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CONDUCTED GY PROF, FIGNRY G. GEL!.
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1:11.: Would you tell me what
'Gould do with apple trees that were
gnawed by mice last winter? The
trees are about seven. year old. They
have been gnawed all around to a
height of from six to twelve inches.
I have about two hundred trees.
Answer: For trees that hove been
injured by mioe, clean and cover the
wound with grafting -wax. li the
girdle 'is a small one, the bark may
naturally heal when the sap rises.
You allay save the trees by -inserting
sons or -cuttings like you use for
grafting, inserting the cuttings above
and below the girdle, having this
bridge the gnawed part. Bandage both
ends ef the soon the same as you
would in grafting. This work should
be done immediately,
J. B.: Would fertilizer be of much
value when drilled with oats to get a
good cath o falfalfa on common
good catch of alfalfa on common
how much fertilizer would you re-
conaraend?
Answer: Fertilizers drilled with
oats with which you are seeding al-
falfa on a COMM021 loamy Soil WOUld
be of great benefit in feeding both
the oats andthe tiny alfalfa trlants.
I would recommend 250 lbs. per acre
of 2-8-2 fertilizes drfiled or -worked
into the soil at the time the oats and
alfalfa are seeded.
W. W.: I want to sow one hundred
and fifty pounds of acid phosphate
and oaa hundred and fifty pounds of
lime to the acre. Can 1 mix them to-
gether and sow them with a lime
sower, or will the acid neutralize the
lime? I am to sow them en wheat
wberi 1 seed to grass in the spring,
Answer: Neves mix Mine and acid
phosphate. The lime acts on the acicl
phosphate turning the phosphoric acid
had to the insoluble- form. Apply
the lane about two weeks ahead of the
acid phosphate and there- will be no
injurious effect.
IL C.: 1 hale s ine aomhaid plural
trees twelve years old which bloom
heavily every „apt:hag, then the little
pluMs- drop off; some are half-grawn.
1 have not sprayed very much. What
must 1 do to get a crop of plums? The
trees are large and nice.
Answer: Your plum trees may be
suffering from lack of plantfood. Ap-
ply from 10 to 12 Ilas. per , tree of
' fertilizer carrying 3 to 6 pea cent.
au:amnia, 8 to 9 per cent. phosphoric
acid, and 1 to 8 per cent. potosh.
Scatter this around the trees out
about the area covered by their
branches. so that it may be worked
into the soil when the -orchard is culti-
vated.
You must spray your trees if you
expect to control diseases -which eff-ect
the plums.
Subscriber: Please tell me how to
hartdle white sweet clover for the best
success. Will it grow on sour soil?
Answer: in orde.r to get a stand of
sweet clover, work the soil early in
spring. producing a Medium mellow
seedbed. Apply about 1,000 lbs. of
ground lime per acre and harrow it
in thoroughly with the last harrowing.
About two weeks later when you are
drilling your oats and barley with
which sweet clover is sown, apply
about 250 lbs. per acre of 2-8-2 fertil-
izer. This will feed the oats and
the young sweet doyen Sweet -clover
does not thrive on sour soil, hence the
application of lime,
11, P.: Would you consider it wise to
Sow alfalfa seed on my wheat ground
this spring? This is clay „loam and
well drained, also soil is in good con-
dition. „
Answer:, Many men have gotten a
geed stand of alfalfa by sowing it on
top of their" fall wheat in the spring.;
If tide is done you should at the same!
time top -dress your whiter wheat with
about 200 pounds per acre of a fer-
tilizer carrying 4 to '5 per cent. am.-
iter0a, and, 10 to 12 per cent. phos-
phoric acid. If you have a light hate
row or One that you can adjust, turn
the teeth hack and harrow altar the
„seed and fertilizer has been town,
harrowing with the 'rows but not
t'arees. This will. bury- the alfalfa
seed and work the fea-tiiiaer into the
damp sell.
