Nd For 'By Agronouust. This Department ts for the use of our farm readers who want the advice Of an expert on any question regarding soil, seed, crops, ete, If your saga is of sufficient general interest, it will be answered through this column. stamped and addressed envelope is enclosed with your letter, a complete answer will be mailed to you, Address Agronomist, care of Wilson Publishing Go, Ltd, 73 Adelaide St W., Toronto. _ Breeding, Feeding and Weeding The ke Dairy Herd. The systematic breeding of the _ dairy cow is a subject that should ; ° _ of considerable interest to the von-| férving to a chart giving the composi- eral farmer. The high prices receive} Uon of the various feeding materials, "butter and cheese duving the) it is a simple operation to figure out Past season, and the prospect tat the what proportiow of the different food business will be equally présperous! Stuffs at hand are required to make for another year, should bé an ivneens;UP & balanced ration, Having gone tive to use every avatlatle means for| this far, we must consider the age inereasing the "profits. This doeg{.of the animals we are feeding. Young not necessarily mean that we should; animals require food richer in protein ' ¢ i about onepart of protein to six of Carbohydrates and fat gives the best esults in feeding. This relation is as the nutritive ratio. - Thus by re- 3 Ne Ma te ie mtn The shepherd having in mind; Easter lamb production - must not for- get the fact that he is aiming to pro- duce a delicacy at a time when it is most difficult to place it on the mar- ket. His object is, to have his lambs in the choicest possible condition. at Easter time. This entails more ex- pense in the way of buildings and feed than spring lamb raising, but this extra cost may be overcome by the handsome returns obtained for the product. Given a market within reasonable distance, where special prices may be obtainedy Easter lamb production frequently proves a pro- fitable side line. Unless this special market is forthcoming it is not ad- visable fo attempt this branch of 'the sheep business. / One of the greatest difficulties to be encountered is the tendency of ;most ewes to conceive in the fall of spring. The Dorset Horned ewes increase the number of cows in our| than older animals, as they are build- herds, In "act, it would more often| ing up new bone and muscle. A be found wiser to dispose of several, | dairy animal should be so fed from The funcUon of a good dairy, birth to maturity, as to encourage a cow to produce economically, large' Yapid growth without acquiring a of mvilk and when = she/ tendency to put on fat. To grade ceases or fails to do this, her useful-| UP a herd successfully it is necessary ness as a source of profit is gone, [%| to keep a record of the yield of each will not perhaps, be untimely to dis-| cow. Not only are we able to weed out cuss in brief several points in con- nection with this question, submit-| unprofitable ones by so doing, but the ex~' utility of such records are of great ting conclusions from personal perience and observation, In order} importance ag 4 guide to the feeder. to get the best results out of dairy; By their aid one is able to tell what cattle there are three essential fea-! any particular cow is doing and thus tures which may be concisely stated:' judge the ration for each according- Breed, feed and weed. Usually if ly This will often result in feeding one is to procure a herd of good pay-| more economically. The writer's ex- ing cows he must breed them himself, perience in this connection has been as only in very rare instances will he| very satisfactory. By using the be able to purchase such from his! scales we have been able to increase or decrease the ration, as circum- neighbors. In almost any herd there are a number of good individuals stances might warrant. It is some- which may serve as a foundation. By times urged that such gq system of using good judgment in the selection keeping records entails too much of a bull of the proper dairy type and Sticking to the same breed a few years will show considerable --pro- gress. In selecting a sire particular attention should be paid to his dam. Provided, as an individual he is sat- isfactory, and has good _ breed{ng, based on performance, he is aimost certain to get good calves. If it were only more generally realized, how true is the adage that, the bull is half the herd, there would be more attention paid to the principles breeding and their application. No cow is capable of doing 'her' best without