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13y Agronomist,
This Department Is for the use of our farm readers who want the advice
of an expert on any question regarding soil, seed, crops; etc. .If your question
la of sufficient enerel Interest, It will he answered through this column, if
stamped and addressed envelope Is enclosed with your letter, a comPlete
answer will be mailed to you. Address.Agronomist, care -of Wilson polishing
co„ Ltd„ 73 Adelaide St. W., Toronto,
Growing Carrots, Beets, and Spinach.
For some unexplained reason the
carrot does not seem to be as much,
of a home garden vegetable as some
others which have not so mach food
value and are not as toothsome or en-
joyable 111 as many ways, I have no-
ticed this to be the case fn many parts
of the country, and yet it is very ex-
tensively grown by market gardeners
and must le eaten by maty in the
cities,
To get a well -grown carrot special
attention must be given to the soil,
which should be light in texture, very
fertile, deep and warm. "
Tho carrot has a long growing sea-
son. The early ones may bo sown
now and others successively through'
the months of May, June and the first
half of July in such quantities as will
give a summer supply from the first
plantings, and from the later ones
what le desired for winter.
Cover the seeds thinly with fine
y soil, and to make sure of a good con-
tact between it and the seeds tread
along the row to make it firm, es-
pecially when planting the late ones,
when the soil may be somewhat dry.
Keep watered enough to maintain an
even moisture, which will hasten ger-
mination and insure a more even crop.
The carrot should be grown quickly
to insure freedom from toughness of
the centre.,
Culture of the Beet
The beet should have a soil mode
of fibrous loam, well drained and well
enriched with good rotted manure. It
is one of the crops which should have
a quick and atninterrupted growth to
insure tenderness, and this can best
be had in such a soil.
An ordinary garden oil which may
have a clay base may be made better
for beets by being dug deeply, chop-
ped fine, worked into condition with
the rake, and have a heavy dressing Luring size of the variety grown.
of rbtted manure dug into the trench. Another good greens and salad
If feasible to do so, heavy soils may
be lightened by the addition of sharp plant is the upland crass, which is also
P sand applied when the soil has been a. strange, to more gardens than it
dug and worked in with the rake. should be, as it makes a most appetfz- eggs, wheat, potatoes, apples, and
The first early beets are raised from ing salad and grqens, when used as others, are the fuels of the human ma -
plants grown under glass and set out spinach 1e. Should be sown in rich chine. They burn within it and pro -
at this time. These plants are not moist soil and have free cultivation, vide it with the power to walk, run,
expensive, and several dozens will be Sow it thickly in dins, six inches or to take long tramps as soldiers
Constipation causes much suffering
and loss among horses fed principally
on timothy hay and corn, A little
oilmeal, some alfalfa or a little clean
when alternate ones may be removed. allege daily, or a tablespoonful of
and used as beet ,greens, or sauee, Epsom salts every day or two in the
tops and all. This is a great delicacy
when properly cooked and dressed
with butter and seasoning. ,
From the time the beets come
through the soil (sooner 5.1 the weeds.
gat the start of them) give thorough
and clean cultivation, Break the
crust which forms after all rains and
keep up the trust mulch.
The best stimulant for the early
beet is nitrate of soda, at the rate of
100 pounds an acee, which works out
for the small garden in 'the propor-
tion of one-third of an ounce to a yard Now that everyone is interested nr
square of soil. It is applied by dis-1 food conservation and is ready and
solving in water in the proportion of willing to do his bit in the, way of sav-
a gallon. of water to an ounce of the ing, the educational opportunities of
nitrate of soda, and 'watering along
the rows and not'all over the beds.
Spine Edible Greens
feed, will regulate the workings of the r ':
intestines.
