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The Exeter Advocate, 1919-9-18, Page 613y Agronomist; This Department la for the use of our farm readers who want the aeltdoe FT an expert on any queation regarding soil, seed. crops, etc. If your question is of sufficient' general. interest, it will be answered through this column, If •tamped and addressee! envelope Is enclosed with your letter, a complete answer wine malted to you. Address Agronomist, care of Wilson Publishing et b co„ Ltd.. 73 Adelaiae 3t. W. Toronto. Keeping Stack. Well. 1 Every farm should be equipped with: Follow the simple rules of prat-, a small bulling, suitable for hoslti-1 Veal live stock sanittian and you tai purposes, where sick animals can; ne cared for until they recover. This; kill be sur prised how e t i° to building can also be used fox the de- � keep your farm animals well Avoid te,,tior, of new stock, until you aster " housing oe stabling your live :tock in ;,lin if they are free from disease or dark, damp, badly ventilated build -not, This is an important step in the Ings. Endeavor at regular intervals to alireeti,pn of preventing the spread of furnish your stook with z good quai- 4iseasa. Diseased animals are same Sty of food and water, and be sure that they leeof both. It is t:mee sold, you may be unfortunate in im for ant have that'ifarm animals have 1i7. z{ :•sing one of them. If you field' some deity exercise, even if it is only the little:eat in quarantine for three a Alert hall,. The question arises, weeks it will generally determine as; ehn the owner of live stock afford to tow;iether they are dieeased or heal- ` tht . ;`ever aU w the carcass of an ignore the common and well known animal to decompose on your Tarin,; simple _31es of sataitatioi . I say no. either bury it deep, or burn it. r. New, ,lien are the farmers = FaFisi'. ai,"E' ;+our elf with the tom-, and sank melt of ttais entire- pion ynap:d m, of tris{ ter'=, but vwlleit'. try ,?nine;; their level be to keen �t n ,timet as to '%hat the ailment iso the i animals linfe h o also toprevent i remptly call your veterinarian, Who, the diseases? spread of frfeet1 t and y mettle :mulct be Ywalifieti to:make a effect eels f.iea-es? I doubt it ver} mettle .iisgne►; s Elf ti:* "'tie' It t - true :hat many of the stables re entirely toe small, for the number ForBens a Green n l� eed . , :, he of ;animals lent In them, iza•si e., t barn are too often located on low Nothing in the hen's ration is mare, and, :s lath :f not preperiy drainee important than green feed. and it is'•• to e ute. en} cs ial,• snip often : in win-ee. In, MOIMIVIOM i��11i31"14�9 4Fi,..+4KYAf1, i 7r- saa....4a sesr „ id C\INiMO'\i Mouth Wash The universal mouth Antiseptic for Pyorrhoea and sore gums. Reals and hardens bleeding gums at once and tightens the teeth, MCCFIMMON'S ‘, Mouth Wash deodorizes all decomposed mat- ter and makes the mouth fresh and sweet. A BOON TO SMOKERS RIMMQN'' CMEMCALS MeneaFc tzurring Chemistie 2Se FtlCtite1QNE $ilii TORONTO , AC's 1CAL STORAGE NOLS By I. d. MATHEW S. rr tu^ t v uxasxt, utx'a [xcE the 1, Irian 3n rite 1 v * ,r �t Mane' stablE�s are .1,� cern: full it is,be t to When a little straw ane) more soil, produe is should be the same. Asa pressure on the outside of the limbs, to get about, but in most instances the healthy tip.. light •l end without sufficient i • taleschant:a c. e- �C! 3 trifle e els , ' poorly e a P By t; o t B. j-iuh e r AM,M•D y= niit °5., i41fwrtrrr- -sa A,' in Dr. Huber will a;�z$v.er ati signed lettere pertaining to. Heaith. if your 4uestion is of genered Interest it will, be onswered through these columns; lf, not, it will be er.swered personally If stamped, addressed envelope Is cis closed. or. Heber will not prescribe for Incevtduel cases or make diagnosta. Address Or. John B. Huber, M.D.s care of Wilson Publishing Co., 73 Adelaide eit. West, Toronto Bowleg. by the skilled surgeon or through op- Most babies appear to be bowlegged oration, such as cutting loose part of the bones of the thighs and setting at birth, as they have a tendency to 1 thein in proper position, bring the soles of their feet together, causing the legs to bow outward, This Questions and Answers. a Eleven ears ago Mother was as the baby y g condition disappears grows, although sometimes a child is stricken with paralysis, following a burn really bowlegged., Bowlegs de- stroke. How many strokes can one veloping between one and six years be subject to? Also please inform me are usually due to