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Addr.33 communteattene to Aaron-entlee 73 Adelaide Se West, Toronto.
Storiug the Potato Cron. !of the bole may be lined with boards
• A Banker Who Kept a Cow.
Ibis is the story a a 'Wiscoesin
banker named Jost, who was not satis-
fied with merely telling farmers how
they shoiald farm better, end with
lending there money to de it with.
Believing, that many eif his farmer
customers were not gating ae much
money out of dairying as they should,
he decided to set en exatuple for them.
The resui.s he got surprised him as
much as it elid the farmers.
e
Storage is an importent part in to prote. et them from e .h f nin
po
tato ng,
M, though the earth may be braced Mr. Jost is cashier of a bank hi raisiwhere the crop is net
I- - th 1 s. Fill the hole to n New London, Wisconsin. He bought
ifold direct front the stela. lae. crop 1 eow, which he nam -
should be stored in a dry, well venni.. height of three and a half feet with a, grade Guernsey
ated cellar wheen re pereeney dale; stat o is, then lace seeall logs along: ed. Cherry, and installed on a town lot
Great loses, unnecessary, Occur nein the sides and roof. The depth a this because he had no farm. So he had to
year beim carheinneeee in swing tee' side log and elevation in the eentre of i buy all her feed and roughage, and
pot
ato cropThe tuners swe the roof is to be left as an air space: even bedding. But he made a singess . plaiied in
r cemparatively warm and no
straw or rubbish whatever is; of his dairy -farming, though farm/en,
wet eend poorly;
ventiiatea :ars in reat • placed on top of the potatoes. A roof; and, being a bank cashier and used to
ce:mei piied g
ems, giving ninwhvz !ine coneenemei is rala,le with pelee placed elose thei filename, Made a second success on top
for the
gether. There should be but a sligliV of tbat—a complete record of ever.-
which may isi them and very favor-
-
development of the :Ilse:tee
elevation at the centre of the roof. Ithing that Cherry ate, slept on, and
ise ,
abie eonditiens fer boaltlie- poteteeen When the poles for the reef. *re in' Yielded. Verniers round about had a
,
to eleve op ret. pieee there sbould be a little hay, good deal of fun at his expense for
The expenee ,,,f putting in a gaisee thrown over them to keep the soM a while, but one year later they were
system c'f ventilation in a ;ipliar iei from failing through. The reef should; coining to get the banker's cost Dg-
paist six to seven in the evening for
,nullting, feeding and bedding,
Ifer ground feed eve.s balancea on
her milk yield—for every three pounds
of milk Cherry produced ber owner
fed her one pound of ground feedegor
the first nine months, then one peund
to every two pounds of milk the next
two months, and a pound to every
pound grid a. half the last month. She
produced 10,070 pounds -of milk dur-
leg the year, equalling 46-1.8a pounde
f butter,'Z6.'70npounds of butter-
fat, or 5,062 quarts of nflk'
Preserving Eggs for Winter.
The comparatively low. price at
which eggs have been selling during
the present summer is no indication
that they will be cheap next winter.
The provident housekeeper will there-
fore put nown a supply to be used
from the late autumn until the early
spring. There are two preservatives
'
• ures Tne wanted to k how he
zee!! efilses 7sie ehe eetteli etennitien sse wen sealed and seine o .eo , .
weint she peinione 4.-Licarp, th,? pr- e dirt ivhiell lies at the sine shoveled dot et. There was such a dentinal:for , handle this product and therefore se -
.11:s inerease fast seizen they are prop -i over the sod to make a total depth these figures that .he printed them in led lime water • as the preservative
oey narea ren At en, ease eroo,V, of sed and earth of one feet. Then a litt1e. pamphlet, and they are rein material,.
