HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1917-7-5, Page 71. ease* Make your Strawberry Preserves with • • e:',44.011,6. Conducted by Professor Henry G. Bell. Er. The object of this department Is to place at the service of our farm readers the advice of an acknowl- edged authority on all subjects pertaining to soils and crops. Address all questions to Professor Henry G. Bell, In care of The Wilson Publishing GomParlY, 1-ImIted, 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 stamped and addressed envelope be enclosed with the question, when the answer will be mailed direct. Question -V. B.: -Will you please give me a advice about hog pasture? I had a hog lot which 1 manured and intend to summer fallow. It was clover last year. I have a grass - pasture for the hogs now. What is the best to sow on this lot? Can I sow grass seed and have a grass pasture next year, and what kind? Answer: -I would advise you to plow the lot in question, and carefully disk and harrow it. Then sow a mix- ture of grass seed somewhat as fol- lows: 10 lbs. common red clover 8 lbs. timothy 2 lbs. alsike Total 20 lbs. per acre. This should be distributed evenly and harrowed in thoroughly. If the ground is rather open in texture, I would advise you to roll it and then follow with a light harrowing. In order to insure a good catch of grass, would recommend that you add 200 pounds per acre of a fertilizer carry- ing 2 to 3% ammonia, 8 to 10% phos- phoric acid and possibly 1% potash. Distribute this evenly just after the ground is plowed, so that the disking and harrowing will work it into the soil before the grass seed is sown: Question -E. B. :-How should orchard grass be sown and how cul- tivated? I have twice sown orchard grass with barley without success. What caused the failure? When is the best time to orchard grass, in September, or October or the Spring? How much should be sown to the acre? Answer: -If the orchard grass seed is of first quality, from 18 to 20 pounds per acre is sufficient. Other- wise, increase the quantity up to 30 pounds per acre. Probably your difficulty in seeding orchard grass with barley is that you have used too much barley and smothered out the grass. Do not use over a bushel of barley per acre when growing this crop as a nurse crop. Furthermore, orchard grass ie rather slow becoming established. The first year it looks very weak. The second year root stalk have developed and a vigorous stand is present. It does not reach maximum growth until the third year. 'The best time to seed orchard grass in Ontario is in the Spring at the time the usual clover and grass mixtures are sown. Question -A. W. B.: -I am very much troubled with chess or cheat in my crops. Will you kindly let me know the cause and how to get rid of it? Answer: -Chess or cheat is one of the brome-grasses which seeds about the time the wheat ripens. The seeds are usually scattered by the cutting of the wheat. In preparing seen wheat it is difficult to separate them from the good wheat. by fanning. Hence, they are spread from year to year at the time the wheat is sown. It is a comparatively easy matter to get rid of the peat by planting your crops in a rotation where wheat does not follow wheat for two or three years. Clean cultivation and plant- ing of good clean seed will' quickly rid you of the pest. Question -R. S.: -What is the best time to make a meadow, in the Fall or in the Spring? How much seed is re- quired for an acre? Answer: -As a rule, in Ontario best meadows are established in spring. Fall plow the land and leave it in rough furrow until spring. As soon as it is dry enough to work in spring, disk and harrow it to a smooth seed- bed, then sow a grass and clover mix- . . tura, using either wheat, barley or oats as a noise crop. Best results are obtained from using wheat or bar- ley as nurse crops, -since these grains ripen early and are soon removed from the ground. Do not seed the nurse crop too heavily. A bushel and a peck is usually sufficient to the acre when using as a nurse crop. For a grass mixture the following is com- mon in Ontario: 10 lbs. common red clover 4 lbs. alsike 6 lbs. timothy 20 lbs. per acre, Make sure of the quality of the seed by testing a, couple of hundred seeds between blotters. Dampen the blotters and place them on a plate, putting the quantity of seed you are testing between them. Keep the blotters