HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1924-4-23, Page 2GETTING READY T
The best. capons are fowls hatched
in June or July, so that by the time
they are three months old—the proper
Age for caponizing—the ,hottest days
of the summer have passed and the
fowls will not be stunted in their re-
velopriient.
Every complete set of caponizing
tools consists of a ,knife, spring speed -
ere, nippers, sharp steel hook, probe
and a cannula. A keen, razorlike blade
makes the incision with little, if any,
pain to the bird, which is not true of
a dull knife.
The cannula is a nickel -plated tube
about six inches long, through which
is inserted a fine steel wire or horse-
hair, to form a loop, This loop is
pushed over the organ by aid of the
probe; drawing the wire back through
the tube closes the loop so that the
organ is easily drawn away.
A kitchen table will be found con-
venient for operating. The other re-
quirements are
e-quirements'are a bowl or granite
basin—to hold about a quart of water
to which have been added a few drops
of Carbolic acid to make it strongly
antiseptic -and a few pieces of soft
sponge or medicated cotton.
Preparation of the cockerels for
caponizing should begin thirty-six
hours in advance of the operating by,
placing them in a building where they
can be kept during that period with
'cut food or water,
STARTING- THD JOB.
To holdvl he f motionless t fowls otron ens upon
the table I use two pieces of soft cord_
witha slip noose at each end, one end
of each cord supporting a rock of four
or five pounds' weight and the other
ends securing the wings and legs of
the fowl. The loop holding the legal
of the bird is tightened about the hock
joints and the weight suspended over,
the edge of the table at the right of.
the operator. The other cord is loop-
ed over the wings close up to the body
and the weight suspended over the
Ieft side of the tables 'When the fowl
is thus secured it should lie with its
back to the operator, who should pro-
ceed immediately by plucking a few
feathers from the side—just a little
in front of the thigh—to make a bare
spot an inch in diameter. Moisten a,
piece of cotton with the antiseptic so-
lution, holding it in the tweezers for,
the purpose, and sponge this spot, as
well as the surrounding feathers, to
prevent infection.
The incision should be made just
over and parallel to the first and sec -I
and ribs; and should be a full inch in:
length. If the cut is made with al
drawing motion there will he little'
danger of cutting too deep. `
The spreaders are now inserted to
0 MAKE CAIyONS,
hold the wound open, and the steel
hook used to make a second incision
in thethin membrane ever the intes-
tines. If the fowl has leen sufficient-,
ly starved the intestines will have
fallen forward, revealing the orgap,
which lies along the backbone; but
in case the intestines obstruct the
view the probe is used to push them
aside,'
'INCISIONS REAL QVICIOLY,
1 • In shape and size the organ closely
resembles a yellowish bean and lies in
such a position that the loop of the
cannula may beslipped over it with-
out difficulty. By drawing back upon
the wire to close the loop and apply-
ing a slight twisting motion the organ
may be drawn away and any clinging
'ligaments cutaway at the opening.
i
With the exercise of care and
eau -
tion the large artery which lies close
beside the organ will be left unharm-
ed; but if it should be injured the
bird should be killed immediately and
`dressed for market.
As soon as the operation on one side
of the fowl is completed it should be
!turned and the operation repeated on
I the other side.
, The incisions will close of them-
'selves after the spreader is removed
and will heal in a few days. It is safe
to turn the birds loose to feed on a
soft mash, which should be their only
a for
feed 'fewdays,
e
Y.
I have had a few suffer from "wind
puff" a day or so after operating, but
this was readily cured by puncturing
the puff with a sharp needle, and no
bad after effects resulted.
PLANT BREEDING ACTIVITIES
AT THE 0. A. C.
The plant breeding work carried on
by the Dept. of Horticulture is sum-
marized as follows: i
A strain of greenhouse forcing leaf
lettuce of the variety Grand Rapids
has been developed at the College dur-
ing the past. Seed of this sort has
been propagated in some quantity,
The strain is light green, long-
standing and produces a very vigor-
ous growth. For unforeseen reasons,
however, we will not be able to dis-
tribute this seed in quantity until the
season of 1924. £
Iceberg Lettuce—A strain of Ice-'
berg lettuce developed at the College
has been propagated and' distributed
in some quantity during the past sea-
son. Reports from growers indicate
that it has been satisfactory and a
greater quantity of seed will be dis-
tributed during the coming season.
