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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1919-06-19, Page 7• By Agronomist. This Department is for the use of our farm readers who want the advice, of an expert on any question regarding soil, seed, crops, etc. if your question is of sufficient general interest, it will be anstyered through this column. if stamped and addressed envelope is enclosed with your letter, a complete answer will be mailed to you. Address Agronomist, care of Wilson Publishing Co., Ltd., 73 Adelaide St. W. Toronto. The Summer Care of Vegetables. Root crops, such as beet, carrot and parsnip, should be carefully weeded and thinned while the plants aro still small. Parsnips should be thinned to about four inches apart; Swede turnips six to eight inches. Carrots may be thinned to one inch apart and, when large enough to use, alternate roots pulled, leaving the re- mainder about two inches apart. Garden beets may be similarly handle ed, but the final distance in this case should be about four inches. As beet tops make a very delicious early green vegetable, thinning should be done so that these tops may grow -to a useable size. The soil should be kept cultivated and never allowed to bake or harden. This is particularly true with peas andbeans if 'a gender, succulent crop is desired, Beans, however,- should not be cultivated when moist with either rain or dew, as the plants, if injured under these conditions,• are particularly subject to bean rust (the' spores of this die - ease developing ,in the injured tis- sues). Corn that has been sown in hills should be thinned to three or four plants to a hill, if the hills are two to two and a half feet apart. Cab- bage and cauliflower plants require eighteen to twenty inches of space to each plant in the row, and the rows should be two and a half feet apart. The soil should be kept well hoed to conserve the moisture and encourage rapid growth. Where space is limit- ed tomatoes may be grown in rows three feet apart and the plants eighteen inches apart in the rows and tied up to stakes. Corn, tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, pumpkins and melons all grow best on a light, warm soil. five or six cucumber plants may be grown in a hill, the hills spaced about three feet apart; squash and pumpkin three or four plants in a hill and the hills six to eight feet apart. Where the soil is rich and warm and space limited, hills of cucumbers, squash and pump- kin may he planted between alternate rows of corn. Potatoes should be thoroughly cultivated to conserve all possible moisture; "ridging up" also supplies the tubers with loose soil in which to develop. However, in areas where there is a light summer rainfall, level cultivation will conserve the limited soil moisture more satisfactorily; Spraying should not be delayed until there are signs of injury front the well known potato beetle, or from one or more of the many potato dis- eases. Paris green and arsenate of lead have been found very satisfac- tory poisons for the beetle and can be applied at the rate of one ounce of Paris green to four gallons of water, adding one ounce of lime to neutralize any free arsenic present. Arsenate of lead adheres better to the foliage than Paris green and may be applied at the rate of one ounce to a gallon of water, if the paste form is used, or one ounce to two gallons if the powdered form is employed. Bordeaux mixture may be made up in small quantities in the following manner, employing wooden pails for mixing the spray. In each gallon of water dissolve two ounces of copper sulphate (bluestone), slake one pound and a half of quick lime (unslaked lime) in one gallon water, stir thor- oughly and then add one pint of the lime water for each gallon containing the two ounces of dissolved bluestone, The Growing Pigs. With all kinds of grain and by- product feeds at present prices it is evident that the farmer who plans to make maximum use of forage crops and grasses in carrying his spring pigs along in a thrifty " and growthy condition until his 1919 corn crop is fit for feeding will make good profits from his business. Some grain will be needed to enable the pigs to make economical use of the pasture crops, but care must be taken to guard against feeding more dollars' worth of grain feeds than the pigs will be worth by, the time the new corn is ready for