The Seaforth News, 1919-06-12, Page 7By Agronomist.
This Department Is for the use of our farm readers who want the advice
-of an expert on any question regarding soil, seed, crops, etc, if your quostion
is of sufficient general interest, it will be answered through this column, If
.stamped and addressed envelope is enclosed with your lette,i, a coniplete
„answer will be mailed to you. Address Agronomist, care of Wilson Publ.:thing
,Co,, Ltd„ 73 Adelaide St. W. Toronto.
After -Value of Fertilizer.
No matter whether a farmer buys
.a ready -mixed eertilizer or one that
is made up of the separate parts and
mixed at home, there is the "after-
" to take into consideeation
the rest of .the field bet I non not
sure enough to say except that I fig-
ured at the time that it was mighty
good pay for the fertility used even
if the onions hudn't been taken off
value
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the year before, and I might add, too, feare!eeeerreeeeeeeee-
when figuring the benefits denived that the next year alto:o beets this
from the feetilizer. field was in eoru and the difference
could be seen even tk.en. Just what
So many times we seem la think
it evas I could not tell, but it was to (,..,:eii•\
that whatever we are ahead for the e
seen easily durieg the growing eeeeee
,one season is what our fertilizer is 'e
worth to us. That is a safe place to "'leen'
stop figuring all right, but it is not
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a fair one. I can safely figure that ....
•every dollar I have spent for fertiliz- The modern gas engine is a highly
.er has made me from $2.60 to $4.00 efficient and never -tiring helper,
in increased production. • This is on capable of adapting itself. to almost
the average, of course, and I know every known need for pewee on the
,of some acres that have made much farm.
more than this.
Three years ago I had a field of
two acres in onions from seecl, Pre-
vMus to this the field was in potatoes
.and had about four hundred pounds
to the acre of complete fertilizer.
The onion field had one thousand
pounds to the acre of a high-grade
,onion fertilizer. The year the onions
-were planted it was rather dry and
so a good deal of fertility was not
available that year. The year fol-
lowing the potatoes and corn the field
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question Is of 01:nor:al interest It will be pi -lowered though these coltirnnai
if not, it will I .P answered personally If stamped, addressed envelope is en.
closed, Dr. 'tuber will not prescribe for individual cases or make diagnosis.
Address Dr. Jahn 2, Heber, M.D., care of Wilson Publishing Co., 73 Adelaide
Lt. Wev, Toronto
The C'gmetfo Smoker.
A etlima is not rote among. sinek-
ere; the brsathing of euch sufferers
is deepened and quickened, and short-
windedness resolte, The weed pro-
duces by irritation reddened, even
"pink eyes," which io a contagious
affection; or the nicotine, when slow-
ly and continuously absorbed from
the digestive tract may induce—how
often hae it not induced—blindness,
acute or permanent and hopeless. In-
deed, such blinclnes
INTERNATIONAI, LESS,Ofi has come even from tobacco being
JUNE 15. applied to a hollow tooth; in a pa -
tient who took snuff for ten days to
euro a ,cold.
As the first and foremost considera- Prayer—Matt. 6: 5-15. Luke 18: 1-14. The sexual function is impaired in
tion of gag engines is the means of
the tobaceo-poisoned; and the victims
employing their power, the first Golden Text, Phil. 4: . 6. are notably weak -blooded (anemic).
thing a farmer or other user needs And tobacco predisposes the boy to
to know is not only how to make them Matt. 6: 5-15, The Lord's Prayer.
Do notpray, Jesus e,e ,
_ , "as the tuberculosis. The most injurious way
run, but also to understand the van -using tobacco is the cigarette,
ous ways—the best ways —to put hypocrites." They pray "that they of
largely because the filmes are inhaled
them to work. We have' seen anme may be seen of men." They desire
gasoline engines standing out in the to smoke many cigarettes; next comes
open, where - the ownor leaves them heighten their influence among the
people. Better the secret prayer the pipe; especially if it be seldom
through summer and winter, coveringcleaned, and the nicotine allowed to
them up with some frail covering like which God hears, the prayer in which
a blanket or an old box tint leaks, the heart speaks and the soul goes gather; the least injurious is the
cigar. Other things being equal, the
-was planted to corn alonA with a few An engine in such a situation is ter- out to Him in desire and faith. Nor
" or
acres adjoining it, which had been in tainly subject to all the direct in - there need of "vain repetitionsmore excessive the indulgence, the
, is more the smoke is inhaled, and the
potatoes two years ine:, stead of onions duties of the weather, and should! of "much speaking," for God knows
as the, other two acres were. The not,be expected to do good work. It i the need of those who call upon Him younger the "sport," the worse are
. „
yield of corn was nearly a ton better
on the old onion bed than on the
either part. Besides that it was of
better quality and matured early leys, belts, etc., where the engine can Prehensiveness. Calling upon: the
is ' heavenly Father, it pleads for the ever visited. For.adults this plant is
.erieugh to be solid find marketable at rest bolted down to a solid bed, "paratriptics " the savings
once. That, of course, was one res the best arrangement of all, Such it 1 reverence due to His name; for the
• one of the
h. ,h me and also because of the temptation
should bo housed. at all ;tones.
