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The Exeter Advocate, 1920-4-22, Page 6Address connmunicatiotte to Agronotuist, 73 Adelaide St. West, Torottto ~ghee Money In Geese_ Thereis good money in geese for a lot of farmers that. Ara now over-. looking thie opportunity*. Thia is especially true on farms. where pas - and selling the young geese they are fully feathered. Uow I Pick Cows. That Win, Smith, a neighbor up the road; turage is abundant. Geese are great happened to drop in one morning foragers and eat more grass, weeds when 1; was testing milk. He was much interested in the process, and wanted to know all about it, "That is a Babcock tester. I'm test- ing milk thia 'morning," 1 told him. "You see," I explained, "by using, this 1 can find out if nay cows are paying for themselves," "How is it done?" fs also a desirable feature. "By means of this pipette I measure The market for geese is not so gen- out a certain amount of each cow's oral as for chickens- This paint mlik, Then I put it into this milk should be considered in undertaking test 'bottle and put in with it a de - the raising of geese, as most ae the finite quantity of commercial Sul - sales in cites are made around the phurie acid. This acid burns up holidays, although a few will sell the everything except the fat, and then; whole year round. I put the bottles into the machine andi One of the hest things about geese whirl them for a few minutes. As, b their extreme hardihood. Geese the bottles are whirled they straighten ere rugged birds l d need shelter only out, and the butterfat, being lighter. in winter or stormy weather. An goes up Into the neck of the bottle." :men shed or an old barn usually is But how can you tell, he asked,' satl`.faetory for this purpose. From "how much fat there is?" four to twenty-five f .-%vo gee.e may be kept "You see on each bottle"—I showed under him one—"there are lines graduated an nn acre of land, although nd .• and pasturage than any other kid of fowl. This makes them especially at- tractive in these days of high priced grain feeds. It is most important that geese have a good grass range available during the summer, while a pool of water for bathing and recreational purposes most a nditi.ns ten is a fair average.. Geese are fed a ration to produce eggs during the latter part of the Vetter DO that the goslings will be or measured off, so that these tines, measure the fat in the bottle." "But after you And how much fat, a cow gives, how do you know if she; bad:lied by the time there is good is parag for herself?„ f *Sas p . ,tore. The eggs may be "If the bottle shows that there is i handiest by either chickens, geese or a certain per cent. of fat in her milk, inc;zbater• Seine iOrec: ere prefer to it will also show you just how 'much' raise the'goslie s under hens, as butter butter elle makes for you in a year.' geese sea:eel: s bcccnae difficult to The way to do is to weigh her mill:; to ae age. s: 'n allire ed to hatch and fora certain period of time, and mug rear their young. The period of .in- t:ply that by the per cent. of butter e ,i+ °tion 'tries from twenty-eight to fat the Babcock test shows, rand add, thirty deem or.e-sixth for the overrun in making Gosling:.I? not need feed until they the butter." Hwa tw'ent fur er thirty -sig, heure'"Could you telt for a week or a when they can be started on one (kW?" of the 'grant;:, of eh:ek feed, along "Yes, indeed. Sappose a cow gave, with one feed a day ee a mash or. 80 pounds of mille a day, or 210 dough eonapi ed of equal parts of pounds eaeh week, Four per cent. of shorts tn,iihili gs) and corn mean, that would be 8.4 pounds, and one with five per cert. of beef scrap added sixth of that added to it is 9.8 Pounds,' after the gosli ags are six weeks old, which means that a cow testing four Dread and milk are a good occasional' Per cent. would give butterfat to, feed for young goslings. Fine grit make 9.8 pounds of butter each week." i or sharp sand should also be avail- "How much ought a cow to give able. If the gosling~ are to be fat- tened the ration should be gradually changed to one-third shorts and two- thirds corn meal by weight, with five per cent of beef ecrap added}while a in a year to be profitable? he in- quired, "It is estimated by the best author-; ities that a cow should give at least' 250 pounds of butterfat each year.S feed of corn should be given at night and 6,000 pounds of milk." as coon as the birds are large enough to handle the whole grain:•+ Adult geese may be fed for egg production in early spring on a mash. of one pound of corn meal, one pound of bran, one pound of middlings or low-grade flour, and eighteen per cent, of beef scrap, which is fed in "Then by weighing the milk every, milking one can tell at the end of the year what a cow does," he remarked. "But one cannot test every day." f "No, that is not necessary, though of course it would be better. If the milk is saved out for testing morning and night for one day, then tested the morning; equal parts of corn