The Exeter Advocate, 1924-8-7, Page 6•
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Address communications to Agronomist, 73 Adetaide St. West
How We Co -Operated
in Cutting Corn
BY S. K. STEVENS.
ee useful in that way, but we realized a
neat profit on our investment by
grinding our neighbors' feed.
As for the wood -saw, we cut our
winter wood quickly and easily and
if any of our neighbors wish any cut,
we are in a position to do it easily
and quickly.
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MAKING AN OLD KITCHEN NEW
BY -DORIS W. N,LCRAY:
The other day a group.of women A worn ingrain carpet:..treated with,
met to talk about making over kite: a filler, paint, and varnish makes -a
chens'. After partaking of an unusu-, good substitute for linoleum,
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et ally good picnic dinner and the usual Mop -wringers, then came up. for
Water and Sbacle. exchange of recipes, ' we' began' the cussion and it was remarked that one
- Toronto
Five years ago last fall it became Animals suffer greatly from the regular meeting. ; 1 never sees a janitor wringing a mop
impossible for the people of my
I X d' be f tests completed due- neighborhood to b ,in outfit to cut heat. We are busy in the summer Our specialist, sent by the Women's, by hand.
TAKING CAR h Provincial,
len 1;�. erim� Experimental Farms.
! s of. ofrs ase e • .ry
Honey is a perishable article no ' p domestic animals are very capable of women which they wanted most, light g
left in the comb. In a feeding test conducted with danger of immediate frost. in the humorous cartoon shown the
matter whether it is four lots of Yorkshire hogs, two corn- Finally a person in the vicinity doing this if they have the oppor or water in the kitchen. She told of woman in an old-fashioned; kitchen,
or extracted. With cera it can be tunic ' Ione woman who had a sink and run- ` welkin several rods during the mak
F mercial tankages and a conunercial who owned a threshing outfit.ai;recd i' g
kept ingood condition for long per Too often, however, they ax•e shut ning water put into • her kitchen for ing ,of an apple ie At a1f eting
p form.*meat meal were fed in self-feeding to wee us en engine if we could find pp p
lode, especially in the extracted
hoppers as supplements to the meal a cutter. We were no better oft` than ti1p in fields and pastures through the $6, another for $8, each confessing a 'kitchen plan was shown acid the
Nectar, as stored by the bees, con- 1>p p i heat of the day without shade and, that she could have afforded it long lines of travel traced hieh the owner
this instance contain before for it was impossib"e to get
e ' determine the economy of feeding go and look at 'a cutter and see if it
i ht amount of able, and there is nothing that can pointed out its advantages, and said ouldesave many hours of work and
E OF THE HONE a in a number a s bKIx013Eix ARRANGEMENT DISCUSSED.
CROP lag the past few years on the Domin their corn for the silos. It was get- and prone to let the live stock look Institute Branch of the
• tin late in the season and there was out ioi itself. Most all kind DEpt tl t k d the, There was more
truth than poet.
ration which. in s ns the
tains a high percentage of water, ' � without water. These two things,' ago had she known how small the ex- would walk during preparation a#
which must be evaporated before the ed milk as well while the remaining the cutter. , ro erI rovide d will go a lon ways1 en�se would be. Several women res-� meals. The plan was then re -arranged
honey can be extracted. When the lot was used as a check in order tot I proposed to- a neighbor that we. toward keeping the animals comfort-' ent who had had electricity installed '
cells are filled and the r y - b ens of a few changes which
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City which the hogs would consume, this he agreed and the neat <l.cy eve - melee dj urned during the year.
honey is sealed over and is then con The ideal pasture contains both a butt for running their various ma-
The
then adjourned to our hostess' ki �
sidered to be ripe. It is not advise The test commenced on January 9 started to find one. . My neighbor liberal supply of dense natural shade; chines, The relative cost of acetylene, and watched her make a pot of cobil
able to extract honey until at least and continued for a period of 90 days, thought that a `second-hand cutter and clear running water„but these' electric light from a farm plant, and ,h alkin ust eight steps, while our
three-fourths of the cells are capped, Each lot included seven pigs averag- would do as well as a new- one and, of e g j
ideal conditions are given only to the light from the high -pews line 'ware specialist told how in the old kitchen
especially in regions where the honey ing from 44 to 54 pounds in weight, course, would not cost nearly so mech. few• On man farms"they must bo discussed, of her girlhood home, she had walked
is inclined to be rather thin. Comb The meal ration for all lots consisted Not wishing to create any discord I y
of ground eats 2 parts; ground bar- agreed to look at someof . that type, provided by artificial means, and
aptiv rriuclz W rrtnolv SPACE? eighty steps in performing the same
honey should be left on the hives until where this is recessary it will mean task,while a little thought in arrange•
all cells containing honey are sealedt ley' 1 part, shorts, 1 part; middlings, but on condition hat before puiehas- a great deal to the farmer to see that' Brackets over the sink and work-
1 part; and linseed oil meal, 8 per In any he go with me and look over ment of materials would have saved
but should not be left on any longer cent, The nisei was fed as a milk slop a new one. We looked over the second- they are not neglected. I tabic to hold lamps where they would time and steps. The advantages dtables on
tea
than this or the sections are likes to The slime sheds that offer the live give best li ht for eveningwork were
y in troughs. Each lot of hogs consume hand cutters and then I showed him g carts, wheel trays, and tables on caw.
