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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1918-09-19, Page 7F'UINN 1 `QLD'UP5. CUT 0U AND FOL ON DOTTED LINES By Agronomist, This Department la for the use of our farm readers who .want the advice ,of an expert on any question regarding soli, eeod, trope, otc. If your question is of sufficient general Interest, It will bo answered through this column. If stamped and addressed envelope Is enclosed with your letter, a complete •answer will be mailed to you. Address Agronomlet, eery of Wilson Putellehing 'Co, Ltd., 73, Adelaide St, W., Toronto. SPRING YS. FAL L FRESHENED COWS. . Many farmers take it for granted that to have the cows freshen in the spring, it—will mance a greater profi •come franc them than If they Dame it In tete fall. One farmer who thought that way, told me his reason; 'The principal thing that appeals to me," he explained, "k because wile I get from the cows in the eurnzner, is practically all profit. I do not have to'give them much grain. They tante care of themselves excepting around milking times, when I then have to get them into the barn, and out the first thing in the morning. I again to where they should 'be. Con- segontly they are carried along with - t out'peying the profit that they might, until they freshen again. Cows that have their calves in the fall, can be taken particular care of, and can be made to do their best. To t got the greatest profit from ensilage it should be given to cows that are giving their largest flow of milk. To. feed valuable ensilage to cows that are only giving their half flow of milk, is a waste of good feed, Such great'results are obtained when given to cows that are fresh, so fall cows bring in the greatest profits fro silage. As a rule the price of intik is mor in the fall and winter, too; and to ge more milk (from fresh cows) make more profit also. Cows that are tak en care of ,properly, will give mor during their lactation period begin ning in the fall, than those that corn in in the spring. And winter -kept cows will ge t pastime wheni isat' tits best, in th spring. There will be no drop-off which is the case with spring -freshen ed cows that go through the dry;pas ture period. Cows that are kept during the win figure the profit that T get in the sum- mer is worth enough to pay for the rest of the year." We all know that cows, naturally, - are apt bd do their best in the Aunt - Hier time. Therefore to get the greatest profile from them, in the win- ter, conditions should be macre as near like. summer as possible. Its the summer they get all of the nice fresh water with no ice in It to stake it too told. o How many farms are thorn that have facilities so that the cotes can get the same in the winter? Cows enjoy,the nice warns days in the sum- mer, too. Barns therefore should be kept warns and comfortable for them in the winter time. , Too cold barns require more feeding of grain, which is expensive; as much of the feed has to go to keep the cattle warm. And they do not give as much either, under such conditions. Light it Qtnotherimportant thing to consider. Plenty of windows to let as much of 'the sunlight into the tie-up is im- portant if we are trying to imitate summer. Dark, damp stables make cows uneasy and discontented, and also help to brecd germs of different diseases. When the cows are at pasture in the summer, they get juicy, green,' succulent feed. Suclt a ration may be given in a way by means of a silo. If the silage is put in before the•frosts 1c kill it green and succulent feed is • assured, for the winter time. All farmers who have fed silage can' testify as to the great fondness which' cows have for it. 'So, to get the best results from wire• i ter -kept cows, it can be seen that by staking conditions as near as possible'c is the eows get in the summer, the i t greatest profits are obtained, o While it is true that the expense of t grain and feed is much less for cows i at pasture in_tiie summer, perhaps I feel that on the long run, cows thatic freshen in the fall; pay the base! h Unless the pasture is extremely good,! t along the last part of 'the summer it o begins to get short and the grass dries up and without getting' feed in, th the barn the cows drop off. How many b farmers are there that consider it, I eo and fail tofeed their cows? And ea I� the time the cows are taken in; in' ca fall, they have dropped off in their m milk flow and cannot be gotten beck en m e e 0 0 ter have to be fed grain. The extra amount of grain which should be given to fresh cows, is.morethan paid