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VARIETIES RECOMMENDED BY
THE O.A.C.
For increased acre yields, it is not
only important to use seeds of high
quality, but it is very desirable to use
those varieties which- have proven
superior, so says 12r C. A. Zavitz• of
the Ontario Agricultural College, The
Field Hiiiiinandry Dept has done much
in importing, testing, selecting and
hybridising varieties, not only with
the object of supplying the most re-
liable information but also with the
aim of originating ziew varieties
which are superior to any already in
existence. This isno easy matter to
accomplish. We believe, however, that
in some of our most important crops
of Ontario, varieties of superior merit
have been originated. The following
list gives our latest information re-
garding a few of tho most desirable
varieties of farm crops for use in
Ontario:
Oats-0,A.C. No. 72, Banner, and
O.A.C. No. 3.
Barley—O.A.C. No. 21.
Winter Wheat—O.A.C. No. 104,
Dawson's Golden Chaff, and Imperial
Amber.
Spring Wheat—O.A.C. No, 85, Mar-
quis, and Wild Goose.
Spring Rye—O.A.C. No. 61.
Winter Rye—Rosen, New Invincible
and Petkus.
Emmer—Common,
Buckwheat -Rye..
Record of.+Perfonnance
for Dairy; Cattle.
The popularity of ' the, Record of
Performance test work for pure bred
dairy cattle,' carried on by the Dept. :,..__,,. _,
THE CHILDREN'S
HOUR'
of Agriculture :at Ottawa, is brought•
out by the Hon. Mr. Motherwell, Min -1
ister of Agriculture, in''`the report of
the work .,of 'his. Dept., for the, year,
ending March 31st:last. In that year,
alone applications for entry were ac-;
cep'ted for 3,868 cows, •.which was an
Field Peas—O.A.C. No. 181, .Arthur increase of 882 over,the •preceding1
and. Canadian Beauty. year, and ,cows were -entered for the
Field Beans--Pearce's Improved test from 1,720 farms throughout the'
Tree and Pea Beans. Dominion.
Soy Beansee-Q.A.C. No.. 211. A recent modifieatien ;ot the rules
Vetches -Hairy. governing::t'he test, has been brought
- Flint. Corn—Gold Nugget, Longfel- into effect.' This, � rovides• fgr the,ac
low, and. Salzer's North Dakota, eepting of entries only feein owners
Deist Corn,•. -Golden Glow, White who place all their pure.bied milking,
Cap Yellow Dent, Wisconsin No. 7,
and Bailey.' .
Sweet Corn—Golden Bantam.
Sorghum—Early Amber. •
Sunflowers—Black Giant, and Mam-
moth Russian.
Mangels—O.A.C, No. 2 (strain of ably higher than the average produc-
Yellow Leviathan). tion of the entire. herd.
Swede Turnips—Good Luck, and the
interesting fact brought out in
Hall's Westbury. h Report is that the Minister's own
Millet—Japanese Panicle, and Jap-
anese Barnyard.
Pasture Rape—Dwarf Essex.
Cow Cabbage—Sutton's Earliest
Drumhead.
Early Potatoes—Irish Cobbler.
Late Potatoes -Dooley, and Green
Mountain.
Alfalfa—Grimm, and Ontario Var-
iegated.
Sweet Clover—White Blossomed Bi-
ennial,
Grasses—Orchard, Tall Oat, and
Meadow or Tall Fescue,
untested, normal cows in the test, The
object of this rule is to: stop the prac-
tice of some breeder entering qne or
two of their cows and,. giving them
special care in order to: snake records
that are 'in many instances consider -
Prevention of Losses Among Chicks
By S. W. Knipe
Recent figures show that there are poultry raisers, yet a great number o
these people make the "penny wise"an
pound foolish" mistake of thinkin
they can make a brooder at home quit
good enough to brood the small num
ber of chicks they raise. Too often
these home-made brooders do not keep
the proper temperature nor supply the
only about 55 chicks raised out of
every 100 hatched, and this is on
farms where there exists a better aver-
age of poultry conditions. Many
poultry raisers try to reduce their loss
by "doctoring" sick and weakly chicks.
