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The Brussels Post, 1919-10-30, Page 3Address communications to Agronomist, 73 Adelaide et. Wort, Toronto Danger In Stalk Fields. gilding them to do their work more Some stockmen live puzzled to know easily and quickly, how to uee the fodder remainingin the If you should suggest to them that roosts, even when the front of the they could increase their eerainge by house is open doting storms. Have corn tithe utter husking time.o tSome 1 ;years they turn etock into the fields working more land, most of them plenty of windows for fresh lair and end have nu bad luck; ethos years the would tell you either that they can eunahine as that is an important face so-called"corn stock disease" has kil- not get any land near their farms OT tor in keeping the fawn, flock in health. led many of thoh• hest cattle and else that they do not care to increase Egg producers often keep flocks of horses. .lust whythe statics rove their acreage. Yet becauee of the ad- five hundred Leghorns in one poultry p • t fe ra_—of house, but we seldom see more than Ciaodid When building a poultry house money in saved by simply construction, First, select a well-clteincd site, if poseibie where there is protection from a wind buildin•ge. Then build house that is about twenty feet deep co that the wind will not; strike the birds on the lire or other farm harinitiss some yearn, and deadly now van tages which a frac or o e one hundred birds of the heavier and then, has never been rightly ex- doing work quickly and easily—some breeds to a Redid. Of course, the Leg- plaained; but it seems likely that would like to have ilio services of ar tractor. I horns are active and seem to thrive Nut Candies for I-Iollowe en. climate or atmospheric conditions has O 1 t' r f t'hi, roblem i9 that better than heavier birds when large •Since no llollowo'en party hs cam- In~� est Your Money 1n 15 V % DEBENTURES Intermit payable half yearly. The Great West Permanent Lenin Company Toronto Office 20 King St. West 'Matti WINJM WS :D:cc:7S a ). -.sr .ate Vii• QIGrs titr opcotnsd with slow.o• �s�*y ttvsry rite lotPelee list •:..,� rr LI. Cut down tool boon winter comfort. The HALLIDAY COMPANY, LImltcd HAHIL70H FACTO.Y out 'ecotone ANAOA O .l By Johra J3. I� e rb e r A. M,MD ,.7�•- M �••'r' • s sem-"—^t+X C�^"" tl_ kr. -' bre-- rv^ "'�:_ �,.e�._.,.,rico.--.ruiu...�•.saA ......ad _--;.-�° Address communications to 73 Adelaide St. Weet, Toronto ('::tarrh 1'n Children. :At the onset of catarrh an a child,, a hot bath may be given, with a but lemonade, containing some such 1 sweating medicine as sweet spirits of nitro (10 dr<pe to a child of one year),, of acetate of ammonium (20 drops).! The child is put to bed, or "onfined,i at any rate, in one room. The treat -1 ment is begun with a teaspoonful of easter oil. if the ehilrl -is old enough,' the throat tr• l,e •• e,l three r• much to do with it. n so u hi ,- p numbers are together, However•, it Y J y Many cases of alleged corn -stalk four or flee farmers owning, medium- seems as if sumo large farms have a plate without sully and no Iialltnve'en four times daily with a solution of. tractor to be used! capacity of more of the heavier birds recipes will .serve a geed purpose at , . jointly •by all, the horses furnishing than they are carrying and some flocks this time of the year. They are not hameo. In these cases' the animals ' of Plymouth Rooks and Wyandottaa have a rlisebinrge of frothy, blrody i -he Fuxlliary power. By doing this; might he managed iu large numbers too expensive even for these days of fluid from the nostrils or mouth, or' the cost would be greatly reduced, hp -i if the birds were given a large range thi•loft, especially if the nuts, the milk, bloody flux (dysentery) ma,v precede • cause each used would pay neeordingfs and perhaps some of the other in- rlen h. After „n to the number of acres farmed. For; and the best sanitary measures were gredients can be obtained at first hand, t death, blood sprite aro used in house. It i, largely a Butternut Cararnelo.