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The Seaforth News, 1918-10-10, Page 6'YFOIL: .UPS CUT OUT AND 1OU) ON WIRD Li14ES, 13y Agronomist. Th"a'itjespartment la for the use cf our farm readers who want the advice of an,gepefi't:on any question teeerding soli, seed, crops, etc. if your qucetlolrr is 91'su(fic1ent general interest, it will be answered through this column etamped and addressed envelope Is enclosed with your letter, a complete gamer will be mailed to you. Address Agronomist, care of Wilson Publishing Co,, Ltd., 7$ Adelaide St. W., Toronto. ,Beware of Frosted Clover. i of deentnpgaition, when it le no longer Caution should be ese•rcised in pas -'fit for food. The freezing of an Wring red clever after its growth has hninstute. succulent plant throws the, boocme -checked b frost Beeline° nice$ to he a•tri'at0 and a: they carry, vow 11 y t POn4UARa-��-�.-� +• many .fatt•mers hes , ' . ei their herons' 011 the gums 9,101 sugars, they a1e j ..url was11e11 uf1 or cllantt'e into enm• TI•lE(tEJ PAPAS COAT tIAT.ONGEE! ani]'ralbh fired t;lug'e of cloves fields tont re- injury 1 WONDER NOW TEY D LOOK ON ME) after hard frosts in lite fall without pounds SO it. t1 lease Ole N in'ur is difficult convince them duced in palatability test digestibility.; 'THE COAT,5A UTTLELAI'Ct YOU NEI J y itd t tit to that it 16 dangerous toentice this' It. is pool' eeoeonly' to make horses, I DOPI'T MOW Ill)1V TOE HAI'IUil,l, BEi g tempting feed. There are many , pre -cattle and sheep try to di -•st plants' dent farmers, however, who, knowing that carie: so little nutritive value, is -1 the danger of past.lrittg frosted i pedally when his etloet at economy is clover will net permit horses, cattle, sure 10 result in injury to the sue -j or cheep to graze on ii. • IP they d„ cced;ng crop vii c:over. rut•l pr'uhable� not fear injury to the animals they i Injury to the animals. have learners from observation and ex•, " ' perienee that there is no enrol. means The Para and Preparation or the Farm: of injuring a good stand of clover: Buildings for the Housing of than to allow stock to graze and', Live Stock for the Winter trample it down. Even though the 'Months, , frosted clover dues mit quiekly injure This !- the season of the yelu when the animals that graze on it there i.; every farmer should be considering such certainty of injury to the cloverIthe putting of his farm buildings in. „,„.111 plants that it is pont' economy to let; the beat shape possible tor the winter.,• the stand become injured in the effort housing of his live steak, that is (1) _ ._.-__...-.__ • f f d ra r d to cleanliness, (2) light (3) doubtful value ventilation and (d) warmth. ! to find nourishment rum ee of m rel ue The extent of injury and time re- First—The -farmer should.eee that, quired for it to become known is sure all dirt and cobwebs that may have; to vary with the condition at thteanl- •accumulated through the summer are pmts given access to the frosted crop. swept down and a good coat of els; The stock may have a regular ration wash applied with a certain amount of roughage nod grain at the barn. of disinfectant, such as is ueetl on flit! and no visible .derangement of the farms, added to the white -wash, in stomach or bowels result, but this order to elilnintlte as much 05 pox -I proves nothing as to the value of the Bible any disease which may be pre -1 frosted clover. It merely proves sent, that under certain conditions it is not I Sceond--See that there are as many) deadly, and may be used with im- windows as possible in your buildings: purity. But when animals have no and that the glass is tight in all of other feed than frozen clover we have , them, for there is no better preventive, conditions that will be followed by de- of disease than plenty of light. If it is, rangemsnt of digestion, which may be is not possible to hare e double windows evident from forms of coli1 and acute for al' y'.11i1' stables be sure to use indigestion, followed in due course by what you have on windows on the scours, constipation or severe• Wiliam- nor'tit side in order to conserve heat. nation of the bowels. Science has Third—Ventilation is one of -the been unable to explain just how frost must important things in live stock affects the digestibility of clover indu'try. and 11ttett,n!1tely, one that