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BRANDING DAIRY PRODUCTS, manent sod, added nitrogen is likely
"Merchant" Huron' :Co, Ont.—I to be a necessity from the start, and
Ques.-;'What are the regulations re- in relatively largequantities., If one
garding the branding , of packages' solll cut and d orchard it will bemove he eay from found necessary
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iontnsr-E dairyy,lugproducts? i Ito replenish the nitrogen supply with
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Ans:—Every ;package containing' generous applications. And let us'
wheybutter, or a mixture of .whey • saw right here that such a practice
and creamery or dairy butter, or but will be disastrous to the fruit crops
ter from a mixture of ordinary cream unless the orchard soil is retentive
as separate`cl from milk, ' and cream'
moisture,
which has been separated from whey, 5f one has a convenient and cheap
must be branded at the time of pack-
, ing with the words "w}ley Better." :source of mulching neatee-ial, such as
Every package containing a mixture, straw or swamp hay, which can be
of dairy 'with creamery. butter, or applied around the trees so as to form
boxes similar to those used for cream -1 a thick layer of decaying organic mat -
cry butter that are packed with dal
ry ter, very good results can be obtained
'butter, must be branded "dairy but- with only moderato quantities of nit,
ter," Parchment paper used for rogen or possibly none at all.
wrapping blocks, squares, or prints of The best measure..of the quantity
dairy butter must be branded "Dairy of nitrogen en og needed by the trees is the
butter." growth they make, Young apple trees
Skim -milk cheese inttst be out -
so branded, within twenty-four hours ought to make eighteen to tw y
of leaving the, press. So must every four inches :annual growth On many
box or package containing skim -milk of the leading shoots. When the trees
fifteen
cheese. All packages containing bete. come into bearing, twelve to inches . or cheese must be branded •ass,inches may be enough, `and with 'old
cording to their contents in letters trees that are -beginning to crowd
et . 1 x
not less than half an inch long and each other a less growth may answer,
three-eighths of an inch wide except But it is probable that rarely does a
in the case, of parchment wrappers,, mature tree growing less than four,
When the tetters must be not less than! to six inches at the ends of many
a quarter of an inch wide. branches produce satisfactory crops.
It follows -that if trees are growing,
Tess than the amounts indicated there'
GOING. THE NITROGEN LIMIT should be appliedenough nitrogen toy
. Time was'when the introduction of get the desired growth. This may be
any considerable quantity of nitrogenanywhere from 100 to 300 pounds to
into an orchard fertilizer was sup -j the acre
onratef f sod
dr nitrogen -1
posed to bo about as disastrous to the quantities
trees as putting a liberal quantity of carrying fertilizers. I
arsenic into the baked beans for thel Even larger quantities may be pro-,
church supper would be to the hull- fitable on . light poor soils, especially,
if the orchard is producing heavily.'
In most cases the limit is imposednot
by stimulation of excessive growth
and' decrease of fruitfulness, -as was!
formerly_ thought, but eey a failure to'
secure high color of fruit. This comes;
gry,eaters. Now we apply nitrogen -
ons fertilizers with .a prodigality that
would have dismayed the fruit grow-
ers of ten years ago.
One of the biggest things the ex-
periment
xper ment stations have over done for about through excessive growth of,
fruit growing has been to dissolve leafy shoots that shade the. fruit and,
this old fear of nitrogen acid show a prolongation of thegrowth eriod.
that it is really the most valuable of P g p
all fertilizer elements in, the orchard of the fruit and consequent de-;
and the most likely of any to bring laved ripening, In most cases the'
profitable returns. grower ,wants to get his early fruit'
on the market, as. quickly as possible,'
Ten years ago the usual fertilizer and with late -maturing sorts the on -
recommendation for orchards 'called.
for a relatively high proportion of
potash, a moderate proportion of
phosphoric acid and little or no nitro-
gen, . The fear of nitrogen arose from
the belief that it promoted vigorous
growth of the trees. This was thought
to be mischievous in two ways. One
was that •the trees would go' into the
coming fall season may prevent the
perfect maturity of the fruit.
