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13y Agronomist.
'This Department Is 'for the use of our fr ni readers who want the advice
of en expert on any question reenrdlnp soli, r°ed, crops, ctc. If your question
Is of sufficient general Interest, It will be .'esweeed through this column, If
clamped end addressed, envelope le. encloi •1 with your- letter, 'a complete.
enewer wii,l, be mailed to you. Advisees Anranontist, care of Wilson •PublishlnD
Co., Ltd:,.73"Adelaide St. W. Toronto.
Take Care of Your 'Farm Machinery.; bu.eittess trips; thus reducing the cost
It is estimated' that it would .take; of marl crate.
$1,000,000 to replace the damage dune iv sten dressed poultry is sold to
to' farm. ma.thinery left out -Of -doors private customers the telephone is
in the Province of Ontario alone.• 0lso pf g.reat value. Arrangements
Think ',f the less all over the country!' can be q lc,ely made with the eelatom-
And it is so unnecessary. ers and the birds delivered when they
are sure of being home. The method
A $400 implement shed.pays rate -i of selling the surplus birds in a farm
est at the rate of twenty-two per cent, flock can be workedoutby experience
a year on ti farm with $1,000 worth of, as in every community certain prob-
machinery. The depreciation fort lents may enter Into the transaction
1,000 worth of well -housed machin -I which are not present 'in other con-•
cry is $00. increasing to $180 a yearntodities. Often it pays to try the
when early protected. • Iocal dealers, the large city commis -
The cost of a good tool shed may be sion men end the , Nate trade and
: stated thus: The $00 difference in de- keep accurate records of every deal.
predation is twenty-two per cent, of This enables the producer to find out
400. It is estimated that well -housed considerable about poultry marketing
farm machinery depreciatee at the in a very few transeictions. There
rate of from three to twelve percent. are reliable dealers in every large
a year, the rate bang highest for city and the producer who forms busi-
corn-binders, threshing machines and ness relations with them will find
Other complicated machinery. This
statement Means that the life of these
expensive helpers is practically cut in
half when neglected. no financial responsibility.
I know of a grain drill, purchased in The broiler business is a good side
1913 for $100. It was used to seed line, not because the broilers are sot
about seventy-five acres and never unusually profitable but because the
Placed in 0 shed. In the spring of poultryman cannot avoid raising broil•*
1.917 the dr11 sold for $20. It would ers at the same time he raises pullets.
lave been worth at least $70 with good It pays to market the broilers care -
housing. Weather is the cause of fully and try and make them pay for
heavy lose. Rusty'ntaehinery must be raisin;; all of the young stock, leaving
limbered up 'before using; a rusted the pullets to represent the profit on
knottte. on a bliel.c1 may mean th_tt the season's work. The broilers may
EXtra 110? must Se ieten•ei to hind the make even a greater profit if they are difficulty is often experienced in pre
-
es
i-e:Adles 1 y baud; rest increas- carefully fed and hatched from stock venting the birds from piling up at
es the draft for horse;: it weakens the. which produces vigorous chicks that night after the heat is removed, and
machinery. Often causing breaks and grow rapidly, causing sections Sesses, To prevent
de .tying the work. If a hay -loader In many small towns there is net
this overcrowding the birds should be
is in good work; a;; order it can pay' good market for broilers because' taught to roost as early as possltble.
fee it; ;rr i11 a b. 4,1e afternoon. The; many eoneumere have their own flocks If roosts are made out of one -by -three -
L'11 -trade ee,en. beth r• -:_t ,ut.1 de_•IIy. and many housewives. prefer a large Inel1 strips placed flat so as to provide
I knew of a ulan r.ho , .oil better' fat lien so that -there will be enough a three-inch placed
fl ng surface, and
fere elf. ilii tow.. ,horn hi ram.:tbnery.: poultry pleat far a fair -sued family these are placed twelve to fifteen
S`: he i he be:rR4: ;r fee: bar oder Le on Sunday rued enough left over for inches from the floor, the birds can
would 1-'t a 11.1,1 rem a "e the the Monday dinner.Broiler. meat, Basil be taught to go to roost. If the
ether inerhinery in his machine "died; has usually been considered 0 luxury. chicks do notrgo up on the roost of
hut he was always too busy to do this,; Whether that is true or not depends, their own accord they should be gent -
and -olthe hay loader taod out in the, on the point of view of the consumer ,ly placed o@ the roosts after dark for
field summer and twister. It dirt goad. and the size of his purse. At least, one or two nights until they get the
wink until the trop of the third year. • it pays to disregard the local broiler roosting habit.
