The Seaforth News, 1918-10-03, Page 71
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By Agronomist,
This Department Is for the use er our farm readers whe want the advice
of an expert on ani& question regarding soil, seed, crepe, eto, If your question
le of sufficient general interest, It will be answered through this column. If
'stamped and addressed envelope le enclosed with your letter, a complete
sinew will be mailed to you, Address Apronotelst, care of Wilson Publishing
Co., Ltd., 73 Adelaide at. W., Toronto,
erhlurveelting end Storing Certain straw over the soil again, frost may
Vegetables,, bo kept out, and the celery dug out
While vegetables have been har- as required,..
vested continuously in maty gardens In harvesting potatoes, any which
in Canada since radishes and spinach show signs of decay should be kbpt
were ready for use in early spring, the
time has come when the bulk of the
trop must be gathered to escape hard
frosts.
As beans diecolor and mould very
readily, it is important to dry„ them
as soon as possible, and to keep them
killed by the frost. If the fully
grown greein spechnens are picke
before being frozen, and .each spec
men wrapped in paper and stored i
closed boxes, they will be found, fro
tests made at the Experimental Ferns
to ripen better than by exposing the
to blIte sun. Even if put into close
boxes without wrapping each spec.
men, they ripen well.
Frequently cauliflowers are just be
ginning to head when it becomes nee
•essary to harvest them owing to sev
are frosts. If the plants are pulls
and replanted -in boxes in the cellar
end kept watered, they will go 0
.developing, and one can have cauli
flower for some weeks. Brussel
sprouts can also be replanted in thi
way. Both of these vegetables may
however, be left in the ground fo
',some time yet.
If cabbage begin to split trod it i
not yet tima' to harvest them, the
Splitting will be prevented to some ex-
tent by twisting the 'plants so as to
loosen them. This checks the flow
of sap into the head. If the cellar
is warns and dry, and, the cabbage
have to be harvested owing to the
frost, they will keep well for a time
outside if covered with leaves.
*Where the accommodation is poor,
celery may be kept outside in the
soil well into the winter by opening a
trench, preferably a narrow one
separate from the rest, and used first,
thus helping to avoid the development
of rot when stored. Potatoes should
be dry when they are stored.
:Keep onions dry, apreed thinly.
Squashes, pumpkins and citrons
should be 'kept in a moderately warm,
n ° not a cool, place.
If After -harvest Cultivation.
is Adaquate cultivation is just as es -
3' sential for the production of maximum
crops as is the application of manures,
h In fact, matey farmers assert that
plenty of inttelligent tillage is almost
equal to a coat of manure. Such
i statements do not detract from the
value of manures or other fertilizers,
but they serve, in some measure, to
bring into relief, the need for main -
dry. They should he spread out this
lerunder cover, and turned every tw
tar three days until quite dry,
it is .necessary to harvest the plan
before they are thoroughly' ripe the
can be hung up outside until dry.
There will be many tomatoes whie
Will not ripeti before the- planta are
m raining the soil in the best possible
m tilth. The proper time to commence
"e tillage is immediately after' the crop
has been removed. If the sell is in-
- fasted with weeds, shallow cultivation,
either with a gang -plough or a disc-
- harrow immediately after harvest, will
- cause the germination of the weed
- seeds. Subsequent cultivatlon will
d kill' these young plants and, if the..
n I it nrnay be has
toen ne ef ectytheoger-
- mination of a second. growth of weed
a seeds before the final "ridging -up"
s ploughing is done late in the fall.
, This is one of the most effective means
r of combatting such weeds as wild
oats and mustard. o
s Where the land. is comparatively b
free from weeds some advocates t
of after -harvest cultivation favor
deeper ploughing, for the purpose of s
retaining more moisture front the
H)phost Priooa Paid
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FUN` .X rop.ups,
CUT OUT ANI'OW ON DOM 1.111E
What the Cow Would Say,
We need a period of rest after we
have worked for you all the year, se
that we may properly nourish our
calves and build up our energies for
another aeason's work.
Our foot] should be well balanced,
but we hope that the tient may come
when you dairymen will not value a
pound of protein from one source with
et pound from another, Some of the
l7rdtein feeds you give us are simply
awful for us to eat and digest,
We sometimes feel as though we
were all out of whack. We can only
lay this feeling to the way in which
our owners have interfered with na-
ture's laws.
