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Address communications to Apronemtsi, 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto
"DIE-HARDS" OF HOG TRA-
DITION.
f •"Some people object to what they
call propaganda in favor of the bacon
hog, and claim that they can vitae the
Id -t pe ..hog more economically. In
five years' experimentalwork with six
breeds, both fat end bacon type, we
have never been able to pickout any
one breed as betterthan others for
,economy of production: As a matter
;of fact, strain has more influence than
breed upon this point."_
The statement was made by Profes-
sor Wade Toole before the Western
Ontario Dairymen's Convention. He
states the case as Professor of Animal
Husbandry at the, Ontario Agricultur-
al •College,
But there is a still ,weightier reason
against the objection to the bacon hog.
It is that the lard hog as a paying line
for farming in Canada is "at the end
of the.: rope," butthe field for the
bacon type is only just being opened.
This is not a new positibn, but the
fact needs renewed and ever new re-
petition so that the farmers may not
be misguided. The market for a hog
—that is, the farmer's product as it
leaves the farin--Gan only be wide
• and assured when the market for the
( - • outcome of , that hog—that is, . the
• packer's product in the form of bacon
—is also -wide and reasonably assured.
Only in the home market is there room
for the lard types and even that is
declining because of the growing taste
in Canada for leaner bacon, with dose!
trimming to remove the fat and with
consequent waste. Supplyhas already.
nearly overtaken the permanent de-;
mend.
Packers must more and more look!
to the export field as the only one in
which they can expect enlarged trade.
For the English bacon trade, only
our select hogs of definite bacon type
will serve the best buyers.
Those who "object to what they call
t- ropaganda in favor of the bacon
og" may choose for themselves either
the continued raising of a• hog of
which there are already too many and
,...4110 choose entering into still keener
`'eompetition among themselves or they
may take the more businesslike way of
dropping their prejudices and chang-
ing the types of their hogs to conform
to market prospects. The average
farmer also will have to choose for
himself whether he will Iisten to the
somewhat insidious propaganda of
those who "object to bacoh hog propa-
ganda" --the .die herds" of the old
tradition—or examine the reasonable-
ness of the public statements made by
men who handle the product after it
has left the farmer's hands. These,
in the last resort, must be the men
who will pay hint either a high price
or a low according as . his hogs suit
or do not suit their customer's. de-
mand. A definite premium for the
right type is already in force and is
being generally paid by packers, who-
ever may now be intercepting that
premium on its way to the farmer.
That should be enough to prove the
good faith of the packing industry in
urging a greater production of the
bacon hog, not simply because it dif-
fers from a lard type but because mil-
lions of consumers after the packer
Insist on getting a lean, not a fat,
bacon.
Seeds f r Sale
Peel County is noted for its high-quality seeds.
feel Seed Boum), Brampton. -Ont., is located In the
very centre of this district. It has large quantittes
Of Grimm. Variegated and Special Altalfas, Red
Glovers, ASsike, sweet Clovers, Timothy, etc., which
pre sold direct to. farmers, any part, in; any size lots.
'Write at once for price list. P• EEL. SEED HOUSE,
Brampton, . -- -Ontario
BABY CHICKS
Queen City Hatchery, Breeder
and distributor of husky, healthy
Chicks and Ducks, ten varieties.
Write for catalogue and price
list. 2 Linsmore Crescent,
Toronto, Ont.
Twist and fuss b
as he may,, your
harms cannot 'get
away fromthe
safely Snap oa
the Safety HSN
ter Shank... Now hank to pre. war :prlce3,
Shank complete,: fer $6 (lents 30 cents west
of Fort William. -Shape . only sell at 6 h
cents each.• .
POULTRY
There are two main points to be con-
sidered: First, the selection of birds
that have the characters desired; and
secondly, a further selection from
these of birds that can produce off-
spring .as• good as or better than
themselves, so says Professor W. R.
Graham of the Ontario,Agricultural
College.
