Loading...
The Seaforth News, 1918-07-25, Page 7• 3y Agr'onrmiet, This Department is for the use of our farm readers who want the advice of an expert on any question regarding eoll, need, crape, etc, If your question is of aufficlent general Interest, It will be answered through this column. If stamped and addressed envelope la enoloeed with your letter, a complete answer• will be mailed to you, Address Agronomlet, ogre of Wilson Publishing Co, Ltd., 73 Adelaide St, We Toronto. zer IIANDLING FARM MAN URIC IN RUSH SEASONS. Almost everyone who has made a water this gas may be driven off very study of the matter would agree that quickly by an application of heat s0 the only way to conserve all of the in both the liquid and solld portions of flet•tilizing elements In farm manure manure there is a large amount of Is to place it on the land as soon as it ammonia gas. It is a well known is available. There are some condi- feet that when horse manure or any tions, however, which pror:lucle such other dry manure, Is thrown out In a disposition of the manure supply and heap, there Is bound to bo some heat it becomes necessary therefore, to so with further decomposition of the arrange the materials and appliances solid or woody portions. at hand that the greatest amount of Sometimes in the morning we ap- fertilizing constituents in the manure preach the barn and if we had .not shall be saved and made ava!'.r ble for seen the sight many times before, we future use. At the sante time it is would believe the manure to Re on fire, agreed manure should be put on the with danger of burning up since there land as soon as made, it is just as seems to bo much smoke and gas well agreed that it should not be coming nut of the top of the pile. placed upon hilly or rolling land, but however, the gas that is passing ori is a short while before that land is to t:he most valuable part of the manure, be plowed or worked up, Freshets The fact that the manure heats, of R- and showers when falling upon ma- self, does no particular harm, but the nure so placed on rolling or hilly land coincidence that the manure in heat - carry away a very large amount of ing drives off the amnioma gas which the fertilizing ingredients and for this is dissolved in the moisture of the ma - reason it is not wise to make such a nure is the fact which makes it dan- risk. geroue to allow this thing to occur. The other condition which makes it And 80 in any system of manure impossible to spread manure as soon storage, it is absolutely imperative as it is made is in the rush season. to have the bottom of the pit tightly I•f there was some way of getting at closed so that the liquid portion of.the the exact amount of loss that takes manure will be saved and to have the place while the manure is being stored eaves of the storage house so arrang- under ordinary ,nary conditions for three or ed that rain water can be put in four weeks until the work lightens from time to time when needed to cool sufficiently to put it on the soil, we down the decomposing pile of manure probably would find that there is no and to re -dissolve the ammonia that season too rushing nor LO work that may have been partially expelled by pays better than putting the manurethe heating, directly onto the soil as soon as it is • This year when the various fertiliz- ade. m IIotvev e1 since we have been ing elements a re o costly, s esti it be - accustomed to think this can job n hooves of sus Oven more than any other be done during these rush seasons, I year, to save all that is available in it becomes necessary to provide some suitable storage place for the manure. Taking all the farm manures, by and large, it comes about as close to the truth as we can get to say that sixty per cent. of all the fertilizing it will be possible to hollow out the floor of the shed so that the liquid portion of the manure will neither be wasted nor allowed to leech away. Then too, the roof of the shed should eighty-five per cent. of the available be arranged with cave spouts so at fertilizing elements are in the liquid any time surplus water may be ran manure while fifteen per cent. are in , on the pile of manure. If there is the solid portion. In other words, the enough cow manure mixed with the liquid portion is much more valuable horse manure, however, it is not nee - :than the solid, and where manure is essary to run in extra amounts of wa- placed out in piles under the eaves ter. Added to this, there is another of the barn or wheeled out to the side , precaution which should be taken and of the hill with the expectation that; that is to keep the flies out. The ma- nure pile is the place where flies breed, with all the consequent damage which an array of flies can do, and if e id ay r he supply of farm manure on every farm. To do this requires some sort of a storage house, An old shed may be used and the manure dumped into is. With a little cement and time, elements he in the liquid part of the manure, while forty per cent. lie in the solid part. If we wish to put it bireanother way, we might say that the rain will wash out portions of it that are too heavy to haul to the field, it will readily be seen that any ma- nure supply so handled might as well there are any windows in this manur be dumped into the river in