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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1924-2-20, Page 6OI•'ERATIIVG AN INCUBATOR. -- Given a suitable room, the firs thing is to clean the machine before and after every hatch, Brush the ma- ehine elean, weals it out with hot water, then spray or wash it with a diebefeetant. The next operation is to set the machine level. The there mon-toter titer must be aceurato, and to ae- on accuracy it should be tested at least once, or better, twice during. the year. The temperature given is usu. ally one hundred and three degrees Fahrenheit throughout the batch. Our. experience has been that it is better to take an objective of ono «kthtdred and one or one hundred and two degrees, and if the machine creeps up to one hundred and three degrees we have no cause for worry; butgiven as s two Y, a temperature of one hundred and three degrees, when the machine goes up to one hundred and four or above, usually either the hatch is small or the chicks hatched are hard to rear. Low temperatures are not so fatal es ire high temperatures. The amount of moisture required in an incubator depends upon the make and the room. Generally it is best to follow the manufacturer's directions. Hatching by the Natural Method. Setting the hen -It is generally agreed that, in order to secure a good hatch, the hen must be placed 'where other hens' are not likely to disturb her; for, as a rule, we seldom get good hatches when other hens lay in the nest with the sitter. Some farmers do not set a hen until one becomes broody on a nest where no others lay, Mich often necessitates late chicks. '"he difficulty can be overcome by I • !king a new nest for the: broody hen. 1 box about twelve inches square and :Ix inches deep; some earth, or an emerturned sod in the bottom, with e'tre to have the corners very full so shat no eggs can roll out from the tiro and get chilled; next, about two rhes of straw or chaff, and then a 1' acv earthen eggs put into the not. The nest should be placed in some pen where nothing can disturb the hen, and put her on after dark. Feed and water must be within easy reach, and a dust bath should also be convenient. If the hen is sitting quiet the next day, you will be safe in putting the eggs under her. In our experience we get ninety per cent. of the hens to sit by following this method. It should be remembered: that the hen will be in. better condition if dust- ed with insect powder when set, and also a few days before the hatch comes off. This will usually keep the lice „in check, especially if some tansy or mint leaves are used in making the not. Selection of Eggs. Select for color, size and shape, the kind of eggs you want for market. Continuous selection, year after year, tviII give results. Do not select dirty eggs, nor do not handle eggs unless your hands are clean. The shell is porous, hence there is possible cone. tamination. Eggs deteriorate in hatching qual- ity with age. When you hold eggs for batching keep them in a cool place about fifty to sixty degrees Fahren- heit Be sure the place is clean and not musty. Eggs for hatching should be kept not longer than ten days. The eggs from late hatched pullets, Startil Plants Indoors, Plants may easily be started in the house by using a "net" or an old soap box, The box sheeld be three or four inches deep, should have holes in the bottom to permit.drainage, and should l Fl { be small enough ao that it can easily be handled when Ailed with sell, r, t, • 9 i • h h l or Immature birds, se dem hatch as t well as eggs from mature birds. Our best bbetehing eggs have been produe-. ed from' early' hatched pullets that laid well in the early winter and. then went through a partial moult. The pullets hatched in early February have, the following spring, produced, remarkably good eggs for hatching, Heavy breed pullets hatched in May. have produced the poorest hatching eggs. Eggs from birds out of condition, 'whether from feeding, housing, or management, produce eggs difficult to hatch: It is also true that the hatch- ing power of eggs in a day or two will vary, the cause of which at times is difficult to locate, I POTATO INSPECTION AND I CERTIFICATION. Although potato inspection and cer- tification increased in I tnficatfou has rapidly "scope and usefulness since its incep- • tion in Canada in 1915, there are na- turally many potato growers through- out the country to whose attention it has not yet been drawn. It is there- , desired at this time briefly to I enumerate the aims of the work and the methods followed, in order that in the produce interested igrowers al l I 'tion of seed potatoes reasonably free 1' from disease may be kept informed • with regard to this phase of agricul- tural activity and, if they desire to do $o, make application for an inspec- tion of their fields during the conning season. The aims of the above work are: (1.) To encourage the greater pro- duction of seed potatoes free from ' disease. (2.) To make known to the grow- erso- ' a affecting t e vert ns diseases h o p r tatoes, their economic importance, and accepted methods for their con- ' trol. 1 (3.) To recommend to the growers, I in the event of a change of seed being ;found necessary, sources of disease- , free isease-.free seed potatoes, thus gradually eliminating undesirable stock. , (4,) To assist the growers whose stock upon inspection is found to mea sure up to the standards set, in secur- ing favorable prices for their seed, by the issuance of official certificates , vouching for its quality. 1 The methods applied in carrying 1 out inspection and certification of po- tatoes are as follows: (a) The fields are inspected at blossoming time, and again about a month subsequently, in order to ascer- tain what diseases (if any) affecting the growing plants, are present. E(b) Failure of any fields to measure up to the standards set for these two inspections disqualifies them for any { further consideration for seed pur- 1 poses. i (c) The crops of fields which pass 'the two field inspections are inspected • at harvest time, or subsequently, and ,if found reasonably free from disease affecting the tubers, are passed as worthy of certification as Extra No. 1 seed potatoes. (d) A final inspection is made --if so requested by the grower -of all such crops when sold, and a certifica- tion tag attached by the inspector to every bag at the time of shipment. These tags are issued by the Domin- ion Department.of Agriculture and all bear the official seal of the Plant Dis- ease Inspection'Service. This s seal en- sures the validity of anis tag upon which it appears, and should be looked for by all purchasers desiring to se- cure bona -fide Extra No. 1 certified seed potatoes. AlI growers of potatoes intended for seed purposes, who have not yet received a practical demonstration of the work and who desire to have their fields inspected during 1923 are urged to communicate with the Dominion Botanist, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, as early in the season as pos- sible in order that arrangements may be made in good time to meet their requirements. • Wee -a5.: µ.)Vi` (P (V11141(111 Any of the following bulle- tins, giving timely information of value to farmers, will be gladly sent anywhere free on request. No postage required. Simply tear out this advertise- ment, check bulletins you de- sire, and slip it in an envelope addressed to - Publications Branch, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Canada. Rest Varieties or Grain. Feeding Beef Cattle in Ontario. Co-operation in Marketing Poultry Produce. Grading and Marking Egg's. Feeding Influence on Type of Doge. Sales Husbandry in Canada. Dairying in New Eenland and awe:min, Milking Mhehinea. The Corn Borer. Hardy Road,. Storage of Tea. Modcrh Orchard Practices. The Mepie Sugar Industry. Fox Ranching in Canada. Bees and How to Peep Thom. Rabbits. The Strawberry in Canada. Poultry Peeping In Tom, nhd doeaery, Bash Truitt. Weeds and weed seeds, F,rtilizera for Mid Craps. List dt 300 Publications. NIt Post Office I2.1t. No Province ra n unsosenvonsormstscancsesisainni Advancement in Butter Making. Results in 1923 of the butter -score Ing contest conducted for the past five years by the Dominion Dairy and Cold Storage Branch, from May to October in each year, show that but. ter -making in Canada has greatly improved. The scoring by the pre vines was - very close, ranging from 53.68 by Ontario to 54.86 by Quebec out of 65 possible ,points, Manitoba tied for second place with Nova Sco- tia, with 54.80 each; British Columbia was fourth with 54.38; New Brun - wick' fifth with 54.50; Prince Edward Island sixth with 54,48; Saskatchew- an seventh with 54.88, and Alberta eighth with 64.25, .o• No use to go down in the back lot anti holler about the goad things you have to sell, Get out where men will bear: you. Put it in the paper, Southern Italy exported last year $11,800,000 worth of: almonds. in that country. certain vsrieties are picked green dud eaten as fruit. The husk is removed end the soft green shell and kernel ere eaten with salt, level itch Fill the o tow'th' one-half r he b xwithin of the top with fine loam, then firm the soiland have it perfectly eve and free from stens, sticks or lumps be- fore seed planting. Mark the rows with. a straight stick that is as long es the box Is wide, making the rows about one-fourth of an inch deep and two inches apart. The seed should be covered very lightly, and they should not be over - watered, as that causes weak planta, Place the box near a 