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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1918-12-26, Page 7r4 By Agl'ononner. This department 0 for the ueo of our farm readers who want the advice of an export on any ethstfon regarding Soli, seed, crepe, eta. If your question le of sufficient gehes1lInterest, It will he answered through thisioolumn, If 'tamped and addrea'c envelope Is enclosed with your letter, a complete answer` will he nulled you, Address Agrenontist, care of Wilson publishing Co., ltd, 73 Adelaide t, W„ Toronto, Saving . Fermi r a tallier or 1 air could a n.I snore peeked mu that a o � 1 ll h 1 t A s1;y:,el;rpcc eonld be built every Be:, 1 each it, thea¢ pickling germs month of the Year be he farmers of would get busy, and produce the con- Ontario with the motel, lost through.. dations by which the materiai would the boor handling o.leernyard anti- he preserved. ,tui Probably they loss amounts 1;Ierc are facts we note every doer: I e'±, tt:i(; ('(10 a year, 1 If meat is placed in a jar and sur- rounded with pickling germs and the air.•is excluded, it will keep. If we leave it exposed to the air and tq the rotting germs, it will decay, and fzn- elllir disappear. ""' WhetWould you think of the farm- er who threw his corn out into the 'barnyard and expected to have 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 any intim attention and expects to have feed for hie soil next spring and summer? The,facts are the satne. We cannot afford to build silos for our manure, but we can build static silos of manure. We can tramp it each dayaswheaps L spread it on p wizidh are constructed as a steek silo, at least six feet high, with ahnost perpendioulaz• sides, We can keep it moist, keep the airout of tta d never let it dry out. In doing this we will not allow a unde 'rat le germsto 4113 b take the place of the pioleling germs'. eai"tr , wfw There will be no leaching in tike The fact of the matter is, that lir c pact pike any more than there ninety-five per cent. of the farmers it w ;lie leaching from a stack silo. Of is a most impractical proposition to coase, the /Outside of the heap will draw manure out each -day, More- rot d there will he some loss but o1ez, the experience of farmers in this '1•, form the shell, the wall this revince .especially r. the'aro p p y on esea 'the precious stuff on the in- id ., ill - lighter soils will bear Inc out when 1 side Thus, we have i•eacheii.the say it has not been proved that the first! suggestion. aY, application of fresh manure is ad- I have seen many men water a dry visable. Ald:farmers will admit that manure heap to rot it.. I have known were it possible they would rather men who have manure pits to water have the rotted manure, provided they elle manure which had become dry in were assur el that it had lost none of the pit. There is no simpler way to its value. throw your money into the air. When The rarity of the ,cement pit in the the "rotting" germs do their work in province, disregarding' for a moment a loose dry manure heap, the nitrogen Its value and necessity, proves that salts are fleetly formed wherever air most of the farmers in Ontario have is ebundant. • These salts are easily thought they could not afford to both- disciolved in water. A rain washes er with at. We are struck lvith the these salts, not down to the stream, fact that. specially constructed costly but Clown into the centre of that -ma - manure pits are not known to the num heap where there is no air and Ohineseand are rare an Europe where where the "pickling"germs are doing the conservation of manure is impera- btisiness. '. ' tire; where it has become a nr essity, When this happens these nitrogen a platter of life and death. . i save salts are broken ep so that the nitro - every particle of manure. gen is released from the pile as a As has been true with 1''.ay other gas. The great loss from the manure scientific 'facts, the impractical sug- pile which is exposed to the elements gestions for their application have is not leaching into the ditches and hidden the fuudamenta•1 facts con- creeks, but leaching into the air. earning the Iteeping of manure. I One-third the nitrogen id the manure have heard hundreds" of farmer; in heap is -.,probably lost annually in the the province say, "What's the use. alternate wetting and drying of 'the 1 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 the become dry, have just finished filling a silo. There while in Hovered 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 fe.d..ter hose on the manure pile after it The weathering and rotting caused a has become very dry. The manure -feeding value so that soon! pile must be kept continuously moist. + ar ,lard it was arranged to put the! If excessive bedding is used, the eon under cover.