The Lucknow Sentinel, 1918-12-26, Page 7•
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inSINFECT THE STABLES.
lite fact that regular disinfection
the stables is not a common
preetise in Canetlaiasufficiant evi-
dence thatwe as fanners are not
anwouffh or do we aioPreeia,telhe
portanee of the 'health Of our allimale.
" Aft )4 tither coantries, disease of aelie
male is eesponsible for the loss to
farnlera of many millions a dollare
annually. Such. diseases as ,tubere
culoils, abortion, ecoure, blackleg,
glanders, hog cholera, etc., take en-
eermana tolifame Our revenues. Again
elettaesites ;such as •lice; tiekS, ete, eseh
. par cause the waste of enormous
. ,amounts of expensive.feed to gay no.
. thing of the lasses in produetionnof
milk, me,et, and young steak. Farin.
era of Canada, it is your duty and
your best businefis to stop thaese
losses. Don't wait till. -animals die
of diftease or are enlaciated and hair-
less from parasites before discovering
Winter Care of Poultry.
Ileueing ebe .fiecle is an importarit
matter. The house fIrst a all ;mist
be reasonably clean and ehould re-
volve a therougle cleaning at tido time
ecoo: e•• or earlier- If an earth floor is used:
, .
e
the top of the earth should be re -
well bedded, the fall haz no teroere moved and •freeh, dry send or gravel
for. the little pig. nut in to take its place. If •this
trouble. Diseases are spread o ,
_RI
rapidly when animals are`confined in
wintir quarters. • ,
• One of the Most:Important factors
in cheap and 'healthy wintering of
' aninia s s clean qaarters and no ,
'quarters Ian be kept clean
and free - from • disease and
parasites without disinfection at I
leaSt twice -annually.
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" The basis of'disinfectioh IS 'direct
Contact. Disease germs under 'a
layer of manure; itraw or dirt, =-
net he killed by average disinfection,
• Hence the first; step is the thorough
cleaning, out of the barns; scraping
-,....7.".ge(and washing, if Possible), all Walls
•eee and floors, and sweeping dirt, dust
• a and tobenebs from walls and egilingl.
,Wood floors should be repaired and
earth floors renewed With a layer of
clean . ' •
What Disinfectants to Use
1. Sunlight. This is. the cheapest
and one of the best. Every stable
• .should have at least 6' eq. fy,fref glass
per mature head of horses and cattle,
• and one-quarter this amount for
'calves. and ,inature, hogs. • Sunlight
•"•inducei• cleanliness, -health, 'comfort,
• and greater ' •
2.. • Whitewash. , A pod whitewash
apPlied.hot: to. ceilings and Walls case -
ere and kills germs and parasites.
aAdd d'rug disinfectant, euch as car-
' belie ,aninl, if barns Imre honsed dis-
eased anithals. Apply with spray
pump or brpsh. - • •
3. Drag Disinfectants, ' All. floors,
gfitter,a, ,anc.1 mangers •shonlDishifect yd receive
extra carethereughly with •one 'of the toal tar
distillates - such as kreso, eavescol,
26101On:el,: creohn, .ete. etc.,.applied
water solution to 6%; vaiting with
strength of •disinfectant. ' Apply with
spray pump or sprihnler and brush in.
The Health •of Animals Brarieh, 15e-
rtrnent of Agriculture; Ottawa; can
ply free instructions ineselectiag
• preparing:whitewash anclailisin--
horoughnesa in the above digin-
. fectian-is most important; '
The rntelligerit stockman intent on
mairitainieg healthy stock finds it
wise. to disinfect mangers and -feed
passages more -ftnquentlY, A • light
. spraying incirithly•will suffice:
:Practise proves- that disinfeetion is
;cheap •insurance .and an inveitment
yielding, a high mate 'or interest. If
8, Start the pigs to eat When 40 gaud or gravel eine ;be artificially
orthreea ago, if two or throedried, „eo much th4 better4 New
sows eeeeeey at nee* toe eeme time; 'scratching Material (hay, straw,
and a they are acquaintosi, place theta leaves' ete.) '01101,114 be lint on tho
ton'ether -with their littere Mahe a neer end' $14"14 be alange4 °r new
hole In the fenoe and give -the littleleaterAI "it4deil aEr often aa Is Mee
ones tel rem of too barnyag or ade saey to keep it clean and in good co
iCiiiilig field or paddock, 'Provide a• (Mien. If the Untie has Rot bee
not reach. it, and keep a mixtore '
-
the sows calosio whitewashed this fall, it should b
whitewashed now after sweepin
small self -feeder where
ehorts, 2 parts; ground corn, 1 part1.1 down all cobwebs and- dirt from ti
ground oats, 2 Parts; before the lit- *a/is and roosts. A white.weehe
trough, similarly situated, Will also t
Skimmilkein al= hen house is net only cleaner, but
lighter and, more eheerful for th
tie pigs at all times.
