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Incubator Turkeys, ' i the improved instruments, which. per.
I 'raised my first turkeys eight mit unobstructed vision, With good
Years ago, I had two hens and a torn, light and a steady hand, any one can
One hen did not hatch tan egg, the perform the operation. The best time
other hatched 15 and that aroused my is whenever there is a surplus of
enthusiasm for turkeys. I kept these cockerels two or three°nionths old. At
poults in ei coop with runway for the age of four months the cockerel's.
three weeks, feeding hard-boiled eggs, muse/es begin to toughen.
cornbread and cottage cheese, This ' An old rooster does not bring a
is the critical age for poults and a lot very high price in market, while a:
of are given during this age is time capon will bring the top price, and
well spent. often will weigh, when full grown,
Tee next year I kept six hens and from seven to twelve _pounds, word -
ere tom. That year I marketed 20 ing to breed. The purer the breed.
hens at 123._. .cento a pound and 11 the larger the capon. The old say ing
cents for the tom and I considered "the proof of the pudding is in the
these good prices then. That was in eating" is surely true of capons.
1913. A few weighed 15 pounds and. After being eaponived the combs
I thought they were exceptionally, and wattles stop growing. Capons sel-
large. dour crow, are gentle .aud peaceful,
Every year since I have been in- can be kept with other chickens, or in
creasing racy flock. The last two years a separate Rock if more convenient-
have
onvenienthave had only •'2 time but I usually' They need no fattening rations until
hare only 20 when laying season a few weeks before marketing them,
come% I keep two toms, I pureirase «'lien raised on farms, they can pick
a team every year and keep each tom their feed almost until the snow files.
two years only. If I peep a tont lenee If a cockerel is eaponized at four
er
that: that my hers get weak, the months of age or older, there is
stock weakens, an they do not grow clanger of death from internal bleed -
to he'Iarge and strong. i air a thor, mg, due to separating the testicle
eat believer in purebred reed stoele It front a close lying artery. But if this
pat s. should happen there need be ea loss,
When I first c•tentnence„i raising as be is bled to death and ready for
tuekeye. I thought that toms weighing the frying pan or for canning. If he
i pourels and hens 11 roans were: livers he may develop into a "slip,”
good sided, Now T eonshiex a 13 -pound' which makes him useless as a breeder
peat a sneeleeieee arae*. fitly torr., weigh and not mueh better eating than an
from 17 to 20 pounds. Dees it pay, ordinary roaster, "Slips" are unsuc-
ea use purebredsleek? iz eil. I know ` cetefully caponized cockerels, as the
it lees, I used to eenseler a tom testicles begin to grow again. At some
weighing 10 pounds at live months of markets they are quoted at five cents
age e good-size:1 bir.l, lout row, ;ince: a pound less than capons,
I have e pureirre,l tone tey young When capons are sold for the
tams weigh ter pounds at three Christmas trade they are not full
menthe. Last year i paid 820 ter ee grown, and are called ""saft roasters."
tem, He then weighed 33 pounds with At ten months old they are sold gen-y
empty ewp. Now he weigh:, .12 pounds. ; eras, between New Year and Easter.
My young lens lest year weighed 15 Their flesh remains sweet and tenders
rounds. Another excellent use that may be,.
The turkey bens do not want to set made of capons is to have them toli•V.
eery eerie. Some turkey Lens wille care of little chickens. This they dog
* et eat nhile they are eetting and as carefully and tenderly as any hen,l
often they will die from starvation, or even better; they may be given
After setting on the nest four weeks chickens front several broods and dol
they are often very weak and quake
poor mothers to take care of theirs
small poults. For this reason I use
un incubator.
An incubator holding 160 chicken!
