The Exeter Advocate, 1923-4-12, Page 7r
Address communication to Agron000mist, 73 Adelaide St West, Toronto
Question—What breeds of pigeons
aIre; best adapted for the raising of
•squabs for the market?
Answer—Bulletin No,•15 of the De-
partment of Agriculture at Ottawa,
dealing with the subject of .pigeons,
names three breeds suitable for squab
,production, the Tomer, the Carneau,
and the Mondaine. The Homer is gen-
erally acknowledge to be one of the'.
most profitable breeds for this par -
pose. It is a hardy breed, very active,
prolific,, andproduces a good average
*eight squabs. The Carneau, originat:
ed in Flanders, has been bred for food
for many generations. This breed has
the habit of term ling close to the
.home charters when given its free-
dom, It'is'prolific and; robust andthe
squabs develop rapidly. The Mon -
dame, bred originally in Switzerland,
is a utility pigeon, ` and is .stated , in
the bulletin to be rapidly gaining
popularity on this continent. It is a
very prolific breed, and the squabs are
broad breasted 'and well fleshed.
Question—Are there any advan-
»cages gained from warming the drink-
ing water of hogs . during' the cold
'weather?
Answer -An experiment carried on
at the Central Experimental Farm in-
dicated two things: First, that hogs in the crop in that neighborhood for
make better gains when they have be- several years.
fore them a constant supply of water,
for drinking purposes,, and second,'
that in winter the gains aro more pro-
nounced when the ' water is given
slightly warmed.
Stook - Raiser, Durham Co. ..The
farmers in; this district grew large
quantities o f peas many years ago,
bitt the coming of the pea weevil Ted
ninny of us to discontinue. We desire
to i` sow a field this,year and the seed
we have has anoccasional infested
seed. Please advise me how to treat
the seed to destroy these insects.'
Answer --Coal oil has been found
useful in destroying the pea' "bug" in
;the seed. About a half gallon of coal
oil is sufficient to treat about rive
bushels of peas. The idea is to thor-
oughly moisten every seed so that the
oil will penetrate and kill the insects.
For this purpose the seed may be
placed on a floor,,the oil sprinkled oil,
and the peas shovelled over thorough-
ly. The shovelling shouldbe repeated
every day for at least four days, the
first shovelling to be ,done about two
weeks before sowing. It would be
well, if possible, to induce every farm-
er in your neighborhood to treat his
seed peas this spring. If this is done
thoroughly there should be no "bugs"
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
APRIL 15.
Joseph, the Preserver of His People. Lesson Passage.: Gen.
- 30 22-24; 37: 2 to 50, 26. Golden' Text — Honour
thy father and thy mother;;. that thy days may be long
in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.—Exod.
20: 12.
LESSON F oanworip—Among the pat-
riarchs Joseph stands perhaps only
second oto Abraham rig regards the
level of high moral personality. In
his father might meanwhile perish
through the famine.
V. 10. The land` of Goshen. Goshen,
one of the names of lower Egypt,
to -day's lesson we may observe two comprised the territory lying to the
of his, outstanding traits. First, there east of the Nile delta. Situated on
is his magnanimous forgiveness, All the frontiers of the desert, it was fre-
the more remarkable does his_: forgive- quently .invaded` by hungry nomads.
ness appear when viewed against the It was an excellent pasture region,
moral background of his own genera- and since Jacob and his family were
tion. His was an age which, on,the;shepherds and not agriculturists, it
whole, believed.in retaliation, rattier would admirably suit their tastes and
than forgiveness. "An eye for an eye pursuits.
and a tooth for a tooth" was its usual
practice. Second, his conception of
providence, in which he unifies the
actions and fortunes of men with
God's directing and controlling hand.
To recognize that God makes even the
V. 11. There will 1 nourish - thee. A
Hebrew slave rising to the highest po-
sition. in Egypt, drawing his family
after him, and supporting them with
public property entrusted to his care
of may be paralleled with similar in-
outstherebymen
lessening his
theirposesmortyres- stances. Jews who : rose to high offices
onsibilit was the olid achievement in foreign courts were wont to show
p y favor to their Jewish countrymen. See
of Joseph's faith. Esther 8. 1.
