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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1917-02-08, Page 34 •'Minn �► vd ( 9 A o rli t ii'Il I t (,'t{pp, 11� 11 I 11 1il .91 t� ' er '` Il�+liU`f /�.. �t1�,��Y. ,w`•� "%•.mac,' x d �.. dGl 4-:r% Conti dated by Professor Henry C. Bell. The object of this new department is to place at the service of our farmer readers practical and authors. tative Information that' will help them to secure the best possible crepe of every sort, • is your loll as fertile as It should be? Pies the partial failure of some crop Ozzie you? Are you using the varieties of seeds hest adapted to your eon and locality? Would you Ilke some practical and scientific advice on the adaptation and use of manures? Are you losing hard•earnod money through pest or blight? The expert advice of Professor Sell is made avail., able to you free of charge through this department. Professor Bell Is particularly fitted for thls work, as he has made a life study of sells and orepe. He is a graduate of the Guelph Agricultural College, and for a short time taught In that splendid institution, From there he wont to the Iowa •Agricultural College as Assistant Professor of Farm Crops, later on becom- ing Professor of Agronomy at the University of Maine and Superintendent of the University Farm, He la the author of a large number of articles on agricultural subjects. Address all question° to Professor Henry G. Bell, In care of The Wilson Publishing Compnay, Limited, Toronto, and answers will appear in this column in the order In which they aro 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. SPRING WHEAT HELPS Being the Second of a Series of Five Articles Specially Written by G. Bell, Agronomist. Many farmers are just now bus- tarso Agricultural College. Prof. ily planning crop rotations and the Zctvitz, after testing a number of val.- definite areas of the definite crops Miles for a number of years at which they purpose growing next Guelph, and after having members of summer. Not a few are consider- the Ontario Agricultural Sc itxperi- ing the question of spring wheat.' mental Union test 24; varieties of Many of those .who have not grown, spring wheat throughout the province this crop are studying the chances for of Ontario, comes out in'favor'of two possible returns for money invested i varieties; first, Marquis, and second, in it. Those who have already grown. Wild Goose. ! acreages of spring wheat are interest- When Marquis wheat t'vas tested out ed in any suggestions as to how the in 24 places in the province, it was yield per acre can be increased, es- fotmd to yield a little less than 20 pecially so under the present enori bushels per acre under actual farm i measly' increased demand for food cel': tests. ' This variety was , produced eala. Food must be• 131roduae0 in some years ago by Dr. Saunders of . greater cjuantities' in '1017 if 'severe the Dominion Experimental Farms, shortage is net le be felt•by a large Ottawa. It is a comparatively short- 1percent of society. . There is no ques- Season variety and produces grain of tion about it.eThe. London Statist, high -milling quality. Altogether it Jin a recent issue declares that on ac- hoe proven 'one Of the' most popular count of a shortage of feed, there is varieties throughout the province. an under -supply of over a millidn nide Farmers Who wish to locate seed of ,in the sties of Englsind, resulting Pi this variety, will do well to write the• acaaeity a, dear;ness,of .Pork,•haco Dominion experimental farms, Ot. harp andnd'eau agesr Even Qtitalrf 's tawa, and the Ontario Agricultural i :figures 'show ' A' relative Even 1x1 College, as well as to consult seed; the production of tricot ahimatg avell list: of well established segd eo'mpan years gone by. The shgrta a of toed res. , f fever ahtd'all kinds rnizst be felt,,ar�c� In preparing the seed, the fanning everything that 'caw be done td Spar mill should be•used liberally. ,Fan out• ,up„ thel acreage yields,! of the' feed all; the broken, light and diseased ( cereals �vill,apeomplish jgst that mu hi kennels and use none but. good sound o helpsolve the great anel genet 1 material. for seed. Like tends to n' ��emet like inthe ilaiit.k' ut 