The Exeter Advocate, 1918-7-11, Page 673y Agronolniyt,
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of an expert on any question regarding soil, seed, crops, etc. if your question
isofsufficient general interest, it will be answered through this column, If
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C,'opperas, is Not Copper Sulphate.
A very shoes iilisettke in sent
craws is being made by the Urine
and gardener in buying materiels fo
potato spraying, One of the neees
sar.ies is blue vitriol, 13l u; vitriol is
copper sulphate. Green vitriol is
copperas, or iron sulphate, Copperas
costs about 3 to 5c. per lb. Copper
sulphate costs in excess of 15c.. per
pound tit the present time.,Copperas
cannot be substituted for cpper sul-
phate*. Its rower to kill fungus dis-
eases is very limited. On account of
the cheapness of the salt, at times un-
scrupulous dealers are given to ad-
ulterating copper sulphate with cop-
peras. There is a simple test which
will determine the presence of the iron
salt in the copper. It is as follows:
Both copper sulphate and iron sul-
phate dissolve readily in water, The
copper sulphate is blue, the iron sul-
phate is green in color. In order to
make the test for the presence of iron
sulphate or green vitriol being found
in copper sulphate, dissolve a little
of the salt in a glass tumbler, add a
crystal of ferrocyanide of potassium.
This turns the bottom of the liquid to
a reddish brown color if the mixture
is strong, If it is weal: it will not
have any particular effect on it. If
sulphate of iron is present the mixture
will turn a deep blue color and settle
to the bottom. Watch your spray ma-
terials and see that you use the right
thing. Copperas sounds very much
like copper sulphate, but it is an en-
tirely different substance.
Now is the time to spray potatoes
and tomatoes to prevent the attacks of
Late Blight disease. The spores of
this disease, which may be found in
the soil and in the garden rubbish,
send up their shoots and bear their
seeding spores during the warm, damp
days of late June and early July. The:
only method of controlling this dis-
ease, which causes rot of both potato
and tomato. is by spraying with
Bordeaux mixture. Bordeaux mixture'.
is made up of 4 lbs. of copper sul-
phate, 4 lbs. of lime and 40 gallons of f
water. If you have a small garden i
patch, make up the mixture in this
proportion. There is no necessity of
to 5 inches. The copper sulphate at-
e..! tacks the, fungus spores and kills them.
1.1
tlI7 STIQNS AND ANSWERS.
R. II.:—What do you consider the
best fertilizer for apple and plum
orchards?
Am-were—For apple qr plum orch-
ards I would advise from 6 to 10 lbs.
per tree of a fertilizer carrying :from
13 to 4 per cent. ammonia, 8 to 10
per cent. phosphoric acid and 1 to 2
per cent, potash, When potash be-
comes obtainable in larger quantities,
it would be well to nse as high as 5
per cent. potiish. This fertilizer
should be worked into the soil at about
the distance 'that the branches spread
otit, The feeding parts of the root
are out towards the tips, hence the
available plantfood will do more good.
if worked into the soil in thisarea
rather than close up to the trunk of
the tree. Commercial growers are
also getting good results from the
use of bonemeal, which, however, does
not contain any potash: This fertilizer
can be applied in the same quantity as
advised above.
Farmer:—Will you kindly give full.
I directions for the preparation of soily
t for fall wheat? I mean to try it for
the first time next autumn.
Answer:—For fall wheat the soil
should be plowed as soon as the spring
growing crop is Harvested. If it is
a early oats, the ground should be plow-
ed immediately after the crop has been
taken off. Some farmers have better
success in growing winter wheat on
summer-fallowed land. If the piece
of land being prepared is sod, it should
be plowed as soon as possible and
disked and harrowed frequently in
order to cut down any weed growth
and to make the seedbed as mellow as
possible. If you have "a supply of
stock manure to apply to the wheat
field. put it on the plowed ground be-
fore the last two disling's and bar-
rowings. By disking and harrowing-
the
arrowingthe field, this manure will be tbor
oughly worked into the soil." Be ,sue
you get good quality winter wheat
seed of a variety that is successfully
grown in 'Ontario. Dawson's ; Golden
QUEST1011 BO
Dy=\ndrew Currier, D.
