The Seaforth News, 1924-04-24, Page 2The. Rainbow -Flowered his
The refined and delicate beauty of
the modern Iris has been aptly coin -
i
pared to that of the sky and sea. It
is well named the "rainbow flower,",
for its various hues, less substantial
than the rose, for example, have the
limpid quality of a perfect June day,
and flush and fade like the rainbow
itself.
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KEEPING YOUNG CHICKS
GROWING.
A quick maturity means heavy lay -
Ing. The pullet that drags along,
gaining slowly, very seldom is able to
gather enough anergy to make a re-
cord. While, a chick properly hatched
has a better chance for maturing
rapidly,', it is no guarantee unless sub-
sequent feed and care are right.
Stunted chicks will not respond even
to the best of feed.
The diet of the chick is practically
that of the hen. .The feed that makes
eggs will likewise grow bone, muscle
and feathers. The food must consist
largely of nitrogenous material, bab
ancedwith sufficient carbonaceous
matter to offset any i11 effect that
might result from too much nitrogen.
To have early laying pullets in the
fall, and vogorous layers all winter,
the chickens must be kept growing.
If theyeare in good health they will
have a growing appetite, and this
must be supplied with a liberal quan-
tity of the best quality of food in
order that they may store up energy.
There is nothing better for growing
chickens than a good grass range.
Here the youngsters not only gather
green food and insects, but they are
continually exercising. At night their
crops are as hard as bullets, and the
good night's rest fits them for renew-
ed foraging the next day.
But the range must have some
shade. There must be cool spots where
the youngsters can rest on hot sum-
mer days. During the cool morning
hours you will notice the chicks work-
ing on the west side of the tree, and
as the afternoon sun strikes under
the branches the birds will be found
on the east side, and far enough away
so they are out of the sun. They fol-
low the shade.
Berry bushes make good shade, and
also protect the chicks from hawks
and crows. By all means use growing
plants for shade, because they give of
moisture which makes the spot cooler
than shade obtained in any other way.
There is. nothing, better than a range
in a corn -field or a large patch of sun -I
flowers. Here shade will be found,
and there will be plenty of young
tender green shoots and fat, delicious
bugs and worms. Where natural
shade is lacking artificial shelters
must be provided.
On the ordinary farm the growing
chick is too often left to hustle for
itself. This is not entirely a bad
move, since there is so much grain,
etc., about. But the demands made by'
the developing bodies of chicks aro
great; the materials the chicks have
gathered to meet these demands are
diverse. The chick in ten weeks shows
a gain of 1,500 per cent., and duck-
_
✓_._....
sings may add from 50- to 1'00' per
cent. to their weight weekly.
This growth is not merely of flesh,
fat or soft tissue, for the extensive,
strong, bony framework must . be
!formed with equal rapidity. Ten per
!Fent. of the body of an average fowl
I is made up of mineral bone elements
OT "as 1"; and the percentage must be
much greater in lean, immature birds.
Hence you will see that grain is
;not enough for chicks. The ordinary
grains will hot supply this ash in the
proportion needed. Corn contains only
1r.I per cent. of ash; wheat less than
12 per cent.; wheat screenings or oats,
'3 per cent; iniddlings, 3 1-3 per cent;
and bran (the richest in this element
of grains) carriesless than 6 per
cent.
To obtain the needed amount o f ash
we must either force the fowl to oat
large quantities of food, or some foods
richer in mineral elements than grains
must be provided. If the bone -making
material is not abundant, the bones
of the bird will- be large, soft and
weak, resulting in lameness or de-
formity; or the bird will snake slow
and unsatisfactory growth.
Experiments made at the New York
Station show plainly the need of
plenty of ash for growing fowls, These
Mete indicate that tiny chicks can
make good use of such uncommon ele-
ments as sand and rock phosphate.
Those elements, however, can be more.
{ easily obtained, in better combination
and in more paltable form in mater-
ials already recommended by our most
successful feeders—fine raw or cooked
bone. Every grower of chicks should
use constantly some animal meal,
green vegetables, clover or alfalfa,
and good,. clean grit.
Weaklings should be removed from
the flock whenever found. Very little
is gained in trying to save them, for
they seldom become vigorous. They
I are an easy prey for parasites and
readily contract disease.
