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"rrees one the' Farm.
Farm forestry makes Mining pay
better by: -
1, Marketing timber profitably. 1'
2. Supplying timber for farm
needs.
3. Furnishing employment for men
and teams in winter,
4. Making waste lands yield a
profit.
6. Increasing the sale Value of the
farm,
If your 'farm is not already named,
try for the boat -fitting rlame and use
this perfectly dignified and effective
way of advertising it, thus iltcteasteg
the value of your farm. Put tho naive
on your envelopes, letterheads and in
ddvon'tisennents,
A. sin to trial with g n a puroabred
dairy bull will •convince (ny mast that
like will produee like, and that the
progeny 'wilt inherit the fotin end
characteristics fron the parent that
poes,esses Lite strongest blood lines.
Addresa communicate:me to Aarono
mice 73 Adelaide et, Weet, Tot -vete
es was the thee last spring, the trea-
ter will be a vatutuble snpplemcnt to
the . teams when conditions tii:e such
that lie use is practical. The tractor
can be operated a much longer 'day
then horses; ip. fact, some farmers in
the West make a practice of °petal^
ing; their tractors»•day and night dur-
ing periods when work is rushing.
A greeter substitution of the trae-
tor for team labor will often reduce
the cost, of Man labor-, It•'should be
remembered, however, that it is eel
don profitable to operate a tractor
whoa the teams, on'the farm ere not
usea to the fullest extent, The trac-
tor shout° be used in ndditton to the
teams on the farm, and in only n few
cases ean it be expected to' replace
them entirely. 'Under certain condi-
tions the number of teams on the
farnn can be reduced when a tractor is
purchased, but more often the tractor
is used to best advantage as substi-
tute for team labor for 'certain kinds
of -work, and to supplement the work
of teams when work is pressing,
The' present labor shortage follow-
ing the World War 'will probably
stimulate the invention of new types
of. farm -labor-saving machinery, and
may eventually react to the benefit:
of all of us. You can well afford to
keep informed of new types of labor••
saving machinery on the market.
Study the operation and use of these
machines. They ntay be able to save
labor on your farm.
If we are going to hold' the labor
we now have -on our farms, or at-
tract additional labor, isn't it time
-that'ive asked ourselves and the young
men teat are leaving the farms why
they prefer to work' in the city'
I have talked with a good. many
men regarding this, and here are their
answers: First, "We earn more money
in town." Second, "We have shorter
working hours." Third, "We think
the work will be less monotonous."
Fourth. "Living in the city is more
pleasant,".'
It is true that these men will draw
higher wages in the city than they
can earn in 'the country—in dollars;
but, at the end of the year, in teetich,
place will they have the most money?
Nine times out of tun the farm work-
men have more money in the bank at
the end of the year than the city lad.
Wages may not be as high, but living
expenses ate much less and saving is
easier.
When a workman in the city is so
fortunate as to be able to save a little
money, there is small opportunity to
invest it safely. The country boy's
savings can be invested in dairy cows,
brood sows, work stock, and machin-
ery. After a small accumulation of
this kind the workman soon becomes
a proprietor ea a rented farm, and no
longer a `Wired man" He becomes
his own boss, with 'added opportun=
ities for investment and saving.,
How about the hours in town and
country? It is true that the farm
workman is on the job more hours
than the city man, but if the time
required to go to and from work in
the city is counted, the day will usu-
ally average longer than in the coun-
try. In the country the workman's
occupation is varied, In the •course
of.. a year 'he will not put in the num-
ber of hours of hard, intensive work
that will. be required ef either skilled
or common labor in the industries.
When it comes to living conditions,
the city job is in some ways the more
attractive. The farmer has not learn-
ed that the factory operator has
known for some time that it is nec-
essary, in order to secure good labor,
to provide conditions that will be at-
tractive. A little ennore attention to
the comfort of the men do the farnn
will do much to hold Palm labor. Mr.
W. I. Drummond, in speaking of the
farm labor problem, summarizes the,
situation well when he says:
"The solution of the farm -labor
problem will coine when farmers
generally stop ,admitting that a
Working , man can do better in the
city, and begin `selling' their own pro-
position. Many of them are knocking
their oivn game, when they should be
boosting' it.
