HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1918-08-01, Page 2By Agronomist.
Th le Department Is for the use cf our farm readers who want the advice
of an expert on any .questIon regarding sell, seed, crops, eto. If your question
la of sufficient general interest, it will be answered through this column, If
stamped and addressed envelope In encloeed with your letter, a complete
answer will be mailed to you. Address Agronomist, care of Wilson Publishing
Ltd. 73 Adelaide St. W., Toronto.
THE LITTLE ENEMIES MI NEVER SEE.
it is important that the barns and
cabtle yards be kept clean and san-
itary to prevent the spread of infecti-
ous and contagious diseases. What-
ever measores are taken should be re-
inforced by the intelligent use of
recent years coal tar products sold un-
lit -tee imeome popular disinfeetants and 41e hush "e Of ba5h, some
others with the halves affeeted. The
etlgsoolltiseoriumeteatis.o. ofTSecotni7,0 doisfht1r
affected shoots, instead of producing
fes -normal large, broad leaves, bear teevee
cheinical disinfeetants. What shall taL and 'f nutdo by an honest con500(11 Ond
-
we use? How shall we apply it? There cern can be depended upon to curled downwards, In the early
Produce lit I al col st ey
; ny new products on the mar- satisfactory re.eults. Theee prepared ebudlY this symptom is not. so pro.
dieinfeetants are cheap and effective; -4uges
are so na
der a wide variety of trade names
. -
Raspberry Leaf Curl,
In the interests of market gardeners
and small fruit eultivatoes, this note
on Raspberry Leaf Curl has been pre-
pared at the Field Leboratory in
..on min n alit .' . #.
and is issued by the Central Eeperiint'n-
. , • •
This (16,0(150 ilits been known -for
some time both undec the above. name,
as wa nndor • it e I •
berry Yellowe. Sinve the milling. of
the leaves is the most ciutetanding
feature in connection with the diseaee,
it is preferable to use the term
Raspberry Leaf Curl,
The disease affects the leaves and
shoots and is often confined to a sin -
the shoots being perfectly normal and
are geadually crowding out many of
ket thet we are likely to lose sight
of the virtues et' some of the older ma-
! terials in the maze of new prepare -
None.
Many new products are greatly
over -rated because in the hands of a
careful user exceptionelly good re-
lt Of
agents for use in dairy barns, bet °III ' whilend n ll n"1"I
occur then, the diseaec is
account of their strong. Oder they etirling may
more noticeable on account of the yel-
ehould not be used the milk room'
lowing which takes place during the
and the milk should be taken from.
the stable very Promptly after it is
drawn from the cows,
No modern disinfectant excels fresh-
summer beenuse of the unhealthy state
of the foliage. Since yellowing of the
leaves may be due to a number of
sults will be obtained. Some of the other caustes, such as wet feet, poor
older materials are diseredited because ly burned lime. According to labor- soil, drought, ete., it Is best to deter -
of being used under improper or In- atury tests freshly slaked lime pos., mine the disease unduly by the Leaf
I I value than Curl symptoms.
In the advanced stages, the canes
bear no fruit. When first. attacked,
they flower almost normally, but the
fruit is smell and dry and shrivels
up before ripening, so that little or no
fruit is ever produced from an hie
fected bush, Of the three varieties
which are commonly grown in the
Niagara district, Cuthbert, Maribor -
appropriate conditions. Almost any , ` e
substance will give good results under some of the phenol and cresol cone -
certain conditions when in reality the pounds on the market. It is import -
conditions and not the materials are ant, however, to use fresh, water-slak-
unfavorable for the development of ed lime, When slaked the lime should
the disease germs. If the substances be spread about the stable floors and
favorable as cultural mediums foe the in dark places where the sunlight sel-
disease germs are cleaned up before dom reaches. If it is desired to use
the disinfectant is applied, an errone- the lime on the side walls and ceilings,
ons impression will be obtained as to 31 (11030 he applied in the form of white -
the germicidal value of the disinfect- wash and is very effective if properly
ant in question.
applied. Use the stone lime and wa-
ter and apply while the mixture is still
Heat and sunlight are the cheapest hot. It is best applied with a spray
and most efficient agents for disin- pump. The addition of other sab-
feet,ng dairy barns and cattle yards. stances to make the material stick to
Heat may be used to clean and steri- the walls reduces the efficiency of the
lize the pails, cans, utensils and man- mixture and prevents it from filling
gers used in feeding the calves and the cracks and crevices, which are the
cows. Sunlight will destroy most dis- favorite breeding places for germ life.
