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The Seaforth News, 1917-05-10, Page 2ii Oliait 8,„ u Conducted lay Professor Henry G., aell. The object of this department Is to plaint et the service of our farm readers the advice of an acknowl• edged authority on all subjects pertaining to solid and crops. Addrese all questions to Professor Henry Q. Bell, in mire of The Wilson Publishing Company, Limited, To. route, and answers will appear in this colemn In the circler in which they are reeelved. As space le limited It is advisable where lartmedlato reply le necessary that stamped and addressed envelope be enclosed with the Henry' G. Bele. question, when the antiwar will be mailed direct. Question—W. E. A.:—Have a piece of lend do not wish t t work this see - eon except to summer fellow. Can 1. plow it about Jane to kill weeds, and sow it to oats or anything else good for pasture? By not pasturing it too close and turning it under in the fall, will land be in good shape for next Year? Answer:—If you intend to summer fallow the land, I would advise you to plow it sooner than June, probably early in May, and keep it harrowed and disked about once in two or three that oats cut in the green stage a very good feed for all class livestock, They should not b alone to milk cows but supple with alfalfa hay and concentra the form of bran, cottonseed meal. The chanee are that results will be secured and perh large): quantity of food can be vested if the oats instead of sown alone are seedea with Ca field peas. Question—A. S. L.: --I am this ofp tutting a few acree strawber 'weeks, so as to root up the young I ries for the market. What is th sprouting weeds and to preserve a ; beet see, fertilizer, and variety o dust mulch which will prevent the es- plant and the best time to begin? cape of the water from the soil. If ; detailed answer will oblige. you wish to establish a temporary pas- I . — raw elites are no ture I cannot advise you better than to !overly particular as regards the soi try the mixture advised by Prof. in which they grow; however, they Zavitz of Ontario Agricultural Col- will usually do best on soil that i lege. He advises sowing 88 lbs. Per suitable for potatoe. They should acre of it mixture composed of 51. lbs.; be grown in a rich, friable seedbed of oats, 30 lbs. of Early Amber sugar well supplied with humus in order that cane and 7 lbs. of common red clover. there may be a reasonably good supply Professor Zavitz says to sow this early of moisture held in the soil. Straw - In May. The oats and the Early Am., berries are not very hard on the soil. ber sugar cane cart be drilled M A ton of strawberr' isworthy through the regular grain drill and the $200 and only takes from the soil clover seed through the grass and about 85 cents worth of plantfood, yet clover seeder attachment of the grain because their growing season is so dr1/1. At Guelph this mixture has • make es of e fed iented tee in or oil better aps liar - being nada acing ILYri Ire moorantrtn... PREPARING POULTRY FOR MARKET ays in DOilarel and Cents To The Pluishing Touches To Produce Intended +or Table tise, O3y O. Mora, Doman Ion Poultry Husbandman.) HOW TO KILL remit the orirmal draw- ing ny .a, B, Wick - Ware. The Mee - Oaten r� presents het roof of the bird's mouth and the veins, the over Jaw eine remmo ed, The mare itercete tee veto the loft aide of the bird's neck (il.) le the plain to gut to bleed, The mark In th o roof of tilg) %lig! ea tem the olttoo to en. ter the blade to strike the brain. Putting the finishing touches on a Product before offering it for sale yields the greatest proportionate re- turn of any labor done on the average farm. This lack of "finish" is no. where so clearly seen as in our poul try products as thieved to maeket. To prove that producers do not pin . the care they should on their poultry a products before offering thorn for sale, f one may visit any market and he will t carelessness that no other business A find that a large proportion cif the poultry exposed for sale exhibits a 1: could stand. Good farmers who fol- low a systemetie crop rotation, who s ; conserve all the available moisture in the soil, who never market a bullock I except in a finished condition, seem to forget all their business principles when poultry is being disposed of, and think only of getting rid of them in the quickest and easiest way possible. Ime are comparatively few ex- clusive poultry plants, and experieeee' i in Canada, as a rule, has not been I encouraging to that system. But ted t fennel% could make considerably more :revenue from poultry if they wetild take even ordinary care in the prepera- ' tion. Preparation—Its