- Boil together instance, if one man ft -111118d hixtY found Lite lntte the mucous membrane ,fere- , another one forty acres, a third, natter of skill in management and one cupful of brown sugar, two Cup - the the inlestinea unci serous mem eighty acres and a fourth 160 acres the less a farmer is interested in pool- fins of light-colored molasses, one cup - try of closed davit,,_. Red blotches a total of 340 acres --then the first' try the smaller the flock he can man- fool of sour cream or of sweet milk, also are found under tee skin. in othero 1 ra • three -seventeenths of age with safety, It takes much work and one-quarter pound of chocolate case•, impaction of the ptitttah user 1t.ul, pay (t'u th lice of the tractor, the second to handle large flocks of farm poultry until the mixture turns hard in cold if 'nth; eau S hrtadaehe oral the throat men) decors and elideen death. them .iso -seventeenths the third farmer, in the night manner, and few general, voter, When it has reached the brittle is still sore, two grai.o�t of salicylate ,mashed 1181 shooing crazy 1nil- four. -seventeenths and, the fourth farmers have the time to do it exactly state, stir in one large cupful of of radium may be given every two or 'tome =,11111t,r to the,.e near in ordinal- earner eight-sererete<.nths. Only the, right, butternut meats—or hickorynut meats, three hours. ase sane ra;•es of } ----_ , -- _ m• disease now aro known io be really sized adfeining farms club together' > cattily without nuts, the following listerIrte (one teaspoonful to the eases of deadly hetnorrh'igic Septi- an ' ounce ---8 telispeonsful). Or it may, if it earl, gargle a normal salt solution (one-half teaspoonful of common salt to a tumblerful of water as hot al can he borne). After the dry stage of the cold him paesed, gelnine may be given in one to two grain doses. (They may be had of the druggist as quinine ehnco- hrtee, one grain to the rl prolate). Or, kern -stalk dtse octant uuniber of acres worked should; of they are preferred—and pout the item: t iug sic e eptheemia and in lrad- r. poiaor,ing, be counted in making this a basis oP' Seed Grab Distribution. candy into buttered tins. The quan- The annual free distribution of tity should make about a hundred Their are ether pas?):ale causes coin a'ojeeticn raised is that all might caramels, lass in cmn-st.allc fit..,le. Wu havee soapier of seed grain is being con- knelvr. of at least one serious loss of want to use the tractor at the same ducted at the Central Experimental Peanut Brittle.—Cook together one cattle turned into a stalls Feld in whieh.-time. h is certain that a tractor can. Farm, Ottawa, by the Dominion' cupful of light molasses, one-half cup- slidmuetard had grown ripe and work only at one place at a time, but Cerealist. ful of granulated sugar, one large withered. The paunches of the dead it works rapidly enough that the work; The following kinds of seed grain tablespoonful of butter and one table - Cattle reeked with the fumes of mus-; to be donil on any one medium-sized will be sent out this season: spoonful of vinegar. When a drop will tard when opened. Other looses have, farm can be done hi a very short time,' spring Wheat (in about ti -lb. harden in cold water, remove the been atlril>ttted to formation of salt-' and then the tractor is ready to go to' samples), White Oats (abort 4 1'bs.), syrup from the firm and stir into it ofwork on the next farm. Also, because barley (about 5 lbs.), field peas first one-quarter teaspoonful of soda, peter killed pots=hl in the ather' of the small acreage of the farms, no: (not garden peas) (about 5 lbs.), then one cupful of peanuts chopped of corn killed by rlrnugh a wet weather , or root -worms, while prussic acid has great inconvenience bemuse of delay field beans (early ripening, only floe. After the candy has hardened boon blamed in instances where cattle, 10 waiting for the tra.e.or is likely to (about 2 Iles.), flax for seed (about 2in et large, shallow pan, break It into have die from eating withered or occur on account of conflict in the time lbs.), and flax for fibre (about 2 lbs.), small pieces and keep it .in a cool place eeeond grulvtlt sorghum. of using. Furthermore, the idea is tot Only oue sample can be sent to each until it is to be used. Whereverp ossible, cut, shock, and, use the tractor only for the heavier applicant. Coffee Panocha,—Three cupfuls of work, i Application must he on printed brown sugar, one cupful of cream or husk corn. Little If any loss ever has' Another advantage of this plan is'of milk, and one-quarter cupful of been attributed to corn fodder or corn' forms, which may he obtained from st this: In any group of men there is the Dominion Cerealist at any time strong coffee will make about two crop o Use a large part inof the Horn usually one who seems to have a