Dr curvier gill answer all signed letters liretaining to iiealth. If your
questlou is'pf gibers) interest it will be answered through llieee•coluznns;
if not, it will be answered personally if stamped, addressed envelope is en- s,teelenne_i„-
:nosed, Dr, Currier will.not prescribe for'Individugi eases or make dla uosis.
AresddWest,s Dr, Antoew IP. Currier, care of SV`ilsou .Pubh,hlna Co., 73 Adelaide ./(41
Old rq,
Infant Feeding No, 2.
A baby shoulc'. be fed every titrehours from the first to the sixt
month of life, omitting food from
10 p.m. to 8 am,
After the sixth month he shout(
be fed only once in four hour, Th
average quantity for a feeding i
three ounces in the first month,, fou
in the second, then increasing on
ounce per month until the end of th
eighth month. •°
Cows' milk should be diluted with
boiled water, two ounces of water be
ing added for, one ounce of milk dur-
ing the first month, and tits quantity
of water being then gradually reduced
until the tenth month when the milk
may be given undiluted,
A teaspoonful of conunon .sugar or
milk sugar or maltose may be added
to each feeding if it agrees with the
child, and it is often desirable to add a
pinch of bicarbonate of soda or of
table salt.
Instead of using water it is some-
times well to dilute the milk with bar-
ley or rice or oatmeal water thorough-
le- boiled and: strained, a tablespoonful
of the cereal being boiled an hour or
longer in a pint of water.
If the baby's stools -contain curds
it means the cheese in the milk is not
well digested, in which case the milk
may be peptonizecl or predigested with
essence of pepsin, letting it stand at
ordinary, room temperature until. it is
curdy; it must then be put into the
ice box at once to arrest further di-
gestion. ,
This is important for if you: let it
water, lessening the number of feed -
o ings or even stopping thin altogether
tit' for a day.
Ale) yeti play wash out the rectum
carefully with half a pint of;,warm
1 starch water, following it up with an
e! injection of half tt pint of "warm wa-
s I ter containing half a teaspoonful of
r'salt.
o; Be sure and inject very slowly and
o' do not give the baby pain. When a
baby's food agrees with hint he will
increase in; weight after the first
month and if he weighed seven pounds
; at birth, he should have gained five
pounds when three months old, three
and a half pounds more when six
1 months old, three pounds more at nine
months, and two and a half more at
twelve months.
A well-developed child will there-
fore weigh about twenty-one pounds
I at the end of his first yealr of life.
These are only a few hints, but I
have tried to make them plain and
free front the complications and ma-
thematics with which many papers on
the subject of infant feeding are ob-
scured.
stand until it is bitter the baby will
refuse to take it.
When thefirst few teeth have come
through, a little clear soup., free front
fat may be given and the baby may
also have a small piece of toast.
You may also give him whey or milk
or weak gelatine water. If he should
have diarrheoea give him half a tea -11q
spoonful or a teaspoonful of castor
t
m1, thoroughly mixed with an equal
quantity or twice the quantity of
wintergreen, cinnamon, or peppermint
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
L. I. B.-1. What is the cause of
obstruction of the bowels? Is it due
to external injury, and if so what are
its symptoms?
2.—Does this occur usually in the
aged or may it happen at any pe-
riod of life? 3.—Can it be caused by
rupture.
Answer -1. --It may be caused in a4
great many different ways, by the
formation of adhesions in the abdo'
men, drawing the loops in the intes-
tines together, by telescoping of one
portion of the intestine to another, by
constipation and in various other
ways. I suppose it may be possible
by external injury, but I cannot for
the moment, see exactly, how this
could be done.