proper food. The feed must largely depend on the surround- ing conditions, such as the adaptabil- ity of the land to produce the neces- Sary crops, or the price at which they | can be bought to advantage in the, market. Whichever method may be pursued, there are certain principles of feeding that should serve as a guide in compounding a ration, judg- ment being used in applying them to suit individual' requirements. All fodders are composed chiefly of pro- tein, carbohydrates and fat. The first of these nutrients goes to form | the hide, hair, hoofs, horns and mus- ele, and also enters largely into the formation of milk, The other two go to produce heat, energy and fat. It has been found by experiment that ing a dairy herd. - H hiet quantities tain the best milkers. This may in 'a measure be true, but when weigh- ing is practiced in connection with a rand in sections where patrons are in a herd will be discovered milkers, But the objections in re- gard to time, labor, ete., have never, to our knowledge, been made by any person who has given the system a fair trial. A spring balance is placed in <a ne also the record sheets. When a cow is milked it only takes a few seconds to hang the pail on the spring bal- ance, which instantly 'denotes 'the weight of the milk plus the pail which, of course, has to be deducted before the record is made. Another ed is the interest it creates in those jengaged in the work, hence better 'eare and more comfort to the cows. In short, we find it a most important --6 OFfo952 ate The pig that makes a profit for the owner must be strong and thrifty from the start. The number in the litter and the vigour and size of the pigs are features that may be largely | controlled by the management and feeding of the sow during the gesta- tion period. Try to avoid the use of a "scata- wag" boar; keep'a type in mind and look for_strength, length and quality. He showldeke neither over-fat nor too thin. Both conditions in the sire at breeding will likely mean a disap- pointing litter,--thin, weak, unthrif- ty pigs. The boar should be well fed, vigorous and hard from plenty of exercise, The sow at breeding time should be in good flesh or, in any case, ris- ing in condition, Particularly, in the sow, avoid a too-thin or an over- fat condition. With either of these present it is useless to expect a successful litter. Breed the sow as late in the period of heat as possible, ---with average individuals on « the second day. -..All evidence points to the truth of 'the statement that a larger litter will result. With both sire and dam at breeding ' two features. are of paramount im-- portance--exercise and conservative feeding. Over-feeding is,:first,. a direct loss of an increasingly valuable commodity. Further, such practice is ruinoug to the unborn pigs. Sur- prising though it may be, more lit-| Lerg would seem to be ruined through over-kindness than from neglect. ( | Make three rules in' feedingy and earing for the bred sow. \ 1. Supply a shelter; a well protected shed or a eabin will do, provided it is dry, well «bedded and that it will house three stalks may be gathered, oes gr four individuals. 2. Give the sows| At the end of the season the plants - geeess to a paddockfor barnyard; ar- will be exhausted, but if living. when ange that they not only can, but the garden can be worked in the must, take exercise in order to get spring they can be planted out and their food. 3. Supply these food re-, will revive and in a year or two be --quisites:--succulent feeds, roughages,! as strong as ever, mineral requirements and a light Sete Meh ha 'meal ration"earefully fed. Pruning Currants. In detail, the following vation is The only pruning currants require : as Man-; is to occasionally cut out the old wood : 1 and shorten the most vigorous of the -va¥, or turnips and potatoes cooked, young growth. HH too many shoots 5 to 10 pounds daily, Alfalfa or appear and the plants become crowd- : hay, well curéd and of the best, ed, a portion of them should be cut ty, fed in racks kept constant-| out, so the air and sun may reach Jy Meal in the {Brm of bran, those remaining. All dead and dis- nd shorts, equal parts, or ground) eased shoots should be cut out every ORES. and shorts, equal parts, (parti-! year and the most vigorous ones pre- ; 7 y for the young. sow), 2 to 4°) served, pounds daily. Barley may be used | ulso, sparingly. In -general, avoid} cept. as on In conclusion, puré, fresh, dry air, no matter if frosty, never killed "or harmed a healthy pig accustomed to it gradually. Warm