nate! after Sept. lst. pounds of the candy. Mix the in - crop at every stork farm the form ural ability alongmechanical lines, Hi redients and boil thein for four min - of well made and carefully stored I As the stock of ::eecl is limiited, g' silage. Silage is safe feed if free arrangements are made for such a farmers are advised to apply early utes, or a little longer if milk is used from mall •tad •......ou-1 f d man to handle tliLtractor on all the to avoid disappointment. No app•lica- instead of cream. Remove' the syrup I • e ' farm:, greater service can bc had from. tion forms will be furnished after Keep all pregnant animals out of it; at the same time it will be better n cornstalk fields, Let no horse pasture Feb. 1st, reals C. E. Saunders, Do- enrnstalks. Such feed is far more cared for and better maintained. I minion Cerealist. dangerous for horses than cattle. IYIuz- This plan of having a community ---o------ tractor is well worth trying. Here is zle all 'horses need on wagons when Keening Seed Corn From standing corn is being husked. Have a chance to er into effect that magic Mice. all Battle and sheep that are to be word --co-operation, Why not talk ht pastured an cornstalk folds vaccinat- over with your neighbors, decide upon l ed against hemorrhagic septicemia be- number os one tractor can fore turning then, into such fields. So seeo rve anti purchase f odoe. far a9 valuable purebred or high- grade cattle are concerned toot stalk Force Asparagus For Winter. fields by turning in a scrub or two before the other animals are allowed to pasture. Provide all animals pas- tured hi cornstalk fields free access to pure drinking water at all titres. Sup- ply sea liberally. At first feed hay before turning cattle into stalk fields and gradually accustom these to the stalks. hence off any portion of tho corn field that has been killed by drought, wet weather or root -worms, or that has grown up to noxious weeds, such as mustard, Pinson, etc. In conclusion., shocked corn should be hauled from the field promptly when dry --not left there to waste and mold ---and that when cornstalk dis- ease is prevalent cattle should be yard fed on sound feed. How To Make Tractors Pay on Small Farms. There aro lmndeeds of farms run- ning in size from sixty to 160 acres. It is interesting to know what some of the ownere think about tractors. 011e thing seems •certain—the greater the acreage owned the more favorable the tractor appears to the owner, Most owners of farms of sixty acres or more think that a tractor would be of much service to them, but they realize that it would not entirely sup- plant their horses. Therefore, they say that if they ]purchased a tractor they would be increasing capital (in- vested—which they think is already very great—without materially in- ereasing their revenue, It would be, in most cases, simply a means of en- a new supply put in. from the fire, beat it until it thickens, and add a cupful of chopped walnut meats before you pour it out to harden. Pecan Macaroons.—Mix one-half pound of sugar and one-half pound of sifted flour, and stir into the mixture Here is a good way to fight away one-half pound of chopped pecan the mice from the seed corn, ale have kernels. Beat three eggs very slight - found. After seed corn has dried out ly and fold them into the dry mixture. thotoeghly it can be placed in mice- Drop a teaspoonful at a time on but - proof boxes )raving heavy wire screen tered paper and hake the macaroons Crisp, fresh asparagus tips can be sidles, if such boxes are stacke:l in in a -moderate oven. obtained in. a continuous supply this single file with adequate distance be- :----- winter by forcing. tween the stacks. Enough distance Use manure, from fifteen to twenty Lifting the crowns from the field must be between them to allow a good loads to the acre, where cabbages, and placing them in cellars is the and free circulation of air. These box- beets, onions and potatoes are to be common method of forcing. Plots up es should be made of uniform size Ro grown next year. the crowns late .in the fall when the that, each will act as a cover for the ,....e -m— - soil is moist, so as to have as much under one, thus requiring an extra '• soil as possible adhere to then. Leave cover for the top one of a stack only. them exposed in the field until frozen, Corn should be dry enough by the first then cover with litter or remove to a of the year to store in this way. Some shed in