2.—It may occur in any period of
life, front infancy to old age.
3.—It is not infrequently associat-
ed with rupture.
sion: he ;simply obeys the order, trust-
ing' to the divine wisdom. Behold,
a man of -Ethiopia . of great
authority under Candace -The Spirit
sends Philip forth on this lonely road
to find one certain man. Had come to
Jerusalem to '.....ship—f •- was thus a
and enjoy the easy' comfortwhich
these\economical shoes give.
is for work as well as for play.
Staunch, sturdy styles like the
"WORKMAN" and "EVERY -DAY"
stand right up to any farm work -
yet are light and easy, and enable
you to tramp the fields all day.
without the feet getting. over -tired.
The leading Shoe Stores have FLEET
FOOT styles, shapes and sizes for every
member of your family—for work or play.
None genuine without the name FLEET
FOOT stamped on the sole. Look for
the name.
The hest Shoe Stores sell
FLEET FOOT
making up such a large quantity. Drs- i Chaff, Imperial Amber Early Red Jewish • roselyte. He had been to it tender, pp to der,. pound a little flour Into itl sutered at much seater length's '
opp i sulphate, --a pound to Clawson, and Abundance; are all 'good
one of the .feasts no:doubt. Thus is — ae e the
indicated coin wide, a region l:lie acrostic Psalm, 1 , where the
solve the c'
Jewish proselytes came. eunuch that m Jesus the - wonderful verses are grouped under successive
INTERNATIONAL LESSON
JULY 1d f how.
this saves the juice fine acro t P I 1 9
a gallon of water and the lime in varieties. ' When seeding the wheat
similar quantity. Do not mix them I apply -200 to 300' lbs per acre of fern Scripture had its most perfect fulfill- letters of the
:heel 28 �i as returning sitting p Ilebl• ewohabet anti
place between thelime
phosphoric. acid.i ouexn wheat
'next, John 8 32from ,the roll. Perhaps the eunuch to be baptized ?—Along this road as "The Word f G d ' 't
c in Jerusalem of Jesus and found °_upon
until you are ready to do the spraying, i lizer carrying from 2 to 3 per cent,
otherwise chemical action will take' ammonia, and 8 to 10 per cent. avail -
and copper sul- able Modern
phate and spoil the mixture. Spray! drills have a coin artment for sowing
the growing vegetables thoroughly at the fertilizer at the time the wheat is
least three to five times during the seeded. This works the plantfood
growing season, starting when the ! into the• soil so that it helps the young
potatoes and tomatoes are up about 3i growing crop. ._•
Lescol 1I. ReadingCod's )Ford -Acts s1. 'dig meat, " where in each one of` 176 verses
in his chariot • . reading the 36 The c untocertain thereallusion to the law of
8. 26-39; Psa. 19. 7-11, Golden prophet Isaii He was reading aloud ter; y arae a cer :ain wa- is some a nisi
. What doth'hinder me God.'
Temperature of the whole milk has
a direct effect an the percentage of
fat in the cream and the skimmed
milk. The temperature of milk be-
ing separated should he such that the
milk will flow easily, facilitating rapid
and thorough separation of the cream
and the skimmed milk. It is a wise
plan to separate the milk as soon as
possible after it comes from the cow.
In that case, the temperature is high
enough that a thorough separation is
effected. If' the milk is allowed to
cool after being drawn, the tempera-
ture needs to be raised to about 85
degrees to 90 degrees to secure the
best results when separated.
Many dairymen think that there is
an advantage in having th
e whole
Cabbage Plants
,f ail leading early and late
varieties. 45e, per hundred, mall pre-
paid, $2,50 per thousand, express
volieet.
Also Cauliflower, ;Brussels Sprouta
and Union Plants.
Pfully to altre partsbeing Canada.shipped
•Askess-
for
),rice lint,
gierold',e Panne, Pruitluud, Ontario
Dept. "X" Niagara District
Farmers who ship their wool
direct to us get better prices
than farmers who sell to the
general store.
