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The Seaforth News, 1918-07-18, Page 7By Agronomist, This Department Is for the use of our farm readers who wont the advice of an expert un any queetlon regarding soil, need, crops, eto, If your question Is of sufficient general Interest, It will be answered through this column. If stamped and addressed envelope le enclosed with your letter, a complete answer will be mailed to you. Addams Agronomist, card of Wilson Publishing rCo., Ltd., 73 Adelaide St. W., Toronto, freshening the Cows. on the generative organs wl.ich makes A short while ago I wont Into '40a tendency to lose the calf, deveioP• When the time draws near for the I stable of a farmer friend who lived i about a mile or so from me. Ile was cow to have the calf, :elle should be just feeding his cows. I noticed that largo eno>.gh so ritte thatesherea x monoetall, he measured out the grain ration for around ewolly, The bowels should be the different ones and also each she kept free by the use of laxative feeds, the hay that was needed. There was hoots aro valuable, A good feed for one cow that only received hay for her a cow some time before and after she fed. I tasked him wily ho did not has her catg, is whole oats that have give her any grain, been swelled by having boiling water Ohl That one, why she is dry. L.poured over them. Three pounds expect that she'll come in' in about a of these, three pounds of bran, and month or so. After one of my cows one-half pound of linseed oil meal stop giving ani' milk, I do not give mixed with warm water and a little thorn any more grain," he told me. "But, in her ease," I asked hint, "don't you think that she is so near freshening time that it might pay?" "I do not see where there'd be any profit," he answered. "How can any cow that is dryebe worth giving any- thing but hay to?" And he laughed as is he thought that it was quite a joke to feed anything but hay to his cows that were dry. As I looked at the cow that was get- ting only hay, the one that he had told me he expected would have a calf in a few weeks, I was surprised. She was very thin. To look at her I would not have known that she was to freshen soon. I felt that the joke was really on him. I know that there aro quite a few farmers that feel as ho does. They do not think that a cow that is not giving any milk needs much to eat, But a cow that is to have her calf ought to be fed quite liberal. While she is not giving milk perhape, she es, using feed to grow the dew calf to be born soon. She needs food to bring her into moderately high .cceidition, without too much fatness, Excessive successfully used. After filling with fat is apt to make difficulty at time of air, the teat is tied with strips of cloth calving. .But i'f the cow has a liberal to hold It in for an hour or so and quantity of it with good flesh she is the process repeated, until 'recovery ready to start immediately to make a takes place. Particular directions large quantity of milk. Fat that has been stored up, is ready as a reserve aft() be drawn upon to help at the time that she is to make the largest quan- tity of milli. years of age, it seems to be the rule While there are farmers that do not among ...most breeders that, that is dry off their cows for any length of about the right age for a heifer to time before they freshen, most farm- have her first calf, providing she is in ers agree that cows should have from no way stunted in her growth. To six weeks to two months rest from fix the habit of persistent milking, a milking, before they have their calf. salt, makes a good feed and has the tendency to prevent the retaining o the afterbirth. Of course, hay is to. be given. . After calving give this feed for a weelc or go, increaeing one- half a pound a day as the cow in- creases in her milk flow, and gradual- ly change to the regular ration. For at least ten days before 'the cow calves she should have water with the chill taken off; also for two weeks after. W'bile, as a rule, cows have their calves born without much trouble, they should be watched carefully as the time draws near, and if there are any signs of difficulty, help should be gotten quickly, if it is to be of use. After the calf is born the danger from milk -fever should be guarded, While perhaps it may not be neces- sary for every farm to have a milk - fever outfit, there ought to be one at least in every neighborhood and every farmer that has many cows should understand how to use it. It is very simple; in fact, many times a cofnmen bicycle -pump with a small tubo at- tached to it that is small enough to be inserted into a cow's teat, has been rl'opies in Semen Feeding high-priced fertilizer to weeds indicates the slacker at his Worst, I Why veilil s fifty -dollar mower for the sake o'f two oenta' worth pf ma- ehine-oil? The bug that'ea