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he Sunday School Lesson
AUGUST 24
DON'T FEED CORN ALON1I..
It is surprising how many folks per -
gist in reeding corn, or corn and °eta,.
to young pigs throughout the year,
oftentimes without salt or other mins
erals. A good many of the same
Nee feed corn, or coral and oats, order to bring them up til a niarket-
sometimes with salt, to the brood sows able finish and acceptable weight,
hi rho wintertime. We took these fifty -seven -pound pigs
Now young . growing pigs which end added tankage to their ration, and
have acceas to the high class forages finally niter 249 days of feeding they
sueh as alfalfa, clover, oars clover made the required weight; instead of
taking five months to get the requiredl.
Of cern grain as well ne two pounds
Of salt, A total of 1,086 pounds of feed;
but even this does not tell the whole
story because these Silty -seven -pound
pigs would need to be fed much longer
with a good ration being allowed in
and rape can do fairly well on just
corn, or corn and oats, yet experiences
teach us that they do not do nearly so
well as they should, Let us examine
the proof.
weight It took bettor than eight
months, Instead of taking 409 pounds
of feed for the 100 pounds of gain it
took 469 peunds of feed; here was a
One year we carried some brood loss of forty-eight pounds of feed on
sows on corn.. These sows gained ap• the hundred pounds of gain as well
proximately a third of a pound a day es three mouths' loss in time.
and they farrowed litters which aver-
aged 13,2 pounds. Where meat -meal
tankage was fed in addition at the
rate of two-fifths of a pound a sow
daily the sows gained bd)ttee than
three -Ms of a pound daily and gave
birth to litters that averaged close to
20 pounds.
It pays to balance the corn properly,
The Fall Fattening.
Too often the proeess of fattening
consists of feeding the flock heavily
on corn for about ten days or a week
before marketing. Thia sudden dose
ofan unaccustomed feed usually gives
The corn -alone sows produced pigs turkeys the scours, or at best results
averaging 1.7 pounds la weight, in the deposit of a thin layer of fat
whereas saws that received corn and around the intestine.
mneat••meal tankage produced pigs that
weighed 2.2 pounds.
The addition of meat -meal tankage
to the corn ration was instrumental
in causing stronger pigs.
Where meat -meal tankage was used
a greater percentage of pigs were en-
abled to get into the strong class: the fatteningperiod the birds are
The corn -alone sows had only 68 fed,
pigs sett d:f.100 farrowed in the strong three times a day, all the grain that
class, whereas meat -meal tankage and they will clean lip in four or five
corn feedingresulted in putting 98
out of the 100 in the strong class.
' We tried adding oats to the corn
to see what it would do in helping to
balance the ration. The addition of
just oats to just corn, though helping
some, is not the best way by a
Some oats added to a corn•and-
millt ration or a corn -and -tankage ra-
tion is much more beneficial than
where they are just added to corn.
Where just corn and, oats are fed
to brood sows carrying pigs in the
wintertime the litters . aren't any
stronger or larger at birth than where
justcorn is used.
The remedy is obvious.
In both summer and winter add
green pasture, milk products, packing-
house by-products, alfalfa hay or a
The process of fattening turkeys
must be more gradual than for other
poultry. For Thanksgiving marketing
the fattening should begin about the
middle of September.
A dight feeding of grain in the
morning and evening should be grades
ally increased until toward the end of
combination of, these feeds with a good
mineral mixture.
minutes.
At the beginning of the period equal
parts of wheat, oats and corn make a
very good ration. The proportion of
corn should be gradually increased
until it makes up the main part of the
diet during the last two weeks before
marketing. New cern should never be
given, as it almost invariably results
in scours.
Kafir or mile are good substitutes
for corn, ten pounds of either of these
grains. being equivalent in feeding
value to nine poupds of corn.
Pen Fattening Turkeys.
Pen fattening has' not proved very
popular in this country, though sever-
al experiment stations have found that
turkeysean be successfully fattened
in pens.
