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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1920-12-16, Page 3Address communications to Agrcnamist, 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto. ESSENTIALS FOR WINTER Eggs ! ed in the winter. Galvanized pails Tho , problem' of obtaining winter Placed on wooden stands make a clean . eggs centres in the rneking of cotldi- .source, of supply, as they are not tions as' near like sprints; .as possible scratched full of litter.•I. mpt.y thein in tho winter laying -house. The floor every r.ig.'rtt so they will nut freeze. of the poultry house is ,,the winter •ower end :spring a Icale. Change the range; of ehe hen and there she must water ft•cclueritly enough to keep the • find conditions, conducive . to health,' Pails frr'e from ice. Some poultry - and fo;;J for egg prchluction, c,r zhe 11nn give wt;rrnt water to the birds in cannot, 'ay- • ' , :the. wwirsie •while -others userw asei l I ar.: t, early -hatched . pullets vire t. `en, ea flan the well. Both neem necessary for' the best . results. They • to liave success .if the water is clean are the best 'machine for turning out' ar,d 'rhat:ged often eniuglt so that winter eggs. Then the rafion must the birds always have a fresh supply contain animal food. This can be sup- ' before them. plied by using beef scrap in the dry ` The best grain ration we have used mall: or by feeding .plenty of sour' 1n. the winter consists of equal parts milk. Green feted- is a ton-ic' for the ' of corn .and wheat. When this is .fed birds, rued' needed to' keep them in the in a. sleep litter the birds will ewarm right cundition for' laying. It can lee after it rind it is good: for egg pro- supplied in the form of mangels, cut duction to' keep 'them scratching for clover, cabbages or sprouted oats. a couple of hours every morning and At ,the present price of oats, • the to send them to bed each night with an ' ge.ts arse e most economical as c'rap3. are a goo , Nee- e • , 61, m h fa ll Oats d egg feed s_ a source of green fled and ruancels are used can be fed first as the the hest. . Charcoal, oy-ter shells and grit must be supplied in hoppers to help out in producing these spring condi- tions which are needed. The char- coal,is good for the digestive system when -the 'birds are eating heavily to obtain the ingredients necessary to •make eggs. The oyster shells fur- nish lime to make strong egg shells. The grit is needed by the hen to grind her food. There are many farm flocks theet stiffer during the winter for a lack of grit. A clean dry litter is important. There the farmer throws the scratch grain to make the birds exercise. The scratching for grain helps to keep them warm on cold winter days and tunes up their physical being in the same manner that they are stimu- lated when scratching on the grassy' range during the spring and sum- mer. Straw makes a good litter and it should be dry and deep. A sunny poultry house gives the litter a chance to keep dry. A dark and damp poul- try house means that the litter will be damp and t.Iie birds will not en- joy working for grain in such a mix- ture. Lice and mites can thrive even in the winter and must be controlled if winter eggs are expected. Colds must he prevented by keeping the birds vigorous and isolating any in- 'dividtials that show signs of cold by the eyes becoming swollen. If cabbages but the birds do not like oats as well the cabbages as wheat. They will eat more oats mangels keep if they are boiled or soaked over night. • - and placed in the poultry house in galvanized pails. CANADA'S CHAMPION EGG -PRODUCER. "Scotia's Red Rose," the single comb Rhode I,.1snd Red owned by C. 11. McMullen, Truro, N.S., which won the chanipioniship of 'the Dominion at the Annual Exhibition of the Colckes ter. Pet Stock Association. This Ilea laid 221 eggs in twelve months. The amount of feed to give poultry ----- - -- - - --- - -. -- • . The best winter quarters for thee:: i3 a shed in a dry location partly,•op .1 to the south, ::o that it :er.'