't'gge will hold 1.0 turkey eggs. I''
Ieave the eggs in the incubator for'.
two weeks or a few days mare if
necessary to find the hen that will set,
,;1s soon as I notice a hen that wants
to set I place her on a nest with a few
china eggs. When I see she isready::
to set I take the eggs out of the in-
cubator and place them under her and
as many hens as are necessary. The
igen has only to set two weeks or a
few days less.
here are three reasons why using
tin incubator is the best way
1. The turkey hens will be in a bet
der condition to care for their poults.
2. A larger flock coming out of the one-half pounds. All were less than
sante age. They remain together and one year old, and from ordinary stock.
. are therefore easier to gather in at --�:
night. What Fertilizers Are,
3. Eggs will hatch better because Fertilizers are prepared plantfoods,.,
they are fresh. Fresher eggs hatch just •like malted milk is prepared
the best. human food.
It is possible to move a hen for set- Fertilizers are made Exam blood,
ting when one wants to. Others may tankage, nitrate of soda, sulphate of.
object to that statement but I know it ammonia, cyanamid, bone, acidulated.
Vines That Will Beautify Your. Home Grounds
BY ANNE ROBINSON
I have found that for the home
gardener, whether it be to supply
beauty or to furnish a crop, for prac,
tical worth and ease of culture, the
UMW varieties of vines cannot be ex-
celled and are too little appreciated.
Vines are divided into fruit, shade,
and flowering varieties. The popular
grape and the universally grown hop
are perhaps the most useful of aU
vines. But for landscape gardening a
shade .or flowering vine is more de-
sirable.
esirable.
The Virginia creeper, a hardy, eat -1
fly -grown perennial, is the favorite
for shading. I have seen this vine
trained along chicken wire, stretched
the length of a porch, where it gave
a dense shade from early spring until
autumn.
For graceful beauty, what can com-
pare with the Boston ivy, as it clings
to a brick or stone surface, sending
its tender new shoots ever upward i
Ci' • n love a gou'"d vane Kith. its
fantastic fruit, and a package of mix-
ed seed planted along the back fence
will furnish safe entertainment on
Mother's busy mornings. The dainty
clematis, wistaria, cinnamonvine, and
honeysuckle are perennials possessing
a sweet fragrance and charm which:
defies description.
For neatness, though, the annuals I
are beet, .as they ean be taken down'
when dead, and variety can bre bad
by using different kinds Path season,.
Most people think of morning glories'
• when a beet porch screen is rneution-,
ed, And morning glories are well
worth thinking of, with their differ-
. ent shades of pale pink or deep rose
and the deep clear blue which. -re-
sembles a bluebird's wank. The tnoou-
flower belongs to this family, al-
though it is like the new baby who
gets his days and nights turned about.
These magnificent flowers do not open
a until sundown, and by the time day'
morning glories ace opening they are,
I closing. They are larger than the
conventional day bloomers, and more
fragrant.
not object to any of them, which isi
not always true with the hen. As a;
capon is larger and heavier than al
hen, and as it might unintentionally.
step on a day-old chick, I have found
it best to let the hen. take care of the
young chicks until they are about two
weeks old. They can then safety he
turned aver to the capon, and the hen
is free to go about her business of
laying eggs.
It is claimed that on farms where
capons are used as foster -mothers,'
hawks will never have a chance of
stealing the chicks.
Any large city is a good capon mar-
ket. I have had White Lep;horns
capons that weighed six and one-half
pounds each; Rhode Island Reds,
eight and one-half pounds; Wyan-
dottes and Plymouth Rocks, nine arta
ean be done because I have done it ground phosphate rock and salts of
and have succeeded, Just keep the potash.
hens shut up for a few days. Teach' They are scientifically prepared.
ta., baby chicks to eat out of your under chemical control, and the per -
ba -Is. Teaeh them to hear a certain centage of plantfood .they carry is
car" and they will always come. guaranteed under the Dominion fertile had 80 poults last spring and when izer law.
