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SUGGESTIONS FOR THIS YEAR'S -
SPRAYING.
1. Do not spray at all unless you
rn ' ding to try to do it well. It will
xs
y.
2. You cannot make a seeress of
apple growing without good spraying.
3. You canont spray well without a
•gooii outfit which will give you plenty
of pressure. So overhaul the old spray
machine at once, or if it is not satis-
factory, buy a new one with plenty of
"er
ow,
4. Get a spray calendar from your
.agricultural representative, or from
Mr. P. W. Hodgetts, Director Fruit
Branch, Toronto, or Prof. L. Caesar,
O.A.C., Guelph. Tack it up in the
spray shed where it will always be.
available.
5. Use only the spray materials re-
commended in the spray caIendars.
6. Do not spray when it happens to
he convenient but spray at the times
the spray calendar says. The time of
spraying Is of vast importance and
the times given in the spray calendar
are based on ,years of study.
7. Omit none of the first three `regu-
lar sprays, some years the first is the
most important, some the second and
some the third. Each spray helps to
make the next more effective and each
'est be given to insure clean fruit.
8. McIntosh and Snow trees should
always receive a fourth application.
Read what the spray calendar recom-
mends under "Extra sprays and re-
- :narks" and be guided by it,
9. You will not control San Jose
ecale on large trees, twenty-five years
old or more, unless you first prune
them heavily and scrape the loose
bark off with a hoe. Then sec that
every ;particle of the bark is wet with
the liquid; a mere mist or a light
spray will not kill the insect. Use
lime sulphur 1 to 7 of water, prefer-
.,u;* just as the buds are bursting.
i0, For scab and codling moth cov-
e.' ° nth sides of every fruit and also
co r every leaf. Scab attacks the•
lea 'es too and is often er ' d from I
then, to the fruit. It will require from
7 to 18 gallons for each tree twenty -
l
enc 'years old or upwards, not just 2
0: dons.
11. Be sure the ,:pray reaches right
through the trees. To insure this go
in, if necessary, underneath the tree
and spray the part beyond the trunk
first, then, step back to the outside and!
spray the remaining part Do this
from, both sides. Remember that it is t
the centre or shaded part of the tree!
where scab naturally is worst and 1
pear sprayers nearly always miss this
side though they often cover the sun-
ny or outer side all right,
nforMatiarl
for
rocs
4 1IImi Ihnui °
Tho following bulletins and
many others, of which these are
examples, are available to ferm-
iers, and will be sent free on
request by the Dominion De-
artment of Agriculture. The
., nformation they contain is both
seful and practical, and may
oint the way to -greater profits
-from £arming operations.
If interested , clip out this
'advertisement, check: bulletins
deeired, and mail, without post
are, in envelope addressed toe
Publications Branch,
Department of Agriculture,
Ottawa, Canada,
.Nave Varieties o1 Grain.
',Rpeptamanded Varceties of Field Boot4.
fixed Treatment for Grain Smut.
Influence off Fe -ado on Typo of Hata.
Cara oY Erre and Lamb.
Mgr� Grading.
Cultivation of the Apple.
Carden bisect Control.
Steewberry CaitQratioa.
I#neth Pruitt.
TRRe .rl,i, Chickens.
mete and Boer to Keep Them.
i'ixrtillzere for Field Crop%
hard itenovatio;t.
tairineeateehine.
melee& an the Bacon Hoz' and 7iog.
t;. Grading.
I .rt of iO4 reblications.
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12. A tower, even with a spray gun,
is a great help. Oftenit will suffice
to stand onthe tank. A railing or
support on it removes the danger of
falling.
13. Do not use large openings in the
discs of either nozzles or spray .guns
unless you have 22.0 pounds pressure
or more. They are wasteful, make It
difficult to maintain high pressure,
and give too coarse a spray.
14. In many cases better work will
be done with a rod and three -angle
disc nozzles than with a gun. In any
case use some system in spraying so
that you will make sure everything
is being covered in a methodical way.
15. Have a handy place to fill the
tank. Ten minutes should be long
enough for any tank.
16. Do not stop spraying because
rain threatens. Go right on until the
rain has well begun. It is rain and
moisture which cause scab outbreaks.
17. Do not stick to an eight or ten
hour, day when spraying, but make
every effort to get it done as soon as
possible without sacrificing thorough -
nese. If the second spray is not fin-
ished before the blossoms open, omit
the poison and go on until it is fin-
ished?
18. Wash out the tank and pump
clean water through the machine and
nozzles at the close of each day.