_.:criele air and the fleck Should he e :vet! range of the yard cont nuaily--aft old. motto is `•Never close a doott upon a sheep." They should be fed w*, inter rat hse. after the ground freeees. rs grass then has • but litt:e .r e c•ir.hing porter. Plenty of 'green feed &ter in t'ie. form of rape, clean turner tops or roots, is relished 'at~ dill sea: or. and only such hay a 3 wiil he eaten up elg lut should be given. The hay- is Lk'st fe+ in reeks. S`.-•4* eitep-hErds .1 prefer a rack 'into wn:e'i. thee sheep can get heat', °there, • il:Jfuui r: the v iter, prefer '..ere a :,h ..shits placed just far enenigh apart to enahie the sheep to enter its nee avid pull the hay 'cut.' A little ha` is pyllle:l out under foot in this' Way, but ie°ss is' wt aste+i than where the sheep get a chance to get their 'heede in ' erel muss the whole lot. When :-beep en- ter their heads into a reel they in- variably tear the wool ' aIong • their "neck '.and spoil. their appearance,• as well' as the neck wool. Whether or not some grain should be fed during November. December, and January is a question that must be decided by the sheep caner hint ,self. If the hay is young -cut,, well cured and with plenty of cover and the.sheep are in good condition, grain. l is unnecessary. Succulent feed res above mentioned should, however, be provided. After tops are done turnips should be fed daily at the rateof frcn 2' to 4 pounds -per he:e} per day. As the winter passes a grain mix- ture of oats 8 parts, bran 2 parts and ,'oil cake one part; should be started, gradually increasing the daily anew- V ance up to fiem ore to two pounds per head, and the turnips may be gradually decreased as there is ,a tendency. for the •lainbs to develop. • . rather large and weak if the turnip • • ration is heavy. However, some sheep men seem to have the hest of luck in the. winter is only limited by the . diet./.in. their - v without first • win- Choir age. They do not yet see ,the amount they will eat. There is noth ning their confidence.f i:rtportence of rifles' and fair clay-- ging gained by half -feeding the fleck.", One of the peculiarities of this age; their'enly object is to win. as that places them in a e'onditinn ' of activity awl mischief is that the.; ' Maria for Collecting.where they are unable to pay for' children cannot think of enough things! „- what they do: cat. If they can not; to do. We constantly hear them say -1 Another almost universal epos,. be madeprofitable on full r`atiotts; ing,they g stones. uhich Wray .be turned to good I as t 1 y stand kickin stones. account is the child's mania for col - they, cannot be •made to pay at all.,;' pinching one companion while thea lecting. If a parent or teacher shows The dry mash in a hopper insures a make. faces at another: ''Aw, what'll, interest andgires a few si ggcstions, plentiful- supply of feed containing' we do now?" It is in res onse to' p children may supplement their nature the elements of egg itroduction. This. this query that the looking -on grown study with- very interesting collections is supplemented each day with the , up may very tae'e:fully and with proper land classifications- of stones, kir.ds of grain ration fed in the litter and any; humility, make suggestions. If the wood. leaves, grains, seeds, send poo table scraps which may be available. ! suggestions are well taken. the cleilet and ether things. With the same in- Then the birds are sure of enough to dren will be disposed to listen next, terest they will keep bird lists and i in 's • means that they will -not overeat • of eat of a balanced rat on and this time s ometh g r proposed. weather charts. The most noticeable thing about the child of this age is his growing body, Children love growing things and any one food and they will keep in healthful condition. and the parent does not live who 'does i a i la s• espee ally ii they reel a If possible, separate thesense of possession in them. A jarh, p pullets not wish his child to develop a strong from 'the hens in the laying-houst and well-proportioned form and if of minnows caught in the stream will, t interest them, and of course a cat: It is essential for the best results as left entirely to himself, he t:ndoubt-;.or dog becomes a playmate. They the ration for pullets that are forced edly would, as, the savages do. But 'owe to watch seeds germ nate and fortoofattening f ld h od life f with hisl l g eggs as oro ens modern STRVICRT HAN MADE NATURAL WAVY. Do yo•a want that joy? If •s,,, write for 1livatri.:ted Booklet ('e'h Gond and 13a -i Way of Yerlic- r.i,, at 'Waving). We al.