4. Mangels or sugar beets fed tops.
and au will lee relished
Prove Popular and highly beneficial. I f°wLe'
The sun not only lights the poultr
an important -Matter.
by tee.00wa,, house, but *arms and purifies e
as Well as a few coin of corn daily.' Therefore the ,windovna should b
A meal sop containing v. possible I clean vet that the rays Q2 the sun ca
Milk in some form with a mixture of. get in, and the glass Should be s
berand• arrangedethat the sun can reach ever,
ata, ground corn ground °Mae
THE TRAPPER,
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Trapping For Skunk.
Skunk aee usually .found around
old barns and buildings, hollow log',
Ile old cross foCee and erose hedges -
se
n When their den, has been found, holes
should' be dng nearby in the- paths'
'they are most likely to run over, and
g
a the traps placed in these boles. , The
d traps should be covered with dry
es grass and cleat in • order that the
e ground look eis nateral. as possible.
✓ Just above the trap hancti piece of
Y '
•rabbit chicken or bird 'on which is
a sprinkled a 'few drops of the best
skunk bait. This process of trap-
ping the skunk Jute proved its suc-
cess over and over again.
When the real cold weather sets in
o'
g or there is a deep snow, Skunk gen-
should be fed; twice 4 ily rd f
a . ee or
Part of the floor at soma trine dune,
the day .' All poultry houses'shoul
nlVinTer Care Of th-e-Fall-Pigae- Tie -lee- equipped with platferms aindeet
winter quarters for the three o'r-fou ° erret kuss,e,hitgbhe efin000urghs•psaocetlfuatndteere lfhoel
month Pigs laOst be chi above 11 'which means they must -be about tve
things. A low sleeping berth built
in an open shed covered ever with feet f the fl with the
six inches above the pratforms. Th
etraw and kept well bedded, with dry
straw, provides. comparative warmtlei .
enahlee one to keel; the floor litte
in the best condition and to keeplh
drynesa etad fresh air. Accesn, dur-
bause more sanitary, especially. i
d erally den. up' somethnes asenany as
bee- efifteeereor •twenterinete"--hole,-Wheri the-
e
den has been food, ahe aniinals can
be `easily smoked' out. and 'caught,' if
t; the right kind Of einaker is used. n
The .skurtk furs are alwalys in good
is demand and there has `` always been
✓ find pronts for the .trapper this
e, Traps should be voited
eves): day if possible, Or, at Most,
y every other day, for a skuplc caught
is litible'ee gnaw off Its foot and get
away •or have its -fur eeriousty dam-
aged by° other skunks attacking it, in
the trap.
In preparing for the market, likunic
"Skins should be cased pelt side out;
all superfluous meet and fat should
be settiped off before shinping. Care
taken* in preparing the skunk for the
market "will reward the trapper well.
th6 daY time ..t° •°tiCi in wliich those Platforms are cleaned • ever
twopithree days.
The care the • flock is iMpOrtant.
The fowls may have a good poultry
lam's° and plenty of good feed, but if
they are fed ;angularly or are 'fee-
qUently frightened, thee, best results
in egg aroduetionaeare • imPossible.