for as the extra amount of milk given is mare in proportion. Also, the work needed to take care of a certain number of cows, is near- ly the sante whether they give a large amount of milk or little. Then, again, ealves•that are born in the fall, grow better and are larger and stronger and are ready for pas- ture sooner than spring -born calves: Calves raised in fhe summer are bothered with flies and the hot, sum- mer is bad for them and the feeding pails, etc., aro easily contaminated if not washed very promptly and care- fully; scours are more easily gotten therefore. Also, calves wintered in a nice warm 'barn do not ,have Mesal risks to bother. So it is seen 'that if the cows are taken care of properly, after freshen- ng in the fall, they will return more profits in proportion for any extra are and feed given them, and by the foe they are nearly ready to dry ff, the dried-up pasture' -is not doing he harm that it would to a eow that s giving a large flow. Of course, even under the best of °editions, farmers cannot' always ave their cows come in at the time hat they want them to. And also, with a large herd of cows, it would of be well to have all have calves in e fall, orat the same time. But, y realizing that the fall -freshened. ws bring the most profits, if takenof as they should be, farmers re I . n, by planning ahead, make the; £ ost money from their cows in the a d. 'MY MOTHER 5AY5 511E -MINKS I MAY TURN OUT AN ACROBAT SOME DAY POLO eceie ee IFI 1UERE ONLY TWINS, YOU'D SEE., THE FAMOUS TEAM OF "ME AND MEI Poll The fowls and eggs from a pure- bredfiock of hens will bring, more money on account of their uniformity. One of our most conservative poul- trymen says that if all farmers would keep pure-bred poultry, the business would be doubled in a few years and that we would stilt be getting good prices for our products. Many people are getting tired of eating pork and old dairy cows, and are becoming eaters of chickens, mut- ton and veal, thus increasing the pos- sibilities of the sheep -and -poultry business. When 'poultry can eat and thrive on all kinds of foods and produce good results, it is very good evidence that they are constitutionally strong. a The Silo, The Lighthouse of the Farm. During the last few germs sleek - raisers have floundered .around quite a bit and occasionally one has hit a rock and gone down. Fortunately, every stock -raiser can have a light- house that will keep him, as well as an occasional neighbor, oft the rocks and guide the way to better farming and bigger profits. That lighthouse is the silo. There is no longer any doubt that silos point the way to safe farming. Thousands of satisfied users have kill- ed all the doubt. In more ways than one a well-filled silo keeps stock -raisers off the rocks. The use 01 silage cheapens beef, milk, mutton and wool by cutting down the amount of grain needed. Silage is valuable for lambs in the feed lot, and for wintering the breeding ewes. Silos are the greatest food savers known to stock -raisers. An acre £ corn fodder put into a silo has more odd vai'uo than an acre of corn. There re several reasons for this. One is that when corn is put into the silo none of it is wasted. The whole Bright oat straw is wholesome win- ter roughage for idle horses, Many goodfeeders figure that every ton of good oat straw which the horses will eat saves half a ton or more of valu- able hay. Some of the very best pure-bred draft stares in the coun- try are fed good oat straw as their exclusive roughage during the winter months. The only 'other feed they receive is about three or four pounds of grain a tiay to each mare, as may seem necessary to keep the digestive system working properly. . The fact that straw is a. heat -pro- ducing feed is of importance because the best feed. for producing warmth to idle horses is alsofthe cheapest. Idle work horses require Dilly suffici- ent grain to maintain them in good flesh condition; all the rest of their feed may well consist 6f cheap rough- age, provided it is clean, bright and free from injurious substances. By feeding more bright straw and just enough grain to keep their digestive systems in good order the worst horses can be wintered so cheaply as to greatly reduce the cost of main- tenanee, and this meane considerable reduction in the cost of operating a' large farm where several work teams ,are kept during the year. y What Causes- Stunting? Stunting of young animals 45 a Serious matter. Steps to prevent etuntiug really should begin before the animal is born, To thab end it is necessary and profitable to feed the pregnant