'dom jest • ✓'" •ole of food shortage.1 g � to m g r the same as in the ni • ac animal kingdom. , levee 0,000,000 do {Sta��ia;t with over. sl >; f Cleared, cultivatable. land, lac an If you plant weak: immature seed, you creage of 'a', Iittle rasa than 110,000 handicap the ,future of, your .crop just eyes of spring wheat. This is net as much as if you select the calves ' ne acre per farm. The yield cif' of weak immature cotes, and expect spring' wheat over the whole province,+ to .build up, a good healthy dairy., varies betweme10 arid '10;'bushels poi (2). The next point in increasing ere. -Now, itheie ls, reasonto bea wheat yields is to look rifler, the plant, Have that with a little expenditure of food supply. ' The soil ie nature's labor, and with a littleacareful plan- great store -house. ' It is from this • Hing, it would be possible to eonsid- that most of our farm crops get the ercbly increase the acreage of spring foods which build up wheat; oats,.bar- Iwiteat to the substantial profit of the ley, corn, apples, potatoes and other farmer, and to the benefit of the in- Plant products. In early spring, be- 'httbitants of this province and to the fore the temperature of the soil has iwhole Dominion. The following few ircreased to any app,•eciable height, saggestions are offered : the growth of the microscopic life in (1) Get seed of a good variety, and the soil, or bacteria, is very slow, and ;then sow good quality seed. Possibly as a consequence not much soil mater - no one in Ontario has a better specific sal is broken down into such form that will dissolve in the waters of the soil or the root juices, and can he telt-' en up into the plant. 'It is just at this time that a little available plant- s food gives the tiny sprouting seed a, vigorous start, making it possible for the e resultin • crop to reach out and make use of plantfood that to a weak- eI' crop would be unavailable. Two, hundred to three e iinndyedpoutda o r fn' well balanced fertilizer •has been know to inerease'wheat yields from 40 I to 60%. Not only does it increase the. total yield, butit materially improves ` the quality of the resulting wheat. The .fertilizer should be of an analysis to make up for the weaknesses of the soil, and to supply a proper balance of plantfood most needed by the crop. For instance, for a grain crop, the fertilizer should emphasize phosphoric � a.fd, as well as supply a fair amount of nitrogen, ea ammonia, and potash. Necessarily, under present conditions, the supply of potash in fertilizers will be low, yet experiments of many of 1'North American experiment stations lenowledge of relative varieties suit- able for growing under Ontario con- ditions than Prof. C. A. Zavitz of On - FOR Y l A BAD COUGH 0 tiere is a fine old-i'aSblonc.i recipe for coigns, colds or caiatrli trouble le that has been used with great success. Get from gent• ding - gist t os. of Parmint (Trouble Strength) about 75c worth and add to It 3 pint of hot Water and I oz. of granulated sugar. This will mace Still half a phut when mixed, Take one tablespoonful 4 limes a day. No more 'skiing rear whiter 1,0193' with a cough, Clogged nos-, tells should open, air passages.. of'. your head Blear ftp so you can breathe freely, lids easy to pre- pare. costs little and is pleatsa.nt to take, Anyone who has a stub- 1,orn cough, or hard cold ar oatarrll In any rnrnt should give hits prescription a trial. Any druggist can supply you, 00 a bottle will be scut on receipt of 76e. postal note or money order. Address Tnternn.tlontll Laborato- ries. 74 St. Antoine St.. Montreal. t'atla,la. l have shown that material increases in crop yields have been brought :.bout by the judicit us application of plant - food containing only nitrogen and phosphoric acid. Not only does the plantfood improve rho immediate wheat crop, but if the Wheat is seoded with clover and timo• thy, it almost insures a good catch of this following crop, It is sigatifieant to note, in connection with fertilizing wheat, that in the state of Maine,, where cllmatic conditions aro some- what similar to those of Ontario, and wlere spring whoa lit grown in rota- tion with potatoes and clever, farm- er's are getting a yield exceeeding 20 bushels