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The Seaforth News, 1918-11-14, Page 2By Agronomist, T'hie Department is for the use of our farm readers who wont the advice lofan expert on any question regarding soli, seed, crape, oto, If your question 10 of sufficient general Interest, It will he answered through this column, If litemped and addressed envelope is onciosea with ,your letter, a complete *newer will be mailed to you, Adeireee Agronomist, care of Wilson PubilehIng Co„ Ltd., 73 Adelaide 8t. W,, Toronto, Marketing fresh Eggs. undoubtedly receive. The farmer pro - Fresh laid eggs have a market vale ec dacinff fresh eggs is forked tosuffer et greater than eggs from the cold bion, se of this undesirable eo tpeti 1 S nage warehouses, They are worth more than eggs put down in water- The beat plan is to keep enough 'lass, Too frequently the farmer fowls to make egg marketing worthy glass, that his fresh eggs are worth a of attention Then, produce infertile pi'entium and yet he receives the same eggs except during the hatching sea - price that city consumers are paying son. Ship the eggs to a reliable deal - for storage stock. It is not news, er who is willing to pay for eggs for tlary for a farmer to accept a price a select trade if you have enough for his fresh eggs no greater than the eggs. If the production is too small' price paid for broods not of the same for frequent express shipments, it quality. It is being done because pays to make arrangements with a of carelessness .in saving end market- local grocer who is willing to pay ing the eggs. a fair price for quality eggs, if The country egg buyer who ex- this does not seem best, try the pre - changes groceries and merchandise for vate trade and try and work up a egg's is not able to pay the price that business with buyers who are willing fresh eggs should command, In the to pay a slight premium over the first place too many farmers keep market price for eggs that are fresh (their male birds with the hens during laid and absolutely guaranteed to be the hot weather. The result is a poor fresh. quality of eggs. It is unfair to the producer of good Next, we come to the practice of fresh eggs to compel him to sell at the allowing the hens to hide their nests same price paid faor mixed stock and all over the farm. At certain inter- that Le what happens to the farmer vale there is a general hunt for eggs who makes no effort to obtain his due and then the good and the bad are credit for the effort necessary to pro - sold together, Eggs are placed in duce eggs that are right in every way. ono pail or ba'-ket and the top eggs At first thought, the difference of a are used every day in home cooking. few cents in the price Of a dozen eggs The eggs in. the bottom of the pail are does not seem worth worrying about, taken out each week and possibly but when that is multiplied by several not that often. The egg buyer thousand during the course of a year, knows that his purchases from farm- the result is surprising. Little things ors will contain a certain number of count up in every business and it poor quality eggs so he strikes an seems as if this is more true in the average and pays a price allowing poultry business than in any other for the inferior stock which he will line. eof corn is given, This corn is kept, saves time and cuts out one mare of Of 471211717 ��.. in the house, preuous as it is this; the regular farm duties which tiro 71 v ° am i d the muscles. Many farmers who FREE TO GIRLS Big Doll and 0011 Carriage '-'Itis Big Dol is 10 la- shes tall, has jointed logo and orae and natural head, halide and feet, 4'Ite trams Carriage wli Cele, sand Cha seat, book and hood are made of leatherette. Itis 114 Inches high and to Just the right size for the Big Doll. Aust send 00 your name and address and we will send you 00 kackageu of lovely etntt�ossed Xmas nos Dards to soil at 10 ciente a package. When they are sold send ins the money 131g Dell,wwithaalt ebnrg6'eee prepaid, and we will also send you the Dell Cur - Nage vlthout any (Marge if you will show your Doll to your 'f lends and got lust three of them to seal our cards and earn prises too. Send us your name and ed - dress t0 -day so you eon got your Doll and Dolly:arriagn qulckif Mamma J303111R-wassaraf 0OMPAI''ir boot, hall. Toronto U N " Lt"U $ CUT OUT AND Eli '1 ON DOUJED LINES 4v i n SEE,BESS,THERE'S GI1 NDRg50LDGRAYMAfie f 1HiMK'SHE NEEDS r4 CHANGE OF FARE StIE MUST GROW TIRED QF PATS AMP HAY, LET'S FEED MER N)Ck GREEN LEAVES TODAY, the winter, using a lantern while do- ing so. To