ASK ANY FARMER!!
who has sold his wool both
ways, and note what he says''
or, better still, write no for, our
prices; they will show you how
lurch you lose by selling to the
General Store.
r' e pay ih e high est prices df any fi rni
in thecountryand are the In rgestwool.
dealers in Canada. Payment ig, tt44'.
milled the same day wool lA teeeiveci.
Ship tarn your wool to•ciriy you tent be
mote then pleased ie you de, And are
assured o2 a square deal fromia, 2
isussents
.,r.
H.
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'13 CHI-M.0H S i'., Toro4,!ro
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milk at a low temperature, because the
cream possesses .a higher percentage
of fat when the temperature is Tow.
However, in these tests the loss of
fat in the skimmed milk was greater.
It` should be noticed that the weight
of fat in the whole milk and in all
three pails of cream was approxim-
ately the same, but that there was a
distinct variation in the weight of the
cream, and this is the cash end of
the dairy business.
The richness of cream, or the p er
centage of fat, derived from whole
milk bu use of a separator may
be regulated by either the cream
sere* or skimmed miik screw
In the spring of 1016 I began t
keep record of the work done by m
horses, says a successful farmer. Th
record consists of a set of Cards 5 x
inches, which are divided into thirty
one spaces, one space for each day in
the month. I use one card a month
for each horse. On the left half' of
each card I enter the cost of feeding,.
shoeing, medical attention and other
expenses, while on the right. half I
enter the number of hours of work
done by that horse, and also credit
the value of the manure it produces,
the colt, ete.
The figures for last year were quite
a surprise to me. Before starting MY
record I estimated that $5.50 per
month would be a fair average cost
of keeping my' horses, but imagine
my surprise when I discovered, that
each horse was costing me $7.12 per
month or. $85.44 a year.
After adding up the number `of
hours, I found •that my horse. labor
had cost me $1.35 a, clay.
One reason, for this large cast was
that the work. had been unevenly dis-
tributed among the'horses, and some
were idle when they could have'been
working. I also found that the pas-
ture had not been used as mush as �tt
might have been. These errors T- in-
tend to remedy during the present
year. By distributing the work more
evenly I can dispense,with the extra
horses.
had heard'— e o o in its effects
Acts 8. 26-39. his fate aJerad usaled ofto Jesus
ah and no rivers, only, wadies, utter- human life and character" might well
ly dry in the hot season but rushing be the summing up o:f this remarkable
Verse 26. An angel of the Lord :to this very section concerning _the rivulets in the rainy season: The Psalm. That :these resin
spake unto Philip—Philipsuffering Servant. T s follow
•: was in the Ethiopian fully accepts the great truth in the life of all those who "fear` God
midst of a great revival in Samaria 80 Philip ran to him ; of the Messiah preached to him by and heap his commandments" is aha
sU
nderstandest thou' what thou Philip and enters joyfully into the re- experience of the Psalmist.
when Inc divine NIessenger ummon- d
ed him to another field.. of labor. Flow
lea est,—A11 details of the meeting lation of a disciple of the Christ, ac-
other than tikes question are omitted: cepting baptism at the hand of the
Controlling
r
the message was communicated, !' It is hardly in keeping with Omental • evangelist. Cutworms.
whether in a vision such as Paul had -courtesy that the evangelist would) 37. The King James Version here Cutworms which are of
when he was called to Macedonia, or;1 break in so bluntly upon the medita- inserts a. verse .ound in some ancient ' i en inn be
t
by a personal appearance, we are not tion of a complete stranger. manuscripts but lackin • in others. ' ent fairly
;this time of controlledhea year, ie be
, Psa. 19. 7-11. g paiso wellofenby making a
told. Go toward the south . r. 31. How can 1,except some one. shall,
unto Gaza—"The wayguide me?-' response poison mash of twenty-five -five is. g
that goeth down rhe indicates This beautiful Psalm . is clearly y pounds of
from Jerusalem unto Gaza," which! the humility and sincerity of the man.I divisible into two distinct po tions. bran to two pounds ofe Paris green.
