The Exeter Advocate, 1920-4-15, Page 6Address communications to Agronomist, 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto
Retained Afterbirth,
This is a matter which many stock -s
men do not regard with due serious -1
ness, possibly because they have not;
had an opportunity oz observing they
various evils resulting from the fail-;
are of a cow to clean properly.
When any: greawportion, of the;
placenta, or after'nirth, is retained in'
the uterus for any length of tinge'
after the cow has given birth to the'
rail, there usually dev e'ap a varied
chain of synapto'answhich are very;
xaoth eable and like v :sec' often serious'
and many tinnes 3c=:'c' niay
ra ceur a simple catarrh of the uterus
in whieh the al:sel:targe is ari:.a can,, oafs
eonsisten ey or. .t reay lee a tadek.
heavy pus S^6..t...:el4 containing
...etee=aalis e?f bleed. Tho -s, may be a
tea:. exia for lout ar.t;imiee„ .east-titgai
a.;i ay, or there. e may he Ota, ...*,.err -
time of; the se t.e tier pe -meas teat–
tee, s, hiwh i? kneel r. as s a tie.
s:l. alt tifte?.tt .,:sew t, :cit i. e,e.a:In ,a:z1
there a ise ` ninn ,ta to , -« ;sten
lily or ,,:.-ec'n ...,, v: n the. A9. it!oltee'»
. ,., S»shafts init. :rte..,:tan . pp y
d, .a.s , mp.-
toms the iS eti . 5 �, 4. " : �. <.i.C�;1 ..t=rte'.
A pottier. et' the "Stet. +.r tic leae
nn..ln ate tb: a. a, itpp =r i
cieene: n •coatis ezei `aP; t;emeiteiine
tied eintatie . n rte remaining
:after it line bi en n a e eed, by inexperi-
en' ei> mere lir stnetiniee when tthe
eete=a n.;.arien lists rtreeved
When the s ,a ;,. eataarrhai tion 1'.-
ti':?^.a er the aiierue-ideil:-> ve Elite rete n-,
tion, the "t.aaIl and a grate'heon are soiled
with. to series of an1thwhE. h e'6ira peeed
eaf pais and dirt and vol.en tines *zee: is
so the rceimeeent eas.tion a quantity
eti pee t+ t- :aa»l,: a.i;ai.ed ,e,. « ;i'l+. >ri?`.tY :'
tial' variir.a. Sind".nate az a :gni elan..
t .aiir 1,e 'e t.'ra « . the tatter tai
this oo "eel' '1. tee. Lail fre : a
vow in thiscan: ;eta: at. e ;1..; n
.� a th r t ;.. e, a t
.a,e .. - ,..... •. -.,,,.anis=iia« Nowt;
at; * iiiiittee of feet. a veterinarian
Vide eel-alit:en.
earn-. ;ns the gun
s. ear, a:'t e: it
:se r.; �l airt.st>p. .
sae , e,l
eteree
Y sr
, a :.a;..glee i:a -
poisonous material within it. After
several days, the cow loses her appe-
tite, respiration -becomes labored, the
temperature nay reach 105 or 100
degrees Fahrenheit. With early and
persistent treatment some of these
cases recover, but when they do re-
cover they usually leave the cow ster-
ile and this is a great loss to the cow
owner..
With any of the above conditions,
it is not unusual to have a sterile
ow after recovery Semeth:nes, after
the catarrhal symptoms of which we
e ,et spoite, the cow nlay be gotten
With calf with persistent service, or
ei, other times after the lapse of sev-
eral months up to a couple of years.
If it is net possible to get her with
e:a'sr whhie two years after the above
at.,.St:d'.'SY. very Little hopes should be
eittertaairicel. qg
The p3raa:tice of ty•tg heavy objects
t 3 that part of the after?.earth that is
uettaliee round protruding, in an effort
t e iging it away, eho°a.i1 not be allow-
ed.
low -ed. as it ueutilly tears the afterbirth
clic that a part t`' at ee nzatiras. Tee a-
¼ e ..1 Cann e,i test do more harm
thea geed an these edsee. and it is
N:ie; ttn a»low tuienz to attempt
this uelese a veterhe ori:an cannot be
had.
