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by agronomist th ce for th uao of our farm readers who want the advlee pert on any question regarding soil seed crops etc if your question or sufficient general interest it will be answered through this column lamped and addressed envelope is enclosed with your letter a complete answer will fce iralld toyou address agronomist care of wilson publlshlnj j 73 adelaldo 8t w toronto ltd save farm manures animal manure is the only uni versal fertilizer to be had yet in some poorly favored countries ma nure must bo used as a fuel and in some sections of our own country manure is burned instead of being spread on the land but even in sec tions where the value of manure is appreciated there are thousands of farms where half or more of the available supply is unintentionally burned up before the landowner sets ready to use it as it should be used manure furnishes humus it also supplies plant food it both adds and stimulates bacterial life in the soil for one or the other of these three reasons or perhaps for ail three the use of manure on land increases crop growth and because the value of the increase produced is practically al ways greater than the cost of apply ing the manure it is good business to save and use manure as a fertilizer to some fertilizer men it may seem that manure is a competitor of fertil izer but this is not the case manure and fertilizer are two very different things they are supplementary but which fertilizer is supplementary to manure it may be used to balance the plant food ration furnished by- manure it may be used to piece out the inadequate supply of manure in fact it may even be used to grow those crops from which more manure is made or to replace manure by the growing of green manuring crops before taking up these several points however let it be clearly understood chat the better the use made of man ure the greater the opportunity for the fertilizer industry use and of clover green oats vetches for silage we wish to impress upon the live stock men of eastern canada the necessity of making plans to have sufficient green forage crops avail able to fill their silos in ease their corn srop is not up to the standard as happened last season wo do not for one moment wish to discourage the raising of corn as timely thing3 about stock try a few beets carrots or luiy other root crop for the stock this year army horses averaged 230 each at an english sale not long ago the highest price paid was 408 the cream separator with its many parts requires daily washing and scalding to keep bad odors from de veloping clipping the horses when shedding begins means comfort to the horse and may prevent overheating with resultant chills and colic nothing keeps hogs well and thrifty so cheaply as good oldfash ioned exercise to bring that about is often quite a problem a cov ered and wellsheltered outside yard placed in yard or stable until after the evening milking is finished when they can again be turned to pasture for a few hours more building up permanent pastures fertilizing pastures should be looked upon as a permanent invest ment in a class with fences and buildings rather than a reason for 333hir tal jmijoj dr huber vill answer all signed letters pertaining to health meralinterest it will be answered throush these colunvos question is of genera expecting full pay and a profit the if not it will be answered personally if sumped addressed envelope is en- season they are applied says a dc- closed dr huber will rot prescribe for individual coses or make d nos partment specialist no system of farming maintains fertility once in a soil as does grazing with beef cat tle or sheep there are many pas tures which have been grazed con tinuously for about fifty years and appearances are better than address dr john b huber mid care of wilson publishing co 73 adelaide st vest toronto details in infant feeding i breath of life it is the combination almost all breast fed infants give of oxygen with foodstuffs tha mae very little trouble but it requires j the body grow we give w the greatest care to avoid trouble 1 food at regular intervals but of 0x3 with bottle fed infants in those s it must have a continuous uv cases much rarer than is generally tyfour hour a day meal and that cost more than a half ton of ice foot and mouth disease broke out in england recently this is the sec ond time within six months that the disease has appeared there veterin arians and stock owners in canada should keep a sharp watch for the disease docked lambs sell highest if dock ed wlien ore week old lambs will not suffer from bleeding hot pincers are often used for cutting off the tails and when used the searing prevents turn it upside down slip cr vals scattering a little seed among weeds and brush is usually a waste j of time and money the results obi tained are not at all comparable toj those where a seed bed with fertilia- tion has been prepared before seed- ing bag cungs ider other things after each bottle feeding the out doors and all the windows thrown open it fan mu 1 be vvith attention ic t solutioi tissc f n infants feeding i uccc3s boiled water or boric acid there must be the regular daily bath oflen turre by which the skin is made to funcj tion properly a moderate amount j of crying should be encouraged ra- ther than suppressed for thus arc ho sacks much grain the lungs developed after feeding alone will welcome this take an the infant should be laid down it old bucket rd remove he bottom j should not be picked up because it a hoop cries but a change of position often grain the farmer holder questions and answers xi what is the different between chronic arthritis and rheum atoid arthritis 2 would a sufferer from cither disease be