HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1918-03-07, Page 3Y'1
By Agron•ornist.
This Department Is for the use of our farm readers wha want the advice
of ah expelt on any question regarding soli, seed,.crops, etc. If your
ques
an
stof sutfeient general Interest, it will be answered tiroueh column.
sog1eedandaddressed ssod envelope Is enclosedwl h yourletter, a com tete
anwr will he mailed toyou. Address Agronomist, caro of Wilson Publishng
Ij,
Ce, Ltd., F3 Adelaide St. .,
Toronto,
(crowing (leans and Parsnips.
Nuihhig le to be gained by p'leeting
the beeh benne outdoors too early,
a5 they 0111 err.' te0(1ei• and one light
frost may caller kill or retard thein
icor el l •e •.Jack or more's later
; l,. t ceeree, if you are emelt),
-bee to never o1 otherwise prated
them ieed ar.1 s +1'o to attend to it, you
yen -get an aairilee crop by taking
1001 ink, k, 11u`., in any case, it will
n(t he raise to plant Until the ground
le Will:1 erel the weather somewhat
Settled, as benne planted in old or
soggy soil are likely to rot in the
ground.
1•he•V:trioue Varieties
p..ans naturally (livid° thenlseiwes
in the following classes: The dwarf
green. and yellowpodded, • the dwarf
shell beans, which are motured, and
beans shelled out for winter use; the
ta11, or pole, green anti yellow podded,
and the tall shell beans for winter.
Fcw ; c i ,ons grow any of the shell
henna in small home gardens, and we;
will not further consider thein here.
1",,r beans the soil should be rich!
and mellow. To get them tender at;
l.ielcing time they should have quick
411311 eontinnous growth, and this is!
best a 110111(1 when they are planted
in a warm, rich, porous soil, well
-
drained and given plenty of water.
1' alter-ttcil manure, dug into the
treech, i3 best; and the soil should be
011(:1 fine with 1114 shovel when dig-
ging anirhod with the rake
Bums ere planted in two general
311.51: li h11I1 and in furrows or drills.
C'.e„n�r ecutivaltion can bo given by
the Bill system, but more can be
aexilegrown in the exile space of garden by
the drill prim.
By the 11111 system you can hoe all
111> (1 1121132, b,.t when planted in
1?11is. il' you leme many weeds, it will
'(-gadre hrnci-weeding eking the rotes
eihere the hoe cannot reach.
Ae some beans; for -different me,
eerie, do nut germinate, it will pay to
plant them entree thickly, and lhiri
Gut in the drills to four inches apart.
Make the drills as far apart as may
bat cunvenieut. If to be worked en-
the ly with the hue, eighteen inches
arm t will du; it to be -worked with the
wheel cultivator, make them two feet
aisert between the drills,
\' 11Ln using tho hill- system of
plantiur,;, drop four to six beans to a
hill, making the hills a foot apart.
When fully up, 11:i11 out to three or
four to a hill.
.leans require frequent cultivation,
always drawing the soil up around
- the plants. If the wheel cultivator
is used. it will be well to go over them
with the hoe to get the soil well up
i th
There can be no successful dairy-
ing which .does pat rest upon an ap-
pret:iatton of tate fact that u cow is
first of all'a mother. A cow's ability
to bring forth strong and vigorous
011'spa'hrg and to provide abundnntly
for the nourishment of such is the
corner stone of the dairy business.
There are those who call the cow a
machine, who figure painstakingly the
amount .of foodstuffs oho should have
to produce her utmost, and who go
to the 5102115, Wok them when ° about their business upon the basis
crust fol iris after' Pains, and at all I that, as in the ease of other Me -
times when naceesary to keep down chines, production is simply a hatter
of how much raw material null be
turned 111 a given time into finished
As a solid dinner . vegetable the product,
parsnip is welcomed on the tables of It i5, of 1ollree, unjust- to the cow
the rich • and poor alike. • Boiled 1
to call her a machine. Machines. do
with meat it, makes a whole heal, and 21111 possess nerves, whereas a cow has
it in just 05 much relished when cook -:all intricate system of them. And
eel in any of the many ways in
which it can be served.
