HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1888-4-5, Page 7FARM,
7eaa?anence of Maztures.
Sin John B. Lawes fella us, in your col.
noun, that while the fertility abstracted by
crops cannot be restored. to the bolie plants
may be nourished by fertilizers. To such of
OA as were educeted to betievo that, to good
soils at lease, the numeral became integral
and homogeneous with them, and that the
amalgamatten wee pernxaneat, this woe a
eurprfae,; but it wes reserved for the author
of Gardening for Profit"' and "How the
Farm Par" to give ue a real shock, p
Meow from page 11:3. of the first -named
,lock ;
" We believe the common practice of top.
dressing asparagus beds iu fall to be a herr
wasteful one,; in dietriets where is not.
neeeseary to provide agsinet severe freezing,
for aS the plant is then dormant, the juleee
Mie. Reynolds, p find that alae learned some
years ago that the creem of farrow owe
will ziot conte to butter as soon as that of
new mach eowe, ,rad that it. passes Mlle the
buttermilk. Aa we have always had but
little farrow cows' milk, or those that have
given milk for eix months .or more, she has
alwaye mixed the two and let the creme go
with the but.erwilk, then let it rise as ,all
cream will, and skint it off and use it for
cooking. It is mueh less work than to heap
the cream and milk separate. In this: way
there is but little waste. In a dairy of a
large number of old milkers, it would pay
to keep the milk separated, E. RBT:+O US,
Fond du Iae Cleunty, Wis.
I�'oya<S,
The origin of coloring butter is Lound in
the golden hue of butter made :from the
fresh pasture grassed of .,Tune. As to the
of Cho manure aro eater evaporated Sir elan origin of the practice of coloring ebeere, we
washed down by rains, below the roots of ettemee "no teller" can find it out. It ter•,'
the plant.. * * * All our praetice,corneee rte not aeggeeted by nature, which
berated by direet experiment, bas oonvinc- only tgipsrts a ereare y tint. Foesibly aoxec-
ed me beyond all doubt thatmanures, eitherF hod thoughtese it made the chew look more
liquid or solid, organic or inorganic, are un- buttery; but bow any body cane see a sing
profitably employed when applied to plant`s geed:ore of butter in the bricky'red calor too
the dormant orate," often Orme to che, eerxa beyond our compre-
mt
in .F How the Font Paye we are tom, benafon- We much prefer thenatural color,.
p. 13 ; "It es a delioilve belief that manor- sed the tendency toward ricer ebeese ,coke
mg or tills; e, no matter hew geed, will ever to iflewould come to this compatesiou a
being a poor, ilia sod, into perwaneizt fen- last.
tzliry, unless the applbcithon of memo* is
yearly continued ; for no orellreary amount
of manuring or cultivation vett maintain the
fertility of any soil over two Tears, sae 14 will
thea either base been takers up by the crura
grossing on it, or else have been swotted
down below toe depth at which • the recta
plant per;.�Oe the' , t food hauled on to the
,.o
Oen
soil as a enbatitute for fertility abstracted
wit only stay there "two years i" It mere•
ly fitters through it, by .gravity 1 Naw,
oar yon explain away the lnevntable 'force
of thesestateneents to sueh of ue as are till-
ing lands whose fertility has, to e,1y the
least, "not been meintaiaedY. Z.
Piecirt70tits i ;.
hhmited eeDelnaioasare often drawu tem
lace,! expeti.nieitts, mad raise* intended for
universal apptie.rtlou ,ba:etl on 'mealier and !expert coloring in Jinitatlon of the natural
not widely varied treats. From the many Jersey tint all because high colour beetled
experiments which we have made in many j for, not only at fairs, but by consumers ren•
years, on light, saw.dy, gravelly, and ev;rae+ eraily. The colour is always ceneldered by
cit what would be termed burrry soder, out the buyer. Raw be is net deceived. Ile
eile hand, and heavy, Moen; and oleyey' known when butter is colored and whoa it
Are additional cense for high coloring lies
in the, foci that Jersey butter, as a rule, brae
bath a bigie color and a high detror. The
flavor of Jersey batter was at fist objected
to by saute as too high and too rank ; and
probobly onlay still object to it on thee*
grounds a Bat rteverthelea„ the Jersey ba*
set thin a:anaard foe calor, and eeldow el the
soler of the praducte of other bade, Sava
alone from the Channel Iebande high enough
without a rewrite artificial mecum to idghter
ie. Atfairs. the judges bave given prefer -
mice to the Jeesy bus, rind the butter of
ether breeds baa mitered, becau.;a of esteemed.
defective color, though it might ma tit the
least lack in point of flavor. A good deal
of injuetica hies probably resulted from thee.
