The Exeter Advocate, 1924-6-26, Page 7r
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Addreas communications to Agronomist, 're Adelaide St., Weat, Toronto
;SUMMER CARE OF YOUR HORSE, moistened, and add a little salt or
More men fail in , the care of their sugar"
:horses during the hot weather than
at any other time of the year, We WHAT IS A BALANCED RATION?
lay gathered together a number of The balanced ration idea is about
able
twenty-fiveeatawhich will be found to years old, That is, the
beg ble for the benefit O. your talk of balanced rations was a eom-
'►orse, and your pocket; during the paratively new thing among farmers
het summer season, Remember that of twenty-five years ago, and it meant
cleanliness always travels side by side a that time, that a certain percentage
with kindness, of protein, carbohydrates and fat,.
The horse, like yourself, is subject must prevail in the ration to make it
to the troubles, diseases and pains of balance, Too much protein would
"fife. Therefore, be merciful cause the animal to grow muscle and
4 GENERAL RULES. frame or give milk, at the expense of
1. A clean stable. No manure flesh, and too great a proportion of
should be allowed to gather. ' The carbohydrates and fat would produce
.cleaner you keep the stable the better fat at the cost of growth.
for the horse and yourself. The world keeps moving on, we live
2. Screens on doors and windows, and learn, and our ideas change as !,
Plenty of fresh air (most important) they are influenced by the information'.
can thus circulate, and flies can be we take on. We have learned that
kept from your horse. there are many things essential to the
8. Sponge your horse oftenest well-being and normal development of
where he sweats the most. Rub him an animal besides protein, carbo
dry. Fluffy towels are good and cheap. hydrates and fat. We hear a great
Do not use the hose on your horse. deal these days about minerals in the
54. Cleanse eyes and nostrils; and ration, and the newest thing we talk
.occasionally the ears. about in connection with proper food
5. You cannot be too careful of the is vitamins. We all understand what
hoofs. Never allow yourself to leave minerals are and can readily see the
the stable at night without thoroughly connection between lime, phosphate,
cleaning the lower portions of the legs
and fetlocks Where clay can easily
,eebe obtained, it will pay to pack the
oofs at least three times a week,
making the clay into a stiff paste.
6. Watch the shoulders. If, while
working your horse, you find the
shoulders getting sore, far better for
the horse, and yourself, to atop work-
ing for a half hour, rub down the stock foods of the farm,
This swimmer is wearing his newly deVised swimming cap fitted with
glass ooverings for the eyes end which also covers nose and ears.
How To Hang Our Pictures
BY DOROTHY ARNOLD.
"Pictures are for art museums, not Pictures are best hung in direct re -
for the walls of a house," a prominent lation to pieces of furniture or archi-
tectural features. 'A large picture fits
in well over a mantelpiece or over a
sofa which stands against a large wall
space. Smaller pictures are good
hung over a desk, a table or over
chairs. Very small ones may be hung
in a group, close together so that little
wall space shows between them and so
that if bounding lines were drawn
about the outside of the group the
lines would be horizontal and vertical.
Diagonal lines are to be avoided be-
cause we see them before we see any-
thing else. If a picture is hung en
a single wire, running diagonally to
the hook, our eyea are unconsciously
drawn directly to that hook. So it is
better, if the picture is too heavy to
hang from a tail back of it, to draw
a wire through the screw eyes, mak-
and salt, and strong bones, vigorouslecturer declared recently. Such a
constitution and good digestion. statement draws instant protest from
But these vitamins, what are they? us, for how uninteresting our rooms
What do they look like? Where do} would be without the relief of pic-
you get them? One needs a good• tures! But when we consider the pie -
imagination and a little scientific tures on some walls, we see his point,
knowledge to comprehend them, But for a room "full of pictures" means a
they have always been prevalent inl cluttered and varied assortment of
shapes, sizes, colors and subjects un-
related to each other or to anything
else in the room.
A good rule .is not to purchase a
picture until we, are sure just where
it is to go and how it will look in
that place. Most of us, however, have
pictures on hand, inherited or given
to us. Those should be hung which
"fit in"; the others put away. This
sometimes takes courage but after all
our homes are ours!
Very often we cense upon pictures ing a small loop at each end and slip
which we wish to have framed. Many each loop over a separate hook so
popular magazines print full page that the wires run wailer. Pictures,
pictures lovely in subject and color,
and very suitable for framing. Bright,
gay covers from fashion magazines
make delightful pictures for bedrooms.
and there are photographs which we
wish to preserve by framing.