damp but not soaked, and if testing during the- winter keep the test in a warm part of,the house. In a week or sten daysthe seed will have sprouted and you can estimate the percent. of good vigorous seed. This insures the using of seed that will grow. It does not matter how well you prepare your ground, if you do not sow good vigorous seed results will not be most satisfactory. In order to insure a good catch I would advise drilling in at seeding time about 200 pounds of fertilizer analyzing 1 to 2% ammonia and 10 to 12% available phosphoric acid at the time that you •are sowing the grain and grass in spring. This avail- able plantfood gives to the -grass and clover what whole milk gives to the young growing calf. It is rich in available plantfood which will great- ly assist in insuring a good catch of both clover and timothy. It will also help the grain rrop. POWN Market Calendar. The culling of non -layers from the flock should be continued throughout JO. The season of high production is over and at the high price of feed, it does not pay to keep hens as board- ers throughout the summer. Sell in July old hens, broilers, green ducks and old ducks. Secrets in Securing Layers. An egg -laying strain can not be produced by inbreeding. In order for a hen to be a good producer, she must be in good health and full of vigor. Use a male that was bred from a hen - that laid 200 eggs or more in a -year. Breed for high averages instead of ex- ceptionally high individuals, A good layer usually stands high in front and her back is not on a level, or the rear ProlocaourStock Increase your profits, comply with the sanitary demands of health authorities, milk com- panies, etc., and at a saving of time, money and labor ! Make your stables, dairies, poultry houses and cellars, bright, ckeerful and free from lice, mites and the germs of in- fectious disease Insteml of us- ing whitewash and then a distil. rectal* use NR.01.1 WAD ItRad‘rWdk.dt,ind It disinfects and paints at the sante time. It is' a finely powdered mineral pigmeet combined with a gernit- tide 20 times strolor than pure midwife acid, hptabsolutely non- poloonous, Will no harm man, boast or fowl. adth cold wa 42-110 waiting, Needy to mil as soon as mixed Meehan or bat ter nt with white- wash, can be applied with either brush or sprayer, Aries a clear white, Will not blister, flake or peel oft, No disaerseable oder. Sold by beaten everywhere, no'venArm SONS Bt 00., Md. Toronto Canada ,:annntrICA. 1‘,,, iv, • a higher than the front. The best pro- ducers usually have large combs, a high tail, and a prominent, large bright eye. Prefer the wedge shape, rather narrow in front but wide be- hind, and wide between the legs. A hen inclined to be squirrel -tailed is the best layer. Not always the largest hen is the best layer; generally the smallest one. The heavy laying hens are those with white legs. A tight -feathered bird is a better layer than a loose-reathered one, As a rule, the* first pullets of a brood to begin laying make the -best layers, and the first cockerels to crow Usually make the best breeders for egg production. The laying hen is usually nervous and active; she has a strong appetite, evidenced by a full crop at night; she is the last to retire at night and the first to be about in the morning; she is also late to molt in the fall; she is distinguished by width and depth of abdomen; the comb is usually large and the eye bright. An authority says that an examina- tion of the earlobe is considered to be &meet infallible. A chalky white ear- lobe indicates that a bird is laying heavily, whereas a cream -colored one shows that the bird is laying moder- ately, has just started or has just stopped. A milk-celored earlobe shows that the hen has laid slightly or has stopped laying. A very yellow or clerk earlobe indicates that the hen has not laid at elle A extremely white earlobe also may mean very low vitality. The more velvety the tex- ture of the hen's comb the better her health, and it is almost a certain sign that she is laying heavily. To Hold a Cookbook Open. The most satisfactory thing with which to keep cookboolc open when, in use It a sheet of glass bound with paseemartout binding tied kept for tido purpose, Thor book is opened wide, and the glesis laid over the opened pages net only keeps your placo'but prevents the pages from be- coming soiled while in 1180. In 10, 