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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1921-10-6, Page 25W AV eirleS CONDUCTED leY PROF. HENRY 0, BELL ^•v The object of thia department le to place at the ear. ate* vice of our farm readers the advice of an acknowlodeed authority 00 all subJecte•pertaining to Belie And crop* Address, all question* to Professor Henry 0. Bell, In tare of The. Mann Publlsifln0 ,Company, Limited, Toron- to. and answers will appear in this column in the order in Which they nee received. When WrltIng elndiy men. Venable paper. As space le limited it Is advisable where immediatereply is necessary that a stamped andad rhe answer elol bo menled didreotrth the question, when. Copyright by Wnson Publishing Co., Limited L, t;r.s I set 65 trees (apples, pears, There are various plans praetieed rherries) two Mee ago; mulched to combat the insect,. One is to heat each fall with barnyard manure. the beans up to 145 deg, F. as you Trees mako' a fair growth; ground have suggested. This kills thein- grows medium intercrop. How much sects that may bo in the beans. Am commercial fertilizer should I apply other method is to put the beans into to each tree? have some 2.10.2 itn an air -tight barrel or box and put in hand, or would nitrate be better? a dish of carbon bisulphide. About Answer; As your trees are young 1 Ib, of this ehemieal for every 100 the fertility treatment should be en- bushels of seed is the quantity to use. birely planned to force growth as The bisulphide le a very volatile rapidly as is consistent with well liquid, that is, it changes to gas rounded material, being careful not quickly. It is very disagreeable in to force wood growth to such an ex tent that the twigs will suffer during the severe e.old days of winter. I would, therefore, advise the use of from 5 to 8 lbs. per tree of a fertil- izer car-ying 3 to 4 per cent ammonia and 10 to 12 per tient. phosphoric add. 2-10-2 fertilizer is better adapted to grain grope, but could be used with profit on orchard crops grown on a sandy loam soil. You have not men- tioned the type of soil and my re- commendations are made assuming that the soil is an average loam. The are of nitrate done, I am afraid, would cause too rapid a wood growth, leaving the wood sappy and in such shape that there would be a tendency for it to suffer severely during heavy frost. C. Be: What is the relative value for feed in ripe husked sweet corn and field corn? Answer: Your question is rather indefinite. You may mean one of two things. First, what is the value of the fodder from sweet corn after the ears have been picked a3 compar- ed with field corn? If this is your meaning the answer as given by Henry & Morrison in their book on Feeding is as follows: Analysis in Percentage". Carbohydrates w ,J. b st 7 0 .A u '� � 'C � rl"" � �✓ W r� Sweet 12.2 9.0 9.2 26.4 41.3 1.8 Field 9.0 6.6 7.8 27,2 47.3 2.2 Second, what is the value of the ear of sweet corn as compared with that of flint and dent corn? Hero is the answer. Carbohydrates w ° o a !`; i rJ !i ee el Sweet 9.3 1.8 11.6 2.3 67.2 7.9 Flint 10.5 1.5 10.1 2.0 70.9 5.0 Dent 122 1.5 10.4 1.5 69.4 6.0 Of Bourse the protein, Carbohy- drates and fat are the feeding con- stituents of value. Tho differences in these figures will give you the answer to your question. S. 11.: I can't get clover or alfalfa to start on my soil The soil is rather light sand. Would like to know what I should do to get clover and alfalfa to grow. Can alfalfa and clover be sown in the fall with rye? Answer: I would not advise sow- ing alfalfa or clover in the fall when seeding fall rye, but you could very well sow the alfalfa and ,clover seed en top of the stand of rye in the spring as soon as good growth has started. By a light harrowing of the erop you could readily work the seed sufflcletrtly deep into the soil. Excel- lent stands of clover and grass seeds have been obtained by soedeng at such a time either nn ryo or fall wheat. In preparing your ground apply a good dressing of limo this fall, an as to sweeten the top areas of the soil where the young crop will grow, When reeding your ryo apply Mtout 300 lbs. per acre of a fertilizer analyzing 3 per cent. ammonia, 8 per cent phosphoric acid and 3 per cent. petaah. This material will give the rye a good vigorous start and will ptrovedo readily available plantfoodl for the young clover and alfalfa as aeon as you seed it in the spring, Ti. Ili Please advise me what causes beans to