With about fifteen loads of hay lying market if it is not paying a profitable' This season of the year a constant
m the windrow, one of the sills, badly I price and ship the stock to a reliable' fowl] out should be kept by all poultry
decayed around a bolt, broke. Four comntiesion d.aler b1 eerie. city where
men and three teams stool idle while. broilers are appreciated.
keepers for mites in the houses and
one man went bark to the bar ' Often` the hotel trade will take quite coops. A mite is very small and dif-
n togets ficult to see unless special search is
a brace and bit. an oak heartland four a few broilers: Hotel managers usu.made. They are usually found in the
bolts to splieo the broken timeer. The; ally prefer two -pound stock which is cracks near roasts They appear as
four bolts had to be retnov�.! from the' evenly graded as they tush to serve;
binder. It t ok more than an hour to equal portions to their patrons. They' present s largey or reddish specks. When
nnmbere they often
do this repairing and b:fore the first do not wish to serve broilers ranging, have the appearance of dust. Mites
lead was finished, the other sal brokel in weight from one and a half to three' reproduce very rapidly and are a great
and another hour was lost, It began and a half pounds to diners who arerep'
to rain as the fifth load went into the paying the same price for a broiler source o annoyance to the Ttens when
barn. The other ten loads were prac- dinner. Frequently hotel men prefer; present in large numbers. The mites
tically ruiners by a flood before morn- to buy of commiseion dealers who can live by sucking blood from the hens. A
ung. always furnish broilers of the desired severe attack of mites will cause the
h l flesh d to laying, and
poultry production more satisfactory
than when 'the birds are shipped in a
hit-and-miss manner to buyers with
l'iliE WASTE FOR YEAR -
1008 IN ONTARIO
$15,673,240.
CAUSED 8Y 0,740 FIRES,
80 PER0CrNNT. OF WHICH
WERE P11EV18NTASLE,
DAILY BONFIRE OF
,$4.2,000 OF MER-
CHANDISE, BUILDINGS AND
FOODSTUFFS.
ACCUMULATIONS OF
RileoisH AND LITTER
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Hangers in attractive colors, similar to this crit; may be had' from ybier loc u1e'1tirei Ohief;� or tw'" '" w- "ter h. - ••„ :.
ONTARIO FIRE PREVENTION'LEAGTJE, INC., 153 Universitet Ave., Toronto
Where a large number of chicks are
being raised in one brooder house,
It pays to build a good shed. A weight whenever they are wanted _ ens to lose an stop y1 g,
cheap shed, while better than none rather than trade with producers who i tt111 oftentimes produce death. To get
' may be careless about grading their rid of mites the houses must be care-
ts ori expensive investment in the long y fully cleaned and then painted or
k and ski in it on time.
run.
Marketing Poultry.
` pp g sprayed with repellant material. A
Broilers of one breed sell the bestaheavy spraying of coal oil followed -in
as they look the best in the crate
and are mare apt to be uniform in size
Throughout the season it pays to and quality. Private consumers seem
guise the flock of old hens an occasion- to like broilers the best when they
al culling. The hens that molt early weigh about three pounds. The three -
or became overfat should be marketed. pound bird makes a ureal for an aver -
The hers that have reached two and
three years of age have usually passed
their most profitable stage. :and they.
should be replaced by vigorous pul-
lets. Some farmers do very well by
age family, while the two -pound bird
is a little small. For this reason many
of the local dealers catening to private
trade will prefer three -pound stock.
Broilers can be fattened if they are
two or three days by giving the roosts
and surrounding boards a thorough
painting with crude oil will clean up
the mites and keep the houses free for
several months. This treatment should
be applied twice yearly to all poultry
houses as a precautionary measure
against mites. '
Preventing Loss In Shipping Potatoes.
I see that the double -headed, ven-
tilated barrel is the most satisfactory
method of shipping new potatoes in
the opinion of the Department of
Agriculture after extensive investiga-
tions at important shipping points.
Although sacks aro mostly used for
shipping, they are not as satisfactory
as barrels, because they allow bruising
and do not permit sufficient ventila-
tion. Sacks cost less than barrels,
however, and If used should not con-
tain more than 120 pounds.
Careful grading will increase the
grower's profits, and will insure a
ready market, especially if a brand is
used which the dealer gets to know.
He will pay more for potatoes from a
grower that he knows to be reliable, measure should be placed on each con -
because his potatoes will be carefully tainer, and cars should be loaded ac -
graded and packed, and will not con- � cording to a definite plan which pro-
tein bruised, cut, or diseased tubers.