e • - printed in Tne Banker -Farmer." eixPerheents •earried on for many
e ;
that have been found to be about
equally valueble for preserving eggs
in good tondition. Water glass, or
sodium silicate, is now very generally
used. but some nouseholders dislike to
ginaten of sem same. !se erevieel „1-4. .er ece o i... - .. ,,
ur around the eteren peteteee. Insteaa neinure win keep the potatoes during CherrY made a profit of $117.83 her, years at the Experimental Faroe at
siC png thein izeinnet the ierall er en , the met severe weather. first year, allowing $1.0 fertilizer valu& Ottawa, and referred to in Exhibition
--: - ileor, slats eimule be minea a' The natural ground heat from the from manure. EverYthiDg that she; Circular No. 42, have proved the value
eneat nix inebes ee merebettent keep$ the temperetnre fuirly ate was weighed and charged against, of this solution. It is very important
;•, the were This iliseree eirisine. igen, In ai,;J., this eize there mint be her. Her niet eves varied—over two, that the eggs he stalely fresh and
bellial the p!le. A temper.° pi -vine,' three ventilators, each ee tons of mixed clover and hay, with l those that are stained. washed clean.
i z tleor may l,e, put lot ah eat six: wIti...h is about four -by -six inches, two to more of beets, rutatiagas. An ordinary crock or keg is a very
I. • abeve the celiar-bettom Tali whieli niay be made of ordinary: call potatoes, cull cabbage, eorristalhs, suitable receptacle. Lime water suit-
. between the boaeile, This lee); board, one ventilator placed at each wheat bran,, hominy, ground oats, ! able for egg preservation is water
ei. ots eh -ciliation unter the pile, end of the pile and one in the centre.! ground barley, -cornmeal, (Anneal, and. carrying as much lime in solution as
T: le the piles must be made very These should, be put in when the sod, three different kinds of mixed feeds,' is possible. About oue pound of lime
Loge, square eon.,:iltitor$ a woad !ma.,
M beingput on and made leng enough &wig
, with stock eonditioner, salt, and is sufficient to saturate 70 gallons a
of slate and running from tee top to te reatili mit of the reuivit ef nmivre., five and a half months on rentee pas. water, a little more than is needed in
the nettern of ehe pile sheuld he put The ventilators must be eloeed in very; ture, Ifer milk was weighed daily, practical experience because of impur-
in here and there through tne hen nee weather by putting old snow ire tested for butterfat, and the millt and Wes found in the lime. From tWe to
These, with the ventilation at the shiee them and when the weather becomes:butterfat 'used in Mr. jest's family three pounds of lime is about the
end inittere evil: keep the potetees -------------------------. .• tkept closed all; credited to her account, at the price proper amount to use for five gallons
f . t r The method of preparation
nen . e .h end ventueoes 1 The barilt ea,ihier had a regular is simply to slake the freshly burned
.
1 o esa e
Filch better ("ones:ties: than if they ;ire" the time. xo paatoes ehould be elni Pa d hY
loca ereamer•es.
Anether gen: plan is to 'keep 1.e the :leo) of water from them might; schedule for feeding and millong with a email quantity of water and
rietatees ...en eratee nine, wee a'ar,:,? 'rat. A thermometer may be; Cherry, worked out by the Opine. It then stir the milk of lime so formed
• :• ,
eenei e.g.% ineeeler esh ze test the temperature. Bin thetook front a quarter past eix to seven into five gallons of water. After the
the 7,ieteteke: ente Tee .e.eepeteture ehoulld net go w.,,,vh below in the moreing to milk and feed her, mixture has been kept well stirred for
nintdeidea 7 tweer ee ;nein, nine- degreee. in a pie of this hiseeel a few minutes at neon to feel and a few hours it is allowed to settle.
in ie ei o IS ID.M four er he nen long- water b er egain, and from n iimirter "eaturateir lime -water is tirawn
wtf ,
n hnn `i he tea- Zre the thirty feet, and covered _ _
ie s - ., s , . si 7 . gei, e , • i• ii . r', ion inisainee eerie in iiiiringe The Fano Women of
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-,',7'.2 tes ,. iee ,...i ,• i ie eie nie, la' a small quantity is to 1,e steredl BY EARLE W. GAGE.