'window, prefer- bely on the south side of the house, and turn the box every two or three days so that plants will get equal =- aunts of sunlight from all sides. The time of planting. the seeds de- pends upon the approximate date of transplanting to the garden, Lettuce or cabbage can be set out of doors very early and therefore can be start- edor peppers. As ed before tomatoes soon es the plants seem crowded : in the box they should' be transplanted or thinned so that they will not be come spiudly. In from six to eight weeks plants reach the transplanting size. When it is necessary to . provide more space for the growing seedlings they may be thinned out in the box in which they are grown, thinning to one or two inches between pleats. Early plants can also be secured by Thi Treatilllot of Marga: �1 Every demotic animal is subject .+l �✓ Fl + +i� C poi to that obnoxious and contagious die, vaso mango, scabies, or itch, says Pc', FEl3B:UARY 24 Hilton, Chief Veterinary Inspeetar of the Aomhiloub lleaitlt of Animals 'T_e period of the ,lualges, Judo'es chs, 2-16, Golden Text llranch in a bulletin '"Mango in Cat• Hosea 14; 4, , tle, horses and Sheep," The Aninial'' 1 will heal their backsliding 1 will love then. freely. Contagious Diseitses Act requires that every owner, breeder', dealer and veterinary surgeon, suspecting the book of Judges arttene dinsTboth he story extstenee of the disease shall i nln . of the period after Joshua, and en diatclyn notify the nearest vatgrinary interuretatian of the story, It tells ria inspector, both what happened, end why it hap- 1 Mange is caused by a minute par- maned. It reveals the hand of Gpd +esite, commonly known as a mite, liv- in the history, the just and yet inerei- ing on, or in the akin, and reproduce cul dealing of God with his people, it ! •is a longand changeful 'ecoid of evil ing itself by means of eggs. Whenx it is stated that the female can pro- tiadeof go d, of time*, of cess tet anThd ; dace a million and a half descendants ol esiemitios which befell them aro re- in the three months or less, and that girded as . punishment for their evil 1 they swarm off dead animals to lie deeds, and; thou deliverance as i in wait for living ones, it will be seen wrought by the divine compassion. Al - how terribly ravaging the disease may ways when in their distress they cry become, In his bulletin, which can be to God, he raises up for thein a de. had free on applying to the Publics- liverer. tions Branch, Dept.' of Agriculture,. NOTeS: Ch. 2:16-18. The Lord rais- Ottawa, Dr. Hilton concisely but min - summary up judges. This is the writer's summ ry eplana ion of all thattap- utely describes the characteristics and pened, The people sinned, the Lord nature of the disease, and prescribes was angry with them and gave them treatment; which includes, in the ease into the hand of their enemies. In or horses and cattle, first washing g their distress they repented and Cried with hot water and eastilo soap, there to him for deliverance. He had corn oughly drying, and then applying a 'Passion upon them and delivered them. mixture composed of two pounds of The agents whom he employed were sulphur, eight ounces of oil of tar, these men who were both wargers and one gallon of raw linseed. oil. and fudges, leading in war and ruling rises alar q in` peace. And, as with Moses and When the outbreak comprises g with Joshua, so, now "the Lord was number of animals, dipping isre4' with the judge, and delivered them ocst mended in a mixture composedofof the hand of their enemies." Comel pounds of sulphur, ten pounds of fresh pare Ps. 78, 82-39. 1 unslaked lime, and a hundred gallonsi It may be argued that all this is too of water. The treatruent'must bo apelmechanical, and that it does not per - plied under the supervision of a vete;feetly represent the ways of God. The victory could Ne only in clever stre- iegy and with picked niers, Ile chose a way to test and pith the men he wanted. 5.-8. Every one that lam,i41i. The man who did not lay aside his wee- pons, but who stepped, lifted the water in the hollow of his hand and drank, was the man he those and set aside. The other who sprawled on all fours, bowing on his knees and hands to drink, was not the man for the present task. Ile would be used later an in the pursuit of the fleeing enemy. By the chosen three hundred, and by his faith in God, Gideon would and 1 did conquer. APPLICATION. i 1. The Next Generation. Vital faith' is a personal matter. We cannot live on inherited virtue. The faith of our fathers' must be living still, in us, if the morals of the individual and of the nation are not'to decline. Joshua and his elderswere good men, who made so deep an impress, upon thoena- tional life that "the people served tale Lord all the days of