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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1924-11-27, Page 7A� Address communlcatioos to Agronomist, 73 Adelaide St, West, Toronto WINTER FEEDING AND I-IOUS CHANGING SEED GRAIN. ING FALL LITTERS. The fall' -farrowed litter must be housed, and fed under more or less artificial conditions in this climate during the winter, The rapidly de- veloping pigs demand mineral matter for the 'building of bone and muscle; meal and other feeds in a relatively concentrate form, and also some form of succulence to assist in the normal functioning of the digestive organs. There are many mineral feeds'avaid- ablea in both organic' and inorganic forms and these include charcoal, bone meal, tankage, woad ashes, bone black,' ground limestone,' earthy matter or. sods, etc, These may be fed in hop- pers, or if finely ground, may be added to the meal ration at the rate of a few pounds per hundred of meal ) Succulence may be aupplied to the hogs in. the form of roots, or potatoes. if roots are not available. The pota- toes give better .results when boiled and mixed with meal. The roots may be pulped and mixed with the meal ra- tion or fed whole, but for the younger pigs they should be pulped, 1 A meal ration composed of equal parts of .shorts, middlings and finely ground oats is suitable for pig's of 2% to 3 menthe of age when supplemented with about 3 per cent, of linseed oil meal and skim -milk. A well developed pig of that age will consume about 1' pound of this meal mixture and 6 pounds of milk per day. Tankage or, meat meal may be substituted for the milk at the rate of 0 to 8 per cent: of the meal ration but seldom gives as good results. For older pigs a meal mixture composed of ground oats, 3 parts; shorts, 1 part; middlings, 1' part; bran, t part ;'barley, 1 part; and linseed oilmeal 3 per cent. gives good results. A variety of meals .is usually better than a single meal. An equal quantity of roots may be added to the meal ,ration after the pigs are 3 to 4 months of .age, but carefully amid) overfeeding. In housing, the main features to keep in. mind are cleanliness, suitable' ventilation and the supplying of a rea-I. sonably•dry-sleeping berth. If this berth is situated in a shed or draughty) building it should be enclosed. Pigae will do betterin a shed than in al dark, damp, eoorly-ventilated corner of the stable even though the stable is coneiderately warmer, Cramped quarters are to be avoid 1 ed, as daily exercise is as desirable as proper feeding.. A common question asked by farm- ers is,"Does it pay to change seed?" The inference here is that where the same seed has been used on the same farm for a few years, it may deterior- ate in its ability ,to produce a profit- able crop. It is also a common belief that one operating a farm character- ized by 'relatively light' soilshould ob- tain his 'seed frequently; :from a crop. which is produced on soil of a heavier character and vice versa. Some authorities have stoned at the idea that a -change of seed is everrneces- eery, They argue that seed grown year after year in a district mzxst of necessity become acclimatized and better adapted to the eoil conditions of that district. It is safe to say that many farmers have followed this ad- vice to their financial loss. Investi- gation and, observation have revealed the fact that it is not possible to lay dowu any definite rule as to when seed should be changed. It is obvious that certain circumstances may arise to make: the champ. of seed appear imperative; even to the casual ob- server. For instance, a crop may be so badly damaged through lack of moisture or by some condition which has forced premature ripening, as to cause the resulting grain to be very light and poor. Under such circum- -stances it would, of course; be: folly to think of using this grain for seed. This, however, is an extreme case. The problem to determine is whether, under normal circumstances, one may expect a larger crop from the use of seed grown elsewhere than on the farm on which it is intended to be used. Without going into detail, one may safely follow the rule to change, seed only when seed may be obtained which possesses a higher degree of develop- ment and vigor than the home-grown. This is assuming that the home- grown seed belongs to a suitable var- iety £or the district andis free from noxious impurities. If these latter provisions are not complied with, the seed, of course, should not be used under any circumstances. Farmers who contemplate changing their seed and whose seed is reasonably good, at present, would be well advised to pro- cure some first class registered seed through the Canadian Seed Growers' Association at Ottawa and test this in comparison