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' I ' THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARIEAN - PAGE NINE y_y' T E For Parents, Teachers. Pupils.
'V _ lM|AGAZlNIE GUARDHAN D...
rymen. F armers. Horsemen
TO THE FARMER
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Farmers and others interested are
invited to contribute to The Farm, The Dairy, The Turf, ,and Good roads departments of the Guardian ,lglar by question, correspondence." otherwise. Answers will be given by experts to all questions of general interest and space will be given to my articles that will in any_way help to advance Prince Edward ls- lanti interests.
Contributors are asked to have
their articles at this office early each week, as only a short emergency nam can be handled as late' as one p. m. Wednesday. All received after that hour cannot appear until the following week.
THE SCHOOL "
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THE HOME `
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Contributions for this department
should be addressed to
President Teacher's Association,
Guardian's School and Home, P. 0. Box_ 188 Charlottetown.
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WOMEN'8 INSTITUTE NOTEB
Q, »Wliiit do you consider is the
principle cause ot’ a child's dread of th.. dark? M. li.. New Glasgow.
,\_--Tho fears of children src [seller-
allv tluc to one or two causes; faulty nvrvotls coilditioil, or i`aulty irillnillg “ml example. The faulty condition of ,,..,~v¢.l; may bc origilially dllc lo the ulorbid state ol' llle mother and the chances are that ill health was the predisposing cause. Oi' course. Ulf* ioolislliicss of ignorant nlotllers wllo deliberately frighten little clllldrcl_l. and set them bad exalnplcs by their own illabllity to control their lempers works havoc even with llornlal boys .mtl girls, and especially with l_<il'\S who arc more in the conlplllly ‘lf mothers than boys arc.
'rho very small child exlicrilillws tour through new, strange. smilie” and ilovel sensations. A little later when its imagination begins to work it fears celestial objects esD9Ci\1\\l’. U0' cause of ihe‘novel thoughts which con- tclllplalioll of them eilgeuderl-l. At this age, rainbows. comets. clouds. shadows and the dark inspire fear. A surprisingly large number of adults cxpcrleiice different kinds of fear ill thc dark and even within a couple of centuries eclipses have been known to strike terror to whole communities oi` llcoplc. _
'l‘hc tendency to be afraid of the
dark is easily explained. ln the first place darkness is also accompanied lo a' general degree by stillness and the fcclillg of solitude. The lack of sounds to give the brain sensation ilirougli the ears, and the absencc of otllt-r sensations of seeing objects stir- rouliding. give the imagination free
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ping.
Darkness and the unknown have
fcw terrors today. but for thousands alid thousands of years night was the mother oi' terror to ignorant alld sav- nirc gcnerntiolis. for the simple reason limi darkness was the cloak of evil. and violence. and every kind of DMU' itil experience was naturally associat- ed with darkness. it is thc illfiucucc of ages that crops up ill thc luiild of thc child at that period when imagina- tion is awakening and the reason luis not yet developed. in his dreams ilio sumo as in his games, the child barks hack to the primitive. His night lcr- rors will bring him visions of ghosts, monsters and all kinds of creatures of which he has no fear aild no knowl- edge in his waking hours.
llo not get the idea that the cliild's
emotional make-up is all inherited- such is decidedly not the Cass- While thc childhood terrors are largely due to inherited racial experiences, there aro also fears that are the outcome of the iiidlvidual child’s organism. and its personal experiences. such ss Dun- ishnioni, example and trailliilg. There are also others that come tltronsh ln- tcllcctual, moral and other emotions which are later growths in the mind of man.
You. of course. have noticed that little girls are afraid of bugs.. b60U°5» hses. mice and almost any creature that crawls and buzzes. All 111980 creatures are so different from human \1H|I1gs.and so strange and odd in movement and appearance that the fear of them is much greater than the lninry they can indict. Prominent Eyes frighten some children. it is Illfllly to be wondered that children Day special attention to eyes. be0s\1°° ll is the eye which we study Whim W0 'Pi' to determine the character of man or woman. ~ It is the eye which th9 fencer or boxer watches' as be faces his adversary. Otherchlldren are ilellhli' afraid of feathers, or fnrs 01' Water. and so on. friio list mlsht bs m“|lIDIl_8d indefinitely. All these rlrlltlis1t,_ioars are motions. physical responses. to certain stimuli. A-lil-I1
At lli ii ati f th New Haven Tlaogiigngeqlngtftua $13 W" donated to Red Cross Work.