Rigid selection for vigor should be
practiced throughout the life of the
chicks, so that no weak or undesirable'
specimens will find their way to the
breeding -pen. Weak chicks grow into
poor breeders.
Early roosting should be encour-
aged, along with plenty of exercise.
Roosts should be placed not more than
a foot above the floor when the chicks
are about a month old. Early roost-
ing will prevent crowding, overheat-
ing and smothering at night.
Cockerels should be separated from
pullets about the time the cockerels.
begin nagging. This gives both lots.
more room and the cockerels may be
fed more heavily. When possible,
chicks should he grouped according
to age. Above all, the coops and
houses must be kept clean and well
disinfected, for no chicks will thrive
if tormented by vermin.
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The
British EE� �y a Exhibition
The Experimental Farms Branch of
the Dominion Department of .'.Nricul-
ture will be represented at the British
Empire Exhibition by a model Experi-
mental farm surrounded by typical
scenic work. The space occupied will
be 40 by 60 feet. The model will be to
scale, and complete as to buildings,
fences, roads, shelter belts, rotation
fickle, experimental plots, live stock,
and horticultural sections. .A display
will be made of sheaves of grains,
forage crops, fruits, etc., originated,
improved or introduced by the Branch.
Transparencies, pictorial and other-
wise, will give further information as
to the services rendered, and a book-
let will be distributed for the informa-
tion of prospective settlers and others.
The exhibit to be made by the Do-
minion Live Stock Branch will occupy
a space of 128 feet long by eight feet
deep. Canadian bacon will be featur-
ed in an attractive manner in co-
operation with the Canadian Packers,
who will keep the exhibit suppliers
with this commodity.
The 'stocker and feeder business
will be presented by means of scenes
showing (1) Cattle an Canadian sum-
mer pastures; (2) Cattle on the west-;
ern range in winter, and (4) flan -1
adian cattle after their transfer to.
British. pastures,
, Displays will be made of Canadian
poultry, eggs and wool. Canadian
egg standards will be depicted, as well
as the Canadian system of recording
the performance of poultry. The wool
and textile exhibit will include an ex -1
'hibit of wool from the Prince of.
Wales' ranch in the Province of 1
Al-
- berta.. Numerous transparencies will
illustrate. Canadian farm scenes and
typical specimens of live stock.
The Seed Branch of the Department'
Af Agriculture has collected an exhibit'
of seed from commercial sources and
plant breeders to exhibit at the Brit -I
ish `Empire Exhibition for .the par-'
pose ;of showing this branch of Can-:
adian industry and stimulating trade
in the export of hardy, northern
grown seed within the Empire and to
Northern European conntr:•ies.
There .have been secured fpr this
exhibit the prize winning sanipics
:from national and international seed
shows . including the championship
wheat, oats and peas at the Chicago
lnternetional, which were all Can-
adian -grown exhibits, The plant
breeders have supplied samples of
Elite stock seed representing the main
kinds and varieties originated by
them and those in process of improve-
ment. From commercial sources, in-
cluding the Canadian wholesale seed
trade, larger exhibits have been secur-
ed showing high grades of cereal
grains, alsike and other clovers, grass-
es, peas, beans and corn, representa-
tive of the qualities of this season's
crop, and available for export in car
lots.
Some 3,000 boxes of apples have
been collected by the Fruit Branch to
represent Canadian fruit at the exhi-
bitiorr. The display will be telt up
and maintained by the Exhibition
Branch of the Department of Trade
and Commerce.
Hatching With the Incubator.
When using an incubator for the
first time, one is fortunate if a high
percentage hatch is secured, as ex-
perience is needed to be able to follow
even the clearest directions in work of
this sort. Exhibition Circular No. 2
of the Experimental Farms, recom-
mends a well ventilated cellar with a
fairly even temperature, as a good
location for the machine. In any case,
fresh air is necessary, but draughts
should be avoided. It is also import-
ant, if one has not a suitable collar,
that the machine should stand on a
floor that does not vibrate when walk-
ed upon. To get satisfactory results
it is neccssary,to have the conditions
right in relation to heat, moisture,
cooling, turning, and testing. The
Circular to which reference is made,
"Artificial Incubation," is obtainable
from the Publications Branch, and
deals with these poiuls,-and shows by
Illustrations and contrast pictures,
suitable and unsuitable types of eggs
for hatching. An essential point
brought out is that the eggs for hatch-
ing should be secured from vigorous
I well bred stock. With such eggs a
, modern incubator; should be depended
`upon, if properly handled, to yield a
' good proportion of 'chicks from the
eggs entrusted to IL.