and once a month, and the average taken wheat, or corn alone, is fed at night. for the milking period of the cow; I Grit and oyster shell should be kept that ought to give a fairly accurate before the geese, especially when they are laying, A constant supply of drinking water should always be available under protection in bad estimate.' "Did you ever find that any of your cows were better or worse than you supposed?" he wanted o know. t weather, so that the geese can not "Do you remember that cow that get their feet into the water. Cut I bought of Williams? She was sup-{ clover hay, alfalfa, silage, cabbages, posed to be a pure -blood, and could mangel-wurzel beets, or any waste have been registered. I expected vegetables may be fed during the great results from her in the butter - winter months. making line, as she came from a but - Many breeders pluck the feathers ter -making breed. After keeping her from their live geese at some time for a year and testing her milk each prior to molting. Some pick every month and weighing it each day, I six weeks during the summer and figured all she gave me was 4,000 early fall, while others pick only once pounds of milk and 195 pounds of or twice a year. Feathers are ripe butterfat. for picking when the quillsappear dry and do not contain blood. About. one pound of feathers can be picked from each goose per year. The de- mand for goose feathers and the prac- tice of plucking geese appear to be decreasing, attention being concen- trated on a production of young geese for market. Lots of market poultry- men make a specialty of fattening "Then there is old Brindle, a grade cow. I bad an idea she wasn't good.. But I thought I'd try her for a year and see, I was surprised. She pro- duced over 6,504 pounds of milk and 350 pounds of butterfat. That was nothing wonderful, but it shows that one cannot guess. Every dairyman that has used a Babcock tester can tell you of similar surprises.', While our experience has proved that there is no more profitable class of Iive stock, yet many flocks of sheep are kept without proper returns. This Is because of lack of up-to-date methods in breeding and care. It is wrong to think that as the main .pur- pose of sheep on agricultural lands is thatof scavenger it is therefore useless to invest in well-bred animals, as any common sheep will eat weeds and other waste. Sheep will consume and tern into gold the weeds, sprouts, and other such things on the farm that are :verge e worge than ucalese eyed wli,„li tattier arairnals 'would refuse £6 'eat, hut they will pay still better if fed good rd.- tions. ations.Furthermore, as a fatter paixitw .ga ai d ll' n restor+n sol - fertil- to a ityr the Thep stands hi a class by it elf, This is better recognized in uropean countries pp. e ticularly &glavtwhere on cerip:n 'igh- ri ce lands be landlord often sigPuratiends� that a certain number of sheep shall be kept iby his tenants in order to maintain the fertility of the son. Of course, the breeding of the flock is a big factor in success or failure. It is important to select types of sheep best adapted to profit. If you start with grades, only use purebred sires of a . particular breed. Do not select a ram from 'one breed one year a flock can be raised very rapidly by using good sires each year and culling out the inferior ewe lambs. For best results, lambs should be taught to eat grain as early as pos- sible. Corn and oil cake in "pea" form make a very good ration. The lambs should be fed grain in a "creep," that is, an enclosure into which the lambs may pass, but whose entrances are not large enough to admit the ewe. The first six months of the lamb's life are the moat im- portant, and even though they may have access to abundant pasture, whatever one may give them in the way of grain feed will be well repaid by ,increased thrift and growth, To Treat Oats for Smut, There are three steps in treating oats for smut; 1, Mit; one pint of orxn,alc ehytle in ten gallons_94vatP 2. Sprinkle the ten allons e liquid Sprinkle g f over forty bushels of oats, shoveling the oats so that the eolutian is evenly distributed.8. Seedle he gate when theya,� herong y "talk'sow the next morning. Two men in three hours can treat and sack enough oats for forty acres. Formaldehyde can be secured at any drug store. The total cost for an acre is not more than five or six cents. eitaelda Are You Giving Ail Your Profits To Your Help? In the past x iany farmers have been less well; -off than their hired help, Such a condition is unbear- able and can only be overcome by modern methods —reduction of labor and increased production. The dairy end of your farm can be made to pay much bigger profits if you install The Nacariney ilachine Halve Tris: COW...5 ADOPTED C1i1LD It u ilia oro°asblY and naturali{y and is far more MTeasing to ti.;e cow than the old hand method. oreover lay the +facartncyway, one man can mire from 20 to24cows inenhour. Think oithe ming in later. further --the Macartnelr increases the Saw of mal&, and prolongs