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The Exeter Advocate, 1920-3-11, Page 2• .Address eomrnunications to Agronomist, 7s Adetalde St, West, Toronto ing foods.. This will nzinneeze the danger of mine -fever and Caked der. Get her into a box stall and pro- vide her with a clean litter of straw. It is always best to let nature take its course, but be near at hand in case any assistance may be needed. Iutmediately after the calf is born The Gaff and its Mother. Every heifer calf that istoth be raised for the dairy should have a good mean- er. :Maybe I am putting the cart be- tore the horse by mentioning the mother afterwards. but it is the calf that I want to say the most about. With the market For all kinds of dairy give the cow a pail.of warm water few rapidly iagnn^ing and `so with a little bran added, and a few hew farmer~ devoting ny special at- tention to the raLtin„ of better pre. whole oats. Warm water and oats ducin b * cows it is clearly to our ad- seem to aid in expelling the placenta. As a geueral prcpositioni. I believe it vantage t:tha greater ]tains a dity to }west to remove the • calf from the cow aping cows that have the c tpacity to ties o, milk.tted ns Soon as possible, as they both seem butted greater quantities to forget each other and do less worry - Be at a lower cos:. izi;. Be sure that the calf gets the On the dairy farm it i5 the cows firs', milli, as it acts as a gentle purge that are e n oney tit:: leis, and the and starts its digestive organs to tray we fen ed anti carp for our calves working naturally. Give the calf Is the carne* :me upon which lz"eh eve whole milk for the first few days and bens up ooh dairy bat/nett.. If s care : go slow in making the chauge from luterested in getting goo:} calves we whole -milk to skim -milk. After the roust begin by feeding, the mother a first month the calf will be able to get proper ration of good nutrirous bone, proper nourishment from other forties brood aul muscle-b;Biding foods. If of fat substituted in its diet to twigs the e foods are withheld she cannot the place of the fats removed from the preduee calves that are large and milk liv slam -41131g' end possess streng eonstittl- I ]nave found rolled oats and oltl least five feet long, two feet wide and times. We mate a serious uzistatze " process linseed meal excellent grain two feet high. This allows sufficient when we think of the cow as a milk- feeds, for young calves and I always room Lar exercise. fart et this should pr€,dueing machine rather than a try to encourage them to eat a little be divided off and closed in the front, mother. It does not nay to leave her hay as early as passible. Second cut- out in the cold, to etercise in a chill- tiug clover alfalfa seems to give the Mg wind and coniine Iver to a ration best results; line timothy is 'also re - Rabbits as a Sideline. Nowadays any sideline that wilt. help reduce living expenses is. worthy of serious attention. In this connec- tion we have found rabbits Most in- terestng and profitable. They can be kept iu almost any backyard ann. usu- ally require less room: and are cheaper to feed than poultry. They are also rapid multipltens and a few breeders. will keep an average -sized family well supplied'a'ith meat. A small start can be made with. only one or two does. We prefer either purebred Belgian hares or a Bross be- tween a Belgian, hare doe and a Flem- ish Giant buck, For a beginner the best way is to buy a doe already bred and get her from a reliable breeder. If she cath have a small range she will pick up most ot her food. Weeds, dare delz•ons, plantain, etc., are all good (odds. Any green stuff from the gar- den, such as lettuce, cabbage, carrot tops, mustard. parsley, and turnip tops may be utilized to advantage. The supplied feed should be a.'hand fol of good oats to each rabbit at night, while just before ahe is due the doe should have a warm mash in the TUE CttEEIVUL CRUD B ' love to see a tragic Islay Wkertr thins are; wrong S.s they can, be. It; rrtta es try own ltFe seeer, more 1'6.51* Things sometimes I2appen richt r'or rule. Ways to Keep Your og Well aid Train Him ; Right A good healthy dog should have no livery dog should be taught these two' more diseases than a well -cared -for fundamentals. horse, Worms are usually present in The basis of all training is affection.. puppies when you get then, and a The dog naturally loves you, and, is teaspoonful of syrup of buckthorn pathetically eager to do anything you once a week .-will rid him of them, want, if he can only understand your Watch his feces when you take him for wishes. 