C"izrsequezntly the expert butter•ruaker has
added to his other aceounpllehtueute that of
land ea the other, we have t041141-1* great
deitbrsiece he the length of time that Boils
wiwl bold the fertiiina a; pens of manures.
Cant -troll rules exatiet be tetabliehed boat
table atone On either;' kind of sails. Gauntly
and gravelly satin, the value had di eprvear•
est long before the exact "two naive' bad
paeesc.i; and en ;strong, clayey loaues they
lasted mere than twi.ee that length et time.
On the last-named Nano, careful expezineeut
has give* a much heavier raters for a suaare
applied iu outman or early ~niter, wbiie
plants were dement, than bethetmicecediag
tiering, for beamed of being wanton away,
the absarbent charaatcr of :be coal held it,
while time was allowed ter it to btemme
well diffused among the pertielea. Differ,
ent results and different collo i nlons may
be drawl from =ditto sails, anti where,
stead of the moderate application of maouro
for farm crops, It le applied, annually at Cho
sato of a humored touts or more. d'he "In.
ovitablo force" of the atstements given in
the preceding quotations ria theretoro ca
tirefy 'dissipated by a wider series of er-
perltnouts,—EO.
PLANT b VS* Surttaiw.
Planting.tisuO will .aeon be here, and be.
sides tho trees of which wo spoke last week,
the throbs should not be forgotten. A>< gar.
den or yard without its shrubs is like a
wood without its uuderbruab.
Ilere is a list which aro hardy, easily ob.
tained, and flower at different season* of the
Summer : i lowerirg Almond, leaves similar
to the peach, .flowere in masses before the
leaves in early Spring, 4 to 0 teat high. Ber.
berry, several kinds, including the purple-.
leaved, which is an ornament in itself ; the
common native makes sz very pretty shrub.
Clethra or White Alder, handeoane white
flowers from August to Oatobar. Dogwoods,
several very fine shrubs, all worth growing.
Doutzies, the double white and double pink
of the D. erenafa, 1).;acabraand D. pronatis,
are all handsome. The upright Honey
suckles, malty charming, early Summer
flowerers. The Forsythia, a golden stream
of fiowere before the leaves put out at all,
The Hydrangea p one:data, a gorgeous mass
of white in the late Sommer months. The
Mock Oranges—who does not like their de-
licious fragrance ? The Golden • flowered
Currant is another of those hardy, sweet -
scented Spring shrubs, different almost
any others : the Red -flowering isnot quite
so hardy, nor is the charming Japan Quince,.
with its brilliant scarlet flowers. Sexeral of
the Rhns or Sumach family aro pretty. The
Smoke, or Fringe tree is an old favorite.
The Rose of Sharon or Althea will not stand
the extreme north climate, but in a tem-
perate climate it is fully at 'home. The
Spice -bush is also shy of the North, except
in well protected localities. This is really
true of many low -growing plants. Their
home is under the shelter of woods, and if
partly protected by trees, their chances are
improved.
is zest; bot if the hue Is right, be core* not
whether it is natural or arndelal.
"Remedy for Third Mutes."
This is tko beadiog of en article by G A
P.ttsaell, in the liwi er of Dee, iOth. While
im is a good adeeibte article and ahaws
thought,1 do nut think the writer glens n
geosi a"reu.edy for hard bucca." The Mr. T.
we ztloaed inthe article says "cultivate
lnaiu.4 " Ae the children say when playing
bide and seek, Mr. T. le the warmest,
(,meaning be le eloser to tido hidden alibis)
but neither line given the "remedy for bard
tithes." Nail nsakere, barbed wire makers,
and manufrotnrerecf altthamachinery that
the former uses curnbloe, ,.very ,harmer
who makes any protease to reading &now*
bole things aro arranged by every catling,
toile and profession, except the tarmere.
They cooperate and agree to produce only
enough to insure only a gold profit an their
investment and labor. The various trades'
formed "syndicates" and cornered things.