with their own. This is a relatively inexpensive practice which might well be adopted periodically by every farmer and with all classes of I crop. DO FARM WOMEN TRAVEL? Amazing Results of An Unusual Experiment. Some would answer this question at first thought with a negative answer. Some would hesitate to answer such a Recut= question at all, while not a few, perhaps would be amazed at the correct answer, It is indeed. true that the farm woman does travel and in several cases farther than many of the folks that we look upon as "travel- ers." In a number of farm homes we find an inconvenient arrangement of living room, dining room, kitchen, pantry, cellar and other rooms whichcall for her presence many times each day: In such a ease as this, an unusual ex- periment was performed to determine to just what extent a farra woman traveled. She wore for a length of time a pedometer, an instrument which records the distance a person walks. The results were amazing and without proof .might have been doubt- ed. This woman doing ordinary house- work on a:farm walked on the aver- age of • twelve miles a day when she was doing only her regular .daily work about the house and farm. On such days as threshing day,-Thanke- giving, Christmas and the other days that call for extra steps she averaged between fifteen and eighteen miles of walking. When we make the total, we, are suepeised to find that she cov- ers nearly four hundred nines in one.. month, and now—wake up—in: six years she would walk the distance around the world in her own house. A short time ago the following con- fabulation was overheard: "What have ya been loin' to -day, Molly?",.inquiringly asked John as Ire returned from the field. "Just ° the housework," ' wearily answered Molly. • i "What makes you so tired to -night then?" he again ventured. "Just the l ouseworl ," Molly repeat- ed, and went wearily on with her sup- per preparation. Thele is a goodly number of men who regard housework inthe same light as John did. Undoubtedly many housewives have .speculated'a good: deal on what would happen if John were to take their -place in the kitchen forone day. Some- have stated that they believe that if it were ,to be on Monday and there was re :washing machine with which to do the family' washing, therm would be a new wash- ing machine in the home before an- other wash -day arrived. Or, ie it were a warm day in August, and the iron- ing was to be done, art oil stove would undoubtedly • be Forthcoming to talce; the place of the cook stove on warm Idays before the week's ironing had to be finished., In the majority of cases men do not realize the inconveniences .of the house. They may have many of the modern labor-saving devices to lighten the labor about the barn and in the fields. It is all very well, too, that the farmer should have just ae many as he can afford, for who needs to have their labor lightened more than those who work on the farm? But often, the farmer's wife is left to do her work' on thedarm with old devices rather than have new ones installed' for her. In •some cases,- if the farmer could be given an object lesson by being obliged to do the en- tire housework himself, for just one day, he would soon acquire a - new viewpoint. The tables would be turned andinstead of "just the housework" it would be "just the workhouse." A great many farm homes now_con- tain conveniences similar to those found in the city homes, but on many, many farms the old-fashioned meth.] ods are still used. If a questionnaire were to be sent out to each farmer's wife on "What do you consider: the most helpful thing to have in your kitchen?" the answers would undoubt-1 sd'ly come back, "Running hot and cold water."-' This is something that one uses at every turd and can he had at a moderate expense. Various methods for installing such a system depends upon the ultimate needs and' facilities of each case. Next, a furnace or. steam plant; would be second' choice.for the farm` woman in many eases.. The average man will manage a furnace,. but he: seems to take it for granted that his wife will manage the stoves. There' are many very adequate heating plants on the market that can be installed at a small cost, considering, their prac- tical value. Then comes electricity, frons muni- cipal or individual 'plants, which is net a neceesity on the farm but a wonderful •convenience, .not alone to the ,farmer's wife but •also to the farmer. It is valued not only for lighting but for power. The house and barns can all be lighted by simply pressing a button, while the farmer can use the power for running• his sil- age cutter, wood saev, mill: separator: and other machinery and his wife can. have the •power for the washing ma - "1 e oted Dan eb explorer; Peter