Reader: 1 have ten acres of very
poor sandy soil that should be seeded
this spring, and also wish to sow it
to oats. The soil at present needs
fertilizing badly, and can, you advise
the proper kind of fertilizer, amount
to be used, and if it is more expensive
than other kinds? Also quantity of
oats to sow per acre to produce best
results with seeding? Also particulars
on seeding? S,hoald big clover be used,
or what kind is best to insure a catch?
Answer: For poor sandy sell on
• -which you wish to grow oats, I would
advise 250 lbs, per acre of a fertilizes
carrying at least 3 •per cent. anunenio,
per cent. phospihoric aoid, and 3 per
cent. potash. On this soil I would
not sow more than a bushel and a half
oats to the acre. You •can seed down
with about 10 to 15 lbs. of common
red clover to the acre.
W. F.: What kind of fertilizer
would you advise me to use On andy
soil. that I am trying to put in shape
for cucumber pickles? Have put a
coat of manure on it which I will plow
under the spring. What fertilizer
should I use on muck, which I expect
to seed along with oats in the spring?
Answer: To prepare a -sandy toil
for pickles, I would advise you to
work in about 200 lbs. per acre of a
fertilizer carrying 4 to 5 per cent.
ammonia, 8 to 10 per cent. phosphoric
acid,, and 4 to 5 per cent. potash. For
oats on muck soil apply about 250
lbs. per acre of fertilizer analyzing
10 per cent -phosphoric acid and 8 per
cent. potash.
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W. P.: Kindly tell me what is the
proper temperature for cow stables
where milch cows are kept.
About forty degrees is considered
the best temperature to keep a stable
taking everything into consideration.
1.1 you have it much Warmer than this
for any considerable length of time
the, cows do not seem to be so vigorous
and haven't as good an appetite.
However, they won't eat quite so much
if you keep the temperature up to
seventy degrees, neither will they ap-
parently act as well and have as much
vigor. Quite careful experiments have
been made on this question of temp-
erature and they all tend to show that
in feeding for a consideeable length
of time, around forty degrees is the
more practical temperatuee.
E. D.: What value has bean pods
for feed for dairy cows? Are they
all right to feed to a cow heavy with
calf, say once a day? Is there gas
enough to 'bean pods to hurt a cow
alter calving?
Bean pods are a very good feed for
any kind of stock, Of e.ourse, sonic
bean pods are More valuable thao
ethers, jest ca some hay is more Yalu-
-Ai -1c. If the beans are harvested be-
fore they get too ripe and when the
weather is favorable so they are not
bleachedeout in the rain good bean
pods are nearly as good at clover hay.
There is nothing in the idea that bean
pods would injure a cow heavy in calf.
I don't think you can give her any
better food. You can feed bean pods
to any kind of live stock with the
assurance that no harm will come.
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A. T.: Is rye and -vetch hay good
for the horses? Would it be safe for-
me to buy vetch seed now and keep it
until next fall for seeding? It is very
difficult to secure good seed in the
fall.
Where rye and vetch hay is cut at
the proper time and properly cured
there is no objection to feeding it to
horses or any other kind of live stock.
Probably the horses will like the vetch
better than they do the rye. Some-
times when the rye is not cut at the
proper thole it is not very palatable,
the stock will leave it and. ,pic,k out
the vetch.
It will be perfectly proper to save
the vetch seed •ancl keep it till next
fall to sow with the rye. It will not
deteriorate in germinating power to
any degree in that length of time,
overgrazing will ruin the heat of
pastures.
"step stoOl' tn the kitchen 's:aves
'carrying mohy a -chair.
• Protein grown on the farral in the
forat of :clover, :alfalfa, and various
leggin -Le crops is generally cheaper
than that bought on rriarket„
A well -kept Weed lot .or a plantation
of forest treeton the •hilly portioris of
the fasin Will Make the place more
attractive.
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Vegetabies A re Import
"Vegetables other than potatoes
have never coat me over fifty cents
a year,but I am canning every" kind
I oan get TOT I've been using vegee-
tables since last spring when my chil-
dren joined a elats far the Malnour-
ished. We have not had -to spend one
cent for laxatives and we are all fe'el-
ing better."
This -was -what a mother said to
me who had waked up to the fact
that her children were eating- plenty
of food but that food was not bein'g
used by the body for building up a
physical organisni which could resist
disease.
