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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1918-5-9, Page 3• By Agronomist ' This department.Is'for the use of our farm readers who want thetadvice of an expert oil any question regarding soil, seed, crops, etc. if your qi Is Of sufficienteneral Interest, it will be answered through this column' stamped and adetessod envelope Is enclosed with your letter, a complete answer will be moiled to you, Address Agronomist, care of Wilson Publishing Co•, Lid., 73 Adelaide St. W., Toronto. WIRE WORMS AND THEIR CONTROL. Wfrewoam's aro to bo recognized boeonie full grown they form li'ttle as en's of the worst peltas of corn, and cells In the soil hr which they Or trans- om)" • form to the mute reeling stag , carry their' de'struetiveness to wheatst, o owes, potatee's and many other crops. About a month later. they change into They are yellowish -brawn larvae have the beetles but stay in the ground u- ing herd polished skins, the bellestthe DA -owing owin spring, tal'eiider and cylindrical in shape, mea- Control Measures siring from three-quarters of eninch to an, inch in length. The most in- jurious f'oa.•m in Ontario prefers low, mucky or poorly drained stores, feed, i'n'g on the roots of grastses, grains and the like. Two or three years argil do clover land and Iso this erop is a required for .them; to reach maturity, good one "to use on infested sell, If Suscepttl>le crops like corn, pota- toes or root crops should not be plant- ed after plowing up grass sq., es- peeially if wireworms are known to be present. They do not 'thrive well which accounts many tines, for the damage done by this ,pest a year or two atter sod has been turned under. The adult- of the. wire -worm its a 'brevet -Ash beetle which, from its habit of snap- . piing its body up in the air, when turn- ed on its basic, is known as a "dick - beetle," "skipping -jack" or "snap- ._ .p g -beet) a." Where They Live Early in ;the spring these beetles . come out from the soil and soon lay their eggs in sod land or land thickly overgrown with grass. These eggs hatch into tiny wirewarms. It fre- quently happens that, during the fi1•st year, theyoung worms feed upon sod, that has been turned under, and do . not xlo their greatest harm to the cultivated crop until the second sea- son, They require about three years to turn into beetles. Towards midsummer of the yeas in which they wheat is going to fallow infested corn land it -will be best to have the land well tilled ars peon r s the corn is re- moved Plowing kills many Worms by destroying their food supply and preventing them from preparing suits abdeaqunrbers for the winter, Inasmuch as nasty of our worst cutworms live in poorly drained soil it will be well to have such land tiled. The use of commercial fertilizers lies a tendency to overcome wiaeworm injury. It will not kill the insect but will aid the plant in overcoming its work. It is sometimes advisable to drain land. and add (lime in order to make rat possible for the clover to es- bablish itself, and this has given rise to the impression that lime itself kilns wireworme- The action of the lime is simply to change the physical rllaracter of the sail which makes it unfavorable to these posts. can ?ren be butted, A.' .still !setter bresh le the ldnd whose bustles are a'lewly fed from a little task of kero- ee710 (eoal,oil) Very little dust Oen esoape'dde Weiner', A yueutlm 044401" is by olid lnetwus the mess 'thorough cleaner there le, M will be seen when ane is passed over at e'arfaee Which is e'welll c a.. supposed'to leave b en g Bane l 1 ready and yet pdelcs up a generous and dangerous quaanblty of ,dirt. The dusting of ached! furniture meet be done with a damp or nus oiled °lott11. Dry dumbing is merely a danc- ing party for ale dirt! Slates havo been done away with in most mensal, beoau•s'e d'octorw have shown us Trow harmful in the sharp, gritty dust which ca'untbies from hem, u when it is breathed into the lungs. The ordinary . plaster -of -Parts dhallc is also injurious and should bo re- placed bywhat 14 called the dustless crayon, It is not quite &rte