The neem memo is now a trine; ovcrythiu
from a paper of pine to a aelf•binder, that n
used by the termer, also, coal oil, tea, coffee,
sugar, yarn, clothing, one, willaoon be eon.
trollcd'by "trust*.. The farmers of the
United. States consent' every truet company
or syndicate where tho "woodbine twinoth,"
by terming the "boas trust," and resolving
to produce only so muck wheat, corn, ants,
hay, bogs, cattle, horses, mules, potatoes,
ole., as with pay m good profit en the capital
and labar. This and this only is the "reine-
dy for bard times." One year's experiment
will promo taut; I ani correct.
Not until the farmers will combine to
limit production can a bettor state of things
be hoped for, or better prices obtained for
tho produce of the farm. Let the ferment
form a "trust" and resolve to plant half a
crop for 1SBS, work half as many hours,
raise half as many hogs, cattle, barns, ate..,
and I have no fear for the vault. The cry
of hard times, and poor prices, will no more
be heard in the land, so long as the farmer
will abide by the " trust." The farmer will
wear good clothes, his wife and family will
vie with city people in wearing fine clothes,
the boys and girls be better educated, and
will not be so anxious to leave the farm, and
all classes will be bettered, for as the far-
mer prospers so prospers the world. Far-
mers, let us form one grand boas trust and
resolve to limit production in ouch a way as
will cause coal oil and railroad tyrants, and
all other trusts, to wish they were never
born to worry and plunder the farmer, who
is the tax payer of the nation, and burden -
bearer of all other callings, trades and pro-
fessions, and the over-worked slave of all
creation. Limiting production is the key to
Golconda's mines, beautiful country homes,
and happy, prosperous families on every
farm. Io is also the door to the settlement
of the vexed "labor question." Let the
farmers become prosperous as they should,
ought, and can, if they will use brains, and
labor riots, nihilism, communism, and all
such products of an impoverished farming
people will vanish like mist before a north
wind.
BURNT EARTH FOR GARDENS.
Tho early practice of .manufacturing char-
coal, in the days when forests were abund-
ant, left fertile spots of ground wherever
the piles or pits had been made. These
spots were noted for their luxuriant crops
of wheat and. corn for many years after-
wards- ; and the European practice 'of par-
ing and burning has been quite successful in
the few instances where it has been adopted
in this country, especially on heavy orclay-
ey soils. We have found in past years
much benefit in its use to garden crops ;
dry sods, during a season of drouth, mixed
with brush and other rubbish, answering
the purpose after slow combustion We ob-
serve a statement of Dr..Voelcker, who
made the analyses, that the amount of sol--
ubie matter in the soil was increased from 3
to 10 per cent. by the burning, with an in-
crease of available potash and phosphoric
-acid. Some other favorable changes were
made.
FARROW Cows' MiER.
1 "notice an inquiry by James Hoyt,
in reference to mixing the ' milk of far-
row COWS with the milk of fresh cows. Mr.
Hoyt was informed by a gentleman from
Delaware ,county that'. the cream from the
milk of the farrow cgwe will not come . to
butter as soon as the cream of the new mulch
eowa, and if mixed would run off in the
buttermilk.In discussing the subject with
It rays to Raise Trotters.
We quite agree with an Americen con-
temporary that there is as moon profit in
raising the trotter as in any other farm pro-
duct, provided he is bred right. The high-
est prices cannot be realized for horses out
of eovatuon mares, but a standard -bred ani-
coal is alwaysis demand and pays a large
profit. There is la nearly every county of the
Dominion, Agri niture is cariee1 on,
one or two standard -bred etallioias doing
stud duly at fees within the metals of the
average farmer. If it ie within the menus
of farmers to keep one or twostaaadard-bred
mama two can earn their keep, it will ply
well to raise colts from there. The fi..rst emit
of such martial* the moot important item to
the farmer of limited means, but as it casts
no more to keep a welt -bred mane then one
of common et04k,
and as their produce by
ztandard etellione brio; higher prices, the
difference is largely be favor of the better
bred horse, It is not incumbent upon the
farmer to develop hie ateclr for speed per -
Pews. He eau leave that part of the hello?*
education to those who make a busineaa of
it, and who will pay him a. good price on'
the etrength of pedigree .Alar a frona
the utility of the trotter a! a speed horse,
he is the beat for light general work tbat
the fairish can make ase of. His endur-
ance, nerve andsprightly movements make
him of rale if he never goes off the farm.