' The tendency ofmaros to fatten as
pregnancy advances during the Winter
meet be guarded, else the mares may
become so Sat as to interfere with the
development of the foal, Abortion
may rwlult from failure to guard
against this condition,
Good grain rations for colts the first
winter are: Two parts corn, five parts
oats, three parts bran, and one part
oilmeal; or four parts oats, one part
corn and one part'bran,
The cheapest animal to 'raise is the
sheep,
NUTRITIOUS SCHOOL LUNCHES
/
By Caroline L. Elia
The `1 lunch u 1 at school .has long been A good dish to prepare in school is
considered by thoughtful people a creamed potatoes, for it requires few
good opportunity to teach the corn- utensils, 11stove-room and time are
position of foods, the principles of limited, the pupils soh bring cold boil-
nutt'itioe and the "'best and safest ed potatoes in their 'lunch boxes and
ways of handling and preparing foods. the white sauce can be prepared at
school,
This dish offers a good means of
bringing a little milk into the school
lunch and gives the teacher a chance
to show that other fats than butter
can be used in cooking. Any whole-
some fat—beef drippings, chicken, or
bacon fat, can be used and skim milk
can be used in place of whole milk.
Like potato salad, creamed pota-
toes can be varied by combining the
potatoes with other vegetables—peas,
beans, carrots, turnips, and so forth.
Curry powder gives variety and is
not unwholesome if used in very small
amounts. -
Foremost among edible greens is the
the school lunch are increased many
'fold,
This is particularly true in cases
where part of the lunch is prepared at
school either in connection with the
spinach. This is one of the most import- course in Home Economies or other -
ant crops of both the commercial and wise
home gardeners, yet it isnot always as To begin with the school lunch can
choice as it can be Made to be by be made a means of teaching one of
the simplest and least complicated
facts about foods—their' fuel values.
Every child knows the difference be -
proper culture. By some it is regard-
ed almost as a spring medicine, hav-
ing a diuretic effect. When properly
cooked and served it is both nourish-
tween a good fuel and a. poor fuel.
lug
and appetizing, He knows that green wood does not
Spinach is am early summer and fall burn well because it contains much
vegetable, being not up to quality in water which must be driven off before
Curried Vegetables
3 cups cold boiled potatoes cut into
dice 1 cup peas carrots, turnips, or
other cooked vegetables, 1 sliced
onion M. cup fat, IA cup flour, 2 cups
mills, whole or skim, 14 level teaspoon
curt powder, t eve teaspoon sa,!
Cools the onion in the fat, being care-
ful not to brown it. Take out the
ettliziers Pay Better Thar) Ever
Bigger crops cannot be raif;4ed by inez'ea, ing :urease;
Shortage of 1aboi makes that. intaosaibla. Grow bigger
crops without increased .ANU,`:LA.i3OIt or STIED by using
i�, f. `il °'r 161• i Ems'
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Don't depend upon barn-yard.mannre alone. Manure is valuable,
but insufficient, It helps maintain fertility—returns part of the plant
foods your crops extract, Additional supplies of plant food (Fertilizer)
must be added to your soil to grow more on your PRESENT acreage.
gxperlmeats have shown that the Nitrogen in only 100 lbs, of 2-8 2
fertilizer produced as much as the Nitrogen in a TON of manure.
A bushel of cern or wheat will buy more fertilizer now than before
the war. Fertilizers have:advanced in price less than other cornrno-
fikdes, They PaY better than ever, Write for nearest agent's addreee
or ask, for agency yourself. y p� a�
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WEST TORONTO
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GOOD HEALTH QUESTION BOX
By Andrew F.
midsummer, as it will not stand the Currier, M. D.
U tib. t f the wood can a Signed lettere pertaining to Health: If your
the combustible a par s o Dr. Currier wilt answer a c
excessive heat and dryness of our be used. question Is of general Interest It Will be answered through these columns;
northern climate,
He knows that a piece of hard coal 9 'personally, if stamped, addressed. envelope is en-
'when
For spinach t the ground cannot, he i off more heat when y p d /a level It if not it will be answered 'p
of given size gives closed. Dr, Currier will not prescribe for individual cases or make diagnoses.
too rich: It will give best results it burns than a piece of soft wood of Address Dr. Andrew F. Currier, sari of Wilson individual
Publaseing Co., 73 Adelaide es.
