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The Seaforth News, 1917-10-04, Page 6Mothers and dauphtera of all ages are cordially Invited to write to title department. Initials only will be published with each question and Ite answer as a means of Idantifioatlon, but full narne and address must be given In each letter. Write on one side of paper only, Answers will be mailed direct if etamped and addressed envelope is enclosed. Addrera all correspondence for this department to Mrs. Helen Law, 233 Woodbine Ave+., Toronto, Patriot; -1, The new Trench Cap is not nearly as long or bulky as the old "Balaclava." It reaches just"to the neck, and is designed for weal' under the tin helmet by day, and as a sleep- ing cap by night. You will require about a quarter of a pound of wool --- Canadian Khaki yarn at $.1.75 a pound, or five-ply Beehive at 28 cents a skein would be suitable, Here are the directions; Caston 98 stitches, 82 on each needle. Rib 2 and purl 2 for 25 rows. Knit 5 and purl 2 -for 22 rows. Narrow second stitch on each end of needle until you have 4 stitches on each needle, Then thread the end of the wool with large darning needle and button -hole around the 8 left, leaving a small opening on top of cap. 2. I offer the following suggestions for the eleven -year-old brother's birthday party which you wish to make a patriotic affair. Write the invita- tions to the party on plain white paper, with a small flag in one corner. Have your table set with red, white and blue place cards, a white cloth and a centerpiece of red, white and blue flowers. The birthday cake may be decorated with the flags of the Allies. For one game you could have a sort of "history bee," like a spelling bee. The prize should go to the child who can tell the greatest number of historical events correctly for in- stance, who were the generals at the' Battle of the Plains of Abraham, who was Sir Isaac Brock, who made, Ottawa the capital of Canada, what event are we celebrating thin year, etc. The prize should be something. that has to do with the war -a war picture or a small silk flag. The other games should all have something to do with the country or the war, and, of course, the singing of "The Maple Leaf," "Rule Britannia" and "0 Canada" ought not to be omitted. Be- fore they leave the children should sing the National Anthem, all stand- ing at attention. Sara: -1. Cornmeal dumplings may be made as follows: Scald a quart of milk, stir in three capfuls of Indian meal, or enough to make a stiff dough„ Cook for Bye minutes, stirring often from the bottom. Take from the fire, beat in one-half cupful of powdered suet with a tablespoonful of salt and let it get perfectly eeld. Then add three eggs, beaten light, with two • table- spoonful of sugar, and, lastly, a table- spoonful of flour sifted three times with half a tablespoonful of baking powder. Make out into bells the size of an egg, flour your hands, wrap in clean cheesecloth squares. The dumplings will double their size in .ANTIC Pure Cane Sugal? -with its fame gran/illation-7 • 3a laea -for all preserving. 10, 20 and 100.11. Sacks 2 and 6.14. C„rroua Throe note Cook Rooks eon; frau ort recap: /Red Boli ltimlu.merh. Atfentia SugarRelaeries Limited, Moutreal Pears For clear, white delicately flavored preserved' pears, use ' "Pyre and Uncolored” ECONOMIC PRODUCTION O E U TO FOOD }� f ��i '��, 1 I ELATION boiling, so make all allowance in tying By Henry G, Bell, Agronomist, Civilization is in the balance. At germination, and, for the life of the no time in the world's history has so beneficial soil bacteria at work in the critical a period faced the peoplee of area where the grain roots stretch out the earth, The fundamental princi- in quest of food. Thorough stirring pies of democratic nations must now of the soil allows for maximum root be successfully defended or de- growth with the consequent develop- lnoeracy is destined to vanish from the went of a strong crown, which in it - earth. The triumph of civilization self ;,oes a long way' to providing the depends upon men, munitions, food crop with strength, to withstand the and a patriotic devotion to the cause. cold weather of autumn and winter. Not one of these factors must be ne- Tho third method of increasing the glected or triumph will rest with our wheat yield is by the selection of pro - enemies. Tile farmers of this con- per varieties of wheat and high-grade tinent and of Europe have done noblysped of those varieties. Soft wheat during the past year, but gigantic produces, as a rule, weak flour. Sound, problems face thein in the coming plump, flinty wheat of either