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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1917-4-12, Page 78- arnt, Crop ueries-, ;,„ • .'100:10115.41 - 1, "I Conducted by Professor Henry G. Bell. T'he obJect of this department Is to place at thlie service of our farm readers the advice of an acknowl. edged authority on all subjects pertaining to sells and crops. Address All questions to Professor Henry G. Bell, In care of The Wilson Publishing Company, Limited, To. ronto, and answers will appear In this column In the order In which they are received, As space Is limited it Is advisable where Immediate reply Is necessary that a starnped and addressed envelope be enclosed with the cmeation, when the antiwar will be mailed direct. Question—F. P.:—(a) What fertil- izer would you suggest for corn in medium soil, and how much? Have no manure. (b) What is the best kind of soil for buckwheat, and when is the best time to sow, and how thick- ly? Answer:—(a). For corn on medium still I would advise from 800 to 500 pounds per acre of fertilizer carrying 1 to 2% ammonia and 8 to 12% avail- able phosphoric acid. If it is pos- sible to obtain. 1% potash, the addi- tion will be of advantage to the crop. A satisfactory method of applying this fertilizer to the corn is to drill it in through the fertilizei dropping at- tachment of the wheat drill. Such a method of application puts the plant - food into the soil where the material can dissolve, The available plantfood acts on the young crop somewhat the same as whole milk fed to the young calf. It gives it a strong, healthy, vigorous start. In using fertilizers do not neglect to grow clover or rye on this ground inside the next two years and then turn,. under a second crop of clover or a fair growth of rye or some other green manure. In using fertilizers you are adding plantfood but yet. are not adding organic rat- ter or :.umus. Humus is essential to the producing capacity of the soil, hence must not be neglected. (b) Buckwheat will do well on most any type of soil with the exception of muck. It is successful sown later than the average farm crops,—even SOW11 as late as early June. Prob- ably late in May is ..he best time to seed it, using from 3 to 5 pecks of good seed per acre. Question—T. L.:—What is the best fertilizer for strawberries, and when should it be used, on the vines that are bearing this year or the vines to be set out this year? .Answer —In fertilizing strawber- Henry O. Bell. ries, good results are obtain_d by ag- ing from 400 to 600 pounds' per acre of fertilizer analyzing from 2 to 8% ammonia and 8 to 12% available phosphoric acid, and possibly 2 to 8% potash. This is best applied when preparing the bed for the planting of the young vines. When the ground has been thoroughly disked this avail- able plantfood should be drilled in through the fertilizer dropping at- tachment of the wheat drill, or it should be broadcasted over , the pro- posed strawberry bed and thoroughly disked and harrowed in. When the young vines are set they will profit greatly by the added vigor obtained from this available plantfood. As a rule, top -dressing growing straw- berries has not been the most profit- able way to apply. Question—M. C.:—What is the best, way to get rid of wild mustard? Answer:—A practieable way to get rid of mustard is to spray the young plants before they come into flower. For this purpose a spray machine such as is used for spraying potatoes might be used. Empty a 100 -pound sack of sulphate of iron into a kerosene or vinegar barrel. Fill it up to the chine with water and stir until the sulphate of iron is dissolved. Strain the solu- tion through several thicknesses of cheese -cloth when pouring it into the tank of the spray machine. To be most effective, it is well to apply 52 gallons of this material to the acre. The more powerful the spraying ma- chine the better, since the mist is most effective when divided into finest particles. A pressure of 80 to 100 ?ounds at the nozzle should be main- tained. A two -horse spraying ma- chine will spray from 20 to 100 acres of grain in a 10 -hour day. In actual tests which have been carried out, this method of treatment has proven very efficient in killing out this troublesome weed. It does not hurt the grain crop. r ;elm 8./(0ffi'S Mother Robin's April Fool. Mother Robin played an April -fool joke on little Sammy Patterson; she played a joke and said "April fool!" at the right time, only of course she said it robin fashion. When any robin laughs after sunset and says "Cheer up!" it sounds like "April fool!" and Sammy's robin probably knew what she was talking about. She and Father Robin came back early that year, and built their nest the last week in March. Ever since Sammy was big enough to have a room of his own near his mother's room upstairs, the robins had built in an apple tree just outside his window. This