plants. But we do know that when there is not enough -tress laid upon, frost gets in its work, the aroma, the for without proper vf nti'ation, it is juices and the gums change and even- practically imposinIre to get the good,l tually disappear, leaving only the healthy development nn 1 benefit from skeleton or woody fibre. There is a Seed consumed tart' we sheold have lei rapid passing of the plant from its our live stock. perfected growth back to earth and Fourth—it is also very important atmosphere, where it originally came to see that all hoarding is tightly nail -1 The 'feeding value of the plant de- ed down and all cracks closed in order clines rapidly as these nutritive juices to keep as uniform a temperature as and gums change or are dissipated. possible and prevent drafts which are The clover plant in full maturity very detrimental to our live stock ate not only contains the largest per cent. certain tines. of nutrients, but it contains them in The Experimental Farm system is] 1 the form and quantity beat suited to pleased at all times to forward bul- the requirements of the animal's diges- letins of farm buildings, ventilation,) titre system. All departures from this etc., also answer quellYtons and help perfection of feeding value tends to prepare plans of such buildings as depreciation until it arrives at a point may be required on your farms. Treatment For Fall Colds. 1. Clean dry, comfortable quarters should be provided, free from drafts 2. Disinfect house with a five per cent, solution of formalin or some good coal tar product. 3. Wash heads of the affected birds with two per cent, solution of potas-1 slum permanganate and also put en- ough in the drinking water to give it a deep claret wine color. (Potas- sium permanganate can be seeured from any druggist, An ounce or two will probably be sufficient). For drinking purposes use about what can be placed on a five -cent piece to a gallon of water. Remove all other sources of water supply. 4, Feed plenty of good wholesome grains and a mash (wet) of bran mid- dlings, corn meal and meat scraps, us- ing about a teaspoonful of mustard to each twelve chicks, The mustard has a stimulating effect, and also acts as an appetizer. e Two representatives of the Belgian Department of Agriculture, Dr. G. \'anderheyden and Dr. H. Holermans, are now touring Canada looking for Holstein -Friesian r'iesian cattle and Belgian horses, in anticipation of purchasing at the close of the war. These gen- tlemen have already visited a consid- erable number of the best Holstein horde in Eastern Canada, and express themselves as very much pleased with what they have seen. They are looking for type, size, constitution and production, and breeders will do well to remember that these are qualities that `must not be neglected if we are to build up an export trade with Bel- gium, Holland, Great Britain, South Africa and New Zealand, All these countries are likely buyers of Cana- dian Holsteins when shipping facilities are again available, and owners of the right sort of cattle will be in a posi- tion to do a profitable business. It is worthy of note that all theseocountl'les prefer animals rather dark in color, the American fad for light Colors never having made any headway abroad, Calves that are weakly are best ilstrated later than the more robust youngsters. In the ordinary calf they may Safely be operated on when a week ox; tilt days old. If it is natural for the cow to give milk right up to the time for dropping; her calf, it will mean a detriment toj her 1f she is checked in the milk flow» If her natural course is to go dry, it' will mean a deranged system if she! is forced to produce milk. 1 Beekeeping Wiih a Capital "B". Too ninch emphasis can not be plat-, ed upon the importance of giving the colonies a thorough overhauling dur-I ing early October, so that they will be: in good shape for winter, It is far better to build them up strong now i and see that they have ample stores for winter than to try to feed them' in cold weather, along in November, In some localities goldenrod, asters; ,and buckwheat furnish abundant for-, age for bees during September and; October. It is astonishing how much nectar the colonies will store from' the fall bloom even where in some in- stances they have secured practically) nothing from the early