The Exeter Advocate, 1920-4-1, Page 6Address communications to Agronomist, 13 Adelaide St, West, Toronto
8s Your Tractor Ready for Spring down or replaced* Drain •off the oil.
Work? and loosen the pan. Scrape out the
If your experience Is at all like mine • dirt and slime that will hang to the
you will knew that there are many pan and wash it clean with kerosene,
things you forgot to do last fall. Per- While the case is out of the way,
haps you didn't drain the fuel line, oil is a good time to look for a loose
the valves and cylinders carefully,
connecting rod, If there is one, it
clean out the bard oilers, wipe the en- takes only a few minutes to remove
gine up in general, or replace a brnken one of the thin: shims from each side
spark plug.of the bearing and tighten the rod as
In order that we do things up in it should be. The bearing must be
good shape as we go, it will be a good snug, with no vertical play; a little
plan to start with the dirtiest work side play will do no harm.
and make a clean sweep of things all When the bearings are in shape,
the way through. "put the pan back in place and pour
The first equipment you need is a big about two gallons of kerosene in the
bunch of waste and a bucket of ker. crank -case, Turn the engine over
osene. Olean all of the dust and several times so that the old oil -will
grease off the engine and engine be washed off the crank -shaft and the
frame, so that when you get at the inside of the case. Do not run the en -
inside work there will be no grease gine with kerosene in the crank -ease,
and grit to slip in where it is not This is dangerous, for it is very easy:
stunted. to heat a bearing that is not well
Remove all of the hard oilers, scrape lubricated, and kerosene is not a lub-
out the old grease and open up the recant. After rinsing the case, remove,
passage to the bearings with a nail or the kerosene, fill the ease with fresh,
a piece of stiff wire. Then fill the lubrieating oil and turn the engine al
cup full, and turn •;n at least three few times so that the oil will work
good big cupfuls of grease so that into the bearings before the engine e
the bearing is well covered with a coat called upon to do any work,
of live lubricant. • That is about all of the heavy work.
Having finished that job, start in on Next, take off the cylinder head and;
the transmiss.en. The ease win need inspect the valves. There is a pos-,
draining so that all of the sediment sibility that one, or more, is in need
will be removed from the bottom of of grinding after the heavy fall plow -
the casting. Wash the case out clean ing and silo filling that was done last
al-
with kerosene. Pay close attention
to the condition of the gears; there
• may be a badly worn one that will
need replacing before the Beason is
done. If everything seems in good
shape, put in fresh oil and replace the
cover.
There .is one other dirty job to do,
and; I hate it most of all; it is clean-
ing up the crank -case. It is a good the market, But when I think of sail
plan to take the bottom of the case, engine filled up with carbon I recall
so that the work may be done ther- a paragraph in an old instruction book
oughly. Take a piece of string and that carne with an old tractor that I
tie the oil gauge up so that it will used to operate:
not be damaged when the pan is let "When carbon has deposited, there
they seem to tit snug, let
thein alone. You might grind on a
valve a half-day and not get the finish
an it thathas been put there by the,
continual tapping of the valve 'upon
its seat,
When the cylinder head is off, clean.
out all of the carbon deposit. Thera'
are several good carbon removers on
TT'S purely a question of supply,.
ing snore—and better -fertilizer.
This isnot theory. It is FACT.
Grain needs nitrogen or ammonia to grow
the straw; Phosphoric Acid to hasten ripen-
ing and fatten the kernel; Potash to give strength to resist disease
and assist in the formation of starch. Harab-Davies Fertilizers pos.
Gess these plant foods in readily soluble form—the identical plant
foods that are supplied to the soil by barn -yard manure, but in larger
quantities and in more concentrated form. Experience is the great.
teacher. There is no substitute. Read, then, of the experience that
scores of Farmers in all sections of Canada have had in greatly in-
creasing grain yields eith Harab-Davies
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to break it up and get them back in condition..went -six
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EPORiiT MEDXCAZ, C0711PAITY, %t'ouhen, $ed., USA,
is only one safe way to remove it—
serape the cylinder and head, piston',
ringsand grooves. Do not" rely upon
patent carbon removers: they are in
effective in most eases."