19. Remember spraying gives heal-
thy foliage and is a great factor in
producing 'annual, crops as well as
giving clean fruit. Even trees that
are not bearing should be sprayed to
keep them healthy,
20. Get a new spray calendar each
year.
21. When in difficulty consult your
agricultural representative or write
to Prof. L. Caesar, O.A.C,, Guelph, or
W. A. Ross, Vineland.
UNTHRIFTY IHORSES.
Horses are frequently seen that
give little response to liberal feeding
and care, continuing unthrifty due to
the presence of intestinal parasites,
a point often .overlooked in the care
of animals. -
Variable appetite, unthrifty and
poor condition, indigestion with per-
iodic attacks of colic, are the common
indications of the presence of cestodes,
or tape worms. Two species of tape
worm infest the intestines of the
horse; one, the TOnto Plicata, ranges
from six inches to thirty inches in
length; the -other, Teaks Peifoliata•,
is from one to two inches long. Both
have comparatively large, four-sided
heads in which are fashioned four
round cup -shaped suckers. Their
bodies consist of a number of over-
lapping segments. The tape worm
segment, or joint, is a complete repro-
ductive organization. When ripe, de-
tached and expelled with the contents
of the bowels it can be described as a
small rectangular body containing
eggs. After breaking away the eggs
may be d ifted or carried from place
to place by various agents. Many
perish, but a few are able to continue
the species by being taken up in food
or water by other animals, hi the in-
testines of which they go tine:ugh
their life cycle and provide for the
carrying on of the next generation.
Preventive measures consist in pro-
viding clean fodder and water; the
avoidance of low, damp pasture land
and ponds contaminated by the drop-
pings of horses. If tape worm is sus-
pected and no qualified veterinary is
available to administer treatment, the
following dosage can be given: creo-
lin, one-half ounce; oil of turpentine,
one and a half ounces; and raw lin-
seed
inseed oil, .one pint; to be given at one
dose as a drench, on an empty stom-
ach. The treatment may be repeated
at intervals of several days, if nec-
essary. Clean fodder and clean drink-
ing
rinking water are highly important in
keeping live stock healthy and free
from intestinal parasi.tes. • Drinking
from filthy, shallow pools or ponds in
which hogs wallow and cattle and
horses wads is responsible for con-
siderable trouble, • and this. trouble
does not usually show up until late
winter or early spring. A cement
water trough, well supplied with
clean, cold water, is the best insur-
ance against ° tape worm in horses.
..-••I,, Stevenson,
Plautin' Time.
Sense folkses put their trust in signs,
When Alantin' spuds, cucumber vines,
.An' . other leinds o' garden truck;
They'll' tell you that the; moon. ain't
right,•
,..
An, you must evert till dark ar legit,
•S. ' '
'Nhich moven "t.s, i [ ;1 oLi d have .Tuck.
An' one will say, "The' ,noon is dry,
The way she's hangs,' in the sky,
An'crops are apt`, to burn," they'll
fret;
But someone elseee,slike as not,
Will say, "The seeds are goini' to rot,"
Ain.' tell you that sine' moon as ,wet.
But I .dont, mind 'thein talkat all,
For. when' I hear the robins .•call,
:An' , geese , a-honkin' viii the sky,
When every breeze shells fresh an'
sweet,
An' ground breaks mellow under feet,
I reckon Alantin' time is ,nigh.
• eMyrtle Blessing.
Have a May -Pole Dance at
Your Spring Social.
The May -pole dance given' by chil-
dren is always attractive. The dance
,should be given out -a -doors or on the
floor of a Large hall, as space is re-
squired. Tha polo should be from
twelve to fifteen feet in; height, with
streamers of colored muslin attached
near the top. An equal number of
bosom and girls might take ,part. Eight
of each, perhaps. Each child takes
Bold of the end of a streamer and,
when the music starts, the girls dance
(around a circle in one direction, the
boys in another, passing each other
in a way which weavee the stti'hamera
around the' pole. Continue until the
circlegrows too small for further
dancing. When the music starts again
Ithe dancers go in the opposite direc-
tion .until the weaving is undone.
There are beautiful musical numbers
which you might have also. If you
1 have no musicians upon whom you can
depend, use a talking machine. The
following records will be found suit-
able: "Oh, That We Two Were May
ing," "Mendelssohn's Spring Song,".
Rubenstein's "Melody in F," "Lass of
Richmond Hill," and c'Morning," by
Grieg.
Prune the Berry Bushes.
The old canes of raspberries and
blackberries should' all be removed be-
fore the new wood gets too far ad-
vanced. Sometimes 'I have seen these
old canes left in the patch for years
at a time, until it became almost im-
possible to get around to pick the
berries. The right time to cut them
out is just after the fruit has been
picked, for then any insect or fungus
trouble will be eliminated before it
gets a chance to move over into the
young canes.