Frenchem ofewhonernoth7n,g•.b,sd•been chino, electric iron, churn, vacuum' sweeper and numerous other house- beard for foals years, has returned honie-after being tolled rll ineslime jeeed. hold devices which are operated by lte is shown with his little daughter, Who had not see", him since 1920. ■ WILLIAM :E.'eEEDS, JR„ HUNTS IN'CANADA Photographed at the-CanadianPacific Windeor:Station, is the •young multareiilionaire, son of the late 'tin plate King; and closely connected with the deposed Royal family of Greece, with, on his right, Albert Hopkins, on his left Nils Merman, infront, a third pal. of his, ars they appeared when, flashed with triumph, they returned to Montreal, after securing three mcose and a deer in the Kipawa district of Ontario. This was Mr. Leeds' first hunt- ing trip in Canada' andhe made the most of it. electricity, It is by no >means an ex pensive convenience for the service it renders, These are only a few of the needed' home conveniences for' the farm home, but if Mr, Farmer would just look around a bitandsee the extra labor of 1VIrs. Farmer, because of the lack a some of the modern conveniences, he could very wisely invest some of his spare cash for this purpose. Marquis Strains Under Test. Mr. L. H. Newman, Dominion Cer ealist, in his report forthe year 1923, to le of experiments made in tom- parative trial, both at the Central Ex- perimental Farm in Ottawa and on a number of the western branch Farms, of five strains of Marquis wheat. Marquis Ottawa 16 was sown in an adjoining plot: for comparisons At Ottawa -each strain was sown in tn. plicate pieta, ° While the test, as the Cerealist says, has not as yet been conducted sufficiently long to record definite results, and that'•the work must be carried on for several years before this is done, it is. interesting td note that so far indications are to the effect that difference of greater or lesser importance actually exist. In the meantime, Mr. Newman urges growers who wish to produce register- ed seed of Marquis to secure the pur- est strain available. This may be ac- complished by communicating with e Canadian Seed Growers' Associa- tion, 114 Victoria St., Ottawa, • It is estimated that at the present time approximately 90 per, cent,' of i all the spring wheat grown in West- ern Canada consists of Marquis, while in the United States statisticians claim that approximately 70 per cent. of the spring' wheat growing areas: of that country is devoted to the pro- duction of the same variety. A knot in a shoe -string does not, look well; but if the broken ends are cut clean, one of them with a slanting. cut, lapped and stitched on the ,sewing - machine, it will do nicely until a new one can be obtained. Horne Echicabon 'The Child's cepa jeeeee0, reeet a Feireeir at•Feelbeee - The Significance of Christmas --By :lane Carpenter. I"Gee, I hope I get eine new skatee sacred origin but becauee of their A woman unites that her father, for Christmas," said Tom, as he rub-' own happy experieecese Was Christ- sixty-two years old, is hopelessly ill, bed vigorously at the nine months', imus a season 'fraught With so much' Ile has been given up by all the doe, - accumulation of rust on his old oneea gladnesa and 'enjoyable 'activity that tors, The prayers of his nnniee •s • "And z hope I get a new book -bag," i no matter what they might wish for, avail hili nothing. He is in constant answered his sister. "this one's pa- or really receive,this was after all distress aed she and all of the family ; thetic." i °nil a very delightful side issue?� are worn to mere shedowe taking rare "I wonder how many times you When children think tommuch aboutiof him.? Ts it not right to bring aboet children have. said, 'I hope I get . presents it is because their concept of en end. Why not? for Christmas,' " said their mother the Day :and its meaning is so lean irritably. _ and barren that if it were not for these there would be nothing to it ea all: But no profusion of presents can make the twenty-fifth of December Christmas.. If the parent "makes the Christ-, The mother was shocked out of her mas," as itwere, and presents it to a:condition in •winch he knew no one, irritation. Did the child really mean the family •a finished production, what wee conscious of nothing and was a that? It had seemed to her, since the is there for the children to do but tol burden to every •member of his family. children both knew that their father receive it? And how can they be ex-• I could. have given him a drug six had just met with a serious financial petted• to know or to think of any- l weeks ago that would have saved his loss, they ought not to expect much thing beyond or above that act? Often I family many sleepless nights and seta for Christmas. To