thebiggest to g ta1tbggst11 Is the bug of carelessness. A good way to get rid of poison - ivy is to spray it with kerosene and set fire to it, Burying the water jug in the furrow will keep the water cooler. But have a big jug. Beware of so-called headache milia, tablets or p dors, Practically all of them contain a coaI tar, heart- de- pressant dzug which is often danger- ous,;. One of the mbar.; popular utensils on the farm is the dinner -bell. The greatest.: achievement in har- vesting is beating bad weather to: it, Many folks have forgotten how to stack slay. This rule is a good one: Beep„ the middle full and drive around on every side to,uolped. Women ought to be good farmers, seeing that they are deeply interested in husbandry. NOW that so many farmers are f hauling produce on auto trucks, the necessity of having better roads is be- ing 'realized as never before. We must have them. There is only one right way to sharpen a side and that is by filing or grinding the blade on the. under side of the edge as you hold it ready to use. A sharp hoe is a fine sure' for the backache. ee That which we acquire with moat dificiilty we retain the longest. come with every outfit. The capacity to give milk is devel- oped in cows by breeding early. While a heifer is not fully grown at two cow is not bred so that her second Cows should have exercise in moder- calf -comes within a year and a half. Of ation during pregnaney, as with these course, the best of care at this time is that are kept in too close confinement, requisite so that the future cow may there' is sometimes difficulty during have a chance to develop as much as calving time. Of oourae, too much; possible. • and violent exercise or conditions While cows are bred until they are which might lead to slipping oz jump twenty year's old sometimes; the best ing is bad, as such may cause abor- period is from four to. five or six, up to tion. Cow yards where they get; twelve years old. • . their exercise should be free from ice To get the best from any caw, good and be even and smooth. Cows that care is important at all times, and are kept in the stable, a large part of even though she is not giving milk, the time should have the platform or she should have a properly balanced -ik'9'vor under them level; floors that ration to prepare her for the work slope towards the rear cause an 'un- that is to come to her as' soon as she ""natural pressure to be brought to bear freshens. Cabbage Plants Of all loading early and late variettos, 450, per hundred, mail pre. paid, $2.50per thousand, ekpreaa oolleet. Also Cauliflower, Brussels Sprouts and Onion Plants. Planta are being shipped success- fully to all parts of Canada Ask for price list, 3icereeees ammo, rraitland, Ontario Dept. "Y" Niagara District Farmers who ship their wool direct to us get' better prices than farmers who sell to the general store. ASK ANY FARMER! who has sold his wool both ways, and note what he says -- or, better still, write us for our prices ; they will show you how much you lose by selling to the General Store, We pay the highest prices of any Otto iu niecountryeadare the largest wool dealers in Canada.' Pnymeut le re- mitted the same day wool is received. morShiethin your If you do awill d are assured of a square deal from us, 8 H. V. ANDREWS 13 CHURCH ST., TORONTO .:i.t;`1>ak,=,--•,vc size. Tela NINTH ANNUAL TORONTO FAT STOOK S LJrliocz Stock Yards, Toronto Jicnmmr'5W1 The management of ttie Show w ah to announce the following cbaugee over previ-sus showee There will be np classes for female egcattle, All stook entered must be owned by exhibitor at least ninety days before opening date of show. In addition to elugle cattle classes there will be classes for three animals, Premium islet will be reedy for dis- krilrtltlgsn, Auicuot..40t, ..,. . Realizing the War. Margaret Deland, the noted Ameri- can author, writes from Paris; '"Over In America we thought we knew scene - thing about the war and the condi- tions in France, but when you get here the difference is as the differ- ence between studying the laws of. electricity and being struck by light-. ning. I have been struck by lightning. The only way in which I can keep sane and steady is to look very, very closely at my own immediate little trivial, foolish job—writing or working in the canteen ---for if I dare to lift my eyes to the black horizons I lose my balance," —v' You may not be the best farmer in your neighborhood, but you can at least strive not to be the worst, Facts Alo;r.,nat 1. F. ,II Wheat 0.N• 'ARID Pall wheat growers, from many localities claim that fertil- izers saved their 1917-18 wheat crop. How did they do it ? F rtilizcrs aro can9ereof aveli- ablo plant food. This soluble food is to the 3/dune wheat crop what _ now milk is to the calf. Last fell the fertilized whent made stronger top growth and