In England turkeys are regularly
A good mineral mixture carries
1penned up for fattening, apparently
salt;' a phosphorus -carrying, bone-' with success, and in Normandy the
building product, such as bone meal; a birds are actually crammed twice a
calcium carrier, such as lime; and an day with dough composed of barley
and boiled potatoes. The secret of
Iodine carrier, such as potassium
iodide, pen fattening seems to lie in giving
One year we fed some young grow- the flack plenty of room and in main-
ing pigs for five months in dry lot, raining a balanced ration.
one group receiving shelled corn, 60 In Normandy the turkeys are driven
per cent, protein nteat-nieal tankage out to range after the morning feed,
and block salt in separate self -feeders, and though they do not wander far
with another group receiving shelled enough to work off the effects of the
corn, 60 per cent, protein meat -meal
tankage and block salt in separate
self -feeders, with another group re-
ceiving the same feeds but with the
tankage omitted.
heavy feeding, they secure enough ex-
ercise to keep them in a healthy con-
dition, and at the same time pick up
enough insects and green food to bal-
ance the unaccustomed diet.
These pigs weighed 42 pounds at t If turkeys are penned up for fat -
the start of the experiment. At the ening, a supply of green food should
be ,kept constantly before them, and
end of the five months the corn -and -
salt -fed pigs weighed only fifty-seven
pounds.
During the whole period they aver-
aged in consumption only 1.56 pounds
of corn a head daily, which is a low
• consumption. Although they had all
the corn they wanted they wouldn't
'eat any more than that, and on this
-consumption they gained only a tenth
of a pound a day,
Was it a case of too much corn that
•'' these pigs did not gain better?
These pigs didn't receive too much
corn, because if the corn was properly
balanced the pigs would have eaten
• corn
animal food in the form of meat scrap
should be given.
The period of pen fattening should
not exceed two or three Weeks.
When lime is lacking the' the feed
a drain is made on the reserve supply
in the bones and soft tissues of poul-
try, which interferes materially with
egg production in nature hens and in
the development of growing chicks.
Another important fact is that lime
Queen's 'Universtty, Belfast, Ireland, recently conferred honorary de-
grees of Doctor of Law nn the Dulce and Duchess of lark, They are shown
in their gowns and hoods atter the ceremony.
PLEASANT COUNTRY KITCHENS
Jesus Talks With. Nicodemus, John 3; 147. Golden Teat
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only be.
gotten Son, daft whosoever believeth on him should not
perish, hut have eternal life, -John 3; 16,
fair is the gala day of tits year i3I the
ANAI,Ysia. be "'icily regular, faultily faultleea, lives of 'hundreds and thousands of
I. THE NEw Minos CivuNo ENinsteME and splendidly nulL" Culture cannot '.oral folk, The only time it has a
TQ 1'88E KINGAOM, 1.41 - create goodnase, .and the education af. rival is when elle elrcas cantos to leWtl,
'I. THE KREGISTIeeta POWER of THE a bad man will only add cleverness to
srtnrr, 7.11, his rascality. The festive sfde of the fair, the en
Iii. Tim Lays of con t'G mEN, 18.17, Eeconeiinp a Chr'ietian. Desire to find teeteinment feature, rusts strong in
the best load of life and live it will be most fairs and no doubt will always
itereouucmiaw-The great theme of
Jesus' preaching, both In the earlier
and in the later stages of his ministry;
Loth In public discourses to the multi-
tude and m the private inst.- ice .:n of
Itis disciples, was the coming of the
Kingdom of God, the revelation of
God's almighty will to save aria • re-
deem Israel, See Mark 1:1e, 19; 1
11; 4:26,34, etc, Occasionally an indi-
vidual inquirer would come to him and
Jesus would speak to him of the in-
ward personal mystery of the King-
dom. Such an inquirer was Nieodemus,
who cemes'before us in the present
lesson. Ile is a Pharisee, a Rabbi, and
a member of the Jewish Sanhedrin, or
BY SYBILLE MAYLR, legislature. He is in earnest about the
l -
No matter how efficient a workshopironed,so it ispractical and durable. ly and
but he thinks of it Ienwardly ay
ly and materialistically, not imvttrdly
her kitchen may be, how well stocked, This pattern comes in strips of two and spiritually. Like the Jews' of the
with adequate utensils, with ,fie and a half yards. time, he thinks the 'kingdom will come
If additional shelving is required suddenly from the sides by an outward
PATRONIZE THE
FAIRS
The annual fair seitsott again tat s
around. The fair la a fixed lnstitutiol.
It has came to stay, The day at the
labor-saving devices and the.like,
everywoman who wants her home' to
be attractive knows that the effort at
decoration should not stop at the kit-
chen door.
The old, grim, dark green or brown,
dull place wherein the cooking used to
be done has now. given way to a
colorful, cheerful room in which it is
a real ,pleasure to spend even a whole
day, canning or baking or preparing'
meals.