be sure, a pair of when they are given money to buy; eral hundred dollars of eypense, arid ideates and a book -bag might be man- gifts for ,their relatives and 'friendse apparently have lost notating to ' him aged, but these were only two of the they are over -advised with regard tolor the world. Why not? many things for which they had ex- the selection; sometimes they are Human life is sacred. That old pressed a wish. She had not for a given no choice at all. How then can man's life ended yesterday, not six moment thought of saying, as she knew they be expected to understand the weeks ago. Is it for me to say, that some can bave no Christmas tera would his done,year," or joy of The vise giving?'because lets the because 1p lay through' those six y" children weeks, helpless in mind and body as to her Christmas held a •significance, prepare the Christman festivitieat a little babe, there was no purpose that mere giving or receiving could under her guidance. She helps them' served thereby? not affect. How was it that Tem and to make gifts for each other and fox, A. few ,years ago a woman who had 'Catherine had such a limited concept? their friends. She plans with them been given up to die, yet lived on in She felt very unhappy about it. means for providing relief .and cheer agonies of pain, wrote in her despera- Now was she not taking the boy's for those who are in trouble. When it *ion to the newspapers clamoring that remark much too seriously? He had is possible, she encourages them to laws should be passed allowing eu- spoken in an attempt to justify him- earn the money for the things they thanasia (easy death) to those afflict - self. mug not have elf. This really ht e ant buy. She :lets them do'most Led as she was. Her letter came to the w to y beennecessary for his wish had been of the decorating; if there is to be al attention' a a specialist who thought childishly natural. It did not mean tree, they dress it; and, if ehe cooks he recognized in her symptoms a con - that he was selfish or that he wanted it hereelf, she allows "them to help in I dition not absolutely hopeless. He more than his parents could afford. the preparation of the dinner. She hiss `wrote to her, and under his care she P P P Probably neither of the children had secrets with each one of them, and the' went through a surgical operation the least expectation of getting many surprises that are planned are always which gave her complete recovery. of the things they had said they want- throwing them into a state of glee,, Then she wrote again to the news - ed. Whether or notthis mother had She reads with them tho best Christ -i papres, confessing how greatly mis- real cause to be troubled, however, mas stories, and :they sing together taken had been her outcry. depended on the answer to the quer the carols that never grow old. Presd Who dares say when the time has time: What was the significance of ents? They like them, of course, but, come to end a sufferer's life. Not I. Christmas to these young 'people? receiving is quite a secondary matter There are ways to bear pain and to Was it a Day to be cherished by them after all --only one of many pleasant stand weariness, with. a strong look always,: not merely on account of its incidents of a very happy . season. ahead to the time of sure relief when "there than be a more death, neither some protection at a very low cost. sorrow nor crying, neither shall there Rodent poison applied to 'bread or be any more pain."—Dr. C. H. Lerrigo.. grain and enclosed in a container into PUTTING Alst EASY ; END TO LIFE . F n THE CH1LDP,EN'S HOUR BURNING THE MIDNIGHT OIL. Bill was a senior in high school Not much different from other boys, he liked to play basket ball on the school team and was not particularly keen about spending too much time on his books. But there was at lease one commendable quality about Bill -his strong determination to accomplish {what he set out to do. He played basketball in that spirit, as many an opponent found out when he tried to I evade Bill's splendid guarding of the ,basket. IOne day Bill Was assigned 'a diffi- culttask for a class in °ivies. He was to draw a map of the "county in which he lived on which he was to show the cities, villages, railways, highways, and oher things commonly shown on a good county man. The day before the map_was due was a holiday, and Bill started to work on the map' early that morning. He took notes on the town maps shown him at the library; he looked up new boutndary lines at the registry of deeds; he rode on his bicycle to the cut-off made by the river during the spring flood and added to his map an item not shown on any other. All day long he was busy, and when supper time came he had the map almost done. There it