conditioning them for market. Experiments prove' conclusively that gains made on grasses are al- ways cheaper than gains made on grain or by-product. feeds, During ordinary years a saving of about thirty-five per' cent, may be made in the cost of producing the firstone hundred and twenty pounds of growth by providing good pastures for the pigs. Under present conditions a skillful feeder should be able to make a saving of more than fifty per cent. in carrying his pigs along in „good condition until his corn crop is ma- tured sufficiently for fall feeding, By making a more general use of pasture crops the pigs may not attain heavy weights, but if they are fed limited quantities of grain feed they will be thrifty and capable of making econ- omical use of the torn crop when it is fit for feeding. Alfalfa, clover and bluegrass are the ideal crops for pastures but the hog grower who has failed to provide an abundance of these valuable crops can do the next best thing and sow oats and peas, rape, corn and mixed. crops. The kind of grain to feed in connection with pasture crops will depend largely upon the quality of the pasture crops and the prices of the various grains and by-product feeds. When the pasture "crops are legumes, such as alfalfa, or clovers, corn will be the most economical grain feed. But when the pastures are made up of bluegrass, oats and peas, rape and mixed grain crops it will pay better to feed linseed meal, tankage, and other rich protein feeds in connection with the corn. In com- paring the results of feeding experi- ments reported by several of the leading stations we find that the amount of grain fed with grass and forage crops is of greater importance than the kinds in making up economi- cal •rations. On pasture crops alone pigs will just about hold their weight, so if gains are to be obtained it becomes necessary to feed some grain feeds in addition to the pasture crops. At present prices of grain feeds it will probably pay to feed from one to one and one-half pounds of grain daily .to each spring pig that has the run of suitable grass and forage crops. If the pasture crops fail to make satisfactory growth more grain must be supplied, for there is no economy in allowing the pigs to become unthrifty before the corn crop is ready. Still further economies in feeding may be made by turning the pigs on the field as soon as the corn is fit for "hogging down.” This will save a number of days' time and more feed- ing , value will be obtained from the field than by husking the corn and feeding it to the pigs later in the season. product of each hen on the place, and the non-productive hens should be sent to market or to the pot. Some hens are gluttons, and in IIens of light breeds may be pro -1 their• greediness will seize food to fitably kept for three seasons; those prevent other hens from securing of the heavy breeds for two seasons, their share, Those are the hens that Milk .is no substitute for meat, 'for become overfat and finally quit lay - it is not sufficiently concentrated. It ing. 'When food is given in a way is impossible for fowls to drink that permits the hens to eat without enough of it to take the place of having to scratch, there is sure to meat. When fed with animal food, be an unequal distribution of the milk performs excellent service. Turkey eggs are nearly as good as hens' eggs, and geese eggs are pre- ferable to either for all culinary pur- poses Duck eggs have a rich flavor, but are not so desirable to eat alone. However, they are excellent for all purposes of cookery, Killing poultry by stabbing in the mouth is the most humane method, notwithstanding that there are folks who believe the method an act of cruelty. When a fowl is stabbed in the mouth the brain is penetrated and the bird at once becomes insen- sible to pain. This conclusion has been reached by authorities from the fact that there" is less struggling than when the head is cut off. Hens that are laying are not likely to accumulate fat; it is when they are not laying that they do so. Keep- ing in goodcondition does not mean that they must be heavy. Fat- tiness alone is desirable when they are being made ready for market. Good layers are bred up and not fed up. All the feeding in the world can not induce a naturally non-pro- ductive hen to change her nature. A close record should be lfept of the,,.were imported from the Old World. food