ss but is an improvement upon chalk. Still better is It to substitute for a black- board a paper roll known as a muro- stroll One thousand feet of paper four feet wide revolves in a large, standing from upon rollers turned by knobs, • Play and gymnastics should take place out of doors whenever possible, for the feet stir up the dust which wo wish to have lie quietly until the afternoon cleaning gets rid of it, When it is necessary to have recess and exercise indoors, the windows should be wide open. If the sdhoolroom is gleaned every day and dusty implements are no longer used, not enough dint will be created during the daily session to do any herrn, provided the room is con- tinually fed by fresh air from a win- dow open alt the bobbom and drained of the old air by a window open at the top, or by •some good' patent ventilat- ing device. However, it must be kept in mind clearly that ventilation without clean- liness is not sufficient:A swell -ventil- ated but dirty country schoolhouse has been found to contain more dust per cubic foot than a oily living -room which is Olean. As the city, of course, is far more dusty than the country, this shows the value of brush and eloth and reminds us, as so many con- ditions remind us, that the natural ad- vantages offered by the country in the way of health must yet bo added to by eternal human care and precau- tions. MOTHER .WISDOM How Careless We Have Been With Our School Housekeeping! By Helen Johnson Keyes It is foolish to pay taxes to educate in through them. Ohildren must walk our children, if at the same time and in the same place we weaken them t 'o that make einem unhealthy and a o eY s they can not use to the fullest de- gree the eduoattien they receive. That is like trying- to fill a bucket which leaks. If we try to fill up our com- enulity with the most usefully educat- ed boys and girls, so that the next generation of fanners and farmers' wives will be the very best kind, and yet we leave a leaking hole in our ttobools, through which boys and girls slip out, because they are ill, shall we • ever succeed in getting our corn- mu/tides full to the very brim with Peng, efficient workers? The leak in our school bucket is bad school housekeeping. There is just one way to mend the hole—em- ploy people to keep our schoolhouses clean. 'It is leas expensive than the wa ote of pouring education into chil- dren who are never going_ to be strong and many of whom will die, unneces- sarily. Count up the number of hours your children spend in school. It amounts to about twelve hundred hours an- nually. Almost Half of their waking life for six or eight years—rind long- er than that if they continue beyond the elementary grades—are spent in whatever _atmosphere and conditions the sdhoar offers. Yet how careless we have been of school housekeeping! The farm woman whose house shines from attic to cellar and from kitchen to parlor has yet sent her children to schools which received only a yearly cleaning! - The injury to 'health is clue to dust breathed into the lungs. Dust is of two ldnds: organic dnst,.that which is thrown off by human beings and all animal life; and inorganle or mineral dust. Organic dust is the kind which car- ries germs; but we are finding out that disease is only occasionally con- veyed by the air, so that the part which this foam of dust plays in ill- aatiese is no longer considered to be very great, Itis inorganic, tllineral dust, when chis becomes sharp and gritty, which is our real danger. Dust of this kind is blown in at the windows and is brought in on the feet of the children and ground up into ern -all particles upon the floors. Then When it is stirred up and mixed with tits air it ms breathed in, and it cuts and scratches the breathing passages tend lungs, leaving upon them rdugll surfaces which are just what germs breed on; Colds, tuberculosis and many of the childr•eree diseases thus find an opportunity to develop. Black- jroards, chalks and slates also soother these tiny, blade -like particles all around the rooms. Windows must be open and dust dy to school and—until we are as polite as the Japanese and leave