In my e' mereene:e it is usually bet
to wait for about forty-eight ha=Yrs in
flit breech of cattle before rem:tiding,
the afterbirthi and in many eases it is
god Polity to wait nanny tithes for
about seventy-two hour. It is prac-
tivally safe to wait in any cow for at
least twenty-four hours.
Many people are of the opinion
The leg weakness in poultry is
usually caused by heavy feeding
which has caused them to „row more
rapidly in weight than `they have in-
creased in strength. This seems to be
a form of paralysis and the mild cases
rapidly recover, -while the others show
an increase of weakness and emacia-
tion until the bird dies. The sick
birds should be isolated where they
can be fed away from the flock. This
As not because it seems to be con-
tagious, but the bird will not be able
to eat when crowded by the healthy
fowls. Rheumatism'. alight cause
similar symptoms but in such cases
the joints will be swelled and hot. In
leg weakness there seems to •be no
other symptoms but the weakness and
inability ofthe bird to stand. As far
as we can learn, no germ that causes
this disease has ever been isolated.
But usually it causes little trouble in
flocks that have plenty of range and
green food and have been grown from
vigorous breeding stock.
When Auction Day Comes.
When the stock and tools on a
farm are to be sold at auction it pays
to net thein in the best possible con-
dition. 'Many farm implements are
soil for much less than they are
mart because their unkempt appear-
ante puts them in the junk class
where they do not belong, dean up
the toms and on them, A ;coat of
paint may give a tool such an im-
proved appearanee that many bidders
will think almost as rnueh of it as a
new inzplenzent.
The cattle deserve attention before
the auction sale. On some: farms the
very feet that the cattle are soon to
be sold causes the owner to lose inter_
est in them. It pays to keep then
!well fed and groom them for the sale.
that there ie ;Soule way of preventing,
their retention, and that there is also,
seine rcinedial agents that can be;
given that will cause the cow to pans
them, but there le nerve as far as I
Lege ewer been aide to learn.
Meek Heart at' Potatoes.
Shippers of potatoes. rushing po-
tato»es to markets. often in poorly
equipped ears or under eozaditionsI
when excessive firing of stoves in the'
"are exhaueta the air angenerates
a high temperature in the tightly'
•pealed ears, are coznetiirles sorely dis-;
ippoileted in the appearance of black!
heart in the tubers close to the stove.1
1. this `disease the potatoes becoilae
Week in the hearts and are,'
worthless for food or planting.
Pits which are opened late in the
spring. and tight cellars where. the
temperature is high, often show this
same disease in the potatoes stored`,
under the unfavorable conditions.
The disease is of the nature of an
ns phyxiation of the cells of the tubera
Due to shortage of oxygen broughti
1e it ;s ro k . .. e a,. ff ,il
the solatj .�ba.a ;a
a .. a " o ed
to z .man as racial ? ,lee= sigh irri ,
to:ion an :rai:z .oar bat ,l n e•1'ta'slen,
or the vagina may take pine :anti this I
needd he a veer; eerione c€a:clition
under the e r urnet i coo. -
With the r seitilen' eac ;exia that
we .epeke eff. the cow gradually I": es
flesh, her hair is ro, gin. a ae gives very
little or no milk. there is a Iris of •
appetite and she will not respond to
any extent to feeds or tonics. She"
germinally grows weaker ani becomes
a Iiving skeleton. Gim etimes after a
year or so she regain. some of her
former health but f'de is unusual and
she generally winee away and dies
fin a few ee,:s.