stuffy, damp-- "comfortable'--quarters have caused |more crippled sows and ruined more |litters than all other causes combin- ed. Be guided accordingly. Mill feeds of all kinds are scarce and high- priced. Feed them sparingly, but make the fullest use of roots and clover hay. he Plants Benefited By Freezing. Rhubarb roots should be frozen be- fore they are taken into* the cellar for forcing. They can be planted in soap boxes and the boxes left out- side until after good, hard freezing weather, when they can be taken in- to the cellar where there is moder- ate heat, and growth will begin at once, : In digging rhubarb roots the whole root should be dug, but unless care- fully done the spade will cut off a good portion of the roots. A garden fork is better than a spade to use in ' digging them, The roots can be placed 6n trash from the garden and covered with more of the same ma- terial and planted after they have been frozen if it is desired to handle them in this manner, A cellar having a temperature of 50 to 60 degrees is the best place to grow them. Most cellars are dark enough to force the growth ef the plants, but if the room is light an up- turned box should be placed over them. The soil must be kept moist. A barrel is a good thing to grow rhubarb in. Put eight or ten inches of soil on the bottom; on this place the plants and fill up about them with soil, Set them out to freeze, after which the Barrel is removed to the cellar and in three or four weeks the / oots, ecommendéed,---R. such : gels and sugar beets, pulped and fe - ore Bp, ane When the ground is frozer hard, a quarter of the top dressing of manure on wheat _dess. Mineral . te-} fields will increase the yield sufficient "the for of ashes, to make the operation profitable. chareoal, ete, should be een meee ssible during the win-] Look over farm and parden imple- c pigs, or those lacking' ments new, If any parts are needed "in evidenee of bony structure, usual-} order them at once, to make sure of _ @y owe such condition to a tack of; having the toels complete and ready --miuncra: requir¢ment.in the sow's 'a-|fo# business when wanted next et x spring, t as Vor 45 ae occas trouble, and is unnecessary to ascer-; systematic use of the Babcock test, | paid according to the butter-fat con-'| tent of their milk the testing of in-| dividual cows is of no little import-| ande. Not infrequently, the cow that | yields the smallest quantity of milk | by. the | of test to be_as profitable as; or more| | profitable, than some of the heavy | feature 'that should not be overlook-| factor in building up and maintain-} ;are an exception to this rule. Un- like other ewes 'they will breed at al- | most any time of the year. The Dor- Set ewe is an excellent mother pro- ; ducing frequently three lambs, -- She | is a good milker, and, when well fed, her lambs usually make quick gains. For this reason the Dorset fills a 1 U lambs. When the lambs are intended solely fer meat purposes, it is not impera- tive that a Dorset ram be'used. A 'compact, good quality, early matur- |ing ram-of any of the mutton breeds lis satisfactory. The ewes ghould be bred by' July |should dress from forty. to fifty pounds each. Most sheepmen never | wean the lambs but finish them as | quickly as possible, A creep should |be arranged where the lambs. are taught to feed at an early date. A | two parts bran, two parts oats, fone part cileake. Cracked corn la little barley may be added to ration the lambs learn to more freely. Some succulent should aso be supplied liberally to the young lambs as well as the moth- ers. ter be placed within Ach. Lerge runs are not demazd- ed, but diy, light, clean quarter : ssential for the best success. ng of | tire proposition is necessary iit a success. The breeding in early summer, and the winteri res ni Cat as showld Very careful managi the en- to make of very small lambs require consid-| lerable skill. Not only is the food | cost higher for winter lambs but. the convenient place in the stable, as are, fleece of the ewe suckling a lamb lacks | armament before lin quality and weight when compared the year and drop their lambs in the| special place as a producer of Easter | 1st to have the lambs approximately | |four months old at Easter, when they | FUNNY FOLD-UPS CUT OUT AND-FOLS ON COTTED. LINES "THAT HOUSE YOu SEE 15 WHERE | Live ret SHETCH IT HERE FOR You ae ee em me FOLD FORWARD =o @ mo NOW DONT YOU LAUGH FOR IT WILL Loox "ALL RIGHT WHEN | GET THROUGH. >. - ° gono %e T eS a ree e 3 me" with the ewe intended for spring