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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1917-02-15, Page 7Sienrere top .cries.. �I,1?Frrl{tl Ill�Xp�,%1�� aa'ttr .. x,,f 1r j fnl'q�Vs�.P;lt ll '5;�.i.?vy • f ":,:R r+ .arz+r: tf'il ilatlo illi • Conducted by Professor Henry G, 13e11. The object of this department is to plane at the service of our farm readers the advice of an asknow,r edged authority on all subjects protaining to soils and crops. Address all questions to Professor Henry Q. Bell, In care of The Wilson Publishing Company, Limited, To- ronto, and answers will appear In this column In the order in which they are received, As space la limited It le advisable where Immediate reply Is neeeseary that a stamped and addressed envelope be enclosed with the question, when the answer will be mailed direot, Henry n.18e11. Summer Pasture destroys great time in a short One. 1'. J, R,—My pastures played out Moist weather ie best for the spread just when milk was selling best last of Late Blight. It ie usually indicat- ctcense. Can you suggest any way ed by the development of indistinct, of keeping up summer pasture? dark, watery spots on the ]saves. As Answer :--I would advise your try- the disease develops the leaves turn a Ing the O.A.C. temporary Pasture mix, sickly brown color and the disease tare. It is:— may extend to the branches of the ]ant Therotting potato tops Oats . , , . , , 61 lbs. Pr t ggive p Early Amber Sugar off a characteristic disagreeable odor, Cane 30 lbs. Late Blight is n fungus disease Common Red CP.iver '7 lbs, which winters in the stored potatoes. _ It sends its threads up through the in. 88 lbs. per Acre. side of the potato plant and blossoms Prof, Zavitz says to sow this early on the surface of the potato leaves, In May. Tho oats and Early Amber giving off millions of spores or seeds, Sugar Cane seed can be drilled in These are easily blown about by the through the regular grain drill tend the wind and in damp weather they stick clover seed through the grass and to moist potato vines and 'eaves and clover seed division of the drill. At .attack new plants. Guelph they found this pasture ready Tho cure or preventive is to spray for cattle pasturage tate in June. This the potato crop with Bordeaux mixture pasture carried more than one steer to or some commercial fungicide just as acre, and In 1911 was successfully soon as the first leaves are well spread used fur milk cows, out and continue spraying till the crop begins to ripen, giving in all 5 to 7 ry Potato Yields Low on Account of spray ings. Bordeaux mixture is made Blight of 5 lbsof copper sulphate, 5 lbs. of G. B.—My potatoes were a failure quick -line and 60 gallons of water. The 6 Iles. of copper sulphate should last y:ar. So were those of my be dissolved in 5 gallons of water and neighbors, to a large extent. They Cie 5 lbs• of line should bo dissolved were planted about the middle of May in another 5 ga.Ions of water, then the and seemed to come along well till two should be .lumped into 4 clean early July when they seemed to die water -tight barrel and 40 gallons of down, Some i,ent up single stalks water should be added. which were short and weak. I scarce- I The, solution of sulphate of copper ly got back seed. What was the mat- , and lime is deadly to the scores or ter, and how can I get better crops seeds of the Late Blight disease. next year? If there is a small infection any- Answer:—Without seeing the field where near your farm, it,will spread or sample of the crop, it is impossible • very quickly during damp, warm to say with exactness, what the trou- weather. Late Bligl t stops growth ble was. From your description 1 and causes dry rot in the stock that is atn assuming that it was the deadly dug, The biggest and best potato Late Blight disease of potatoes. This growers on this continent always disease sometimes sweeps down upon spray their potatoes to control this what looks to be a healthy field, and, disease. , Cold floors can not be covered deep enough with straw to make the hog eomfertable. He is a great rooter and will get clear down to the bottom of his straw bed. So cement or stone Leers are not so good as plank. Old-fashioned hog -pens had alto- gethor too much light on one side, be- ing all open to the weather. Then they went to the other extreme and were shut up, close and dark. Win- dows are just as good for the hog's health rend comfort as they are for yours