rickets. They are if strokes are due to. arteric sclerosis? seen also in robust healthy ehildren Also can gangrene be eared? that have been allowed to walk too; Answer—In some cases a patient early. The bowing may be either of.. succumbs to one parelytie stroke. In two bones of the leg, below the knee,; another ease there may be several or of the thigh bones as well, above such strokes. Strokes are generally * the knee, About one in five of us is ` due to hardening of the arteries which bowlegged and while the condition •' rupture in the brain substance thus causes no disability or discomfort it producing the paralysis. If the gen- is "often a departure from tbe nor•nal " grene is due to' the hardened arteries that makes the oa:a in live feel semi-: it may be cured. If it is due to dia- tive, 1 hetes, it cannot, in most eases, be Children having a tendency to bow-; cured. Apoplexy is the result of a legs should not be permitted either to',stroke, The first and second stroke» The chances, s walls or 'to stand at an early age are often recovered from, , Clothing thick enough to prevent the of course, diminish with tbe sufferer's child from holding •it`s thighs together: age. In any event the chances of dull must be avoided. Massage (rubbing recovery from complete paralysis are the legs and kneading the Muscles) slight. Power is nsuailt,: restored- in. and making gentle and continuous the leg sufficient to enable the patient r �' rte• supply and a, ,tn h d with t 'fl f ow grease matter of feet potzto pits should be; 1 so aS to bend them inlvard into a finer movements of the hand are lost. Vie othersIf t ,.. 41 • r,iount nee( e, •ler t *i Far sanitary re�cors the 's` �•CE ..n....=n i .c 1 •viii belt h.- h the iCein n anti the, \Y.urnier then tie p0 .'. Oes y • straight line will correct the deform- More or less mental weakness may ,� . stable ' i ,, ' r.i , {, '=;a rather then nr,61£rE`.'.::?I.I:s it. s , floe?: t e should b ern p Irocew who, it i:; time to take p parsnips' drop they thirty-five on degrees in store' - , pressure is ex- follow an attack and the °operable, tty in infants, if the . M 1` weed. , - Mnr.geb are rite ?est winter green know nkat it means to ick par,,nips' age, they take that sweet taste :ever• #Imes Bail thus recovered, may become irritable st other materia. drained. o. n• F. cry I l.r P t ei roti persistently 1 Y st�•� a C., �a 1 e tla�inr•3 cleaned o.: fe' a ' arm �f tli•�na ran out of the fxowen ground, and I h which 1 h d by but few in pot• Any tendon{y to rickets must be tom and emotional. Th general health ., r. r, a i..: d large �aYt: E+ ave, w is is re is e -� e .en ... > « a , r ,n .. mall lr -T. Ce. �• `ir,iktE. i e l attire must ' .. . Y andthe er. i aisInee tel awe a ;seek. It a sae n c n• a ma l to a participated to Iii ocee ltligs that v, ere .ties. _"? - a the pit tel ire , - greatly l 1 t bated: child must remain outdoors as must be carefully coneerved, ....1•, .� st, . - eats are re a � Ziktii.,. I that, P c oc, zbl{* he diet improved, emunctartes( is 3 t t t a Eal a«r ,4 and eeeremere tom much a p t , iglt,d•1?y hens, i� ,� I was be ke t between thrt;•-Etro anti forty; m the bowels, the kidneys ' avE, , o e lave them and f d gr .es l fa utility otatoes. 1?ut:mustbe kept active. trent 'e rs worn in a barn for an i 4 rte z,. tat i not alone. Practicalie- all products o ,• eg, e , r q . p. s ?.� to 1 teaspoonful of an emulsion of and the'skin) P Ptine.•,., he .,,t?- i e oxeye -lite, _? n::aiy P5i'ii.r�- and field can be kept in n"the pit on a. 'cell dratneci ,loeation,i ,e a. be iven three times When the• paralysis has persisted for g a, .e t:* to ael w. .. i.E ild the gar len cod liver oil m >; "a +• , " iTM:E:n ac s: fir::"I t.i;t*.= t.'^ C::n get along 7. , , warm cod liver Oil more than three months, the patient's 1:3'.1er Bever se e on e, eine Sir.. 1 simple and inexpensive storage that' 1'1 the 'tl -teG an the pile, ever teeny and pure ti n m c a* ;"ar tier .nano eelr�id.«.asp:e d: -'ter; :ge l try tt:-;n€ ii:tirges ani 1eav- ,nay l;e constructed on any farm.' 1'1 11 •. with straw. Then put on six rubbed all over the body ante daily relatives must undcrctand that tbe { Pl°a on u '� l 1• f tare{> trout ever stelae. iiia wen nti .tilt tee sl ro iter. tees. n ` , Heretofore, only the hardy products . inches of dirt. « ovr anot ler ayex o•after the bath. If the solea of the f d o rear • u,. `liar^varcl snarl's c eft aliagee if the mange) erep , have been thus kept, but the occasion' straw covered with fmm six to nine awes are inane thio ter ..