When there is a reasonably •heavy
growth of a cover cropthe trees will
rarely, if ever, be suffering from
starvation. Theproduction of a good
cover crop in a cultivated orchard is
of extreme importance for many rea-
winter with soft immature wood, and sons. It prevents soil washing and
holds the surplus nitrates over wine
most likely suffer killing from low ter and, decaying, releases them again
for the use of the trees.
The older the trees and -the heavier
the crop borne, the more nitrogen is
temperatures. The other arose from
the belief that rigorous growth was
opposed to fruitfulness. One could
have either, but not both, in a given needed. It is rare indeed for an or
tree. -This but
has been completely chard of aged trees to bear *ell with -
overturned, and now we know that, out some help from added nitrogen.
within limits, growth and fruitfulness Yet it does occur in some eases when
go together. The more growth the the ordhard is located on a soil of
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more fruit. • ' high natural fertility.
If then, nitrogen is a most.helpful As to the best time to apply nitro-
element in the orchard fertilizer, cer- gen,"the usual recommendation is to
tain further questions . arise: What put it on a ',short time before the
form is to be preferred? How much .leaves start in the spring: As good
is called for? What time of- year is' results follow this practice it is the
it best applied? The final answers to , best coursd to follow until it is shown
all these questions have not been given' that .some other time is better. ' An
yet, but it is possible to give some abundance of available nitrogen at
helpful suggestion. Taking up the this time favors the quick production
first question, it is probable that any' of a large leaf area. With lots of
of the usual notrogen-carrying mater-) leaves the tree is in a position to
ials will be beneficial. Nitrate of manufacture large quantities o -
soda, sulphate of ammonia, barnyard starch, ' and it. is very age eifia y
manure or any of the so-called or -1 agreed that a large4 2iroh reserve in
genic forms, as dried blood, fish or! the:' tree alwaya accompanies fruit
tankage, are all good. For quick bud diffeeleitiation. Here lies the ar-
results one of the readily available' gument,: •for early applications of
forms, such as nitrate of soda or sul-1 quii~kly available nitrogen. If plenty
phate of ammonia, will be found sat- of'nitrogen' is available all through
isfactory, Probably nitrate' of soda the summer the tree is.likelyto use
hasbeen' .
b en used
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byfruit Owers mor
it to make newgrowth 1
g .. all summer
than any other form but sul ha g
hon and m so din
, P � of o use upthe
g, g
ammonia may be just at good.�t may newly made starch, so that there is
be necessary, however, to a{�ply in too -little on hand the next spring to
such cases a dressing of lint occas hel alongthe formation
np o£ fruit
'sional years, especially ,-k here it is buds. Old bearing trees stop grow -
desired to grow le hmenous coverriing and form their terminal buds
crops or a clover sod''in the orchard. much earlier than do young non -bear -
Sulphate of ammo `a will, if used re- ing trees.,
peatedly, brim out an acid condi- The limit intheuse :of ,nitrogen is
%ion ,of the. seen which is fatal to that quantity that is most profitable.
clover, a Going- beyond this inay be merely a
How�y ich to apply is a question.waste of so much money or it may
that isnot be answered definitely. A. extend to a positive harm to the fruit.
1 le g orchard planted on a fairly Most likely; this will be in poor color
/fertile soil and kept in cultivation of the fruit or in late maturity.'
with a cover crop plowed under every Another possible harm in overdoing
spring may grow and just as the nitrogen game is poorer shipping
well bear for several years without quality. A liberal nitrogen supply.
added nitrogen as with it. This has may mean a softer -fleshed apple, more
been proved" by many experiments. easily bruised in handling. These
On very poor soils nitrogen may be possible bad results are most likely
beneficial very early in the . history to be encountered in.,epltivated or -
of the orchard: For orchards MC per-. chards than in those in sod. -
HANDSOME HUSKIES' FOR QUEBEC DOG DERBY
Some of the dogs`avhich participated in the International Dog -Sled Derby
at Quebecast
l year. These beautiful animals were close runners up and are
competing again this year.