Weight for weight he ie the supe* for of any
type for general purposes. A Nova Scotia
termer, who thinks fear hinieelf, gave his ex.
perieace as a breeder of trottin }tome oil a
small scale. He bought several mares at dv
cost ut *1,200, and bred thelia to standard
stallions, etendieg at moderate fees. The
Crest colt *old wee 23 menthe old and beougbe
Said The next Was ,illy sold wheuuuder
3 yearn for $fOO, and the next a yearling,
gold at 53(10. None of these colts were
handled for speed. The mares were need far
ordinary farm work mod more than (paid for
thernsetves in labor. Their produce tumid
would bring S2.100 ruder the hammer.
Now, if it will pay tho farmer of Nova
Seedier, where the elintete a ivauteges are
against 1ztin, to ratio trotters, is wilt pay the
farmer in any other section. The man wbo
fools dievati ped. with results has himself to
blame. No men who breeds right, no mat-
ter whether his operations embrace one or a
hundred maures, can fell to make a profit
PROfIOTIr G AGRICULTURE•
lair. Georgewolarr Interviewed—,a.Plea for
the Improvement ot-Ontario . Butter.
A retorter called upon Mr. George
Laidlaw recently, to (ask bin elAulen ss to
the beat methods to be adopted to itn-
prove agriculture and enhance the velrie of
t ze Canadian faxmer'e proiuses. Mr. Laid-
law hate mixed with our Ontario farmers
during tl e greater part of his life, and is re•
garded by them as having their interests at
heart. Hence the interview,
"You eek me," said Mr, Lddlaw, "what
is the beet thing to be done to proreot i the
farming interests of Ontario. 1 suppose you
mean in a public way -.-.that ie, whet can
logialation or the Governmen t do ? Before we
discuss that let me point out what the Gov-
ernment and Farliauee t are aabed to do in
various other direction at the present mo-
ment. It scenes, to nae that extraordinary
pressure is being brought to bear me the Gov.
ernnient to expend public money in evert
direction—except for the advantage of the
fanners. Let ue look at some of these pro-
posed oxpenditarea, rfontre4 wantsa ship
chancel debt of two millions esus ed bytthe
Gavernnneat, oto that the interest the Ilan-
bor Ooramiseionersiere paying ou it In ey go to
local harbor improvereesets. 1 am free to say
tbatMontreal, as the great pore of shipment
for Canadian produce to Europe and ;no en,
trepod of Canadian imports for these upper
prortnees, should be node as cheap ri. p err
as possible ; atad in this connection t wield
alae express my emu -lotion that Queue
*beuld bre matt the peiitt at 4eperuce for
the ehorteet pareagee agree the AtlaPtio
from America. to Euglsnd for Caaad.*n
travel. Then there is a pressure fur the eu-
lar;emeot of existing cattalo, the ebipppbig
interestclaiiaingthat they should bewideued
and deepened tee the expeuae of the country
(the fermere paying the greater part of the
Pominiore revenue) to the tutee of merry mil-
lion more. Tide, 1 outsider unnecesasry
at preeeont ; our farm products have little
use four the carats, the railways beteg the
prluoipal means of transportation. At all
events the St. Lawrence c;snal Omuta not
be enlarged at present actives the neighs i*
made to bear the cost There are other re-
forwers--I don't speak of polltioiane -who
want ell the tolls reowved from the canals
and all the shipping clues of every lard re-
moved from the*. l awreuce, from the head
of the lams to the sea, cud mate expense
thrown open the country., including, tate
farneetugeuerally -and this is dens to eueap-
en the cost of 'Volte:at States Nerthweet pro,
duets ou their way to Eugletsd to convent
with Canadian product,. Then we hove
the great scheme of the Trent Volley nasal,
that is wholly uncalled for, and would cast
tea minion dollars before it cardd he costa-
Ge1raany'f; Future,
]'schleps it would hr4rdly be venturing
into the domain of prophesy to Rata for 1
the Germany of the oaniar generation a
yet grander deetluy then that which bees
tied* achieved by ttaosta who are now rasa.
fag
If the tamp. To all bonen aeemulg
ciao netizm has been in training for a nobler
ewer thee the race of glory width ebe hove
as triumphantly run. The stern military
tracing which has made Germany a nation
of soldiers; tido conflicts, the hardehips, the
dangers, acid the victories of the peat have
developed conscious power and strong soil
reliance. Sar excellent if not unique eyst.
cm of schools and colleges havo made her
people also a race et sabolars. Tito great
wonder has beon ick the past how sueh a
people could boor their wake so loaf; to the
yoke of a military devalue or suffer so
large a share of the trate of ealonco and
industry to be offered in the temple of tiara.