A very noted physician, speaking
recently in a convention of medical
men, said that many of his patients
suffer from physical discomforts dif-
ficult to diagnose as disease. When
their food --habits were analyzed he
usually found that they live chiefly on' meet our need for this essential mine
-few foods—meat, potatoes, lire.ad, eral, but we can get it from vege-
some desserts, now and then lettiice is tables and the greater the variety to
used ancl occasionally a :vegetable which we accustom ourselves, the bet -
added to give looks to the meal rather ter.
than because it is considered nieces-
sary. "I find: that very few of these Another reason for including vege-
people use more than two or three tti:binIesvienryour dietary is that they :con -
important regulating and
vegebables- They have never cultd° stimulating substances celled vita-
vated the habit for When children theY minas, we
disliked vegetables an now as adults read. about vitamines till
they do not think of them." we are a oist tired of the name but
tit) are most vital to OUT life. While
A little attention to the subject we knew little of the composition and spirit is closely revealing to us as our
shows that 'Canadians have a greater make up of viM•mines, we do knew duty-, not only because it is duty, but
variety of meats, fish and poultry that growth, health and poise are de_ because it has come to be the glad
than have other notions and more ofipendent upon them. We know that lasieleociforfese-atilleadjiiisliineigasesx, Pression
of th°
these in bulk as well. Although dt they are not manufactured within OUr 9-21. Love—without dissimulation.
is also true that misty common' vege- own bodies, but may be stored there Paul has been setting forth the Chris-
tian virtues (vs. 3-8) of modesty, re-
gard for Other s, and molerastion,
fidelity constanc. - simplicit dili
very form "We most need Iron tonic
•
out of a bottle will not do -what .iron
out of a dish of vegetables will ,clictie
If -We dealt iron in the Wed, it is im-
possible. for the blood to- take the
necessary- oxygen from the air. Every"
part of theebody needs iron in order
to get its supply of oxygen.
especially hilporbant that the child get
its doe portion of iron diusin.g the
adoleacent periold, for then the body
pasaas through so many changes, that,
if food habits are net correct, anaemia
follows. , An anaemic elhil-d oannotgle-1
velop notarially, in mind es body, andl
is open to disease. So use green le,arf
vegetables and those which have a
The $7.4004y.School Lesson
APRIL 3RD
The Ideal Christian, Ronfans 12: 1, 2, 9-21 Golden Text—
St. Luke 6: 31.
apostle's. "therefore refers to the grace of His spirit. Withoot. Hi
whole, orguroent anti to4chine, of the spirit, indeed, we are not His, but
preceding chapters-. has been set-; yielding in glad obeclienee and faith
ting forth the mercies of God, how I to mastery, He gives of 1 -lis spirit
God, in His oompastion for helpless abunclarOly. Compare 2 Cor, 6: '6.
:simiesse who •coolde not save thein -1 Moffat translates "Let your love be
selves frpra the goilt and power of , a real • thing, with a loathing for eV 11
their .d.T11 hat provided salvation. in- and a bent for what is good."
Jesus ChSiest LOT Who bekeve BT°therlY ii.)ve. The a-Palatle exliers
Him and love Him. Therefore, Paul that .there be real affection, tender -
urges an unreserved consecration, a teas, and consideration in their- love
gisyllig-' of the body, which seems here for each other, and that they should
to mean the entire life, in whole- be quick to honor one another. Again
hearted: isubmistionoand service to Hint he urges diligence in this holy service,
who has done this great thing, The warm interest and enthutiasim, hope -
exhortation is: He has saved as; we fill gladness and steadfastness.
are His; let us give 'oertelves to Him, Tr:Coble will come, but they will find'
A living sacrifice. That -which is strength in prayer.`Alwa.ys there will;
'offered in sacrifice is gorenete God. It be 0-1WortlinitY to go ont of thenaselves1
becoanes His, and is not to be divided in kindly ministry to others, in hozpi-1
or taken back. The sacrificed: victim tality, and in contribution to "the aid,
of ancient worship was slain at the of those who are in need".
