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The Modern. Silo and Farm
Management.
The silo its in well to our average
.farm management: This is assum-
ing that the owner of a silo keeps
sufficient stock on the farm to war-
rant such an equipment, let us say ten
head or more. The silo as in keeping
with economic farm practice as it
stands ever ready to insure a crop
of forage or fodder. In times of
drought, early frost or hail, what has
been grown can be saved. The best
use of farm -grown forage and the
supply of a good and cheap ration are
the principal values of the silo.
To best arrange the work of the
farm so that each department can be
made to turn a profit is one of the
important questions of the average
farm. Where silos are added to the
farm buildings a change of farm
management must follow. Less hay is
needed, less land is required for pas-
ture, more land must be used for Born
or at least sufficient corn trust be
Planted to fill the silo. This corn can
be planted thicker than where ears
alone are desired. An early maturing
variety is generally to be preferred.
The filling season requires planning
end this should be done ahead of time
in order to secure sufficient labor.
Xf exchange of work is desired plan to
exchange with. farmers who also fill
silos. If this cannot be arranged for,
plan to exchange work with farmers
Who have ether rush seasons coming
at earlier or later periods, In grain
ni.ist, 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto
quires extra help and the man with
the silo can arrange to exchange so
that he can have his silo filled.
"The silo is the cheapest known
source of digestible carbohydrates."
This is a truth well proven by many
of the experiment stations and prac-
tical feeders, therefore to keep live
stock and to keep it economically
means the use of a silo; is such is pos-
sible, and it means that the work of
the farm must be planned to accom-
modate this arrangement, Sufficient
stock should be kept on the farm to
consume the rough forages and to give
a steadiness to the income and furnish
work throughout the year. Where silos
are filled a rotation of craps can easily
be arranged as the corn designed for
the silo is entirely removed and the
land can be plowed in the fall and put
into winter wheat, rye, or alfalfa.
Where alfalfa is desired an early
variety of corn should be planted and
should be cut before the first of Sep-
tember so that the land can be quickly
put in condition and planted by the
first, This will give sufficient growth
of the plant to warrant its living
through the winter.
Where land is high it is desirable
to use both a winter and summer silo.
It is difficult indeed to obtain a rev-
enue or profit from High-priced land
in pasture. It does not grow sufficient
forage to warrant a profit and the silo
can be much more economically used,
providing at least six times more feed
than pasture. Arrange to have fod-
der designed for the silo planted close
growing sections the threshing is a to the farm buildings, thus preventing
similar kind of work and is generally a long haul at filling time. It is al -
done after silo filling. Special work ways wise to grow the bulky forage
like bean threshing, clover -hulling, ration on the farm. If extra feed
alfalfa threshing, grass seed thresh- must he purchased it is cheaper to
leg. fruit picking, ete,, as a rule re- l buy concentrates than rough forage,
Paint Puts Profits Into Your Pockets
Limited feeding for young. chicks
during the first few days and weeks
after hatching is advised by a poultry
expert,
"Practice retarded er limited early
feeding. Nature has provided the
newly hatched chick with a `bread
basket' containing sufficient food to
last Brom sixty to seventy-two lours.
Before emerging from the shell the
yolk is absorbed into the body of the
chick for nourishment during the first
three days of its existence. Do not
feed too soon,"'
First day Leave chicks in 'incu-
bator and supply more pure air,
Second day—Provide sour milk in
shallow pans; also feed some chick
grit.
Third day :Give first solid food.
This mash is suggested for one hun-
dred chicks: • One raw egg, three small
handfuls of rolled oats and three small
handfuls of bran. Thoroughly mix by
rubbing and give four feeds three
hours apart. A dash of fine charcoal
and bone meal helps.
Fourth to fourteenth day Heep
chicks hungry and active. Give two
feedings of commercial chick feed,
two feedings of the egg, oat and bran
mixture, and one feeding of green
food, sprouted oats, lettuce, etc. Sup-
ply hourly skim -mill: for at least two
weeks.
After second week—Simplify and
cheapen the ration. Substitute the fol-
lowing mash: Bran, middlings, corn-
meal, ground oats, equal parts by
weight, and ten per cent. meat scrap.
Increase the size of grain feed as the
chicks grow older.
These points also should be kept
in mind:
A dry mash of bran, ground oats
and meat scrap will prevent toe pick-
ing and other cannibalism.
Do not overfeed, prevent crowding,
provide plenty of fresh water and keep
thein exercising.
Corn Smut.