and mine. Money spent for window -glass for hog houses is money well invested. Just watch the pork- ers as they lie where the sunshine comes in good and warm. Then is when they are putting on fat. Salt and sulphur and charcoal should be kept in every pig -pen and pig yard so the pigs can help themselves. This is a corrective and a preventive of worms. Do not confine the brood sows in a small dark pen.. Give them plenty of room, and a yard to go out to every fine day, Brood sows must have ex- ercise to insure strong healthy litters of pigs. Whatever makes the feed taste bet- ter increases its value as growth ra- tion for pigs. &rig It is hard cash sifting. out of the pocketbook if the liquid manure is not saved by absorbents, or by being drained from tight floors a cistern outside the stable. Be sure that the rats are not rob- bing the cows of their grain. Keep a good cat in the barn, and give it warm milk in its own dish— and keep the dish clean. Comfort is the key -note to success. No cow can be comfortable if half starved and solei. COWS sometime a get so sn rt that they n c lift the lath of their c stanchions with one horn. Pretty good argument for a sawing match. If you do not resort to that measure, fasten the latch down tightly every night and tie it. If a cow has to be taken any dis- tance, it is far Cheaper do time and in beef to carry her on 0 wagon or sled, using a pair of horses, than to drive or lead her unwillingly. 1 The barn should be as quiet as a Quaker meeting. Many men get into the habit of yelling at the stock with- out being conscious of it, and keep the animals stirred up when they shpguld be quiet for their own and their,'iwn- er's good. ar Pine wool is more scarce right now than it has been in years. It may be more so a year from now. Stands us all in hand to do what we can to meet the demand. It is no joke to say that there is more clean money in a pure-bred sheep than in a scrub. The why and the wherefore are not half so important to know as the actual fact. Seo to it that you have the pay as soon .as the meet than has the sheep or lambs. Ho gets his pay down- town the moment the goods are de- livered. He should not ask you to wait. Many have done that and are waiting yet, Bo sure the sheep quarters aro dry and cheery, A cold, dark, damp place for sheep is death to them. The sheep barn should be bottle tight with the proper ventilation, with big doors onetime' to theeaouth. These doors should be open on pleasant days, so the sheep can exer- cise in a sheltered yard. Sheep do not mind cold when there is no draft, and the fold is dry and tight. CANADIAN ORDER OF FORESTERS HAS SPLENDID REM FOR 1916 WILL READJUST ITS RATES Society Proposes to Place its Business on a tenets of 100 Per Cent. Actuarial Solvency. The Canadian Cycler of FOrOStOrs lute had a record possibly without parallel 111 the 11101ory of Fraternal Insurance Associations operating in Canada. This Society was inetilntod in 1879. In 1886 it enacted a table of monthly aeseeentents which leas been lit force from that time down to the present without a single change. During that lierlod all other Fraternal inenranee Sociottas, it is claimed, have found it nocessary to revise rates, until this Society stands as the only promtneht Institution operating upon a remark- ably low schedule of rates. :le 1916 the Society paid out in death claims over $728,000.00. Notwithstanding this largo Payment, it added to the luster - Ann Fund, for the year, over 6428.- 000.00. 428;000.00. The balance standing to the credit of tite Insurance Funic cm the 31st of Ducember last wee $5,028,343.00. In spite of this most unusual 00001•d, the Society decided to have u most thorough and comprehensive investi- gation made of its actuarial standing. This course was thought wise em ac- count of the legislation passed by the Ontario Legislature at its last session. Tho Legielature in 1910 passed an Act which requires that all Fraternal Insurance Societies 811011, on or before tate first day of April, 1918, filo a re - Port with the Registrar of Friendly Soctottes. whish report shall eontttin a valuation of all its Insurance Certi- ficates in force on the net December, 1917. This report must not only show the Insurauce Liability which the So- ciety bas undertaken to Pay, but also theAseets which the Society has avail. able, in the way of accumulated leuuds, and future aissessmants for the pay - :mane of the Insurance Liabilities