animal well, so that she may properly nourish her young and have plenty of mills for It when It ie born.' , Calves are stunted by feeding milk in large quantities twice a day. Th natural way to feed calves is to al low a little milk often, and certain! not less than three times a day. T milk should be warm, the milk pal clean and the calf should be made t drink slowly. Lambs fail to grow fast because th owes have been wintered on coarse dry, bulky roughage. Colts are stunted for the same reason, and also because the mares are made to work too soon and too hard after foaling and allowed to stickle their young when hot, sweaty and tired. Worms are the most contmoh and certain cause of stunting•. They are certain to infest and injure every animal that grazes short grass on at old pasture long used by animals. Each kind of animal taints the pas- ture with the parasites peculiar to it. Pigs afflicted with piles or prolapse of the rectum have been stunted and often prove a total loss. Lack of exercise, constipation and feeding of some irritant, such as unscreened ground oats, containing hulls,' are common causes. Prolonged heavy feeding of boiled potatoes is another. cause. Stuffipg young pigs on corn and confining thein to a pen also causes stunting, as well as rickets or paralysis. e plant except the root goes in; when it - comes out it ie so palatable that 'the cattle, horses and sheep eat it with a Th relish. Another economy is that the i corn is stored at a time when it con- e tains the greatest amount of nutrients. e�Every person with a dozen cows should have a silo. The diameter should be determined, by the number e' of animals, -For twelve cows, stake silo ten feet wide and thirty feet ° high; 'fifteen cows,, twelve feet wide and twenty-six feet high; twenty After the Grain Harvest. Points worth remembering, thaite mean meshy to you, The tender clover and timothy plants require all growth possible as a winter protection, there- fore keep all livestock off the newly - seeded meadows, because if pastured after harvest, the young plants are so weakened that winter -killing is the usual result. While, on /the other hand, if a, strong growth Is left for pt'otection, winter -killing is avoided and usually big crops of hay are har- vested the following season, Deserved .becbration. " "• Have you a wife?" inquired a Bri- tish q B tishddTommy of a bocho he had cap- tixt. oNein," replied the Crerjnan, • "Nine," gagged an' eereotntr ek Oeitieh r,eetn in i {e, Whores yodx ;011 eabOO, matte uewe, twelve feet;,wide anti thirty - feet high; ewestty-five cows, tw feet wide and thirty-eight feet h thirty coty%, fourteen feet wide thirty-four feet high. Two years ago. afarmer know: the writer, built asllo which meet He began to keep account to whether it returned hhn, any pr file creast check for one mo amounted to $29.37 more than same rnotrtlt the year before. was milking the some cows and th had. been milked about the se length of time after freshening, T feed was the e two elve itch; and 1 to see ofi t. nth the GOOD HEALTH Q � ST1ON BO By Andrew it-. Currier, M.D. Dr, Cuellar will answer all slgnod lettere prelalning to Health, It your if not, it isof be general personallyt it ) it atntnped4 addressed envelope le an closed, Dr, Currier will not prosorlbe for Individual eases or stake diagnosts, Address Dr. Audrew la', Currier, euro 02 Wilson Publlstteig Co., 73 Adelaide at. West, Tomato. IIs Mediefnes for Kidney Diseases. ey 1''f one has disease In the stomach o me intestines he generally knows it an he can localize it, but if he hats disease he in his kidneys, aside from achingand of pains' in the !eine which are by no he means sure indicators of kidney dis- ease, there le nothing which can tell re hire, 12 he is without special inl'orma ry tion on such subjects, that these or or gans are dleeased, , my • To be sure the urine ie an import - one ant indication but it says little to 3 a the uninitiated. Its appearance has comparatively little eignifieanee, in fact when it is 80 Clear as spring water and irre- the reachable to the ordinary judgment to it may have conte from hopelessly dis- rm eased kidneys, while that which is bad he smelling and suspicious to the unin- air formed may have come from kidneys that are normal, ig Many of the physical changes In the urine take place in the bladder hence if you are influenced by the ap- pearance of the urine as to your choice of medicine you may be taking what may be harmful to the kidneys and be of no use to the bladder, Albumen and casts are the most important things found in the