our shoes outside—bring in the dirt upon their feet. Blackboards and chant are al- most necessary for school west. So what shale we do about it? There is just one answer: We must employ some one to sweep the school- house every afternoon when school is dismissed and to dust it in the morn- ings before the pupils arrive. The teacher is certainly net the person of whom this labor -should be expected. Almost every cemmunity is able to furnish a strong ghil or woman who will take pride in performing this health service faithfully and well for a suibable wage. Until this expanse can be arranged for as a part of the WANTED FEATHERe Highaet Prices Paid Prompt 1tetu`rne--No Commiasioa P. POUL'IN & CO. tionsoocuri Stf*Mcob atrial era's What ]ie.Met,arnon Rlra^Atte 1•,0, ya about (i 11111'AL 1YEEAV it 11 !.M I tri• : �"„•1 11431.1 r1A.P1'fAL IIs rV1: 11:1 11)1' SMOroanaltome thctcoMheri 5e1,.rlr nn A batt% IAsttite to stews 1 esrtti her e•i1)t tthe 'p1tdem. 1 eaaprove thlxabout tt,r, ohs Ifs ao• il,aveharymt;.sltelinstiev,rxilnvla,1 Jleaves/ nea�ttt' 9 1± s 'T I:AM.a O ^,>'. ,x;K rd dt¢osuelr soontlenee iii this retried V at Lia send it iott weeee trill free, r„r tao ar}+nstlegldarid {{fivr;p_slim”. slut Vl{T,r,giiSARMSUPPLVItelitr, ....,,,,,,,..,.............,.....:05,,........../.'"l'rl'a°rrr.rt a, cam. Do 'They Still Use The Dangerous Roller Towel? TEACH BOY TO BE HANDY MAN i4•mit:WKR4..'1PtatMVKli:4fi1a.'9 The woman put down the magazine she had been reading and addressed herself to the family in general. "There," site cried, "it says exactly what I have been thinking for ages and ages and never had sufficient sense to write about," "What is that?" inquired her hus- band sleepily. "It says that boys should be pre- pared for matrimony exactly as girls should," replied the woman. "It says that they ishould have a course of training in putting up pictures, in doing simple repairs to the plumbing, in ta'lcinng care of the furnace, he hanging curtains, making shelves and doing other carpentering work, just as gulls should be taught how to cools and keep house." At this her husbandlooked self -eon - scions astd he resumed leis readdng with an ostentatious air of absorption's, so that his better half was fain to continue her remarks to the more receptive sister who sat by. "Especially when one lives in the country should a husband have had some manual training," she went an. "Por instance, lash week we found it impossible to turn off one of the taps that fins the bathtub. A full stream of water ran from it all deny. I tele- phoned Walter of the tragedy and he replied that I was net to bother for he would fix it as soon as he caro home. "When he reached home 1ihat even- ing he found 'that he could not do any more 'bo check the water than I had done, and so he sent a plumber out from town the next morning. "Tho plumber examined the leak, said that the washer on the tap had worn out, and that If I would give hint a washer he would repair it at once. But I had no washer— whalt'is a wash - 1 er, anyway? And so he had to go back into town to get ane. He return- ed two hours later, put on the washer, stopped the leak and sent we a bull for $7." "But it was es peeuliar sort of wash- er," interrupted leer husband apolo- geacaily. "If it had been just a plain washer I Gould have done it," His wife disregarded this explana- tions "Then- the laundry tubs be- came stopped rap," she went on, "and school tax, all the parents ,represented in the saved should share et among themselves. Not all sweeping and dusting get rid of the dirt, The old-fatshioned kind performed with a straw broom upon a dry aurfaoe, anrd a feather duster, merely sets it flying to alight in new places-. Sweeping should be done with a bristle brush and the floors covered wubh wet sawdust, wet paper torn into bits, ,tea leaves, or other damp su'bsbanoe to whieh the dislodged dirt will eling and which CUT OUT AND FOLD ON corrco ,ems 0 it± 1ti 'eSScs , ootfi nonp vts .gays Will,'ea do thio attic tack she magic or my stink, The dab globe melts to ihrrtnn; i nit, A11d-,ybtfl j„fii1J Icsd..Y. 91Cr. iegg., (W� / cirri .r4' WV ,Kris// ri X rr; E i!)'0 /MOWN E�IQi�kl trj ees /iriiai// ,1" iy ori4,04 t i ammo masa imam Immo if WI meal Su p TORONTO , ir!