lambing, Offsetting these difficul- ties we find less tendency to parasitic ot au or wild animals; the work comes the time of year when labor is most plentiful, and earlier returns are re- ceived on the money invested, ---- en - An Eye on the Future. Maggie had a new baby brother, | which everybody agreed was suitable grain ration may be made cf; and! such a baby as had never been seen before. One day the baby was being weighed, and Magie asked what that was for. "Oh," said her father. "Uncle I food | A plentiful supply of clean wa-} easy} of ewes; George has taken a great fancy to baby, and he's offered to buy him fer a shilling an ounce," Maggie locked startled. "Vou're not going to sell him, are you, dad- 999 rse not, precious," answered | y, proud to 's¢e his little -girl loved her brother so. aad Keep him till he. get: ny he'll yy 0. 1 bigger," the child went or more money then." MERE haan" eae OES Aymanent after this-war, if war is will n to 'be ter any the war.--Mr, H. G. | Still a possibility, | enormou | Wells. | FARM VS. CTY EM { | draft that has reduced the available | supply of farm labor. Men and | boys have been drifting to the city paid in the factories. | would have been owners by this time lif they had rerffained on the farm | now working for wages and spending | most of their income to meet the daily | bills, A wage of $5.00 per day quite large to many farmers and addition when that wage is guar- anteed, it seems to be a doubly fine proposition, Right now, there are some farmers who can hardly resist selling their land, investing the money in bonds and hiring out in fac- tories where their income will be guaranteed. They forget the cost of living in the city. It seams it it is good business to stick by the farm in these uncertain times. The shorter hours of city employ- ment usually appeal to the farmer. One farmer who became tired of twelve and fourteen hours on are ine looks ee nh NS as bile factory where the men worked ten hours each day. On the he had worked long work had constantly changed and he never became entirely k of job before it was finished and anoth- er came to vary the monotony, In the factory he was placed on a sick made three holes through a certain piece of metal and then he took an- | other piece and made three through that, and» so on for three weeks. It was ithe same job over and over. He saw a brother. labor- er In the next building was putting on wheels and screwing On the hub caps. He asked the foreman for 'a change of work. plied in substance that man put on the wheels and the drill pressmen worked at their drills, and that they had no time for monkey- work and every man stuck to his own job and minded his own business or quit. This man worked drill press until he realized how fine it was to work in the fresh air and ing plans to return to the farming' business. It is absolutely tru the monotony of many kinds of farm work is nothing compared to -the drudgery of doing the same job in factory, day after day without chance of a change of work, Farmers live near their work and waste no time in going 'back and forth. In our largest Canadian cities, a great many of the employes of the factories have to spend an hour go- ing to work and an hour, going home. 5 a a are crowded and the windows closed, that hour going home from work is one of the hardest and longest hours of the day. The time spent be- seldom considered by the farmer thinks about the short hours: of revloys workers. who make hor family doe. {the city and By M. RAS, Sibeobianete omar In many sections it is not only the, for ten years or more because of the) seemingly high wages that have been! Some men who the | farm hired out to work in an automo- farm } hours, but the! ene! holes} The fereman re-| the . wheel: | on his} be his own boss and he is new mak-: é that! In the winter when the street cars| tween the factory and the home is} Fa: PLO Es y HEN R i b ¥y only enables them to keep a couple of h for pets, they feel that some- r from their lives. A | goldfisk thing is mi man who has ays worked with ani- mals is always lonesome without ry al them. know of one farmer who worked in a city fora short time in- stead of farming as he would have | lik to have done The hoe became uninteresting, | was lonesome in the crowds and the | ad antages of city life seemed very | few, but that man never tired of ; | { | CG $ soon in stopping in front of a bird re where had day-old chicks, igeons and dogs for The | amiliar pets which he had owned | back on the farm were of more in- terest than all