The majority of rotten potatoes are
caused by bruises which permit fung-
ous diseases to get a start. Careful
handling will eliminate most of this.
Containers should be strong, and
where barrels are used they should
be placed on end in cars, instead of
on the bilge, as there is less break-
age. Cloth -top panels do not protect
as well as those having double heads,
and slat' or veneer barrels will not
stand rough handling. Well-built
COLT DISTEMPER
You can prevent this loathsome disease from running.
through your stable and cure all the colts suffering with it.
when you begin the treatment. No platter how young,
SPOH17'S DI OlEOSRER COtxP01111D is sltfe to use On any
colt. It is wonderful how it prevents all distemper's, no
matter how colts or horses at any age aro.'•exposed." All
good druggists, turf goods houses and the manufacturers
sell $POSiN'9,
SROIXN MEDICAL CO., 111fre„ Gosl1en, -and., t3. 0. 11,
crates have been used successfully,
but hampers have not proved to be
satisfactory, because they are 'usually
not strong enough. Where sacks are
used they should be set upright in the
car,' one half of the bags leaning
against one side of the car alai the
other half against the other side.
Ventilated box coals or stock cars
may be safely used for shipping ne'w
potatoes, and double -deck stock cars
are being successfully used in some
sections by placing one solid layer
of sacks or barrels standing upright
on each deck. If stock cars are used,
it is best to line the sides with heavy
building paper to protect from sun
and weather. The net weight 00 dry
marketing dressed poultry to private penned up for ten days and fed a By job")�' E e'
.,. mi::_ �4-e 0.-C7;-„_ 1'—) -',1 c. -".-tole ca -.3'-' ''1 -i �•G°!..,,« '"m.�TCrP.' :11
customers, Others save time by sell- ration of corn meal and sour , milk "' -
ing the birds live weight to local deal- made into a sloppy mash. Reduce the Dr. Huber will answer all signed
ers -with the idea that the lower price exercise and increase the feed and 'the question Is of general Interest It will
received is much more than balanced healthy young cockerel can hardly It not, It will be answered' personally
by the work eliminated. help becoming a fat broiler. Skinny cioead. De. Huber will not-preacrlbe t
When old bens are to he sold it broilers are not profitable. They re- Addresa Dr. John B. Huber, MO.: care
pays to telephone early in the week present the cost of growing a bony $t West, Toronto
and make arrangements with the deal- frame decorated with feathers but do Nursing Pneumonia.
er who is to buy them. This is better not have the meat which pleases the
than hauling a load of hens to town The average hospital mortality of
onst the ma and brings the best prices pneumonia is from 20 to 40 per cent.
and canvassing the main street for a on market. There is no present in Debilitated persons and those suffer -
buyer. Usually a dealer will wish to the broiler business at the present ing from pre-existing serious valvular
buy the hens on Thursday morning' price of feed, but they are a good side heart trouble or chronic kidney
so that he can have them dressed and on the f irm and the are growing
ready for Sunday trade. He wi1,,like
to be sure of a week's supply of poul-
try several days in advance so .if the
wale is made by telephone on Mo'flday
the birds can be caught on Wednesday
eight and delivered early the next
Morning. Often the work of hauling
poultry can be Combined with other
line y trouble, or diabetes, do badly. The
up an the taring now. It will be` ood tient is put at once to bed; he is
business to manage then' carefully
and chi, year when meat is hringincarefully nursed. There must he a
be day and a night nurse, for even in the
a high price these broilers should favorable cases there may be sudden
marketed right to that there will he heart failure or atoppings of ,the
breathing. Therefore it will never do
to have a sleepy, tired -attendant who
may for the moment relax her -vigil-
an opportunity to make them pay
their cost plus a well deserved profit
for their care.
• it is drawn, which is often the case
in fall and winter, the trouble is due
s�to growth a CoV � the oath of bacteria which tau -
If
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If bitterness develops in milk after ally gets into the milk from pieces of
dirt or manure from the barn. When
the dairy is once infested ,with such
bacteria they may remain in the sep-
arator, strainers, pails or cooling
tank fol; a long time. To prevent bit-
terness due to this cause, all utensils,
separator parts, strainers and cooling
#"rule ,» Zt `
us thoroughly washed and
scalded. A pail with a small open-nlg
should be used at milking time.
Can you tell how much it costs to
make milk in your dairy? Can you
back up your statements with figures?
If youcan, you are a good business
man, If not, the least said about it
the better—only don't be caught that
way again.