as they mature. The object of this state- ment is to show the degree of actuar- ial solvency which each Soeiely has, as of December 31st, 1917. Tho Act provides further, that at the cud of each throe -year period, after 1917, a similar statement of valuation shall be tiled in order to ascertain whether or not the Soolety utas maintained its degree of actuarial solvency. The ob- ject of the Act is, that where a sooietY shows at the end of the first three- year term that it hag not maintained its degree of actuarial solvency that there shall be such an increase in rates as will insure that the society shall maintain the degree of solvency which it had on 31.st December, 1917, or improve that position. In view of this legislation, the Can- adian Order of Foresters decided not to wait until the 31st December, 1917, to ascertain the facts required by tate Act, and, shortly after the Act was passed in 1910, this Society engaged Mr. Abb Landis, of Nashville Tonnes. I see, for the purpose of investigating its actuarial standing, as of the not December, 1915. Mr. Landis is one of the leading actuaries on the American continent to -day, and is so recognized lin the Insurance world. Firs expert , mice extends over 0 term of twenty- five years, eighteen years of which has been devoted exclusively to Fraternal Insurance Associations. In these eighteen years Mr. Landis has advised with one hundred and eighty-six socie- ties, six of those societies being Cana- dian. He has also been for fifteen years on the Committee of Statutory Legislation of the National Fraternal Congress, and has been prominently identified with the drafting of all bills dealing with Fraternal Insurance legis - Station, Mr. Landis le also the author of eight books on Insurance, which are accepted as authorities to -day. The Aeluary Ilas found" that during its whole experience of thirty-six years, the Canadian Order of Fores- ters has had an exceptionally favor. able mortality experience. Because of this exceedingly favorable mortality experience, and the large amount of accumulated funds, Mr. Landis has been able to prepare unusually favor- able monthly assessment rates, which will enable the Society to provide for the payment of all future claims. These rates of assessment, a '.com- pared with rates deduced frets other mortality tables, is very much to the advantage of the members of the Can- adian Order of Foresters. In constructing a mortality table on the experience of the Society, Mr. Lan- dis has eliminated the first five years of membership duration. The object of this course is in order to insure the death rate under more nearly normal conditions than would be possible by taking the first. flee years of duration into consideration. During the nest five years there is a gain from recent medical selection. Ile has recommen- ded a schedule of rates, which, based upon the report which will be filed as of the 31st December, 1917, should show more than 100 per tient. of actuarial solvency, because of margins of safety which may be classified as follows :— First: There would be gaits from actual interest earned in excess of 4 Per Cent„ which is the amount the Memory fixes as the basis of caicnla- tion. As a matter of fact, the average rf awes 1�+ ,42 Isl Gam: Mites r a=A The Mending "1�'• pacTtioned "'leir.31:C= " leSIBM t=.11=fa'•"Nat+alr`s,---c'i-erste Enet..terlire,r inee_ti=t'i�"e=9. interest earned by lire Society, upon its Insurance Fund, as at ancient in- veetod, is 6.44 per cent, As the so- curltles held by the Society are most- ly ostly for long twine, there should be a substantial gain on interest account. Second; would be a saving Fie 11,, T 'here g front a lower death rr'a by reason of the fact that the the fit's years of membership has been of'i,ninalecl by Mr. Landis in constructing 111s mor- tality table. Third: There would also be gains from accumulation forfeited through lapses. No allowcnnce was made for such gains in lixitig the t;chedule of rat.ee, ! Fourth: There would be a sm'plps in contributions owing to the feet that, after eliminating the first five years of mei hrr-ht p, the Actuary loaded the tabular rates by aft arbitrary suni to make assurance doubly sate. Notices of motion have gone out to the tuembership providing for read- Jusiment, and this leg:station will be considered at t.hn next mooting of the High Court of the Order lu .illus, The rates for members w•ho are naw in the Order start at. sixteen, with a monthly assessment of 65c; at twenty the rate is 69c; at thirty, 85c; at thirty -live, $1.08; at forty-five, $1.63, with gradually increasing rakes to/ the older ages, The rates for new mem- bers start at sixteen, 101111 a rate of 650; at twenty, 73c; at thirty, $1.02; at thirty-five, $1.23; at. forty. 