The Seaforth News, 1919-09-25, Page 6•
By Agronomist.
..?t"8ls Department Is for the use, of our farm rratters who wont the advice
OP' sol) '-eel crops etc If Your question
an' expert on any question regarding
is of sufficient general interest; It will be answered' through this column. If
stomped and addressed envelope Is enclosed with ,your letter, a complet
e
answer will be mailed to you. Address Agronomist, care of Wilson Pubiishing
CD., Ltd., 73 Adelaide St W, Toronto,
Manure—A Gold Mine on the Farm.
Each horse produces $27 worth of
manure a year (es 'compared• with
commercial fertilizers); each head of
cattle. $20 worth; oath beg $8 worth.
It is estimated that the total value of
manure produced is about $200,000,000
—a veritable gold mine.
At .least half of this great wealth
of fertilizing material is cheer waste.
In some good general firming sec-
tions not more than fifteen per cent.
of the manure produced is used. Even
in the most intensive dairy regions,
where cows are Jargely stall fedand
comparatively- great care is taken
with the manure, the loss seems to
be approximately twenty-five per
The best plan to prevent this waste
is to haul the manure and spread it
on the field as fast as produced. When
this is not practical, store the manure
where it can not leach oat.
To save manure, concrete manure
pits are being used more and more.
These 'pits have concrete floors and
sides so that not any of the valuable
fertilizing• elements are wasted. A
pit 6x12 feet and three feet deep,
with wails and floors five inches thick,
will serve the needs of the average
farm. In ground that does not cave
in, only an inside form will be needed
in building such a pit, except where
the concrete extends a few inches
above the ground to prevent flooding
by surface water. The floor should be
re -enforced by woven wire fencing,
put in after about two inches of
cement has been laid, the section of
fencing being cut long enough to ben I
up a' few inches at either end into
the side walls. When the re -enforc-
ing has- been put in, the remaining
three inches of the floor is laid and
the forms for the 'Fide walls set up
and used immediately. Use one part
of cement, two of sand and four of
screened gravel. A pit of this kind
is large enough to hold the accumula-
tion of manure on the average farm
until such a time as it can be con-
veniently spread on the field.
A manure pit doesn't cost money;
it saves money, The value of the
manure saved when stored in pits will
ecluaI at least five per cent. on the
pit investment. Where manure is
stored in loose, flat piles in the barn-
yard, the loss by leaching and decay
in six months amounts to from thirty
to sixtyaper cent.
In some places manure is 'simply
thrown out through the barn windows
and left to lie against the sides of the
barn. The lasses in fertilizing value
are large—much larger if thewater
from the roof drips on the manure,'
Such a practice is not only wasteful,'
it is::else very unsanitary. If it must
be followed, the gutters on the barn
should be constructed so that the
water will be carried away. A lean-to
shed may be built as a cover over the
pile of manure exposed to the weather.
Another good way to save manure,
especially in the case lot€ hogsor beef
cattle, is to have a concrete paved
feed lot, preferably under a shed roof.
Where the owner of the farm can not
afford a paved floor, a cheap open:
feeding shed may be made to serve
the purpose very well, ifabundant
bedding is used to absorb the valuable
liquid manure. In etch a feeding lot
or shed, the manure is al'lmeed to,
gather under the feet of the animals,'
each day's bedding being strewn over
the well -tramped manure. Some
farmers using this system arrange
thele feed -racks so that they can be
raised from time to time, making it
possible to feed till solidly packed
manure has accumulated to a depth of;
several feet under the shed. It has
been 'shown that manure thus handled
suffers little from heating and leach-
ing.
For saving manure the feeding shed
serves the purpose of giving the gen-
! eral farm, or the beef cattle farm,
something of the advantage held by
the intensive dairy farm. The manure
saved on the Canadian farm under
present conditions is almost exactly
' proportional to the number of animals
stall -fed on the farm; the manure of
animals not stabled has very little
effect on yields, except in cases where
field crops are hogged down or other-
wise pastured down, or where pasture
is used in a rotation,
If no shed or pit is available the
best method of storing manure in the
( open is to pile in a compact pile with
!nearly perpendicular sides. The pile
should be left flat on top so that it
will absorb the rain water. This not
only lessens the amount of leaching,
but helps keep the manure moist and
thus reduces the fermentation. This
1 method will not prevent leaching;
therefore it is recommended only
i
when there is no better way of storing
Ithe Manure,
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Furred Mends s':
FePtr
,Now that the nights are getting:
frosty, it is time to begin to thhikl
again of trapping. Even more im_j
portant, however, is the proper pro-
tection of ,our fur -bearers until their
far becomes prime and worth full
value.