'The difficult thing is not to a week, as they are a certain indica- give way, yourself, to furious out. • tion of his general health. If too bursas of temper at some one of the. tight, add more vegetable table scraps; nuany aggravating things a pup will' if too loose, he is getting improper do and it is the master's part to make food, and you need more biscuit and the puppy really understand what is Should cut out the vegetables for a wanted, for ho does not know the Eng. while. lisle language! He is net a Human If yea note white, squirming seg. child, but a canine one, and his natural sign cf tapeworm. Get world is totally different from ours, ments it is a rt five cents' worth of ;xzttt�lurt seed, must but Ize does understand the language Never Is Short a£ el pound up an a mortar, .ar, anti boil for of tone of voice, and that you n P. be careful to keep hind and firm. half hour, and mix the resulting; no • da g seedy -pulp with his food, when It will Never strap a young puppy, t I was.sitting e the porch of a any thitng really brutal, no matter how country house Ona evening last sum- be gobbled up as a heather of course, great your righteous anger may be. mer, when an automobile stopped at. and will generally (till the tapeworm. One or.twosuch wild outbreaks e. the gate and a farmer friend came in, If the segments still persist, treat your part will ruin your influence with Voices were heard in the machine at hien with powdered area taut, ozze him forever, and beget in him fear in place of loyalty and affection. If a thoroughbred, his fine blood will tell In the end. )3ribe. him..shamelessiy, with titbits and dog biscuit, and make the doing of your wishes a Joy to hien, with a substantial reward attaelted. In that way only can he be raised to doghood, a gentleman. At two to four months be should learn general manners—things that no dog eau do --and also reasonable obedience; for a puppy; at four to eight mouths. minding ycur whlstlo, coming in whet) called, walking quietly beside you when required—an irksome business for any pup' ---and net to rush out and bark at people and carriages, or to junnp all over one's new overcoat with muddy paws; and at eight to twelve months his yard breaking as a hunt- ing dog will begin, if he is one of those breeds. Itcaiaaing, and disobeying at w�bat thedogdog considers a safe distance, can be eheeked with an air rifle. The dog soon learns that once out of ye= morning --at least in cold weather-- the gate and he was invited to bring grain to each. Pound weight of the dog. and bran and middlings are excellent his friends iu. It is a violent poison, so the dog is for this purpose. In the winter, when "Ohl no," he said. "They are a first fasted twenty-four hours, and green stuff cannot be, nab- couple of the hands who wanted to go then given the dose with his food, and P week readily eat dry clover or alfalfa to the movies,. We have a busy within two hours, followed up with a bay. One can buy a bale at any feed ahead of us, so I brought them along, tablespoonful of castor Oil to clear entre and feed it a little at a time. I will wait about town and drive them him out, or yOu win poison the pup as Each doe should have a hutch at back tonight," well as the worm. It should not be I thought he surely was a most given to any pup under eight months; considerate :farmer, and spoke et it Fleas are a pest which will make a afterward to my host. dog miserable all summer. A bath in "Yes," my host returned. "That is a tub of water, with about a table - why he is never short-handed in the spoonful of crcalin dissolved in it, will busy season. Ile drives into town kill millions of fleas, and it repeated with the men or women, and even twice in a summer will be enougla comes after them in the morning if Eczema frequently attacks pups, and he possibly can. In no other way is the result of bad feeding. It shows could he so well keep his help. Some- up with continuous scratching behind times the hands 'have families in the ears and uuder the armpits, which town; sometimes they only come in to soon become red and sore. The diet spend their money; but to make sure I have given above will guard Ininm that they will be on hand in the against it. Also treat bis coat with a morning this farmer either waits for half-and-half mixture of crude oil and thein or goes or sends after them. It Dowers of sulphur. is twelve miles from town to his Distemper is the great dreaded dis. farm. ease of dogclom. It is very las typhoid so as to form a sleeping compartment. The trent of the run can simply be fine mesh wire netting. of straw, inferior hay and Pedder and 1l:bed by the calves and gives good re. The hutches may be pieced In tiers expect her to brig I; us a rnbnst telt stilts, especially when their other of two or three high, when desired, and give a profitable now cf milk du:' feeds contain plenty of digestive Pro* the best place for th.enn. being inside ing the year. The unborn calf coffers tein. The use of roughage in