vun1iluto the cellar wait until 10 i$ dark and open the door for an hpur or twa. When wintering% outdoors he sure to use eefficlent pu.ck'ing to keep the bees warm, '%,Thiess the climate runs malty degrees below zero ami stays there for a long time, 11 is all right to winter outdoors its the double - walled e1in1Y hives, "'All the world' le the greatest of powers; it is sovereign and calls It- self 'we,' What 'we' does or says is called custom, what it thinks is coheir opinion, what It belleves to be beauti- ful or good is called fashion;"—Alniel, P4uI.,'Cf re, A TED FISATHEfis 110,0 Price* Pall Prompt liaturns—No commission P, I'OULIN & CO. 015 53ontetcotira OY,arkat Sfontrea114.1.319.1111001.41.01.14l LTR or all kande. Better quality preferred. Write for prices, STANFORD'S, Lunited 123 Mansfield St, , Montreal If You Virant the highest Market cCB Ship all your Ire^ feeding, and good care, will make a profit—even in war times.—E. E. R, 24 1 The small -top milk pails have been found by experiment to keep from forty to seventy per cent. of the dirt out of the mills. It is a little more difficult to sun such a milk pail but it can be done. The practical dairy- man knows that it ie impossible to keep every microscopic bit of dust and dirt out of the milk at milking time; even if the cows are perfectly clean and the air is as pure as good ventllation can make it. These small - top milk pails are of assistance in producing cleaner milk on the farm and they should Nein more general use. The barrel churn operated by power is a practical investment for the farmer who mattes butter often, It to us ---no matter what quantity • We guarranteesatisfaction i h.and paayA �aallll express charges ABBEY FUR COIvipl- N 6 LOUIS H MaINOVIT0 (In business for 30 years) 310 8T, PAUL ST. W, -• - - MONTREAL, P.O. Reference, Bault of 1lochelaga, St, Henry, Montreal. o. r•, t t a0 la Hetet• ley cold, I Making the Hens Pay in Winter. fowls Net everybody understands how to food and rare for a flock of hen, eo as to get eggs in winter. 'A woman who is succeeding admirably .in this respect the present season gives the following suggestions: First, do not expect eggs in winter unless the hens are young. Old fowls are too fat to lay well. - Best results are obtained with pullets. Next, do not crowd too many hens in one flock. About twenty to twenty-five will do better than a larger number. If old and Young of both sexes comprise the flock it will be advisable to keep the young hens and pullets by themselves. Provide water with the chill off in cold weather, Hot bricks under the container changed twice or three times during the day will do this. If kept clean there is no objection to heating these bricks in the house. Charcoal, crushed oyster he � shell and grit are kept where they are acces- sibleat all times, and meat scrap' forms. a potion of the ration every day. The first meal is fed as soon as it is daylight, This is a warn mash slightly moist, composed of bran, ground oats and a little corn meal fed in troughs. At this time a basket of clover chaff' is emptied in the scratch- ing shed. There is no noon meal but about four o'clock a liberal feed The 'ow a work in Send at once for Funsten 3.in-1 Book, FREE Game Laws, ing Trappers' prices Supply traps mark t reports, guns, smokers, etc. A postal brings it. • Every indication points to bigger move totrappersthis e,aarhaeein ragmnyt bppesvbe tib ad it alornirii unity for It wri W [ar thin ho6k and Tier rite l.lgt. MOS. �np m leM1on[ a7s fan ea ntdz• T 9 MTIM WAT1:: FREE TO ANY BOY hfs "Railroad King" watch is an abs utoly guaranteed timekeeper. It le dte1ge Ind end steel set double dustproof b & lolcel cast, gular %menet ales. gen lig our name Ra.ddress d we will and cid 40 Paoltegee of ely ambodeed mita Post Cards to sell at 10 onto a okago. When avid mend 0e the snobby And we will send you the watch and a aovoly leather fob, AIOMER-WARREN CO. \r, pent. 200, Taoemto, Ont. the clover chaff i have changed from the old dash churn a good deal of tits time through thei to the barrel churn are wondering day. The:• eat it with relish. Al -i how they ever endured the dash churn tall 'Mott i< even better. Milk{ so lung and when they adopt the world 1)0 a tine addition to the ration' power operated churn the utile r but this flock does not get i:. Often b p s grows I fresh vegetables likq cai)bage or; becomes a rather aenjoyable and nd ttgprofitable beets, are placed where the fowls can! sort of business. eat then, but no condiments or pat -1 It will pay to study the milking lent Node