arjne but they cannot be seen or found except by chemical and microscopi- cal examination. t Blood and pus may often be seen d in the urine but how cait you tell whether they came from the Wad- s der or kidney, as they may come front either, .Gallons of urine are sometimes passed daily, how are you going to tell that it indicates diabetes with sugar or diabetes without sugar, or cold, or disease of the nervous sys- tem,- and how are you going to de- cide what remedy you should take?. Wtten newspapers advertise Smith's Kidney Cure„Tones Safe Re- medy and Brown's Kidney, Pills, they - f are offering. you something that is 11 harmless and worthless and a fraud, I or something which may be good if e you know how to use it, but upon y which you are not. able to decide by - your unaided judgment. There are many societies for the prevention of mischief and wrong do- ing, there should be one to prevent 1 people front using kidney medicines they know nothing about. It is possible to influence the kid - e except tsar t corn was from the silo Instead from a feed bin. At that rate t silo paid for itself in two months, The filling season, when kernels a d'en'ted, is oloso at hand. Jive stock -raiser should build a alio, f the stock farm without a silo is c half a farm, 'The silo !a the place where $1.60 corn realizes $ Mabel when "fed. q On the Upper Branches, The choicest fruit grows on uftper branches. When we want see the finest products of the fa we must look high up, among t limbs that are nearest to the pure and the sunshine. It is the man who thinks le thoughts, ;plans great enterprises, and carries them out who makes the real success In his chosen line. Never until a man's heart is filled with love for his work can he be truly happy and reach life's finest prizes. Work- ing hard will not do it; investing a great deal of money will y net do it; nothing but the investment of self will win. Top -branch farming is a thing of the best possible study, the deepest pose'ible thought, the mos careful planning, backed up by goo workmanship. Millions of men have gone acros the stage of. life and left not 8 single mark to show they ever lived. Their, names are forgotten. They plowed, they sowed, they gathered into barns; but where are they? What have they left to make the world airy better or to prove that they were worthy the place they occupied? Not a single thing. Their lives were pale fruit, growing gdown out of sight, under a burden oL leaves and branches. This need not be so. The call 0 to -day is for the very best there is i us—not here and there a man, but al The world need for big men. on th farm is urgent. It will never be Pull met until all men everywhere appre elate to the full the dignity of good farming, and put all there is in them of mind, soul, body, and heart into everything they do, from hoeing a til of corn to directing a great farm op- eration. r d How to Prevent Cabbage Heads From Splitting. If cabbages ate grown on a rich, loazny soil, the growth is often so rapid that the heads split late in the summer. It is especially the case with early cabbages or with late varieties that are started early. On that account many gardeners delay setting out cabbage plants until late in the season, It often happens that a fine patch of early cabbages cannot readily be disposed of at once. Usually they are ruined by splitting. The trouble can be prevented without much of -I fort. Take hold of the cabbage be- low the head with both hands and; give it -a slight jerk sufficient to loosen part of the feeding roots, but; not strong enough to pull the plant) away from its hole in the soil. InI that way the flow of food materials to the plant can be almost stopped, although sufficient moisture to keep it solid, fresh and green will con- tinue to rise. Then the heads may be left in the garden until they are needed. If, yore -cut off the heads ofd early cabbages instead, of pulling, them up by the roots, the stems will throw out new leaves that you can use for salads or give to the hens, neva by medicines for' all the blood the body passes through them eve few minutes and it is the blood whi carries medicinal substances take by mouth and eliminated by the lei 8878. Two kidneys are usually provid ter this purpose though many a able to -get along with one while it r mains In good condition. Medleinee will not replace a kidne which hue been destroyed or remove nor will they destroy kidney tissu which have been so injured they eat not filter out water and waste ma tern from the blood. Medicines can sometimes sl?Ur u inactive. kidneys, check