Dogs should Lever be alldWei t� r run
into the poultry house and etrangere
hold be kept out of the pens. The
tatetaker should be friendly wall the
It Pays To care For Farm Teols. fawli and should feed- at reeulae
• hours :tad do "other work in regular,
„Farm ,manhinery represents a fin- order, so as to affect the life and
ancial investment.• Taking proper haleits of the fowls as • as p08 -
care of it reselts in a monetary gain; e.
leaving it exposed in the open all, it is generally supposed fiat egg
seasons of the year must mewl productiOn in winter depende ahnost
economiC,lees not only to the farmer entirely on some particular 'method
but to the whole country. It is gen- or trick in feeding. . That istoy nci
evilly recognized by authorities on means true. We mu* have pullets
agriculture that, --if, exposed in all hatched in the early *spring and Must
sorbs;of weather, farm Machines •de- give them every oppoitunity to grew
preciate mere.than they 'do from fair and -develop. Then, if they are pro
wear and tear. That is to say, the perly heused and tared for, they will
armer, who is careless in this re- lay if properly, fed.' In the .case of
pect pays for more than twice the hens (females more than one year
number of iniPlemente than he adage- ol4 'those which .complete their new
y reqUires. At the same time greet coat of feathers before the pold-Win..
manufacturing plants' and small ter Ras in, and which lutee not been
armies of workinert have to be kept injured •an any way, by •digea.ge or
busy replacing these losSea, Which; in otherwiie,. during the, first year, ae
the onlyones which can he expected
to ley well during •the winter, even
wnen .yiell -fed. Egg prOduetieri is.
they maY root in straw or.litter after
a few handsful of oats or whole corn,
is highly to be recommended. Either
the self -feeder,. ortrough may be used
to advantage. •A.shqs,..• Bode, earth,
etc., should. be constantly accessible.
If any, one feature should eeceiae
emphasis oyer all other in connection
•wjth the rearing Of fall :pigs,. it is
that of dry quarters.
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theusaad's . of , instaaces, .are .purely
and simply the aesult of Carelessness
and 'neglect. .
To house impleznents properly, it
may raitl3e necessai Y to have a •special
. •
implement shed.. 1Vlany farmer e can
utilize an unused burn fiber, or a part of food . . the Inada Food. Board. at a r ecent value of the Canadian daixY products
they can , obtain in the . sum- • •
1, Conference in . awe".
of some other building. Poultry or mer, on the range; se far as that is
ether live stock should never be al- • Pi-4We, usually has good results if* Ther decreasesi are as folio*: • .
lowed access to the building, or pert other conditions arel favorable. There Ffthee 2,3a.Otoe„ isReett 'S.rins there had been no areprovenient in the
of a* building that has been set aside
more -than leek.. • .'
• • .
The poultry keeper. who. provides
fowls in winter with the same variety
•The 'Food Board Says
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.• While there- has: been a numerical
increage in live 'stock in Canada and
the United StateS, owing to advanced
'cost •of feed and the eagerness to
realize' on the high, market .prices,
there has been a teadettcy found ;in all
the., live steek • markets for farmers
to -ship cattle .and hogs before they
are. properly .• finished. • ,Lpss of
weight approximates 10 per cent:
Far-sighted live stock men Make
every effort t� finish their eattle be-
fore marketing, .
•
FigureS showing, the enormous - de-
Aciency of live stock in'the principal
countries of Europe most affected by
COAPERA'fIVE TESTING PAYS $50,000,000 /
PLANNiNee • lee*
- THE FETUitE
,•, Sy Ear
la W. Gage -
An increased productiOa thirty
per cent, in the alerage yield of
reing Per cow, resulting in 4n added
dairy production of $50,000,000, , is
the remelt of co-operative cow testing
in Canada. Our dairy farmers, have
enforced since 1914 the strietest
economy in 'production of. all dairy
products, as a war -time measure,
and by weeding Out the slacker cows
from their herds are not only able
to produce more milk with less num-
bprericeoffocrowits: „bat 10 vecure a higher
When the farmers looked about
them for ways and means of solving
their war -time labor teed production
costs, in no fine of agricultural work
did they.find a greater opportunity to
increase production than in the im-
proiement of their daily herds. The
average Yield eaf milk per cow in
• Canada .'vias at. that time only about
4,300 pounds per year. Compare
that with individual records og ever
25,000 pounds of milk in a year and
herd .records averaging over 10,000
pounds for each cow down through
the herd, and You have a pleture of
achiavement-pf, these -
a d the wonderful possibilities for
the improvement of the average dairy
herd throughout' co Men .