Asparagus—As a result of cutting
tests on 1,336 plants for two years,
46 of the heaviest yielding plants were
selected during the past season. The
variety is Mary Washington, Unfor-
tunately, of the 45 heavy yielding
plants 42 were male and, therefore,
very little seed was obtained.
Onions—Inbreeding and crossing of
onions has been continued
TREES, SHRUBS, ROSES,
PERENNIALS
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APRIL Z7
Atmos and Hosea Pleading for
The Lesson; Res of Azno
Hate the evil Azad love
CONTINi1AT1oi or Tae sxoax—The
great grandson of JOU, Jeroboam IL,
who reigned in Israel from B.C. 781
to 740, was an able and successful
ruler, but it is recorded of him that
lee departed not from all the sins of
the first Jcroboam. Israel, in hie' long
reign, wee eoflparativel prosperous
and peaceful, The long continued wars
with Syria came to an end, for Syria
was now fully occupied in guarding
her eastern boundaries from the con-
stently repeated .incursions of Aa-
syria, whose capital, Nineveh, on the
I river Tigris, had become the seat of
an ambitious and powerful empire.
Both Israel and Judah, during this
period, increased in wealth and in ter-
ritory, until they held dominions al-
moet as great as time of David and
Solomon,
With wealth, however, came luxury
and vice. The rich increased their
riches, oft^n at the expense of their
poorer neighbors. The poor fell into
debt, and, failing to pay, their lauds
were seized and themseivca or their
children enslaved. Violence and rob-
bery were frequent, andgroat un-
cleanness was practiced at the altars
of Jehovah in imitation of the altars
of Baal and Ashtoreth. Hosea declar-
ed that there was "no truth, nor
mercy, nor knowledge of God in the
land." The very priests were robbers,
and fed on the sins of the people, and
it was "like people, like priest." Of
the rulers of .Samaria Amos said,
"They know not to do right, eaith the
Lord, who store up violence and rob-
bery in their palaces: Outwardly
strong, the nation was rotten at heart,
and its rottenness and weakness was
Iyr
'evident in the faction, strife and civil
war which followed the removal of
the strong hand of Jeroboam. Amos
and Hosea, with their stern denuncia-
tions and messages of doom and plead-
ing for repentance and righteousness,
were the men needed for such a time,
and with splendid courage and faith
they performed their task.
Amos 6:1-6. At ease in Zion, The
luxury -loving people of Jerusalem and
of Samaria are meant, who sought the
gratification of their own selfish ap-
petites and desires, and cared nothing
for the suffering of the poor. Amos
dweIIs upon the pride and power of
their country. The countries to the
north of Palestine, which had for
their chief cities Mamath, on the
Orontes River, and Calneh (exact site
unknown) were not greater than they.
But their pride and power would not:
avail thexi in the "evil day," which'
Amos foresees to be swiftly approach-
ing. He sees the rising power of As-
syria, the first of those great military
empires which sought to make them-
selves masters of the world, and looks
for the time when Assyrian armies
will invade Israel and carry the peo-
ple of Israel captive. The first to go
captive, he says, will be these greedy
and selfish revelers, (v. 7),whose
pride Jehovah abhors, and wose pal-
aces, built by the price of blood, he
hates, v. 8.
Hosea 64-8. Comc and let us re-
turn. The invitation to repentance is
supposed, by some recent writers on
Hosea, to be ironical, and descriptive
of the easy. confidence of the sinners,
of Israel that a mere turning to Je-
hovah will bring a speedy restoration
of His favor. But it is much more
probable that we should take verses,
1-8 as the prophet's own serious and
earnest pleading, and promise of the
forgiving grace of God. lie has just
said, at the end of the preceding chap-
ter, that Jehovah will leave them
alone until they ackknowledge their of-
fence and seek his face, until, in their
affliction, they seek Him earnestly.
And now he pleads that they turn
with him, and seek the Lord, who will:
not delay to. forgive them, and that
strains which had reached the state
of perfection required were propagat-
ed this season and seed will be sown
for a larger crop next year.
