The Brussels Post, 1918-6-20, Page 6By A6ronomtst race
This Department Is for the use of our farm readers who want the ad
ren expert on any question regarding sell, seed, crape, ete, If your question
of sufficienteneral Interest, It will be answered through thle column•
if
stamped and aadreseed envelope Is enclosed with your letter, a complete
enswer will be mailed to you. Address Agronomist, care of Wilson Publlohml
Co., Ltd„ 73 Adelaide St. W., Toronto,
"Blue Lights" in Dairying
We have been aecustemed to speak
of the, "blue light*" in st,ck breeding,
meaning thereby how to attain the
lrighe=; merit in the endacOil ua"'
career. In dairy ing there are two
trays ...f vb :di:l ie high potential
value in the yeetet breeding herd.
Of course, there are really three
ways, but only two are practical fors
the breeder of small means. The
breeder tth„ h e eonsiaetable money
to et et with often gees into the dairy
cattle bus net beeause he needs
?
the money, \s foes ese be either wants
a paetime er wants a leave some
MonrinWIlt for himself which is very
Sett:rime. and it is true that there is
rc tner: enduring menument than to
eeteeeee" . rn herd ef dairy
anima-- . nae to stub an e.=.taa-
liehmen a feet thet many of
the einia _ guttaof
-
hist h`. , ing will march
r:
do,..eemet the ages as long as
dear- eeet:e. eee :apt. soh: h will be as
ler_ ae eivateatien :f man is in
the re _ ase, One of the
qa ekest sag.e ae etastir- the Fee with
the breeeling heelto u;• .•u'.1 with
indiealueiity and ex •eller- breeding
thee mayaz the head of the
berg It he been id 1•y old breed -
ere whe tate value of cuaeity in
the eredegee her h: e"to sell, that 11
man Jan pee. as meth into a herd head-
er as the eanaired value of all his
cews. This alelee is given out by so
mar, geed treeders " preven a6ali..
time the.reeler can do no-
thing better t can to take the adviee
at its fa e valee and invest in a bull
who!;e quality cannot be questioned.
Another way which is some slower
but just as effective, however, is for
tiro or three breeders to combine and
take the very 'best cows or heifers
they have, at least two, and sena
them to a buil of unquestioned super-
iority for breeding. It is true that
the service fees are sometimes very
high, but this weer of getting extra
fine individuals is much less expen-
sive than to try to buy males with
the breeding and individuality that
the young stock will have. Of course,
the idea in sending these cows away
is to secure, if possible, a male that
van he placed at the heats of oath
horde and the sending of two cows will
In three times out of every foo.• make
it possible to secure the male. 'These
two methods of securing extra good
stock to continue operations with are
both of them praet.ical and have re-
ceived the sanction of a number of
praetical breeders.
There are a good many registered
scrubs in breeding herds all over the
ementry and I have observed that the
man who keeps only registered stuff
i, not likely to show progress mate-
rially better than the man who keeps
only good grade stuff. It is not en-
ough to keep emir that is registered,
it is imperative to keep the best of
registered stuff. The surplus animals
produced from a herd kept on this
basis are always in demand while the
surplus animals from a herd keiit on
the basis of registry alone very often
drug and even opiate the market.
Many people say. "If your registered
stuff is all like that, quality grade
stuff is plenty good enough for me
and I would mach rather have it." In
this way the market for pedigreed
animal, is usually discounted for the
poor registered breeders by the good
grade breeders.