=o have the ea :tie - Yerfiaarent Heir Waving Ii c Y.:e Outfits. R, HARPER Nestle Perrrtanent Hair Waver • 416 BLOOR ST. WEST, TORONTO A'gert of The C. Neet1 -Erre f -r t_ sect" -full feeding o4? fee:- pounds' of turnips per head 'per tiny. While elite') :will not rr'rba ps drink, a great deal of water before lambing if they are getting r;;cts and 'zhre is snow avtz'.atle, .yet it 'is a Letter plan to see that they have a sees to clean water every • day. . Salt should - be pia. cd. where access may 1* had to it :.t all times. As the larihing season approaches, ail leng'wool around the udders should be clipped ::way and a number of ire cs:vidual -pens, 4 feet by v Teet in size provided, where each e -me may be rlaced 'before-- or inintediate'.y after lambing. 'This plan prevents 'the dis- owning of tenths ley the ewe and en- 'ables the attendant to give the ewe and lambs individual attention. When a .ewwe has twins she i3 very apt to lose one of them 'if she is in the pen or yard with the -flock. Your farm business is being enough to keep your son on the farm. Astronomical tests have demon- strated that migrating . birds when traveling by right fly from 1,500 to 3,000 feet above the earth, while in a few instances they have gone as - high. as 5,400 feet, or more than a -mile high. Observations were made by aid of telescopes and the moon. The Welfare of the Home Prevention or . Cure?—By Margaret A. Bartlett. - t e inter' rtes a - gra, and they probably get more in 11ir8. Brown is one of the compura-' that are to take a rest so they will ways following his chosen pursuite-�tively fewo women who takes a cold' be in the right condition to lay hatch-' He spends several hours -a day bend., struction and pleasure . from a dozen i seriously. She believes take one can i bears planted by their own hands ing eggs in the spring. In some large ing over his desk at school, -he:does � i never- tell where a' cold is going to. laying -houses a .partition ofpoultry chores at home and i than from a potted plant which they! r' perhaps lifts seo must handle carefully if at all. Some end, nor into what .it is going toturn, wire might be used to divide the pul- heavy loads—it is not unusual to sea i n:r'pl Leachers haws encouraged hors I Evethough the cold remain "just a lets from the liens. Vigorous pullets a child with a shambling, listless; to do seed testing for the farmers cold,"she doesn't believe in haviing can stand heavy feeding and pay for caulk and with stooping shoulders and i ani haws performed a real service' one merely beause everyone around it and they should be given eve ry hollow chest. Such children should! has one. Neither does she t>e- chew.° to turn out winter eggs so be given plays that tend to corr-et:t I to .tl.e community by so doing, as - herre in letting her children run ahoy: that their winter feed bill will not these faults. well as furnishing the boys an abs! losstobecharged t thesorb,'nQ pastime Even young chil-; among people who have bad colds. be a c arR against (' ttte That the '1t i thus exposing them. to the cold germs. .a s e Meade '. dren like awls. T -he • chi'.d of ten to ` e� ° The water supply should be Crutch- spriag and summer profits. There is an alrtlost unlimited nuns- a Her children are strong,. healthy, thirteen should be taught to use them.; t }ver of plays which meet the need. of Boys will amuse' themselves almost, robust. They sleep in unheated rooms the growing bods Running games, en�3le3gi} with a hammer, saw, nails' with ww•indowrs open wide, winter and h as races rn h Ther est only lain Hoar ' When Our "Big Injun" Plays. sur y p base. Full -away and; last -couple -out schools where loth boys and equip_i ishirc foods—good bread and butter t a • - ase, pr Boner s and plenty of old boxes. • In rural summer Supervised Play Must Still Be Genuine Play and flake the have been played for agesand con- pent are scarce, the three or four: and milk, fruits. and vegetables, well Player Glad. t.inue. popular. They all develop limbs large boys maybe encouraged to cooked meat of the .non -greasy war - and chest and also tend to straighten! make shelves, book eases, sand tables: iety—and thus rever have indigestion. stoopingshoulders.