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The Exeter Advocate, 1919-7-31, Page 6By Agronomist. This Department Is for the use of our farm readers who want the adviec of an expert on any question regarding soil, seed, craps, etc. If your quesvie 1S of sufficient general interest, it will be answered through this column. If stamped and addressed envelope is enciesed with your letter, a complete answer will be malted to you. Address Agronomist, care of Wilson Publishing. Co., Ltd., 73 Adelaide St. W. Toronto. Keeping Lip the Pasture. i hundred pounds of acid phosphate per Overgrazing during a Si rcession of acre, would be profitable on most soils. % INTEREST PAYABLE HALF YEARLY Allowed an money left with us tor Orem three to ten years. Write for Booklet. The Great West Permanent Loaiu. Company. rroronto Office 20 King St. West. 12. If it is so hot that the horse sweats in the stable at night, tie hint outside, with bedding under him. Un- less he cools off during the night, he cannot well stand the next day's Izeat. They Will Give You Pleasure and Beauty with a Minimum of Yearly Work. The collar should be just large By GRACE W. CROOKS.enough to permit a man's hand to pass inside the collar between the The time for planning a perennial meadows, by streams and pools, lower end of e collar -sand the neck garden is in July. 'among rocks sand to cover unsightly tl or breast of the horse. If the collar First, as to your house; has it an places. There are really few places is too loose it will cause fri•etxen; if attractive surrounding? If not, drawl nheze,hardy perennials cannot be used too tight it will choke the horse, and your plans for an : irregular garden, advantageously. Therefore, if you cause sore withers. Test the fitting around it, leavizzg an open space near have a rock pile, do not try to dig it .>, of the collar by lifting up the horse's the eoxnez+s and ationes of the'foun-1 sout uch places. Alpines, suitedtfor oamust head. dation for foundation planting such l p yor The homes should fit the collar; <£ as syringes, bridal wi+eaths and soli Fan 1, do not try to drain it off but Hot Weather Rules. too long, they will probably be forth, which are better planted in the, find the hardy perennials that will unfavorable seasons, or sometimes Follow the Binder With the Plow,buckled too tight at the top, and in spring. Then draw plans dor beauti-i thrive there, If your land is dry and 1. Load lightly and drive slowly. during a single season, in probably this way the collar will be made to Eying other portions of your sandy, do not be discouraged, there the most frequent cause . f run-down{ July plowing may. make from five 2• 'Stop in the shade i£ possible. inch the horse at the to Sores ostoses. willthrive Burin ° to fifteen bushels more wheat an acre 3. Water your horse as often asp pyard, such as along the paths! are hardy perennials far that, too. p eels g �++ pleat - mg, So long as a horse is work- thus produced begin by a pimple lar or sidewalks leading up toThere are Hardy perennia,`ls:for shade a season unfavorable foe the gL' with than September plowing. Early p ver}* small boil, often overlooked be, your house, and in other places 1 and for sun. ' of grass and when the light pastur-; ing buries the Hessian fly, saves. 'sots: logs water 1n smallt lequantities will not cause the mane covers it. where the beds may be pleasing tot g your plans for your hurt ham. But let him .drink only a In making age i. continually weakened and re -store and makes good seed -bed for Examine your hersei continually,' the eye of the passerby and valid' hardy garden, select flowers for a duces' b over -grazing , will establish! wheat. Therefore, it hays to follow few swallows if he is going to stand swocession of bloom. By careful selec- y � r st•ill. Do not fait to water him at and if there is any sore spot, adjust will give it a truly lived-in appear-� themse;' es in the dying sod. On the the binder with the plow, the collar so that it will not touch Gree. Indicate an your drawings or tion one can have flowers from frost other hand, when .a rank growth of; The right time to plow is dust after nig• ht after he has eaten his hay, that spot. If' the skin is merely working plans the spots where you 4. When he comes in after work, to frost. oras: .rands ungrazed far a long the grain has been cut, because the n e wrinkled, bathe it with witch hazel desire