order to prevent al' avnate seasons some artificial heat might be freezing and thawing, which is Marta_ needed, however, to make storing safe. ful. Store the crowns in a cool cellar Boxes should be of convenient site or pit and bed as needed to supply a for handling. Three feet long and succession of shoots. wide enough to admit the longest ears When ready for forcing, bring the, make a nice size, and '.vfil admit of crowns to the cellar and bed on two easy handling. Solid board bottoms 01' three inches of loose ,soil on the and ends are used. If made strong floor, Place the clumps close together, such boxes will last a lifetime, and fill the spaces -between clumps with will come in handy every year. loose soil, and cover the crowns to the depth of about an inch. Moisten the To :Keep Faith in Your soil thoroughly and keep it moist all Banker. the time, but never allow it to become drenched. For white shoots the light should be excluded. Chances are you have never bor- rowed a dollar from your local banker, For the first ten days after the and you have been going to him al crowns are placed, the temperature these years to have your various should be kept rather low, 45 to 50 cheques cashed. All these years he deg. F. After this peeled a temper- has been hoping that you would come eters of 55 to 60 deg. F. is satisfac- along some day and borrow some of tory, although a higher temperature his capital as a working resource in will not be injurious. your farm operations. Better not do In abut ,six weeks after bedding, et, though, if you are not going to the cutting can begin and will con- have gumption to pay it back when einue until the crowns are exhausted. due, and keep your word good always As soon es the crowns become ex- with him. hausted they should be removed and We have borrowed hundreds of dollars from our bankers to carry on operations. When you want to build, or buy a bunch of pigs, a cow, some sheep, a flock of hens, some good -seed grain, just notice how gladly your banker will advance you the money to get it, providing you do not have the ready cash. You must come across has expressed his views, regarding with good paper, though, and it is easy Canada's positron, in the October to do this if once you establish a good number of The Agricultural Gazette. Credit with.yourbank, and then keep Ito states that the London agents ofit good. our Canadian packers revieeved in dee- appointment theordersfor Canadian goods --bacon, eggs, etc.—for which they could obtain but a tenth of the product they required. The unwar- ranted high piece of hogs in Canada during the past month is but a reflec- tion on the reputation of Canadian bacon, as compared with American, 'and demonstrates the effort of aur packers to maintain their connection with old established clients in the face of short supplies. Since Denmark, within a year, will again bo a factor 01 the bacon market, our only s : sit v for the future is full production and such a •eubetantial export supply ns must Command reto;nition by its volume anti quality, short hog pro duction is unquestionably the most dangerous policy ('itllatbt cen 'elope, This is trite of eggs as well .u: b :con. Uro Coco Imola 100 o Puro sugar Cane 1Ylole.sses. Guaranteed the ideal teed for Live Stack. Sold even'. Where. - Write for prices and particulars, giv- ing number el head or 'Ivo stook, to Cane Mole Company of Canada, Ltd. zeontaoal - eine. t ,1 limited quantity el, Higf,•Grndc Mg for idle cheap, Samples Free 7 a Inatraetlous and raw s,iat of e. GA#BDENt,AWN' 4 t•lospltel et, - tAontrcal >;.,,-rtLu.•bra or. t>urpse'e Seale tenet, W-1. eft Ase. MtA Increase Hog Production. I1. S. Arkell, Live Stock Commis- sioner, who has recently returned from a trip to Europe where he has re- viewed the live stock market situation, 1luy Thrift Stomps.,, THE CHEERFUL CiE1UJ I'll rill my house with little dreams --- Veen other Folks live. here yov see. sly dreams will creep around at • night Arta sax/ hello to thein For me.. eeeer 1913g, warmly in a heated house in winter, than that it should be dressed thus in summer. Questions and Answers. Fire are twa &stere- the older, 19 years, is 5 ft, 4 in. in height, weight 112 lbs.; the other, 17 years old, 5 ft. g in., weight 107'3'y lbs. Will you kind- ly give us our correct weight in re-. gent to healthful star ding. A younger sister is 9 years old, 453, in. high weight 46 lha, This child has been sickly, but of late is feeling