•for the ! it t'•: ones, and even teeters B� ORA A. CLEMENT. Games in which throwing is the and swings outside. Girls ales)may prominent features are 'all the ball be taught fascirnting ' hand work. games. pitching. quoits or horseshoes, Basket weaving. stenciling, rug bean brig, throwing darts or weightedi braiding are only a few of the pretty feathers ta nail driven into the quill things a girl can do without taxing end' of a goose feather), tossing up the eyes with a needle or croc les parachutes made by tying the four hooka Such work should be , super-, corners ''of a piece of muslin be 'a visod to some extent so that measure weight, and many nariatione of these, ments and work shall be accurate and ; Throwing games need supervision in t:•alreful. Otherwise the attempt ends • group -playing on account of the dati- ger from . mis ilelt, • Where are many • games based Upon pulling and they i are largely variations of tug-of-war: . Professor Joseph Lee. die-ussing; the stages of childhood, characterizes the age between six and thirteen as the Big-Injun-age,' because the child at that period in many of his pre-, dominant traits reser/Nes an Indian brave to whom all the world .is ai hunting ground • and who recognizes ownt10 master save his ownwill. Chi.-, dren of this .Age are full of vitality and energy --if they are, not it should be regsrded as a danger signal. If their play at this age is supervised and drirected, they receive a create deal of invaluable training and edu- cation through it. It -is possible to teach children many of the fundamental facts of' life and to train then: -i many ctrl- ll tnral habits through the medium of their play. The overworked teacher' or mother need not feel that this means an added burden. A very, ; *tight amount of thought and prepare,-' tion enables one to quite effectively; direct children's' play. Let . no one imagine that super- vised play means calling a group of youngsters frcm their stud pies by saying: "Come, children, let us do a folk dance. That is a nice clean play and it will be good exert :se for our bodies.'' The reply the little bakers would make to such an aPpeal is eas- ily imagined. I suseeet that teachers ,whose suggestions have been snubbed on the playground have made the mistake of trying to inaugurate too great a change or of suggesting plays which did not appeal to the children. And why should children accept the leadership of a new teacher before: she has proven her good fellowship by playingtheir games with them! under their own leadership? Chit-' dren liave to be won tactfully. 1f they want to do noticing but stand on the shady side of the seht. house and t giggle, the teacher can heedgain their confidence by standing there with them and by telling the beet story:, No one need think of leading ehil- Potato Profits Last Spriee a former came to as tel.: mg us he was wondering whether fwtilieor w shi help' Id. potatoes. We said it would. tie thought N over asad rally said : "You tell toe what fertilizers are good hr potatoes sled TI1 try them eat He lbeng`4 Gusto* Shot -Cain 444 toed 6-13 Fertilizer. --used them side by sIJ. but tented a few rows without fertiliser for a check. All rows were 440 long- the tewlti --- Two rows fertilised with 4-a-4 yiaiied 20 loophole enarirrt.ble potatoes Two 6-1) 16 •• .. .. .. Two•• L'NFERT1LtZililp „ 1, . In other words the judlcletts use of f.rti tear douhled the yield. It will pay YOU to use SHIJRGAIN i' Fertilizers Write fn btforrnmtN" .ni pica.f UNNS LIMITED, West Toronto. Agents wanted itCt unaallotted territory They play out of doors ir. all sorts of weather. and when they are in the house in winter, they are 'in rooms 1 which area:red frequently and which -are never overheated. Neigbbot' "hug the stove" when thly come to • Calf: they wonder why the *hole fam- ily doesn't •'catch hi death of cold": theyy shiver :n a temperature which' in etmtmt•r they would have called "very *arm -and go home and, bake, in rooms --heated to eighty