the diversions which he had looked forward to enjoying in the city. | City sale, 1 A ; are not large when the ,eost of living is considered. Some "men with special training do very well in the city and many men acquire that training from expérience but the farmer who knows the farming busi- 'ness knows a trade that is worth money to-day and he should try and the country. Tf a man knows where he is going to land in the city it may be a safe adventure, He may succeed and earn mpre money than he can obtain jon the' farm. However, this j time to speculate and the average farmer who can make a living on his| drill press and for several weeks he! tr jing to the city. He will not be sure | of much more than a living in the city land itswill cost just as much effort and may bring a smaller return. if you have a good farm' home and a chance to earn $150 a month in th icity, just take out the little nete book ;and the stub penci At the top of list mark $40 for rent. Count } io 2 | the the their appetites, | prices of food sti | daily papers, : kig | Then note fis quoted in ure the on more |elothes for everyone in the family. It ; i takes more in the city. Don't get the laundry bi and gas bi month, also the telephone bill. When ; Cousin Bill comes in to spend a week, he will need to be entertained. Pos- }sibly he will bring his family" with him and theatre d for cash. Then make a little allowance for doctoy bills. Many a man picks up sheadaches in the eity that he never experienced on the The auto- mobile which was in old shed on the farm >to rented garage in the city mpney at every turn to live in a large city and obtain many of the pleasures that seém to come on a farm for practically nothing. OF course, it costs money to live on a farm and it costs a lot of work t6 obtain many of the lay"of actual cash. It pays to bal- ance up all of these things before any important changes. The y man sees all of the good nbout a farm and n The : desixal \ for- { Electric | t co ee Se tickécs are an = & Tt: eosis € DES mh, infection; less danger of loss by dogs ' & if work where his skill will do most for | ig & poor} land is not going to gain much by g0-| in. the family and consider | the} lis must be paid 'every} things which do not mean an out-| one of the! 7 hould be} INTERNATIONAL LESSON DECEMBER 15 een Lesson XI. Joseph and His Brothers --Gen. 45, 1415. Golden Text, Matt. 6. 14. Verse 1. Then Joseph could not refrain himself--Strong emotions are characteristic of Orientals. Joseph 1S an example of unusual, self-control. It is the quality which adds greatly to the high distinction of his char- acter. The thing that finally caused him to give way to over-mastering emotion was the pathetic appeal of his brother Judah (Gen. 44. 27-34). His plea for Benjamin's restoration and the picture drawn of the vener-- able patriarch's grief was too power ful to be resisted. Joseph has put his 'brothers through a very severe test; the memories of the past crowd- ed upon him; gratitude filled hig soul in that he had been able to save them alive during the famine. Cause every man to go out from me--There is a fine delicacy of feeling in this. It was an hour of holy. reconciliation, ~ GOOD HEALTH Or. Carrier will ans @testion is of. general @ not, it will be answ wer all signed interest {¢ will Gt. West, Toronta Jaundice. : Jaundice is a group of symptoms, | not¢a disease. In rural districts | where certain sick people are said to be suffering from "yaller jaunders,"' | attention is thereby called to only | one phase which is common to sev-| eral diseases including cancer, ma-!| lavia, lead, arsenic or phosphorus | pcisoning and Bright's disease, this term, however, giving only a hint of | what the disease may be. { In reality, jaundice means discol-| oration of the tissues and fluids of the body with bile pigment, making | the skin and other tissues yellow,| like #he eyes of a weasel or the yel- low bird after which the con also called icterus. This discoloration may come from a variety of causes, great shock or intense emotion, or great strain such as that which infants often experi-, ence in the process of birth will | i dition is' too deep to be exposed to curious or sordid gaze, The brothers were guilty | of a great personal wrong, and Joseph | did not intend to expose their guilty, past to strangers. It was mainly joy to Joseph, but he knew that it) was an hour of terror to his brothers. ! | 2. Wept aloud---Emphatic. The! |house of Pharaoh heard Joseph was) | living in the royal city; it was impos-| 'sible to keep the court, from knowing | of the strange visitation to the gifted | |young favorite of Pharach. |__3, 4. Doth my father yet live?