the calf's an old shed or outhouse.' Rabbits can stand a great deal of cold, but if their hutches are out in the open it Is best to put them in as sheltered a position as possible and see that the top is thorougbly waterproof. Give each doe plenty of short bed - sect re sit ef ra°nzanz en«ent on the i 5 raiding healthy calves. A little tune : ding, with which she can make her part ef tag evatter of the cow. We spent in petting and fussing with the nest. It is best not to be inquisitive s. 1 t e ata:e to rearle Ihn-t to lieur sla calves and teaching them to lead is about the little family when it first ar. .n unborn calf and, keep her own body time well spent as it will be easier to rives, as the mother usually resents In- s^eeplied ccustitutee a heavy brain on train them when they are ready to terferenee and we. have found most of the eew's sy: *e n. I!en ee, the neves- take their place in the herd. And them quite capable of managing their cit;• cf.furs, ' ing Ler with a properly when the time comes that they are offspring without assisance—at least galea ed .::keen e^;.t•aining hc+nhe- ready to ba milked they will not be for the first two or three weeks. Lit gn wn grain L e,1 properly supple. afraid of you and have to have their tem usually run from three to ten in merted wide pr+: tein: dencentratti:e find legs strapped to prevent them from number—six is a good average. The youngsters will not eat any sup- plied food until two or three weeks old, when they should begin to have grass or hay and oats. Feed the ness in the herd. If they have been' mother well in the meantime, as this properly fed and Cared for they may greatly helps in making the little ones safely be bred for their first calf so. that they will freshen when they are front twenty-four to thirty months of age. Some excellent breeders prefer to breed them early and give them a In the same proportion as the cow that ',a carrying it when such conditions prevail. Many cases of abe�rtion, milk fever, gorget. or a calf born weak and poor- ty developed in some way are the di - ration should be encouraged as iti tends to enlarge the digestive organs and enables then to make better use of their grain feeds. Keeping the feeding pails and pens clean is another important factor in all of the gosh, paactnble roughage, in kicking. the farm et alfalfa, clover or nixed When to breed the young heifers is hay and silage, slid will eansume. I another important question that hes am a great sticker for corn in the ra- an influence upon their future useful.- tion; seful-tion; benausf cern is a food that s.eetns to Lave a special value in build - Ing bone and muscular tissues. In a test at the Wisconsin Station to ascer- tau the relative efflcieney of various feed, used for feeding cows that were with calf, it was found that the pro- teins in corn were particularly valu- able in supplementing the proteins in wheat, In the case of wheat alone as a feed for .cows carrying calves, the addition of corn seemed to produce wonderful results in insuring strong- er and more thrifty calves. As calving time draws near the pru- dent caretaker will see that the cow's digestive system is in good condition and withhold all heavy, heat-produe- thrive while she is nursing them. We have found it best to wean at six weeks, at which time the youngsters can be sold for pets or to other people for raising. However, if one wants to good, long, growing period between market them and has the room, Itis their first and second freshening. .A advisable to fatten diem up to killing heifer that freshens when she is toren- size when they will be tea or twelve ty-four months of age and is given a weeks old. Par fatening nothing beats period of five months before she is a crumbly mash of middlings and corn again bred will make a good growth meal in addition to the customary ma - and have a tendency to milk for a tion of hay or grass. longer lactation period than is the case when she is bred back too soon and not given time to build up a more vigorous body. that furnishes the results of what we call brooding, but the heat of brooding induces sleep. Little chicks, if' put in comfortable, dark compart- Secret of Raising Every Chick. meats several times a day, especially The egg from which a chick is to after each meal, so they will sleep, come must be from strong, healthy, will live, grow and thrive. Such a vigorous stock, properly fed and car- compartment is Walled a fireless ed for, so .that the egg contains all brooder. the elements and strength to produce a vigorous chick. It must be properly incubated to produce such a chick, which means that during its twenty-one days of incubation the egg must have exactly the proper degree of heat—not just gon'evhich was doing the farm work about the proper degree of heat. Too . in as good shape as a new one could. high a temperature is one of the main' I asked the age of the wagon, and causes of diarrhea in chicks. Too ` found that the owner had bought it Ian a ,temperature, especially the' of the original purchaser, who had first week, is the main cause of de -I first bought it in 1863. formed chicks and cripples, and either R At first thought this seems an im- too low or too high a temperature Possibility, because so many of us means chicks that will not live. I leave a wagon out in the rain and the The egg chamber in which eggs are .sun too often. This one was inside hatched must also contain exactly the practically all the time it was not in proper degree of humidity.. Not to use, and it had been frequently paint- supply moisture to the egg, as some ed. When it was time to paint, the people say, but to supply moisture whole wagon was washed just like to the air of the egg chamber, so that a carriage or automobile, and any - thin exact amount of evaporation from needed repairs were taken care of. No the egg takes place. Moisture can Places were left for rot to start. in.no way be supplied to the egg. Too; There has been only a new tongue *eh h or too rapid evaporation means and a bolster on the rear end in all little, puny, wealc chicks. Too little these years. •There mayhave been Dr Ito() slow evaporation means chicks a new reach, though the owner was too large to free themselves, and they not sure. The high wheels and mar - Me in the shell, `row tires were changed and three - The egg chamber must also be inch tires put on when the roads were veirtilated :never' -from the bottom., stoned. Reaches and tongues often Na matter what kind of .incubator is break in new wagons, and so apractic- run, if it has an open bottom, or if ally nothing `had been replaced be- it has ventilators in the bottom, or, cause of decay or old age. any crevices; in which the air .can leaks Implements that last fifty-six years gut through the : bottom, far better must be made right in the first place, 'results will always . be obtained if but must also be cared for. Some time these :openings are, ,entirely closed.' ago I was on a ,drive .of 600 miles, Bottom ventilation means -crippled and noticed the 'very few remaining and deformed. chicks. • "old-fashioned wooden windi nills. But Chicks that; are hatched under the not one of those I awn was unpainted.. Above conditions after eactly twenty- Paint is the reason they are there to - one days of ineubabion, should be day. The unpainted ones were gone given comfortable sleeping quarters— long ago. I noticed also that the never more than fifty chicks together, other buildings on the farm where the and not where there is any artificial windmill was were usually in good heat, but where the heat from their shape, which points to. am oral that bodies will keep ahem comfortable, and whereat is dark. They must be properly fed. Given such conditions, one is able to raise every chick so. hatched. Like little children, or like young animals, chicks must have lots of cow stable. lee .to thrive andgrow and do well. — -- � p xes ready for e tin o e ed an Gees 1 - h'ccplanting i not the heat. supplied to c i 1 s Y Tt s! A Wagon That Ran Fifty- six Years. Some time ago I visited a farm of 20 acres, and there I saw an old wa- The doe should not be bred again until a week or more after weaning the young, so that she is in good fet- tle to mate again. By following this practice our doe& have four litters a year, which is ample. If bred too quickly the litter is not likely to be so numerous nor the Individuals of maxi- mum size or strength. Birds are the farmer's friends. Re- member this while the snow is on the ground and see that crumbs and suet are placed where the birds can get them. "Ile also claims that after an eve- in u human, and comes from his 1 reach you have no power to punish ning in town or at their hones, the smelling posts and trees that have been his disobedience, but an ah' rifle, judi- p eople do better work, being mare patronized by dogs who bane had it, ciouely used to enforce commands, cheerful and content to stay as long Never take your pup to town if you can will cure that, and make him fear to as he needs them" help it, particularly in April, May and incur your diapleesure as far a:i hs Surely this is proof that coneidera- June. If, however, be gets it, it will can see you. If you have an unfenced tion on the part of employers goes a make its appearance with a high fever truck garden or flower beds on the long way in solving tl.e help question. and a running nose, or, if It is of the place, it will probably be necessary Growing Onions at Home in Mid -Minter, intestinal type, there will be yellow' to keep the dogs penned up when not pustules on his stomach and inside his