its entire- shod, they should by all means b ty since the solid portions of the ma -f screened. The door, however, shoo nure that remain are very inert and it I be solid and fly -tight. In this w takes a long time before they are de- I the flies will gather on the screens a composed sufficiently to be used by the windows whereas if a screen doo the growing plants. is used, flies would gather on the doo There are some facbs concerning and as soon as it is opened they flocl manure that should be kept in mind directly inside. whenever any system for its handling Itis necessary to have some sort of is •rn ped out. One of the first'is a manure storage plan and this plan tet the liquid portion of the manure should have in mind not only the say- "' 'rinuch more valuable than the solid; ing of the greatest amount of the fer- the next one is that under normal con- ttlizer value of the manure, but also ditions the nitrogen of the manure is the bettering of sanitary conditions the most valuable part of 'it. When about the farm, There is no one nuis- the small boy goes out to the barn to ante that causes so much trouble as clean out the stable that he neglected the fly and since he and his like may the morning before, he usually gets be "nipped in the bud" by screening an eye full 01 foul smelling gas. This in their breeding places, or the ma - gas is nothing other than, ammonia, a nure piles, ft would seem that any combination of nitrogen and hydro- manure shed should profitably con - gen, and for this reason every bit of serve the liquid portion of the ma - ammonia gas should be saved since nure as well as providing some means it contains the nitrogen which is so whereby the escaping ammonia gas costly when bought as a fertilizer. caused in heating may be retained and The commercial ammonia, so-called, redissolved in water. If in addition which is bought on the market for use to this, this shed is by sonic means or on wash day is nothing more nor less other kept free from flies, we shall than ammonia gas dissolved in water, have a manure storage that is directly 'Ammonia gas dissolves very readily in line with the spirit of the times— in water and is somewl_at heavier than embodying both conservation and air and when ammonia is dissolved in sanitation. bre Many people who use. three -horse teams seldom give a thought to the Partners who ship their wool direct to us get better prices than farmere who sell to the general store, ASK ANY FARMER! who has sold his wool ways, nd note what he systh or, better still, write us for our prices; they willshow you how much you lose by selling to tate General Store. • we pay the highest prices or any firm is the eountryand are the la rgcstwoot dealers in Canada, Payment is re- mitted the same day wool is received, Slip us your wool to•dey-_ euwillbe wore of a equate deal f ootn 00, are 13 H. RGH ST,AN.,,RERONTO etrain on the middle horse, His posi- tion is the hardest in -pulling, back- ing and turning, especially if he is a free worker, for nta.ny three -horse teams are improperly reined, so that poor control is exercised over the will- ing worker, and the drones are not made to work into their collars or against their breechings and do their share. Another great strain on the middle horse, especially in summer, is the heat thrown off by the horses on either side of him. This is severe where heavy hauling is being done by free -sweating 'horses. Much of this injustice to the middle horse can be overcome. Teams should be so handled by their drivers that "turn and turn about" is the order of the day's work, and the middle horse to -day is the outside horse to -morrow. In this way each horse will have his turn, and the general efficiency of the team will be greatly increased, for too many horses get so used to working 0n 011e side of the pole that they are almost useless on the other. Observant Child, Teacher.—"What Is water?" . Willie,—"A colorless fluid that turns black when you wash your. hands," Oxford is the greatest university 111 the world, It Has twenty-one col- leges and five Halls,, Over 7,200 Customers Are being supplied with bight and Power by the South. ern Canada Power Co., Limited, in over 45 Municipalities In the Province of Quebec, and the number is growing daily. In order to supply the lnereasing demand for Power, and also to eztablo more mawufaotul'ere to locate in tine tar's'i‘ tory,t;a Company has oommenoed the development of one of its large water powers on the St. Francis River at Drummondville, Thie plant will have an, ultimate capacity of 17,000 11.P. to 20,000 ILP« The development of water•poweivs is a patriotic duty as well as a commercial advantage, ae It eaves the lm'porta- than of coal•. We r'ec0maneed the 6% Sonde of the Southern Canada Power Company, Limited, which we are offering with e bonne of common stock, thus giving investors an oppor- tunity of participating In the future secoees of the Com. parry, Send for circular and map showing territory served. 