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¢ AGRICULTURAL TOPICS oo electric incubator and hover. The case 1i8 built in two-inch cork boards re-in- FOR WHIG READERS | Skin Troubles Tn Animals, Skin diseases natur themseives Into those ari causes within those by external influences Mormer are what is known as eruptions, such pot pox, sheep pox, horse pox tions of glander profitable to attempt some of these specific belong-40 and are caused and are only local manifestations ch, for the most part, need only let alone complish their periods vesication, pustulatic tion, and resolution tioned in order to deter o from ap L plying any medicaments, which n do harm and could not do any Cow pox--There is on pocks to which atientior led, because it ance and seldom recog: it really because constitutional effects, ng the cowkeeper ence and consideral Ecarcely any elevation of ture, and hardly any influer milk, pail cows have an e the teats which goes thro slages previously would do so if it fact that the milker calf"s mouth breaks them they have passed out of stage and become more ov within, The waste n passes into the the m feed infants and cause febriie disturbance, put down to teething. Treatment without breaking these must do as we s0 often veterinary matters next best thing. Wha bath. It has often cowkeepers do not get a dirty rag a and bathe teat mess, ubder the faila of the object ' it to obtain a pread y tle or jam-par, and mix the ments in it, and hold it up to the der with the teat complete sed, without mess and without The most suitable tive teat troubles is one cc of alum and glycerine. Alu: an astringent, glycerine a lient; the this sore wi ple. When using a glycerine forms a should not be mopped dry should be allowed to drah the bottle for use next time allowed to dry, by which film of glycerine is left healthy part. The proport pint bottle is 2 dra ozs, of glycerine, filling with water preferably Eczema This means tiom of little vesicles or + ter a preliminary tion, -or merely of redne the naked eye can ses Eezema may occur at i in any species of animals ly always due to s the relation or blood elenients, ed by dietetic most cases by imperfect functior the Kidneys or the performs vicarious {u to do what the kidne; uctories have fajled upon the skin of try which should have § is extremely irrat sweats are weil eal and veterinary very sigaificant. 1 a great change in urea which has bes brain and nerve cent by 'the skin, there from the severer symi time. If, then, these tions are borne in mind, be too hasty in outside to check gkin, but rather elsewhere and rv ward treatment which from only of a simple, allay itehing and from making thing bing and scratehing Treatment of Edze foed, purge with the following; Acid b cent.; glycerine, 10 per RO per cent ;-- B. Cla andl Stock-hreeder di ng from produced of the speciiic COW 1e erup- and Some as the & 1, et ider ye to eruption con "cause they by bodily lines 10 to at desquama are men is of Is, although cau described Were terial IK dist wh Since annot we « vesicle ave to do i wide ly forthe bath vo acting +» keeping jotion part ns of rainw period and ind erro; Some ot 1 liver, Knowi vicarion come prey Tuberculosis And Good Stabling At recent conventions of tuberculosis in our herds frequently mentioned, and ¥ authorities state that the herds Quebec are seriously affected. It well be that the real condition is 4 aggerated not from any desire to ds harm to our herds, but on the gen eral principle that the presence tuberculosis is a herd is a seriou matter, not'only for the affected here & hut for the community as wall But the real practical question is "How are we to deal with tuberculo sis in a herd." Some are of the opinion dominion department should take the matter in hand a law permitting the destruction tuberculous animals, and hy every means within its power put & stop te the spread of the disease. Others on the other hand, maintain that the the subjec has beer 1 the of «+ best means of controlling bevine tu HI ETH Ri bercilosis is to educate the owners of the cattle so that they understand the nature of the disease, the impor- tance of isolation and the value of sanitary' stables. The government CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears ths .. Pignature of vide | It would not be | of papulation, | should make, free of charge, the tu erculin and should advise the | owners how best to deal with a herd | where some of the animals react to | the test. We are of the opinion that {if the dominion department of agri- {culture were to assume charge