Joshua." Then followed great neglect of personal faith, family training, and family re- ligion. Naturally and inevitably there soon, developed "a generation which knew not the- Lord." 2. The Salt of the Earth. From the vantage ground of hisfarni, a middle- aged man observed the spiritual and moral decline of his people. And true to type, he pondered deeply as to the root causes of the national degenerae tion. They were prosperous enough. All round him in Esdraelon were wav- ing awing wheat fields laden orchards, fruit- ful vineyards, olive groves, and lovely gardens, one of the most beautiful pastoral scenes in the world. But Gideon's heart was heavy. It was literally "a land flowing with milk and honey." But the independent courage and glory of tate people had departed', leaving them in weak and servile fear of marauding pirates. Even Gideon must thresh his wheat in hiding. Mid- ianites, traveling merchantmen of the desert, had long coveted the riches of the rich corn fields of Israel, watching like vultures the jealousies, divisions, weakening morale and failing courage of the people, until the time was ripe for them to fall "into the hands of the la ti s d oft f d s in a hot erinary ins ector A list of disinfec-', nation that stns is not always punish - bed. tants' with Irlstruetions as to prepara- tion and use, can be obtained free of charge en application to the Veterin- ary Inspector General, Ottawa. In balancing the debits and credits of the months or years, let us not for- get that the greatest assets of all are -FRIENDS. Dig a pit 3x6 or 6x6 feet, two feet. deep, on the sunny side of a building. Line inside of pit with old boards, held in, place by stakes. Make boards along back of pit extend six inches higher than In front, so that sash will slope when placed on top, Get a load of fresh horse manure, let it heat a few days, fork it over, let. heat again and put into the pit, tramping fxmly, until manure ie eighteen inches deep. Place sash over pit, bank firmly with earth and a few days later pladi a four -inch layer of soil over the manure. Plant seeds in this when temperature gets down to 90 deg. F. and stays there- abouts. I solder an inverted tin pan (which can be bought for, ten cents) to the bottom of my lanterns. It prevents upsetting just as well as a cement base, and is much lighter to carry, As it presents a ring on the bottom it stands steady on uneven floors. - John Gormiy. - Results of Spray E xperiments in 1923 BY L. CAESAR, ONTARIO AGRICULTURAL' COLLEGE. It should be kept in mind that the orchard -10 acres -was composed of alternate rows of Snow and McIntosh apples about 20 years old. The following are the most impor- tant results obtained: 1. Cheek trees averaged 91 per cent. scab. "a 2. Trees sprayed only once, namely, as buds were bursting, averaged 46 per cent. scab. 3. Trees sprayed only once but Tater than above, namely, as blossom bud clusters were just appearing but were not yet showing pink (this stage is known as the pre -pink stage), aver- aged 28.7 per cent. scab. 4. Trees sprayed twice, namely, at either of the above tunes and again as the blossoms were ready to burst -the pink stage -averaged 16.8 per cent. scab. 5. Trees sprayed three times with lime -sulphur and either arsenate of lead or arsenate of lime, averaged 2.6 per cent. scab. ` 6. Trees sprayed with dry lime - sulphur, not soluble sulphur, at the maximum strength recommended by the manufacturers, four applications being given and all well timed and thorough, averaged 18.1 per cent, scab. 8. -Wettable sulphur was shipped too late to use an any but the third or calyx spray, lime -sulphur being used in the first and second spray. Trees thus treated averaged 3 per cent. scab.! 9. Trees sprayed with Bordeaux' throughout showed an undesirable' amount .of russeting of the fruit but the foliage was good. The russeted fruit averaged 33 per cent• scab. 10. Where Bordeaux was used for the first two sprays and lime -sulphur for the third, the foliage was greener, and better than where lime -sulphur was used in all three applications, the fruit too was but little russeted. i 11, Arsenate of lizne gave as good control of worms as arsenate of lead, the average for both plots being 4 per cent. wormy apples, all being due to side worms of which more than half made only surface injuries and did not succeed in entering the fruit. 12, A large excess of lime in mak- ing Bordeaux mixture seems desirable as there was almost no yellow leaf or leaf drop this year compared with a heavy drop last year when less lime was used. The formula this year was 3 lbs, Bluestone, 9 lbs.' hydrated lime,. and 40 gallons water. 