^41ong the often situated t3 r • F �C . e n ?r.ta�c,i. c and le:icli`nti?s from - the i . "E ant than ';geed the eai�l.ages demands that everything than can bei riche' of soil eomnletc , the potato gM outer borders it will fat or carxection r •a:'tv into the ,'r.t .,",l save the =Reels until vc in store re be kept, pit and if these details are carefully,'• of hon1c '. tivhen the chill herein. to >*n..n.,.e m3; rir,le its pi c,er ti 1' •i eel. • ort n the -:•inter as they will keep Better, followed out most. fall potatoes should re vie ia:t'a tea w a t i se There area few principles of stor-walla In older children, when bowlegs :':i' t7 " iF'ker and pail:up i tu�C. tin, than > , I•Te�. age th tt must be borne in mind when keel' until spring in nand condition, are very pronounced and the deform-- ? ,a*h of some of your ateek. I# '.,"' I'uliil n''as are lazed by roalitry and g awe of an product. For the other root craps and apples,; ity is of long standing, correction can not eepet:sive and a ver • F''e-xl pl"�ii the fend that the crop of Punal.kitis` Planning the storage �' . the second layer of straw does not: o c -'o l - pour one •:erose: c will not bring nauch money on the An even, low f temperature must be only be secured by apparatus applied to yo ala r i .y p a d maintained if possible, the Product: matter so much. They can stand tenni in your b.l ::y> r 1, and e few days market and thFy are a bull crap to t ventures pretty close to the freezing -'r later taste and :.cent the well water. ; deliver. It match better to feed them : must be packed .,o that air ntay mover •int. Parsnips should be Iaid out to Imaginary Exercises, If the .sap of the barnyard is makin:, in the Vater to the heirs anal market abvolt from piece to place and the i freeze before the are put into tile+ A physician who had difficulty in Its wa • into the well,you will he abl,..i then in the form of fresh eggs. Boiled' amount of moisture must be main- j Y ; i p y b health; rained at a high point Storage pits or pit. Vegetable oy ors and salsify; persuading one of his patients to to gee:'st and taste the oil. If possible Pumpkin mixed with bran is a h cellars not provided with ample mois- should also be treated in the same' spend time doit.g the setting -up ex keen your barnard clean, and avoi:Z ful food and very good for Tufting the Lure accout for so many shrivelled way' ercises prescribed for him hit upon storm muco' manure in it at an'- Young st7cic or keening the old hens; potatoes,apples and other! Ca bbages may be stored in a pith an idea that will interest anyone who one time.. For convenience some farm••` healthy while confined in the laying' products. atid soft he deands for moisture but I find it some easier to put them' is trying, in the midst of a busy but ors throw droppings from stock out' house. ! are not the same, however, far an; into or remove them from a trench., sedentary life, to get eaeroise through of stable late otos, and here allow it; Clover is ane of our best poultry, products. While potatoes, beets, cat -t My way is to dig a trench about; mesa -inks. to accumulate for a long time. Thin ,feeds. It may be rolled in a cylinder 1 r and cabbages keep hest Where eighteen inches deep and a foot wide.' "What kind of exercise did you. Is decidedly unsanitary, especie lly if : of poultry wire and placed in the ` rots, i •Put n laser of straw in the bottom of l take when you were a boy?" asked the you keep cows. ` house where the. birds can pick at it• i. the moisture is abundant, sweet po- t Feeding stook badl • cured grain or; Clover can be soaked in warm water; tatoes, onions, squashes and pelma -t the trench. Leave the roots and doctor. r f y bins are at their best only where the leaves on. the cabbage and put it int?) "Mostly woodchopping and base - fodder will frequently sicken them, to freshen it and then placed in the; the trench, coats up. Then put a Iayea' ball," said his patient, with a laugh. roc ueir.r a sort of forage poisoning. poultry house in troughs. A fork of amount of moisture in the air is re -1 P ' amount of s while the cellar may 'the straw in tbe trench but above the "All right," said the doctor. "Every The under -feeding of live stock les-: clean clover hay thrown on the floor; be suitable for storing potatoes and heads and cover the rest of the pit; morning and night chop some imagin- sens their power of resisting diseases. of the house will keep the birds busy the root crops