of the , the where compen alloted, would soon run up sum Moreover, » by thi eliminated, | wit out feature there every likelihood th sooner or later there | would be a recurrence of the disease on af ignorance of the fundamental of animal living Tuberculo true, is some- introduced herd where owner is careful as to the health but the difference be- ults of this man and of owner lies test {campalgn costs, ation {into a {the educative largely this enormous method and feat would be is count of it is into anit #n the re careless in about eradication te orant izol tuerculosis the by afte hi other members of itary methods animals to shows conditions attention is given of the itary the anh are this line of trea ted atter and no ent in which mproven ult of the herd contracted the hitherto been place where onths in the il-known fundamental n constantly vio A heed has bee farmer stable (about SZTOeS ventilated defect « of proper fact ti and greatest f the lightin lack tion and z, in ler how animal under the te which they A writer I five with wi ive conditions are exposed We can for tive live week dave without one constant exchange esh air foul) witl open door or window utlicient - there is for AnD not ovide pt true X tfiere is not enough of ventilation and health of devised, the tem heen installed excellent have are a ror relation he tuberculosis this fact our soon as poss of Agriculture ventilation, should and farmer ble. -- Quebe Weather Dangers. the Warm Ww warm weather nd there tl t even if 1 V ermin care and e paint quite made t« thalene the dr} labellec 101 or d keep procedure nd n« he: the k to and not to sat them all the but arrangs cannot take I'h ipplies nly mois ed outward sir thirst. G water they will drink, & fountain so that they v bath fn it A en's €4 contains 70 per ? contains wi OW nilk the cow a country of raises fine horges 'wenty-five hui hipped at one time . to Mansfield, Il the long » were nto cackling In the had the gees: read that times peient Rome production cent. and hog raising 18s no avorite fad with farmers t looks as it the cackling hen is the ast resort to save Americans fror ecoming tribe of vegetarians, 'Mors hickens and more eggs' should be the slogan of every poultry raiser and a slight advance all along t line will make up the meat shortag Dispose of the hens not to be re- future bréeding purposes onger tained for full moult and fall off in egg produc tion. Feed well for about ten days and they generally bring on the open market 14 to 18 cents a pound, live weight The late-hatched have extra attention shoul: them if chicks paid manner. With the season oi proper at its height and lice and mites chick has a trying time to properiy grow, as had its earlier-hatched pro thers and sisters x on Hatching By Electricity. Poultry raisers may look forward to lessening their duties by utilizing electricity as electrically-heated in- cubators and hovers are now on the market. Where oil-heated chicken- pally inspected to see that the oil supply had not become exhausted or the apparatus was not ou fire, the elactrically-heated devices may be left dnattended, exeept to transfer the newly-hatched chickens from the las ¢vhators to the hovers. The Electrical World describes an { forced with steel corners. ! entirely covered with steel, and "that dropped | i ial | blood during the rapid growth 48 SON, as they commence to go iu; they are expected to develop in the | ithe 1 at & its Te wari: nights and hot: days the smu! | the line gets under its tail, wrap hatching apparatus had to be contin-} The top is the base on which the egg tray stands is made of well-seasoned sypress cov- ered with a thick felt pad. The egg tray is of galvanized steel and has a removable wire mat whieh the ¢Egs repose. A hole in ihe centre al- lows the chicks when hatchied to fadl into wire ket hung on rur rs under the tray. Air is filteje through sil in the felt-pad base ventilating tube extending the rool and attached 'wo cover Jeuds ¢uwu through the hoie in egg iray into the nursery "hamber, The amount of air is varied by means of a sliding cap on the tubes The front of the case is provided with 3 all window to show the interior ai the thermome er to read. units ore contamad in slip info clips, inter Jrle and There ihe y type, and heat parts of heat meany lamp circuit on a A thro the the illow Thé heating the roof ard making renmov pring then nng oi pre equally the ol ert Imray omatically ntroiled hy thermostat gna A heating a ig ndicates when as been opened The hover ha hoard, covered the a roo rol ork with si eal; ides are closed by