Value. The time it takes to prepare pro- duce before it is shipped front the farm is time well spent. No matter ehat is being sold, it should never be; 1 sent front the farm until it is in the; best possible condition, Especially is this true when produce is intended for a t bl une. I 1 Well -finished broiler.; oz roasters cost less per pound to the producer than those that are poorly fleshed, and . p they are much more palatable to the , 0 consumer. Though he may have to ; e pay from 25 to 50 per cent. more per n pound for such, as a rule the edible - p portion really costs less. seort th e we supp been found to be ready to carry ca tle late in June. This pasture hit carried more than one steer to th acre and in 1011 was successfully use to maintain milk cows. If this ma tenial is not pastured down too clos it will form a valuable addition o humus to the soil if turned down bat in the fall. Land under such manage rnent as outlined should be in goo shape for next spring, if piowe fairly deeply in th: fall. Question—M. C.e—Kindly tell m how I can get rid of thistles and quack grass. Answen—The killing of thistles and quack grass requires heroic methods, Plenty of muscle, horse flesh or gaso- line used through a tractor will kill them. The top of the plant serves much the same purpose as the lungs of animals, so that of the plant is depriv- ed of that vital part it must soon die. If this principle is kept in mind both thistles and quack grass can be killed. No one method will work in. all soils, and in all locations, If the thistles are cut down and not a single spear al- lowed to come above the surface they must soon die from lack of power to breath in air and ability to digest food. Usually some form of clean cultivation is the best method either with a crop or by bare fallowing. The thing to do is to outline a systematic plan of attack and to keep in mind at all times the fact hat you must keep every leaf cut off. The same persistent methods apply t the killing of quack gras.s. 11.coy- ever, if the quack grass is th sod it is best to plow the ground shallow dur- ing the summer, say about three inches deep. For this it is advisable to use a menial type of plow with a Scotch bottom having a real long gradually sloping mold board. This permits the easily turning of the sod. t- with available alantfood. This is s best done by getting the ground ready e a year ahead of time. Pick out the d place where you expect to plant the - strawberries and cultivate it to a 'acted f crop is put in with anywhere front 20. e crop covering the ground before this e to 40 loads of manure to the acre, - so utely clean cultivation is neces-; d sary in order to free the land of d weeds. If manure is available that is well decayed and free of weed seeds, ; ten to ta 1 e ac e may be applied before planting the berries; andle-enforced with from 1,000 to 2,- i 000 pounds of commercial fertilizer to! the acre. A good fertilizer for straw -1 berries should analyze about 2 to 3; percent. ammonia, 8 to 12 percent. phosphoric acid and 4 to 6 percent' potash, if it can be purchased. This , analysis is suitable for a good sandy; ; loam soil. If ' the groune: is extra thin and manure is not available a lit- tle more ammonia should be used in e ; the fertilizer and more pone& le- the ;t acre aPplied. c The ground should be plowed late in 5 le a . possible and allowed to lie I over the winter and preferably plowed ; again early in the spring and thor- oughly worked dogvn to prepare a fine, !firm seed bed and to eradicate all the weeds possible. In the choice of varieties, the soil, climate and market must be consider- ed. ' Varieties, that under certain conditions of soil, mimate and market, may prove profitable, may under changer, conditions prove worthless. In selecting varieties the beginner should be guided more by the advice of progressive growers in his community than by what catalogs say. If his land is early he may find profitable plants from the early varieties such as Crescent, Barton's Eclipse, Senator Dunlap, Warfield, and Boder Wood. e (bee Arrived on t4 market and for the state in whieh it luta been exposed for sale, oven in soMe of our larger eiti05, On one of these markets visited by the writer there was hardier a bird young or oIcl that could not, by a Meg little attention, have been improved, at least in appearance. Chickens were there in dirty crates, chhalcene of all colors and elm. There were old hens that were lousy, hens with scaly legs and some that looked as if they might die before the axe mne. There Was not one live bird in the lot that one could relish on the table after seeing it as it