The engine is now almost ready to
put to work. Put everything together
and we will start on another part
that will not be so greasy and dirty to
handle. Examine the radiator to see
if it leaks, the pump to see if at needs
repacking, and the hose connections.
If there are new connections around•
the shop, put that down on the re-
pair list.
As a matter of precaution, clean the
lime and settlings out of the cooling'
systenx. Caustic soda or a dilute solu-
tion of hydrochloric acid will do the
job in good shape,
The fuel line usually needs a little
attention. Drain the tank and remove
the little catch pot at the bottom. This
probably has in it an accumulation of
dirt and water that has settled out of
the fuel tsi>;k during •the season.
On most machines there are one ore give it proper treatment, but he shook
two little screens through which the his head and advised me to look around
fuel must pass on its way to the car- the country some more, and see if I
buretor. These should be taken out found any fields which were producing
and cleaned so that the fuel will have exceptionally that had been under
a clear path. After this is done, the cultivation as long even as twenty
fuel line will be in readiness for sere years. I know of only one such field
ice when the earbnreter is cleaned up. within a radius of ten miles of my
Try the magneto, if it gives a good farm. But ,in a few years I am going
spairk, then you are in luck; just let back to the same man, invite hint to,
it Alone. If you fool with it, you may ride home with me, and then I shad!
have something to fix that requires show hien a whole 'farm that is pro -
closer attention,. If some of the wir-! diming exceptionally, and one that has
ing is oil -soaked, ,it should be re- been in crops for sixty years. f
placed' with clean wire. New con- 1 did not stop long enough to dm -
tads should be soldered on to the cover this man's theory in soil fertil-
ends so that good connections niay ity, nut long enough to )snow that he
be made easily, both at the magneto believes his yields must necessarily
and the spark plug terminals, t decrease each year, 'This belief iiia-
Remove the spark plugs and ,clean its his profits accordingly, Nearly
them up, set the points with a gap of everyone knows now that we may
one -thirty-second of an inch, and put' steadily build up our soil, and that it
them back. will pay a good profit while we are
Now fill the fuel tank, fill the radia- making it as fertile as it was in its
tor, open the needle valve and set, virgin state. And if we go even
the impulse starter. After turning further than that and actually make it
the engine ever several times, it richer than it ever was, who can say
should start of in fine style. The what the limit of production per acre
earburter will probably need Chang-• may be?
ing a little, but aside from that the Almost all ofus who read this
machine is ready for a good season's
work.
THE CUEEtFU1. CiiEKUB
HOW Streenege those
ri¢}"iteous beings a.r.e,
Who r ever c re. for
run
$vtsire ply .speru
their tl.rne on earth
Reforrnini everyone. tt
I told him he :night make it always
arse exceptional cropa ,if he would
The Welfare of the Horne
The Fresh Air Cure.
"How is Nannie this morning, sis-
ter?" Mrs. Edwards carefully closed
the outside door before she answered
her breezy visitor. "Not any better
that I can see. She just coughs and
coughs until I am nearly wild—go in
and see her."
Aunt Nancy pushed -pen the bed,
room door. In the hot, stuffy little
room Iay a young girl, "I'Iello, Nan-
nie," she said, and then she bent over
and whispered mysteriously, "1 ans
going to tell you a secret: I have conte
to abduct you."
The fished epot on the thin white
cheeks grew a l.ttle deeuer and the
Ibig eyes almost sparkled. "What do
you mean, auntie? You don't look
very bold and bad."
"Well, I ani, and the coach is at
the door, Come in, sister," she cal-
led to Mrs. Edwards. "Give us your
blessing; were gong to elope,"
Nannie's mother appeared, worr'ed
and anxious. Warn out with the care
of an always sick ,family, she had
1ittla reeistence to offer to her s
ter's brisk, authorita.:Go wa, s. Now'
she could only quaver a troubled,
"What ever do you mean, Nance7"
"I mean I am going to steal Nannie
and take her home with me." I
"Oh, I would never dare let her,
She hasn't been out of this room for
three weeks, If she should catch cold
now
"But she isn't going to catch cold,
It's as "warm as !vex .out -o,' -clears,
A.11 she needs .is to be fattened up on
seine of this fresh air and sunshine." !