get bugs in them, and bat becomes a4 the bugs after they come out of the beans? .At what stage aro theme eggs laid in the beans? If the beane were carefully plowed over and heated would the good ones become bug-reelsting? Ie tern anything Hutt can be done to stop these bugs after they once get into a bunch of beans? Answer: The bugs in your beans are likely the Bean Weevil. This in- sect passes the winter as a fly, ap- pearing early In the spring after the beans have flowered and the young pods haus formed. It lays its eggs on tho eurfaco of the young pod. As moon es theao eggs hatch out they bore into the bean seed where the young larvae feed and grow rapidly. The next stop of development Is gone through inside the channels of the bean whore the young larvae has been feeding. The lneeot pupates ,in this coil anti emerges as a full grown, *dull; late in July or early August. Among the Women's Institutes of Ontario Getting Ready for the Conveit+one: These are busy weeks among the Institute Convention Committees of rural Onterio. Five anual, conven-, tione muse lie -held this autumn to meet the growing needs of the 'Branches. One will be at Fort Wile limn foil the northwestern area, an - Other at North Bay for the north, and three others at Ottawa, Toronto, and London far the three divisions of old Ontario, All are etreeeing .the study of meth- ods of improving the local branch, the court of last resort in Instituto work; also how the various Govern- ment departments, Public Hos14h, ,Education,' Child Welfare, and Agri- culture may more effectively serve the home -maker :and country com- ' munity. The close and effective part- nersitip between the local Institutes and the Institutes Branch of the De- partment of Agriculture' has resulted to a very efficient bit of adminstra- tive machinery whereby the busiest women in the busiest neighborhood can avail herself of the best results of the work of the college and other provincial' Departments. Is the baby sick? There is Dr. lefaoMurchy's odor and is quite inflammable, so that Canadian Mother's Book to be had for care must be taken not to have any the asking in every Institute. fire in the vicinity when treating the How much should it weigh? How beans. The treatment is best carried should it be fed? There is an st- out by pouring the bisulphide into saucers or deeper receptacles which are set immediately on top of the beans. After the liquid has been placed, cover the barrel with several thicknesses of bag or closer woven. material, or put an air -tight top on the barrel. Since the fumes from the delightful Home Serie.:, "The' Little carbon -bisulphide are heavier than Blue Books" whish agar, may be had air they sink down between the beans for the asking by any Institute from And kill the insects which have form- the Department of Health at Ottawa. ed within the seeds. Do the girls want a place? There Some bean growers find it good is the. Girls' Branch or Circle. practice just before seeding to empty A Community Party. their seed Lightly into a tub or bucket of water. The infected seeds are usu- tractive set of Child Diet booklets available from the Public Health De- partment. Does the engaged girl' want to know "How to build the Canadian house" or "How to make a Canadian ,home"? There is in preparation that The successful Women's Institute ally so light that they float. These' believes vigorously in a 'balanced life and a balanced Institute program. "Something to see, something to hear, and something to do, and you will have an interesting meeting," say the members. Demonstrations accordingly are in high favor. The St. William's branch gave a remarkable demonstration, all un - can be skimmed off and the remaining seeds spread out to dry immediately. Wheat and Flour Storage. Among the most interesting tests carried on by Dr. C. E. Saunders, Do- minion Cerealist, described in his re- cent bulletin on Wheat, Flour and Bread, is that of the effects of stor- age on wheat and flour. These tests covered a number of years, as many as thirteen as a matter of fact. He remarks that there seems to be a general opinion current among millers and bakers that flour from new wheat is of inferior quality for bread -mak- ing but that in the Course of a very few months, whether kept as wheat or flour, a considerable change takes place, and that it is believed that flour retains its highest baking qualities only for a few months. Dr. Saunders found that flour from Yellow Cross wheat, made