You leave bred us so that it is our
very nature to put our fat into the
pail, and when we get short rations
we put the flesh of our own bodies
into your milk. The drain on our
systems is awful.
It seems as though you thought of
nothing except buying more protein,
snaking more milk,, and forcing ns to
our very limit. Do you wonder we
get tuberculosis, garget, and that we
play out under such care and treat-
ment?
When you confine us to such nar-
row rations as many of you dairy
farmers do, we cannot use our instinc-
tive preferences in the choice of our
foods and when you choose our food
for us, you should do it -wisely,
We need some succulent food to
keep our bowels in condition and as-
sist us in the digestion and assimila-
tion of the heavy grain foods we are
compelled to eat.
If you would feed us a little more
of the good things that you grow here
n the farm, and not so much of those
oughten feed's, we should make bet-
er milk, and we should have better
calves to take our places when we are
ent to the shambles.
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fifteen or sixteen inches wide, and in
deep enough so that the tops of the
celery will come about level with the
surface of the ground. The celery
plants are put close together in it,
and before there are severe frosts, a
thin layer of straw orleaves is put
over the top. When the cold weath-
er comes a heavier covering .of leaves
may be put over, if it is desirable to
leave the celery longer, and then
twelve to fifteen inches of soil over
that. By putting sufficient leaves or
utumn rains. This is a matter of
xperience and the individual farmer
hould experiment and decide for him -
elf which method is most suitable to
he needs of his soil.
The final ploughing in the autumn
hould leave the land ridged, so that
rest action will pulverize it rhos -
uglily. In this way a fine surface
ulch is formed during the winter,
which dries out quickly in the spring;
at the same time it forms an excellent
seed bed and protection for subsur-
face moisture.
Scarcity of labor may make this
process difficult, if not impossible, on
many farms. But, where such handi-
caps do not exist, every effort should
be made to practice after -harvest cul-
tivation. It is a factor of prime im-
portance in increasing production next
year.
df•best time to select breeding
ewes for next year's crop of lambs is
just about the time they are taken
from their lambs this year. The,.
ewe, like the dairy cow, should be
judged largely upon her performance.
Tho ewes that bring large, thrifty
lambs and provide them with plenty
of nouriahment are the kind that pay
for their keepand return a roftt.
P
Pot the man who already has his
land picked out, and is the possessor
of suitable buildings for the purpose
of wintering, early fall Is the time for
starting in sheep raising, and if the
beginner has sufficient confidence in
ills own ability as a judge of sheep,
he Inas no better opportunity to select
his foundation stock than is provided
at the Fall Fairs. Many of the
showmen at the big exhibitions will
be :found to have, in addition to their
first prize -winners, plenty of desirable
,�rtdmals in their show string, especial-
ly in the case of young rams. Ewes
also can be procured more readily at
tide season than at any other, and the
purchaser will have the opportunity
of providing his newly acquired flock
with feed at small cost for some weelcs
to come on grassland that is intended
for fall plowing, and on the stubble
fields.
It is perhaps wiser for the new be-
ginner with sheep to start with good
grade ewes, than to endeavor' to get
Into the pure-bred line Immediately.
Experience with the less valuable ani-
mals will fit him to produce fancy
Rock headers and exhibition stock
later, and in the meanwhile his profits
from disposal of wool and mutton will
be sa.tisfactory provided he proves a
a good shepherd. The disposing of
tiny conside,able 'number of top notch
pure-breds, on the other hand, is
somewhat of a business, in which a
span requires, first .a reputation for
his stock and second a wide connection
in time breeding fraternity, The use
of only the best in the way of rams
le necessary however, in any case, and
it goes without saying that the ram
must he a pure-bred.
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When lambs are weaned keep them
on the old pastures for a few days and
Xolnovo the ewes to pastures tee far
away as possible. When accustomed
to being by themselves, the lambs
flhould be plat on good fresh feed, - C
Red, White and Blue Pullets.
Mil�eehine Corn -Cutting.