flow, This is 1 evident where buekwllear is extensive -1 ly grown. Go over every colony as early asj possible in October, and where one is lacking strength, give it some framed of sealed brood from stronger ones.i When needed, some frames full of sealed honey may be transferred. Bees that go into winter quarters with an abundance of honey are usu- ally the ones that winter well, They need no feeding in the spring, for at Ithat time they have sufficient stores with which to rear much brood for the early flow from the clovers, It is beat to strengthen the colonies with both bees and stores while the weather is warm. No Skirt Hanger. Fold the ekirt directly in the middle of the front and back breadths, then fold again, keeping the band even. Run a long hatpin through the band and slip the pin over a hook or nail, "It is not Love that gives the clearest sight, For out of bitter tears.. and tears un- shed-- Riseth the rainbow of sorrow over- head And 'heath the rainbow is the clearest light, 0 Where silos are carefully filled, so that all air is excluded, 'there will be little trouble or 1080 fg2?g inotlld. Nest, Boxes For The lairds. Before the leaves fall is the best time to choose the spots where the new nest -boxes are to be hong. If this is left until Spring they must be up before the leaves are oust of if they ars to be in time for the occupants, and it is then very difficult l to tell whether the spot chosen will be too shaded when the foliage has grown. Possibly, however, the most import -t ant thing to consider first is the 1111-! portance of these nest -boxes. Sol many have said: "We cannot stop to think about birds in war time." If; one Would stop to consider one would' realize that the war ha:; made the protection of birds all the more im-I portant. Innumerable instances might he given of the good they have done in saving crops from destruc- tiun by insects. Perhaps what would! seem just now the most timely bene -1 fit is their lessening the need for spraying and -much of the spray ma- terial is used for various war pur- poses. One of the best authorities on birds has made the statement, after very careful observations, that if it were aot for vireos, warblers, chickadees, kinglets, wrens and nuthatches, the insects destroyed by these small birds would quickly destroy our forests and set at naught the best work of the fruitgrower. The bluebird also has an excellent record as an insect destroy- er, and of this bird a noted scientist has said: "One hundred bluebirds at' even thirty insects a day (and they would devour many more) would eat in eight months about seven hundred and sixty thousand insects. If these birds were destroyed or driven away the result would be the preservation on the territory where these birds would have nested of about seventy thousand moths and caterpillars (a large proportion of these cutworms), twenty thousand leaf hoppers, ten thousand carculios, and sixty-five thousand locusts and grasshoppers. What injury such a horde of insects. could bring to the farms and gardens! And the bluebirds, the destroyers of those pests fatal to oar vegetable life, can be attracted to any spot by suit- able nest -boxes hung in suitable places and protected from dangers. Is it not time well spent? Many of the small birds that work among the trees literally saving our forests every year,can also be attract- ed by suitable nest -boxes. The natural home of the chicadee and the nuthatch is a hollow tree, not an easy thing to find about most orchards now, but a nest -box made out of an old log with an egg-shaped oval snooped out is almost sure to attract them, As to the invaluable little wren almost any sort of a nest -box avill satisfy it, and no tenant will pay better rent for the value received, A Prayer for the World's Rebuilders. We send them off to school again to- day, This cool September morning. All the street is musical with patter of small feet And little, shining faces all the way Seem wayside posies for our smiles to greet. I wonder if they ever guess or know With What strange tenderness we watch them go? Just children on their way to school again? Nay, it is ours to watch a greater . thing— These aro the World's Rebuilders, these must bring Order to chaos, comforting to pain, and light in bluetcrl fields new fires of psr'ing. • Dear Lord, Thy childish hands were weak and small, Yet had they power to clasp Ihe world withal, Grant these, Thy little kindred, strength as true— They have so much to learn, en much to do! You can't eat reheat anti ship 11, GOOD IlEALTH QUESTION BOX • 34' Andrew le. Currrer, MD, Ilr, currier will aaewer 911 Finned lettere pretalning to Health. Ji your tuestlon is of general interest it wilt be answered through these colulaael If not, It trill be enxwcred pereomelly if stamped, addressed envelops Is 011• Closed. 