They lose sight of the fact that for ventilation necessary. Again, if the
the previous 9 or 10 months the stock brooding system is too small for num-
these chicks were raised from had not ber of chickens hatched there is apt
the care and attention necessary to to be "crowding," causing loss through
produce sturdy chickens, and so care suffocation. Coops without floors for
of breeding stock results in chicks hen -hatched, chicks often result in
hatched with weak constitutions, un- chilling the little birds. Chills usually
able to live under ordinary farm con- bring along bowel trouble,
dations. A strong, vigorous chickeu, The close confinement of baby chicks
with good brooding system, elean and is often claimed to cause leg -weakness,
proper feeding, should be easily raised ` something which rarely is;,, seen in
to maturity. The greatest loss is ow-' chicks which are allowed on outside
ing to lack of vitality, which may be
caused by poor parent stock, poor
care of eggs before they are set, or
f
d
g
e
run, ever for a few minutes, after they
are about a week old. Of cour„e, in
stormy or wet weather this is impos-
poor incubation. On farms, where the sibie, therefore for such occasions
few]. are allowed to forage for them- keep sand or fine litter or. the door.
selves moat of the year, there are Feed grain in dry litter to induce ex -
many mistakes made in breeding, the ercise. Keep brooder house well ven-
fault often being due to both male and tilated. Supply green feed such as
Department was at that time the
owner ,,of the highest producing• cow
in the Dominion :the Holstein -Erie-
sion "Agassiz Segis May Echo,” locat-
ed at the Experimental Farm, A.gas-
siz, B.C. At the time the report was
made, this cow held thea,world's but-
ter fat record for all breeds and ages,
having produced within the year 30,-
886 pounds of milk containing 1,345
pounds of butter fat. This record
has since been slightly exceeded by
another Canadian bred cow, "DeKol
Plus Segis Dixie," which produced
33,477 poundof milk and 1,686.5
pounds of butter in 365 days,
Pasture for Hogs.
It is �.s generally acknowledged by
successful hog raisers that there is
economy in pasturing hogs during the
growing period. This practice not only
develops general thrift but is con-
ducive to the•healthy growth so essen-
tial to hogs of the "select" bacon type.
The question then arises, What pas
tures are best for hog raising? Ac-
cording to experiments conducted at
the Central Experimental Farm, Ot-
tawa, Japanese millet has proved to
be a more economical producer of pork
than either oat and barley pasture or
sweet clover and oats. The sweet
clover and oat pasture came second,
barley pasture third, and oat pasture
at the foot of the list. During the
pasturing period, the hogs were fed
a similar grain diet in all experiments,
as well as milk to drink.
With the millet pastured hogs,
gains were made at a cost of 4.01
cents per pound as compared with 4.79
from sweet clover and oats, 5.46 from
the oat pasture, and 5.87 from the
ibarley pasture lot. The pasture crops
were sown on the 5th of June, and the
hogs were placed in the plots one
female. The males, often late hatched, sprouted oats, lettuce, green alfalfa or month and one day later when the
growth of forage averaged from 6 to
9 inches in length.
Of the several crops tested, Japan-
ese millet proved to have the greater
stock carrying capacity. Nine hogs
on a plot 115 by 30 feet in size were
unable to consume this crop quickly
enough, and it was found necessary,
after a few weeks, to divide the plot
into halves, and place six other pigs i
on the second half of the lot. The h
grain ration consisted of a mixture s
of middlings, shorts, ground oats,
ground corn and tankage, with skim t
milk.
Supplying Bacon Type Sows.
The introduction of hog grading has
created a general demand for brood
sows of the bacon type. To assist t
farmers in securing these, the Live
Stock Branch of .the Dept. of Agricul-
ture at Ottawa, through the agency of
field men, makes suitable stock avail-
able in districts where it is most
needed. According to the' Report of.
the Dominion Minister of Agriculture
for the past fiscal year, 757 head• of
bacon type sows were purchased in
Ontario and shipped for sale direct to
farmers in various parts of Quebec.
Besides these, more than three hun-
dred Quebec brood. sows. were turned
over from the breeders to districts
that had not been supplied. In the
Province of Alberta, according to this
Report, 42 young, sows of the York-
shire breed were purchased and sold
to pig club members, and a' quantity
of similar stock was made available
to Ukranian settlers. That this work
lack vigor and are small in size. Be- clover cuttings.
cause such birds give a high percent- No matter how brooded the chickens
age of fertility in eggs does by no must be kept free from vermin, must
means warrant the assumption that be kept dry, must have plenty of exer-
the chicks hatched will be sturdy. cise, and small birds should not be
Good hens are almost as important as allowed to run with half-grown ones,
good males. For best results it is not as the little •chaps don't have a chance
wise to mate the entire flock, better to get the proper amount"of food if
pick out only the best females and compelled to light with much larger
mate hem to the best males procur- birds for it. Keep your baby chicks
able. Never mate cockerels and pul- growing every minute till they ma-
ture, which can be done by proper
feeding. Improper feeding is `feeding
too soon and without making chicks
work for their meals. Positively, do
not feed chicks before they are 43
hours old. The yolk of the egg pro-
vides food for at least that length of
time. Additional food is overloading
a small stomach and causes digestive
troubles.