In spite of Mrs, Edwards's aro„a
tests Aunt Nancy began to collect
what would be needed for the ti— p.:
"Don't worry, Elia, she went on, "I'll
return her better than rew, and it'll
gave you a little rest as well,. You
have your hands more than full •tvxth
the other children. Just fix an egg
1 and some milk for NanaTo and we'll
get started so we can reach home
while the sun is still high.”
A. little later, curled back comfort-
ably :n the automobile. Nannie was
trying to find words to express her
delight, "I never dreamed it was so
lovely! I can't see it fast enough. or
hard enough. I just want to eat thio
air .in big chunks—it's exactly L1.:
getting out of a prieon."
"That's exactly what it h. chid,
when the world :s just spilling over
with the only thing that you need!"
When they reached the end of the
long ride Aunt Nancy ushered her
niece up the stairs. "Why, what
have you been doing, auntie? What
is that new door at the end of the
hall?"
"Just wait a minute. Didn't I tell
you there was a surprise? Come in
here first and get ofi some of those
wraps."
"But what are all those interesting
things on the bed?" She held up a
wonderful warm, woolly dressing
gown as she spoke.
"Stip right into it," commanded
Aunt Nancy. "It's 'most big enough
for two of you, but I expect you to
grow into it. Now, here's a little cap.'
This is What Limits Your Profits
Are the profits from farming limit-
ed? Yes, I suppose one must answer etc., for no one can say just how much
that they are, for crop yields are milk our Battle will produce, or what
limited by the weather, climate, cult- price we may receive for our surplus,
ural conditions, seed, soils, etc. But stock, if they be pure-bred. Many
bulls, both beef and dairy, have sold
for tens of thousands of dollars, and
horses and hogs and sheep have like-
wise brought tremendous prices,
'So 'when we feel respondent about
farming as a business, 'when we think
how Iittle profit we are receiving let's
paper are stoclenen, or at least we
keep some stock: And if the profits
from farming and crop production are
unlimited, they are certainly so from
stock -raising, horse -raising, dairying,
in other ways they are certainly un-
limited.
I make it a. praeticee frequently,
after the day's work is over, to crank
up thenar and ride about the country,
1 ens never disappointed, for each time
1 discover something new and some-
thing interesting and worth while to think, too, how very unlimited our
my business of farming and dairying. opportunities are. Let's resolve that
One evening last summer while riding we will build up our soil each year,
1 noticed a field of wheat, cut and and that we will raise registered
shocked, which was exceptional --we pure bred stock, and we will find our
have had a very dry, poor season for profits increasing until we will wonder
small grains in this section—so I ourselves if they really are limited.
drove into the yard and asked the And then when be began to wonder,
owner how he had such 'a fine crop of and think, the answer will come: Yes,
wheat when others were so comparat- the profits which a farm may yield
ively poor., He told me that it was are limited. They are limited by the
planted on new ground, ground that size, broadness, progressiveness, and
had raised only one previous crop, capacity of ourselves.
and that he expected it would raise
goo, crops for several years yet.
Buy Thrift Stamps.
What Does the Country Need
For years we have heard much re- never get on." And he didn't. His
garding the work of the farmer, the wife had not lived on a farm before.
needs of the rural school and the van She could not bear to work with
ue of the rural church. There seemed "those dirty chickens," wouldn't
to be the feeling that if the farmer ""mess around" with mills and butter
was enabled.to raise big crops and and never had hoed in a garden and
sell these crops for fair prices, if we never expected to. Moreover, it was
could have up-to-date churches and too hard to can the surplus fruit and
schools in our country districts ev- vegetables so she bought hers ready
eryone would be happy. And so canned. She "adored" extravagant
speakers eulogized or pitied the farm- clothes, and then she wanted some
er as the case seemed to demand, place to wear them, and as the country
much oratory was forthcoming re- women had little time for social affairs
garding the schools and volumes have she had to have a horse and buggy at
been written regarding the country her disposal constantly so she could.
church. What is the surprise of the drive into the village to numerous
public to find suddenly that the conn- parties and "'functions" of other kinds.