the lacta- tion pc;icd. Get Particulars Now Don't toy a mili,erthi°ou have en the Naas areiey—t -simpit•et and Bemost modern ct e2-- an"1 even if : s are not ready to hap, bee part:. c,alern new clad leant what other tare:,+ze rry about the l izcanay. lilt in the eccpca n:: d rnn:l it tv=day. The MacartneyMilhing Machine . • Company Limited Cows The Macartney Milking Machine 1 Co. Limited. • 316 St, Catherine Sr, Ottawa aboui theFbtacg lac btitke o�atfa» Nome— .. Address 316 CATTIlRI.tiir ST. . OTTAw4 Dept, J (S-3) Successful. Since 1856 Itis easy to make claims for seeds --itis another thing to be Able to substantiate thein. We are erephatr+tally able to make our claims good bee cause our record for "seeds that grow" has gone unlaxolcen for 64 years. For seeds, bulbs, plants of all kinds, trust Simmers' goods. THEY GROWI Inver foreur handsome new apo Catalogue iaday. 3. A. Siminers Limited, Toronto 'ua .., • „.+dry• r e�}�)f �-.�.�.�:. , . asi ; ti �n :;� t4. +?u�d��4��+R��+�fln f.��.�'iA.4.+JY.*..J.+�•+T�i+i�r•�iil:.+i ��'ii.�i+.•. .+ �'�f :+!.+ i Inoculate Your Seed for Better Crops �t requires last few minutes to ;no* culcaie rhe Reed. Inoculation consists in applying to the Seed pure cultu;as of the nitro -gathering Bacteria. Special cultures are required for each kind of Seed, and are put up for Alfalfa, Red Clover, Sweet Clover, Peap, .Usike Clover, and all other legumes. SEED INOCLLATION IS ENDORSED EY. THn PROVINCIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Splendid suece:s Lao barn obtained by gov- ernment tests, and n recent circular !maned says: "for the small amount involvedin time and anoney it would stein edvie'.+bio to inoculate all legumes: Pawn, moo ) ACUI CULTURE, Enough for One Bushel of need. Cultures aro sent by mail mak template directions for their use. They are good for 6 months after they are made. Alfalfaund '7 Z Cover from inoculated seed do not winter to kill readily.write far Ci -alar. INocu:.ateo 4 IITM MUP1,,1t$t LEGUME 9x.tia.p For Moths—A' few drops of your favorite perfume :dibpped on small pieces of pumice > stone and laid among and expect inn-movemelit to follow fpr clothes will drive 'moths away and at, v✓ xi riot. alawever, the stan''iard of give a delicate odor to your garments, "MONEY DACE IF YOU IAIT. TO GET GOOD CATCH+" LA MOT ' LABORATORY U11 OC LEGUME INGLVL--- ALDIE" - GUELPH, ONT. Iib EVERY STABLE The Welfare of the Home A, Little Lecture About Fresh -Air- and Rest. By Ida M. Alexander, M.D. All women whowork in the house need to get the fresh air habit. . If ayou have not time to ` go+ out in the fresh air, open window end door and 1 let the fresh air ,in to you. What if it is winter and twenty ,below, we need the fresh air. The fresh -air kitchen is a fine cure for headaches, or better etill, a preventive of head- aches. If you haveever suffered from them, begin the fresh -air kitchen as a preventive. It is absolutely certain to get results where there is no organic trouble. What is a fresh -air kitchen? What but a kitchen where fresh air keeps blowing through. The men and women who are get- ting ten thousand a year plus are those who can plan things out, and then make the plans so very clear to the others that they can carry them out. More than that, they can really enjoy carrying out the big plan be- cause it is presented to them in such an inspiring way. There are not enough then and women earning these large salaries just because there are not enough people with this power known as executive ability. Sonic women have it, and I never knew a farm woman with executive ability to be overworked, for she plan - lied out all the household jobs so that everyone from the eight-year-old to Mr, Farmer himself had a share and each one did it as his share of the fun. Nobody was overworked, and they all bad a good• time pulling to- gether. When the children went to school and took their lunches with them, each child put up his own,but the mother knew that each was get- ting enough of the right kind of food. She knew also that the bedrooms were tidy and the bode made when they left for school. If a soldier can take care of his own bed, when he is Canada's boy, why can't: he do the sane for himself while he is another's boy? I. want you, dear readers, to keep your health, and just as if I had been talking with each of you personally, I can hear one after the other say: "The advice is all right IF we could only follow it." But this is the one thing that I insist upon: you can fol- low it. The busiest of farm women. have come to me and when I planned the day so that there should be time for rest, time for meals, time for fresh air and sunshine; they were able to do it. They got their health back without actually having to get sick - a -bed, and the husband and the chil- dren were much happier because. mother was not so cross as she had Spho's I per Compound is the one indispensable remedy for contagious and infec- tious diseases among horses and mules. Its success as a preventive and cure for DISTEMPER, PINK