the attic gives mere with soil. Cabbages keep well inthis;at wood and play some imaginary When live stock are stabled and de while they are confined during the; " long pit and may be easily removed baseball. prised of fresh air they will not thrive, winter or on stormy fall nays. i ideal conditions for the storage of when needed for the table. The patient thought at first that the Quid be etluipped with; Save all of the cull vegetables far, onions, squashes end pumpkins. Root cellars are ver desirable if t a ible to Y physician was jesting, lint he soon dis- condition is past relief, that medicines an{l electricity will net Lure, though they may relieve and give comfort. What kind of glasses are most reot- ful for the eyes when one is ridinga motorcycle? Answer --Plain glasses are best and eferably of amber hue. Eery barn sn ventilators, fresh outside air should the poultry. They nazi be boiled anal As an canning, i le impossible built with a ventilator. The trouble covered that he could get goocb exer- t not be laying. They are more alert be admitted and the foul air allowed fed in the form of a wet mash. Such take prime stored stuff out of storage often is that the ventilator already on else and even pleasure by felling an and take more exercise, and the fact to escape, I feed is so much better than a straight: unless prime stuff was put in. When has been nullified by having a boardimaginary tree that grew in Eis bed- that they are laying will keep them It is well to keep ins mind that des- grain ration for fowls that no flock" the fruits or vegetables are; placed put on top of it. This slants orf the room, or by pitching make-believe front running ease is the functional, or structural should be without it. It tones up the, under low temperature conditions, the air circulation and causes the stored baseballs to make-believe batters at On 1 The unfortunate person who has everything coming his way, without effort of his own, is likely to be over- supplied. We apologize to this com- placent and usually self-satisfied per- son, for comparing him with the hen whose feed is thrown to her in hand- fuls. With her crop quickly stuffed in this manner, what is there left for her to do,, to hope for, to look for in the next few hours? Exercise is good for the molting hens; in fact for all hens that for any reason or no reason are not laying. Hens that are laying need less en- forced exercise, for they are healthy and in condition; otherwise they would e1a •ed and i l d t deviation from the normal or healthy birds during the winter and helps, ripening process is s mp standard. It is, of course, that condi- them to lay eggs. Even if the cost of; it is carried on much more slowly tion which obtains where a living be -eggs in winter is about the value ofd from that on. For instance, we will ing or animal is unable to adjust the eggs, the hens have to be fed; take apples that should be ripe in itself to its environment. The cause, something, so why not give them all; another week if the weather continues of disease maeg be divided into two they need and get paid for •it rather; at ninety degrees F. throughout the groups. viz., predisposing and excit-i than half feed them and receive no- j day. If these apples are, cooled to a ing causes. Predisposition to disease thing for what they do get. i temperature of thirty-five to forty includes all conditions which diminish' We have found that a few feedings degrees, it can be readily seen that an animal's resistance and thus ren- each week of boiled cull potatoes are their maturity' will be much belated. I d to keep the longest apples der ems ) k t u der the same tem - materials to ripen more rapidly since the other end of the room. the heat of the root cellar is not al- One of the sports that children are lowed to escape. Root cellars ought fond of is the "standing jump, the to be watched carefully and ample exercise value of which is not so much ventilation provided .at all times. in the leap itself, as in the prepar- Many house cellars are too dry for story movements—the swing of the the storage of root crops, although! arms forward and upward and then these same cellars do well for onions, backward and upward, the bending of squashes or pumpkins. Moisture Is the whole body vigorously, the bring - absolutely essential and must be pro ing into action all the 'muscles of the vided in some way. Of course, there trunk and the upper and lower limbs in to fat. cold or rainy days mix their grain, a little at a