spring Months. or winter varieties produces flour that The Canadian Commissioner of rises well in the pans, and produces Agriculture has recently made a state- bread of fine texture and quality. ment that Canada will be prepared. to The fourth method of wheat increase export at least 200,000,000 bushels of is by proper soil fertilization. Men 1917 wheat. The wheat crop of the cannot work without food, neither can United States will probably total 668,- crops. The tiny wheat plant must 000,000 bushels, of which at least 450,- be supplied with a sufficiency of suit - 000,000 will be necessary for their own able, well-balanced plantfood just as needs. Recent reports from the In much as the fighting soldiers at the ternational Bureau of Agriculture, front must receive an abundance of Rome, indicate an increase in wheat well-balanced diet. for British India, of over 16%. Fav The Question of Plantfood. What can be don. then to increase crop yields through attention to plant - food? •. First of all, the farmer can giveethe carried out, but unfavorable weather soil the most careful tillage, as al - has damaged the British wheat crop ready stated, which operation will of to so great an extent that in July it course bring as much of the soil ranked 94%''as against an average plantfood as possible into shape for crop estimated at 100%. It is obvious its consumption by the plant. Second, then that the entire people of this every grower of wheat should as fax continent must exercise every energy as possible, manure his wheat fields. jn conserving food; farmers, every in- Livestock manure supplies three of telligence in producing more food; the important constituents of plant - bakers, every economy and device in food, nitrogen, whioh causes the making the food stock go as far as wheat straw to grow; phosphoric acid, possible so that the needs of our own which hastens the ripening o.: the crop and allied people may be met. and plumps the kernels; and potash, Methods of Increasing Crop. {which gives strength to the crop to re - them up, BSiI one hour hard. Dip into cold water for a second, turn out and serve with hard sauce. 2. An ap- plication of hydrogen peroxide will take scorch stains out of silk. Potas- sium permanganate followed by sul- phuric acid will also remove them. I am sorry to say, however, that with the removal of the, scorch stains the color of the waist is apt to be injured. If you find that this is true, it will be necessary to,.dye the blouse. 3. You can remove match marks from white paint by rubbing them with a piece of cut lemon. Home -Maker: — A well-balanced dietary supplies body-building, heat - and -energy -supplying and regulating substances in the right proportion and in sufficient quantity. Simple meals can fulfil all requirements. It is wiser to spread the variety of food over many days than to provide many kinds of food in each meal every day. Following are examples of simple but well-balanced meals: -1. Fruit, oat- meal and whole milk. 2. Egg, bread, butter, fruit or vegetable. 3. Bread, cheese, tart fruit." 4. Baked beans, brown bread, apple sauce. 5. Mutton, potatoes, second vegetable, fruit bat- ter pudding. 6. Milk soup, corn bread and syrup. 7. Whole wheat bread, whole milk, prunes. These are not ideal for all ages and conditions, but they meet the needs of healthy active adults. Market Calendar If not commenced previously, crate fattening should be started in October, and all cockerels and pullets intended for sale carefully and systematically fattened. Market in October roasters (crate fed), last old hens, roasting young ducks, old geese, old turkeys. In mixing a ration for crate feed- ing poultry, one of the first things to consider is the palatability of the feed. If the birds do not 'like it, they will not eat enough to put on the flesh. Next to this comes the composition of the feeds and their cost. The ration must be palatable and one that will produce flesh without costing too n uch. Clean, fresh water lessens disease HIGHEST PRICES PAID For POULTRY, GAME, EGGS S. FEATHERS Please write for particulare. P. POULIN & CO., 39 soaaeoours Market, ra'ontroai among poultry. Filthy drinking wa- ter is the source of much trouble. - The question of floor space for hens; like many other questions connected with poultry -house construction, can- not be answered definitely. The floor space which a hen requires depends on several things: (1) The breed of the hen; some hens require more space than others. (2) The nature of the food and how it is fed. Hens that are fed in a heavy litter during the Winter where the getting of the food entails considerable effort will obtain all the exercise necessary without too much space. (3) Ventilation.