One man with a corn knife by
working hard -can cut and shock an
average of one and one-half acres a
day. Two men with a platform har-
vester can harvest four or five acres
in the same time; and three men with
a corn -binder in a ten=hour day can
cut and shock from seven to nine
acres. This year when 'farm help is
so scarce there is urgent need for
the use of labor-saving machinery
wherever possible. Cutting corn by
hand is a hard, disagreeable task,
and the time when it should be done
now pui'(ERED OREADTASTfSS VERY COOP
WHEN HUNGRY AS I AM
Pu1u AMY/AO—.BUT IF MY NOSE DECEIVES ME NOT
MY MOTHER'S MAKING JAM
is limited to a few days if the fall
feeding inane of the corn is to be
retained.
Fall plowing, seeding for winter
wheat and digging potatoes must be
dune on many farms at about the
same time, In such cases, the timeli-
ness and ease of accomplishing the
work are determining factors in de-
ciding the advisability of using corn -
cutting machinery. The corn -bind-
er does the best woric when all the
corn is standing upright. Usually
most satisfactory results are obtained
with a three -horse team, and some-
times four •horses are necessary when
the corn is heavy or the ground hilly.
In ordinary yields, one man operating
the binder 'will keep two men busy
gathering the bundles and shocking
them. These three men cutting and
shocking by hand' would scarcely
cover more than four acres in a day
and it would be necessary to work
nnich harder than when the corn -bind-
er is• used, thus the machine requiringI
less laborious work takes from one -t
half to two-bhit•ds as long to cut a
given acreage.
The boarder, 1
the leaner, -the slacker,
And other guest cows of that ilk,
Should be hurried away to the but -1
E!EED SELECTION Of...SEED EARS
Niel:hods or
to T)eve op Cal ns of High -Yielding COI'% in Ontario.
.'IIE d'GPGI:'�r
LITTL GIRL
lathering, Caring and itoring .heed Coh Calk uhitt
Ono Oetobor dusk . When Judge
Moulton entered hie nephew's library
leaf
he found the feminine members of the
Right now is
for gathering
good euro for next spring's supply o
seed. The very basis of success wit
next year's cur n crop lies in the cu
and common sense witft whleh r
seed corn saved to produce thio crop
gathered and cured this fall. To b
sure, the importance of testing see
corn in the spring cannot be overes
timated, hut at best spring testin
simply serves as a check or safeguari
in detertnining the efficiency of th
previous handling and curing whicl
the corn has lead,
The first step toward geeuring bet
ter seed ears for planting is that o
selecting varieties that will matur
during the normal growing season, To
Intensify early maturing tendencies
and enable one to examine the Mar -
eater of the growing stock as well as
the ear that Is attached to it;it is
preferable to select seed ears from
the field about the middle of Septem-
her. This gives seed corn that will
make good silage and mature sound
grain during a normal growing sea-
son. Only careful seed selection will
enable Ontario farmers to gradually
Intensify the early maturing lend-
encles of their corn until it is possible
to mature •m maximum quantity of
Ment corn.
In selecting seed from the held one
should not per;ist in selectins; cars
simply because they are big. Tee pro-
litnbte limit t•, the size of the 0005 is
a,, large as will mature o;, one's farm.
In selecting esmrs that ],ave reachci a
maturity tefore it is time to har-
vest the amain crop they may have a
a deep grain, hart never as large a cob
as the seemiegiy large ears that r-,a-
ture later, or as those that a.c not
mature after heavy frosts, The big-
ness, or circumference of the cob,
should correspond with the length of
the growing season. This point is im-
portant because it enables the grower
to keep the size of the ear adapted
to his soil and climate. After one has
selected his variety and finds that it
suits his soil, latitude and require-
ments, then he should aim to grow as
big ears and no larger than will make
a maximum crop of sound corn.
Only the inexperienced or the unob-
serving grower persists in selecting,
s simply because they are big. Yeti
the charm of bigness is over many
breeders of corn as well as farm ani-
mals. The fact that this idea of big-
ness of ear associates with the idea of •
bigness of crop is so universal that'
corn growers must devote special at -1
ention to studying the problem beet
ore they can succeed in developing
trains of high:yielding corn adapted
to their soil and climatic. conditions.
With the big paying crop ever before
our mindo, we may easily, sacrifice
bigness of oars for soundness, quality
and maturity.