To sum up the matter, the remedy
far the great loss of• hicks is "pre-
vention." "Eternal vigilance" is -the
price which must be paid to reduce
the loss to a. minimum. Careful feed
and attention from the " day the
chicks are "hatched, for remember,
these chicks may eventually be the
breeders you are going to depend on,
and must have every chance to mature
into, well-developed, vigorous pullets
and cockerels.
lets. Never use hens which have been
sick and out of condition. Bowel trou-
ble and diarrhoea are sometimes
caused by infection of the eggs, there-
fore the necessity of not breeding from
any birds thus infected. The best of
eggs may be ruined by faulty incuba-
tion, not only artificial, but when
broody hen is used. if the hen is
nighty she should not be used. Nests
should he in a place easly accessible,
where water and food are conveniently
obtained. incubator chicks are just
as strong as hen hatched if they are
properly hatched. Too high or too
tow a temperature, not enough fresh
air, and .wrong moisture conditions,
are the most common faults of weak
chicks from artificial incubation. Do
away with these causes and you hatch
good, vigorous, healthy chicks. Good
incubators are usually obtained by
SHEEP, come soiled or mussed up, and then
refuses' to eat the amount necessary
Sheep like fresh air and sunshine.. to produce her maximum flow of milk.
If allowed to run at will they seldom, The appetite of a cow depends upon
seek protection, from chilling 'winds' the condition of the digestive tract.
and cold weather. So long as their' Often the digestion becog}rles sluggish
fleeces are kept dry, they enjoy free-
and
from an excess of food low in diges-
dom. table nutrients. The way to overcome( will produce good ' results in . due time
My experience has been that there' this condition is to feed something is 'shown from the experience of the
is danger of housing breeding; ewes that will keep the digestive organs Peace River District, which was sup -
too closely during the winter months.: active. Silage will do this. So will. plied with bacon'type hogs of both
Like many other flock-owners,.I have roots. Succulent food is, therefore,I sexes two years ago. The stock corn -
on cold stormy nights closed the doors_important when teething �g' •
lg the cow to ing.out of the distract the year fol -
and neglected to open windows .fore consume the required amount of the lowing the introduction comprised a
ventilation. The following morning, foods she should have; - much higher percentage of select
the air . would be distressingly foul. 1 —_- ;,_._
1' sr,ock:.than that marketed .from other
This, I am 'thoroughly' convinced, is; Select °BaconiHogs. parts of Alherta.
not for he best health of the animals. Ontario showed a . �'r
Breeding ewes need every advan- good ;increase in
tags. Fresh air is not only essential I select bacon hogs. in January coo- How to '1 reat kiarget.
to their well-being, but it costs little pared with the corresponding month
of last year, the number being 29,207
or nothing to provide. Opening the against 13,815 Alberta she d
windows from the direction opposite 1•mht `•
TWO LITTLE SOMETHINGS.
Yellen:' little Jackie Rabbit and Bil-
ie Woodchuck, Junior, returned from,
school one afternoon, they found their
mothers were not at home. This was
very unusual, and they • were : quite
it
mean
Other dth
be' these to call then to' do some bttls
task
".Come:over and play in r yard
Bilhe," said Jackie, as he saw' his,lit-
tie friend ecoming out of' : the douse
munching a` beg sugar cookie. (Jackie
was enjoying a big ginger one with
a raisin; in the middle).
Billie didn't need a second invita-
tion, because Jackie had a big swing
in the maple tree in the back yard.
Of all the things he liked to do, `Billie
thought he liked swinging the best.
To go as fast as the wind to and fro
up among the leaves • was heaps of fun.
And this is' what Mother Rabbit and
Mother Woodchuck found their chil-
dren doing when they returned home,
"Come here, Jackie," called his
mother from the back 'door. And off
Jackie went running, with Billie fol-
lowing as fast as. his chubby legs
could carry him.
"I want you to go on an errand,
Jackie. Take 'this package down to
Sammie Squirrel's house.. Mrs. Squir-
rel has a big surprise for you, two
little somethings. Billie's mother says
he may go with you."
"What do you mean by two little
somethings, Mother?" asked Jackie.
"Run along, children, -and you will
see," she answered,. "but be sure and
hurry back,"
"Two little somethings," questioned
Billie and Jackie, "what do you think
they can be?"