31.52; at forty-four, $1.83. Two options are given to those who aro already members of the Order. , One option provides that all mem- hers who are between the attained ages of sixteen to forty-five, inclusive, ages elect to take term insurance, , which will entitle them to carry their pre refit. Insurance at their present tate until they have attained the age of sixty years, Members between the attained ages of forty-six and flf•ty- five, inclusive, may elect to continuo the present amount of their Instil -- !mice, at the present rates, as term In- surance for a period of fifteen years. Those members who are between the :attained a es of fifty-six -six and sixty- , nine, ixt3-.nine, intensive, 0011 carry their pre - ;sent protection as term Iusuraace, at !their present rate, for ten years. Term protection of members between the attained ages of seventy to seven- ty-six gradually decreases from nine years at the age of seventy fo three years at the ago of seventy-six and ever. The second option insures to all members AO ,natter when admitted, when they attain the age of seventy, and over, the right to paid up Insur- ance for amounts set out In the schedule prepared by the Actuary, where such members do not desire to continue to pay the life rates. This schedttic entitles the mernbets from sixteen to eighteen to paid up Insur• allee for $900 at the age of seventy, which amount gradually decreases as the attained age of the member lee creases. The adoption of the proposed re- adjustment will place the Soeioty on a basis of absolute solvency from an actuarial standpoint, and enable it to maintain its splendid position in the world of Fraternal Insurance. v diZitiecieilska If a horse takes a chill, followed by colicky pains, shows stiffness and soreness, stands all the time, groans if made to move, is sore if pressed be- tween the ribs which are fixed, and has a short, dry, painful cough, he prob- ably has pleurisy. If much pain at first, give colic drench, apply mustard to sides, give nitrate of pOtasslim in 2 -dram doses in water 3 times daily. If itulse be- comes weak, give 2 or 3 oz. doses of sweet spirits of nitre in 0 pint of water every 3 or 4 hours as indicated. Horses that have been fed highly on grain for a long time, and begin to run down, can and have been toned up by the molasses and hay treatment, The horses should be shod regular- ly or not at all. Shoes may stay on 0 i/ Cara4zet d by /Yr�J felein lcuu Mothers and daughters of all ayes 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 address 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 department to Mrs. Helen Law, 76 Castle Frank Road, Toronto. Mrs. G. II.: --May I ask three ques- 1. Cover it with a plain dark -color - tions? 1. How sen I open a fruit ed linoleum and give a coat of polish sealer that refuses to unscrew? 2. once a month. 2. Blue is the best What will prevent mustard from dry- color for a sunny room. Combined ing up? 3. Is it possible to make a with ivory it would be ideal for a fireless 0001101' at home? girl's apartment. In the ,hops are 1, Set the jar upside down in suf- many lovely chintzy in blues which iicdent hot water to cover the metal could be used for over -curtains and rim and in a minute or two it will un- cushions with charming effect. shrew wa2Mix with vSchool Girl: --I have tee write an gar, addith a littleese salt,. an11 it wdll keepine- essay on Thrift, could you please give fresh for several days, 3. Take a packing -box with well -fitted cover on Thrift is care and prudence in the hinges. Fill box with hay well management of one's resources, fore - packed down, leaving hole in the centre sight, getting true value for what one for saucepan, fill a sack with hay and spends, personal efficiency, looking out place on top of saucepan, and close that nothing is wasted, proportioning 1dd. A granite pail with 'a close -fit- expense to incense. True saving is ting lid and a handle is the best cooking only a better form of spending. To utensil for use in a fireless cooker. save is not to hoard, which is one of the worst and meanest forms of waste. To save is to lend our resources to those who can make more profitable use of them. if we lend to the Gov- ernment it can use these resource for national ends, If we lend to the hanks, they do not hoard the money, they makes it serve, they inve t it in trade and enterpris of all kinds. It is capital and capital means factories me a good deiu.ititn? Miss Polly: -1. when a girl intro- duces et man to a married couple whose name should be mentioned first? 