ease -producing germs if it can get at Before attempting to disinfect the
them. For the cattle yards a thor- premises itis important that all loose
ough clean up will result in a fairly ef- boards, litter and pieces of organic
festive disinfectant. The efficiency matter be cleaned up so that the sub -
of the clean up will be greatly increas- stances may destroy all forms of germ
ed, hoevever, if the surface of the yard life. It is a waste of time and money
is covered with a light dressing of to disinfect a barn without giving it a
fresh burnt lime. The use of lime in thorough cleaning before applying the
the yards not only destroys millions substances. It is useless to give the
of these disease producing germs but walls, ceilings and floors an appliea-
it destroys the breeding Pines of flies tion, of any material without going
and vermin. I over the stanchions, mangers and feed
Of the various chemical disinfect alleys with some sort of disinfectant.
tants that have been favorably recom- 1 Nasal passages of infected animals
mended only a few meet the demands are usually highly infective and there-
for efficiency, economy and practica-
bility. Probably the cheapest and
most effective product at the present
time is bichloride of mercury in a dilu-
tion of one part to one thousand parts
of water. It is poisonous and should
not be used on metal stanchions and
partitions because of its corrosive ten-
dency. This proportion while very
effective on clean floors, side walls
and partitions is practically worthless
unless the organic matter is thor-
oughly removed before it is applied.
Carbolic acid occupies a foremost
position among disinfectants, but it is
far too expensive at the present time
to be used freely in the dairy barn.
When used in a five per cent, solution
it is very safe and efficient. During
fore the mangers and feeding racks
must be given special attention.
For use on the teat cups of milking
machines the spread of garget among
the COWS being milked a strong solu-
tion' of lime water gives excellent re-
sults. Other materials, such as a
salt brine, are equally effective but
have a tendency to corrode the metal
and injure the rubber on the cups.
Chemical disinfectants should not be
depended upon as a cure-all or as a
preventative of the spread of all dis-
eases of the dairy cow, but used in-
telligently they are of great value in
preventing the spread of infectious
and contagious diseases and keeping
down flies, vermin and foul odors
about the barns and cattle yards.
I 71 e .edn2
Sweet Corn and Cows.
• Sweet corn and dairying are the
twin horses on which a number of
The Safest. Investment
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Due 1922, 1927, 1937
PRICE 991/3 AND INT.
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investment Ba n kers, - Lim Red
pfereantile Trust Bldg. Hamilton
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FA NIERS !
rizes
THE
TORONTO
FAT STOCK SHOW
will this year offer large pre-
trtiums for classes of 8 steers;
must be fed ninety days by
Pwner,
Premium List ready August
For further particulars write
the Secretors'', c/o Union Stock
Yards, Toronto,
farmers have ridden to independence.
For the sweet corn there is a good
market at canning factories, often
sold to on contract. The cornstalks
are put through cutters and stored in
silos. Other parts of the farm pro-
duce hay for the dairy herd, which in
tura furnishes year-round employment
and year-round income, besides contri-
buting to solve the fertilizer question.
John E. Potter was one farmer who
made good with cows and sweet corn.
Mn, Potter bought an intervale farm
capable of carrying, at the time of
purchase, 12 cows and 3 horses. In
six years the same land carried 35
cows and 0 horses, and the retail sales
of milk in town reached 450 quarts a
day. Ile raised 20 acres of sweet
corn, In one average year his sweet
corn brought $2,000 n cash, and his
milk $13,000. He doubled his barn
room in these six years, built two
silos, and cut off 50 acres of woodland
for pasture.
Of course, a farming business of
this type cannot be built up in every
locality nor by every man. Canning
factories are not always close at hand,
Mr, Potter's farm was only a mile
from town, so that it was possible to
retail milk. Moreover, he had lots
of push and business ability. Given
the proper business conditions—and
they exist on hundreds of farms—
sweet corn and dairy cows will mako
good.
Farmers who ship their wool
direct to us get better prices
than farmers who sell to the
general store.
ASK ANY FARMEp!!
who has sold his wool both
ways, and note what he says—
or, better still, write us for our
prices ; they will show you hove
much you lose by selling to the
General Store,
we pay the highest pieces of any tient
au th c country and are the largest wool
dealers itt Canada. Payment is re.
mated Me scone day wool Is received.