—The house poorly ventilated will not ac- ccmmodate as many hens as a house properly ventilated. A few years ago when poultry houses were kept warm, instead of being ventilated, it was thought that each hen should have between 8 to 12 square feet of floor, and in all probability she did, Mut the same breed of e..1 does better now in the house properly ventilated with 4 square feet than her ancestors dil with 12, and where good. ventilation is provided 4 to 5 square feet is enough for the average hen. The first half of the chicks hatched in an incubator contain practically all of the best laying hens in that batch. orable wheat reports came also from Italy. A year ago a vigorous cam- paign for larger wheat acreage in the United Kingdom was, successfully ,gist plant diseases lied hastens the fill - The question the farmer is asking Mg of the kernel. A shortage in any to -day is, how can I economically in- one of these constituents of plantfood crease my wheat yield? MMly -answer produces wheat of poor quality. In is in five divisions; first, by drainage. this connection it should be carefully Winter -killing is frequently caused noted that livestock manure, while it by surplus water not being able to ruin is good foremost crops, it is somewhat off or percolate through the soil, and unbalanced for the production of as a result, freezing about the young wheat, in that it carries a relatively wheat plant. large amount of available nitrogen, a Second: proper soil .tillage. The medium supply of potash, but a rela- advantages of proper seed -bed pre- ,tively short supply of the constituent paration are so apparent that it is un- of plantfood that causes the crop to ripen, phosphoric acid. Investiga- tions have shown, therefore, that the farmer can very profitably supplement farm manure with an addition of acid phosphate. Such an addition re- duces relative straw growth and in- creases the production of• grain. (Concluded next Week.) necessary to go intu a detailed discus- sion of the profit of good tillage in wheat production. If the soil is to catch and hold a sufficiency of mois- ture, it must be deeply stirred and thoroughly pulverized. Such tillage will allow for the desirable circula- tion of air, which is required for seed They will grow more rapidly, lay first • ale BJH How better can we and prove the best layers and will be stronger than the others. The as last , increase n ompi half of the hatch will be lower in I Th h' than by putting that extra 100 lbs. of finish on a boot time to dispose of these. Marls the steer ? last half of the hatch and dispose of steer ed animals will bring them in time to make a profit. prices at the A good incubator should prove pro- bigfitable on any place having sufficient room to keep chickens. Poultry Hint. Lady (unaccustomed to poultry life) —How long must my hen set on eggs? Friends—Oh, three weeks for hens and four for ducks. Friend (a few weeks later)—Well, how are the chickens progressing? Lady—There weren't any at the end of three weeks, so I took the hen off, as I didn't want ducks. vitality and will be unprofitable to ere is t is great point rn favor keep; the broiler or frying age is the of dairying: It brings in revenue TSOTE1HOW FAT Union Stock Yards EC.7 and Premium List on Application. every month of the year, and in every month the dairyman knows just what his income from that source is going to be. There is another important point: Dairying is a safe line; there are fewer ups and downs and fewer exceptiunal losses in it than in any other branch of farming. What does it cost to raise a dairy heif._to one year and to two years old ? Peed alone at mediui.. prices costs about $33 for the first year and $28 for the second, Cost accounts of raising calves by the Ohio, Mas- sachusetts and Connecticut Experi- ment Stations and the U. S. Depart - meat of Agriculture were used as the basis for those figures. Labor, interest and miscellaneous overhead expenses must be added to this feed cost. The two-year-old heifer must be credited with a calf and the manure produced during two years. The net cost at medium prices is then given in the bulletin as $44.77 for the first year and $29.08 for the second, At present high prices the net cost Lor two years rises above $100. Economy in dairying and., care in breeding only good stock are there- fore necessary. The heifer from" a low -producing dam and an inferior sire will not return the cost of her production and maintenance, _ We may be certain that milk and its products