I r-ould call "Peet! Peet!" in. the even- The analysis Of the fertilizer refers
Inas, if they were in hearing distance, to the amount of the plantfood con
the poults would leave their mothers stituents that are found in the fertil-
and come flying toward me, because izers. These constituents are am -
they knew that cottage cheese was in monis (nitrogen) --the stalk grower;
store for them. Then of course the phosphoric acid the plant ripener
mothers would follow and I had no
trouble in gathering them in.
Turkeys have a roving disposition.
When laying season commences, one
should fix up nests for the turkeys in
a dry place and have the opening to
the nest partially hidden -from view.
In dressing`tnrkeys, they lose one-
fourth of their weight. T dress my
turkeys ready for the oven and charge
15 cents more a pound. I have sold as
high as ten at Thanksgiving for 40
tents a pound dressed. Prices were
even better last fall. It does not pay
to dress a turkey weighing less than
i8 pounds alive.
Bringing Capons to the Front. -
Gaponizing was forinerly consider-
ed a difficult operation, but now with
and potash—the plant strengthener
and starch former. For average gar-
dens it well to use fertilizers carry-
ing 3 to 6 per cent. ammonia, 8 to
11 per cent. phosphoric acid and 3
to 6 per cent. potash.
You can buy fertilizers from fertil-
izer manufacturers, seed houses, de-
partment stores, florists, hardware
stores, general stores, etc.
After the seed bed is well prepared,
scatter one-half 'the amount of fertil-
izer over the ground before planting.
Rake it well into the soil. When ready
to plant, snake your furrows and
scatter the remainder of the fertilizer
lightly in the furrow. Rake a Iight
coveeing-of fine soil over the fertilizer
before dropping the seeds, or setting
bulbs, or plants.
The butterfly pea,, flowering bean,
and the canary arid cypress vines are
beautiful and unusual, and not so well
knowtn.
Brufor gorgeous display and Glean
fragrant flowers nothing that I know
can equal climbing nasturtiums. They
generally reach a heigh of six feet,
and are covered all summer with
bright, spicy -smelling blossoms of
red, pink, lemon, .and orange, They
furnish an abundant source of supply
for honeybees, and arc at their best
if the blossoms are kept picked;
Sweet peas are also useful for low
decorating, and are -fine for cutting_,.
I get most satisfactory results by
planting the mixed seed.
Queen of all climbers is the rose.
Single varieties come in white, pink,
yellow and crimson. A new sort is
advertised which hi guaranteed to',
blaone all Summer. This seems almost]
toes good to be true. However, baby
ramblers in my own garden bloomed
for over a month last spring. A
treatment of fertilizer and many.
waterings were perhaps the secret of
their long season. On account raf
thorns, climbing roses are not so good.
'when grown by the porch. Their
place is at the side of the house, and
where they .tet plenty of morning
sunA,
rose arbor is a novel arrange-
ment that can be developed in two
or three seasons by starting plants
at intervals around the framework.
When in bloom, a more beautiful spot.
cannot be found. To add to the charm,
if indeed mare charm be needed, plant
nasturtiums between the plants, and
let thein use the rosebushes as a
trellis, And what was gree a rose.
arbor will he a nasturtium arbor. If,
you like a riot of cedar, add a few blue`
morning glories.
A trellis of pink ramblers grows
near my kitehen window where I Can
admire them at any time during the'
day. Especially during a wind storm
do I enjoy them, as they sway in long
graceful reaches and seem to defy the
elements.
Diarrhoea kills more chicles than
anything else. I give black pepper'
ground fine and mixed with mash
food. I continue its use for several
days,
Feeding flavor into eggs may secret
a foolish thing to talk about, but .no-
thing is more sure than that eggs
may be spoiled or made delielous by
quality of food given.
Hens cannot lay in the winter un-
less their ration contains animal pro-
tein needed to make the whites of
eggs. To supply this, give hens all the
milk they ean drink daily or feed
theni meat scrap or tankage ,as a
part of their regular. ration.
Early feathering and early crow-
ing mean early maturity. Early ma-
turity means early profits. Always
select the cockerels that- feather first
and then select from them the one
that crows first.