Tomatoes—All crosses of outdoor
tomatoes have been dropped in favor
of the John Baer X Earliana, which
apparently will be of great value in
this country. Seed was distributed in
the spring of 1923. Many reports
have been received as to the value of
this strain. The Jerome B. Rice peo-
ple of Grass Lake, Michigan, report
that from their tris
1Tats the first
st
tomatoes picked were of this cross,
They state that the quality and con-
tinued yielding ability make it a very
superior sort. A somewhat similar
report was received from the Bureau
of Plant Industry, Washington; spe-
cial comment was made upon the
quality.. A report from the Vineland
Experimental. Station shows it to have
a long -bearing season. Our own re-
sults with it have been very satisfac-
tory. However, there is some varia-
tion from plant to plant and during
the coming season this sort will be
more carefully selected.
Celery --All strains of celery have.
been dropped except the dark and
medium green strains. Some of these
strains seem to be quite superior and
will be further tested.
Beans --Owing to the large bulk of
seed accumulated as a result of our
white bean crosses it was found nee -
eatery to drop this work. The beans
were turned over to the Dominion
Cerealist at Ottawa, and to the Ex»
perimentaI harm at Ridgetown to be
continued. ;'hese strains seam very
valuable and it is to be hoped satis-
factory result,' will be received from
them,
Garden Beans -One strain of vigor -
one, wax -podded, anthracnose resist -
stet beans has: been produced. We are
increasing our stock of seed.
In addition to this work, during the
past season crosses have been made
of both indoor tomatoes and indoor
cucumbers in en attempt to get Some
satisfactory strains for indoor work:
The tiller who tills wisely fills hie
own tilt,
Before the advent of the radia'"lie=
tenirrg ins' was -a snoopy and unright-
eous practice, Now it is apopular and
respectable thing to, do.
they persevere in seeking to know
Him better, the Lord will. reveal Him -1
self as the light of morning and be-,
stow His blessings like the rain. In'
many other passages of prophecy, and
again and again in the Psalms we find
the same assurance of the free par-
doning grace of God to the penitent
and returning sinner. See Amos 5:
4-6; Ina. 1:18; 12:1; 66:6, 7; Jer.
4:1-2; Reeks 18:28; Psalm 32:6; 40:
12, 13.
The prophet lived through the per-
iod of civil war which preceded the
fall ofthe kindom of Israel in B.C.
722, lie regards the evils of the time
as God's punishment for sin. But the
Same hand that has torn will heal
and with genuine repentance will
come again God's favor and blessing.
Righteousness --Lesson V.-
8 ond Hosea—Golden Tent;
the gcod.- --Amon 5i 15.
Abruptly the ptoliliet' turns' to chide'
Israel for the fickleness .of its moods
of penitence,. Knowing this weakness
of cheraeter in his people, Gail has
sent his prophets with stern reproof,
with v'ror`de that cut `like the b'llws' of
an axe or the thrusts of a sword, that
he might arouse the conscience and
Lead to real change of heart. 10 the
teaohing of the prophets ' God's laws
(his judgments) have gone forth to
the people as a light, making clear the
way of righteousness. For it was the
prophets who, from the days of
Samuel, declared that God's require -
/neat was not the formal worship ef
the altar, but the inward service: of
the heart, manifesting itself in deeds
of mercy end in knowing and 'seeking
to do the will of God.
APPLICATION.
Amos' was a stern prophet. Yea, he
was very Stern. But why? He had come
to know the Lord as a God of right-
eousness; one whq was compelled by
his own good character to punish all
ivrongdoing. The sins of Israel that
aroused his indignation were, especial-
ly, the social injustices that prevailed.
The wealthy oppressed the poor. Tho
wealthy and highly placed drank and
caroused. The poor man had no
chance, 2:6-8.
What, then, was Amos' message?
Whatdid he plead for? He bitterly
denounced the popular religious ritual
(remember Bethel) as mockery, 5:20.
Hecalled for fair play between man
and man, simple justice, common
brotherhood, mercy, 5:24. "If your.
attitude toward your fellow men is
not changed," thundered Amos, "the
lightning from above will fall on your
h r
kingdom and shatter it to pieces. You
cannot trifle with God. He himself
is good, and' He demands goodness
from you."
It is well to get 'a very clear idea
of Amos' way of thinking about God.