POULTRY
When saving winter . eggs for
hatching, try and keep them in a
temperature between forty and fifty
degrees. ' Eggs that go below thirty-
five degrees maybe. chilled. If they
go about sixty degrees a rapid der
terioration result's. It pays to gather
the hatching eggs often in winter, so
that most ofthe eggs are taken from
under hens. Visitings the laying pens
every hour from nine until early af-
ternoon, will usually save most,pf the
eggs produced from being chilled.
Eggs that weigh close to two ounces
each arethe best for hatching pur-
poses. There is a tendency: for hens
to lay eggs close to the size of the
eggs that produced thein, We do not
wish to oversize eggs as it costs too
much to produce them. . Small eggs
are not desired by the best markets.
A standard two -ounce egg is just
about right for both market and
hatching purposes.
Dampness in the poultry house is
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reduced by frequent cleaning of the
dropping boards. The droppings con-
tain
ontain a large amountof moisture.
Overcrowding of the poultry house
soon . contaminates the litter and
makes the house damp.
Keep up the supply of green food
for the hens that are laying eggs for
hatching. The vitamins in both green
feed and milk seem to enable hens to
lay eggs with stronger germs. Many
failures with early incubation are due
to, the quality of the eggs and not to
the incubator. Breeding stock that
lack green feed and exercise contrib-
ute many eggs that are either infer-
tile or develop chicks that die in the
trheA,
Nearly every farm flock, no matter
howcarefully culled, contains a few
birds of much better quality than the
general run of the flock If these hens
viduals in the -flock. The large num-
ber of cockerels which can be raised
from the special mating can be care-
fully Culled and used as breeders for
the free range flock the next year.
SHEEP
In my experiences in keeping sheep
I find that fresh air is an inexpen-
sive but important item in the com-
fort of the flock. So long as the sheep
are dry they. will scarcely ever of
their own will and accord seek pro-
tection from chilling winds and cold
weather.
Housing breeding ewes too closely
is poor practice. Like many a flock
owner, I have closed the doors of the
shed on stormy nights and forgotten
to open a few windows. The follow-
ing morning the air in the shed would
be stiffing with the sheep logy from
rebreathing the foul atmosphere,
In arranging for an ample supply
of fresh air, I planned to prevent
draughts from hitting the. animals.
This is easily, done by opening win-
dows on the side of the shed opposite
the direction from which the wind
blows.—L. C. R.
HgeeoveR,
can be isolated during the breeding : 1,Yes,lndeof,
Well, well, think of, meeting you
season and mated with the best cock -•.here!"
erel obtainable, it is a great help in ++yes, the world is a small place
increasing the per cent. of fine mei- after all!'
The Royal Winter Fair
The second holding -of . the Royal,
Winer Fair at Toronto saw this na-I
tional exhibition of Canadian agri-
cultural endeavor firmly founded and;
definitely established in the life of .the
Dominion. At a single bound the,
Winter Fair has become' Canada's!
greatest farming exhibiion, Dominion.
wide in representation and as com-
f,...pre &:wive r�e scope ofits.variety
and standard of farm /Products. In
fact, the Winter Fair, 7 its brief
development has gone beyond'purey
national limits and has taken; en an
international hue, 'as is but natural
cnsidering the eminent position clan-
ada occupies among the agricultural
cquntries of the globe. '
Whilst -visitors were' present from
many countries and all sections of the
ntinent • many states of,
American co Y
the Union were actually represented
in exhibits, notably Michigan, Penn-
sylvania, Massachusetts, Ohio and
Oregon: .
Whilst fairs and exhibitions held' in
every locality in Canada indicate the
excellence of the farm production of
those areas the 'Royal. Winter Pair
has, in agraphic manner summed up
the Dominion's agricultural effort.
The imposing aggregate of great di-
versity illustrates in a clear manner
not only the high standard of Cana-
dean farm produce, but the addition
experimentation is making each year,:
through the discovery • of other crops'
possible of excellent production on;
Canadian soil and ander Canadian'
conditions.