You do not want to begin trapping
during September or Oetoher, before
the pelts are No. 1 iii quality, and,
thereby lose half or two -third's of the
value of the furs, when be waiting'
they will beworth double price.
Recolve notto trap until the fur
ie
p ribie; of Noe' 1'quality.'With most;
furs this, will be early in November:!
When furs are prime, the flesh side]
of the pe:'ts will remain white, without!
dark blue streaks, after the animal is
skinned. If the flesh side turns blue,
at any time, even after drying, the)
fur is not yet prime, and will grade.
No. 2. If very blue, it may be aNo.I
3 or 4 pelt; and these last two classesI
are worth very little. Primeness of
skins is judged entr'ely by this white
or blue color of the flesh side of the
skin. Whether the he-ir slips a trifle
or not is not comsidered•pp much, for
the condition of the skin otherwise
determines whether the hair will slip
or not. Of course, a• lele may be per-
fectly white, No. 1 in primeness, and
still grade No. 2 or 3 because of short-
ness of the fur, cuts in skin, etc.
Primeness of muskrat skins cannot
be judged by whiteness. A muskrat
never becomes fully prime and white
until about February. The skins
caught during the fall, if good qual-
ity, may be mare or less blue streak-
ed, and yet grade No. 1 fall. The same
is true with winter -caught skins.
These No. 1 fall or winter skins do
not, of course, bring so much as a
I No. 1 spring -caught skin, but they
are nevertheless considered prime.
Muskrat skins vary a great deal dui-
' ing the fall, however. You may oatoh,
one skin that is quite white and will
grade No. 1, and get 'another sit the
same place a week or so later that
will be quite blue and grade No, 2.
To be sure that they are 'quite prime
to wait until early November to trap.
1 Marten skins, also, d're hard to
judge at certain times. In some places
, in Canada they may be caught, being
perfectly prime, but if left out in the
lasting
d value it is best
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'There ars a good many fine things
about a milking machine, One of
than is that your hands don't get tired
milking. The last Cow milks as easy
as the first one."
That is my neighbor's way of sizing
up the milking machine. He was left
alone through the shifts and turns of
the times and could not get help to do
his farm work as it ought to be done,
The milking was especially tedious,
"I used to spend from an hour and
a half to two hours right on the milk-
ing stool. By the time I got through
I was tired and in poor shape to begin
-,the real work of the day. Now I am
fresh and ready to go at other things
after breakfast. I milk my cows in
about half the time and they don't
mind it as much as they used to when
they were pulled and hauled around
by careless or indifferent milkers."
He spoke of a number of other good
features about the milking machine,
but this was the windup.
"You can't tell how long a man will
' stay if you hire him. I had two or
three men last season at different
times. I thought I had them for the,
season, but they slipped away from'
me. Contracts will not hold men who
snake up their minds to go. The ma-:
dhine stays right on the job. I know
in the morning when I get up that I
am going to find it in its place, ready'
for business. Of course, I have to do
some things forthe milking machine,'
but it won't go back on me if I use'
it right."
Another man told me of his ex-
perience with a milking machine as
follows:
"It used to 'take me just about two
hours to milk eighteen cows. That
, meant four hours, counting night and
morning, sitting on the milking stool,
the beat I could do. Last winter was
unusually cold, and I actually frosted
my feet in the stablk, working there
bo long at a stretch with little chance
to move them around.
I "Being faced with another winter
of ,like experience, on aocoun't of the
lack of help, I determined to put'in a
pnlilkinig maohline. The original cost
pf the machine was $300, but by turn-
ing in a separator 'that we were no
1on:ger using, I was able kb get the
milker ,by paying $200 in cash.
