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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1918-04-11, Page 3'Te By Agronomist, Title Department Is for the mu: of our farm readera who want the advice 'af an expert on any question regarding soli, seed, oropo etc,. If your question Is of sufficient general Interest, It will be answered arough this oolurnre It stamped and addressed envelope la enclosed with your letter, e complete iirsever will he mailed to you. Addreea Agronotalet, oare of Wilson Publiehino uoe Ltd., 73 Adelaide 6t, W., Toronto, Pasture lase Hoge, The feed situation confronting the ewine-grower during the coming Bum- mer is not altogether a bright one. .Standard hog-feede are not likely to .be plentiful, with high price:, ruling. .Shorba and middlinge while fixed as bo pried show no likelihood of a ear - plus. Corn, for some months .praetleally unprocurable and In any. ease too high in price to be consider- eid; may be available, but whether in reliably constant quantities remains to bo nee. Barley will bo high priced also end difficultly available ui many localities, Oats, under ruling and probable future prices, should be used only for the milking sow and for weaned and growing pip. Only in small quantities should this feed en- ter into the fattening ration. It has boon shown that with breeding stock, whether dpeing winter or summer maintenance, cheap home grown feeds may be largely utilized as an economy and that from atoll feeding practice best results may be obtained in health and production. It has been, further, elearly demonstrated that home-grown Seeds for summerfeeding may econ- omically replace a considerable per- centage of meal even at pre-war prices. At the Experimental Farm, Bran- don, it was shown by experiment dur- ing the summer of 1916 that oats, barley and wheat all stood pasturing well. These were sown On May 17 and paatered from July 5th until early in August. Rape which was slightly injured by pasturing too early, supplied much needed pastur- age when the cereal seedings had been eaten off. Vetches although slow of growth were readily eaten and stood pasturing well, Sweet clover, was also late in maturing and eaten only when no other feed was avail- able. It might be stated that beyond a eomparison of these crops from the standpoint of palatahility, recupera- tive power, and ability to withstand trampling and pasturing generally, no data was available to show the cost of production one crop against the other. With these Natures crepe a self - feeder was used to supply a eupple- mental grain ration, Such practice indicated that no marc than where hand feeding was employed and that economical gains were made at a cost of 5 cents per pound for grain and pasture, employing feed prices then current. The method in general reduced the labor of feeding to the minimum. At the Experimental StatIon. Lacombe, where swine feeding enters largely into live stock operations, rape and alfalfa have proven most desirable crops. As a reault of the average of three tests, rape has shown a slight superiority over alfalfa ae, requiring 3.8 ponds meal fed supple - mentally as against 3.83 pounds in the case of alfalfa, Rape carried 1786,1 pounds of pork per acre as against 1518,9 pounds with alfalfa. The findings et Lacombe would war- rent the recommendation of alfelfa for early pasture with a block of rept) to fain* green food for hogs when they attain considerable size, Where alfalfa may be sueceeefullygrown, the SWIM grower would be well :Ad- vised in retaining a amall block for mine feeding purposee. Failing alfalfa, clover will give almoet equal- ly gooa result, With neither of the legumes available, results at Lacombe indicate Nutt a cereal pasture wend only to the legumes, is to be obtuin- ed by the use of a heavy seeding (8 bushels per Isere) of oats end barley, or wheat, ants and barley. Any one of the pastures above mentioned should he followed by rape needed early in June, preferably in drills 27 inches apart. ' At Lacombe the results of the use of gelf-feeders versus hand -feeding on pastere, while not sufficiently verified by repeated experimentawoeld indicate that where hogs are fed to a finish the self-feeding method shows most economical gains. It has been proven where corn is the principal grain used, self-feeding is more economical than hand feeding. That this is also the case where mixed grains, wheat by-products and feed- ing concentrates are 'teed, is indicated by