The smut of corn is well known to
farmers. The smut znasses which
usually appear as swollen outgrowths
may be found on the ears, stem or
leaves, These outgrowths are some -
There is probably no one point more Any good mineral paint is more or tines quite large and make the smut
neglected in the average farm home less proof against such an accident very conspieuoue. They are at first
than the judicious use of paint, not A very dry old shingle roof will blaze covered by a thin membrabe, which
only on the house and outbuildings, from a very tiny spark. A tiny spark,
but also on machinery and various falling on a painted roof, will die out
artural 1m laments, and do no harm
ab p .
It is the rule rather than the ex- Lime -water makes a good fire res-
ception is some sections to see istant; in fact, whitewash or water
houses, farm buildings and farm im- from slaked lime makes one of the
pletnents sadly in need of paint. The most efficient fire resistants for a
idea seems to be prevalent that paint roof, Saturate the shingles with the
is used solely for ornamental pur- lime -water or line wash. The white'
poses, and its use is often regarded color nay be tempered by the addi-
as a Iuxury rather than a necessity. tion of some dark mineral paint.
W'I td f t T k pot f ht t
soon breaks away and exposes the
black mass of spores. The mass soon
becomes powdery and the myriads of
spores which each mass contains are
readily blown about by the wind, It
in these spores that spread the dis-
else during the growing season and
carry the smut over the winter to
the next crop,
In many of the smuts, as the smuts
of oats and the stinking smut or bunt
of wheat, the spores get on the seed
and when the seed is planted begin
growing with it• and attack the young
seedling. Treatment with a solution
of formaldehyde is effective in killing
the spores on the seed and preventing
Infection of the young plants. In the
cases of the loose smut of wheat and
the loose smut. of barley the spores
are blown about at blossoming time
and grow into the very young seed.
The hot water treatment of the seed
is used to kill the smut inside the
seed. Ie. the case of corn smut seed
treatment of any kind has been found
to be of no use, as the smut spores live
over in the soil or in manure rather
than in or on the seed. So the only
way to control the corn smut is to
prevent the smut spores getting into
the soil or the manure. Not only do
the spores live in the manure pile
for some time, but they may actually
increase rapidly in number if the con-
ditions are favorable,
Corn smut is found in all parts of
Canada where corn is grown, but is
more common in Eastern Canada.
Generally et is not very prevalent and
the losses are not great. Where it
is common, measures should be taken
to prevent its spread, The smut
masses should be cut out during the
growing season. They should be re-
moved before they have broken open
and spread their spores. They should
not be left lying where they may
reach manure or refuse and be curled
back to the soil but they should be
gathered and burned, Rotation of
crops is also valuable in preventing
corn smut. The smut does not live
long in the soil and will not attack
any other crop„ so time should be
given for the smut to die out in the
soil before another crop of corn is
planted. Seed treatment has not been.
found to be of any use in corn smut.
A manufacturer of perfumes in one
year used the following flowers: 2,400
tons of roses, 1,750 tons of orange
blossoms, 134 tons of violets, 280 tons
of jasmine, 70 tons of tuberoses, 15
tons of jonquils. These quantities
seem enormous until you stop to real-
ize that to make one pound of attar
of roses it requires eleven tons of
roses—about three million blossoms!
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
The Welfare of ,the Home
Fatherhood, a Profession
We hear a great deal of the sane- Father eoznes home!" is a phrase llleee
tity of motherhood and of the sacred with terror for the small rebel,
responsibilities of the another; but Too often chureh attendance is left.
who talks about the nobility of father- entirely to tete women. The children
hood and the wonderful privilege of see Mather start off alone for church,
being a father? One would almost while Father remains at home to read
suppose that children had hitt one par- Inc paper; The notion that church is
ent,. er that, beyond the obligation of a woman's affair is,formed so natur
support, a father owed nothing to his ally that, later in life, it seems an
children, instinct.