1 light d The h the d is West Toronto.
the'i is,thedelicate tl coat onion V Verne I Among thane ,
w ten 1g an porous, ttie er the same size even when a woo n' and add the flora•. Cook two
sol more and sic- dry. If burned in an engine the co Varicose are clerks bookkeep-
silent the leaves will be and the finer or three minutes. Add the milk and ars, house -servants and others who marked with tears and regret, Do you
the flavor.• will produce more power and do cook till the mixture thickens, Add When a bunch of veins which have have little active, muscular work. think it is quite fair to ask so much
It is best when plantingspinach
more work. It may be said, there- the vegetables and the seasonings bean inflamed and swollen break down and give so little?"
fore to have 111050 energy or more and become a running sore, it is a! Women tvho wear tight garters ee �'
to dropthe seeds rather thick. toand`reheat. lift heavy burdens often get varicose As Grandmother Ellis talked, a
Y power r, eve up within it,peace, a rule, Savor stews ,fn which the flavor varicose ulcer.
insure a good stand, the surplus toi he however, even in times of it is y Varicose veins are simply enlarged,, veins, also sufferers from obstructed flush had risen to Vivian's face; but
inches apart, according to afterward thinned out to six_e ma -to eight thought much mors economical to di circulation in any internal organs, plenty of sense lay behind her
use wood near the place where' it is veins. Bear in mind also that inflamma- beauty. She drew a long breath.
grown and to carry coal which is far g They may eat cause tion or abscess of the veins is always Icerely. you, Mrs. Ellis, she said
less bulky to distant places where g trouble o1 they a possible consequence and the result sincerely. "I have never thought
fuel is needed, , may be painful, serious, or even den- the thing out before. You have
Foods of various kinds, milk, meat,
are acceptable dishes on cold clays at d thedisease 1 sown as gerous to life,
1 1 In the minor g fit Uy
PREPAREDNESS.
tl aszil....12?�•:r. C:Y '1:2%111 iitic�it . r.
"What kind of zman arse you gbfng
to marry ?" asked earnest, dark.
haired Margaret Ellis:
Iter friend, Vivian, raised her
golden head. "I want the than 1
, harry to he 'entertaining, to be high
in -his pxofeaeion; to have money, o1'
the hope of getting it --the kind of
man that everyone is anxious to
know, That kind could make me
happy, Just any man wpuldn't do,
I couldn't marry just any man."
Grandmother Ellis looked up from
her crochet. A quizzical look crept
into her eyes as they rested on
Vivian's attractive face, Then ehe
folded her capable hands in her lap
and said:
"Can you cook, Vivian?"
"Why, yes, a little. I can stake
mayonnaise, cake, and ---and fudge,"
she answered, looking puzzled over
the seeming irrelevancy of the ques-
tion.
"Can you sew?"
"No; but I can embroider."
"I see. Of. course you can keep.
house?"
"No, Mrs. Ellis; I cannot. The
maid does that at our house."
"I see, I see," mused grandmother,
She gazed out of the window for a
minute, and when she looked back
her eyes were very kind.
"Yet, my dear, you expect to marry.
some one who has used his time well.
in making a successful man of him-
self. IIe must be so well-trained
that he will make no mistakes that
might cause you discomfort or un-
happiness. He must stand the
strain of the long days, and the re-
sponsibility, not only of his work, but
of his own family—and. then be en-
tertaining. I wonder often whether
women realize just, what that means.