we+ll and eats plenty and regular. I Answer—The 1 9 -year-old should tip the scales at 125, the 17 -year-old at. 112. For the 9 -year-old I cannot give 1 weight, but she appears to be con-, sideralely underweight. You eeem to be a slim set of girls, and .information for filling ygu out is being mailed, I am troubled with bronchitis and have been ever since I was F. child I am thirty-five year% of age but until the spring of last year I have not had to lose any time from work on account of it. For the last three years I have been exposed to the fumes of at lets We must remember that oftentimes acute nasal catarrh may lee assrx,tlited with gastric or intestinal dieterbanees. A laxative is then helpful (a teaspoon- ful of syrup of figs at bedtime, also three times a clay 'Iwo grains of soda bicarbonate. It is well known, indeed, that a great many children have run- ning noses because they are given too much sweets and starchy food; this faot should he taken into account in the treatment. The child Should be kept indoors a few days, especially when there is any liability to bronchitis; otherwise he may begin to go about if the weather is fine. A child must not be overdressed, lest .it become susceptible to catarrh. Always keep the child's feet warm and dry, and when taking it outdoors adapt its clothing to the surrounding atmosphere. As for indoors, there is no more reason for dressing a child r.— THREE i!fONSENSE GA MES Although mystery and secrecy Ate •supposed to be the keynote of a IIal- lowe'en entertainment, there, is no- thing like a brisk nonsense .game to wind up the evening successfully and send everyone away Laughing. Here are three that will furnish plenty of fun, especially if a competent, quick- witted leader is chosen to ppnduct them. They may be simplified,£og use at rihildren's parties. History Tangles. -'The players are divided into two equal companies, which are drawn up opposite ooh ether. The leader. who may •be num- bered with either side. suddenly tosses a bean bag or some other article to the player on the opposite side who ap- pears to be least expecting it, and at the sante time makes a glib mitigate- 111 isstate- mof risme impart, fact, such as, "Christopher Columbus won the battle of Queenston Heights." The recipient of the .hag must instant- ly t011'1.v it hack to another player with a sentence that in one breath cr:01•ccts the previous misstatement and makes another equally inaccurate; for example, .'sir Isaac Brock drew eleetri'•ity from the air." If the third player thinks quickly enough of Benjamin Franklin he a:sert.e that he was cast on a desert island, end throws this hag to an opponent. When a player is unable to take his cue used in the making of T. N. T. and at promptly, he forfeits his throw, and the other side scores a point. The aldehyde and acetic fumes. I had bet-; side wins that first makes a required ter tell you that I smoke cigarettes. Ii number of points or that runs up the am more or lies subject to changes; highest score in a givens time. in the weather, particularly as the; Find Your Neighbor.—This is a winter draws to a close. All the time; good game to play early in the even - for the past two years I have become ing, as it will quickly break the ire so exhausted as to be unable to work and promote sociability. After the for two weeks or so. I only breathe, players are seated in a circle, the through one nostril on account of a', leader advances from the centre and deformed nose, and if I go to sleep at bows to one of the company with the night with my mouth closed I waken greeting, "Your neighbor wishes to with the pain that is caused behindchange seats with you." "How shall my nose. I know bun? the player asks, where- Answer—Many cases of bronchitis upon the leader briefly describes the are due to the inhalation of fumesneighbor and then begins to count such as you describe. You must ah -.twenty. IP he -says, "Dy his blue tie solutely give up such work. And you ' and gold scarfp•in," the player must have to quit smoking until you are, make haste to exchange seats, before fully restored to health. A goodthe counting stops. with a person physician should give your nose local whom the description fits. It will make treatment, Further information is no difference if the person whom be being mailed you. presort I am exposed to acetylene, Dig up canna roots as soon as the plants are killed. Cut the tops away and store the clumps whole; do not break them up until ready to set out again next spring. Leave plenty of soil on the clumps. Store in a moder- ately cool place where the roots will and the like. selects is not the one that the leader _ had in mind; a blue tie end a gold ecarfpin will justify his choice. It is net freeze. The house cellar is gen-; important ].hat the wearer of the tie orally suitable. There is little danger •and the pin shall keep quiet and not esf heat injuring them unless they are ;aid the searcher. If the prayer fails, too moist. 