injured by living in a house which hai sewer gas in the corn is one of our most valuable for- bleeding a sharp knife can be used which is about an inch less in diamj makes it comfortable walking pat- age crops in many sections of east ern canada corn is also a crop that is very useful for the cleaning of our cut between the joints one inch orjeter than the largest end of the ting rocking and bouncing an infant less from the body j bucket and fasten the bucket to the j are undesirable procedures they the grass taste in milk can be ceiling by two wires slip the mouth 1 dont relieve pain and they further fields of weeds and putting the soil almost entirely prevented if the cows of the bag over the bucket and push tire the nervous system the infants not antagonistic fertilizer cannot on i ir cultivated properly in the best are allowed to graze for only a few j the hoop down over it ibis will held the mothers and the neighbors most farms fulfill all the duties of possible for the succeeding hours daily during the first few the bag securely and the more grain abundant sleep at regular hours and animal manure neither can manure crop but in eastern canada corn is very furnish all of the plant food needed by the nations crops furthermore waste of manure is an economic loss the chances are dollars to dough nuts that in the long run those farm ers who allow manure to waste ar the ones who very shortly will have no money with which to buy fertil izer good practice in conservation and application of manure goes hand in hand with sound practice in the use of fertilizer let us take for illustration a prac tice all too common that of allow ing the manure pile to remain loose and open for weeks even for months before spreading just as well mav the farmer set a torch to the pile for just as surely will it be burned up and destroyed with both organic matter and ammonia lost to the winds of the heavens the value of the in crease in crop which this might bring is lost and to this extent the farmer is less prosperous and less able to improve his agriculture on the other hand uppose the farmer practices the simple expedient of either applying the manure when fresh as can be done in large sec tions of the country or if it must stored for any length of time keep packed and moist thus preventing destructive heating the cost is very little the saving in humus is immense the prevention of loss of ammonia is even still more important those farmers who follow the last practice can keep their soils alive in good condition and in such shape as to make the best possible use of fertil izer on the other hand those farm ers who waste manure fertilizer at a disadvantage with loss alike to themselves and to all those industries depending on agriculture for their prosperity there are a number of i weeks they are turned to pasture you pour in the tighter it will hold 1 feeding are the infants main busi- phis should be during the early part it when full raise the sack to loosen ness in life let there be reasonable uncertain in certain sections on ac count of the late frosts in spring and early frost in autumn which pre vent its maturing sufficiently to make the best silage however there are other crops that thrive and do very well in these districts and that make the best of silage when harvested at the proper time one of these is ouri red clover plant which makes ver palatable and nutritious silage the first cut of clover of the day then they should be it by helen johnson keves free play for arms and legs the everyday marvels of its suroundirgs are sufficient stimuli for the infants brain development when we think of nourishment we seldom take into account its most important element oxygen the very which are homemaking are thes3 go- there are some day j very dark for mothers the darkest ing to fatigue me to such an extent if of them all are those when tender- as to rob me of time and a compan- 5 made about ness and love disappear under cloud ionable mind and an untircd body to cellar 3 to whom should one go to find out whether sewer gas really is pre sent in the cellar answer- i chronic arthritis is any form of inflammation of the joint rheumatoid arthritis is chron ic joint disease without wasting and deformity and loss of power 2 anybody would be likely to suf fer from such a condition sewer gas being one of the most pervasive of gases 3 to your local health officer he would make the proper tests to de termine its presence or absence s i iii devote to my children if the last of june for hay the second of temper and irritation cutting can be utilized very nicely although motherhood is divine they worth more than what i could for the silo and another point in mothers are human there are few give directly to my children out of favor of using the second cutting for- if any who do not at times lose self- the same amount of time and silage is that it is very often difficult control treat their children with unj strength to dry it sufficiently to make the best due severity nagging and scolding a certain variety of food is neces- of hay at this late season j then how deep is the sorrow and how sary to i and must be prepared oats and vetches can also be grown unfortunate are tie results for alj but beyond this point variety is usu- vcry successfully for silage sow at though it is not wise to exaggerate ally hurtful one kind of potato one rate of two bushels of oats of a evil effects or to become morbid over kind of meat and one kind of pie are stronggrowing stiff straw variety our shortcomings nevertheless such j better than more kinds at one meal do leave clothes are promoters of self respect and every one is better off bushel vetches per acre cut in autumn 1 the cry of the old persian roetfo yieing able