In other e'ase.= th,. ," v a eserbs these
septic •or po sonoue p udue t= and this
condition is known as s epu< metritis
or pyo -metra, and is. c0nii.aoniy
speaking, an infiulmat o:i of the
uterus dale to the ,absorption of the
about by the lack of ventilation plus:
the increased call for oxygen brought!
about by the warmth, conditions are'
set up leading to the death of the!
cells at the heart. These inner parts
1
to wl •i
-en oxygen as not avalaab e, die
and subsequently blacken,
The disease is a serious one and;
every effort should be made to prevent
a=
-- - 1 s Ties means careful planning of
Your horses pull heavy loads over
all kinds of roads—make their work
easy.–saveyourharnessand wagons.
Imperial Mica Axle
Grease
prevents friction in the hub. As
the mica flakes work into the pores
of the axle and hub, the rough sur-
faces are smoothed with a hard
filling of mica. The grease on the
glassy surface insures thorough
1ubiication. Sold in sizes from a
one pound tin to a barrel..
Imperial Eureka
Harness Oil
makes leather strong, pliable and
waterproof. Preveatscracking and
breaking of stitches—cannotbe-
comerancid because pure mineral
oil. It gives leather a rich blank,
lasting finish.
Sold in pint, quart, half -gallon,
gallon and four -gallon sealed cans,
half -barrels and barrels.
shipments and of storage conditions.
It is now fairly definitely known under;
what conditions the breakdown occurs.1
If potatoes are put at ninety-eight:
degrees F., blood temperature, over
night, under conditions where Oxygen
is scanty he supply, black heart fol-
lows. Lower temperatures such as
sixty to seventy degrees F. will also
lead to black heart if the ventilation
is poor, but the reaction is much slow-
er in taking place.
To prevent loss it is necessary to
follow this rule for potato storage,
keep the tubers cool, well ventilated,
and dry.
Black heart potatoes make poor
seed stock since they tend to rot
quickly.
I remember when I took 'the halters
off nay horse by unbuckling the strap
that went over the head. It is still
done this way on many farms, so I
want to tell you a much easier way
that 1 and dozens :of other farmers
use.
Have a big snap on the end of the
throat latch, and snap it in the • big
ring that is sewn into most halters.
Then slip the head strap off over the
horse's ears. It is much quicker and
easier to do it this way; and works
in the, dark in half the time, Furth-
ermore, when the Halter is adjusted
for a certain horse the snap keeps
that adjustment, ` while if you un-
buckle it every time you may use one
hole to -day and another one the next
time.
I have also saved much bother when
letting horses out in the yard to exer-
cise by having a snap on the end of
therope or strap that the horse is
tied with. There are many different
kinds of snaps, and I like, the ordinary
belt snap the least of all. A snap
with a spring like a harness snap is
much better, and the twisted wire
snap is best of all, because it is al-
most impossible to lose it.
Plan for more than you can. do,
Then do it.
Bite off more than you 'can chew,.
Then chew it.
Hitch your wagon to a star,
Keep your seat; and there you are.
It is not deceiving a prospective buyer
to present goods at their best. It is
only gocd business and should not bei
neglected.
i loeks of poultry are sometimes'
di•pla\ea at an auction cooped in
*=lotted boxes where the buyer has mil
chance to examine them. No effort
is made to grade the s bigd, a
x.nti so
all of them are apt to eell at the same
price as the poorest are worth. Wiwi
not cull the Hoek? Place the year-old
hens in one lot and the pullets in
another, Sort out the young cocker-
els and have them sold as broiler
stock, If some of the birds are pure-
bred and others are mongrels it will
pay to classify. them. It may bring
a high hid for the purebreds 'when
such a bid will be missing if all of
the bird: are lumped together.
When cattle are sold the owner
should be at hand at all tinges to
explain their age and condition and
answer all questions demanded by
the crowd. At a recent' auction of
purebred live stock at a consignment
sale
severalof the caws sold for much
less than they were worth because
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I see.