to plant individual hardy plants One of the greatest pleasures to be. time there is a tendency for the sod; ground at that time has an abundance sponge off th harness marks and or diluted vinegar, 1f the skin is and inhere trees and shrubs are to be derived from a Hower garden is the to become weakened: as the result of of moisture; having the moisture it sweat, his eyes, his Wase and mouth,. broken, bathe it with clean water, following sl+xing. a aciperalsunclant top -growth. Weeds plows easier. By plowing at that time and the dock. Wash his feet but not planted the ability to have an abundance of flow- p p g containing' a little salt. After you have drawn our work- ers suitable for cutting. Perennials are then able to grow and multiply,; a mush is formed which retains the his • legs. If the Collar "rides up," it can be y are especially good for that purpose I 5, If the thermometer is 75 degrees ing plans, arrange, during July and km ureter these conditions they pre-' moisture and rests the land. By turn- or iii her wipe him all over with a kept down by: a martingale running August, to have the grass removed ns' a lasting day.. baley never become so numerous and: ing the stubble under, .it has time to g p to thegirth,or to * an extra girthwhere When planting your garden do not tralibesame as under the extreme rat and act as a fertilizer, The foul damp sponge, using vinegar water ff g from the spats pe you vi h your _etforget the biicis, We all lave birds conditions of Deer -g. irg. %iuie in weeds are killed out,and the nourish:possible. Do not wash -the horse at running from trace to trace, back of garden, loosen up the soil and the or lir r - use of pastures wader.; ` rnent they would consume remains in , night. the forelegs. everything ready for planting from and area house to have them coins } ep u r • The best collar for a mature horse, late August on, near the house, Keep them in mind �'.6> Saturday night, give a loran mash and plant ;some tliwings that are especi- g <...;ng is not i`k�: to occur, yet it` the land, whose out" zt does not vary much is well to know ir. a.ivain+-e the result; if plowing is delayed, cacti stztb]ale; lukewarm; and add a tablespoonful g year, is the leathercif There is one distinct advantage in ally attractive to them and you will 11 w111 alt to the ground in the throughout" the aizeh rachis. Stack will not eat'earns of saltpetre. collar. For most horses, the' best the plans of a hardy perennial f;agden never regret it. t,, :ls unless forced to da se, but will ` capacity az the :himney does to the ? Do not use ahorse-hat, unless collar is one stuffed with hair, and over a71 others; they snare often Peon,?es are beloved by everyone. see more and mere heavil • on the' stove—each one will carry oft the it is aCanopy-top hat, The ordinary covered with ticking, With this col - Lome After the plants are They require a sunny location. . They ilim;nishirg atehes of ekan grass; moisture wh,ch is vitally necessary, bell-shaped bell-shaped hat does more harm than lar, if the horse's shoulder becames� once >4n the ground they need very lit- blossom in June and by selecting censequent!y the weeds are rantinu-, ands with the nsaistare goes the many good, Saxe at any point, the fining of the tIe a tendon. All plants need at- sarin, medium and late varieties they. any favored in their competition with! elements necessary for crap produaj 8, A sponge en top of the head, collar can easily be ripped, and the tentian but not all need yearly can be made to bloom for about three the erase for soil space, and unless; tion, +, or even a cloth, is good if kept wet, hair removed or pushed aside at that attention. Peonies do not need to be weeks, Ilisk3n and then :owing is often If dry it is worse than nothing point, so that no pressure will tame disturbed for several years, irises not Irises, if planted for succession, by tilt �i + ere taken to check them they dv3sa]rle because disking will nu1]te 9, If the bar is overcame by heat, p oftener than every four years, while using dwarf, intermediate, June flow - ma; rre,ently- overrun and ruin the, a „ an the sore place. pist:.ze. the plowing much easier. Disking him into the shade, remove her- Collar pads are much used, but they boltonias, aster; and rudbecicias, ering Siberian, beardless, and Japan- tr also destroys the Hessian fly and ex ness and bridle, wash out his mouth, quickly become