L A Noble Forgiveness, 3-8. V. 12. It is my mouth that s peaket
p h.
V. 3: This touching scene took place i He sought to allay any suspicion
• in Josephs. house --perhaps in theamong his brothers that the proposal
audience chamber. (See ch. 44:14.) I to migrate to Egypt might prove but
Judah has been interceding passion- i an occasion for a new quarrel. 'They,
ately for Benjamin (44: 18-34) ' and. themselves must surely see how ear-
Joseph—could no longer restrain his 1 nest he was.
pent-up feelings. 1 am Joseph. There V. 14. Up to this point `tJoseph.had
is a sublimesimplicity in this brief merely disclosed himself and his plans
disclosure. InHebrew there are but; for the future. . Now he formally
two words—"I"
and "Joseph.".They greeted and embraced his brothers, be
were troubled; conscience-stricken (,ginning with Benjamin. Greetings in
that the brother whom they had the East are usually very polite and
sought to kill should be the powerful long drawn out. The present. writer
ruler. i has witnessed greetings that extended
'V. 5: Be not grieved.,Joseph uttered about half an hour.
riot a word of anger or revenge. He 1 the courage Only now had the brothers
sought to soothe his brothers troubled to speak intimately with
consciences. God did send me.. He Joseph.
recognized a providentialpurpose in Application.
h'is.,life.' His brothers, in :selling him The story.of Jseph is full of vivid
into Egypt had been .the unconscious icolor and movement
Amid tht,mult-.
instruments of God.-' tude of its, religious teachings let us
V. 6. The famine. In Palestine fam- select these:•
ines were frequent Because the..fertil- I , 1. The, discipline and hard knocks
ri ity of the soil is almost entirely de -1 of Iife may 'train us for useful service
pendent upon, the':raiiifall.' In . Egypt, and: -ripeness of Christian character.
however, not only .is there remarkable Joseph lead his share of- i,•r�ouble—the
,,fertility but, as.'Warren says, it 'is pit, , the slave" whip over his ,back,
not directly dependent on. 'rainfall, Prison, suspicion, ingratitude -=but at
the annual flooding of the river last the most powerful office. in
Nile inundating .nearly the whole,. Egypt (let us callitthe premiership)
land and making the' cultiva- passed into his hands.
tion of the soil, as a general 2. Two of the poisonous ingredients
rule, a yearly certainty. Sometimes, that filled the cup of 'Joseph were (a)
though rarely, the,Nile failed to over-' envy, (b) ingratitude. His . brothers
flow and a famine ensued. One of the envied him and sold him into, slavery.
Ptolemies had to import grain from Martin Luther tells „a story ;of a
Syria and Phoenicia because of a .fa- robin that „led regularly on some
mine in Egypt. Earing; plowing. See .bread crumbs .that were placed on the
Isa.`30: 24. "The oxen and the young window sill. After the meal, the robin
asses that ear the ground." i hopped to a near -by branch of a. tree
V. 7. To preserve you :a posterity; and sangicarol
of gratitude to,•God 1
leave you descendants. Had it. nothigoodness. et ,earn to be-
been
ebeen for Joseph's timely aid,• the whole. thankful to one ,another for help and
house of . Jacob might have perished kindness shown to us, and above all
with famine.
let us be thankfdl to God for "his
unspeakable gift."
V. 8. A father to Pharaoh. This was ' 3. The story of Joseph's;, treatment
perhaps an official'title; 'of the chief of his brethren who had wronged him,
administrator under the king: Joseph illustrates also the noble spirit of for-
bad become a sort of vizier .in Phar
Roll's court. Aliens ;of capacity and gpeness in a remarkableaouty. A dis-
fidelitywere sometimes elevated to the ciple asked. Jesus once about this. mat-
inost' responsible positions in•the state ter oe d' How of How .far should
.b Eastern monarchs"'''',: it extend. How often should one for
y give? The Master's reply was that.