Canadian dairy farmers have found
• the keeping of herd records, more
commonly known as cow -testing, the
Safest and surest haisis for that in-
telligent breeding and selection Which,
with ' proper feeding, is sure 10 re-
sult in an improvement in production
that makes -the difference between the
general average yield and. those
which are at the top. -
Id Canada various plans have been
s
tried since this Work was first con*
menced under the 'dire 'am Of the
Dairy Branch of the Department of
AgrIculture, which in 1904 started on
a small. scale 'to promote and .extend
the work of keeping herd records, Kea
sulting finally in '1917,in the ,opera-
tion of; thirty-five dairy record. cen-
tres, each of which was plaeed 4n
charge pf an experienced .man who
gave his entire time to the weik• of
cow -testing' within a limited, area,
arid whose business it wag to see that
the. samples • were properly tested;
There -were also a large number of
small association 'Or groups; for
whom the testing was done by Some
individual qualified. • ' -
;In` 1917.• there were nearly thirty
thousand cows, under test record in
connection' with the organized efforts
of this branch. ^. There ha:VP also.
been, ietariy hundreds of cows tested,
independently by. owners wh,o were -t
not connected with any .of •the dairy'
record centres br eaw-testingassocia-1
tions,- but who have been interested!
bY the 'general reaalts which they!
the war-w.ith -the exception of Aus- feund their neighbore achieving. • :I
tria-Hunaary, Russia, Turkey and thej
Balkans, reliable' figures for Whieh Since -this work was stetted the aye
erige yield of milk per . cow.' for
are impossible to obtain -were -given
out by Chairman 11; B. Thomson of
Canada has hicretteed fully thertY per
cent. • This means that the total
was great* by at least. $50,090,000 •
in 1917 than it, Would have, been if
is no. one ldnd of. grain , which WO1 -996.000 • 138,000. • 36 herds Ance 1904. . The increase in.
• Denmark - 345 000 46 e00 1 3 000 • '• '
fbr .rnachinery. On Mese farms, i,, furnish alletheaaaifferent- food elements. sweden• 595'
,000 • '2 000 the yield of. Milk ' from individual "•
Veer, special implement house is required,.and, if only'one kiiml is fed; 'Iniitecdt. - • • • .. - ' has been natal' more striking.
herds
desirable. 'A suitable building, • if the fowl's eat more than 'they should aegagy 2,2oaotei 2748P, 1:910111g8 because the general -average, includes
carefully planned be conserve space • in the endeavor to get enougg'of Rename . • . 200,090 ". •• 162:990 those herds whoSe . production of
can be built ' at .. a reasonable cost'. tain .eleMents of food," and.. in that - ' ' .
., n- nearly 'so.
i Milk • has remained etatioaaren •or.
Leading Live Stock ProduceiS
Plans can .be obtained'. frote th • way overtaa their digestive organs; . a ' I
. .., e. clachngthe members of theeCtina.dian e'"eThese farmers have not -found --that I
Central ExPerimental,--Firm at ot. net "Only- causing -lank pi production'
I'llve.. Stock Council and represents- the plans for ,inanniveinent•of a dairy
tam,. . . • . . .. . ' but iii•heidth. The •poulti•Y keeper
taves'of the Meat Packing industryof, herd need be elaborate 'or ealein •
/3 f e I . who feeds in manner th
Canadian ;farmers- unitedly will
realize this, our • animal diseese and ei
losses therefrona would decrease. a
e o e eine, emepts are stored • for ethat• loses. e
he season, should' be • • .•
rarefully :price of his feed and • the . profit he
might mike from his hen's.' -, As'itl-
ready stated, egg production is nevet
a matter of luck.