was the first time, though, that they had come in March. Sammy did his best to help them so long as March lasted. He put string on the fence for Mother Robin to use, and bits of wool and cotton. He did everything a country boy could do to help a pair of robins get settled for the season. And they must have been birds of exceptional intelligence and over, until at last the little boy called to bis father and mother. "Come quickly, please," he urged, "and come softly, because some one is playing ticktack on my window, and maybe you can catch him!" Father and mother came quickly and softly and both of them were laughing. They thought that the neighbors' boys were hiding outside the house with a ticktack. Mr. Patterson laughed, be- cause he used to do tricks like that when he was a boy. Mrs. Patterson laughed, because she thought how sur- prised some one would be when she opened the window wide and said, "Who's there?" Sammy's pretty mother did open the window and did. say, 'Who's there?" But she was the one who was straightway surprised, because no one answered but Mother Robin. Mother Robin had laid one blue egg that morn- ing, and she was on the nest keeping the treasure warm. When Mrs. Pat- terson said, "Who's there?" Mother Robin untucked her head from under her wing and answered, "April fool!" cheerfully. "Sure enough!" exclaimed Sammy's father. "It was Mother Robin who has been playing ticktack on your win- dow. Look at this, Sammy!" Sammy looked. What he saw was for the' used the string. And then, a long string dangling from the top of the minute April came, Sammy forgot Mother Robin's nest, A nail was tied them. to the end of the string, and it was The only reason Sammy forgot the that nail that made the tap -tap -tap - robins for a few hours was because the ping noise, helped by the April breeze. first day of April was his day to play How Sammy and his father and his jokes on the family and then shout, mother laughed when they saw that, The symptoms of spasmodic colic "April fool!" He had much fun with string that Mother Robin had woven' are: Uneasiness, stamping, pawing, everyone that day, and was so tired into her nest, nail and alli The robin throwing. himself down, rolling, get - t b dt' th t be wa lcd to believe laughed, VI, robin fashion, • What the clock said without asking a question. Sammy's mother went downstairs .1.-1e fun after he had d his prayers and she had tucked him into bed; she suppos- ed the Rae fellow would fall asleep For specific information regarding, in less than three minutes. He did breeding, feeding., and general card not! The reason Sammy did not go and management of livestock, apply to sleep when he closed his oyes was to your nearest experimental farm. that he heard a curious tapping at the Feed is high, but it is not so high window after his mother had left the room; a gentle tap -tap -tap! tap -tap - tapping! When Sammy opened his eyes wide and looked through the window, he Sem only the man in the moon, look- ing pleasant.. Again came that gentle tap -tap -tap! dairy farmers thinking about nie., tap-tap-tappingl Sammy sat up and chanical milkers. wondered. It seemed to him then es The earlier calves are taught to eat if the man in the moon were laughing, the better. If the calf is given a for the man in the moon never seemed small handful of ground oelvvith the far away and Sammy always thought hulls sifted oet, in the bottom of the of him as a good friend, Pell after he is through taking up the Sammy said afterwards that he Milk he will be eating chop before he knew noise one was trying to play knows it. joke on him; he guessed that the very first second he hear the tap -tap - tapping. Of course he did not think of Mother Robin. If he bad thought of her he would hey@ believed that she Was too busy to play April -fool jokes on it littleboy. Tap -tap -tap! came that sound over LOWER E ON10N SEED 61:F-131 rg:;17::DA po0Nd oN nol LESS THAN LAST YEAR. SOW 5 LBS, SEED PER ACRE. 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Whenever we meet an unusual- ly bright or precocious child, there is sure to be some fond and admiring friend or re- lative hovering near, anxious to "show it off." As a matter of fact, the child of average ability is in much less danger than the backward or pre- cocious one. The backward child may not be un- derstood or it may not have the most intelligent methods used in its management. For this reason, such a child may fail to achieve as much as he might under favorable circum- stances. However, no one expects very much of a. deficient youngster, and if he is given healthful surround- ings, good care and sympathetic un- derstanding, his handicap may in time be partly overcome. Very often the child who is exceed- ingly bright in certain respects, is decidedly average otherwise. If you press a ball in at one point, it will bulge out on the opposite side. The