It is the sugar content which makes
the parsnip so valuable as a food. Tt
is heavy with sugar, and it is to getmilk-producing system, An un(1ue
into it so much of this valuable quality disturbance of normal,, tranquil eons
Out we give :t the very best soil and
cultivation.
A great deal of the value of the
parsnip also lies in its good keeping
the weeds,
Parsnip a Veinable ''good
the relation between this system and
the milk pail is so intimate that any
condition which affects the cow's nerv-
ous system reacts et mice upon the
g
dualities. It may ho taken up in the
tall and stored in pits, or cool cellars
in sand, or it can be allowed to re-
main in the open ground over winter,
which will improve its flavor and
snake a good vegetable for use in the
early spring when such 000 scarce.
As they aro an all -season vege-
table, they can be planted eighteen
inches apart, and tri° space between
alter iropped with radishes, lettuce
.1 ,,,...
'Best results Will be obtained by dig-
ging into the soil as much. well -rotted
' manure as it will take, using it in the
trench in preference to spr'eading it
1 on top. As is the case with all
(large -growing root crops, the soil
should be matte porous and mellow, so
that the roots can grave and expand
easily.
Parsnip seed is of rather easy ger-
l11i01'.tione on which account it should
nes be •covered more than a half inch
with fine soil. A gentle• wetting
down of the drills will pack the soil
and the seeds together sufficiently
that compacting with the foot will not
be necessary.
1 When 1110 young "paints are two
inches hitch they should he thinned out
to three inches—apart.
•Early, small -growing parsnips which
are pulled out for bundling can be left
stand at three inches apart, but
if you plant the:lcnn;• winter varieties,
they should be thinned out to six
incites ..part, as their foliage is very,
heavy and will crowd even at that
dist:once. The largest varieties had
bette.-• be thinned out to eight inches.
Parsnips, like ail root crops con-
taining large quantities of sugar, re-
quire a great amount of water, and
it shout", be given them regularly; but
be sore that •tris ground they are
growing in is well drained so that it
sloes not get boggy. •
Mand to be inserted inside the collar.
The style of horse collars are • creat-
ed mostly by the use of different kinds
of materials 111 their construction.
The feed a colt gets the first eigl.- 1 Such materials as heavy duck, ticking,
teen months, and especially the first; and leather are used either alone or in
winter, determines to a great extent, various combinations. All -metal
the size of the colt at maturity. The! collars may also be bought, but are
size of a horse determines its value: not so much used. -
very largely. Good breeding gives' The stuffing used in horse collars is
wonderful possibilities, but it takes. retires material, such us rye straw,
feeding if these possibilities are to be' curled Bair, and cotton fibre.
fully realized. The best -bred colt! •
will be no- better than a scrub if it is 1
fed upon r Starvation ration.
u 1 a s
A draft colt makes one half of its
development by the time it is one year
old, hence the importance of a good
start. The colt should be taught
to eat grain before it is weaned, and
after being weaned should be allowed
a liberal ration of alfalfa or clover
hay with other available roughage,
such as corn fodder, kafir butts, cane
hay, and straw, The colt should be
fed sufficient grain to. keep it in good
growing and thrifty condition.
If the colt is fed properly, one
should never be able to see its ribs.
A ration of from six to eight pounds
a day should be fed for each 1,000
pounds ,pf live weight. Oats is an
excellent feed, but at the present
price is so high it is not practical. A
good substitute is corn 70 per cent.,
bran 20 per cent., and oil meals per
cent. by weight. Colts should have
access to a pasture or a large lot so
as to have plenty of exercise.
A collar should be fitted to the
horse, and not the .horse to the col-
lar. The collar that.is too large should
not be used on a horse in the hope
that leo will grow large enough so ie
will eventually fit. A collar that fits
well in the spring may not fit at all
in the fall,
When one is fitting a horse with a
collar, the animal should be standing
in a natural position on level ground,
with his head held at the height main-
tained while at work, The collar,
v1ien buckled, should fit snugly to the
Fide of the neck, and its face should
follow closely aed be in even coated
with the 501211co of the shoulders from
the top.of the withers to the region of
his throat. At the tlt0oae there
should be Fhough room for a man's
— All sweet with evening airs,
So many now have found it.