••• - •, ,, :,..,., =4 .4.1=,,'. .•,,N .=,-. .,;' tlp Iht7i.• ..Til 8i,48 wbere dtetinage eteelltienti .4 '''''''-"*".-""""'".""''.
not good, it Is telvisalne to excel.; The may etintune of Women in gee- fernier's wife driving a iiiineer at
'ire iniure Z eer catiee perposes eie Pate not more than six inchen The eral towards the lond and in the ilein hervest while her husband ia on an
-.7314. Ami wlien ti.e:,* ere held fer: sucTo a the pit eltould be• long and eeire so many of them evince lit iiet aceompanying mechirie or ehoOting
Traez :',2'07-s. .,*,:e '•:r",;tape is inrear narrow. The potatoes shouni not be; link to the out -o' -doers life, has *eeee the grain as she cuts, but this is oc-
er'eere the:. levee e,e, ;!.,-.e.e eaei ereenini piled too high. Good unmet etraw lit. very netieeelqe sinee the ecevilei;ien eetional and the wife of the anodern
rea etereee :,,i-,- le ..4i.,.alli he eminent.; the heat litter to use ever the potatemen of the war. The Past two suiemors farmer finds her time well oceupied
so that dnehae me n noo weaneor ier This ehould be carefully Lila with the 1 hundreds of women and girls have in her household duties, her poultry
IllaY ;30 ;:i. 411rlg the night when 1'. general al -action a the straw up ur,d: flocked to the farming districts and and her superintendence of the dairy-
' *., e. e -nee inn win reene an ex sent
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The Welfare of the Home
A Canadian Product—By Mary E. Ely.
The, ienly child, that ever -protected
and unprotected little soul, whose par-
ents are so unintelligent in their de..
sire to be intelligent, ao iecoesisteut
in their consistencies
He is an appealieg even in his
most trying momerite, and a. word in
his defence may soothe and encourage
those who at times misjudge and find
him almost unbearable;
believe all ehildren gond,
If they're only understood,
Even bad ones, 'pears to me,
'Wes' as good, as they kin be!"
The only ehild is surely sinned
against rather than sinnieg. He has
much with evnich to contend, this lone-
some child, having no legitimate vent
for his social life with those of his
awe kind, in years and stage of de-
velopment, no one who ean think his
thoughts, play his games and see hie
little viewpoint.
At evening when the lamp is lit
Around the Are niy parents sit,
They sit at home and talk and sing
Alla do not play at anything,"
sang an only child, our whieneical
Rebert Louis Stevensoe, It is com-
panionship a child eraves, and an op-
portunity to establish relations on hie
own plane with other children.
Of ,course a little child dearly levee
the undivided attention of his elders,
to be angled out as an objeet of at-
tention, the satellite around. -VVIlieh
those loving hint revolve. He is at the
mercy of thoe persons 'who at timers
overwhelm hint with attention and af.
feetion as the mood seizes them, then,
when the ail -41 least expects it, thrust
him aside without e, Word.
Ile is eonetantly being experimented
with, and by inexperienced parents,
who to follow any other profession but
parenthood, the greatest one in the
world, would fit themselves for it by
veers ef study And research.
A nurse can keep a child physically
fit, she is trained for it. Parents
ehould go into training, curb theiveseg
selfish pleasures, and become sane,
balanced, earnest, lovable, prayerful
in their conduct toward this only child.
Then he can build. right standards of
behavior and control, thus Producing
the mental, moral and spiritual quail,
ties essential to good nitihenshilh
A worth -while slogan provocative
of thought, was released at a Chlid
Welfare Club,—"The chief business of
ectelety, to evolve parents lit for chin
clren to live with," to which we might
add Froebel's illuminating words
"Came let us live with our children."
off and poured over the eggs, previous .r
ly pieced in a creek, or water.tight
barrel,
As exposure th air tender to pre-,
eipitate the lime (as -carbonate), and'
thus to weaken the solution, the ves-
sel eontaining the eggs should be kept
covered. The air rea.y be excluded by
a covering a sweet all, or by sacking'
upon which a paste of lime is spread]
If after a time there is any noticeable
lime, the
i honed off
further quantityi
preeipitation of the
waterh Icib drar
and replaced with a
newly prepared.
It is important that the eggs dur-
THE CHILDREN'S
HOUR
After Harold Dean had walked a
whole mile to the home of 'Uncle Ike
Johnson to buy a puppy, he Was some-.
what disappointed. Only two puppies
were left, and of these the aged owner
intended to Leap the better one.