per Here. There seems good s'eeson to believe that if careful at- tention is given to soil preparatione balancing of plantfood rind proper use of selected send, it should he an easy matter to produce 25 to :0 buehelti per acre of geed quality spring whoat in Ontario this corning winter. Speaking generally, the yield of spring wheat is diminished on account of the attacks of rust and other dis- eaees. In controlling many disease of some crops, it is possible to ac- complish considerable by spruying, hitt this is not possible when it comes to the control of the destructive rust dis- ease of spring wheat, which annually does so mueh damage throughout the great western area of Canada and the United States. In considering dis- ease control, it is well to keep in mind that to some extent the same laws govern the plant kingdom as govern the animal kingdom. Those animals that aro least susceptible to disease are the ones that are vigorous and healthy. They are also those animals that have proper living eendie tions,, enoral observation of growing crops has lead to the conclusion that the proper preparation of soil and bal- arcing of plantfood do a great deal to comhat plant diseases. The rust' disease flourielles during the month of June, when temperature is highest and there is usually eonsidr enable humidity in the atmosphere. If the crop has been given a good, vigor- ous start, and the season is at' all normal, it will be past the flowering stage by the middle of June; in fact the kernels of wheat will be pretty well formed so that the ravages of an attack of rust will not leave nearly so serious results on tete crop 'as'.oln a crop that has not had,the early start and is not so vigorous. 'Midis found to be the ease on such crops as cab- bages,, tobacco, sugar ,iieets,; and .the 1 ]te. i :. 'i For a study of the -climatic And soil conditions of Ontario, it should be pos- sible to produce good crops of spring wheat well ftp.: into ,New' Ontario. When we;emteider that this drop deo not :take: any att'entidnl throhgh the growing period; and that a Bushel and a,half. of seed:on Well Iprepared:land should nice' an abundant, sdealing,.i seettis albite to idai ,lo-pdvpcate the Wider r sow n 3 f th. 5 Va Lialll l ereA g P e q in the t 3, h 'f. 017: e P W at � ria g a n? A h tP. d arc :bound ,,11high g qq ta'be, and fox a••]gng time food products will be•itcaroe.. It fa'theroforeltw theefinan,tal advantage Oa every farmer 'who can (spare! a felt. act+es fit spring 'wheat,- to; give, the' 'gnountl'thoroughh pretiapatibn, supply. !an abundance of suitable balanced plantfood, and get first-class seed of a suitable variety. • STORMY WEAT,BEit I HARD ON BABY The stormy, blustery weather which we have during' February and March is extremely hard on children, Con- ditions make it necessary for the mo- ther to keep them 'in the house. They are often copfined to overheated, bad- ly ventilated rooms and catch colds which track their, whole system, To guard against this a box of Baby's Own Tablets should be kept in the house and an occasional dose given the babyto keeph' stomach his sto ch and bowels working regularly. Thin will not fail ' t0 b U t C 1 old r the neattn 1 of the baby in good condition till the brighter tel days come aeong. The Tab- lets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Brockville,. Ont. Comparing 'Expressions, "Did you see the pleased expression on Mrs. Brown's face When I told her she didn't loop any older than her daughter?" said Mrs. Radway, after the reception. "No," said Mr. Radway. "I was looking et the expression on her slaughter's face." DO `roU REALL`i LII<E, L1- A.LCOIIOI. IN MUNITIONS, Continued Supplies of This Necessity Must Be Guaranteed. Alcohol is an important product of the British breweries and distilleries, and It is a highly -important necessity far inanition manufacture. It is a priceless chemical of war. It is now so precious that to drink It were a crime against the nation. The British Munitions Department has com- mandeered practically all alcohol pro- duced in Britain in 1010, and so con- cerined is it about supplies that a committee has been appointed to in- crease the supply. Shakespeare said with liter•ai truth, as Dr. Saleeby