altar. Paul exhorts to the 'giving of a l3less he counsels even those who
,
life, in all •its activities anel powers; persecute,- yeu. The Christian's Iips
:to be lived in 'obedience to the will of are for •blessing, not pursing. Enter
Gocl—a life not to be destroyed, but heartily into the joys and sorrows Of
to attain fulness and perfeotion in others. Be glad in their glacines:s,
such obedience. Given to God it be- share their scnroin and prealesve a
holy, and so mutt became fit in kindly relation of peaceful frienc114-
every way for His service, and ac- nees toward all. .
eeptable to And, Paul adds, this Mind not high things, Or," R.V.,
saer that what Gold asks is not a mere Moffatt't rendering is clearer: "In -
at your reasonable service. That is to ""Set not your anind et high thing's."
formal or mechanical obedience, but a stead of being ambitious, associate
rational and intelligent service. Find- with humble follk." He continues:
lay says (Psalm's Conurientary-) it "Never be self-coneeited. Never pay,
"implies intelligent, practical devo- back evil for evil to -a -wens,. Aim tol
tion, the religion which makes work be -above reiproach in the ea -es "of
worship. - lie peaee with all men, if possible,'
Re not conformed to (R V fashion-' far as that depends on you, Never
green color abundantly for they are
•ri m iron.
Phosphorus is also needed by
muscles, by nerves and. by all the
glands. We earinot eat enough fish to
ed to this world. These is a higher revenge yourselves." ,
standard of conduct for the Christian -
than that which the fashion or fancy
of the age dictates. That higher stan-
dard may approve or disapprove what
fashion demands as proper. It is the
will of God. We, applying- this teach-
ing to ourselves, must seek in Christ
a renewing both of mind and: heart so
that we shall be able to put to the
test matters of daily conduct, to dis-
:criminate between what is good and
had, or between avihat may- be goed
and what is best, and: so to prove
what is that geed, ancl ,aoceptable, and
perfect will of God.. This is the finest
-art, the, true wisdom, the best eduea-
thin, te be able to knew, and readily
and freely to choose what God, by- His
tables, such as the potato 'and tomato, if taken. in in sufficient quantity in
originated or were broUght to the the food:se-which we eat.
highest perfection. on this continent,
Vegetable's fresh, stored and can -
very rnan,v of us do not eat vegetables
every single day at least once and pre-
ferably twice. If every housewife who
reads this article will retolve to ao
this arid will keep her resolution, she
wall be surprised et the improved months axe -especially trying for the
store :cellar contains the remains only
of. °abbesses, onions, a few parsnips
and carrots. The ,roots may have
grown tough •and pithy, and have lost
their delicate flavor. Cabbages and
Onions -cannot appear on the table
every day if happiness is to be met'
at the table! Celery can usually be
found in even the smallest grocy
child eat?" when he discovers pooritable, beca.use its flavor is sufficiently
Paul elviciently ‘ftitinIts that it may be
imiposeeble to preserve peace, but thet
thenChrietian :should do his best. If
war is -forced upon him he may have
to fight—as men have fought ag-ainst
the tyrant, the thief, the ,murclerer,
,and the invader of the sanctity of
home or country, os in defence of the
weBatkit there must benoplace for re -1
venge. That rests in the hands of
God, -whose justice it unfailing, yet
tempered. and controlled by love. Pagal
quotes a famous passage -from the
book of Prosrea.bs (25: 21, 22), in
which the• fineet reveng.e is -disclosed
to be that of kindly and helpful ser-
Finia.11y the injunetion_ to the Chris-
tian is 'simply:
"Do not let evil get the better of
you; get the better of evil by cliiing
good.' (Moffatt). ,
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I JOS PORTER kND THE
AUTOMOBILE
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"Weil,b, I'm awfully sorry 1 can't
agree with you, Uncle ,Thri," said Toan.
in his rnost impressive tones. "When
a fellow has once shown himself (Hs -
honest, that's enough for—me. 01
course I'll be decent to him; but when,
he trier to get into our club„ why, Pala
against him."