degrees or mere. rooms which have not been tbor-� oughlr aired sin. a the first freeze of the season. These nrighbc rs and .iheir children have colds from the ieAin- ning of the' ''closed season'' till its end. and they marvel at the fortune which keeps the Brown fate :=r .old- • less for month after men'h. Some there are who .4:0Mrs. Brcern a cold -crank. Although she fe a very sweet, gentle wcir:ac. one ' n:ways ready to do good, and ere who never speaks i'! of nelghc,or or a:.,..a mance., she has. r everthelese. teary who are by no teens her friends. in the neigh- borhert'. all on account of the way she feels shout colds. Or. several ec a- siotls she has ser,:. hihircr, who have come to piny. home 1 reeee they here unm!stakable evidences of ' aJ, con- tagions colds. True. by sr i;,1cg[. she once eide-stepped the whooping-cough. r. and ega'kept her children from., haring st'Ariet fere►. The mothers of the cit::dren see! home knew that, and yet they were, angry 4/,Mrs. '- Brown fer not let -.g remain to ,play. ir. failure and the child is discour aged. - If they are accustomed to it, chil- dren like dramatization, hut the child; ircle- games, as ' drop-the-handker- of ten or more who h:cs never played; chief, blind -man's -boli, Rutit-and`{ that way is often diffident and shy Jacob; nre especially good for group about that' form of make-beliove♦- playing if the children will play.them. . Folk dancing and even w-restl'ng There comes a time during the Big-� may be introduced if it can be regu- i Injun ago when they aro taboo as laxly supervised. "baby games." and when that time Passing into the "Gang Age." comes they may as well not be men - Children of tirteen and fourteer. ttoned again. One might as well ask begin. to chow a disposition to term a hey to dreul in his sister's dress little '•seat:gs" or circles. This indi- Ai to join: in st.cll )gimes after lie, Cate the passage into another stage feel:* he 'hate outgrown them. of play. I,s r seible. Boy Scout and The sense; develop with the intiscles Girl Guide organisations. Boys' and and there Are mane genies for both sir's' (lobe or !tome s imit. rorgar..- indoors and out which give really zatioa Should he farmed to meet the; vn!uahlo training to the faculties. i new need. If the group is too mall' ' Variations of I -spy cultitata alert-, for these. some other lift;e stab' ness • of the eye. Loto, games In ' should be formed, even if it has only which letters are dealt out and each three e members. It a hi player watches for a group whichich _ i 'm' portant that at this age the ehild's� watches spell a word, blackhoard gamts like desire to belong to a society of his, tit -tat -toe, train both the eye and the ow -r., 6e gratified, for in its conduct mind and furnish endless amusement.. he will learn, as he will nowhere else, Games like beast -bird -or -fish in which a player mast think of an answer the learns of 1 syalty and soli-abnega-! j"�t . tion which prepare for good cititett•1 while a finger is painting in hie face, , ship in pia mature years. t develop concentrator, of mind. Thera There are many books on the are many more games of this charas- market which give long Hats of plays ' ter which ehildren like and which AV.;)... son chia}rer. and Which will be found especially valuable •to the •mailer very intere:� 'to their will. Ito Another outstar.,iing characterist` c l their ofildrEn's amusements. of the Big Itiju�i :`s Ms dewire-shttlj t In rtrral his. htess Is the large; I say his ••ieterntinationl—to excel, fastliiy circle, where a "bunch" ,,f "My dog can lick yours," "My dress bmtheirs and sisters can enjoy ht'rre is prettier than yours," "I can run play' t.T,es together, pee cultivating, faster than yeti," are common loco the spirit of :ovine fellos ship anti .p fair play, enseifr,' ees, petio'- a end challenges. Front this trait Moines f,�r`n•aranee. • their wvillirgneas to enter contests of ont • ww he+e hands tongues and eyesers , ting by parents er tea: h - :.re not yet trained to respond ci;iiddy who ww,sh to prepare thenlse:vcs to give more careful attento-t whatever sort. Very simple conteststt thotti the ri, h --rift. V,, such " as an egg hunt or a 'strife to..: -'0N40 can get the must '•hundredse ' ': c'�' f g :ze. in spewing. are eie ere," with spirit,' ' .inti C':' V1(".