The Exeter Advocate, 1919-7-17, Page 2•
By Agronomist.
This Department is for the use of out -farm readers who want the advice
if an expert an any question regarding soil, seed, crops, etc. If your question
s of sufficient general Interest, It will be answered through this column. If
stamped and addressed envelope ie enclosed with your Letter, a complete
answer will be mailed to you, Address Agronomist, care of Wilson Publishing
Co., Ltd., 73 Adelaide St. W. Toronto.
Get the Binder in Shape.
The grain binder is one of the
implements which is used only a few
days a year and then put away until
'another harvest has relied around,
and because of this is ver,: likely not._
to be in first-class condition unless
given a thorough overhauling before:
being taken out into the field. An re
pairs should, of course, have been
ordered last fail and put on before
the rush season began; but in this
article we wish to point out some of
the things v.hich are often overlooked
entirely, but which help greatly to
make the binder work satisfactorily,'
The first thing for you to do is to.
secure Peens your dealer or from the
firm making the binder, a copy of
tlic; r boehlet on hinder operation and
troat.ales. Practically every firm puts
out st: h a hack anti you can get it
if you go after it hart enough. We
can help you considerably through
these segaestiene, but we are limited
as to :race and mese over the points.
gen ` - ea as to apply to all types
of Lie than :Bowing a'
see •.,1 reeeer i:y means of diagrems.
Wr`t f 'r : egar booklet to-iley and
they can be made quickly. A strip of
thin leather put on the inside of the
canvas will make the stick hold much
better. The canvas straps should be
gone over to see that all are in good
shape and fastened firmly. Many op-
erators: make the mistake of drawing
the straps too tight, as the canvases
should be run as loose as possible and
net slip. A little powdered resin scat-
tered inside the canvas will do away
with the necessity of pulling up the
straps so tight, which not only cuts
the life of the canvas but requires
more power to operate.
The flap to a canvas should be long
enough to cover up completely the op-
ening. It is long enough to do this
when new, but the majority of operat-
ors, instead of tying it down, let it
flap around and it soon whips off, If
this has happened, a new piece should
be sewed inside the old flap, or, better
still, be tacked under it at the first
stick. Seine means should be arrang-
ed for tying this flap down at each
buckle.
Straw wrapping round the roller it-
self is nearly always due to lad; o1
a proper flap to the car,v,ae, but
etedy in]m et home and in the lna:le worse if the grain is allowed to
fell,?. and it will chose you how to pre- go up tea nisell endwise,. whieh also
vent elar.e :a Linder dor tm•oehle, makes it dit leant to make <a ret;t bun -
Go evor the hireler cuefulIy to see die. Some help tonin.s keepleg the
that na bolts: or nuts are missing or heads batik can be see':reel h settnae
lees.', es there are is ::all.ya few the outside er ;•rain-rrhee', end. rel
1 l ane rens. re :ihelo•t to work ahead of the other end. It is of tea
oft'. T1s:e is tecore likely to happen necessary, however, tea stave a fiat
where two inks;; parts bolted togeth- strip of iron v. -bleb fastens at the
er are seta . '.,.1 to .'ons,,ilraile vi-•.r'arn-C:...`:1 earl and lies over the
br bila, The 'fno t satisfactc way platform �.^.,, in sueh a wey es to
,. them g3holes bake the heads ,
ta�s..eo•c... ,..cm from wor,.ln,, loose n .hr, .ears sufii.l�nt.;. a few
s 1a '.'1, leek, washer. If thele merits male with a: prick-penLh or
are stet :va:1;111e, a seeeed or loek-nut nail from the hewer aide should; make
rase- be use.; if bait :, Ione en. gh, it all right.
An'4her seethed is by putting a sheet Straw wrapping around the Mier
of bass or heavy tin under the nut Pins or gudgeons may he due to the
and trier, beeline,- it up so as to pre- canvas creeping to one side, to its
vert the nut frim turning. Still an- being ;welly torn along one. edge or to
other et e tive way is to take a prick- the flap not being ,sufii: ient to cover
punct cr nail and make a slight nick
in one of the belt threads just above
the net. This will snake a little
tra„ble :f the nut has to be removed,
but will not be serious. Usually, how -
the opening. It is aggravated by
grain going up too much endwise and
also by too much end play of the rol-
lers. If this is caused by the supports
spreading, the proper adjustment must
ever, if the nut is turned down firmlybe made, but care must be taken that
and then the tip of the bolt painted' the rollers are square after this is
with heavy lead paint, little ar no done. If the end play is due to wea
r,'tee-able front nuts coming off will be , it is advisable to slip heavy leatmer.