A narrow moulding of wood. in old -
gold. finish makes he best possible
frame for color. prints. It is good to
omit the mat and to have the frame
come up' close to the picture. Prints
or photographs in sepia or grey and
white are good in narrow frames of
brown or grey wood. These should be
of about the color of the next to the Often narrow strips of board are
darkest spots in the picture. Black is needed; to rip them with a handsaw
not so pretty as it detracts too much from a board is slow and tiresome
from the picture, something which the work, To make a trip to town every
frame must never do. For photo- time some are needed takes time and
graphs, a mat may be used or the plc- the cost is high; you can buy the saw,
ture framed up close. Most photo- also shaft and bearings, for the price
graphs are best in frames with a of a few pieces already ripped out, at
stand placed upon a table, bookcase, dealers' present prices.
or bureau rather than hung upon the Make a substantial frame from
wall. An accumulation of photographs 2x8 -size lumber, spiked or bolted to -
is not in happy choice. I shall never gether, with braces of boards nailed
forget a house in which I' once lived on; from the junk dealer you can get
where the walls were covered with a suitable shaft and bearings with
hundreds of photographs of friends belt wheel. The saw will cost but a
and relatives. Clustered about the
mirror in one bedroom alone there
were thirty-six of all shapes and sizes!
The effect was almost that of a night-
mare.
The manner in which pictures are
hung can mar or make the looks and
"feel" of a room. They should never
greater or lesser degree in the live
shoulders and apply the following
hardening lotion:
Tannic acid 134 oz., powdered alum
2 oz., carbolic acid 1 dr., water I. qt. essential to make a perfectly balanced
(I saw a span of horses last year ration, We understand then, that a
that had been working on railroad balanced ration means a ration that
construction for seven years, and had contains, in correct proportions, all
not been laid off for longer than two the elements that go to build up a per -
hours during that time on account of fect animal body, keep it in perfect
sore shoulders. The owner always. had health, and functioning after the man -
a jug of the above lotion right on the ner of its kind. The horse must pro-
job and kept his horses in condition duce energy, the cow, milk, the sheep,
For all practical purposes we may
consider them, along with minerals,
as some of the "other things" that are
in the manner as advised in this
article.)
7. Occasionally, during the day,
ap the head, neck and eyes.
8. Do not fasten a sponge on top
of the head, unless you keep it wet
9. The straw bonnet is of some ser-
vice, if there are • ventilation holes
through the sides. if the holes are
not there, the use of the bonnet in-
creases the temperature at the top
of the head, just where it is least
wanted.
10. Give your horse small quanti-
ties of water many times during the
day.
11. When your horse comes in from
a day's work in the hot sun, give him
a chance to "cool off" before putting
him into the stable, and give him
plenty of water in small quantities-
Then put him into the stable and feed,
The above is a particularly helpful
lc_method during the hot humid weather,
such as was experienced in this coun-
wool and mutton, the hog and the
steer, meat, and if the ration is thor-
oughly and completely balanced, they
will do these things in a creditable
manner and at the same time keep
physically fit. Providing, of course,
that such action is not made prohi-
bitive by conditions of heredity, or
disease with which the ration has no-
thing in common.
There are a great many combina-
tions of minerals that are good, from
a plain home mixture of wood ashes
and salt, to those that are prepared
by others and placed on the market
at $5.00 or more per hundred. pounds.
A very efficient and easily provided
mixture may be prepared on most• any
farm by combining wood ashes, barrel
salt and rock, bone or acid phosphate
that comes in the fertilizer sack. The
self -feeder offers a convenient way of
feeding them, and it only takes a little
to go a long way.
The leafy portions of clover, alfalfa
try for some days last summer. If and other leguminous hays and grass -
you fail to treat your horse, as just es are rich in the life-giving and
advised, he is liable to start out tired health -promoting vitamins. Bright,
the following morning and may col- clear hay in winter, and fresh forage
lapse before the day's work is done. in summer are as essential to the wel-
12, Give your horse a chance to roll. fare of our domestic animals, even the
It is oftentimes better than a dose of hogs and the hens, as are the concen-
medicine for him. trated grains. They and the minerals
18. If your =horse is off his feed, are needed to round out the ration
give him a few carrots, or a bunch of and to satisfy the animal's natural ap-
clover, then two quarts of crushed petite, which is the most accurate bal-
oats mixed with a little bran and anter of the ration,
SHEER
During hot weather and fly time in
4iummer all animals: do better with
good shade in the pasture. Trees and
rush may afford that shade. But in
the absence of natural' shade, it is
well to provide soma kind of cheap
artificial shade.' Such may be built
4 poles and covered with brush, straw
Or any rough material that will keep
off the hot sun. ' •
With us, from the middle to the last
of summer, nose flies .bother our sheep
intolerably, causing the animals to But when the lumber is to serve no
fight the pest and seek shelter where other immediate purpose after the
semidarkness, which the sheep like to
use during the heat,of the summer
day when flies are ' too aggressive.