20 and 102 -Ib, sacks 2 and 541, cartons A book of preserving labels FREE if you send us a red ball trade -mark cut from a Lando Sugar bag or carton. Atlantic SugarReGneries Limited Power 1361g„ MONTREAL 136 oPure and Uncolorod" the _pure cane sugar with "FINE" granulation that dissolves instantly, giving a clear bright syrup. WELLS AND THEIR CONSTRUCTION Special -Care Should be Exercised to Ensure a Pure and Abundant Supply of Water For Home Use. Apart from municipal water works, pump or other elevating means at the top. Around this well, a concrete platform should be laid of at least eight feet diameter, sloping away from the well, to prevent surplus wa- ter, or water from melting snow, working down alongside the pipe. The shallow, or dug, well is much more common. This type is usually the most carelessly constructed and the source of much danger to health. Such a well, hoWever, may be con- structed in a manner as to be safe, in - so far as the collecting 'and containing of the water supply is concerned. It must be understood that no well can possibly be satisfactory if the source of the water supply is pollute& =Stegtemeiesse"'"" The illustration herewith shows a For the upper nine feet the well is well which is as safe as possible. watertight, the sloping platform diverts the surplus water from the car- ried above the level and provided with well, and the top of the wall is an absolutely tight cover. The pump has been placed on the concrete platform, on the ground .0) 7\ level, the pipe is embedded in the con - well where the water is coldest. There is considerable advantage in not hav- ourcrete and carried to the bottom of the water supply is secured almost entirely from, wells. Especially is this true on the farms and in the smaller villages. It is of primary importance that the well be properly constructed, that it be situated far from any source of possible pollution, and that the water be of satisfaetory quality. The safest form of well is the deep, or bore,d, well, carried down through ing the pump at the top of the well. Surplus water is continually spilled, and, as more or less mud, barnyard manure, etc., is carried on the boots of those using the well, this water be- comes polluted and seeps through the cover. In many 'summer resorts, defective wells are the cause of much sickness, and many cases of typhoid among urban residents have been traced to earth and rock beyond any danger of this source. Too much care cannot surface water and tightly and secure- be exercised in seeing that drinking ly lined with piping. The piping is water -one of the essentials of life - carried up to a tight -joint with a is thoroughly protected. . • I, 4 The Children's Food 11 ' 0 amilucted PIM ,:ffeee,m ..thar chief reliance in a diet. • At Up te six years of age milk is the Mothers and daughters of all ages are cordially Invited to write to this department. InItials only will be published with eaoh queetion and Its answer as a means of Identification, but full name and address must be elven In each letter. Write on one side of paper only. Answers will be Mailed direct If stamped and addressed envelope Is enelosed. W o o Ad b clidn re sAsvael.,1 T000rrroenstpoo.ndence for this.department to Mrs, Helen Law, 235 Mrs, E, C.;-1, To preserve straw- berries in the sunshine, place in a preserving kettle in layers, as many pounds of sugar as of sound ripe ber- ries, which have been hulled and washed, and when the juice is drawn out a little set it over the fire to cook; let cook twenty minutes after boiling begins. Turn the berries into earth- en or agate plates, cover each with a pane of glass to fit tightly over the top and place in the sun. Let stand two days, stirring two or three times each day. At the end of this time place in sterilized jars, seal and store them without reheating. 