those whie are doing too much, and coax aeon those which are diseased and impel feet but not too much so. If this cannot be done, the waste and poisons which the kidneys shoul eliminate, are retained and life is de stroyed by then:. Water 1e one of the best kidne medicines, especially when combine with sodium, potassium, lithium o other minerals. Mineral water Is constantly use with advantage bythose I trs h e w o have kidney disease. Cold will stimulate the kidneys, so will blistering and cupping. AI- eohol and digitalis, acting through the heart increase the blood flow through the kidneys and so increase the flow of urine, Buchu, bear berry, parsley, broom, juniper and many other drugs will in- fluence the kidneys and are often pre- sent in patent medicines. In general it is unsafe for an in- dividual to decide for himself whe- ther his kidneys are diseased, and how they are diseased, still less tberefore Is it safe or prudent to de- cide upon• the kind of medicine which would suit your case. I OI'POi TUNITU;<, .iii . II Y . :. i'a ANP ,��+.i.4,,, ""Whenever," ,Etgatha declared see Wet advertia4monb' 1n the greet, ear si' bI ut seeys, `"Opportunities equal, get o tnad that X want :saveir wore in Y ardn t e4 a1, and in 4ll: this world, seryl ry never will he so long as rho wottki eh lasts. 'Why do people want ,'to lie n ,like that? d i "They certainly are" not equal," Jean agreed, "Sone people—like ma ed have eo many more than others." rel Agatha caught her breath. 00 Joan, e_ what a brute you meet think 'mei" she cried. "i'rn,asharned of myself y, clear. through—you lying here all day d, r with. all that music shut up in your es fingers. Only—that just proves my contention; you're the biggest ilius- t-, ;ration of it I know --you lying here, and Eloise Sharp, who never could learn to play in a thousand years -e- h really play, with anything except her g fingers, I mean—going to the con- ., see vatory--." ""MI% Jean!; Mitt' Jean---" sl The voice was full of excitement d and importance --Tommy Bailey's _ voice by every token. A moment lot- ! er Tommy himself appeared ie. the doorway, panting and breathless. aY, "Mith Jean, Pearl's broke a jar of huckleberry all over herthelf, and ma drays what wiir take it out? tr'e'e dthight, lYith Jean. It runned down all her dreth, like the'd thpilled inkta 'Dear me, Tommy, you'll have to i build a fenee about Pearl, won't you? But tell year. mother not to worry— just to pour boiling water over' it. Wait a minute; I'll write it for you" She picked up a pad and pencil from the table; also a couple of pink ' peppermints. "There you are, Mr, Postman, and there's your postage stamp," she told 1 him. "Sure you won't lose it?" "There, I won't," said Tommy icr tones that were somewhat blurred by the peppermint in his mouth. "Did you—" Agatha began, but the telephone broke in. It was close beside Jean's hand, and she wee arts- ' wering at once. "Oh, that's too bad! But don't worry, Rene dear; try a hot iron over rlr QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. I blotting paper. If that doesn't wo Mrs. J. M. T.—Will bananas cause' I'll tell you something else. But I nm ease of weight? I wish to put, think it will. It won't hurt the on flesh,fabric in the ]east," Answer—Bananas, when fresh As she hung up the telephone, nd ripe, form one of the most health-, looked at anet-• whimsically. ul and useful articles of food. They DO you run emergency stat - also have a greater food value than tt.1' aan?" any other fruit because of the very 1 I ant beginning to believe that i arge element of starch which they do," Jean responded. Promise not ontain, to tell? Do you see that card in England's Day 0 swift to act when honor bade, Though circled by thy guardian sea, England, all generous hearts are glad Tribute to pay to thee! strong to the armour of thy name, So long_the hope of lands oppressed, Quick to avenge a deed of shame, The offspring of thy breast.,• Spoke as became their mother's sons; 1 They blenched not for the terror nigh, But to the thunder of thy guns, Glarly went forth to die. PIGS PO'RK AND PATRIOTISM By A. M. Porter. If we are to continue to provide meat for foreign people as well es our own, every farmer must put forth his best effort to produce more hogs. A glance at the prices of pork on the leading markets in this country and yon can plainly see that we are slaug- tering, consuming at hone, and ex- porting more pork than we are pro- ducing: Some will say thatthe feed is too high to feed to the hogs, but the price has more than doubled in bbe past"'few years and the fermer