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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1918-03-14, Page 7By Agronomist, This Department Is foe the use of our farm readers who want the advlct's °f an expert on any question regarding coil, seed, crops, etc. If your question le of sufficient general Interest, it will be answered through this column. if stamped and addressed envelope is enclosed with your letter, a complete answer will bo mailed to you. Address Agronomist, care of Wilson Publishing Go„ Ltd., A$ Adelaide St, W,, Toronto. Turnips, Cabbage and Onions. The, curs ip is one of our best root crops, and one, which has become standby in 111111 y families, The garden turnips, the only kind to ceoeidered here, are divided into til iu e and yellow fleshed, or tur- nip and rutabagas, although properly Speaking the latter name belongs Alone to the Swedish division of the yellow ones,. Tho yellow -fleshed tur- nips are grown principally for winter use, the white early ones being used for the all -season and early crops. The turnip is a gross feeder and de- mands good soil or poor crop will be the result. The soil should be well worked so as to be find and mel- low before the planting is dune, and the soil in the drills, when they have been made, freed from small clods, For 1. 03 At' e1 d ruse make the drills foot apart and an inch deep. Sow the seed in the drills sparingly, dropping them about an inch apart, and cover with fine soil and gently press down over the top of the drills with the back of a hoe or a piece of board. Germination will be hastened if you keep the drills moist, hut not sclggy, until the young plants appear. When• the plants get to a height of an•inch thinning should be done. This is important and depends as to spac- ing on the kinds planted. Most of the early, flat strap -leaved ones grow to a diameter of three inches under good cultivation, although most per- sons begin to pick them whenthey are half an inch smaller, Foi' this `reason they should be thinned out to four inches apart in the drills. If you are fond of turnip sauce and like the tops asrecns used like spinach, • g pick the turnips when they are two inches. in, diameter and thin them out to three inches apart is the drills. This will enable you to grow more in the same space of ground and enjoy the turnips ,when they are the best. If successional planting' is done, you will have early ones corning on until the first ones of the late crop are ready for use. When sown in the garden in drills, the working of the soil should com- mence as soon as the thinning is done, as every effort should be made to keep down the weeds and keep the soil loose and the dust mulch on it all the time as the hot weather approaches. To check turnips during the hot, dry weather of midsummer means pithy or tough roots. When the soil is to be worked by the wheel hoe the drills must be made far enough apart to enable it to 110 used. A Growing the Cabbage For the early crop of cabbage.the soil should be as rich and mellow as you canmake it, and should be of the ]rind known as "warm," which means one which lies well up and drains % quickly after rains and gets the full effect of the sun all day. We in- el'eaee the warmth of the soil .for early cabbage by ridging it -heaping up the soil into ridges a foot high and of the same breadth. It also should be light in texture or the plants will not mature quickly. Growing' early t•ahbagc is at "rushing" business. For late cabbage the soil should be heavier and more retentive of mois- ture and not so rich as for the early, OS the crop has longer to mature, anti •1 if rushed is likely to burst open, which s spoils its keeping qualities. An ordinary good garden loam which was heavily nla13u1•ed last season, o' for an early crop this season, 1411101(1 be good for late cabbage, as the tilth b it will have received will improve its texture, Where it i5 the intention to ase com- 88110s 0r muriate of potash is good when the manure is not rich in these ingredients. Apply it as a top dress- ing afeun(1 the plants, Tho early cabbage plants should be set twenty inches apart in the rows and the rows two feet apart, as the Ileads and root mass, are not an large as are the late ones, which should be set two feet apart in the rows and the rows two feet apart i$, to be worked with the hoe; or, if to be worked with the wheel -cultivator, make the rows three feet apart. When setting out the early Babbage have the ridges made at least the day before and properly leveled, Go over them with a trowel Or pointed hoe and scoop out a hollow at the right dis- tance apart to set the plants. This is better than making holes with the dibble f0Iplants transplanted from boxes or flats and also