- But the experi-I water should be applied as the ma- ede:t;uf men proved that inch of the!, nurc is stacked just as you do with coin was atilt wasted and it did not dry silage. Thus, we can under - keep till the following spring, so the' stand why it is advisable to keep ma- stack silo was developed. The read num covered. This need not be an soiling was something like this: if • expensive cover. If it leaks a tittle, WO ran pickle this corn, preserve it so much tips better, it will keep the t:lu•ough the winter, we can have feed manure theist. A cover for the throughout the. year. The corn' was manure like the typical covered barn - tramped acid tightly packed. The yard shed 114which cattle ,are fed, is outsider ted forming a complete excellent but perhaps too expensive. shell around the inside which pickled The ordinary farmer' can build such and preserved.a shed roof ;o his barn with very lit - Then, the bacteriologist came to ex- t1e expense. plain, He said that there were two ' The entero- matter may be sum - kinds of decay. There were germs med up as fellows: If 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 food; there are these sir- i up. Then, there was this other group pie things to remember: Pack 'your of . erns 1 llich soul, re . in the manure tightly by tramping or by esente,.o1 ear. These g s_ were allowing the stock to tramp it, keep t. .H yeti are it moist and never let it dry out, and the "pickling" genie..ranged to put a substance in a con- keep it well covered. dtt Would you please tell me what to do for my chickens? They swing their heads and make a noise like pip, Tis 'Weelt. What isthecauseof it? started to do so They appear to be healthy. because a Chickens have the pip '+ ',:cold forces then to breathe through the mouth until the air dries the ton- gue and makes it 'hard and scaly. $ontotimes the clogging of the nos - tells 'may be due to digestive troubles and a poor circulation due to a gen- eral 'ran -clown condition of the bad._ The dry •tongue should be moistened twice a day with 'n mixture of am parts of •' ,rill . tie price of tertilizersat the pees- 1 n., t me- gives deep 54nificallee to Illi,, peat waste.Every tion of. bernyard'111itnuro can be lunseevative- ly figured to be' worth an least ed,00 per ton, according to resent.(pota- tions on nitrogen, poo sit and phos- phates., , Another fq;•etor that rephasizes the importance of consent g the manure pile is the prevailint, food values, Never' before has there !nen so great a world shortage of food,' It will be soiree yearn before agrirul:ule can re- plenish the world's lard,, During that time farmers shoud capitalize their manure piles. The two . suggestions eat we have heard time and again let d: 1. "Spread Old tnanure immediate ' a a m ter i y f t is made," or 2, "Build a light manure pit. Vire have been `Id that leach- ing is the cause of th loss, we have t heard the pathetic tele of the dark br wn liquid which Abate down the of glycerine and water wiglt twenty grains of chlorate of potash added`to each ounce of the solution. The pip usually results front SOME disease of the respiratory organs and the prevention of such troubles is important. It can be largely done by keeping the house clean and dry and free from draughts and also by pro- toting the birds from cold winds and storms. Probably the birds swing their beads in an effort to dislodge what they think is causing their dis- comfoet which is the had scaly con- dition of the tongue. The best remedy for pip is prevention, and consist, In building up the vitality' of the i101k and treating the ifig'htest old prpnlptly before it spreads ick. A bird: showing often be cured by borated nd '111r OUT Uil NY�bQ`d;YltWtS$ toDAY 111 PLAYING BARi3e NqR SIT DO14N,PUEASEAVIIILE I TRIM';'IAT MOi MY HAIR CUTS h1AY NOT I1AVE MUCH STYLE BUT YOU'LL ADMIT TIIEY LASTA WRJLCJ The colt should he taken away from the mare when between five and six months of ''age. In order that the weaning may be accomplished with the minimum of discomfort for both colt and dam, commence the process gradually. Allow it to suckle for a short time twice daily for a week or so, then once daily for another week, at the end of which time it should be weaned entirely. The clam 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 frpm 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 corn, one-fourthebran and one-half oats, or one-fourth corn, three-eighths bran and three-eighthsoats. Crushed oats are to be prefer- red to whole oats. When the nights become cold and frosty the young colt should be steel- 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 air and plenty of good feed in order to develop. bone and muscle and to grow into a Large shapely animal.i Half of a home'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 uni- form and proper development of all the harts 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 !tont the colt' by stingy feeding. The growing colt should never be in high flesh, however, but jult in good grow- ing condition. By goad management an ordinary colt can be made to grow as large as either dam or sire. Feed- ing colts is like feeding any other class of stock: Good judgment most he exercised by the feeder at all times. —g` Q 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 Sac' mind Eng P_ eof 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 of milk. Stock raisers shouldget together and decide what breed is best suited to their locality and then"stick to that breed. A bull with a good been form and a marked tendency to early maturity is