A special engine house, with the
various adaptations of 'shafts, pul-
e -e ec s.
The model prayer which Jesus gave
His disciples is remarkable for its Tobacco has its analogue among
simplicity, its brevity, and its eem_ perhaps every people or, tribe that
r and havo
banks of the tissues, 'Such also are
son. why there was so much difference house can be built at a place con -I coming of His kingdom, for daily
in the yield—it was so well matured venient to all power work it is needed' food, for forgiveness of sins, and for
that it was solid and marketable. The for. It is eo trouble et all to have' deliverance from evil. This is "the
other part of the field was rather the cream separator in a houprayer that teaches to every."
se
ft joining the engine -room and then! Luke 18: 1-14. Parables cf Pray-
• • • " The
par -
And while I am mentioning it I Provide a shafting to run this separa-r -
want to add that here is one point tor. An engine of sufficient power I able Presents an argument from the
about fertilizer that we do not con- to do several things at once is the! less to the greater witness. If the the lettering will come out gray on
eider enough—early maturity, With most profitable plan, and then so ar-1 less proves the cese, how much more the print. If ,figures or letters are
will the greater be! If
me this is worth fully as much as the range the work that it can operate! convdesired directly on the pictures, bi-
incing carbonate of soda, -mixed with enough
large yields. In foct, in many eases marc than one thing' at a time. !the unjust and selfish judge can be
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of having moved by continual pleading that will watef to make it flow from the pen,
not be denied, bow much more will 1.haees a cheap and permanent white
the good and just God be moved to '
act on behalf of His cwn! Men ought, When you have acquired skill in
therefore, "always to pray, and not making pictures the feign papers will
to faint." Faith in God means such Pay you from $1 to $2 each for any
trust and confidence in Him as will Prints they can use. When you get
not despair of His goodness, bat will this far remember to send only clear,
snappy prints printed on glossy pa-
per, and make each one tell a story.
A special implement, new ways of
doing things, threshing day, the trac-
tor in action, ei clay's outing in the
country and filling the silo suggest
the kind of pictures wanted by the
farm papers.
the Calabar Lean, cotoa, arsenic
gentian, strychnine, cinchona, Indian
hemp, alcohol, coffee, tea, The best
reason for saying that these things
are beneficent when judiciously used
is that the demand for them is im-
perative, worldwide, and not to be
denied; and that they certainlY, do
tide an exhausted or a misused or-
ganism over physical and mental
crises. To the beginner in their use
the most of them are nerpalatable;
and it is not Likely they would be
taken in any degree at all were it
not that the moderate and occasional
use of them has been found salutary,
even necessary. But the bodies of
the child, the growing boy, the youth,
are fresh and rich in reserve forces,
in factors of safty, needing neither
tobacco nor any other stimulant.
Surely a substance which can so pro-
foundly affect the immature organ-
ism; ,is like to work—has with de-
plorable frequency worked—destruc-
tive and permanent changes M the
tender organs and tissues.
Questions and Answers.
Question—My niece was bitten by
a large yellow dog last winter and
had her wound treated locally. The
dog was not killed. Please state
whether or not she can get hydropho-
bia during the hot weather of this
coming summer. Please also give the
symptoms and if there is a cure.
Answer—Your niece is safe. If
syinptoms do not arise within a month
after the bite hydrophobia need not
be feared.
quently proved by, photographs taken
of 'the' scene. Write on the hack of
the film or glass negative with a steel
pen and ordinery black or red Mk and
that is just what it means—'larger ere is even
a way
yields because of early maturity. In several beds made for one particular
the short corn seasons that we have, type of engine. In this case the en -
it is a quicker way of getting. an gine is wheeled about on its truck to
early corn than breeding corn up, the required place'where a firm bed
thotegh both methods of course, will ieready, bolted down, and then put
help Just that much more.
to work
I have another instance of the In putting tep shafting and pulleys,
keep watch, wait patiently, and keep
on praying. "Pray without ceasing.'