provides for those which have been growing on in two-inch pots. This method of planting will allow the rootsto remain in the sante re- lative position they had before being moved. This saves time in maturing. Plants pulled out of boxes and set 10 holes, straight up and down, and pressed tightly together, will require time to readjust themselves to an al- tered environment and a disturbed root -mass. There will be no trou- ble about continuous growth in the case of dross- "young cabbage plants which Have been growing on in small pots, as they will not realize they have been moved if the operation is skillfully done, so as not to disturb the mass of white fibrous roots around the ball of soil in the pots. De -pot them. by inverting the pot, when the plant will come out in the hand when struck against some solid substance. The Culture of Onions A loose, sandy loam is best, well filled with humus and dressed - with well -rotted manure, dug in the trench. For this purpose poultry droppings, wood ashes and stoh;e manure cul be used. The rnalrl101 of sowing will depend somewhat on how the garden is to be worked. If with a wheel hoe, the drills may be made a root to fifteen inches apart. If worked entirely by hand, eet the drills eight to ten inches apart. Sow thinly in the drills, 5o as to run about half an inch apart, is it pays to sow plenty of seed to assure .a good stand of. bulbs. When sowing he sure to cover the seeds with fine soil. This will require care, and is .very important, as. the yong seedling onions .are very tender, and cleds, even of sma11•siz0, are an obstruction to their growth. A good plan is to fill a hugest with fine soil, and go along the drills covering the seeds with soil sifted through'the fingers. Covering of the seeds must be fol. - loved by pressing down the soil to insure a good contact with the soil. As.soon as the young seedlings 61VINRi'• back yard should be used for the cultivation of fruits and vegetables"• -says the Food Controller's Bulletin. Market Gardens nand be worked to capacity. But 1111 this effort is wasted unless the seeds sown are capable of producing sturdy, vigorous plaut'e,,, Plaut Beanie's War Gardens Seeds and insure a full crop 1 For Planting Mar. 1st to Apr.15th Order NOW !, Cabbage pet, ee ex, ;, oz.-' o5.,' a Ib Danish Summer Roundhead .10 ...h. , .r.... 0.90_2.76 Cauliflower Beanie's Danish Drontll. Resisting 15 & ,25 1.00 1.86 3.50 10.00 Celery Paris Golden Yellow (Extra Select) 16 •`.60 1.10 2.00 Oroamnl pkl, ox. 7 16. 16• Rennie's Extra Early Red .05 .35 00 3.76 Radish -Cooper's Sparkler 605 .20 .65 2.20 Tomato -Market Icingg, .10 .60 1.75 g Bennie 'aImproved Beefsteak .10 .76 2.50 rat. Pansy-Reuuie's XXX Exhibition Mixture 25 $lassies G'ests-Reunie's XXX Spencer Mixture, , , . ,16 feaeturel usen--Reunie's XXX Chameleon Mixture. .10 Stocks-Reunie's XXX Large Flowering Globe ellixtare 20 ** LOOK FOR THE STARS .*** Our 1918 Catalogue should be in your hand by now. It le your patriot is duty to consult it at every opportunity. Our Government insists we moat pro- ducemore. Start right, Hien andbe sure g, , 1 a 0 and sow ood need -RE SEEDS. 00 0 s Catalogue -it k£rtheP special sl r, c star border ar i s P b a P in OIiC CRtR10 P- C t g1 ill - s w a o t d I u o oxo pay Increase Yields Without More Labor You can raise greater yields without additional LAND, Isa,BOR and SEED, by using commercial fertilizer, b.. lr E RTIL ZERS I are perfectly formulated and mixed to insure a eonstant. augply of plant food throughout the growing season. All good fertilizers met contain materials that w111 not ouldy give the plant a quick start but must be compounded and formulated so as to keep It growing throughout the season. We hseve the speaks' grade er analysis for your special crop and sail, Let us send you free bulletin and prices, ONTARIO FERTILIZERS, LIMITED West Toronto Canada i privilege of using a pure-bred bull on a neighboring farm until the owner 1 discontinues the privilege. Then it The starting' of -a pure-bred dairy often means a return to scrub breed - herd is expensive because the demand ing or i long' trip up the road. A for good cows seems greater than the community -owned bull will be a fine supply. However, as farmer can start investment in stank harming section. a pure-bred herd on _a small scale by The use of a tank heater in winter purchasing heifer calves and then will mike a saving in feed, as the cat - breeding them to a pure-bred bull. It tle onditot need so much to keep them is surprising how soon three or four in condition as is necessary when they is sus passe by on a busy farm and have to heat ice water afterdrinking how much can be accompsished in that it. Cattle will. drink more water if time in the improvement