"The machine ehorben's the (work of
~9nlilking about one half, Which 'cotinee
in the short days when chores Make
such a. large pert of: the time. That
gives me a better chance to work'a.t
ether winter work, such as getting
tip wood.
°I made a pulley out of a round
stick of weed -and attached it to the
Idrfvin'g shaft of the milker, se that
by gearing it to the grindstone we
could sharpen the mowing machine
knives, grind the scythes, axes and
other tools with the same source of
power. Altogether I find that the
machine enables me to do without
help that I would otherwise have to
keep through the winter months."
In every flock of chicks and of fowls
there are individuals which can never
be profitable, and often area menace.
They are weak and become an easy
prey to disease and pass that disease
on to others. Thera are also the mis-
shapen ones and those which have suf-
fered injury. These, with the known
non -producers, should be weeded out
early in the season.
Every flock of youngsters should be
watched carefully and any that grow
slowly, show signs of weakness, do not
have good shape for their are, should
be disposed of as early as possibly.
Those with twisted wings, deformed
beaks, wry tails or crooked backs
should likewise leo di:incl of, even
though they urn healthy.
If we ex •e• t t, ee which are to be
kept for i n of :nee for breeders, all
surplus males should be ilieposed of
as early as they con he fattened and
a good market scared. It is care-
lessness in points such as this that
keeps the scales from turning from
failure to success.
A good dry cleaner consists of
equal parts of cornmeal and salt,
moistened well with t'drpentine.
Turnips, beets, ♦carrots will keep
best at a temperature slightly above
freezing.
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}trap during
several hours, the pelts are liable to
turn perfectly black.
Therefore, resolve not to start trap-
ping too early. See your neighbors
so that they will not start before you
do, Draw up a pledge fair to all, and
i get them to sign it. Then if any
wandering early trapper tries to conte
in and get furs before they are prime,
Costimttlatc iiIse 'growth of a lawn
and to impro•.,,. its appearance fox
the fol.owing spring no better t
seat-
you can all post your land with "No
Trapping" signs and work together to
prietent,it. If anyone is stubborn
aboui. agreeing to watt, point out that
in the middle of October a good mink
will grade about No. 3 and bring
about. $1, but by waiting three weeks,
or until early November, it will be 'a
No. 1, worth about $6. Can one make
money any faster? There is no other
Week on the farm that will increase
in value so )rapidly: l
Prevent hunters and others from
shooting muskrats, s•kupkcs, etc., for
sport, whenever they get a chance.
You might as well allow then' to ehoot
your chickens, turkey's, ducks and
other fowls for sport. It would be no
more expen ive to you. The valuable
fur -bearing arthritis on your property
are yours as much as any of your
stock. Protect them. They are worbhl
a little trouble, and will rise in value
from year to year. Do not allow them
to be caught off too closely. Keep a�
good ,supply on hand from year to
year, as you would with any other
stock. YOU would not kill off every
horse and cow you heel on veer place,
especially if you could not get any
more. The same should be true with
If a mink or other animal gets to
bothering your poultry a little early,
ether get a. good s'afe,house for the
hen, or set a box trap at the runaway
where the mink will have to enter to
get the hen. If the mink bothers, he
is caught,
Make a pen a few feet square of
small wire neltttng, covered on top
and bottom. In it have a box ands
small water trough, and keep the mink'
until its pelt ie prime.
In many places in our country the
fur -bearers are almost all killed off.
This will not do; they must be pro-
tected. The fur indu'stryof this count.
try.. is worth millions of dollars an..
neatly. We can not let small fur -
bearing animals go the way of the
buffalo and the passenger pigeon. If
your game laws do not amply protect
your fur -bearers, write to your Mem:
leer to amend them so bleat they will.
If they allow people to begin trap-
ping, in October, when furs are not
prime until . November, don't start
trapping' until furs are prime, just be-
cause the law says you may. See that
your neighbors wait, too,
Many people have signed pledges to
protect the birds, 'It is just as im-
portant that we should• wake up to
protecting the, fur. -bearers, before it
is too late. One year there were hun-
dreds of thousands of passenger pig-
eons, and the next year tlfere was
hardly one alive in the world. Now
not a single survivor can he found.
