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;Value Barley
Seed Bacon -
Type Hogs
Barley frelluelrtly produces more
pounds ,per .Were with a higher
manes value than. any Canadian
coarse gr'adne, in . 'those districts
throughput 'Canada where• barley
may he grown satiseactorily. Frohn
the standpoint of feeding value for
the various classes .of live stock,
barley ranks, high. As a feed for
bacon type hogs particularly, barley
ie recognized the world over ne
being one of the best odd feeds. As
e. feet; for beef and dairy cattle,
barley is highly prized when. fed in
Proper proportion in the mixture. I
Event dor poultry, barley oocupdes 'a
Place of importance. But it is in 1,
eonnedtion with the feeding of i
bacon hogs that barley Just now is
preaiting the greater interest, The
Canadian Government to urging
Sarmens to increase their output of
bacon and those who are in a post- .
tion to respond and who grow their
own feed will naturally explore the
possibilities of extending their
barley acreage.
Ilt is in: this connection that a
Word cf warning is desirable at this
time. While 'barley undoubtedly
ranks high as a field crop, it may
not be the most profitable crop to
grow under ceritain conditions. In 1
the first place, barley is a crop
which is more exacting than oats as
to soil fertility and drainage. On
richt, we'll -drained an and in areas
enjoying ample precipitattion, it may
give better returns than any other
grain crop, but where the
-soil its not so rich or where it lacks
:drainage, oats may be a better pro -
Position.
1� many parts of the Prairie Prov-
inces!, barley has been. Particularly
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paintlar as a gleaning prop It may he
sown, late in the springand shill
ripen) betare frost normally occurs,
thereby a'fford'ing an excellent op-
portunity to
p-portunity-to eradieate wild cute and ,
other noxious weeds, i
The question of variety and Val
-
1131 of ,seed used is else of import-
ance. In recent yearn, certain new
varieties' have been making their ap-
pearance. These are worth investi-
gating, Therefore, those who con -
plate grwiwdnig barley for the first
time in a number of years will be
rvel1 advised to pet in 'touch with
the nearest Experimental 'Station
for advice as .to the variety which
now is recommended for the particu-
lar &sltriot,
Weed Seeds
Vitality
As the result of practical tests on
the vitality of weeds carried' out at
the Dominion Experimental Substa-
tion at Regina, ask„ wild mustard
seeds buried for five years• showed a
considerable proportion of live
seeds, in. some lots the percentage
being as high as far seed kept in
dry storage. 'Stinkweed after three
Years' in the ground has a fair pro--
partion of germinable seeds but
after 'being five years in. the ground
very few were left alive. Russian
thistle showed only a very small
prrriortion of germinable seeds after
one year in the ground • and after
bice years no live seeds were found.
The germination percentage of Zwild'
oats after 'two years in the . ground
was 'small and was nil at live years.
Cooked Potatoes
For Hogs
A considerable portion of the
notate crop is unsuitable for seed
or table stack. Various metbods-ot
utilizing the cull potatoes' halve
been suggested, and one method
is to feed the potatoes to live
stook. Potatoes may be fed to
practically all kinds of live stock,
but apparently they have their
greatest feed value when cooked
and fed to hogs, •states Leonard
Grie,oi ach, Astiststaut, Dominion
Experimental Farm, Fredericton,
N.B.
It has been demonstrated by
many feeding trials at various' iu-
ti't'utions that tour pounds of
boiled or steamed potatoes 'will re-
place approximately one pound of
ground barley-, when fed in a bal-
anced• ration, to hogs.
Fruit Dealers Fined
For scllin'g apples' in open, barrels
not marked as required by the Regu-
lations under the Farm Products
Grades, and Sales Act, two Ottawa
dealers were each fined $10 and
costs at the Ottawa. Police Court,
recently. At 'the same court, an-
other dealer was fined $10 and costs
for similar violation of the Regula-
tions in that part of the packages of
apples offered for sale by him were
not marked, whsle in other packages
the old marks were not obliterated.
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Enguir& about these feeds
to -day also free literature on
!feeding for profits.