to appear appropriate as soon beginning to show anyj finds an echo in our discouraged h dressed but unused garments in hearts closet merely double labor for they 0 love could you and i with him j must be made over before they are conspire worn out and wreck this sorry scheme ofi dust though certainly it is never things entire j healthful or refined is yet preferable would we not shatter it to bits and in small quantities to temper in large yich as storm king or alaska one days if they occur often ijeck of spring rye and onehalf ugly scars growing good tomatoes i moving a stove the tomato is net a hard crop to here is how my neighbor moved grow and yet there are some years a big stove alone he made a plank when we have had trouble with them frame for the lange to rest upon and there are some things about underneath the frame he fitted a rol- their growth that makes for more j ler crosswise just a single roller in certainty that are not as generally 1 moving the range he simply placed known as might be there is one fai- the device under it and balancing it lacy that has kept many from having upon the roller it was moved through the best success and that is that to- the yard upon the wagon over boards matoes will not bear on rich soil it j and unloaded similarly with this is natural that such an idea should device one man can do more than four 1 1 signs of turning this crop can be cat with a binder or with a mowing machine and raked and put into siio as soon as possible after cutting as it will conserve better our experience at the lennoxville station has been that there is more milk in clover oats and vetches silage pound for pound than in immature corn clover silage is much relished by stock and has proven very useful in conjunction with other feed for hogs in using clover or oats and vet- ches for silo it is best if possible to use their iun through cutting box and harvest then remold it nearer to the hearts desire that is what we all long to do remold the world nearer to our quantities the laws of health do not care whether the kitchen floor shines white but they will set your nerves hearts desire then we should not on ed lf j have added one to any more be cross to our children j m y day 1 i mothers in dealing for we should not have to do work which we hate or do any work long er than our strength lasted and ways before the corn as the weight of the crossness is born of fatigue we could corn on top will cause it to settle be good and gentle and when night properly and keep it in the best condition possible experimental farms note several years ago while visiting a large commercial poultry plant i noed small roosts erected in the col ony houses for birds not more than six and eight weeks old the poul- tryman had started to teach the young chicks to roost although they were hardly old enough to leave the protection of the stove brooder since then i have tried to leach our chicks to roost at an early age and find that it has many advantages after the chicks learn to roost all danger from overcrowding is over ovei causes colds duo to the heating at night and the quick chilling which follows when the chicks ub nut on the ground early in the noring after the chicks learn to roost it is easier to protect them from mites and lice mites may easily become established in a brooderhouse floor and then they are difficult to exterminate but if the chicks are on roosts and the wiremesh covered frames fit the corners with an incline of a foot above the floor keeps the chicks from piling up and allows air to circulate below the chicks that sleep on the frames not over three inches above the highest part of the wiremesh incline i place roosts and the chicks soon get ike habit of roosting dont forget the garden dont forget to include the home i came face without humiliation the memory of the day which had pas sed it seems altogether right to desire a world in which we could be made t always gentle always loveable and ood and influence our children to be so too yet we arc not permitted to shat ter to bits the scheme of life and all that we can remold are our own j habits it is astonishing how many improvement- we can make in those wa u our companionship if instead of accepting consequences i j lo have mora f hnner and helplessly bewailing our faults bna w u the darkest corner of with our children we are dealing with life and death life and death of character the pleasures of gluttony last only for a moment the pride of material possessions except as these create the joyful spirit of home is without value the characters of our children are eternal we have brought our boys and girls into this earthly life which gives them their opportunity so to grow in strength and purity that they shall become worthy of heaven shall wo neglect them in order to lay up a little more money shall we set about correcting our habits and thus changing consequences i have spoken of temper as being born of fatigue that is true and at first thought the fact seems a ter rible injustice because usually our fatigue is created by the fulfilment of our duty or at least what wc con sider our duty why is it fair cry our outraged hearts lo punish us for working hard surely we de- garden as one of your main lines of work the coming season if you have not already made your plans for a garden do so at once silect fertilize and prepare your ground as soon as possible the seed supply should also be looked after and ord5 j and refreshment not eri at the earliest possible date in fatigue fatigue is illogical for it order to prevent disappointments and mak us do a result of hay- delays in planting see that the done good it is destructive for garden includes a good variety ofi humiliates u by breeding out- k b bursts of