points out in, a London newspaper, that there is.a "soul of good in things evil, would men observingly distil it out," The "devil in solution," as alco- hol has been termed, is one of the most powerful instruments of victory, There la, an agitation in llngland for the adoption of German methods of obtaining alcohol from potatoes. Be- sides building up alcohol from its ele- finents on the Berthelot system, Gera man ;chemists have made wonderful ,progress in obtaining it. from. tu- bers. The drop in the potato crop ;last year to 20,000,000 tone, compared with 60,000,000 the'year previous, was a ,sharper blow 'to the German cause than any Allied stroke:. Tol obtain al- cohol froin potatoes in Britain, how- ever, would make neceestiry a'revolu- tion in agricultural production. So far the seizing of whiskey stocks and commandeering of commercial alco- hol have sutilced, but the worry over the outlook for continued supplies has ,commenced. JAPAN TO SHOW SYMPATHY. Fund a - ..e 'Will Boise _ n and 'Sond Commis - Sion td Allied Countrieh. Ata' a" t therin of. re resents tet e 6 g p Japanese, tel3ently, among' whom was !Premier Terauchi, it was voted to Send a popular commission to all the Entente countries, probably in April, to express Japan's sympathy for the wounded: and fol• other war sufferers. An appeal will beimade.tilroughout the Empire for the subscription in an effort to raise as large a fund as pos-. Bible. The movement is national in scope and is supported by the Govern- ment, the Diet, all political parties and tusiness interests and the • press. Prince Tokugawa, of the. House of Peers, is chairman. Lessen the Burden of Mother. Many of us men in the country har- vested a good crop last year or had a good year with the dairy, but how about our wives? Did they have a good year? Was it better than last, or any lighter in labor? Any new improvements to help? Or have we gone along, making our own labor easier and forgetting our wives and mothers? That isn't right, h if g it is true. Don't you' know that tine wo- inen folks need as many up-to-date • e n ntprov.me is as we do? Of course them.How about the well, many feet u do, but you may not think to get o from the house? Couldn't you im- prove that with some form of pump - ng apparatus that would lessen the abors of mother? Just think of the many steps that would be saved her -f there were running water in tite souse! That one thing would help a ntillionfolci. Why not put it in? Absohttely. "People should marry their oppo- sites," "Most people are convinced that they did." • affecfl: meal, or middlings will net' take 50 much feed and turn It into 'fat, as they will if feed on corn -meal and •1 u cZ' . slammed milk. I Give the colt industry a boost, and Wood -aches and bane -meal denotes I ineidentall boort yourself a bit. the strength of, the hog's bones, They horse breeders may .roll false also save pa the amount of other feed courage by what has bean gaing 00 in noO ed' the world for the past year or two. One greathitrouble with tltit has Uusi- Ilorse mon say that ;they can't get r''ess of this country ie that it has been home enough. Every farmer may looked 'moil as a side show. Let's hen I rut; in an extra lick in this business. bring it over into the big tent; then When the great need is for heaN it will mean more to us. horses, it is like barking np the wrong �� tree to breed ponies, Watch your market. ioj• ld. eels ] n or otherwise abusin a home g a tt,°fl'C,�� will make him sweat worse than a hard day's work. Wears: him out, and you,, Castrate all inferior or grade bunk too Quit, it. When a horse won't eat juxt after; coming in from a. day's work, you have stuck to your job too Iong. Doesn't, pay you nor the horse, either. , An old horsy was braced. up aid, nlado thrifty by soaking, cut hay in must feed liberally. Narrow feeding, diluted molasses. Soak in 'a tight If fed propernarrow rnpropeo ought to of profit. a sheep bos from one feeding to the next. ly, • . gain from . one-quarter to one-half pocnd in weight every day. Exercise can be encouraged on fine days by putting feed at some distance lambs early. An eighty -pound lamb is big en- ough for market. ;exercise is important with the ewttis and the