will command relatively higher prices after the war than will grain and millfeeds, which are now at a premium, r34 Conducted by Professor Henry G. 13011 The object of this department is to place at the sere vice of our farm readers the advice of an acknowledged authority on all subjects pertaining to soils and Drops. Address all questiens to Professor Henry 0. Sell,'lil care of The Wilson Publishing Company, Limited, Toronto, and answers will appear In this column M the order In which they are received, As space is limited it le advlse eine where Imtttediate reply Is necessary that a stamped. and addressed envelope bo enclosed with the question, when the answer will be mailed direct, A,E.P.:—We are going to . sow wheat this year on a piece of snuck land. It has had timothy hay cut off it for three years, a very good hay crop each year. This mummer it was ploughed as soon as the luny, was taken off and has been thoroughly diseed and cultivated einem. It is a meek with sand bottom. We had no ferti- lizer to put on, and would like to know if a basic slag or a phosphate would be suitable, either one or both..'^ Answer:—Tire' soil on which you are planning to grow your wheat is relatively low in nitrogen and will un- doubtedly _ give you a strong growth of straw. I would advise you td add at least 200 to ;0000 lbs. of fertilizer carrying 10 to 12% acid phosphate, and 1% potash. You have handled the soil correctly in preparing it. I would impress upon you the import- ance of giving the seed -bed thorough Preparation. If the soil tends to be too open and light, follow the sowing with rolling and then a light harrow- ing. I have advised acid phosphate since I believe you need a readily available form of phosphoric acid. A. McFea I have quite_ a number of celery plants which began to go to seed three weeks ago; I tried cutting off the seed top as soon as it appear- ed but it merely' grew np again. I solved the seed of this in boxes the last of February, 1917, and set the plants out in the open ground about the middle of June in clay soil which had been an old pig yard 1pgfore. We dug tree ches ten inches deep putting in the bottom five inches of rotted manure mixed with a little earth and Planted them in this. Now they are grown to a good height, are kept hilted and look healthy plants but would like to know the cause of it going to- seed and how to'preventit. Answer:—The cause of the celery plants going to seed is that the habit of the plant has been changed. In g its wild state the celery plant tends to be an annual. The gardener grows it as a biennial, that is, he tries to get the full grown plant without the seeds. You see the same habit in wheat when you plant winter wheat seed' or winter rye in the spring. Very few of the plants send up shoots the first year, but some do. If you .select the seed from tho plants' which send up heads the first year, Uy the second and third generation you will have entirely changed the habit of the plant' and Henry G.' Bell it would be a ono -season plant, The only way to prevent celery from seed- ing is to transplant it 'Intel -cause' it tol ,make rapid growth by balancing plantfooda and harvest it before it has an opportunity to form seed shoots. Possibly your ground is running short of ammonia or nitrogen. This is the Lind of plantfood which causes, the celery stalk to grow. If ,the plants are small and slow in growth there is an indication of nitrogen be- ing lacking, The addition of manure or a fertilizer high in ammonia will tend' to prevent this. E.O.P.:—Would you advise sowing both lime and acid phosphate on land that is to be sawn to wheat in the spring? When would you advise sow- ing the lime and 'tow 0111011 per acre? Would it be better to sow the acid phosphate shortly before sowing the wheat, and hour ti,uch.per acre? Could I mix the lime and acid phosphate and sow both at one operation in- a lime drill? . Answer:—Lime and acid phosphate are both' beneficial on land to be used. for wheat in the spring. The benefit of the lime is not so directly traceable in wheat yields but is clearly shown if the grain is seeded with clover and timothy oi• alfalfa. Lime may be applied any time this fall or through the winter, or if thegi'ound is to be left for spring plowing it could be ap- plied immediately after the ground is plowed, just before it is disked and harrowed. An application of 2 to 4 tons of ground limestone or one ton per acre of air -slaked lime will give you good results. The t.:fd phosphate can be drilled on at the time the wheat is sown. Modern drills are provided with both the seed and fertilizer dropping