The Seaforth News, 1918-04-04, Page 7pp III Agt'gnontist;-
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s of eufflolent genera.! Intereetn.lt• will be answered through thicolrnn. if
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aneiver will be mailed to you. Andress Agronomist, care of Moon Publlehlnq
Ooa illtd„ 73 Adelaide St. W„ Toronto,
II• J• S.:--1 had u field or: -bean
o'
last year, would it be all right to put
in beans this year again? Is fertiliz-
er any good for growing beans? 2.
What percentage .should fertilizer
Jhave 1 for growing tobacco': S. Is
there any way of finding out if th
winter wheat has been killed before
spring comes? Would it he advis
able to sow Spring wheat?
Anewet :-1. The largest bean
growers of the East, are large users
of fertilizers, The bean crop is a
rapid growing• crop and thrives,.where
there is a ready supply of. available
plantfood, Investigation of their
methods show that many successful
bean growers ase from 200 to 01j0
pounds of fertilizer per aere, carry-
ing 1 to 2 per cent, ammonia, 8 to
12 per cent. available phosphoric acid
sand2 per cent, or over potash. In
applying this fertilizer, on account of
the tenderness of the crop, do not ap-
ply tho fertilizer too near to the row.
Many successful growers apply the
'fertilizer through the fertilizer at-
taehment of the grain drill 7
to 14 days before planting the
beans, and never at planting time. If
you do not have a drill, any broad-
cast distributor may be used, pro-
vided that you thoroughly harrow and
'disk the land after the fertilizer is
spread. When. the fertilizer is ap-
plied tvlth the grain drill at planting•time, it should be allowed to run in
'the hoc on either side of the one drop-
ping beans, and not in the hos drop-
ping the seed. 2, A good tobacco
'fertilizer for medium loam soil, car-
ries 8 to 4 per cent. ammonia, 4 to 8
per cent. available phosphoric acid
:and 2 per cent: or more potash. 3.
There is no way of finding out wheth-
er wheat has been killed or not, until
there has been sufficient growing
. weather to allow for the germination
of the crop, Do not be in too great a
hurry to plow up your winter wheat
field. In view of the shortage of
food cereals, it is my opinion that
Ontarlo farmers would do well to put
in a conservative ,acreage of spring
wheat.
F. C.:-1` have 8 acres of wheat
that was sown in good time but didn't
get a very big top. Would it he advis-
able to top -dress with manure on the
snow? Now, I aan going to seed this
field in they sprung, and I thought of
getting some land of fertilizer, then
seed with the disk drill, running the
disks 'light, and sowing the fertilizer
at the same time. If you think this
would be all right, would yon advise
sowing the same way this wheat Is
sowed or go crossways?
e Answer:—1 believe you would do
well to top -dress• your spring wheat
- with manure or fertilizer, Indications
from experimental tests are that you
will get biggest return by applying
the manure at the rate of about 5
tons to the acre, If you have a ma-
nure spreader, you will be able to dis-
tribute the manure- evenly over the
wheat. In view of the fact that your
are going•-ta-seed this field to grass
gild clover, I would .hdvise you to top -
dress it with a fertilIiier,'carry'ing 8
to 4 per cent. ammoniaand 8 to 10 per
eent, available. phosphoric,aeid'. The
method you havehi Mind of,ai}plyizig
the fertilizer is all right. I': would
by all means advise sowing the
Same way that tale wheat was drilled.
C. E. H„—Please advise me if the
culture for immolating alfalfa sold in
bottles;, ra a sueeess? Whitt kind of
alfalfa seed should 'I sow, Grimm or
cornua alfalfa'? I have a fairly good
ground, sandy in character. Is it all
right to sow with oats in the spring?