"To begin with, each farmer tubo
wants hired help should be sure that
the condition's under which such, help
is required to work and live are ac-
ceptable to a self-respecting man. If
they are really, attractive, so much
the better. This is not hard on the
ordinary, farm, but. it is far too often
ignored. The hired man needs.a bed
as well as a lantern. There is such
,a thing as too long hours, even on a
farm. Eight hours are out of the
question, but sixteen are unnecessary,
unwise, and unprofitable,
"A, job on a good farm, with an em-
ployer who is reasonableand fair, is
the best kind of a job forany work-
er, Such jobs ought to be at a prem-
ium, and they will be if the proper
educational effort is substituted for
the present 'viewing with alarm' and
'we're going to starve to death'
propaganda.'
Better Farming ie. 1921,
"now am Ig oing to bandit) the
Work en my form in 1.921?'t is a
question dory farmer is 'Asking him-
selfethie winter,
The smartest farmers I know don't
put off figuring out this problem un-
til, the spring work starts. They
knew they will then be too busy, and
it may be too late to make just the
adjustments they would like 80 make
to snve labor, purchase labor;ahving
machinery, and provide some of the
things that may be needed to nuke
their woi'lcmen more contented and
efficient.
I 'can see three ways of helping
the .situation: First, reorganize the
farm work to reduce and distribute
,the labor and to make each howl' of
labor more productive; second, use
labor-saving machinery to the fullest
possible extent; third,. try to make
your laborers more efficient by mak-
ing working 'and living conditions
more pleasant.
-- It is often possible to change the
cropping system to reduce the acre-.
lige of crops that require a large
quantity of labor and increase the
acreage of those that require less.
More land can be seede&..elown to
grass. A young farmer said last
spring: "I am seeding more and more
of my cultivated land to grass. I will
pasture dairy cows, use a milking
machine, and' cultivate just the area
of lend that we can -week ourselves."
This is a sane view to take., The
total production of the farm will be
decreased much less and the profits
will be much greater than if an at-
tempt were made to cultivate more
land than could properly be farmed.
In many cases where a four-year
rotation of corn, oats, wheat, .and
clover or e five-year rotation of corn,
oats, wheat, and clover and timothy
are used, an additional year could be
added to the rotation, perhaps some
other grasses seeded with ;thetim-
°thy, the land left to grass a year or
two longer, and used - for pasture.
Such a system would reduce the work
during the busy season of the year,
would add rather than detract -from
the productivity of the farm, and
would make it possible to handle well
the land that was cultivated,
There is nothing gained by trying
to cultivate more Land than can be
worked timely and well. To produce
a crop with the least labor, I must
push my work, not let the work push
ate. A field plowed in good condition
at the proper time can be fitted with
much less labbr and expense than if
the ground is plowed when hard and
dry. A man that is ahead of his work
can do every farm operation at the
right time. It: is not necessarily the
largest field that produces the most
grain.
If you must reduce the area of land
under 'cultivation, try and keep up
production by doing the work at the
right time, by using the best seed of
proper varieties of grain, and, when
necessary, by using the right amount
of the proper kind of fertilizer..
In these times tee most successful
farriers try to make an acre of land
produce as much as we used to grow
on an acre and a half or two acres.
I know .this is easier said than done,
especially if we are to secure this
increased yield without much addi-
tional outlay of labor, But it can be
done. There are farmers doing it in
every section of Canada, and Mg
farnn-management investigations
show that it •is these men who have
a large acre production that ale us-
ing their labor the most economically
and making the most money.
Another thing: Are you making the
greatest possible use of your labor-
saving machinery? The farmers en
many of the smaller farms in the
eastern part of Canada could learn,
some valuable lessons in the use of
labor-saving machinery from their
ebusins on the larger farms in the
West.