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29%. net. aineem, • - • . - ••• e
te
Canedand oiled. It is tagood Plan,
fter remoeing et1.1 dirt; to wipe the
Mire machine With an oiled rag and
grease all Wearing parts with tale
The Care ofthe Litter. lo
The measure of the SWIne feeder's !se
abifity.eility-Welt be - taken by his
siccess in handling his tater suininer 2
and fall •litters. . Here 'the percent- ,
age ef; culls and unthrifty alga is eiTe
usually - high particularly with the
late fall litter. obliged' to winter - in a
cold or Worse damn quarters. Oen- re
e.srallya speaking, ,po -young pigs
. .
should aritive after Beptemberaunless
. • „the feeder' has „exceptierial facilities
' • winter,swine raising, . •
, • , matte 'strong efall littera "the
•••• .soWs should epend ethe s-urnine.r on
pasture.'With as much range att 1304-
• • sfige. Clover, alfalfa, tape or grass
May be. utilieed teethe exelusien of
- meal for the •firet two Months, provide
ed the • pasture -4g • abundant. For the
duration of the ge,statimi or carrying
, eperiod, the ilee of a little meat. once.
daily, will be amply repaid. Shorts
and bran, equal Parts, • with a bend-
' ful of oats per sow, fed it. tem Pouids
is„rocOlionended,
One- of Uri -Salt-
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factory fall litterii is found where the
a�w hae predueed a' litter in the
ring, been heavily milked, and bred
in a thin wealceited 'State, and at the
'all•lhe One properly nourish the litter
elle is eatrying. Ordinarily,. breed
the IOW'S feW ',days after `weanifig:
, slf elte enteh;pulled d'onni flesh
delay. Wt.:ling even at ,the expense
'of, a later fait litter- •
When the •tow farrewe, it in
• Auguet, SepteMber, or latet, observe
tge following. factsee•-• • •:
• 1. -See that the youngsters have •ex-
ereise and plenty of it, right up to
, snoiefall.
2. Timer, must have a warin, at3r
Plete to-aleep.—One thorough chili-
ing, eteeli as May be. tontraeted on a
wet, aold fell- evening, where Mato°-
, per shelter and ;little bedding are
evill ruin the sucker or wearer,
tot good and elL Given 4 crry4 fkor,
W or axle grease. Further, it pays
renew the paint on the machinery -
t tetanal' intervals. Paint of good
riality, -applied to well -cleaned sur -
aces, is an excellent protectien, as
ell as improving the appearance •
Of
6 machines. Then; too, it is an
dvantage. to attend to all necessary
pairs during 'the winter when the
mechines are .not required.' This will has fed a number of 'horses each win-
ter' en a silage "tation. The horses
so -fed' have for the • most part been
young animals from two to five
years. of, age.- They* Were tarried
throegh a feeding period of from ten
to twelee weeks on silage and draw,
without grain. A ration copeisting
of a fait quality of "silage without,
'straw 'was sufficient" prodace slight
gairia in weight, and leave the horses
in improved cendition at the 'end Of
the eleven weeks feeding .petiod:" The
horses were awed . all the 'silage
they would clean. up, and oat etraw
in excess, the refuse being 'used to
bedding, ..
"Care should be taken- to avoid silage 'which is,:very Sour, as.
digestive disturbances ate apt , to
follow, especially whenin full feed is
alloWech With a "good qualiey of
silage, as high as forty pounds pen
head daily Was .consurned by horses
weighing 1,509 pounds witheut any
signs of digestive trouble. Froten
silage Should never be fed, '
"Ia these experimetits the horses
were allowed to Tun loose in 9. shed,
with adjoining• yards for exercise.
They were fed from a eonentOn trough
and had access to water at all time"
Ash
iseckise*
'Where silage is available; =it can
be used to good advantage as the
basis of the ration,' states • a report
on feeding, silage ato horses.. .."Por
several • years the 'experiment station
save much time lend annoYepeninthe
busy seasons. .,
To tsum up:. Proper care of fatal
amehinery necessitates" •a 'suitable
building Where the implements will be
protected fipia the sun, :wind, ram;
env* and live stock, .when not in use.
In aqition it should be kept clean,
'well oiled ("painted; if neeessery). and
in good repairee-A.D. • , •
The Self Feeder Nye". .•
.• With the ingredients of a gOod:net-
tion constantly before then:, placed so
thatnthey may eat it Will, hogs will
"Melee .441/16. .:hiere--:tiffildly 'and enioiefi
economically then When fed by hand.