Furniture is painted, closets are de -
.orated, aprons, towels, curtains are
all planned to harmonize with the
chosen color scheme -and the effect is
so pretty, though so simply gained,
that the kitchen becomes one of the
most admired rooms in the house.
The color scehme is delft blue with
orange or yellow, though the same
plan of decoration may be followed in
rose with a lighter blue, Chinese red
and gray, or any desired conmb'tnation
of shades.
The window curtains are mere pan-
els of unbleached muslin, gayly em-
broidered in rather bold effect. There
is a one -and -a -half-inch border of blue
denim atdched about the edges of the
curtains, and also across he valance. fourth chain five one' double crochet, Jey Jewish birth or by descent fromnot
,A.ba9
e rg z ch m tw oned ubl het 11 th
1• birth f
the design is simply laid on tee ma- miracle of God. Jesus, on the other
tenial over a piece o f carbon paper, 'inwardl teaches
b a mi acle f the soulm . This
and thus traced on the muslin, Wiomes
th le the subject of the present talk with
this design a number of others are to Nicodemus. Jesus speaks t,f the new
birth from above, by which men enter
into spiritual life.
I. THE NEW BIRTH . GIVING ENTRANCE TC
THE KINGDOM, 1-6
be had, so that one has a wide choice.
Tack the finished edge to the shelves
with small tacks that may be readily
removed.
TEA TOWELS TO 'MATCH,
Tea towels to match the pretty kit-
chen must be made next, and two neat
and dainty designs are used. They aro
each made of a yard of white toweling.
One towel is offset by a neat inch -
Vs. 1, 2. Nicodemus canes to Jesus
by night, under cover of darkness, be-
cause he wishes to escape the notice
of men. Ile is afraid to ahow openly
his interest in Jesus or to come with-
out reserves. On the other hand, he
is sufficiently in earnest to come, and
and -a -half blue -denim border at one to come without further delay. He has
end. Above there are two bite of em- been impressed by Jesus' "signs." He
broidery done in orange and blue. believes that Jesus is a divinely -sent
The second towel has a novel alter- teacher, and he is willing to accord
nate orange -and -blue crochet edge be- him recognition.
low a basket -and -flower wreath of em- V, 8. Nicodemus, though. interested
broidery done in the same celery. In the Kingdom of God, bas not sues -
Crochet is worked as follows: tinned his own qqualifications to belong
Make chain about one inch lon . ' it. He thinks that as a. Jew and
g as a correct Pharisee, he will certainly
turn, make double crocnet into seventh see the salvation of God. But Jesus
chain, 'make ten double crochets -into at once declares that there is no en-
chains, chain two, double crochet ane,
turn, chain five, ten double crochet.
chain two, one double crochet.
Third row repeat, same as sacond;
trance to the Kingdom along the line
of such expectations. The kingdom of
God does not come to men by outward
happenings, but by an inward change
Th la a bird-and-flowermotif used '
sin o o e crochet, e but
the pint man must aydown
pride and .self-will, and enter the
Kingdom of God like a little child. He
must begin life over again by personal
surrender to God Just as we enter
on the physical life by physical birth,
for decorating the curtains i3 quickly way across. Change cotton when made hm,S by A new personal h o
in two colors Picot --one double cro-
chet, chain five, double crochet back-
ward into fret chain between holes on
one edge of lace,
Of course one must have a becom-
ing house dress to wear in this pretty so spiritual birth. "Solemnly I say to
kitchen. A. short -sleeved model seems you, unless a man is born from above,
most suitable. This dress might he he annot see the Kingdom of God."
worked in threads of yellow wool laid
flat, and couched down with blue'mer-
cerized cotton; two shades of blue and
henna wool are used in the ordinary
simple stitches to complete the design.
The two motifs are arranged along the
centre of the two side panels about five
inches apart.
Any other design may be selected
for the curtain decoration, or one may
prefer to use merely the bands of blue
for a finish. This effect will be very
pretty.
DRESSED -VP FLOWER POTS.
On the window sill in this attractive
room are two plants, each in its at-
tractively dressed flower pot. Cut a
strip of buckram the height of the pot,
allowing a bit for lapping over; glue it
together, and cover with a length of
yellow oilcloth, turning it in at the
edges all around.,
Line with a piece of heavy wrap-
ping paper. A piece of wire of the
same circumference as the cover, snap
ped into place at the• top anti bottom
makes an excellent re -enforcement..