When furnished a dark room against
the flies, both ewes and iambs thrive.
Concrete Facts.
The common practice is to use old
lumber for building "concrete- forms.
Many buy new, seasoned lumber and
use this with a view to using it again
in building the structure above when
the walls have been completed.
they can hide their noses. This fly is
Motive and aggressive from late morn-
ing till early evening, during which
time the sheep are so - severely tor-
mented that they do not attempt to
graze in the open pasture.'
louring severe fly time in hot sum-
mer; sheep without adequate shade or
shatter- from .:the flies lose flesh and
'become `unthrifty. ° Ewes with late
lambs not 'yet weaned drop in their
milk milk . flow, hence their lambs are
stunted.
When nose files arid' other flies are
bad in late summer our sheep graze
only in late evening, at night and
very early in the morning. But if un-
lrotected from the -insect pests, they
ose flesh.
To make life comfortable' for the
sheep during fly time we have pro
vided for diem a cool, darkened shed
on the north side of a larger building.
The doors and windows of this shed
are closed for the summer with bur-
lap, making the interior quite dark.
wale have set, green lumber Is, in
many respects, better than cured lum-
ber, All wood absorbs some water
when used in thin way and if dry
boards are nailed tight and then al-
lowed to absorb water from the eon-
crete they will buckle and. warp.
Green lumber, since it is already im-
pregnated with an above -normal sup-
ply of noisture,will draw less from
the concrete, and board' dimensions
will remain practically unchanged.
Beforetearing off the forms in cold
weather, -' remove.: one ,.or two boards,
first and then apply hot water. If the.
water is colored or if rapid erosion
takes place it is a sign that the con
Crete has not set but is frozen. If the
forms are: then removed,''thawing
would ruin the wall. But if the forms
are left until the wall has thawed
and then set, the concrete, though of
aninferior quality, will usually' gibe
service.
When concrete work is carried on
during freezing weather, either use
hung in "steps" are no good for trope
same reason.
Very small pictures, the subjects of
which cannot be seen a few feet away,
should be hung over a desk where
they will always be Looked at from a
short distance, or they may be placed
upon a book ease, or on a table against
the wall, where they may be easily
picked up and examined.
Try a Ripsaw Outfit.
Every farmer should have one,
"Comparisons Are Ocioue"—By Edith,Lochrldge Reid.
Clifford dislikes his' cousin Frank link' should be taught to be honestt
in face the dislike almost amounts tot because stealing is wrong and not bee'
hate --and the only reason is that ever cause it makes mother feel bad,
since the two hogs were old enough to
dietingiiish right from Wz'ong Frank
has been held up as a "shining exe
ample" of behavior,
"Frank wouldn't sit down in the
dirt with his best clothes on;" is the
way Cilifford is reprimanded! for his
carelessness, "Frank doesn't take such
big bites of food," is offered as an
incentive toward good table manners.
The truth is that ?rank is natur-
ally disposed to be neat, His 'temper-,
ament is entirely unlike Clifford's and
it isn't an effort for him to be clean
and polite. Clifford has many good
wholesome qualities, but he is husky
and decidedly boylike, an altogether
different make-up. But these things
are not taken into consideration by
his mother.
There is just one reason why a
child should be asked or expected to
act in a certain way or follow a given
be hung high. As one notices pictures
mostly from a seated position, this
should be taken into consideration.
A good rule is to establish a line di-
rectly opposite the eyes when one is
standing, and to hang aid pictures so
that p this imaginary lin will pass
through . their centres. This brings
them into the line of vision from all
parts of the room whether one is seat-
ed or not.
matter of a dollar or so for one of
five -inch size, which is large enough.