"The Pharisee" belonged to a sel-
ect society of men who were zealous
of a complete fertilizev' was need to to run very swiftly. The fanning mill .to maintain the ancient lime and cus-
the acre. The onions were fair. The takes a certaia speed, the cream toms of Israel's religion. In their
next year this field and another part separator another, and the pump still origin, one hundred to one hundred
next to it was in sugar beets. The another. It would never do to have and fifty ears before the birth of
total acreage came to about four, I them all the same. You can get the
Christ, they' .were sincere and honest,
required information on all these even if narrow, champions of the an-
tbulgs from the maker of your -
cient faith against Greek and other
en
gine, They know best what their innovations. They became, for a
engines can do. They will be able to time, an active political party, but
Suggest valuable economies in other now, under Roman rule, they were
ways of operation, as well as various chiefly interested in preserving,
uses, which you never dreamed of.
after -value of fertilizer in my own you shouldknow aboutw a :mem
experience. A field of a little over the pulley is required to run to per -
two acres was planted to onions from form the chosen work satisfactorily.
the seed and twelve hundred pounds The wood saw will necessarily have
think. Now, when one looked over the
field during the growing season there
was not much difference to be seen,
hut when you got under the leaves
there was a lob of difference. When
the yield was measured the two acres
that had fertilizer went almost twenty
tons to the acre. To anyone who is
not used to the beet crop let me say
that twenty tone is a mighty satisfac-
tory yield. I have raised slightly less
than ten tons to the acre and thought
it was a fairly good crop. I am sorry
that 1 -can't give the exact yield of
Flour should be sifted just before
used, in making measurements.
controlled purely Jewish affairs of
The slogan of the Canadian Trade
religion and morals. While there were
Commission, "CANADA -PRODUCT,"
still good men among them, many
is to be a guarantee of good quality, were merely wearing a mask of piety
fair price, and all around high level.
and well deserving the name of hypo -
through a display of religious formal-
ity, their hold upon the minds of the
common people,eand their influence
in the great Jewish council which
o
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crite which Jesus more than once ap-
plied to them: They "devoured wid-
ows' houses and for a pretence made
long prayers."
"The publican" was a tux collector,
in the employ of the Roman Govern-
ment, and so was looked upon as a
traitor to, or as an outcast from, his
own people, who hated their subpec-
tion to a foreign power. The Phar-
isee exalted himself in his prayer,
the publican humbled himself. !he
parable illustrates well the saying of
Psalm 51: "The sacrifices of God are
a broken spirit; a broken and a con-
trite kfeart, 0 God, thou wilt not de-
spise." Compare alsii Ise. 57: 15. The
old English poet, Richard Crashaw,
writes:
"Two went to pray? Or rather say
One went to brag, the other to pray.
One stands up close, and treads on
high
Where the other dares not send his
eye;
One nearer to God's altar trod,
The other to the altar's God."
Perhaps no prayer of penitence has
been more often repeated than that
of the publican, and it has often been
the last uttered prayer of the soul
about to meet its God. And it has
many times been the wisest and best
to whose lips it has come. They have
put to the test and have proved the
Savrour's words that "he that hurnbl-
eth himself shall be exalted."
The Camera on the Farm.
The camera es a valuable asset to
the farmer for advertising his farm
and its products. If he has a brood
mare or a valuable bull for sale the
camera will truthfully portray its
image on paper and carry a forceful
message toethe prospective purchaser.
A good photograph with age, pedi-
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bask tells instantly jIlEct what the
critical buyer wants to know.
A dated negative is Undisputable
evidence. Damage accidents are fro-
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After one of PDT hired men had
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that the horses began to look a great
deal better than they- had before.
They not only looked sleeker, but they
took on flesh and did their work more
easily; that, too, without using any
more hay or grain.
It was simply the euro the new
man took of theme, He was always
quiet when around the horses, he
kept the pores of their skin open by
the use of a good comb aud brush,
and he was regular in doing his work.