1 18, Hydrated lime gave just as sat.. isfactor'yresults as stone lime in utak-' ing Bordeaux mixture and was, of course, much more convenient to use and store.. I 14, The addition of 3 lbs, hydrated lime to lime -sulphur before adding; arsenate of lead lessened greatly the amount of sludge or blackish precipi- tate but seemed to make little or no difference in the efficiency of the; spray. 15. Four sprays this year were no, better than three in Norfolk County; where the experiments were conduct- ed. Last year'a fourth spray was; very valuables especially in .prevent-! ing scab. ed inthisway, nor is the repentant nation always delivered. The people of Israel faced this fact themselves in the days of Assyrian and Babylonian oppression. The book of Job strug- gles with its problem of the suffering of the righteous and the prosperity of the wicked, and leaves it at last a mystery in the hand of omnipotent wisdom. Fundamentally, however, the writer of this history is right. It is well with the righteous. It does go i11 with the wicked. The signs of God's wrath are not always present and visible, but his wrath against sin is inevitable, None can escape it. And just as sure as his wrath, so sure is his mercy to the distressed and the penitent. I'terpret history as you will the vision of faith will still see in it everywhere the working of the. s tiers.' In the endless fights and hand of. God. iskirmishes of the period, Gideon'a Ch. '7: 2, 3. The Lord said unto brothers had lost their lives. The Gideon._ We turn from the general times are troubled, but here is a man, statement of God's way with Israel, who still retains his deep piety, and to the story of one of the judges, the heroic courage .of a true son. of Gideon is raised up by God to de-3Abraham, The spirit of Joshua still was lime -sun hur hydrated lime and Arab hordes from _the eastern wilder -Int the individual. It is a sad time in arsenate of lime, Thiss cost 25 per 11 hydrated who had held the land in sub- the nation's history, but it is far from cent less than lime -sulphur and arson- lection for seven years. Two of GI- hopeless, for have we not the charm- deon's brothers had been slain by ing stories of Ruth, and Elkanah; and ate of lead., (The hydrated lime was them. Called of God to be the nation's Hannah, and Samuel,, and Gideon? added to prevent the arsenate of lime deliverer, he first of all, made war on1 The cause of the people nods burning foliage.) The next cheapest the idol worship which had its seat in, championing to -day. There are spoil -1 16. The , cheapest spray mixture liver Israel from the Midianrtes,-lives, not i e the nation it is true, but was Bordeaux mixture and arsenate his own town of Ophrah. Then he ers in our heritage. Canada is suffer - of lime, which cost 2.5 per cent. mere rallied the men of the northern tribes, ung acutely from wrceng use and ba Manasseh and Ash and Zebulon and distribution of nor wealth. Macke than lime sulphur, hydrated lime and m t arsenate of lime and 25 per cent. less Naphtali, against the •enemy. The,manipulations, trade restrictions, ex-. Bordeaux mixture and arsenate Midianite army wade its camp in the ploiting monopines, degeneratingpam- thanef lead_. The dearest spray was Bore numbered of Jezreel. Its forces far out-;usements, self-interested politics, and p y numbered the forces which Gideon:trafficking in the bloodsguiltiness of deaux and arsenate of lead. In the led,_ and some of his men were afraid. human weakness and vice; a whole above it must be remembered that the The Lord's word to him was a word host of Midianites more destructive strength of the lime -sulphur for the of wisdom. The battle was not to be'than a flight of locusts, challenge the first application was i gallon to 35 won by men who were "fearful and sturdy patriotism, and. consecrated gallons water as there was no scale afraid.' When permission was given,' common sense, and. shrewd bravery of a great number turned back and GI -'modern Gideons. 1 pill. Some dusting esent. 'was done but ow -1 deon had but ten tbousand left. ! 3. A Gall to Revival. The great in to a breakdown of the duster no I V`' 4. Yet too tnany..:We; may' fairly ,work to which Gideon was called was g understand the story to mean that practically a revival of religion. No - reliable results could be inferred as Gideon again and again sought conn- thing other and nothing less could sOME INFERENCES nom THE ABOVE. I word was spoken in his mind and as people to -day can be brought to to its efficiency, sel of the Lord in prayer. Tlie divine' save the nation. And only in so far (a) The best time to apply the first heart, God worked through the 'mind the love and service of God is there spray this year was at the pre pink and by the hand of his chosen man, !any hope. Pure religion inspires the stage, though the semi -dormant stage while Gideon ascribed all his strategy out, corrects the