was. Nor were the dressed birds much bettor, They lacked that neatness and finish that makes one wish he were carving one for his dinner, Many were thin and those that were fairly well fleshed were Poorly plucked. The skin was torn or blotched from scalding, some were bled, some lead lost their heeds, al some had thir necks dislocate a If all the dressed poultry that goes d, , into the market was of an appetizing I IPappearance and of good quality, the tproducer would get a better price, and he consumer would be willing to pay for something, he could enjoy eating. It is e good object lesson for the pro- m to see what his produce looks like just before it goct into the con- sumer's hands. If he saw it, he would sometimes wonder how it brings as big a price as it does. Warm weather and long hauls, coupled with rough handling in tran- sit all have a share in depreciating the quelity, but it mint be born . in znind a produce never arrives on the market in better shape than it leaves the shipper. Why intelligent farmers will per- . e ing their poultry m any- atm is heeded before it is eaten. thing but the beet of condition is hard! It might therefore be noted that all, Progress of Thie Great West Told 1 to explain. Possibly present-day from the producer to the constuner, conditions could not help but create i are mote or less to blame for the con - Paragraphs, n in a Few Pointed s lanciatsreplevsessneenstsstthaatet.has left the trade dition of the poultry market and every link of the chain ohould be streuggi- p Theis is, however, no reason for lee: ened, though the wholesalet and the n lei ac . highTelir careful eloc ucer are the two most important. surrounding „districts are forming a The Shriners in Cranhrook and in e' prodecor should getpeke for i However, as it is the producer that we club. 1 flo, his good quality products than does , are writing this information for, it is Lieut. William J. Sturgeon, who has ''' his neighbor who cares nothing about I his i:esponsibility that we are em- been wounded, is on his way home to 1,i,l1 how his. are produced or where they phasizing, Nelson, B.C. I ih ,,.. . ,C) tor P 46 4/: If e 475 iaine4eceee(4,,Y pho awe,. szw, Mothers and daughteum of all ages are °cordially Invited to write to this departMent. Initials only will be published with each mutation and its ansWer es a means of Identification, but full name and address must be elven In 6401 letter. Write on ono side of paper only. AllsW81.0 will I" fnallote direct If stamped and addressed envelope Is enclosed, Addrese all correspondence for this department to Mrs, Helen Law, 235 Woodbine Ave., Toronto. Health 111, 112,:-1, yor a home wedding the bridal, party should enter the room in the following manner: The clerg'Y- man leads, followed by the bridegroom and best mon. Wizen be reaches the piece before whieh the bride and bridegroom are to attend for the cere- mony he turns and faces the people and the bridegroom and the best man stands at his left hand, also facing the guests. When they helm taken their places the bridesmaid enters the room, followed by the bride, who rests her arm on the left aran of her father. As she advances and reaches the place where the bridegroom statute he steps forward and offers her his teft arm, Her father steps to one side and the bridesmaid stops to the side of the bride, while the beat man remains be- side the bridegroom. All five now face the clergyman, who performs the ceremony. After the father has giv- en his daughter in marriage,. which he does by a simple nod of acquiescence when the clergyman asks who gives her in marriage, he steps back and joins his wife, who is titandinel nealr• After the clergyman has given the blessing ho steps to one side and the throl deg uaelsltds, btrhkelegbre°0rimatnunaod"tedaeese- maid taking thole pieces, one on each side of the newly married pair. The family and friends then advance to offer their congratulations and after all have spoken to the bride and bride- groom the wedding breakfast is serve ed, after which the happy pair, if in wedding clothes, change for travelling costumes and deeart amid a shower of friendly confetti and old shoes. 2.! Displaying, the presents is entirely a matter of personal tate. Somo per - Sons do not care to do so, but it has: coma. to be considered quite the thing, and it is very pleasant for the guests to see them, when they have been well ianged. It is in perfectly good form, therefore, and is expected at most weddings, 3. The bride should acknowledge each rresent herself, If 1 the donors are kind'enoughto think of you, you should be gracious enough to acknowledge them yourself duct and his methods of selling, it must not bo imagined that he alone is guilty, Each person who handles the product even to the consumer le some- times at fault. Though it is possible to improve the quality delivered by the producer, it too often happens that stuff that is good when it leaves the IFRONI SUNSET COAST WHAT THE'. WESTERN PEOPLE ARE DOING. Causes of improve Blood. 