II; A Bountiful Provision, 9-15. there was. to be no limit to. the readi;
V. 9. Haste ye. Joseph ,bade thein: ,pass to forgive, "not seven times, but
haste" because . he longed to see his ] seventy times seven." This is a hard
•- father. and; because,vif• they delayed, virtue to practice:
A
Lantern ern
That' .it
Will Not
Tip Over.
A cement base'cas on the bottom
of a . lantern will make it hard to
knock over. Such, a lantern will be
very useful aroaiid the barn or shop.
A form <is made by bending a piece
of sheet iron, the diameter being.
about three, incheslargerthan the
base of the lantern. It is also about
one inch higher. 'In casting, the form -
then the lantern is set in thecentre on
top- of the cement and the space
around it is filled in. A cement miz-
ture of about three parts screened
sand 'to' one of cement is about -right.
To prune -with an axe, spends more
•
in strength than it savesin money,
and you .can't get a good job done.
Lop shears, and •a pruning saw are
'well worth buying.
DAIRY
Dairymen generally recgnize theme
a
is marked variation` in the milk and
butterfat producingcapacity of dif-
ferent individuals .in the herd: On
practically the same „ration and care
some cows will produce a large uni-
form flow of milk of high butterfat'
content, while other cows will not. In
herds bred and cared for in the same
manner over a. period of years, ,cows
of low milk yields and butterfat test
are found along' with cows of high;
production.
Practical dairymen know that profit
from dairying depends in a very large
Measure upon cows of large uniform
milk and butterfat production. Cows
that respond at the pail to liberal -
.feeding and proper care. Cows that
canconsume roughage and grain pro-
portioned into a well-balanced ration
and convert it pito a good profit over
cost of consumption;
The value of the dairy cow as a
profit-making organization rests quite
entirely upon her breeding, feeding
and care. To consume feed profitably
she must be bred for the•purpose for
which she is being maintained. She
must have 'the capacity to consume
food. Sixty per cent. of all the food
the cow eats goes to sustain her body
and only after this is taken care of
can there`be any return to the -dairy-
man. The dairy cow must, have a
„constitution that will - endure heavy
work, for she labors flight and day
digesting and assimilating food for
Milk products.
The dairy cow, to prove her value
to convert roughage and grain into
profitable returns must be well fed.
The milk and butterfat products of
the co* contain the richest and most
nutritious food elements. To manu-
facture this highly. nutritive product
the cow must be supplied with a splen-
did quality of raw material and in
liberal .amounts. Her,. ration should
at all times be palatable, appetizing,
easily digestible and well; balanced in
essential nutriments. `
Every dairyman knowsthat no twp
cows' are just alike. They may be bred,
fed and cared for in the same manner,
yet thee is a decided difference in
their ability to consume food and con-
vert it into profitable returns. To-
make dairying most profitable the
dairyman must make a very careful
study of his -cows. He must under-
stand their individual need. He must
cater to their likes and dislikes. The
value of a cow as a milk and butter-
fat producer can only be computed
when she has been supplied with all.
the vital requirements that meet her
individual: needs.
I believe one of the commonest mis-
takes made by the average dairyman
is an unwillingness to pay additional-
ly for the cow of large producing ca-
pacity. Many a large producing cow
has passed on undeveloped, simply be=
cause her owner failed to co-operate
with her and supply the essential food -
ingredients to • encouragemaximum
production. To work profitably the
cow must at all times, be in perfect,
condition. She must have a good ap-
petite, a strong work digestive sys-
tem and furnished with a variety of
palatable feed to induce large ,con-
sumption.
Sour. Cream Made Sweet.
The process of turning sour cream
into sweet is as follows:, The sour
cream is churned into unsalted but-
ter. " Then skimmilk or skimmilk,
powder is added in a quantity suffi-
cient to reduce it to the required am-
ount of butterfat. The mixture is
Placed in a viscolizer machine and the
result is perfectly good sweet cream.