F. M. SAMIS
Phone 80 Brussels
Trees To
Trap Snow
The nee of tree belie as a means
of trapping' snow Ito• 1111 'dugouts
which are excavations on farina to
hold water has been .successfully
demonstrated' at the Dominion For -
e.4. Nursery Station. (Sutherland,
Sask. A belt of trees 1,500 feet long
served to catch enough snow to fill
a dugout of 17,000 cubic feet cape-
s1ty, each lineal that of tree belt
thus eonhrlbutiug eleven, cable feet
of water to the dugout, For this
puuPose, a single belt of trees from
ane to four rows end 15 feet or more
in height is recommended,
Intense Cold
Kills The
Bean Weavil
Beano in storage are very fre-
quently attacked by a tiny beetle,
'-erswn as the bean weevil which
lives and feeds in squall chambers
beneath the outer skin' or covering
of the seed. When the beans are
stored at ordinary house tempera-
tures, feeding and development corn-
tines all winter. Indented seed'
very often• becomes so severely
damaged ars to be ,totally unlit either
as (food or for planting. Due to the
fact that all feeding ie carried on be-
neath the seed coat, the beau weevil
is frequently nlat detected before
severe injury re3ults. Iiafe'sted seed
should not he planted because the
germination is liable to be poor and
Planting le in itself one very definite
way in which 'the insect can• be
spread.
Fortunately, there is a very easy
and cheap methods of control wall-
ah]. writes Alen .Dustan, Division
Of Entomology, Science Service, Do-
mindan Department of Agoiculture,
Ottawa. It has been found; that these
wee/rile cannot wilthsltand cold. So,
if the seed is stored' during the
winter months in outbuildings
where it is subjected to sub -zero
temperatures, all the contained in-
seers
nsect's .will be killed before spring.
Growers, are, therefore strongly
urged during the winter months to
place their beans in unheated gran-
aries or sheds in order that the
epee may be subjected to intense
cold, as .Common throughout the
months of January and February.
Further information may be obtain-
ed from the Division' of Entomology,
Dominion Department of Agricul-
ture, Ottawa, or from the nearest
Doinron Entcm•ologieal Laboratory
throughout Canada.
Feeding Stuffs Act
The Feeding Stuffs Act of Canada,
wh:ch is administered by the Plant
Products Division, Dominion Depart -
meat or Agriculture, requires that
most et the blended and• 'by syro t
feeds for live stock and poultry he
registered annually at a fee of two
d_ilars pea' brand; .anal labelled for
sale showing the guaranteed analy-
sis and ingredients; that wheat by-
products be sold' pure and of stand-
ardized quality; that. chop feeds,
limestone, and certain other feed
materials or In'gredienbs be' repre-
seet.ed by the seller to the pureliae-
eu• as to ,their kind or crtmsieusition;
and that no feeding stuff shall be
mio.eaunng represented for purpose,
of sale,
Agriculture's Key
Tell agriculture of tomorrow will
differ from that of today , .: blush a;;
ours does from that of fifty years
ago. The actual progreeg will be
Made through. G 5'.f fl 1'E"--.11•ph,
made efreo•tive by wise policies of
produdtion and • marl.c,.ng, and the
agricultural countrie which reap
the greatest benefit Will be those
that not the• only key that can un-
look the doors to nature's secrets" a•
Huron County
Rich In Land
And Livestock
85% of Land Cleared
Huron County had al'ivays been
termed a. rich agricultural district,
but how many or us knew just how
rich a part of 'Canada we live In?
In answering tilts question we are
indelbled to Mr, J. 'C. 'Shearer, for
tite.tislttes which prove that we who
live in Huron should be proud of the
fait that: we live in one di the ridh-
est. parts of 'Canada.
'State/tins tor 1909 are net yet
available. Those for 1938 reveal an
assessd acreage of 790,000, 8$%" of
which. Is cleared) land, the balance
lin hush, swamp, etc. Field.. crops;
raised by Huron falmrerss were vein-
ed at over six anillion dollars . do
1938, while livestock -was valued at
eight million. Livestock according
to the statistics are 12,000 horses,
115,000 cattle, 24,000 sheep and one
and a quarter million dbmebtfc
birds.
Hog production ,is ane of the
factors contributing to the material
prosperity cit - Canadian farmers at
the pres'en't time. In '1934 Huron
County ranked ,third in ,comparison
with surrounding counties,. snorkel-
ing over • 93,000. hogs. 'Tbes'e grad-
ed 39,9% select or Grade A. • Com-
parieons are always. interesting and
figures tor surrounding counties
with grades follow: Kent 146,000
(18%). Perith- 09,000' 430.6%);
Bruce 41.2%; Wellington 41%; Mid -
(Essex 35%; Lambton' 29.7%. Grey
40.2%
Frcnn• a monetary eltandpoinit
Huron County farmers are steadily
but surely forging ahead. Ail .agree
that farming has not bean the :moat
lucrative calling in recent years >'
and yet county farmers have been
able to lowers chattel mortgages
consistently over a three-year .