try woman refuses to be satisfied Do you wonder that the neighbors
with a recipe for mustard pickles and said, "Poor Charlie. Jane surely leads
patterns for tatted medallions! They hint a merry chase. She's no good as
are coming to realize that they have' a farmer's wife. He ought to have
a profession as dignified and demand-`' known better :than to have married
ing quite -as much expert knowledge her." It took all he could make to
as that of the farmer, the teacher ort pay the rent and keep up the house -
the minister. 1 hold expenses and he never had, airy
Someone has well said, "The home time for a vacation himself. How -
is that institution for which all other ever, this one good thing •cameout of
institutions exist." That being the having this couple in the neighbor -
case, does not the home -maker have hood. Some ef the men began to
something of a task, and isn't it time appreciate just how much a home -
that we brought to her some of the:; maker can do to make or mar the
information now at hand for improv- success of his venture as a farmer.
ing her profession? Men in all kinds After all, the farmer and his family
of work are studying to make them-; are.seeking just what all of us are
selves more proficient in their "work. :seeking—a well-rounded, abundant,
They try to take advantage of every.._•satisfying life. And. many of them
discovery of science, every bit of use -are just .new realizing that the great
ful information and all the skill they country life interests are .. human in -
can acquire. Most interested workers terests, that good fat steers and
are collecting their own libraries on cribs overflowing with corn are not
subjects bearing on their work. It is' ends in themselves, but are worth
safe to venture'. that not one home -i working for;' only because of what
maker in twenty has yet a' professions! they will purchase for the family in
al library, but many of them are' thee -way of satisfaction and :happiness.
realizing the need for at and are ask And that is why the purchaser needs
ing for heap an selecting books. I the assistance of trained persons quite
But why this new 'interest in her as'much, no, we would ° say more than
work? Some people—only a• few -1 does the producer. Tntelligent con -
have begun to realize that the Iate suniption must keep pace with Intel -
Col. Roosevelt was right when'he ligent production if the largest satis-
said, `"The farmer should realize that; faction is to be had.
the person who most needs censidera-i Think it over! Would it not be i.he
tion on the farm is his wife." She ii part of wisdom to give to the wife
makes a very large , contribution to • as good conveniences, as'good a work -
the success of the farm business be- ing plaint', the same opportunities'
lades raising her. family. through the press, through lectures
On a farm not far from ours.there and through the association evitli
lived a . splendid farmer. " He knew trained leaders to 'learn, what • would
his business and worked hard and be valuable to her '.n her 'profession,
intelligently, but as the neighbors ex- as it is to give these thane: to the
pressed, it, "Charlie just seems to farmer?
You certainly do look 'spiffy', as Jessie
would say. Now this way for the
great mystery!"
Reach ng the end of the hall she
threw open the new French door.
"Behold the bride's bower!!"
Nannie gasped. "Oh, auntie, what
a beautiful sleeping porc'ud"
The daintiest of beds was waiting
for her. "Pop r ght in; Jessie has it
ready—she's coming in a minute with
some nice, fresh milk."
Nestled down in the big white bed,
Nann e sighed Happily. "Do you
knew that lovely little poem, 'May
is buildinet her house.' Auntie? I feel
right in the midst of it." -
The branches of a tree almost
brushed ago: nst her cheek, and at
that moment a friendly cardinal sway-
ed lightly on a little twig and pealed
out a lusty cheer, cheer, cheer!"
"Bess his heart, that's just the way
I feel. The only trouble is, I'ni afraid
I'll get well too soon, and then I'll
not have any excuse for staying here,"
"I'II tell you, Nannie. Presently,
when you get to looking real chipper-,
we will send for your mother and the
children to come and spend the day.
She's al-ays been :}raid to let any
ef you have any freTh air. but when
she sees whet it docs for you she will
change her mien. tour father has
paid out enough in doctors' bills to
build several porches Iike this --and
you never will want to sleep indocri
again, winter or summer. You t ne w
we always slept out before we came
here, and we just loved it in the wint-
er, too. One learns something won-
derful every eefte,.,,. Wier. y!iu get
to hob -robbing er th the birds anithe
trees and the stars, little worries don't
amount to much—and then you feel
eo wed all the time that trifles don't
matter."
Under the new treatment Nannie
fairly blossomed. Dozens of fresh
eggs and quarts of new r ch, creamy
milk added to unlimited fresh air,
soon made Nannie look truly like iiew,
"To think that my own s rte:' had been
giving those children, argil that poor
sick girl, separated milk! Of course
she didn't know what she was doing,"
mused Aunt Nancy. Naerne disi:'usse d
market problems and family reerate
with the birds. She listened with bee
soul as "the l.ttie stars ring togesh.
er." For the firet time in her ate
she began to feel the music of the
Psalms.
