural Society will ; the choke switches on, and presses the of War :Oen stock.to. encourage food k: starter button ineffectually five or six The Willenden Workhouse Infirm - times. Then he opens the bonnet, .:, . perhaps, floods the carburetor again, ary officers are to be allowed butter production in Lancashire. s ' and at last gets an explosion. instead of viargarine on condition that e It is obvious that the idea of flood - Col. Johnstone Wallace, formerly they give up the use of eggs. porarily enriched mixture, but the ling the carburetor is to obtain a tem - Lord Mayor of Newcastle, has been k ;value of thellooding is lost if it be, Trades Section of National Service. appointed Deputy Director of the n done when the cylinders and induction Euren, for thirty-three years pipe are full of mixture, any, petrol ! ediHtoernroyf the Norevich Mercury and ? !vapor left in this over night having . editor of the first Hackney Stud _ . long since evaporated. If the eiee Book, died at his home in Norvrich. 1 gine be turned over a few times with The camel saddle on which Gordon the switch off, the air is expelled, and rode into Khartum has been given s , a thin mixture of air and petrol in -'by Surg.-Gen. Sir T. Gallwey for the !haled in its place. Flooding then Red Cross sale at Christie s. gives a temporarily rich Mixture in Two.g brothers who left England the cylinders and the engine will start. !twelve years ago, one for Canada , at the first trial." Iand the other for Australia, met "The returns of the port of London for the past eight months will not en- courage the hopes of the Germans of starving London or ruining its trade by the depredations of submarines," says the latest report of the Port of London Authority on conditions at the "Ansi what do you seeders do?" great London docks. asked a visitor on one of our battle- - hips. The tonnage entering and leaving the port shows a substantial de - "Well," responded the jolly tar, "we crenae as compared with the preced- d oes what we please until we are told ' ing year, but the quantity of goods o do something else, and then we does hatactually unloaded shows a decrease of something else pretty darn only three per cent., the tonnege be -1 uick," ing 1,829,000 this year, as compared Save the wood ashes and keep them with 1,885,000 last year. Prohibitions n a dry place. They are a splendid on the import of several classes of ertilizer, especially for tl.e orehard merchandise have been in force during Life in the Navy. : day trying factor. A few days..ago thir- 7uite unexpectedly the other docks on a single tide. But in spiteWaterloo Road. of such difficulties, the stock of tim-Mr. Justice Bray, at the Somer.' ber at the docks has increased fromse ; . tion of criminal cases, and said the 000 tons. peto:kiensizeeerns, edto commentedhavetholei itchieea retdhuact- about 200,000 tons to more than 350, - Much of the work of the docks is' they ought to behave themselves , s , battalionspecially recruited for work i now being done by soldiers from during the war. some of the numerous dock laborers' THE HOME GARDEN. ; of this kind here and in France, 1 I — Up in Zoology. Promise of Spring. I Teacher—What can you tell me ! ' Prune the shrubs. about the rabbit? 1 But don't prune them all alike. Pupil -1t' hind -foot is lucky i Spring blooming shrubs should not 4 s . • be pruned until just after flowering. 1 To read the newspapers intelligent -Do not put onions where they grew , ly a man met have a vocabulary of :last year, or the onion -maggot will 1 at least 2,000 words. cause you trouble. Select a new place for them eround. They will do better. them; anc change all the crops A cultivator with n good horse teen timber vessels arrived at the! he steps of the Union Jack Clon ub, The Soul of the Flower Awaits the • this period, and have undoubtedly af- fected the figures appreciably. Free Prize to Girls The stocks of goods, especially food -1 Beautiful Doll and Doll Carriage stone in the public warehouses, has 1,:.TtItIrkeinithlyoi%nraedian_ Doll is 111 inches tall and Icolts natural looking head, Islahnerga:laiNhileteectl. tIrilIs '''nnasa jaegplretaPtf, drpt:;evid_kt,litl rilibbon trimmings. 15 the seat. bs.ek andgheood arao ae ntinlerr';fulneeatherde;roleelT.1 11111 t• . Just the right size tor the big doll. Any plrl will be proud to own this lovely Doll and Doll Carriage. 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The present stocks are the largest in the hietory of the docks of London. As compared with pre-war times,. the traffic of the port of London has increased from 1,549,000 tons in 1913, to 1,829,000 for the corresponding period this year. The detailed report indicates in-: creaees in receipts of most articles of food. Wheat, sugar, rice, cheese, and eocoa, all show an improvement. Meet and tea show a decrease. The supply of timber is of next im- portance to foodetuffs, says the re- port, Diffirulty in handling has been • acute in this respect, owing largely to ; • the enlistment of one-third of the 700 I lumber porters, who handle and stack , the timber after it has been ciis- I s charged by the stevedores. 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To prevent a scabby crop of peta- 1 • toee emelt the seed for two hours in a • solation of one-half pint of formalin (formaldehyde) in fifteen gallons of , water. Then dry and cut the tubers • far Seod. Cuttings of coleus, geraniums, and many isotiae plants may he -reeled quite easily at this time of year. Sege, • may be rooted in a gle.•;e water in the kitchen or in n box of moist sand. Coax along the rhubarb plants b turning a bottomless leaned over them. Chink the cracks areund the !ewer edge with manure, Thei will keen the plante warm and Men- them to • earlier growth. "Dumping -off," or the deeaying of plants at the surface of the ground, is eeueed by fungus, Clem, eiten- tion to mitering and eemtiletien, will pizoteevirtt the trouble to it econeiderable Rub some hard soap into the finger- nails before going to work in the ger- den; [hie keeps most of the diet out and prevents a grimy-loohing pair of • hands. Machinists and peietere learn- ed this trick long ago. Just as soon as the frog is well out of the ground it will rio In sow onion . seed and peas. Beets, early potatoes, spinach, radishes and lettirce may bo Ideated early, too. Tender vegetables ebreild wide. until May. Watch the hotbeds. Ventilate on bright warm days when the tempers,+. lure rises, and he •carefed about the watering, Water ie he. t applied early 111 1111 day. SO that it api;,,, have a chance to evaporate from the foliage before nittlit. Alaska's Salmott A leeicliel supplies the world with $Go,000,000 worth of ealinnn annually, "'rend la the sort of thing 1 hear," added Sir Ernest, "and it konie the modest."