,"Yeu don't believe in living a thing
dawn, then? Now, as I happen to
know, Joe Porter is thoroughly sorry
for what he did end hats inatle what
res:titation ,he oan." '
"He ought to do that, of course,"
answered Tom. , "I'm glad 'he did. But
a thing like Stealing -sticles to a fellow.
You en.aft forg.et it. Joe Porter can't
come back, ,liere in the East High,
Uncle Jim 'dropped the 'subject, ansi
the talk turned finally to .automobiles.
"I'm ,gledi to see that you are run-
. • -
nang the car so wetl, Toni," ,sairi Uncle
Jiin. "I was talking with Dr. Locke
'when. you went by to -clay; hataid he'd
like to lilies you for an odel-time chatil-
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"Why, Unole Jim, you 'didn't ;tell
"Why riot ? Certainly it wasn't nevi
vvhen your father bought it. What
el,se can you call it?" '
"You can call it rebuilt, which is a
Very diffevent matter."
TJacle Jilin smiled. "I -I -ow is it diff-
erent?" •
"Why, a secondhand car is just any
old junk that somebo:tly wants to- sell;
bu:trianyrebolutilitjtcinalle.,'I's•Tn7;errupteel Uncle
Jim, "that a parson takes to a
"And has thoroughly overhauled,"
continued Toni triumpha.ably, "arid has
new parts substitut.ed and the -whole
thing tested, and painted until you
can't tell it/fregn a new cue!"
"Well, I'm sorry I -man!: agree -tvitli
you, Tian. Reall,y, yr:lien a oar is ouc.e
secondh,ancl, ' that's eriou.gh for Me.
You'may pretendfall you like,fitut the
car wild always be secondhand, you
know."
"Why, Uncle Jim, -said Tom in a'
:p'erplexed. voice, "-don't you know what
Bill Jenks said: that a ear that toa.s
well rebuilt was often stronger than
a new one because the weiali,' toots had
been tested and, .s-tren,gthened? And
-kcal agreed!" "
"But it s ,.s,e.condliand -just the '12:111C
to get the idle, or partly idle, land to . • _ • / - . :
• . rsirt it? .. 1 oan4 forget that,. And ,as -
work.' If all the "land suitable for ,
to its being stronger fox having been
n,ed, must all be considered when genc, and cheerfulness in the ester- forest production, were growing Tea-
cise of the gifts aviaich God has given, sonably good crops of trees there
mals ard :planned and as •ther:e are and in clein,g the work which 1 -ie has would be no forest problem. Land
three hundred and sixty-five days in ,as,signied, to each one of us Love
the year, they must all be taken into which is God's highest law, and which
consideration. an,:•The early spring is to become the supreme motive :f all
our adavity, most be sincere and un-
affected, a genuine motion, of. the
heart. We, who lack this love . must
health, the added zes•t in life the in-
cre.ased ability :of every single mem-
ber of the family to meet daily task -s
and :obligations. e -
BY:."vegetables" I mean any of a
variety of a score or more, other than
the potato.
Effects of Wrong Diet.
The clentast asks, "What does this stares, and is a most dependable vege-
teeth. The doctor a,sks, "What doeslologra ae inane le well liked, It eaii be
• • • 1
this Child eat?" -when he disoovers ;prepared in a variety of way-a—singly
flabby rausale8 am'cl ealla°akilans T.e"hell I or in combination cooked: or uncooked-
eathat is a -n, inspiration to the most
dliscouraged pl(ann.er of rrteals. Each
locality has usually one or anore vege-
tables that may be obtained fres'h the
year round and these, while expensive,
can be relied upon f OT emergencies.
'Canned -Vegetables in 'spring.
, More and -more, we are glad te, say.
,we have with us the :canned vege-
tables, both home and .cornmerci,a1
produ'et. Look over the list now, check
urp pour supply and order tho.se your
liack. They .corne much 'cheaper by.
the case as everyone knoi,vs and the
cases may be had in assortment. Be-
catise you have had canned vegetables
all winter and will have them fresh
from the garden this ,sunrin:er, does
not make it.rig-h,t for you to go with-
out them noW.•
Of the root vegetables to be had, in
-cans are baby beets, a-ourag :carrots,
salsify or vegetable oyster, sweet po-
tatoes. Onions are always for tale.
