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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1924-02-14, Page 6N The Constructionof, the Hotbed. Many of the Most popular veger- tables, such as tomatoes,eggplanto peppers, celery, and of our best flow- �, ers, are of southertl origin and re- A TIAPPY 1t1JU:iYTON. quire a longer growing season than necessary. The hotbed ie now ready "Ri lit, ho:l We mast not stand this climate ermits. B starting for the soil. This should be of good g plants' p ni 'six'' to 'fertility and of such a. texture that here idly, Let's get liiisy and become now be placed on the frame and care fully closed so that the heat will be retained and the bed time brought to a high temperature' as soon"as 'poste sible, After about two days. the sash should be removed and the • manure tramped thoroughly and watered' if THE CHILDREN'S HOUR. Address cornmunlcatietto W A, ronotnisi, 7E Adotaide St. West, Toronto' such in the hotbed frq Q .. - eight weeks earlier than it is safe to it will not bake, If seed is to be sown reef ctereei , ' If the lamb is chilled, the mouth plant out -doors, and later transplant- directly in the hotbed, five or six soon as. they found Bruin gone from :HANDLING THE YOUNG LAMBS,' inches of soil will be required, but if the trap. "Who will help me?" cold,and you fail to get him warmed .ing to the open, the required growing • q 1'I—i will -I " . chorused Frankie Our expexieizee. has shown that the ,d flats t b used two inches , up, simply immerse Ives " said Roily Rabbit .as ewes that are in the best flesh and warm water and hold him y condition in the fail are the ones that warmthoroughlywarm. The tables as radish, lettuce, cabbage and sown until the temperature in the hot- squirrel. e + eater part iseighty "We will let wise Frankie Fox be breed first and what is more essential,'iflower may be started early and bed has fallen to between ei ht and .__,our thief " said Roll " ..., V}water should be simply warm, noten lost thus reach development much sooner ninety degrees Fahrenheit. After sow , y He is always breed larger k We believe many lambs have be have heal eel: masters say they P the temperature must be care- sa clever at finding out seci�ets." "Would. rattle: have one good single lamb, than .twins." With any well- that would not seem hot to the human! The only really satisfactory lova-, the lights s s _ou _e r p cared -for flock this is a great mistake.: hand might prove fatal to it. Tho tion for a hotbed is one with a 'south-', ventilation. When the plants appear several trips out among the trees, he Our experience has shown for manyg said• "It is ust as Roll Rabbit P hand will stand much hotter water, ern exposure, protected from north` the frame should be kept aired suffi- J y years that we get far greater returns than our own bodies will. Any person' and west winds and unshaded to ad-! ciently to prevent weak spindly thought first. Bruin went in that di- from tbe ewes having twins. he water in his mit a maximum amount of sunlight. growth, although the plants must not rection," pointing off toward the east. Now, for the care of the ewe and bath has tempered t get chilled or be frozen. Water should His tracks seem to follow a man's tub to the hand and then jumps It may be made either above or below and he must have been led awaywith young lamb. First, provide a clean, + .' be applied carefully, as too much will into it, has done, just as I have done ground as'desired. The former re- PP y' a rope. We will follow them until we dry place for the ewe to lamb. While many times, jumped out.again very quires more manure, the latter more; make for damping -off. conditions. The p a warm lace is certainly desirable, with ua how. labor to construct. Tf above ground, soil, however, should be kept damp find him, and then plan some way of P quickly. If this is truegettinghim yet we feel a clean, dry place means more so with the little new-born; the bed should be situated where there` and this,..: together with sufficient air, away from the man. I much light, and proper heat, will promote am sure Bruin did not go away with= out being forced." "So am I," chirped the little iquir- realeTympanitis. rel. "He was dreadfully afraid the cattle, ,9,246,231 compared with 9,719, - Th' would come before we got back, 869 a This form of bloat is present in and he did. $ut I ran lust as fast decrease of 478,638; sheep, 2,- to a depth of about eighteen inches many cattle stables during the. long as I could." 