time, in the litter..., This will furnish the hens a means of absorbing interest to "pass away the time." They are too often allowed to spend these days moping about in the cold and wet, or ,in standing in hud- dled, ud dled, disconsolate groups around the wood -pile. It is really amazing how lightly the importance of litter for fowls is pas - where subject to the specific ex relished' the birds and it helps tot n order sed over. Among the people I know, citing causes of disease; Here is reduce the cost of feeding them. At should be ep, n can be too much moisture. When it from toes to finger tips. These many or have known, not one in a hundred where heredity is often charged with the present price of potatoes they are; perature as much as possible. Accur collects on the potatoes, apples or movements repeated several times provides it. However, my observe - or the cause of the disease, or ail -not economical poultry feed but there( ate records show that any storage other materials, then there is too with increasing effort will give the devotee of imaginary exercise a good tions have been mostly on farms where return if he invests a few minutes of his time in them each day. And so you may in imagination go through the list of familiar games and activities of labor and take the more important exercises, such as sparring, driving a golf ball and swinging a scythe. By doing these exercises both right and left handed, you will get the best use of each form. went. The most important active: are apt to be many unmarketable culls causes of diseases are of a parasitic especially after a dry season, and they • nature,.and can be transmitted from can be used to advantage in the peal- * animal to another, from farm to try mash. If there is a vegetable farm, county to eounty,*province to grower in the community some poul- province, and nationito nation. In this trymen can do well to purchase any of way tuberculosis, glanders, and many the cull stock which he is glad to get other infectious and contagious dis- eases have become world-wide in dis- tribution. Immunity is that power of resistance possessed in some degree by every animal, and it is due to a combination of protective material substances that are much alike in all rid of at a very low price. Often farm- ers in t''e community raise crops of carrots, niangels, turnips or beets which do not find a ready sale on their local market and sometimes the poor- er grade can be purchased by the poul- try man at a price that makes it an product decreases in value more rapid- ly if the storage temperature is allow- ed to change very much. Even tem- peratures keep the ripening checked and moisture in the air keeps the natural moisture of the product from evaporating. When fruits and. vegetables are packed either in bulk or in containers' so that the air cannot circulate freely, there is bound to be trouble. Moisture laden air settles into the pockets and then the temperature there has a tendency to rise a little and between animals, with one exception, namely, economical investment. these two facts, molds, rots and de - that peculiar type known as natural One farmer in our section fed silage cays set in. I have removed sacks of immunity. It is rather strange that to his hens and they seemed to like it potatoes from the storage bins and one animal sickens and another anent had a good influence on egg found the potatoes decayed the most escapes the infection; however, we production. It might pay if some of around the outside of the sack where usually find the strong, robust, heal- our experimental farms would find- at came in contact with another. Pack thy animal is the one that survive& out the value of different kinds of the products so tha$'air can have free It must be admitted that this matter silage for poultry feed, The poultry- access to all parts of the bins and. is none too well understood. We have men and farmers with large flocks storage places. bet two kinds of immunity; first, nat- need a cheaper source of feed and it There are very few farmers who ural, which I have• mentioned; second, seems as if some kind of a chicken can afford to build and maintain a usually termed medical. Immunity silo might be used ; to advantage. is no longer a theory; it is a, science Clover silage ought to be a good green fully as well • understood as psycho- food for hens though the writer has logical actions of drugs, never seen it used: Don't make any special effort to turn the cowdry that is going to drop a calf