. •
We can :also ba3r canned chard,
they recconanend an abundant Vise of
vegetables—other than potato. True,
they may and probaibly will recom-
mend other things, but doctors know
that a strong body cannot iic btillt. Or
kept in repair without the daily use
of those TOOdiS WhiCh itave sprung up
from our mother, the earth.
Older' people Who suffer from high
blood pressure, from aching joints',
excessive fatigue, and kindred ills, are
recomine-ndeci to reduce the use of
meat, eggs and such hearty foods, to
a small portion two or three times a
week, and to increase their use of
vegetables, -which too often they plead
they dislike, although they acknowls
edge that life is more preelous than
food tastes! We should have MOTO
aged ,people in our homes, well -old
people- who are capable of enjoyment
and who are not conscious ever,v mo-
ment of an ache or a pain or a creak -
j
ing oint.
What are the virtues found in vege-
tables that they should be so serious-
ly ,eensidered in* our :toed program?
They contain fibrous or rough ma-
terial which cannot be completely di-
gested and in consequence acts as a
hallas-t for" the ever active digestive
system. Human beings Tequire rough-
age cpaite as much as does a cow or
horse 'and it -Should be included in
'every day's anemia. The root vege-
tables, green leaf vegetables, stem
vegetables, such as celery, are unex-
celled for regulating- pumas:es. For
the lime we need we , must tura to
Milk and to vegetables. We permit
our thilds•an to'refuse milk very often
--(then, 'all the more must they eat a
variety of vegetable food. Oor bones
,are..cemposed large.IY of lime, to' are
our teeth. The ,heart beats regularly
because there is lime, and sada in the
blood. Clotting of the blood prevents
fatal resultfrom cuts and other
accidents and clotting takes place
normally because there it, lirrie in the
blood. Lime as foiled in the tissues
of vegetables is easily talten up by the
body and utilized in buildirg teeth,,
bones •anci muscle. That physicians
and dietetiant prescribe vegetables
for daily diet isnot to be wondered at.
Minerals and Vitamines.
Lime is not the only mineral sub-
stance we find in aregeba-bles. Iron,
that tonic so often recominenied in
the spring is found in them in tho
spinach, asparagus, green string and
stringless beans, wax beans, lima
beans, full grOwn and baby variety.
There is, of the gourds, sqUalth and
pumpkin, uhich are is excellent in
fiavor,canned as fresh: - There is the
toanato which in every form is an
excellent standby, good for the baby,
for baby's father and for grandmas
It is at mice vegetable an:d fruit.
Place setting hens In colony houses
or other rat-proofbuildings. Brood
coops with tight floors are useful for
setting hens, Many a prornising hatch
has been ruined by the rat that stole
the eggs. Rats are shrewd pests, You
may have them though you don't see
thern. Clean up their 'breeding places
as much as possible:and place the set-
ter,s in proteeted nests.
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alaity„ it win pay you to ship
. to TO if you have three or more
skins, hut on a less nurabeeth
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not required for forests.' -And the
more forests we:have-en rocky, broken,
sandy land, the larger crops we Will
grow on the land that is suite -hie for
a.eek it in Christ, through the gift ancl farm crops. -
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HIER E 'Peng 1,0vEterNiEtril
CUT DOWN WASTEFUL EXPENDITURE
Three Ontario -Potato tests gave an average gain of 50 bushels per
acre, ad corn tests an increase Cif 28 bushels per acre.
Indiana Station, has just announced a gain,of $167.00 per acre for an
expenditttre of $63.00 lime and fertilizers;
Order a -our fertilizers Now—and make sUre of the plantfoocl supply.
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Bookiets,free On request.
