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This Department le for the use of our farm readers who want the advice
srf an expert on any question regarding soli, seed, crops, etc. It your question
Is of sufficient general Interest, It will bo anewered through this column. it
+tamped and addressed envelope to encloS.ed with your tetter, a complete
answer will be mallteleto you. Addreaa•Agrononmist, care of Wikon Pt lishine
Co, Ltd., 73 ade.lptde St W,, Toronto,
Saving ]''luta Manure. tallier or packed it so that air could
A slcy:rraper could be built every nut reach it, these pickling germs
month of the year by the farmers of
Ontario with the money lost through
the pderr'-1i.a, „'ing of 'barnyard ma -
nue 1" ,bably this loss amounts
'tc e h 000 1100 a year,
price of fertilizers at the pres-
ent time 'gives deep significance to
this great waste. Every ten of
barnyard manure can be conservative-
ly figured to be worth at least $4;00
per ton, according to present quota-
tions on nitrogen, potash and phos-
phates.
Another factor that emphasizes the
importance of eonserving the manure
pile is the prevailing.food Values,
Never 'before has there been so great
a world shortage of food. It will be
some years before agriculture can re-
plenish the world's larder. During
that tune, farriers should enpitalize
their manure piles.
' The two suggestions that we have
heard time and again are: 1, "Spread
that menthe immediately after it is
made," or 2, "Build a tight manure
pit." We have been told that leach=
ing is the valise of the loss, we have
beard the pathetic tale of the dark
brown liquid which floats down the
stream, etc, 9i
The feat of the matter is, that for
ninety-five per cent. of the farmers it
is a mast impractical proposition to
draw manure out each day. More,
over, the experience of farmers in
this province, especially on the
lighter soils twill boar me out when I
say it has not been proved that the
application of fresh manure is ad-
visable. , AI•i farmers will admit that
were it possible they would rather
have the rotted manure, provided they
were assured that it had lost none of
its value.
The'rarity of the cement pit in the
province, disregarding for a moment
,its value and necessity, proves that
mast of the farmers in Ontario have
thought they- could, not afford to both-
er with it. We are struck with the
tee- fact that specially. constructed costly
manure pits are not known to the
Chinese and'are rare in Europe where
the eouservatioin of rnaniii'e is impera-
tive; where it•.has become a necessity,
a matter of life and death, 1) save
every particle of manure.
As has been true with r• :ay other
scientific facts, the impractical suge
gestions for their application have
hidden the fundamental facts con -
would.get busy, and produce the eon
ditions by which the material would
he preserved.
Here me facts we note every day;
If mean is placed .in a lag and sues
rounded with pickling genus and the
air is excluded, it will ]seep, If we
.lea\le it exposed :tothe .air anci to the.
rotting 'germs, it will decay, and fin-
ally disappea ,
What would you think of the faint-
er who threw his corn out into the
barnyard and expected to hale feed
for his cattle next spring and' sum-
mer.? What should you think of the
farmer who throws his manure out
into the barnyard without hny further
attention and expects to have feed
for his soil next sp'r'ing and summer?
Tho facts are the sante. •
We cannot afford to build tilos for
our manure, but we eau build stack
silos of manure, We can tramp it
cash day as we spread it -ori heaps
which are constructed as a stack silo,
at least six feet high, with almost
perpendicular aides. We can keepit
moist, keep the air out of it nett never
let, it dry out. In doing this we will
not allow the undesirable germs to
take the pica of the pickling germs.
There will be no leaching in the
compact' pile` any more than there
will be leaching from a stack silo. Of
course, the outside ,of the heap will
rot and there will be some loss but.
this will .form the shell, the wall
around the+precious stuff on the
side; Thus,, we have reached the
first suggestion.
I have seen many men water a dry
manure heap to rot it. I have known
men who have manure pits to water
the manure which had become dry in
the' pit. There is no simpler way to
throw your money into the air. When
the "rotting" gears do their work in
a loose dry manure heap, the nitrogen
salts are finally formed wherever air
is- abundant. These salts are easily
dissolved in water. A rain washes
these salts, not down to the stream,
but down into the centre of that ma-
nure heap where there -is no air add
where the "pickling"' germs are doing
business.