Stencil decorations are the prettiest
and most simple for these flower pots.
Any small simple design may be used
for the stencils -flowers, butterflies or
whatever one's fancy may dictate.' Or
we may cut the design of blue oilcloth
mo th n over and would have and paste' a bit of black oilcloth to When and How to Pick
done much better. As it was, these' is more easily taken from the bones of show through the openwork making
made of the unbleached cotton, trim-
med or buttoned down the entire
length of the front with large dark -
blue bone buttons and bound with blue
bias bands.
II. THE REGENERATING POWER OF THE
SPIRIT, 7-11.
Vs. 7-9. This astonishes Nicodemus,
and he covers his disappointment my
asking how a man in adult life can
Then some rainy afternoon cut possibly experience a new birth. Jesus
yourself out an apron of unbleached admits the mystery, but calls attention
cotton. Bind the edges in old -blue to the power of the Spirit of God,
cotton bias -seam binding. At each which in its operation on the souls of
shoulder point and the three corners: men is mysterious as the night wind
of the apron work a small lattice -and- rustling among the trees. It is real
flower design.and epresent everywhere, yet none can
The lattice work is done with the
tell 'whence it comes, and whither it
y f'
blue, and a yellow seam bindles,: folded goes. Nieencopooemuswerof shouldthat spirit forwhenget
the uns
in half through the centre and thrend-1he speaks of what is possible or not
ed into a very heavy needle, follow possible for men.
the lattice design, alternating the blue Vs. 10-12. As a teacher in Israel,
and yellow, interlacing them, and. Nicodemus should have known that re -
sticking the needle through the ma- 'generation is an actual fact of experi-
terial at the end of each row, and sew ence. Though he has been living by
it down on the wrong side.' tradition, and therefore lacks direct
m
persoyet experience of the rower of
The three small flowers are done ien
can
blue, rose and pink wool, with green't God,
to havinarog been brought out of
for the leaves. Ispiritual darkness into the light of
O
pigs took 1,446 pounds of corn plus
two pounds of salt or a total of 1,448
pounds of feed for the hundred pounds;
of gain.
Contrast this poor showing with
that of litter mates fed alongside but
getting tankage in addition to corn
and salt.
These pigs ate almost three times'
as mucic corn, or 4,4 pounds daily. The
reason why they ate three times as
much corn was because their digestive
and assimilative capacity was enlarg-'
rd duo to tankage feeding. They aver-
aged three-fifths of a pound of tank-,
lige daily a head.
13y feeding three-fifths of a pound
of the seemingly high-priced tankage
It was made possible for these pigs to
practically triple their consumption of
the very cheap corn_ and do so econ-
omically. The .tankage was an econ-
omical investment.
The tankage -fed pigs weighed 226
pounds at the end of the five months
of feeding as compared to fifty-seven
pounds where no tankage was allowed.'
The difference in weight of the .pigs
at the end of five enonths was exactly
169 pounds a head on the average, and
the feed requirement for 100 pounds
of gain was very much lower: less
than a third. •
,
We have 'noted that the corn -fed
pigs took 1,448 pounds of feed for a l
hundred pounds of gain. These tank-
age -fed pigs receiving corn and sa1tin'
a similar manner took only 409 pounds';
of feed ,for the hundred, pounds of,
gain. This 409 pounds Was distributed''
as follows; shelled corn, 862; tankage,
47; d It loss than a seventh of a
n al
a s
ground. ' •
The forty'seven pounds of tankage,
less than a i.,ishel,'saved 1,084 pounds,
the living bird than from dead ground a very good-looking decoration. Apples..
bone fed to the chickens, A paper punch from the five -and- For obvious reasons, as the Domin-
Many rations fed to poultry under
ten -cent store will make small round ion Horticulturist says in his bulletin
present, conditions contain much less holes In a narrow strip of blue oilcloth on "The Apple in Canada," it is diffi-; life in the soul, is a fact of experience
lime than is required by the body, for a border at the tops of the flower cult to give exact information as to, (v. 12), will he understand the still
It is suggested that poultrymen pots. the best time to pick apples. Some higher, heavenly mystery of the love
meet this demand by adding lime to) When finished, these covers are general suggestions can be given. of God in the redemption of men.