Many are of the opinion that "like
begets like," In general, this' is true,
ut it. is true' for general and•not for
A
The chief causes of pigs of the right
type not grading "select" are:
1. Overweight—Over 210 lbs., at the
market. Fed too long, possibly 'wait-
ing for a rising market;
2. Heavy feeding just after wean
ing; pigs pushed on heavy fattenin
feeds such as barley, buckwheat an
corn too soon after weaning;
3. Poor feeding—Pigs starved
Or
stunted in early life or held until of
coarse and rough before they. are u
to market weight; •
4. Under finish—Pigs not finishe
to the desired 114 inches of fat dow
the back, generally through lack o
feed' or a mistaken idea of what th
finished bacon hog really is.
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TORONTO CANADA
The Turkey and Its
Peculiarities.
it is well to cover the floor with a
The Ice Supply.
It Is a difficult matter to carry on
dairying during • the summer season
withtut a supply, of ice, Indeed, un-
less one has a particularly cool cellar,,
a supply of iee adds greatly to the`
A St. Patrick's Day Party
In Honor of Pat and His Pig
comfort of any household during the BY MYRTLE JAMISON TRACHSEL.
heat of the season, The storage of
ice is a very simple matter; any un-
oecupiedcorner of a shed will serve
ror the purpose. A rough board 'en-
closure ten feet square and eight feet
high will .hold enough ice to provide
50 pounds per day for 130 days, after
allowing fora reasonable amount of
wastage. The smaller the quantity
stored, however, the larger is the pro-
portion of waste.
Provision must be made for the
drainage of an ice storage. Unless,
. i the soil underneath is of open texture,
P The wild turkey is a native of few inches of graven A foot of saw -
North America, and years ago ranged dust should then be put on to receive
d from Canada to Mexico, and through the ice. The ice should be taken from
n out the vast forests that extended .a pond in blocks which can be built
thence to the northwest, along the up into a solid mass. A foot of saw -
e courses of the Mississippi and the dust on each of the four sides and
Missouri, and to the Rocky Mountains. an equal quantity on the top will pre
As civilization advanced and popula- serve the ice even through a long hot
tion increased, the wild turkeys reced- period, provided a roof protects the
ed and decreased until now they are mass from the sun and rain. {
e gradually becoming extinct. ( Plans of ice storages of small and
e The wild breeds (known as the large dimensions are contained in
North. American,' Mexican and Hon- Pamphlet No. 2 of the Department of
duras) live on worms, insects,. berries,' Agriculture at Ottawa. Reference is!
✓ seeds and grass. They flock together made to ice wells, which are used in
in October and direct their .course to some parts of, the Western provinces..
the fertile plains through which large These are constructed about 12 feet
s rivers flow. Then they disperse in deep and a diameter to suit require -
small flocks, eating the fruits of the merits. A well six feet in diameter,
e cultivated lands, and.if hungry during filled six feet in depth with ice, is
e the winter, are apt to become so bold said to hold about four tons.
United States Millers Need
Our Wheat.
Early in spring the hens leave the The Northwestern National Bank
cocks, actually ,shunning them, and Review, publishedas at Mine to the
roost apart. The males, however, are Minnesota, pays high tribute to the
m quality of Canadian hard spring
on their trail; and loudly express their wheat in the following tluotation from
anger or love, whichever it may be, in their December issue:
e that soft strain peculiar to the cock, "Flour mills in this city are run -I
expressed by the word "gobble."
• The disposition of the female is, as tnhe at one-half capacity or less, and
e ` a rule, more mild and gentle than that the output is booked almost entire)
of the male. When leading out her for domestic trade. Canadian mills, on
brood of the other hand, have been reporting
, young to collect their food,' as large an export ,demand as they
' though so large and apparently so- can handle. Even at the High rate of
I WANT MY HOTBED READY
AHEAD OF TIME.
It is a mistake to wait until you.ar
actually ready to sow seeds befor
starting the hotbed. Start it `up now
and have everything in readiness
even if you don't plan to make you
first planting for a week or two yet
The heart of the hotbed is the heat-
ing material that is put into it. Thi
is prepared from manure. The fresh
er the manure the better. It may b
taken from a fermenting pile, or b
collected for several days and save
up for the purpose. In either case
all long straw and coarse litter shout
be taken out. Manure that has burn
ed or fire -fanged will be useless fo
the purpose.