When this happens these nitrogen
'salts are broken up so that the nitro-
gen is released from the pile as a
gas. The great loss from the manure
pile which is exposed to the' elements
is not leaching into the ditches and.
creeks, but leaehing into, then air.
corning the keeping of manure,I One-third the nitrogen in the manure
have heard hundreds of farmers' in heap is probably lost azinually'in the
the province say, "What's the use. alternate wetting and drying of the
I have no -cement pit,' 1 cannot draw; manure heap.' This loss can occur in
it out, I cannot. prevent the waste:" the open cement pit, as well,' if the
Let us consider 'bottom facts. We manure is allowed to become dry,
have just finished filling a silo. There while in covered pits the loss is just
was a time when corn was cut, and ! as great if the farmer plays the wa-
left in an open barnyard and fed. ter hose on the manure pile after it
The weathering'and rotting caused a hag liecoine very dry.' The manure
loss in feeding value so that soon pile must be kept continuously moist.
afterfvard it was arranged to•put the) If excessive bedding is used,the
corn under cover. But the expert= water should be applied as the ma=
ence of men proved that much of thea nure is stacked just as you do with
corn was still wasted and ie did' not dry silage. Thus; we .,can under-
keep till the following spring, -so the stand why itis advisable to keep ma-
stack silo was developed. The rea- nure covered. This need not be an
soning was something',lilce this: rf, expensive cover. If it leaks a little,
we can pickle this corn, preserve it so much the better, it will keep the
through the winter, we can have feed manure moist. A cover for the
throughout the year. , The corn was manure like the typical covered barn-
tramped and tightljc packed. The i yard shed in which cattle ate fed, is
outside rotted forming a complete excellent but perhaps too expensive.
shell around the inside which pickled The ordinary farmer can build such
and preserved. ea, a shed roof to his Mum with very lit -
Then, the bacteriologist came to ex- tle expense. •
plain. He said that there were two The entire ,tatter may be sum=
kinds of decay, There were germs med up as follows: 1f,the farmers of
which lived in the presence of air, Ontario want to save at least ninety
needed air for their development. per cent. of the eighteen million dole.
When these -germs attacked a sub- lar loss in Ontario each, year and•con-
stance they rotted it, they burned it vert it into Ifood, there are these aim -
up. Then, there was this other group ple things to remember: . Pack your
of germs which could not live in the manure tightly by tramping or by
presence of air. These germs were allowing the stock to tramp it, keep
lM the "pickling" germs:' If you ar'= ,jt moist and never let it' try out, and
ranged to put a substance in a cost- keep.itwell covered.
CPotie
Would, you please tell nue what to
do for my chickens?' • They awing
their heads and make a noise like pip.
They startled to do so this week. What
is the cause of it? , They appear to
be healthy.
Chickens have the pip because a
cold forces them to breathe through
the mouth until the air dries the ton-
gue and makes it herd and scaly,
Sometimes the clogging of the nos-
trils may be doe to digestive troubles
and a poor circulation due to a gen-
eral run-down condition, of the bird.
Tho dry tongue should be moistened
twice a day with a mixture of equal
, parts of glycerine and swage but the
scale should not be picked off. Some
breeders recommend using equal parts
of at; hands.
Better qtallitite Preferred*
SiTtit'e Atir' priceee
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of glycerine and water with twenty
grains of chlorate of potash added to
each ounce of, the solution.
The pip usually results from• some
disease of the respiratory organs and
the prevention of such troubles is
important. It can be largely done by
keeping the house clean and dry and
free from draughts and also by pro'
tecting the birds from void winds and
storing. Probably the birds swing
their heads in an effort to dislodge
what they think is causing their dis-
comfort which is the hard scaly con
dition of the tongue. The beat
remedy for pip is prevention, and
consists, in ;building, up the vitality of
the Bock and treating the 'slightest
cold promptly before it spreads
among the flock. A bird showing
signs of a cold can often be aired by
rubbing thes.head with 'camphorated
vaseline. Then isolate the bird and
Place permanganate of potash in the
drinking water for a few days to as-
gist in preventing contagion.