'rite secretary or tile sth-litis WOM- sn's institute reports tltls month the Hvpointaient of a committee 10 bill' mode for the purpose of makin! 111°' ful articles and selling the same at s
bazaar in the near 'star-e, the DPU'
ceeds to go toward triotic work. ~
Park `Cornsi`> W‘omen’s institute is
"Plating for sn Ics Cream Social to raise funds for placing s wmv IU 1"’ schoolhouse.
Womens Institute t I L 0 be held in Char- 2?)¢t}ft;:1n2;mv° me" “|`\'HI\Se`d for the
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C ouege' A" ““°"°5UllS programme
is bein! D nted Iilfse number of leixgligtagg expected a
and non-
Illembers who ‘are interested in the
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:v|:;°l0;1tI:ell:iranches of Institute work
5* July. in Prince of Wales
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Why for the ddi we sch0omguseli0n of a cloakroom to
A new teacher's desk has recently
been placed in the s h 1 L"“°- by the lnstitutecaiuihaattpltltlcczfth
Tile regul
Klngsboro 111:;-tiIIIi‘fEtI?l§Ia bqeaexii c(l)iIingHd‘ El9high‘;n;Il‘;‘:I TWBGHY in each month. Ginny in mute intends to assist finali-
° "em0‘l9\|i¥18 and painting
of tilt: Public Hail ut Kingsborg
stglllltee Secretary of the Norboro ln-
reports the possibility of donat-
llsg to the scltool by the mem.
t ‘Meadow Bank institute has under- U- ell I0 lmDl‘0ve the roadsides_
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WMMM § THE MARKETS
Toronto. J lille 16
Butter Market
Farmers' Creamery Separator. Prints
This wcck_._. ._ _.23 25 Last wcok.. .. ....23 25 'l`wo weeks ago.. _.24 26 Sallie week 1014 ..20\,4_- 2:1 19111.... 25 1012.. .. ._ _. ....215 23%, 1911.. _ _ ._ ....18 211/_.
Egg Market
New-I.ald
This wcck. 21 Last week. 'l‘wo weeks Snulc. week lillli . . . ._ . 1912 . . . ._ _ 1911 _ . . .. _
ago.. .. ...lil 1914.... ....20
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Cheese Mirket
Top Price at liocnl Boards
This week.. _ ._l7 1-8 Lust week.. _ . _._ ._...1il :lil-4
Two weeks ugo.... .._._1S 13-lil Sulllc week 15114.. _ .121 1-16 19111.... ....12 1-16 1912.... . _ . . . .._ ..13 3-16 1911.... _....11 7-16
Cattle Market
'1`op price for
. .Beef cattle
. . . _ . _ . . . . . . . . _..$5t.70.. _ ...8.50.. ago.... ,_ rl_oo..
Same week 1914.... .. 8.60 1913 . . . . _ . . _ . .. 7.20 1912.... _..8.30 1011.... 6 25
This wcck. Last wcek. Two weeks
Sheep Market
$13.50* 11.50* 10.00* 8.50
This week.._. __ _.$6.25 Last wcok..._ 7.25 Two weeks ago.. 7.50 Sallie week 1014.. .. 6,25 19111.... _ 6.50 9.00 1912.... 5.00 11.15* 1911 . . . . . . . . . . . . ._. 5.00 11,50*
Hop Market
Top price
off cars
This woek.... ....$il.6t't Last wcek_..._. _ _ _.£1.90 Two weeks ago . . _ _ . .._ ._ 9.85 Same week 11114.... 8.10 1913.... 10.15 1912.... .. 8.85 11111 . . . . . . . . _ . _ . . . . . . . . .._ 7.65
Grain Mafket
Fail
Wlleut
This weck.__. _ _ ...$1.25 Last week _ . . . 1.35 Two weeks ago.... 1.45
Some week 1914.... __ 1.
1913.... ..
1912.. 1.
1911.... _
Oats ti2 62 66
05 46 99 46 06 54
83 43
THIS WEEK'8 MARKET TOPS.
TORONTO. June 16.--liogs, off
cars, 80.65; cattle. $8.70; lambs, $13.50; barley, 70c.
TORONTO, June 11.-Butter, 25c.
Eggs, 21c.; cheese (large), 17c.