attachment.' Applications at the rate of 200 to 300 pounds to the acre give good results. If you have not manured your land just before the wheat, I would advise you to use a mixture`of fertilizer analyzing 2 to -3% ammonia, which will provide nitrogen to stalt the early growth of the young crop, and 10 to 12a%, phosphoric acid, which will greatly hasten its ripening and the plumping of its kernels. By no means would I advise the mixing of the lime and acid phosphate. Such a mixture would tend to turn back the soluble phosphoric acid in the acid phosphate to a form which is much more., slowly available. edkrie e i ii Doll Dreams I wonder what my dolly dreams. When she is fast asleep? I s'pose She 4, earns she is a princes. dol_ With, 'stead of her old clothes, A golden crown and sago dress All edged with snowy fur. Sometimes she dreams of me, I guess - 1 often dream of her! Dilly -Dally Once upon a time there lived a little girl named Dorothy Hart. She was a dear little girl, but she had one great failing: she never obeyed promptly. She was never in any hurry and was. usually late everywhere she went. Next door toeevehere Dorothy lived was a little girl named Evelyn Vail. Evelyn had a large collie, but no one liked the dog except herself. One day Dorothy's uncle bought her a little yellow chicken. It was' so round, fat and fluffy that she named it Fluff. Her mother told her to keep it in the little' chicken coop that her brother Jack had made for it. One day`Dorothy's mother told her to run out on the lawn, because Fluff' was out of the coop and was running all around. But Dilly-Dally—for this was what every one called her because she always was late—took her time and when she got there she found that Evelyn's' dog had eaten- her beloved chicken. This taught Dorothy a severe les- son, and now she has lost the title ,f Dilly -Dally by being always on time. When her uncle heard 4f this he bought her another chicken, and 'eve may hope that Dorothy will take bet- ter care of it than she did of Fluff. The Country Girl's Creed I believe that life in the country is life at its highest, fullest and hest. believe that there I have the greatest chance to develop into the womanly woman I desire to be—fine, broad, sweet, true, wholesome. I believe that the broadness of the country, the ruggedness of ,the landscape, the beauty of God's growing things all around me, will mold and temper my 1 character; will give me higher ideals, a greater depth of thought and a truer perspective of life, than I could ever gain between narrow walls in a 1 city with its shams, pretenses and'' false standards. • I want to tr'r always _to keep myself sunny, sweet and sane; to live up to the very best there is in me; to make the most of every op- pdrtunity to grow bibger, broader and better; to reach out always for higher and finer things. I believe in good! hard work and plenty of it. I glory in the brain and the muscle wit'. w`hich • to accomplish my teak of strivingand I overcoming, that I may' be ready for the harder things which are to come. 1eaKb 1Iow L Laughing Aids Digestion. Gentle exereise is beneficial to diges- tion a complicated process, composed of awe parts: Flat, the mechanicei action upon the food, and, second, the chemical action,'Thai hand puts the food into the mouth, -then the teeth chew it, and then it is swallowed, The saliva continues to act upon the fond in the stomach. Then the stomach must manipulate it, mix it, move it en, and dole it out, a teaspoonful at time, as it is prepared ,for the work of the small intestine. Next it is moved''along the small intestine, and at the end of eight or nine hours it comes clown to the colon, and whereat gets there it has lost its nutritive pro. perties. Virtually all the useful - elements have been absorbed and the bulls has been reduced. The small' intestine ab3orbs, during the course of the day, five or six quarts of liquid, whereas only about seven of eight ounces of material enter the colon, and of this only about half is absorb - eel. The colon absorbs about ten ounces, whereas the small intestine absorbs five or six quarts. When food is being acted upon it must,,be moved along. This moving of the. food front place to place along the alimentary Banal is done chiefly by the intestine, but the diaphragm helps. The et lies just undor- -nealth the diaphragm, which is a thin muscular partition, with the heart and lungs on one side and the stomach and liver on the other. The diaphragm moves up and down. As we draw in a breath, the diaphragm 'is pressed down upon the stomach, so that its contents are churned or shaken. If one