To do away with the musty smell of
a thermos bottle cork, dip the cork in
hot paraffin until all the pores are
closed. Repeat whenever the paraffin
is worn Offs
Tin
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Lin in a r1 11roa d 4ta,tion
rtow .
/And fell cl,epre „sect a s
1van be. .
'I°ve potted my ca -511,
in slot eeve.cleine.s
Ana not
thing came
ovt to met.
R"I°�nt+re
lettere pertain ng to Health. It yout
be answered through these columns:
It stamped, addressed envelope is en,
or Individual casts or makeleanesls,
of Wilson Publishing Co., 7 Adelaldd
ante, a fatal issue resulting.
The mouth is kept clean. Water is
given in abundance. The diet is
fluid, with eggs. Everything possible
is done to save the sufferer's strength
by preventing unnecessary movement,
severe respiratory effort and the like.
Sleep is of great value, :but the pa-
tient's position must quietly be chang-
ed from time to time lest there be a
"hypotwtatic congestion" in the de-
pendent portions •bf the lung.
Cold sponging relieves 'the nervous
symptoms—the delirium, Sowers "tb,e
high temperature and improves the
heart action. As soon as the breath=
ing becomes bad, secure al? oxygen
tank, so that it may be handy •againist
its possible need ;any' time in the 24
hours. The pulse is carefully watched
and stimulated as soon as any weak-
ness is evident, remembering that the
crisis may occur at any hour; where-
fore life should be prolonged in this
way, even if death seems impending.
In elderly people the course of pnea-
pionia is neteo well defined as above
stated. There is often absence of
many of the chief symptoms;. there is
great prostration and the disease is
often fatal. And pneumonia is a
terminal infection occurring fin.chronic
diseases, the issue being fatal. Such
diseases are tuberculosis, heart dis-
ease, arteriosclerosis, diabete and kid-
ney affections. Pneumonia is also
secondary to suck infections as diph-
theria, typhoid fever and influenza.
Questions and ,Answers.
Kindly give full information re-
garding shell shock .and nervous
breakdown and treatment for same.
The panty I ravish this information ±00
has been in the army for the past two
years and now is •suffering from what
he thinks a nervous breakdown. He
went to work but was not' able to
stand the noise of the machinery and
cannot be •satisfied wherever hens,
The doctors here will not give him
any medicine as they say it will not
do him any good, so thought you
would be able to help ,him out in his
trouble. Before he went into the
army he was a happy good natured
and contented fellow.
Answer—The treatment is the Prov-
ince of the ;family physician.Infoxma-
tion regarding the Hygienic Life and
Nervous Exhaustion is being mailed
you. This should be very helpful. The
doctors are right not to give medicine.
The hexo you write about is young,
has plenty of rectlpsro,tive power and
is sure to "come back" in time. But
be met have plenty of time. Why nob
buy him a small farm which he can.
work himself, away from the noise of
any m•aehinery or. of a great city.
vides for ventilation and prevents
breakage. Attention to grading and
shipping -details will not only save you
money but also will create a favorable
-impression -with dealers, who soon
learn that your product can be de-
pended upon.
Points to Watch in Selecting Seed
Corn.
1, Get only a fewv bushels—enough
to plant a, special seed -cern plot.
From this select the seed for the suc-
ceeding year's crop.
2. Pick seed corn in the field when
it is ripe—that is, hard, just before it
freezes.
8. Pick a medium-sized ear—not a
big one. Large ears mean late -matur-
ing plants.
4. Don't pick an ear from -a hill
which has smut in or neve it.
5. Don't let your seed corn freeze.
Store it in a warm, dry piece where
plenty of air is circulating.
6. Don't pile up the ears. 'Hang the
corn so the ears' do not touch. •
7. Test your seed early enough so
that 11 your coral does not show good
germination you will have time;to get
and test new -seed.
8. Change your seed corn every few
years for the same , reason that a
breeder changes his bulls.
Beet foliage should be twisted off
with the hands matead of cutting it
off with a knife, as there is less risk
of bleeding.
IN TEN YEARS
500 Dollars
g± invested at 3% will amount to $697.75
If invested at 4%, interest com-
pounded quarterly, will
amount to $744,28
But 1f invested in our 61/2%
Debentures will amount to$560.20,
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Loan Company,
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INTERN:A:TIONA•L' LESSON. e.
OCTOBER 5.
John and Peter Become Biseiples of
Jesus -John 1: 29.42, Golden ;
Text, John 1: 43.