dirty, cannot easily' which throw out a side growth, may ese varieties, will b'los am from tulip- Tiie first step toward improving- un- sponge him all over, shower his legs, he transplanted more often either in , aroduetive pastures should be the de-'; poses the flaxseed stage of the pest ' be cleared, and thus cause many sores. time till mid-July. Irises thrive in strut:ion of weeds. Where the and' to the hot sun and the attack of insect- and give hiin ttvo ounces of aromatic Still a pad that makes the collar' fit the same place or in another location. practically every kind of soil and do • : e It eneniie • pirits of ammonia, or two ounces of is better than an ill-fitting collar This will give larger flowers and finer not need wet ground. .et"l aiz.l open enough to allow the' Sweet spirits of nitre, in a pint of colors. use o, a mower. all unde:siraide plants, •he plowed ground should be cults- ",iter; or give him a pint ocoffee t;ithaut a pad. Delphinium ar hardy larkspur be - use Tune, e'hould 1-e cut before they make seed., tinted after rains re, keep down volun-. }Yarm. Goof his head at once usm ]3y all means, clean the inside of the In July and August the magazines gins to bloom about the end of . Or the picture zna1 be fenced oft inter wheat and weeds. If the tolunr l; collar every night. If You wait until begin to short advertisements far fall and if cut close to the ground as several .,.,� ,.; the ,; tees ttheat is destroyed the Hessian: cold water, or, if necessary, chopped the next morning ,you are likely to stock and catalogue; may be obtained. soon as each crop has finished bless - le ar ... • tan.n� t..c vee,.er ones ices wrapped fn a cloth,le far: t, : t, ? the stizit ke t on an area y wil] be atarvea, laecause i#s main' forget it. Of course you trill clean These will give you much Delp. Hardy coming, will give a second crop. After afood-plant is niielt. The caltivalaiosi` 10. If the horse is off his feed, try the horse's shoulders as soon as the pexezlnials may he ordered at this eateli crop is cut, dig in a little bone until the wee:ls re eaten Sown. In i , him with two quarts of oats mixed tliis p rad t: ce young cattle car sheep of the p.atved ground Is hN=lis tv collar is removed. The salt sweat time and set out in August, September meal about the plants, Hemoracallis should .ata moisture and make a better seed- with Bran, and a ;tttle water; and a. drying ing on the .kin is what does the and October. or day fillies are very acceptable hoar cl bei z:ser.. , a little salt or sugar. Or give him ,. n bed for wheat. mischief. Hardy perennials are best planted hardy plants which start blooming As the weed,: are being de?.roye.l° ,.oatmeal gruel or barley water to drink. t, heat via as varyin from eight to ••-- in the wall as they have time to get about the time the jute flowering the growth of the grass, itself should twenty-ttva and one-third bushels •ani 11 Watch your horse: If he stags eathesCayenne cp er •is th4 best remedy firmly established and foam ci good irises have ceased to occupy the l,rese toilet lei; drcnd according to the ,else fox an av,�rage rf six years, dug short land ng S u ck, or if hislearsrdroop, ' fox ants. p p root growth before winter sets in, and center of the stage. p nt knowledge ,e cf pa..ur�s the ap , t method; quick, p, Bbl f n l a 1 Coreopsis and geillardia start blos- soming d with braced t t the last of ,Tune and continue during the>.summer and August, if the blossoms are kept cut. Phlox flower in late summer and attire ,3f satisfactory results are to be all through the autumn. obtained the first year. Aquilegea or Columbine are mast Given a light covering of leaves or elegant and beautiful, air. not very straw in the fall after the first light particular about their location, and are frost, which hardy •perennials are well graceful and well adapted to lighten able to withstand, they praetieelly up a formal planting, They bloom may be forgotten during the cold and from late spring throw:;h the early stormy days of 'winter, 'for they are summer months. quietly sleeping, waiting for the first For late summer and early fall By®i.Ln B. Huber ; c� , '� spring rains and warm sunshine to bloom, the bultania is very good, while come and wake them up. What a joy hardy asters and rudheekia or golden - it is to see the tender green shoots glow are excellent Tate blowing plants. The beautiful hybrid