Babies and pianecs would make less
noise if grown people would let 'them
alone.
A quickly made ghee is obtained by
rubbing a little piece of -cold boiled
potato on a -sheet of. paper with tine
fingers;
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MY -HAIR CUTS MAY 1VOT HAVE MUCH STYLE
PUT YOU'LI. ADMIT THEY t A5T A tUH1 Lh
The colt should be taken away from
the mare when between five and fix
months of, age. In order that the
weaning may be accomplished with
the minimum of discomfort for both
colt and dem, commence the process
-gradually. Allow it to suckle"for a
short time twice: •daily for a week oe
so, then once daily for another week,.
at the end of which time it should be
weaned entirely. The dam will then
be secreting no large quantity of
milk, but she should receive- some
special attention for a time. Feed
dry, non -heating foods which will
tend to check the milk flow. Draw
the milk from the udder only often
enough to prevent inflammation from
setting in. If it can be arranged a
complete rest for the mare until she
has dried up entirely is desirable. But
if she must perform work, avoid get-
ting. her hot.
A good grain ration is composed of
one-fourth coin, one-fourth bran and
one-half oats, or one-fourth corn,
three-eighths bran and three-eighths
oats. Crushed oats are to be prefer-
red to "whole oats,
When the night's become cold and
frosty the young ealt should be shel-
tered each night, but allow it its lib-
erty again the following morning. It
never pays to confine a colt unneces-
sarily, as it needs lots of exercise,
fresh ale and plenty of good feed in
order to develop bone and muscle and
to grow into a large shapely animal,
Half of;d horse's growth is made dur-
ing the first twelve or fifteen months
of its life, hence during this period
the "aim should be to secure a ani=
form and proper development of all
the parts of the young animal. Keep
the colt in a thrifty; growing condi,
tion every day during its first winter.
Feed liberally; it is costly economy to
stunt the colt by stingy feeding. The
growing colt should never be in high
flesh, however, but,just in good grow-
ing condition. By good management
an ordinary colt can be made to grow
as 1prge as either dam or sire. Feed-
ing colts is like feeding any other
class of stock: Good judgment must
be exercised by the feeder at ail
times,
Study up a system of ventilation
for the. dairy barn if it has none. The
cows need fresh, air to keep them
healthy, The milk is better if the
barn is ventilated and as free as pos-
sible from odor. Everything that
conserves the health of dairy cattle
should command the attention of
dairymen as there is nothing more
discouraging to peace of mind and
profits than a sick cow. The cattle
with plenty of fresh air develop a
vigorous condition that helps them to
resist disease and produce quantities
rof miikr.
Stock raisers sholld get together
and decide that breed is best suited
to their locality and then stick tothat
breed.
A bull with a good beef form and a
marked tendency to early maturity is
a prime requisite in producing baby
beef.
Roughage is an important item in
the calf's ration. At two to three
weeks of age a calf should have all
the good clean'bay it will eat. With
skimp milk and alfalfa hay little grain
will be needed.
Storing Farm Machines,
Shade trees and fence corners are
not good places in which to store°
farm machinery for the winter. Stor-
ing machinery in such places merely
decreases its life of uselessness. Mae
i;hinery experts say that the life of
any machine is lengthened by protee-
tion from winter, by frequent oiling
and by prompt attention to repairs.
Farm machines, therefore, should be
Aimed in the fall where they can 1be:
overhauled and put In shape for the
neat season's use before, the time for
such use arrives..
COO IfEALT.O°QUESTION BOX
,
Andrew
4r. Currier +rill aaewer ull;pigtio
Saeetlen le of general "interest' It will
u Cut, It will be answered peraanally
Rioeed,, ])r, Currier will not preacrlhe
ldllresh T)r. Andrew V. Currier, caro
Ql••Y!'ept, '1'orQ4ta
Treatment of Uloer of. the Stornueh.
t Thede symptoms are almost always
present with gastric ulcer, pairs, vo-
miting and haemorrhage: The pain
is constant in some eases and Inter-
mittent in others, it may be worse
just lifter eating or an hour . or two
later, w Sometimes it is worse' when
one stands up, . sometimes when one
pits down` or betide over, It is often
very severe and may be felt at the
pit of the stomach or in the middle
o1 the back and it is intensified by
pressure over or upon the stomach.