from the 1905 crop, showed a baking strength of 86 in March, 1906, and of 104 in February, 1907; that Tasmania Red showed a baking strength of 95 in February, 1907, and of 101 in March, 1908; and Downy Riga, grown in 1906, a. strength of 81 In February, 1907, and of 104 in February, 1908. In order to study more thoroughly this important problem of storage, seven kinds of wheat were chosen from the 1907 crop at Ottawa. Tables of results showing when ground and when baked indi- cate that wheat generally improved by keeping a few years, Huron kept a month after grinding showed 82, kept three months after grinding in 1913 it showed 101 of baging strength. Red Fife under the same conditions showed 88 in 1008 and 104 in 1918. Yellow Cross showed 74 in 1907, the year each sample was grown, and 102 in 1913. Stanley "A" showed 76 in 1908 and 96 in 1913. Chelsea showed` 84 in 1907 and 96 in 1913, Dawson's Golden Chaff showed 71 in 1907 and 91 in 1913. Turkey Red showed 88 in 1909 and 101 in 1913. Some samples showed better in intervening years after only one month from grinding, Red Fife, for instance, in 1910 showed 108, Stanley "A" 100 in 1911, Chelsea 102, also in 1911, and Turkey Red the same year 103. Storage of flour from only three kinds of wheat is tabulated owing to the dostruction of other samples. These show that after the best year a gradual decline in baking strength takes place. All were ground September 16 or 17 in 1907. In Janus ary, 1910 and 1911 the baking strength of Huron had reaohed its known to themselves, to the teat of the province of a community Partin at their last meet:rig. Several naw families, some of them fromoutside our own country, had moved into the neighborhood, one family were leaving, another hod bees aereavod, It was the beginning of another Institute year's activieiee after the harvoat and the holidays. Welcome, sond-off end sympathy were oil expressed in the evening's doings. Every member of every family was invited, also a neighboring branch, The young people re:mended in a way that was a real inspiration. The two oaehestras played. "Old girls and boys" dropped "over home" from cities and towns and delighted the home folk with the part they con- tributed as their bit in solos, piano and vocal, readings, and short spicy talks. A tender touch was the omis- sion of dancing and the heavy orches- tral music out of consideration for those who had been bereaved. The outstanding feature of the evening was the President's address in which she outlined anew the airns and objects of the Institute, empha- sized the motto, "For Home and Country," referred briefly to .the re- markable but, as she said, past, In- stitute achievements, in the Great War, and laid before the gathering the plans for a better and happier community for the coming year, and improved homes..These plans includ- ed teaching to advantage modern. home -making and the use of labor- saving machinery and methods, help- ing the girls of to -day prepare to take over the responsibilities of the future, beautifying the community cemeter- ies, getting wholesomerecreation and educative entertainment for this win- ter, securing the Chautauqua for the five winter months, welcoming the new -comers, and carrying out in prac- tical ways the principle of the Insti- tute, co-operation. After a merry time over the re- freshments, the party broke up at eleven o'clock, refreshed and benefit- ted by a wholesome evening's recrea- tion and wondering "where the time had gone so fast" And there was nobody to fee] badly because he "hadn't been invited to the party." Storing the Potato Crop. The lightness of the potato crop in Ontario and the eastern provinces owing to the long continued drought earlier in the season will render it profitable to save all the tubers pos- sible. Reports from agricultural rep- resentatives indicate that even the light crop being harvested is in many cases affected with rot. It is useless to put away in permanent storage po- tatoes that are affected with disease because those that commence to de- cay are likely to contaminate the rest of the pile. If potatoes are found to be diseased at digging time a good plan is to fix up a place in the barn where it is dry and where frost can be kept out for a time, and spread the potatoes in shallow piles. I£, how- ever, the crop is small and no rot is evident, the storing can be done as well first as last in the cellar. Boxes or crates make better receptacles than deep bins and are much to be