ALLdBREDDs 0I? CATTLE ExIHIBITED,
DAIRY
The best milking cows in my herd
are the best eaters. 'A good appe-
tite seems to be a prerequisite to
heavy performance at the pail. Since
certain foods stimulate the appetite,
I find that the good dairyman Can
have much influence over .the milk
output through the right sort of feed-
ing.
When I fed the rows large amounts
of over -ripe hay, frozen corn fodder
with much, of the leaves shaken off,
or other foods of low digestible value,
then the appetites of the animals
seem to become more or less slug-
gish. But when I place before the
same cows some succulent food like
silage or roots, improvement started
in a very short time. They not only
eat the succulent food more ravenous-
ly, ,but their appetite for the dry
feeds is etinulated.
Plenty of good water, fresh air and
a feed combination with a reasonable
amount of 'succulency,' have gone a
long : way in bringing• up my -milk
yields. These provisions will do much
for others, and since they --are- well
within the means of nearly every
man who keeps dairy Bows, there is
not inuchexcuse for so many low -
producing cows with the cost of milk
above the income,
Beef cattle exhibits at the second
lected
on'the continent. There were
interesting exhibits of water fowl,
African Ch' d E bible
Ca gee g ,
rican, mese, an m en geese,
Canada wild se, Snow geese East
Indian and wild' Mallard ducks. Rab-
bits, guinea pigs, pigeons, canaries
and other song birds, all further in-
dicated the latitude of Canadian pro
duction, whilst ' the exhibit of prize
foxes hus probably never been sur-
passed anywhere:
The horse show continued its re-
markable success of the previous year
and constituted what was probably
the best horse show on the continent
in the season. The jumping class
made a particularly noteworthy fea-
ture of theentire exhibition, and Mr.
ox and his associates ate are to be con-
geatulated Or their perseverance in
adding is unusually interesting
phase the exhibition. An addi-
tional1 feature of 9 2
1 consider-
ably expanded in 1923, was the ex-
ceptionally Apo showing of live de-
corative fish t 'Ia.' was probably as
fine anone as Pas ever been drawn
together. pti
GRAsr1s, VEGET 4.5 AND FRUIT.
All grains in sue a excellent crop
P
year were naturally gh standard,
and of particular inter."; at the pre-
sent time were excellent st+t exhibits.
The collection fruit an 4t�egetables
gave fair 'eradication of the,,nitinner in
which these crops are expanding, in
both volume and variety. The variety
of blooms in the flower exhibits proved
that the northern latitude is no han-
dicap to floriculture. Fine honey came
from every province, showing how
apiculture is developing in. the Do-
minion.'
annual fair covered all breeds, and An exhibit of prime: nterest was a
were 'the strongest exhibits of the collection of nuts from ane Ontario
show. Dairy cattle came from five orchard of about one hundred bearing
provinces arid two states, and included trees. These included the Japanese
Jerseys, Holsteins,-Ayrshires,, Guern-
seys, and French-Canadians.'
The exhibition of draught horses
was probably the best seen in Canada
for a number of years. The sheep ex-
hibits were exceptional coming mainly
from \Ontario, where the raising of
pure-bred sheep for breeding purposee.
has been long one of the forembst in-
dustries. The swine -exhibit was out-
standing, a feature being the marked.
development towards the establish-
ment of a national type in Cansda.
The 'Poultry,ed the
exhibit comprised p s
largest aggregation of fowl ever cols
and Canadian black walnuts, pecan
filberts, almonds and English walnuts
equal to anything grown in Califors
nia.
The Royal Witter Fair haw become
Canada's annual agricultural expres-
cion, a yearly summary of -what the
farms of the Dominion are derng, for
others to see. It is of particular in-
terest to Canadians, and by reason "of
Canada's gradual ascent among other.
nations whose agricultural industry' is
of great"importance, must, in the fu -1
ture, attract greater attention from
other parts of the world.
777.