////// /l%/f//lel' ' /fiS' •. 'off /weir 0/P//wy!l%////l///l//////////.C//l/l///lo////• / ada's reatest S. ' t the r � •i i oe ji • •ouse of e CIONSIDER the amount of time and the infinite care you take when buying footwear to suit your own taste in regard to style, size, etc. Multiply your own individual needs by millions and you will get an idea of the immense task which confronts the makers of Canada's footwear, and the size of the organization it is necessary to maintain for that purpose. The Buying of a single pair of shoes is an event that occupies a person but a few moments two or three times a year—but to meet the accumulated demand of a nation's individuals, it requires the whole resources of a gigantic industry. Acnes Holden McCready are truly "Shoemakers to the Nation." It is a title justified by their size and the importance of their. business. It may be a revelation to many Canadians to know that to supply them with proper footwear, this firm maintains huge factories each with many acres of floor space, and hun- dreds of intricate, almost human, ma- chines—facilities and equipment sum - elect to turn out 8,000 pairs of shoes every working day. It requires a small army of work - people, clerks and warehousemen, in addition to executives, buyers and travellers. It requires much stud and thought Y to plan styles -and models of Men's, Women's and Children's shoes in their, •various grades and styles. in order to secure the best results in the production of various kinds and grades, it is also necessary to specialize. Sr. JOHN - For example 1 Ames Holden McCready factories are separated into three distinct factory units, each a complete factory in itself. • One unit of our factories is devoted entirely to the manufacture of high grade footwear for Women and Chil- dren. Consider the great variety of styles In women's footwear, Including high -top boots, oxfords and pumps. Consider the many different patterns and lasts, the varieties and shades of leather and finish—then you will see what a great number of models are required to meet the widely different needs of Canadian women In the cities and towns and also in the country districts. , Another factory unit is devoted to making only the better grades and styles of Men's Shoes—shoes for pro- fessional men, lawyers, doctors, and all btisjness men, whose occupations ereathers such Pr' the use of fine 1 as calf and kid. The third unit specializes in stun: deer types of shoes for heavy wear and rough usage. Shoes for farmers, lumbermen, miners, trainmen, and workpeople who require a heavier and more solidly -constructed boot. When you see the A. AY. M. trade mark on a shoe, you know that not only is that mark an endorsement by the largest shoe concern In Canada, but that being the product of a highly organized industry the shoe you are buying represents the utmost in value, style and wearing qualities .which can be obtained at the price. In addition to the work of mantilla. ture—the requirements of distribution are also tremendous. A manufacturer must not only make his goods econo- mically and well—but he must deliver them—DISTRIBUTE them. There- fore, In addition Lo.a force of 6o travel- lers constantly, visiting the retail trade from coast to coast, Ames Holden McCready maintain, In the centres of population throughout Canada, im- mense stocks of beets and shoes ready for immediate shipment to the retailers in each section. ' These warehouses are located in) the following cities: se. John Toronto Montreal winninen Edmonton Vancouver Years of experience has taught uat the kind and styles of boots which are required In each locality. No matter In what part of Canada you reside` no matter what particular kind of shoe you require, your retail dealer can procure it for you without loss of time. And that !stile reason why you will find, even In the outlying districts, that dealers selling Ames Holden McCready goods are up-to-date with stocks that are fresh and new, and which reflect the latest shapes and ;styles. A°. ES