The duck intended for market
should be fed on fat -forming food
during the last three weeks of her
life, A good ration for this is neat,
scrap, one part; wheat bran, one part;
wheat aniddlings, two parts; corn-
meal, three parts --ail by weight. A
small percentage of grit and one part
green feed should be added.
A simple brooder is thus made and
used by a neighbor: A wooden box
about four feet square and a foot
high is used. A few holes are bored
in one side to provide air, and then a
blanket is stretched over the top. An
earthen jug filled with hot water is
placed inside to provide heat. It is
sometimes necessary to refill the jug
twice a day to keep up the proper w_
gir 1lpm,
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ii I pit
with in actual experiment, and the
esufts are made public through the
press and by means of addresses,
demonstrations, and exhibits. In
short every effort is made to encour-
age, advance and benefit agriculture,
the basic industry of the country*.
Early Ripening of Oats
Valuable.
The ripening season of oats is very
important. Certain varieties ripen
from ane to two weeks etarlier than
others, hence there are special uses
for eaeh class of oats. As a rule,
early oats are somewhat smaller in
size than later ones and finer in straw.
They show more rapidgrowth
throughout the entire season and are
ready to harvest, as we have already
said, fully, half a month earlier than
the later oats. This is a great ad-
vantage when you plan to have fall
wheat follow early oats, The early
ripened oats may be harvested and
the ground plowed immediately and
prepared for the seeding of the fall
wheat.
You can hasten ripening of oats
from a weekto 10 day's„by fertilizing.
This means a uniform product which
can be harvested early. Early har-
vesting is especially valuable where I
you plan fall wheat to follow early
oats.
If you `have been able to afford a
silo for your farm, you are ready,
crow, to afford a bathroom and a
septic -tank -sewage -disposal system.
temperature.
The incubator cellar must have
thick walls, a double roof and "good'
ventilation, in order to keep up the
proper temperature. and not to be
affected by sudden ch tinges of weath-
er. The roof part is•all that is above
ground. No special design is heeded
so. long as the principles mentioned
above are complied with. e.
The,Experimental Farms
System.
Remark has several • times - been.
made in Parliament and elsewhere
that the splendid work performed by
the Experimental Farms. System of
Canada is not nearly so widely known
and appreciated as it should' be. In
The Agricultural Gazette ot. Canada
there appears an outline of the sys;
tem and the tasks in which it is en-
gaged. The Ce+:tra1 Experimental
IF'arrn at Ottawa i5 the heaclquartevs
of the twenty. branch or auxiliary
.farms and stations. It is stated that
there is one ,farm` .'n each of the
provinces of Prince, Edward Island,
New :Brunswiek and Ontario, two in
Nova Scotia, four in Quebec, two in
Manitoba, three • in Saskatche wan,
two in Alberta and four in British
Columbia. There are also two stab-
stations in Alberta, two in the Yukon
and one in British Colmnbia, In ad-
dition, working with the system are
tobacco stations at Farnham, Que.,
and Harrow, Ont. At all of these
experimental and research work of
national importance is carried, on.
Flighty- illustration or demonstration
stations have also been established'
in New Bruns,t-ick, Nova Scotia, ,:
Quebec, Alberta, and Sasicateheu-air,
Each branch of agriculture is dealt
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ISSUE No 12—'2,1.
If your gro
cera r ..were greedy
for profits he would not be`
content to 'sell. and recommt
mend Red Rose Teat a less
profit than he makes on
other teas.
But it is a fact that: he does
} make less on Red Rose than
1
on other teas, and he recorm
'mends It because he mows
its uality is the best.
The Sunday School Lesson
EASTER SUNDAY
The Living Christ, St, Matthew 28: 1.10, 16-2Q. Golden.
Text—St. Matthew 28: 20.
Connecting links: The dead Christ
was carried by reverent hands to the
tomb of a loving friend, Joseph of
.A.ranathee, He is described as tt
rich man," and "a councillor of hon.
arable estate, who also himself was
looking for the Kingdom of God."