Unless there is a considerable a
ount of bedding in the manure, i
should' be mixed with about a third o
its own bulk of litter or leaves. Pil
up the whole in a neat square heap
under cover, and in as warm a glee
as possible, and give it a thorough
wetting to start rapid fermentation
After three or four days fork it over
turning it "inside out," and pile it up
again, tramping it down firmly as you
do se. Add enough water to make i
again thoroughly moist.
For the best results this operation
should be repeated three or four times
so that the whole mass will be heated
evenly through and through, other-
wise
ther
wise the hotbed when made up will
be "spotty," and the results will be
very uneven, especially along the
edges. For a small frame of two or
three sashes half a cord will be suffi
tient. It should'be placed in the frame
after it is fermenting hotly, and firm-
ly packed down in a solid mass one
or two feet deep. •
On top of this I put from four to
six inches of soil, six if any plants are
to be grown directly In the soil. Per-
sonally, I always prefer to use "flats"
or seed
pans in which to start the
young plants, and the greater depth
is not needed except where radishes,
lettuce, beans, or some other vege-
table is to be grown dirctly in the soil.
Where only two or three sash are
wanted, and there is a pile of.ferment-
ing manure available, the hotbed may
be built directly on the manure pile,
by embedding in it a bottomless frame
of suitable size, and putting the soil
on top of the manure within this
frame. A frame 6x9 feet will accom-
modate three standard 3x6 -foot sash.
I have used • this simple method very
effectively. The manure must be
actively fermenting, and the pile must
be in :the full sunlight.
After the hotbed has been made up
and the soil put in, a thermometer
should be plunged into the bed and
watched far a. few days. When it
only registers 75 or 80 .degrees with
the sash left on, then it will be safe
to begin sowing seeds. No plants
should be set in the frame, however,
until it is 10 to 15 degrees cooler.
d and familiar as to enter farmyards
in search of food.
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powerful, she affords them very little (lett it is being found desirable tot
protection against the attacks of an
rapacious animal that may approach neapolis for domestic use, though the
ge, ere was a no-
ticeable increase during November.'.
Importations into this district—chief-
ly, if not entirely, for manufacture in'
Minneapolis—are reported by the
Customs Service at Duluth as 11,-'
602,631 bushels during 1920; 8,763,-
687 bushels in 1921; 343,165 bushels
1 in 1922; and 1,010,123 bushels for the
first eleven in th i 1923 "
rt y. bring wheat across the border to Min
them. She rather warns them to shift' amount is not lar • th
for themselves, and does not prepare
to defend them.
_ With our domesticated turkeys, lay-
ing starts in spring. They hide their
nests in some retired, obscure place.
The hen sits with remarkable perse-
• verance, and, if not removed will al-
-; most perish with hunger before entire-
ly - leaving the nest. She generally lays
in the morning, and often continues
daily, until from fifteen to twenty
I eggs are laid In a season, governed
'according to the age of the hen. Young
hens lay fewer eggs than older hens.
In the second laying the hen hardly
ever exceeds ten or fifteen eggs.
BEST AGES FOR MATING.
The best matings are either two-
year-old cocks with pullets, or a cock-
erel with two-year-old hens. One ser-
vice of the gobbler is sufficient for
each setting of eggs, and a single male
can take care of from fifteen to twen-
ty hens. While the gobbler has a
greater influence on color and shape,
of the progeny, large hens are needed)
to produce big turkeys.
Turkeys are more creatures of habit,
than any other of our feathered fowl,
and will come home to roost at night
if one will make a practice of feeding
them, however lightly.
In the selection of breeding stock,
the aim should not be for great size.
For active vitality and sure breeding,
the male must not be too large. In
selecting hens, one must not be influ-
enced by great weight. Good form,
fine stout legs, square bodies and
breasts are needed. Practically the
same is true in the male. It is im-
portant to havean unrelated male in
the flock, as inbreeding will do much
harm.
qualities. It is true that
amale White Leghorn mated to White'
Leghorn females will breed chickens:
that are White Leghorns, or that: have
rte plumage, yellow .legs, and White
earlobes. But of these offspring there
will. be no two chicks exactly alike.