eltperieneed, l washers in at the end to fill up the
Where a mit is too loose on a bolt,{ space as moll. as possible. These can
due to the threads being, somewhat! be split and slipped in with the roller
worn, the threads can often be made: in place, but it is better to take the
to hold by laying a strip of thin tin' roller out where it can be done, with-!
or brass or even cloth along the bolt; out too much trouble.
and screwing the nut on over this.1 Many operators make the mistake'
Sometimes fine wire or cord wrapped! of running their sprocket chains too
into the threads will make them hold, i tight, which not only wears the chain
Another way is to set the nut on: too rapidly, but requires too much
edge and strike with a hemmer until power to operate. They should be run
it will grip the threw] on the bolte as loosely as possible and still not
Sometimes when it is desired either' jump off. If a chain rides up on a
to tighten or remove a nut, it is found: sprocket and produces a jerking ac-'
to be "frozen" or stuck so t';glitly to tion, it is because the wear has allow
the bolt that it is impossible toLtarn ed the chain to stretch, so that the
it without danger •of twisting off the pitch is not correct, This can often be'
bolt. In such a case, the nut can remedied by setting each link on end
usually be loosened by holding are ax and striking et lightly with a hammer
or heavy piece of iron aga,nst one so as to shorten it enough to make up
face and striking the opposite face for the wear. Closing down the hooks
with a hammer. The other sides, will do practically no good. !
should be struck in the :,•ame way Chains should be put on so that
and then kerosene worked in around each link has its hook end pointing in'
the nut. In working such a nut off , the direction of motion and with the
after it has been loosened, plenty of open side of the hook out. Running in
oil and patience should be used, and the other way will increase the trouble
the nut worked back and forth until from wear very much.
it is finally gotten off. y Probably no ordinary farm imple-;
A round -headed bolt' which turns' ment suffers mor:' from poor oiling
when it is necessary to remove the' than the binder. Part of this fault is'
nut ma.y often be held by catching' due to the construct'on and location;
with a pair of pliers or pipe wrench, of oil holes. They have no provision-
the part which projects through the, for holding oil or keeping out dust,
nut. Sometimes the head may ba, and many of them are put in such in -
pried up enough so that it may be accessible places that the farmer is
caught by the pliers or pipe wrench. more to be pitied than censured for
Sometimes the head mal be filed on not crawling in to get at them as
two opposite sides so that it may be, often as they need attention. The
held by a wrench. If another nut is greater part of the fault is due to
available, it ,is usually quicker and the fact that many operators have
more satisfactory to split the nut off not grasped the fundamental principles
with a cold chisel and put on another.; of machinery lubrication, that the
Before such a bolt is replaced its ideal method is to keep a film of oil
should be bushed by strips of tin puts in the bearings at all times. The near -
on two sides. I est approach to this is to put on a
All broken or lost cotter pins, small` amount of oil at frequent inter -
should be replaced. In fact, it will vals, rather than a spoonful twice a
pay any farmer to keep an assortment day. The oil which goes on the out -
of bolts, nuts and cotter pins on hand! side of the bearing does no good and
for such emergencies as may arise;
I only helps in catching the dirt. There
any day in the operation of the binderare many places on the binder, fast -
or other farm machinery. I moving places 'with little provision for
All broken reel arms and slats, and holding oil, which should be oiled every
also any canvas sticks should be re- half -mile round. .
placed, It is a good idea to have an All veil holes should be carefully
extra one of each of these on hand,f cleaned of dirt so that the oil has
or at least, some material`frorn which free access to. the ebearing.
Shade and proteetion from the glare
and heat of the sun mean better and
more cheaply matured pullets, more
summer eggs from the laying fowl.
Plenty of shade should be provided,
especially for growing chicks, in order
that they may thrive and.prosper dur-
ing warm weather. Shelter .furnished
by plants or trees is much cooler than
that afforded by buildings or other
artificial means. Chicks allowed to
range in orchards will not only find
ample shade and green food, but will
benefit the trees as well as themselves
by destroying insects and worms.
Corn or sunflowers will help to pro-
vide the necessary shade, or artificial
protection may be obtained by sup-
porting frames covered with burlap
or branches of trees a few feet above
the ground.