Often two omen may be seen at work
in moderate-sized fields with a team,
both working at a job that could have
easily been done by one man with
larger equipment, The farmer of the
West has leached long ago the value
of larger equipment, Many Eastern
farmers have thought this was sim-
ply bean's° the 'fields were larger,
thus making it practical to use gang
plows and four to six -horse disks.
This type of equipment can certainly
be used to bettor advantage where
fields are large, but scarcity of labor
and the need of more economical pro.
duction, rather than largo level fields,
have been responsible for the intro-
duction of large labor-saving ma-
chinery in the West. Surely, it is
time on many farms in the East to
give each man at least four horses
and provide riding 'implements.
Power machinery can also be used
to good advantage to save titan labor.
Where a vast amount of work must be
crowded . into the shortest possiole
period, owing to unfavorable weather,
The question of where to locate the
poultry houses end yards is one that
should be given careful consideration
before one begins the expenditure of
perfectly good money. One plece of
advice which will apply to al] cases
alike is this: Never locate the houses
Mai yards on a damp, poorly drained
plot of ground„on which shade trete,
grass and elover crops do not thrive,
unless it presents good opportunities
for drainage and improvement.
Other conditions being favorable,
legate the houses and envie where
they will be coinvetieut to Hie House
and oilier buildings, so that the care
of the poultry may be made a part
of the regular chords of the farm.
If ono is going to get the most out
of the business the work must be
systematized so that it will fit in with
tate regular routine of the fate attd
interfere as little as possible with
other :branches of the farming. And
above all other things never under-
take the development of a profitable
farm flock before making provisions
for housing the birds comfortably,
growing a large portion of the food
supply and simplifying the work of
feeding and caring for the flock.
The chief essentials are warmth,
dryness, light, cheapness and lumbi!-,
ity. In order to assure proper light-
ing end a more even distribution of
sunshine it is often necessary to de-
elate from the forst that insures, the
greatest warmth; at the least cont, In
all laying Houses in a cold climate
some provision should be made so that
the sunshine will reach every martian
of the floor at some time during the
clay. 3n order to accomplish this to
the best advantage, it is necessary to
have 'considerable frontage toward
the seutli or southeast. Duthie the
cold whitey 'days it is most (tattletale
yet most esential, to have the direct
si,tt,lighh
Why a Fatnily Garden. The labor labor attention in the country
during recent years ie lavgoiv 'reseent
sthle for the disappearatse of the once
familiar home garden, with its deli,.
cions fruits and appetizing vegetables,
There have! been itrosented nocent
vineing ergitmente showing the wis-
dom of allowing this rural institution
to pass out of the fa'rmer's life, dyeu
from an economic atandpoibt, while
'we know that its decay has been a
contributing jttfluenee in driving the
younger people away,,
The old garden certainly added to
the attractiveness of the fano home,'
and judging from „ the interest of.
juyeelle nnembere.of the various gar•
den clubs in theirwere, the little yard
near the lime ' went far toward relit-
fying the desire for doing things. Iii
fact, when one revisits one of the old
homes where once it seemed that
everything invited him to come in, he
is astonished at the change wrought
in eliminating the garden place and
devoting tong it to the regular field crops.
The reason for claimingthat the
Warden has a real place upon our
farms isnot merely sentiment. It
goes farther, further even than the
dollars and cents value of the pro-
ducts grown. That dignified gentle -
map known as the country physician,
has repeatedly told us that we can
keep our bodies to much better health
if we make a more extensive use of
,vegetables and fruit juices in our diet,
and he is no vegetarian. Any casual
observer has rioted' the comparatively
small amounts of fruits and vege-
tables -used on farms where: no garden
is provided. The 'better health noW
enjoyed by city folies as compared
with that of a decade or more ago is
more or less traceable to the ingreased
amount of green food consumed. Do-
ing without these foods and substi-
tuting salt ,pork is not the economy
it may seem. In the end the practice
is quitecertain to prove exceedingly
expensive in shortening life and in
mounting up doctors' Ibills.
Furthermore, the labor end of. the
question is generally not so bad as
many have led themselves tq believe.