"I'm sorry," said Uncle Ike, "but if
you'd got up An hour earlier this morn.
ing and had come over here AS soon as
you ate your hreeltfast, you'd have
ieg the whole Kept; a preservation' had the chane to piek the liest 011t
be completely immersed. i of three. beides the pup I'm keeping
Water-glaes as purcbaeed at the fon nlYtielf• SnnilYi it's the eanlY birti
drug store Se a clear thieh fluid re. that gets the worm and the early fel-
. mbling extracted honey. In its pre-: ow that gets what be Tl(is ileft,e,!:' „
paration the water used ehould be 11011,1 The birila had a'Allgenea lutrOm
ed, and experiments have proved that that very meriting. He rememberel
the :olution is thoroughly eatiefaetery ' how sweetly thee' had enng and how
if made a little Tratre than haif the he, wiebinfa to &rise, bad delayed at,1
strength reeemmemled on the reeep- iVayed luitli----wa. nr. heur later be
' tacit in which it is sold. A hail evened his eye, and foreol the 91111
.....................0....-....-..,-.....-. fiereely meeting inni :mei en outdaore,
Building Up the Ewa Frock. wool Harold buy the lone puPPen
The comparatively low price at• the only one for sale? Uncle Ilie eisent-
winch wool has been selling during, etl to know. There was nothing melt
iltli., =Om. with the baby dog, just
the present season should not dinour-:
ago the keeping, ea sheep nor the earg **-PPY ears :ma bad markings.
"Th h I ' 't n I for lignite'
given the flock that are to be main-, ,iiihdh The silk en ,
ator Amu:, i te ee , - Z nerinie nee ie v. ' . nonelle to be about KIX inelees deein atteediel with the moet gratifying eue- There are to he found, however, a tabled. Indeed, the: situation afnords smarter than his hater -looking broth -
I, e s most . likely
no toin:,€,-,,,t,," :5 ! 'sneer. The ventian nown the sale of too pit end thieln tol in t .e open air, ..ni e . , e
iime. ' • e, „ ,, : leo- - c eerth is thrown over eeF,S. TN' Canallian Department of few instances in which women (in one an opportunity to improve the existing;
t ..4 Oti l lk• •k , .. i • , . ors and Meters. The prettiest is hard -
:the iiuot ni ::: .-,17,•:!, -t. nee eeriene ie when the le, ether grows testier nen Leber mei other ersoanmatione have' ense a former successful London jour- Reeks with little eutlay of money, The 1. , ._r
Ne the best Besides, whilt itc,1
eeep, not le ei ie ten nn -et rosin tee more eeil; then later still et, .ther ley-: been liter:MY beeiegen with inmeiriee millet), make a deeided success op- indicatione are that the low prices are i4s irobson's choice? Hell grow 'tiP
i' 'Till, enin7eete, ni esianige, in -:thieve; er eani of ti t', ane eon, Beeire en.: from wenien and girls wno deeire erating a grain or mixed farm. This, not likely to continue, more see:eel/Ole
--- -- ---- : nnd be a fine friend to you."
por.,eit. 1,, trome neeperiamies :ire here a heevy v:ork en the farms, not in a domestic hewever. presupposes a good deal a for the finer grades of WO01, because Harold was puzzled. He could not
tee:teo.,., 1' eeatin,. of clover ebeft' v, ill keep tile eallaeitea but in the oren of the fields. capital to initiate the enterprise, and Canadian rnanufacturere are learning!fi,
u i eases toC., Ncrz, OW. OM ex- t •h • U els Il tr I those
e es in inie gin:eel nee :e.g., i'ot,t. 1.v:(ic,: pit dry and free frem fro, t dengerh Women hook up practically' every '
.z.VOM f011r :',.. neer ;eel a enif feig deee, i 'Where no chaff is vu Th' give the,. phase of man's work during the war Montreal -who, evident -
array nurses of
ly suCering from the disease of the
ann anout thirty feet lene, will give i pit another coating of straw and & and in the majority of cases carried
returned soldier, thought to take ad-
sefficicnt spa..e. The sales and ends heavy application of dirt. ' it out as well as ber neother. When
vantage of the .soldiers' settlement
i
-.en.. the termination of hostilities inevitab- . . .