of a dairy the chill is removed and this will cause herd. an increase in the milk flow. • The lantern is one of the tools of the dairy business on farms without electric lights. A strong wire stretch- ing through the stable, or plenty of substantial hooks will be needed to keep the lantern front being tipped over or kicked into the straw. It will pay to attend some of the pure-bred stock auctions in your community even if you are not .a prospective buyer. They furnish an. opportunity to study .good cows and compare them with the stock on the home farm. It makes an interesting day for a dairyman and it is a stim- ulation for the business. Flour should be kept ")tins cool, dry Mace. The dairy cow produced on the farm show above the ground cultivation can be obtained for the least expense. Mould begin. Weeds are the bane of The home -raised cow understands the the 0111011 crop. They must be kept owner and 11e knows her charaeteris- out all the time the crop is in the tics. Also, there is a lot of.eotisfac- ground, and especially while the tion in producing good cows, for then onions are very small. you are, sure to have them and if you When hoeing by hand, work as depend on buying the cows they may closely to the row as you can without be hard to find and youmay not have disturbing the young seedlings. When the money available for their pur- tley are four to five inches high you chase. hound commence to thin them out- A farmer. who owns a pure-bred bull before they get crowded, This is im- and furnishes service to the neighbor's portant and should be properly done. herds should receive the squarest kind The way professional onion growers of a deal from the neighbor. This do it is as good as any. They tie means that fees should be paid urlaps over their' knees, straddle the .promptly and not neglected, as has 1•ows and proceed on hands and knees been the ease in some communities. is they titin out the plants. Some fanners never appreciate the Thinning of the plants must be done mercial fertilizer to improve the soil p for early cabbage, in ease 111a1101.0 is o not very plentiful, give a dressing along the ridges, to be raked h1, of one c which analyses 4-7-10; 01', if manure 1 was used which was too strawy to I contain much am1103115,, give a top dressing of nitrate of soda around the e plods, when well established. Wood t roperly. Carelessness at this stage f the game will give poor results. A young onion is very tender, and if are be not had when you attempt to lull them out of the ground they 'will beak off at the junction of the stem with the bulb. If the bulb be allow - (1 to remain in the soil it will crowd. he others and make a pool' crop. The Week -End Chore Boy. )tome and stoc1, knowing they will be Since the advent of the automobile, Well taken care of. many aro the week -end Clips talion lit` pay is a matter to be settled by by the farmer and his family, mat- the individual, depending upon the red only by the thought that one must work, he left behind to do the chores. More trips would be taken if there was in Wouldn't Lend His Ladders. the neighborhood some trustworthy boy to leave in charge while the Once a neighbor told erre he would farmer is away. I be willing to lend anything around his Herbert, an energetic western boy, farm rather than his farm ladders. I saw this need. He was dependable wondered just what 13e meant, but now and all the neighbors ltnew it. They I know. The other day 'another felt perfectly safe in leaving flim to neighbor fired up a new stove, in a do the necessary work, morning and chimney that had stood idle for some evening, and he never betrayed that must. He covered the distance on a bicycle. The service is one which every fanner needs at some time, and he is glad to pay well for the feeling of security with which 'he leaves his time, and m a few minutes chimney, roof and rafters wore tumbling in a mass of seething flame, and not alacl- der 110a•er than a half a 113i1e that I knew of, and no way to get to the roof with a bucket of water quickly and safely. Had there been a good ladder or two stored nearby in the barn, we who rushed to tife sectio could have controlled the file and sav- ed $3,000 loss (no insurance). Next time among his prized posses- sions there will be an insurance policy and two good ladders, -G, W. B. r CUT OUT AND FOLD .ON. DOTTED ;LINES eoneawnBDi Fe8C14 t ieeee From Willie's work you might; suppose That he neglects his hoops, But await a minute ---Willie may We than he looks. GOOD HEALTH QUERN BOX By Andrew re, Currier, M, 0. Pr. Currier will answer ail signed', lettere pertaining to Health, 11 your question Is of general interest it will ee answered through those columns; if not It will be *flowered personally, If