text spring; neither feed her with a special view to milk -production. ,Just let natilre take " its course, and you will be the gainer in the long. run. When :building a dairy barn, atten- tion to good drainage will result in i various benefits not always apparent at first. In early spring and after heavy rains, _a well -drained yard will be drier. Building on a small knoll is fre- i quently the moans of providing run - Hung water from a cistern filled' by the down spouts from the barn roof. Such a cistern has the advantages of an ele- vated reservoir and water from a barn roof is usually cleaner than from a house, owing to the .absence of chim- ney soot. Shabbiness in plant, bush or vine may be prevented if • .a little time is given to rem"oving faded bloom, leaf or. branch. There is no excuse for care:Rest-es& even if the summer is re<rly over. Liauicl : m ,lone• will remove stains marlhe cr, clothing by sewing machine oil. regular storage house unless they have specialized and have but a single crop to store. Out-of-door pits, root cellars and underground cellars are the most practical for farm use. The out-of-door pit has and will gave ma:iy';millions of dollars worth of farm produce. May it also be said that many millions of dollars' worth of stuff has also gone to waste in such pits. Potatoes and apples for early spring use or sale may be easily and safely stored in these field pits. Tur- nips) rutabagas and beets' may be stored in these, pits, but if they must be used during thewinter, the piles. should not be made too large so that the danger of freezing while some are being removed as obviated. Properly made, the field pit is a friend in disguise. The error often made is in thinking that pits for all much. Cellars often suffer from lade of ventilation and it is a good plan to open a ventilator or window from time to time to let off warmed and foul gases. There is scarcely a farm product that cannot be successfully stored. Moreover, suitable storage is easily provided and seldom involves a finan- cial burden. Let us store • more this year than ever before, since some of the things we have ordinarily procur- ed from outside sources will not be available this year and it will be nec- essary to make the farm -grown pro- ducts roducts take their places. Prepare Vegetable• Cellars. If you have permanent vegetable and storage cellars, clean, whitewash and ventilate them now. There will be no time for this when frost threatens, and the product of the garden must come in with a rush. THE C UEEK.FUL CIi'E�.UB Tod•. X stood ' v c i .11i1I And gwve the, grind �.ser40r glee.: m „Sorrle ��,� w7r,en i. a blue. peri)' ps The .,,rand will bring` it 11,4.e.14 to me. hive"r i µy5 ;- Egg -Laying Contests Popular. there is a small or medium-sized flock. Perhaps sure -enough poultry keepers do better thax this. After being used but a short time, ' litter becomes broken into short parti- cles and packs closely. Do not scatter the grain upon it and imagine you are feeding in litter when the hens 'can pick up the grain as readily as if it were thrown upon the ground. Take a pitchfork and so thoroughly mix, the grain and litter that the very thought of it will say to the fattest, laziest The egg -laying contests throughout hen on the place: "She that will not the Dominion are attracting consider- work shall not eat," able interest. Already the entries are The exercise will change the surplus being rapidly filled by birds from ala fat to healthy muscle and keep the classes of poultry breeders. The hens fit; the scratching shed will re- fancier and the commerci:.l man are sound with cheery song, and more being represented as are also the eggs will be laid. baekyarder and the farmer, the old" breeder and the amateur. Canadians Burial in dry flour will keep sflvct are not going to have it aid their own ) way either, for both the United States blight for a tong time, and England are going to be repre- sented. rfhe Great West Permanent The ` Dominion Experimental Farm is oonducting no less than seven con-.• f0e ,r:t� C'relce. 20 t:ini Wit. "'Ateste this; year, reaching from Prince E.ward Island on the east, to Alberta on the west. At 'Ottawa wi14 be held the "Canadian" open to the world. Other contests will be conducted at six of the Branch Farms throughout the Dominion. The farms selected are Charlottetown, P.Q.I.; Nappa.n, N.S.; Cap Rouge; Que.; Brandon, Man.; In- dian Head, Sask.; and Lethbridge, Alta. 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