to use Canadian wools, which are -now, le .
two odd worde, and what the old man
sold in much better condition theni
. had in the back .of his mind.
was the case some years ago before ,I
"HOIMU S Cholee9 the bay asked.
official grading was practiced. ' '
"Yes," eame the answer, '.It's this
The best time to purchase ewes is .
i pup right here or none."
soon after the lambs bave been -wean-
b • d' .. el) Presently Ifarold dug down into nis
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country, in northern Alberta. Here available for preparing the flock for
One lea:Oral pounds of gain froral /nevi grain; when the growth is ex- / of them, seeing their own land limited' H b f tall him Hobson lint make it
emili 2e4 peurns of feed was the mark' ceptionally good, I feed a little less." in. opportunity, and overcrowded, look, they have taken four quarter sections, the next crop of konbs. Strong, well -
in the middle of which a eabin has covered ehearling ewes are seldom or port," be said, "if you will
set by an Imilana farmer in growing. This method of feeding gave him ed across the seas to fresh green pas- i tealial mei Tat Hobson's choice ie."
Leen erected, and have commenced disappointing, and might very well i nc ke smiled. He shook his head
his ?pring pigs last summer, from the exceptionally growthy, well -grown tures awaiting the development of hu-,
their operations with the utmost con- constitute at least a portion of ani
thee they averaged 35 pounds until shotes by the time new torn was avain man hands and minds. Since the sign-
teey reached 135 pounds. When I able, just the kind to make economize' ing of the arneistice with the demob-
fidence of success. However, such from side to side, It was a secret and
i .". el hat hew he nil it, this is what gains hogging off corn. When they ilization of the army, or more correct -
eases are exceptional, and woman's
. .
nee or when there is not enoact ugh of br relegated maey of there to their
it to supply all the forage the peen former lives and environment, it WAS dieli land
overseas and make the long trek to the milking qualities can be readily amen
.
poiiket end brought out three fifty -
greets for their Services
tent pieces and a quarter. Now how
, will eat. When the Pasture hi lacking, a hard matter to take up tbe
In quality or quantity, I feed a little threads, and little wonder thot many tained, and besides, ample time
muocihndid he pay for the puppy?
Spirit, River district of the Peace River
7.• -eel: 'went to market at seven rnonths of ly, since the avai a i1 y of transpo
1 have learned that I can grow age, they had eaten only 355 pounds
after the return of the Canadian
•gain from weaning them on. This gave troops, evomen from the British Ides
of dry feed for each 100 pounds of
e.. .s mot economically during the
him a margin of $877.68 on 83 head, and elsewhere have crowded the
en :Ater whorl I feed two or three
p, is of feed for each -hundred steamers arriving at Canadian ports,
poi...ds al liveweight on good clover after the cost of feed had been de_ and thousands have matie the trip via
pesture."New York, rather than wait months
ducted. Taking into account all eosts
At weaning time he was feeding a the time the sows were bred in the for a $t. Johns er Halifiex boat. Many
for feed, labor, equipment, etc., from
were war brides but the greater num-
ration of ear siorn, wheat middlings, fall of 1919 until the pigs were sold,
and ground oats. The last two feeds, the net profit was $606.01, or 30 per ber consisted of those for whom 'war
1st equal poetions, were mixed into a ili7.employment had gone with the return
With such management he Win cer- finding themselves belonging to a class
of the men from the front and who,
pig"
thick slop with a limited amount of
skim mlik. This ration was continued
after weaning until the pigs reached
an average weight of 45 to 50 pounds,
the pigs getting all they would clean
up twice a day. When they had
reached the above weight, the grain
ration was gradually reduced, and ap-
proximately equal parts of ear corn,
ground oats, ground barley, and wheat
-middlings were fed from this time
mail new corn was available.
"I did not weigh the pigs to deter-
mine how much to feed them," he said.
"/ simply estimated their weight and
fed 2ee pounds of feed per 100 pounds
of estimated weight. When the pigs
weighed approximately 50 pounds
apiece, I fed about iy, pounds of grain
per pig each day. I gradually in-
creased the emount as the pigs got
heavier, maintaining the ration of
2k pounds of feed per 100 pounds of
live weight as nearly as possible-.