The radical is usually the man who
likes to blame somebody else Tar his
own nnist*altee.
To garden' lovers. this flower makes
a strong appeal. To -clay it is held in
rlr higher esteem t
twenty-five or thirty years ago, due in
no small degree to the introduction of
varieties that are far more attractive
than the old blue flag and other'niedi-
ocre kinds in grandmother's garden.
I It is just as easy to grow a good
iris as an ordinary one, so we should
harden our hearts and dismiss with a
blessing some of the older varieties
that have ,done good service in the
, past but are now far eclipsed.
The tall, bearded irises, to which
this article refers, are among the most
satisfactory of garden plants. First,
Ithe iris is a plant of unusual.distinc-
tion both as regards flower and foli-
i age. It flowers abundantly, and in all
hues and tones of lavender, mauve
and purple. Then there are white,
cream, pale yellow, deep yellow, and
combinations of these.
Second: The irises of this type are
entirely hardy, need no winter pro-
tection, and increase rapidly. This
iris is not exacting as to soil or loca-
tion. It will thrive anywhere but in
sour, wet, low-lying, shady spots. It
responds best, however, on the upper
level, where drainage is sharp, and
on soil of light to medium texture.
Where well grown, it is not likely to
hp seriously affected either by disease
or insects.. - .
That these are strong qualifications,
all will admit, and justify our advo-
cating a, more general use in garden
planting.
The best time to plant the iris is
either in the early spring or in the
month of August. .If it is simply a
question of dividing old clumps, or if
the $ource of supply of -new plants is.
near at hand, planting may be under-
taken at any time after the flowering
season is over.
Ito' planting, the rhizomes "should be
set near the surface. The fibrous
roots attae,hed to the rhizome should,
extend down into the soil on all sides.,
A good practice is to mound up the
soil in the centre of the hole and set
the rhizomes on this,.
The iris may be given a place in
any perennial border, whether long or
short, wide or narrow. If the space
will, permit, it is a good plan to plant
medium sized divisions: of one variety
two feet apart in groups of three to
five plants. Repeatedat regular in-
tervals in a long border, the plants.
form accent points or centres of at-
traction because of their marked di-
vergence from other types. A fine
effect is often produced by planting
with a 1 ackground of flowering shrubs
such as lilac and spires. The well-
known variety pallida Dafetatica, a
clear lavender with flower stems four
feet high, bearing from three to five
gigantic flowers, combined with the
wisteria vine or the apricot -flowered
Oriental poppy, Mrs. Perry, will pro-
duce a color combination worth a long
trip to see. -The, Ontario Horticultur-
al Association,
One Hour's Carelessness.
"I don't think much of these colony
brooders," said Careless John, yawn-
ing wearily. "I tried them outlast
summer and it didn't. seem to me that
they saved any work to speak of. Just
kept ire running down to the corn-
field seeing if things were all right.:
And, at the end of the season, I didn't;
have any more chickens that I had,
when I let the hens take care of 'ems"'
The county representative had been)
trying to impress on John's mind the
importance of brooders, and the profit-
in poultry. ' But John was not inter -I
ested. First of all, he didn't like- the;
bother of so many hens all sunnmerj
with their broods of little chicks, ands
when the agent had suggested the use,
of the colony -house system, John said
the colony house was a joke; he `knew
all about them" because he had failed}
to make them go, and according to his
logic, anything that wouldn't work
itself into money for him, wasn't]
Ile yawned again
"worth its salt"
and stretched hisl
s�
arms slowly. "Why, I had two -of;
themcolony houses last year, neighb'or,i
and put them down in the corn -field,
just as the Agricultural College fellow
told me. Well, the chicks, 300 to each
house, were four weeks old when I
moved them down there, along about'
the first of May.