MONTREAL. June 16.-Off cars.
$10; $9.00; *$6.00.
MONTREAL, June 16.-28c.. 25c..
17%c. Deduct commission from these prices.
BUFFALO, June 16.-Fed and wat-
ered. $8.05; $9.25; $1260. 750.
NEW YORK. June 18.--29%; 25c.;
l5%c.
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(By M. A. Juli, Macdonald College. Que.)
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high standard. One interesting result has recently been determined by a. series of experiments conducted at the Connecticut Experiment Station, which is, that a. fertilized cgi; when incubated for two or tllree weeks does not necessarily contain any more bactera than an infertile egg incubat- ed for same length of time. it has been commonly supposed that fertile eggs, which start to hatch gives rise to bacterial contamination. Whether fertile or infertile, however, compara- -tively few artificially incubated eggs whicll have been examined, have been found to contain bacteria or to have ulldergone visible change aside from enlbyronic developllleilt. ' _ lt has been foullxi that when all egg is laid, it is ofa fairly consistent cllenl ical compositiolralld contains but few bacteria or molds. This is accounted for by the fact that the developing ova in the ovary of tl laying hen are as a rule sterile, unless the ovary is infected with the organism Bacillary White Dlarrhoea. 'l`he Coililccticllt Ex- periment Station has found that Bacil- iary White Diarrlloea, termed “Bact- eriuul Pullorilm” is more prevalent
keep nearly as long ag when it re- I
As long as shells of eggs are kept
clean and dry, there is little danger from bacterial invasion. This means that the eggs must be laltl in clean nests, and must,not he soiled with fecal matter. Eggs which are kept in damp places are apt to be spoiled as the moisture which collects on them destroys or weakens the protective coating and enable bacteria to work their way into the interior. The egg when laid has a routing oil its shell which is called “bloom," and if this “bloom” is rubbed off, the egg will not
mains oil the shell. Tile shell itself is porous, and it is believed that the pur- pose of the “bloolll" is to kc-cp the pores closed ill order that bacteria. may not enter thc egg and spoil it. Eggs whi li are illcubated under liens will spoil mucll more quickly than eggs that are iilcubnted ztrtiiiciully. The lnajority of eggs which have been incubated under hells and which have failed to liatcll, are thoroughly rot- ten, and have nbatl odor. l-Jggs which have been inc lcd ill an incubator and fail to hai . are rarely decom- posed zilid will " ave practically no
than other bacteria, and, where this
odor compared witil those eggs wllich
tesl., will sllow similiar results, and with considerable more accuracy, in regard to the amount of foreign mat- ter that illldg its way into the milk. In fact, it will take a position for showing dirt similar to the Babcock test ol' giving tile correct amount of butter fat ill milk.
The sediment test list-lf' consists
merely of filtering a plilt of milk through small cotton discs. The City of New York has passed u regulation requiring all milk bought at the crcanlerleg [or shipment to tllc city to be subjected to the sediment test once a week, the results of which are \.o be posted wlierc all the patrons can see who is producing the best nlilk anti thereby create a friendly rivalry as to whose name shall bc at the head of the list. If t clllililk from ally dairy is found to liavo all abnormal amount ol’ sediment it will be suillcient cause for excluding the milk of that dairy or shipment to the city. Recently. scdiiltenl tcsls were made of a number of samples ot’ nlilk ill Cleveland and a ilulnber of dalrynleli were called ill and given il. denlollsiratloll of the tests ulld a
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having consumed a sufficient quantity of water. ill other words. the cowl may suffer for lack of suitable water just as easily as for luck of food.
it will, no doubt. surprise many to
learll that it is possible for n cow to consume upwards of 30 gallons of water in a single day. and as the consumption of between 20 and 30 gallons of water daily by ii high pro- ducing cow is the rule, it would seem reasollalile to suppose that iuueh bet- ter resulis would be obtained if pro- visioll were made so that this large
at various tilllcs durillg thc day rather than ut llifrcquellt intervals.