of any kind arc .ttprliec1. machines at the next fair or dairy :Healthy young hens do n )' t Tulle j show where they are exhibited. Many them. Of course, the quarters of the. farmers believe that the milking ma- , Rock are warm and free from vermin.' chine is a complicated and expensive They have the run of a small outside; outfit that is only useful on a "rich yard on fine days. When it is very man's farm" where style 4s some - cold or stormy they are kept inside. , times more important than profits, Feed is expensive, yet the eggs I This is not true and many farmers which this flock are laying sell read- who are using milking machines find ily at forty-five cents per dozen and Ithen a labor saver and an economical the owner claims the hens are pay investment. They are not too compil- ing a good profit. All the feed ex-1eated and the expense of such a ma- cept the corn and the chaff is pur- t chine is no greater in proportion to chased outright. The chaff plays an 1 its usefulness than many other kinds important tent Part as it t keeps the fowls i of enuipment considered necessary on busy, besides supplying the necessary the farm. material for egg making. The morn- • : ent it is placed before them they be-! Store away plenty of cabbage and gin to scratch in it and instead of mangels to serve .as green food for moping they are working and singing, the fowls during the winter and early Young hens, warm quarters, proper spring. GOOD HEALTH QUESTION BOX Ey Andrew F. Currier, M.D. Or. Carrier will answer all signed lectors pretalning to Health. If yore question is of general interest it will be answered through [}]eso columns; If 5-1, it will be answered personally If stamped, addressed envelope Is en• closed, Dr. Currier will not prescribe for individual cases or make dlagnosla Address Dr, Andrew P. Currier, care of Wilson Publishing Co., 72 Adelaide EL 9i'eat, Toronto Questions Relating to the Lympathic System. N. L.—What is the function of the lymphatic system of the body? Is there any relation between it and the blood? Is the fluid which is in blist- ers derived from the lymphatics? Of what use is it to the body? der usual conditions is lymph or con- tains lymph. If you cut your finger and introduce a poison the poison may be and often is taken up by the lym- phat!es producing inflammation in these vessels and the surrounding tis- sues, You can see the evidence of the involvement of the lymphatics in such The lymphatic system consists of inflammations in the red lines or a series of small and large vessels and glands extending from the sur- face of the body to its centre and communicating with the great vines of the body which go to the heart, Into these veins it discharges the fluids it has collected from the tis- sues by absorpition„ Lymphatic fluid or lylnph is transparent in ap- pearance, the lymphatic vessels are arranged in meshes or network streaks running up the arm. The poison or the inflammation may be arrested in the glands of the armpit which become swollen, painful, fre- quently suppurate, and often require more or less extensive surgical treat- ment. The poison may be distribut- ed by the blood over the body and the patient die from blood poisoning, Lymphatic glands in the neck and elsewhere are often the seat of tu- which is closely related to the course berclos and may require removal, It of the bloodveasels the smaller bun- will therefore be apparent that the phatics especially in the skin and lymphatic system is a very essential mucous membranes 'being near the Part of the body in its ordinary Atm - capillaries and the larger ones near tions and also the possible seat of the larger 'b'lood vessels. At irregular serious disease. intervals in the lymphatic meshwork are glands from .08 to .8 inches in their long diameter, somewhat bean Mother—Would you kindly tell me shaped, through which the lymph if anything can be done to cure my stream flows, The fluid which oozes boy of stuttering, which seems to be from the capillaries in the skin and troubling him more and more? elsewhere into the spaces between the Answer—The only thing I can eug- tissues thus bathes their dells with gest is that you send a stamped self - liquid food. These spaees also con- addressed envelope and the article on Iain fluid material from worn out and stuttering and stammering will be disintegrated cells and this is soaked mailed to you, up by the lympathics finally entering X. B. 1I,-1—Would cubeb berries the large veins on either sicle d the in powder form he more effective as neck where it is carried to