'The most important :Neter in the Produetion of impure Mood is foods that contain poisons, or unwholeeeme substances that may he absorbed into the blood, such as aleoholle beveYagos. of every description, patent medicines --which needy always contain a cone siderable amount of alcohol—and con- diment& such as pepper, mustard, pep - pee sauce, pigmy and similar sub. ; stenos, nigh meats of every sort captain impurities, being saturated with venous blood and tissue poison& Animal products and extracts and Meat juices are not concentrated netriments, aa commonly supposed, ' but rather coneeneratod tissue poieone, which, when taken, render the blood impure and diminish its alkalinity. Meat which has undergone deeompoei- tioo—that ie, which has become tender and high -flavored by long keeping, after killing of the animed---and all foods which hove undergone fer- mentation or decomposition, are sources of blood coetamination. Hence, large eaters of meats are likely to have impure blood. It is well known that butchers are poor subjects for the surgeon Overeating also renders the blood impure by filling it with unused and imperfectly prepared material which must he treated as so much waste mat- ter. Overwork and deficient sleep till the erpro- ' on of eh 'la- when - eh as nar- essen its defensive power. Exhdauasiti ing indulgences of all sorts have Mailer effect. Tobacco and alcohol ot only contaminate the blood, but reduce disease of the heart and blood essels. blood with impurities by the ov duction and deficient eliminati the tissue' wastes or poisons whi turally form in large quantities ever the body is at work, Drugs of various sorts, su opium, tobacco and many other cots drugs, contaminate the bloo tin '1 The idea that the blood nay. be purl- ed by medicine of any kind is a very • 'eat error and one which has been 'eductive of a vast deal of mischief, here are no herbs or drugs whatever e taking of which will purify the ood. The blood is not to be purified putting something into .t, but re- ires that something be removed am it,Water isth ' aiming agent, and its free use is sential to blood purification. To dertztke to purify the blood by zips of pills is about as reasonable to undertake to launder a dirty rt or any other soiled garment same means. Neglect to maintain the proper ac- ity of the. skin, kidneys, bowels and gs leaves poisonous matters to ac- ulate in the blood. By exercise, amount of air taken into the lungs y be increased seven fold, and blood ification may be proportiotiately 'eased. Neglect to keep the skin ve by sweating baths or better perspiration induced by exercise daily cold bathing prevents the urination of the poisons which Ila- lly pees off through this channel. - en the bowels are allowed to be- e constipated the poisonous mat - which are retained are absorbed the blood and become a source of ersal disturbance and injury ughout the body. When, by the use of bran, Cutts and fresh vege- es, the bowele are made to move y three times a clay, the altenim- be of s is one of the most important re marketed. The Improved System—Its Methods More than 4,000 carloads of lumber IA and Advantages. were shipped from the Bull River re- by nfemor Produce—Who Limes There. by? There is less reason every year why reducers should put up with this state f affeirs, By more care in production, hrough co-operation or direct com- mnication with better markets, better rims may be received by the produc- . The Old System of Marketing Dress.; c ed Poultry—Its Defects. IP Possibly nine -tenths of all the dress. u d poultry produced has found its way ! o market through what is sometime.; !le oiled "the system," the outetanding; to eature of which has been the luck of ..,h7,440**Vt*Zet," . - mote satisfaction given to the ansumete but the first step is for the reducer to produce a higher and more niforrn quality, for all producers, Nether their product is good or bad, se on any bad produce that goes on the market. The producer losee on tl b The next thing to do is, within a week or ten days, go on the land with a disc and thoroughly cut up the land. You I should disc this every ton days or two weeks until fall when the quack ;1 grass will be completely relied out, Don't count the number of times you go over the land. Keep on going, go-; ing, going until every spear of the grass is killed ant. A Question—J. Ga—What is the coin - partitive food value of oats cut while green and cured and fed in the winter as hay, especially as a milk producer? Answer: — The following is the analysis of oats cut in the milk etage: Oats cut in milk stage and fed as hay in winter, IT I t 4:€9 •e-, ".; ; — th If his lend is late he will find it more profitable to plant some of the leer varieties such as Sample, Wil- iam Belt, Commonwealth and Brandy 'Rio, Just as soon as the planting s finished cultimtion should begin. The first two or three cultivations bould be rather deep so as to remel- ow the soil trodect down in planting. 