corning lamb crop. To get a good growth of wool, we l i , "a ®fW r I from the sheep quarters. If any weeding is tie bedone, yeti do Cows that are turning a goo pro-' it; Don't let the' meat man take his. fit with udders full of niifk ai•e seosi-' pick and leave you with the culls on rive and relaxed, A chill will often hand. result in the ,loss of a 'part. or'. all of A narrow doorway or gateway ie a the, rudder and often the cow,' ' 1 menace to sheep that must be driven A steback lilts this ahvays putslthe• through it. Let all gates be wide: balance on rho wrong side'" of that bank. aeoottnt, , . Why Lion Roars and' the Cat Purrs. ' If a winter of loss is sustained it isr The eminent English naturalist, Bir farmer an not o c ws.' Richard Gwen, made the interesting ,Keep -din Milking twice'each'Ilay, and' discovery that the lion rowers simply regularly; if you milk et all. r because the hyoid bone in his throat. ,.i':eed .the scows so that it' tdill rpay is loose, ' In the eat, this bone is eta - to Milk all winter. • i • • 0 tionei'y, and therefore the cat ' purrs, Supplyaufficient food in the, stablest and cantlot'roar; but in 'the lion and to -:keep ' Up::the milk flow and ccundi-i tiger the hyoid is 1nnse, and, 'even tion, '' I f ' i when calling to tbleir mates, the �npply 1pledty of heiieling, 'strati, ' larger monsters of tin, eat family !n- sltavi sat s atg �_awdust. Noiebwtcan•dolcludmf, the lequord and the la„ruai. won, if :obliged) to be on, al blurs coldf roar. The te;,i•s' 3£ the; jagua4 arid sopor are "like hoarse, 'barking Enn't', let the liquid manuie runs coughs; an interval of about one: second separates the expiratory 611 - forts," says Sir Richard. The cheetah and the puma are like the, domestic cat; their hyoid bones are firmly set in place, and they can purr. up to thef d t' th d 11000 3 1 •' a leopard 'l l through °reeks in the floor. ' t , i r rx Buttermilk. runs a close race with Stung. skimtr�ed.milk;as a pork grower. , "There must he some mistake hi Soaking corn ten or twelve hours my examination marking. I don't beats grinding. Lots cheaper, too. 'think I deserve an absolute . zero," Every drop of skimmed milk ,you .complained the student. gibe to the hogs they turn into good,? "Neither do I," agreed the instruc- sweet'meat. , 'tor, "but it's the lowest mark TM al - The colder the weather the more it flowed to give," et sth to make pork. Hustle the hogs' al;ng and 'save expense, I Preach scientists hare demonstrated A bit of ensilage is relished by the 'that the vapors of iodine and bromine best, of hogs, and there is meat in it. pass through thin glass, even at orcli- iibgs fed on corn -meal, with linseed- (nary temperature. I i r' i ry y7 r ti,• it - n 1. �L'nncfucZed "Ivo ^-,.,f, �� 'AY' Sal" t , Under+ thls heading swill appear each week a new department of. Ques' bobs and Answers on subjects of general interest to women. The department will he oonducted by a woman of wide experience, web qualified to offer helpful advice and counsel to our women readers regard. log the problems which confront them in their daily life. 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 identification, but full name and adenous must be given in each letter. Write on one side of paper only. Answers will be mailed direct If stamped and addressed envelope is enclosed, Address all correspondence for this 'opartment to Mrs, Helen Law, 25 Castle Frank Road, Toronto. aRTAlw 1 .SURE po -- loo MUCH ND - IT COST IT Cosi DOj LA sEVEhITN SFYENTy BUCKS, TOM i VlOVai 'rIA't's A T OI= MON>=Yi-O 1 KNow 'TOMMY DEAD, BOT VVWAT p0 t CARE FOR ptONEy 1dkf=N 1T°5 A glieSTI,Olei OF PLFASINI NOV Hearth Danger of tlnelean. Gloves. If mankind were su(irienly t;a loee its oyeeight' the race would' die oat. No ane ca'n review'tho orfilna.ry gcts of his daily life without a realization of the Indispensable/ part the eye plugs in all Our nets, from. the most ordinary 'to the most important. ,y The eye ;{s one of the meet highly complicated olid' at the sam'ei111310 one of the most exact pieces of aeimai inechanism' that exists. It i' much exposed to injury, through, wounds or by erma of iliseaso. • Man ,is not ,lie dspendont1 41pon his hands tis the monkeys, in the wilds of