the ration in the form of oyster shell) merely slipped over the flower pot, and Early apples which are intended for III. TELE LOVE OF GOD IN REDEMPTION,
or some other inorganic forms for ma- may be removed when the plant is' near markets should be picked when! 13-17.
ture birds, and in the form of vera -1 watered. I almost mellow and disposed of as semi V. 13-15. On this subject, Jesus
life. Among these are the disciples
and converts of Jesus, and if Nico-
demus will openly give himself to
Christ, he, too, will experience the new
birth from above. Not till he has
taken this step, and realized that re-
generation, the emergence of a new
table feeds rich in lime for growingi Tin cans from the grocer's can be as possible The best way of putting alone has a right to speak. Ile, es the
chicks l covered in like manner and used as up early apples is in 6 or 11 -quart Son of man, that is, the heavenly
feeds are excellent sources of time for on shelves in the kitchen cupboard, Winter apples may be left on the tree to show to men the love of God. In
ne
Young clover, alfalfa and similar containers for dry groceries. 'Placed baskets with levo covers, or in boxes.'Messiah, has come down from heaven
s order that mon may see that Io • 1
the young chick or duckling. 1 they are not only most convenient, but
Ground bone isnot a very satisfac-,add a cheerful note of decoration as.
tory source of lime, however, either for well,
young birds or for mature fowls.' ' While one is covering the cans and
Neither hen nor duck can consume flower -pot, holders, its will be web to
enough of the bulky feeds to meet the make a good strong waste -paper bass
lime requiremnet of the laying period, ketto catch odds and ends of string
and most grain feeds are deficientinland wrapping paper.:
this element. I The foundation of the basket is
But the mature fowl can make use, made of very heavy cardboard, cut
of Time in an inorganic form, such as: 16% inches by 10 ifiches, with a ten-'
oyster shell, without much difficulty., inch base. Each side is joined to the
Young birds caamot so freely supply, next with a narrow piece of strong
their needs from such sources, so it ispaper glued down securely, The base
highly desirable to provide a regular is likewise glued to the sides,
supply of vegetable feeds rich in lime Yellow oilcloth cut 41 inches long by
for them.
19
wide is used asthe ouisidecover-
Though
it is unlikely •that the flock ing for, the basket. It is glued on with
would ever lack the small quantities elf the edges turned in ;featly. A band
of calcium required for the normal of blue oilcloth wider than that used
functions of the body, such as main- I on the flower -pot holder, but orne-
taining the heart action and imparts) mented with cut work, is glued about
Ing the necessary properties to the the basket hoar the top and adds muoh
blood, it is unwise to allow the reser-to the attract1venese.
volr of the important mineral elements For the shelvee of the kitchen closet
to become much depleted, particularly or dresser an edging of unbleached
during growth or egg production.' muslin buttonholed in heavy old -blue
t a ' mercerized cotton in a Greek -key de-
nn of farmers,' Iia tactic of thous ds s, sign is made. The upper edge of the
and practically every, experiment ata.
tion in the laud have proven the ofe. shelving is neatly hemmed. When
t
t
Basi washed an
soiled it maybe d
.fancy of the silo.
1 y
until there is danger of injurious must es "lifted" on the cross. I•eacc
frost. In large orchards it is necessary to face with. the cross men will see I 3rd 2.9
to begin picking in good season, telt-let last how unutterably great is God's 4th 4.6
ing the different varieties in success: yearning to bring men to eternal life. 6th 2.0
sion, beginning with the early winter; Vs. 16, 17. For that cross shows the 6th 1.6
sorts and varieties that drop easily.' love of God. God loved the world so
awakened when we have learned that
even the good is not the beat. Paint-
ing the pump will not purify the
water. Te become Christian is to live
a: new life in a new way. Consciously
or unconsciously this new life must
have a definite beginning. There is a
world of difference between a ting seed
and a grain of sand. The sprouting of
the seed is the beginning of the plant's
life. The child, like a little seed,
Holds a thousand green leaves folded
tight,
Holds a thousand flowers, pink and
white,
;Sold a tree with its branches all corn -
pieta
And fruit that is juicy, golden and
sweet.
But before all this can be, there
comes a day when sell and sun and
shower have all done their part of
preparation; and the new tree begins
to be. This is its birth, the starting
point of a new life. Growth follows,
in body through exercise, in the mind
through education, in the soul through
aspiration, "unto a perfect man, unto
the measure of the stature of the ful-
ness of Christ." But, just as the seed
must have the sun, before the dormant
life, as it becomes the life it was
meant to be, so the soul must be quick-
ened "from above" by the power out-
side ourselves that makes for right.
eousness. This is the plain words and
unforgettable phrase of Jesus, spoken
to a good ;man whose life was not the
highest possible, as the "new birth."