Once the garden soil 'has been made
rich it does' not take a large area to
supply the farm home with an abund-
ance of health -giving products. If
labor demands must be cut there are
other places where the reduction can
be more safely made, especially if
there are boys and girls in the family.
Duty toward them in giving the most
perfect bodies with which to start
their courses in life, is sufficient rea-
son to lead parents to continue or re-
establish tate good old family garden.
"Come, let us go to the clean -swept
skies,
Let us go !back where our freedom
lies,
Back to the scent of the clover sod,
Back to the old hone farm—and
God.”
Maple sugar utensils in shape? Sap
will soon be dripping.
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1.. $Ha4TIN4 A WELL
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Soanothing» very );diurnal was goixtg
on tit the old oil well, Three or four
men Wall :a spring wagon were there;;
the pump had been removed, anti two
off ,rho then were peering down into
fho pipe, Although not a gusher, it
had et first been a good, flowing well,
But after a few menthe the flow had
grown less and lose until it stopped
altogether, Then' a rump had been
installed and for long time kept the
oil flowing, At last, however, even
the punnp brought ea oil: .1. had heard
that the well was to be abandoned.
Having tied my horse to a tree, I
walked over to the well. The men
were evidently getting ready . for
o
serious w'ce there were several cans
full' of some liquid, which they were
handling tenderly.
When all was readyt.the longest can
was lowered into the well. Down,
down it went while the men waited
quietly.
Tasked ono of them 'what they were
doing.
"We are shooting this well," he
answered. {'It has stopped paying,
and we hope that by -setting ori ,a
charge of nitroglycerine- down below
we may break things SO that there
will be a good flow of oil again."
I was too busy to stay longer; so
I. drove on down the road. But as I
rode I found myself unconsciously
straining my ears for the sound of the
explosion. I was' disappointed, how-
ever, for I heard no sound. But al-
though no sound reached my ears, elm
explosion ,came at the proper time
down in the heart of the earth. What
a terrible ripping and rending there
must have been!
When the vibrations had died away,
in the ;bowels of the earth, there was
an oozing and trickling as if the life-
blood had begun to run from the ter-
rible wound within. And 'truly'it was
so, for when the pump vas installed
again and the power connected the
precious oil rose and poured out, bar-
rel after barrel,
Those things I learned when I again
drove past the old well in the field;
and as I drove on, considering the
event, I thought that there ale more.
well's than oil wells. There are the
wells of the human heart; and those
sonetimes fail to flow just as the, oil
wells do. And when they fail the
Master sometimes sees fit in His wis-
dom to "shoot the well" of the human
heart. It seems cruel sometimes, those
broken plans and crushed hopes. How
many torehearts there are in, the
world! And' the Master has thought
best to have it so in every case. But,
oh, how rich is bhe oil of love and
sympathy and kindness, and how full
is the stream that flows from those
broken hearts! If. breaking the heart
brings grief, surely the "oil of glad-
ness" that flows' at last will soothe
and heal the wounded heart; and in
the joy that follows we shall not
remember the grief.
Handle Hatching Eggs Carefully
As poultrymen, you and I want as
near 100 per cont. hatches as we can
get. It is a big step toward bigger
profits, therefore good business.
If you aro like I am you get a lot
of free advice on this point, which
you ignore, 'because you don't know
why it is good advice.
For instance, we are told that we
nmst use fresh hatching eggs. But
why? Also that we must gather thein
as soon as they are laid, that we
must turn them often, and keep them
cool and moist. But why?
From study and experience I have
learned the answers to those ques-
tions. And here they are for you, if
by any chance you do not already
know, them:
1. Why must we use fresh hatching
eggs? •
Because the life germ in the egg
grows weaker the longer it is kept
without hatching, and a weak life
germ means • that you will get no
chicle. That moans a poor hatch, lost
time, and lost money.
2. Why ,must we keep hatching eggs
cool and gather them as soon as laid,?
Because warmth starts the life
germ growing before we are ready
for it, and eeposes it to quick death
from change in temperature—just as,
an unseasonable spring day will start
tree buds, with the danger of later
being killed by frost. We crust gath-
er eggs (Atoll to keep the sun and
other influences from starting the life
germ to growing.