stamped, addressed envelope is en, 01020. Dr, Currier will not prescribe for individual cases or make diagnoses. Addresa Dr. Andrew P. currier, care of Wilson Publishing Coe 73 Adelaide St West, Toronto. Acne. This is a skin disease which is most common and mortifying to young peo- ple and it is so persistent that it often brings discouragement to both doctor and patient. It is by no moans limited to young people and wizen it occurs in the aged it sometimes ends in cancer, The disease has a number of vari. eties: one with an oily condition of the seal") extending to the forehead Flagg the Biome "I can't be bothered. Go ask your mother to tell you z1 story," It was the father of a livelyfour-year-old talking. Dad had just finished sup- per end gone out on the porch to sit do nut: believe this is the cause its all in a comfortable rocker, smolto his eases, pipe, broayso over the paper and'gos- What 12 very noteworthy is that it sip with the neighbor next door who is often associated with indigestion, was out mowing his lawn. with constipation, with the recurring Mother was upstairs 'putting the ' monthly disturbance in women, and baby to bed. The table still stood with improper habits of various hinds. waiting for her to clear away and Those who have it should eat very wash dishes. There was bread' to set simple food, avoid pastries end sweets, and a couple pairs of stockings to be cllees0, nuts, fried greasy food, hot darned before she got time to look at and imperfectly baked bread, and al- the paper• or draw a. free breath. Sho cohoi in all forms. didn t want to be botllore(1, but then, 11nc1 face; another in which there is Exercise is Important and will that is what mothers are for. So dandruff and loss of hair and crusts equalise the distribution of the blood while she undressed the baby LOW in the face. washed the dishee she thought ' and scales on the nose and cheeks; another with hard, horny masses on the face. In children there are small lumps on the face, containing cheesy ma- terlal which when removed leave no 5(111' . Wens on the face and scalp belong Bathing is also important, and stories to toll 1110 sturdy lad who warm baths are preferable because 'tagged " everywhere she went, hang they are more cleansing than cold.1118 to her skirts And getting in . licr Applications of very hot water to I w'aY, the face and scalp are often useful in Father never found time to tell acne. _ I stories or to play much with his boy. The diet should consist m1(1111 of , He was too tired after W01 king from milk, egg's, weal,, fresh vegetables! eight o'clock in the morning, till five to this elate of diseases."The common and a minimum of meat and fish, I o'cloclt at night. Mother worked form 1n young people 1s that in which the nose, face and forehead are cov- ered with L black points or blackheads. With them there may also be small castor oil or cascara, regularly and: time an he down and 1(t Bc ides Avoid all food which you have; from 6,00 a.m., till S.00, 9.00 or 1.0.00 m but elle S3 didn't do found from e. ler' :c,�, i a -' k d n t anything but Y t e),3 t(11. r to l tst t fp ing, and use a mild laxative, like houseworkand could let that go try tumors or pimples on the face and systematically if there is tendency to children were wom n 1'tinrlt anyway. forehead azul sometimes on the back, const]patiun. ! Father 511id so, and to thee he had the shoulders stet chest. The disease is not a dengeruus one, backing of the rest of the fathers he These pimples may be painful and, and is painful only n1 occasional in-; know. after discharging their contents, of- stances, but when once acquired it is But if bringing up the children was ten leave ugly scars. very apt to stay by one with ,great; vrnmun's wont, father insisted last, persistency, 1Sinding flaws in ,113 method 1108 It is not strange that so tion of ,. man's, The • were his children after ing and troublesome an affection of QUESTIONS ANI) ANSWERS. and if he didn't things like thin ;s they did the shin 'should make A. D. -My husband was rejected) young peoplehe had a perfect right to say so, last fall when 110 tried to enlist, on very miserable and unhappy. aweuunt of under aveight. We yvere What ails that kid?" end "why Sometimes this disease is caused by bath very much disappointed. Howexcessive secretion of the greasy ma- could he increase his weight? tesla] of the sebaceous glands. Answer -I am very 11)11011 interest - Or there may be an obstruction in the outlet of the sebaceous glands which prevents the secretion from getting out, and so it accumulates and is retained until you squeeze the gland and force it out. Inflammatiomay occur glands n i that are thus obstructed in their function and you have the same trou- ble that