Right Weight for Marketing
Hogs.
Mr. A. A. McMillan, Chief of the
Sheep and Swine Division of the Do-
minion Live Stock Branch, hes this to
say regarding the right weight for
marketing hogs: Farmers who aim to
market a high percentage of hogs of
the select bacon grade, after first hay-
ing made sure that their breeding
stock is of the right type and con-
formation, should feed in accordance
with recognized and approved meth-
ods, and aim to market each litter at
an average weight of two hundred
pounds. There might, of course, be
times when a falling market would
warrant selling at slightly lighter
weights, whereas a rising market
might be an inducement to feed some-
what longer. Any great deviation
from the two hundred pound average
will undoubtedly result in the sale of
under -finished hogs if early marketing
is practiced; whereas, if it is exceeded
to any great extent a percentage of
heavy ]togs will result.
In another part of his "Handbook
on Hog Grading," from which the
foregoing extract is taken, Mr. Mac-
Millan, dealing with heavy and extra ages are not impartial, seeing certain
heavy grades, remarks that when varieties of apples and some orchards
suffer severely while others in proxim-
ity may escape almost entirely. In
Quebec, Mr. Petah states, it is not
altogether unusual to find the entire
crops of Wealthy, Alexander and
Fameuse apples completely ruined by
the pest.
A circular issued by the Dominion
Entomological Branch, in dealing with
methods of control, says the destruc-
tion of fallen fruit, if done very care-
fully and frequently over a period of
twenty years, should eliminate the
apple maggot, unless infected orchards
remain nearby. The "drops" should
be destroyed once a week, commencing
at once or about July 25. In cases of
severe infestation hogs are useful in
keeping the ground free of fallen ap-
ples. As soon as the flies, a descrip-
tion of which is given in the circular,
are noticed, the treea should be spray-
ed thoroughly with lead arsenate,
remain an important part of the fair.
People like to be entertained and per,
haps It is well:. There surely is no
class of people that needs the occa-
sional days set aside for pure pleasure
and entertainment, for joyous aban-
don of the accustomed cares and
worries, as the farmer needs it.
It is this feature of the county fair
that creates the holiday spirit, that
draws the crowds,that swells the gate
receipts and pays the premiums, so
the fair company surely needs it, and
as long as human nature remains hu-
man, the midway, the free attraction,
and the races ,will ,undoubtedly prevail
in some form.
We, of the farms and the rural dis-
tricts do not minimize this side of the
big show. We are concerned, however,
that it be kept clean and decent, a fit
place for our boya and girls to 0011-
gregate and enjoy themselves. The
constructive thing that we are chiefly
interested in, naturally, is the agri-
cultural display. We want to see the
farmers department show up to better
and better advantage year after year.
The farm can furnish entertainment
and pleasure as well as interest and
education to the public if it shows
itself at its best.
The things you have at home that
are of interest to your friends and
that you like to show -take those
things to the fair. The people can not
all come to you but they will all meet
you at the fair. Put on some original
farm stunts and watch the crowds de
sert the side shows. The way to hake
the fair a real agricultural fair is for
farmers to take a hand and make It
all they can. No one but the farmers
can make a farmers' fair.
Don't think you have done your part
when you have bought a ticket, and
then go out and criticize the officials
if you do not find everything to your
liking. Goodness knows they have
troubles enough. They do not make
the fairthey only direct it, and must
work with such materials and assis-
tance as they can secure. Let us turn
out with our exhibits, our displays and
our performances and show the world
that the farms of our country are still
on earth.
•
The Apple Maggot.
The apple maggot, according to Mr.
C. E. Petah, of the Donliniem Entom-
ological Laboratory at Henuniugford,
Que., does not spread rapidly, but yet
it has made its appearance at many
places since its discovery at Adolphus -
town, Ont., by the late Dr. James
Fletcher on August 31, 1896. Its rav-
closer attention is paid to finishing at
the 200 -pound average, very few hogs
will be marketed at over weight, and
the extra heavy grade, with few ex-
ceptions, will include only those held
for breeding purposes which have
proved sterile.