This process is often used in the sum-
mer months when cream is difficult to
keep "sweet. It is as . rich in nutri-
ments and as valuable for all pur-
poses as natural sweet cream.
Serves Public Health.
Western University, London, is ac-
complishing* good 'things through its
faculty of Public Health, conducted
Under Professor H. W. Hill. Dr. Hill
has been in charge of the Institute of
Public Health since 1912, except for
three years spent with the same
faculty of the University of Minnesota.
Progress of Corn Borer
Control Work.
Considerable progress was made
last year in the control of the Euro-
pean Corn Borer. The Dominion Ento-
mologist reports that, although the
insect spread over quite q large area
in 1922, the amount of spread- was
not quite as great as in the previous
year. Last's year, . with co-op-
eration between the Dominion
and Ontario Departments of Agri-
culture, fifteen men and five automo-
biles were engaged in scouting for the
corn borer from July 24 to September
29. ' A hundred and sixty-five town-
ships, mainly in south and south-
western Ontario, were examined and
forty-five found to be infested. In
Kent, Essex, and Lambton the infes-
tation proved to be extremely light,
but in Elgin . and Middlesex the con-
trary was the case. There was little
spread of the insect in a northerly or
north-easterly direction. Altogether
the pest has made its appearance in
a hundred and fifty-two townships,
covering approximately 11,711 miles,
One of the control measures taken
was to establish a double quarantine,
which prevented the movement of
corn on the cob, cornstalks, etc., from
the heavily infested districts to -light-
er infested, as- well as to any other
districts. Quarantine on the move-
ment of corn, and 'corn products was
maintained by warning notices being
posted at road intersections, by ban-
ners placed 'so as to warn motorists
not' to take cornfrom the infested
districts, and by the stationing of in-
spectors at Toronto, Hamilton, Sarnia
and Windsor to watch for evasions in
the case of shipments by any methods
of transportation. At Toronto 47,000
dozen and at Hamilton 15,000 dozen
ears of corn were examined and
traced. A close watch was also kept
on the fall fairs, and it is satisfactory
to note that the public co-operated.
well, only six individuals being caught
trying to evade the quarantine,
Using Oil in Incubator.
Those using a bot water type ineu-
bator.4vith galvanized tank which has
rusted cap. easily avoid the
trouble by using cylinder oil in place
of water. . Unless oil is about blood
heat or little warmer, do not fill tank
as full as you would with water as
the oil expands more when heated
than water. I could not see but what
the incubator hatched just as good as
when using water. I find a light body
oil* works best. N.. F.
Proper r Time. to Hatch Chicks'
It is a confirmed: face that pullets
must be . thoroughly matured : before
egg production can be expected, there-.
fore, they must:, be hatched early
enough to have time to mature well
before the time that egg production
is desired. Under ordinary circum-
stances, any of the general purpose
breeds, such as Plymouth Rocks, Wy-
"andottes, Rhode Island Reds, etc., re-
quire on an•; average five and a half
to six months to mature, thus, pullets
intended to commence laying, the lat-
ter part of 'October, would have to be
hatched in' the month of -'April, -while
the. Mediterranean. Breeds, such as
Leghorns, Anconasl .etc., being smaller
birds, can be matured in slightly less
time, and could be hatched a week or
two later, and still be matured ready
to commence producing in the latter
part of October. The care which the
young growing stock receive .during
the summer _months • has Much to do
with having them properly 'matured
in time for winter eggs. One breeder
may hatch his, birds. early ,in April
and yetaby neglect in proper feeding
and exercise, may not have them as
well matured in October as another
breeder who hatched his birds in May,
but who gave thein proper care while
they were growing on the range.