the results at Ottawa, Lacombe, Brandon and elsewhere on the ES: porimental Farms System. At the Experimental Station at Lethbridge excellent results have been obtained -from alfalfa and peas, the hogs being allowed access to both crops at the same time. Here of course alfalfa is one of the most dependable crops grown, conditions being in all respects suited to its cul- ture. While much evidence is, therefore, at hand, to show that alfalfa possibly holds tint place as a hog -pasture, it must be remembered that in many sections of Canada t,his crop cannot be grown at all, in many others that it is unreliable in the extreme, and that evereaunder more or less favor- able soil and climatic conditions for one reason or another it cannot al- ways be relied upon. For reliability and wide cultural possibilities and from the standpoint of palatability, producing power and resistance to pasturing, red clover should receive emphasis equal to, if not greater, than, that given alfalfa. In conclusion, high priced grain and: meal for hogs must be replaced, as! far as possible, during the coming' summer. Pastures, as discussed, form a honie-grown, palatable, easily available food, that is harvested with- out labor. The self -feeder combines well with pasturing, and for growing and finishing hogs is peculiarly; worthy of attention during present labor scarcity. -Experimental Farms Note. Prtf. 4.'4.. O. R07440° WT OVT /AND rou) easieseasswareaoseeseseearasateeaseaseaseserseeseessesseaseeseesseeseee, „ - . . oh tollf%0 ere4S j4.464 oh,,,nol000.hohhoohovohhoo,hooe Out in the alley Willie 'Found Two barrels lyi lig on the ground; The hoops were loose and a stick you see, Ile broke from a branch of she apple tree. e GOOD HEALTH QUESTION BOX 1J tildi t, Y. 1. 1 o ri 111.1). Dr. Currier will answer all signed letters pertaining to alerdth. If your question is of general interest it isill be answered through these columns; if not, it will be answered personally if stamped, addressed tuvelope is en- , (lased. Dr. Currier will not prescribe for individual cases or make Magnesia Address Dr. Andrew F. Currier, care of Wilson Publishing Co., 70 Adelaide St. Weat, Toronto, Chronic Catarrii. There is no diseased condition in moist climates so common as this. Children are born with it, and many people carry it with them to the very limn of extreme age. We generally mean, by the term, chronic nasal catarrh or chronic , rhinitis. Consider the anatomical facie for a moment, There arc two nostrils or spacee, narrow in front, much widor nn,1 niol'e COOCl0U5tho beck, P and terminating in the pharynx or throat. They are separated in fron1 by a partition which is cartilage below -and • bone above. On either side, outwardly, are three small bones, one above another like • shelves, giving rise to three spaces ov Paseages; and there are communicat- ing cavities above, behind, and at the ' sides lined with mucous membrane containing many bloodvessels and becoming more or less swollen when the bloodvessels, for any reason, have an extra supply of blood. The nasal passages also communi- cate with the eyes, ears, and mouth, and in the operation of breathing, the air normally passes through the anterior and posterior nasal pas- sages on its way to the lungs, In this way the air is filtered, and impurities it may contain are often retained on the nasal mucous mem- brane. If these structures of the nose are faultily put together (from natural defect os' as the result of accident), or if the are diseased tonsils or new growths, like adenoids, in the posterior easel paesages, breathing becomes difficult, .the mucous mem- brane becomes inflamed and thick- ened, and there is en increase in the secretion of the mucous membrane, be it mucous or pus; this constitutes catarrhal discharge. SometiTiles the irritated and con- gested mucous membrane throws out masses of soft tissue which take the form." of tumors, or polypi and these may entirely block up the nasal passages and compel mouth breath- ing continually. Sometimes the inflammation ex- tends to the accessory cavities re- ferred to, which may complicate mat- ters seriously; but this is far less common than the minor disorders. Then the =coils membrane may be irritated and swollen by strong vapors or gases, like ammonia or chlorine; by impressions and emo- ; by dust f ' , or the dust of the street, or the pollen of plants; or by draughts of air. Bacteria may be inhaled and cause cold in the head, influenza- and other