John says that Nicodemus (see John
3: 1 and 19: 39) also came bringing
a great quantity of spices to embalm
the body, which was wrapped in linen
clothes and 'laid in the rockhewn sep-
ulchre, °A new tomb wherein was
never man yet laid." Matthew tells
us also that the chief priests and
Pharisees, who bad plotted, His death,
persuaded Pilate to let them set a
guard at the tomb lest the disciples
of Jesus should come and steal flim
away and pretend lie had risen from
the dead. The theory still held by
some Bible readers that the body war;
really stolen away, and that other
theory that He had merely ssvoone:l
end afterward revived and went away-,
have re,ally no ground to rest upon,
The Risen Lord.
V. 1, In the end of the Sabbath.
Jesus was crucified on Friday, was
buried on the afternoon of the same
dab, and lay in the tomb all day Sat-
urday, which was the Jewish salbath.
According to the Jewish way of
reckoning the sabbath ended at sun-
set, but there seems to have been a
popular way of apealcing which i»
eluded tide night following;. At any
rate, the time here indicated wae the
early morning of the next day, that is,
of Sunday.
diary maagaaIene, cunt :s • atary of
Magdala," was one of the faithful
friends of Jesus. She had been healed
by Hint of a tei'lihie affliction of in-
sanity (Mark 16: 91, There is no
proof whatever of the common notion
that she was the penitent sinner who
wept at the Lard's feet and anointed
them in the house of Simon the
Pharisee (Luke 7: 30.49),
The other Mary is called by Mark
"Mary the mother of -James the less
and of Joses." Johnseems to identify
her with "Mary the wife of Clopas,"
the sister of Jesus' mother, but this
is not quite certain .(John 19: 25).
These twa women had been at the
eros' and, at the burial, and now first
at the tomb in the early morning.
Vv. 2-8. A great earthquake.lat-
hew speaks 'also of an earthquake an
the day of the crucifixion (27: 51).
The shock which opened the tomb
must he regarded as oeeurring before
the women came, otherwise they
would have seen Jests come forth.
The angel, whom they saw, is describ-
ed by Mark as "a young man," sitting
in the tomb on the right side. arrayed
in a white robe. Luke says that they
saw two men standing by them "in
dazzling apparel," and John that Mary
Magdalene . saw in the - tomb "two
angels in white siting, one at the
head and one at the feet, where the
body of .)esus had lain."
It is impossible to explain all this
as mere fancy, the result of an ex
cited imagination. Something most
certainly happened, here and,,after-
wards, which made these women be-
lieve beyond the •' adow of a doubt
that the unexpected and seemingly
impossible thing had happened, and
that their Lord was risen. The
apostles and a multitude of others be-
lieved and went forth preaching a
risen Christ. They were ready to
stake their lives on the truth of the
resurrection. Paul Beard the evidence
and believed, Phar' see and persecutor
though he had been.
He is not here, for He is risen. This
was the testimony of the angel. They
saw the place where He had lain and
the empty tomb, and they believed.
This testimony was repeated by the
women and by the .apostles, and by the
lips of countless evangelists and con-
fessors all down through the year.'.
"This Jesus did God raise up, whereof
we- are all witnesses," said Peter at
Pentecost. In the temple court Peter
proclaimed Him "The Prince of life,
whom God raised from the dead" Be-
fore the great council and the high
priest he declared that it -was in the
name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,
whom they had crucified, "whom God
raised from the dead," a• lame roan
had been Healed. Again before the .
Council, arid on trial, the apostles de-
clared of Jesus that "i-Itm did God
exalt with '.His right hand to be a
Prince and a Saviour." Peter, in the
house of the Roman Cornelius, testi-
fied that "Him God raised up the third
clay, and gave Him to be made mani-
fest,, not to all the people, but unto
witnesses --that were chosen before of
God. even to us who did eat 'rind
drink with him after he rose from'the
dead."