become travel stained. stock shelter from the cold and storms then recommended. Our specialist Tars were discussed. Our hostess ex.,
The hone' should be extracted as ed 1,710 pounds of the meal mixture the better points of a new one and of winter, may often be used to rat Bald the lass'area in a kitchen should
3 and 3 822 pounds skins. -milk. Lot 1 finally convinced him that a neer cut- y p g ! plained the advantages of her kitchen
soon as possible after the supers are i ah „tet tar would be the cheapest in the end. vide protection from the sub's direct• be 20 per cent of the floor area.. for;vvliieh she planned just as she wanted
• rays in the heat o£ summer, in which instance, a room measuring ten t,,, which
when the. built the house a few
removed from .the hives, and if done. was used as the cheek a
while still warm, more honey win be' receive meat by-products while Lot 2
-taken from -the combs. After the honeyconsumed 9,06 per cent of tankage;
is extracted it must be strained to Lot 3, 11.4 per cent of No. 2 tankage•,
remove all foreign matter. Straining; and Lot 4, 9.06 per cent. of meat meal.
may be done through fine cheesecloth Lot 1 made slightly the lowest gains
or by letting the honey stand in tanks' as well as the most economical gains,
wn BOUGHT AN ENSILAGE CUTTER. I case they should be kept reasonably: twelve feet would have 120 square',
Thus did we purchase an ensilage clean and well ventilated, But stables feet in the floor, and therefore the `years ago It is a most convenient
cutter. The next day we brought it that are closed may become well nigh` windows should total twenty-four kitchen for a country home.
home and the next set it up and got suffocating to a hot animal on certain' square feet of glass. She mentioned We then Ailed out questionnaires
the hired engine mud the day fellow- days when the atmospheric conditions white walls as snaking the room seem which set us thinking about our own
in put m corn into the silo easily are oppressive. ( lighter and larger; but light grayor kitchens. Tho questions concerned
g p y y pp g' b water supply light ventilation, floor
for two or three days, when all for-' followed in turn by the lot on No. 1 and quickly, the cutter doing fine The artificial water supply may tan walls are preferable because soft-
] tankage' the lot on No. 2 Lanka el and wall finishes, kind of fuel, storage
eign matter will have risen to the sur- g
gel work. My partner's corn w;,, Also also be entirely satisfactory if tis er In tone and easier to keep clean in space equipment and floor plan. Q- use
face. If the honey is well ripened, it and the lot on meat meal. The aver- cat that season, and another farmer adequate, A good windmill' and sup a room where canning, separating ansl tions about equipment were warded
should be placed in the final contain-! age daily gains per hog were 1.03 who was having the same trouble that ply tank is a great labor -saver and some ox the heavy take incident to' something like this: "Do you have a
ers at once, before it starts to granu-' pounds, 1.06 pounds, 1.08 pounds and we had been having hired us to put means a constant supply of water butchering are done. Our hostess refrigerator, high stool, comfortable
late but if it is too thin it should be` 1.09 pounds, while the feed costs par his corn into the silo. on hand. The important thing is to stated that she likes her white kitchen: chair dish drainer, gasoline iron,
left in the tanks a short time for pound of gain were 5.23 cents, 5.68
further ripening. Honey should be cents, 5.74 cents and 5.89 cents re-
stored in a dry place as it readily spectively.
The next fall a man was found who see that water is available where the and finds it little trouble to keep carpet sweeper, vacuum cleaner, wheel
promised to hire us his engine and animals can get it at will, or, at clean, bub she hes no small children, tray, power washer, electric iron, mop
accordingly the people all began cut- least, that it is supplied often on and her summer kitchen (in the base- wringer, fireless cooker, pressure cook -
absorbs moisture from a damp atmos -1 The addition of the meat by- ting their corn, but when we were all hot days. ment) second/iodates separator, wash- et- dumb waiter?"
phere. Honey ripening in tanks
should stand in a warm, dry room.