The time needed beingathem to a
certain weight will be .sneetened and
the. labor ,of feeding them will be. re-
. ee
dime& •
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Neaer plant bulbs act they Will come
in direet ccintact with manure, '
Bee -keeping; :that. .is, producieg
honey pays' better in proportion to
the eifivestmelit than any other rural
:businees. And the Valueeef the bee
in the• ppllinatien. 'of ,',fruit blooms
excieqs its value as alioneY preducer,
'Taroips will withstend hard 1%54
but alternate freezing ainle .thawing
injures thein. Gather, top and store
the roote in banks or pits,' or in oil
outdoor storage eellar.• Do not place
theta in the etorege room in the base -
Ment et! the dwelling as they give oft
odors that penetrate throughout the
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Gooseberries: are absolutely 41)61-
.1:lent on iptect fertilizatkin, and the
wholesale dropping off of gooseberry
flowers, wnich is frequently attribet-
ea to other tenses, is utuallY, dee to
the fact that unfit1ora731e weather
'hes peeveriteci the: heft from doing
their work. .
sive, •
the. Deminion, in conference at Ot., !but should take cognizance of the fact
taWa as to the best means of meeting that there are good mars antl 'peer
I. the situation presented by the enor- crave, judged by their milk "produc-
tion,. in all breeds and that it does 'not
follow 'because g '.cow may' have' a
lengthy pedigree that her perfor-
Mance a the milk pail ie up to the
markn that there are scrub pure-
breds as nteling common.scrubs. It
requires. some Moral courage to, dis-
card the expensive pure-bred scrub
after she has been shown up in her
true colorse but it is the right thing
to do nevertheless!
These theiry farmers belieh. that
there is only one true'standard, and
the test must be, prOduction. This is
not an argument against the putee
bred animalsas, suchi'but 'rather an
atteMpt place peAcrinanee ahead
of pedigree. Ancestry is an import-
ant consideration, but ;unless the rea
-cord carries With it aollie account of
production, rt lacks the only iniporte
ant feature, and .theirian looking . fee
superior animals gets no :information
fromeit that is of Teal value to him.
He may have personal knowledge of
the strain in 'question, but that is
another matter. • In War eines we
have learned that the son of the mil-
lionaire, has - eitf- rithr.e -right to loaf -
than the son of the farmer, whieh is.
"equally true in the case of the pure-
Amite: live stock shortage in Europe,
,
.drew 1.11/ a memorandum to the Gov-
ernment in the forteof five reiolu-
tione Which.. hieltide the following
points: -6',1 - .
That a policy of rural .ereditbe
sanctione and sunnoted by, the Fed -
era rnmente - e ,
, •
hat step be taken to establish
cr r,' ' 'nthis country with Prance,
Belgium a ' -Italy; . 4.- '
That a• Government -,gent, prefer-
ably' Mr. 'H. B. Thomson, Chairnian
of the Canada Food Board, in. the
continuation of his present capacity,
he sent 10 Europe to were fullest
possible 'rre'cognition of Canadian in-
terests in Supplying agricultural pre-
dicts;• '
• That •the Governenent proyide. 'nec-
• essary marketing..faeilities,.inading.
adequate, controlled temperature
space in eanway cats, storage ware-
houies; arid ocean .going vessels;
. That the Government give encour-
ego:tient to a. 'campaign throughout
Canada for increased live stock pro-
duction, in view of the enormous op-
enerturiitieinnew ' -presented -.--Lto L. --the
Canadian live stock industry.. •
In his reply , Sir •ThOlas White,.
Acting Prime Minister, said many of 'bred cow as against the „common
these/ points were being provided for grade animal
and whatever furthee :possibleewould Any plan which has for itsobject
be done. " 1" " '" " . the iniProvempat• of deka stockmust
provide for d study, and retord, of ‘•
the perfeltriance of' ther ' indi•idual
cow, as well ns deal witler,the inehage-
neent of the herd, ineluding its care
and feeding, and the breeding of ani.
mals to mpleee those WA are dis-
carded iethe "weecIllg out" proess.