That knewso few before,
But never the feet of hone glad then
Or children any More,
—David Morton,
odfri
Keep the birds with rather large,
plump combs and wattles. -
Bens with pale vents, pale beaks
and pale kgs have been good layers.
Keep the late molters.
Beep the pullets that mature quick-
ly and start laying first. Those that
start When less than 200 days old, or
nearest that ago, are the best layers
i:f•he• have had the right care.
t v
g
Market those that have been slow
to feather or seem to lack vitality.
The skin of the best layers should
be rather loose and flabby on the
abdomen between the vent and the
breast
The pelvic boles must bo thin,!
straight, flexible and wide apart.
Market the hens that are lagging
behind and that have a heavy, fat and
thick abdomen that hangs below the
point of the breast -bone.
Beep the hustlers and heavy eaters
that go to bed late and with full
0000.
Birds that have long toe -nails, and
show no signs of being workers, are
usually unprofitable.
A Road in Flanders.
There is a road m Flanders
That nuns a quiet way,
And few there were that found it;
And yet, at dusk of clay,
There were some feet that sought it,
And loved its dust and loam,
The feel of it beneath them;
Men glad of going home.
A little road and quiet,
Not built for great affairs --
The sort of road for children,
ditions diverts the blood supply from
the milk glands and the cow either
"holds up her milk" or gives a lessen-
ed quantity. It is not without rea-
son that Swiss peasants sing or yodel
softly to their coves at milking time,
If calves site weaned they should
be fed whole mills until they arra one
month old, when they should he elleng-
ed to skim mills. They should be
fed skim milk until they are six
menthe old, While they are an milk
they should be given some grain and
alfalfa hay.
A good mixtarc for grain feed is
feat parts of corn chop, one part of
partsf wheat bran.
And a
o
meal, n tw
oiln a
t
After taking the calf off the milk, in-
crease the grain gradually to two
pounds a day in addition to silage
and alfalfa hay,
The heifers should be bred so as to
calve when from twenty-four to thirty
menthe of age, depending upon the
breed and growth of the animal. If
bred so as to calve earlier than this,
their growth is apt to be injured.
It is {estimated by The Bulletin that
500 traelors will be , at work in the
Edmonton district next spring,
Donald Smith of Red Deer receiv-
ed for some fine beef cows what is
reported°to be the highest price ever
paid for this class of beef in Western
Canada $9,45 per hundred,
Bacon contains about .7 per cent,
bone, dressed beef 20, mutton 20 and
veal 25. That is one reason why
bacon is so much desired for ship-
ment to Europe under present condi-
tions of shipping.
GOOD HEALTH QUESTION BOX
By Andrew F. Currier, M. D.
Dr, Currier will answer all signed letters pertaining to Health. If your
question Is of general Interest it will be answered through these columns;
If not ft will be answered personally, if stamped, addressed envelope Is en.
closed. Dr. Currier will not prescribe for individual cases or make diagnoses.
Address Dr. Andrew F. Currier, care of Wilson Publishing Co„ 73 Adelaide St.
West, Toronto.
Blood Pressure.
Blood pressure is an important sub-
ject, insurance companies lay stress
upon it and doctors who keep abreast
of the progress of the times find it
Necessary to be skillful in determin-
ing. it.
"It means the degree of force which
the blood 0011001 in the arteries ex-
erts against their wall under the in-
fluence of the contractile force of the
heart muscle.
It is measured by the height of a
column of mercury in a capillary tithe.
It should be remembered that the
heart is a pump and the arteries a
series of elastic tubes proceeding from
a great trunk vessel attached to the
heart, and dividing and sub -dividing
until every portion of the body has
been traversed by them.
Any artery can be used to deter-
mine the blood pressure, if the system
is ingood working order, but one of
moderate size is more convenient than
one which is very large or very small.
It is also desirable to choose 00
artery near the surface, which can
easily be got at.
The arteries .of the body are sub-
ject to disease like any other tissue
or organ ancr such disease is often an
important symptom of disease else-
where.
Changes in the structure of the art-
eries may take place at any time, but
there are certain changes which ord-
inarily occur in them after middle life
and in old age which are character-
istic, so that we are accustomed to
say that a person is as old as his
arteries.