"I bet they are two little cars,",
said Jackie, "and, maybe we can ride
pleased. You see,°they `lived rig,'
next door' to each other; 'so it inea
they .could, have a nice•:'long,'play to
rte er and,, heir mothers would no
casted Auld packed mate
day in
rht
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f
e Education
'Tedi htlr's first $chotel,fr the Paucity"--Feosba "
,Teaching Our Biqa and Girls How to Accept Rea nslbil r
•
'BY HELEN GREGG GREEN, 1�
"'I don't understand Aileen!' She
is positively lazy about :the house,"
complained Aileen's mother:, "She'd
`let me wait on her hand and foot, if
I'd do it, And I guess I nearly do."
"My dear," spluttered Aunt, Eanrny
Lou, "I can` explain the case. You
'started wrong with Aileen. When she
I• was a wee girl you were always do-
ing things for her. "Wait, dear, it's
raining. Let 'mother get your over-
shoes and umbrella. If you asked
her to dry the dishes, and she wanted
to play instead, you would say, 'Run
along, dear, mother will do them!'
Yes, you were Ailee's servant, There's
t'no doubt about that."
The mother winced, "Oh, surely--"
"Yes, it's true!" Aunt Emmy Lou
interrupted. "I believe in being a
child'said, friend and mother, but
never his servant. No wonder Aileen
is lazy now. You've taught her to
{ be, encouraged it!"
"Oh, Aunt Emmy Lou, don't be
cross with me," Virginia smiled. "But
II guess you're right. I never thought
of her laziness being my fault before.
in them." ,
"I'll bet they are two swings, and I
can -have a swing in each one," said
Billie.
"Rap, tap, tap,"' on Sammie Squir-I
refs door.
A pretty lady squirrel all in white
opened the door for them.
"Come in boys," she said.
"Please, ma'am, mother sent this
package to you," said Jackie, "And
she said you had two little somethings
to show us." I
"That's right, I have', boys. Just
wait a minute." And she went tip -i
toeing off into the bedroom.
In a minute she was back. "Come
right in this way, boys," she said.
"Here are the two little somethings
that your mother told you about." j
And weren't they 'surprised when'
they peeked into the bedroom, for,
there in a snow white cradle were two'
little baby squirrels.
The boys wanted them to come out)
and play, but the nurse e'aid they must
wait until they had grown to be al
little stronger.
"What's their names?" asked Billie,!
"This one is Sue, and this one is
Sally, said the' nurse as she tucked
them in more closely.
The boys wanted to stay longer, but
t was time for the baby squirrels tel
ave their nap, so the nurse had te
end them home.
"We'll be back to see Sue and Sally
o -morrow," said Jackie.
"You bet we will," said Billie, "and
maybe they won't be so sleepy then.il
t'-
As one rotten apple will spoil a
bushel, so will one scrub buli damage
he whole herd a decade hence. •
In cases of garget, give one pound
of Epsom salt in three pints of tepid.
we a water well sweetened with molasses;
to the prevailing winds. generally will slight increase�beinga14,1859 ag aaggainst linst a then one-half _ ounce each of powdered
give the result sought This arrange-' saltpeter and poke,root, 'in feed, once
mere prevents draughts which cause 386.r Quebec showed a decrease, being or twice daily. In severe cases give
Bolds. --L. C. 11. 4,18.E against 7,152, and Manitoba's two to four drams of formaldehyde
DAIRY.
Cows, like people, are creatures of
habit. They eat most .of what they.
figures this January were 2,793 coo- twice daily in water, instead of above
pared with 3,708 in the corresponding medicines. Rub into udder once or
month of last year. twice daily, a mixture of one part each
of turpentine and fluid extracts of
It takes a big man to live up to the belladonna leaves and poke root, and
like best, if they can choose heir diet estireate of his youthful son. five parts. of melted and unsalted lard
It is very natural for them to consume or war.rn sweet oil. 7n severe cases
drat the food that is most palatable. We hear that dog meat is being rub in a :mixture 'of ,equal quantities
In searching for the finest morsels, aeaten in• Germany. Maybe some or or carbolized oil, comphorajed oil, anddelicate feeder often throws her feed our mutton -flavored canines could compound soap liniment.—Dr. A. .5,
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about in the manger until it has be -'profitably be exported. Alexander,
}
$15.00 Bugs this
Griffith Team Outfit
($10 wast of Fort william)
Comprising Giant Roe Traces, Giant
Yoko Renes, Hames, llama Straps.
Plow Pads, Belly Sands and
Billets,.Complete for 2 Horses.
CIN you beat Itf rho whole bust-
11t}e encs of a team titaness at a
•price that makes it a real eupn-
omy l Actual service tests have proved
bound eiteslion that rope wars every
bit. a, well as leather. Farmers every-.
where aro finding the Grigith Team
Outfit a great boon, in the ,face of thea
drearily increasing- price of leather.