A . Valentine Party
By Margaret M. Scott
Have you ever wanted to give a needles, tie a knot in the middle and,
valentine party yet hesitated because working together, each pair tries to
you could not think -up anything new collect and, string. en the :thread more
hearts than any other couple before
to do? If so, take heart, for here are the music begins again:
some suggestions that may cause you After this pass out pencils and slips
to scout the old saying, "There'snote- of paper on which: one or two lines
ing new under the sun." of an old love song are written.. 'Ask
This invitation, written on a red the guests to finish the verse. For
heart, sent out in a white envelope instance:
with tiny red heart stickers might be
used: "Her face is like the snowdrift,
Her neck is like the swan!"
Hear ye, hear ye! List what fun I tried to tell her allthese things,
Is in store for everyone! ' But she said, "Aav, g'wan!"
Come check your heart
At my front door— You might award a prize of a heart
February 14th, '24. shaped box of candy to the one who
ge most unexpected twist to
Youmight suggest that colonial hisives verthse,
costumes be worn; if you want a Next you might play Cupid's Game.
ed
dress -up party, for colorful clothes Give the boys a small heart for every
add somuch to the decorations. Or girl that is present.. Then seat them
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you could arrange to have each girl around indifferently numbered nooks.
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wear different -colored dress, and Direct each girl to go to a different
then give fancy caps to, the guests asinook, where she proceeds to propose
cooy young
will take on a festive air if it pro-' he accepts, he gives her one of the
trades through a heart., Just inside small hearts. The girl goes on to the
you might have a gayly decorated next nook and proposes again. When
booth presided over by Cupid, where the game is over, the girl who col -
the guests must check their ,hearts lected the most hearts has to tell her
(the invations).. method.
A musical -hunt begins the program. After this St. Valentine himself de-
ri as the arrive. The door knot# to the cora man she finds there, If
Hatchability of the Egg.;
13.y 5. W. Knipe
Until recent. years there was • very
little said about the' "Hatchability of
the egg." Fertility was the apparentlyI,�
only important thing in hatching poul-
try, but with the rapid strides we have
taken in the poultry industry in the
past . ten ears the leading breeders
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consider fertility and hatchability two
very 'different things. Many. :eggs,
though' fertile, .may not hatch, :':;This
is -due to a great extent to the care and
feeding et, the .breeders prior to . the
time the hatching eggs are collected.
We all know that a deck' an free range
will average a higher per cent. of Ter -
the -eggs, egg's which will hatch, than- '
poultry confined in a small building,
but with: a little attention the percent-
age of hatchable eggs from a confined
flock can be considerably increased, •
The birds used for breeders must havo
abundance of green feed, as well as a
well-balanced ration. :Birds that are
fed on a ration which, contains butter-
milk are healthier, lay better, their
eggs hatch better, as the following ex-
tract from Prof, Richardson'e book
will indicate:
"Birds which are fed on a ration
which includes mink will keep in bet.
ter physical condition. There will be
fewer deaths from a pen fed on milk
than one which gets no milk. Suclt:
birds will go through; a molt, and.
,feather more readily and quickly. The
' eggs from milk -fed hens will hatch bet.
ter •and produce betters chicks No
Small paper hearts are placed, but tides who shall be supper partners.,
not hidden, all around the room. Part- His costume is made of two large
ners for the occasion are chosen by heats after the fashion of a sandwich
giving a heart to each girl. She tears man. The girls' names are put in one
it in two uneven pieces—one she keeps basket, and the boys' in another. St.
the other is put in a basket which is Valentine draws a name from each
passed to the boys. Each boy finds basket' and "cries" them aloud as vat
the possessor of the other half of the entities. Those whose names are
heart he drew, Then each couple re- coupled are partners.
ceives two yards of heavy thread and For the supper you might have
two big needles. heart -shaped sandwiches with pimen-
When the music sounds, partners to cheese or ham filling, cherry ice
march in a double row around the cream, small heart cakes, and coffee.
room, continuing until the music stops Little baskets of old-fashioned motto
when they break ranks, thread the candies would make amusing favors,
Prospects for Market Cattle.