It is necessary sooner or later in
order to have one's efforts crowned
with success to get into the blue by
securing a fine individual to place at
the head of the breeding establish-
ment. Yrog,r•ess secured through en-
troduction of high-class females is
pretty likely to be slow, especially if
the herd header is not in the same
class with the females that are
brought in. Nothing is .truer than
that the herd header is the index to
the value of the herd and this being
true, one of superior quality must be
secured either by outright purchase
or indirectly by sending the cream of
the females to a superior bull and de -
Pending upon getting a son of this
' bull as a herd header. Either one of
! the last two schemes are practical but
;the last one is the least expensive of
the two and is probably best fitted for
! use among small, breeders of small
finances, especially if there are two or
more living in close proximity to each
Wagon Wisdom. i
To choose a satisfactory farm
wagon requires either experience or!
advice. There is a vast ditferenve aa.
wagons, and he who buys hastily is
rcpt to regret it many times,
Naturally, your particular use for a
wagon will be the first cuneideration,'
but in any rase vale have a right to ex-
pect durability even in i very light;
wagon. The wood should have been.
aireind kiln-drie,i. Demand the
black birch hub, white ono spokes,
felloes, bolsters, and hounds. The,
hest straight -grained white oak makes
good axles, and is highly recommend-
ed b •some wagon makers. If I may
advise, I should stand by the hickory
axle every time, The metal parte
nray be of Norway iron or mild steel.
Fora hilly country, steel skeins will
be better than those of cast iron.
If examination of the axle shows an
undue number of holes, reject that
wagon: Of course, the king bolt must
go through, but aside from this prefer 1
clips, for too many holes assuredly
weaken this vital part of a wagon.
The tongue and whiffletrees may be
of oak, but be certain to have a hick-'
ory doubletree. Of course, there'
must be a metal eleeve for the reach
to pass through; metal plates or col-
lars at the wear points greatly pro-
long any wagon's life.
The best woods for the wagon box
are yellow poplar and three-inch quar-
ter -sawed yellow pine flooring—the
former for the sides, the latter for the
floor. The bottom should be rein-
forced beneath with strips of oak. It
probably is unnecessary to remind
anyone of the importance of rub irons
to protect the box from the front
wheels' friction in turning.
The resistance encountered in mov-
ing a wagon and its load is termed
"draft." Reduction of draft always
has been a primary aim in wagon -
making. Naturally, the lighter a
wagon can be, and yet be amply
strong for the owner's purpose, the
better—that is, as regards economy
of horse power and time in trans-
portation. But the size and shape of
the wheels, the thickness and width
of tires, etc., have a vast deal to do
with draft, That wide tires favor
i
easy progre-q of a load. Imeause thug,
distribute the pressure over a larger
surface, is typtcal of a number of
fundamental principles easy of dist
covery and of praetieal value,
It is commonly believed that placing
the load well 'forward in a wagon;
lightens it, in effect. But this ie!
true only when the wagon slopes to
the rear. In an ordinary wagon,
whose bind wheels are the larger, the
greater weight should go to the rear;
but there should be no great differ-
ence. The best general rule is to dis-
tribute the weight- about equally,
particularly as regards the sides.
Another simple little thing to know,
handy in a pinch, is tills way of
tightening wagon spokes: Place a
small stick against the hub for a ful-
crum, and use another for a lever.
Raise the felloe off the spoke, place a
small piece of leather around the
tenon, and allow the felloe to drop
back in place. Keep this up until
the wheel is tight.
The best of wagons require care.
Wheels give out first; a good practice
is to give them a hot oil bath about
three times a year. Keep all wooden
parts of the wagon well painted; this
keeps out moisture and the resultant
rot.—L. E. E.
•
His Girl.
The day you went away to France
I came back through the streets alone
With burning eyes and feet that drag-
! ged,
And for my happy heart a stone.
Folk passed me smiling, so I. smiled,
To see how dark the world had grown.
t
I came home to my father's house
And stood beside the empty chair
Where you had stood and where we
s
Our bliaidnd good-bys; the twilight air
Was full of you; I had not known
That life would be so hard to bear.
And yet --God hears]—no dusk nor
dawn
Could bring me peace had you not
gone.
The Kimberley diamond fields were
discovered in 1871.
FARM FIRE PROTECTION
By D, Williamson
"Well, you saved the barn, any-
way," I said, consolingly.