2. Should a letter of introduction be seal- ed and how should it be delivered? 1. Y..0 should introduce a man to your married friends in this wise: "Mrs. Blank, may I present Mr. Brown", and "MI'. Blank, this is Mr. Brown". 2. It should be unsealed, and mines and cultivated lands, the If a letter of introduction is written means of further. production, the for a woman who is moving to anther source of future wealth. city she, on her arrival, mails it, to- Stenographer:—Can you tell me the gether with her card ecntaining her correct use of the comma, that is to new addressto the person to whomitsay, which of these sentences is cor- e alloses, who thereupon calls on sect, 'Tom. Joh:. urd 'Henry are com- th new comer. If a man has . let- ing," or, "Tom, John, and Henry are ter of introd'iction to a woman he may corning.:' call and deliver it in person. It depends on what meaning yuu Mrs. W. J. 151.:-1. What is the best wish to convey. In the first sentence, way to treat a kitchen floor? 2. What Tom's attention is called to the fact color scheme wot.ld you advise for a that John and Henry are coming; in girl's bedroom with a large south win- the second, it is stated that Tom, John, clow? and Henry are all three coming. longer in Winter than in Summer, gentle pat occasionally make the horse provided the shoes keep in condition. more tractable and serviceable. Meny a man has become bankrupt One great reason for buys leaving by thinking he could make his fortune the farm is that Willie's colt grows up o fact papa'shorse. in lassos, whin as a matter f a to be there was no horse in him. To suci Never strike an animal when you csed with horses a man must love are angry, nor when he is. If you horses, he must have u lot of horse do not, you will never strike him. sense and he must be willing to study 1 This advice is as good when applied and learn. 1 to striking a man in anger. Something wrong when a horse eats his own bedding. Leave out the On His Estate. straw and use sawdust or some such thine; then correct the ration. Give a better, all-round line of feed. A quiet voice of approval and a Willie --What sort of a man is he? Gillis—Well, if he had a country estate he'd have the Katydids saying "Baty done it," before a week was up. The volume of applications for new insurance during 1916 was by far the Greatest in the History of the Company. That is the best evidence of public esteem. Lot no send you eoin0 troch insurance facts Agents wanted in unrepresented districts is e -- m,x. :a,�xwrmaw..m,ears.�aovaco lTseaM6 TO Ins THAT `IQUR STAG 6ANQUET , ROW, ,NOW, H1LEN - I rye. Gorr AGREAT WELL WNAI'S 10 FUNNY sroR`If LeT`d 'rtlE. Jogs. IS oN BER1r ezee,4-`lou I4Jow HE 15 cAN ti'r7ur1FFul.t-' SA`I WHAT ? ( gin / 'NAT' SE ItAB 140T ktsstp ANY WOMANAY DDT HIS OWN WIFE .SINCE HE. WAS MARRIEo, ANP A GUI or:1'S a+ UP AND SAys „sIV>r Ml A NAY, I WAS MARRIED --' 1 WEU,, WneRs 18 Tue. , 1 k•�HE. GAV1 `fou ? j LASTED RATE ENOUGH ! JOKE. TO' ELL HEAR IT A NAY sAl-FsMMW AND 116 - "'u a? �: /p �e• t r �,rr' �r'Y / 4 �'' I y -- 1 e5 9 y e1 / Y1;, 0' - ''•"' 1 m 'y l 4 t4 � s Y0U -• s0 PQN'i„SCOLC) \„_ ” 'o , ARTS UP ANo SAYS• Hem.. 6IVE A NBel HAY TO EVERY late MAN Wi!o CAN r.ir rt1 — r `,. ,, -. I,b e 4 g ,,' f lil'' 4 e o +'a ipi� MARR u1.4Y `iRU7NF r+ SAY — sJ /fit ` :T'�' `iFSTERUA''i l / I r, 1 .„. ii w. i i a 4 r` 1. l . Ilr R`` \\l�nlhira• „••' , a% x v ,itf•z'-I.t trtq[ J I „�•• rh `: 4" _ {t! ' ' .^_ - - �� •+i ,1' ,,={„. ...z�9 -eonJ d'' .._ E • � 1 ,,, .�i ` ..,Aa ..:•:.:h,.s�,a: - . -"_ �-.1�- / s .-� � ' 611 y.