"Experience has shown me that I
eau grow my spring pigs ecenonfically
by feeding a limited grain ration, pro-
vided I have good pasture for them.
I like clover pasture much better than
,Islue grass. Blue grass is all right
• during the spring months, when the
growth is green and plentiful, but dur-
ing the summer months it gets tough
and woody. The pigs do not like it,
tier does it furnish the protein ancl
eminerale that are so abundant in fresh
:rehire growth. Clover grows during
summer months, furnishing a con-
tinuotte growth of succulent, rich pas-
ture.
erherels no prat in feeding a Inn -
teed grain ration to pigs during the
Opprondir if the pasture is poor
tautly continue to make money in
spite of lower prices. .
Strong-srnelling butter is causedhy
various things. The most col -Anion
cause is exposure to vessels and rooms
that are ill -smelling. The fat of but-
ter also goes through a process of de-
composition -when kept too long, when
rancidity occurs. Butter that is pro-
perly made, and kept free from bad
odors, should keep sweet, if cool, for
quite a long tine, comparatively
speaking. The feed has nothing to
do with it, as a rule. However, when
certain foods like onions, for example,
are fed, the odor will be transmitted to
the milk, The same applies to cabbage
or green rye. The rule is to feed these
just after milking.
The good layer will have not less
than three or four fingers' distance be-
tween the pelvic bones and the point
of breast -bone; ,five or six fingers'
distance would be still better. There
should also be good distance from the
ribs on one side around to the ribs
on the other side. In other words, the
abdomen should be large and roorey,
indicating that the hen has a large
capacity for the assimilation of food
and for the production of eggs. The
skin of the abdomen should be loose
enoh to sugges'., an udder that has
been milked out.
• • -
of two million superfluous wonien, de-
eided to start out anew in a virgin
field, where their efforts were not only
obviously needed but urgently sought.
This movement continues unabated
and every steamer sees parties of
fresh-cheeked English women arriving
under government auspices to find
for a St, John's or Halifax boat. Many
of them belonged to various betel -
lions of the women's army, many are
experienced land workers, others fol-
lowed pursuits purely feminine.
Groups are bound for domestic ser-
vice, others to fruit sections for light
land work, and still others, with lim-
ited capital, are taking up small pieces
of lancl for themselves. Groups of wo-
men go straight from the boat to linen
mills and other factories, being en-
gaged in the old land and brought out
by the the management of these indus-
.
'It is a burning question in the older
countries just what opportunities
await women and girls in America,
espeeially in Canada, where an -organ-
ized effort' is being put on to secure
this class of immigrants, much needed
in a growing country. In "Canada the
sexes are more nearly balanced, which
offers a more expansive field to eivo-
No tribute is too great or worthy
which can be paid ta the pioneer
wives atid mothers of the Can.aclian
agricultural, regions, but as a general
rule agriculture is carried out on too
large and eiciseneive a scale for yoi
men to take any but a etip,plementarii
place on the large farms of the wes-
tern country is usually as a helpmate
to man, in which it must be said, there
are thousands of openings.
The gentler phases of farming ap-
peal to women, especially the robust,
sturdy out-of-doors type, and this
mode of livelihood is particularly ap-
pealing to those girls who worked on
the land during the war, and in the
experience they gained learned to love
the free, untramelled life.
In British Columbia, especially in
the isettlee fruit areas, many women
are operating small orchards or fruit
farms and doing all the work entailed
themselves, In the same districts, near
industrial centres, many women . are
finding poultry raising a profitable
means of livelihood and a calling
which does not overtax their physical
strength. Still others find a source of
healthy revenue in :beekeeping.
• In the Niagara peninsula and other
fruit districts of Ontario the same
conditions prevail, and here women
are to be found wrestling a living in
the pleasantest environments and
working conditions from the easily
yielding soil. Each year sees a mi-
gration from the eities and towns to
the orchards of the Pad& Coast pro-
vince, of women and girls of every
profession and calling who find pick-
ing and packing fruit a profitable as
well as pleasurable manner of spend-
ing a holiday.