Iridividpality: eau*. enlyle determined
by wtherrivrileki.gln.ng. : and %fa ting of. :each
Cow's
ci
It is quite practicable for indiyidual
faimete to test their awa herds, Med
many in Canada are doing this; but
stme term of co-operation has been
found an incentive" to a There .w.60: -
able plari of eemmunity effort, thus
raising the general "teaerege yield
rather than the general individuel 0,
Farmers' Account Book.
• "Wili you kindly.iend me a -copy of
your Farniers' Atcount Book of which
we Were tolct by our pastor?" That
is the way a letter recently received
from a -farmer by' the Commitsion
Consrvatipn reads. It shows how
thilcIergy are seconding the efforts
of th6 •Ceentetisioe to encourage biol.
aesslike habits among farmers. The
Farmers' Amulet 'Beek, ,Which eon -
thin -5 lelanks for a simple but com-
prehensive system of •ferm -accounts
will .rie tint oe tequesteto Any farth-
er who statethe aumbeei of acres el
land lie work%
• '
average. The competition for high -
eat average production brought abont
by• go-operatiee effore, one neighbor
=seeking' to do better than his neigh-
bor, is healthy and conducive -to
the best intereet of all dairy farmers.
The demand for this cow -testing
work has • been so great that
the. officiale found themselves
foved to inaugurate a new system
• etarting with the 191.8 work. The
and the services of cheeee and =butter-
deiry recerd tentres were abolisbedi
makere enlisted, the farmers paying;
these men, •or those (purified to test
the milk, at the rat of ten cents per
cow tested, This ?plan Makes it
worth the while of the tester, and
the rate is not -ovetly excessive fer
the farmer to pay. Each tester
pfovides his own outfit.
. The .milk factory it the patural
centre of herd record work of all
kinds, •The samples' may be con-
veniently collected Imre on the milk
or cream! wagons, and it is likewise
easy to communicate with the farm=
ers who are patrons rof the factory.
An inerease in inilk production of the
.herdn-the.-factoryAistriet-mearfs-'4
not only greater returns to the farm.
• erg themselves, but likewise a larger
output for:the creamery • or cheese
factory, thua ineuring a larger rev-
enue for,: those who depend upon it
for , their profits.
ene--•-egieeee-o-enneneee-0......
There eo
sty the ending of anything, and
ipartierdarly in the . ending et the
I Year. We look backward and realise
; gore nenele bee been left undone; we
I look forward to tho future and wow
•.1der whether we can succeed in ape
Preaching Cali" ideals. • Behind. are
the shadews, before are 'the donde.
Yet this is a gloomy eondition,,and it
profits nothinse We, cement recall
tthoex:to,vwere'.fatonfrinueereasskandforapbariedst
ing `to eroren its euccessee.0 Vile cane
not govern the future, we ean only
-gray for mirage to go forward and
dd our best. As Men and =Christians
we should, like $t Paul, fOrg'et the
things that are peat and reach, for-
ward unto the ,things that are before
us. In other words we should plan
for the future. ,
• Now, this planning is limited by
certain facts: First, we cannot -tell
fwolir2tustshe' OfuUtur rpelainnsaYmheYvebien Sit:121re';
pletely upset brOod's plans. Second,
neweearaSelarynot e beexett te:.:thift_taOlPfirLAIn age--
i'flealtrare always-raust
al-
ways be -higher than zany possible
realization. Third, we do not know .
how long we may liwa The rich man
planned for inanyi Years Of ease, but
the decree went forth that must •
die the' very, night of the day' when •
leie plans were ilda, And, fourth,
o3r ne may, he unwlet,. proving so
we pureue them tilat ;we have. not
known how to bring the things we ,
desired, It is well for us, •
then, to study these principles.
The first is this; I must be Morala
ly and spiritually ready. The foolish
virgins had neglected to carry oil en-
ough -to replenish their lamps. They
Were net strengthened by high ideals
as they started out. They. did not
know the love of God, and „their
loyalty to Nim had all gone. It is
the old Jesse/ which we are learning
now from the world's lettaggle-ethe
lessen of 'Preparedness.
,A secand principle Is assurance..