Tay, care fully worked out, an accurate map about twenty-four by thirty inches in size. Bill looked at it with some pride, Just then his mother called him to supper. As he turned to go, he un- consciously moved the map and there- by knocked over a bottle of ink, which quickly ran all over ,the paper. The work was ruined. The next morning the civics teacher met Bill on the way to school. He was carrying a roll of something under his arm.. As the two walked along Bill said, "Do you know, I have not had my clothes off since yesterday morn- ing." "So?" asked the teacher. "What was the matter?" Bill then told the The girl shrugged her shoulders and the boy scowled. "I thought that was what Christmas wa's for," he muttered, I leave the legal side of this prob- lem alone. I admit that there are very ,many cases of Tong -continued sufrering that end only in death. A patient of mine yesterday closed hie eyes. in death, at eighty-eight years of age, after lying for six weeks in story of the map, and continued, "After supper I got another piece of stock and started again. I forgot all about time apd everything until the Winch mice alone can e_ntor is an feedn for �tE. r Eggs, ,. got the map almost done, alarm went off this morning. Taut I{ve fective way of protecting berry patch= Winter eggs cannot be obtained un-. And he es and shrubberies. Poison placed for • did finish it in time to hand it in when rabbits must be watched or at least, less the fowl are properly fed. Re - it was due. placed where it is safe from farm ani- teens for winter feeding should be Those who know Bill are expecting main. During periods of deep snow achosen with three factors in mind— great things of him. They expect close watch should be kept onallitheir nutritive value, palatability and them becalnee they believe that he will trees and shrubs, with the view oe,varrety.:Poultry :foods, apart: from , carry that habit of seeing things checking damage' at the initial stage green feed, are F evv tinvided info through into his lifework. You can -'At the O,A.C. tve use the wire pro_ Benda feed and .dry mash... The not beat a man who does not know tectors, tramp the snow, and use the scratch feed mii� be purchased ready . when he is beaten, and no man is shotgun on rabbits when necessary: mixed, but quite as satisfactory re beaten until he admits it. sults can be obtained by mixing to- Jun Smuts, the great Boer leader, 811®S�Y$a� g�r3C�i Children d t T th birds once had an early morning visit from Hospital Y �j 4 1 he commander of the military school that he was attending, because the officer had seen a light in his window: "You are an early riser;" said the officer. "No, sir," Smuts, "I am just going to bed." He had been work- ing most of the night on his lessons. 67 COLLEGE ST„ TORONTO Dear Mr.. Editor:— Your readers bave probably had their appetite for statistics satiated during the .past few months, Still No wonder that the man who fought they will, no doubt,, want to know the British so valiantly in the Boer something of the work accomplished War became one of the members of by the hospital to which they have the famous War Cabinet that Mr. so generously contributed in the Lloyd George appointer) to govern all past They, are shareholders in a Britain and bring the war to a sue- Mission of Mercy. Their -dividends easeful w close.- are not paid in coin of the realm. It was said of Demosthenes' by his opponent JEschines, "His orations 'May I trespass upon your space to smell of oil." That was only a way outline what those dividends are? of deriding Demosthenes because he Firstly, the daily average of chit - spent long hours; of the night prepare dren occupying cots in the Hospital ing .his speeches. When :Eschines for Sick 'Children was 266. The made a speech; the people said, "What total cared for as in -patients was a wonderful speaker he is l" There 8 ggq That is equivalent to the attention was all for the man and his actions. But when Demosthenes spoke population of a good-sized Ontario the people cried, "Let us march town, against the Spartans."—Youth'a Com- And secondly, the out-patient de - anion, P pertinent. This is in of offs es Ip aw g c overt consultation d minor Protect the Trees. given o an m n ' operations, On an average there Preventive treatment applied now were 190 young callers a day. to the orchard trees, raspberry patch That is where the dividends are and ornametsl shrubberies to offset earned—in the difference made in the usually very destructive work er the lives of thousands of children mice and rabbits during the winter, months will save you disappointment, i through the voluntary contributions some labor and same money) which render it possible to main.