Referring to the outlook for mar-
ket cattle the Markets Intelligence
Service of the Live Stock Branch at
Ottawa, states that tfie prospects and
present conditions in the live stock in-
dustry are on the whole far more fav-
ourable
avourable than they were a'year ago, as
feed is plentiful and store cattle are
cheap. The producer and feeder who
is taking advantage of this is in a
fairly secure position, especially
where intelligent methods of winter
feeding are practiced:
In, emphasizing the influence com-
mon stock hasupon market prices,
the same authority says: "Insofar as
the .• West is concerned, the' general
quality of the run (November)" was
so mediocre that the . so-called high
grades decreased in price along with
the poorer grades."
With the top price of steers, for the
week ending December 20, 70, cents
per hundred above what they 'were in
the same week last year and calves
60 cents, and with prices in excess
of what they were the previous week,
for all live stock except lambs; it must
bo admitted that the prospects are at
least promising. Again, with all the
slaughtering that is going on in Brit -
Wintering Bees.
man in the chicken business' should;;
try to grow 'chickens or keep laying
hens, without the use of milk in some
form " n
It is posslble fn many towns through
Canada to secure buttermilk from'
sal creameries at a very reasonable
,price and other places not so.fortun-
ately situated can secure condensed or
, semi-solid butter milk from factories
situated quite conveniently at a very
low cost, Many of the larger poultry
Plants do not make any attempt' to se-
cure other than the semi-solid milk.
\per some years the O.A,C, at que1Th
was using semi-solid as a daily drink
(and I believe still are) with the ex-
ception
xception of one day a week when salts
• were given in drinking water. Better
start your birds on milk 'right now, for
soon you, will be collecting your. eggs
for hatching, and to avoid dead `in the
shell and weak chicks it will : pay • to
make the small investment .fa the
good of your future flock as well as
the production of your present breed•;
A very comprehensive bulletin on
"Bees and How to Keep Them," bye
the Dominion Apiarist, has recently,
been issued by the Department of AgJ
riculture at Ottawaee In the chapter'
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dealing with 'wintering, the author)
calls attention to a number of points
of importance.' The beereellar .should
be well ventilated but not draughty,
and the besttemperature, in the early
part of the winter, is usually around
48 degrees F., but towards spring it
should be lowered from three to six
degrees, care being taken to keep the
bees as much as passible from rest-
lessness. The air in 'the cellar should
not be too dry, nor damp enough to.
allow 'moisture to condense on the
floor of the hives...Good drainage is
a necessity, and .the bees should be
kept in darkness and left undisturbed.
The date that the bees should betaken
out of the cellar depends upon their
condition and the state of the wea-
ther.
Keepers of b.ees will do well to re-
member that mice and rats are ene-
mies of bees and will sometimes de-
stroy colonies in the winter if care
is not taken to exclude them from the
bee cellar or wintering case, Colonies
am on account -of the foot and mouth wintered outside may be protected by
disease, .there is likely to be an in- reducing the width of the hive en -
creased demand in the future for cat- trance to three-eighths of an inch so
tle; as usual, the man having the that mice will be unable to get in; in
right sort will reap the most profit. the cellar they may be poisoned.
A study of the weeklymarket reports
sent out bythe Dominion Live Stock Salt and for the Sheep:
Waterf eS p
Branch will show how true this al- During the winter when the snow
ways is. At Toronto, for instance, is available and especially where a
in the week ending December 20, good liberal supply of roots is being fed,
steers averaged $6.86 per hundred the flock will' not suffer a great deal
and common $4.64; good veal calves if water is not given, . so says the De -
averaged '$10.51 and grassers $3.88; partment of Animal I•Iusbaridfy, On -
select bacon hogs averaged $9.05 and tario Agricultural College. At the
extra heavies $6.05; g000 lambs 10.28 same time sheep will drink more or
and common $9.15, and light sheep, less water if it is to be had; and if
$6.09 and, common $2.02. Surely at all convenient it will pay to pro -
there's a lesson In these figures. vide it even in the winter. After the
ewes have lambed in the spring and
Cost of Maintenance.