a prhne requisite in producing baby beef, Roughage is .an important itemh in the calf's ration. At two to three weeks of age a calf should have all the good' clean hay it will eat. With skint milk anti alFalfaehay little brain will be Heeded. Storing aarnp,INachines. Shade trees and fence corners are not good places iii width to store farm machinery for the winter. Stor- ing niadh1nery' in such places nievely rases its life of. uselessness. Mae experts say that the life of bine is lengthened by protec- winter, by frequent oiling rapt attention to repairs, ole, should be tlleg eiul be apo for the ,n , .sets (Qbb `, E ii"b 'l iES IO BOX FU � (� I wtil )levy U1tf`lieet RAW FU RS mazo:at pidegs for ttr Andr w P Currier. iII,A• fee y r Cn" ((newer ellSigned 0 crier wfli rIb ter 1 lettere protatatng to rl¢altit. If yo_ motion is of moral intel"g11Q-11 will Se answered through these column. tr eat, 11 w111 be answered personally 1t stamped, addressed •etivelopo Is o elosed, 11r. Currier will not prescribe for lndlvldnal eases or make dlagnosl 4ddreee 'I)r, Andrew b'. Currier, caro of Wilson NubliehlAit Co, 13 Adelaid Lit. West, 'Toronto, Treatment of Ulcer of the Stomach. llright'e Disease- with 'Mgt bloo Three symptoms um almost al•weys'pressure? miti Answer Your questions will be ansuczecl nn the al tide on Bright e i)ioease, which you may have by sending stamped, -sell' addressed en- velope. A. Reader-1—Is an. operation for rupture and varicocele earisldered dangerous?, 2—Does it render a person weaker in any way? 3—How long would it take to do such an operation? Answer-1—It is 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. J. S.—After having expert - mon symptoms though the appetite en ed two serious operations,'I am may be good, Rest is the most ef- stir in {,creat 'thimble and apparently festive roses of; treatment, that Is suffering from acid indigestion in a one must not only remain in bed sev- eral weeks, but the stomach nnust be kept' empty and. free from motion and the work of digestion. Digestion means the preparation of gastric juice and this juice is often en very sour, when ulcer is present, from an wxcess of hydrochloric acid, indeed this may be the principal cause of the ulcer, Proper ,,nutrient injections should be given to tate patient eery six hours, the rectum being first irrigated with warm, but very weak salt water. To relied, pain; cold applications may be made to the pit of the stomaoh es- peeially if haemorrhage has occurred, Pieces of ice may. be taken by mouth but nothing else in the shape of food or drink. Suitable remedies may be introduced u cel d into the stomach to ach through g a stomach tube for the relief of pain or in attempts to heal the nicer, 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- rhage or -peritonitis has taken place. Such an operation should be attempt- ed by a surgeon of great skill and .good by. In the great major- ity of cases surgical help will not be needed but there are none in which watchfulness and care can be dispens- ed' with for the condition is always ant important one and may quite un- expectedly become serious. Questions anAnswers A. Y. Z.—Is there any cure for RAW FURS and QINSgNG ROOT 32 yeal'a of 1'13111,1311 (104ing, ur Ttarerence--Ilnlou 180, of tianaila, al write for pride Lint and Tees f IVe SILVER aao Bt. trat,I st, W, a ..ftontrext r+ SX. 1363 and rltWme1'lnage. '1"110 parr" is constant in some cases and inter- mittent an others, it may be worse apse after eating or an hour or two Inter, .Sometimes it is worse when one stands. up, sonietihies when 0510 elle down or bends over. It is often very 'severe and may be felt at the pit of the stomach or in the middle of the beelr and it is intensified by pressure over or upon the stomach. Vomiting sometimes occurs front half an hour to two hours after eat- ing or drinking and blood may be, mingled with the digested food. Bloofi is the positive evidence, or one of them, of ulcer of the stomach and is present in half the cases either in the substance vomited or the stools. Bleeding may be provoked by excite- ment or anyunus0a] exertion, Heart- burn and constipation tweetso con - YeoCan't Afford a to take chances llt Send your 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 side 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 such 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 thorough cultivation of the soil. SS, Paill St, West MONTREAL Being manufacturer", and not buying to re. sell we always assure the faireet grading and the higheet market prices. 