sun- flower is a wonderful magnet for the. goldfinch or wild canary, while the often notice a barren look about the hardy salvia attracts the humming farm houses I pass, due to the lack bird. over losing a child? I am 48 years of 'a'ttr'active surroundings or to the These are but a few of the ninny of age. Am quite thin. Have little : back of flowers. The first thing, hardy perennials . uit�ablo for other strength and it is so {hard to make; therefore, in planning your perennial tines and places. All of these plants ' garden is to select the best location can be purrhascd ready for planting myself do my housework. The work • , seems s� . dreadfully tiresome. Don't; for it. rr at once in the fall, which is the bet- , The art of gardening ie to group ter way, as growling from seed re- advise 'absolute rest because I -a,si plants artistically. We should ini'i quires much more time. finely cannot have this. -t tate the natural scenery if possible, "There is a reason" why flowers Answer—That is a frequent Jiffs and if we have natural surroundings, have a place in nature's economy and eultg. Rest is the one essential, even by all means make the garden fit them. because of That -reason five cannot more so than medicine, especially in The chief mission of perennials is to afford to neglect ar leave them out many affections of the nervous sys-, fit most admirably in woodlands and; of our lives. PLANT PERENNIALS NOW pliention of stable manure seems the to ` c l + to differs n *act os', of pre• or if he stands wi . his legs race Pu a inch of salt, notenough to are able to forge rightahead and only certain eronomi:al means of do- paring stubble land before seeding,, sideways, he is in danger of a heat taste, in your fudge. The fudge will blossom at the right time in the are the result of an exneriment at spring. Some of the most beautiful ing this. Whenever manure is avail-; or sun stroke and ;feeds attention at be very smooth when poured out and ',tit e Kansas Experiment Station, which perennials flower so early in the al+lery apply it to the pasture in Light `ti as ben 1n 1911, The ground was i once. Coaled. spring that fall planting is imper- „rs..sing , covering fine the scantiest cropped to wheat continuously, and pa=.chs,. but eventually covering the the same method ofpreparingthe a'-hi'e pasture if possible. Another ex ground was used each sason. heat rel:ti t p1^.rice is to reseed the more, was seeded on the same date and atl unthrifty patches and then graze them the same rate for all the different{{ sparingly until they are again thickly' methods of preparation, and every-; revs ;stated. thing possible was done to prevent! Cultural treatment to improve the; anything affecting the crop other, growth of pasturage, such as dislcing than the way the sail was prepared.: rind harrowin>_r, cannot be reeornrnend-i The following table gives the meth-' ed for general condition; Doubtless I od of preparing the seed -bed, and the there are extreme t on•litions of root.' resulting yield far each method, far: wound soil where c tl feral treatment; the entire eixlei years of work: i Or. Huber will answer all signed lettere pertaining to Health. if your appear through the ground in the Would be beneficial in the plant; ng the' 'Yield ', Ifunot,on it isof be answeredeneral rest it will personally Ifeanswered st stamped, addressed envelopeh these i is en springy moisture relations of ,..; plant; but Treatment. Bushels.' closed. Dr_ Huber will not prescribe for individual cases or make diagnosis. In riding through the country, I these eondlittans cannot now be clearly; Disked at planting, not plowed 8.0 Address Dr. John 13. Huber, M.D., care of Wilson Publishing Co., 73 Adelaide refired. aril the opezat`e•n shmuld pro- September plowing, 3 -inch deep 13.8' st. West, Toronto need cautiously, for by tearing the September plowing, 7 -inch deep 15.1; grass roots more harm than good is September plowing, 7 -inch deep, i Ivy Poisoning. liable to resu'.t. but double disked in July... 19.1' ne must in all eases of dermatitis Likewise the application of cere August plowing, 7 -inch deep.. 21,1: venenata begin the treatment by menial fertilizer to pastures is an August plowing, 7.uxeh deep, ' washing the parts thoroughly with extremely dubious p1 ; ti, e. There is' net worked until September 19.3• soap and water, to get rid of. the of course a st.:lnulati. n of plant .July plowing, 7 -inch deep 22.3, poisonoes principle. Then we must growth. but at present high prices July plowing, 3 -inch deep 17.6 use one of the following applications: for fertilizer no profitable returns may' After figuring the cost of preparing' Black wash (a mixture of calomel be expected under � z erage conditions. the seed -bed, the bi •gest profit was d arnd. ime ill supplyater), and whichhmuh t be vhor- druggist Should a derided shift ire the present from the field•% p:owed seven inches: relative p'ices of fertilizer and neat deep in Jul;:, The next highest profit; 011g111y shaken Tref=ore use. Qr lead ooccur, .'