But a notion does not cornu to maturity in
a dee. Much bas been yielded to stern
nccesstty in the past. t•ecurtty against
foes cu either hand had to be provided, and
the lave of freedom has hitherto yielded to
the Iava of country:'" Present indications
pilot to another great struggle, more terri-
ble perhaps than any that toot preeeedcd,
to the near future, When [Germany has
emerged triumphant front this, as it can
scarcely be doubted she will if itis forced
upon her, her people may hope for a period
of reat. Tho intense louging for relief from
the present intolerable burdens, and far au
ample measure of genuine freedom and self-
rule will then have opportunity to make
itaolf felt, The arts of peace will, it may
be hoped, take precedence of the arts of
was, constitutional freedom replace a semi -
military absolutism, and the united people
enter upon a career worthy of one of the
greatest natione in lioropo in the dawn of
tho twentieth century of the Christian era.
Concealing the Facts in Dakota.
(From the dhitego Herald's Special Blizzard Be -
ports.)
Business has once more become paramount,
and the booth which Dakota, right or wrong,
has managed to keep up for a number of
years past has set in again. Everybody in
Dakota (with few exceptions) is now indus-
triously engaged in singing the old, old tune
of Dakota's prosperity, of Dakota's lovely
climate. The reason for this is, of course,
self-evident. All the business men in Dakota,
the representatives of the 'ooal press, and
the officiate of all grades are members of.
the conspiracy. For a conspiracy it is. Tlfi;
elm is to cloak over ghastly facts; to
emooth things up so as to rob criticism of its
sting ; to try and not injure Dakota in the
eyes of the unwary and toallure as many
immigrants to its precincts as of yore. For
all that, the bitter, deadly facts cannot be.
quite concealed. ' The bodies of some un-
lucky ones, who had wandered away in the
blinding, death -dealing ice storm, far, far
from home,, are .still found, , even to -day.
And it is no use telling outsiders that this
kind of .homicidal hurricane is an excepj
tional thing.
Nero's Eye -Glass.
Pliny relater that a tomb at Cyprus bore
a lion carved with eyesof emeralds so bright
they frightened away the full in the sea.
Nero wore an eyeglass of emerald which
was supposed goad for the Fight, and itis
said that lapidaries who cut emeralds have
good eyesight because the hue of the stone
refreshes the eye. The Orientals believe
that wearing an emerald imparts courage
and averts disaster. It was ground and
taken as a medicine .in doses of six grams
as a cure for various disorders. At the con-
quest of Peru the Spaniards captured
hundred -weights of emeralds ; and one
dedicated to the goddess Esmeralda was the
size of an ostrich egg. Cortez gave his bride
a large emerald carved like a rose, which
roused the queen's envy and lost him the
court favor.
--ram-a
But, Is Webster Right?
In Helen Gray Cone's story of "Hercules:
a Hero," in the Century for March, one of
the leading characters, who is by no means a
hero, goes shooting with a breech -loading
gun; and his unlettered host is made to
speak of it as a " britch-loader." Thisnode
of indicating the pronunciation implies that
theauthorof the story thinks that breech is
not correctly pronounced with the short
sound of i—britch; but Webster says that
it is.
Although Lord Charles Beresford's mo-
tion declaring that an entire reform was
needed in the management of the British
Naval service was defeatedin the House of
Commonshe proved his point by relating
his experience as junior Lord of the Admir-
alty, and the reform will surely come. Ac-
cording to Sir Charles, a clerk brought him
the Naval estimates to sign, and seemed
ee, much surprised when he refused to ap-
nd his signature at once. To the objeo-
tion of the responsible officer that he knew
nothing about the estimates, the clerk re-
plied, " What of that ? They require your
signature ?" A great deal of Government
business is done in the "perfunotory
way assumed by the clerk to be all right,
but reform in needed wherever, sueh notions
prevail—the Imperial House of Commons to.
the contrary notwithstanding.
Don't try, if you arean ordinary man, to
occupy two seats in a crowded horse -cur.