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the owner did not get tothe sale on
time and the auctioneer was not pro-
vided with sufficient information
concerning the time that the cows
freshened or when they had been
bred. The elaek of this information
caused some of the bidders to lose
interest as they did not wish to risk
placing bids withcut knowing the
whole history of the animal. At the
. ordinary farm auction the farmer
should he posted on all points con-
cerning the date of freshening ansa
breeding sn that he can ali,sver
promptly all questions of the bidders.
It is a question if some farmers
do net Iose money at an auction by
trying to sell every broken pitchfork
and leaky pail on the farm. These
j worthless articles are sold so cheap
that it .is almost a waste of time for
the auctioneer to talk about them,
' and sometimes I feel that the buyers
• hear the prices bid on the junk and
think that everything on the farm
should sell proportionately at the
same rate. The sum total derived
from the sale might be larger if only
the good and useful articles are in -
eluded.
Plenty of help should be available
at an amnion so that the contacts can
be brought promptly into the ring in
their turn. The crowd does not like
to wait, and many buyers will lose
interest if they have to remain all
day to .witness a sale that should be
finished in four or five hours or less,
', What helps to climb the steepest hill,
What cheers us up when we are ill,
What ]yelps to pay the doctor's bill?
Gumptioaz.
It helps the pantry shelves to fill,
The blues and dumps it helps to kill,
'Tis better than old Sawbones' pill—
Gumption.
"There are two good rules that
ought to be written on every heart.
Never believe anything bad about any-
body unless you positively know it to
be true. Never. tell even that, unless
you feel that it is absolutely necessary,
and that God is listening while you
tell it,"• ---Henry Von Dyke,
Making the School Grounds Attractive
The school is one of the most vital
problems that. confront an aroused
rural population. In nanny provinces,
particularly throughout the eastern
sections of the country, rural com-
munities have said their say and be-
gun to take action. In other words,
farmers are going to see to it that
their boys and girls get the best
possible training adapted to their
needs and equal to the best attainable
in cities. • They themselves are no
longer willing to be the economic
scapegoats for the nation, and now
they are determined that their chil-
dren shall not take the leavings from
the educational table. Briefly the
rural public will no longer stand for
the old methods and standards.
These progressive and intelligent
farmers, who are now demanding
changes in courses of study, in
methods of teaching and in teachers,
are not at all inclined to overlook the
building itself, its location, and the
extent and nature of the school
grounds. Perhaps some of you who
are interested in carrying out the
newer ideas do not know how school
sites used to be picked out. But many
of us are ashamed to remember that
the land used to be chosen because it
was of little value for anything else,
and that regard was not had for
elevation •or extent.
Proper elevation is absolutely neces-
sary to insure good drainage and good
health; •sufficient acreage is necessary
to stablish happiness and efficiency
in school life, and to create a pleasing
appearance. No wonder that our
modern country districts have revolt-
ed against the mistaken methods ,of
the past! We are all of a mind to
give "three cheers" for the clear-
seeing, self-respecting hien and wo-
men who.. now 'insist upon , a ' eh0ice
location for the school building, and
at least three or four acres for the
school ;rounds. ,
Merely to secure enough well -situ-
ated land is , just the first step toward
better conditions. The same thought-
ful public that has secured this wants
to. see it put into and kept in goad
order.
In one small, rural town the chil-
dren tramped ever the school lawn
and btoke down the pivot hedges,
until gradually the lawn disappeared.
and the hedges shriveled away. But
a strong, practical principal was
elected to the school and—this is.im-
portant-he had the school board be-
hind him. When more land had been
acquired, and when a base -ball dia-
mond, a manning track, separate play-
grounds for older and younger chil-
dren, had all been laid out, the prin-
cipal turned his attention to the
ground in front of the school. He
wanted to make it beautiful.
"But," objected the members of the
board, "look what the childrn did to
the sod and the hedges before. It
costs money to put in new sod and
set out plants."
"Gentlemen," the principal answer-
ed, "I will be personally responsible
and will personally meet the expense
of damages."