Hardening or arterio -sclerosis is a
change which occurs naturally in the
arteries during old age.
This means that the connective tis-
sue which holds together the cells
composing the arterial wall, is in-
creased, making them more or less
rigid and inelastic instead of resili-
ent as they are in early life.
Sometimes during old age the art-
eriestbfrom the
' lime
saltsof
• olb
absorb
blood, and may become. brittle like
pipe -sterns, and they are apt to snap
if subjected to unusual strain or
pressure.
They may also bo softened by a pro-
cess which is known as atheroma and
this also snakes them very susceptible
to rupture or breaking.
If rupture should occur in arteries
r a
UT A�D FOLD
ON DOTTED LINES
,FOLD
like those of the brain we have the
condition known' as apoplexy which
is almost always serious and very
frequently fatal.
A11 this shows the necessity of keep-
ing track of the arteries for when
they become unusually hard or un-
usually soft the condition becomes one
which is dangerous.
It is therefore easy to see how
desirable it is to determine the blood -
pressure from time to time and find
out the condition of the arterial wall.
One form of instrument measures
this pressure, as I have already stat-
ed, by the height to which a column
of mercury is raised in a capillary
tube and another by the registry of an
indicator upon a circular dull plate as
the result of pressure upon a spring,
but theta springs vary in their re-
sisting power and the column of
mercury is therefore more accurate
and reliable.
A certain number on the scale of
the instrument indicates the blood
pressure as the ventricle of the heart
contracts and sends out the column
of blood into the arteries.
This is the maximum and is ob-
tained when the pressure of the di-
lated rubber bag, which is a part of
the instrument, over the artery at the
elbow which is chosen for the meas-
urement, obliterates the flow of the
blood current within it.
The minimum is indicated on the
register when the pressure of the rub-
ber bag is released and the current
again flows within it as indicated by
the return of the pulse at the wrist.
The differential between 'the maxi-
mum and the minimum is known as
the pulse pressure.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
0. A. L.:-1findiy tell nee whether
the use of sodium phosphates, calcium
chloride, and compound syrup of the
phosphates, will lead to kidney dis-
ease—particularly to stone in the
kidney.
Answer—I do not think that the
disease you refer to can result from
the use of the medicines you men-
tion; but do you think it desirable to
take such a quantity of medicines?
0f course I do not know whether you
are taking it under the advice of a
physician, or not; but if you were
under my care, I should not thick it
advisable to close you with so many
medicines.
Willie longed for papa's stat,
Despite his tender years;
Bal when he put it on—Alas1
It cove>fed 11p Ilia eaxs, ..,,_..•'
eACrr 7
FOLD F0F:t'OVARD3,
11'.lO1'HER" ISDO[ e
MY MISTAKE
Some off he Reasons Why Our eldhlren Ought to Play ;i IS
Ily Thelon Johnson Keyes aribaldi
'lave you ever noticed ]tow hard at Act Quickly. Aid. you ever see playWhen alio and I wore maxrla wQ :'
Y1 Probably knew each other as well ae1
Work children Neem to be when they that was slow, hesitating, uncleci ed1 the usual run of couples. It is plyid,
are playing? They do not act in the Not often, I thi:.k, for play is born of however, that y04 ilever low/,'ix,�ier,-
way men and woven do who are being thoughts that are winged and Which son until you have to live ith,itim, •
amused at a concert or a social, transform themselves instantly into which is certainly true. We owned
The play of children and the rcerea acts. From the infantile game of puss a small but good stock and grain •
Lion of grownups are obsoletely dif-
ferent the one from the other, They
ar•e not entered- into from the same
motives or followed in the same epirit.
A grown-up:seeks a good time for the
sake of recovering from the fatigue
of work and of forgetting worries; a
child is not conscious of any motives,
for his play is instinctive but the
purpose of nature in making him play
is to educate bins.
This difference is so important and
fundamental that every mother ought
to realize It and have it constantly in
mind. A child educates himself
through his play. A man named
Groom, who has studied this matter
very deeply, believes that one rea-
son why the period of childhood is so.
much longer in human beings than it
is in animals—who attain almost at
once about as much intelligence as
they ever have—is in order that they
shall Have a long educational course
of play to prepare them for the very
great difficulties of adult human life.