Answer:— Well prepared inoculat-
ed cultures for alfalfa, sold in'bottles,
have proven very successful. I be-
lieve the Bacteriological Department
of Ontario Agricultural College is
putting out such cultures. Best re-
sults are obtained by sowing Grimm
seed. Common alfalfa seed does not
tend to beas strong in germinating
quality. The oat crop, I ani afraid,
will provide a little too much shade
for a good catch of alfalfa. I would
rather recommend about a bushel and
a peck of barley seed per acre instead
of oats. I know a successful alfalfa
grower in Wisconsin who never at-
tempts to get a good catch of alfalfa
without applying 250 pounds of ferti-
lizer per acre. This available plant -
food gives the young crop a strong,
vigorous start. The fertilizer for
this purpose should analyze 2 to 3
per cent. ammonia, 8 to 10 per cent.
available phosphoric acid, and pos-
sibly 1 per cent. potash. It can be
applied with the fertilizer dropper of
the grain drill at the time the alfalfa
is sown, or broadcasted like line and
then harrowed into the soil just be-
fore the seed is sown, .
Dry Stablest Sound Feet.
Every practical horseman knows
that the disease* lc-nbwn as thrush is
caused by allowing the horse to stand
with his feet constantly in wet and
filth; but few, comparatively, under-
stand that canker of the frog and
sole is caused in the same way, says
›,a veterinary surgeon.
Thrush is characterized by inflam-
' cation of the fine skin between the
toes in cattle; pus forms and tends
to underrun.the horny wall of the
foot. In horses the frog is tins part
affected, and its cleft, normally shal-
low,ibecomes deep and exudes a thin,
foul-smelling liquid. Gradually the
frog becomes rotten and loose and the
disease may spread to the surround-
• ing parts; lameness is rare.
Canker of the frog, and sole, differs
from thrush in that the horn of the
sole becomes soft or spongy and
readily bleeds when cut. In canker,the sensitive tissue (pododerm) of the
solo, which ordinarily Is covered with
solid horny tissue, seems to have tak-
en. the place of the solid material.
The sole is made up ofsprouting
fungous tissue and is extremely sensi-
tive and vascular. If it be cut away
it -may grow again in a single night
'Y and the entire affected part is covered
with a stinking fluid, -
Prevention all important po tent in these
diseases. Stable management should
be such that no horse is allowed to
stand for any length of time in wet
and filth. In horse, //tables where
the manure- is emmoved "now and
then,” the "nows' '•• and the "thens"
• semetitnes coming months apart, so
that the•horse has to .juinp into ,bed•
over a )ilii barrier 0f manure,it is la
little . wonder 'that, the animal con-
tracts thrush or*canker.
' . Treatment -of thrush consists in re-
moving the cause, cleansing the affect-
ed foot thoroughly, then cutting P
away all loose, rotten and underrun t
horn of the frog and on each side of t
it, and packing -the cleft_ of the frog
full • et xalornel, ' or 'a mixture of
calomel, powdered. wood' charcodl,
subnitrate of Bismuth and slaked lime.
This is to -be covered with oakum,
upon which pine ter has been•spread,
and the dressing Is to be renewed at
intervals of three or'four ,days. The
stall floor should bo kept clean,
sprinkled with slaked lime or gypsum
(land -plaster) and bedded with s°
dust or planing -mill shavings.
Canker is best treated by the trai
ed and experienced veterinarian, b
there is no specific remedy. Befoi.
succeeding with a bad case it usuall
is necessary to alternate remedies an
try a great number. The first ste all cases should be to cut down tl
sprouting growth level with the wal
of the foot; then it is usual to tauter
ize the'sole with a red hot iron
with some strong caustic. We usu
ly employ terchloride of antimony, o
full strength formaldehyde to stet
with, and if that does not, suffic
change to chromic acid, or strop
nitric acid. After applying th
caustic, oakum saturated with' tinc-
ture of iron, or a solution of two
ounces of sulphate of copper (blue -
stone) to the pint of hot hater, is
bound upon the sole in such ,a way as
to cause firm pressure, fo3, pressure
is absolutely necessary. The dress,
ing is changed or renewed every
twenty-four hours. Dry dressing
,powders also are useful, such as a
mixture of equal quantities of calomel,
subnitrate of bismuth and .tannic acid
or burnt alum, or a cheaper• mixture
or sliced lime, alum, sulphur and
charcoal. Naphthalin sometimes is
w-
liy moven.
rt- The face of a rhachitic baby is h
tit small, and the head seems dispropor- p
e tionately large. ' 1•
y The liver, spleen and lymphatic P
d glands are enlarged, the muscles soft,
ep and tate ligaments weak.
re The child's appetite may be good,
Is' he may even seem voraciously hungry,
but his food doesn't appear to nourish
or. him, he becomes fretful, gets
a1- diarrhoea and this alternates with
r constipation.