"Yes—by sheer good luck," grunted
the owner of Maple Grove Farm, pick-
ing a dented fire pail from the cin-
ders. "The wind happened to be
blowing the other way; that was all."
I other. "Couldn't you get a fire stream on
it? I thought you had a good water -
supply!"
"I thought so, too. I had a pres-
sure -tank in the pit under my shop,
and a gravity -tank over it, on a high
iron tower. But the fire started in
the shop, and burst through the roof
before we discovered it. In two mi-
nutea the iron supports of the tower
were red hot and crumpled up—there
the thing lies." He pointed to what
looked like a *blackened, tangled
framework of a wrecked Zeppelin.
"Of course, when the tower -tank fell,
it landed on the pressure -tank, smash-
ing the valves off that; my gasoline
engine and pump were in the shop,
too; the fire -buckets had been carried
off to slop the hogs—and there you
are!"
Now, all this isn't an argument
against fire protection; precisely the
opposite. My friend did not have a
good fire system; and so he lost sev-
eral thousand dollars' worth of farm
buildings, with all their contents, Iron
is far less lire -proof than stout tim-
bers; it bends like wax, when hot, and
should never be used for a tank -tow-
er, unless set away off by itself. The
pressure tank should have been buried
in the ground, The pumping -engine
ought to have been in a small, isolat-
ed building. `' And so on.
In these war -time days a farm fire
is as much a national calamity as the
destruction of a munitions or a ship -
The horse's stomach is small, there- Every hog that is killed in transit,
fore if it is to eat but three times', due to overcrowding or mishandling,
daily, and has a large amount of labor means a loss, at present prices, of
to perform, his food should be coneen- probably more than $30 to the shipper
trated. The amount of roughage the as well as a waste of meat needed by
horse is able to take depends largely the nation. 'Mortality in transit or
upon custom. However, better results after arrival at the central market can
will be secured and the animal will be lessened greatly in hot weather by
keep healthier and last longer if per - the practice of the following simple
matted to eat lightly of roughage and i precautions on the part of shippers
and dealers:
1. When hogs are very hot, during
or after a drive, never pour cold wa-
ter over their backs.
2. Before loading, clean out each
car and bed it with sand which, dur-
possess corn and have no oats we need' ing dry, hot weather, should be wet -
not bny them to mix with the corn in ted down thoroughly. Hogs in tran-
order to make a suitable ration The sit during the night only are not so
old notion that a horse must have oats! likely to be lost from overheating as
in order to do his best wort- -nest go, ! are the animals shipped in the day -
because there are a number :•f eareful i time. With day shipments in hot.
experiments which prove that if the; weather it is highly advisable to sus -
horse is fed either ear corn or oats in Pend burlap sacks of ice from the ceil-
equal quantities there will be practice ing in various parts of the car in order
ally no difference in results. ito reduce the temperature, and incid
The ration adapted to the needs of:entally, to sprinkle the animals with
the horse differs from that required', cool water. The ice sometimes is
by the cow. The cow must make placed in sacks on the floor, but the:
milk from her ration and to do this animals are likely to pile and crowd i
requires a large amount of protein. around the calces so that only those
Protein builds the body, and carbohvd- close to the ice are benefiter. The ice ;
liberally of grain.
But what grain shall we feed? This
is an important question, and the an-
swer will depend upon circumstances.
If we have oats we may as well feed
them; if we are fortunate enough to
rates furnish heat and energy. The should be sufficient to last to the des -I
waste of the body of the horse must be tination.
repaired and some protein is needed,? 3. Do not overload. Crowding hogs
but the great demand is for food that in a car during warm weather is a
whl furnish energy. This is where prolific source of mortality,
earn excels. Barley will practically j 4. The feeding of corn, because of
take the place of corn. Wheat bran,its heating effect, before and during
may be given in small quantities withshipment in hot weather should be re-,
either of these grains, with good re-Iduced to a minimum. Oats are pre -
sults, ferable where a grain feed is neves
i — I sorry. The maximum maintenance'
Flower seeds, particularly annuals, requirement of hogs in transit for;
sre cheap and a beautiful flower gar -.twenty-four hours is one pound of c
den may be had at a trifling cost by, grain a hundredweight, or approxim-I
purchasing a few packets of seeds of ately three bushels of corn to a car. i
Annuals and sowing them now in well
prepared beds in the open ground.
iPlowing with a Tractor.