"There's so nweh 'dam ee' ell the
time that I can't bear to waste snen
it lot of it in slew:rine-wbet I just
can't help it," eke confide -1.
Happy weeks rolled hy, r,n'1 then
one day her mother came ' rinin+';
the four pinched, narrow-che i.e i
younger children. They had a tuber-
cular inheritance and Mrs. Edwards.
felt the cloud hanging over her al-
ways, but nothing could convince her
that the one thing they needed was all
round them, and free --fresh air.
Now slie had indisputable proof—
and the sequel of this story is that
the whole Edwards family "moved
out" within a fortnight.
Oen' fiibfrr1
Which breed will prothme meat the
most profitably? We believe that
the American breeds are the best;
such as the Plymouth Rocks, Wyan-
dottes and Rhode Island Reds. The
Barred Rocks are rigorous and rna-
ture early. White • Wyandottea are
possibly the premier broiler chicken
because of the plump carcass free
from all dark pin feathers.
White Leghorns are good for squab
broilers and they mature rapidly but
for the trade demanding a two and a
half to three pound bird, the American
breeds seem to meet with more favor.
The heavy Asiatic breeds, like the
Brahmas and Cochin, grow to a large
size, but their growth is not rapid
and broilers must be developed quickly
and have a frame containing meat as
well as feathers and bone. The feed
bills determine the profit on the broil-
ers and this makes the factor of early
maturity of prime importance.
Select the breeding stock with re-
gard for early maturity and . vigor.
The birds that are 'slaw in feather'sng
are apt to be lacking in vigor anr'.. of
course, they are not easily !eves'ped
into good broilers. It stands to .-ea-
son that their progeny is apt ' he
endowed with the sante eharac r'-
tic.; By selecting the best ince see
breeders we dan develop a stia rl ,in'
most any breed that wild show n a:et
Improvement in the quality of the
broiler stock.
Do not try to .make quality at engs
out of black feathered breed.
doubtediy the quality of the me ei !
be first -,class but the custom n ; 1
not know that. Broilers are
enough to pick clean without see
black pin' feathers to complicate ten
work. •
We have raised many bulls on our
farm, and I do not know whether it
is due to our method of raising a bull
or that our bulls are of a good-natur-
ed strain, but we have seldom had an
ugly or vicious one. It is a fact that
the older a bull gets the more like-
lihood of his getting °villous. 'There
are, however, certain things that
should be taken into consideration byr
every bull raiser.
No matter how gentle a bull may
look and act, look upon him with
suspicion, for any bull, no matter how
well you know him, remains a rather
dangerous and unreliable farm anim-
al. When cleaning his pens or using
him for service, it is best to keep an
eye on him and walk backward out
of the pen. This may sound ridicul-
ous to a reader ,who has full con-
fidence in his bull, but il. deserves
recommendation; for one minute of
Carelessness may result in hours of
regret. On our farm we have many
pet animals, but never a pet bull.
The bullcalf is always leered rather
hard. He gets his fac 2• '.::: is never
caressed; ,and ,• h .e tr:a, to play
he is soon broui••th.• his place;
so that he barns that h nc>r is not
a plaything, but h;
Teasing or bei ; 11 not be
allowed, for tee day •:ie when
he will repay you in h , r:.ty. An -
ether iiia-orii'tnt ley. ..a. .•alld be
taught early s lea .'• tying.
T,: the bull I; 'u:c .::.,A these
two things while Ti - he doer
'rot know 'b n< "r.., . in
r 1all; a year
'id, ;rli,' 4t°ith a
eters C°"'n i.F: 3
ft lin-
cil n
13e. ' .. 'r
The man who earns more tbs. 1'_o
gets is in line for promotion. "
Set out at least one hard nn, -;
this spring; more if you as
ing a tree is next to raising
girl
The bay who plays trun.
school seldom brags about
grows up.
'One of the finest thins.,
making father and moth .
able and happy in Plc e
years.
Young fonts sbmi)d hr
cal before inarrirm.,
critical after+- ,,' ''
for conjugal happiness.
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tete.
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