wider, deeper root growth than the unfertilized wheat. Lest winter the fertilized orni, stood the covert, weather while much unfertilized wheat was killed. Lost spring tit fertilized wheat started growing earlier and strong- er than the unfortiilzed wheat. That is why fertilized wheat will yield mueli heavier this summer than unfertilized wheat. It pays to fertilize Fall wheat. Now Free Bulletin on Pall Whrat Production now ready. Write TheSoil Sl a rice Crop Improvement Bureau of tits Canadian Fertilizer Association 1111 Temple Bldg., Toronto =mom *Se *IVO 16 '1'iite year it weald wen ,patriotic to grow the broilers to a large sire be- fore marketing them, but reach a willtwoThe about o weight of ands. gp small broilers should lazing it fair prlee and when turned into cash they will furnish available funds for prop- erly feeding the pullets. At the present pride of grain it does not seem that capons and roaste ing chiolcene can be very profitable tits year. Tho present indications seem to predict that it will be safer to market young • broilers and raise high-class and well-fed pullets to pro- duce eggs next fall and winter. When there is time for marketing small orders to private, customers it pays better than selling to the local .i dealers or the commission men, Howe ever, every farmer has to figure out most of his own marketing problems for himself, Some find it takes too Much. time to dress and market polite try to private consumers and they make more money by giving their time' to production problems. This practical - 1y means that the farmer hires the lodal dealer to be his agent or poultry salesman. There is a lot to learn about poultrymarketing probleffts. Meat farmers know that they have not yet found out the 'best method. A little •more instruction along that line from the experimental farms will be appreciated: There will be little time on the farms this year to listen to agents. ,A corn crop kept thoroughly culti- vated is, as a cleaning crop, almost equal to a summer fallow. GOOD HEALTH QUESTION BOX O 13y 'Andre* le. Dr, Currier will. answer all alerted question is of general interest it will if not, it will be answered personally closed.'' Dr, Currier will not prescribe Address Dr. Andrew F. Currier, care St, West, Toronto. HEADACHE The frequency and variety of head- aches have stimulated the, medicine manufacturers to devise means for their relief, and the market has been flooded with their products, Headache is a very comprehensive. term. It may be a simple neuralgia due to disturbance of the nerves on one side of the head, the forehead, or the top or back of the head. The blood current of the head may be unaffected in such cases, or there may be less blood than usual with re- sulting pallor of the face. Or the face may be red, the head hot and throbbing, with a painful sense of fullness and congestion. Again, there may be dizziness in addition to the head pain, and perhaps nausea and vomiting, these symptoms being due to some trouble in the diges- tive apparatus. Yet other headaches are due to some trouble in the eyes, the ears, the kidneys, to growths within the skull, or a thousand other causes. Is it reasonable to imagine that all these different kinds of headaches can be cured by the same medicine, and is it not expecting too much of any powder or tablet that it will be equally useful for all of them? Itis safe to say, therefore, that any medicine which promises to cure all kinds of headache, is a fraud. Furthermore, headache may be merely one of the noteworthy symp- toms in a more or less important disease, and a headache powder, no matter how good it may be, may only mask and obscure other symptoms, unless it goes to the cause of the dis- ease, which so far as I know no headache powder can do. What, for instance, could such a nnedieine do in., headache proceeding from tumor of the brain? It would be ublikely to produce any impression upon the tumor; it night not oven relieve the pain, and if a considerable quantity were taken, it might cause weakness and faintness Currier, M.D. letters pretainiug to Health. If your be answered through these columns; if stamped, addressed euvelope is--en- for individual cases or make diagnosis, of Wilson Publiehing Co., 73 Adelaide REMEDIES. from its depressing action on the heart and make the patient worse in- stead of better, - If any of the headache powders. does not have such a depressing ac- tion, I do not know which it is; and if all of them have this quality, none should be given unless we know at the time what the condition of the patt- en•t's heart really is. Even with people .whose hearts are apparently sound, some are extremely sensitive to the action of such drugs as headache powders are composed of, even in small doses, This is especially true with chil- dren, hence we cannot be too parti cuter in