° Ar.tll''sn'sM 1R `h''''''' TYPEWRITER B RCAINS ',!i11 `., IrOt11 t, +, 0 -ser m oes oraani: e'd cente`ts. Eevery ,•,;,. ! :1::,:•` rl,Ptt,.t , an ' �ai;1!i �it`,t\•cry,. : tee:lnrd .kt•t ' .,r, :cel er• ureter ectal ,' �,trt3:: ...t'. :..aced raise must 1,e sttr,ervieed if ie ''''`•i rel.'"''': Type'rt;.ra, "with !oat :, h• • ,.''' ' ,e - • . ' is to be sweeAsful for ehil.dr,. Ar met:r:1l ''°-11"?-'i. ..•.c':i.i'ng. t- pr. 9 ei'rt+nhave. Itis hard. to Etre these people an- tagonistic; it is dceidedly unpleasant to know tnee are using unecenpiimentt- ary terms in :FFselieeing her with other acgtlra:reanesn. Sonia:IJf ee Mrs. Rrrwrr. feels alesest eee,ly to give rip it he- -tight again=' c ire ;old habit but newer •- .ite. She ices too many pa:e-f*Fed. . t _ }rete - il- dren rabout tier.- •no- many .tttie boy3 anti:r:a s.►ttcring from aderolds en l enlarge i tors:is. 1tti:.h she fee's .sere had the,'r hcgietings-in .one.:ir.t "olds :anti tlicr sensCr' eet i-r'n'iort of the throat er,i r.coe: ,rhe -ce3 t -'e tr.ar ehlt:rer w..all foto•., stint*?,'. e'r ':t • psi"ed hearieg es a r . ,::t children's •iiereec . h:,•h had ill "just a. t'e'•. , -l•r' sees ec r many t-.lr'•'r.g reoue, ee. ..ear* the .i.rritate.l g 'Gat her : .4 albit: be ;o , 'tier 004 a e oil: !lot r')sc'r%•e wilt's. This! t'rt'p.titi. ii Mrs. Drawn .chis tha' elle' e l)4)..a1\lt'" 1'' !'Y.S,H1TE11 • (0. f.t-, l,•r. , 1• ,ret vet ,r•,l,•.r,,•.i! o� .:t t: eye -ale.' ' (r}c 1 ..1t the '�` •cl Tw (Tf .1:0\w ► 1 Or of feelty tr-aieing but orifi._t.'re of1(j3 w •et.eria St, -. • Toronto i.cc•p h r ,:entity free t).t. ' ,►'t1: The only difficulty she now encount- ers is - in keeping children who have cold: away without incurring the wrath of their parents. Folks. around her believe colds to be a necessary evil, and of no great inportanre, un- less they ''hapten" to turn into pneu- monia. or measles, or diphtheria or scarlet fever or some other Such seri- nus disease. They let their children run at large. go to school, and chirr'h, even when they are sick enough with a cold to he in a warm bed. And all the time these chide en are spreading cold germs, giving their cold to who- ever W i:1 take it. airs. Brown docs not believe that is right. She titlks aganst the run- ning at large of children with colds. till there are many'' who, as I said before. call her a cold -crank. But do you not agree .with .her? If so. see that your children stay in their tiara yard when- they have a cold; eee if .you can't solve the problem of con- tinuous colds by living the`way :he Brown family does, and by all means do not be c'ffer.ded if someone who is trying to keep, the cc.id habit at arm's ier.gih front her family sends home one of your children who is ft:ffering . from a cold. _..You wouldn't spesic- ill of a woman who drove a deadly rat- tlesnake .from .her door -step; why, then. be ar.gry .at her if she turns away a eold-carrier7 There are many ! er.dred more deaths each year which urine as a result of a cor.:mor cold 'par. there are deaths resulting fece- .•att:e=rake bites! Clean, Wholesome, and a book that *ill be read 'n future generations, by the great- est 'lying master of Engi'a', Joseph Conrad Th'e Soot "The Rescue," $2.50 A: All Renese:tore or J. M. DENT Al SONS, Ltd., Pots London, Eng.. sad se Osare• ss., Tosoatc. HIGH 1I YIELDS i ARE ALWAYS. PROPiTAteel Seeause items et o;tt:se •ue* as :srd-rennal, e,;u1 en{ labor, land prerarattcn, rise harr'est!r.T -.antes. are evoke-rent the samo WE' hether you get : bast.:a per acre of wheat or 4Q bost•ele 49 bushels per acre' of pato e? t. Z; vshrts - a tats eillge per sore • 12 ?OLP !e t-ualte1a of reta'esa or 250, • Orttar'P• hitrt• u.- :rt. t.elle • ruliettet Ito 7.1 • t' -of 1 .'...!': 5' reports' osp! TZSLD$ •ND ?Lau tesortre tee ?se: labor 115i 00 • C4 `s 1Z t.0 ,'.er 1:::•i - 189105 I'ueh ; colt, ct > ,.:ds r,b?rre the 4,1111.11 ere got -P.* tea labor 1i,- to. ro. n: r.eee .4ta to 'ii apply F Misfits Write THE SOIL AND CROP Owe><aa '+an� am oa is nil ? atyl• Shcei - T0r03e T!: -se a! -.o nar-.et,• Belo* 11SS et a.•er 91-100'b .. 111-100% .31-110% .:s