As a matter of fact, just what does How much ehildren miss, how much
he owe them', fathers miss, by this one-sided parent -
In the first place, he ewes them the hood! Happy the boy who looks up
best possible inheritance of health and to. his father as an ideal of bodily
natural strength. If the fathers of vigor, wisdom and goodness. And this
the present generation had been does not mean that Father must stand
taught, as schoolboys, that they owed on a pedestal. Fax from it! Anyone
who has read the charming letters of
their children a heritage of physical
health, the present generation of Theodore Roosevelt to his children
children would be a far healthier, hap sees, as in a mirror, the picture of a
pier lot of youngsters. father utterly devoted to his children,
And having given his children a and utterly adored in turn.. Whether
healthy heritage, the' father should he is leaping from haymow to hay -
share with the mother the oversight of . mow in a wild game of tag, er• reading
their ehildren's well-being. I know--- aloud with his children gathered
as everyone else does—hosts of firth around him, he is always their chosen
ers who not only fail to take any
responsibility about the children's
habits, but who actually, though un-
consciously, work against the mother
by giving surreptitious candy; by
keeping the children up late to play
with them and thus make her work
with them more difficult. The result.
is that Feather is very popular, while
Mother is considered `;awfully fussy.".'
On the mental side, a child, as he
grows older, looks more and more to
his father. Wise is the father who
takes an active interest in current
events or allies himself an the side of
companion, their best friend, their
greatest hero. And there are many
devoted fathers! Francis E. Leupp
gives us a charming picture of one of
his little book, "A Day with Father."
Reversing a well-known quotation,
we" may say, "Happy is the father
who knows his own child. Happy
because there is no more delightful
study than that of the development of
a child, as he progresses froze infancy,
through childhood to youth. Happy
because of the inspiration that comes
from the companionship of children,
Happiest of all because, in the trying
local civic improvement, for through times of their youth and early ntatur-
his example his children naturally ac-ity, he will be able to understand his
quire a love of good citizenship. children. He can guide and. counsel
And on the moral and religious side, them, instead of standing helplessly
how often is Father a mere figure- by—an outsider. If only Canadian
head in his own family? Usually it fathers would know their ehildren,
is Mother who represents the moral they would find them more interesting
law, or, if Father does take a hand, than any business in the world, and
it is merely as the executor of her as for the children, who can measure
decreed punishment. "Wait till your their gain?
The Farre Beautiful
i
Now Is the Time To
The beauty of the farm in large Sell old fowls and give the young -
part depends on what is in the heart sters roam, and sell all surplus early
of the man and woman who make it chicks for broilers.
their home. Beauty of thought, hili every weed --in the garden and
beauty of planning and beauty of do- in the miud,
ing cannot but make the farm home Run the grindstone by gas or, elee-
beautiful. For beauty comes from the tricity. Quit using elbow -grease.
heart where the issues of life are Stay on the farm.
born. The character of the occupants Pat running water and a bathroom
may be learned from the premises in every farm. home.
quite as accurately as from associa- Have pure-bred sires for every
tion or from the printed page. and if farm.
----••�— - -• .-... that life be charming or sturdy these Plan for a week's vacation when
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON feast inquired of Jonathan why he was qualities will he everywhere evident. the work slacks up.
JULY 11TH not there, and then charged his son When the thinking le right, there Give that son or daughter a plot of
ate pain does, o course, serve 'o To a up a o white e pain in. Vllgri:y with having chosen David to will be well -kept building., not so ground, some hens, a calf, a pig or a
improve the appearance of property, oi1, have ready two clean paint pots.! h own shame and hurt. "For," he much because of the money invested sheep for his or her very own.
it ie far more useful for pretectioa Into one put seven pounds of white) Jonathan Befriends David, I Sam, 20. -,lid, "as long as the son of Je se in them, as on account of the little _____—_e. ---
liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not touches here and there that keep
be established, nor thy kingdom," things looking well. A fresh coat of A coal drink of water is clue as
>; cacn l i z ciliac nou e, or other •r # to -e toga t za z add a raw stn 32Y42. Jonathan Answered Saul, paint, which the farmer can put on , refreshing to a horse as to his mas-
f Leanings, h' ' d 'l 1 i' this should. zden 5 the statement of aha ci: His loyalty to his friend nearly cost himself in these days when we can' ter derinh the hot weather. Make
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t'•en for ornament. lead ground in oil, and about two; Golden Text, Prov. 17: 17.