� ,e Headache in Children. The healthy child has at0 headaches, and ought not to know the meaning of the word until it is well into its teens. Nevertheless, headache is not very un- common in children, and it dues not al- ways receive the attention from par- ents or physicians that it deserves. In children under three years of age It is difficult to recognize headaehe, for they cannot describe their symptoms, and can only cry violently or else, lie very still and resent any attempt to move them. Habitual or frequent headache in a child is generally an indication of some constitutional fault; he may have a gouty or nervous inheritance, or lie may be run down or =tannic. The latter condition often Weds older children as they approach the period of adoleecenre. Another Anot I t'e neon ea u, e g of habitual u al headache in children of school age de eyestrain; that comes on toward ever,- ing; and is absent during vacations and on Saturdays and Suntl•i,ee. Chronic nasal catarrh is nice a cause of headache. That form differ.; from the eye headache in heing eon- stant oe elect in coming on irregularly —in the morning as often as in the evening. Another cause of -headache, less fre- quent in children than in adult., is autointoxication, due to intestinal tor- por, an inactive liver, or worms. hi searching for the nessible cause of ob- scure headaches, the teeth also, which !sometimes begin to decay very early, must not be forgotten. The onset of ticute disease, such as one of the contagious fevers of child- hood, is almost always announced by severe headache in the forehead. The place of the headache is some- times, although not as a rule, an in- dication of its cause. In general, pain in the forehead or over the eyes is due either to ana?mia, autointoxication, af- fections of the nose or eyestrain; paha in the temples et the sides of the head le caused by ear troubles or decayed teeth; eyestrain and ear inflammation sone times cause pain in the back of the heed; and the pain of anaemia and autointoxication is likely to be in the top of the heed os well as in the fore- head. ----Youth's Companion. Warning to the Constipated. City dwellers are told that canned and denaturized foods are Largely re- a sh for the • n li s o u le a a n lets of P P. g alga the digestive tract so universally pre- valent. But why is the patent laxa- tive found on the farmer's medieino shelf ? It must be from neglect of nature's call, for, surely, with an abundance of succulent vegetables, apples, raw and baked, with other fruits in season, and, above all, bran—that "broom of the intestines,” to be had for daily use in muffins and breakfast foods---ct rem- edy for constipation is at hand in every farmer's family. By taking an in- telligent interest in these foods it is easy to energize the family, and energy brings a big reward. The first requisite for the clear vis- ion which wins success in any under- taking, is bodily fitness. It is true that great deeds have been done by the. handicapped, but we believe investiga- tion would show that no great crea- tive work was ever done by a person with a habitually clogged alimentary canal. There should be a sharp re- alization filet if the waste of the holy is not evacuated as soon as the nutri- ment has been absorbed, these pro- cesses of absorption will keep wark• ing and will take up virulent poisons, which should have been ejected, and return them to circulate their deadly influence throughout the system, dul- ling the power of thought and action. NEW KIND OF SHOE SOLES. They Are Made of Scrap Leather by an English Patent. A new and recently patented method of manufacturing soles for shoes from scrap leather is described in a report made to the U.S. Department of Com- merce by Consul H. M. Byington, Leeds, England, While he does not give details concerning the process, Mr, Byington says it is claimed that the soles thus produced are nonsue- :' tion, nonslipping, and waterproof, and can be made at much leaver cost than. the ordinary leather sole. It is also possible to use the method in building heels. is is also claimed," Mr. Byington. goes on, "that the novelty of the pate ent may be enhanced by an ingenious arrangement of strips of rubber at- tached to a thin layer of canvas the rubber strips fitting into the inter stices of the loather sections. This is said to give a pleasing resiliency to the step of the wearer and to do away with the aching of the feet, some- times prolnte'1 by purely rubber soles." Yesterday is the time you should; have begun sine of the great things you are going to do -to -morrow. In the United Kingdom there are al- most. two and a quarter million men and women 011011ged in making canna and pr ojectilee. The supply in some lines ;ugh is the ' eighteen -pounder held gun, is now greater than thoneed arid production is slackening. If tit war is not won lack of munitions wil cut danger be a valid excuse,