Comparison of Red, Alsike
and Sweet Clovers as
Pasture Crops.
In each of two years the experiment
was conducted at the College compar-
ing the amount of pasture crop pro-
duced by sweet clover, by alsike clover
and by common red clover. The yields
per acre were determined at each of
siva cuttings in each of the two years.
ewere allowed Three the ks between
each two cuttings. The results are
very interesting in furnishing definite
information regarding these three
crops in the production of green clover three pounds, in 40 gallons of water.
which ivould correspond pretty closely A second application should be made
to the relative amounts of pasture p1O- with the same materials two weeks
duced. The following table gives the later.
average of the two years' experiments -----
in tons per acre of pasture crops: Next Year's Breeding Stock.
Periods . Variety of op Th every flock there are always a, .
of Tons of pasture crop per acre few backward birds which are too
small and undeveloped to market with
the others, and too often these are
allowed to hake up part of the next
season's breeding flock.
The time to pick the breeding stock
is before the fattening process begins,
and if possible they should be exempt-
ed from 'the heavy feeding. If this
Feed Sour Milk, cannot be conveniently done, then the
While the turkeys are ranging and birds which make the most rapid gains
there is a plentiful supply of insects and end up the period in a healthy
and of weed seeds, the lords will re -
dates
are the most logical canal -
and for the breeding flock. The un-
developed birds should be kept over
and marketed at Christmas,
A large share of the trouble in rais-
the birds will have access, to it, will do ing turkeys, including even the losses
much toward keeping them in a
-'•'•-• -«edition. Care must be taken
that the sour -milk supply is kept
fresh. Milk that is allowed to stand
for days at a time in unsanitary
troughs will do more harm than good,
If the natural food supply Is cut taming recipes for making ice cream,
down on account of drought, a light of which A, SIL White, Senior Dairy
feeding of grain both morning and Promoter and Miss Helen 0, Camp-
evening may be necessary. Or if the bell, Demonstrator and Lecturer, are
flock ranges too far, a regular feed at 'the sponsors, base just been issued by
night will get the birds into the habit the Dominion Department of Atoka.
of returning to the home roost every tura, and may be obtained by applying
night, and is a very 'effective eurb to to the Publications Branch a that dos.
the turkey's natural wanderlust, parttnent, Ottawa,
Cutting Corn. Red Alsike Sweet
1st 18.5 11.0 11.0
2nd 1.4 .2 1.5
4.0 2.5
1.7 3.0
8.4 1.9
1.1 .9
An apple before being picked should mucic that he gave up his only Son.
have its seeds almost mature and have'.that every one who believes in him
taken on most of its color. Always' may have eternal life (Cite life of the
remember that a les are easily'.Rin dont. The Jews believed that
pP the Messiah, when ito cane, would be
bruised and that bruises lead to early! an executor of justice. They did not
rotting. Apples should not be picked dream that he would be. a sacrifice of
and piled in the orchard, as they are, oolys love.
ill be at Jesus
fsays whack his
liable to heat in the piles and ripen, cross
reign.
he
rapidly, and thus have their keeping. g
quality impaired. Don't adopt the APPLICATION,
practice in picking of shaking the 7'he Highest Faculty. Nicodemus is
fruit from the trees, The stens should, a very up-to-date type. He has wealth,
remain on the apple, as if broken off` position, leisure, scholarship and nwr-
decay is more likely to set in. Half. attty. If any pan could do without
the new birth,. Nicodemus was the
bushel baskets lined with soft material uian, Ifs was moral, religious and
are convenient receptacles for the ap sincere, He admired,lesus and had it
plea as picked. They can have a 'took in bis mind to give him some good ad -
fastened on the handle, so tie to be vice. He will offer to Jesus the judg-
i1 picker ist bistrain i �i l
suspended while the p c r at work.) mot t of trained t to loci. He is
--0.-..-__ shinned to be candidly told that "man
Throngs gather annually et our ag-l 11ve; first and thinks afterwards, and
that he had not yet begem to live. Life
gricultura} fairs In anticipation of seer cannot be taught, and goodness is a
ing the best that man has accom-eifo that must be grown, not a lesson
pushed in the various phones of farm that call be learned. Iutollect is a
activities. . I high faculty, but at its highest it may
quire very little extra feeding. If any
special feed is to be recommended, it
is sour milk.
A trough of sour milk, kept where
from blackhead, may be blamed direct-
ly on the use of inferior breeding
stock.
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