recommending them to others, or in taking thein ourselves, for there is an element of possible danger in them, which must not be overlooked. A popular .combination is a coal -tar product of some kind, in connection with a stimulant like camphor or caf- fein; and when such a combination is used, the possibility of harm will be diminished. One of the worst features of head- ache powders, is the danger of form- ing the drug habit, of using them when there is no real excuse for tak- ing medicine. We meet also remember that the quantity of medicine Which will re- lieve a headache to -day, may make little impression on the changed bod- ily condition of to -morrow, and by increasing the quantity we may have crossed:tthe border line of safety. I do not imagine that these words of caution will have much effect in preventing the ase of headache pow- ders; but it is proper to present the facts and suggest that. the physician is the one to decide whether such a medicine ought to be used. Moreover, ' physicians also should realize their responsibility in pre- scribing them, and give them with the same precautions which they are supposed to use in giving other drugs which are commonly admitted to be dangerous. v Mir.OUT AND FOLD ON, parr D .l. hes a mmsanusoaotdrrs ' Willie built his dog h house, I think it's fine, don't you? And from the smile on puppy's face a&•iu.M9ls.LL.like , j k is. Over 45 niicip lities in the 'il aater'n Tewnghi•*s ,and vicinity are now being served with light and power by the South,. ern Canada Power Company, Limited. Thin territory is a good industrial district, and is growing rapidly;, thus insuring increased demand for power and, light. We Fecornmend the ]bonds rel this Com- pany, m pany, 'which we are offering with a bonus of common stock, thus giving investors an opport- unity to participate in the future success of the Company, Send for circular, and map showing territory served.. :00mns MAIL' An rtiltOlidASL•A a'sto712 OK M010551LY Y*Y9aJ1k$1! PLAN E89ITT, THOMSO'4V & COMPANY Investment Rankers Limited 1Vlercantile Frust Bldg. - - Hamilton • 222 St. James Street Montreal NOW :IS YOUR BERRY ? PATCH? I was surprised to find how few ber- ries are grown by farmers for their own use. I had always imagined every farm would have the fruit gar- den as certainly ay they had the vege- table garden, as I had grown black- berries, strawberries, and grapes and found them so little expense or'trou- ble, and the fresh fruit so much supe- rior to the crushed, half mouldy, and otherwise undesirable fruits purchas- ed at the grocery. Of course, nice home-grown fruit from the store is all right, but that is what you can hardly find unless there le a'regular fruit farm in the vicinity, for fanners that do not grow for their own use will not grow for others, Consider- ing the value of these fruits and the pleasure we get from their use I can see no possible reaapn wily they should not be more generally planted. Let's see what the farmers' say, A Patch that Didn't Bear • One farmer told me he had a patch of strawberries that never bore, and he just plowed them up. He told of several patches' in his neighborhood that had run out in a few years and, while they bloomed every year bore no •fruit Now I had had some experi- ence with just such a patch years ago. There was a big patch of berries on the place when we moved there, but we were told it bora none at all. We plowed two furrows together, then. left a strip six inches wide, plowed two more furrows together, and con- tinued this until the patch rwas made into these six-inch rows, We pul- verized the middles and set out rows of new plants, setting alternate rows of staminate plants and young.plants from the old patch, buying the stamin- ates. We figured that the old patch had been allowed to go and the strong- er growing infertile flowered variety. h d killed out the weaker growing staminate variety, if there had been such planted in the first place. Our supposition was seemingly correct, for we got a fair crop that year and a good crop the next, after which we removed all ,the traces of the old rows and kept- the new rows from crossing, the middles, thee preventing the pistillate from crowding out the stem- inate, • If you have a patch that is pot bearing,nine chances out of ten' this is the trouble. If you do not! want to clear up the whole patch and renew, just clear room for a. row through the middle and plant it thick- ly with a fertile variety, setting the plants so early in the spring that they will bloom in season and fairly freely, and you will get berries the first year, for a.few staminate plants will fertie lize quite a patch of berries, especially if you have plenty of bees around. Easy Way. to Care for Blackberries A farmer domplained that taking care of blackberries was .too, mush trouble. He had planted a patch but the