1O021/DO MAY sa PUECTIA#RD 'PR:O02 ITS OTT MONTII:LY PAY0OSTT PLAM NESB ITT" THOMSON dnevatment ;,*ankera Mercantile Trust Bldg. 222 St, James Street & COMPANY Limited Hamilton Montreal ,1I116 °�� Ijll IIII U vm n�i1'1/4�m�•rsi���ic+r•�turi. fT C ---)Th -..1111 ail I , UrUrK i r,.: `1` /"IIll',,, w11t//%s'Urjdufjill�i"im xi%,•loii'uiiv� 11 i �� u r?r lj t fiilUl' J( ggqlIf10101 ,ly'uliJ�,t�� .. ° Ir.AII �ii tl uA 'r. i CN iI 0m Il Im 0 ll ; s. itIi ��R 11111141 ll1llIdu�!;IIIIItlllII_III9rlaIlIlI 1,,1011161' I11r UInfT ,,. I► MINERVY comes as a welcome comfort as well as a summer economy to the farmer, his wife, his son and daughter. FLEET FOOT SHOES will make farm work easier because they are light and springy, and so staunch that they stand up to any farm work. Their sturdy wear and low price make them the most economical shoes you can put on this summer, for you can have two or three pairs of FLEET FOOT for the price of one pair of leather shoes. None genuine without the name FLEET FOOT stamped on the sole. Look for it. The best Shoe Stores sell FLEET FOOT Sweep down the cobwebs and clean up the house generally, for July is a hot month, and heat and filth make a strong combination favorable to dis- ease and vermin. The work should be done thoroughly, and the premises sprayed with a good' disinfectant. Zf summer hatching is not done, the male birds should be removed from the flock and placed in separate guar. tars until after moulting. Males that are not to be kept. for next season had best be marketed now to save the feed and to prevent fertile eggs, for in- fertile eggs are better keepers dur- ing hot weather. As soon as the cockerels start to crow they should be separated from the pullets and fed all they will eat up clean. Those that are not to be kept over for breeding should be sold to make room for the others. All sur- plus stock should bo gotten rid of, for there is no profit in feeding birds that are not needed. July is an excellent month for the sale of roasting fowls and spring chickens. It is the best season to sell spring chickens, The drinking vessels should be put in the coolest possible place, and the houses should be well ventilated at night: There is estill a good profit in the sale of dressed ducklings. When all things are equal, summer hatches can be grown at less cost of money, labor and worry than those brought out during the winter and early spring, If chicks are provided with a cool range they will grow with surprising rapidity, 0 The greatest cost in growing chicks is for the first two pounds weight after that each additional pound will average about half the cost of the first. This makes it more profitable to grow the youngsters up to roaster size than to sell them as ,broilers --at least it is so in very many sections where roasters are preferred. A soft roaster should not weigh more than four pounds when dressed, and should be finely developed in four to six months. These are usually hatched in early spring and sold dur- ing the summer. Roasting fowls hatched in summer are classified as "large roasters" and must weigh from four to six pounds. Twa objections have been raised against summer hatches: First, there is too much danger from the depre- dations of lice; second, the chicks are weakened and die from the effects of the hot sun. These objections apply when no care is given the youngsters, and would apply equally well in early spring when the days and nights are likely to become suddenly cold, The secret of raising summer chicks is to keep them comfortable and con- tented, and to see that they do not lack anything that is for their good, Over -crowding must be avoided, and the houses well ventilated so the chicks keep cool at night. Fresh air is a great tonic; along with range and shade, green food and sound grain, it does wonders. "Much of our lives is spent in war- ring over our own influence and turn- ing others' belief in us into a widely concluding unbelief, which they call knowledge of the world, while it is realty disappointment in yott or me,"--. George Eliot, GOOD BEAM QUESTION BOX ley Andrew F. Currier, M.D. Dr. Currier will answer a1l'signed letters prelalning to Health. If your question is of general interest it will be anawored through these 0olmmua1 if not, It will be answered personally it stamped, addressed envelope 1s en, closed. Dr, Currier will not preserilte for indlvidual CH 008 or make dlagnosls, Address Dr, Andrew 1". Currier, Dare of Wilson Publishing 0o„ 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto, Movable or Floating Kidney. :Mrs. 5, Mel.—Pleaxe write an ar- ticle on floating kidney, from which I have suffered three years. Was told it would return to its place if I got stouter and wore an abdominal belt, Have suffered severely, of late, parti- cularly in connection with an attack of grippe. X desire to avoid an opera- tion, if possible, es I have a weak heart and barely pulled through an- other kind of operation, Is there danger that floating kidney may lead to something serious like Bright's disease? Could the condition be due to strain or injury, Would exercise be beneficial? And what would hap- pen if it got twisted? Not so much Is• heard about this condition, as was heard a few years ago, when it was a novelty. The kidney is embeddedin a thick layer of fat which is le very yielding tissue and varies in quan- tity from time to time. If this envelope becomes thin and weak, or is subjected to strains, the kidney may become Mese and mobile and the envelope stretched, so that it will wander more and more from its proper site. It may move very little, or