preferred to keeping the potatoes in bags. Moreover, when the potatoes commence to sprout, as they will do during the winter, more especially in cellars where a furnace is operated, they will be more quickly noticed when in boxes and can be more expe- ditiously handled from the boxes than if the whole pile has to be turned over in order to take off the sprouts. The oftener the sprouts are removed as they appear the better the potatoes will keep, but the better plan is to keep the potatoes so tool and dark that sprouting is discouraged. It is highly important that potatoes ;be stored only when quite dry. It will be well, more especially a yeas like the present, to see that the storage is as perfect as possible. A dry, well -ventilated cellar is the best sort of storage to provide. The ex- pense of providing a good system of ventilation would be soon offset by the better condition in which the po- tatoes keep. Experiments carried on at Ottawa would indicate that very good results are obtained by provid- ing air space below and around the potatoes stored,. To do :this slats should be nailed a little distance apart about four inches or more from the wall. This will give a circulation of air behind' the pile. A temporary floor should be put down about six inches above the permanent floor with cracks between the boards, This will permit air to circulate under and thraugb the pile. Then if large quan- tities are to be 'stored together ventil ators of wood made of slats and run- ning from the top to the bottom of the pile could • be put in here and there' through the pile. This, with the ven- tilation afforded at the sides and bottom will give very good conditions for storing. If, however, as already pointed out, the quantity to be stored ds small, it is more satisfactory to keep the potatoes in crates or boxes more particularly if disease is feared. The temperature in the cellar or store house should be kept as nearly 33 to85degrees Fahrenheit as pos- sible. Not only will the disease and sprouting be delayed but the tubers will keep much firmer than if a warmer temperature is allowed. To keep the temperature down before hard freezing weather arrives, it is well to admit outside air at night, closing the windows or other open- ings during the warmer hours of the day. Don't forget -the housewife is an important party in the farm business. The sting of a bee is only about one- thi•rty-second of an inch in length. Why Some Boys Leave the Farm Why did you leave the farm, my lad? Why did you bolt and leave your Dad? Why did you beat it off to town Ard turn your poor old father down? Thinkers of platform, pulpit, press, Are wallowing in deep distress; They seek to know the hidden cause pinnacle, namely 107; in 1912 it had Why farmer boys desert their pa's. decreased to 87. iced Fife's beet year Some say they long to get a taste was 1910, when the strength was 109; Of faster life and social waste, And some will say the silly chumps Mistake the suit cards for their trumpe, In wagering fresh and germless air Against the smoky thoroughfare, We've all agreed the farm's the place To free your mind and state your case. Well, stranger, since you've been so franlc in 1921 it was 96. The best year for Yellow Cross was 1911, when the strength was 111. In January, 1921, it was 100. In 1907, the year of grind- ing neuron's strength was 86, Red Fif'e's 98, and that of Yellow Cross 74. The decline of the baking strength after the peak year had been reached was more gradual In the case of Red Fife and Yellow Cross than in that of Huron, The city is n phaco where people must dwell; the country a place where people may live. The rube farmer of ten years ago had to shave off his whiskers the other day because they kept blowing into his eyes when he drove into town in his $6,000 hyporsix, and he was constantly running over newspaper wiseguys who had been poking fun at him. I'll roll aside my hazy bank, The misty cloud of theories, And tell you where the trouble lies. Left my Dad, his farm, his plow, Because my calf became his cow. Left my Dad.; 'twits wrong, of course—. Because my colt became his horse; I left my Dad to sow and reap, Becauee my Iamb became his sheep; I dropped my hoe and struck my fork Beeause my pig became his pork; The garden truck that I made grow, Was his to sell but mine to hoe; It's not the smoke in the atmosphere Nor the taste for life that brought me here; Please tell the platform, pulpit, press No fear of toil or love of dress