758,860 compared with 8,265,525, a and the cavity should be at least two winter period when cattle are stand- "You did your best, and if we ares decrease of 509,665; swine, 4,405,816 feet wider and longer than ilr+rirame ing in. Some animals may be affect- careful we may find Bruin before it ompa Qdowith'8 915,6845,469,292 4, a n. increase to be used. This operation is best ed by this form of.digestive trouble, .gets• zk," answered' Ro done during the previous autumn; as- while others living under identical by the use of too hot water. The lit- than if the seed were sown in se him in a pail of season may be obtained. Furthermore, see a s aro o e , Fol t there until li the use of the Hotbed such vege-will be sufficient. No seed should be ,Willie Woodchuck and the little; the • ing, mp Frankie had 'looked ever tie .lamb is very tender and water open. I fully observed and if it gets too high Aftery- 1 1' 1 t h ld b raised to rovide thing over carefully and had made more than the -warmth. The wise shepherd will pass through his flock very often and note each in- dividual carefully as lambing time comes on, A wrong presentation is a good drink of his mother's milk not unusual. A normal presentation down him, his chances are certainly is . the front feet with the nose and good. head immediately following. Some- Lambs should be docked and gelded times the hind feet appear first in )'Cl't 11. There are two is case. Should they be or three reasonsthis; 1 lamb. Now, in every case, get a: is no danger of water standizzg at. the'rowth, dr lit of the mother's milk down the time; if below, the situation; should be'satisfactory growth. little lamb as soon as possible. When; naturally well drained, or drainage C a little lamb gets up on his feet and, would have to be provided.. With this latter type, the soil should be removed 'HOME COMFORT RANGES And all repairs from factory only: $90:00 plus tax, freight prepaid in Ontario. Wrought Iron Range Co., Limited 149 King $t. W., Toronto. Live Stock in Canada. Dominion -wide statistics indite that there were fewer horses, mules, cattle, and sheep in Canada at the end of 1923 than in 1922 and more swine and poultry. The figures supplied are: Horses, in 1923, 8,530,641 com- pared with 8,648,871 in 1922, a de- crease of 118,280; mules, 8,722 com- pared with 9,202, .a decrease.of 480; this Be sure the bottoms of the while quite small. the So off the started Fr n11ie Fox `pared with 42,930,562, an increase of feet are turned up for first it is often quite practical to start a nervous system is not so fully deve- q p conditions are nota The affected: -ani- first, then Roily Rabbit, then Willies 2,538,750. Horses and she have del otherwise, the shepherd, whose hands, y e hotbed before the frost is out of the. mal boats up after feeding,,but gena creased in every province excepting e first been carefully washed and. oped m a very young animal and any Woodchuck, and trotting along behind. British Columbia; have zncreas- hav Y - operation of this kind is much easier ground to a depth of 18 inches. With e'raliy not to an extent to require'was the little squirrel. Every few • ed in Ontario ad cattleBritish Columbia, disinfected, and with finger nails close q the above -ground type the site merely 1 uncture and relief by trocar and' minutes Frankie would sniff the earth• ly cut, and having thoroughly greased borne and recoveryis much uieker. P but have decreased in ever other pro-. Then,too, it is much better to get this requires levelling, which. may be done : cannula. A purgative will generally and nod his head, but they never stop- { vince • .swine have decreased in. New the hand with some soft, clean grease,,+ a +i,a .;,tet. before warm weather in the spring as well as any time. t give relief, provided the chronic ped. 1 ' should care' using plenty of time get the fetus turned over and probably all will be well. We have had the front feet come first O.K., but the head turned back. This simply means untold suffering and final death to both ewe and off - comes on and flies become troublesome. Some prefer to leave the tails on the wether lambs for convenience in sort- ing in the fall. But the flock looks more sash three feet wide. It should Columbia but have decreased in the effective in relieving this i The frame may be made of filch and !bloating has been caused by indi es- , r Brunswick and Nova Scotia, but have b g g After a while it became dark midi • a half or two inch lumber. The most tion, and not by tuberculosis of the they could go• no further. So they all increased in all the other'provinces; of the required length to useoneor The following dosage has been curled up in a little nest of leaves by Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British g. g a big tree and went to sleep. Early convenient size is six feet' wide and pulmonary lymphatic glands. poultry have increased in Ontario, much nicer if all have been nicely foundvery 1 n the morning they started on their be from ten to twelve inches high at form of bloat: one pound of Epsom, way again. But Frankie Fox had Maritime Provinces, Quebec and docked. The excrement of the young the front and, if six feet wide, sixteen! salts, one-halfounce of powdered Bar- I slept so hard he just couldn't remem- Manitoba. These figures do not in - lamb is of such a sticky, gluey na- to eighteen at the back This slope' bados aloes; one ounce of powdered ber how Bruin's tracks 'smelled, and! elude the live stock on Indian reserves. ture that their tails sometimes will ' f pring, unless assistance is given. In allows ram water, to run off easily , ginger, and one pint of molasses. Stir Elis