among the fowls of the flock. The proper way is to scatter the grain lever a large surface, so that etch hen will be compelled to work, and all will fare alike, Mixed grain for r Pbultry has this advantage: Each fowl can pick out the grain most needed. This was called to the attention of the writer by seeing a hen that was out of con- dition. She would not eat corn read- ily, but would pick out the grain she was in need of. Corn seems to be the grain most desired by poultry, but too much has a tendency to put on fat rather than produce eggs, Therefore, if the hens are given a mixed -grain ration, after consuming the corn in the mixture they will select from the other grains those best suited to their needs. Some sheep on every farm will help pay for a bathroom 'in every farmhouse. It prevents hammer marks to place. a piece of board on top of the wood that needs pounding. With the exception of the turkey, all our farm animals and poultry THE CHEERFUL CHERUB 1 V$ •lost sntne 'mea t and stylishW Friends. I;Ttl� a • as cam: Vie; The streim. oF llvin up to 'thee Was neexl y k1 lin ' me... I E•CAM�i G INTERNATIONAL 'LESSON JUNE 22 Lesson XIL Love—r. Con i3. Gol- den Text, I. Cor. 13: 13. 1-3. Charity, ' The Greek word is better translated "love," as in the Revised Version, Without love the other gifts are vain—speaking with tongues, prophesy, knowledge, fai'ia, self-sacrifice,. Love gives reality and power to them all, makes them sig- nificant, great and beautiful. Teach- ing, preaching, healing, giving to the poor, giving life itself—all are of lit- tle account and profit ourselves and others nothing without love. Harnack says that this passage is "the great- est, strongest, deepest thing Paul ever wrote." And let us remember that he was writing to the Corinthian Christians who had split up into fac- tions, and were at strife and enmity with each other. See chapters I and 3. They needed, and we need to -day, this fundamental lesson in. Christian ethics. If we, after strenuous years of united and heroic effort, fall back into old ways of party strife, of inter- national and racial hatred, and of class division and jealousy and self- seeking, the sacrifices and achieve- ments of war will, for us at least, have been in vain. It is love that will unite the warring races, recon- cile econcile classes, rebuild the shattered na- tions, and bring in the reign of peace and good will. 4-7. Love "suffereth long." Love is' very patient and kind and gentle. Love does not envy those who have better or greater gilts, but rejoices in their joy. Love is not self -conceited or'boastfol, but is courteous, mindful of the feelings and desires of others,. preserves an even temper, and does not bear grudges, It "thinketh no evil," Mat is, "does not keep account of evil done, so as to remember it and get even for it at some future time. Love is purely optimistic, The Great West Permanent `" . Loan Coepany. Toronto Office. ,' ` 20 King St. West, 4% allowed on Savings. Interest computed quarterly, IPA% on Debentures, Interest payable` half yearly. Ppid up Capital $2,412,578. Toronto OffiCi 20 King St. West, bears the iprzsentindignity or injury, is ready to •bejie"ve the best and to hope for the best, ands in„spite of dis- couragement and disappointment will keep on believing and boping. And• this is not the weakness but the great strength of love. "Love, an everlasting crown reeeiv- eth, For she is Hope, and Fortitude, and Faith, Who all things hopeth, beareth, and. believeth.”-Ruskin. 8-13. Love "never faileth." Other gifts and virtues fail, but love like God is eternal. Other graces and attainments are parts of the perfect life, but love is the perfect life, itself in the glory of full manhood. In other ways we see, but see dimly; love sees face to face with God and truth. 