breathes vigorously, this churning movement is quite vigorous. If one breathes very slowly and•superficially, then the action of the diaphragm upon the stomach will be very slight. If one sleeps, the food remains a long time in the stomach. The breathing is repressed to such a degree when we are asleep that the food remains in the stomach nearly twice. as long as when we are awake. The effect of laugh- ing is to increase the action of the diaphragm. That perhaps is the rea- son why we have the old adage. "Laugh and grow fat," Cachinnation is a good remedy for indigestion. At every ejaculation in laughing—every time one says the syllable "ha," for example, there is a vigorous move- ment ofthe diaphragmagm upon the stomach which shakes up its contents. A hearty laugh is a spl�endid aid to digestion, not simply beca'ttse it is as- sociated with a pleasant state of mind, which makes the condition favorable for all the functions of the body, but because of this actual mechanical as- _ sistance to digestion and the circula- tion of the blood. "MR. WINDSOR" In the Fourth Generation the Ring's Descendants Will be Just: "Mister." When King George assumed the family name of Windsor; he took a more democratic step than at fzar•it appears.•. It means that the male descendant of the Sovereign will be commoners in the third generation; with a courtesy title as the sons of dukes, and plain Mr. Windsor in the fourth generation. The assumption of a family name was necessary in view of the recent abolition of prince- ly titles for the younger generations in descent from the Sovereign, and no better choice could have been made than that of Windsor. The fame of Windsor goes back to Saxon times. The Castle has always been associated with the sueeeseive Royal Houses of England. Queen Victoria, King -Edward VII, and living George's brother, who would be reign - ng to -day had he lived, are buried there, and for these and many other reasons Windsor is a lodestar to those who have gone forth from those is - ands ancl•have made the British Em- pire. Soldiers from chi: Colonies all want to -see Windsor, and mace a pilg'rhna.ge there before, they have been very long in the Mother (*litre,.There has.Jreen a great cleat of reverent and grave writing about his- oric Windsor and- its memories, but one of the stories that is indelibly_ as- sedated with Windsor is that told all Queen Victoria and the bandmastae. t was there that .the Queen, very much struck by a time the nand was playing, sent a courtier to ask its .mcor,,.___ _ ____.e-__ . -----____ A.•s�r,•�>�•,r=�,�.• .-z.24.12a.,ram,,,-._.-.,.r•..,,--,wram:gmacrxw,.=raz,e...,...w..,,,,rc„-.1.. ..1.....2....r�saar` _ _ _ra.� . r 9 t oa TNERE VOU Go, I POworRitle YOUR. / /. A LITTL'1= POWbi:n CLaltdel ORIA W 1 AN i.li~}jYe Tllry ly.g3-(>: ARE .n„ fnAsSA `fODAy 01.1-GIvle- ML- A MASSAGE Nostr AGAIN. WITH COCOANUT' 01L A WON'T HURT Mi' DUFF ? /��- AN`iONC ALIS fHtv71M 1101LI.N e MUCH• -'TIME POWDERING AND D/� , LITYLE AY ROM, AND �, / Ula YOUR, PACE1� Icy rll<ING OF -. IT MAKES name. The.conductor was a little eon - but, being pressed, he at Inst burst out: -- "Well, if her Mojesty must have it, it's 'Come where the Booze • as Cheep, ere n, Buying a Metal Iledge The late Prof. henry A. Ware} of Rochester, famous as a Scientific col- lector, was on one aeeasion travelling through a rural district in lagan when, in front of a humble cottage, he saw a queer -looking hedge that shone and sparkled in the sun The hedge , looked like a row of notal currant bushes; but on examination be found that the "bushes" were 10 reality composed of crystals of bright anti• mony a form of this sliver:white metal so tare that only a few bits of it were at that time in the possession of museums -and collectors. 330 bought the whole hedge for $75, after- ward selling one-half of it -for enough money to 'pay for a year's" tour through odd corners of the world. 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Ware} of Rochester, famous as a Scientific col- lector, was on one aeeasion travelling through a rural district in lagan when, in front of a humble cottage, he saw a queer -looking hedge that shone and sparkled in the sun The hedge , looked like a row of notal currant bushes; but on examination be found that the "bushes" were 10 reality composed of crystals of bright anti• mony a form of this sliver:white metal so tare that only a few bits of it were at that time in the possession of museums -and collectors. 330 bought the whole hedge for $75, after- ward selling one-half of it -for enough money to 'pay for a year's" tour through odd corners of the world.