Paul, in Pisidian Antioch, preached
Christ, and said, "God raised him from
the dead; and he was seen for many
days of them that came up with him
froth' Galilee to Jerusalem, who are
now.' his witnesses unto.' the people,';
In Athens he declared of Jesus: that
God'' had "raised Him from the dead"
Writing to the Christians of Corinth
Paul recounts the evidence for the
resurrection, and says, "Now "bath
Christ been raised from -the dead, the
first fruits of thenar that are attest)." ,
!For he believes that all who follow
iJesus shall be raised with Himinto
i the glory and blessedness of an
eteri:al rite.
I Ire goeth before on into Galilee.
It is remark able that :Mathew says
t
. clothing of Jesus' meeting with the
disciples in Jerusalem end on the way
i to Emmaus (see Luke 24: 111-85, an-
i 43, and John 20: 19-291.
9-10. Jesus met theca. In the supple.
ment to Mark's Gospel (16: 9-11), am
in John, He is s kl te have apxieareL _
to Mary Maddalena.
11-15. They gave large :coney, Mae
thew evidently knew that a story ben
. gone abroad to the effect that the
body of Jesus had been stolen hs• H:b
disciples. He is careful here to show
its falsehood, ,end charges it to tate
bribing of the guard by the Jewish
authorities.
The Great Carnmission,
14-20. All power, or rather all auth.
ovine, .'crsus now Claims to have re-
eehed. Gladly and thrinl fully- we
yield Vicar Die claim, sed crown frim
Lord of all.
Together with this elaidic of ru-
preme authority He i. -sues tao the dis-
,, clples Iris conumesion: Go v, there-
fore. They are to make Hiro known
to all nAtions. and to 10114 them to
faith in God through Him. Ilut they
will not go aalune. Be will l,c, with
them in reality of apiritnal presence
and power. Lo, I am with you nlway,
even unto the end of ihe Sorrel.
Application.
With the staggering challenge of
the world's sin and need with whieh
we are confronted it is not hard for
us to understand the feeling of be-
wilderment and helplessness whieh
such a tremendous cc,:mmand would
create, But it had hardly time to
'term until it was dispelled by the
simple, sublime assurance with whieh
the commission claves. No matter
what sort of days might come, days of
sunshine or of shadow. days of sue-
eesa or defeat, His word is literally,
"I am with you ail the days." Day; s
change. He is "the same. yesterday
and to -day, and for ver." It was that
this wonderful promise aright be real-
ized that He ascend . Let Use rem-
ember that in the 'Kingdom of Heaven
there is no up or down. "The Ascen-
sion really meant the Iaying aside of
earthly limitations end the resump-
tion of divine glory With its mum -
presence and eterni't:,." There are
some who look for the bodily return
of our Lord, Let us not weaken our
hearts by imagining that the wards of
His great promise have not been ful-
filled, or that it will ever be possible
for Jesus to be more truly present
with us than it is now, provided 'we
open our bearts to receive Him.'
Now is the Time to +
Test seed -eon,
Treat seed -oats for smut before
drilling,
Set hens. Eleeen eggs are enough
for an early setting.
Put up lightning -rods, and take :cut
fire insurance.
Provide dependable fire -fighting ap-
paratus for your farm home.
Kill grubs in backs of catt ..
Squeeze out the grubs and kill them,
or squirt some kerosene into the hole
at the top of each lump. Use a small
oil -can.
Leave your son •a good reputation
and employment.
A good plan is to have a feed -coop:
which the young chickens can enter,
but the old hens cannot; and always
have. some cracked wheat, .oats, or
oatmeal and corn -chops in 11. You
will be surprised how fast the chicks
will grow if they have such a;feeding
place while on range.
Clean .cows contribute to - derail i-
ness of• milk. With a stiff brush one
Man can sufficiently groom"two cows
a minute. If a currycomb is used, .
take one on which the points have
been worn down, so they will not be
too severe on the cows.
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