heavy doubie canvas duck curtains with a 0.5 felt in between and above the heating wnystemn in the inen the he g coils being eath the roof and en wire screen the layer of in antomatie employed tits imilar 10 that bator is used avy Notes Of Interest, say that the compounds are broken up, during rm by the rapid growth minute germs that live in the soil and that it is due to the pre ot the clover root ol to seciire germs on the he plant | » amount of nitrogen able uch wild cherry their shade close for rit of the y used to eldom con and the rip pests. The if eat stock, some cause poisoning The best to do with a wiid cherry tree, de i vbsolutely needed, t down let the nourish- round be sup- that will IL the only use of m farm 1s tree far a or are not 3 The wild erry | yeeasiona make but it is sidered worth picking, cherries draw insect en by where other ening f h times thi f the s leaves not is to eu ar ment from the ¢ t saps plied to some or crop grass e more beneficial 1s may be fed to swinewith mixed with some like corn or barley or is apparent when it is contain nearly as cerbahydra in fat Cull § good results if food Thi tood that beg much protein for good tarchy potatoe under twice as starch results ould be about the ther carbohy hh of pro nay cooked be nade by 1 1° or beans with corn or/barley y of one pound yf corn or barley, or two grains. It is well to feed in The form of thick from the kit should be heans to mixture of a water waste skimmilk freely with beans Salt soft pork result lone produce disorders frequently eeding a heavy ration of beans, fermentation and or the for n the stomach ang charcoal kept in to absor' A tl little n pens is good gases of feeding and intestines a resuit he beans not| neces tile ( Conglung arly different a rea ean 1 CAUSE nn on tu a chronic give : uspicion of erculosis where there is no other cause apparent Tuberculosis in cattle capnot always be detected by the physical condition A diseased animal may be very fat sr very thin. The tuberqulin test is only reliable means of detecting tuberculosis, except in rare co ye the cases feeding of dry cows and : that must build up the frames ind give titutional vigor to the young calves is the true foundation of improved dairy cows. Yet the av erage dairyman feeds his pregnant and heifers the refuse of his The best h wheat bran and oil is fed to the cow are giving milk. The very ele- ments that are needed by thé cow at The heifer on cow farm linseed meal ! this period are withheld. Carbonace- ous foods, which give heat and fat, age but little neéded to supply nour: ishment to the foetus. Simply mater- to bring up bone, muscle and and development is needed . 'to gipurisi the unborn calf When wooden or concrete floors ised, sufficient bedding should be that the cows may rest and that surface damp absorbed are upplied n comfort will SO ness be Warts on eattle or horses may be removed by applying castor oil well rubbed in twice a day for a week or | two. Rating warts out with acids does { not castor oll root and satisfaction, and them give seems to destroy branch To break a horse of kicking when a cloth around the crupper until it is three to four inches thick. The horse will not notice the line if it does get under the tail, and therefore it wil not kick. . Be always on your guard around even the gentlest bull. He may he like the gun that wasn't loaded. Keep your hands soft with vase line and you will net hurt the cow so much as with hard and horny ones Dark stables are frequent causes of weak-eyed horses. Let plenty of light into the stables A small flock of sheep on every farm will much more thsth pay its way ; " ' in the pro-' which form in the stomach | Properly managed, a flock of sheep! is always profitable. | If many sheep are kept. it is best to divide thew into small flocks i If an oversupply of milk is caused' by flush pastures, the ewes should be returned to the pens or dry feed for a few days, or a part of each day for a time 3 A close watch should be had to keep the lambs growing rapidly, and this can only be done by féeding the ewes skilfully Crop rotafion glone will not main- tuin fertility; it is only the first es- seutial. Legume growing and manu- ring form an exceedingly important part of the plan. The most profitable results de- pend on good crops is a waste of time and laboy According to the dapartment of agriculture, to produce pork profit- ably hogs must feed and graze con- tinuously on pastures and crops par- ticitlarly planted for them Very seldom is the growing of hogs for slaughter a source of profil unless proper grazing