... e find large and small Leghorns;:
most of them never go broody but
ome do, some lay large eggs, others
sm�aIl eggs. And we find a great
variation in the number of eggs; pre-
med by different hens.
Selection is made on : the basis that
ke will produce :like, but experience
as taught all breeders that to se
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lid mate these to .a male, of similar
train, we do .not .expect to get 011
daughters that will lay 200 or more
eggs a. year, but we doexpect upon
he average a ,better production 'than;
ad no selection been made. ..,
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Potato Disease Investigation.
Investigational work carried on b
the Department of Botany of the On
tario Agricultural College during the
past six years has brought out the
following facts:
That selected, certified seed pota-
toes give much better results than the
uncertified seed potatoes. which have
been commonly used by the farmers
of this province in the past.
That Northern Ontario seed pota-
toes give as good yields on the aver-
age as those imported from the mar -
time provinces.
That in• certain sections of old On-
tario excellent seed potatoes can be
produced by continued selection and
roguing.
PowderedSkim Milk.
The comparative values of powder-
ed skim milk and powdered butter-
milk were found to be about equal
in experiments carried on at the On-
tario Agricultural College. The av-
erage total gains per pig were 121.6
pounds for those fed on the skim milk
powder and 122.8 pounds for those
fed on buttermilk powder. Although
the feeding value of these products is
good, the market price for hogs and
y
the high cost of the skim milk and
butteamilk powder makes its use pro-
hibitive as live stock feed.
We have an Asparagus Bed
BY MARGARET HENRY.
Mother had raised and sold aspara-
gus as a money -making proposition
when she was a girl and thought it
would' be nice to start a bed for us
children to have for our. own.. She
planted a package of seed'andbefore
MIONOWINemalili f00/0/1=1,i
l The third fall it was very bushy
and rank and we cut the stalks with
I a scythe and later burned them.
fr The fourth spring the bed was a
mass of nice fat stalks every morning
and we arranged to sell it to the gro-
cers and hotels. The early crops sold
for 20c a bunch, later it was 150,. then
2 for 25c and at the end of the season
it brought 10e a bunch. We cut it
every morning with a knife, going
just below the ground. It was sorted,
all inferior or spindly . stalks being
thrown out and then tied in bunches
for the market. If we could not take
it to market every day, we put it in
the cave with a damp cloth, over it.
The : first year . we sold' over $15
worth` besides using it nearly three
times
a day on our table and giving
lots away to our friends. It has been
more profitable each year and the nice
thing. about an asparagus bed is that'
i
it will grow better as it gets older.'
Now it requires almost no care. S7,ro 1
try to keep the weeds out in the cut-
ting season, later they aro r;nothere
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out by the stalks.
Asparagus has ; almost no insect
enemies. or diseases that,prey on it.
We fork it up as soon as 'thc frost is
out ill the spring and put well -rotted
manure'on it in the fall after we cut
ami burn the stalks following a killing
frost
she covered it, she planted radishes,)
lettuce and onion seed in the trench
with the asparagus seed. The aspar-
agus is; slow to germinate and makes
very slow growth above ground the
first year, so mother planted her early
garden "sass" in with it to mark the
rows so she could hoe it and keep
down the weeds. She could have
bought one-year or two-year plants
from the nursery at a very small cost
and thus gained a year or more on.
the crop but she wanted to start from
the seed..
All summer mother kept the plants
clean and well hoed and the next
spring they were spaded up and set
in the erma n
lie t bell. There Oro were
over four hundred plants and it made
a large bed. We kept it hoed clean
and forked up with the potato fork
all that summer and put all the drop-
pings from the chicken Coops on it.
In the fall we. put on a cover of
litter and rakings.;
The next spring we raked the cover
up in rows between the plan(:s and
burned. it.
'The third summer 'we cut the young
plants occasionally for home use.
A pasteboard pig bearing the verse
given below night be used to summon
the guests. A pig .cut from an ad
vertising page could be used.as a
pattern.
Shure and ye must be comin' along
To celebrate the Day.
Ye may talk about pigs in the good
ould brogue,
So plaze don't stay away.