liter 'native fioies'ts whei;e they travel about sty swinging from limb to limb by their hands: if, however, we•talfe account of our daily mstiemcstts we grill realize that nnr It nd:t eie kept busy dut•ing nor working.hours, To open a doer we catch the, knob; tbith the hand. Tri (limb into ai t.t'ol ley car we grasp the tail with the land. Thom acts and a hundred ethers like them thousands` of1people are performing every moment, Some a thee° persons are suffer- ing with rho mfe diseases of the eyes and may, for instance, be on their way to the hospital, net having been in- structed as 'to the character of the malady, , The sufferer, who •may be On your car, has been wiping his oyes With his hand and has helped himself into the car with the germs of dis- dase on his hands: just previtpus to your catching hold of the same rail. The only step further to infeclt your- self Witlf the same disease ;is to rub your eye with the hams that has been on the rail. ,l• Notwithstanding this everyday danger, we constantly: see' persons rub- Bing: their. eyes with unclean handy nor gloves. If only a sn'tall proportion 1 (f the readers of this paper will take he warning ,rontainelj •herein {many Gases of tlisedsjcl eyep'tnay be'avoid- ' Neediest~ to eey, bar rails are not the Only means of communicating infer- 1,krn in 't'}s -wdy. ` 'T1,terb t i 'hon= tlreds•of`otithet'ss r a Pneinito�+i�: , TO guard againatpn'eumnotria, whiner 9s prevalent at this season of the year, , keep yourself in the best physical .condition, get all the fresh air you ,fan, and keep your horses well ventil- °ted. I,f you become overheated at Your wa It, take ample time ,td ,cool 'ofl?gradua}ily before,'geiing t in qevere w,elct'her. Be careful of eon- ,ia•acting any chill, esiiecialty ,at. this ,time of ithe year. { I 'f iterks .Against I uture We t epeat—•.when you're tired; quit. it That doesn't mean, necessarily, quit stork. It means quit spending so,' much time in other ways that you n't get enough sleep to furnish you , 'with the proper working energy.; ' Your can, of course, keep going on black cotfde and your nerves. Bat, 'whenever you are spending - more energy than you ate' getting, yiou're issuing checks against the blink's balance of future health. And hs these cheeks are cashed the balance dwindles. One "night" to- night must be repaid later in life— with compound interest Thirty Belgians Condemned. • Thirty Belgians have been condemn- ed to death by the German military government at Liege because they . sought to reach Holland and join the Belgian army. Four others, who have ,net yet reached 17, have been sen- tehced to fifteen years in prison. No- t4e of the sentences has.been 'posted ' , broadcast througbefut Belgium lby or- 1 'der of Governor-General Vnn Hissing. Ezicaping Belgians bring accounts of i u told sqeti gs iandor enc bJ>a �y of!the deported. rAceor'dhtg' to these reports, the victims of the "slave raids" are forced to wont iii the •Geer- man trenches, strengthening the for- tifications and supplementing the. pioneer corps of life German armies. The Tables Turned. "I intended to call Bridget to bring a fresh bucket of water," remarked the professor's wife. "You doubtless mean a bucket of fresh water," corrected the professor, "I wish you would pay more atientiun to your rhetoric• your mistakes ere curious." A few n ement s later the professor said, "My deal, that picture would shote to better advantage if yon were to hang it over the clock." "Ah," she replied, quietly, "you doubtless mean if 1 were eto ]tang it above the clock. If I were to hang it over the cluck we couldn't tell the tithe." Bar Women From Bar. Women will Wait be pet•nlitted fo practise law in 'Britain if the lawyer's can prevent them. At a meeting ro- cent.ly of the General Council of the • Bar, over which :rlittorney-Qeneral Sir I•'. it. 11 1.11 presided, a res.olutiea reel 1ng"the General Council to "consider it report upon the:deeirablli.ty of snaking prot,ieion for, the admission of duly quniified women to the profession" .+ tva5' overwhelmingly defeated, I0 ,scum an oath is taken .stand- '+ 1157'tt•:ithitt at rope circle, to imply a ti h'in't t., perish sae the rope does If the eritnuse does not tell the truth.