bulging or noticeable characteristic is pretty sure to be balanced by a dent somewhere. This may be the rea- son that many people who are really brilliant in some directions are not well-balanced or evenly developed all around. There is also grave danger that pre-. cocious children may have too much expected of them and be urged be- yond their normal capacity. A lit- tle boy who was fond of music and who really did exceptionally well with his violin lessons was urged to long periods of practice end encouraged to take part in many public entertain- ments. These things were accom- plished at the cost of play and sleep. The child developed a nervous trou- ble and was obliged eventually to give up both school and music. It is frequently remarked that the pupil who is unusually brilliant in school, winning much favor and many honors, is not always a success in later life. There are reasons why this is often so. If book knowledge comes too early through an extra good mem- ory or the ability to see through a problem quickly, little mental train- ing is given, and when that individual goes out into the world, superficial methods and the expectation of get- ting much and giving little, do not make•for success. The :precocious child is in danger of becoming over -confident, egotistical, lacking in thoroughness, and patroniz- ing in manner. Too often such chil- dren do not develop the mental and moral fibre which effort and dis- couragement, more determined effort and final victory bring out. One star pupil was recently heard to boast that he could stay out of school three days, attend one day, and still keep up with his class. I1 may be the old story of the hare and the tortoise. He is gaining a contempt for educa- tional advantages and is likely to be handicapped for life with the idea that persistence and conscientious effort ere not necessary for him. Teachers often remark that they are the best instructors in the sub- jects which were hard for them to learn as pupils. They know where the difficulties lie and how discourag- ing they are. Great wisdom is needed in handling the precocious child so that it may be well-balanced and kindly, and realize the necessity of achieving its own beat. that one can affordeto ruin a good Pasture by turning stock on it too early. Labor on the dairy farms this year is going to be hard to get, and un- doubtedly will cost all it is worth. It is a condition that will start many ring up, etc. The attacks are spas- modic, and during the intervals patient is normal, may appear to want to uri- nate. Drench with 11/2 oz. each of lauda- num, sweet spirits of nitre and tinc- ture of belladonna in a pint of water, Repeat in 2 hours if neceseary. The general indifference to horse - breeding at present in some farm sections offers all the more 'foilow the 1110110 00 toose 1 popular course and raise horse before I they are actually at a premium on the nuirkets. IBrood ienres must be properly ex- ercised, t ferably with light work but not e there is danger oE straining or fulling or being crowded between ehafts. Watch the mare carefully at foaling, A clean, thor- oughly disinfected bright cheerful box stall is the beat place to foal a mare, unless the weather is warm and a clean comfortable grass paddoelt is available. Yearlings and fettle Well fed end free from vermin will rinks the' greatest and most profitable gains on niimmer pasture, but if the pasture is short., 5 grain supplement is a inost p1 orlteble inveetment . The secret of en. • rid horse rearing is to keep the ne', • elean, healthy and constantly 1.:zer; in sew and weight Until Ina- turify. A few years ago it was considered a normid thing for cows to give 2,500 to 3,000 pounds of milk in a year. To- day yields of twenty to twenty-five thousand pounds pass almost un- noticed. Animal husbandry bee he - come one of Lite most important Lind progressive vocations. lea Sheep will turn to profitable account more waste products than will any other class of farm animals. A sheep has a low nervous organ, iaation, and once neglected gives up with little effort. But kept in thrift with good care it will be as hardy as any other animal, This is the season of the year when sheep need most care and labor. Rea- sonable attention In the lambing sea- son will save a heavy mortality. A good shepherd will raise it 125% lamb crop. Don't forget the spring dipping. Although other work may demand at- tention, yet this is the one phase of sheep husbandry that should never be neglected. Shear fairly early, at least before the very warm spring days arrive, and thus save the ewe discomfort and loss in 'weight. With wool as valuable per pound as butter, the greatest care should be taken to produce the cleanest, hest fleece and properly to care for the same after shearing, Co- enerative marketing will add from two to eight cents pev pound revenue from your wool. Give the lambs an extra good start on grass. A lamb creep in tile corner of the pasture and light grain 'feeding will usually be found most profitable. 