March 17th. (Time---Place---)
You might let an old Irish motto.
hung up in a conspicuous place, greet
the guests as they arrive. The letters
should be in - green on a white card,
with a band of green crepe paper
pasted smoothly along the edges to
represent the frame, The motto "Gaid
Mille A Failthe" ("A thousand wel-
comes to all") will probably need to
be given verbally in English. • Sham-
rocks, potatoes, pipes, Irish hats, and
pasteboard harps might be used as
decorations too. But plenty of - cut-
out pigs are necessary, for this is to
be a "piggie" party.
The brogue of • old Ireland—the
speech of the evening—will keep the
minds and tongues of the early guests
busy while others are arriving. To
make. true Irishmen of the' guests,
they should be given an' opportunity
to kiss the "Blarney Stone" the first
thing:
The stone in this instance is a pyra-
mid of stones. Some of the "stones"
are pieces of taffy candy, colored
moss -green and wrapped in bits of
paraffin paper with'twisted ends.
Others are . bits of pebbles or small
rocks wrapped in the same manner:
The guests, in turn, are blindfolded
and alf�owed to kiss the Blarney
Stone. Then they are told to take a
piece ae a souvenir. Should they
draw a piece of taffy, they are in
luck; if they have a stone, they may
be allowed to try again later. Of
course, any amount of blarney is per-
niissible after one has kissed this
famous ston
"Poor Piggie," Should she laugh, er
n even smile while saying et, she be -
conies the piggie and must tsqueal her
best while on her hands and knees)
before one of the men. Should she
manage to keep a straight face, poor
piggie must try to make some other
girl laugh Seldom will one have to
try the second time, especially if he
remembers to scratch his back against
the leg of her chair.
Next you might play "Pigs in the
Parlor." Partners for this game are
found by cutting heads, tails, legs,
ears, or feet off cardboard pigs. The
boys will search for the girl who hat
the piece needed to finish his pig,
These pigs are to serve as models,
A small potato and fruit knife are
given each couple, also a few ,stripe
of green paper and toothpicks;
The boys carve pigs from their spa
tatoes, using the toothpicks for tails
and ears. `The girls may make dress-
es fluted ruffles for the pigs' necks)
or any other; sort of decoration.
When the work of each sculptor has
I been sufficiently admired, ask the
guests to bring their chairs into a
close circle to play "Moving Piggie
Up." Take as many of the potato
piggies as your two hands can pos.
sibly hold, and pass them to your nexi
neighbor on the left, They are to be
passed on around the circle as rapidly
as possible. Should a player drop a
potato piggie, he must recover it by
his own efforts and without putting
the others down. He then starts
them all on their way again, but he
must leave the circle. His chair, how-
ever, remains In place.
When someone has left the cire1�
"Poor Piggi▪ e" is a variation of an.
old game that. never fails to bring
screams of laughter. The players are
seated in a circle. A boy is asked to
be the poor piggie. He gets down on
his hands and knees before one of the
young ladies and squeals in his most
pathetic manner Whi
queals,
makes faces,: and does anything else
becoming a pig, the girl must show
her appreciation by continuously
stroking his head and murmuring
have a helper quietly take him into
theedining-room and serve him with
refreshments. As others drop out
they should be spirited away and
served without Ietting the others
know what is going on. Those who
are left in the circle, and are trying
so desperately hard to retain their
hold on the slippery piggies and get
them across the ever-growing num-
ber of empty chairs, will eventually
wake up to the fact that they are the
"grane" ones. '
You might serve refreshments cafe-
teria style. White and green signs
set up at intervals along the table
call attention to the food piled before
them. The signs bear the legends:
Blarney Sandwiches, Sod Sandwiches,
Shillalahs, and Irish Greens. In spite
of the sound of the names the food
is most inviting --and digestible.
THE CHILDREN'S
HOUR
THE GREEDY MOUSE.
Late one afternoon Roily Rabbit
and Bruin sat reading the latest edi-
tion of "Woodland News."
"Little Glennie Squirrel, who lives
near Woodside, fell out of a hickory
nut tree and broke his leg. Doctor
Woodchuck set it for him and he is
now doing nicely," said Bruin, read-
ing a part of the latest news.