Fasten the bearing to the frame with
bolts or lag screws, cover the top of
the frame with boards, allowing an
opening between thein for the saw. A
strip of wood can be used for a gauge,
having holes bored in top boards or
table in which to insert bolts of gauge.
For power a small gasoline engine
will pull it, or if you have electric
power a quarter -horse motor will pull
the saw through inch boards and rip
up a lot in a hurry. Try one; you
will wonder why you did not make it
before.
Some people grieve two dollars'
worth every time •they lose a dollar.
A. soft handful for the girls who hold them,' these fluffy pups may prove
a tough handful later for the driver of the Chateau Frontenac dog team.
I'lie' will not follow the animals into
hot watei and pour the mortar quid:- lYlouutie,. the famous leader of the popular team, is the father of this quartet
the darkened room, hence the animals ly, or heat the sand and cement before four beside ` a.1aslla another member of elle tech', the mother of them.
rest in case during the heat of the mixing. If the concrete is more than and
ail. Arthur Beauvais will give them their first lessons at Queboo next winter,
day. �r`i; e. also have a low room in the 100 deg: F. when placed it will set
m_:l,lle a.i't11e gene,al barn, always in before freezing.--D.--D.Ii. V. 1L a• tcg b 3111 their first loads
"Petty took a bag first," said Julia
defending herself,
"That's norexeuse for you, mydear
you can't take things that beong to
someone else even if your friend does."
"But mother,you alwaya tell me
Betty le so nice and quiet and food
to her baby sister, so now why don't
you put the blame an Betty?"
Canyon wonder that Julia showed
this resentment?
This ease illustrates the fallacy of
holding another child up as an ideal
of behavior. Perhaps Jack does keep
his bands clean but he may be de-
plorably deceitful. Suppose Mildred
does go to bed without pouting and
ploks up her playthings without being
told, she may be a very disagreeable,
selfish little girl when she .plays with
other children. So beware of holding
Mildred up to your. little Mary as ati
line of conduct, and that is because ideal, for Mary knows all about Mil-
such a course of action is right and dred s faults. It all comes back to
proper not because some other child what Julia insinuated to her mother
does thus and so, If you are going
to set up an ideal for a child to attain
be sure the ideal is infallible. He will
about Betty, that if an ideal is sot
up it should be followed in ail. paints
—and yet there never was a child so
not reach this perfection of course, .as perfect that you could say you -Wanted
no human being ever does, but It wi11 your child to be like him in every
bo worth striving for. He should be respect'
inspired with an inveard consciousness The only safe way, then, is to cons
of right and not directed to act like went favorably on the good traits.
some other child. your own child possesses, and by thud
Julia's mother was very much stressing his best natural Character-
crushed one day to find that her small isties, inspire him to develop pother
daughter bad stolen a bag of popcorn good ones, not because some playmate•
from the peddler's wagon. bas these qualities, but because they
"How could you do such a thing appeal to him as desirable, And,'
tend make your mother feel so bad?" whenever you are tempted to set up
was the first reprimand Julia received "shining examples" before your chile'
for this misdeed ---a remark which In dren, remember the old saying, "Com -
Itself was very bad psychology. A parisone are odious".
Handling Natural Swarms.
To facilitate the handling of na-
tural swarms, clip the wings of all
laying queens early in the season,
preferably during'the first honey flow.
Clipping the queen's wings does not
stop the colony from swarmin but
prevents the " �n leaving with Abe
swarm, which will return as soon as
the bees realize that the queen is not
with them. When the swarm issues,
the queen will usually be found, on the
ground in front of the hive. Place
her in a small box or cage and while
the swarm is in the air move the old
hive from its stand, replacing it with
a new hive fitted with empty drawn
comb or foundation. Over the new
hive place a queen excluder and on
top of this, all the supers from the
old hive. The swarm will return to the, the plea was put to Teacher
the new hive and as the bees enter Fox, he wrinkled up his long strag
the queen can be released among them' gly eyebrows, peeped over the top of
at the entrance. his rented. glasses at the group, and con -
To prevent after -swarms, the combs
in the old, or parent colony should be So that was how on this bright sun.
examined at once, all queen cells de- ny day all the little animal boys and
stroyed, and a young laying queen girls of Woodland happened to be by.
introduced. If queens are available, the big lake in the woods, with their
Leave one capped and one uncapped lunch baskets packed full of so many
cell. The parent colony is left stand- goodies. Everyone was ready for a
ing by the side of the new hive, but good tune, and that's what they had:
with its entrance facing at right Let's play train, suggested little
angles to that of the new. Turn the• Jennie Squirrel
parent colony a little each day so that! "Tell us how," asked all her play -
in about six days its entrance will be mates. "
and lots of fun, she said.