Ripened honey in containers ready'
for market will keep better in a cold,
dry place. Section honey should be
stored in a well -ventilated room where'
the temperature is high and constant
or moisture will condense on the cap-'
pings and be absorbed.—C. B. Good-
erham, Dominion Apiarist.
FEEDING MEAT BY-PRODUCTS
IN HOPPERS TO HOGS.
The value of organic supplements
for hog feeding has been demonstrat•
products increased the gains but this
increase was not sufficiently large to
compensate for the increased cost of
the ration.
The results further indicate that it
is not economical to add as much as
10 per cent. of meat by-products to a
well balanced meal and milk ration.
These results agree in principle
with those of previous tests in that
organic supplements increase' the
gains produced in a given period and
also that it is not usually economical
to supply these much in excess of 5
or 6 per cent. of the meal ration.
ready to fill the silo and phoned the er and meals for harvesters. Iceless refrigerators, those which
THE BEST FLooneNo. 1 lower into a hole beneath the cellar
Samples of flooring, including oiled floor, were favored, since they would
hard maple, varnished hard pine, in- I also serve as dumb waiters for carry.
man to bring oe his engine, he 'flatly n .E attack of Woolly Cater -
refused to do so at any price. We pillars Threatening.
were now in a bad position as our corn
It e last Au ust and also in
was fast losing value by lying on the; tember and earl October there was laid and printed linoleum, were then ing fruit jars up and down cellar. The
ground, and there seemed to be no y shown. The oiled floor is d whenrefrigerators ran ea
an outbreak of a Palo yellowish goo price of these rangea
of getting an engine.
THEN WE WRIGHT AN ENGINI•:.
I ran my car out of the garage and caused much concern to apple gr
hairy
to another one of my neighbors s L C r Pro
vin-
caterpillar which attacked and a little oil is used and it is rubbed well from $85 to $45, and in some cases
defoliated many apple orchards and' into the grain of the wood, using much they have been copied by the home
pressure. Women who had different carpenter. A hole two feat deep in the
ers, so says Prof.aesa , v floors told of their advantages and cellar floor was suggested as a cool
and asked him to go with me to look disadvanta es linoleum was in favor lace in which to keepmilk. A win -
at an engine. To this he agreed and of this kind is troublesome only for as the easiest to clean and the pret- i dow box is handy for the less cold
that afternoon we hastened to the best to look at. The method of pre- part of winter, the box being attached
nearest- dealer and found that he: had a single year and then disappears, servingit is to give it three coats of to the sill so that when the win ow is
en hand the veryengine recommended but from the number of adult moths
which have been captured or loan good grade floor varnish every other; raised the food can be put ynEo it to,
to run the cutter that we lead prevl-1 h indications
year. She had seen a linoleum four- keep cool,
DISEASESOF DUCKS AND GEESE
lately then
ore are
strop
osuly purchased. It was obvious teat` that there will be another outbreak of teen years in ilea which had been! Other kitchen problems were talked.
the engine was the solution ' of our this caterpillar in August this yeor` given this care and it was in fine con-, over, and I am sure every one of us
problem and we purchased it on and also, perhaps, of a closely related dition. After the figures have worn ; went home and improved our own
halves at once. The next day I one which is covered with black and off the printed linoleum, two coats of kitchens, if only to move the salt box
BY HARRY M. LAMON. brought it home and we started in yellow hairs instead of with yellow paint and one of varnish were advised. and the tea canister nearer the stove.
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Mature ducks and geese are prac-
tically
raytically free from disease. There is
a certain amount of loss among the
• old stock but as a rule more on ac-
count of disease. Occasionally they
become ruptured but rarely if ever
get egg bound. They are practically
free from lice and other pests.
There is a greater Ioss among
'ducklings than among mature stock
and every precaution should be taken
cutting corn and in a few days the
range from which they can secure all job was done. hairs alone. Fruit growers and
the green food they wish. Now we save every year the S50 or others should examine their treesa
Rats are very destructive if they from time to time to see if there are
amongducklings, therefore pro- $60 formerly spent for getting oar many of these caterpillars present.
get g ' ensilage cut.
vide against these pests. The caterpillars will, of course, at
Goslings are very free from d19- SAWING WOOD AND GRINDING FEED. first be quite small. If they are.