You, on the contrary, know nothing
of your business of being a wife,
You enter on the biggest job in life
without training. You , will learn
in time, perhaps; but at the expense
of his comfort and of your own. The
petted -doll way of home -making Is
of a little carefully browned meat and
of onion or, other highly flavored
vegetables is extended, through a
large amount of potatoes are too well
known to be described here. They
dilated and sometimes thickene
verymuch
maybecome inflamed
'and give rise to all the symptoms
sufficient for the ordinary Home gar- apart, to force leaf'.growth. Fre-
den. When buying them be sure quently small sowings are best, as it
that the slender taproot is not .broken
off, which is sometimes the case when The Wholesome Endive •
often have to. Some are bulky and
some are concentrated fuels and it
the concentrated fuels that we are
save for transportation as
veniently e made into out the lower ex -
far as possible, others andmost people feelaggriev-
are nbt carefully lifted from the part at least tremities, but may extend to the ex -
flats, or rudest seed bed.,An interesting classdomes, especially when ' ula-
The main -crop early beets sown out- greene plant there are few the equal made by asking pupils to pick out 'of their cereal food in this form of tion in the veins of the abdomen is
doors should be planted' where they of the endive, and it is one of the from. lists of foods those which pro- bread. They are willing to oat some the pres-
are to manure. It is customary to most wholesome of them all. For
vide the greatest amount of fuel or in the form of breakfast foods but' sure ed, for example, by
late use make sowin 's in June in the l not all. The time has come, info -I sure of. an abdominal tumor or a Be-
set them around the edges of the beds, seed bed or .out of tic way place, and energy per are :1051 I veloping child in the later months of
as well as in the beds themselves. They when three inches high transplant into There many ways in which, unately, when if everybody every -make a good edging for the beds of potatoes can. be used in the school j where is to have bread every dav, we pregnancy:
ca a poorly supported by the voted at least six inche
almost all vegetables, and this makes the garden beds removed)
to some early lunch—potato salad can be carried in in Canada,must economize' on this
crop has been removed) a foot apart I tissues surrounding them, their walls Should actual inflammation occur,
for economy of space. The practiceevery way, Keep growing all sum- the lunch basket. This is easy do great breadmttking cereal, wheat. I are thinner and less resilient than rest in bed is imperative with eleva-
mer by regular wateringand 111 su u- prepare, for salad dressing can al-, The reason why wheat can be made those of the arteries, and the venous than of the foot and the constant use
ways be kept on hand and extra p0- I Into breach more easily than other circulation always has to work up hili,
ons cultivation, ,and when mature ]n Moes can be cooked when dinner is cereals is because it contains gluten., of antisepticdpurans.
the fall blanch by tying up heads hi against gravity. Should suppuration occur, the abs -
waterproof small paper bags, when prepared, IA good class exercise consists in: For a partial safeguard they have cess must be freely opened and drain -
are dry. Ifdone when theyare Creat variety can be secured in mashing the gluten out of wheat valves at short intervals to prevent ed
they y potato salad by varying the flavoring• flour, Directions for doing this can back-flow of the blood, this tendency
wet the heads will rot, They can be material. Almost any vegetable be found in any ood text book on The disease is a surgical one and it
taken up, root and all, and stored ing being great in those, having weak is very_important that it should be
can be combined with the potatoes. foods. This might be followed by an hearts, weak or flabby tissues and treated by one who understands its
a dry, coo] cellar'hnd kept several The egg -yolk and skim milk dress -i effort to find gluten in rice, corn flour wino stand all day at their work: uinderlying principles.
months. ing mentioned here offers a very good or in flour made from other cereals,I Ili such people the veins gradually
It would seem hardly worth while way to use egg yolks which are good It will be a failure of course but itt get dilated, the valves knotted. Some- QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
to advise persons to plant dandelion, food for children.,' will bo enlightening,thick,
trines these veins get hard and W. K. Jr.—Is here any cure or ye-
as this so-called weed is so widely dis-paths lief that you know of 1or asthma?
ttibuted as a pest, fret few persons Egg Yolk and Skim Milk Salad Dress-• Many 'ways of using other cereals and the circulation makes new with both feet beside his smiling face.
have any idea as to the great super- ing 1 so as to reduce the amount of wheat for itself, like a brook whose channel . Answer—There are many ways of That is even celde than doing what
iorityof the cultivated sorts over the ee tablespoonful salt, 1 tablespoon- bread needed will occur to mother and is obstructed. Or the pressure of relieving this annoying trouble, 1Tiha espevend funnier him, If there area
common wild dandelion when used fill sugar, i cup vinegar, iJz tea -.1 teacher. Boiled rice can easily be the struggling Blood -current forces the. though the only way that i know of j enough children, you can divide them
either its a cold salad or as boiled spoonful mustard, 1% cups of egg: carried in the lunch basket or pre-; blood serum into the surrounding tis-' to cure it is to change one's residence into two companies and ]et each group
teens with -a our dressing. yolks and skim milk S.4 to 8 yolks, the; pared at school. When eaten with sues, making them thick and hard un -to an elevation of at least 2,000 feet• j have an opportunity to be now audi-
grest milk). Rub together the dry; milk, syrup, honey or stewed dried til a slight injury or even continued Cigarettes of cubebs, rolled in nitrate. encs and now singers.