After I had been plowing tufts a
tractor for a while, I noticed that II
was not finishing up the corners of:
my fields in very good shape.
Of course T plowed the main part of
my field by lands, but I was leaving;
a good-sized headland, and when the.
strip on each side of the field was
the same width as the headlands, I
plowed around the field, throwing the'
dirt in toward the plowed field.
Farmers who ship their wool
direct to us grt better prices
than farmers who sell to the
general store.
ASK ANY FARMER!
who has sold hie wool both
wiys, and note what he says—
orbetter still, write us for our
prices; they will show you how
much you lose by selling to the
General Store.
'We pay the highest prire of any arta
in thecamtry rind are the le reestwont
deniers in Canada. rovmeut la re-
xnitted the same dayw"ol ss acccic
Ship its your wool ta4ay yqouwltlhs
more ! of ahen psan..a it
S do, and aro
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H. `e/, AN1J7REWS
13 CHURCH ST., TORONTO
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At first I would plow up to the core
ner while making these rounds, raise
I my plow as soon as I hall them even,
!with the last furrow, turn around,'
land drop them on a line with the fur.,'
row last plowed, and se an around the
field, ,lust as I had been used to dd;ng •
with a team and sulky plow.
By plowing a short distance past,
the last furrow on the Corner T found
ihirt I was able to make rarners with!
no triangles of unplowed lend as had
previously been the trouble.:.-H.H.C.
building plant; and it's a patriotic
duty for all of us to protect our farm
buildings more carefully than we have
been doing.
Common whitewash, with a little
salt added, makes the best, possible
fireproof paint. Did you know that?
In a large, connected mass of farm
buildings, fire partitions can be run
up, so that a fire can be kept from
spreading. These partitions should
of a urse cut right through the roofs
and frame walls, and can be made of
brick, cement block, hollow tile or
metal lath plastered with cement. All
doors through such partitions must be
tightly covered with tin on both sides.
Fire -extinguishers are good things
to have handy.
If you have a water -system it
should keep head enough to throw a
good stream against the highest point
of any building. A pressure at the
ground of thirty pounds will shoot the
water about forty feet in the air, th-
ing two -and -a half-inch fire hose.
If you have only the ordinary gar-
den hose, a very much greater pres-
sure is necessary; the concern you
buy your water -tank from will figure
it all out for you.
But the best possible fire protection
is a "sprinkler system"; there are
dozens of good sorts on the market,
and practically every factory, large
or small, is equipped with one.
Then, there are all sorts of things
you can do to keep fires from starting.
When I visit an old farmhouse I al-
ways examine the chimneys very
carefully; nine times out of ten I find
gaping hales right through the brick-
work, just under the roof! And then
there's the danger of spontaneous
combustion from greasy rags; the
danger from lightning, etc.
CUT OUT AND FOLD ON DOTTED .L.IN. ES
Wei& went 10 father's den,
look the rachet down and then-••
l.itt.te rasa •i1':, got run fit r
Hear hien shout "Ail reedy Serve."
A Vital Necessity
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Peace or Wa,r
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THE operations of Hydro -Electric and
Public Utility Companies are a vital
necessity to the industrial and social wel-
fare of Canada, and etre as essential in
times of peace as in war,
This is one of the reasons we recom-
mend the Bonds of well-managed Hydro -
Electric and Public Utility Companies
serving growing communities.
Send for list of Hydro -Electric and Pub -
Utility Bonds yielding G;"„ to 8%.
ESBITT, THCsMSON
Investment Bankers
Mercantile Trust Bldg.
