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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1917-03-01, Page 2Conducted by Professor Henry G. Bell. The object of this department Is to place at the service of our farm readers the advlee of an acknowl- edged authority on all subjects pertaining to eons 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 is limited it le advispble where immediate reply is necessary that a stamped and addressed envelope be enclosed with the question, when the answer will be mailed direct. Question ---$.H..(1) How elm I best get humus into a rangy soil? I have a field of about 6 acres which is nnpro- duetiva. Laaat year it was not even greed for grazing. I ploughed it last fall and have been thinking of sowing it in the. spring, and turning it under the following spring. What would you suggest that I sow and get a fair crop the same your, yet improve the anti? . Aleswet—You would do well in the Whig, ea soon as the ground will work, to harrow it down. to a smooth seedbed, first having given it a ("gass- ing of from two to five tons of manure to _the acre; then seed it to an early variety of oats, such u. 0. A. C. No. 72,.or Daubeney, us'ng abasic 1Se bus. of seed to the acre. Seed this with about •10 the, of Common Red Clover and 4 Has. el ante to the sort. The - oats ill het -vest eerie., and iho clover should tet a Betty gam growth by fall ::a soon as it has !Made a eat- isfaet uv ::tart in spring, instead of eating 1,, f,ese le under, and ; eu will -have saeeeleel eeeir see by a gemd ad. 1:rac ..., ..t matt: r•. (line. '. r.',. 2 Chat is the best fertilierea; o:ee foe potatoes on sandy soil, .0-., etat quantity shuula be ap- plied ter ,t,re? ,1n. •, , , t'ota,oes on a sandy r nil Henry G. Bell. earege4 00. If a hse a loud, y ase cough, becorominghas moist latedrr 0n,holorud and frequent respirations, dullness, ropy saliva from mouth, bowels costive and urine high colored,'and stands continuously, he is showing symptoms of bronchitis. See that he Inas comfortable, well - ventilated quarters, excluded from diaut:itt. Apply mustard to breast and sides, Stearn nostrils, holding head over boiling water with a little earbolie aeid, Givo cold water with 0 or 4 drains nitrate of potassium in it. When infltunrnation subsides, give dram doses each of gentian, ginger, and sulphate of Iron 3 times daily. If hay is kept in front of idle horses all the time they will keep on eating it, to their own detriment, and at the waste of a lot of good feed. It is more economical to give a small feed of grain at noon than t'o stuff them with hay. Give just as much hay morning and night as will be eaten up clean in to reasonable time. Study your horses. Some require more roughage than others to keep - them in condition, Some horses will never stuff themselves with hay, no matter how much is given them; oth- ers will eat everything in sight. The intelligence of the feeder must control the situation. Bring the head -stalls into the kit- chen at night if the stable is frosty, or cover the bits with smooth leather. Never put a frosty bit in a horse's mouth. The idle work horses and the colts should spend a few hours every plea- sant day in a sheltered yard. Never leave them out until they are chilled; that doesn't pay. Be very careful with the breeding mares. Don't let them slip, and don't make them back heavy loads. A good teamster will manage to make his team hack as little as possible. Back- ing is unnatural and very straining. should receive a fairly high-grade fertilizer. You will do well to use one carrying from 4 to 6%c ammonia, 8 to 10% available phosphoric acid, and as much potash (up to 3%) as you can get this year. If you cannot buy a fertilizer with a high amount of potash, you will do web to apply wood ashes, up to ae ton to the acre, work- ing it into the soil before you apply the fertilizer. If you do apply wood ashes, be sure to treat your seed potatoes with formalin in order to kill the spores of the scab which is like- ly to thrive where wood ashes have been applied. In applying the Perts Weer, if you are putting en 600 lbs. or more to the acre, apply one-half through the fertilizer attachment of the grain drill, if you have a grain drill with fertilizer attaehrnent, or -pread it broadcast over the potato field before the last h u•rowing if you do not have a drill di tttb.ttor. Thor- oughly harrow this fertilizer into the soil and apply the rest of the fertilizer through tate fcrtil+zer dropping at- tachment of the potato planter. It is not advisable to apply more than no the. to the rcre through the fert- Meer attachment of the potato plant- er; hence any excess, of .this amount should be worked in' Lreedeaet when preparing the potato seedbed. DIVIDENDS FROM GARDEN CROPS This 'fear, 11 Evei'. the Opportune Time for Making Money From Vegetabies. Fire arts of Ontario soil near a good market. can be made to easily' support n family in comfort. In pota toe loge the returns would run., un- der ordinary prices, at from $100 to $200 -per acre. From X5.100 to 5500 per acre can be made from caulk flower. Many people will be inclined to regard thee° figures as exaggerat ed, but they are facts, and many cases i can be pointed out to substantiate our statement.:. With proper soil treatment, the' average garden will produce at least a half more than it now does. Several thing: must be borne in mind, how- ever, to make a success with garden crops, such 00 onions, potatoes, cab- bage, etc. The soil must be suitable, cultivation must be thorough, varie- ties the best for the district and the market, and good salesmanship. The plot =sleeted for the garden should be well drained, and must not ho shaded to any extent. Drainage! takes away stnface water rapidly, and keeps the soil water away from the surface, thereby allowing the roots to grow deep and the air to enter the soil nail aid in decomposing it. Fertil- ity is aunther most important feature. The nerd for fertilizer is shown by law greetlh and pale color in the plane. Stable manure. brine mini, or good cammetclal fertilizer should• be used to renew the elements required by the soil. - Germination. Crops ere often lost through the failure of the seeds to germinate. Don't blouse your seedman- for- this. It is uetuilly because in planting the soil is left loose about the tiny seeds, and the dry atmosphere penetrates to them, shrivelling them up until all attality is dt'tstroyed. Vegetable crops a.+ a rule are sown in rows, and Ott every case, as soon as the seed is sown, it should be pressed down in the drill with the foot, then covered up level by the back of a rake, drawn Never feed chicks till the third day after hatching, let them have all the the dry sand and water they will take. Their first real feed should be rolled oats and hard-boiled eggs chopped fine. Two tablespoonfuls are suffici- ent for 100 chicks, Are pens mated up? Don't delay any longer, Fowls. like men, tire of sameness in diet, They must have a variety in the bill of fare to do well. Select the breed intelligently, and lengthwise of the drills, and again then care for it judiciously. The man firmed by the roller or hack of a who sticks to his breed, getting out of spade, For want of this simple pre- it all that is possible, is the man who caution, perhaps one-quarter of all succeeds. seeds sown fail to germinate. Again, Neglect does a lot of mischief in for the same reason, when setting out the poultry yard. ,,,The fowls need plants of any kind, be certain that the regular attention. There are many soil Is pressed close to the root. We details that must be heeded, or dis- have seen whole acres of cauliflower, aster may result. cabbage and strawberry plants lost It doesn't seem possible, in this era solely through neglect of this precau- when the pure=bred fowl has proved tion, its worth to be double that of the Value of Rotation. mongrel, that any intelligent farmer ds should tolerate the latter. But, alas In order to secure maximum yiel , and to keep down weeds, the system- atic rotation of farm crops is an ac- knowledged necessity. Why not, therefore, plan the varieties of vege- tables and their planting time so as to secure a .continuous and abundant supply ot good, fresh green things? It is just as easy as any other method , of garden management, and it is much more satisfactory. For example a crop of radishes, tur- nips, spinach or lettuce sown in April, will have ripened so that the ground ,,/an be cleated, dug up, and mattered, and again used by the first of June, j when such crops es cucumbers, peas, tomatoes, or sweet corn can be plant - fed, and 50 on all through the list. j The camps should be moved around from year to year, so as to :give the soil a chance to recuperate. Where a number of successive plant- ings are desirable, as with peas, it is an excellent plan to plant a third or fourth crop between the rows of the first crop, removing the vines of the first crop as soon as the peas have !been picked. i The observance of the foregoing i suggestions, along with instructions for planting. wh eh most reliable seedsmon supply with purchases of !seeds and plants, should enable any thoughtful and ambitious person to make a success of growing the com- 1 mon and most popular summer vege- %tee Mending *?9 'tionaJ ly�y,�.