HOL vIONTiEAL EN MeCRE "Shoemakers to th•ezNatiori" TORONTO WINNIPEG EDMONTON When you buy Shoes look for— MINIMAL FACTORY LlMrnw VANCOUVER f. tIM1yCn �k�blllila" "',:, fiFlFik'3� •• I'., a��arl�Iarti�li�l��t�c��tj�►r� t3k�� �� 2B �Illllipiilliii9lsllillllll6li(e��eIIIl����lli6all�flBleO�illllll�l111lsililllllflillllilllll�IIIIII_IIII_Il�ll(ISIIIillill9ilal11a9iliEllsO�llili9lla191alIIIIfIIIIlidlnZil�lllAEil�llllllllAiillYlsli9111 though I worked at them with a hat- pin and the poker, I could not open them. The plumber had to come out from town again. He brought with him a long stick with -a rubber cup on the end of it, placed this cup over the vent in the tub, pressed, and le, old was well. The bill for this piece of work was $3.60. "I wanted a tsimple shelf put up in the bathroom and the carpenter who put it up charged $2.60 for that job. Sometimes I wish that I Mud married es carpenter or a plumber. It must be lovely to have a man who can use tools constantly in the house." And as for the womants husband, he put euside .hie book impatiently and arose. "Weld, get me the nails and the bawds and a hammer and I'1! make that window -box for you that you've been pining for," said he, »S Looking for a Farm? When youaro eelecting a farm than you expect to make a permanent horne, try to get in as many of the following requirements as posaiblet A sibuatien for house and barn high enough to give good drainage and a sightly view. A running brook for weltering stock, and for an ice dam. Good soft' drinking water and plenty of it. A woodiot and orchard. A large well-plaluned house and barn. A retired siltuablon, but with good neigh - bore; not too far from ohurcir, school or rnllway station. If you can find ono with all or most of these condi- tions, buy it quickly and settle dawn for life, Harry the early Potato. For many years I have foultd very profitable to grow Irish pebatoes for 'the early market. So I recom- mend planting all that can be given just the case ana fertilizing they need, Employ good, rich, well -drab -rod loamy soil, planet early, *hoods the best ett'rly varieties, spread the need a week or two in the suin- shino before planting, anti give clean cultivation. Begin digging as soon as the !tubers are 1letnieg maturity, and close out the crop as early as pos- sible, Secret, Worth Knowing, The secret of emery fudge is the addition of a small teaspoon n.0 eerie starch diluted in tt little of the milk when added to the sugar. GOOD HEALTH QUESTION BOX By Andrew F. Currier, M.D. Dr. Currier will answer all signed letters pertaining to Health. It your question is of general interest it will be answered through these columns; if not, it will be answered personally if stamped, addressed envelope is en- closed. Dr. Currier will not prescribe ,or individual cases or make diagnosis. Address Dr, Andrew F. Currier, care o° Wilson Publishing Co., 78 Adelaide et. West, Toronto. The Treatment of Asthma. 'Me mole common form of this disease is bronchial arfthma,, whish shuts up the bronchial tubes tend prevents air from moving in and out sir it normally does. There may be a spasm of the tubes, or the lining nuoous mem- brane may be so awoil'en as to fill up the cavity of the tube. Meters, po'tterar grinders, rand nrlrilers suffer from chis disease, their tubes beeoaninvg choked with dust while at 'their 'work. Those who have 'troubles with their nose, enlarged tonsils, and cer- tain forms of 'heart and kidney dis- ease, may also be asthmatic; and chil- dren have it in the form of spasm of the larynx, when a gland in the neck called 'the "thymus gland" is dis- eased. In hay -fever the mucous mem- brane of the nose its often so aweldsen that no cin• will pass through, and this swollen condition may expend down gine throat and into the lungs, eaueing alinotst a cent -meal esthhnnaltic spasm Asthma is usually NV11150 ae the eery level and in a nieoitt istene sphere, A coming storm alt the sea level, or unusual humidity, will bring on an atlas els So, also, will ally unmieual expert - entre acbhrg theater, the neevaue eels" teen, es oh as angler, grief, bad new.st, worry, or fatl'gue, WW1 