nasal troubles, and there is the ever present irritation of a moist atmo- sphere at the sea coast and in all humid climates. The more mucous membrane in the extensive !nasal area that is involved, the more extensive will be the catarrhal disease and the catarrhal discharge, and in chronic catarrh this continues night and day, sometimes thick, azulent and offen- sive. The general health nay be dis- turbed by this disease, and there may be insomnia, dizziness, dulness, Lead - ache, poor memory, impairment of small, sight and bearing, and con- stant discianfort in the throat and larynx. Alcohol and tobacco make the die - (lane worse, and so do concurrent CPatiblig Good Yards Save Losses, Near many farm buildings where poultry range unchecked the newly seeded grain fields show bare •spaces of au acre or more which have been scratched up and eaten off by the farm Shock. The average acre thus ecten frequently means; a lessening of the crop by front 20 to 40 bushels, while the feeding value to the flock scatted from this acre would not amount to more than that furnished by one or two bushels of grain. This is an expensive and unnecessary plan of feeding. To remedy this I aim to have every chicken house or set of • chicken houses provided with a chicken -proof yard so that at critical times during the year all of the chick- -eons may be confined. We make these poultry fences of woven wire, using strong fence posts 'which wo set substantially itt the ground. A six-inch fencing board is placad around the bottom of the fence and one on the top just above the wire. This makes a good brace for the posts. Above this top board is MUSKRATS WANTED will pay highest marital. prices for Rata, ClInseng lloot and e,11 other raw- furs. 20 years of reliable trailing Referenoe--Pulon 30, of Canada N. SILVER 000 8t. Paul St. W.. Montreal, ai • Abe lutoly ()urea, In any horse, any 0000, no matter how bad, 21 plats of MICOWN, lo our reason foi.:OollIng CAPITAL; litAVE REMEDY with our money -bank gnarantee. It innAt auto your home or your money le refunded. A P U14,1L, WEER'S TRIAL On receipt of Se. Waning orf Iver) to COM' ventage and wrapping', wo will send yotee gni week% trial vith full partioulare and guarantee of attlataotion. Write now. VETEMNARY RIPPLY SOME 700CouperStreci3Ottswa,Ont: 11610.11•WONWieW stretched a strand of barbed wire. This makes a fence sir feet high. If an occasional venturesome biddy scales this fence we clip a few feath- ers from one wing. In addition to the advantage men- tioned there are several other reasons why it is importailt to have a place to confine farm flocks. In the spring of the year especially, there are a number of days that it is an advama tage to keep a floclt confined in order! to keep the egg machinery steadily! working. On stormy days we open! up the doors and let the birds out in-! to the yard to sample the storm for! themselves. They 8000 decide it is better to stay in and go back, and are contented. But give them free; range and they'll be huddled up in groups in various places about the I farmyard, quite miserable, and per- haps roost out all night; Then down! goes the egg yield. On such clays we go into, the poultry houses occa- sionally with a little variety -potato or apple peelings, a bunch of clover, or alfalfa hay, silage, etc. These' things, of course, in addition to their regular ration when running at large. If not possible to have a yard with a tree or two, we pleat a few plums or damsons and it's surprising how well they make some outdoor shade, and it is not long until there is fruit for ourselves, and chicken too. An Omen. From a land physically remote, but ever spiritually near, has come an omen. Jerusalem, the Holy City, in which grew up the belief in a Ringdom of God, has passed again into the keeping of those to whom that king- dom means justice, and merry, and truth. Let the victovy be our•Easter token that those qualities shall tri- umph and shall be no more overcome, Celery 'is more digestible when cooked. Turn a plate epside down in the bottom of any vessel in which you are eooking any food a long time. The plate will prevent any possible scorching, disease of the heart, lungs, liver or kidneys. Much surgical work is done to re- lieve nasal catarrh -much boring and gouging and cauterizing which often t oes more harni than good. • Obvious mechanical obstructions must, of course, be removed. You who suffer with this disease, live 'simply; get an abundance of good food and sleep; exercise out of doors; and seek the guidance of a wise and conservative physician. Go to a dry climate, if you can, for this will do M0110 to produce a per- manent cure than any amount of medication, FOOD f/rOdUCtiOn..