case, after proper preparation as (become so stuck down to the body and, as the hotbed should face south, all for five minutes and give as a 'rove described, the shepherd ,should, { that movement of the bowels is i d a greater degree of sunlight is oh- drench. After the operation of the t king plenty of time and with great; possible and the lamb will droop , tained than if the top were: level. The purgative see that the feed is suffi care, force back the fetus and follow-; die unless assistance es given. Soft' sash must fit snugly and the frames ciently succulent to favor easy diges- ing up until it is well back and while grease applied to the wool will help r be so constructed that_.they . can be tion. Roots silage and clover are most the hand is yet there carefully bring greatly; but dock, and dock short, and raised or lowered as ventilation is useful in keeping the alimentary tract the head forward and usually the: the job is done and all further trouble needed. ' in good condition. The use of linseed t"ouble is over. Sometimes, but verylis is avoided. Fresh horse manure, as free from meal and Tauber salts mixed with « rarely, the rump may try to come first One thing we have found about the g "I'm so hungry, I must find some your soul. They are merely engines, and the ewe labor for hours and even eyes:of sheep and lambs that many straw as possible, is the only sans -'the feed morning and night—a hand-: berries," he said.. "I'll slip out quietly that will run if you give them enough farmers seem not to have found. Both factory kind, for a hotbed, and, that ful of each—is good practice should' and not get far away.". of the right kind of fuel, and will days with no visible presentation-andand lambs often suffer greatly from grain fed animals is preferable. there b, any indication that the Self- Nearby he found a fine patch of stop and rust if you don't. finally die. The remedy is obvious. sheep For a bed six feet square, one. and a eral feeding is not laxative eiiough.iblackberries and when busily' Insert the hand, force back the fetus' from troubles with the eye and unless half to two tons is required. It should Potassium bi-carbonate,powdered' munch sof- in them right in the middle of the pi ginger p gentianvery patch, he steped on'something that be secured and'fled near the Site a iii er and:powdered are week or more before it is to be used ` useful as a tonic to tone up the di caught his foot and made him fall soon they were off the trail and lost. I A recent survey of the hog popula- All day long they wandered among; tion of Prussia shows a substantial the trees, and it was . a weary and j increase, the number now on hand discouraged group that curled up on• totalling 9,460,000, as compared with a bed of leaves that night. 8,683,936 a year ago. To be a good farmer you must feed your mind, your body, your soil, and Bright and early the next morning, just as the sun was getting up, the little squirrel got up too. and secure a normal presentation j. -the water runs down in quantities either way. I ficient to saturate the wool the owner. Nearly all farmers, we feel sure, are will not know it. A short time since, -in far too great haste to help, as they we bought a flock of pure bred Oxford think, in the delivery. First, be sure' ewes and the owner thought he was and turned as soon as it beginsto gestive system and thereby aid in the "Ouchie, owl" said the little squir- heat, thus ensuring even heating and prevention of chronic- bloat or tym- rel, rubbing his bruised knee. "What uniform texture. Four. or five days panitis. Use equalparts of each, mix the presentation is normal and then, a good caretaker. But we found sev after turning, the manure should be well and. give.one ounce at the be - go away and leave nature alone.for at' eral of the ewes with a perfect ring evenly heated and ready for the hotel ginning of the feed three times a day. least three or four hours. The parts ` of tickle -grass surrounding the eye- bed. Should chronic bloating continue after need plenty of time to expand and, ball and under the lids which, of yield sufficiently for the delivery, and course, caused great irritation and great injury and even death may re-, much suffering. We found, many years sult from too great haste. ago, that small lambs often suffer If present when the lambs are drop- from having (please note carefully) inches deep and each layer thorough- from dust: water thoroughly when ped, avoid handling as much as pos- , the under eyelid simply turn in with ly tramped. The depth of manure reel the plants need water rather than a Bible, but be sure they are properly the lashes against the eyeball. Not quired depends upon when the hotbedI little every' day.' cleaned up and dried. Next examinee a year passes that we do not find is made. If made'early, two to two Y When fed to horses in large quanti- the ewe's udder and 'see the milk many of them. The remedy is simple; and a half feet are necessary, but if„ ties, wheat is apt to develop digestive starts readily from both teats. A very simply draw down