�, ,�y ~ "45 ts.ttJ.o tit.. di P�' 110 awse,..t' ereena Seca -.. eteiteelaC ne ase-nsr-em•-gd-xr•rri-^Si SiMeetu; vLx, =e7ser. .+-i. -a•es- there are still some Peter Tumble - downs in our rural districts! If a hen is not comfortable, if she is not provided for according to her de- mands, site just simply refuses to pro- duce eggs. She can not he fooled; she can control her egg output at will. arir Silage furnishes a juicy food for win' ter, and thus helps to keep the diges- tive organs of cattle in good order. On the same acreage, two cows can be kept on silage at the cost of keep- ing one cow on hay or other roughage, Plan to look over the pasture fences as soon as the winter is over. No time to stop to fix them after the stock is turned out and you are busy with the plowing, Fear, cold, any kind of discomfort, are expensive in a dairy herd, Com- fort always means profit. It is up to you if your cows do not turn you a profit. Give the heifers that are to calve in the spring very special caro. They should have exercise, but not where they can be knocked around by the older cows. They should be handled every day, and made very gentle and tractable. This handling will be found to have been time well spent when they come into milk. More Military Precision. A colonel in the French army, who had a great eye for neatness but not much of an ear for music, took peca- sion one day to compliment his band- master on the appearance of his men. "Their uniforms are neat," said the colonel, "and their instruments axe nicely polished and kept in order, but there is one improvement that I must insist upon. "What is it, colonel?" "You must train your men, when they perform, to lift their fingers all at exactly the same time and qt re- gular intervals on their instrur'bents, so --one, two, one, two!" spinal fluids to aid in diagnosing mental diseases, RECRUITS FOR AVAL SERVICE The Women of Canada Are Asked to Support Campaign for Royal Navy Volunteers. Captain the Hon. Rupert Guinness, A.D,C1., C.B., C,M.G., R,N.V.R., Senior Officer of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, anddtis wife, Lady Gwendolen Guinness, sailed a few weeks ago for England as tor having spoken in almost every town of ally sire in Canada from Sydney and Halifax on the Atlantic, to Vaucouver and Victoria on the Pacific. Their aim was to organize Committees to secure recruits for the Overseas DIvision ot the Royal qf Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve, and the work `7 which they launched and which was unreservedly helped along by the Iron. Mr, Ilazen for the Canadian Government, has already had splendid results, and hundreds of good recruits have joiued The Pendant Offered by the Navy under the auspices of the R. N. C. V. R. Lady Gwendolen Guinness Before leaving, The Lady Gwendolen made ar- rangements to have a specially designed souvenir pendant distributed through the various recruiting centres to the Mothers, or Wives—or Sweet hearts whose influence had helped to secure recruits. This pendant is a very pretty one of silver—gilt—and bears the motto "I helped to serve." The badge Is now, we aro informed, being distributed by the Committees and will doubtless be worn by many women as a badge of honor, as well as a souvenir of their loved ones. The illustration gives some idea of its , n . .,CbnductedbY' JV7076642, Azar Mothers and daughters of all ages are cordially Invited to write to this department. Initials only will ba published with eaoh question and Its answer as 0 means of Identification but full name and address must be' given In each letter. Write on ono side of paper only. Answers will bo mailed direct if stamped and addressed envelope le enclosed. • Address all correspondence for this department to Mrs. Helen Law, 15 Castle Frank Road, Toronto, S. W.:---1. Efficieney is indeed a and polish with a ehamois skin. 2. wordtoconjure with, and nowhere isl�''• 1 eating soup aha spoon should be I dipped away from oneselfar t it more needed than in the Canadian soup be take , from the aide of the he household at the present time. `"A ;bowl, not the tip. feud expert gives the following Live II, B,:---1, To disguise castor oil ways in which he estimates twenty pour a small numncity of lemon juice per cent. of the money expended for' in a tumbler, then add the castor oil, food is wasted, 1, Needlessly ex-, and on top of this more lemon juice. pensive material. 2. A groat deal The acid taste completely disguises the thrown away. 3. Bad preparation. 