It pays to protect the birds.
ment can be recommended. -'than the
application of a properly rotted ma-
mire in the late fall. This application
should not be made until after the
frosbs hiive stopped the growth of the
grass. Ten to twenty two -horse loads
should be applied to the acre, accord-
ing as the :soil is more or less nich.
It is important that the, manure
should be thoroughly rotted before ap-
plication so that al'l weed 'seeds are
killed, otherwise damage, done by
weeds will more than offset the fee-
tilizing' value of the application. Ma-
nure needs careful handling before it
is suited for spreading over the lawn.
Unless it Is •properly "composted" it
may have most of its valuable con-
stituents destroyed by improper
handling. To "compost" manure pro-
perly it sh'ouldI be treated as follows:
Pile all manure in heaps with peter -
nate layers of sod or ether litter. Keep
it wet enough so it will not burn. Let
it stand a whole year through sum-
mer and winter, forking it over two
or three times daring the year. It
will then be ready for use on the
lawns and 'Sanger Loom weed seed will
be minimized..
Many object to the use of manure
at ail, not only because of. the danger
from weed 'seed's, but because of its
unsightly and unsanitary appearance.
These will undoubtedly prefer to use
something else, and the most aeon
omictfl substitute is finery ground bone
or bone meal. This should be applied
at the rate of from 500 pounds 'toone
ton an acre, according as the ground
ks more or loss rich. ,
With the bone meal it is desirable
to use double the quantity of wood
ashes, which may be mixed with the
bone meal or sown separately. These
echoes contain considerable lime in a
the fur -bearers.
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By John B. 1-hiber AM,MD
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Dr. Huber will answer all signed letters pertaining to Health. If your
question is of general interest it will be enswored through these columns/
if not, It will be answered personally If stamped, addressed envelope is ea.
closed. Dr. Huber will not prescribe for individual cases or make diagnosis.
Address Dr. John 13, Huber, M,D., cars of Wilson Publishing Co., 73 Adelaide
St. West, Toronto
Catarrh. t4' I attend carefully to his general health.
Nasal catarrh is either acute or Especially must he keep his feet very
chronic. warm and dry. Only the doctor can
Doctors call the acute vari°ty manage successfully cases of chronic
coryza or acute rhinitis; and soy it is catarrh, For he has to use caustics
either simple or specific. to the thickenings, the hypertrophies;
and he has to remove the crusting
A simple coryza is due to exposure and then make proper application to
to cold and wet, to irritating vapors stimulate the atrophied condition.
such as workmen are exposed to in
some occupations; and it accompanies
a grs,l ,'teal of rheumatism, tuber-
culc end asthma.
rifir coryza comes on in the
b:'tiuning of most cases of the "com-
mon .cold," diphtheria, measles and
scarlet fever, and other ,infections,
and is due to the germs of those dis-
eases. The symptoms are 'sneezing,
hoarseness, headache, chilliness, at
first dryness in the throat and then,
after a few hours, of copious dis-
charges, stuffing up of the nostrils and
occasional incessant blowing of the
nose. Suoh a 'vasal catarrh is very
likely to be "catching."
A sufferer' from acute rhinitis
should take one-half a grain of cal-
omel every hour until there is a move-
ment of the bowels. The calomel
should then be topped off by a seidlitz
powder, Then grain's of Dover's
powders is a good bedtime dose for
this condition, after having taken a
hot £ootbahh, Net day take Dr. Lin-
coin's rhinitis tablets, one every half
hour, until the throat feels dry; these
can be had of any druggist. The best
local application is to snuff up and to
gargle several. times a day a normal
salt solution (oneehale teaspoonful of
table salt to a tumblerful of water) as
ho as can be horns with comfort.
Chronic nasal catarrh is likely to
follow an acute rhinitis. In the course
of time the nasal mucous membrane
becomes 'eh$ekenad and obstructive,
making the breathing labored and
difficult. Then after many months or
years, the mucous membrane becomes
atrophied, with a bad odor and green-
ish offensive crusts.
amnia catarrh is more a symptom
of sionie other ailment than a disease
.in itself, There is generally genie
constitutional 'disease which the doe-
los must cure; upon which the catarrh
will geherally get well of itself. Any-
body with catarrh, therefore, must
regulate his diet and habits, and must
No alcohol or tobacco habitue can
be cured ofe his catarrh, while he
uses these substances, The vast
majority of incurable deneners comes
from neglected catarrh.