--! He had already heard that his father | lyet lived, but wanted to hear the' j welcome news repeated. Intense | emotion delights in repeating over {and over the news that gives it birth. | | They were troubled at his presence-- jAmazed to discover his "dentity. Memories of their guilt, and the fact that they were now in his power, strangers in a strange land, filled their hearts with foreboding. Whom ye sold into Egypt--A fact unknown! ito any one there save Joseph and his |brothers. He recalls the guilty fact jonly to reassure them by inviting them te'come to him. He had tested them and knew that their repentance was genuine, 5-8. God did send me before to pres life--He not only them, but showed how } ruled all of his sufferings for a great and good purpose. The -- deep ,religious motive in Genesis appears jat its best here. God is shown as| fusing the ordinary, natural cireum--| stances of life in working out a great and. beneficent purpose. Crop failures and human agency are used to illustrate God's way .- of dealing |with men. What was true then is true now: God is no respecter of per- is The disasters of to-day can 'be used- for at ends; The vital} | fact in religion ig that God is in hu-- jman life here and now. In. which jthere shall be neither plowing nor jharvest--The drought lasted seven | year To ye you a remnant lin the earth family of Jacob were evidently pressed by the famine. They were heirs of the promise made _ to am. God's for Israel ld not fail, and Josenh believed himself to be an trument in the } of God for purnose. s not you that rod--The Old firm belief in God's working through sec-| ond causes; so strong is this convic--| tion that it is God himself who is! seen in storm and earthquake and in the deeds of God permitted i th you orgayve | God had over--! "he hare care ins men, these men to work their way, but de--| livered Joseph out of their. purpose to high ends. A father to Pharach --"Probably an hono title of the chief minister." = Ruler over all the la Egypt---Some thing more th the position of prime minister; much power coupled i with the great personal favor of the monarch. 12... Behold, your sends double as convince him tifai ill alive. Even the 3 favorite Benjamin had seen him. That it is my mouth that speaketh unto you--He speke to them in their own language, a clear evidence of his origin, 15. He kissed all his brethern |The climax is reached in the abund--| anece of the pardon; with char . istic caresses the brothers and take a new course is typie } tian point of view. } that he embodi ibeauty of Christ's charac | providential care and the power reconciling stand out great the story. if ey see, ete.-- +7 Heras: He to ost son sti 2s of of ee God's | ie h 4 os H as. the oL HH | The Futu { The arr |} new condi Liens in the export of meat land produce and some uncertainty in} 'the minds of Canadian farmers as to! |future markets. Information in the Minister of Agricul e | him that the export market | tinue to absorb at fi pared: with the iliural produc bacon and that Ca ing th 3 wil] con- S, aS Com- all animal pro- ipply. In t Honor- able Mr. ¢ a2 "In view of great scarcity of cattle and live stock of all kinds in Europe, and be- cause of demand stock and live products : ure continue. for n goingsto ask | } , ne situation Said: Said: the gy ol to farmers and ada to main tions on a r time s finish all feeding steck, and to. con-- serve 'all good breedi females, and to still further improve their herds and flocks by using even greater care in the selection of the sire." ee oe To educate without religion is only to produce clever devils ----The Duke of Wellington, Dustless dusters can be made by ding opera-- , to properly furniture oil and rolling Tigh | night. for in sand ehild i Ss eg «Oo Tie an, woman, The per capita co ty. Loan was ed Canada. to the jast Libe that was cor lachieyement, salle Seay ibution | black 'tal cause. cause 3; Mas \or that officer is not on t my . ' | oY ¢ of the Live Stock Industry | ~*. i i 4 ,| wire or some other fool of peate has created: other |, for live|, allt "| their sprinkling cheesecloth squares with | cause it, so also will poisons and in-' fectiens of various kinds, | One of the most common causes is | mechanical obstruction in the ducts' of the gall bladder or liver or both, from the presence of gall stones, in- deed, it is altogether probable that! when all the evidence