HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1923-03-22, Page 6"Feeling?, For Layers
This method is about as certain as the trap nest---Expert-
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Address communications to Agronomist, 73 Adelaide St.. West, Toronto
By L. STEVENSON' ONTARIO DEPT. OF AG1tICULTURE
K. of drthe you please explain the confront the man or woman who The writer carried on a series of 'crates. for two weeks produced the
action
s of bacteria in relation to soil' wet,%s on e land. If things axe not experiments with poultry "whelt can same high grade of fresh, Following
fertility? i clearly thought omit and provision neoted with The Agricultural Experi- is the feed cost of an eight -pound
Answer:—Tile action ofbacteria in made for ,obtaining the seeds and meat Station for Vancouver island, two ounce capon:
the soil is to bring about the decays other material needed to insure the Sidney, $.C., and presents the follow- reed cost to rear to end of
of the organic natter and so reducer •greatest success, when the'spring, ing notes ., amopg those worthy of third month . • • 21,54
it to a condition that it can be used rush comas it may be too late, consideration; Feed cost to rear during fourth
as food by plants. In the process .of There is such a difference in the Determination of Egg -Laying. month • , • .. • • • .. , • • • : • , 16.2
decay, acids are created which make, quality of seeds of various kinds and'
Feed cost to rear during fifth
plant food available. The nodules en varieties of vegetables that this' A test was made. of the feelingmonth ' 13,17
,
legtuninous plants are caused by bac- should be considered when ordering• method, to determine its aecuracy. Feed cost to rear during sixth
tel making possilble the utilization; Take, for instance, the onion. The, Thirtyhens that were under trap- , 21:2
of nitrogen from the air. This nitro- seed of this vegetable loses its ger.' nest record were ' subjected to the Fee ontost to rear .........rev
if f l' recess for eight days. Janu-
gen, and, in fact, all soil nitrogen urinating power very rapidly, an ee lug p
occurring as plant or animal remains,' one obtains old seed, or uses old seed say 17 to 24.
cannot be utilized by succeeding crops that one has on hand, there niay be The results of "feeling" were check:
until it has gone through preparatory few, if any, plants germinate. More- ed up 'and tallied perfectly with the
processes. First, it is broken down over, even if some plants grow, • there "trapnesting," indicating that : it is
to ammonia, then built up to nitrite, may not the enough to insure a geed quite possible for any careful person
and then to nitrate, the form in which stand, particularly if the root mag- to determine which hens are laying
erops take it from the soil. These gots happen to be bad. Soriz'etimes, by feeling the bird for the presence
b f th
processes depend entirely upon ;soil also, the onion seed bought may e , o e e g
bacteria, I from strains which require a longer morning before she leaves the perch, wholesale, leaving $1.11,79 per bird.
E. N. B.:—I understand 'that sweet warm season for development than we The method also has an advantage in From. this we can deduct 20 cents, the
clover sometimes introduces from 40 have in many parts of Canada, and that it eliminates the necessary COD,- price paid for the bird as
a
day-old
-old
to 50 pounds of nitrogen per acre and the result will be a large proportion finement of the birds in a "trapnest"chick, and have 91.79 cents per bird
also supplies humus -forming material.' of 'thicknecks•. (Seed that will geimin-; for a period which isfregpentlylonger. for labor and shelter. ,
Would it be a good plant to grow to ate we11, and its special strain or se- I than is actually required to produce Handling Baby Chicks.
a
be turned down as a green manure? , lection, are very important with other an egg In another experiment a thousand
Answer—Sweet clover would un -,kinds of vegetables also; the greatest The great disadvantage of the feel-
-day-old clucks were procured from
'doubtedly prove a very excellent difference perhaps (being in strains• of ing method is that it is impracticable two reliable local breeders, e first
green manure, but on account of its : cauliflower, cabbage, and tomato, but for pedigree breeding-; inasmuch that c1437. they remained in the incubator,
high value as a food for live stock it also such staple crops as beets, car the eggs from individual birds cannot
• would seem unwise to turn it under in, rots, parsnips and turnips
the crop stage. Dealing with this; in shape and trueness to type, and in
very question at an agricultural con-. other ways. If care is taken to order
ferenoe held at Winnipeg, Dr. Gris-. seeds frons a reliable source, and r to
and on the second day they were
vary much' be recorded. 1
in the •oviduct, in the early.
enth month 21.3
Feed cost to rear during eighth
month . 23.4
Feed cost to rear during De-
cember, 20 days •' .. 14.4
Total feed •cost
These birds were sold for $2.43 each,
transferred to the brooder, but were
a Experiments With Capons. (not fed until forty-eight hours old.