the heart a remedy for catarrh than the crash - with the blood stream. The bin- el berries? phatics of the intestines contain not 2—'Would bronchitis and other only the materials of ordinary lymph throat troubles be benefitted by this but also about three times as much treatment? albumen tis that fluid together with Anawe'n-1-11 you refer to using a considerable quantity of fat which this substance by inhalationa pow - has been absorbed in the form of an der would of eo1111ae be less irritating emulsion, hence the lymph is very than the granulated form produced closely related to the blood. by crushing I suppose the licit of blisters, un- 2—I would not advise you to use it Quesstdons and Answers. 0 Placing Bees in Winter Quarters. Everything should now Ge in shape for winter. If the bees are to be stored in cellars they should be placed there ars soon as settled cold weather comes on. The later the better, since thet'e will be some mild days during which they may want a flight to dis- charge their feces. This prevents dysentery to which bees wintered in- doors are sometimes prone. Let the cellar be absolutely dark, and all they will require during the winter months will be an occasional airing at night for an hour or two, but never during the day. Sweep up any dead begs that may accumulate on the cellar door during Grader By 11,1II Satisfaction guaranteed, Lovely 11'nr;d at reasonable prices. Over 20 years' experience assures our qualities. COLUMBIA SABLE Wears for years, -Very stylish this season. Animal and Cat) ea g effects. Sets as illustrated - ei%�4eaue COON COATS Well -made with generous overlap that comfortably covers knees. si gn All sizes - - - 1919 Catalog free, Write CUMMINGS & CUMMINGS 109A ST. PAUL ST. • MONTREAL FIA FURS HIGHEST PRICES PAID ll � Mother Robin's Joleo, The little girls certainly found,tho lumber -pile shelves first. You may ask Esther and yon may nsk her littioj. sister Helen about la and they will both tell you that early In the spring.. time, before the bravest robins ven- tured so far north, they thought about using the lumber -pile shelves for a playhouse, They thought about it and they talked about It, but they clld tt•) move in with their delle and dishes. Mother Robin carne, and when she thought about it and talked about it she mored in the next day, At i fleet she toolc "in only et few sticks of furniture, and the little sisters did not think much about it, They play- ! ed all one day near the lumber --pile I and carried sortie pretty stoles to put i on the bottom sholvee, and talked about what fun they would have play- ing hone there. 'l'hey left a Ovw bits of string on the grass under a wild cherry tree that noon when they went In to dinner.' They intended to tie the strings together and make a clothesline on which to 'hang their delis' clothes when they did the wash- in,'. But after dinner every sting was gone. Esther looked and IIelen looked, while Mother Robin wa•tclleil ,and Father Robin anlled from the top of the woodshed: "0 children, children, children! Go 'way! Go 'way! Go 'way!" Anti then Esther discovered the strings waving from a shelf of the lumber -pile. As the litt.e gill stepped closer to her own lumber--pile,—to her own cupboard, you might say, for that was the very shelf where she ani Helen had intended to pot a' sot or :scorn cups and saucers,---leatherr Robin called louder •than ever: "Children' Children! Children! 'Co 'way! Go 'way! Go 'way!" while Mother Robin scolded them, "It must be that they have started a nest right in our playhouse!" ex- claimed Esther, And sure enough, that was exactly what had. happened. Mother Robin kept on until she had built a ing rag- • t gedy nest on a shelf of the lumber- vom sA_ 0 Pi1,CR1 3 Ota lien rF/Yf PAINT) ne a in. ac uca pick Sof Se1-2,4 Pitcc s FREE TO BOYS ANI) GIRLS This outfit contains: 1 English School Bag,. 1 Japanese Pencil 1300, 1 Specht Drawing Pencil, 1 Compass, 2 Patriotic Blotters, 6 Rubber Tinged Lead Penolia, 2 packages Union Jack Flag Stickers so 2 Metal Cased Lead Pencils, that you can put the flag 011 your 1 Pen Holder school boolcs, loiters, eto. We will give you this whole 24 -pleas School Outfit free 01 all charge 1f you will sell just 30 packages of our lovely embossed Xmas Post Cards at 10 cents a package (six lovely cards in each package). Send us your name and we will send you the cards to sell.. When sold send us the money and we will send you the whole outfit, Address: HOMER -WARREN CO. Dept. 1950 TORONTO 2 Pen Pointe, 1 Box Crayons (12 colors) 1 21)raser, 1 13o5 Paints (6 on1nrs) 1 Paint Brush, •.aom=m:=tea.