Without further remonstrance a
motion was passed to have the
grounds put in order; and the princi-
pal never had to pay damages. The
school children had plenty of ground
for their needs and wishes, and only
a destructive few ever did ham to
the ground set apart for looks. On
the whole, the children were interested
in having the school grounds Iook nice
and helped to keep them so. Such
interest naturally results in a height-
ened civic and moral consciousness.
School grounds should be laid out
an accordance with some simple, use-
ful plan. Play grounds, garden tracts
and lawns must all be provided for.
Walks and drives will be built wher-
ever they are needed, and should be
of a width indicated by the amount
of traffic.
One of the most serious problems
is that of toilets. It is to be hoped
that outside toilets will be entirely
done away with in the next few years.
Wherever they are still necessary, they
should be placed at the extreme end
of the property and screened off from
the lest of the grounds by tall shrub-
bery.
Not only es a screen, but also as
gdeeoration, trees and shrubbery are
most desirable and most effective.
Trees and schools in a sense belong
together but ab the same time no-
thing is of greater importance to the
children in the school than plenty of
fresh air and sunshine. Therefore,
care must be used to place the trees
so that those' surrounding the ;build-
ing do not keep out the'air and the
sun...
In the arrangement of shrubs, mas-
sed plantings are good along th
borders of the property, ; ;and by the
foundation walls of the building, so
that the lawns are left open. The
shrubs should be of strong, hardy var-
ieties which will necessitate the least
care possible for a good, luxuriant.
growth. However, some maintenance,
no matter how little, should bo ,pro-
vided for.
The Welfare of theHome
Nearly AU Children Have Adenoids.
Babies are not born with adenoids.r
The mother who sees her baby brothel
quietly, with closed lips and a peace'
fug expression upon the tiny face is'
assured of this fact. Then she turns
from' the baby to his older brother,'
who was just like this when he was;
little, but who for some time past?
has been breathing with his mouth;
open, especially at night. Taking off
his coat, she' sees his rounded shout-;
dens, protruding chest blades and flati
chest, which the doctor has painted;
out as the results of adenoids. And;
the mother asks herself: "Where do
the adenoids conte from, and why?'
A normal child comes into the
world possessing perfect little glands;
in his throat and air passages. The.
object of these glands is to warm and
moistenthe air before it reaches the'
lungs, and to catch the germs which'.
are breathed in with the air and so.`
keep them from doing the baby harm.?
These Little glands lack very much}
like spall, red rubber sponges. There
are five of them in all, The two larg-
er ones in the throat are commonly,
called tonsils. They can be seen plain.!
ly, especially if they are enlarged. t
There are two more under the tongue'
and one in the space right back of
the nose, directly in the air passage
leading from the nostrils to the lungs
The post -nasal (back -of -the -nose)
gland is the one concerned in the
condition known as adenoids. If this
gland should increase in size, it would
shut off part of the air passageway
from the 'nose to the lungs. If it
should continue to increase aaad be-
come permanently enlarged, the pas-
sage night be closed. The air then
must pass to the lungs in the only
other way it can pass --that
through the mouth. That is exactly
what has happened when a child
breathes through his mouth instead
of leis nose. That, too, is what the
d0tor means when he says that the
child has adenoids.
If this post -nasal gland and the
tonsils were all right when the baby
was born, why didn't they stay all
right, as do most of the other glands
in his body? What caused thein to
enlarge until they stopped the free
passage of air to his lungs? It hap-
pened because fihe mother didn't know
how to take the best care of her
growing baby.
One day somebody came into the
house with a bad told. (All colds are
bad colds. They are bad for adults,
but they are particularly bad for
babies.) Maybe the mother herself
caught it. But the mother didn't
knew that and o the baby was allow-
ed to catch it, too. Then the glands
of the nose and throat came to the
rescue to destroy ,the germs of the
cold and their poisons. In doing this
the glands were overworked and be-
came much swollen and enlarged.
In time the baby got over this cold.
(Sometimes babies do not). But it
wasn't a great while until along came
another careless person who ought to
have been quarantined because of his
cold, and he gave baby another one.