We parents must realize, then, that
if we do not give our youngsters op-
portunities to play, we are making
cripples of them, sending them out
into manhood and womanhood lame,
blind and deaf as it were, unable to
march in the ranks of success, unable
to see life and people as they truly
are or to understand the demands
which the world makes upon us,
What are some of the lessons, valu-
able in after life, which play teaches
to children?
(1) Justice. When tots begin to play
together each one seeks to grab for
himself the most attractive toys.
Gradually, however, the necessity of
sharing is impressed uponthe little
brains. By and by the age of games
comes and then this lesson is repeat-
ed. Finally, those great sports, base- life.
ball, football, basketball, are en- The country offers every opportun- easy-going, too, .rut there was a limit
tered into which teach, with a ity for play and sport but farming is do my patience; and when, erre morn -
power which no sermon can ever a difficult and anxious business and 111g, J°her aunonnced his intention of
attain, the lesson of fair play and co- too often those who are engaged in' purchasing a very expensive and ut-
operative action. What an example it laboring ceaselessly for those im-1 terly impractical machine, which I
there is in the incident of the tennis re exarural
for
dealer,fifth
alwaysor
daystheirtlechild
getfor
o m
depends, forget the educational value.; rigid economy for me, I balked.
of free play and team sports to chil-' I said: `.luhn Martin, I' have lived
dren, giving them longer and harder; Thehahere and worked like a he i se for
labor than their ages justify. •ix
ve scrimped and saved and
result is that these Jacks and Jilts,
patched, I have gone without hundreds
although they may be very capable of things that were aetual: necessities '
machines, are a little slow to under- to other women just to help yea buy
stand the larger and more complicat- 'tools you could not afford and never
ed demands which life snakes upon us; used, and now 1 am going to dn11."
all, those moral and social demands,; John was staring at me with open
I mean. which are becoming more and mouth while a slow-tt•rowillg horror
more exacting as community life ad-! spread over his t'catnres 1' went 013:
'100005 to greater and greater perfec-;"I have twined my cloth_, upside
tion on our farms. Play will teach ; down and inside out,. I have (1,yed and
teamwork—the great principle of our darned and patched, I have worn one
j hat four years I wring n1y clothes by
hand, I work m) butter with a naddie,
Making a Hard .Tob Easy.
There are many ways of using your
tractor, but none which gives more
pleasing results than hitching it to
the manure -spreader. This is a hard
job for the best of farm teams, for
doing the' Work right means not only
hauling the load but operating the me-
chanical part of the machine as well.
The "spread" is much more even when
a tractor is used, as there is then suf-
ficient power to operate the machine
at the proper speed to insure best re-
sults. An even coat of fine manure
on the fields means a wonderful in-
creased productive power per acre.
It is advisable to build ,a shed in
which to store the manure until en-
ough has been collected to pay for
"hitching up" the tractor. This out-
fit can do more work in a day than
three teams, do it better and at less
cost, Just take those other two days
off and enjoy life by the fire reading
some good books and papers. Thus
the tractor makes farm life easier and
more attractive, besides saving help
at a time w11en helpers are scarce and
getting scarcer. The farmer of to -
has taken the
whohas a tractor
day
most important step toward solving
the labor problem.—Earle W. Gage.
Making Maple Sugar.
The appeal of the Food Controller
to produce large quantities of maple
sugar and syrup this spring should re-
ceive a ready response from those who
have groves of maple trees. While
maple sugar can be made as it was 111
the early days of settlement, with
very simple apparatus, the work is
greatly reduced and better products
made when a modern equipment is
utilized, For the instruction of those
not entirely familiar with advanced
methods, the Publications Branch of
the Department of Agriculture at Ot-
tawa has issued Bulletin No. 2-3 en-
titled "Tete Maple Sugar Industry in
Canada." 13v text and illustration it
makes very elem. the operation) of a
maple sugar plant. The time to tap.
the utensils to use, the refining and
handling of the product are all dealt
with. This bulletin is available for
distribution to those who apply for It..