• Women of Canada may be said to
have tackled most things and made a
fair success of them, even to attain-
ing cabinet rank in the provincial
legislatures. In fact, the presiding
officer of the British C,olumbia par-
liament is none other than -a woman,
the first in the entire British Empire
to occupy this stately and important
position.
Indications are that girls •are be-
-coming more and more attracted to
the active side of farm life, and it is
significant to note that the 1920
graduating class at the Oneario Agri-
cultural College included the first wo-
man in Canada to take the degree of
extensive purchase of new stock.
These ewes should have the run of the
stubble fields, not sown to clover or
old pastures, until the end of Sep-
tember, and then given access to a
rape or clover field. If this green food
is not plentiful, it will pay to feed a
small quantity of grain to make sure
the ewes are strong and thriving well
when bred. This is the secret of hav-
ing a large percentage of strong twins
dropped. It may be well, as claime2
by some, to breed from ewes them-
selves twins, but even so, they must
be strong and thriving well to -have he got an old-fashioned soup plate and
the best results because not only willfilled it with milk. The new pet wig -
larger returns be assured, but the
lambs will be stronger and niore likely
to live and do well, providing the
treatment of the ewes continues good
up to lambing time.
It is of great importance that the
flock he dipped before the cold wea-
ther arrives. It is exceedingly poor
policy to feed a horde of sheep ticks
as will tie the case if the dipping is
negkoted before the housing season.
The details of dipping are 'covered in
he eouldn't tell that is, he would say
no more.
"Look it up in your father's big
dictionary," he called after Harold.
"A fellow keeps what he gets' by
working for it. Now if 1 should tell
you, it would most likely go in r
ear and straight out of the other.
Look it up yourself and you will al-
ways remember it."
Harold ,earried the puppy in h";
arms, for it had kind eyes and a win-
ning way. When he arrived at home
wagged his thanks in real puppy style.
A few minutes after the wee ani-
mal had dined and then dropped
asleep, Harold Dean went to the stand
that held his father's big dictionary.
He pressed the clamps and opened the
big book. He turned to the letter
"H," then to "Ho," and to "Hobs"
where he soon found the term he was
looking for. In a corner at the bot-
tom of the page he read the two words
that Uncle Ike had • spoken, also the
Bulletin No. 12 of the Live Stock
small print that followed them. This
is what Hareld saw:
"Hobson's choice: take what is of-
fered iar nothing--eso called because
Tobias Hobson, an Engiish stable -
keeper, required every ,customer to use
the horse which stood nearest the
door."
Just at that moment Harold heard
•a whine and some clumsy Scratching
• at the door. As Harold opened it the
puppy toddled between his rnasterts
legs. Harold stooped, grabbed the
furry fellow, and said:
"You were Iftbson's cleoice sure
enough, the only one leftranci you're
Hob Dow and forever. How soan will
you learn your name?"• twist,. ,
Hob soon learned to answer to his
name and 'Harold Was always very
glad that Hob was I-lobson's choice.
directly beneath this..the edge of the
trough is cut down flush with the top Plant a tree. You can do that much
of the upper hoop. - for the next generation. The oak is
This trough is not easily -upset. It noted for its strength; the blue spruce
for its formality; the birch for its
grace; the basswood for its ease; the
evergreens for their warmth, and the
weeping willmv` for its eadness. Ble
n Ss -
ed is the mawho plants ie tree.
e,
Branch at Ottawa. It is entitled Sheep
Husbandry in Canada.
A Portable Water Trough.
For the movable farrowing house
that most swine breeders now prefer,
an excellent watering trough can be
made from the end of a 50 -gallon bar-
rel. Each barrel will make two good
troughs.
- Saw squarely through all the staves
about two inches above the third hoop,
thus making a trough about 10 inches
deep. A circular cover is made of
one -inch pine boards nailed on strong
cleats and fastened to ethe, trough by
eneane of -thumb nuts. In the edge
of this cover a seriiieircular opening
is cut five inches in diameter, while
keeps trash and dirt out of the water.
And it •keep • the water cool. •It is
more easily made than a concrete
,
trough, when the farrowing house is
part. It is not uncommon to, see a Bachelor of .Scientific Agriculture, moved to a clean site,
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