Seeing these things, I thought it
was no more than fair that I should
say so. And you should have seen
how much higher the hired man step-
ped after that. It was very plain
that my good words had warmed his
heartlie not only took better care
of the horses after that than he had
done; all the work he did on the farm
was better. e
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Farm work is not just a matter ot
taking a teemeto the 'fields and putt-
ing in so many hours p day plowing,
harrowing, seeding, harvesting, or
whatever the task might be. There
are also the chores,, and formers are,
coming to realize more and snore that
vicala1 udr aeo sbi egt httiahmteenits7i nbe
n wtbbe ei wae PIsfi edro, siinsgt
lin the field modern mathinery
employed to save time and labor and
to make possible ehort =ex, so that
fewer hands can do ,the work and.
keep the farm production up to the
standard that has been set for it.'
Why iso't it just as reasonable to
employ short cuts about the barn, in
the chore work as in the regular farm
work in the fields?
A great many farmers are coming
to decide that eib is, and your tip -to.'
date farmer is using modern equip.
ment about the 'farm buildings juet
as ho is using modern equipment ix
the field work. One of the 11105t ince
portant of the time and labor saving
forces he is using to -day is electrie-
ity. Generally he gets it from ontj
of these small, individual electric
plants that can be installed in the
tool house or garage, or in any abet
convenient place about the premfees.
This electricity he uses to light his
home, first of all, of course. Then, if
he and his hands are to work effec-
tively, he will light his barns anti
stables and the surrounding yarcle
Most of the chores in certain seasons
are done after dark, by aid of a
lantern,. More of them would be
done after dark if bright electric
light were provided and that much
more time would be saved for work
in the fields.
Then the 'farmer with electricity
will use electric power to save steps,
save work and save time. He will
use electricity to pump the water.
He will have this water stored under
pressure eo that it is forced to the
faucets, either at the house or barn,
and no pumping or carrying is neces-
sary. If there are many COWS to milk
he will run the milking machine with
an electric motor, and the farm boy
who otherwise would be tempted to
leave the farm to escape an uncon-
genial job will be satisfied to stay
and supervise so interesting an op-
eration as milking by mechanieal
means. Then this electnic power the
farmer will use to turn his grind-
stone, the corn shelter or grinder,
the clippers for clipping horses,
for cleaning seed, for a dozen
different uses that will suggest them-
selves wherever electricity is avail -
Of course, the women folks will not
fail to reap a benefit from it, too, for
besides the modern lighting, the bath
and indoor toilet, that electricity
makes possible, the electric power
gives them the vacuum sweeper, the
electric vibrator with its healthful,
beautifying msseage, and such house-
hold machinery as electric washing.
machines, churns, and the like. Then
there is electric heat for repair jobs.
like soldering, for the electric toaster
'or percolator, for the electric warm-
ing pads for the sick room, for the
flat iron and various devices all cal-
culated to bring comfort, saving or
pleasure to the farm family.
How I Save on Roofing.
"Nearly every year I used to have
an old shed or outbuilding that need-
ed repairing," says a farmer. "This
was especially true of the roofs,
which I noticed were the first things
to go. It seemed to me that I had
more leaky roofs than any other man
in the country, and I always had
some extra expense in the way of
roofing. But I have now found a way
to overcome this trouble and get my
leaky roofs repaired at a much lower
cost.
"If the building happens to be an
old one I never go to the expense of
puttingan shingles or galvanized iron
roofing, because thee, are too costly.
The plain sheet -iron roofings that
are not galvanized are not satisfac-
tory in the way of ,service, After
several years of experience with vari-
ous roofings, I have discovered that
the prepared roofings are the most
serviceable of any, besides being
much cheaper
"When I apply this prepared roof-
ing I never take the trouble to tear
off the old roof fleet, because I have
found it to be much easier and much
more desirable to lay the new roofing
right over the old one. I cut the
roofing into strips so they are con-
venient to handle, end 1 allow enough
in the length so ,they can be turned
down at the- ends. I then cement
them at the laps with roofing cement,
and also nail wooden trips, called
battens, over these laps, making
them more solid, •
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Safety First. • i
A handy method -of dieposak for.
the gasoline tank on the farm is to"
place the tank under proper shelter
underground, with facilities for filling -
the tank from the ,surface and a pump
with which to force the gasoline from
the tank to the automobile gas reser-
voir, Such a system places the gas-
oline out of danger ham a stray
match, and puts it in a place where
children cannot tamper evith it A
force pump which will be very con-
--'1-in temtransferring the gas from .0
-- motor or other
the suppiy tank to
receptacle may be purcimair at i'
sliebt expense,