judgment, clears the gave good results too.and skill, 'and his final victory, to God. vision, ennobles the motives, leads to Here, then, he was made to see that, right decisions, and kindles victorious, (b) Each of the three regular, sprays helped in the control of scab. in conflict with so powerful an enemy, faith, No one can afford to omit any of these sprays. ' Profitable Cow Testing. (c) The best combination of sprays / '/ Cow -testing has shown an imprpve- taking everything into account was, meet in three years in one herd in for this year at least, Bordeaux (3,9, Many people appear to believe that Prince Edward Island from an aver. 40 formula) for the first spray, Bor- the secret of getting eggs particular- ago per cow of 5,990 lbs. milk and Pod" deaux of the same strength and arson- !; 217.6 lbs, fat to 7,884 lbs. milk and ate of lime 1. pound for the second, .yin winter, is in the feeds given and 280.1 lbs, fat and in another herd and lime -sulphur 1 gallon to 40 gal- the methods of feeding; others believe from 7,416 Ibs. milk and 252.9 lbs. fat Ions water, hydrated lime 2 or 8 the whole problem is in the breed or to 10,218 lbs. milk and 349 lbs. fat, pounds, and arsenate of lime 1 pound, strain; while others think that the In New Brunswick a herd in which ' housing is the problem to solve. All the system was followed increased (d) Arsenate of lime on account of these are important, but the main rea- from an average per cow of 4,197 for the third or calyx spray. its t k' Ibs. milk and 219.6 Xbs. fat to 5,587 lbs, milk and 276.9 lbs. fat. A Nva a c eapness, I e ma nig no pre° p - son for poor results is a lack of care - tate or black sludge with lime -sulphur fu1 work months before the eggs are and of its equal killing value come 'vented. While you are collecting the pared with arsenate of lead should, ed high«priced winter eggs you should far as one can judge, be subbstitstituted be malting careful plans to secure the for arsenate of lead. It must not, i crops of pullets fort tiert season, so however, be used with water alone says Prof. ,W..R. Graham, Poultry b t 1 u on y with. Bordeaux or lim2 e- Dept., Ontario Agricultural College. poup ds of hydrated limeur and with the lter sh uldrbei_ Where eggs in winter are wantedherd in the same province developed added to every 40 gallons of liquid the early hatched -pullet is, without from an average of 6,240 lbs. milk arid; to insure against burning, doubt, the one to depend upon. Year- 199.4 lbs. fat to 7,067 lbs. mint and (e) Some have thought that stone'ragI bensgood !tows during older are vem-1264.1 lbs, fat, In Ontario an average; lime wee superior to hydrated lime in y g p increase per cow was registered from making Bordeaux but there seems no her and December. They are unser- 6,432 lbs, milk and 218 lba fat to 10,- rcasori whyhydrated1i tam oven in January and February 236 lbs, milk and 346.4 lbs, fat,.an � good me should and really do not begin to lay well actual increase through cozy -testi not be used especially as it is much ;until March, Where the eggproduce g ng of i easier to procure, store and handle. p 3,803 lbs. milk and 128.4 lbs. In (f)It does not seemsale tion falls below fifteen per cent. our-; Alberta an average ,per cow was in- to suhsti-' "creased from 4,593 lbs. milk and 168 2 tute dry lime -sulphur for the ordinary -ing the winter menthe,one is not' making much profit The age at lbs, fat to 8,869 lbs, milk and 254.61 will doubtless work well buten a year which mos au e s egin eying rs lbs. fat, an increase of 3,766 lbs, milk Scotia herd recorded an increase from; an average of 4,044 lbs, milk and 169.11 lbs. fat to 5,554 lbs. milk and 234,7 lbs. fat. In Quebec one herd increase; ed from an average per cow of 6,682; lbs. milk and 264.2 lbs, fat to 8,1641 lbs. milk and 820.8 lbs.' fat. Another1 liquid line -sulphur. Some years it t 1] t b ' " 1 ` favorable for scab it seems inferior.' from six to seven months; some lay and 86.4 lbs. fat. (g) There is no need of using lime.,at four and one-half to five months, sulphur stronger thee 1 gallon to 35 A good colony of bees at the begin- months of age. This mean that if a or 40 gallons of water for the first nfng o£ the main honey flow should fifty per cont. egg yield is wanted in spray unless scale is present, consist 0 one selected quern and old I November the pullets should be hatch - lir conclusion it may be of interest ed during March or April; MO isa to 100,000 workers. There should to know (1) that on .an. average about hatched allele will la a little but be as few drones as possible. gallons a spray per reg was found 1 £ t necessary, the trees being about 20 rid others not until eight or nine 6 ftree P Y as a ru e, not or y or more per cent, years old, thrifty and capable of bear- dailY` big