ease, and a large percentage of those The engine and cutter did not satis- abundant enough to justify control
hatched should be raised. Diarrhoea fy our taste for co-operation. The measures, they may bo destroyed by
is caused by bad feeding, by soft feed fruits of co-operation were too sweet. spraying with 1',t or 2 pounds arsen-
in a sloppy condition by stagnant I bought a wood -saw and my partner ate of lead powder to 40 gallons of
water or dirty drinking dishes, bought a feed -mill: Last winter that
mill was a source of everlasti
to keep them in the best of health. Change their feed at once and give feed- ng
Prevention of disease should be thet them a small amount of cracked corn comfort to us. When we ran out of
byword in raising any and all types daily. Faulty feeding may also causefeed all` we had to do was to take our
grain to the engine -house, start the
of fowls. I lameness. Therefore study correct,
Be sure that brooder temperatures feeding. , engine and grind out the feed. This
are correct and that feed used is ab -1 Supply grit and gravel and beef
solutely sweet and cleazi, and like- scrap if you expect geese to do well.
wise the houses and yards. The water Goslings sometimes contract an in -
dishes must be kept clean and well fectious disease called goose septi -
disinfected and the young birds have'•' ceniia which is similar to fowl
plenty of clean food if you want tocholera. There is no known remedy.
maintain them in good health. ; Kill the diseased birds and change
One of the most common diseases' the balance of the flock to new ground
that ducklings are subject to is gapes if possible. The houses, feed troughs
or pneumonia. It is not the same as 1and drinking vessels which the birds
gapes in chickens but a form of cold, have been using should be thoroughly
which approaches pneumonia. When disinfected.
the ducklings have contracted pneu-1 Both duck and geese feathers more
monia they stand around, stretch than pay for the cost of picking and.
their necks and gasp for breath, I saving. The sat feathers should by
When it has reached this t th
s age ey
die in a very short time. Occasionally
mature ducks are affected. To pre -
separated from the quills as there is
quite a difference in the value of the
different grades. After picking, the
vent and cure this disease be sure feathers should be put in a dry, airy
that the brooding house and sleeping place so that they will dry out thor-
oughly. This process can be hasten-
ed by stirring the feathers every few
days. Failure to dry the feathers
thoroughly will result in their heat-
ing and molding, and one will have to
take much less for feathers in This
shape than if they are .thoroughly
dried.
SHEEP.
As a rule lambs are better taken off
the ewes when between four and five
months old. By that time the ewes
will not have a great deal of milk and
it is better for both the lambs and
ewes that they be separated. The
breeding flock will have an opportun-
ity to gain up in flesh and if the Iambs
are put on good pasture they will
watery discharge in the eye, caused make better gains. " If it is possible
by too much sloppy feed. Place the the separation should be made on a
birds by themselves, correct the feed cool day and if they can be put at
and bathe their eyes in some anti-
septic solution such as boracic acid
and in a short time the condition will
disappear.
Feather eating occurs generally in
ducklings 'that are kept in crowded
quarters. It starts when a bird is'.
injured and the other birds, attracted
by the blood, pick at it. Soon the
habit spreads among the flock. Re-
move the feather eating birds, if iti
has not spread througgh, the whole
flock, and place them with r.older birch!
fully feathered. This will generalle
break the frebit. Where it has become
qui; general give them plenty of
quarters are free from drafts and
that the brooding conditions are cor-
rect.
Fits is another disease that attacks
ducklings three or four days old. They
simply keel over and die. It is un-
doubtedly caused from digestive
troubles and can generally be pre-
vented orr stopped by feeding an
abundance of green food. Diarrhoea
is a common trouble among baby
ducks ,often caused by their becoming
overheated or chilled in the brooder
or by improper feeding.
The ducklings may become lame and
many of those affected die. The
trouble is generally caused by feed-
ing a poorly balanced ration, sour
feed, overfeeding or damp pens.
Occasionally ducklings will have an
was somewhat easier, more comfort-
able and more economical thanto
travel three or four miles t6 mill on
a cold winter day. Not only was it
water. The early sprays will not de-
stroy these insects, because they will
all have been washed off or much new
foliage will have come out before the
caterpillars appear and this new
foliage will not have any poison on it.
The only advantage of a scrub cow
is that it doesn't take so long to milk
her.
different ends of the farm it will pre-
vent a good deal of fretting and
worrying. It is not advisable to put
them • together again but to make the
first separation final
A rape pasture with a grass field
adjoining makes an ideal pasture for
the lambs after weaning. If this Ls
not available, second growth ; fresh
clever or fresh spring seeding that,
has made good growth will snake a
good substitute, In the case of pure-
bred floc/is where the male lambs have
been kept for breeding purposes it
will be necssary to separate them
from the ewe lambs.
Strange Botanical Phenomenon
THE CHILDREN'S
HOUR
them. There are many more tnings
lto make money, but I take pickles for,
1 mine. Here is my reason for liking,
them.