1A•. Currier will 001 preeerthe for 1nd1v1dulal 011508 01' deeps dlageoels. Address )7r, Andrew 11", Currier, caro taf WJauaa 1'ub'llakdoe Dee 73 Adelaide et. West, 'Toronto + The Sin est" (jneekery. There is a vials of moil calling themselves doctor, and hanging out their sign t10 :mels, who pose as ape- cialists in certain disorders which 111'0 MT COM/11011 among young 00011, but are not nearly so serious in the maj- ority of ('11011.; as they are represent- ed to he, They 1115 0, as 1 have very good res son to believe, find diseases, particu- laely in the sexual organs of young men, wllielt do not exist. But because they impose aeon these young 1ne1) and tell then they have serious, exhausting and perhaps fatal diseases, they frighten them be- gond measure and extort from them large slime of money. When they have drained their vie- ti1110 of their pecuniary resources their interest In their welfare coaxes. IP a rejected young elan can pos- sibly raise more money he may be taken in by another sharper of the same kind. When hts money is all gone he per- haps awakens to the consciousness that he has been duped, and he, is fortunate if he at length realizes that there '10 not and never has been any- thing serious the platter with him, and goes about his business with less and loss worry about imaginary ail- ments and their serious significance. I am 110t now referring to the ven- ereal diseases, those are certainly as bad as they can be painted, and there is a class of quacks' which feast and fatten upon them, they may or may not be distinct from those to whom I have been referring. I have many times received letters from the victims of the quacks and charlatans to whom I am calling at- tention, asking me to advise them. One of these bearing the essential marks of genuineness was from a man who said he was 23, was in great dis- tress of mind and body and had been told by a so-called doctor whose name and address he gave, that he was suf- fering from varl.ose veins -anti dis- ease of the prostate gland. This quack got $40 out of him for three months treatment, he then -told If Yon Want the Highest Market Prices Snip all your He had boon imposer$ twit by a eerie% of advertising quacks, he lnla- glneci he was suffering and every time he visited ('Vie of the quacks -fuel was added to the name; Varicose veins may come to any- horly but that they should rause suoh dire distress as was depleted in the literature vv"hit'To utile poor vletifn sent me, while coneol'vable, is possible only ire rare instances. The story was a fraud and an im- position; The other disease, while possible in a man of 23 is almost ex• elusively confined' to advanced life. The,metlieincro which these mer( gist, are probably the least harmful part of (hair treatment, It is more than likely that their only value is in their appeal to the imagination. If they were to deal with powerful drugs, tho drug% would be too .expen- sive and they might do serious harm to the victim which would hurt the sharper's business in either ease. That such men should perform sur - gloat operations when operations are not called for or required is one of the causes for the disrepute of legitimate surgery among large numbers of peo- ple. It has led to mutilations and dis- figurements and loss' of function In countless cases which were entirely inexcusable. Two hundred dollars of the earnings of a clerk or book-keeper or profes- sional man means a good deal of money, and -to throw it away in thie fashion is worse than speculation in stocks. It would be well if every community where this evil abounds would take pains to get rid of it. _ •1 The Origin of Conscription. The Athenians had a mode of ulms- versal military training snore like that of modern Europe than were most of the other military training schemes of the ancient world. Every i Athenian youth was compelled to do two years of garrison duty at Pir- aeus, the Port of Athens. IIRata 5 pol, et. Ott� ystn PAATFIA i-11pheot POloeir Itilffcr trtupt Iiotl•Wne—dripOonUESIStgtt' P. POULIN & CO. 9 U949e00slrul'*a4et . 