Again, chicks hatched too early, be-
sides being harder, to . take care of
early in the year when the weather le
more severe, can be forced to, maturity
and egg production about August and
September, and will exhaust a certain
amount of their strength by thetime
that coldweather comes, with the re-
sult that they very often go into a
moult, stop laying,• and.owing'to short.
is set on a smooth fiat board, about one Maples or oaks generally indicate days of feeding, cannot regain their,
inch of cement is priced in the bottom, i•well-drained land. strength sufficiently to produce until
Why 1 Use a Drill for Small
Grain.
A field is more easily and more
quickly sown with the grain -drill -than
by hand or wagon -box seeder, since
there is no stepping -off and gauging
to be done -nothing to do but hitch
up and drive. With hand -sowing one
must step off the desired width of a
round and set flags to sow by, walk
and -carry the seed while he sows.
The wind' is bothersome when sow-
ing
owing grain by any of the methods ex-
cept that of drilling, and a poor or
streaked stand almost invariably is
the result if there is a wind at sow-
ing time. With the grain -drill, this
trouble is avoided, and . as even a
stand is secured when the wind is
blowing as when there is not the
slightest breeze. -
Grain put in the ground by a drill
is all placed at exactly the same depth,
and this is not true of another system
of seeding. Where seeds are sown at
uneven depths, germination is sure
to be slower with some than with
others. Those nearest the surface of
the ground, if the weather turns dry,
will not sprout at all, but shrivel up
and are lost entirely. -,
When all is said and done it is a
matter of yields and profits. Seed
planted with a grain drill yields more
per acre than seed sown broadcast,
That is reason enough for me to use
a grain drill.—M. Coverdell.
Avoid Feeding Spoiled Silage.
We . have found it wise to watch
carefully the condition of the silage
we are feeding. Sometimes it Is
frozen and it spoils faster than it is
fed out. In both cases the animals
receiving it -suffer.,
The,frozen silage is found about the
wall of the silo. If this silage can be
pulled . off in . chunks, pitched - down in
the stable, the heat there will soon
thaw it out and make it ready to feed.
Spoiled silage is especially harmful
to horses and sheep, but" should not
be fed to cattle. One should have
sufficient stock to reed off at least
two inches over the entire surface of
the silage each day in winter, and
from three to four inches during the
• , warm weather. Otherwise, one can-
not handle the silage safely without
wastage, 4t being necessary to throw
away that portion which has become
unfit for feed.—J. A. S.
after :the most .urgent, demand .for
winter eggs is over..
A: number of • experiments conduct-
ed at the Lennoxvilie •Experimental
.Stationduringi,the past two or,.three
years, to ascertain the proper time to
hatchstock required forprofitable
winter egg, production, have given
some interesting figtires. For instance,
from November 1, 1920, to March 1,
1921, 25 pullets, hatched between
April 5 and April 12, gave an average
profit of $3.73 per bird over the cost
of their feed; while 25 pullets, hatch-
ed between May 1. and May. 10 gave
an average profit of $1,75- per bird
over the: cost-, of their; feed: Experi-
inents conducted during the following
winter- gave results that , helped . to
strengthen the data already secured,
viz.: From November 1, . 1921, to
March 1, 1922, 25 pullets hatched. be-
tween April 7 and April 15, gave an
average profit of $2.83 per bird over
the cost of their feed; while 25 pullets,
hatched between May 1 and r:'Isay 10,
gave- an average profit -of only $1.71
per bird over the cost of their feed.•
It was thought possible by some, that
the later hatched lots would produce
sufficiently more eggs in January and
February to balance the profits of the
earlier birds in November and- De-
cember, but .such has not been the
case in any of the experiments to date.
Givenproper care andfeeding during
the summer months on a good range
for exercise, the past' results would
justify the recommending of hatching
chickens of -the general purpose type,
not later than the end of April, the
first three weeks of April preferred,
and of the Mediterranean Glasses, not
later than the 24th of May, for the
most profitable production of winter.
eggs in western Quebec.
Many who leap into - sudden riches
slip when they land.
Drilled oats outyield oats broad-
casted.
Says Sam: When the boys begin to
ask can they have the buggy to -night,
that's another sign of spring.
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