Order art Outfit to -day. erten $15 (or
$10 mat of Vert. William).
Oren h'd Giant Rope Traces only, per
et of lot., u•Ith heel chains, $0 for
16 5i)wast of Volt william)
CrIfith's Giant. Yoke Ropes to replace
I 1ih r, pn a sisal 0, yri, a eomOle.a;;
aith meta and sl des $1.50 per pair
(or $1.75 n ,t' of r'ort, 'William).
ft your dealer (.:111't sup, ly you,order
direct. `Trite- for booklet.
50 Watorlee St.
+,fit t Stratford, Ont.
Why does it take' us so long to wake
up? Frort now on, I'll have a differ-
ent system With my '• little girl."
But she was just twelve years too
late beginning the proper "system,"
It's• hot a'kindness to a child to do
the hundred and one little things that
he should be taught to do for himself.
We must teach our children initiative,
and to do this they must have little
responsibilities of their own. As they
grow older these may be increased so
that they will gradually become more
efficient and better able to face the
responsibilities of life.
One of the most unhappy girls I
know is one who had a great deal of*
responsibility thrust upon, her when
she was wholly unprepared for it,," ;Qf
course she was not equal to it .>
parents had shielded her all her life`
from the responsibilities she should"
have had. Even very small children
should be given a small amount of
responsibility; first in homeopathic
poses, to be increased as the child
grows older. Then in timehe will be
able to accept all that cornea in his
way in a capable, experienced manner.
Registered Silver Foxes.
The Hon, W. R. Motherwell, Domin-
ion Minister of Agriculture, in the re-
port of his department for .the year
1922-23, makes reference to silver fox
farming. This industry, the Minister
points out, had its inception in Prince
Edward Island, in the vicinity of Tig-
nish, somewhere in the early eighties.
It has now spread frons the Atlantic
to the Pacific, and is firmly establish-
ed all a business basis. According to
this Report, the Canadian Silver Fox
Breeders' Association was incorpor-
ated in 1920, when a stud book was
opened for the registration of all
foxes that came up to a required stan-
dard and which had been bred in cap-
tivity for a certain number of gen-
erations.
enerations. Up to - the end of March,
last year, 10,000 foxes had been ac-
cepted for registration and were ta-
tooed on the ears for identification.
The Live Stock Branch of the De-
partment, at the request of breeders,
recently took over the inspection of
the foundation stock. The period of
the year in which inspection can be
made is limited from late September
until the middle of January. Inspec-
tion has to be delayed until this date
owing to the fact that it is the quality
of the fur that makes silver foxes
valuable and some cold weather must
be experienced before the quality of
the winter coats can be judged. The
stopping of inspection in the middle
sof January is said to be due te. the
commencement of the breeding season
at that time, when ranches have to 're
' closed to all except those in charge.
With respect to the productioniti:ea-
ture of the silver fox industry, it is
stated that there is a steadily increas-
ing demand for furs of all kinds- and
at the same time the supply fr. the
1 wilds is just as steadily dee easing.
Accordingly, in order to keep up the
supply, it will be necessary to breed
more and more fur bearing animals in
captivity. As the silver black fox
produces a high priced fur and one
that cannot be successfully imitated,
a demand far his pelt is bound to eon-
tinue, ,
The wiseacre who said that it is
good for one to do something disagree-
able each day, apparently did not real-
ize that most of us fulfilled that l.ill-
•alcasant duty by getting up in the
morning.
Have 'the harnesses been repaieed
and..oiled, the wagons' been greased,
and other tools put in repair? If al,,
it is likely to be now or never, It' fele
pay to make it now instead of never..
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to increase wealth, to better' health, to bring
friends closer and to open up every part of
the whole country to every Canadian.
The fine quality, strength, endurance and full
equipment provided by Chevrolet cannot be
purchase& for so little money anywhere else.
Moreover, the owner of a'Chevrolet finds a
further satisfaction in the savings effected
day by day as he drives his car. No other car
built can be run or maintained as cheaply as
Chevrolet.
Chevrolet cars are built in Canada by Cana-
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•Drook trtiut..fry (salt:¢•dbntinahsl.- spawned' ra:n
wild tout suarantocvlheolLy and vigorous. L'or..
April delivery, 60 Utr thoiinmd f'. O.73 , Shelbt rue.
No orders accepted for 10,0 than :,900 115tlyngton
crook lout: llattirery•. kouat ul n �I, lis, Did Orin •,
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