SOIL AND CROP IMPROVEMENT BUREAU
.lierary G. Bell, 13.S.A., Mrector, 14 Manning Arcade, Toronto
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Photograpti of a field of.Fall Wheat, sihoWing fertilized and unfertilized drili rows
DOOr it pay to use Fer Izer
„Lel
. 1,4;
Taking as a 1?agis last year's increases in yields and the pretreat pricee•
for farm crops; :•
$1 Spent in Gunri'S Shur -Gain Fertilizer
$f tt .44 te. , et 44 et
$14 et, it ,41 14 40
$1 11 11 •it
14 14 44' 46 a,
Order YOtir Shur -Gain .Fertilizer now,
:c.:iucilsdisIrZ-Gain'
intrnent" '
" fertilizer 13 sold
• throughout Ontar o by repreedntatlyes who
tar0 fhrrners and are using "Shur-Oain"
fertilizer thetneelyea. Evary fitrrn fi a factory
—1Ccep your factory running tit rn bid n'a urn
Paecri ent Yi;
t hnot a ",S7o41`-Gain."1.00rePorttativsenear
vonwrite los regcr,rdln an aggnoth
..-Art-;••11+12S0P•rAa- 'evs
for Oats returned $2.37
" Corn " 2.53
Wheat " 3.4/
" Potatoes --"ei 4.52
" Sutarl3eets
before the rush. and 'thus
West Torei.ntti
• -,
e•n.; • ,
weak, whY, that's absurd. As yoii
said. about Joe Poster -Te,"
"Oho!". Tom's face lightened
turned afheePiale "So thans what you
are 'driving at? Not our anteneobile,
but Jae -Ferber? Why, Uncle Jim., do
you really thinl..--"
"That Joe -Porter is rebuilt instead
of secondhand ? I really do, iny boy
At any rate, if it isn't giving oils ear
a square deal to call it seereadhapel,
don't you think it aneains just as. much
.to a boy?"
Torn nodded. "'You're right, Uncle
Jim. Rebuilt he it until he proves, to
be the other; and the chances are, t90,
that the weak spots will be all the
stronger fos the testing!'
Why Their F.loks Failed.
• had often been told ,by my neigh-
bor farmers th.,at their hens did not
produce,well in winter, in spite of the
/ fact that they are fed liberally and
housed nicely. Ntiturally, I weadered
Why my flock' paid and theirs didn't.
On investigation I soon learned why.
In three cases I found overcrowded
quavters to be the sole cause.of aon-
pr-oduction.'"' In another -cesc fOuncl
overcroWded quarters and the flock
diseased, although it was -most liber-
ally fed. I know from experience that
no amount of feed will produce Satis-
factory results where a flock is con-
fined to amall, dirty pens. It Pays to
provide roomy quarters, allowing
plenty of sleeping 'room and a large
scratching pen that is ventilated
properly and has plenty of sunlight
We have kept chickens in both
small and :large flocka, having as few
as 25 and as high as 600 laying hens.
My experienee has been that a few
well -kept hens will pay a larger profit
on the investment that a larg.er floch
that is confined to a small pen when
overcrowding is the result.
t
When Are Hens Too Fat?
We find that culling out hens which
become baggy with fat soon removes
that condition from the flocks: The
aleet hen which sings and scratches
and lays eggs is not apt to become too
fat. A certain amount of fat is
needed on the pullets hef,one they be-
gin egg production. I -fondle the birds
after they have gone' to roost and
examine the bird that seems meaty
and proves to be laying regularly. The
amount. ef fel she is carrying will
prggoveetoprboe,duacbicitoil,l„)the right amoont
for
By keeping the flock in the condi-
tion of that heri it will be possible to
keep anost Of :them layir,g. quite regu-
larly. The thin pullet is not a good
layer. 'file pullet that soon becomes
thiliiin
ag:yfit-oayininfg.a.L.t is apt to be a life -
no
leas hen that does t, spend much
theHeeniesnatehoPits Pegy°fsitit:ItTalYt ttlhsoe
drone usein accumulating fat, When
a her steps layin and becomes too
"inarry she is iq greater clanger from
liver, trotIble Ana other poultry clis-
casco, JI Such binla Ore, inal:Ifeled
their chances for multiplying arecd ansi the etd.
Poluis
liet-ah
the tln-Jtty 8areiacille bareereaairilayfilt:e°pxn
ht
an good laying eteerstio;i and clo lay,