2. To give the hair a dry shampoo take one cup- ful of cornmeal, warm it in the -oven, add one-quarter cupful salt to it, mix well, then holding the head over a cloth or newspaper rub the meal into the scalp. Brush thoroughly. Peggy: -1. Red Cross Societies are an outgrowth of the convention of Geneva, Switzerland, held in 1864. -2. Yes, the South Pole was discovered by Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian ex- plorer, Who reached it on December 16, 1911. Robert Falcon Scott, the English naval officer and explorer, reached the South Pole on January 18, 1912, only to find the Norwegian flag and records left by Amundsen. Scott perished on the return trip. Mrs. S. T.:-1. Aphids or plant lice and black fly are the insects injuring your currants and gooseberries. They usually attack the new leaves and tips. Frequent spraying with some of the tobacco preparations or whale oil soap has a good effect. If the fruit is not more than half formed put in the soap or tobacco solution one tablespoonful of arsenate of lead paste or one-half tablespoonful of arsenate of lead pow- der or one teaspoonful of paris green to a gallon of the spray. If the fruit is well formed this is too poisonous to use and as a substitute you can use hellebore, one ounce to a gallon of water. Hellebore is a mild poison and must be bought fresh each; time, as, it loses its virtue on opening. In all these mix the poison in a very lit- tle water, smooth, before blending with the other solution. 2. Your garden is afflicted with cutworms. These usually work at night and are among the most malicious of insect pests. One way to help is to make a ring around each plant in the effect- ed area of quicklime. Another is to use a poison mash. This is made with one pint bran, one-half teaspoonful or semi-srcred character (Gen. 18. 1;, Paris green and one teaspoonful mo - 44r4 21. 33;ludg. 6. 11); in some cases be-! lasses with enough water to moisten cause the flourishing state of the tree. to a thick dough. Put a little of this l was regarded as the sign of the tire- along the rows, and the cutworms will eat it and die. In the fall dig in a sence of some local deity (Cambridge i 5. Syria . . Israel -The Chron- Bible). good lot of quicklime in the affected icier seems to picture the 'invasion of ground, after the garden crops are all Judah as two distinct expeditions. It in. Care should be taken to keep was one united campaign (2 Kings 16. children and domestic animals from 5; Isa. 7. 1ff.). The losses given- haroethe poison bait. are much greater than those suggest- Mother: -1. To protect the child ed in the other two passages. from flies and mosquitoes, make a 20-21. Tilgath-Pilneser-A corru - tion of Tilgath-pilneser; the fourth king of Assyria bearing this name ruled from B. C 745 to 727. The Chronicler knew history of his people have reigned fisixteen years, that is, sufficiently to recognize the fact that until about 720; but the chronology of the appeal to Assyria (verse 16) prey - the period is uncertain. Baalim-- ed disastrous in the end. The native Canaanite deities. Val- 22-25. Distress -Seemed to be evi- ley , . . Hihnom-For a full descrip- deuce that Jehovah could not or would tion see George A. Smith, Jerusalem, not help; hence he determined to try I. 173 pp. ff. It was located to the gods. Gods of Damascus -1 -.The state- One summer morning a fairy awoke south and southwest of Jerusalem. mint here is an inference from 2 su late that the dew was all gone In the days of Jeremiah human sacri- Kings 16. 10-12. Verses 24, 25 furnish from the flowers and he had to run fice was offered there (Jer. 7. 31). the Chronicler's interpretation of 2 down to the brook to get his before - Burned -As sacrifice, probably to Rings 16. 17, 18. "He saves the breakfast drink. And after he had Jehovah. Human sacrifice was not sanctity of the temple by having unknown in early *Israel (Jag. 11. Ahaz's idplatriee outside of its pre- had his drink he discovered that he 30ff.); but efforts were made to re- cincts, as though he had abandoned was too late for honey, too; he could move it from Jehovah worship (this is altogether the worship of Jehovah. In not find a speck of honey, not even the purpose of Gen. 22), and for sev- reality Ahaz introduced innovations one taste. You see, the fairies usual- eral centuries it seems to have been a in the temple worship, which he seems ly get up so early that they can eat rare occurrence, until Ahaz, influenced to have assiduously cultivated. There all the honey they want long before by the practices of other nations, be- is no reason, then, to think that ththe bees start from their Oyes. Fan to encourage it. During the clos- temple was closed during his reign" bming the ing years of the history of Judah it (Curtis). But on this particular m Was more common (2 Kings 17.17; 21. 26, 27. The close of Ahaz's reign. lazy little fairy had slept so late that 6; 23. 10; Mic, 6. 7; Jer. 7. 