Beware of feeding too mach scratch
feed! The chicks get in the habit of
eat,ing too much of this and not
enough mash, so that when evanter
comes and they need a larger propor-
tion of mash to help in their egg pro-
duction they are not very willing to
eat it.
Co more scratch feed than the
chicks will clean up in about ten min-
utes should be fed early in the morn-
ing, and in the evening they should
be served out just enough to clean up
in twenty minutes. Provide, large out-
door feed hopperz in the ranges where
they will be handy for the birds. They
will need plenty of these to prevent
crow, ding.
3ucceesful dairymen are nearly
always good judges of dairy stock.
Training in judging cattle enables one,
first, to make few mistakes in buying
stock; second, to get better prices for
animals he has to sell; and, third, too
• breed more skilfully, thus, building up
a..profitable herd in the shortest pos-
sible time.
Judging receives such prominence
at shows and fairs that the casual
obaerver sometimes earries away the
that it is a field for experts xp is cath-
er than for the practical farmer. This
le an incorrect coalcluslion. Practically
everyone evho handles dairy cattle is
benefitted by studying the art of
judging, cattle.
While actual performance is of
course the moat convincing evidence
of the worth of an ,animal, the exter-
nal indications of qu+al,ity which are
apparent to the judge of even moder-
ate experience will go a long way.
toward preventing mistakes. Such in-
dications are frequently the only
means of estimating the worth of
calves, bulls, dry cows, and all stock
in which accurate milk records and
pedigrees are lacking.
To take grease out of leather, ap-
ply white of an egg, dry in sun; re-
peat if necessary.
Piga fed on good forage crops will
make many times as mach profit as
those fed in dry ;oto.
The accredited gain in pork to an
acre of forage varies, depending upon
the crop, the age of the hog, and am-
ount of grain fed. An acre of sweet
clover. with corn at S1.50 and hogs
at $15 a hun.lr'eii, netted $12.07; rape,
$37.50; alfalfa, 65.00; and a combina-
tion of oats, peas, and rape, /il.t30.
Of all forage crops, alfalfa is the
great permanent crop, while rape is
the emergency erop, and green rye the
fall and early spring crop. The ideal
forage crop should show adaptability
to soil and climate, permanency, pal -
;debility, reasonable coot of planting,
and good pasture at any time during
the growing season. Alfalfa, clover,
and rape have most of these qualities.
As soon as rambler roses are
through flowering cut out all the old
wood, the branches that bore flowers,
and throw the whole support of the
plant into the new wood of this year's
growth that will flower next year.
IN TEN YEARS
500 Dollars
rf deposited at 3% amounts to $697.7
But if invested in our 5%%
Debentures will amount to, .$860.20
Write for Booklet.
The Great West Permanent
Loan Company.
Toronto Office 20 King St. West,
Lambs make cheaper gains when
fed corn or kafir with silage and al-
falfa than on corn and alfalfa alone.
Three rations are desirable for feed-
ing lambs: First, corn, alfalfa, silage,
and cottonseed meal; second, kafir, al-
fal:a, silage, and cottonseed meal;
and third, corn or kafir, alfalfa, and
cottonseed meal.
Lambs fed corn, alfalfa and cotton
seed meal will make slightly greater
but not quite so cheap gains as those
,, fed kafir, sit tge, alfalfa, and cotton-,
seed heal.
i Whole grain :should be fed to lambs;
because it will not gum as readily as
ground grain. A tenth of a pound a';
day is plenty to feed at first, but this
should be increased gradually. Within
two ar three weeks, when the lambs.
are on full feed, two or three pounds
of grain should be fed.
It isn't wise to crowd or push the
lambs, because if they once get off
feed they lose rapidly in flesh, Al-
ways feed plenty of alfalfa or some
other kind of hay along with silage.
A quarter of a pound of cottonseed
meal a day is enough. Cheap feed,
such as damaged hay, can be fed to
leml,s with good results, From sixty
to eighty days is the common length
of the feeding period.
The most desirable weight for fin-
ished lamhc is between 80 anti 85
pounds. A quarter of a pound gain a
day is a creditable showing for lambs:
on full feed, Feeder lambs should
weigh between 50 and 55 pounds.!
,. They should have a strong frame, be.
rugged, show lots of constitution, and
he :uniform in size and conformation.
They should have size and substance
enough to carry plenty of flesh and
fat. Lambs of this bind can be bought'
through any trustworthy' commission
firm.