ingredients so as to get the lumps out fruits, it makes a good war -time dish,' pressure results in the sluggish sore of potash paper, are often used with i
relief when one Inas an attack of
given me something that I shall pro -
So. which attend tseas degrees of this dis-
So fax we have spoken of the use phlebitis. ease there may be only moderate an ---
of potatoes as a means of saving They may be superficial or deep, noyance with a feeling of inability to '
wheat The intelligent child will be or both, and when they ae deep it is bear the customary task The TopsyTurvy Concert
1 thediagnosis 1
likely to ask why wheat should be not easy to make But eaten such cases ,must receive The mother who suddenly finds her
conserved rather than other cereals, A number of veins or only a single, attention or they will rebel and be self the centre of a group of boys and
one may be varicose, appearing as troublesome, girls who imploringly ask that old
The external support of a rubbber question, "What shall we do Clow?"
bandage, carefully wound. from toes will do well to propose a topsy-turvy
to knee is most comforting to these concert. It is always full of fun •for
sufferers. the children who take part in it for.
It should be removed and cleansed the first time.
with an antiseptic solution at night Stretch a curtain across one end' of
and re-applied the next morning. the room, low enough to that it comes
If the veins are enlarged and pain- Just below the chin of the smallest
ful, rest for a week or two, lying on child who is to sing in the concert:
a couch by day, withthe foot ele- Behind the curtain the children put
shoes and stockings on their hands
and arms. Then, with hands at their
sides, they stand and sing the first
verse of whatever s6ng is chosen.
When they begin the chorus the child-
ren drop from sight, and at the same
instant all lift their hands above their
heads while they continue to sing the
chorus. It looks to the audience as if
the young musicians were standing on
their heads, and is always a laugh-
able performance.
Perhaps some child will feege,t to
drop down with the others a;ud'win.
stand during the chorus, apparently
y g oats, cord, rice, and so forth. One dilated, knotted, bluish cards, some-
theysoon trots to seed if left staid answer is that wheat can more con -I
trying to P U t bread than the•times hard and sometimes sept. -
t l ( They are usually
I of a Lail and winter. salad and
t 1 exercise can be ed unless they can have h the enc
of making a hole with a stick and
dropping in the seeds is not a good
one, as it is difficult to provide close
contact between the seed and the soil,
something which is very necessary.
The best plan is' to sow the seeds.. in
drills one inch deep. These can be
made with the hoe, which is better
than the back of the Take, as it does
not pack the soil in the bottom of the
drill. Set the seeds an inch apart,
in order to get a.good stand, as some
may not germinate, and when they
have gained their third leaf they may
be thinned out to two inches apart in
the row.
These plants are allowed to remain
at this distance until the leaves touch,
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Girls
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Pries of all charge to any girl or young
lady 05110 will Sell 40 sets of blaster
Postcards at 10 cents a set,
The Yixtenafon Bracelet is of rolled
gold plate and alts any arm,
Seiki us your nameand we will send
You the cards, When sold. send us the
Money and we will send you the brace-
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Lessen the L-anibing Losses,
Several weeks before lambing
time, ewes are best divided into lots
according to the time their lambs are
clue. Crowding around feed boxes,
jumping over ditches, pushing through
arrow gates and rough handling
*hen trimming the feet are likely to
cause ewes to cast thole lambs.
Immediately before and during
lambing time, the herdsman neecls.to
f0 on the job night and day to lire -
ent the loss of lambs from chilling
4hd from other preventable causes. As
oon as a lamb is born the herdsman
'11 clean the mucus from, its mouth
,ped nostrils. If the lamb 'Is brought
to the ewe she will clean and dry it.
If sho refuses, a pinch of salt
Sprinkled on the Iamb will help to
&verctome hor backwardness. In an
hour or two, if the lamb is too weak
to suck, it should be helped.
Heat is rite best medicine for weals
1 Thevhe t the milk which not heal
woollen cloths wrapped atonic • to till the
s xt m a double ter
yeanliugs will put heat into their till the mixture thickens. I cane sugar. I skin eruption around the ulcer and ed by inhaling the smoke from burn -
woollen
if the shod is cold, warm of the mustard.