and feeding methods are followed. In the spring summer and fall there are many crops for pasturing hogs, but during the win- ter is expensive, and generally it is not profitable, tor the reason that large quantities of corn are fed with-, aut products of green crops winter grazing is needed for which many crops are adapted. The most reliable @ rape, rye wheat, and bar iey. For azing purposes these pas turing crops for hogs should be sown onyepecifically well drained and pre- pared land that is either rich or has refeived/a liberal application of ma nee Jdiood winter pasturage is not oftainable except on the best drathed lands Thete is such a thing as being too cientific in farming as sometimes the sceientific part absorbs the profit. Produ And Prices. Kingston, Aug 6.--1The lerk reports the following : Meat, bea, local, carcase, caronse, outs, lle, to 2dv.; 124c. and Me; live hogs, $3.75; dress ed hogs, ldo; to llc; lamb, by carcase, 30; beef, 14¢. wo 10¢., by 'carcase. Dairy--Butter, creamery, d0c.; prints 27c.; eggs, Vegeluntes 10e cabbage, narket veal, 5¢ western 24c. Unions; bunch; eels, Sc. per a sbunch; in pod, Se to bush. bunch; LLL dozen; pars doz. ra rhubarb, Je. a cucum £1 be. ley, a dishes, ac doz.; peas quart; ers, Se ic. each; potatoes ta %1.10 a R. H. { herries, thus : 'basket; to loye 0c to 20¢. doz.; oranges, 15 tomatoes, 3 lbs. for two for 26c.; gooseberties watermelons, Sc. to to 40¢ quotes fruit $l a cantelopes 1c. quart; each; California peaches, 30 v doz.; pears, 3e. 40 40c. st apples, 50¢c. a peck; 15¢. a box; thimble box. w- MoFarlane, Brook street, doz.; a harve black herrie 17 a Ji As re More! He; | mutton, | 25¢.; | $l berries, | ports grain, Hour and feed selling as | lollows : Oats, 5he bushel; per bush.; wheat, vellow feed bushel; bakers' £275 to $3; farmers' flour to § Hungarian patent, oatmeal, $3.75 ewt.; rolled oats, per 90 lbs; ton;. shorts, per ton per rot flor $2 0 7 96.50 ton; baled straw pressed straw, $9 a ton presses bay, ¥15; ground and cracked corn, 81.70 cwt.; molassive meal, &1 {90 ewt.; buckwheat, 90c. bush. \ The Dominion Fish company reports fhe following prices : Whitefish, 150 Ib.; pike, 12ic. Ih: blue , 180. Chinook salmon, 30c. per pound: resh haddock, 124c. per pound; steak cod, 12§c.: salmon trowi, i5¢. per 1b; "mackerel, 15c. per lb. pickerel, 1c Ib.; kippers, te | per fozen er ------ Vith The Enemy. In this waf, Germany apd in favor The very grpat superiority land's naval' force makes it able that Germany's fighting ships can keep open her North Sea ports Russia is self-supporting, England is seli-supporting, France. if the Ger man fleet be destroyed, will be self- supporting, for both France and Eng- land ean draw.upon the world's sup ply foodstuffs. With, her Sea blockaded Germany depend upon her own crops for subsistence. There are which make in her foes of © Eng improb- ol of coast have to and stores considerations whet her many ecem doubtful 8 respect to Luxemburg attacking France force England to take arms agamst her. Her invasion of France is ag gression pure and simple, but it is an act of aggression undertaken in the pursuance of many of her obvious pur poses in going to war. Russia. had to be stopped from intefering. with Austria, but it was even more im- portant for Germany to check * the visibly growing military strength of France, a power which every year has made soihe advance toward a position where she might, when the qpportuoity came, count with some donfidence upon the recovery of lost provinces. Germany's immense tied "im Belgium, and by military strength, with her disposition | fo use it LO make troublesome neigh- | bors keep their subordinate place, has raised | The role she has played | sharpfoed the weapons now against her in the series of events that led up to this war. shows that England dread of the might of Germany. And Holland. Belgium and would tremble for their territory and their independence should hotoms absolutely dominant in Bu rops, too powerful to he ealled to accor by inv nation on combination "I've lent Grimpus my garden hose. my lawn mower, my phono- graph and my safety ragor, but I had to refuse his last request." "What did he wont." 81.15} corn, | $3.00; | 5 cornmeal, £2.10 cwt.; bran | 13¢.: | time will work against | North | would | her | and | France certainly, to a less degree Rus- | sin, had good canse to stand in souie | Switzerland | Germany | | | ! | | | "He wanted to borrow my photo- | graph to carry on a flirtation by mall." ~ Birmingham (Ala) Age Herald. 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