igs boiled gown it will be found that mechanical ob- struction within the liver or gall bladder or in their immediate vicin- ity, is in some way responsible for, nearly all cases of jaundice. Thus it has been observed as the result of swelling of the duodenum, which is the first portion of the small intestine, and into which the bile duct empties its bile, swelling, es- pecially from cancer, of the head of the pancreas which also pours ity we-! cretion into the duodenum, and pres-' sure upon the bile duct-of any kind of abdominal tumor preventing the outflow of bile from the liver to the duodenum, Strictly speaking the skin in jaun- dice is not always yellow, it may be- come green, or olive, and almost k when cancer igs the fundamen- Yellow is the constant color of the! mucous membrane which covers* the | eyes, also of the sweat, the tears, the milk, and the expectorated mucus if, pneumonia igs present. pte ee Ye ES By Angrew F Currier, 81). : ered personally {f stam ¢losed. Dr. Currier will not preseribe for indi ia Address Dr. Andrew ¥. Currler, care of Wilson Publishing Co, 78 Adelaide _ sible, but it is not generally best _able to operations, or to the | podophyllin, / when properly carried out is often of ; ures ef treatment are | baths, rest in bed, very simple diet QUESTION BOX -- Se amc aores ree letters bretoining to fealth. be ans wered, through these col ped, addressed envelope Is en vidual cases or make diagnosia -- _ The urine is sometimes yellow but af ay also be dark brown or even ack, oe = It is important to notice that since in jaundice, particularly if directly oe ; and clearly due to obstruction, bile does not enter the intestine, consti- 7 pation will elterna the evacuations and pasty. ' Other symptoms which are asso- ciated with discoloration, are loss of appetite, coated tongue, offensive breath, indigestion, slowness of the -- pulse and of breathing. * There may also be haemorrhages into the skin, intense itching, boils, headache. _ irritability, depression, drowsiness and_ dizziness. When jaundice is intense it may mean such a degree of blood poisoning that unconsciousness and convul- sions may be expected, '3 When jaundice is present malaria or typhoid fever the will be very large and very soft, When simply due to removable ob- struction it may last only a few days or it may be continued through many weeks, It is always important to remem- ber that it is one of the evidences of cancer and this becomes the more probable if it is unattended with pain and there is enlargement of the abdomen from dropsical effusion. When it is found to be due to ob- struction from gall stones or some kind of removable tumor, as deter- mined with or without an X ray ex- amination the obstruction must be removed surgically as soon as pos- to do such operations while the jaun- dice persists, the condition of the blood and of the liver being unfavor- use of te with diarrhoea, being clay-colored with liver an anaesthetic. Purging with suitable drugs ipecac, and like ; mercury, great service, but the principal meas- hot alkaline especially milk and plenty of sleep. It is always of first importance to find out whether the jaundice is of a character 'to be benefitted by medical or surgical treatment. , 4 BOOST OR KEEP STILL If you can't help the wheels of pro- gress to move. more easily, get out of the way and do not throw any monkey wrenches into the cogs. The writer | has no desire or intention to become} nal inthis discussion, but he} pes to say a few things which will bring some of our less thoughtful and | less considerate farmers to a realiza- tion that by their frequent and out-| spoken critici of the various co-/| operative enterprises, which are de-| veloping as never before, they / hurting the farmi bi busin whole. Ms are ess a aS There ave two kinds of crit stive or helpful, and d tive, or hurtful. he former is ys welcomed by officers, boards of | tors and others who are in posi- to profit by the criticism or su; gestion This kind builds up, ai helps and boosts To tural our ve < always illustrate: As a rricul- | agent the writer 'ising loca] creamery organization it is a stock company, has small of to pay interest on its capital stock; no means for providing adequat fina , and has no binding force t hold its patrons together. This criti- m is being presented, along with the proper remedy, to officers, direc- Pete ae A, ee, Fee tors and stockholders, be- nly | stockholders, has | a number s The remedy --which is to organize under the non- | profit, co-operative law, and