Successful dairylneil fully realize
that the highest point of production can only be reached when a sensible ration is combined witll the most fa- vorable facilities for furnisliing water so that it is accessible when the cows need it rather than at the owner's will.-Farm Life.
chance to look over the results of
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is absent in the ova, eggs are practi- cally sterile. This Statiou also be- lieves that no bacterial invasion takes place in the ovlduct wllile white is being deposited around the yolk and while the shell is being formed in the lower portion of the oviduct. _‘
However. in the process of market-
ing, eggs undergo ii varity of changes, the results of which are closely dc- pendent upon the method of handlillg. Along this lille. Dr. M. E. Pennington, of the U. S. Department of Agricul- ture, has collducted a very imporlllllt series of investigations in the bacter- iological and chemical exainination of market eggs. There were onlyta few organisms found in the white and yolk of perfectly fresh eggs, and the char- acter of these organisms was widely diversiled. Bacillus Coll ispractically never present. Even the lowest grades of eggs, such as medium stale, hatch- spot, heavy rullers, dirty and cracked eggs, contained less than 1,000 bac- teria per gram 26.5 per cent. of all
whose yolks adhered to the 50 percent of all eggs which had embryos; 75.9 percent of all eggs; 06.7 percent of white 100 percent of biack-rots,con-
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These facts all point to tlio neces-
sity for having eggs laid under ab- solutely cleali conditions. Eggs must also be kept in a comparatively dry and cool room, and the marketing must be dolie under sanitary condi- tions, the shell of the egg is bacterium proof, and the more quickly it can be sent from the producer to the consum- er in this condition, the better for all classes of people concerned. '
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SEDIMENT TEETS
For some time it has been known
that the sediment testo! milk would reveal the amount of dirt that often iilids its way into the pail, can or bottle. One of the principal sources of contamination ot milk has been proven to be the amount of foreign substance that finds its way into the milk from the time the pail is set under the until it reaches the
amount of
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has care-
the same. Many expressed surprise and confidently expected that they would be able to produce ri more eveil quality of milk by the lise of this test. it is without doubt one of the best tests wc liavc to help the dairynian who is trying to pro- duce a higll quality of milk for the city markets.-J. F.. Hudson, Ollio.
WATER FOR MILK
Commenting on the water require-
ments for dairy cows, the Milk Re- porter says that it is important that an abundance of water close at hand. and not too cold be supplied to heavy milking cows. Cows that are ,not producing milk do not require to be watered more than once a day in the Winter time. and at that season Uiiey do not seem to care for it more often than this.
in summer the consumption of
water by cattle is greater on account of the gérater evaporation from the skin, and while cattle will thrive when watered once a day they relish it more often, and will do better if supplied twice daily.
Cows on heavy feed producing
large quantities of milk should always have access to good water at least twice a dey at all seasons.
For the best results with dairy
cows water of good quality should be supplied close at hand, since if they be required to walk a long distance in cold weather. on account of the dis- comflture of exposure, they will not drink a sufficient amount to supply the demands of the body. and will give a less amount of milk than they
otherwise would. on account of not
PIGS Potano coma nies
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Black and White Pigs Very Popular lil the United States.
The Poland China breed of swine
originated chiefly in the counties of Warren and Butler, in the'Siate' of Ohio. They are now found in every State of the Union.
Chief characteristics of the Poland
China breed 'are as follows: The-head is of medium length and breadth in good specimens, with a rather full iowl below. The face is classed as straight, the nose and space from be- low the eyes to the nostrile being free of dlshiiig. The checks tend to be rounding and full and ears should be fine and break over at the top third into a neat droop; thick, heavily at- tached ears are objectionable. The neck of the Poland Chinn tends to be short and thick, the shoulders a bit prominent but well covered, the back strongly supported with a gradual yet moderate arch the entire -length, the loins and ribs being thickly covered. wide and strikingly arched in well fatiened specimens. The sides have but moderate length. with an excel- lent depth. The rump is of medium length, but is. frequently somewhat plow, so that the entire upper line of the pig from ear to tail has a more
the hams being thick for the entire length from top to bottom, with a flill deep twist between. The legs are shorter with this breed than with some others, but too refined a hone and not the strongest ot pasterns NB common.
Tile color is black with white lu
face or lower jaw, white on feet and a few clear white spots on body not objectionable.
ill comparison with the Berkshire
the two breeds resemble each other ilot a little in general outline, but the Berkshire is a little longer in limb and not quite so massive ill form.
The Poland Chinas have heads ai
little liner and less dished. snouts rather finer, ears larger and more drooping, and more evenliess in, the relative size of shoulder and hams.
They are also less regular ill their
distinguishing color markings.