3. Why must we turn eggs often?
Because if the egg is left too long
in one position the yolk, containing
the life germ, tends to float to the
top. If it is allowed to remain there,
the germ, because of the evaporation
of air that is going en in the egg, will
itdhete to the shell and die,
4, Why quest we keep hatching eggs
moist?
Because the Porous egg shell ali-
sorbs the necessary moisture to keep
the egg healthy; and if it carrot get
that moisture from the air about it,
it is weakened and ruined..
Every egg is fertilized `before itt is
laid, while still in the yoik'stage, be-
fore the white is formed, and while
the yolk still Clings to the yolk ales -
tor. As soon as fertilized, the egg
germ, after a Little growth, becomes
dement, goes to sleep, so to speak,
and in a normal .fertile egg the gernc
is still dormant at the time of laying.
Germ Weakens With Age,
This .fertilized germ remains dorm-
ant until warinth is applied to the egg.
The amount of heat necessary to
"wake it up" varies, depending on the
length of ti1110 the warmth is applied,
and the age of the egg, Even In an
egg -handled under the best ofcon-
ditions, the gen'nt continues to grow
weaker until it is so weak that it will
never develop, and sooner or later
dies. The fresher the egg the better
for hatching,
Tiro dorcnantt stage int the egg germ
is much the same' es the cto'nm r'.
atage of tree burls. In this stage both
can stand abuse, but the minute they
vireo up, look out, conditions must
then he ebcu t right, w
Eggs to be hatched should never
get warmed up after, they are laid,
until placed in the incubator or under
the hen. The amount of heat neces-
sary to wake them up varies, so that
we are on the safer side to be sure
they never get any heat.
The sources of premature heat most
common aro the sun, heated cellars, or
egg -rooms. The kitchen is perhaps
the worst place on the farm for them.
The factor most harmful is that eggs
aro gathered only once a day, in the
Iate afternoon. Many of these eggs
were Laid around ten o'clock in the
morning.. Most of the eggs are found
in a few favorite nests. In these
nests often ten or a dozen eggs are
found. Those laid in the morning
have been under a hen three, four, or
five hours, one hen going on after, iin-
other, Naturally, the first egg laid
is stimulated by this heat, and its
germ leaves its dormant stage. It
is often an hour before the eggs are
picked up after the last hen leaves.
The eggs cool down, in the early
hatching season, almost to freezing.
The result is an egg in which the
germ has either been killed or weak-
ened so that the chicle dies during
hatching, and an egg•which deterior-
ates very quickly.
- Gather your eggs for hatching
often—three or four times a day.
Keep in a cool temperature, from 40
to GO deg. F.
Moisture an Important Factor.
The third big point is moisture.
The egg shell is very porous, and the
moisture readily evaporates.
Nature provided a sufficient amount
of moisture in that egg, and it is up
to us, especially if we are going to
hold these eggs for any length of
time, to maintain that moisture and
give the hatching egg a chance.
The rapidity with which moisture
will leave the egg depends on three
conditions of the air surrounding that
egg, The drier the air, the faster and
the more moisture it will stick from
tho egg. The warmer the air, the morn
moisture it will suck from the egg;
and the more the air circulates, the
quicker it will take out the moisture.
Watch your moisture before hatch-
ing, and yeti won't have so much
tremble while hatching. They will
stand a quite moist atmosphere. Our
ground bird or a hen, when she steals
her nest, finds one on the damp earth,
protected from the drying sun,
Our fourth important point is to
turn eggs often. During the actual
hatching time frequent tur'ning's are
helpful. A hen sitting on eggs turns
them dozens of times every day. It
is Well,to turn eggs being hell for in-
cubetion at least can every twenty-
10mir hours. Don't ,jar then;.
A large number of our poor hatches,
both wider hone and in incubators; are
not duo entirely tQ faulty incubation
or poor machines, but to a dat'ge ex-
tent to careless handling"-iie.fcre set-
ting, and no amount of care during
incubation on remedy the herrn al-
ready brevgltt about by these eondi-
tiens
Iteneather, the eta:;' is n live object;
And should he lraattd as such.