"Too bad for such a little fellow.
Perhaps we can get over to see him
to -marrow. Here it says that a robber
held up Jimmie Fox and stole his gold
watch and chain, when he was return-
ing from Glenwood. That Is not far
from here. We must be careful,
Bruin," said Rolly.
Then a gentle "tap, tap, tap."
When .Roily opened the door there
stood a little mouse with his clothes
all ragged, his face dirty, and with a
very hungry look upon his thin face.
"Oh, please, Mr. Rabbit, I'm hun-
gry. Could I please have something
to eat? It is little I have . eaten for
several days," begged the little mouse.
"Come right in, poor little mouse,
and we shall • see what we can find,"
said Rolly kindly.
Soon a bountiful meal was prepared
for the hungry mouse, and how he did
eat. When he had finished, his little
stomach was so full he just could not
eat another crumb. With an envious
eye, he looked at the remaining food
and Rolly's well-filled Cupboard. He
wished he could eat more.
"Oh, Mr. Rabbit, thank' you so
much. Already I feel much better,"
said the mouse.
"You are welcome, lelousie. I am
always glad when I can share with i
others," answered Roily. And Mousie
went on his way.
Late that night Mackie Mouse (for
that was his name): met an old friend,
Billy Mouse, Ile, too, was very hun-
gry, just as Mackie had been that..
"I know where there is a lot of
good things to eat," said 1VIackie l
Mouse, I
"no show ins where," said Billy
Mouse, "I am nearly starved."
Right then Mackie began to feel as
f he could eat a little more himself,
so off they started for Rolly's house,
Quietly they tip -toed clear around the
house, but could find no way to get in,
"Let's climb in the bedroom window:
It's not closed," whispered Billy.
"All right, but we must be awfully
quiet," answered Mackie.
In a very few minutes they were
both nibbling cheese and all the other
goodies. Suddenly they beard a noise:.
``Bun, Mackie, run," said Billy, in a
)hushed voice.: '
"Yes, but where?" asked M aloe.
afternoon.
"That noise was in the bedroom and
we can't get. out the window.".
"Here is a knot -hole, we will run
in here for a while until everything
is quiet," said Billy.
But right in that little knot -hole
Roily' had set a trap for naughty
thieving nice, so that was the last of
Mackie and Billy Mouse.
Underground Garden
Irrigation.
Where the natural rainfall is insufe
ficient for intensive gardening pur-
poses one of the best and most effec-
tive ways of furnishing the moisture
to the plants is by underground irri-
gation. This will be found advanta-
geous for three reasons. In the first
place the water thus supplied reaches
the roots, where it is wanted, and
there is a minimum loss by evapora-
tion. In the second place water is
saved, and in the third, there is no
crust to form on top as there is when
the water is applied to the top of the
ground:
sp • t ster,
forming alternate ridges and fur-
rows. These will differ probably ten
inches in height. It will be necessary
to go again over the ground with the
lister, and the second covering should
result in furrows twenty inches deep,
or better. In these the two -and -one-
half -inch the is laid. If the furrows.
are rather close together the tile need
be laid only in every other one, They
are simply laid, with the joints as
close as possible. The far end of each
is plugged with concrete or clay. The
front ends are finished off with a T
section and another section, added to
bring the inlet well above the top of
the ground. Then the ground is
leveled again and planted in the ordi-
When the ground is plowed in the
ring r is gone over with a li
nary way.
If water is poured into one line for
a few minutes it can be filled. It will
then soak into the ground in all -direc-
tions. Thereafter the water is added
only when necessary to keep the sub-
soil in the proper condition. In the
fall the lines reed not necessarily be
removed, but left for use the follow-
ing year.
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It has been conclusively proved at
the Dominion Experimental Station,
Cap Rouge, Quebec, that well develop-
ed heifers, over six months of age,
carrying a reasonable amount of flesh,
are better wintered in an open front'
single board shed than if closely
housed.
These are the days when the fruit
man should get into the orchard and
cut out the blight cankers from trunk,
limbs and branches.
Good books,: are worthy friends for
any man. They help you forget your-
self; one of the hardest but tll.00li
beneficial things 0118 can 'ae.
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