out with you or the children. No thighs. scheme oi' tying a dog by a leash or a The time to act is immediately, for running line, sttch as a rine strung on if it gets a four: days' head start the ¢a taut wire, seems to work. IIs will It happened that one winter some + pup is gone, Make a warm flannel always wind himself up around any onions which were beginning to growl coat for his chest and back, and keep fixed point of attachment, and it tied; were carelessly thrown upon an ash' him outdoors in his kennel, unless the by a ring to an overhead lino will sit heap in the corner of the cellar. weather is cold and inclement. Shoot at the house thereof and howl. But These took root, seeing which, we wa. 4 a dose cf anti -distemper serum under a yard of his own, even a small one, abundance of delicious tender onions' dermic needle, tered them, and soon there were ani the skin inside his thighs with a hypo• 10x20 feet, of chicken wire, will do and feed him nothing well enough, It is the leash that the several inches in length stretching but meat broth and beef, iron, and dog objects to, and most hounds will toward the light of tire windowwine, Your aim evil be to keep up his bite ,it in two. To keep. a dogchain- above. Thus the table was furnished i strength, while he fights the disease ed to a kennel is surely a ondign form of punishment. Another and most serious fault in all dogs is the propensity to fight. No more senseless thing to do can be imagined than to encourage the fight- ing dog to attack other dogs, Head off this tendency in puppyhood, and keep your dogs out of fights—if you wish future peace of mind.. Chasing chickens is another bad 'habit not to be tolerated about a farm. In the fall the chickens should run free about the premises, and Mr. Dog is to let them severely alone. One two-day session with a dead chicken hung about his neck will cure the most ardent. But most well -raised farm dogs are well-mannered enough to be allowed the freedom of the place and loin us the in all our doings. If wetabe- with fresh, young onions rest f of i almost unaided, for no really good dis the winter, and proved so acceptable; temper serum has yet been discover - that since that time we have regular-` ed. Distemper runs its course in four- ly planted onions each winter in ash teen days. boxes in the cellar, occasionally wat- Keep down the fever with child -size ering them, and with uniform good doses of sweet spirits of nitre, and results. As a crisp table garnishing feed him by pouring the broth down a for "thy goad stomach's sake," and funnel made by pulling open his cheek to reduce the H. C. I,. we heartily while holding his mouth closed, for recommend the plan to others. few dogs will qr can eat during dis- ;---. temper, and must be fed forcibly. The A field of winter rye upon which rest is hope and careful nursing, fol the hogs may be turned early in the vallowed by the utmost care during con• spring and on which' they may feed mostsdogsgs dielest he gangrenecacold, for while the other forage crops are be- die di of the ing sown and started, will help out lungs afterythe distemper has gone. wonderfully in the amount of grain I usually have my pups shot with a food required to keep them in a dose of the serum in April, and keep them close at home until June 'schen the danger is much less, The training of your dog hinges on just two accomplishments—to- stop and lie down at command, and to walk quietly by your side when ordered to. good, thrifty condition. The Welfare of the Home Labor Savers Are a Good Investment. By Ida M. Al I have just returned from the coun- try. I confess i was glad totget back. to the city and have no longing to live in the country again. That is not be- cause I cannot stand as much hard- ship as I once did, but because that "hardship is not a necessity. Take the question of water for instance. Whey should the pump be twenty rods from the house with no way of getting it except by carrying it into the house in a bucket? My brother has a windmill to pump water for the stock but the water for the "house is carried, in by the bucketful. His wife does most of it herself. She 15 one of those healthy, independent creatures who boast of perfect health and who think carrying water two hundred rods every day by the bucketful is no hard. - ship at, all. While my brother is de- laying the inv_eetment oft a few bus- dreg dollars in a water system for the house, he le 'saving the interest on his money and wasting his wife's 'health, strength and energy. Think a mo- ment. This salute amount _of time and energy spent in raising chickenswould bring in at least three hundred dollars a year while this brings in notlaing:but an, aching battle I know one farmer's e wlao raised a family of seven elaildran and who carried evetnf -bit of her washing water up frog: ate creeks. She admit- ted that dmit-ted-that' she had always wanted a'cio- te-}a.'