Vomiting sometimes wars from
half an hour to two hours after eat-
ing or drinking and lblood may he
mingled with the digested food, Blood
is the positive evidenee, or and of
them, of ulcer of the stomach and is
present in.halfthe cases either in' the
substance vomited or the' stools,
Bleeding may be provoked by excite-
ment or any unusual exertion. Heart-
burn and constipation are also come
mon symptoms though the appetite
may be good, Rest is the moat ef-
fective means' of treatment, that is
one must not only remain in bed sev-
eral weeks, but the stomach must be
kept empty and free from motion and
the work of digestion. Digestion
means the preparation of gastric
juice and this juice is often very sour,
when ulcer is present, from an excess
of hydrochloric acid, indeed this may
be the principal cause of the ulcer.
Proper nutrient injections should be
given to the patient every six hours,
the re•ctum.:being first irrigated with.
warm, but very weak salt water. To
relieve pain cold applications may be
made to the pit of the stomach es'
pecially if haemorrhage has occurred.
Pieeel of ice may be taken by mouth
but nbthing else in the shape of food
or drink. Suitable remedies may be
introduced into the stomach bhrough
a stomach tube for the relief of pain
or in attempts to heal the ulcer, such
remedies including bismuth, alum 'and
nitrate of ,silver, while the acidity of
the stomach may be neutralized by
solutions of magnesia or bicarbonate
of soda. Surgical"measures are not
infrequently resorted to especially if
the ulcer has perforated and haemor-
•t+hage Cieperitonitis has taken placed
Such en operatic should be attempt-
ed by a surgeon` of 'great' skill and
good by.
In the great major-
ity of
ajor-ity'of cases surgical help will not be
needed but, there are' none in which
watchfulness and,cere can be dispens-
ed/with with for ,the condition is always
an important one' and may quite un-
expectedly become serious.
Burner. ih7.1).
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Questions and Answers
X. Y. Z.—Is there any cure foe
•
Bright's Disease with high, blood
pressure?
Answer --lour questions will be
answered in the article on Bright's
Disease, which you may have by
sending :stamped, self addressed en-
velope,
A Reader -1-4s Cut operation for
rupture • and varieocele considered'
dangerous?
2—Does it render a person weaker,
in any way?
9—How long would it take to do
such an operation?,„
Answer—l---It ns seldom, when
done by a competent surgeon.
2—It should . make one stronger,
rather, than weaker,
3—A good surgeon will do such an
operation in about an hour.
Mrs. .T. S. :After having experi-
enced two serious 'operations, I am
still in great trouble and apparently
suffering from acid indigestion in a
very exaggerated form, I would be
very glad' if you would' tell me what
I could, do to relieve this condition.
Answer—It is not a good plan to
try to relieve one who is apparently
as sick as you are, and whom one has
never seen, by means of a letter. The
best that I can do, is to suggest that,
in cases melt as I suppose yours to be,
a very simple diet; occasional irriga-
tion of the stomach; and the constant
use of an alkali (like bicarbonate of
soda) have very often proved help-
ful.
The demand for food, both. in this
country„and abroad promises to be
very large for several years to come,
and the outlook for good prices
should encourage wider and more
thorouih. cultivation of the soil,
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with the Governmenes'earnest plea—Give Useful Gifts.
This applies equally whether you are buying the gift for yourself—as
a "treat” after the harvesting --for your friend or relative who may be "over
'there" for months yet, or for the folks here at homel
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giver's thoughtfulness—day after day, for at least the few minutes occupied
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MASTER YOUR IVIEDIUM U
"Nether, what's a F4041'07)11' tide
Mantled one of the boys at a Weal(
fast table the outer day, ,
"Medium?" repeated., !talo allgtheo,
"I suppose you mean, a person wllo is
used in efforts to communicate wits
spirits --like the experiments of the
Society for Psychical Research, for,
example."
Roy shook his head. "No, that can't
be it."