4r0nt1991 The Gentle Behnke, When A wealthy man %110' 4055 stopping at a Florida hotel neglected to inquire the lintelrates, the pro- prietor took advantage of the over- eIght, and at the guest's departure presented an exorbitant bill, The -guest, however, paid without a murmur, Then, ho said, as he fold- ed up the receipt in his wallet: "By the way, have you any two. cent stamps?" "Yes, sir," said the ,proprietors "How many Would you like?" "Well," tttlswerod the guest, cau- tiously, "]tow much are they apiece?" Neither France nor Italy uouh continue the war without British coal LT of ail' kinds. Better quality preferred. Write for piques. STANFORD's0 IUrnl ted 128, Mansfield, St. - - Mo.ntreadi �. °901, Market Reverts, S+.at,rly Cetalo3, Gen. Law.e. 'E1'appperr (lassie lir This is SobgoiTs00001' the biggest years for trappers and fur shippers ever lcnown. More furs needed—fewer meta to (rap. Get ready early for blg money. Look overyour traps and supplies slow. Get our FI(.10 BOOK—Supply, Catalog, OarneLawsendTrappin $secrets•-atlthree in one book, Shows furs In natural col - ars. Factory 011505 on traps, 5150k010, etc. Write today -sure! 05050811 5005, w (10. e40, tutu,an'te's fur Cx4.4, 00 1314E ss t1 LI I s, he must have $75 for an operation,. but as the patient did not Have the money he was obliged to dispense with the operation. To sum up he had paid $200, up to the time when he wrote me, was then out of. work, was suffering unbear- able pain, as he said, and begged me to tell him where' he could have an operation performed to be paid for when he could get work. Of course with this man and with many -others who have written simi- lar letters the disease was mainly in his mind. to use -no 11081(er what quantity We guarantee satisfaction and pay all express chargeg ABBEY FUR COMPANY LOUIS Ma aprtTOH (In business Cor 30 years) 310 ST. PAUL ST. W. • - - - MONTREAL, P.Q. Reference, Bank of Hochelaga, St. Fleury, Montreal, Cerrecl s yle worn by well dressed young men in all localit'es. Lace boot—mod'um 1 acro o recede toe, ew heel—made it black, an 0r patent Gulf. Prace, fty,0o to $ro.00. Style—Plus Service at Fair Price THE style illustrated above is one that is largelypreferred by Canadian business men—especially young men. It has the medium long vamp and narrow, somewhat pointed toe which gives the foot a slim and "dressy" appearance, without being extreme 'in style. Those who like this type of shoe will find it thoroughly satisfactory in fitting qualities and a comfortable easy shoe to walk in. . This style can be obtained in. several grades of black and tan. The price range --47 to $xo—considering the present leather market, is extremely moderate.. Next spring a shoe of the same wearing qualities will cost from ten to twenty per cent more. It would cost more now except for the fact that the resources of this company enable us to cover our needs well in advance, A.H.M. War -Pima Selections gifer special Service Value for Men, Women and Children. Ask your dealer for them. AMES HOLDEN McCREADY ST. JOHN -.J- ASONTROAL e:sriz r. LlMlTEn 1"Slloenznkers to the Nation" TORONTO r WINNIPEG EDMONTON VANCOVVCR When you buy Shoes look for- .. -this Trade -,.hark eit.overy dole Ha1,�,. 117ML'-75.Y!CAM1:r�'SIHf.T 16 out'.. LE:vas mEJ7Cs NAYETDRIN ST UDEN c' "'Yon noticed. t1ti'a't youngfeller-front the city that's been boarviiu' with, me a' spell 'this. summer,. Martha' lake* Mr: Lewis 05 he wound his reinrt- round the whipstock anld disposed. himself sidewise upon the seat of ids• "porter wagon,o "I've seer, hirn once 0r•- tw)ea;" ad- mitted Mr, Martin, "I''uet time was day or two after he got here---'mebbe 'twas a. week, IIe looked !rind of, '•ee bunged up to me. That was one time. And the next time I saw him was do vn to the post oIfiee one inorn- 111'. He walked bind of lame that day. - Whet's been the matter with him?" NIr. Lewis grinned a little ruefully. "Wheel he come," he said, "he was goin' to stay all summer and write a• book. 1 -le was some kind' of 9,1 501'lltltt, so he told us. He'd studied' up things in the