"They got along' fine for a few days,;
and then a cold night came along, just
as sudden as lightning. The .next
morning when I went down there, I
found that all the chicks had crowded
into one of the colony -house brooders.
I thought a weasel had been busy
when I first went in.
"There was a big pile of dead chicks
.A lot were standin' around humped up.
and wet as the dickens. I reckon they
just sweat themselves to death that
night. Anyhow, there ware only about
150 chicks left out of the 600. So,.
you can't talk colony houses to me,'
neighbor!"
The county representative tried to
explain to John that the trouble was
not due to the colony houses, but to
the fact that the chicks had all stamp-
edea into one house and smothered
themselves to death later in the night.
Six hundred chicks will generate n
tremendous amount of heat when
crowded into one little colony house.
Had Careless John taken the trouble
to move his colony houses some dis-
tance apart, he would not have lost
his chicks. It is ben sense for all to.
crowd into the smaller of two brood-
ers, if two are placed close together.
Fowls do not roost by themselves, un-
less separated and trained to do so.
They all flock together in the smaller
brooder, every time. If Careless John
had gone down to the Corn -field that
cold May night, he would have saved
his flock even then, but Jehn wanted
to sit down that evening and enjoy
himself. His hour's rest cost him a
season's profits.
Some Recommended Roses.
There arc wide differences with re=
gard to the susceptibility to disease
between the various modern roses.
Bulletin 85 of the Experimental
Farms, entitled "hardy Roses,"
names twenty varieties of hybrid teas
that are regarded as fairly rosistent
to black spot and mildew. Five' of
these are Avoca, red; Dean Hole,
pink; Etoiie de France, red; Mrs.
Harold 11rocklebank, cream; Lady
Ursula, pink. In the climbing varie-
ties American Pillar is resistant, and
Excclsa might take the place of the
old Crimson Rambler which is a Sus-
ceptible variety. Good pinks are Dor-
othy Perkins end Tausendschon.
The difference betwesa men " anti
motors is that usually motors knock
when they go uphill while men goirer-
ally knock when they are going down
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ISSUE No, 16—'24.
Depth to Plant Potatoes.
Tho depth at which potato sets are
planted has a marked influence on the
yield. Shallow planting has been
found by test at the Experimental
Farms, Ottawa, to give much better
results than deep planting. In loose,
sandy soil at Ottawa, the most econ-
omical depth has been shown to be
from four to five inches. At this depth
the seed is not disturbed at harrowing
the crop soon after planting, to des-
troy weeds and conserve moisture. On
very light soils liable to dry out a
little deeper planting is better.
For the early crop, shallow planting
Inas an advantage, because the warm
surface soil is favorable " to quick
growth. Seed planted only one inch
deep gave best results, but is not to
be recommended for field culture,
An experiment was conducted for
sevne years in planting potatoes at
different depths in rows two and a
half feet apart, the sets being placed
twelve inches apart in the rows. The
sets had at least three eyes each. The
soil was sandy, and level cultivation
was used in the experiment. When'
the sets were planted less than four
inches deep, nearly all of the crop was'
found between that depth and the sur
face of the soil. The best results':
were obtained with planting one inch'
deep and the poorest at eight inches.'
The yields were as follows: one inch,
466 bushels to the acre; two inches,
381; three inches, h s, '105;. four inches,
394; five inches 387; six inches, 377;
seven inches, 307; eight inches, 284.
The shallow planted seed was given
slightly more covering. -
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Sprouting Oats in the 'Runs. :
This spring and summer, trials will i
be made in sprouting oats in the runs
so that there may be a constant sup-'
r
ply of green food available. For this
purpose frames are made out of 2x4-'
inch scantling, and over the top one-'
inch wire netting is tacked, which pre-'
vents the fowls from grazing the oats'
too closely and also from scratching
out the mote. These frames are made
of a length convenient to be handled.]
The ground is first dug up and
manurecl, and the oats planted. From
time to time the frames canbe remov
ed to new sections of the runs, and a'
new supply grown while the hens are
finishing up the roots of the old one.
p a e, set,, p p,,, ur u, a n h u U m.
Soaking tlees the
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JUST by soaking the clothes in the suds
gently this is gent y loosened
and dissolved.