'When we love We know God even as He knows us, and we become like Him. "The greatest" is love, "The Greatest Thing in the World." John Wesley, in his Journal, warns Methodists against "an unloving, un- holy faith." Is not that warning still necessary? From press, from pulpit, and from platform, too often from the popular evangelist, we hear words of bitterness, hatred, and railing ac- cusation, directed against church, •or school, or college, or any and all of those who mayy hold different views about something. The ' large -hearted wisdom, gentleness, and patient love of Christ is always best, and always strongest to accomplish a good work and to advance the cause of truth. Let' us beware of unloving and un- lovely zeal, and unloving, unholy faith. iS Canadian Trees eor Scotland. It is interesti:'g to note that Canada Is supplying the seed for reforesting some areas in Scotland. For this par. puce cones, mainly of the Douglas Fir and Silica Spruce, have been gathered. in British Columbia, where these trees grow In perfection,. and. the seed has been extracted from the cones at Indian Head Saskatchewan, at the ex- tracting plant of the Forestry Depart. rnent. Half a ton of the seed has been shipped to Great Britain by the Cana- dian Department of the Interior. Of the two kinds the Douglas Fir makes the slower growth•,,,ehe wood, being hard -grained, and of remarkable strength. . ' You may not believe it,but some of those people you are envying so much have troubles that are harder to bear than your own. Dr. Huber will answer all signed letters pertaining to Hearth. if your question is of general interest it will be answered through these columns; If not, it will be answered personally if stamped, addressed envelope is en- closed. Dr. Huber will not prescribe for individual cases or make diagnosis. Address Dr,John B. Huber, M.D., care of Wilson Publishing Co., 73 Adelaide St. West, ToioVSto Summer Complaints. ' Bottle fed babies are especially prone in the hot, humid summer months to inflammation of the stom- ach and intestines, such as are induc- ed by milk, either unwholesome or improperly prepared. Infants and children under two are mainly the sufferers. There is a mild form' in which the stools are curdy,,loose and foul. The fever is moderate and the child fret- ful. The stools soon change to a greenish yellow; they come 5 to 6 times the day; and the fever goes up to 102 or more. If prompt measures are taken recovery is rapid and com- plete. In severe summer complaints vom- iting, with loose frequent, spinach stools and high fever, may obtain at the outset. No matter what food is offered, the child is like to vomit. The fever and inability to take food produce weakness ss and very rapid emaciation. Later there is a coma- tose condition, with marked pros- tration. The pulse is weak. The stools may be streaked with blood and may contain mucus, The fever may rise to 105 degrees; and there may be ecnvulsions, all too frequent- ly ending in the child's death. In the toxic (poisonous) forms the symptoms care severe from the out- set.. High fever and intense pros- tration are added to the vomiting and there are many green and foul stools. The child soon becomes delirious; and coma all too frequently ushers in the end. A child with summer complaint must be placed in the coolest,, clean- est and largest room possible, A' cotton slip and a diaper only are to be worn, The fever is reduced by frequent cool sponging and by tepid baths. Give an initial purge with castor oil, a teaspoonful to an infant; a tablespoonful to a child of two, Or one-tenth of a grain of calomel every two hours until results are got. Milk in any form is stopped for 24 hours. The child gets only boi}ed water or barley water, made with one ounce of flour to the quart. Return to cow's milk feeding must be resumed only when the stools return to normal. Get such a child to the seashore if pos- sible. Directions how to feed children and how to feed infants and children in the summer months will be mailed to all who send stamped and self- directed envelope. Questions and Answers. My physician tells me` that I have a weak heart. When I leave high school I intend to become a nurse. Would this weakness prevent me from being a nurse? Answer—Very probable. Nursing is moat too hard work for anybody with a weak heart, My brother has been ill for a couple of weeks with what the physi- cian pronounces a severe attack of vertigo. Could you give me some further information? Will you kindly tell ine the cause of my 'husband being vert• dizzy some mornings when getting 'up out of bed? He also has terrible headaches and -is only relieved.. after his nose starts 'to bleed. Will you please tell me the cause of these symptoms? Answer—The trouble may lie in eye strain, •such as should be reme- died by the fitting of proper glasses. In some cases the vertigo or dizzi- ness disappears as by miracle, or it may be what is called meniere's dis- ease of the internal