schools in the. cities, Mid now he'd got to the p'int where he was goin' to jest move into the country, where he'd have a Chance t0 obset've- things at fust-haled--that'it what he told me and my wiJ'e---mid' nialce notes of all he saw, and' then he'd be all cocked and pruned, neat''% I could gather; to wrlte•ell about 'me."' "Weil, why dithtnt he stay and do. it?" demended the practical: tin. 1Vfr, fewis grinned again 91 fetndl or got the notion' from what Pre seen of him in the past three weelts,"x ire said; "that in one way and' 'bother he'k. picked up enough: infbrnatibn to, last. him- a con5id'able limo, such 010 `tis. But 1 don't• beliieve• m'uch of WIT ever get printed in any book h'a'il' be likes, ly to write," he added. "What kind' of information?"' welt- ed Mr, Martin',. impatiently. "Well," said Mr Lewis, easily,. "•C d'know's I can insl.e it plain to' you any easier'n to tell you some of the' things ]re's learnt. Yost place., 0110' of the things he was sharp sot on was, the `wild flora' that grew round' horror he tot' me he meant by that the wiT1,f .flowers of the fieids. f tot' Min tl'ralr I'd farmed most fifty years but I'd never come across any weed of that name, fur's i could remember. He smiled at me 'sir t didn't know much and Col' n10 he'd show me -and' the next day he was good's his word. Ile come home 'bout noon with his hands and arms full of 0110. kind of truck and 'nether, anti ground hie neck he had 'nough p'ison ivy to fill a meal bag; he explained to us that IL was a very pretty vine, and he'll brought it ,4 along to compare with his book and. find out what it was, and 'he'd draped it round his neck so he could carry it easy, his hands bein'- full. The next day he was somethin' to look at: his eyes was abut tight and his face all swelled out of stelae, from that ivy. That was when you thought ho looked kind of bunged up, I guess." Mr. Martin nodded. ` 'Nother thing he was sot en Join'," Mr. Lewis continued, "was to get 'quaintad with the small animals in the woods hereabouts. • He knew 'est Perfectly from books, he said, but he wanted some fust -hand knowledge —and he managed to get some. "He conte Ilnlpin' into tate house one clay, Lakin' on bad. Seems what he took to be a woodchuck turned out to be a hedgehog, and when he under- took to stir it up a mite with foot, lie got Ms leg full -of spines, I took him on the grain chest in the barn and pulled "inn out with pliers, and every 04 I drawed he'd yelp like a fox cub. You say he went a mite lame that day down to the post of- fice? Well, that was why 11e did. r'I kind of thought that would tante hits down and keep him from ntod- dlin' with things he didn't know about, and it did for a spell; but yesterday be come •chargin' down out of the pasttn•', wavin' his arms and battin' with his hat. He told me he'd -found some 'fungoid' growth on a, tree, but jest as he got ready to pick it some inset' attacked him, and he had to quit. But he wanted that 'fungoid' —from what he said I thought it was some kind of toadstool—and wanted I should go with him and got it. I made up my mind he'd rftobbe trod on a ground wasp's nest, and by goln' round the other side of the tree we'd Ale steer clear of it. "But when we got to the tree and he printed it out, I see what it was, -- a hornet's nest as big as e. peck mea- aure,—and while I was tryin' to think of what to call him, I'm a sinner if he didn't walk up and try to pick it off with his hands' "No," said Mr. Lewis in response to a look, "I didn't wait to see what happened; I put off 'cross thaj; jtt�n" Cur' faster'n a man as old en fat's be ought to run, I'g0t one look at at 'syel'ntist' a I was astertin' and his,, eenlea to lie in a kind of fog o:l omits, bu he Wa rennin' 1 'F radnit Igil Into the brook all ovtr, d'dtnow but vs at tahey'ci have stud him to death. And this mornin' ho started for tome. "tis coma fro the country to learn;" said Mr, Lewis as 'le took up his reins, "and he did learn. But, as I said, I don't believe he'll 'foal to write a book about it!" -- "If ybt11' foot sjip you may reCOv- w .:01!Eb+111n, r " lit If your tongue slp, you cannot -r001111 your words." The end will come, 'anti this much- aa., h Pilot :1:1).010:11:6„,:reeti:;:pea:C1,11:.::::teri:ahrili nd a fuller birth. Allan d�ut Nature will re. ,.ins raise a 110bler And 7 11