Is driving off the farmer lads, But just the methods of their dads. While Others Stay at Home With dad and me it's half and half. The cow I own was once his calf. I'm going to stick right where I am, Because my sheep was once hie lamb. I'll stay with dad—he gets my vote, Because my hog was once' bis ahoto. No town for me—I'll etiok right here, For I'm his tractor -engineer. It's "even -split" with dad and me In a profit-sharing company. We work together from day to day--• Believe me, boys, it'e the only way. BABY'S HEALTIJO RA be the lntereet el Baby who too often knows what It is to be dandled and klsaef but Is saa44e to suffer in lie "'little henithe," tvo publish the following good 41oalthograin I AM THE BABY I am the Baby, world need ood Soho 1e in whtcir' to learn I am--theand youngesttheoldest. institution in the the lessons of •Lite. I want to live, laugh, love, work, The earth is my heritage when I play. conte into being, and when I go I I want to haat good meek, read leave it to the next generation 9f geed 'books, see beautiful pictures. Babies. 3 rxbuikl hnde 1rly mission is to leave the earth a and'sRailroantatods and Citiouseses. and Reside better place than I found it. I want to walk en the woods, bathe Withmy million little •brothers and in -the waters, and play in the snow, sisters I man do this, if the World I ,am Yesterday, To -day and Tp - does net impose too many handicaps. morrow. Now I need Pure Milk and Fresh eleyou will make my way easy now, Air and. Play. I.will help you when I grow up. - When I am a tittle :older I shall Ilam your I -lope -I Am the lathy. PABY WILL BE WELL ANC, HAPPY iP HE— Has the right food. le protetited from flies and mos - Is kept dry and clean. qultoes. d Sleeps alone in a quiet, cool place. Ip' kept away from sick folks an.. Is given pure, cold water to drink. cro,Nde. for Has a bath• . fies not have to be shown off Has his 'meals servedeverydayon time. visitvors. Breathes fresh air, day and night. Iia NOT 'kissed on the mouth, even Is dressed according to the weather. by bis mother, BABY WILL BE UNHAPPY AND CRO88 IFI HE— Is given a pacifier. . To allowed, to go thirsty. Is taken up whenevetr he cries. Is fed at the family table, 3s kept up late. Is bounced up and down. It 'taken to the movies. Is dosed with medicines, Is teaeed• andFresh mAir ade toaby. show off. Is bothered by flies and mosquitoes. Is nota b IT IS EASIER TO KEEP BABY WELL THAN TO CURE HIM`WHEN l3E GETS SICK. Is not kept dry and clean. Usually at this season of the year there is an increase in the amount of disease in the swine herds. The aggravating cause often is the change from dry to green corn. Hogs ac- customed to dry feeds all summer are put upon green corn quickly with- out being allowed enough time for their digestive systems to become ac- customed to the radical change in feed. Then disease which had not been able to get a hold upon the hogs when healthy begin to affect the weaker ones of the herd. Prevention of such disease attacks consists in avoiding too radicalfeed changes. By allowing ten days or two weeks time for the change to green corn, with a gradual elimination of dry grains, there will be less chance of lowering the animal's re- sistance to disease. Feed also with the green corn some protein feed, such as tankage or linseed meal. Experi- ments show beyond a doubt that hogs so fed are healthier and make more rapid and cheaper gains than those fed on corn alone. Wanted—A Man to Lead. "There isn't a lad but wants to grow Manly and true at heart, And every lad would like to know The secret we impart. He doesn't desire to slack or shirk— Oh, haven't you heard hini plead? He'll follow a man at play or 'work If only the man will lead." My Garden. I have a little garden. I planted lots of seeds And watered them and watehod them And pulled up the weeds. And now I have a pansy And a pumpkin and a bean And three tall hollyhocics 'With leaves big and green And best of all, a daisy I found out on the hill. I dug it up and brought it home, And it is smiling .still! The Frog Pon& I wonder what is down that way, In the water brown and deep? What makes the little groggies say, "Kr -r -rete, kr-r-reke, kr-r-reke?" They bop along the hank and plunge, But soon. they rise to speak. I think they say, "Genie in and play! "Kr-r-reke, kr-r-reke, kr-r-reke." I wade around; they keep so still I cannot hear a peep. When I come out they raise a shout, "Ifr-r-reke, kr-r-reke, kr-r-reke!" They seen to play a