Most sheep feeders drain their feed-
ing pens so they will remain dry. No
thing is more detrimental to
health and thrift of lambs than
'quarters.
the.
wet:
PARCEL POST MARKETING
By CHAS. E. RICHARDSON.
I have two businesslike, persevering
friends who have made a success of
parcel -post marketing. One of them
keeps a herd of pure-bred cattle in a
distrtict far frofp cities. Creamery
prices did not satisfy him, and he had
no way of selling his whole milk. So
he conceived the idea of a farm mail
business in certified butter. He learn-
ed haw to make certified butter of a
high quality. From numerous manu-
facturers of paper and wooden ship-
ping boxes he obtained samples and
quotations, finally choosing a Iight
wooden box of two -pounds capacity,
manufactured in his vicinity. One
dollar for two pounds appeared to
him a not unreasonable charge, and
that was the,, pries he mentioned ,in
his advertisements.
These advertisements be placed in
the classified ad rages of high-class
newspapers. They were short, six -line
notices, but they were businesslike
and to the point. When the adver-
tisements had been running a month
and a half, my friend wrote: "Results
thus far are only partially satisfac-
tory, but I believe a successful busi-
ness can be developed if I give suffi-
cient time and business effort to it.
I mean to stick to it."
He made nothing on his parcel -post
business in butter during the first six
months, but all the time he was mak-
ing headway. At the end of that time
he had several permanent customers.
Their number steadily increased. He
took pains to sell extra good butter.
Week after week it was of uniform
quality. Eventually he discontinued
advertising altogether, because he was,
getting more order;; than he •could fill.
He is a successful parcel -post farm-
er to -dray, and he would not think of
marketing in any other way.
The other' man, city-born,as a
young man managed butter and egg
stores: Consequently, he knows a
good deal about retail market condi-
tions and prices. On the farm he pro-
duces butter, eggs, and dressed pout:.;
try for parcel -post selling. A spring
specialty which he makes much of is
maple sugar and syrup.
The syrup from the home orchard
this spring, besides much he bought
of neighbors, he sold for $1.75 a gal-
lon delivered;
allon'delivered; for sugar in 10-1b. pails
he got $2. To local' stores at this time
other farmers were selling their syrup
for $1 to $1.25 a gallon. Within the
first two zones `.his mail-order farmer
shipped by parcel post, in other zones
by express. His syrup sales -last year.
exceeded 200 gallons.
Yesterday 1 had a letter ox
fr
om him.
"The parcel past can be made to do
great wonders," he wrote. "Gan be
made!" He bit the mail on the head
with those words, "As soon as the
buying people realize they are sure
of getting their goods, and getting
good goods, their orders come thick
and fast," This man knows much
more about marketing than the aver-
age farmer, and he considers the par -
eel post indispensable.
There is no object in trying to build
up a parcel -post business unless you
have good stuff to sell. Without first-
class goods you will not get repeat
orders, and without repeat orders .you
cannot sell goods by mail at a profit.
Quality is one essential. Another is
perseverance, The early days of a
parcel -post business are the discour-
ageing days, Remember you are build-
ing
`
up a business for •a lifetime, and i
it will pay to build well.
For the farmer who looks for quick
results, the Thanksgiving and Christ-
mas holidays furnish an opportunity.
The right sort of an advertisement
easily sells turkeys, chickens, and
ducks at this time. Don't try to fill
your advertisement with too many
fancy words. In the early days of
mail -marketing city 'people liked the
sound of such words as "sweet," ex-
quisite," "delicious." Like sugar, such
words are all right in small quantity,
but city people are sick of them now;
they have had too many.
So, in your advertisement say less
about the flavor of your goods and more
about the price and your business me-
thods:, By parcel post you can sell a
given grade profitably far below the
retail price, or at the retail price you
can sell superlative goods. Make the
consumer' understand these things.
You will sell goods by mail if you
make your appeal not only to his
palate but to his pocketbook.
THE CHEERFUL CHERUB
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summer Furs
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F''asl-rioris rule. --
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By John ]3. Huber .A:Tvl,M.D
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Dr. Huber will answer all signed tetters pertaining to Health. If you;
question Is of general interest It will be answered through these columns;
if not, It will be answered personally [f stamped, addressed envelope is ens
closed. Dr. Huber will not prescribe for individual cases or make diagnosis.