-,'ara�v� usys•r,=:xxemrazvwxzwrnera,v: wwalarxammatt•a .. Tao ANN Lasts for I,0011! a who prefer a to zg vamp wi h narrow 05 medium )carrot .) Made in all leathers 8'1nclh or 9 inch height, Louis or Cuban lifers, $8 to $ro Solving the Nation's Shoe Problem LARGE section of the Canadian. public depends upon this company for shoes. Our financial resources and buy-. ing power are greater by far than those of any other Canadian manufacturer of shoes; our volume of output is more than twice'that of any other. Our sales organization covers the nation from coast to coast, not 3perely a small section at a time. Our six branches maintain adequate stockswithin the reach of every dealer in Canada, and are now serving more than 5,0oo dealers, enabling them to fill orders quickly and to cut down the amount of idle stock on their shelves. We aro making every effort to use this power to help solve the big problem of providing enough good quality shoes to go around. In the face of an actual scarcity of leather, it is difficult; but it can be done if you will co-operate with tis. Buy wisely, for service rather than merely for atyle11,.and see that the shoes you buy are stamped with the mann facturet''e trade -mark, - AMES HOLDEN McGREA LCMCTEn 'Shoemakers to the Nationr' ST -JOHN 020NTIUTAL TORONTO WINNIPEG EDMONTON VANCOUVER When you buy Shoes look for— c ©t --thisT'rade-nark on every sola 13 res pile. so low down that the baby robins would scarcely bump their heads ,if they •a fell of of bed. She built her nest and laid her egg; and hatched her family right there. Meantime Path' er Robin told Esther and Helen to keep away, and their father and moth- er and their Aunt Lou said the same thing; and of course that was a joke on those two little sisters—the best kind of a joke, because it made them birth so happy, '5 , s Weed Literature, Every farmer . should endeavor to familiarise himself with the habits of the various weeds occurring on his farm. When he understands clearly their nature and the methods by which they 'spread he can then set about their control in a rational and scientific manner. It is only in the winter months that the average farm- er has sufficient leisure to devote time to the study of weeds and with this object in view, the following Domin- ion and Provincial Publications are quoted in the hope that they may be of service to him. For further ad- vice or the names of any weeds that he does not know he should write t'o the Central Experimental Farm, at Ottawa, Packages of weeds weigh- ing less than 12 ounces can be sent free. The Dominion Bulletins can be obtained free from the Publications Branch at Ottawa;"` in the case of Provincial Publications farmers should write to the Department of Agricul- ture of their 'own province. Dominion Publications:—Bulletin 28 Weeds by James Fletcher. Bulletin S-8 Weeds and Weed Seeds, by Geo. H. Clark Exhibition Circular No, 45, Do you know your Weeds, by Miss F. Pyles. Seed Branch, Pamphlet No. 1, Cleaning Seed. Seed Branch, The Seed Control Act. Provincial Publications:—Quebee, Ontario, Manitoba.—The Weeds of the Province of Qahbec. Bulletin No) 188, Weeds of Ontario. Bulletin No. 2, Twelve Noxious Weeds. Extension Bulletin, No. 4, Control of the Sow Thistle in Manitoba. Extension Bul- letin No. 19, Autumn Cultivation for' Weed Control. Circular No. 12, Ex- tension Service. Poison Ivy and oth- er Poisonous Plants. Poison Ivy (Colored Poster). Saskatchewan, Al- berta, British Columbia:=Bulletin No. 31, Faun Weeds & Haw to' Control them, Bulletin No, 1, Weeds of Al- berta. Circular Bulletin No. 18, Noxious Weeds, their Identification & Eradication, Wild Oats (Leaflet), 'The book entitled "Farm Weeds of Canada" with colored illustrations and coating ono dollar, is no longer obtainable, Bulletin S-8 takes Its place to a large extent, Those who wish a more complete book dealing with weecis should pur- chase "A Manual of Weeds" by Miss Ada lr, Georgia, published in the year. 1914. it costs $2.00 and is Issued by Macmillan & Co., of New York and Toronto: Experimental Farms Note. Across a river in Peru is a bridge lnore..than 200 feet long that ie ems - vended by 32 ropes made of cactus fibres. Tile enormous t'oree of Niagara river in its descent from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario represents a descent oi' 884 feet In thirty-six miles, 'while the average height of the falle is ,be- tween 164 and 162 loot, representing,. according to different estimates, from N1,750,000 to 7,000,000 horse -power, i✓