sod and. weede .had taken' it and he wouldn't keep it clean for the fruit, Now I saw that patch, and it was a case of planting' and letting it go. Of course, nothing could be expected, and nothing was received. It does take eolne attention to keep a blackberry patch in condition, but it is worth it, and few fruits will give a better ac- count of 'themselves. If the farmer is too busy or not interested enough to give good culture let them haul out a load of manure and mulch the pateh fairly deep -and this will keep: down the weeds andgive the fruit a ohance; for blackberries are very hardy in plant, and not easily discouraged. If the , mulching ie done at once after planting there is less likelihood of the vines sprouting so much, for the roots will not be disturbed. Grapes Are Easy to (craw. Grapes can be, grown anywhere, over arbors, along fences, over win- dows, or in vineyards' on hillsides that are fit for nothing else, and these can ba mulched to advantage, also. Have grapes anyway, for thin is 'one of the finest fruits grown and the very easiest to have, and' sure to 'produce almost every season: Care is'neces- sary for best results but.frult will be borne without much attention. Prun- ing will. give finer fruit; but I have seen large quantities. of very good fruit grown on vines running along a fence without having been touched in arty way for several years. If yhu want to have something for nothing, , just stick a grape vine in an odd cor- ner and eat the fruit thereof. 'This is not advocating planting and then leaving: to grow withoue care, but itis sayingthat if care cannot be giv- en plant anyway and do the best you fruit anyway. Care•for your fruit in can forthem and you, will have some the most approved style if you will, but if you won't plant it and care'for it thebest you feel you can, and then take what you get, and you will get more than you have earned, you may be sure of that. Growing is Cheaper than Buying . I have seen farrners buying, toed car- rying home crates of these fruits to !put up for winteruse and pay out more for a very limited • supply than it would have taken to plant and care for a patch of their own. A friend of mine picked as much as three dol- lars worth 'of strawberries from five rows sixty feet long, and did this at every picking during the height of the season. That patch cost about: a dollar and a half for plants, took about fifteen minutes after every rain the first season to run through it with the wheel hoe, and probably an hour or two during the summer to cut run- ners and pull weeds that escaped the hoe. After the first year it' was mulched in the fall, the mulch stirred in in the spring after the fruiting sea- son, when a good hoeing was given all the space between the rows. After the first heavy rain another mulch was given, manure from the barn being used for this mulch. Not much work, but a fine lot of fruit you trust concede.—J, A. Kent C38"d�ai In the stable, the best way to break a self -sucking cow is to tie her both ways in the stall so that she can- not get her head back to her udder, If you are persistent in this, after a While she forgets the habit. But in the pasture lot a different plan must be used. The cow can be tied then by having a sureinglo around her body and a rope extending from the eurcingle to either side of the head so that she eainnot got her 'head to leer udder. This, however, pre- vents her from fighting flies and it really quits a punishment, I think the bust way probably is to get et almost any ilardwnre Store what is known es a calf-weaner. This is an arrangement that is fastened in the nose like a bull ring and extend- ing all around on this ring are long, sharp spikes so that when she goes to suck -herself` those spikes are p>^smiled into the udder and flank and she soon gives it up. Cows can eat fairly well out of a manger with an arrangement of this kind in the nose, They seem to get along•'on pasture all right. After a reasonable lengbti of time if this don't break, the cow of the habit, I would dispose of her for beef be- cause it is a nuisance to have to keep this thing up every year, t :1 Lettuce Tip. Lettuce ahotld be sown three times during July, and the young seedlings must be keit well watered. In fact, all lettuce should be kept very moist to prevent it from running to seed too quickly. Good, crisp lettuce is something that all war gardeners are keen to have, and frequently it is a disappoint- ment to them to find it going to seed and Coarsening in the process. If. you have not planted your lettuce in a eheded place, you might build a cheesecloth frame over the plants that are beginning to head up, and spray Mem eight and Moaning,during the warm weather, This ' is the real secret of good, crisp lettuce, --': 1''arnleis aro buying and using more two -row cultivators title year, e End