1 Every farmer should develop the rianseelar system of his children, with good food, exercisOnd right traiting, j Which shall it be 1. 0Z17' 47,41", - Mothers and daughters of all ages are cordially invited to write to this department. Initials only will be published with each question and Its answer as a means of Identiflpation, bot full name and address must be given In each letter. Write on one side of paper only. Answers will be mailed direct lf stamped and addressed envelope le enclosed. Address all correspondence for thls department to Mrs, Helen Law, 75 Castle Frank Rc.ad, Toronto, M, E. 8.;—.A child four or five years old should ds'ink at least a glassful of water between five o'clock supper and seven o'clock bedtime. Children should get the habit of drinking water both morning and evening, This will prevent a good deal of sluggish action of the liver, kidneys and bowels, and will obviate the need of laxatives, which are used altogether too freely. F. H.:-1. It is misconception to be- lieve a kitchen should be large. It should be small, compact, cheerfully and sanitarily finished, with cross ventilation, and an abundance of il- lumination. It should not, of course, be so small as to be cramped or con- gested. A long, narrow pantry should be studiously avoided. Built-in cup- boards in the kitchen might take the place of a pantry and save steps. 2. Any worker desiring to eliminate waste motion and increase her effici- ency 50 per cent., can ask herself these questions: 1. Is my table, stool, hoard, or working surface at the -right height? 2. Are my utensils and ma- terials needed for this task all before me when I begin? 3. Do I have to stoop unnecessarily? Do I take use- less steps? 4. Are my utensils ar- ranged with proper regard to each other,and to other tasks? 5. Is my position comfortable? 6. Am I us- ing the best and right tool for the pur- pose? 7. Is the tool properly ad- justed and in good condition before I begin work? 8. Am I making any awkward motions, or ones I could omit? L. N. T.:—Here is an extract from a book entitled "The Efficient Life," which may suit your case. It is a plan that is decidedly worth trying. A tired and nervous mother will often find fault unnecessarily, and cause friction in the home, Give mind and body a real rest every day, as this message advises:— "Many mothers slave for their chil- dren so many hours a day that they have but little energy left with which to enjoy them and love them. As a result, the dullness and drudgery of existence are all they come to ex- perience. "One mother of five children for years took at least one hour a day for rest and quiet reading alone by her- self. Nothing but absolute neces- sity could induce her to break into this hour, "The result of this is not only that she had kept her own superb health, but she is a constant joy and inspira- tion to her children, her husband, and her friends. "It is true that she might have done more dusting or mending stock- ings than she has actually accom- plished, but it would have been at the sacrifice of that whole part of her life which meant the most to herself and others." W R IC.:—Probably you will find all the good recitations you need in "jessie Alexander's Platform Sketches." The price of the book is 0.00. As for drills, there are three little volumes you would find useful: "Ideal Drills," "Wilson's Drills and Marches," and "Twenty-five Drills and Several Motion Songs." They are 25 cents each. R. W.:—How April Fool Day came Ito be no one really knows. Probably the best guess is that which credits the day to France the first nation of all Christendom to begin the year on January 1 instead of March 26. Be- fore the change was made the octave of the festival, April 1, was the day on which the celebration culminated, when visits were made and gifts ex- changed. With the adoption of the reformed calendar in 1564, New Year's Day was celebrated on January 1, and only pretended gifts and mock ceremonial visits were made on April 1, with the idea of making fools of those who had forgotten the change of date. The custom once started was kept up after its origin VMS no longer remembered. INTERNATIONAL LESSON APRIL 15. Lesson ID. Jesus The Good Shep- herd—John 10. 1-18. Golden Text—John 10. 11. Ve:se 7. In studying the other par- ables of the fourth Gospel, it must be noticed that the Evangelist reports parables in a way of his own, fusing parable and interpretation. Here, however, he has given a parable (verses 1-6) in the original form, and these verses are the interpretation., But the parable suggests two wholly independent applications, which are given successively without any atten- tion to their incongruity, a thing that matters leas to Oriental than to West- ern modes of speech. In verses 7-9 Jesus is the door: true shepherds and false are distinguished according as they enter through the Door, or "climb up some other way." Recall Milton's use of it, describing Satan's entry into Paradise: "So clomb his first grand theif into God's fold; So since into his church lewd hirelings 8. All that came are thieves (mar- gin —The addition before me may well have been an attempt to explain a hard phrase. He that cometh was a special name of the Christ: see John 11. 