Again the glands became enlarged, as
they do each time baby catches gall.
There le still in existence the 'fool.."
isla superstition that a baby must have'
whooping -cough, measles, mumps and
other -common diseases of ehildhood,i
and that the sooner he gets them over;
with, the better. The truth of the
matter is just the other way round,`
The child is much better off without
these diseases, and the longer he can:
put them off, the less damage they
are likely to do to him. But even
with the most careful mothers, the
young child is likely to he exposed
to these diseases and be caught by
some of them.
Every time a child is effected by
one of these diseases, his glands are
overworked. They swell up to take.
care of the germs and the poison in
order that they do not get the upper
hand, as unfortunately they often de.
By the time the child has suffered a
number of attacks of colds and ells-
eases
lis-easts common to children, the glands
begin to show permanent erecta of
the hard struggle, Sooner or latex
they become per'maanentiy enlarged
and diseased, so as to be unfit to d.;
their work. In fact, they really
endanger the ell lcl's life.
Decayed teeth are another connate
source of enlarged glands of tht
throat and nose; in fact, exposure t.,
any kind of infection will enlarge
these glands,
When the tonsils anti adenoids get
so large that the chid can not sleep .
with his mouth closed and is unable
to breathe- with tightly closed lip;,
or the glands become so diseased that
they are interfering with his health,
they should be taken out, and the
sooner the better. If the enlarged
tonsils and adenoids are allowed to
remain and the child continua, to
breathe through his mouth, many
things can happen. Instead of ap-
pearing bright, alert and attraetive,
he begins to leek dull, stupid and nu-
attractive, and lie legatees in some
005es just as he appears—stupid.
The eelr.rged tonsil, and adenoi:ls
interfere with the child's hearing; he:;
voice .takes on a disagreeable izasid
sound, he takes cold easily ani has
more er less constant catarrh. As a
result of the partial stopping of the
free passage of air to the lunge, the
child does not get enough fresh air.
Hence, a childwith adenoids is likely
to be hollow -chested, round -shoulder
ed, pale, thin, with poor quality Of
blood, and susceptible to dieease.
Kn:iwing what causes adenoids anti
enlarged tonsils makes it easier to
prevent them, Keep babies and young
children away from perst.;is suffering
from colds or other disuses. Avoid
taking them into crowds or crowded
places where one can not tell to what
they may be exposed; and during an
epidenilc, keep young children safely
at home. Parents who are not sure
that their children are free from en-
larged tonsils and 'adenoids should
have them examined by their doctor.
Children are our most valued pos-
sessions and it is our duty to send
them out into the world in the best
possible • condition --physically, mor-
ally and mentally,
Growing Potatoes Under
Straw.
The practice of growing Irish pot
tatoes under a straw mulch is ex-
cellent for small areas. The potatoes
are planted at the usual time in shal-
low rows two inches deep. The mulch
of straw, leaves, or strawy manure
is spread over the ground to a depth
of five inches, about the time the
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No cultivation is necessary after
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Men wha would not carry dirt in
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troubles.
It will put your car over hills on
high gear heretofore impossible.
Can be put on any car.
MADE IN
CANADA
and sold
through agents,'
the trade,
n direet if no
dealer in your,.
Price $15.00
Installed
Agents and
dealers write)
for wholesale.
prices, testi-'
menials, etc,
1O KNOCKS GAS SAV S 1
Limited
102 W. Richmond St., Toronto.
tn€asa;s� COUGTHXNG? USE ._
pohn9.3 Di;tempe ompotmd-
to bred it up and get them back in condition. Twenty-si*
years' use has 'made ' Silohn's' indispensable in. treatingti •
Coughs and Colds, Influenza and Distemper, with their!
resulting complications, and all diseases of the throat!
nose and lungs. Acts marvelously as a preventive, ac
'equally well ae a,'cure. Sold by Pour Druggist
aggpial zicapip.a.L COMPAMG. 09e1_11931, 4.0e. re