can mance many of_ the waste feeds on the farm profitable by raising hogs, You will fled many communities in this province where the number of hogs have dedreased during, the past year. What has'this caused? Look at the market prices of pork and the ques- tion is answered. These pricos are high because we need more pork and' now rather than any other Lime the farmer should bo able to raise hogs profitably, We can increase the amount of pork fats much more easily that we can increase the amount of vegetable or dairy fats, The people can not get along without fats as a :food and because of this need, the farmer should endeavor to produce more fats by the quickest method. This me- thod is, by the increased hog produc- tion. Nearly all the farmers havee a few dairy cows at least; and they are n an ext@ilo�nt Ttosltion to raise pigs 1 liedatisa of the sltilit-nitric, buttermilk and otllee dairy petedizttte which can lee ttseii by them in the making of valu- able meat foods. Pory always finds ready sale on all The markets because the packers have found many ways of placing it on the market in attractive forms with ex- cellent keeping qualities, I doubt if you can find any other meat from which so many products are manu- factured. A large percentage of all the meat and meat products manu- factured' in Canada is derived from the hogs. All buyers are very anxi- ous to get hogs because their firm badly needs them in order to keep the markets supplied with their tnenufae- tured pleat products. The quickest and easiest way of augmenting the meat supply next to the raising of poultry is by raising hogs. The hog is the meet important animal for the farmer to raise for meat and money, He requires less labor, less equipment, less capital, mattes greater gains Per one hundred pounds of food aid' reproduces him- self fester and in greater numbers than any other domestic animal, As a consumer of .by-products of the farm the hog has no rival, No other animal oh the farm equals the flog in its fat -storing g ten en . The C y most satisfactory meat for shipping on trains or wagons for long distances is pork, X think in many ways the fann- er will find that the hog Is one of his nest profitable domestic animals that he is raising for the market On sex there? It has remedies for halt ', the accidents under the sun. I get on right. Then you can forget about lightning dangers g and re your paper while the storm rages o side. • Keeping Biennial Vegetables for Se l all people e to tell me valuable ones, or to ad try those I already know, It began ut- with Tommy one morning when Pearl iupset a bowl ofe soup. Pearl can furnish an accident a day, easily; in ed, feet, she may be said to have start - By the term "biennial" vegetables is meant one which takes two sea- ; sons to produce seed, writes the Do - j minion Horticulturist in a leaflet giv- ing advice on the "Selection and I Wintering of Biennial Vegetables for Seed," which can be had free from Itlte Publications Branch, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa. The vege- tables must be stored over the first winter and replanted for seed pro- duction the following spring. Some well known vegetables of this class are beets, cabbage, carrots, celery, parsnips, salsify and turnips, Seed from these can easily be grown in Canada if the vegetables to be so use ars kept in good condition over th winter. Unless a rigid selection i made, each year, of specimens which are true to type, it will not be lon before a larger proportion of th crop will not be true to type; hence groat care should be taken to select well -shaped, medium-sized roots, typ- iral of the variety of beets, carrots, parsnips, salsify and turnips, firm. headed cabbage true to type, firm talked and disease- resistant plants 4 celery, and firm, shapely onion tulbs. If this is done and varieties are kept far enough from others so fiat they will not cross the crop, f"anadien grown seed should compare avorably with imported ,teed in :c- era to purity, as it does in other heracteristics. The methods of wintering vege- ables for seed will vary in different arts of Canada, but in most places t will be necessary to give them ome protection. When possible, it best to store theist in a frost -proof eller. , But, if necessary, the vege- ables May be stored outside, both in mall and in large quantities, except the case of onions, which must bo ept dry, and stored in a cool place, here there is little or no frost, 't Moonlight oonlight can never be the same, Shadow and shine in mystic tress; that softame glow, with bomb and fl They wrecked the wards of gen..