.t .:Ii amount of ziz. es ..n,l work tablespocn£t:ls of drying japan; mix' 1-il. From Nioitlt in Raittah, This
i ': keeping .g . , 1 ilittle- <. >
is ev' �.
farm or machinery, pxoper,y;sae, seed -oil and mix
: again; is sou tor or compiler of the book,'who ,tut` sonic provis.ons whereb • the team
i:4:i t2 i will n, greatly to the length forma still paste. If outside paintp him his life. He rose from the table .buy fine paint: all ready- to spread, a
their life. Paint puts profit into is desired, add raw oil enough to fermi the various nazratives toget ez in in fierce anger, and went to warn
ofyour use. Another valuable thing apaint" 4 their present form, and who seeks David. Not for the possible loss of
g of the usual consistency; here to snake a connection between' the kingdom, but for his friend, he
w, amplished by painting is the ins- strain into the other pot throughaint is then ready , 'chapter 19: 18-24 and chapter 20, The g 'because
ad
ings and outhoroved uses naitaons oaf build-) far useloth. but w ] be be t r for stand -F diffculty, however, remains that done him sas hame in chariis ging him herwith
hair to obtain the
Much of the work of painting can be ing a day longer. If the paint i•n v. 5 David speaks as though he
done by the owner of the place, pro- wanted for inside use, thin the stiff were expected as a guest
veled he has the thne. The following paste with turpentine. If color is table at the new moon feast. A ltos-
pa;inters will help : desired it may be added and mixed sible explanation is that, after alae
'conspiring against
the king's
throne. That Jonathan knew David
had not done and would not do.
the Time Appointed. vs. 18-
. t e mSee
weekly trimming of the yard about can be given a bucket of water in the
the house, a minute or two spent in middle of the forenoon and afternoon,
training a few vines up the side of
the porch, these are helps to the farm
beautiful.
Then, --too, the wife in the house
may do many things that will tend
in the same direction. The curtains
and the shades at
the windows tell
g
a.d
Staining and �O':zrnishing, in while the mass is in the paste form,1 experience of Saul s messen,,a;ra � 22. It was somewhere outside the their story of the thought back of
of Saul himself with the piophete city that David tivas hiding. The then. A few pretty plants in the
Stealing and varnishing are
easily To Paint Old Boarding, - (13: 20 �4), there may have been a stratagem which the friends had de- yard, with a flower or two in a jar on
uo. e, >rxt Ido not advise n . If you have any old weather -board reconciliation And that r..a
per,enti ed man to try the graining ing to paint, say the barn or other , also account for the conversation with
part; only an expert can do that. farm building, the first coat will soak' Jonathan here in vs. 1-2. If so we Can
Graining is simply rubbing, some color in as :into a sponge. The dry wood' understand how Jonathan believes that
very thinly on a suitably prepared; should be filled with some cheap but all is well and refuses to doubt his
ground color, a mere glaze of color,: good paint. Take twenty pounds father's sihcerity, while David is still
then combine; and wiping out to imitate; whiting and mix to a paste with a, afraid. At any rate David is con-
the natural grain of woods. Easily' half and half mixture of water and winced that his life is in danger. His
said but difficult to do, unless you; benzine; then mix up with a little friends decide that Jonathan shall ob-
serve be satisfied with a poor imitation. linseed -oil fifty pounds of white lead serve what the king says at the new'
moon feast, and that, in the meantime,
David shall remain in hiding.
i partial, vised was effective. No onlooker the porch, Walks clean and neat, Spin
would know that any communication dove glass free from dust, they all
had passed between them. 'speak well for the beauty of heart
David Arose, This was no part of of the ane who is behind the pleasant
the original plan. If it had been, the
shooting of the arrows would not have
been necessary. At therisk of dis-
covery the friends have a meeting.
They know that their parting may be
for a long time, perhaps forever, and
so they feel they cannot part with-
out seeing and speaking to each other love shows where the heart is, and!
again. The correct rendering of v. 41 love .always makes the thing it touch -1
is as follows: "David arose from be- es radiant -with beauty.
side the mound." The mound appears
to have been David's hiding place.
Bowed Himself Three Times. ' Close
friends as they were they observed the
forms of greeting and of courtesy of
which the Orientals are so fond. Daniel
recognizes also the great thing which
his friend has done for him, and shows
him both affection and reverence.
David's self-control abandoned him in
the parting scene, but Jonathan is the,
more calm and strong of the two. He
reminds David of their covenant bond
and oath (vs. 13-17), and pronounces
in farewell, "The Lord shall be be -
Staining w 1 do very well in place J ground in oil. This will form a paste;
of graining, and the stain may be ° mix with the whiting mass; use a pad -
either a thin oil and turpentine stain,] dle to mix to a stiff paste. Then mix
a water stain, or an oil stain: Better equal parts of raw linseed -oil and
get the stain from the store, ready to sweet milk; add the milk to the oil a
apply. Paint the wood with lead little at a time and mix well. Turn
paint, colored to suit the color of the the paste into this mixture, thin the
stain; for oak the ground calor should entire mass to the usual paint con -
be a straw or buff color; for walnut sistency, then apply. This works
or other dark wood, make the ground nicely under the brush and gives a
drab or dark buff. Cherry stain looks very good surface. When dry you may
best over a light reddish ground. The apply a coat of any good paint, white
store stain can be had prepared in
varnish, and a coat of this, put on
liberally, will make a fine finish. After
being sandpapered lightly it may have Before painting metal, such as
another ,coat roofs, spouts and machinery, make
To stain bare wood use water stain the surface perfectly clean. Never
or oil stain. Soft woods take oil and apply paint over rest. In removing
water stains best. Hard woods need rust, scrape down to the bare metal.