temper which cause us to vegetables and also plant it so that b 1 injure and alienate our children t will continue to work for you and j liuta arc we alwavs roosts are occasionally painted with wi c t ve quite sure of the nobility of our mo- jtcrbmiib oil or other good disinfect- ta throughout the entire summer worki too h do we ant it will practically ejiminate thej and tj iff uot for instance sometimes prepare a greater variety of food than is nec essary impelled let us admit it by r ijouu ii iy elimini are t too v j abandoned after the first crop ofi if brooder chicks are vt taught vegetables is harvested in the sum to roost after they leave the protccj mcr tion of the artificial heat they will c- always crowd into the corners when settling down for the night and this causes a devitalizing effect on the destroy grasshoppers winter wheat anl clover cannot be tweaker members of the flock wc grown with any success in fields often think that little chicks are ra- overrun with grasshoppers cow ther senseless in this mnttor of j cannot give any quantity of milk if crowding but they arc simplv folniost of their food is devoured by lowing their natural instinct from theso pests bread is dependent on the time they were hatched they have grain but grain is not plentiful always gone under the hen at night where the hoppers abound improved and after they get older they still i varieties of farm produce taste just j try to keep it up with the hen gone as good to these insects as do the thev craw under each other con- j common varieties no community sequenlly getting themselves into can prosper when the farmer the la small corner of their enclosure foundation of prosperity is nearly the oro underneath jy smother 1 to prevent such clanger ir enclosure i foundation of prosperity is nearly will probab- eaten out of house and home the i grasshopper is truly a limiting fac- r i find that tor and it must be eliminated vanity of our cooking do we not sometimes wear ourselves out with an unnecessary amount of sewing impelled by a desire to appear a little more industrious than our neighbors as a matter of fact excessive fatigue fatigue which exhausts our nerves is a violation of the laws of health and these laws go on operating inex orably punishing us for the abuse of our bodies whether our motives are noble or not the law has no re ward for what wc thought was self- sacrifice but only chastisement for our disobedience to the laws of body and mind law ever acts according to law in view of this fact should not mothers weigh the importance of the various acts of housekeeping and every closet but allow to develop in our own hearts the germs of bad temper which drive our children from us the children who have not mother- who are comrades and homes which they enjoy are likely to drift into evil places when they pass through those stormy changes which carry them from childhood into maturity then when it is too late wc mourn and perhaps pity ourselves because our children have gone wrong it is not after all the bottomless misery of our own wounded love which matters it is the loss of eter nal life to the souls which wc brought into the world and for whom wo arc accountable to god our children need us at every age sometimes it is true they need most to have us let them alone so that they can explore life and develop self- reliance in order to know when such hours arc at hand a mother must be in closest sympathy with her chil drens development and when she stands aside they will be all the more conscious of her love and ready to come back to her confidence wc cannot be perfect sometimes we shall be cross and sometimes wo shall nag but let it he as seldom as possible for these things inflict a real injury a part of the laundry- can remain unironcd while wc refresh our spirits and make ourselves com panionable for our children whose souls are immortal it is not easy for a conscientious housekeeper to seem to neglect her work but when we must choose let us put the really living work first be formed when certain methods have been followed but the fault was with the methods and not the rich soil the fruit of tomatoes calls for an abundance of phosphate and potash and any lack of these elements will result in smaller fruit and less of it while an excess of nitrogen will pro duce a heavy vine growth this does not indicate that the soil should not be rich in nitrogen but that a cor responding amount of the other ele ments should be provided also for many crops this would not be so es sential but it is with tomatoes then the use of fresh manure the same year that the tomatoes are set will produce a very rank soft growth nor should any nitrogen manure be added late in the season for the vine growth should be encouraged at the begin ning of the season before fruit begins to ripen there arc several types of toma toes and each has its advocates for home use earliana is a favorite with market gardeners chalks early jewel ripens right up to the stem without any cracks the blue stem early or king edward is about the finest early pink tomato and stands shipment remarkably well staking and pruning will make the fruits better and earlier but it is up to the grower to decide whether it will pay to do it it takes lots of time and does not increase the yield very greatly to do it select two or three main canes and keep all the side branches cut out not allowing them to grow beyond where one bunch of bloom sets the canes are kept tied up to the stake and in good soil will grow to five or six feet in height men lifting at the corners w e j febtiilseb 1 ardbns lawns flowers x complete fertilizer write georszss stevens peterborough ont- series up in marathon 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