have} j instead of shares, each membe regular pat a for onage dad d 1, Vv ) wean} ali Members, evel fy al member an to. vy at - imple of constructive criticism. But to go around telling that this he square, that the creamery is going hay- hings abou various bull, thre ma aciations in the county, is to be BY 1 t sher t Sne rke the rket lass 7 + P > Tn not only the enemy of one's ie 4 f£ himself and the very or neigh- | bors, but o . e ce = apices be | business in which he is engag hands of The Honorable T. A. Crerar, | i convin¢es |. One never hears professional They know-and "in union there There js anot ur ral iman loose ingthe land. He is of the i"rule or ruin" ilk, Jf the majority | | thinks a thing should be handled in a| | manner diiferent from that which he | had figured out in his own little brain, ks over the es and tries to j upset the whole ng. Such men de-: 've to be boycotted or ostracived by colleagues. There are ereat | many people who criticise and knock | mor force of, habit, or a bad di-} ges than fi purpose of juring institutions or their business. Such men need $ 'Vv desi le i tun a cra a ion y the in- VE sult and they will cut out the destr tive criticism. ii is a times before we send fc >} » 4} CH Will i the dog? of ee hurt. Q 8 Y free i u o bind iand live up to that agreement | though there may come & 'that the old idea of | learned, for ¢€ | of | 48 | you, igs es merely to have their attention called | to the possiblé injury which may re-! tact ae 1 a4) vays best to think several it's ha criticiam | - -| banker suggested, when to do so would result in a temporary financial loss. Co-opera- tive organizations will, like all others, have downs as well as ups. The real friend stands by in bad well as good weather, Fortunately our best as farmers "every fellow for himself and the devil get the hind- ermost,"' must be abandoned as a re- lic of pioneer day lefini forward-loo!} iQ ee cat had that: ef re fostered that high-clags get anywhete so long he knocks other Holstein breeders; that the farmer who runs down the land of his neighbors ne sxample, Regist ered, Pee Fae | ; ecavlie a not most | sells his own to best advants | that | operate with his neighbors | ward ee 2 atl ia Dita nen Affal ta he | ol tarming and farm life is an alien the farmer who refus for movements for the betterment enemy to his own and ests of the communit Boost and the Knock and M. the best inter- with aione.-- ! boosts knock wort you "How do I know that all these ac- counts are correct, and that I made a profit on my farm last year? Why, l weigh everything." The banker was going over a farm account--book with John Blair, one of the most prosperous farmers in the community. After asking himself the banker's question and answering it in four words, the farmer explain-- ed. 4 "I know it paid me to feed stock ist winter; my knowledge really be~ gins further back than the feed lot, though. Every load of grain crosses my scales before it goes into the cribs or bins at harvest time. That tells me whether I'm getting any more grain from the use of fertilizers and manures, or from extra care in clean- ing, testing and treating my seed- grain. I find that I doubled my pro- fit on oats by treating for smut." "Do you trouble weigh the steers in-the feed Joi. every week ?" interrupted the banker, "t weigh them, but it's no. trouble; animal is weighed separately a week.* In the spring or fall one of the boys does it before or after school, for T-seldom feed more than a car-load at one time. If a steer gains less than he did the pre- vious week, and continues that way, T cut him out of the-bunch and sell him before stowing away a lot of grain in him?' "How long have you' had scales?" "For fifteen years, I always used to sell most of my stock by the head. It got so that. stock buyers always wanted to buy my stuff that -way. After I bought my seales I knew why. had been gue too low on weights. ow I know how much im going to get for a load before it leaves the farm. TY can tell how -- heavy to load the wagong for market. I always my corn-huskers by weight, and when J rent a field from 1; it to éach once ssing nee pay my neighbor on the shares, there's ~ | ho guesswork about dividing the crop. The scales are near the driveway, so it's no trouble to drive across thes..." "You have only one scales," the "One is enough if placed right and supplied with a movable pen for Tt takes but a few minutes up on the scalés, and er to remove it. I have 9 eading up to the scales, *e stack on the! re~smailer: OV OV stock.