pome turpentine with the oil; or water Oil and grease on roofing and spouts
tain will do for them. When you have
oaated the surface with the stain, at
epee begin ` wiping off the surplus,
),caving almost no stain on the sur-
face; this will ,bring out the grain of
the wood nicely. It is wonderful what
a fine effect can be had on hard pine
with oil stain;' colored with burnt
umber'for walnut or dark oak, or with
raw sienna and a little burnt umber.
for light or medium oak.
After applying the stair., rub it off
with a cloth, leaving the surface quite
dry; when the stain has becomedry,
say next day, rub en some wax finish, cultural pursuits, including dairying,
which is simply wax melted in tur- field crops, live ' stock, orchard. and
garden crops, poultry, insects and
plant diseases, farm building con-
struction, farm machinery and many
•other topics: • The subjects are ar-
ranged alphabetically under general
titles. Not only are the lists them_
selves available from the Publications
the buildings except the huge walls. Branch of the Department but any of
A neighborburned a great buneh of the publications therein contained,
airy hedge trimmings,' and the wind —
tarried a spark to our roof. Buy Thrift Stamps.
12-23. Jonathan Made a Covenant.
Jonathan's words are full of deep feel-
ing, and display the qualities of a
sensitive, noble, and unselfish mind. He
foresees the fall of his father's house
and the rise of the house of David,
and pleads only that his own life and
his household may be spared when the
day of David's succession to the throne
or dark. These two coats will give shall come.
as solid a job as three coats of the 24.31.. When the New Moon Was
ordinary paints. Come. One or two days of the new
moon were regarded by the Hebrews
as holy days, like the Sabbath, days of
rest and worship. The feast was part
of the celebration, and it was •expected
that all the guests would be in their
places. Saul noticed- the absence of tween me and thee, and between my
David, and on the. second day of the seed and thy seed for ever."
must lie removed by serubbing with
soap and water; or rubbing with rags
dampened with -benzine; otherwise
paint will not stick. •
Publications For Farmers.
The new list of publicatigns- of the
Department of Agriculture at Ottawa
contains titles of nearly; three hun-
dred and fifty bulletins, circulars and
other pamphlets; that deal with agri-
cultural practices. These cover the
whole range of agricultural and horti-
pentine. Paint stores ,sell it. One
coat well rubbed in will do. Rub the
wax ;Well) to a polish.
If we had fireproofed the shingles
on the large farmhouse we lived in
some years ago we would have escap-
ed, a very bad fire which destroyed all
But,•
best of all, beauty of heart
shines out and makes the home beau -1
tiful in the kindly living of those who!
love the farm best of all places in
the world: Love counts for more than,
paint 'or any work of the hand; for
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M
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Highest Priced Bull Ever Sold in England --Bought by Canadian.
Clipper- bell "Millhiils Comet," sold at MilliziIls sale in Scotland for
$34,000. He was bought by J. J. Elliott, of Guelph, Ont, '
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Tell zee what you need and I will
gladly give you full particulars of
choice improved and unimproved
farms in all parts of Manitoba. You
can still buy within 15 miles of the
centre of the City of Winnipeg (popu-
lation 300,000) at from. 350 to 3100 an.
acre.
Sample:—$43 an acre, highly im-
proved section, 400 acres cultivated:
Good buildings and water, 1z,f miles
from market and school. This price
includes 10 horses and a full line of
implements.
R. A. McLOUCiHRY, -
603 McIntyre Blk.,
Winnipeg, Man.
Cord or
Fabric.
'A well .hod Ione travels
Elis est and' farthest"
ss
s car equipped with Part-
e
art- ..
ridge Tires rids almost free
from the ,delays and inconiven.
icnces caused by tire. troubles.
Partridge Tires have so unn,t es-
tionably proved their depend-
ability and economy that •
they are to -day recograiz.
cd an ,"tire most service
or your money" tires.
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