Questions and Anewers.
I ant a returned man. Was severely
gassed in May, 1915, and 'ens invalid-
ed home, discharged as medically un-
fit in 1917 with dilated heart. Sinc..
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very desirable form, as well as other
valuable elements.
All applications should be made be-
fore the ground freezes permanently
for the, winter, as otherwise the fer-
tilizer may be largely washed from
the .soil hefoie it has a chance to be-
come incorporated with e't,
Prepared sheep' manure—le—an excel-
lent dressing. As ithas been steriliz-
ed by drying and teendered odorless,
there sore not the objections to it that.
there might be to ordinary manure.
If there are parts of the Iawn which
will be tramped over/ When they are
not frozen, especially when snow is
melting' there, they should be pro-
tected to prevent persons from cut-
ting across. Tramping on the /turf
when it is covered by slush or snow
is" destructive to a lawn.
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atderatlens, such as seal eplrtt, /We and confidence;
amnia/ sick, as 4'17164 of mem an army, and like-
HAT is Dr. Webster's definition. Many
of us know the word only in its
war -time application. •
Webster dwells firstly upon the usage of the
word"morale" as applied to the common -place
referencega of to an army every -day comeslater. And Webster life. His allusion to 'ts
is
corredt—meticulously so.
It was their private -life morale that made such
splendid soldiers of our boys when the time came
for them to don the khaki. It was that, and that alone,
that made them take the first step, and it was thatwhich
carried them through to victory. If their every -day
morale had been neglected, the Army could have done
little with them and success would not have crowned
their efforts.
It is the many little incidents of your daily routine that make up
your morale—the morning shave, your clean linen, polished shoes,
brushed clothes. Webster speaks of zeal, spirit, hope and confi-
dence. It is by attention to the small details of your personal
appearance that these may be attained.
The Gillette Safety Razor enters as much into the morale of every-
day life as it did into that of the trenches. It helped our, soldiers to
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then I have suffered very much with tieasl
nerves, being very irritable, sensitive
and at times have pains in the temple.
Also at gimes I have smarting sensa-
tions in the Iegs and arms. I used to
have severe pains around my heart,
but have not been troubled muoh in
that respect lately. Sometimes I have
a kind of suffocation at might. This
Mostly happens just when I am going
to sleep. At times I get a very de-
pressed feeling and get mopey. I have
been a fairly heavy smoker and tea
drinker. I em at present worldng on
a farm to complete my . vocational
training course. I was recommended
for farm work, Do you think that
dross of work will suet me?
Answer—I can hardly think of an
invalided hero more worthy of ad-
miring sympathy than the man who
has been gassed in warfare. It is
possible that you will never regain
100 per cent. efficiency, But by quiet
living, being careful not to over-
exert, cutting down the coffee and
the tea, smoking to acoo do modera-
tion (I should advise cuttingit out
entirely in your case, unless ou don't
care much about it anyway), the sen-
s'ations you mentyon will-li'n large part
di,saplear. Try to get good sleep,
with windows Wide open. 'I pan vary
glad you are on a Oati'i'!i. That is the
place and the vocation for the re-
turned men. Pub until your health
comes around oket overwork. I am
fermata
mailing you furbher in on.
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INTE$6NATIONAL LESSON
SI:PTE11$ IER 29.
Jeso5 Our S'aviona- :end King—Review.
Matt. 21:' 1-0', 15, 10. Golden
Text, Matt. 21 9.
The first lesson for the quarter now
ending gave us its central and 'pre-
vailing theme: The Church, Its Life
raid Work,'fle
' e• review' may dwell
uponthis theme; and the questions
raised may be of the nature andmean-
ing of the Church, its membership, its
sacraments, its helpful and inspiring
fellowship,its private and ..public wore
ship, its work of winning souls and
spreading the Gospel throughout the
world', .its interest in every good word
and work and especially in movements
for social betterment, its ideals and
laws, its hope of the life that is be-
yond, and its guide -book of:faith, the
Holy Scriptures.