27; Matt. 11. 3, etc. 'So this means false Christs, who tried to coax the sheep away. But they did not hear thein (verse 5). Robbers—Or high- waymen, sheep stealers who will use vioolen Tete will refer to shepherds, not sheep. The true lindershepherd (1 Peter 5. 2-4) makes it his,business to find pasture for the sheep. He can go in and go out freely, for he goes through the Door (verse 3 ). To such is promised salvation, for we can be saved only by trying to save others. Compare Phil. 1, 19; 1 Tim, 4. 16. There is a vast multitude of true "pastors"—the word,_is only the Latin for "shepherd"—who were never ordained by human hands. 10. Cometh—The special sense still lingers about it from verse 8. Have abundance (margin)—Christ never gives just enough: there are always basketfuls left over. 11. Here begins what is really a new parable, starting out of the other. A good shepherd, owning the sheep, will risk his life for those sheep when the Wolf comes. The hireling has no motive for doing so: his life is worth more to him than his pay! Before, a,s well as after, this brief parable, Jesus tens us Diet such a shepherd filustratee what lie is to his own. Layeth down—The tense shows that readiness to face death to rescue the sheep is intended: offers or risks comes Newer to the Greek. It is, of course, in the application of the par- able that Layeth down beromes true. 12. Whose own—All turns on this. Hence 11 18 that Peter bids the Lord's underthepherds to "shepherd the flock of God . not for base love of gain, but of free will" (1 Peter 5. 2). 14. This takes up verse 3. Com- pare the "seal" upon God's "firm foundation" (2 Tim. 2. 19). Mine own know me—Verse 5 is the converse. One recalls the "true Israelite" of John 1, 47 who instinctively recognizes "the Ring of Israel." 15. This is the note so often struck in John 17: the Lord applies to us a standard actually drawn from his own relations with the Father. It is es- sentially like Matt. 5. 48 and Eph. 5. 1. For the sheep—In this context the suggestion is that he rescues his sheep at the risk of his own life. "Risk" we may still say for in Gethse- mane he showed that he could conceive of God's finding at the last moment some other way of accomplishing his purpose. But here that possibility is barely in sight: He is sure the offer- ed life will be taken, as he is sure that having lost his life he will find it again. 16. This fold—The Chosen People, who thought themselves monopolists of God's mercy. They shall hear, and so prove that they are truly his sheep. They shall become one flock—The margin there shall be is not impos- sible as a translation of the reading implied in the text: the difference made is slight. One flock—Jerome's extraordinary blunder, one fold, is per- haps the most disastrous translation mistake ever made in history. It was largely responsible for the un -Christ- ian idea that unity consists in exter- nal organization instead of the bond of love. In Greek the word flock is derived from the Word shepherd: the vital unity of Christendom is in the universal dependence on the One Shepherd, 17. Perfect sacrifice is the condi- tion of perfect love. It was by carry- ing his obedience "as far as death" (Phil. 2. 8) that the Son won his ex- ataltion. That I may—An addition like that in Rom. 8. 84. There is an tuswilhistgsiesa evesi to ti the Death alone, lest men should think— es Art has so often persersely taught them—of a Dead Christ as the object of our woi•ship. 18. 'rook it away (margin)—If this reading is right, it is another link with Jonh 17, in which the Lord looks back on his earthly career as closed and lying in the past, Power—Rath- er authority, derived from God, For without a clear call from God no man has the right to give or even risk the life God gave for his own purpose. Lay it down—A. different tense now is need, which justifies this rendering. This commandment—To sacrifice and to resume life alike. Careful study of the Synoptic record of the Passim will show Viet the Lord was no pas- sive victim. He chose the time o his death (see Mali. 26. 