facing in the same direction as the l "It's easy
"First we'll all get in a
new hive. On the ninth or tenth day, hoose Sandy Squirrel, Fanny circle andFo�
when the bees are flying freely, move
the parent colony to a new location,1 and. let's see—Willy Woodehuele, I{
this will cause all the workers to un- mess—to be the 'engines'. ti
iia with the swarm., "When I say `go,' each `engine' must
If by accident a swarm issues with, go -chi to some on in the circle and
a flying queen, it will usually cluster( make a noise like an engine.Toot!3
on some nearby tree or bush.After : Toot ! To-oo. The one he faces must
the bees are all settled, the limb on I do the same and then turns and
which they cluster can be eut off and' 'hitches an' to the engine and is the
the swarm carried and shaken down first coach of the train. Each engine
in front of a hive prepared for it, or keeps on doing this until there is a
it can be returned to the hive from • long string of cars behind."
which it issued, first destroying en "Teacher Fox can be conductor, and
queen cells. The old queen also should when he says 'all aboard'each train;
be killed and the colony requeened ten starts for the big oak there by the
days later with a young laying queen, lake. The first train to arrive with.
—C. B. Gooderham, Dominion Apiar- all its passengers wins.
ist. ''"A fine game, wont that be fun?"
they all shouted.
Loss �' What fun they all had playing train
In an experiment conducted by the and trying t°, see which train could be
Dairy Dept. of the Ontario Agricul- the first one to the station.
tuBut it wasn't long before thein
any,al Cthe process
the olf
int weight, found themselves very hungry. Teach•)
if in process: n usionurhave er Fox called them all together ands
oriels, the following conclusions have how good that picnic Lunch did
been reached:
1. In eommercial work probably —heaps better than when at school -1
over one per cent. of the weight of After lunch they played some more,
milk heated and cooled is lost when games and each one got home just in.
the pasturized milk is placed in cans. time for supper. ' Evry Iittle boy and!
2. On the average, about thirty- itl in e nnost Woodland
un and could thought they had
quarts and oneipint m bottled milkf "Pre awfully sorry this is the Iasi;
may be obtained fiom 100 Lbs. of layR.he it'�,•�a 1t_ a �'��+ni'
pasteurized milk. :.' 1^ �roQd�ueo Teter Fox. �Nors"
it ,l, 100 Near of ra v milli. about � r 11 avehto wait a whole year before
thirtye veli` naa s of petted.led, pas- we can have 'the list day again."
teurized milk may be .expected. -
4. The volume of cream which rises
1
THE CHILDREN'S
HOUR
LAST DAY OF SCHOa IN
WOODLAND,
Only four days more before the last
day of school. Hurray!. Hurray!"
sang Jimmie Fox.
"Yee. Hip! Hip t Hur-my?" answer+
ed Jackie Rabbit. "School's been fine,
but I'll be glad for vacation, too."
"Wish we could have a picnic like
the bays and girls over in Frog Hole
low did," wistfully spoke little Fanny,
Fox.
"Let's ask teacher. Maybe he'll let
us," they all chimed in.
Too Much Oil.
on the mills decreases with a ruse in
The generator on a fiivver showed;
the heating temperature above 142 no charge until the car had been drive
deg. F,, when pasteurized for the city ven for at least five miles. Then ape
milk trade. parently it worked all right. The
c Old stovepipes make excellent cat armature was cleaned and the gener
guards for small' trees and poles. I ator tested without discovering any.,
Open the seam, put the pipe around thing wrong, yet the trouble persist-
the tree and then' clamp the seam to- ed. The brushes appeared all right
g ether again. For larger trees two' but finally a new set was . installed
pipes can be used. Ths pipe should and the trouble disappeared.
extend about hire feet from the Overoiling of the generator causes,
ground. No eat can get over this, the oil to collect on the commutator
from where it works onto the brusher
This has the effect of insulating the
keep the fires a safe distance from surface of the brushes until the fries
buildings, and never light fires on tonal .heat of the running generator
In burning rubbish out of doors,
windy days. Two serious fires were
recently started in our neighborhood
by burning brush. --C. P. S.
has had time to melt and break down
the oil film and the brush again ac-
quires its conducting proper: ieea.,