222 St. James Street
COMPANY
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- Hamilton
Montreal
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WHO WWI1V E
In a recent article, Margaret De.
Land discusses the absence of fear in
travellers passing through the dan-
ger zone, This slte nttributee to the
psychological fact that "no single hu-
man mind can experienee two emo-
tions at the same time; it can not be
both angry and afraid." Therefore,
the voyagers, being filled with anger
tit the IIun have no room in their
minds to fear the submarine.
It is probably the psychological
fact that no two emotions can pos-
sess us at the same time, but I doubt
if the ruling emotion is anger. It
is hardly possible that the buys go-
ing over to the trenches, the girls
going over to the canteens and hos-
- pilule, are so intensely angry they are
unconscious of any other emotion. It
is more probable that the conscious-
ntss of doing sotnething, the knowl-
edge that they are activity engaged
in whipping the Hun, the intense in-
terest in their work so Fills their mind
that every other emotion is crowded
out, even anger, as well as fear.
It works out that way on this side.
Haven't you noticed that the folks who
Dr. Currier will answer all signed fetters pertaining to Health. If ever are hard at work to help ruin the war
enestioa is of general interest it will be answered through these columns; are contented and at peace? You
if not, it will be answered personally if stamped, addressed envelope is en• all know that woman who, before the
closed. Dr. Currier will not prescribe for individual cases or make diagnosis. war was a bundle of nerves and worry.
Address Dr. Andrew F. Currier. care of Wilson Publishing Co., 73 Adelaide
St. West, Toronto. Her one mission in life seemed to he
' 'to fret and stew and worry over
M. E.—Will you please explain things worse and give you a drug everything. She was always filled
nerve trouble? How does it affect a habit, besides, with apprehension and thinking tip
person? Does it affect the heart? Asafoetida is not a pleasant smell- things 'which might happen to her
Answer—Nervousness may be an ing chug, but a five grain pill will family. Her boy enlisted and ymt said
often cure an attack of nerves, and I right away:
never heard of its forming an asaf°"'" I "Well, Mary will just naturally lie
Useful,
w
id don and die. This will certainly kill
Useful, also, aro infusions chemo- her. Sire's worried about nothing all
mere, pennyroyal, catnip, and other her life and now that something really
herb teas clear to our grandmothers. has happened it will be the end of
It would be well if we went back her."
to these harmless remedies, gathering But did Mary diel Not a bit of it.
and drying herbs as our forebears She got better right away. You went
did, and substitute them for the whole over to sea her and sympathize with
array of patent medicines, her and to try to reason her into see -
Neurasthenia, called by foreigners' ing the justice of the war and the op -
the American sickness, is not a dis- portunity for her to help democracy,
ease at all, strictly speaking, but only and what did you find
a collection of very uncomfortable You f8und Mary, if she was at
symptoms, though it often leads to hone, busily knitting socks for her
real diseases or may accompany them• boy, and she told you with a smile, al -
It was first brought to notice by Ili though it might be a bit quavery, how
George M. Beard in 1860. proud she was of him and how fine he
It belongs to the intense period of. looked when he marched away, ever
life, particularly in men, is essential so much trimmer and handsomer than
hat a
ly nerve exhaustion and is thought to any of the other lads, and Gson so
be due to a deficiency of oxygen in the glorious thing it was to have a
blood. A neurasthenic is always tired, brave, More likely you didn't find
always afraid something terrible is her at home at all. She was down
go to happen. Everything fatigues at the Red Cross sewing away on
him or makes him dizzy or gives him pajamas and robes or folding gauze
a headache, and he is unable to con- or giving knitting lessons. And her
centrate his mind upon anything apart face wore a calm, contented look, for
and excitable temperament is denied a from his own misery. Frequently he the first time since her babyhood.
toy, or compelled to go to bed when looks well except for a constantly',
he prefers to sit up, whereupon he anxious expression, and he may have two emotions at once, of course the
cries and stamps his feet or breaks fits of uncontrollable trembling. He trifles which once occupied it are wipe
dishes or throws things at his moth- is forgetful and irritable, troubled ed out Lefe is at last something+ '
's head
GOOD HEALTH QUES T IOI\
By Andrew F. Currier, M,D.