Like produces like, and to get good
crops without planting good seed is
next to impossible,
In these days, when pure-bred 111a1ee
are plentiful and reasonable in price,
there is practically no excuse for us-
ing anything but a pureobred boar,
even though the sows be merely
gradese
— `I skim my mills as my grandmother
used to, while the 'x1121 15 covered
1 with useless and expensive mea •
' eliinery"
"What in thunder do you do it .201'?"
More pigs are ruined at Weaning toile burst forth; "2 never asked you
time than at any other stage of their to; I thought you had sense enough to
existence. They should have ac-' get things for' yourself when you
cess to corn and other grain when needed them."
they are with their mother, to that 'do that I had no ane -war; •for he vet. -
they will know how to eat and will taieiss never had, asked ma to do such
not miss the milk. ; things, end 1 evidently hast not
Skim milk or buttermilk is desirable possessed sense enough .10 ,tool: out
feed for pigs at weaning time. The for myself.
milk should be fed in the same condi-' "All fight," I Said, grimly. "I will
tion at all tinges—either sweet or go to town to -day and get it
sour—otherwise the digestive system understand 3-13 load, of things I
will be impaired. ..have wanted for ',ix years."
Usually the pigs are large and John. was not without a sense • of
thrifty enough to wean at the age of humor, "Go to it,' he grinned, "I
six to eight weeks. They should guess my credit is good."
have access to green forage, such as ' And go I did. I bought a suit, -
alfalfa, rape, clover, or sorghun>p,; at shoes, hat end gloves, two pretty rugs,,
all times. The feeding trough and heaps and heaps of lovely blue
should always be kept clean. and white enameled ware, and top -
Care should be taken that the pigs` ped it' off with an aluminum percola-
are not overfed.. Overfeeding causes tor. I bought a; weinger and seicct-
feverish conditions and will stunt the ed linoleum to he purchased on nay
growth of the pigs. next trip,
--,. There was a better 01)11(0211(0111242
Machinery for Bean -Raising. between John and me alter that.
anything
and could
luted nut t
When ,,
Beans may be expected to do well afford to pay for 11 without stinting
on any •well -drained soil, but they seem me, lie got it; but never again dill I
to prefer a sandy or gravelly loam of deny myself <lothtnG or tiece.:sary
fair fertility, Too rich a soil will articles, Together, vvc ngroed"that I
favor the growth of too much vine and
worked as hard ra be did and sees
the beans will not ripen uniformly, therefore equally entitled to the good
The seed is usually planted :with a things of life, and that. if. was not
grain -drill, but when the crop is to be fair forme to pay tell the household
grown in hills it is hest to use a corn expenses with lige MOM' I cloned.
planter equipped with a bell;,plate, ,Secretly, I think John 21,05 prouder of
A shovel oultivator15 needed for the 1ne for the standI took than he had •
three or four -cultivations the crop re- 0-001 been of all 1112 scrimping.
quires. For harvesting there are set -
eral ldncls of machinery, of which a Campaign in Montreal,
special bean harvester is best, though A pledge card campaign, is being
a mower equipped with a bunching at- vigorously prosecuted in Montreal
tachment may also be used. The only just not, The Women's Food
satisfactory method of threshing bean Economy Committee, the. Imperial
crops of considerable size is a bean Daughters of the Empire, house- •
thresher, which may also be used for wives' League, Local Council of Wo -
peas. They are made in various sizes men's Club of Alontreal and • the
Canadian Women's Club united to •
form one organization colder the
direction of MMIrs. Huntley Drummond
and Airs, V, V. Henderson. One
thousand signed cards were returned
the first day and over 15,000 before
the end of the first fortnight. Tho
pledge card canvass is being followed
up by ward to 'ward demonstrations
in cooking 'aver meals and substitute
dishes, ___:..--.
Do not let the pigs lie on the co-
ntent floors. Paralysis, stiffening of
the joints or crippling in some ferns
may result. A
some of which may be operated with
two men and a small gas engine. Such
a thresher will thresh from about
eight to twelve bushels of beans an
holo•, depending on the _amount of
vines. _
"The blue of Heaver is lager than
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