Thirty cockerels were operated ; on;
The following hints on general treat -
when twelve weeks old. These -birds ment are given:
dale, .Deputy Minister of Agricultureget, not the 'cheapest, but the best, the were a thrifty and well -grown lot, Do not chill or overheat the chick-
for Canada, pointed out that where difference in price between the best averaging 2114. pounds in weight. After ens, or disastrous' results will follow.
sweet clover can be grown success- seed and the ordinary will be repaid caponizing they were kept under the If,they pant they are too hot, and if
dully, and the grower understands how; many times in the satisfaotoxy' crop same conditions as the -cockerels. Thethey huddle together they are not
to handle it, it would seem profitable!. that is obtainedprovided that it is feed cost for a' pound increase in warm enough.
to use it for animal food and to re-
turn the manure to the soil.
Nurse Crops for Seeding Clover.
looked after and that the season is
weight was slightly less for_ the eack-1 Do not overfeed d
wring the first
favorable. erels up to six months of ages At this week.
Careful attention to the vegetable time the cockerels and capons, weighed; Change the water daily and see
crop after the seed has germinated the same., These birds were killed for that it is perfectly clean.
Nurse crops are almost universally will do much to prevent a poor crop. Christmas trade when 264 days old, Give plenty of green food,
used when seeding clover. Their most There are cutworms, root maggots, and weighed, plucked, 8 pounds 2 Feed. sour skim milk whenever nos-
' important functions axe: to reduce the flea beetles and other insects to corn -+ounces. The percentage of offal Was Bible. ,
cost of production, of the clover ,hay bat and great vigilance is required int low, being. but 18 per cent of the Do not forget to supply charcoal,
(red clover being . a biennial or Per- order to prevent damage from being • total weight The birds were not crate grit, and shell.
ennial that produces little or no for- done rather than in trying to control fed, butwere finished on a' liberal Make all change of food and feed
age of value the first season), to shade these insects after they are well under milk ration. The quality of the •fresh ing _.gradually,
the young seedling plants from thebot
1, -ay. The poisoned bran mash is the
best t r Pe t remedyfor cutworms, anda sup-
ply
u -
ply of this should be on hand to apply
just as soon as there is the first ndi-
cation that cut -worms are about. For
was excellent, and the wholesale price
;uly and August sun, and to leave areceived was 30 cents per pound. The,
sturdy stubble that will retain the
grow and protect the clover from the
heaving action of frost.
Clean and disinfect brooder often.
Do not use damp, mouldy feed or
advantages of capamzing are that an straw.
excellent quality of flesh can be .pro. Never allow .,chicks to crowd in
duced without confining the birds in brooders or colony houses.
The cereal nurse crops in order of root maggots affecting cabbage and small feeding crates .arid the tender- Place chicks on the range in colony
their revenue-producing qualities, Cauliflower, corrosive sublimate is the flesh can be retainedto a .greater age houses, after the eighth week.
!:could usually stand: oats, barley and best remedy. Another treatment is and weight. The cockerels made dust Do not let the_coclerels and pullets
Wheat in Eastern Canada In pro- necessary for the root maggots affect- as good gains,, and when milk fed in run together on the range,
riding shade at the right time, and ing onions, which often destroy almost
,nt too din to smother the clover all, or all, of the young plants: Bul
tending er
Seedling later in the season, the order letins dealing with these insects can
Would likely be reversed: wheat, bar
ley and.oats.. In sturdiness of straw
and the ability to withstand the wea-
ther and,. hold a blanket of snow on
the field, 'the order would he: wheat,
oats and barley.
The investigational work with nurse
brops, at Charlottetown over a period
of six years, has been along two lines:
First, to determine the best rates of
/seeding nurse crops, and second, a
)comparison of different cereals 'as
nurse crops for clover.
The experiments on rates of seed-
ing nurse erops were arranged in con-
nection. with a four-year rotation,
hoed crop, grain, glover and timothy.
Four rates of seeding were used each
year with both oats and barley. The
rates used were 1%, 2, 211E and 3
bushels per acre with oats, and 1., 1112,
2 and 21/ !bushels per acre with the
barley. The returns, though not con-
clusive, re seeding for clover, were
quite' marked in the second year hay
(timothy) in favor of the light seed-
ing of the nurse crop. The rate of
11/a bushels per acre of either cereal,
gave the best average returns for the
two hay crops in the rotations. Wheni sown late, although turnips will stand
the returns from the rotations were frost.
made up as a whole, roots, grain and , --- ---
hay, seeding at the rate of 1112 bushels
per acre with oats and also withbar-
ley gave the highest average return
per acre,
The experiment with different sorts
of cereals as nurse crops was planned
also with a four-year rotation of hoed
crops, grain, clover and timothy. The
three cereals, wheat, •oats and barley
were used. The rates of seeding were;
wheat, 1% bushels; oats, 2% bushels
barley, 11, bushels. A six-year aver-
age of the hay produced, places these
in order of value as nurse crops: oats,
wheat and barley. Taking into con-
sideration the value of the hoed crops
and grain in the complete rotation,
then the average return per acre
would place them in the following
oder: oats, barley and wheat. -
Summing up then, the different fat -
tors to be considered in the selection
of a nurse crop for clover, we are
rather surprised to find that oats,
/sown at a rate that will give first'
quality seed grain, stands at the top,
with barley second and wheat third.