Philip was to take, is the same road It also reveals the presence in theme The first has for its subject n `The The bran and'Paris green should be
used by the traveller to -day ai text of rear difficulties in the inter Glories of the Heavens,' verses 1-6. thoroughly mixed while clry and then
nd has pretatlon of which help is necessary.i The second hes -for its• subject "The slightly moistened so that theParis
changed in no essential particular• He besought Philip to come upand sitGlories of the Law of God," verses hs
7-_
save that it is worn deeper by the feet! with him—A11 matters of dignity are 14• It recalls" ' a saying of thes green will adhere' to ou bran. ants
of countless caravans. Gaza (that; put aside in the presence of the desire philoso her rant that there v should be`spi.tnl,led around the plants
s z e p were e t�v o to d •
is, the strong") was anciently a Porti- for light. 1 things which filled him with cave, the war evening so that it will still
fied city of the Philistines on theMedi-2. starr heaven abe moist when the cutworms come out
3 . Ile was led as a sheep to the y s boys and the moral. to do their dama•e.
g
n , The winding of the tants wi
history. the last' being., by ;the British ,the suffering- Servant of Jehovah, are six names for the Scripture: "tlie paper as of tittle use, as the paper
forces under
terranean, It has` endured many slaughter -We have here the wonder=i law within.
sieges and captures in the course of its ful passage in Isaiah 53. concerning!From verses 7 to 9 inclusive there . - p th
General Allenby, their
y, on this? of himself, or of some other ?1 Jehovah," "the precepts of Jehovah," the plants.
way to the capture of Jelnisalem, —The"the commandment or Jehovah"
eunuch touched precisely the e "the For trees a band of cotton wrapped
which occurred last December. The point of difficulty Who is this f fear of Jehovah and the ordinances umbrella
ed distirict.
law of Jcho h,e "the testimony of gives the ni*orms as good - :footI ' I
3,1. Of whom speaketh the •prophet I 1 as
same is desert --That is, an uninhabit is su - az ccs in an um re a shape is a barrier to
Esping One who has borne our"griefs? of Jehovah. the cutworms in i
ttt h
,,
30". Philip . beginning from Then follow six characteristics of the tree.
•
ge ng o t e tolls of
0 27. He arose and went—He might this seri urs the law in these saftte verses—" 5
y have questioned the wisdom o:f talo Jesus -Vie ar pot ached unto ,him feet" "sure " "ri ht"" " at e , The digging of the ground around
1d how e, b , g' pure, clean the plants` will often reveal the cut-
e him from the promising work in which himself interpreted the. passage, but and'"true." The results of the law in
nb e o
g he was engaged to send him on an un- we may infer that he assured., the the life are then given: -"restoring the worms, as they'spend their daytimes
_ certain errand. but there is no discos- If you have to pound meat to ake'soul," "making wis the simple," "re- just under the ground near the plants
Remember life's `paradox—you are
no dearer heaven because living is
higher, •
It is trine for the sow which does
hot pay, to go to the block, but it is
poor economy to botcher profitable
producers,
•
CUT OUT AND FOLD ON DOTTED ,LINES
voicing the heart," "enlightening the that they :have damaged. They can
eves;" `enduring forever " "righteous be destroyed by dipping in kerosene
law is finer than gold, sweeter than
altogether." In verses 10 and 11 the or by crushing them.
honey, and there is great reward in
keeping it. Excellent vegetable broths can be
"The Glories of the Law" are con- made without any meat at all.•, `.•
YI
w•.
Willie planted hollyhocks,
'There's nothing. strange in that;
But when they loo vied, the 1lower:l were Iasi
Like those on sister's hats
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