Concerning Important Glands
1 y II', W S7 JOHN, i1I l)
Since the diecovery Lhtt ceteln
irlande, the thyroid, ovary, supl'ar'ottal,
and othere furnish to the 'bady,a so.
ailed "internal secretion," which tllas
to do with very iniportant functions
of the ltulnge elonomy, it bits become
0501'0 01' less of a fad among rho
medical profession to use the various
gland extraets to supply deficient -lee occur;
In many instances preparations of
thyroid, peptic, and other glands seem
and probably are very useful. This
'will be true only when used in selected
eases. There have been on the mar-
ket for several years preparations
containing one or many of sueh.sub-
stances.
Recently a few doctors in America
and Europe have suet:oss'fetly trans-
planted parts of glands from recently
deceased human beings or from living
monkeys into the human subject, and
a few eases so treated showed signs
of rejuvenation, Whether this rejuv-
enation was actual or psychological
remains to ite seen,
As is usual, the patent medieine
venders have seized upon this situa-
tion as en opportunity to make money,
and are now offering medicines eon-
taining .gland extracts which are sup-
poses.' to renew youth and prolong' life.
While in carefully diagnosed cases
there are no doubt benefits to be had
from the 'administration of such rem-
edies, unless every phase of such a
case '!s thoroughly understood the,
remedy may be worse than useless.
It is much better t0 leave such mat-
ters to those who know the most about
them (the doctors) and they know
little enough about the vital processes
of life.
If wholesome living, wholesome ex-
ercise in the open air and a goodly
amount of mental and physical labor,
together with sufficient properly
cooked food to maintain aproper bal-
ance, do not enable one to prolong
his youthfulness I believe that the
fountain of life will not be found this
side of the grave.
Fertilizers Guaranteed.
Flow can we be sure exactly what
we are getting? The Fertilizer Act
of the Dominion of Canada provides
for this assurance in that it requires
fertiliser manufacturers to attach
labels to the packages of fertilizers
on which they guarantee the per cent.
of nitrogen, the plant grower, phos-
phoric acid (the plant ripener), and
potash (the plant strengthener) which
bhe contents of the bags carry. These
are not imaginary figures, but are
actually the findings of competent
chemists. The law requires that the
Inspectors of the Department in
charge take samples of fertilizers at
Eines and places chosen by these
'authorities. The consequence is that
the products of the fertilizer industry
acre always open to a checking up by
these agencies of inspection, hence
the fertilizer manufacturer is bound
for his own protection to live up to
the guarantees,
But there are other things which
assist in the maintenance of the qual-
ity of the material. Fertilizers of low
grade will not give the financial re-
sults obtained from higher grade ma-
terials. The fertilizer man knows
this. He knows that his only claim
for it place in the + business world rests
upon the service which he renders the
farmers of the country; hence he is
primarily interested in putting out
good grade material which will give
results and consequently build up
business for hien. As a matter of fact,
a farmer buying fertilizer has an in-
finitely better .guarantee than a man
buying ,a carload of manure.—Henry
G. Bell, B.S.A.
Performance of Dairy Cattle.
A Holstein cow recently eclipsed
all Canadian records for yield of milk
and percentage of butter fat, accord-
ing to Report No. 12 issued by the
Dominion Department of Agriculture.
This report gives the records of per-
formance of all pure bred dairy cattle
from April 1, 1919, to March 31, 1920.