gar, a symntom. of which is vertigo, Other reasons for dizziness are clogged liver, inter- tinal dyspopsis excessive use of tet, coffee, or alcohol, anemia, n,.cr bled l- ednees, or bat lr n.; r ,10 " .'i s is also rem?:;r: el:'t ^ l e'•i!h dizziness ._ to be nose:L., d. 1. Good Produce Sells Best. In marketing farm -"products found long ago that a high quality article will generally sell itself if put before the people; and after you have made a reputation the only trouble is to produce enough to'sup- ply the demand. A little advertisement' in a farm paper sells all the calves or larger cattle 'there are.to spare. The corn, wheat,;;. and potetoee are sometimes grown by contract for seedemen, and sometimes sold direct to the buyer. Care is always taken to have 'all grains clean and in good condition when sold, a little better than sample shown, if possible. If itis only eggs you have to sell, they should 'be nice. Better keep at home any misshapen, small or dis- colored eggs than to put them in an order.' In 1217 I sold 2,700 pounds of R. FARMER NVEST YOUR MONEY In an !! Y >p1:Gt P Shed Ask your LUMBER DEALER For Plans and Prices, sU 1'I icycle Ti are genuine "Dominion" Tires, made en the famous Do- minion Rubber System Factory— by the same experts 'who perfected Domi- nion AutornobileTires —the most popular tires in Canada. It is their superior quality which shows in the easy riding, the sturdy wear, the extra mileage of Dominion Tires et" AtVt3 Ods tiil}35LR .. '41eYeeae WI "Unquestignably the Best Tires" Sold by the Leading ,Qealers •e pumpkin -seed. The pumpkins were grown for the cattle and hogs and the seeds were a by-product, yet they re- turned 265E—more than $50 an acre. "CANADA PRODUCT" is a mark the Canadian Trade Commissioh in- tends to make the best guarantee of quality and service. INVESTOR'S "SERVICE • BUREAU- "CAN UI EAU"CAN HELP ;Y,OU:'.. .• . . Do you own either Mining' or Oil. Stock? Are youexpectingto buy any? Have you any to sell? Do you want expert informa- tion or advice on any Mining or Oil Stock or Company? Then write us. We are at your service. GEORGE A. LAMB & CO. 1 WALL STREET, NEW YORK, N.Y. 53Ld•,.,,.• 44..a5 w :•',,t,t .,—..Z4+W, a',,,....,..; ...latieuc,r,,,,' tir Ta ,.' .. xTr�h ffJ4,!�`?,'nA t •> .. n rv,9 sr.. :'i•'%C :i '•1 ..dt3<.. , n ,'. ALM 'PETROLEUM CO. OFFERING SH RES V1.5O DIVIDENDS PER ANNUM a"O MONTHLY moallemmum FUNDS BEING RAISED TO BUILD ADDITIONAL REFINERIES Refinery No. 1 at Electra, Texas, now earning 450% on its cost, Two producing oil wells. Valuable lease acreage only 300 yards from the property of the $40,000,- 000 Bumble Company. The Altex Company offers the small investor a very unusual opportunity for profit, Literature may be had upon request, without obligation, GLENN CRAIG TOBIAS - UNDERWRITER Suite 555.556 KING EDWARD HOTEL, TORONTO VW et t4latA eameargep '•a -'H LIN OHM 111IIIMIIIII I 411NPARIS 61IEEN 1105' POISON 11111' a SratcrtY J I Pusi ,GoYERAl1FKE ST�i i.n HOW 110111111! M7NRO'S PURE PARIS GREEN :Q irn Sneak Up on You Old Potato Bug doesn't blow a horn to let you know he is com- ing. Just when your potato plants are shooting out tender green leaves this deadly destroyer sneaks in and begins to chew them up. Have a hot reception all ready for the pest by spraying plants with. It is the good old killer that always does the job right. Spray early and as often as required, and your Potato plants w:ll be impervious to attack. lllrnro's Pure Paris Green is made to conform to Government standard, It is a fine fluffy, rich green powder, which mixes evenly in water. Ask for it by -name at, all stores where garden supplies are sold. Manufactured by (1RRTH1TED 4 s MONTREAL >irnu ac°urers, Exporters and Importers, Crown I"1hmotiid Paints, Chemicals, Dye Stuffs and Tanners Supplies. 