Even the dirt that is ground in at neck-
bands and cuff -edges yields to, a light
rubbing with dry Rinso, Not a thread
is weakened. The mild Rinso suds work
thoroughly through and through the
clothes without injury to a single fabric.
Rinso is made by the makers of Lux. For the family
wash it is as wonderful as Lux is for fine things.
All grocers and department stores -sell Rinso.
LEVER BROTHERS LIMITED, TORONTO
R-4-24
How Cracked Eggs May Be
Hatched.
I often send away for fine eggs for
hatching, paying a'. goad price for
them. In spite ofthe fact that they
are carefully packed, when they reach
me some of them will be cracked. For
a time my lose in this way was heavy,
until I decided upon this plan to save
them:
I examine each cracked egg care-
fully to see whether the skin under
the sholl is broken. Ifit is, the egg
is worthless, but if the skin is un-
broken I cover the crack with a thin
coating of glue, and allow it to dry be-
fore placing the egg in the incubator.
I find that an egg treated in this
way will hatch as well as one not
cracked. I have hatched eggs having
spider -web Cracks as large as a quar-
ter—in several instances when the
shell was slightly dented in by thr
clack—by treating them with glue be-
forehand. For a number of years I
have not lost a fertile egg on account
of a crack, unless the skin under it
was broken, or the crack covered more
than half the egg.—M. J. Atkinson.
infections, but the hot water' also re-
duces the germination. Plump and
healthy seed stand the • -treatment
much better than poor seed and there
is no doubt that the advantages gain-
ed in freeing the. seed frpm the dis-
ease overbalances the reduced germ-
ination.
HOGS
We are just glad that hogs like
water—fresh, clean, pure Later-- in
abundance. If they did riot like water,
they might then be demanding a sub-
stitute -that is mare costly to provide.
.The good hog man sees that every
hog on his premises has every ounce
of this liquid elixir of life that is
needed. Ile does not stint where the
cost is so little and the results are
so certain.
The pig drinks more pounds than he
eats. Piggies' all important body
when very young may carry as high
as 80 per cent. of water, and from
this down to as, low as 35 per cent.
when ho is well fitted for the shambles.
See, therefore, that he has plenty of
plenty of liquid refreshments that are
not too cold inwinter, nor too hot in
summer.
Hot Water Bath. Raw linseed oil, applied once or
twice daily, removes warts or corns in
Hot water is a good medicine far a few clays. With it we removed warts
sick cabbages as determined by college from a cow's teats, a patch of warts
pathologists, who have discovered a from a cow's nose, warts from our
new cure for black leg, an infectious hands; a corn from the end of my
disease which has caused a loss of finger, and those terribly painful
thousands of dollars to cabbage Piro- "soft" corns between toes. It is good
tucers., for chapped hands and burns. To
The corrosive sublimate treatment prevent staining clothing, wrap parts
which has been used for black rot and to which it is applied.—L. L. L.
recommended for black leg is not al- ,
together satis.Cac any so Ch,e, exports Legume ha tanks a or.dairy pro -
say. Now they have So , that seed u is fed toythe Sow will makehe
immersed for thirty minutesi tier 'd• c
y ring crop strong"and increase the -per-
kept at 122 degrees is free from.both ceieteage. of those maturing.
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QUEBEC'S MAPLE
' PRODUCTS
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Quebec is instituting a- vigorous
'campaign at the `present rtimo' to in
crease the -province's output of maple
products, and it is an, effort which
should"have the widest support. The
maple products industry is. peculiarly
a Quebec • agricultural.`activity bound
up in a very intimate manner with the
history, the romance and the progress
of rural Quebec. The industry be-
longs, in an especial manner, to the
old French province, since it has al-
ways been nurtured there and arrived
at a greater .and more progressive
state oe de'vel'opment than elsewhere
on the limited area of the Amerioan
continent adapted to the pursuit. The
annual production of Canada is about
equal to that of the United States, and.
of the Canadian production eighty-five
per cent, is attributable to the Prov-
ince of Quebec, which gives to this
area a supremacy in this regard.