11 later cultivations should be shal- . The an should be cultivated at leas: every ten clam_ and after each rain. If you will write and get the Annual Report of the Secretary for Agricul- me, Halifax, Nova Scotia, for the ear 1010, you will fine therein two plendicl articles on strawberry culture hat go quite a good deal into detail: egarding best methods of handling is crop. I In Belgium old newspapers are be- I ---a---- g worked up into a peeler macaw ] . , ,. p —' o n w ic 1 artificial have been responsible to a large ex -1 Though it hes been pointed out that win you encourage turning' waste ehipbuilders' yard, exactly ten min- ,,t,u7onPbes It to even frons the above analysis limbs are molded. ! tent for the condition in which pro- 1 the producer might improve his pro -1 garden space into food this summer? utes ahead of her etheduled time, public ecause eeeeereee°,4;24l, '1 • aaam CRATE PED, venx,r, revamp OPEXCZEITS. 118ourteen in tilts box hut they are woll fleshed, uniform in size and melted tight. I system. The peddler or country; the dealer loses an the poor quality store was the first handler; there was an' he cannot ray as much foe. the no encouragement to be careful, for, good, --fon on it he has to make good the same price was paid for all,goc:i his loss on, the poor; the bad produce Iland bad. In some cases the pro- ; has already cost for transportation ducer broke away from the system !n h comes t P J. , and, shipped direct to the dealer but; these eoor quality birds are retailed did not prepare his birds as he should.; and the producer again loses by the In many cases the birds were bought 1 decreased consumption, . Not s pack - !by a middleman on a commission , age of dressed poultry is offered for ps co lin s the sell- ; basis, and too often the qualit was ' 1 Ire ' not goo(' and there was absolutely no ins !grading. This system, rather It is ouite probable that many a lack of system, in selling meant, and ! chicken dinner has been changed to still means, a lower net return to the !beef because of the way these products shipper, because of lack of uniformity, ! are exposed for mile and the producer poorer quality and ntunerous commis- is first reeponsible for this and is the si°Ionos;tunately such producers are be-; heaviest loser. 511117 .745 5.7 £77 27.1 11.2 2.9 lin Oat,: in Dats. arai 1.7 1 91.4 la 9 cemiug fewer every yeer, but the Inferior Produce—Who is to Blame? Thanks to demenstrational work gion last year. 1 qu and to co-operation among the pro- A long list of road superintendents fr ducers, better business methods are r iemissed by the new Government was cls being adopted. Conditions in some given in the Legislature by Hon, deli. es sections aye greatly improved but the King, in reply tomuestions asked by un work has only started and this im- W. J. Bowser, provement must become more general : me if producers are to get the returns The military sanitarium for return -las they ought. The demand for good ed soldiers at Balfour is now ready for ' sill stuff is steadily increasing and with it the reception of 50 patients ; the the price. Fifteen years ago farm- The Punic Cadet Corps now has a tiv ens occasionally sold poultry for 6 50 mernborship numbering 82, and it has 1 8 cents a pound. Now dressed I lun paaie I been gazetted at Ottawa. try Ails for 12 to 20 -cents a pound 1 At Fernie exploration parties work- the I pm : curie and in some cases much higher. There ing in the ill-fated No. 3 mine located , ma seem to be flew industries that promise ; and extricated two more bodies. brighter prospects to the farmer than : Recruiting at Creston for the For - poultry managed on a business basis, ' estry Draft has been stopped, the cone- aoti j him In some sections farmers are co- party being slightly over strength, ; PAM operating, thus putting on the market There was a large attendance of the and a more uniform product in better con- pioneers of Vancouver at the funeral son dltion and at less expense; more care of the late Charles S. Douglas, former is being taken in the production and mayor of Vancouver, finishing, and consumers are die- To promote and foster the com-, tura Wh eliminating more in the quality they munity spirit on the lower mainland of tam purchase. Some of the middlemen's British Columbia is the object of the into commissions are being eliminated and Vancouver Get Together Club. the producer and that cornier are Reginald Davison, city industrial ttihniimv comin closer together. I commissioner, of Vancouver, who lms ere° !