funny game; It's like our hide and seek. Look, there site Tad behind a pad, And calla, "Kr-r-reke, kr-r-rekel" Ambition is always attained by travelling n tedious, tiresome road. SELECTING THE BREEDERS There are two ways of selecting good breeders; one is by trapnesting and the other by observation and study. That trapnests are of the greatest importance in this particular has :been demonstrated by the experi- ment stations and by others who make poultry raising a business. In trapnesting for the selection of breeders, attention must bo given to other factors besides ability to, lay. For instance, if a hen lays 200 eggs in a year, but has had some contagi- ous disease earlier in life, she should not be permitted in the breeding pen because the disease is liable to be transmitted to her offspring. A hen with a trapnest record of 200 eggs must necessarily be a healthy fowl, and with ordinary precaution one can not go far astray in selecting her for the ,.breeding pen. In selecting by observation, health and vigor must bo the main factors. The individual selected should be ac- tive and carry her body in an erect and proud fashion. The comb should be bright red in color, soft and vel- vety; the eyes should be steady and clear. A fowl that statute moping around or roosts in the daytime Is either weak or sick, and should never be selected, no matter what her record may be. Although feathers are only a cov- ering for a bird, some attention must be paid • to them also, Good feathered birds not only look better but sell better. Size and shape aro also bee, portant in a dual-purpose hen; good, heavy layers, of large elze and uni- form shape, with vigorous eonstitu- tjons, are the ideal stook to breed from, A good layer can invariably be die- tinguished by her actions end williug- nese s d.williug- ness to scratch for food,, It eeiarpiel on the roost at night, it will be four that she has a full crop. This, too, is Lead indicatiotl of 'healt>l, hen may be compared tog Omen *tore —food is the rale material and eggs are the finished product, The outpet is greater when the factory rune aft- eiently, Anal consumes larger quanti- ties of raw material. 'A soft, red,eomb,lying to one side (In single -comb varieties), a. Oho -et UNANSWERED "I've come," Mrs. Hilton said, "'to ask l{au to tell nie the best books about 'prayer" Dr, Mercer's answer was prompt, "There's only one beat ,book about pray r,Mand onve had that all your lieMrs. Kitten's tired • oyes filled with tears, "But I've prayed and prayed and never got an answer, feerely prayer is the moat important thing in the world --real prayer --the kind that gets anawere, And I do want to learn, I've taaught 911 • the bootee s I could 4101--," "Burn them," Dr. Mercer advised her crisply, Men. Hilton stared at itit0. "Burn them!" ehe•cried•, "Yes; but understand me, Mrs. Hil- ton, There 480 some valuable books on prayer that have helped many pee. pie., •Rut you might read them all the rest of your life and never learn to pray. Prayer is a matter not of study bpt .of practice." "I don't know what you mean. I always pray, "Thy will be done.'" ears, Hilton's voice sounded hurt, 'tI am going to ask you some ques- tions Mrs. Hilton," Dr, Mercer said. "I don't want you to tell me the answers. I want you to go home and think them over and see whether somewhere among them you do not find an answer to your puzzle. For you are right about the importance of, prayer, When you pray for certain things do you pray in a spirit of love toward everyone so far as you know?' The first words are 'Our Father.' Then do you care deeply' about the coming of God's Kingdomupon earth? Are you working for it, give. ing for it, praying for it and, trying to make it come everywhere that your influence reaches? Is your first concern not to fell God in any of the tasks and the opportunities that . He has put before you? " Are you press- ing the great sorrow of the world to your heart until it hurts, and yon have to go and tell God about it? Or have your prayers been only for yourself and one or two who are dear to you?" "You make it sound so—hard," Mrs. Hilton faltered. "Hard at first perhaps while we are wrestling with the envy, the jeal- ousy, the bitterness and the selfish= nese that come between our hearts and God's great love; but not . half so hard as going year after year without the knowledge that the in- finite Father is working through us. And when that knowledge comes— when we surrender the last thing'be- tween