Add the other' nt- rice saves t a , 1 saves w 1c may
i the t and cook i 1 bl buil I meat and the honey or fruits save' There may also be eczema or other asthma. Also, belief may be attain -
there may be haemorrhage from time ing stramonium leaves. Even in -
bodies. The cloths need to be Chang-
ed as soon as they lose their heat. It
may be necessary to feed weak lambs
by hand, giving a spoonful of the
mother's milk every few hours. The
ewe and her lamb should be kept in a
pen by themselves for a few days un-
til the lamb -becomes strong•,
r....
Insecticides will surely be needed
by gardeners and fruit growers. Deal-
ers should obtain ample supplies end
have them on hand ready to meet the
demand so growers will not be kept
waiting until a good part of thein'
crops have been destroyed and grow-
ers should place their orders im-
mediately, having the geode deliver-
ed as early as possible. Plant lice
should be counted on again this year.
Be fully prepared,
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m,ese—e haling simple steam will sometimes
OUT AND FOLD ON DOTTED ,LINES 1
Vlach day, with sprinkling can and hose,
Into the garden Willie goes;
It's thoughtful care like this you know,
That Makes the lovely flowers grow.
Er.„fish Hedges To Go.
One of the pretty features of the
English landscape will undergo drastic •
to time,
Sufferers from varicose veins tire bring relief and break the spasm, changes as a result of the great agri-
silt and may be unable to do hard But the most effectual relief is found cultural programme this year. Hedge
ea ,,
work, in a change of residence.
To preserve the color in black
stockings, wash them with soap that
is free from oda, and add a teaspoon-
ful of vinegar to the last rinsing wa-
ter.
Tomato seeds may be started in
the house the middle to the last of
February for• early plants. Keep)
the plants growing slowly to snake
them low and stocky, Too much heat
will develop tall, spindling, undesir-
able plants.
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we will send you 80. packages of our
lorelp- embossed Easter nose aids to sell
at 10 cents a ra.tkftge I0 Int sly'garde Ill
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1xoll2nat-watvaEnr, neve. 39, •rast0vex0
Hogs as usual, only more so. Meat
rounding homes.
breed sows for spring pigs. Sows that y_
rows in many places will have to go
down and thousands of trees which
have wide spreading roots must be
removed to allow ploughing. It is be-
lieved by many that the result after
the war will be the adoption of the
Canadian style of landscape, with•
lawns minus fences and hedges sur -
is needed, and it is not yet too late o
t
are bred now will farrow toward the Early cabbage, lettuce and radishes'
last of Julie,—in time for the pigs to may be sown as soon as hot beds are
get the benefit of rape, soy -beans or ready.
other pasture. Late June pigs can Sponge the foliage of all broad
be made to weigh 200 pounds before leaved plants, such as palms, camel -
Christmas, if they are kept growing liar, aspidistras, rubbers, etc.
all the time, Trays which are about two or three
Satisfactory prices for hogs are ihchos deep and similar to the shallow
wooden boxes used by Canadian gar-
mediately there would still be a great
certain. Should the war cease im-
deners, called flats are filled with
demand for swine, because the coon- early potatoes by `Lnglish gardeners,.
tries abroad whose herds have been with the geed o -eye end �lp,lnese
depleted will need foundation stock are kepi inn light without heat`.
with which to Start agai1l. Immediately before planting all the
Because of their prolificacy, hogs sprouts except one are removed. The
furnish the best means of relieving tubers are then pleated from one to
the present meat shortage. Two lit- three in a pot, according to the size
ters can be produced in a year under of the pot. At Brat the poi; is only i
most conditions. Itn four years the. about half filled with earth and l9
possible increase from one sow is 1.,002, gradually filled up 50 growth pro.
hogs, This is based on the assume -1 greases. Finally holes are made in
tion that the sow produces two litters, well prepeted soil ' in the garden, to
of sit pig's each in a year, and that; which the potatoos in the pots are
half of the pigs are females, and that`transferred without disturbing the',
each gilt should farrow when one year roots, The object • is to obtain MI
old and every six months thereafter, 1 early crop of potatoes,