WATCH THE I-iOG'S HEALTH
it is not commonly understood that
hogs, owing to the unnatural and un- sanitary conditions to which they are so often subjected, are often more or less unhealthy. It must bs kept in mind that swine are used solely as food for human consumption.. Why, then. are they kept in such unssni- lary collllitiolfs? It is unhealthy, and ti large amount ofthe cholera and other troublesome diseases are due to these conditions. We recommend well ventilated stables. clean water. clean feed, etc., l'or the dairy cow, but we aoniellow have absorbed the idea that anythiiig is good cliough for the hog. This is a mistake. The character of the treatment given will affect more or less the quality of the meat. it will undoubtedly affect the vigor and vitality ot' the animal, and wc cannot expect first class products from s. diseased source. Give thc hog plenty of fresh air, exercise and good food, HHV6 the Dells and Yard comfortable, clean and well draiucd. See that the hog pen is _well vclltilllled and full of sunlight. Give the hog fi comfol-t9_l,|e bed. lt will pay lu increased returns and in freedom from disease.-J. B. iiendersoli.
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THE FARM
POTATOES. I
Tile potato is the name of tile pam-
phlet No. 2 oi' the Publication Branch, bcnli-': alrcprint oi' articles that ap- peared in the Agricultural Gazette of taliudn. for April 1915, and contains ‘Ile i0|l0WiI1S articles from Prof. Ross on Potato Growing in Prince Ed- ward Island:
The potato crop of Prince Edward
island stands third in importance of field crops. its average annual value tor the last four years has been about $1,800,000, the acreage about 32,000. the .Yield Der acre a little over 200 buslieis, and the price from 20 to 30 """fB Der bushel. Tile chief varieties grown for early market are Early Rose, Early Harvest and Beauty of Hebron, and, for general crop, Mc-
Intyre, Dakota Red and Green Moun- ta n.
The island is particularly adapted
to potato growing as the soil is nearly all a. loam of sandy loam. The gener- al practice is to grow potatoes in a six or seven years’ rotation. Tile pasture land is broken early in the uutulnli, generally the last of Aug- ust or the first of September. It is rolled aild liarrowed at once to hasten decomposition and to germinate the weed seeds thoroughly. It is then llarrowed every two or three weeks till the end of November. after which it is cross ploughed or ribbed up. In the spring it is again harrowed, and the sets for early potatoes planted as sooli as the land is fit, varying accord- ing to locality and season from the first in the second of May. The land is prepared for the general crop by further harrowing to preserve the moisture, and to destroy any re-' mainlng weeds. The plantilig is done from the 15th oi’ May to the middle of June. The bulk of the crop in an average season is, however, planted by the first of June.
A large number of farmers grow
il crop of oats after ilie pasture be- fore thc potatoes. By doing this they hope to ccollolilizc labour in the pre- psrntioll of the said, and to have a. better opportunity of dest;-oylng weeds.
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FERTILIZATION.
Barnyard manure is the principal
fertilizer used. Probably artificial fertilizers are used in the growing of 25 per cent of the potatoes, but only with bornyard lnanure, which is very frequently made by seaweed and keip, swamp muck and stable manure. Whore the former is very abundant, potatoes are frequently grown on it and an artificial fertilizer. it seems to improve the quality, producing a wllite, clean-skinned, dry potato, Pure chemicals are the only artificial fertilizers used in this province, and, as has already been said, are used with farmyard manure, at the rate of about 100 lb. of nitrate of soda, 300 lb. of superphosphate, and 150 lb. of mtlrlale of potash per acre. Where stable manure only is used it is gen- erally spread on the pasture field dur- ing the previous autumn and in the spring; where it is mixed with sea- weedanri kelp and swam muck it 'is generally applied in the autumn; if the land has been in oats. before the ploughing has been done, if in still, after. or in the spring just when the planting is being done.
The seed is generally cut a few
days before planting and sprinkled with lime, and sometimes treated with corrosive -suhlimate. =
Considerable care is taken in the
selection of the tubers that are to he used for seed. The sets are out as large as possible with either one of two eyes. The planting is generally
dropped, every third round. ‘ 12 to 18 inches apart in the rovrl There are a few potato' planters in the province. but probably not moto than a dozen. . 'f
The harrow is
iervals till the inches high, to
curved outline than some other bi-_eeds_ The hindquarters are char- acterised by great thickness of flesh,
conserve the is run through
tcotnlnaed on
done with a plough. the sets »bei=¢