Only women can do thatand look as inno-
cent as a lily -of -the -valley all the vrhile.
to produce the beet animals for .exporta-
tion. In England they are certain of want-
ing a large number of horses for cavalry pur-
loining ; information en this subject should be
circulated brozdeaastshowieg the close of ani-
mal that ie ne gnlred'; and in this oonaectiou
the Government could nee its fattuenee with
the English mi'irary authorities to haves
purchasing a,enta located in the principle
centres in. Canada. Ina hundred ways the
Government con assist the farrier, and I
think it is now the farmer's turn. icor it
always well to keep in mind that here in,
Canada the social and aristocratic forces
which have kept agricultere to the front in
1';aeglaaacl, are wautrug, and l: is but .right
for the Governaizeue to take their place and
supply the stimulus that is needed to deep-
en the lntereet in agricultural pursuits and
aceare the needed irepraveinents. The ehiip-
ping intereet, the maaufenturinir interest,
the fishing interest, the railway interest, the
workingmen's interest, the commercial in-
terest generally„ have all been pretty well
looked after, and they can afford to ahead
aside for a inane while the greasiest interest
of 41, the farming interest, which is the
Ingle of Cho' country's prosperity, receives
some consideration. Don't yeti dor* ao ,
"Would it cast touch, Mr. Laidlaw?"
"I think %het if the Govertuuenp would
spiend a hall a million er a million in this
way they would find it the best investment
the country ever made. The interest on a
million would be only 40,600 a year. And
you know a half million er a million gaga a
short wav in railway enteidfa ng or carat
eonserec*iota."
"i What do you eetintato would be the
reTat of your a reeeennendetlurs, if earthed
nut, in tweed to the butter product p',
"1 believe it woad runic is a alviarg to
Outatio alone of rt Ie tat faun mtlliens of dol-
lar* a year, betides the kat dowel improve.
mein of a eicultero which would necetereeily
fellow. Is tab net a matter worthy the
cousideration of the tneuabees of our P'arlia'
meat, representing ageia uhural oonstitweu•
cies; as well es `ho (levee -At -dot r
.An Epitaph on an Rorty Settler.
Tread witty, straagcr1reverently draw near
The vanguard of it clarion slumbara here.
1'erebauce be waudered arse by Vorrowtt
side,
Or dreaun'd where Severn rale hie volumed
tide.
3layhup his infant gars first caw the light,
Nib 13ra11ytionwdenee heaven autidtieu'd
bci�itt»
Or thrril'd his boyish heart, lit bygene
days,
':teat,: the rad. tones of Edd's ueoara cul trays.
pitted, and when completed there will be Amid*! Cho cr3wdrd *usrts to Old Worm.
nothing for it to do. These are only a few
of the aaleemes !evolving many millions that He eascaaad to live as nxobler, purer like.
are being praises! me the Government—ray.
int nothing of the movement to secure a Brave .heart, beyond Atlentle'a alnico roar,
low millions more of public expenditure in Hosought a home on this wild wee tent shore.
.
Manitoba. There are in thole heavy bur.
dens for the farmers, however much the Its pezii'a midst he built leis log but rude,
ehippinn huterces, whicb is sinal, compared And lived, Iiia one companion—solitude.
to the .tanning iutereat, may be benefited
Yet not his only ore, ethera'er ho trod,
In childlike faith he wali'd with God.
by same of them."
et ell, Mr. Laidlaw, what do you pro -
polo? Would you discontinue or arrest ex.
penditures1"
"I think the country should lame a
breathiug time after the great expenditure
on railways, canals, pubtse buildinga and
other things. We ought to tali a halt in,
this direction at least."
But what about the farmers' interest'"
"Well, when you arrest for ailette this
great expenalituroyou do well for. the farmers
woo bear the brunt of taxation, iso matter
in what form it reaches theta. Now if t had
the ear of theUovernment I would urge them
to do something for the rumen of . a. praeti.
cal kind, ,fro have a Department of Agri-
culture at Ottawa, but most of the time the
title has been a misnomer. Ism glad to sea
Haat John Carling le bringing the depart-
reent nearer to the farmer than over before.
What the Government wants all round is to
get near the fanner, to make our agricultur-
al population see that tho Dominion (lovorn-
matt is really interested in the progress of
agrieu`ture. A hold policy in this direction
is absolutely needed and would be popular.
The Dominion Government is now interest-
ing itself in experimental farms, testing
seed grain and so forth. Of course. the
Government looks well after the non intro-
duction of cattle disease into Canada and
sees that our cattle interests in England are
not sacrificed. That is right. But I wish
it would got still nearer to the fanners by
manifesting a lively interest in their home
work. There are the dairy interests.