you would with a boil or an abscess. It is not easy to say what causes this disease. Doubtless it is some times due to germ influence, but I don't he take care of his things?" were perfeetly legithnate questions. Mother ought to train him to be neat ed in every man who desires to enlist, and if she didn't father had a right and I am particularly desirous to do to find fault with her, That leas 11 anything I can to help him get into whole lot easier than taking a hand in the service, If your husband will teaching the child to put things away, ,follow a diet in which cereals (es - which even to pick up after himself, peeieily oatmeal), milk, eggs and p0- which example might have helped out with the boy. Y tatoea form the largest artand will h 0 P As the lad grow olden and went to also, tape a course of gymnastic exer- cises, preferably- ata gymnasium, I school father called mother to ac - think in perhaps three months he willI count when her son olid not get high be able to conform to the vial, ae marks.mat's the matter with him, any - shall ons in regard to weight. I! sway? Don't he know anything'? He shall be anxious to know whether this i ought to be thrashed," were father's experiment is working saccessi'u11y stock phrases. It never occurred to him to go to school and find out Mares, after foaling, should be giv- what was wrong, or to hell) son out at en water, not too cold and not in too home. Teachers were paid to see that large quantity. The ration for two' young ones learned. and if they didn't or three days should he comparatively learn it was either the fault of the In -foal mares may be worked to light, and similar in nature to that :fed teacher or of the mother. A man couldn't be expected to bother with working examples nights or interest- ing a, kid in history or geography. And as to playing games with the boy, that Was not to be thought of. If he knew enough to play there might be some sport in it, but what fore they foal. These stalls should Sunday afternoon by taking a suffiei-11nan was going to spend his evenings be kept clean and properly disinfect- en t number of goblets or flaring tum -I checkerteachinLi child to play dominoes or bless of uniform size to equal the As soon afterbirth as possible the scale of a certain piece of music.) All this sort of thing lovas up to dfoal's naval should be tied and disin- Tune the glasses to the piano by! mother. She used to get dead tired fected with iodine or some other good partially filling 11114111 with water. of it. it was sometimes hard work to disinfectant. Careful attention Keep time to the music by lightly tap.' pretend she was terribly interested should be given to see that foal's di- ping them with a buttonhook or the , in, a half -played game of 'checkers, gestive apparatus and kidneys are in metal tip of a lead -pencil. Rock of when 0110 ata') dying to read a maga working order within twenty-four Ages, written in two flats or key of Slne. But someone had to pl��y hours after birth. 33, requires but eight glasses. :with the children and keep theik happy at hong.. and they always look- __ _ _ . _---..__._._-_,_... _... ed to her. In feet, they looked to her for everything, pleasure, bele. i with lessons et:lice on their childish affairs, speedingmoney, everything they wanted o desired. Mothr had theirconlideln..e, but father didn't care -at first. Notwithstanding the fact that the of good results. It helps to keep then By-and.by, ;hough the boa: were great law -giver, Moses, taught the sows in possession of themelver., pre young men. 'they still ran to moth - children of Israel that swine flesh is vents stiffness and forces a healthy cir-1 er for everything, and father began unclean and unfit for human'food, the ciliation of blood throughout their, to feel like an outsider. Ile could modern hog has been so bred, fed and whole system and the foetus will par- hear' sounds of gayety when he gut developed that he has challenged the take of the same healthy coalition. near home, bttl: things quieted down - approval of the modern civilized world Feed'For Brood Sous when he went in. He would go into and,stands to -day the most economical. a roost to find ntu'ther and son talking.meat producer among our domestic animals. His flesh more closely meets the needs of humanity under varying conditions like well arranged enter- prises in times of peace and the bind- ing necessities during the periods of war, At the present time the pork meats are the first to be considered by those who are planning for the needs of the allied armies WV in the ,various army n camps in our awcountry as well as those in active service in Europe. Sta- tisticians are Careful to tell us that there is, ;and is likely to be for smite time to come, a