.: I. asked her husband why, he could ' afford td' buy all the ma- chinery he noeded -for the farm while he.could not afford to put in a cistern for his wife, „why," he replied with surprise, "she can have a cistern it she wants it. I always intended to put one in only she never said very •nmdh , about it." The following summer, the needs no mention here. The day of the poorly-lightedn aad- ly ventilated, dirty - and 'usanitary city factory is passed.o is the •day of the badly -kept :•Milt factory—the exander, cistern was put in. Now do you keep reminding your husband of what the house -needs? It is -a duty you owe yourself and every farmer's wife. Honestly, when you think that your farm home may perhaps set' a stand - and for your sickly little neighbor's needs, have you a right to say—"Well, 1 can get• along without a water sys- tem for one year more?" When you do that, you are holding back: all the other farmers' wives from getting modern. improvements into their homes, because it gives" the other farmer such a good excuse for put- ting his wife off for auother.year. In demanding a convenient° farm home, you are saving in something` that is worth far more than money. You are_savihag your health. Doing your work the hard- way is wasting health; . doing it the easy way is sav- ing av ing health. 7f you `want to know the money value of health, 3ust.think what it costs to get it back when once lost. I never heard any husband openly complain because his wife did not. work hard enough, but I have known all the courage to ooze out of a man when life became just a round of pay- ing; hired girls' bills and doctors' bilis and nurses' bills. That did take the courage out of him, and sm'allwonder, So I say to you first of all, if you want` to; be a wise partner iu' the farming game,' the first thing to be "saving" ot is your health. You cannot, and must not depend on your husband to _ know your limita- tions. You must know neem and never be coaxed beyond themfor any money saving. There are enough tunes in. life when a' woman has to risk her. health without risking health in the saving of money. haved—and it is you that must make him so—he will be a continuous de- light, and a welcome and useful addi- tion to the farm family. - Insurance on Farm Buildings. The high cost of building materials and labor would bring their present replacement cost up to a figure which would stagger any farmer who is so unfortunate as to suffer a serious fire loss. Only those who have had oc- casion to build or make extensive re- pairs during recent months realize the extent of the increase in ,construc- tion costs. But every farmer will do well to take this situation into ac- count under . present •abnormal condi tions and see that his fire risk is re-' duced to the minimum as well as his insurance adequate tothe changed situation. Fenn insurance is generally given little attentionexcept to pay the pre- miums and renew policies on expire - tion. But it Ls a factor ofthe farm; business which is of more than -ordi-a nary importance under' present condi- tions, and which consequently merits' more attention than is ordinarily giv- en it. Don't abuse a hog that refuses to be driven. Act as if you had a little' sense, even, if the hog doesn't. Profiteeringlis taking all you can get and giving as little as you can. How about some of and. hens? Do you know'how much the family cow is worth to you each year? Keeping accounts might show. The treasure that modern salvage ships are raising from the sea might well make those old .adventurers who used to search for sunken galleons turn in their graves with envy. 'In one day the salvage ship Racer got $350,000 worth of gold from ' the White Star liner Laurentic, which was sunk in 1917 off one of the north- ern headlands of Ireland. :YES CAN BE CUREDI I. I have cured hundreds of cases, and all without pain, '. r chloroform, and° ' r' innearly every • case,inane visit to my office. Write to MISS 1 R. KNORR, 9 Joseph Street, Kitchener, Ont., one7 of my recent patients, Ask her about my` skill. (Enplose,stamp for.reply.) If you need my services, call or write. Onlyap' overnight ;'trip from Ontario. .FaO.CARTER Eye, gar, Nose, Throat 23 YEARS ON. STAT2 `GTREET 120 S. State St.; Cgil CAt O, Hours 9 to 6 Sundays"til to 12 or Strangles In stallionu, brood 'nares. 'Colts anti a.11 others is most destruottye. The 'germ' causlnig-disriase mast be removed from the body of the : azlrnal. To prevent the trouble the same must be dons. SPO'ri!I'S DISTEMPER CoMPOIJND will do both—rut's the :sick and prevent those "exposed' from having the: disease. Sold ljy i -our drugglst. antninee ratDecax. GO., Sarre.. easIzeu. Z id., TT. 5. A.