1 he must pay a forfeit and take the p House all orchard machinery before' leader'slace After ten or more for - sold weather—sprayers, cultivators, felts have been paid they must be re- deemed with amusing ``stunts" in the trangles in stalllon', brood mares, colts and all others is most dangerous. The germ causing disease must be removed ]rola the body of the animal. To prevent the trouble the same must be done. SPOHN'S DISTEMPER COMPOUND will do both --euro the sick and prevent those "exposed" from having the disease, Sold by your druggist or the nianufaoturers. 02'O3IN 000010.10 CO., Vara., Goshen Iitd. 11. 0. A. Address 11 On Oleg write kh i THZ AOORESS TO ee 6vR1r)'ehi.Okd r Nl5 s �1t e. De• 4-4 4se sxer 4.1°!2.4.7 9',t dry f9 OtAg Irle/nw-rm" 4;, 'I`OtiVR 1•104. 1' 55 ,u' • c, —' pobi FOURP,t.- ..,.•-"-•. �6''^ bb'���;it�u $tel Eo��dI �) ! s re G c. b Fit ro • .; FLIP Ft 1920 leeEtITION Coetnlun ;maxb1tort moan Fi a untOo ale. el(Lo Monello t'sr camas ,s 8 nit articles 1,01rho0ru t1,sYned e. the articles , es we r" a 11 d .sthem.(v a wry o a o nitwit d, mfaa lar. V e r u e n too to rich 1(0 Nen nwtn Vr you ', y t'-" . Sn l l• r ,Oly usual way. Jolly Travelers.—Tho players aro drawn up in two equal companies on opposite sides of the room. The lead- er, advancing and hawing to a player on the opposing' side, announces, "I am a jolly traveler and have traveled fare' He then makes a fantastic statement in regard to his adventures, as, for example, "While In Japan I had a cup of tea with the Mikado," and aceom- panies the statement with a panto - mine of the tea -drinking. The second player now takes his turn, wa,ieh is more difficult, for, after bowing to a third player, he must reproduce eo:oet- ly the words end geeturet of the first before he goes through his own per- formance. After *meeting the tea- drinkingscene, he may add, with il- lustrations, "And once I :,booed an ostrich across the Sahara sands." Tho third player will of coarse have two abatird performances to go through besides his own. The longer the game lasts, the more ludicrous and difficult it grows. Some *2 the imaginary ex- periences may include kissing the Blarney stone in Ireland fighting with a cinnamon bear in North America and fleeing from a Hottentot in Afriea, If et player its unable to tell a travel tale or to repeat anecdotes of trips, he must juin the ranks of the enemy. The game ende when one side or the other has taken all the players. • Leaves Are Valuable " Fertilizer. )ause o f their value as a fertlt'l- nzer,iecleaves•sltottid bo placed on garden and truck soil rather,•than allowed to be washed away or to bo burned, Bas" ed en recent ]prices for fertilizer, 100 pounds o4 leaves contain fertilizing elements which would 00091 fifty-six cents if purchased in chemical fertile +'iters, While leaf 4s11 is also valuable as a fertilizer, the nitrogen in the leave# Is lost when they are !burned; more than one-half of their fertilizing value is represented by this element, wlvicit In the form of nitrate of soda sells for thirty-flvo cents a .p01nd, Practd0•'Jly all the fertilizing, compounds art quickly leached into the soil when thr leaves are spread over the M11110t thus reducing the chane) for plank food loss as tempered. with burning and spreading t1^e ash )ver the ground Plan on using the poultry manure to the best advantage by mixtug 1 with hardwood eshee and working i into the garden eoil m the tali. Sort crops are injured' by •spm-adingoeoult manure near them in the spotg,,bq tohe soil n t 1 if it le added f i the a much of the caustio propertle,l,p:.ill;`11 i gone when the plants start to ,Gy,t next spring. It pave to tore Vih poultry manure eir,u erect from th I,ot'. ra m {h'y bamrltls utai,il enout{lt:h 1. + i at n t. Ll d t nl l F )b,i 11 .. }r0 p t 1t ab;e. At•. the )n•esrjt', value of.a 1 �fstY L ltzera fho mn.nnre Erma tiro poultry ham..':.ys is nett tvo•ih careful uttent!on