The shccessfud corn grower who
takes particular pride in developing
a uniform strain of seed corn adapted
to his farm finds it pays to strap a
bag or basket over his shoulder and
go through the field before the corn
is cut and walk up and down the rows
selecting the best seed ears from the
sbanding stalks. In case he has no
special seed plats, he may find it pos-
sible to make fairly good selections p
from the hest portions of the field e
crops. At any rate he must have in i
mind the type and qualities of a good 1
ear and stalk. He must appreciate h
he time to make plan
nd storing' aufficien
s the value of stout,• vigorous, lea
t.stelks, that produce ear's at a eonvenl
f' cut height for harvesting and buskin
th and with shanks just lung enoug}z t
re a11ow the ear to druop nicely, As
he rule stalks of this type will: bear goo
I • ears,
e It le always better to have a sur
d pints of seed stored away in the far
- and bo snake final selections of see
g ears before planting in the spring. I
m is also important that fairly matur
e ears be selected, as the imnenatur
1 01105 are apt to cause mold, and ze
best are very difficult to cure, Such
- immature seed, even though it may
f possess high germinating qualities
e has a tendency to produce weak -grow-
ing plants, unless weather and soil
conditions are especially favorable.
This serves to emphasize the import-
ane0 of growing a variety of cont that
will mature well and which, by care-
ful seed selection, may prove adapt-
able to eiimatie conditions.
No amount of attention to scientific
field selection will solve the problem
of seed corn selection unless adequate
plans are made to get the seed ears
into storage promptly.
The method which will bring about
the quickest drying of the ears is the
most efficient. In general, any prat-
tical method of storage that will keep
the ears separate so as to prevent ac-
tual contact of one ear with another
and allow free circulation of the air
round each ear will give the host re-
sults. One of the best and cheapest,
methods is that of having woven wire
04 up into strands, • The ears are'
easily attached to these strands and
dry rapidly. Another good scheme is!
that of driving finishing nails into al
cedar post far enough apart to hold
each ear separately. Several mann-I
facturers have put on the market de-
vices for keeping the ears separate.
No place on the average farm is
better adapted to curing seed corn for
moderate plantings than the ordinary,'
weH-ventilated garret with windows I]
that may be opened to permit breezes'
to blow through freely. In such a 1
place the ears will not be•injured by
frosts during the fall and at the same 1
time he protected from the rain and
storm. The room above the kitchen,l
where the stovepipe passes through,
» family in deep discussion.
g! "Luey again?" he •asked,
o "Yes, Lucy; but it's the worst yet,"
ai said Mra. Grzrit. "0 Uncle Prescott,
d if you could do something! The Car
ringtons are planning a three-day
motor trip into the mountains -31x
11 young people and Mr. and Mrs. Car-
d rington, Bob Carrington invited
t Lucy, and she asked him why he didn't
e invite Celia Fenton instead, because
o she was so much more entertaining,
t So he took her at her word, And now
Lucy is crying her eyes out, :ter she
really wanted to go, and she can't sea
, that it's all her own fault. Really,
I don't `know what I'm going to do
with her,"
ZPeople will be calling her 'queer'
, pretty 8000, if they aren't already,"
said Christine. "And when a girl gobs
that title, her ease le hopeless."
"You can manage her heater than
anyone else. If you could make her
see how foolish her shyness- 1s—" said
Mrs. Grant, leaving the sentence un-
finiehed, an open door to her hope,
"I'll go up," Judge Moulton aims
wered.
Ile climbed the stairs slowly—not
because he was growing older but be-
; cause he was thinking how hard life
1 often is for young persons before they
have lived long enough to gain a
,sense of proportion. Lucy always had
been his special comrade.
At the door he tapped three times—
their old signal. He had to wait be-
fore Lucy opened it, and when she did
she kept her face turned, from the
light: Bat the judge's voice was
quite casual.
"Hello, little girl! Suppose anyone's
using the nurrery?"
Lucy led the way without a word.
The nursery, long disused but dear
because of old memories, was always
a comforting place of retreat. Aa
she pushed the door open, she tuned
with a sudden cry.
"Why can't people stay little? It
was so much easier then. " I hate
things now. I hate being different
and left out—" L)
He drew her down beside him on
the arm of the big chair.