No cane that has borne fruit will
bear again. Next year's fruit win be
on the new canes that grow during
the season when the previous year's
canes are fruiting. If the work is,
not done then, it should be done at
the first opportunity after, and never
later than the time the plants begin
to swell the buds in the spring. You
can remove weak new growths then,
and thin strong canes to three or four
to the hill with advantage. You gain
in quality to make up for the number
of berries you remove.
Spraying Apples.
The Department of Entomology of
the Ontario Agricultural College con-
ducted spraying experiments on a ten -
acre block of McIntosh and Snow var-
ieties at Simcoe in Norfolk County.
The whole orchard, with the exception
of the trees kept for checks were
sprayed, part of it receiving four ap-
plications and part only three. The
crop: wan fairly. good—about 1,000
barrels—and the results from both
commercial and the investigational
standpoints very satisfactory, the per..
centage of apples absolutely free from
worms or scab or defect of any kind
being 93.4, whereas the checks (un-
sprayed trees) had an average of 91.E
per cent. of scab alone. One of the
objects of the experiment was to show
that even Mclntoeh and Snow apples
could be kept feet, or almost; free;
from worms and scab by good spray -
mg.
Roads, to be good roads, ,lust be
good'roads on bad days. •
THE CHILDREN'S
HOUR
DR. QUACK FOX TAKES A
TUMBLE AND LEARNS
A LESSON.
Do all our little folks remember how
Dr. Quack Fox fooled Bruin by .giv-
ing him a bottle of cough syrup for a
bottle of "Sooth-ail?"
Well, it was just a week from the
very day that. Dr. Quack Fox played
this trick thathe found it necessary
to again take the road that lead past.
Roily .Rabbit's house. As he neared
the house he chuckled to think how
cleverly he had fooled Bruin and made
a profit for himself.
"That was a good trick on Bruin,"
he said to himself. "I wonder when
he ; discovered it? I would like to
know, but I guess I won't stop to find
out. I might get one played on me."
In fact, he was thinking so much
about his clever little trick that he did
not look where he was going. Just
as he was right in front of Rolly's
house, he stubbed his toe on a rock
in the path° and down he went, leer-.
plunk. His case flew open and bottles
scattered in every direction.
Roily was preparing a porridge for
the noon meal by the kitchen window,
and saw it all. At first he wanted to
laugh, but his heart was kind and
gracious. Forgetting the mean trick,
Dr. Fox had played. on his friend, he
hastened out to help him..
The doctor was just picking himself
up.when Roily reached him.
"Oh, sir, are you hurt?" asked Roily
sympathetically.
"My toe is," said Dr. Fox, "and my
knee hurts dreadfully where it bump-
ed the rock."
"Oh, I'm so sorry," said Rolly.
"Come right in the house. We will
fix it up in just a few minutes. I am
sure that I have something that will
help it." And so Dr. Fox went limp-
ing along into the house with Roily
Rabbit, groaning at every step.
Bruin sat reading the last edition
of Woodland News when they came in,
and was quite surprised when he saw
who it was. But when Rally Rabbit
explained that the doctor had fallen
and hurt himself badly, he was just
as anxious to help as Roily.
In a short time they had the bruised.
foot all bandaged with "Sooth-all."
"And does that feel better?" asked
Bruin as he tied the last bandage.
"Oh, ever so much better," replied
Dr. Fox. "Thank you both so much."
"Oh, wo aro very glad tb help you,"
said Roily.
"And may I ask why?" asked Dr.
Fox.
"Because we would like to be helped
that way ourselves," arswered Roily.
As p. Quack Fox limped toward
the door, he said, "I havo learned a
lesson from you to -day. I can't thank
you enough for all you have done for
me. Youhave been kind to ine even
after I played that mean trick on
Bruin. Now I know what friends
really mean and I'm going to try to
make more of them. I hope that some
day I can do something to help you'
To stick labels on syrup cans, re-
duce varnish with alcohol to a thin
paste. If it gets thick by evaporation,
add alcohol and it will be as good as
ever.
A Garden of Herbs.
BY A. B. C
In the garden of long ago, there
was always a corner or bed devoted to
the culture of Herbs.
The six suggested here are well
worth growing. Spearmint, which
should lie available to every house-
wife, is not included because sprigs
for use or roots for planting easily
can be secured from a friend or
neighbor.
Dill—One of the best of the com-
paratively newer herbs. It grows
from two to two and a half feet. high.