.ountitss a moderate applica- :vas herrn :fields plowed seven inches' and opium wash. Or a tablespoonful tem and yet rest is what such suffer- e of phosphatic material, say two deep in A.narst. of grindelia robusta in a pint of water. ers cannot or will not take. Informa- tion regarding the hygienic life, Chases Rats With Tractor. which you should lead, would have, "Get out the gas masks!" That no ers athe sale. � Probably never Before its the Itis• been mailed you if you lead sent a doubt will be the ,slogan of whole tory of the town was such a collectior. stamped and self-directed envelope. 1 colonies of rats, at least those which of live stock, vehicles, tools, house- rif^tth b ff fr r• '1":"31-;71545 Or a two per cent. solution of creolin. associations the owner of the herdjustI Sterile gauze or very clean cloths must be soaked in one of these re is tested takes the tester to the next'= parations, applied loosely over the in - 4 A farm. Often the tester is of assist-'' flamed skin and secured with a gauze once in locating or soiling good cows,', bandage. Then put oiled. silk ever the Every man who keeps cows can; bulls, feed, etc. He .is paid by the. whole so as to keep the moisture in. have a Babcock tester and test his month, and boarded by the mem'bers,• Every two hours remove the oiled silk own cows. This very fact is one of of the association. j and reraturate the gauze, which has, the biggest hindrances to cow -testing i A cow -testing association costs only: in the meantinso, been drying. work, for the man who depends on the wages of the tester, and a part! At bedtime and in order to secure making his own. testing generally does i or all of the equipment he uses. Some' for the sufferer some sleep it will be not test his cows, or after starting. testers are paid at the rate of X50 a well „to remove the gauze and to -lave finds it "too much bother." month, others more. While theses the parts in a satusiated solution of The hope of testing and the doom, records may be obtained by the dairy -1 bora•cie acid (one teaspoonful to the of boarder cows ],ie in cow -testing as- man himself, it is generally mere, pint of water) with twenty drops of saciations. A testing association is economical to have a tester do the carbolic acid to the pint of the stela - nothing more nor less than an organ- work. tion. Then the lead and opium wash ization of ,dairy farnsers-generally The amount it will cost each man or any 'of the lotions mentioned can twenty -six -for' the purpose of hiring depends on the number of members. be reapplied and the patient thus a tester who will test all their cows. A tester should have twenty-six herds ' made comfortable for the night. The tester visits each farm once --one herd for each working day in - a month. He generally arrives in the the month. •There should .be at least Questions and Answers. afternoon with his testing outfit) so 400 cows. Some associations have Cap: you give me .some help for my he can be present for the evening adopted a flat rate of $1.50 a cosy, nerve trouble which began yith. grief i glasses.. Question—I have a little girl 6 years whom I intend sending to school in the fall. Had I best have the child vaccinated now? Answer—Yes. So that the child shall not suffer the first few weeks while in school•,in September. Question—I am very anxious to know what I can do to overcome i e� a corn cri s e armeis, o holdgoods, etc., seen at anyauction. J. C. Boyd, a farmer, has devised a: The ale began at ten A.M. and lasted method of killing rodents that beats till late m the afternoon. The town tat poison or any exterminating � was crowded. The Ladies' Aid of one agency. of the churches served a twenty-five Boyd backed up his tractor to Isis cent dinner which was well patronized. corn cxiib the other