't He is sensitive, cries when touched,
e his diarrhoea is offensive, the appear -
g ante of his teeth is delayed, and when
e they break out, they are irregular and
Greater Oro Yields.
19d��
•
if you opinnot lnoranila the urea ,of your flelda le crop you Gan
lneroaaa the ylolda•by nasus of proper fertlllxatlon,
An 'Immo*** of f! but/Mile la per acre In wheat yields In gntarrlo:,
this raring Would mean O34 mililone of bushels more food drain,
'Igtia increase wan Matted in, 3Bi.7 by the Attdoulturat
College as a result of - top dretaing wheat in the eprlmg with suit-
able fogt.tlaeir, .
$'h tl. '9gu rtiijaer am'eitolatga aunaaaoee'the eatablfatr.
Mont q rte Soil net Mott'i are rovgqwene Bureau, meg the d4,reotigat
ttt 1;ien `y %, on, (a native of Gitt6rdm, an4 graduate of Outwit,
+ tNgttltur�l oltege), formerly Peofesaog oR• A atthe '
No
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The purpose of the Hareem is to vagi c. a 1
�y p 8 7,o t and .d ana wee Pratt.an
tical 1a4�Nt�'m�ativit regarding toil tillap;�q, fel'ti)i},y meaaaromoh�E and
u1'op production.
The Bureau co-operates with- all'orgwtaizatlons ;working tor thw
betterment of Cana has P'ecmte*
Write for buliattna, "Hain .to
lnereaee Ontario Crop Yieldo"
Bill
and Crop improvement Bureau
, OW TH8
Canadian Fertiiizer )Association
nil Temple Building! a Toronto
GOOD HEALTH QUESTION BOX
lay Andrew I. Currier, M.1).
Dr, Currier will auewer all signed
question is of general interest it will
if not, It will be answerefl personally
closed, Dr, Currier will not prescribe
Address Dr. Andrew Is, Currier, mire
St. West, Toronto,
Rickets:
X. X. Z,—Please write an article
on Rickets, My baby eleven months
old cannot sit up, and seems to have
no power in her back. What kind of
food is ,suitable and how long does
the disease last?
Perhaps your child is not affected
with rickets, but with some other dis-
ease. Rickets, or rhachitis, is the
result of bad nutrition, affects all the
tissues of the body, and chiefly leaves
its mark on the bones—which it
softens and then deforms.
It usually occurs before the third
year, but the bone deformities appear
later.
It is caused by food which is not
assimilated, but also . by neglect of
the skin, bad air, insufficient sleep, etc.
The child of the poor have it, but
se do those of the rich.
In the great European cities one,
Sees it everywhere. • The urine of
rhachitic children contains phosphates
in abundance and the bones, being de-
ficient in lime, bend and break .easily.
Rhachitic children ,have soft spots
in the bones of the -skull; 'and the
membranous portions of the skull,
where you notice• throbbing and pul-
sation- in an infant, ,and which ought
to harden during 'the first few months
of life, remain soft.
All the bones of the skull, instead of
being firmly united, are loose and este-
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letters portal/sing to Health. If your
bo answered tlli•ough these columns;
if stamped, addressed envelope is en-
for individual cases or make diagnosis.
of 'Wilson Publishing Co„ 78 Adelaide
When he tries to move himself with
his arms, the arm bones bend or
break and there may be an outward
hump on the spine.
On the ends of the ribs there are
knobs or bead-like structures, the
breast bone projects and the child be-
comes pigeon breasted.
The pelvis may become deformed
and, in females, this has a very im-
portant hearing upon the successful
delivery of offspring, if impregnation
should ever occur.
Rhachitio children are frequently
bow-legged, knock-kneed or flat-foot-
ed; they are also sensitive to
bronchitis and croup, and die from
these diseases more frequently than
children who have better physical de-
velopment.