Culture: sante es ,for carrots. The
seeds, gathered when ripe, are used
as a flavoring for condiments and
pickles, and sometimes :for. medicine.
Although an annual, •the plant will
reproduce itself by volunteer seedfngs
from seed ripened and fallen.
Lavender—An aromatic shrtib;fy
plant net used in food but one of the
most worthwhile herbs for the garden.
When growing, itis beautiful and its
flowers, when dried, • are delightful for
scenting household linen. It delights.
in. a fine, rich, rather limy soil but re-
quires somewhat more shade than the
other herbs. Needs protection in cold
districts in wintoi Can be increased
by dividing the old roots.
Sweet Marjoram—A perennial but
generally grown as an annual, The
seeds are very small and should mere-
ly be pressed into the soil. The leaves
and "other green. parts 'are' used in
summer and dried an winter for sea-
soning. A few plants will add to the
interest of any garden.
Sage—One of the most extensively
used plants for seasoning. Sometimes
used as a tonic in domestic, medicine.
Grew's froth one to one and a half 'feet
high. In very cold districts, the plants
need protection in winter. Everyone
is familiar with thi's old-timer.
Stshm'sr Savory -Even the smelliest
garden plots should. provide Toole•' for
home-grown sunif}ter, :savory, if no
other herbs. Grows '.eight. to twelve
inches high. The seed is .very slrnil'i,
The. leaves and young 'Sheets roay,,b
used for• flavotin the SUnnn'Ier or the
UTTING.
leaves, small stems and the flowers
dried for seasoning in winter. Some
European folks put up (or down) a
few sprigs of this herb with garden
beans in a brine. These flavored beans
aro then cooked as *anted with fresh
meats and 'potatoes.
Thyme --A shrubby plant about 10
inches high, the small aromatic leaves
of which are used for flavoring. Will
stand transplanting. Generally hardy
but may need.protection in extremely
cold districts. The broad-leaved Eng-
lish variety is best.
Many of the herbs niay be planted
as edgingto borders or may bo grown
beside the -paths and walks. A bed, a
border ora corner given over entirely
to herbs gives greater satisfaction;
they are thus more easily cared for,
more easily gathered and do not inter-
fere with the other crops. They are
generally easily grown in rich, mel-
low, well -worked soil. • Sow. the seeds
in spring in shallow drills about one.
foot apart, and when the plantsare
up three or •four incises thin rut and
transplant.' Cultivate until midsum-
mer and then snitch around the plant,
with straw to prevent sanding of the
foliage by fall rains,, In the north
and east it is safest to protect all the
perennial kinds in winter.
Those that are grown for their
leaves should be gathered in the morn-
ing of a fine day as soon as the: dew
is off and' dried quicdcly. If stored.
before they are perfectly dry, the
leaves are likely to mold. The proper
stage of growth for harvesting is just
before the plants reach fall bloom.
Herbs should be cut beforo being
:frozen, although .free reg may, net ins! • thein.
Any one interested in growing
herbs on a commercial scale for Medi-
dingor other purposes should Write
to the Department .of Agriculture
Ottawa, or his, or her, provincial de-
partnnent of ,'grieulture or ` experi-
meet station for .advice respecting the
possibilities in the district concerned
and, fon;: bulletins and other sources
of .information. ori the subject..
H�w contagions spread
the world of scoot and play all children are equal. yours
Youngsters from homes less clean than come
into intimate contact with your children.
To guard against contagion, make sure that your
children are completely cleaned and purified whenever
they come in from play.
Your great ally is Lifebuoy Health Soap. The safe
antiseptic ingredient of Lifebuoy penetrates each dirt -
laden pore. Rich, creamy lather carries it into every
cranny of the skin. The healthful odour vanishes a few
seconds after use, but the protection remains.
LIFEBUNY
HEALTH 513AP
More than Soap - a Health Habit
Keep your children
safe with Lifebuoy.
Teach them to use it
often.
LEVER
BROTHERS
LIMITED
TORONTO
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Best Varieties of Roses
Unless plenty of ground gives especially
and financial resources, it is wise to autumn.
select carefully the varieties of roses Richmond, a red rose, blooms well
to be planted in the garden. Because in September after heavy June crop.
a rose wins a National Society medal Ophelia, pink Hybrid Tea. Is
in England, or in fact in any other charming in the bud and open stage,
country, it does not follow that it very fragrant.
would succeed in an Ontario garden. Caroline Testout, pink Hybrid Tea:
Many of the most beautiful varieties This variety made the Pacific Coast
are weak growers and sparse bloom- City of Portland famous for its roses,'
ers. Others, again, may be subject to General McArthur, a red rose of
disease and yield a crop only after the Hybrid Tea class. Has stood the
much troublesome treatment for mil- test of many years.
dew and blackspot. The Ontario Rose J. B. Clark is a show rose in the
Society has done good work in analyz- red class. Very productive during
ing the roses grown in the province the main crop season and gives a
with a view to establishing a list of small return in the autumn.
those that are most dependable. A Ulrich Brunner, a Hybrid Per=
canvass amongst the members in dif- petual of great size and fine fringe'ferent parts` of the province resulted ranee.
in the securing of a list of twelve of Killarney is a greenhouse and gar-
den rose of a pink color.