and,turn out the made` during the latter part of March, I disturbances and also cause skin little stoppage in the end of the teat i lid and usually it will stay, but occa- one foot will be found sufficient.I eruptions. The best plan to follow will discourage the weak lamb and; sionally it may require many times. After manure has been placed to the t in giving the grain to horses is to We ' once hada case where it would proper p putquantities only. in much trouble jro er de th the frame should be feed in moderate It may, and with many farmers not stay and the iamb was going blind, on and more manure banked 'around', Grind it coarsely and mix with some does, often occur in cold weather that so we simply clipped that portion of the outside of it up to the top and at- other bulky feed like branor chopped the new born lamb becomes chilled and' the lid off and effected a cure at once. least one foot wide. The lights should hay or straw. dies. In the case of chilled lambs, we j We have one just now that we fear rise the warm water treatment. We, we will have to treat in the same way. found this treatment almost by acci-; This niay seem cruel, but really it is dent many years ago and have had , far more humane than permitting the some most remarkable experiences terrible irritation to be continued. This The bed of manure sholikelVejak.4eatment the tuberculin test should Ieast one foot wider every way ftith'irte; applied to the animal: the frame to be placed upon it.. It- is --� laid down evenly in layers about .six! Keep house plants clean and free with it, completely resoringams we i l t l t lambs seldom occurs m lambs over two weeks flock oun lambs in which I did championship forte we time in of some poor beginner will describe not find some sunering in this way. The New Wheat Champion or had thought dead. We will not stop old,Canada has secured theworld wheat f but I think I have never examined e twelfth to relate them here, but for the benefit { a ofy g •the process. I —L. W Distention of Rumen. 'Every winter many good animals ire lost and many more nearly lost ithrough carelessness in the tie-up, or open. the leaving of feed bins pen. If a cow gets loose in the stable, she gen- erally manages to find the bin where the feed grains are stored and just naturally gorges herself on the con- centrated food. Can't blame the cow for eating. She knows not what trouble she is wading into by over- loading her paunch with mill chop, or grain meal.. If it is known that an animal has gorged itself, and it can generally be determined by pressing the flank with the closed fist and noting if the indent of the hand .remains for a short tune, a drench should be given at once. One and a half pounds of Epsom salts dissolved in two gallons of water should be given at a single dose and followed by kneading the left side, below the midian line vigorously to separate the compacted mass of fer-, meriting grain and allow the drench to penetrate it. Stimulants, such as aroiriatie spirits of ammonia, should be given in two -ounce doses every four hour r. Should the drench fail and the:. impacted condition continues, it can. be. relieved by a trained veter- inarian, performing the operation known Si rumenotomery. This opera- tion is performed by making an in- vision through the left flank and into the rumen, large enough to permit the entrance of the hand. The compacted grain or meal is removed in part (about two-thirds) and,the wound in the rumen sutured up with catgut, after proper antiseptic precautions have been taken, The wound through; the =set* and akin can be brought togethev with silk stitches, placed one .- • LL.w....... ISSUE No, 6-24. inch apart and through the entire thickness of the muscle. The wound should be dressed daily and kept cov- ered to protect it from insects and dust. A useful dressing lotion can zinc sulphate, 1 be made- byusing P dram; carbolic acid, 2 drams; glycer- ine, 2 ounces; water, 14 ounces, mixed together. Should this operation be at- tempted by anyone other than a train- ed veterinary surgeon, warning is given that only an antiseptic, abso- lutely clean operation will permit the animal to live, In-Breeding and Line Breeding. Having located a successful mating, one can perpetuate easily so long as the originals are breeding, but the problem begins after the first mating ceases. Shall one breed mother and son, or brother and sister, or cousins, or what is the best procedure? Our experience, so says Professor W. R. Graham of the Ontario Agrioul- tural College, in breeding birds of very close relationship, such as mother -eon or brother -sister •matings, would not warrant us recommending such a procedure. It is true that we have had some successful results, but it is likewise true that most of such matings have been very bad.. If one is anxious to breed closely, our ex- periencc would suggest a trial of any relationship, so long as the birds are vigorous, but it is not wise to depend entirely upon such a mating. A good in -bred bird will likely be a 'valuable breeder, but •sucli a bird is difficult to