E1 GOUGES and COLDS for more than twenty-six years iA the highest tribute to its merit as a medicine. It is en dorsed by the best horsemen and lige stook men In Amer lea. Buy it of your druggist. SPORT eananeAL COh'5PB TYi Goshen, Ind., MBA. _eicreaU Many horses suffer from indigae- tion, colic or other stomach ailment in springtime, just when we cannot af- ford to lay them up, but it is largely our own fault. If a person used to sitting at a dek is given a job pitch- ing hay without - any preparation, what will be the result? It is exactly the same with our horses. A gradual change of feed must be made along with some light work which tends to strengthen their mus- cles, also their digestive tract, We have never had any trouble with our horses in the sprin :'andI would likee to tell how we manage our horses to get what we consider good results. We keep our horses in about the sarne_fleeh the year around, not over- 7y feet, noir poor, When they are kept this Way the collars always fit, anti if your collars are good ones and ' fit good you •need not worry about sore shoulders in the Spring. We never ase sweat -pads on bur regular team; they are a nuisance, and a damage to the horse's neck, no matter how: well you may fib themonyour team. They absorb the sweat, gather the shedding hair and form it into lumps which are eontixivally. causing sores. After a hard da'y's work they are soaked with moisture whichnever dries all the time they are used. How many have worn rubbers that hold' the moisture from one day to the other, and always keep your feet cold and damp? Well, it's the same with sweat pads. If you haven't the beat 431 harnesses give them a good collar and bridle to wear at least. These are the two things that either gives them comfort or pain. Next, look to their feet. See that they are in good condition. If your team cannot go wltheut shoes, watch that they are not left on too long, thus causing the foot to grow crooked and probably break the hoof. We do not shoe our horses at all unless there is hauling on the road to be done. All we do is to trim their feet occasion- ally to keep them from becoming rag= ged. Personally, I do not like shod horses for plowing or other work an a soft field; many 'times in turning around at the ends or getting into a soft spot the horses step on each other, sometimes --cutting their legs or feet quite severely. The first few days of plowing Should not be rushed. Let them take it easy. Give them their "wind" often. Plowing is hard work and it takes a few days for the team to get the "hang" of it. To Make Cut Glaan,Sparkle. To keep my cut glass in dparkling condition. I wash it in warm—never hot—soapsuds. I use a brush to wash the glass with, thenrinse it in bluing water of the same temperature, and Polish. The blunig water eeems to tr,:ake it ansrl;ls Ilk dimmnncl,e. beenthey. wiPeolldo. ple can alwaysdo What - Now won't you,it down In you* most comfortable rocking chair and think through yesterday. When yore have done this, tell me truly: did yolk do your work only or did you 'dip ill and do some of your husband's wort( and some of the .children's work anel some of the unnecessary work? D14 you do anything that you could have left undone and 'yet not hurt you health nor that of any member of 0141family? The mother's love is such that she( enjoys "doing everything she can" fo her children. She loves to do it, bu she lets her mother -love make lien the children's slave rather than their! companion. I know by personal ex; perience how the grown=up remember the times when mother was not tot tired to play. It is not the thousands( of hours that she spent in cookie meals that we remember, but th afternoon when she gave a "tea. party" to the little girls that wer quilting a doll's quilt, and sat down to play with them just like another child. And don't think, Little Mother, that 1 never remember the father and hitt duty, One of the saddest things cone netted with nay stay overseas was the stories the boys used to tell me about their home folks. No, the stories wer4 not sad. The lad was only showing me the pictures of mother, father) sisters and brothers. The sad part of it was that though they could al•t ways tell me about Mother, they were too often strangely silent about Father. If I were to judge the fathers by; the things that our boys did not say; I should say that nine fathers obil. of every ten were failures. After the boys were able to take care of them4 selves, their fathers did not mean anything to them * * * * nothing; that they could put into words. On the other hand one father told me, "every .Saturday afternoon be) longs to my boy no matter how mucic! work X have to do." I never happen- ed to meet that man's son, but I know that he could talk to me for hour% about his "dad" if he had a chance) But this was an exception, judging by, what the boys in khaki told me. , Let us look over our work carefullyi, and let "dad" do his share, and the children do their share, and Mother! do only her share. Then Mother