Lady Alice Stanley, a pink rose not
unlike Killarney both in color and
habit of growth.
Roses of most of these varieties are
often obtainable as premiums with
one
has
fine bloom in the
the most popular varieties, as follows:
Frau Karl Druschi,white, belongs
to the Hybrid -Perpetual class. Blooms
fairly constantly throughout the sum-
mer and fall months.
Gross an Teplitz, a, Hybrid Tea,
bright scarlet. The flowers are borne membership in horticultural societies.
in clusters and are highly fragrant. Through this medium these fine vale
Madame Edouard Herriot, shrimp ieties are found growing almost
pink Hybrid Tea, very attractive. ! everywhere in the province.—Ontario
Mrs. John Laing, Hybrid Tea, pink,) Horticultural Association.
Leg Weakness in Chicks.
By 8. W. Knipe.
Leg, weakness is an ailment preval-
ent with closely confined chicks. Prob-
ably it is more correctly termed a
"esynnptom" rather than a disease since
it apparently may occur under differ-
ent methods of feeding and manage-
ment and in different forms, such as
rheumatism, neuritis, and rickets.Symptoms. As - the name' implies,
the legs become weak. It starts with
an unsteadiness and the chicles soon
lose use of the legs. The appetite
teemelly continues- to bo good at first.
The largest and most vigorous chicks
are often the worst afflicted. It oc-
curs In chicks from. one to six months
or age. Rheumatism and gout urual-
ly chow enlarged joints.
Causes. --Little is definitely known
as to the cause of leg weakness in
chicks. Lack of. green food, mineral
matter, fresh air, exercise and sun-
shine, deficiency in the vitamine con-
tent in the rattan, overfeeding of high-
ly nutritious feeds, too much heat,
damp quarters, and overcrowding.,are
causes most often assigned 'for leg
weakne.
Prevessntion and Cure. --it is a gener-
ally recognized fact that chicks which
have access to the ground outside af-,
terthey, are a week old, rarely ever affected fectecd with leg weakness.
•Whether this provides exercise, sun -
Shine, fresh air, green feed or miner-
als from the soil is an unanswerael
ciaicstion. Nevertheless the results
are 'certain.. When the. weather is cool
even a few ,minutes outside daily will
bs effective in preveutinik or 'curing
leg weakness.
\'Mien °weather concli.tions are bad
and the chicks must be kept indoors
the following will be beneficial
Keep sand or fine litter on the floor..
Provide fresh pieces of sod each
day.
.Feed grain itt clean dry litter to in-
duce exercise.
Keep the brooder house well vents e
laced.
Supply green feed such as sprouted
oats, lettuce, green alfalfa or clover.
Mix 5 pounds of granulated bone in
100 pounds of mash or feed the bone
in a ,•
Sometimehoppers wood or hard coal ashes
planed in a corner of the brooder house
apparently havo a value in preventing
and curing leg weakness. The chicks
will eat it readily and it can do no
harm.
The surest means of both prevention
and. cure is to get the chicks outside
as much as possible after they are a,
hew days old.
Electric Circuit Troubles.
When the ammeter shows that the
electrical system is not functioning as
it should, a voltmeter offers a simple
and quick method of discovering
whether the wiring of the generating
circuit is at fault. headings are taken
at various points of the circuit; first
one from the live terminal of the gen-
crater to the frame of the car; then
one from the live -batters terminal to
!the •Prairie of the car. Taken with
the engine running, these readings,
should be approximately the sante, the,
'reading from the generator l5eing pose
ably half a volt • higher than that
front the battery.
Trouble due to poor connections on
a break in the wiring is indicated
when the generator voltage : showai
much higher than that from the bat -1
tery. If the readings indicate trouble
here, other points in the circuit be;
tween the battery and the ggenerator
sinould be :tested . and the break.
,oa
poor connection will be found in belt
tween the places where there is con -
1. ,t
siderable difference In `cite -coitm.eter s,
readings enthe sante circuit.
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He said. Conte see 'theplace p e ?vh�ra�..:
the Lord lay, •