it may move as far down as the pelvis, but' almost invariably remains extra- abdominal, away from the abdominal organs. This is called movable kid- ney, in distinction from floating kid- ney,which is within the abdominal cavity at birth and swings upon its pedicle of peritonaeum like a polyp upon its stalk. The latter is a rare condition anti at this need not receive further consideration time, me, Movablei kidney ' t Y s much more coon- , norm women than in men, more: often on the right side than on the left. As it is producedandaccentuated: by strains and injuries, it often 101- prolonged 01- lows the severe vera eff • orfs of childbirth,' rl 0 on ed constitu ' p g atran, Budden and violent muscular effort, or injuries in; the region of the loins. It may be free from symptoms, . many people being unaware that they have it until their attention is called to it in the course of a physical ex -I amination; or it may produce discern- I In Paddock and Pasture. This is a good tune to rediscover the value of farm manure. Manure reinforced with acid phosphate is the most effective fertilizer known. More of it is needed. The fertilizer shortage is real --not imaginary. Even at advanced prices, its use is warranted. Get the fertili- zer if you can, If it is not to be had, keep up the fertility of the land by raising more stock and feeding more crops to animals. An acre of alfalfa furnishes twice as much protein as a ton of bran, four times as much as a ton of corn- meal, and nine times as much as an acre of timothy, and it can be grown successfully. In twenty-four hairs the sweat - glands of :the horse eliminate waste material equal to that passed through the lungs. Never allow the sweat -glands to become clogged with' dirt and sweat particles for lack of j grooming. Tankage, which is composed of the I scraps and refuse from packing! houses, has received a great deal of attention from hog feeders the last few years. Its composition makes; a good source of protein for use with corn in feeding shotes. Cows may have a pedigree a foot; long and not have a sixteenth part of an inch in cream on their milk. It pays to find out about that before' putting good, hard-earned money into a pure-bred cow. What we want is i cream, not simply a big name. Cream j pays the bills, 'fort or pain severe in character nr dull, aching and dragging and Intoned - fled by exertion. If the kidney is very loose and movable, it may possibly be twisted on its axis, which would be a serious mutter for its pedicle containing the ureter, renal artery and renal vein, would be greatly compressed, great pain or cone would ensure, its blood circulation would he interrupted, the urine could not pass down to the blad- der and the result plight be a fatal, one, Fortunately this accident is not of common occurrence. In addition to' pain, iliie condition is often ae-' soeiuted with constipation,indigestion,1 dizziness, palpitation and more or less ae nervousness. It is not a particularly difficult, condition to determine, especially if one is accustomed to the interroga-I tion of the organs of the body. In the majority of oases the symp- toms may be relieved by a well -fitting abdominal belt; but if this does not give relief, an operation may he re- quired. It used to be the fashion to ope- rate upon every case that came along, but since it was shown by Treves, the' distinguished English surgeon 'who has done more than anybody else to: inform us in regard to displacements of the kidney, that operation was sel- dom necessary or desirable, the craze g. for operating. has subsided P Operations are slmetimes very desirable, but one should know when, as well as clow, to do them, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Mrs. S. M.—1—Is there danger that a floatingkidney willv develop into yP anything serious? Was told by my doctor that if I gained weight and wore an abdominal supporter, the kid- f ney would return to its place, 2—Would playing ball cause the kidneyto be misplaced? Answer' -1—You are evidently un- der good advice. Continue to wear h your belt and do as your doctor tells' you, and you will probably get good g results. 2e ---The kidney might be detached by violent exercise while playing ball! n I can sae how that could be possible h GODS BURDENS AND DUBS "d eei;'t understand!" Mrs, Holman cried, with her hollow oyes full of bee wildered trouble. "Doesn't God prom- ise to give us strength, for our bur- dens? You said so yourself, Dr. Kerr! The last sermon I heard :you preach before I was taken ill was upon, 'As tiny days, so shall thy strength be,' You saki God couldn't fall, I was fighting to keep from breaking down under all the woa'lt I was doing, and it comforted me sol I went home feeling better than 1' had for a month. And then, throe days later, everything carne to an end' I don't mean to be irreverent, but I don't see how I can believe God's word. Certainly Ile has failed ma now, It isn't of myself I'm think. Ing, but of the children; they need nre so, and it makes things 00 terribly hard for Sharley--" Her voice broke abruptly. A11 her life she had been trying to keep 'hard things from Sharley, Dr. Kerr's eyes, grave and tender and understanding, met hers steadily. "I ani here to repeat it, Mrs. Holman. ' I could not come to you if