"Lucy," he asked, "what would you
think of a storekeeper who when a
customer came in declared that he had
nothing worth buying? Or a teach-
er who began every lesson by saying
she didn't know enough to teach? Or
a doctor who declared that he wasn't
competent to practice? Do you think
it would be very long before the
world took bhem at their own valua-
tion?"
"Why, I suppose not," Lucy ans-
wered slowly.
"Well, then, your business just now
is to be a sweet, happy, friendly
girl People—your old uncle includ-
ed—have an idea that you are. But
f you keep insisting• that you aren't
—don't you see that you aren't play -
ng fair, th-at you axe shirking the
usiness God set you. to do, by rim-
ing yourself down?"
"Shirking!" Lucy cried.
In the dusk her uncle smiled. What-
vereelse she was, Lucy was no shirk.
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They take all the profit from milk,
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,.Have you won a ribbon at the
county fair?
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GOOD HEALTH QUESTION BOX.
By Andrew P. Currier, M.D.
Pr. Currier will answer all signed letters pretaining to Health. If your
enestlon..ie of general interest it will be answered through those columns;
U not, it will be answered personally 1t stamped, addressed envelope Is en.
- closed, Dr. Currlei~_will not prescribe for individual cases or make diagnosis.
Address Dr. Andrew F. Currier, care 01 Wilson Publishing Co„ 73 Adelaide
Bt. West. Toronto.
Red for the six -month-old layers
white for those first laying et seven
months, and blue for those laying a
eight months are the leg -band color
used by some poultrymen to keep
informed of the egg produc�tiun by
the new crop of pullets. Those facts
as well as others which are valuable
in cullin • for bhe r
g second year and in
making up breeding pens, are obtain-
ed by noting when the banded pullets
malt and begin to lay. Usually, but
not invariably the red -banded birds
molt last. Blue -banded pullets are
always sent to market as yearlings;
red -banded ones seldom are. The
age at which a pullet starts laying
and the date when she begins to molt
determine whether it will be profit-
able to keep her another year. Birds
without bands see to be culled.
The first bands in the ease' of heavy
breeders are often put on at six and
one-half or seven months; The above
ages are for Leghorns.
The test is sometimes the tm•apnest,
a band of one color being placed on
pullets when coming into laying.
Sometimes physical examination is
used instead of trapnesting•. In the
lather ease there are reliable signs
to follow. The color of the vent and
the condition of the "laying" bones
change quickly when a pullet begins
to lay. The yellow color leaves bhe
vont, The laying bones become pli-
able and the flesh between them and
the end of the bmpaet-bone grows
loose and flabby. With experience
bhe poultry peeper acquires skill In
reading these signs. A libtle later
the combs of laying pullets will be
red, plump and smooth and, in the
case of Leglnorns, the. ear -lobes will
be white. When pullets are -examin-
ed, birds found malformed or very
much undersized are culled, as well
as those whose conformation indic-
ates they will make poor lavers.
In the long run it,is short-sighted
economy to kill productive cows. It
is not only patriotic to keep every
good mileh cow, but it is the only way
to maintain an industry which is es-
sential during the war and after, For
after the war European countries will
knock at our door for animals for
foundation herds. 13e ready to open
the door.
Suggestions Relating to Skin Diseases
The prevalence of skin diseases
among Canadian people is astounding.
Some are simple, local, and easily
s remedied, many are the outward mani-
festations of internal disease and
others are stubborn local diseases
lasting months and years.
I u
all t skin
disease it
s is safe to
assume as a fundamental principle
that the bowels must always be kept
freely open for the skin is comple-
snentary to the intestines in elim-
inating poisons from the body.
Hence cathartic mineral waters,
salts of various kinds and laxative
oils are important in treating skin
diseases.
Skin diseases are especially pre-
valent during youth and they often
attack the face and neck, the most
conspicuous parts of the body and
about the beauty or ugliness of
which young people are always most
sensitive.
You cannot blame young persons
for mortificiition or shame when
the nli•rr•r reveals blotches and
blackheads and, sores and swellings
which disfigure their countenance
and wound their pride, and I al-
ways try to lend a sympathetic ear
to- their tales of woe when they are
based upon such disfigurement and
amloyance.
The griefs and discomforts of
others must always be measured if
possible from their standpoint.
The patent medicine venders find
easy victims in those who suffer
from acne, for they grasp at every
straw which gives any prospect of
relief.