-tbat is the big cry for 1918. Everyone lima produce • as much OH 1/0OtAbi0"---Willeil menta every available i:quare yard under eultivatiou, and the widespread use of leennie's seeds, BEANS-Rennieai atringlese Pkt. Green I'od 10 BErr--Rennie's Spinach Beet 10 cA1313AGE-Renintae Worldbeater 10 CARROT--Rennie's Market Garden 10 CORN----Renule's Golden Bantam...10 CUCUNIS 5R -White Wonder .10 LETTUCE-Rennie's Selected Nonpareil .05 IVIUSIKNIELON-llelleiouA Gold Lined..... .. . ; , .10 PARSLEY-Ciampion :Mom Curled .06 • eEAS-Litt le Marvel .10 Improved Stratagem .10 RADISH -Cooper's Sparkler , .05 TOMATO -Bonny Be.: .10 Early Detroit .10 TURNIP -Golden Ball (OrangeJellys.06 ---ese-ese-esaaaeseasessasese* LOOK FOR THE STARS nVPIT item in the Rennie 3018 tatalopy riairesentfl 10110Xcen0d baa, the item in ttnr borders ore shoply 00, ;.a lb. lb. 5 lbs. .18 .55 2.50 .36 1.00 3.09 .75 2.25 .40 1,20 3.60 .26 .65 .30 .90 3.00 .30 .90 2.75 .40 1,20 3,60 .25 .75 2.25 .16 .45 2.00 .16 .45 2.00 .20 .65 2.20 .60 1.75 .60 1.75 .25 .76 2,50 Prepaid Not Prepaid lh, Ii lbs. lb. 0 lbs. ONION SETS-Yellov Sets -Selected. .35 1.70 .25 1,20 FLOWER SEEDS ' Pkt, Lavender Gem Aster 16 Early Bloornins. Cosmos -Mixed 10 Giaut Yellow Tulip Poppy -California .. .10 New Red Sunflower 25 Rennie's XXX Mammoth Flowering llollyhoek-Mixture.... 20 Mastodon Pansy -Mixture Rennie's XXX Select Shirley alixture-Single161. When buying from dealers, insist on Rennie's. if your dealer hasn't them, we will ship direct: 0 saliva from the mouth during the sleep? 2, How can it he stopped?! 3. If the saliva is yellowish in color, is it an indication of indigestion? Answer -1. It is due to the relaxed condition of the tissues -which al- ways occurs during sleep. 2, I do not know of any way to stop it. 3. It does not necessarily indicate indi- gestion, The Last Syllable. - QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. trymScottish Sergeant --And nod we'll urtehartichte tduoitalt,taimboyvenuabeyres,haetaidr J. A .M.-1. What causes a flow of the final syllable of the worerd tur-rn. Plant spinach very early in Spring with a view to harvesting the crop before very warm weather arrives. Onions and parsnips can be sown quite early, carrots not quite so soon. Radishes and lettuce, first sowing as soon as the ground is dry enough to work. FERTILIZER PAYS Better than ever. Write for Bulletin ONTARIO FERTILIZERS, LIMITED WEST TORONTO - CANADA sassea....Wesi_ OR the war against hunger as well as for the war againgt the Hun. For every Canadian fighting overseas, at least two on farms at home are serving none the less effectively because they wear. neither uniforms 110r marks of rank or valour. Long and strenuous days are theirs, without leave or furlough! a steady drive through the daylight hours to keep the work abreast of the season, and save the crops so sorely needed to feed our fighting men. Only those who spend such days can realize how good it feels to have a "wash'! .up" and a clean Gillette shave at night - or how it fits a man to enjoy the evening's rest or pleasure of the trip to town; .The busier you are going to be this 457:4NDA2D $3.11/4, suminer, the more you'll need a Gillette Safety Razor, with its clean, comfortable, five-minute shave. And the better you know and like good tools, the more you'll appreciate the simple mechanical perfec tion that gives the Gillette such a lead over every other razor. The Gillette Safety Razor is made in several different. styles, civilian and military. Choose one of the former for yourself and delight some soldier friend with a new Military Set. Your dealer can supply you at $5,00 up. Gillette Safety or Co., of alma49., limited Ofelve and Factory: " GILLETTE LDG., MONTREAL. 