If they reach maturity, they are
short and poorly formed and their
limbs often reveal the' marks of early
disease.
Rhachitic children should be taken
to the
moon '
tarn
s or sea -shore, if pos-
sible, and should have abundance of
good plain food. which they can as-
similate—which will be indicated by
the change in their stools and in their
general nutrition.
' Plats in the form of cod-liver oil, or
olive oil, should be given them; also
as much of eggs, milk, and cereals a
they can dispose of, ' Treatment with
mechancia] apparatus is important to
revent deformities, and they should
ave- all possible 'benefit from public
arks, sea -baths, sleep, fresh air, and
rfe in the country when this can be
rovided.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS..
X. 1 --Can water on the brain be
cured? The patient i question is a
child two years and nine months.
2—Do you advise an X-ray exam''
matron?•
Answer—It is sometimes possible
to tap the skull and draw off some
fluid `in this condition—which '3s
known as "Hydrocephalus." But un-'
less skilfully done, this is likely to do
harm—and even when skilfully done,
it is by no means alwhys successful.
The condition is usually a hopeless
one.
2—There would be no harm in hav-
ing an X-ray examination.
sdded,'
The Centre
ofH Hospitality.'
laity.'
The centre of hospitality in the
home is that point about which the
family itself gathers most often. This;
point isin
most homes the fire- lacer
P
kleuce its location., and construction
are of vast importance in building a
home.
The. fireplace, if there is only one,
should be in the living -room, for there
the family and friends can enjoy it
most. It should he located in the
centro of a wall space, either on one
ide or at one end of -the room. Select
the space which will permit the great-
est number of people td sit around it,
In the construction of the fireplace
you must not forget that its chief pur-
ose is for a fire. The more simple
he lines of construction, the better
ante is displayed, and the more room
he open fire receives.
There is a great variety of muter-
ials suitable for a fireplace, and your
individuality end taste can be well ex-
pressed in this important factor of the
hone, Brick, tile, Wood, and many
tile substitutes may bo used. Those
offer great possibilities both for good
color and design, and lend themselves
to any style of architecture.
Lloyd George recently declared that
the British havo 2,000,000 horses eni=
gaged ie this war. It is estimated
that on the whole Western front the
number of horses andonules in service
is close upon -5,000,000,
of poor quality.
When he begins to walk, the weak-
ness of the bones of the legs becomes
apparent and they bend or break eas-
ily; the' joints are weak and he falls
frequently,
Sewing Hint.
When sewing on hooks and eyes,
pin a tape measure where the hooks
are to go and sew on hooks an inch
apart, then pin the tape measure}
On opposite sides and sew on the eyes.
This is much simpler then measuring
for each one separately.
You are not saying smart things
when you say things that make other
people smart.
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CUT
OUT u. FOLD � ON
DOTTED
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, rote , roto
sem ,feROSAII0
On tii'h bases Willie's fine,
Captain of the sixth grade nine;
And he needs this run to win,
See if yotl can help him M.
oTHERMSDO «
Forward With the Teaching of .Practical Health Habits!
' By Helen J
Why should the elementary sehoo
teach children the laws of health, th
study which goes by the name o
hygiene? The purpose is that the
may live in a way which w!11 male
them healthy.
This seems like a very simple ane
wer but when one watches the way
which hygiene Is often taught to li
tle children, one sees that the reaao
for the teaching is often entirely fol
gotten. Tots are Made to repeat se
tencee out of books which they ea
not poselbly understand, statement
about the way the body does its wort
and why germs are a danger, and ye
in the meantime, they may drip
coffee every morning and come to
school with ditty nails and unbrushed
teeth. .sss
This kind of instruction'.puts the
cart before the horse.
Children younger than eleven years
old are not at all interested in rea-
sons, On the other hand, those aro
the golden years for teaching them
habits. All lessons then given chil-
dren should be of -the kind on which
they can act, put into practice. Never
again will they learn habits so easily,
thoroughly and permanently. It is
an age when they must be shown
what to do, not why,
The first lesson is hygiene must be
a clean schoolhouse. No lesson re-
garding germs will have the effect on
character which a room kept clean all
the time, will have. The teacher
should be spotless herself, both as to
person and clothing. In this way
there will take root in the'children a
standard of cleanliness.