win have time to keep well, and being well, will 'be happy, and being happy) will make everybody about her happy) too. How to Get the Most Out of Your Perennial Garden Many people have the erroneous idea that when hardy perennials are once established they require no fur- ther attention, but I have found that, although they are easy to grow, in order to give the greatest satisfac- tion, each variety must be treated in the way best suited to develop its flowers and growth. I have found that some plants, such -as dictamus, lilies, peonies, yuccas, and so on, re- quire several years to get established and come into their full beauty. Usually, the longer these plants are left undisturbed the better results will be obtained. I have discovered that most of the late summer and autumn blooming varieties should be divided and reset each spring. Among these are asters, boitonias, golden glow, lychnias, pinks, sweetwilliams, and so forth. The crown from which the original plant grew dies den, and many new plants grow up from it, which- will give better results if divided and reset. I find that tulips and hyacinths do much better if dug up and reset every three or -four years, but the other fall -planted bulbs will give just ae good results if not reset -until they become crowded. It is, however, in most instances, a mistake to think that large clumps will gave more sat isfaction than et small thrifty slump. In my years of experience in grow- ing flowers I have found no class more attractive than hardy perennials, and none adapted better to all condi- tions. A good garden soil, well en- riched with fertilisers, is the greatest requisite. The plants are best trens- planted in early spring, just as they are beginning to send out shoots after their rest; but I have had excellent success with many in setting thele over in the autumn. - Iris, lilies, and other early-springxing flowering bulbs are best set out in the fan Never move plants when the grpund is wet ,and soggy, or the weather unfavorable. I find that if each plant is given plenty of roam to develop it will do xnuoh better, as most perennials grow a>nd, spread rapidly. Take care not.to put too many flowers which bloom at the same time in the same place; try also to bleu' the colors so they will harmonise, A careful study of the varleties to be planted will usually result he a satisfactory arrangement, During the summer I ;kelp the soil stirred constantly around the plants, so as to let the air' have free circula- tion. I give them a mulch of light material, which is of great benefit, and Helps to retain the moisture dur- ing the hot, dry days, and also helps to keep clown the weeds. I always stake and tie all the taller -growing species securely, and if the supports are given when the plants are still small they will look more natural and give better results. By removing old flower stems, faded flowers; and seed pods, many varieties such as aquil- egias, gypsophilas, hollyhocks, lark- spurs, sweet rocket, and others, will . bloom almost throughout the season The removal of these will also imp prove the appearance of the border) and will keep the garden looking neati and tidy at all times. When frost has killed all the soft, - growth I always cover my border wit} leaves or other litter. Do not coves too soon; for a little frost is bene ficial to the plants. - The protection, should not be too heavy, or it will smother the plants, or induce them to' come into premature. growth in the spring. Ott the approach of warn, weather. I remove the covering grafi ually in order to harden the growth which the plants have made. Two el three days is usually sufficient fon this. 1 Every year I grow more fond of hardy flowers. They get to be 1ik old friends, coming back season aft season to greet me, and surprise me too; for, like people, you forget some. time's how fine they really are, a that makes the Measure: of meetin them again all the greater. Perennia require such little care that I ofte wonder why more people do not raiga them. I believe they would cultivat: them more if they knew them, e if they would only try them out A ' see how much fun there is in havi them. le There is such a wide range of colo* and form, and a sueeession can bei easily air:fanged that will give yet blooms from early spring until frost chill all plant life. They are prolifi too, I3y that , mean they divide an multiply, especially irises and peeln les, so that you can keep enlarging your collection with no additional e* pease once you get etarted and have lots to give to friends besides. i. t Do not be impatient with them. Rel member that it taloa several years for thein to get established and to de their best. Care taken in c:iltivatipnr ,.. fertilization, and winter protection will get plants that will repay y otX with abundant bloom: -f+. C. A. .- Don't Don't stop to argue tlia right., 4 way with a skunk. Every day lost on strike doareas4l the supply of the necessities of life' Can't we find a method of settling he ._ iustriai disputes ? )