31; 19. 5; Book of the kings -not the canonical the bees had been round and eaten all Ezek. 16, 20. 21). Under every green book of Kings, but perhaps a work the honey, -every scrap, -and that tree -The Hebrew word here used for bossed upon it. Sepulehers of the made the fairy so cross that he did "green" means rather "flourishing," kings -According to the Chronicler the reference being not so much to Ahaz was dishonored by being exclud- not even remember that he might stir color RS to condition and size. Large ed front the royal tombs (compare 2 round and hunt for something else to fine trees . . acquired a sacred Kings 16. 20). eat. He sat down at the foot of a tree, intending to sulk all day long; but be- fore he had more than started sulking a robin came by. "Good morning, Friend Fairy!" said the robin cheerfully. "Isn't this a fine day?" INTERNATIONAL LESSON JULY 8. Lesson II. Ahaz,. The Faithless King -2 Chron. 28. Golden Text -Heb. 11. 6. Verses 1-4. Ahaz-Came to the throne about B. C. 735; he is said to framework of. slender strips of wood the size of the bed, and tie the four supporting uprights to the bedposts, over this frame a twoeyard-wide pibce of cotton mosquito netting is thrown and the edges tucked in under the mattress. Let there be plenty of fresh air in the room; it spells health. 2, The rubber diaper is decidedly harmful te baby. It acts like a heat- ing compress, keeping the genitals in a constant state of moist heat which encourages itching, with its con- sequent scratching and rubbing, One of its most serious after effects ie bad practices. The mother or caretaker seeking protection may carry about a rubber pad to place on their laps under the child, but under no circum- stances bind up the child with rubber cloth. 3. A child's bed should not be too soft. A hair mattress or some firm sanitary cotton mattress is best. This should be covered with a protec- tive strip of stork sheeting and the pad, over which should be spread a cotton sheet. The covering on the bed should be as light as is consistent with needed warmth. Overheating is highly injurious. A baby should have a bed to himself. 4. The best method of removing superfluous hair is to destroy each individual hair with a lit- tle electric needle. This method is called electrolysis. 6. Vitamines are the vital elements in cereal grains, milk, eggs and vegetable products. They lie very close to the outer cover- ing in grains, cereals and many vege- tables; are easily destroyed by high temperature in cooking. 0 W G.:-1. To remove white spots from a polished surface rub with a soft cloth wet in essence of pepper- mint until spot disappears; then polish with flannel. This will not injure the most highly polished wood. 2. For a holder to remove boiling pots from the stove or in draining vegetables, use an ordinary canton flannel mitt with palm and thumb padded with cot- ton and a loop of tape sewed to the wrist for a hanger. The protection it gives the back of the hand is ob- vious. 3. I am told that a paste of molasses and flour will remove grass stains from colored fabrics without ef- fecting the color. To remove grass stains from white flannel trousers, dis- solve one cupful washing soda in two cupfuls water, heat the solution, make a suds of naphtha soap, immerse the stain and rub gently. Ammonia and - water or alcohol are also good if the stains are fresh. 4. A faded black silk dress may be cleaned by the use of a weak solution of coffee water. Restore the lustre by careful rubbing with a soft silk handkerchief and do not wet the silk too much. 5. By all means write to your hostess within two or three days after your return home. Just write an easy chatty letter about things in general. Be sure to tell your hostess how much you enjoyed visiting her. 11,IcOifriih Storks "I Wish I Were." Flatulent colic may be caused by change in food, too much succulent and easily fermented food, as green clover, etc. It is indicated by uneasi- ness, stamping, pawing, rolling, etc., with continuous pain of varying in- tensity. Sleeting soon occers, more When he is old enough to set up itt noticeable on the right side. business for himself Ise should be Drench with 2 to 3 oz. oil of turpen- taught the hone alphabet -the halter, line in a pint of raw linseed oil, and if bit, harnese, the words that mean necessary repeat in 2 hours. Give "conte," "go on," "stop," "back" and