V. 29. "John" is, of course, John
the Baptist, 'reboot whom this story is
told. Jahn, the disciple and after-
ward the great apostle, is not men-
tioned in this lesson by name, but it
is supposed that he and Andrew were".,,
the two disciples' of John the Baptist
mentioned in v. 35 (compare v. 40).
It le most interesting to learn from
this narrative that they and others
who afterward followed Jesus had
been attracted by the preaching of His
great forerunner. John the Baptist's
preaching as like that • of th Old
Testament prophets, full o8 zeo4 for
righteousness and of the expee atdon
of the speedy coming of the Saviour.
The hope of the prophets had been
long delayed but never abandoned.
There were many in Judea and Galilee
in' those clays who were looking and
waiting with passionate longing for
the Saviour, who would deliver them
from their foreign oppressors and
restore the 'ancient kingdom. • John
the Baptist declared that the time was
at hand.
But, like the prophets, he believed
and preached that the preparation for
the coming of the Saviour purist be by
repentance. For only the righteous
could enter into His kingdom. His
first act would be one of judgment,
and He would destroy all sinners.
Now, when he recognizes in Jesus the
One whose coining he had foretold,
he calls Him "The Lamb of God." He
must have been thinking either of the
lamb offered in daily sacrifice at the
temple, or of the Passover lamb, both
of which represented to the Jewish
mind the removal 00 forgiveness of
sin and the saving grace of God. The
Passover' stood always associated with
the deliverance from Egypt. - John
thinks first, not -of the kingdom which
he expects the Christ will establish,
but of the taking away of sin. Every-
thing, he knew, depended upon that.
For where silt remained there could be.
no salvation. Christ';, kingdom could
only come in the fullness of its power
when sin was banished.
We may suppose that John the Bap-
tist.tvas-here (vs. 20-34) talking to a
group of his disciples. Ile points out
Jesus to then' as Jesus is approach=
ung. This is the Saviour Christ of
whom be had been telling them, and
upon whom he had seen the dove des-
cending after His baptism. He would
have them believe in and follow Jesus.
He wood not have known Him, he
°'aid, but for the sign of the dove, and -
yet there is evidence that he had
known Jesus as a kinsman of blame-
less life before this event. -See the
stories of the baptism in Matthew,
Mark and Luke.
V, 37, "Tire two disciples." Jesus
invited then to come to Ibis dwelling,
and they spent the day in conversation
with Hiro. This was ilia beginning of
an acquaintance which was tee tr0n1-
form their lives.
It is remarkable that John, who
is the writer of this Gospel, gives
the name of one of these two disciples,
but not of the other. He says also in
v. 41 that Andrew "first findeth his
own brother Simon," and the sugges-
tion conveyed by the words "first"
and "his own" is, appal/el/11y, that the
Other unnamed.discipie also :found and
brought a brother to Jesus.
Who was the other disciple? Read-
ers of the Gospel story have a1•most
unanimously replied "John himself."
This seems most likely to be the true
answer. John modestly withholds his
own name. But just -as Andrew found
and brought Simon, eo John found and
brought James. It was Jesus who
gave to Simon the surname "Cephas,"
which in Aramaic means "stone," and
of which the. Greek equivalent is
Petros, from which we get "Peter."
Jesus recognized the sturdy sltrengbh
oe tlots Galilean fisherman, and it was
not long after thismeeting when He
ealled him to be His follower. To
Jahn and James He gave the name
"Boanerges," whioh means "eons of
thunder," recognizing in them the
fiery passion and eloquence which_
made them famous in after years.
The home of Peter and John was
Bet'irsaitla on the lake of Galilee, a lit-
tle north of Oapernaum. Later, a1
the time of Jesus' nielstry in Galilee,
Peter was married and living ill
Oapernaum. Both were fishermen.
Their education was that of the pious
Jewish hoarse and school, in which they
would learn much of the history and
moral teachings of the Old Testament.
The language spoken was Aramaic, a
sister tongue to the Hebrew, but in
the school they may have learned some
Hebrew, as Jewish children in Jewish
schools still do. They were not, of
course, highly eduoateo, and the learn-
ed Jeers, of that time would have Dal -
led: them "unlearned and ignorant
men" (Acts 4: 13), but they load the
elementary knowledge of, the syna-
gogue school, and they appear to have
also learned to speak the 'Greek lan-
guage, which was widely used in the
world' of that day. The father of John
and Jiames la mentioned int- Matt, 4: 21
-mod Mark 1: 20, and -their mother,
Salome, In Mark 15°ha: 40 and 16: 1,
The •only animal that le really dumb.
is the gimaffe, which is unable to make
any sound whatever. 9
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