produce., it is very doubtful if one can say what relationship will give the best results, but to the average person it would appear to be good • advice not to breed too closely, and to look for new blood from some source where the brooding has been ,similar. • her thirteenth year of endeavor. This year a new name 'has been addedto the notable list of internationally fa- mous grain growers who have gone ono better than any one 'else, that of -Major H. G. L. Strange, of Fenn, Al- berta. The new name must also be added to that scarcely smallerlist of in - in the citymen who 'caved ' ex err P Canadian West have outstripped farm- ers of lifelong labors and arrived at the pinnacle of agricultural .. fame, proving yet again that inexperience and lack of training constitute no han- dicap to successful farming in,; the Canadian West provided a man brings the right human qualities to bear upon his task and entliusidstic- ally co-operates with Nature, who' is so kindly disposed to that area, - A civil engineer becomes added to the list already containing a tailor, a market gardener, and a book -stall clerk: Major Strange's achievement is . to be considered the more remarkable and a tribute alike to his own ster- ling qualities as to the fruitful proper- ties of • Western Canadiansoil and climate, since his entire farming car- eer has been crowded into a mere four years, The Major had a.notable war record with the British Imperial forces and has only turned his atten- tion to farming since his discharge. Previous to enlisting for war service he was manager for a gas company in Hawaii and, during the period of conflict, an expert in the poison gas section. ntOilM'D TO SETTLE IN CANADA':. On leaving the army and facing the common problem of demobilized meet, of where to go and the best course to pursue in the 'necessity of tatting up the threads of life in a sadly disar- ranged world, Major Strange decided for the Canadian West and for mixed farming: lie secured a farm in the famed Central Alberta region end concentrated on the production of elite seed and pure-bred livestock and poul- try with evident success. He has ex- hibited twice previously at the Chicago International, and this year it should be noted that in addition to the su- preme wheat award he secured the la Pocatiere, Quebec, Experimental first place for yellow field peas. Station, consisted of corn and sun- Major Strange, from the outset of flower silage, roots, and mixed hay. his endeavors, has had only one object To this was added a meal mixture of in view -the achievement of the best . oats, corn, bran, distillers' grains, and possible in all the lines of agricultural oil' cake._This 'ration was fed at the his fate of one pound of the mixture for He has r hefollowed. reduction P own implements for the production of every four pounds of milk produced special first generation seeds. With a by the individual cow. 22 -inch separator he threshes out was that? Why! It is Bruin's hand- kerchief, for it has his name on it." Scampering back to his friends, he told them of his' find and soon they were all, on the right trail again. It was`, just an hour before they came upon Bruin :sleeping by a log. "Buzz-zz-zz! Buzz -z!" He was snor- ing so he never heard them. Frankie Fox got a long blade of, grass and tickled his ear, and Willie Woodchuck tickled his nose with a? little twig. But when the squirrel { tickled his toe, he jumped up with a start. "Well, where did you all come from?" blinked . Bruin, rubbing his eyes. - Then Roily told him all about the dreadful time they had finding him, and Bruin told them about the man and how the little boy had unfastened his chain. With his sharp little knife, Rolly cut off Bruin's nuzzle and they all started home, happy to be together again. A satisfactory winter ration for dairy cows kept at the Ste. Anne de small lots at the rate of about a rack- ful at a time. He is very much in- terested in hogs • and has imported from England a number of the "large black" variety, which he claims was the original bacon type. At present he is believed to be the only breeder' of this type of hog in Canada. He is an equal enthusiast in poultry, and' trap -nests every one of his birds. DEVOTES TIME TO PUBLIC AFFAIRS, The pursuit. of agricultural perfec- tion has not engrossed Major Strange to: the exclusion of devoting his ability to public service, and, on the contrary, he visions in such work better and more profitable farming. Hee is the president of the Alberta Seed Grow- ers' Association and the representa- tive for Western Canada on. the Do minion Advisory Seed Board. He is at the same time the secretary for the Alberta Poultry Breders' Association, of which body he is a very active member, It is no mere ,coincidence that so many city -trained men rise to the greatest Heights of •agricultural honor in Western Canada. The land of the Prairie Provinces is virgin, fertile and full of promise, to be made productive to the extent of the human endeavor and intelligence applied. 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