8ES- rerME. AND -h1ARN.Ea`f . S villusWeeeread SeeM1Leal ,Weeetle,eBira i In the fall, when the groupd •has been, plowed..and harrowed until it is soft Arid loose and "•smooth; the farmer sows `his wheat: Back, and' forth across the big field he.goes„day after day until, he ,bas ls]}shed, He works long, and 'the labor is hard. How glad he; ,is when• -he -has made the last round and turns the horses toward hornet ' That is the seedtime. Long months of waiting must pass befgre he sees, thefield of waving grain, and rides the binder as it make's'"its rounds of that same field, hears the roar, -of the.. thresher and'"hatils away"'the wheat. Ali through the long winter he wait ed; but the hervee't'certme at -last, as he -knew it would,,, for God has prom- ised both seedtime and haiwest: Be- cause he expected' the harvest he sewed his seed and waited through. the long months of growing .,.end ripening. An acorn falls- to the "ground. It,a is very small and does not appear to hold much promise; but the warm, damp earth covers it, and it is lost from sight. That is the law` of . its• life, without which there would be no hope, for that is the seedtime of the acorn: ' Now the harvest come, for seedtime and harvest is the order that God has made. Howlong it is in corning! A lit- tle shoot appears through the ground, to be sure, but no one would call that an oak tree. You could snip- it off with two fingers. Another year passes, and you look at it again. It is a little larger than before, but still not an oak tree.. An oak but should be two or three feet in diam- eter and strong, like a pillar of marble. This is no larger than a man's thumb. ,A. generation has passed away, The small boy who saw the acorn fall and who watched it grow year after fear is an old, white-haired man now, sitting on the porch of his home. Out in the yard children are playing. , They are his grandchildren. They, }lave a swing hung from the limb of a great oak tree, and in the shade of its wide -stretching foliage they have. their playground. How happy they are! How many jolly times they have had under that tree! About it have gathered all the joys of childhood. The oak tree has a place in their lives with father and mother and home. It has al- ways been there, to them; but the old man, in his reverie on the porch, remembers the fall of the acorn and the years of a long life that have pas- sed while the harvest of that seed - time was coming to perfection. There is seedtime and there is harvest in every life. There is home training. There are school days. There are hardships and disappoint- ments. There are joys and sorrows. There are successes and failures, There are temptations met and over- come. If we sow the wind we reap the whirlwind; if we sow wild oats, we reap tares. But oh, what rejoicing. there is in the harvest time of a life i;. that has sown its good grain in the seedtime and carries home the full sheaves in the evening! e Topics in Season. Berries intended for shipment should not be picked when they are wet with dew or rain. Deep cultivation in the orchard 'l may do more harm than good. Three ;? inches is deep enough around trees —once in two weeks. No gr.ain crops should be grown in the orchard. It doesn't pay. Culti- vated crops may do while the trees are young and their roots do not need all the space; but that time is soon over, and then the trees should reign supreme. Cultivate the new strawberry bed and the bush fruits about once in ten days. But shallow, please! Surplus suckers in blackberry or red rasp- berry patches should be treated just like weeds; don't let the rows get too wide nor too thick. Curing timothy: Cut timothy just as the bloom is falling. If the crop is not too heavy and rank, cut as soon ,its the dew is off, let it cure a few hours, rake into Windrows, and haul, to the barn the same day. If the crop is rank, cut it in the afternoon; it will wilt some during the night and dew will not hurt it. Next day's sun will dry it in a few hours, when it can be raked into windrows; haul it to the barn in the early afternoon. Curing clover: Cut clover hay when about'hal theblossoms f ssom s are brown. Cut it athe soon as low isoft in the morning. At noon shake out `The bunches, rake into windrows before evening dew gets on it, and let it lie until next day. Next day shake out the 'hay as soon as the dew is off, You ought to be ready, to haul, on a hot day, by eleven o'clock, or cer- tainly after dinner, no matter wheth- er you have ten loads or enough to haul with an engine. It spoils clover hay to get too dry. It should never be put into the barn when wet with rain or dew; but a little sap won't hurt it. "We must go back to' -peace blade on a wartime scale," says the Cana- dian Trade Commission, "if the huge war debt is to be paid." There. must 'be no adverse balance of trade if Canada's prosperity is to be upheld, The Canadian Trade: Commission is trying to get class' and mass to understand the purport of the, message.