rectal injections of warm soapy water. th' feeling of pleasure ender the If pan be excessive give drench of owner's hand, These should all be 1V? oz. each of laudanum, sweet familiar from colthood ur Horse spirits of nitre and tincture of belle- whose education is begun early Will al - donna in a pint of water. Repentsie 2 ways develop a good character, They hours if necessary. will never be balky, scary, nor will Make the horse understand what they bo bitere, kickers or have a tend - you want him to do. Kind wards and ency to run away, caressing touches, will improve both". Some horses will become frightened his mind and his temper. You will and will kick when given a dry-att.:1w never fail in this way unless you de- beddieg, This probably means that lay the beginning ton long, tit ono time he Wan 111.11t with n pitcn- When he is afraid of harness, pa- fork. Ile isn't wicked but nervoilt. peri or machines it j( not affectation Tcanh him that than is no danger, -it is serious business with him. Flogging will not remove it. Con- vince him by talking that he is wrong and then you will cure him, Whipping is likely to send his hot blood from his heart to his head, de- luging his sensitive brain and driving him to a frenzy, or blinding him with fear. "No, itte a very bad day," said the fairy crossly, "and I wish I were an apple!" "What a funny wish for a fairy to make," said the robin, laughing, "If you change into an apple, I'll eat a hole in you." "'Mien I won't be an apple," replied the fairy crossly, "for 2 don't want a hole eaten in mol I'll be something 0180," The robin laughed and flew away JUSt as a big toad hopped out from behind it tree, "Good morning, Friend Fairy!" he croaked. "Isn't this a fine day'?" "No, it len't," said the fairy ceosely; and I wish I won a spider!" "What a funny wishl" croaked the toad, "Don't you know that spiders have to work very hard and ;min a web before they can cenwl on it through the air?' , But 1 hope yon do change into a spider; I'm looking for spiders this very minute, and if you become one I'll gobble you up!" "Then I won't be a spider," said the fairy, "for I certainly don't care to be gobbled up. I'll be something else." The toad laughed and hopped away, and the fairy was left alone to sulk. "I don't know what I want to be," he eighed fretfully. "This is such a horrid world -no dew, no honey, no nice wishes! I think I'll be a star." "A star?" exclaimed a soft little voice by his side. "Would you be a star and leave this beautiful world - all the flowers and birds -to live up in the bare sky?" The fairy turned and looked. There, near by, was a tiny ant tugging away at a big grain of sand. "Do you think this is such a fine world?" asked the fairy. "I should think you would hate it. You have to work all the time." "To be sure I do," replied the ant proudly. "That's the reason I like to live, Working is the jolliest and most interesting thing in this whole big world -didn't you know that? It's true." And the sturdy little ant picked up his burden and started away. Left by himself, the sulking fairy began to feel very foolish and very sorry'. He remembered the flower bud he ought to have opened bang ago; and he thought of the sunbeams he Should have helped, "What I should be wishing for," he whispered to himself, "ie work, And then 2 should hunt round and answer My own wish." Slyly lus, envied round the tree ,te open a buttercup bud he was Mire he I:41d, even there. And as the floweridoqd, opened, Wb4t cl(? yoii mmtse that sur- prised fairy &null .A, Top of fresh, sweet honey all ready for him to eatl As he sipped the honey and planned what to do next, a cardinal bird hop- ped by, "Good c4ert Good cheer, Friend Pairyl" called the cerdinal, "Isn't this a fine clew? And the happy little fairy called back, "A lite day for working, indeed it lel" that ago the diet becomes more gen- eral, but it should be simple. Chil- dren should not be given tee much meat. Orme a day is certainly often enough to give meat, Materials for growth and repair should come chiefly from milk, eggs, cottage cheese, bread, butter, cereals and such vegetables as peae, beans and lentils. Soy beans are mere valuable to the growing child than other legumes. Peaand beans are deficient in the protein that con- tribute to growth. The energy food necessary to the child is furnished by milk, cream, but- te; cereals, bread, .potatoes, sugar