It is well that we should seek to
gain a true conception of what the
Church is, Wo must avoid the two
extremes as often met with in these
1 days, the one of identifying the
Church with sense special form or
organization or institution, and the
other of disregarding or making light
of all forms and all organization. The
simple, primary fact is that the asso-
ciation, or fellowship; or companion-
sfiip and co-operation, of those who
believe ,in and follow- Jesus Christ
makes His Church. Where two or ,
three are gathered in His name IIe is
present in their midst, and that is all
that is essential. In the time of the
apostles and the first preaching of
the Gospel we read of "the brethren"
(Acts 1: 15), of them that receivee
the apostles' weed and continued in
their teaching and fellowship (Acts
2: 41,, 42), of them that believed and
were`together and heel all things com-
mon (Acts 2: 43, 44), of the apostles'
''own company" (Acts 4: 23), who
were "of- one heart and soul" (Acte
4: 32), and of the increaeing number
of disciples (Acts 6: 7), who•whereeer
they, went abroad preached the Gospel
and formed• communities of those who
believed (Acts 8: 4); which comment.
ties "were at once called 'churches, or,
as a whole, the Church (Acts 9: 31
and 13: 1). So it has been through all
the centuries and in every land, since
those days. They who believe in and.
follow Jesus come together that they
may help each other and may ,further
extend His gospel.
Baptism became the sign of formal
entrance to the Christian community,
and the Lord's 'Supper the symbol and
formal recognition of its fellowship.
In its meetings men tallied and prayed
together, toad the Holy Scriptures, to
which were now added the Gospel nar-
ratives and letters of counsel and in-
struction from the apostolic leaders,
sang hymns of praise and listened to
words of instruction or exhortation.
In such meetings were planned the first
great missionary enterprises, under
the inspiring guidance of the Holy
Spirit (see Acts 13: 1-3), and to them
were welcomed the returning mission-
aries, who "rehearsed all things that
God. had done with them"
The Church speedily found, as it
still finds, its distinctive work to do.
It provided food for the hungry and
clothing -for the poor in daily minis-
tration (Acts 6: 1 and 9: 36-39); it
proclaimed the gospel of God's love
in Christ and bore witness to His
resurrection, „ The missionaries of
the Gospel went abroad to many lands,
founding churches, teaching in schools,
rebuking crime and superstition and
idolatry, endeavoring to establish
clean living and pure morals and.right
and just relations between all classes.
Their work was mighty in the over-
throwing of ancient strongholds of
error, but in the highest sense con-
strictive in that it aimed to build
and to sanctify the life of the home
and of the state. -"
Above all, the Church with its great
evangel led men to faith in God and
gave them hope for the future. The
common things of life were glorified
in its teachings and given a signifi-
cance of immortality. Men were en-
abled to see life in its relation tq
eternity. The gospel of the Church
demanded the making the most of this
life in the light of that which fete
come. It broadened human sympath-
ies and broke down ancient barriers
or race and creed and color, establish-
ing a real brotherhood. It put master
and slave, rich and poor, high and low,
great and small upon an equality, in
the sight of God, as brothers beloved
(Philemon 16). It pointed to the eon. -
summation of human relations in a
holy citizenship, ee "household of God"
(Epi. 2: 19-22), which is the Church's
ideal in all ages,
The Church has the best things on
its program, The Irpagti.e of Nations
Was planned b7 it centu{i.es gtgo, lJ
stands for justice to ell ate syz -
sthies aro with the poor and With all
P
who suffer. The Church cares for the
Bettis of all, Gan any one of us afford
to remain outside its fellowship and
itis activities?
The care o , at?tlt .i.gn ii'.Fn: ts.,
putnds at alt tones the careful at-
tention of. the farmer. Never w4s
there greater need"thannow fon ecoa "
omy in this direction,
The lands are jft . t•
Withall the autumn blaze of golden-
rod;
And everywhere the purple severe mad
And bend and wave amyl fift;."ls,r,,..