5) and the charge on which he wouldp lead (Marla 14, 61), when his enemies tried their best to escape both—the former be- cause of Hie people, the latter because such a charge would cot appeal to Pilate, the Roman procurator. SCANDINAVIA HARD HIT BY THE WAR DENMARK, NORWAY AND SWE- DEN SUFFER PRIVATIONS. Dread of War With Germany Ilas Kept the Scandinavian Alliance Inactive. For a month, writes a Stockholm correspondent of the New York Her- ald, the three Scandinavian coun- tries have been cut off from a great part of Europe and practically from the whole extra -European world. With the Entente countries of Weet Europe and with America the only direct corn- munieation is by cable, Immediately after the German submarine proclam- ation optimists expected restoration of at least the Bergen -Newcastle traf- fic, but so far nothing has been done. The great Ruesian transit traffic has ceased, and the express trains to Ha- paranda, on the Finnish frontier, no longer run. The only direct trade worth mentioning is with Germany. Business men are proclaiming that Scandinavia's one resource for the rest of the war is to tighten the belt and live on half rations in Germany's own way. What Oppression Means. Consumers who have been grumb- ling for two years over the minor in- conveniences caused by British trade measures are now realizing what really oppressive measures involve. All three Scandinavian countries are threatened with the most serious diffi- culties, Sweden has not enouhg grain to last till next harvest, and she is doubtful whether she will ever see the 200,000 tons of flour already ordered in the United Statse by the State Food Commission. Denmark's case is worse. She is threatened in greater degree than Sweden with shortage of grain, and the suspension of her dairy pro- duce exports to England threatens her trade balance. Still worse is Norway's lot. Norway produces a smaller pro- portion of food than either of her neighbors, and she risks both having no food and having her chief industry, shipping, permanently lamed. Card System Extended. All three countries are busy with measures, already taken 'or suggested 1 or meeting the general famine; the card system is to be extended; public buildings, theatres and schools are partly or wholly closed, owing to lack of fuel; railway and local shipping services are being curtailed, and more ' and more branches of production are being brought under State control. In Stockholm only one street lamp out of four is to be lighted, and in one large suburb domestic electric light- ing ceases at 9 a.m. A threatened corn - 1 plete lack of English cloth and other i English manufactured goods has led Ito a run on shops, and citizens are laying in stocks of everything obtain- able in preparation for coming dras- tic State measures of limitation of purchase and sale. A Fear of Germany. To -day every Scandinavian admits that the much -complained -of British restrictions were trifles. In spite of this admission the Scandinavian States have not adequately reacted to Ger- many's latest act of aggression. Presi- dent Wilson has not been supported, and Sweden has even gone out of her way to condemn the United States policy. Dread of war with Germany has dominated every other feeling. Every pro -German newspaper, like the Svensk Dagblad, admitted that Ger- many's submarine campaign, in so far as it infringed Swedish rights, must be protested against; but, on the other hand, the strongest pro -Entente news- papers, such as the Socialdemokrat, were against accepting Mr. Wilson's invitation to break off diplomatic re- lations, much less to take up arms. Would Escape Hostilities. In Norway conditions are the same; the press unanimously condemned Germany's action, but it proclaimed that the issue was not worth a war. Demnark, too, is at one in denuncia- tion of the "blockade," but there is the old difference between the conser- vative opposition's unqualified anti - Germanism and the Radical -Socialist . group's dread of giving offence to Berlin. From the first it was inevit- able that the Scandinavian countries would not risk a conflict with Ger- many, but it is mainly the achieve- ment of Sweden that so little was done. The Germanophile Conservative party, which is now in power, never so clearly got its way, Swedes Are Pro -German. Sweden, as the strongest Seandi- navian State, has dominated her neighbors' politics ever since the t Christiania agreement that all three should act together. This prevents re- solute opposition to German aggres- sion. Even Mr, Hammarskjold's Cab- inet could not resist the teed for de- fending some special Swedish interest or right, but aa long as it is in power united Scandinavian action against Germany on general grounds of policy or humanity will be out of the ques- tion. Tile fibre of the Argentine guato plant having been found suitable for lace manufacture, a Ince factory will be established in that reentry. One of the most eostly buildings in Bemires is a temple for menkeye, The followers of Brahma hold ibis animal awed and worship it as a deity - It traces more "know how" to farm successfully than to engage in any other trade; but the farmer gets hie living; as he goes along. Other trades Ron't.