BOX
evidence of diseased organs and tis-
sues; or that the psychic part, of the
individual, the will, desires, emotions,
senses, are out of joint and have gone
on strike.
This term is dear to the heart of
those who are nervous, and few of
them would be willing to give it up for
any other.
With doctors the condition is known
under such terms as nervous excite-
ment, neurasthenia, hysteria and
hypochondria.
It is perhaps best expressed by the
term "nervous excitement."
Nervousness from real disease, or
from an impending event of serious-
ness and great importance, is easily
understood, and it would be a rare
person who did not suffer from ner-
vous excitement under such conditions,
even if he did not cry out and make
a great time about it.
Again, a child with scarlet fever,
with parched mouth and heated body,
with unbalanced mind and uncontroll-
able restlessness, may have his ner-
vousness or nervous excitement as a
direct product of disease.
Or a child of high-strung parents
Her mind is filled at last with real
things, and as it can not experience
This, also, is nervous excitement or
nervousness, but has no direct rest -
,tion to disease.
Or a woman cries or laughs im-
moderately perhaps over trifles, or is
!unable to keep quiet or has a fore-
boding of evil, scolds, or finds fault
continually, and we are compelled to
say this woman is laboring under
strong nervous excitement or simply
that she is hysterical,
When nervousness proceeds from
disease, we must cure the causative
disease to get rid of the nervousness,
and we cannot prevent it except as we
prevent the exciting cause.
It may be an indication of insanity tions. one, and that of the smallest denomin-
and show that mind and body require nervous, highly organizedVpeopl�e are anon. They have no part in the war,
certain remedies, whether they are especially sensitive to it. It may last they are doing nothing, and that is
suitable -hygiene or food or medicines. indefinitely but it never kills except why they are grumbling at the hard -
When nervousness is unassociated as it leads up to some fatal disease.ishi s they,'ve had to endure,
with disease, the great thing is to . A change in surroundings may be all I Wo don't find fault with a work the
train the will; to determine persistent- that is neceseary to throw it off. Too are interested in. No sacrifice is too
often the will Power is insufficient to
t 1•
with inccmr_t:a, or if he sleeps has batt more to her tiara a round of meats and
dreams. His skin tingles, he has dish -washing and keeping things
flashes of heat, his extremities aro „picked up" It is something big
cold, his heart is weak and palpitates
and noble, a gift to be prized highly
uncomfortably, his arteries throb, his and experienced, not simply moaned
vision is bad, his ears ring and he is through,
annoyed subjectively by unpleasant And the faultfinders who are still
tastes and smells. His digestive ap with us. Have you ever gone into
paratus is constantly upset and he is their lives? If you have, you've
always on the lookout for somte new
ache or ail. Ifound out they are the ones who are
Many causes may contribute to this not helping. You'll find, if you in -
condition which is based upon a vestigate, that beyond spending a dol -
weak nervous system. Among them lar to join the Red Cross and giving
are worry, grief, intense hurry to get another to the Y.M.C.A., they haven't
rich, excesses of all hinds, atmosph- done a tiring but grumble about the
eric extremes, and unhealthful oceupa- ]rigs prices, They may have bought
•� „,,,t one bond, but if they have it was only
ly not to give way until victory or
death results.
Such a task is all the harder if `the
will was not brought under some mea-
sures of control in early life.
Nervousness may come to anybody,
but it is far more common in women
and children than in men.
It is less common in women who
work hard, day by duty, than in those
who have been brought up in luxury
and idleness and who spend their time
in frivolity or in tasks which are of no
consequence.
Children have it so often that it be-
comes a reflection on their bad in-
heritance or their bad bringing up.