during the summer while on grass, an
Considerable work was done during abundant supply of clean, fresh water
the winter of 1928 by the Department should be at' hand. Especially during
of Animal Husbandry,Ontario Agri-
cultural
gri-
cultural College, to ascertain the cost
of maintenance of the farm work hor-
ses. , For heavy horses at teaming
work necessary around the farm, such
as drawing manure, etc., it.. costs from
311/4 to 86.6 cents per horse per day
for feed, stabling and care. The cost
the long, hot days of summerthe
sheep will drink quantities and the
health and - comfort of the flock de-
mands that it be available, -
Salt should be before the flock' at
all times dti•ing the year. A box or.
trough aet up in the pen during the
winter or in the field while on pass
of feed was 54 per cent. of the total tore, in which there is always a sup,
cost of maintenance and the cost of'ply„ will assure the owner that bis
labor was 22 per cent. of the total flock is always well provided with'
cost. Horse labor during the winter salt.
cost 21.6 cents per hour, ` ..-
Prolificness by Months.
DAIRY TIMBERS.
Investigational ~voile carried ou b
Records kept by the Department of the De artment of Animal Husband-!
Animal Husbandry,O. A. C., on the P
cost of winter mitenance of dairyry, C.. A. on he qug 1923,ionto gain
some tight on the question of sheep
heifers, showed that the average cost.increase, gave the following results:
of feed per heifer was 16.8 cents, and
that the total daily cost of maintain; March 1508%
ing an average, heifer weighing 830 April:.. .. • , . 146,6%
pounds was 27 cents. The total cost January
of winter maintenance per 1000.lbs. February 1S7,8v/o
of live weight was 32.6 cents, May 134.7%a
-- - -- June 128.0%
Mange's Versus Beet Pulp. Of the eleven breeds studied only
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During the winter of 1923 the Ani- three showed a higher percentage of
mal Husbandry Department of the twins and triplets than singles, the
Ontario Agricultural College, con- aorset' Horn, Oxford Down and Lei -
ducted an experiment to determine linter.
comparative values of niaDeals and Percentage yeanings, singles: 56.6%
sugar beet pulp. There was very Percentage yeanings, twins .. 42.0%
little difference in the actual produc-. Percentage' yeanings, triplets. L4%
tion of the cows when on each of the ."--
two
'two feeds but the man els were a Do not apply furniture polish to
g furniture, or r will never look
much cheaper ration. ',
Fight cleanly, each for your ideas.
Hit hard, but never below the belt:
—General Sir Ian Hamilton,
ers,
The Wind.
The cabin sits atone far up a bill
Where all the year the mournful wind
blows shrill.
She used to tell him sometimes; "No
one knows
How hard it is to listen while it
blooms."
Ile never touched a plow again, they
.say
.After he. found her dead, but went
away, .
And tenants wouldn't live upon the
Plage
Because, the neighbors said, they saw
her facer
Pressed close against the little win-
' dow-Pane
Watching the twisting storm -clouds in
And in the night-time they could hear.
her cry
And moan and whimper if the gale
was high
They say she had no cause to die, but
still
The wind was always blowing on that
hill.
—Gwendolen Haste.
Poor Betty.
There are many stories about the
parsimony and niggardliness of Lord
Eldon, a famous English judge of a
century ago, Whether they do him
injustice we do not know, but some of
them are in their way amusing.
It is said that once h
d a on when Lord Eldon
ld n
was entertaining a few friends at ,din-
ner in a tavern he drppped a guinea on
the Boor when about to .pay the bill;
As lie. couldn't find the piece, .be said
to Betty, the waitress, 'Betty, i have
dropped two.guiueas on the floor and
can't find them, See if you can: help
me,"
Betty went to work and. qulekly
found the lost guinea. '
Lord Eldon slipped it into his
pocket. •
"Thank you, Betty," he said. When
you find the 'other guinea keep it for
your ,trouble."
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bright. Wring a cloth out of }warm
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soapy water, and wipe the furniture ever,"
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