God is 'a/oricing purpose out, and •
because He is God and therefore perl
feet, that purpose must be for the
fipal lieppiness of all Ilia children;
As the waters cover the sea.
tahrie4reafgraern'allbepeocresrfeuill, e Gl"patir, purpose •
cannot be defeated; It is this truth
that' always saved goad men in
the warld's history.. They .ce.i.ed:
"One ffiing we know, that the Lord
God has. a ,plan and it Will finally be -
revealed." And So strong' did this, •
Make them that they did not care
Very Much what; happened to:.. them.
Whether they Were lien, gr there,
whether' they were at rest or in cone .
fliet, whether they had friends 'or
were alone, mattered little, go long
as they trusted their 1eader. Soldiers
know„ :what it re to go,' out, almost
blindly,. and obey' conimands, when .
they heist their commanding of-
ficer. And if I .ani. convinced that all
the forces of life are ander the mast- ,.
ery of the King of kings, who loyee •
and eares for, Ls people, then 1 can
go. forward and meet anything g.ncl
eVery One Without a tremor; and ray •
ife will work•itself into the plan ef
•• Vrostbitten Plants. 4
•Suddenly sometimes the wether
changes when it is least expected and
many house plants are frost bitten:
Whert plants have been touched with
:frost take them tto theecellar or to any
dark cool place, whet.% the tempera-
ture is above •freezing; Ant off 'alt.
•black parts back to where the stem is
green and pull oft the" frosted leaves.
Keep. ehe plants in this dark plate
for a day or two and gradually bin*
them into the light, not exposing
them to the rays of the sun until.new
greirth has started. '
, Plants frozen frames as a lute
should be left where they are, keepflig,-
the saSh• covered -*with mats to .ex..
elude the•sunligh until the'froat has
disappeared.. If.' continued: 'cold
'weather is expected •the night cevete
ing should. he increased. • '
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God and become a pot of it. I must a
have -assurance ,in that -final trihrriPli '
of Gods will, which is righteousness'
• and peace. . ' • .; •
A third principle felIoWshin With
God.' The Father of His children
dem net use them a1 pawns to atr4'
cemplish Mk. purPese.. We are.not
atoms in 'theworking out .of blind •
fate " We are not even dead. stones
in the`formatian of a' mos* orstine
rnscioui threads in the weaying of
he tapestry of the futere.. Rather- •
are we living stones, ourselves
ing up the temple_Whicli shall at last
be the glory of God and huintiaity.,
I awe worker together with Geed, not
only to. work out with Him 'ma- owa
salvation, 'but to help in 'the estabe • ?
lishinent of His kingdom of univereal ,
righteousness. , . •
And this feIloveshin with God leads
to fellawAhip With men. We are all
workers together; We, are all alike
God's 'children,. Workers irt the struga
gle.to makeelife eternal a real thing..
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important than life own work, that:
Which his brother -man .is doieg. And •
if any Man fails to do his part or
Cantot see 'the vision, I mast -help.
him and try to being. Min to a realize.
tion Of his privilege:, It Is thia that
Sweeps aside the pride of life and
banishes men -made - distinctions •fro tt -
e. • e •
And, the final principle to guide us
planning, for° thefuture, as joy, It .
,a-glerions thnig tenieueneyerinto
ountry which' we know we snail .
finally reach: . It is an inspiring
' thing to nnow that life has a great '.
At. meaning and a nerfect consummation.
IOnceRow .can! I despise my life when •I
know God lute given it to me and
. .that He calls upon me to use it fot
the .buildingsup of His and eny king-
Gefirop 1 dom-nente bemuse His, for He is imy
M - .
hicesFor _ . prather? It is a joyful thing to
Neinx boforo were prices to high atd otters"
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693 Feulatere
St.; Louis, Mu.
repares the worlenfor Christ's second
toming, and te make our planning
;for the future a part •of God's great
• pian -for the happinceis of all His
people. •
All we can do is nothing worfit
•Upleea God blesses the deed;
Vainly we hope for the harvest -tide
Till God gives life to the eeed.
Yet nearer, nearer deaws the tireee .
The time that shell surely be,
When the earth shall be tied' with
the glory of God
Arthur 0„ Aingere
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