us and it, and his love comes flooding in—then we :shall not 002,1 any soul on earth to teach us how to pray. dear Mrs. Hilton." curved beak, lack of color in shanks, worn -off toeenalls, are all indications of laying ability. It is said that hens lose color in the shunts because they lay it out of then; and the toe -nails are short and worn as a result of ;much scratching, Observed from the side, a good layer has a small head, rather round, and the general appearance of the body is decidedly wedge-shaped be -i cause of the extreme fullness in its back. Large -headed birds with oval- shaped bodies aro never good layers. If a good layer is picked up she will be foundto possess considerable weight for her size. Examination will show the distance between the pelvic bonds for egg -laying ability is a good method, but the inexperienced aro likely to have difficulty at times in estimating the distance, especially if the hen is an old one with much fat. The distanco between the pelvic bones seems more than it ia, for the lower •bono is forcod down by super- fiuoua fat. In selecting a male bird, find ono which has good size and color and holds his body erect. Pick a hearty nater if possible, the tendency of males being to allow the Mena to eat everything and have nothing for themselves. Ho should be of good mating qualities, not quarrelsome, and yet possess is fighting spirit, and be .continually with the Irene. Breeders donot require different iousing from that of laying hens. They must at ell timos have fresh air Wird plenty of ij, I believe that the correct typo of it is the freslt-air one, Mere eggs are lest than gained, considering the whole country, by l[oeping the fowlp confined too much in warns, 03116 .winter weather, There :must b a different method elnpdoyctt• iu Rev ing brooders thaa is p i e in the ct used in � od g ayera, v *bio s hy- ing to preduee eggs of quality rather ;too Noy 47t low ferttli y, of lois k4,004b 'ye Poon 703840 POfot"J that either ltlell or htes d d astreeders, but Ee must �µcalled t?tlgr6ntly, +ln bid hens p0 have s,0 coat exempt in very cold weather, Too mueh anima] food 050800 the pro- duotion ofw More .eggs than ran bo properly ler:ddived, Bulb Growing. In many parts of Holland, during the blooming seaeon, the country ap- pears like a huge flower garden. 'Up to the time of the late war. the choic- est varieties of flowers grown from b»dbs came from Holland. The flower fa.*mere require much patience, as Biome of the choice bulbs take tie long as seven years to mature. Many other bulbs, from three to four years, The gathering, sorting, packing and ship- ping aro ail important, and it re- quires skilled workers. Since the war•, many of our flower lovers have taken a greater interest in bulb culture and good results are being accomplished. Flowers' and shrubs greatly add to the beauty of a farm home. Keep plow colters sharp, especially on trashy ground. Sharp cotters pro- perly adjusted assure clean furrow walls. • It took the Roman farmer four and a half days to raise a bushel of wheat. The Canadian farmer (loos it in nine minutes. . What would you think if your wife left her sewing -machine out in all kinds of weather like you do your farm machinery? _ Storing pumpkins: Place them in a room or ibarn where they will not freeze, or become too damp. Bee them on a wird netting that is fastened on a frame or on an old wire cot or bed- springs that clears the floor by two feet. Thelree circulation of the ree around the vegetables prevents do - Three farmerettes attired in over - oils, flannel shirts, high boots, etc., ar- rived at Moose Jaw recently. They are Miss Madge Simpson, Miss Doris Horn and Miss Ann Guesk, graduates of the Angus Experimental Farm of British Columbia, "What do thoy do?" they were asked. "Harrowing, stooping, binding, breaking, dewing and riding on any kind of a hone," was tho ans- wer. "We love the work and wouldn't .rive in a city," they declared, Baskatchewnn'e • tivo stock assoela- Mons are province -wide and engage en Vary activities for tho betterment of theylvestoc$ of the province. Annual cattle, Am, swine and horse sales pre !proving more popular each .year. Buyers from ovary section in the province attend these sales .for the elemee of securing purebred elves pr fpundation'fe'1nales as the ease may be. These ttssooiations also make im- portations of pare bred stook . atul interest themselves in the bays' and girls' stock judging and feeding cam. petitions. ' xV