+,le- ness, ed me on my cancer. It's such fun) 1 You don't know how I'm getting ac- quainted down on Finney Street. The little club I used to have has extend- ed all over the neighborhood." "There are people," Agatha declar- ed, "who would lied opportunities in Sahara." "Why, of course!" Jean agreed laughing. Year after year they paid their toll Tofree•Iom in their freemen's blood;; Unshaken, thy heroic soul The hosts of hell withstood, Ye'ie after year thy great ships keep Through wind and storm, through mist and murk, SammieSacthe bastions of the deep, Where sullen murderers lurk, England, our Mother of old clays, Our Sister of the days to be, Take from their grateful lips praise Our strong eons give to thee! Tasting the Lightning Stroke GUNS tN HOSPITAL Refitting Necessary After a .Feer Thousand Rounds Are Fired Guns are comparatively short-lived. So great is the wear and tear onthe e modetm gun of fairly large size that after a few hundred or few thousand rounds, as the case may be, it must be g sent to the gun hospital at the rear, e there to be refitted for further ser- vice. While ft is impossible to give defin- ite figures that would apply to all kinds 'of guns, it is generally held that a field gun of 3 -inch bore—such as the French "76" or the German "77"—is capable of Bring between 6,000 and 6,000 rounds before it re- quires mechanical attention. Butthe life of a gun decreases rapidly with the increase of bore; so that in the ease of a 6 -inch gun, the life is per- haps 2,5000 rounds, while for a 12- ineh itis perhaps not greater than 260 rounds. Of the very large guns, such as the German 17 -inch )howitzers used early in the wal•'•to teduce Liege and Antwerp; it WAS said at the time that the life. • was about 25 accurate shots and 26 additional, but . somewhat faulty shots before each gun had to be relined. Among 'other things, the recoil mechanism—particularly the springs —of the guise has to be adjusted and renewed occasionally. Further IrtstrUctions. Jacob Johnson was one of those persons who always think other peo- ple can't be left to attend' to anything They give ea many directions that muddle simply follows on,thelr heels. Well, Jacob was going on a busi- tlese trip to Scotland, and he asked his brother to look after his pet par- rot.All the way north in the train he worried about the bird, and wtlen he reached Edinburgh, h rushy g , d straight off to the post office to send a wire, " on't forget to feed the parrot," arty the next morning he Was awakened by the boots at hie hotel who brought his his reply, also sent by telegraph; ".Rave fed h}9tri but 11,e Is hunger agaffi, S9 htib If there was ever a time when it is s important to protect buildings from 0 lightning, that time is now. High prices for grain, live stock and all other farm products make pro- t action imperative, to say nothing about, the patriotic impulse that f should prompt us all to save food- g tuffs that are so badly needed by our e Country and our Allies. Another important reason for pro t ectiolt is that it will cost less this P ear than it has over before, if you i onslder the Increase in the value of s the building to be proteoted, is Buildings made of wood," stone or c rick should always be protected by t ghtning-rolls, for those building ma- s crisis are not good carriers of in lectricity; they offer .resistance to k ectricity, The lightning 'stroke w ]ways occurs where the eleetrieity as been obstructed; when it breaks trough, that is the stroke. If you M quip your building with proper car- ers, and therefore prevent the elec- In ieity from becoming obstructed, yea sed Dever fear lightning.. However, it Is not only necessary have a lightning -rod _ of high 7 r. b li el t ri tr n to quality, carefully made, but it is B highly important that it be properly applied by a man who understands the •principles of lightning control. Even if ono is expert at the. me- To oltanical work involved, and t1tey job apparently is simple, it is bog to secure the service of a professional, What you Watt is protection froth lightning, bot lightning -rods.. There is no use having 'rode put upon your th building unless they are the right at kind attd aro properly put on; and wh me on the evening's healing breath, With silver dabbled wings they catrte— ars beyond tears, death beyond death; Moonlighcan never be the same, Rhubarb should not be pulled when e stalks become few and 'thin. vs the plants a mulching of manure, lob will improve the supply for ,You want to know that they are put ire 7Ct yeatte 1I+ i t ' - 1. d Y tt