Slowly and kindly, tire teacher
should start a personal inspection two
or three times a week, of all her chil-
dren. hands, nails, teeth, hair, head,
'neck, ears should he looked at, not to
criticise those who are dirty. so much'
as to praise those who are clean.
Soon a pride will develop and clean
water, individual soap, individual
wash cloths and vidual towels can
be supplied -for the use of those who
are not up to the standard. This in-
spection may be made almost like a
game and should be kept thoroughly
good-natured so as not to hurt the
pride of the pupils or of their families, 1
A badge, such as a piece of brightly i
colored ribbon, may be given as a
prize each week ,to the class having c
the hest record for cleanness, a
By tactful questions, the teacher
can
find out what foods the children h
eat. When she is supplied with this f
knowledge site can draw some day on t
the blackboard a picture of a sheep t
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"GOOD HU NG"
®iib is IS m, :ftai akar 1• Y1�rlikt+el toriaAp
ohuson•Keyes
"But, Uncle Jim," .cried Billy in a
is the blackboard for the children to } wipe that was full of.i'yob laat~ell roe
ut copy and take home. In their turn, �. `it's all very Weil toryob' to tell an
f the children can, baling a list of the to hunt up my advantage/if I can
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foods. which they have eaten for `tlie:hunt to, be sure,—that's easy enough,
e pad week, ruost:wisalytheceivie ng uho brassaburtten �t find what doesn't emetm,
"Lo kedn+evert/where, 3 suppose?"
on a tiny ribbon bow. : In those les-! said Uncle Jim, "Even in the most
in eons the terms calories, proteins, car-' unlikelyse
e l have,
t. bohydrates and so forth shouhnot I sorely have, I've speer the last
u appeaz. They would take the fun .out half hour on it, just as you said, and
!,_ of it for any child under twelve. At; that"s all the good !t did;"
n_ the elementary school age a child' "laevo you hunted through all your
n should be taught what to do but not disadvantages, Billy?' , Don't look ee
$ the science behind it, ineulcus. I mean it. Your disad-
vantages.e Clothing le a matter of importance ro! honestly; have you?",
t, and it is difficult to deal with in cam- y, courseinnot. ld do you
k inanities where some of the ehildreri ages?? What in n't ind advantages. you are in poor circumstances, However, mean You couldn't find ea
the investigatiorf'of these eases very' there. If you didn't always mean
often shows that neglect and ignor- something—explain, Uncle Jim! diol"
ante, not poverty, are the causes ofI will,' agreed
Uncle nen Taut,
poor clothing. i
I'll do better than that, I'}1 illustrate,
It's a littlephrase I i
When this is so, the importance of picked twenty -odd from
clean laundering and neat mending, a rstago of mina some dvatage
should be spoken of freely. Other years ago: 'Ladle for the a Andtagve.
matters of importance are well -shaped ,' thought I ws your as following r it out And
shoes of the correct size, dresses well when I took the time I was shut
wh]ch are hung properly so that they in the house with the grippe to read
do not pull on the tips of the shout-!