miners and those who inhale dirt and dust, the smaller bronchial (tibia may become filled up and use. lees, asthma being persistent and more and more tr-ouhlesoree. The objeet •nf trent:nee; will there - aro be fie remove this solid tentorial -from the tubes, reduce ate smelling of the moons neenibrnne, and ioosen the spawn . There are remedies which are in- tendedl to relax epeenn---diet e. aro mostly gases and vapors and they in elude compressed ail, oxygen, vapor of chloroform and ether, and the Pow- erful vapor of nitrite of aroyl. Cigarettes containing arsenic, bel- ladonna, - nerd +staaenonium, may also be smoked w'i!bh.,advantbage. -" Useful oleo, are preparations of opium, the bromides, and chloral, -though 'less,e are all dangerous. To relieve the swelling of the mucous membrane, plrysielens often' give quintile, sltayehn ia, anlnuony and lobelia and senna of the forms of eledtsddilty are aileo sometimes em- piayed. Serums and vaccines are coming morn mud mors into mise, as moans of treatment,, anti !thtere are those w+i10 Stank 'rh biy' have obtained good results from their utsto. We must not forget that the mental influence 'has much to do with the eiieet of sneaker -sal esubstbanoe's and I that a mrd eine which le skillfully ad- veribitsad, or is moon -mended by a 'friend, may have no Inbrin teie vahto, Mangle of residence is tete most via+lttable moans of hutment with which I am famiddiam, and •h1 meals the. change it is al'vlrayu well to ge the advice of soma one who is familiar with the influence of climates and !who hes no personae end to gain, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS M. b. ---Ant unable tear eleae MY An- gelis on ageenlnb of a'tifl'aese lel the tendons resulting from tt eub followed by blood peistoning. Hew ism I gid; rid of 'gee 1uoubde? Answer: ----Your trouble is ono which very often follows infected in- ,furies, Such troubitsts can sometimes be relieved by a course of massage with rnaoiptrlation' of 'the stiffened tissues. There'aa'e•var'tlous ferm,s of apparatus which are made for this purpose. A', It --Ts there ally (lire for hard. ening of the arteries, and what its the cause of this trouble? Answer:—If you will mei a stamp, attend self-addressed envelop, a cope of an article on this d'aseaee will be maieed you, which will give you a full account of the trouble. i' Saving Rapid -Fire Layers. There is a penalty for speeding up machinery of any kind beyond a cer- tain danger paint. This holds true with the egg machinery of hens. Id ono is so fortuna'ee E31 -.tett - hays spitelfi-1Iy`hetavy-laying strain ca teens, the feeding must be more carefully done than when rho birds are mon- greIs or scrubs of ordinary leying quality. There is a tendency among heavy layers, when overstimulated, to speed up their egg -producing organs to a degree that loosens the tension err tine tissues that control those organs The result may be eversion of the oviduct or expulsion of the "egg chute," so to speak. If the 'trouble is discovered before inflammation develops in the expell- ed paw.+t, it is often possible to save the life and usefulness of such heavy layers. A "treatment that is often successful con'silbs, fine'', in cleansing the pro- truding sac-like organ with Olean s warm water. 'I'het1 anoint the cleans ed surface with a little vaseline and replace the evident, being careful not to tear or rupture the tissue, 'Co prev; ent the oviduct from ing ekpolled again immediately, use a 'home made sling or support. Cut two holes in a sganre piece of cloth to receive t'hg re logo, tie the lob cdriser, togs• anti suspend the e en so s11Q tly touch her flet to he glkoL))lsd'' Keep her In tIke sling, o' 'l"on ,:hu heals, With 1r leer to clan pb reethi;tuie to slut, Afterward .% •Idgriittly off, non-sbimulatintg feed until the egg lea livening organs have become no,nnnais Heavy -hying hens fed too lnuelq fattotting feed and heaving insuffioions exercise are most likely to become aft. flieted with this trouble. In fraise of Pigeons. Although the lark in rapture May ting above the gime, The pigeon with a itiattage Does mere to lick the Ilene.