He imaged Him to hinitelf as the al-
mighty judge who could . not permit
the idle grandees and revelling drunk-
ards of Israel to break the hearts of
their poor fellow citizens. No, they
would be punished, and the nation
would go into captivity, 6:1-7.
What of Hosea? Was., his message
simply a repetition of that of Amos?
Far from it. It supplemented the
preaching of Amos, .giving it that
touch of tender emotion that was
lacking in the terrine invective of
Amos. The passage selected for our
study shows this beautifully, 6:4-6..
If Amos thought of God asthe un-
bending judge, Hosea thought of Him
as the eternal love, If Amos said,
"Reform your ways," Hosea cried out,
"Do not turn your backs on the offer'
making to you." Amos exclaimed,
"Punishment will follow your drunk -i
enness, revelry, bribery, oppression of
the poor." Hosea sobbed out, "Oh, my'.
people, will you not listen to me be-
fore it is too late? The Lord's heart;
is toward you. You are His son: He
called von out of Egypt. , He draws
you with cords of love, with the bands
of a man, but your sins will break His
divine heart. Do you. not hear? God
Himself says, How shall I give thee
up?" ch, 1.1:8.
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As soon as the lambs have arrived
and straightened around for business,
attention should be given to feeding
the ewes for milk flow. How well the
ewes can keep the lambs growing
rapidly and ruggedly, depends upon
the material the ewes are supplied
with to keep up the flow of milk for
the offspring,
I find it good practice to look ahead
in the management of the flock. Plenty
of pasture is essential. Also one ought;
to have it arranged, at least we have:
found it so, to change the sheep from'
one pasture to another at least once
a week during thegrowing season.
On account of the succulent nature,
of the early pastures, we have found
it. advisable to continue giving the
ewes grain ration after they are, out
to grass. The ration of oats, corn,
and bran, mixed as we do for winter
feeding serves very nicely for this
purpose.
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Be sure your dealer understands
where the cloverseed he is trying to
sell you comes from.
This Barred Plymouth has etarted on is long journey from Toronto to
Ilarc:elona, Brain, torepreetat its c ties at the World's Pcultry Cnngrose to throe inch' strip of wire, but will giva.
bo'lteld next Meath, It' belongas tc Oorien L, Collins,'reunites of.a sfnooth and: satisfactory job.
How contagions sprecid
N the world of school and play all children are equal.
A Youngsters} Y from: homes less clean than ours come
into intimate contact with your children.
To guard against contagion, make Bute that your
children are completely cleaned and purified whenever
they come in from play.
Your great ally is Lifebuoy Health Soap. The safe
antiseptic ingredient of Lifebuoy penetrateseach dirt -
laden pore. Rich, creamy lather carries it into every
cranny of the skin. The healthful odour vanishes a few
seconds after use, but the protection remains.
HEALTH S ®AP
More than Soap - a Health Habit
Keep your children
safe with Lifebuoy.
Teach them to use it
often,
LEVER
BROTHERS
LIMITED
TORONTO
Leg Weakness in Chicks..
. WW. Knipe,
Leg weaknessByS'is an ailment,preval-
ent with closely confined chicks. Probe
ably' it is more correctly termed a
"symptom" rather than a disease since
it apparently may, occur under differ-
ent methods of feeding' and manage-
ment and in different forms, such as
rheumatism, neuritis, and rickets.
Symptoms.—As the name implies,
the legs become weak. It starts with
an unsteadiness and the chicks soon
lose use of the legs. The appetite
usually continues to be good at fleet.
The largest and most vigorous chicks
are often the worst afflicted. It oc-
curs in chicks from one to six months
of age, Rheumatism and gout usual-
ly show enlarged joints.
Causea,—Little is definitely known
as to the cause of leg weakness in
chicks, Lack -of green food, mineral
matter, fresh air, exercise and sun-
shine, deficiency In the vitarnine =-
tent in the rattan, overfeeding of high-
ly nutritious feeds, too much heat,
damp quarters, and overcrowding are
Causes most often assigned for Ieg
weelcness,.
Prevention and Care.—It is a gener-
ally recognized fact that chicks which
have access to the ground -outside at
ter they are a'weok old, rarely ever
become- afteated with leg weakness.
Whether this provides exercise, ascus
shine, fresh aft, green feed or miner-
als from the soil is an unanswered
question. Nevertheless, the results
are certain. When the weather is cool
even a few minutes outside daily will
be effective in preventing or caring
leg weakness.