Also the standards of every breed,
and a list of bulls qualified for regis-
tration. The names of the cows are
given, and also those of the sire and
dam, the owner, the breeder, age at
teat, date of calving, production re-
quired, total production, percentage of
fat, the number of days milked, and,
in the majority of cases the number
of times milked per day., The last
mentioned matter having lately been
a subject of experiment at the Ontario
Agricultural College, Guelph, and
Macdonald College, Que., itis interest-
ing to note that many of the Ayrshirss
were milked three times a day and
some of the Holsteins four times. Of
the Ayrshires the greatest Yield for
the year is credited to a nature cow
ROOT, .HARKS, HERBS
Known to peewees Unequaled Value
In 6prinn Ailments
lore prominotet ingrediotls of
fl'ood's $at'sapsn'ilia, in wbittls-tJte,y
are so combined ea to be most o1-
£octiyo. ,
1hts..great blood -purifying and
streng{,th-giving medicine is ons!ly
the !catling proprietary medicine
for :tiro blood, stomach, liver and
kidneys, which almost universally
need attention in the spring. Thou-
sands take it year after year with
iwtira stttiagnction for tbrd
feeling, that loss o£ appetite,at tired
eruption on tho face or body, and
that low or run-down condition of
the system so common now. And
they enthesiastl(:ally recommend it
to others,
Begin taking it at once, three
times a day after meals. I1 its
pleasant to take and '!]rakes food
tante good.",
If you need n laxative cm °allure
tie, take Heed's Pills. You will
find them gentle and iliorot:glt.
owned by the Nova Scotia Agricul-
tural College, Truro, and the best
percentage of butter fat to a cow
owned in Prince Edward Island. 04
the Holsteins, the record yield for the
year is credited to a. matron owned
by the Colony Farm, British 'Colunn-
hia, and the best percentage of butter
fat to another British Columbian. 00
the Jerseys, the first in point of yield
is an animal owned at Edgefield, On-
tario, while the best percentage of
fat is attributed to a three-year-old
owned in British Columbia. A four-
year-old Shorthorn owned at Bucking-
ham, Que., claims the record for that
breed in quantity of milk, and a two-
year-old owned at 'Waterford, Ontario,
the highest fat en"`,, it.
Lime Did It For Us.
Four years ago we limed half of a
10 -acre field on our faint with hydrat-
ed line at the rate of about 000
pounds per acre, just to see ghat ef•
feet lime would have on our soil. Thi;
is little compared with what our sand-
stone soil needed, but was all we
could get on easily at the time, during
the rush of crop work. This was done
before wheat was sown, and the en-
tire field was seeded clown to clover.
The half not limed didn't produce
much hay, so the following fall it
was plowed and put to wheat again,
and after harvest the ground vial
plowed and stubbled out for venal.
It was fertilized • with about feel
pounds of acid phosphate to the wire,
and the wheat was top -dressed during
the winter at the rate of from 4tt
6 tons an acre. The yield was about
28 bushels to the acre, and we coati
easily see that it was the limed hell
of the field which yielded heavier.
When in wheat the last time, the
same. field was again seeded with
clover, to be cut for the past harvest,
But last spring we discovered the
limed section was the only ono that
had grown any' clover, and that ai
the rate of. about 2et tons to the acre,
We wore able to cut a seed crop that
brought about 10 bushels, or two ad-
ditional bushels per acre.
As we threshed we turned the blow.
er of the machine into one of tea
mows of the barn, tend kept the clover
straw. This is valuable for feeding
cattle, almost as good as second crop
hay, and in finer condition.. From
these results -ave will base our plans
to carry out. a liming program for
our entire farm.
The unlimed half of the field we
plowed up and put to corn. We be-
lieve the extra amount of htty over
our usual yields on the limed portion
will pay about 400 per cent. on the:
investment for lime, In addition, we
have a good crop of clover seed, which
is worth as much as a second crop
of hay, and we were able 1:o get 80
per cent, -feeding value out of the
second crop by threshing for seed and
feeding the straw to the stock,
>'r
Simple Seed Corn Test.
In spite of the hundred of pages of
advice and directions for testing; seed
corn, maty farmers just will not go
to the trouble of testing• thole seer!
corn. Now here is n simple bilis tri.
which is quite reliable and very ear.
,lust hold the car in your hand,
place your thumb snail on top of •a
kernel and press tlo;vn quite hard. if
the kernel is pressed down into 11i0
cab throw that ear 10 the hog,.. Try
two or more kernels. If OK. kernel
does not press down into the coh, that
is a good seed ear, providing it has
the requisite qualities of shape. and
uniformity.
Self-made martyrs are less ute"nl
than self-made men.
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