The patent medicine •makers deluge
the market with all sorts of nostrums
for nervousness. ,,
Gve them as wide a berth. es pos-
sible; they are very apt to make
fight it successfully, great to ma e. o insure its u timate
The only rYtedicines, wises are suit -I success. We count "these light af-
able en treating it are ;athartics to re-; flictions as but for a moment, for
gulate the beswels, aryl simple tonics.' they work for us afar more exceeding
One who has it should itreathe deeply,; and eternal weight of glory."
stay out of doors as much as possible,'
You'll find it isn't the folks who are
exercise, moderately, sleet" as much as "giving until it hurts" that are wail -
possible by day as well a.s by night! Ing at the hard times and the and eat only simple food. Massage, statutes. It's the shirkers and slack -
baths, and sunlight are all helpful, ers, the ones who will neither fight nor
Cheerful company, wholesale amuse-! give nor ':go without, that are com-
tp
ment, and change and occtation aro i plaining. If they would get into the
useful measures of treatfnent. One game and help fight their mind would
should neither ridicule nor pamper aihave no room for carping.
neurasthenic; he is really sick, but
not so sick as he thinks he is. A good
doctor or nurse who can win his con-
fidence and guide him intelligently
and kindly will serve as the best pos-
sible tonic for restoring his debilitated
nerves.
Do You Guess Or Know? considers a waste of time, plus fool -
Ono man says that one reason many is "
farmers are not more prosperous is
because they have the habit of guess-
ing about matters of which they
should have positive knowledge. He
says many a farmer "guesses at
everything ---at the tonnage of his hay his work conspicuously well and
know that he is doing it at a profit.
It is estimated that there are 2,043,-
854 cattle in the Western Provinces of
Canada.
Cultivation of strawberries should
cease as soon as 'bloom appears and
te straw mach pined between the
A Hero's Deeds.
The London Gazette announces the
award of five new Victoria Crosses,
says a despatch of Juno 4th. Two of
the recipients are dead. The stories
as usual reveal almost superhuman
heroism.
Lieut. E. S, Dougall, of the Field
Artillery, subsequently killed, an-
hness. doubtedly averted n serious breach
Farming is a business and the only in the British line by his personality
way to make an assured success in it
and skilful lendershir throughout; the
is to conduct it on the same business day, Lieut. Dougall rallied and or -
other lin known to be successful in ganized the infantry, whom the other lines. One must learn to do en-
emy had pressed back to a level with
crop, never accurately known unless
hay is sold; et the cost of fencing,
stone picking, plowing, cultivating,
manure spreading, and the amount of
fertilizer used on given fields; at the
amnunt of and (lost of feed por cow,
and at the weight of milk returned; at
the acreage devoted to certain crops,
and at the expense of time and cash mfg.
:emit (Tops represent; at the cost of
equipment, repnirs, and at the extent
and actual value of stock and tools at
annual periods. To such a farmer's
mind an accurate inventory of pro-
perly is only useful as preparation
for an auction sale, and to debit and
credit: the crops he raises, for pure
pusen of comparison and study, he
Mother: "I wonder how this book
got in such a horrible condition`?"
Angel Child: "I heard papa say it was
too dry for him, so I watered it."
Hundreds of "Vancouver men, 40
years and over, have rushed to take
advantage of the low rail rates to
the prairies for the summer farm
work.
his battery, supplied them with Lewis
guna, armed all the gunners he could
spare with rifles, and with them form-
ed a lino in front of his battery,
which meanwhile was harassing the
advancing enemy with rapid fire,
Urgent Case,
The young wife gazed upon the
sleeping form of her young husband
with the tender oyes of youth, As a
matter of fact, hubby had got a cold,
and he found it conducive to sleeplese-
noss at night. It seemed a pity to
disturb hie repose; but her affection
was equal to the task, and, shaking
him gently by the shoulder, she seidt
"Wake ftp, Georgie; tate doctor's
just sent your sleeping draught!"