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ST, W, - LOUIS ABINOVITOH Manager MONTREAL, P.Q. 171 _ i .771 II I USE ti VERYBODY prefers a gift that is really useful, to some pretty but LA purposeless novelty! So that it is easy to bit patriotic and comply with the Government's 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 home. The GIL.t.ETTE S fety z THE USEFUL GIFT If it wereonly the custom to tell your friends what you would appreciate as a gift, how many more men would own a Gillette—a really useful gift that constantly reminds the person to whom it is giver, of the giver's thoughtfulness—day after day, for at least the few•tninutes occupied. by, the most pleasant of shaves. Make all your gifts USEFUL,' with the Gillette heading the list where then are concerned. Tor men who already own a Gillette, the gift of a few packets pf blades never fails toAviti appreciation. Your. f weler, druggist and 11)2,'drucre dhaler is showing Gillette Sets at five dollars. Christmas mails Foi' Attrope will soon close. Gillette Safety Razor Co of Canada, Limited, MONTREAL 402 "Mother, whet's ee1medium eft sips met°404 one eqf 1110 'boys at a" blroaka fast table the otllgrycloy,,., ell•Cedium?'i repeated the nether. "I suppose you 71'18411a person 'who is used in efforts to •coMmunitate 'with s it --1` its 1k P e the oxporianents of the. Sogiety for Psyehic(3r 1lesearch, for example. " Roy shook his 'head. 'We, that can't lie at "Peraps Rmum lu the senshe ss'i useoy 1331neans to 'medidescribe hifs general average at school!" 'said e Pauline slyly, Roy grinned .good-naturedly. "No; thstt's not it, either. A's something you work with." "Why, so it is You've described 11 yourself," said .the mother. "For example, the clay that the potter uses is his medium. But how did you ]tear it used in that sense?" "A talking to us at school to- day," explained her son. "IIe's in. charge of this big reconstruction fund they're going to raise here, and he was telling is bow to help. He said,tiut your heart and soul into it; give enough time to insure success— and master your medium!'" `That's a.rather cryptic remark to address to a crowd of youngsters," saidethe head of the grouse. "I don't believe 7 could quite define that my- self." "I don't know about• definitions," said the mother•, "but nobody practices that nsaster of y your .material any better than you, do. How about all your Rotary Club members turning out to work for the last Victory Loan?" "Oli, they'd have done that any- how!" said the governor of the club. PI heard Judge Wittecomb say y01i could do more with the mels in this thein than anybody in it, dad," put in Pauline. Anybody could get good work out of • them if he would study them a bit," protested her father, •Pauline booked up quickly. "I know what it means when it comes to Yetirt, Wereenl'p Christian Associu- 1.1(Ge u oil oh., 8331). "If you study you%' gide.and wits', will appeal to hell in the tray eefa,work or sport, you( can 110 twice as much with them. '17(etq remember the Saturday alter- noob 'hikes,' mother?" Ars. Campbell smiled ruefully. "1 Ser'airily do! How sure Miss Arch- er as that the office girls would watt to spend their precious half holi- de in long walks -over bleak winter roe s, and how absolutely ,she failed to 'realize their point of view or to understand their reluctance, until the scheme died a lingering death under her: very eyes!" ` Roy lied ,lapsed into sober thought. Ile, had recently become president of the Boys' League in the High School, and, although he was flattered by the prominence of the position, he 'lied seemed to be totally unwilling to be' stir: himself to win the cm -operation of the members, Only the week he -- fere the Red Cress had ,asked the League to take part in a parade. but When Roy arrived at the° starling point a meagre handful of Leaguers greeted him. The committee thonfrl11 it best to omit that feature from the programme. Now Roy raised 11!e -head and glane- .ed-round the table at the other in- terested fares. "Maybe that's what made such a mess of my League business." he said honestly. 'I guess if I welt tc get anything out of those fellow, Iii have to find. out what they are keen to do. After this, 'medium' will he my middle •name! ________..e.__.,-- Plant* That Poison Stock. It is impossible to say with ex- actitude how much dam tee res Sts from"cattle, and live stock generally, eating poisonous plants. It is, horn- ever, certainthat the haste thus caused amounts to serious proportions annually. Cattle, sheep, and swine are taken ill, and frequently die from trouble attributable to the reneump- tion of poisonous plants when other things are supposed to have been the cause. If it were the custom in all cases of this kind to call in a veteri- nnary surgeon to investigate it would be discovered in many instances that the consumption of poisonou% plants was at the foundation. Some of these plants are common to every province in the Dominion others are only to he found in sections of the country. The Agrieultunal' Gasette of Canada in the September and Octo- ber numbers deals with this matter in a very lucid way and supplies -ac, counts of the most troublesome of these weeds in seven out of the nine provinces, In Ontario it would seem that there are only two poisonous heeds that cause farmers serious trouble. These are Spotted Cowbane or Water, Hem- lock (Cicuta maculate) and the Com mon Horsetail. Both these planks , are found in \low places, or in sandy land which has a poorly drained sub- soil, ; the Cowbell, ,being especially poisonous to cattle and the Horsetail to horses. There are other poisonous plants found in the provin,ee sech ea Sttee)e Weed, Sheep Sorrel, or Lamh I{ill, Stinking Willie, and ,Purple o Corn, Cockle. The: last name hurtful particularly to ,you en S.