Last year my father planted alit
, si acre of pickles, and if we would hoe
them and take case of them, we would
get part of the money they brought.•
At the end of the summer we had;
Y made $79.98. We each got $11.98 to
business, add to our bank accounts.
My sisters were knitting sweaters We made the very best use of o
to earn money, and, as they were money, Just now, when we don't n ad
'earning money, I was eager to earn it, we put it in the bank because it is
some also. I had no way to earn it. drawing interest. Then when we need
One day mamma told me if I would it, it will be a much larger sum than;
take care of the chickens she would when we put it in there.
I think it is well • for children who
have the chance to grow somethin
of their own and get the money fro
it for their own, because it teal
them how to raise a special thing an
hose to care for it.
We have put in another crop
pickles this year and the money wi
be ours if we take care of them. Yot
can't lose on pickles, because if they'
do not grow, you don't have to bother!
with them.—Martin L.
MONEY -MAKING' STUNTS.
Taking care of my mother's chick-
ens have found to be a profitable
give me an egg out of every dozen.
I thought this a good way to earn
money, so I started out.
My duties are as follows: 'In the
morning I give them feed, water, and
open the nests. At night I give them
feed, water, gather the eggs, and shut
the nests. About every two days I
make them a mash which I put in the
self -feeders.
We have about 100 hens. Some
White Leghorns and some Rhode Is-
land Reds. On an average we get
about five or six doezn eggs a day.
We now have about fifteen hens set-
ting, so we do not get as many eggs
as at first.
On an average I get about eighty
cents each week. From this I put ten
cents in the bank each week for the
Christmas Savings Club. I also put
away that much at home,
I keep enough on hand to buy my
pencils and tablets for school, and to
give at . Sunday School.
I enjoy doing this work very much.
—Marjorie J.
Last year my mother gave me four
ducks and a drake and told me I could
do whatever I pleased with them, so I
saved all the eggs and set then as
fast as I got enough to set..I hatched
104; of then; and• raised ninety-five: I
sold enough ducks to bring :e60;•ell ';af
which I put in the bank and it is
there . yeti I mean 'to leave it there
and to put more with it.
• We. h^d some ducks to eat. I think
ducks are better than chicken tie eat.
The last fourteen ducks I gave to
my mother to pay for the feed I used
feeding my ducks. I fed the little.
ducks bread or johnnycake in milk
until I got them started, then I gave
The most remarkableb, otanioal discovery in recent times has been the them a wet feed of corn meal, bran
mixed in. I keep them closed in small
pens on hot days and let then out in
the evenings when the sun; wasn't so
hot for them.—David S.
The best money -making stunt that
down. branches to get it; but until lately it has escaped the white man's at I ever had was a share in an acre of
tention. It contains nearly fifty per 'cent. of Melezitose, a rare trisaccar• cucumber pill les. , I know that there
Dickie. t is money in ' them for I have tried
id t nerl only obtained from a shrub in Persia. --Francis
- Poultry Manure for the
Garden.
Poultry manure is •an ideal garden
manure. It is very strong. It :con-
tains more phosphorous than otherl
manures. I found that, if the drop,
ping boards were dusted with ashes orj
soil ,to. absorb the ammonia, and the',
scratching material was mixed wit1'"
the droppings from the board in a
compost pile it made a top -dressing
for use during the summer that had
no equal among fertilizers, improved
only by using acid phosphate or ab-
sorbing material on the dropping
boards. It made my plants dark in
foliage and rapid` in growth. It will
be improved•' by the addition of some
bonemeal if acid- phosphate is not used
as an absorbent. -A. ,IL
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The next time you have troubleJaist
fastening an. engine, cream separator„
' or even a barn partition to a concrete
floor, try the following plan and I
think you will be as well pleased with
,it as I have been:
Chisel the necessary holes in the
concrete. With a templet, set the bolts
and hold them accurately. Melt sus,
phur and pour into the holes to fill
i them, and let it harden. It' will so,
, weld the bolts to the concrete that
they can not be twisted loose, and will
spring enough that it will not crack.
V
The one caution is, be sure the con.
erste is perfectly dry, or khe steam
1 generated ; by the hot sulphur will
drive it out before it has had time to
,harder.. -l1, B. • I
discovery a short time ago that the Douglas fir growing in certain pats of and middlings with a little meat scrap
the dry belt of British Oojnnbia yields a good sugar quite, as palatable and
much sweeter than cane' Or beet suger used on ordinary occasions in the
households, of the world.
The photo accompanying will tell better than words what it looks like.
Every year for centuries the. Indians, have gathered it, and the bears break