I came with any other message. I could not go into my pulpit another Sunday. The 'God whom I serve and whom I declare to my people never breaks His word. He has said that He will give strength for every duty and every burden that He sends—and He will," "Then how--" ibIrs. Holman falter- ed. "Because Ile never' promised strength for all the burdens that we pick up for ourselves along the way. Tell mo what you have been doing this winter besides the necessary things for your family. Didn't I hear Sharley say something about a party gown?" "But they can be girls only once --- and a party gown means so meth to a girl !" " Didn'ter h , S lav have to an y "Why,of course, ou se, she had a couple of old ones; but a girl can't wear them orever," "Which would Sharley rather have, a new party gown or—a mother? Did Y give rye. her a choice?" r" There was no answer; Dr, Kerr ad not expected one, He went on gravely: "And that entertainment you ave the Fortnightly last month. veryone was speaking of it—of all the work you did. Would the Fort- fghtly have gone to pieces if you adn't entertained it this winter?" Again Mrs. Holman was silent, Her asteris strong hand took hers in a omforting grasp. "That's sermon enough for to -day have just given you the text—God ever fails. You can preach your - elf the sermon. Only, I've one more uggestibn: Suppose you talk the w hole matter over with Sharley; take er into the hard and responsible laces; nothing in the world will make ugh a woman of her. The child ants it. You are robbing her if you ve her party dresses instead of her other." Once more Mrs. Holman was silent. I Often when a cow freshens the c udder is milked dry, stimulating the flow of milk. Soon the udder gets sore, and mills fever may result. To' n prevent this trouble, take only a few's quarts of mills the first Limo, and s gradually increase the arnoun'e. In' a few days it will he safe to milk her dry. 1 Rape seeded at the last cultivation s of corn will funlish abundant nitro-' w genous feed for hogs when corn is' ,•d "hogged" down. By suspending a' tin can with a small hole in it, on each side of the cultivator, rape seed, may be distributed in the corn -field. without extra labor. From one to j two pounds of seed to the acre is the'' usual rate, t0 Thousand; of horses will suffer ha 1 with tender or scalded shoulders this summer, and galls will develop later.' 0 To prevent the galls, get a can of .•• d1 talcum powder and dust the shoulders qu well before putting on the collars. i by Your druggist will sell you a pound : be for about: fifty cents, which is very !11 cheap. This will save many times I to its cost later. Devices for mixing milk with but- ba ter to make the latter "go further" 80 should be regarded with caution. Such 0n a product soon becomes sour in warm Pi weather and wastes the butter it con- i tains. qu • ca To make a shabby -looking wicker 1n chair look new again, dust well, and g scrub well with soapy water. When Bi the chair is quite dry again, apply tin etain with a Inc brush, sit Th ed a ,.: her. _. f . ste tro Doctoring Your Plants. Some times plants need a little doo- ring just as human beings do. They ve a tendency to catch diseases which cause them to wilt and die, ccasionally the outside evidence of sease is lacking and the plants die ickly; others, again, dry up and die slow degrees. To the first class long the tomato, cucumber and uskmelon and to the latter the pets, - and bean. The wilt diseases axe caused by eteria which work inside the plant 1 clog it up so that it chokes. The ly remedy is to pull up the wilted ants and burn them. Before puil- ug them up, however, you should be ite sure that the wilting is not used by dry weather or by a worm the stem of the plant near the round. The other diseases are called fungus eases. They are really caused by y invisible plants which are parti- es living upon the larger plants. ey show up in the form of discolor - spots or portions of leaves or encs which die and dry off. These eases can only be prevented or con - lied by spraying, Compost Heap. In every war garden this year a place should be set apart in which utt- used green stuff from the house— weeds, leaves and so an—may be kept to be used, when thoroughly decom- posed, as manure for the following season's crops. If a sprinkling of Bine is added from time to time, it will sweeten the material. This pro- vides the basis for excellent manure and none of it should be allowed to go to waste, If the compost heap was made up early in the season or if part of an old one remains, it is an ideal place to grow squash or other creeping vegetables,aprovided that it is not situated in too shady a part of the garden. Every square inch of ground should be made to count, 7 4 A Bigger Sutter Ration, 1 With larger supplies of British. made butter the weekly ration of but, ter or margamine is to be increased from 4 e're. to 6 tr:7g mer i,+„on , mj,is hors already began in districts ivhet'e 3111 '( tlolent stocks are at hand, o When roasting meat arrange to bake your potatoes, also pudding, and bread can be toasted a delicious brown in the oven, r GUT OUT AND FOLD ON DOTTED ,LINES Will"s rattier sdtd, "Ti fene'joke, This big• machine will drive me broke" So Willie took the middle out .And mads a little xilAdbe tt . .