der's;.twisting the muscles of the back some books I'd been meaning to get at
into deformities; coats, shirts and fothisr a long r bac, ors raised a garden
shirtwaists with collars which are not summer because I couldn't get
so high that they run the neck for- I away lot my. thingsusal camping Bip, and
ward and produce "pigeon -chest," -1
a few little like that, But just
as a hollow chest with forward -thrust story that took
f the other the tanceit all out some one told ? o1
shoulders is called, and suspenders me and yet at the same time gave me
which do not cut in at the hollow of an enormous inspiration to go ahead;
the shoulders in front, producing wing) "Some years ago ayoung man was
shoulder blades, by which is meant a
protrusion and lump on each side of -working, in a factory—working hard
the shoitlder at the back at the ebaseito support himself and to help take
of the arms. care of his mother and his younger
Ventilating the schoolroom 18 a'! brothers and sisters. This young man
practical way o£ showing that loved to draw better than to do any-
good,fro3h air is necessary to health, It `thing else in the world; he was all
will lead naturally to the subject Of the time drawing caricatures, in fact,
supplying home, too, with constant: for the amusement of the other boys
fresh air and of sleeping with open i in the factory. But it was all just
windows. for fun, for he hadn't any hope of ever
When the necessity of fresh air dur-! earning his living that way. He'd
ing sleep is mentioned, the amount of never had any art education, and cer-
sleep required by children will natut•-' tainly he had no `advantages'; and he
couldn't stop and take the time to
learn:
"Then one day there was an aecid-
ant in• the factory, and one of his
By the time children are eleven or - hands was caught in the machinery
twelve years old, practical lessons in and so badly hurt that he was maimed
c omestic science should begin, includ-
ng the boys. The care of foods,
water and milk, sanitary ways_of
leaning and the care of clothes may
1"doing." that 1 bo taught by When Young man was the sort that
there is no second room in the school )mows how to look under the mss-
ouse where such work may be per- querade of those deceiving letters,
D_ _
ormed, mothers are often willing to > I S. NonAisadvantages and Dis-
ake turns in allowing the demonstra- him! • creme and Disabilities for
ions to be held in their kitchens. him! ' He saw Advantages and En -
Very little scientific knowledge of couragement. and Ability .instead
ygiene and physiology is necessary
to most people, The taw;, according
to which bacteria develop, how the
body does its' work and how 'venti]a-
tion is accomplished are of interest
only to special kinds of minds and
may be saved for special and advanced "Something of a job .that was, eat,
kinds of education. To know and Billy? You remember how you felt -
to follow the rules of health however, -alien you sprained your right thumb,
is necessary to the well-being of every But he'made good, all right—ver
one.
Away with textbooks, then, and for-
ward with talks, inspe0tions; contests
ally come up for discussion and the
matter of clean, well -aired night
clothes, well -aired and neatly made
beds and the personal toilet.
for life. It was his right hand, too;
and so of -course his usefulness at the
factory was gone forever. Those were
disadvantages enough for anyone but
and another of a goat. Under the
sheep, she may write down the foods
,which are good for children and un-
der the goat those which are hurtful.
This will give a note of merriment to
the instruction which will not be there
if she merely writes, "nourishing,"
"not nourishing." The children will
laugh when they are asked if pickles
are sheep or goats—and laughter of
this kind is excellent, even in a echool-
room.
This will lead toward 'useful instruc-
tion en the choice of food and the
value of chewing. Wholesome tom- a
h
Here is my ebance at last!' said he.
`I've got to take time to teach my
left hand some new work. Why not
teach it the work • that I love to. do?'
And he et himself to learn to draw
with his left .hand,
binatib?ns of food can be written on
good! ` Ever heard the. story before?
And have you' any idea, who it was ?"
Billy shook his head. "Oh, Raphael
an practices in teaching our children. or Michelangelo, I suppose," he said,
hygiene! with a fine disregard' for the factory
'setting . "It always is some one like
that."
Uncle Jim smiled again. "Wrong
this time, old man," he said. "Some
one nearer home, for once. Did you
ever happen to hear of a man who
calls himself Buddy?"
Billy fairly jumped. • His devotion
to Buddy's pictures was a family joke.
"Buddy?" he cried, "Buddy! You
don't mean Buddy, Uncle Jiro( Buddy
sed at lower cost and brought to with only a left hand! Well, Gee Whit -
Welty quicker' than any other kind taker! No more D -I -S for me again,
live stock. either) I'll find those advantages this
Raising Lambs by Hand.
_ When raising lambs by hand the
only .caution. is Do, not feed foe
much, • A baby lamb should receive
only a few speonfijls of fresh cow's
milk. When a couple of days old,
give one-fourth pint, which . should
gradually increase to one-half pint
when the lambs commence • to eat
grass. When two months old they
may have a pint of milk, '
So-mucli for quantity; now for feed-
ing times. The first three weeks, feed
regularly every three hours -during -
the day; after this feed every fiiur
hours. When they begin to eat
grass, //, Feed• moxniaag noon and nights
ght;,
and finally drop the noon feeding.