4.' nil. 2. If tapes of aleut 4 inched in Failure to select rightly according to length are sewed to the tops of stock - season. - 5. Badly constyUrtecl ovens. iree and each child ie taught to tie Protein foods aro eggs, meaty, fish, his or her stockings together before beans, peas, cheese, Starchy foods .isitting them in the wash basket, the are the grains --.wheat, rice, rye, oats,! time and trouble taken in meting the corn, etc., and potatoes, Fats aro etoe•Icings when they roma from the nuts, cream, butter, lard, fat meats. ' wash may be avoided, Thi.i is clone Minerals are .contained. in carrots, lee-, at meaty boarding schools and is found tuce, spinach, beets, parsnips. A wall to be satisfactory. balanced meal consists of one protein, ! A. F.-4, 4, To set the color in ging- two starch, two mineral and one sweet. ham put the garment before washing You will see therefore that beans and :into strong salt water. Let it stand peas should not be served with moat,' for ten or fifteen minutes and then dry 2. The proper height of working sur- 'thoroughly and as quickly as possible face for n woman of five feet three before washing. Adding one tea - inches is 294 inches. For every inch spoonful Epsom salts to each gallon in a woman's height there should be a of water in the washing is another variation of half an inch in the height good way to set color. Of course, of table, ironing board, sink, etc,— 3, urder present dye condition, -gine dyes Time savors are: Food choppers, bread will ru.. in spite of all you can do. 2. mixers, cakemixers, washing ma Rice should be stirred very slowly into chines, dish dryers, silver (dem pans, rapidly boiling water r. el tho water There is also a long list of electric kept at n brisk boil if the rice id to be devices: Irons, washing machines, flaky and not mushy. It should be vacuum. cleaners, t�asters grille, per- stirred lightly with a fork, as a <apoon colators, fans, ventilatorss, will crush the grains. 3, A cloth C, Ii. D.:-1. A cleaning liquid for should be wrapped tightly around a the nails can be made as follows: One frozen water pipe before pouring hot dram tartaric acid, one dram tincture water over it to thaw it out. 4. One of myrrh, two drams cologne water, pair of stockings will make a capital three ounces water. Dissolve the acid iron -holder If nplit and folded neatly in the water, mix the tincture of into a square, quilted and bound round myrrh and cologne and adcl these to the edges. Slip at piece of asbestos the acid solution. Dip an orange- cloth between the folds to keep the wood stick in this, apply to the nails, 1 heat from the (nand. ilss Xncligestion. The teetL1ah aers tiofe first fatptor in the Process of digestion. They represent the millstones that cut lull grind the food. As they do so, alkaline secre- tions rine givon out by glands 111 the mouth and mix with the food to make the first change it undergoes in the process of being absorbed by the sys- tem. Good tooth are essential to normal digestion. Teeth which are Assessed or ertfficial teeth held in place by set- tings which retain foodstuffs are in- jurious to health because they provide.: places in which disease -producing germs grow tend multiply. If you have diseased teeth or Salsa teeth not easy to keep Clean have them attended to. The germs they foster aro producing poisonous subetanoes that interfere with the normal fune- tions of vital organs, such as the tweet and kidneys. If you put your teeth in order, pro- vided the organs have not become chronically affected by long subjec- tion to improper conditions In the mouth, the discontinuance of the poisone will permit nature to reassert herself and the organs whose fano- . tions have been atfeeted will resume their normal course ln•sustaining the scheme of life, Care of the teeth should begin with.. the advent of the child's first ones. They should be apt clean by means that will insure no wounding of the gums. They aro usually destroyed by acid, therefore no mouth •ashes containing acids should be u:eed, Con- sult your dentist before ttri-ir mouth wat,hes or preparations 111 the foam of powders, cream, etc. If you are interested in your diges- tion you will avoid incongruous mix- tures of foodstuffs made up solely to tickle the taste, Potato salad in the Canadian style is a good example, 1'h0 potato is composed chiefly of starch, That is dige.ited in the second stomach where the secretions are alkaline. If you soak the potato in vinegar you have something whose nature is strict- ly opposite to the alkaline, which it fights. Therefore, - you are mater- ially delaying the digestive process. Poor cooking often make; proper food either difficult or impossible to digest. The hard earned money of the household goes to the purchase of good food which is often ruined •by the housewife ignorant in the art of cooking. Goocl cooking is not