Address Dr. John S. Huber, IVI,D., care of Wilson Publishing Co., 73 Adelaidi
St. West, Toronto
Sunstroke and Heatstrokee,.
It is very important to make the
distinction. The heat stroke, the heat;
exhaustion sufferer is prostrated, in!
collapse; his skin is cool or cold ane
clammy; his muscles are relaxed; hist
pulse is slow and thready. His tem-
perature is below the normal; and a
couple of degrees below the normal
(98.0) are much more serious than a
couple of degrees above. heat stroke'
is the result of prolonged labor at
high temperatures, as 'among sto.ters;
not necessarily in the sun or in the
summer time. The condition may
come on at night in closely confined,
hot rooms. Such a patient has got to i
be stimulated with half -teaspoonful:
doses of aromatic spirits of ammonia'
in water, until the doctor comes. A'
warm bath with hot water bottles to!
his feet. But no ice.
Sunstroke or thermic fever, on the
other hand, comes about generally
through exposure directly to the sun's
rays (hiring hot spells. ---•i Alcoholics
beer drinkers and the like—are here
easy narks. In severe cases the vie -
On falls un onseioun and may die at
once, or after a few hones of coma,'
with snowing, deep ;shore:; breathing.
Or, if eonei^fs, the suiserer m•ly
speak of colored or indistinet vision
and headache; there will he sudden
arrest of perspiration, the shin dry
and hot. The patient will all of a
sudden become dizzy and nauseated.
and he will vomit; then he will be-
come unconscious and his fare wr.11
flush, his pupils dilating, and he will
manifest muscular spasms. He is new
like to have convulsions, a quiet: and
bounding pulse and a fever like to
burst the thermometer (11,0 or more
degrees).
Put such a patient ;in as cool a place
as you can find until the doctor
comes. Sprinkle him with ice water
or rub him with ice or sponge his hot
skin with lee water, especially his
head and neck. If the doctor wants
to bloodlet don't interfere with h:m;
he knows his business. People v.hc
have had one stroke do very badly
indeed should they have another!
especially must they cut out alcohol„
Questions and Answers.
I would like to know what a spina!
douche is, as my little girl is a mental
case and it may help her.
Answer ---The cold spinal douche is
of the greatest tonic efect in nervous
fatigue and in calces of neurasthenia
generally. It is a powerful phy -ical
as well as mental stimulus. In sani•
taria it is ejected by means of various
nozzles in the form of a strong stream
up and clown the back of the patient
far a few second, only and at a dis-
tance of 10 feet. PaMente with it good
reaction do not need any :retial pre-
paration; but a week sufl'crer had
better for a ]lrelimir.::ry take a warm
bath. At first the water should not
be very cola]; later it may s ra;'rally
be lowered to 50 degrees, F. It should
he taken if possible every day. Ill
one's henle where one cannot have
elaborate contrivances the water may
le prinhleel from a have onto the pan
tient standing in a l:tthtub or irezn
the sprinkling at.taehnrent to tii)
ordinary bathtub.
Save tho Best Seed.
'When saving garden seed it pays'
to select the seed from the best plants.
Frequently the best vegetables are
used and a few Bull spec: mens are
allowed to go to. seed because they are
so poor that they are unfit for use.
Then the seeds from these inferior
specimens are used and tried the next
year. The grower often finds that
the results are poor and then believes'
that nothing is gained by trying to
use home-grown seed.
The plant that produces the seed!
for next year's crop should be the
best. Save the plants in the garden!
that appear vigorous and free from
fungous diseases or insect injury. i
Allow them to go to seed and the re-'
sults next year will be apt to be very!
good, often better than from the seed
purchased on the market. j
Seed that has been left over this'
year should be stored in labeled en- I
velopes for use next year. Many
farmers think that commercial seeds
men replenish all of their seed supply!
every year and never send out seeds;
that are more than one year old. They l
reason that they are purchasing ab-
solutely fresh seed if they buy of the
seedsman and think that their own
seed is probably inferior if over a year
old. Many seedsmen raise a large
amount of seed during a year when nt
is particulail,,y favorable for the
growth of a certain plant and then
have enough to last over if crop fail-
ures
ailures occur. Certain seeds retain their
vitality for several years and the per
cent. of germination will be very good
if they are properly stored. A spool
cabiinet makes a nice ease to store
envelopes and packages of seeds. It
should then .be placed in a dry room
where there will be little clanger of
inroads from mice. We save old
coffee cans and frequently use them
for storing garden seeds. A one -pound
tin coffee can will hold quite a lot of
garden seed and it will be safe from
rats and mice. The seed will also be
protected from dampness and it will
not become mixed with other varieties,
as sometimes happens when easily
broken paper bags or envelopes are
crammed full of seed.