day, which was Each Stora offeredn. rat pspecial bargains fairly alive with rats that had defied poison and attacks of dogs on the as .an attraction. The sale had. been well""advertised getting sick on the street •oar's anal' place and turned on the exhaust. Soon subways, after ,seeing a movie show. there - as a gas barrage that Boyd i 1 Answer—Such sickness is called by, believes was equal to any put on is physicians, car sickness, and is .aloin to sea wickness experienced an the water. Difficulty with the eyesight' is sometimes the origin of this sea or the late war. The rats began to scamper from the crib and most of them succuanbed to the fumes of gas. Those few that got out of the crib cam sickness. No doubt your eye sight were so weak from inhaling the gas has been made worse for the time by that they could not put up much of the dazzling moving "pictures. You a fight and the dogs that had been had better get your eyes examined for gathered for the •oecaaion made easy work of them. But inside the crib was the reap sight. The dead rats were found by the dozen, and when Boyd- finished gathering them up he mink. . lad more than a tubful of the rodents. milking.. He proceeds as follows: with a minimum herd charge of $15. 1. all Weighs feed given to each .Other associations fix a certain rate cow that es . for each month. The advantage of 2. Weighs .and sampless the milk this pian is that all the cows in a from each 'cow that evening. herd can be tested for a fixed amount. 3. Weighs all feed given to each Some agricultural colleges furnish a testing outfit, record books and record blanks tfree to testing associations, asking for eopies of testing records in cow the next morning. • 4. Again weighs and samples each eew's milk, excli, g an�,e. 5. Tests s<•imples of milk from each .}, conn for per cent. of butterfat . 6. Computes total feed consumed by each crow for a - month; using the weights obtained as an average. Whip cream in pitcher. :It whips more quickly than in an open bowel with less splatter. 8. Computes butterfat produced in Use fork . ,inste+ad of spoon evhen a month by each cow, using the test blending flour and water. It quickly obtained .as an 'ayorage. makes it smooth. 9. At the end of the year he com- To prevent cheese from 'becoming putes profit yr ,loss for each cone by dry and mouldy, wrap it an •a cloth Charging the animal for feed consent-{ damped with vinegar and keep in e, ed, and ,crediting her with milk andfff covered dish. fat produced. - If any kids' of vegetable boils down After finishing a day's work at one on the 'stove,lift out the kettle and farm the tester goes to the; next herd.' let it stand in a big 1lasisi 'of water. eiggignsiagideseSie ' AIRPLANES IN FORESTRY. Two hydroplanes used in Scouting over the forests of Quebec to detect Sornethiees he Teas his own 'li° rse and ; Will taeie out the burnt smell and fires. In this way thousands of dollars' ween ta. RIO lzsINc has been pre-. buggy :Eos traveling; in other testiva i taste. vented this season alone. ,, through" the local newspapers and no- tices in all the public places. The people were not slow to respond. They read, they came and, best of all, they bought. Many things were , sold that could not have been sold in any ousel; way. The community auction was' really a mutual benefit affair. Some of the property which did not well for enough to satisfy the owners was bid in, but the amount was compar.utively small. —0 A few drops of vinegar will- soni' Boyd thinks this is the quickest land ¢host satisfactory method of getting rid of'the rats and he proposes to fol- low tite plan until they are extermin- ated. His neighbors shaving Beard of his suocesssful plan' also have begun eo adopt it with benefielal results. A Community Auction: While not a stranger to many places, the .community auction recently held here proved to be a successful inno- vation for our town. It is intended to make it an 'annual event. Anyone having anything to sell had it listed ori the sale bill. Nearly all the property, except live stock, . was ga- thered at the place of sale the day be- fore. The place 'was on the premises of a closed hotel ,in the village. It was supposed to be a dash sale, but (.. those who wished other arrangsiie;its Tt(E - CiitEKFUL CHEM/Di tried to scrim the." other day did it pretty .well Z think . I know the syste.rri perFectly Excepting that I sa.lwa.ys sink.