shortage in the num- ber of hogs that will be raised and marketed during the coming years. Too many farmers are taking to the plan of selling their grain instead of marketing it at higher prices through the ]togs. ' 1''recautions Needed Conditions the present winter are very unusual and extraordinary, For eight weeks the weather has been severely cold. tinder such conditions sows that have been bred for spring litters are pretty likely to spend a gond deal of time in the lint and neg- lect to take the proper amount of ex - eche: to enable them to impart life and vigor to the pigs. Inexperienced pig 1/115010 may think they are doing well by the sows by keeping them con- fined to the pen during the cold weath- er, when it is one of the worst things that cat be done for theta, The sows $h00111 have eonsfderable e+:crcise each and every day, even ,if the weather is cold. To encourage exercise the sows may be c0mpe1)ed to go a consid- erable distance from the nest for their feed. Snell a scheme will give 1•e - miler• exere180 and will be prodilctive within two or three days of foaling. before foaling. After normal con - Should work cease before that time, ditions seem to have been established rations shibuld be decreased material-, the ration may be increased. 1y. Rations should consist of bran, oats, and other laxative foods. In- In winter the flour should be warm - foal mares should be provided with ed before mixing the bread. box stalls, if possible, sometime be- Interest the children on a stormy PREPARING FOR THE SPRING PIGS By.N. A. Clapp, While the sows should have a great earnestly, but corrverrelti<in suddenly variety of feeds to enable 1110111 to do languished when he opened the door, the double duty of sustaining them-, and the boy slipped out ae quickly as selves and furnishing nourishment to possible, the pigs which they are carrying, pre- Father didn't like that. Ibe began ference should be given to the rather to get suspicious 011d moody. Ile de bulky feeds which are rich in protein mended 'angrily to know what the Ground oats, wheat, bran and middl- talking was about, and whon mother lags, with a small percentage of corn) tried to quiet ilial and the boys mi- nim", or whole conn, is bettor than lenly refused to talk he shouted feeds rich in carbohydrates. It is around that mother was setting the well to give the grainafeeds in the boys up against him. Ile complained shape of sloppy feeds, and ifthe i to some of his pals anti found that a like condition existed in many of their homes, Some, of the men grumbled just as he did. Others were quiet and very thoughtful. Oneeven went so far as to wonder if they were not to blame themselves, "I didn't pay much attention to my kids when they were growing up," lie said. "They got the habit of run- ning to their mother tl'len, and I sup- pose they are just keeping it up. I don't believe they mean lulything."' But father was not to be put off. Their mother ought to make them re- spect him and not side in with them against their awit father. lIe was go- ing to kltow what was going on, that they had to whisper about so he could not hear. But 3101011nd that demands ing confidence and inspiring 'confid- ence are vastly different matters. weather is severely cold it should be warmed before it is given each time. The soya; should be habituated to eating' some forage feeds, such as elo- I v01• hay, alfalfa and cornstalks to chew on. Such feeds supply the mineral matter needed at this time ar,d aids in bruiting the feeds and promoting per- fect digestion. This part of the feed- izig should not be neglected if excel- lent results are desired. Make the Sows Comfortable By all means make the sows eom- fentable by giving them a dry, warm Place in which to sleep and remain during stormy weather. Do not let them he harrassed by other kinds of stack or compel thein to remain with the boar or other pestering swine. A comfortable, quiet place in which to sleep will help to cultivate a.n agree- Also, he found to his stnpefactiall that able disposition which will in a great his boys were grown up, When he undertook to inspect their daily lives they packed their suitcases and ]eft home, not because they had done things they did not want known, but because they simply could not open their hearts to a stranger, degree be imparted to the pigs, If exercise is given, a variety of feeds are used which will prevent con- stipation and comfortable quarters furnished, good results may be ex- pected. If the exercise is not at- tended to, aa1(1 laxative feeds not furnished, dead litters and sows eat• ing their pigs at farrowing time may be considered the probable results. If fish is very thick, it should bo partly cooked in the oven before broil. 11151. •