"Perhapa,Boy means medium in
the sense we use itin to describe his
general average at school!" said
Pauline slyly,
Roy grinned good-naturedly,' "No;
that's not it, either. It's something
you work with."
"Why, so it is You've described
it yourself," said the mother. "For
example, the clay that the potter
uses is his medium. But how did
you hear it used in that sense?"
"A man talking to us at school to-
day," explained her son. "He's in
charge, of .this• big reconstruction
fund they're going to raise here, and •
he was telling us how to help. He
said, 'Put your heart and soul into it;
give enough tints to insure success—
and master your medium!'"
"That's a rather cryptic remark to
address to a crowd of youngsters," e
said the head of the house. "I don't
believe I could quite define that my-
self,"
I '
"don't know about definitions,"
said the mother,"but nobgdy practices
that mastery of your material any
better than you do. How about all
your Rotary Club members turning
out to work for the last Victory
Loan?"
"Oh, they'd have done that any-
how!" said the governor of the club.
"I heard Judge Wittecomb say you
could do more with the men in this
town than anybody in it, dad," put in
Pau,
"Alinenybody could get good work out
of them if he would study them a
bit," protested her father.
Pauline looked up quickly, "I know
what it means ewh n it comes to
Young ng Wsi n s U rietien Associa-
tion .tor;:," An; soi,i. "If you study
your gals end what will appeal to
them in the way of work or sport,
you eon tlo twice as much with them
You remember the Saturday after-
noon 'bikes,' mother?" •
Mrs. Campbell smiled- ruefully. "I
certainly do! How sure Miss Arch-
er was that the office girls would
want to spend their precious half holi-
days in long, walks over bleak ,wintev
roads, and how absolutely- she failed
to realize their point of view or to
understand their reluctance, until the
scheme cried a lingering death under
her very eyes!"
Roy had lapsed into sober thought.
He had recently become president of
the Boys' League in the High School,
and, although he was flattered by the
prominence of the position, he had
seemed to be totally unwilling to he,
stir himself to win the co-operation
of the members. Only the week bee
fore the Red Cross had asked the
League to take part in a parade, but
when Roy arrived at the starting
point a meagre handful of Leaguers.
greeted hint. The committee thought
it best to omit that feature from the
pragramm e.
Now Roy raised his head and glanc-
ed round the table at the other in-
terested faces.
•'Maybe that's what made such a
mess of my League business," he snit
honestly, 'I guess if I went to get
anything out of those fellows. I'll
have to find out what they ere keen
to do. After this, 'medium' will be,
my middle name!"
Pias to That Poison Stock.
It is impossible to say with ex-
actitude how much damage n es,:'ts
from cattle, and live stock genrtai:y,
eating poisonous plants. It is, brow-
$Ver, certain that the waste thus
caused amounts to serious proportions
annually. Cattle, sheep, and swine
are taken ill, and frequently die from
trouble attributable to the consump-
tion of poisonods plants when other
things are supposed to have been the
cause. If it were the . custr n in 'all
cases of this kind to call in a veteri-
nary surgeon ,to investigate it would
be discovered in many instances that
the consumption of poisonous plants
was at the foundation. Some of
there plants are common to every
province in the Dominion, others tire
only to be found in sections of the
country. The Agricultural Gazette
of Canada in the September and'Octo-
ber numbers deals with this matter
ina very lucid way and supplies ace
eonnts of the. most troublesome of
these weeds in seven out of the nine
provinces.
In Ontario it would seem that there
are Dilly two poisonous weeds that
cause farmers serious trouble. These
are Spotted Cowbane or Water Hem-
lock (Cieuta maculate) and the Com-'
mon Horsetail. Both these planets
are found in low places, or in sandy
land which has a poorly drained sub-
soil, the Cowbane being especially
poisonous to cattle and the Horsetail,
to horses. There are other peisonous
plants found in the province such as
Sneeze Weed, Sheep Sorrel, or Lamb
Kill, Stinking Willie, and Purple ov
Corn Cockle. Tine last 'named 18
hurtful particularly to young chick 1
ens.
The doll is probably the most anti, ,
quo of toys. It has been found in,
side the graves of children of ancient
Rome, ,