But if there is a patent medicine
which will euro acne, I have never
seen it.
There are some which may help
it, especially when joined with ca-
thartics, massage, and other means
for improving the circulation in time
slain,
Possibly the new -fashioned method
of treating acne with injections of
serum may solve the difficulty,
1 reelcles are another source 'of
annoyance to young people, these
being deposits of pigment below the
surface of time skin and destroyed
only by acids and strong mineral
substances. ,00
penetrates beyond the surface must
necessarily leave a scar, hence there
is danger of disfigurement from to
tions advertised to remove freckles,
»toles, and liver spots, if they are
powerful enough to do this.
The removal of parasites and ver-
min from the skin requires not only
Y
judgment men i
n selecting g t cbin medicines mad c nes but
g
skill in using it,
,,, There are good sulphur soaps and
ointments for the itch parasite and
if they fail a sulphur bath will fin-
ish the job.
Mercurial ointments are neces-
sary for the parasites which get at
the roots of hair but they must be
used cautiously for mercurial pois-
oning from such a source is not un-
usual, especially among children.
Caustic and corrosive ointments
and salves are often advertised to
treat cancer of the skin.
They are painful and destructive
and should be used only by those
who are familiar math their action
and with the diseases for which they
are appropriate.
Disease of the skin is often in-
duced by substances used upon it.'
This is especially true of cosme-
tics which clog the tubo of The
sweat and sebaceous glands of the
skin with materials which will not
dissolve, which interfeee evith the
circulation of the blood and the dis-
charge of sweat and sebaceous mat-
ter and will snake the skin dry and
hard even if they do not produce
eruptive disease.
Theatrical people and others whose
taste m• preference induces the use of
rouges and cosmetics often find the
results of such maltreatment of the
slain sufficiently disastrous.
Ointments are usually preferable
to liquids or lotions for application
to the skin as they are more readily
applied and more readily retained,
and their bases are lard, vaseline,
lanolin, Cocoa nutter, etc.
The lord in ointments often be-
come; rancid and irritating, to the.
skin.
Ointments for it,•hinn•, er�.nption4
contain tar, eine-ril-h^r, etc„ ant
one great aenm a ..res f theses eel
miter external rn:r' setr00a 1 Ilse --
they sire open '.hr see ,.}1,..,
their action con bar wthch:+.l fe,.ee a -le
Any of these substances which to day.
will furnish ideal conditions for cur
ing the seed ears.
Nothing will give one a better idea.
of the value of providing ample cur-
ing facilities for corn than the tests
for germination in the spring. Let:
the 'farmer who believes that proper)
curing of his seed ears during the
fall does not pay, test out ears pro-!
perry cured and those stored in the!
tool house or barn and the results will
prove to his satisfaction that proper'
curing pays. But such a test does not,
fully determine the value of proper.
curing. Many kernels of corn that,
germinate readily do not produce a;i
vigorous plant, It is only well cured;
seeds that produce strong vigorous i
plants. Life processes go on in the b
seed kernels at a very slow rate. Ex n
pose the seed ears to damp, freezing;
and thawing weather and the germi-
eating powers are either destroyed or
weakened to such an extent that it is
difficult to secure a full stand. Pro-'
er curing and storing of the seed
ars locks up the energy and vitality.
n the kernels and keeps it there until -`"-
t
. At is set free by the soil to produce a
ealthy, vigorous -growing plant.
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The Sentry.
t's cold out here in the rails and sleet,
nd I'd rather be home right under
a sheet.
lily boots are wet and are leaking
through;
y socks are wet and lay feet are,
too,
sweat comes over my face at times
Then cold it turns: as I write these
lines
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back it aches from standing
straight,
feel as it carried a cargo of freight,
he gloves I wear are cold and stiff;
d rather be home beside the "wif."
hen I think of the men I'm watching
o'er,
he men who came out to end this
war,
nd I'm glad that I'm honored to
guard these men,
he cream of the manhood of lands,
ye lien;
o I buckle up and pace the ground,
ith not much fuss, and little sound,
That the men will rest and sleep
While a careful guard I keep.
F. Z. (1., 1918.
Spreading Farm Manures.
It Lakes as long to load a• manure
spreader i
as t does a wagon on box,but
6
mr
the spreader will unload and spread
the manure 10 a third of the time.