It is only ofcomparatively recent
'years that really serious attention has
been paid to the production of maple
products as a profitable and econ-
omic industry in Quebec. Under gov-
ernment encouragement and a system
of educational campaigns in the coun-
try districts, old and obsolete methods
of collection and manufacture have
been abolished, resulting in a better
and greater production and the plac-
ing of the industry on a staple and
firm footing, Yet the era of the
maple tree as a commercial factor has
barely commenced and more and
greater, things are expected of it in
the future.;
STATISTIC$ OF PRODUCTION.
The first• statistics of maple sugar
production in Canada go back to 1861.
Between that date and 1861 the an-
nual production ranged around 18,-
500,000
8;500,000 pounds; from 1861 to 1871
production increased to an average of
about 17,500,000 pounds; from 1871 to
1881 the average was 19,000,000
pounds; and from 1881 to 1890, 22,-
600,000 pounds. After that date there
was a decline, the year 1901 recording
21,200,000 pounds, and ten years later,
in 1911, the production being 20,-
600,000 pounds.
The war had the effect of increasing
the output of maple sugar enormously.
Probably for the first tine this deli-
cacy was carried overseas to any ex-
tent, and it resulted in an extraordi-
nary demand -with high prices. This
resulted in a stimulation of output
which was felt for some time after-
ward, the production in 1920, for in-
stance, exceeding 31,000,000 pounds.
These figures refer to the whole of
Canada.
Since the war, when the possibilities ,
of developing a profitable export trade
were first evidenced, the Quebec Gov-
ernment has devoted considerable at-
rention to the modernization and gen-
eral promotion of the industry. The
Pure Maple Sugar 3; Syrup Co-oper-
ative Agricultural Society exists for
the protection of the industry and the
assistance of those engaged in it.
There is also an Act. of Parliament
whieh males it an offence e co t 0 offer for
sale any food under the name "maple"
which is: not a pure product of the
maple tree.
A laboratory and inspectors, pro-
vided by the Government, are at the
service of manufacturers for the ex-
amination and inspection of maple
products, and it is now practicallyim-
possible-to export foodstuffs in this
line which do not come up to legal
requirements. The province has sev-
eral inspectors who devotetheir time
to visiting the sugar farms and assist-
ing the farmers in every possible way
with expert advice. Demonstrations
are held': annually throughout the
areas of the 'industry.'
A REAL PROVINCIAL ASSST.
The result of this has been that the
maple sugar industry is on its way to
becoming a real provincial asset and a
profitable supplementary source of
revenue to the farmer with a grove of
maple trees. The production of the
Province of Quebec in 1923 was 1,250;-
850
,250;250 gallons of maple syrup and 8,215,-
475
,215,475 pounds of 'maple sugar, which, as
one gallon of syrup will make ten
pounds of sugar, is equal to a siege]:
production of 20,717,975 pounds.
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‘eSince. 1919 Canada's exports of
maple products have been as follows:
Maple syrup, 1919, 6,950 ,ga:lons
worth 12,202; 1920, 9,270 gallons
worth $269 ; 1921,1,254 gallons
worth $31,7[,x,• 1922 3,659 gallons
worth $9,152; a, 1923,'5,885 gallons
worth $11,954. 14I le sugar, 1919,
4,703,366 pounds wo $1062,895;
1920, 4,005,124 pounds woi'ttr 51121, -.-
957; 1021, 7,999,238 pounds evert)I --
962,258; 1922, 2,092,715 pounds worth
$164,389; and 1928, 2,738,2.27 pounds'
worth $874,457. The total value .of
maple products exports for the five
years was respectively: 1119, $1,075,-
097; 1920, 41,142,626; 1921, X1,951.1,-
025; 1922, $173,541; and 17'„',
$386,411.
The combined factors of all iiupro-
pitious "season, low prices ancl a de
clraing interest in the overseas mar-
ket, have caused the falling ort in the
volume of erpm ks in the past two
years. A pinnacle both in volume 01111
value was leached in 1921, and can be
iltteined again, which is the effo t of
the Quebec Cionernment. m;tl< ,
in fact, away and beyondIts tlni�, :fiisr
though there are 60,000 farmers ci-
gaged in the, manufacture of maple
products in Quebec it is estimated not
our half of the available eugar rrnplee
are made productive.
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