43, ipx 310 MAL DOG $6%00' fosesseseemearetazailets=maalm=strasaa-mMarrailasaltenatainterattlatirell yaitigaa'iliWlotitkom WRY ENDURE • FAILURES? Ittmeekm:iatasvhsfaiteasmantiitt, Don't you ,over feel, when yea flee someone reeking st (=plebe :NINO of things, like stepping in andataliblia them what to do? Most of us harie :melts when we feel like righting the world, or a few individuals; and these spells mime to me when I see 41. person sticking to a job for which they are not fitted, or continuing' in a situation which is intolerable when they might get out of it if they would make the efforto, Iwi der why some .folks keep right on eloing things a certain way, when all the evidence goes to show them they are wrong? Can't they tell fea themselves they "are in wrong?" Or are they physically or mentally tifie able to change? Are they moral eowards, sticking to a rut because they ere afraid to change? Or are theydlzs7 oaiust too doe -aright lazy to ethdy mease a theown n!) try to br ettecone it Ho* natty men are making a coals plete failure of fermieg because they won't try anything newl They keep ' on 7000 in and year out at general' farming, growing pourer every year, when a soil expert tells them their land le neited to -grow nothing but pastUve. And their sole expressed me - salt for doing it h', "That's theevisia. I've always done." Wouldn't you think that after four or five years;of ; doing a thing and reaping nothing but failures, they'd eee the wisdom of changing.? A Mother with two or three sickly children, tied one oe two dead, insists on giving her babe, condensed potatoes at four months, froetlpg from cake., and in fact t`teetas ! of everything." When you atry te tell her the baby should have nothisige bub ixiilk. skke: e Helices you • ,' 'That's the way 'iaee fcd nil Tiry '.-thlldrmw. Younder why site can't see by looking, at her anaemic little ',nee that she had made a mistake itt *Meg andshseem _. oual change waya. Bat site cloo. In every walk of life you see misfits and wonder why the dead !failure doesn't try a new tack -mighty good woke are trying to teach school, ruin- ing tempers and spoiling lives other than their own, when they might be useful and happy baking bread: Good; dressmakers are fuming away in the kitchen. ' First-claes milliners are trying to teach MUSIC, and good mus( - chins are measuring ribbon in depart- ment stores. Many a man who would ' make a fine college professor is try- ing to run a business and all these misfits keep on when it is perfectly patent to everyone that they are mak- ing a mistake. Why won't they change? Are they too proud to- aes -- knowledge failure? A better pride would teach them to acknowledge their mistake in choosing a vocation, and getting into the right sphere. Situations arise in the home which could be 'cleared up if someone would make the effort. How often home become a hateful place, just because no one takes the first step towards clearing up misunderetandings. can understand difficulties arising be,,,. tweets husband and wife, but I never could understand letting them con- tinue. Drifting is a word I can't tolerate -it's the cause of too many failures.-D.H. No animal kept on your ham will return you e profit as surely and as quickly for the feed consumed and the cam given as the brood sow. A- hoy will produce a pound of increase for every four to, five pounds of feed consumed, while fattening cattle will require ten to thirteen pounds to pro-; duce the same amount of itierease. • Hogs are not only more prolific than any other kind of live stock, but are also essential to the economic utilization of waste products on the beef, dairy, grain, fruit, and vege-L table farms. The sow that carries good length and depth of body generally proves the most prolific. The SOWS Should be selected from good-sized litters, and should carry a strong back,,rvide loins, full hams, large heart girth - which indicates constitutiom-plenty of bone, and should stand well on good, strong legs. While quality Should not be Over- looked, in the search for it you should not sacrifice substance, nor select edelieate animals. A uniform bunch aof sows will produce a more uniform lot, of pigs, and a uniform lot of pigs will feed better, look better when ;Cate and sell fur a higher price on the market. The 3OWshould be fed and meanest so as to enable hex! to farrow pigs Mid • inarse them to a point where they ran be fed. 'llee sow needs the right 'kind ,,f eteal for i:heee important rea. einaa For tile maintenance of her own body, fer the growth of tker own bol':, and for the development of the • fetal pigs. , steady sow, with well-devels veal felts, t!1O isto,l1v be depended • upon to raise, a litter at good,.grnwthy •• pigg. If, after belie; properly handled, she fails to facrow n geed littet. of • pige, ehe has no business on your farm, and ehould befattened and sold It,,' park. After the South A frieem war, .o.f the 7,340 retnened soldierfa'atlie were. granted lend, only (150 actuOly took it. up.