Of The Jo! "Miss; Jameson want a to know how the•cost of provisions in the past month compares with the abet in July, and what 'racomtnondnticnri'yciu'(wouiil '.make for the fall,"said,•Ghristine Ga.evine as she sante inteCtife•bfficei 1 Ilelena Erskine looked gaylly up front her neatly kept desk. I"lily compliments to Mies Jauiteden, and I am leaving Saturday. I'll Imake out the eomperative costs, if 1 i have time; but as for recommends: tions, they fail to the lot of my un- feitunate successor! All of Which Iyou will report to Mies Jameson in ; one of your own tactful translations!" lhris'tine laughed; no one could re - Islet Helena when she was in one of her gay moods. Then her face grew jI wistful, f , "Of course I'm 'glad for you, for thq work le hoavyohere. But we're going to miss you so!" I 'II-Ieavy! It weighs a ton a day! I've felt like a new creature since. I ' decided to leave, No one ought to drudge the way I did', I leave that piece of advice to my successor„ It's. been so blessed to let go! But you just `better had' miss rne!" "You'll be missed, -a11 right, I've etrnyed through three changes. I know what it •lneans—the breaking in of new secretaries." "That's not missing me," Helena protested laughingly, "I refuse to flatter you; you're spelled enough already," Christine re- torted. She turned away slowly, and then back, "Don'camet you suppose you could leave a few suggestions? It would help the new secretary so much." But Helena only laughed. "I haven't spy, I'm emancipated, I tell you." After' Christine left, Helena sat for a few moments with herhands be- hind' her head. It was so glorious to be free! A dozen persons had come* to her that morning for various direc- tions; she irec-tions;'she bad refused them all, They were questions that dealt with the future, and she had no future to deal with there. Presently she ran over to Edith Seabury'a •suite; .Miss Sea - bury, too, was leaving" for another field: She. looked. ,up• and nodded. "You may enjoy a silent session witl};nie ifnTwantto,.-but don't you dare speak•yo] I'm np to my: eyes in work." "But .wiry?" Helena asked, too . amaaed'to obey the injun'et1on, It was Mias:•See.bury's! turn to 'look amazed. • "Why?' You •know as 'well as I do';1Helena"Erskine: As if you weren't. doing the senile thing! :Be- cause I'd`be ashamed nof tie leawamy work here'in the, best pi/ssib'le•'shape, and beeauee I; want to, make things as easy as pogaiblo.for the mete:secretary. It's+' always hard..enough at first, in a new place: I can't work as"fact as you c'an; that's wily Pm• still at it when you are all through." A swift color flushed Helena's face. She started to speak—then, without a word, she turned buck to her own office, A Plea To The Housewife. Take the keenest interest in the voluntary rationing scheme. The pro- vincial committees of the Canada Food Bbbard are busy drawing up rules and regulations for the different provinces. You are going to be their chief helpers in carrying out those regula- tions. Make it a matter of provincial pride and competition. Aim to make your province outdo the other eight, and see which of you can do the most in this way for the cause of the Allies and our own Canadian men. Refuse to deal with any grocers, fish -mongers, butchers, bakers or other tradesmen who have not yet secured a license from the Canada Food Board. "How am I to know?" you ask. The easiest thing in the world. Every dealer has to display his license number on all stationery, in- voices, etc., so that you can readily as- certain whether lie is licensed or not. It is now against the law for the various trades to operate without a license' from the Canada Food Board. The sane applies to public eating houses, and women can help by refuse: ing to patronize them unless they are duly licensed. Encourage the fish business for all you are worth. You are doing pretty well about it but not well enough,. Fish is Canada's own food and it is the most satisfying of substitutes for those things which we must send over- seas . ver -seas. It is cheap and plentiful, thanks to the efforts of the Canada Food Board. Make it the "piece cle resistance" et most of ,your summer meals. It is better for people than meat in hot weather. It is easier to cook, lin- courage your dealer to handle plenty of fish by asking for it every days yourself, Give halibut. a rost and buy plenty of cod, iiaaciock, flat fish and the other varieties which are every bit as good and cost hall as much. .......�-err--•- • , Of the ton open-air pulpits in lenge and, the meet hansom is that at.Mag- lalen College, Oxford, It was built n :1480. The average age of bachelors who marry •sptnsters is 'twenty-six; of ltlowers ni • WIC' whomay widows just under fifty, 1j! the burdocks aro not too =Ay, cut tfiem off even with the ground and pour a little kerosene on the leunpsc