- Building paper costing one cent,) Lain an institution where pallid placed around the trunk of the tree cheeks become rosy and twisted for which you paid the nurserymmn. limbs are nnade straight. $1.60 wily give protection at a testi If that war. nob dirideud enough; that seems reasonable. If your tree one might try to estimate the is ten years old it is worth many times enormous salvage of child -life in BLttterlhllili Versus Tankage $1.60. The cost of protection is so low Ontario which has taken place since g that a tree owner can afford to feed "Sick Kids" doctors and "Sick Kids and Water. mice and rabbits. The building paper protector can be nurses have been going out through easily prepared from. -a roll of 'tar this province equipped with a paper. With an ordinary saw cut the knowledge of children's diseases, roll into ten -inch lengtha, handy to which they could not get except in work with. Wrap once around the some such `highly specialized and tree trunk and tie securely, then preeminently efficient institution' mound a little soil up around the as the Hospital for Sick Children. lower end to hold it in place over. win- On this year's service the ren. ter. Remove when cultivating in theHosi were reedy for market. The •pens re - spring. tel expended ;345,126 and finds •cefved the •cams grain xatfon, so that . The expanded metal protector can itself in the hole to the extent of the difference in the results is large- be used; it will last for years if taken ;134,284. What comes in around ly due to the value of buttermilk, care of. These can be purchased frem. Christmas -time keeps the Hospital Valuing the buttermilk at 2% cents supply houses. They are easy to.ap- going. So long tie the word "Christ- a gallon and the tankage at market ply ,and cost about $8 per hundred for mils" retains its original significance price, it cost 8 cents in food per pound, small sizes: •could any charity possibly enlist of, gain with those fed on buttermilk The galvanised mesh' chicken wire more of the sympathy of your and 8.1, cents with those fed with is very efficient and durable. The tankage and water•. The hogs that re- readers or entitle itself to inose of wire can id purchased is rolls es a cefvod the buttermilk made a pound their ' support? suitable width and cut into lengths to P gether . equal parts of .wheat, cracked corn, an oats. o give the it s necessary exercise, which is not only good for their coxnfoxt but for their health; the scratch grain should al- ways be fed in a deep litter. When given in this way it is not eaten hur- riedly and the nation is improved by the: variety it provides. The day should be started with a light feed of scratch mixture, which should be re- peated at noon with a heavier feeding tower* evening, so tient. the birds will go to zest with a full crop. Dry mash is kept , constantly before the birds in a hopper. A 'small feed of this moistened with milk and mixed with table scraps may be fed at noon. . The Dominion Experimental Farms have proved equal parts by weight of bran, shorts, cornmeal, and oatmeal, with twenty per cent. of beef meal, to be an economical and satisfactory dry mash mixture. Birds running at large in the sum- mer season are greatly benefited by the grass and other green feed they pick up. It is therefore important , that some :form of green feed be used during the winter. Cabbages, dried clover leaves, sprouted oats, or man - gels may be used and the birds should get as much as they will eat. The birds must have drink and as much of it as they desire. If they can be given skimmilk or buttermilk so much the better as these foods supply valu- able nourishment. If given oppor- tunity the birds will use grit, oyster shells and charcoal. These materials placed in hoppers take the place of similar products picked up while run- ning in the open during the summer months. A feeding experiment with two lots of five pigs each, all litter mates, on a ration of buttermilk versus tankage and water,. was Conducted at the In- vermere, B.C., Experimental Station, front October 6, tvhen the pigs were . taken from the alfalfa pasture, until December G, at which time the pigs of gain on 3,16 ounds•of meal while - suit the trees. • It is more expensive' Faithfully yours, - those that received the tankage re- to buy than .the expanded metal- pro -1 I El ROBERTSON, quired, 4 pounds of meal to make a te•eter. Chairman Apical Committee pound of gain. The Superintendent The trampling of snow around the of the Station concludes from this ex - tree, so that it will create a hard ar:.••r periment that buttermilk costing 24 I A MINUTE Ote MERCY COSTS through which the mouse cannot reed. ily penetrate, is a means of givint ' �, _ hogs. to s a profitable cents a ellen x ro tab)° fee for p d FIFTY CENTS P 1