and fresh vegetables. Fruit and green vegetables are necessary to maintain a healthy condition of the blood and normal bowel functions. Vegetables, like turnips, spinach, cabbage, containing plenty of fibrous or cellulose matter, offer the bulk es- sential to normal digestive action. A mixed diet, comprised of the foods above mentioned, contains tis- sue -building elements, the protein or energy foods (sugars, fats and starch- es), the minerals (lime, phosphorus and iron) and certain other substances termed vitamines, the absence of which may cause serious disease. Lipoids, also nesessary to growth, are fourlil10 lautter,,but not in lard, cot- tonseed or MieleMieeeiltbellgh these fats furnish energy. In cereals, whole cereals and whole wheat are best. Heed, crusty food should be given each day in order to develop the jaws and teeth. The child who does not develop its teeth and gums on resist - ng foods will probably develop a con- dition of weakness. Never give pickled foods or highly spiced foods to children, Candy and sweets may be taken occasionally, yet they are likely to cause harm when there is no food in the stomach. Sugar in concentrate:. form, candy, for example, is liable to prove irritat- ing, so it is better to permit it to be taken at the end of a meal. Sugar is high in fuel value. For that reason, when taken between meals, it lessens the desire for a normal quantity of oth- er much needed foods. If given a chance, a child will readily eat en- ough candy to supply nearly one-half the energy required for the whole day, and thus unduly narrow and restrict the diet. Clothing which is easiest to make, easiest to launder, easiest to put on and take off, and which interferes least with free movements, is best for the child. The healthy child spends much of his time out of doors. Thus he should have wraps which keep him warm and dry, but do not interfere with his most active games. Don't be afraid to' take your child to a dentist. His teeth should be ex- amined twice a year. Crooked teeth should be straightened. They place an undue strain on the teeth and are lia- ble to cause breakage and decay. De- cayed teeth should be filled and rec- ommended treatment should be under- taken promptly. But remember that it is possible to fill a child's mouth with dental bridges and other artifices, thus concealing hidden points of in- fection which may ruin the health of the child in later years. Never give alcohol to a child. Almost all patent medicines contain alcohol in considerable quantities. Soothing syrups and patent medicines, often recommended for sleeplessness and restlessness, most always harm the youngsters. Poultry Disease Investigator. It will be of interest to poultry - keepers throughout Canada to know that there is now an expert who de- votes all his time investigating the diseases of poultry. Dr. A. B. Wickware, Assistant Pathologist to the Health of Animals Branch has been assigned to that work by Dr. Torrance, Veterinary Director Gen- eral. Dr, Wickware is by no means a novice in poultry diseases. For sev- eral years, under Dr. Higgins, Domin- ion Pathologist, he has devoted some of his time to the diseases affecting poultry and has given special atten- tion to Black Head, Realizing the importance of investigations in poul- try diseases, Mr. J. H. Grisdale, Direc- tor of Experimental Farms and Dr. Torrance arranged for Dr, Wickware to take up this question exclusively. He is therefore now co-operating with the Poultry Division, Central Experi- mental Farm, where, since last fall, he has been conducting experiments along this much needed and very im- portant line of work. The annual losses that occur from poultry diseases and parasites ere tremendous, No person knows what the amount is but it is well into the ' Millions of dollars each year. Dr. Wickware's work will no doubt, do ammetbing to eliminate part of this, but the elf.-dberation of all poultrymen Who have any disease in their flock will bo appreciated. ' As usual, communications to the Experimental Farm re diseases of poultry will be welcomed and with Dr. Wieltware now giving all his time to this matter, even more information will bo available, Specimens of sick birds should be sent when practicable end may he exproseed collect if ad- , dressed to Biological Laboratory, Ex.. perimental Farm, Ottawa.-Expori..- ' mental Farms Note.