Hauling manure In a wagon box and
spreading it on the field with a hand -
fork is hard and disagreeable work.
It can be done much easier with a
spreader and the material is more
evenly distributed. The spreader
is a useful implement; to have at any
time when manure is to be spread, but
particularly so now when labor is
scarce and the need for increased
crops demands that not a pound of
fertility be wasted, Save time and
avoid waste—buy a spreader. If bhe
amount of hauling is not sufficient to
justify the investment, it may be
worth while to rent or borrow your
neighbor's,
Leaves as Fertilizer.
Dead leaves, contrary to common
belief, have practically no fertilizing
value, Most of the elements of plants
food pass into the body of the tstee on
the approach of winter. A ton of
the best quality of autumn leaves
Contains six pounds of potash, less
than three pounds of phosphoric acid,
and 10 or 15 emends of nitrogen.
Leaves are of practical value when
in the proper state of decomposition.
Leaf mold is used in all well-equipped
lioriet establishments for mixing with
sand and garden. loam to make a good
potting soil. Soil made in this man-
ner is .especially valuable for ferns,
palms, and other woodland and tropi-
cal plants,
Composting,. leaves, manure, a11(1
rubbish is not uncommon. A low
place le selected 201' the compost,
which is allowed to stand for two
veers. It will be found advantageous
to wet tha pile ''hiring the dry season,'
The ,caves ,map the soil loose and .pre-
vent rte packing together into a herd
m .....
'1"0 ,',._'n ..h,,u`.d be dammed with
thresel.s 1n to the reveling.
Be aFriend of the Farm,
I
,
The 'A
T e farm is
your friend; be a friend
of the farm, Some folks live on the;
farm but have no love for it. They;
take all they can out of it, and then
kick it for what it has done for them. i
It pays to keep friends with the farm,'I
Because the farm that is petted and T
made much of will give back more.11'
Even bare ground feel the touch of,T
the man with the true farmer-spirit
in his heart. It leaps to do its best T
for him; it gives the very hest for
him; it gives the very best there is int A
it. Sing and the farm responds; !
laugh and the farm smiles back at1 T
you and pours your lap full of good!
things.
IS
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Use Honey, Save Sugar.
About sixty pounds of sugar are
consumed each year in Canada by
every man, woman and child. With
the increased price of sugar beekeep-
ers should remember that honey can
take the place of sugar both for sweet-
ening and preserving,
Too many people have used honey
only as a spread for bread and griddle-
cakes, forgetting that it can be used
in tea and coffee, in making cakes and
preserving.
We hear much about the clean plat-
ter, and saving the waste so that our
Allies on the other side of the sea can
be fed; yet in the matter of securing
honey there is a fearful amount go-
ing to waste every year simply be-
cause there are no bees in certain to -i
entities to gather the nectar so freely
given by the flowers.
air -Cure for Airmnon.e
On a Cingalese fishing -boat, in the
blazing sunshine, two or three pearl-
' divers, in various stages of paralysis,
will lie about the deck. A gong
1 sounds! the paralyzed divers flop and
flounder in ghastly fashion, like great
'fish, to the side; then they topple
over. To drown? No; for, like the
, great fish,' again, once in the water
they are quite themselves. The sea -
1 depths gave them their paralysis.
;The sea -depths take 11 away,
I Divers' paralysis is due to the too -
!sudden changes of atmospheric pres-
sure which diverse undergo. "Like
cures liko," say the homoeopathists,
and 11 a diver has contracted paraly-
sis by rising too suddenly from a
depth of seventy feet, he can cure
himself by going, clown eo seventy
feet again,
Anel now to -day our airmen, Cies-
tending in nose-dives and vrilles front
heights of 20;000 feet or 25,000 feet,
are attacked in their turn by a disease
similitr to that of the pearl -diver. The
cure is similar,
Ships "wear" flags; they the not
"fly" them.
so
Community canning clubs have
been formed in Victoria, B,C,, and
Brantford, Ont.
For cabbage -worms: Kis ohne part
of air -slaked lime, and dust it on
the Plants at regular intervals,
Silage is the war ration for beef,
milk, mutton and wool. A silo full
for each farm is the allowance. It is
both feed and succulence. 11 takes
Nee place of grain and pasture.