The results also indicate that these
cereals are all satisfactory nurse crops
when sown thick enough to produce
'the best duality of seed grain.
be obtainedfree on application to the
Publications Branch, Department of
Agriculture, Ottawa.
There is often '•a temptation to sow,
seed or set out plants too -early in the
spring, 'with the result that the 'seed
either rots in the ground, or else the early. If foliage of fruit •trees is de -
young plants are killed or badly in: stroyed, the crop for the following
jured by frost, and when a resowing year will be reduced very much,' if,.
or a replanting is made, it may be -indeed, there is any crop at' all that
year, it will have a bad effect on this
season's crop also. The tent eater-.
•pillage are increasing in Eastern Can-
ada canker worms are bad elsewhere,.
some frost—beets, carrots, lettuce, and other insects are destructive,.
onions, parsnips, peas, radishes, kohl-,. hence the trees should 'be sprayed to
rabi, garden cress, salsify, spinach, kill them before they hat=e done ap-
parsley and leeks. . preciable harm. Disease must also be
Seed best sown in hot -beds, the controlled if loss to the crop is to be
young plants from which will stand prevented. As caterpillars begin to
some frost—cabbage, cauliflower, work and diseases are active jest
celery. when the leaf buds are breaking, or
Seed to be sown after danger of have broken, the spray materials
frost is over unless it is planned to should be an !land and the pump in
protect the plants—beans, corn, cu- good order to begin spraying. Spray
cumbers, melons, potatoes and squash. calendars can be obtained from the
Seed of late cabbage is not sown until Dominion and Provincial departments
May, but the plants will endure frost, ,giving best formulas to use and times
end seeds of swede turnips should be to spray, with information about the
inseots and 'diseases to be destroyed.
The conservation of moisture in the
Seeds- sownin hot -beds, the plants
from which will not stand frost*
melons, egg plants and peppers. These
plants require a longer wain season.
than most plants, hence the necessity
of starting them in hot -beds. '
In: order to prevent serious losses of;
^tie fruit crop it is important to begin,
too late to obtain good crops.,:, The
following hints may be of, service:—
Seed to. be sown early in spring, the
young plants from which will stand
N,
Poor Fruit and Vegetable Crops How
to Avoid Them.
The long Canadian winter gives
farmers, fruit growers, market gard-
ener.e and dwellers in cities and townie
alnidant time to think over the work
of the coming growing season; and to
Plan how to snake use ortheir time
xn order to obtain the best ,possible
`Daps; ixlt sometimes opportunity
rieglooted, and suff'ieiiemt thought is
riot gi' en to the `litany prohlenia Whinit
early part of the season' is important
if we areto prevent a 'loss. o&crop.
,.Just at blooming time, and when the
fruit is setting, it is necessary to have
a good supply of moisture in the
ground, to insure the fruit setting
'should;the weather be hot and dry at
that season. Hence, early cultivation
to conserve moisture and warm up the
soil, so that growth will be active and.
there will be a flow of sap tothe set-
ting fruit, is very necessary.
Dander From Gasoline.
The writer happened recently upon
an advertisement which began sone -
thing after this fashion: "If a quart
of gasoline - will carry your Ford a
distance- of four miles how far will
one gallon of it carry' the roof of your
h!a'tvse?"- Certainly, here is food for
reflection! Plenty of people there rare -
who never stop to figure it out until
after the explosion carries roof and
walls and everything else before it.
The danger of using gasoline for
cleaning or other purposes, lies not
so much in its being inflammable as in
the fact that its vapor, when mixed
with air in the proper proportions,
is highly expressive. A slight draft
will carry the vapor •oftentimes to an
Therrobacco al ��1r
Veas®
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and in packages
open flame, and ignition, with explo-
sive effect, will occur, regardless of
the fact that one considered oneself
sufficiently removed from such to be
in no danger.
We recall a disastrousfire whigh oc-
curred
in a country town and which
was due to the fact that two men
sought to empty -a barrel of gasoline
into an underground tank. They were
working in the open air unmindful of
the fact that the wind was blowing
direotiy from them toward the build-
ing where double dooms stood ajar.
Gasoline vapor was carried into the
building and found its lamas to an open
fire at the far end. The explosion
which followed blew the whole side of
the building out, let the roof fall in
and more speedily than it takes to tell
it the entire structure was a mass of
seething flames. This is the time of
year when gasoline for cleaning pur-
poses is used oftentimes within doors
because of inelement - conditions -out-
side. It should be remembered that
the cooking or heating stove, the ker-
osene lamp or anything else of this
kind: offers the spark whichwill set
off the explosion -should the gasoline
vapor mix with the air in just the
right proportions. Be careful -
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l+ oting Sap • inn *astnLtarf' reeeptaelan, and the upped'. lett-hsnd plafure shoWW the scientific 111,010d4 of handling syrup,
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