See how high our Canadian cheese
stands in England and the enormous
development of sales ever there. Two
men if enterprise,Messrs. Melieraon and
Ballantyne, have done more for the cheese
interest than all other ag8ncies combined.
Why have our exports of butter to England
fallen off so miserably? Because wo are.neg-
lecting the art of butter making and losing
millions every year by this neglect. An
enormous quantity of bad butter is made,
and this has almost destroyedthe demand
abroad. Now this must he changed, and
the Government can do much to put our
batter interest on a first-olass basis. After
the Danish war with Germany, when Den-
mark was almost ruined financially, and the
people had to cast around for a way to in-
crease their resources, active measures
were taken to increase the value of their
butter product ; new methods of butter mak-
ing were urged upon the people ; new inven-
tions were tried ; the practical people over
there took hold of the subject with, intelli-
ge nee, and to -day Danish butter is almost
universally good and the best in the world.
In England theyhave their model farms and
splendid dairies among the nobility, but
Danish butter is now in consumption in pala-
ces, castles and other aristocratic'' resid-
ences there,bringing'great prices. 'maintain
our Canadian Government should take hold
of this butter.questionwith a will; establish
first-class. model creameries, eohools of in-
struction forthe fathers, wives and dough -
tern, if necessary, and give many whodo not
see the newspapers ocular demonstration of
the right way to make butter. . Or, let them
spend some money to help the agricultural
societies throughout the Dominion to estab-
lis those: model creameries. They can , also
help by circulating tracts on the subject,
Written in a popular 'style, and by sending
out lecturers on this subject and on stock-
breeding. 1 think, too, that the Government
should aid agricultural societies to purchase
thorough -bred stock, giving assistance, under
certain conditions of cooperation, to societies
in districts needing improvement, to buy
stallions and bulls of the purest blood
suited to the wantsof the country and
lits atelwart might, dead keen, unerring aim,
,'aught lurking aavagcs to octad his mune.
With gueneblest course and uufiineblag
toil,
Redmond] het, day by day, the unwilling soil.
Primeval gloom, beneath his sturdy blown,
Beamed forth in glebes that blcasom'das the
rose. •
And. years rol!'d by. Europe ber exiles
cent—
Around him grow a tbriviug settlement.
But 'tie not good for noun to live. alone,
He woo'd and won a maiden for his own.
The flowers of June smiled on his marriage
Watt.
And thrum ten yearn he tasted wedded bliss.
His children, born 'Heath Freedom's own
roof tree,.
Were cradled in the laud of Liberty,
They lived to bless tho author of their birth,
And, by their deeds, rauew'd his honest
worth,
Ilia neighbors loved the kindly, honest way,
Of one whose yea was Yea, weese nay was
Nay.
And aid dispute arise, his word. alone
Was jury, judge, and verdict bient in one.
Dark day that saw, and gloomier hearts.
which said,
The father of the settlement is dead.
Yes 1 fall of years, beloved on every band,
His spirit left them for the Better Land.
Tread softly, stranger 1 reverently draw near,
The vanguard of a nation slumbers here.
HERSw.RD S. Coczrx.
The Violeta.
Snow is the air, and snow on the fields, and
snow, cold snow, on the hill.
Calmly the fillies are sleeping yet, and vio-
lets sleeping still.
Time ye were waked, 'tis time ye were stir-
red ; we wait your promise of May,
And the modest sheen of your purple and
green thrusting the snow away.
Yet shall the violets wake, I know, and
earth shall be glad once more ;
But, oh 1 for a spring to revisit the souls
whose springtime once is o'er.
Never a flower or a bud for them, but only
a wintry glow;
But only to sit with hopeless eyes and gaze
in vain at the snow.
Violets nursed by Spring's soft hand, then
fall'n by a despot's sway 1
Not of themselves did the violets die ; souls
of themselves decay.
Sweetly the vio ets lived their lives, content-
ed in nun and in rain.
Who helpless were made to blossom and
fade sweetly shall blossom again.
Since not your winter yourselves ye brought,
violets' 1 rightly ye wake.
Right, too, alas 1 that souls should sleep—
souls which their winter make.
So violets gay tea), laugh at decay, with
many a spring time in store.
So keep your spring while ye may, ye souls ;
once passed it shall come no more.
Wheneverit ie warm enough to open the
windows the furnace sends up sufficient heat
for a zero day, but when you strike a zero
day the furnace is in the proper condition to ,.
make ice cream in it.