about 5 barrels each; and (2 )I b SALESMEN 'Wo pay weekly and offer Steady that the main infection period for sea Waterp rises in the soil by means of em loyment seining our complete and ex• this year in all parts of the province capillary attraction. That is, the elusive lino el whole -root fresh•dug- was before the, blossoms burst. Thorne' water passes from each particle of to -order trees and plants, Nest stock fore any person who omitted the early sell to the next, the same as kerosene and service. We teach and equip you sprays should, not blame the spray £or• in a lamp -wick rises from fibre to free. A money -making apgortunity, not controlling scab. , ' flies . ; Luke Erothere Nursarlca, Montreal The ground was all covered with enoyl ofre da. day, And two little o X i s it o s teas we • u at re b s3' play. A snow bird was sitting canto; by on a tree And merrily singing bin chick-a-dee• deo,. He had not been singing that song, very long Ere Emily heard him, so loud was his song. "Oh, sister; look out of the.wlndow," said she; "There's a' dear little bird fringing - 'Chick -n -dee -deo.' "Poor fellow, be walks in the snow and the Gleet, And has neither stockings nor shoes on his feet. 1 pity him so; haw cold he must be! And yet he keeps singing bis chick -a-. dee-dee, "Oh, mother, do get him some stock- ings and shoes, A warm little hat and a coat, if he choose. 1 wish he'd come into the parlor and 500 How warm we would make..him, poor chick-a-dee-dee.'i The bird bad flown down for some pieces 'of beeed, And had heard every word little Emily said. "What a figure. I'd made in that dress," thought he As he hopped about singing chick -a dee-dee. "I'm grateful,"' said he, "for the wish you express, But I have no occasion for such a fine dress. I'd rather remain with my limbs all free. Than be hobbling -about singing chiek- a-dee-dee. "There is One, my dear child, though I cannot tell who, Has clothed me already, and warm enough, too. Good morning -Oh, who are as happy as we?" And away he went, singing his chick - a -dee -dee. To Test New Varieties of plants. The Capadian Horticultural Goon- cin has drawn up rules and regula- tions for the trial plots where new varieties of plants submitted for registration will be tested before be- ing: certificated. These gardens will be confined to government institutions, such as experimental farms and agri- cultural colleges. Up to the end of 1923 eight new varieties of Bowers and one new variety of strawberry had been accepted for recording with a view to ultimate registration. ' It has been decided by the Board to record the origin and characteristics of some of the standard varieties, of fruity originated in Canada. These will include the "McIntosh" and "Fa - rouse" apples, the "Hilborn" black raspberry, the ""Herter!" red rasp- berry, the '"Joscelyrt" gooseberry, the "Saunders" black current, the "Fitt,. gerald" peach, and the "Windsor" cherry. Besides the trial gardens, the Oyu - ell will recognize demonstration gar- dens, the object. being to bring to the attention of the public such superior varieties of horticultural plants as are approved the Council. T Pp byThe de- monstration gardens will be conducted by responsible organizations such as horticultural societies; Value of Dairy Exports, Canada's exports of dairy products in the month of November, 1923, am- ounted to 21,970,898 the. valued at $4,- 636,689, 4u 636,689, of which 17,138,802 lbs. val- ued at $8,440,104 went to Great Bri- tain,. 1,954,776 .lbs. worth $736,16, to the United States and 884,682 ]iss. worth $75,936 to the. British West In- dies. Besides the foregoing the Un- ited` States took 217,000 gallons of fresh, cream at $359,315, and 198,133 gallons of fresh milk valued at $39,- 606,, bringing the total value of the dairy products taken by. that country up to $1,134,085. Put Push, Pluck and Perseverance into poultry keepieg and Luck need not be considered. Fly specks gilt and bronze frames of pictures and mirrors, and also on the electric fixtures ere un- sightly.. Scrubbing compounds will clown them off, but take thealacquer or Well off, too. - A saturated solution of washing code, applied to the surface with a soft cloth, will remove the fly- specks without injury, Far smoked meat, we find an empty, clean barrel an' ideal storing place. By putting strings through all pieces o£ meat one can hang over 290 pounds in one barrel. We drive two or three rows of nails around' the barrel at different' heights for the Lacon to hang from, a g f om; and let the sausages and hams hang on different length strings from rods (preferably metal) across the top. In this way the whole sum- riser supply can be kept in a small spare and no two pieces need touch, to cause mold. Cover tightly and files can't get at it. r