I always use bottle and nipple to lare
feed with until the lambs learn to roo
drink Where
one has_ the
to a
large num
bei "feedin
from a
rpan-, tnfe
g is more fedi
Our meat. supply is short and.more
poultry will help solve the 'problem.
More poultry means more eggs and
more eggs. pod poultry meat means a
greater food- supply, : • ,Poultry can be
rat
mat
of
Never allow the mother hen to time or . die in the attempt."
Good hunting!" said Uncle Jim
with a smile.
This Hen Seldom Lays.
The 'hen that is compelled to live
amidst filthy surroundings.
The hen -in --hold winter quarters or
are lost each year by ' allowingthe -sultry summer coops.
The hen that is fed on a corn diet
ster to run with the hens during alone -or any other 'grain exclusively.
sutnme
months. itis. Pr
duce the tae
The ishen that ':1
ac a
radg ros
w fat
iliac egg.Dispose nspose of the male when she should have to earn her,
range with the • young . chicks until
they are at least two weeks ol8., '
Enormous numbers of young•mhicks
are lost each year by allowing then
to run in the wet grass during 'their
early life.
Eliminatei
the- male bird at end of
hatching season. Many million dol -
ons, as each lamb must have a sepa-
rate pan, and milk must be measured,
..for some drink faster. than others. Gr
Feeding too much will .produce. and
scours; Lessen the quantity of era
milk and give a dose of castor-oil Gro
(one teaspoonful) followed by :ten mer
drops of ginger extract. In severe for
eases. increase the dome and give in a
browned flour gruel. To liven weak, er
chilled lambs give a little milk, and S
keep theist in a warm room, If lambs for
look droopy and walk stiffly, give glas
castor-oil. boil
I have hacrlambs brought me which wale
were wet and chilled, and Appeared doze
dead. I pour a spoonful of milk P1
down their throats and lay them on jar,
the furnace register. In a few hours use.
they'get up and walk, I p
I feed the lame lambs for about threthan
months; skim -milk ' the hast two � he
months. ,supe
,bird, not later than June 1. Market a grain ration by scratching it from
bettr quality of eggs. four to six inches of clean litter of
een feed is excellent for poultry straw or leaves.
can be substituted for a eonsid-
ble ,amount of the grain ration.'
w oats, vetch, and rape for Sum -
use; cabbage and mangel beets
winter. Store cabbage and beets
dry room or bury in a pit and, cov-
with straw and earth. -
ave eggs' during April and May
winter use by preserving in water-
• The hen that roosts in ,a- poorly
ventilated place; or which.is damp
(through poor drainage , or a leaky
roof) and sows seeds of rhuematism
ox goals
HMhalf-Crown
A good story is told .by Dean of
Carlisle. It concerns a clergyman
s. Mix nine quarts of water, who, taking occasional duty for a
ed and cooled, with one quart .of friend in one of the moorland churches
rglass: Will rreserve fifteen in a remote corner of Cumberland,
n eggs. was one day greatly scandalized on
ace the solution in a five gallon observing the old auger, who had
Store in cool place for winter been collecting the offertory, quietly
abstract a half-crown before presents
oultry neat can be raised quicker ing the plate at the altar rails.
any other kind of meat and timid After the service he called the old
made a most important source of man into the vestry and told him,: with
ly for the nation. ' If breeding emotion, that his crime had been dis
—
1Im m
Canadian cities 28 per cent, of ers z
the buildings in business districts are 1 at fa
of frame or ;brick veneer, ,whilst in' gin 1
residential districts the. proportion is
00 per cent,. p�
`The world is always rornantic if FE
you have the three gifts needful to
make it ae--•far li and sense of beauty' tett
and the :cense of humor." ---.Henry ONT
Marland, 1 was
St
in March the surplus roost- covered.
The verger looked puzzled. Then •
a sudden light dawned on him.
"Wy, ,sir, you titian't mean that ould
half-crown of mine! Why, I've led
off.: with he this last fifteen year."
"Certain thoughts are prayers,'
There are moments when the smut .is
knsolinp•, no matter what the ottltede
of the Cody may lie,"—Victor Hugo.
nay be dressed for neat in .duly
ncy prices and egg laying will be-
n September,
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