„beep away for over a year now, owing tabi May Floweret, to ill health, has completely recovered. from Vancouver has again figured promi- tion The people talk windy March nently in the casualty lists, and prev And of the April showers. !dal notification was reeleved of the eem. And how these two are sure to bring wounding of Lieut. -Col. Elmer donee, mea The welcome Mayelme .flowers, Bet I am sure that botli these menthe A7'0 failures as to weather, For every year they seem to get Moat sadly mixed together, of poieons from the cam will ented. Vigorous exercise out ns of maintaining blood purity, . The growth of shipping un the Pa- , MTh: Coast of Canada is still further evidenced by the coming of another , new ship, the Osaka Shosen Kaisha Bene freighter Burma Meru. There's Nein in March end April wind; The inauguration of steel ship-! The snowstorms get all twisted, building in British Columbla has • 1 , , On Which Makes it clear that Maytime again evoked a genersi interest in beee1,4 flowers . Come forth quite unassisted. le iron deposits of the province, e.:eea.1 ...,:e......_,..._ - particularly thous situated on the '''''' is considered to be oak, on account of , the Teachers' Association on record (Mkt coast near tidewater, and especially , Oak for Carving. a hal those of Vancouver Ieleeed lhe most suitable wood for carving ! 'Probably the largest meeting of being too hard. Chestnut, American ,• MA= of the Aberdeen school, ' work its durability and torighness, without; in Vancouver was held in the audi- deam count Hoye walnut, lime,. sYmamore, apple, peat. or 1 sequent on the suggested action of sewits plum are generally chosen, the school board - in regard to retitle- to (.1,; tion of the' teachers' sahmies, o' f wa A weed is simply a discord in the At Victoria the ' gaily bedecked harmony pf the garden. - — hull of the auxiliary schooner Laurel - rtat n . — WAR'S BRIGHT SPOT. relent Work Carried on in Swit- zerland. e of the bright spots in the 'war e benevolent work which has carried on by Switzerland, Qi - e the face of the most serious. Mies, during the last two and f yeiirs. Whether it was in.1 • of facilitating the return of bel- nt citizens out of an enemy . yer to their own or setting up ng houses for prieonere' Mt • or helping in limey other ways aria has shown hereon' mom her utmost to me the burlen r for her neighbors, '111e latest lent of the SWitiS Federal 001,1n - owe that no fewer than 28,a0 eerily incapacitated awl:imers ing eared for by the little at the present moment, The will nee be immindfel of all title future, ' NI buten glided epee -ally down the cid sh ra•mnt.=sr-Traetwcatnexatera...,...,,,,,.....,ruskar.....cararamt.1=0¢...!:sollert-sre-smascrnarraur.erma....-7xixotecrovose,numF170,:.7,,cre,Fyraatacztrastscem...moDurnexuas...tsvat • world I Ttoi4 LOOK HERE A miNuTe, THERE Aoe- 5000 BArz.,Alt.is IN THIS wiroov4 , 12) cm) „To- es cot' tame) II WI. in the Don'r Tfiel 10015 000D P0P.11-1c. eloisCee...f. 1 memo A PAR 0Iz STREET 51.10S 'T'OO. 1 BELIEVE 1-r WOULD T- PAel Lam( 10 [You HAVE A VERA DAim-r4 1.1-rTLE FooT I SH 0 uLo-- , . ? SAN lids AE`ing iti/NI)11.11S Delete -T.1 l'hiCe7e77:SC WHAT WOULD 1.11M -LE.• FOoT ,s-rurF -ALL you'vm 50,:,3 tlAvE HAppeg am- To Do Is To 3140„..4 30t4e. iv.sreAD ; HAI? SelO— Doeateetel MS. e A BIG — ▪ OR WILLI tamke TO 513018 • come imc tc• raiz siou llott4 DOe'T START A PUSS lel WERE eleeeeer U Pcget 44.im Cabbage Worm. Community action 10 combat it ig cabbage worm is cleeirable vet' et and rclatd crops aro P.:7'0,9,1 oxtetui•ely. A greements should be 1.eate. 1; • to by the truckers oi 4,1919 community for each to spray through- out the 0085011 and to elenu eorefully the fields of the bulk of the 0Y si alkg 118 80077 OS the crop is hervested. A few stelke should be let 1 regliiiir intervals am traps on whieh the hut genera Oen 7.1f female butt ettlies will deposit eggs. ahlleli stalks should be poisoned freely with aesetticale eo that tho worms at the liwt imilera Lion not develop. Twenty -50311' vent' worth of ski- med millc will provide the body with at; much nourishment at one dollar spent 011 stek. *•••