When weather conditions are bad
and the chicks must be kept indoors
the following will be beneficial:
Keep sand 'or flee litter an the ffeor.
Provide fresh pieces of sod each
day. -
Weed grain in clean di'y litter to In-
duce exercise.
Keep the brooder house well vents.
laced.
Supply green feed such as sprouted
oats, lettuce, green 'alfalfa o1' clover,
Mix 6 pounds of granulated bone in
100 pounds of• mash or feed the bone
hopper,
Sometimes wood or hard coal ashes
placed in a corner'af the'brooder house
apparently have a value lu preventing
and curing leg weakness. The chicks
will cal it readily and it can do no
harm.
The surest means of, both prevention
and caro la to get the chicks outside
as much as possible after they aro a
few days old.
•
To Rescreen Window Fraase.
some people find it difficult input-
ting wire screen on window -screen
framesto stretch it taut and to do a
smooth even job. Here is a simple
method that anyone can use;
Put two screen frames top to top
on a table with the screen aide ;IN
Raise the outer ends about a foot from
the table and block them there. Tack
the wire, drawn moderately taut, to
thetwo ends, which will be the bot-
toms of the frames. Then take out
the end supports told press the frames
fiat to the table, This will draw the
wire es taut ea required. Tack it and
taut the narrow strip from between the
two frames. It will waste a two or
MY EXPERIENCE WITH
PERENNIALS
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9
By a Member of a Horticultural
Society.
My experience -with perennials have
been many and varied; sometimes a
splendid success, then a dismal fail-
ure. In spite of failures, however, I
have found them -well worth culti-
vating from the first pansy and Ice-
land poppy in the spring until the
last pansy and poppy in the late fall,
for, indeed, these two plants will
bloom all the season if dead blossoms
are all picked off before seed forms.
I should advise beginners to avoid
planting strong growing shrubs and
trees, near their perennial borders or
beds. We have faith, large tennis and
croquet lawns, and in past years the
borders surrounding them were gay
with flowers ail summer long, but un-
fortunately a variety of shrubs and
trees formed a background, and now
have the whole thing to themeelvea;
they have starved out my beautiful
plants.
J had quite a measure of success
with roses, and the dephiniums were
immense. The latter were all shades
of blue and purple, single and double.
I haverescued a portion of the small-
ergrowing kinds, and have them in
some beds near the house, where I
out a n at' tbem,and pull
no
can .stepg
up a weed or tie up a plant at any odd
moment, My peonies have been rele-
gated to the kitchen garden, tvhere
they ought to flourish.
Would-be gardeners with is full
purse, can consult a catalogue and
order all they fancy; the person with
a thin purse must go more slowly, and
to such a way is open, as seeds of
many desirable perennials can he
?ought very cheaply, germinate easily
and bloom the second season (some
even the first). Among these aro Ice-
land and Oriental poppies; delphin-
iums, aquiligias, lychnis, calcedoniea,
viscaria, campanulas, pinks, gypso-
phila, feverfews, sweet wilfiams, ara-
ble and many others.
While most perennials will winter
without covering, it is good policy to
gate a light covering of short, well -
rotted manure, about freezing -up time,
and pointing it in the spring. This
is especially good for bathes such as
tulips and scilla, as it prevents heay-
ing by frost, There are corny other
delightful things whicli I have not
mentioned, but ;.,•think I have said
enough to encourage beginners, and I
ciii loot presune to instruct veteran
g•ardenrs.
Outdoor Whitewash.
Weatherproof whitewash can ba
Made as follows: -
1, Ilse Sixty-two-poende of quiek-
lime; slake with twelve gallons of hot
water,
2. Dissolve two pounds of common
table salt and ono pound of elphate of
Atte in two gallons of boiling water.
8, Two gallons of dkinneed faith
pour No. 2 into No, 1, add No, 3
(milk) and mix thoroughly.
None can injure trial who does not
injure himself,
MAY -DAY FAIR,
BY EMILY ItOSE 13I/RT.