period. Here are the, 'figures to
prove that statement: 1936.482
mortgages; 1937-442; 1938--429,
Treat Gladiolus
Now To
Control Thrip
Itenably In January, February o
Manch, depending on the treatin
selected. There are two methods of
control in general use at this seaso
of the. year, namely, fumigation
with napthalene flakes and dipPi.
in corrosive sub':mate. Probably
the tomer is aslir.i ler and cle'an'er
ise pa•cline but the din 'gives excel-
lemt res'uite and is prelerreel by
many for several reasons,
In 'toe uaipthalene method, the
corus are placed in paper bags or
cardboard 'cartonis and the chemical
00151ed anionsg them at the rate of
one ounce per hundred corms, The
conitainers are 'them tightly shah and
Lu teadluon at Ixiom temperature al-'
lowed to proceed ' dor a pesos of
frons• flour to sit \ weeks.. At the end
of this time the'corens should be re-
moved' and aired for at least a
month. This is . a most important
step. Should'.It no be done growth
of the cotianh' in the s5 rirt will be
considerably retarded' and blossom-
ing decayed- •
The corrosive sublimate dip is
made by dissolving one ounce of
mencuiy bichlloride in six gallons of
water. In treating gladiolus coxing
they should be imsn'eh+sed in the
solution, returned for a period of
three hours!, if peeled'; or twenty-
four''houss, if unlpeeled. ' The dip le
used aft a temperature of approxi-
mately 70 degrees Fahrenheit. The
corrosive 'sublimate solution, should
be used not more than twice, and
then renewed'. Coreosdve sublimate
is a deadly poison when taken" in-
ternaliy So great care must be exec-
, cised. in its use, Also, since it cor-
rodes metals it should be mixed' and
ell vessels only.
,Corms, no matter what the treat-
ment, must be. carefuly guarded
against reforestation. Thety should
always , be .placed: in fresh containers
• and. stored, in. another chamber, If
this is not done trouble will almost
certainly develop when growth
starts in. the field.
"Treat all your corms and induce
Your neglibours to do likewise, even
though you have to do the job your-
esli," advises Alan Dunton, Division
of Entomoiogp, Science 'Service, Do-
minion Departanent of Agdiculture.
Further information may be obtain
eti from the Division of Entomology,
or from sthe nearest Dominion En-
tomological Lalioratory throughout
ant
Investigations into t:is effect of
age on the vitality of soybean' seed
mg are reported in the December issue
of scientific Agriculture, edited by
the Canadian 'Society of Techndeal
Agriculturists, If soybean seed ' le
not more than 8 years old, it will
germinate eatislac.toldly, although
there is' a .Flight advantage in. favour
of new seed, Pour-yesr-old seed
sholved considerable weakness,
while seed older than that 'was so
low in vitality as to 'be unfit for
sowing. The few plants tligt 'grew
from 5- and °pear -old seed were
wealc and slow Ise coining up, Eight-
year-old 's'eed Sailed to preclude a
dimple plaint,
Pasteurizing Whey
Soybeans and Age
As a satfegoard against Possible
later attack by the gladiolus thrips,
most gladiolus growers n,ow treat
their corm's during the dormant
seasiani. This should be done pre -
Canada. tains ail the food values;
Jmibrrifouce 01 pasteurising in
cheese making was, sltress:ed by P.
Herr, wecreltarytreasurer of the
Dairymen's Association of Western
Ontario, in an ad,dire!ss' to delegates
attenc10nig the association's 73rd an-
nmal ccnwention,
l igbJty-4irve percent cf the '70
. factories operating in 'Western One
tarso are. now •pasteurizing whey,
said Ma•. Herrn, also Chief provtbciol
dairy instructoe foe the .territory. '
"Pasteurizing is ani important
poln5h in preventing fruity and off -
flavor cliees!e,7 e(ai•d Mr, Herns.
"It. has . been noticed each year
that where, even for "a 'short Pe-
riod, the whey which is to be re-
turned 'be the milk cans, was ne-
gleel'ed •t7 be pasteurized, • objec-
tionable flavors were soon notic-
ed in the cheese.',
A Few Ji'ints In
Cooking Vegetables
Always use boiling water if boil-
i'ng ar Steaming vegtaibles,
Add salt and pepper when the
vegetable is almost cooked, never
in the beginning,
,Allways cook ,the strong -flavor-
ed vegetables in, a large amount
of water and the mild ones in a
small ambumt. Always save .the
water from. the latter for soup or
cream sauce.
'\Vhet convenient, steam vege-
tableb rather thaw bell • This re -
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