a mat- ter of whim or flattering the palate. It is an absolute essential to health, 'lherefut•e the art should be taught in all our public schools. If you eat too fust when the body is overtired, heated or chilled, you will often suffer distressing indigestion. Eating in impure or stale air will in- terfere with digestion. If you are compelled to take a meal under such circumstances the quantity of the food should be reduced to a minimum. Outside of some of these things which have been mentioned, nil of which can be controlled to a greater or less extent, it will be found that certain foods do not in themselves agree with certain persons. If you are eating sensible food in a sensible manner and you find that some parti- cular thing does not agree with you, the only thing to do it to cut it off your list. YAWNING FOR HPAL'I'H. tables. general appearance. SAN, Beg"-, WASN'T THAT Miss WI> Nov WuRE JUST TAiLKINci 'TO? asheeilataC) Sheep will stand a lot of cold weather, but draughts are as danger- ous to them as to other animals. Do not crowd the flock. Exercise is very essential to the ewes and the coming lambs. Feed regularly, :and be quiet and kind to the flock. Sheep appreciate a kind, well -modulated voice. Provide for plenty of clean fresh water in the sheep barn. Give it fresh every day. Are yours just sheep, or the very best you can find? When a sheep does not chew its cud or eat, you have a sick sheep on your hands. Good treatment is to take the sheep out of the flock, put it in a sunny yard or pen and give it -e chance to drink what: pure wetter it will, Don't urge it to eat, and be patient. - Men Carry Trans. In China and Japan men and wo- men of all classes, callings and' pro- fessions, carry fans, trIT CD :120 XX* 1 UND5R,STAND S11 IS GONG TO Ba MARRI1rD Isco r IT FUNNY, BoRY, Now AliomtoL `l DAMM 1.IKe 'MAT WILL F161D sonic PooR MUTT T1lAT 1441T$ ro MARR"i µ�R woo 1s si'il= ieM6A6ED To faaLW,13> RT— Don't expect to succeed with hogs if you give them any old thing to eat. Pige must be fed clean wholesome food if you wish to eat fine hams and bacon of delicious flavor. The ill -smelling pig -pen is a relic .Z the past in up-to-date farming com- munities. - Cleanliness is the watchword for Great Exercisrf for Vocal and Respira- tory Organa. "From my early days 1 was sickly," said a famous singer recently. "My success with pigs. lungs were weak. Yet everybody said To expel worms frena hogs the fol- I hacl a good singing voice. But lowing prescription is right for a pig whenever I tried singing, my throat weighing about 100 pounds: San- got sore. So what could I clo?" thio, five grains; calomel, two grains; To -day her breathing organs and areca nut, two grains; sodiunt Wear- vocal chords are a seven-day wonder. bonate, one dram. Keee the hogs off Her health troubles have gone, and feed for about twelve house and give her voice is not only strong, but of a the dose in a slop of middlings. The certain clear anti bird. -like quality stir - evening of rho same day give a mast licldt to clezenlbe. In a word, she is of wheat bran. This will flush the Otto of the best esairples of defects bowels. Gather all worms and burn overcome and exuberant lite and the. health that one could tied. Wmortzts often are the forerunner of disease. forI knew a lot of people would lake If hog or pig has a b•ig appetite and to learn the secret of her transforma- thriftless condition, with dry dead tion. Yawning ---systematic yawnieag — scientific yawning --I learned it from a Japanese teacher. 'fawning, eom- bmed with swallowing and deep breathing, worked up into an interest- ing exercises" "You see it's a little more than one mere yawn," she explained, "It con- sists of yawning several times itt ue- hair, it is a good indication of the pre- sence of weenie. . 5141 N INGAGED To l int ?e; cession in fresh ail', every yawn being followed by a swallowing of all the saliva one can gather in the mouth, This should be repeated twiny times during the day - and evening, and as a sort of side show the patient ought to practice breathing, "My respiratory organs begot t:o feel new life pulsating through their length unci depth and width. Remem- ber, that was 'five years ago. "Yawning was tlto foundation of my present health," she :vent: on, "'ihe yawning, followed be, l'ne swallowing, if practised faithfully, (muses the ton- sils and uvula to retract and harden. You tan see, therefore, the advantage for a singer or streaker, or for spy- oto: for that matter, for it clears the passagee and gives rho vt(ice a greet- er volume and the Mire person im- proved health," A. surgical instrument has been in - veined to hteanure the turbidity of