The quaint old customs of May Day
itl•; England ferniebed, the main pian
for a, very beautiful and effective fair
whish our church gave last spring:
Tho posters tacked up in public
places showed pretty maids in old-
time frooks footing it nbaut the May-, •
pole, and proved, a tremendous ad. . The
fair was held in a hall, but could Ise
even more'. easily' arranged out of
doors,
The walla were covered with gteen
eambrie to which real fruit- tree
branches and all kinds of greens had
been fastened to give a bower -like
effect. Ina olrele around the hall
the booths were set up, each one repre-
sentative of a May -pole. From a post
in the centre crepe -paper streamers in
the May -pole colors radiated outward
and downward till they'mot a circular
framework supported by uprights, A
circular counter was built just within
the outside, posts. All the woodwork
was wound with crepe 'paper, each
booth emphasizing some one 'color in
this, though the canopy streamers
were uniform.
The attendants wore quaint old
English costumes, consisting of full-
flowered petticoatswith panniers of
a plain color, and short black 'velvet
jackets over white blouses, They wore
their hair in two braids, or else loose
with a flower wreath crowning it.
The candy booth made a bit by sell-
ing home-made confections in cunning
pink paper May baskets made from
small boxes covered with frills and
fringes of crepe and tissue gaper.
There were three money -making at-
tractions.
Then which appealed to the e1 il-
led
one
p P
dies was a: "Jack -o -the -green" who
sold grabs. He was simply a boy who
walked in a framework of leaves. A
square frame of laths to which wav-
ing
aving green branches were nailed was
made, and the boy :dipped the frame-
work over his shoulders. It reached
to, his waist and 'gave the effect of
green leaves propelled by a boy's legs
clad in green.
The grabs were all small articles,
hung to the sides of the framework
inside. -
A pretty little milkmaid walked be-
side Jack -o -the -green and took the
children's five and ten -cent pieces, giv-
ing in return one of Jack's grabs.
Robin Hood and his "merrie men"
conducted a shooting gallery in a side
room. Dressed in green suits, with
scarlet quills in their jaunty caps,
they handed out bows and arrows for
target . practice at a small fee for a
trial with three arrows. Anyone who
was lucky enough to hit the bull's-eye
was allowed another round.
Maid Marion as Queen of the May,
on an improvised throne, acted as
hostess at a long tea table where not
only tea but hot coffee and chocolate
and ice cream were served byhandy
little pages in Lincoln green, super-
intended by ladies- in -waiting to tho
queen.
Filar Tuck was in evidence as a
kind of host throughout the evening,.
welcoming everyone, and adding
greatly to the spirit of the occasion,
Toward the middle of the evening a
little program was given, made up of
some of the old English ballads sung
by a quartet, folk dances by some of
the younger girls, and, last of, all, a
grand pageant with tableaux made up
of all the costumed attendants, and
a9 manyother characters aa wore.
needed for the effect,
Keep Yard Free of Water -
Holding Material.
There are several things one can
do to prevent the barnyard from be-
ing a mire hoe,
It should be fairly well drained, and
then if all manure and litter aro re-
moved as closely as possible in the
fall, there is but little trash to hold
the fall rains, This allows the water
to run off and leave the ground reas-
onably dry when it freetites.
Alt tanks in the yard should have
overflows leading outside of the
yards. If the hogs must have a wal-
low, let it be somewhere else than the
barnyard, to avoid holes for water
and mud to accumulate,
During the winter all fine litter and
manuro should be drawn 'as fast sa
possible, Tho same thing applies in
the spring, Then there i5' left very
little trash to held the snow .and water
to increase the depth of mad when
the break-up center. Further, remove
such objects as tend to cause the snow
to bank in the yard.
Approaches to the stable doors do
away.wlth the holes that invariably
form there e'
One more thing I would -mention
which may seam to be at variance
with some of the things I bavo given
above, Every winter.I feed a large
quantity of cornstalks in bundle In
the. barnyard. These stocks are coarse
enough to let the water go through
and away; at the same time they will
hold up the livestock and keep thole
Out of th mud. While somewhat clis-
agreeable to pitch into the spreader,
I believe they more than pay for the
extra trouble af handling by keeping
the yard cleaner and drier, -'--'W. til.
b
Do not overlook the advantages of
the self -feeder, in caring for the pigs.
By getting their feed fronta-feeder
they eat more, thereby inaktrtg larger
gains, and come to marketable size at
an earlier date, Less feed is required
tpp. make game and much labor lit
aHrrlfnatad,