The farmer who studies varieties
and saves seed from the best will find
an added interest in vegetable garden-
ing which will make the work mare
profitable. Raising good garden truck
is much like raising good live stock.
Only the best should be allowed to in-
crease. Undoubtedly there are many
points • concerning 'seed growing and
plant breeding which the average
farmer must leave to the seedsmen,
but under present conditions every
farmer can reduce his expenses by
trying to save seed from some of his
best plants.
The best results from the use of
this poison are to be expected when
it is used late in the afternoon. Tiles
it w,:11 not dry out overnight and will
be fresh when the 11urery hoppers ge
for it in the morning.
If put out in piles the chances are
that there will be some casualties
should live stook eat it, but if applied
as recommended no trouble is likely
to result, However, it .is bet to salt
the cattle before applying the poison
to their feeding grounds, as they evil.
then he less attracted to the mixture.
As one can readily see, the cost of
making a bushel of this poison bait
will be only the cost of the poison
itself together with a little molasses
and some salt. The sawdust, in re-
gions where the grasshoppers are
worst, can be had for the asking.
The greatest benefit can be obtained,
only when all of the farmers in a
community, or in a group of coin
munities, work together and spread
poison on all of the grasshopper,
breeding ground. One farmer using
this poison without co-operation, will'
get but temporary relief, and in order,
to protect his craps he must keep on
using it throughout the summer, for,
the grasshoppers are sure to fly in
from other breeding grounds.
How to Take the "Hop" Out of
Grasshoppers.
Into a bushel of screened sawdust ,
thoroughly mix, by ,sifting, a pound;
of poison, Paris green, white arsenic,
or crude arsenious oxide. In a gallon;
of water dissolve three-foutbhs of a i
pound of salt and add onehhadf of a!
cup of ,mola,s•ses. Slowly pour this.1
into 'the, poisoned 'sawdust while the
mixture is being stirred. Then add
enough water to make a good stiff ,
mash."
This oisoned bait t can safely be!
taken in the hands and :spread broad-
cast. It should not be left m piles
around the field, but should) be well
scattered. ''A bushel of this _poison
ought to cover about three acres of
ground.
How Farm Trade -Marks Help.
Farmers everywhere have adoptee.
farm names, but farm trade -marks;
are scarce. To the producer striving
to establish a reputation, the distine-,
tive trade -mark, considered so indis
pensable in mantlfacturin.g, has de-'
cided value. And it is inexpensive.
The trade -mark should carry a de-,
finite message. One enterprising Wo-,,
man has a pen -and -ink sketch of a.
dainty little girl carrying e basket;
overflowing with eggs. This trade-;
mark appears on her stationery, fieri
businesss cards, and her shipping' con -i
tainers. She believes the trade -markt
has definite value in her business,
much of which is done by mail.
Another example ds an apple farm
going by the name "Applecrest," •
which has for a trade -mark a colored
crest in which apples figure.
The farm trade -mark goes band in
hand with quality. The producer of a
first class article gives it a trade-
mark, identifying it, and the demane
grows fast.
What it Profits a Nal
To Fertilize His Crop
At Rothamsted. England, ' fer-
tilizers increased the yield' of
wheat (01 year average) 18.4 bus.
per acre, and at Ohio (20 year
average) 13.5 bus. per acre,
The unfertilized wheat of A. L.
Hodgins, 7Jttricic, Ont. (1018)
yieliied 12.5 bus. nor acre as
against the fertilized yield 54.7
bus. per 'acre. 1 ertilized wheat
yielded more than four three the
unfertilized.
Not total acl;eage but yield per
[Lore is what counts.
Fertilizers on winter wheat -pro-
vide readily available plantfood
whith''strengthens. the wheat to
withstand. winter weather, starts
it strong in the spring, and makes
it go' 'over the top" with . a sub-
stantially increased yield per acre
over unfertilized wheat.
Wheat Fertilization is
Good Crop Insurance.
Booklet on 'Wheat Production
mailed on request.
The 'Soil and Crop
Improvement Bureau
oc the
Canadian fertilizer Association
1111 Temple nuil.aiia -
p i; Toronto
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