Ship ea yellr wool. to•day-9Poll will be
there than pleased if yen de, raid are
zi,gared 05 11 Square deal from tio. 2
ezewecteitotettwascensemenzeue
H. V. ANDREWS
13 CHURCH et, TORONTO
ough and Herbert, the Herbert seem
to be freest from the disease, The
other two varieties are quite suscepti-
ble, but one rarely stem sive of Leaf
Curl in the Herbert,
So far as le known the disease is not
due t e • :my pelmet tie 0114'0.111M. IL
aneareotlY le'ioege Ora type or ib' Canada Food Itoord misery:1-i
trouble width Ipti been called physio -. tion programme has emphasized the
logical dietiese, end (maid therefore lee great importance of drying. yoga.;
put into the sanie elase with peach taliks, fruits and all perishable fonds,
30011305 and ;an,. ,,,teb, and the; If ereh community would in tact SaVe
nue-elle dieeaSee 1111' 135, tObnee.0, 'enough holne-greWll 'food to care for
. emntoes and so foie h. No rewards the /i.e.& or that eonunonii.y, thus do -
are avitilehle ;le to how the diseatee is, ing away with the habit of' depending
brought into the field in th,. nret piney,' upon .feetury-canned products during,
nee mew it is ft.:manila:el from one the winter time, it would be a very;
nibtediv muteria! el 1 to the thveroiniat
do,e, spread °nee beeemee eetablieh- sieving the burden Or transportation
ed in a plantae and many fine and allewing all surplus .rood to go
plantatione are known to have been; directly for expoi
grentlY injured by the Curl planie. ff moment by saving in the community
the disease corresponds closely with; the winter's food supply, the me-
ttle mosaie 01. yellow diseatte, one eervetion of periehnble. products oith-
would suspect that it is carried either; et through cellulite. Or through drying
by highly desirable from an eeonomie
insects or pruning operations.
Although too little is known about standpoint. Because of the stimulus ,
Leaf Curl to advise a sure reenne of given to food . produetion, an enor-
control, one should alweys remove the mous surplus of garden stuff has been
affected plants aS ieen ati they show produced last year and tide yeitie
signs or disenee, They are of no nee There is eie possible market for this
in any case and are likely to spread perishable stuff aside from the local
the dulease to other pal ofe • 1 1 f 11 ne.eeeer-!
plantation. In taking out Leaf Curl go to waste unless it is preserved
plants, one should be careful to get for winter Inc either by canning or ,
the whole a re ot system, otherwise drying. •
the parts that are left will start to In either. canning or drying it is
grow. and produce new shoots emich very practical for several families to
will also show Leaf Curl. It is pos- club together for doing this work,
Bible that some of our Leaf Curl Equipment can be purchased jolntly
originates front nursery cuttings and and installed in the schoolhouse or in
some rare should be taken when pet- a vacant store or at the home of one
ting out a new plantation, to avoid of the -members of the enterprise, A
this disease.—Experintental Farms committee can be selected to pur-
chase the equipment and superintend
Note.
the work. Where a number of fam-
THE COMMUNITY DRYING PLANT
One Hundred ntilliiieS Cart by T1 i M Insure 'Most of Their
Winter's Food Supply,..
GOOD HEALTH QUESTION
By Andrew le. Currier, M,D.
Dr. Currier will answer all signed lettere pretaining to Health. If your
question is of general interest it will be answered through these 001U11111e;
if not, It will be answered personally if stamped, addressedone p
closed. Dr. Currier will not prescribe for individual cases or make diagnosis.
Address Dr. Andrew F. Currier, tare of Wilson Publishing Co., 73 Adelaide
St. West, Toronto.
Dentrifices and the Care of the Teeth. some alkaline substance, pink, red or
black coloring material, fragrant pow -
The importance of the teeth is so der to give body to the alkali and in -
great that every means of protecting vicorate the gums, something to re -
them should always be welcomed. I -
move stains from the teeth and some
Dentifrices do not take the place of kind of aromatic oil to deodorize the
ordinary care; they are not a substi- mouth and leave a pleasant and per -
tote for the removal of those teeth sistent taste after the dentifrice has
which are hopeless and decayed nor a been used.
means for removing food between and , Carbonate of lime, perhaps in the
around them, which decomposes, and form of powdered oyster shells or car -
causes decay of teeth, indigestion, of- bonate of magnesium or cream of tar-
fensive breath, etc. tar is often used as the basis of a
But when combined with a suitable
tooth -brush, properly used, they may
help in the disinfection of the mouth,
improve the condition of the gums and
retard decay.
The frequent recurrence of receding
and suppurating gums with decay and
loss of teeth in Riggs' disease or
pyorrhoea is one of the arguments for
their better care and the persistent
nse of dentifrices.
The shockingly defective teeth in
early life among the poor, especially
in cities could often be prevented by
suitable hygenic precautions, includ-
ing the use of proper dentifrices.
People are beginning to realize the
important bearing of teeth upon the
general welfare.
It is impossible to resist disease suc-
cessfully when the mouth contains in-
numerable colonies of disease germs,
decayed teeth, suppurating gums, de-
composing food, together with ade-
noids and enlarged tonsils.
Poor teeth are said to have em-
phasized the pain and distress of many
of the soldiers in the trenches in Bel-
gium and France, and they have suffer-
ed not only from teethache and neural-
gia, but from the clumsy dentistry of
their comrades.
A good dentifrice can be made by
any competent pharmacist.
It is immaterial whether it is in the
form of powder, paste, or fluid, so
long as it is good and effective.
The pharmacopoeias of the nations
of the world show plainly what a good
dentifrice should consist of.
It should contain a fine powder of
dentifrice.
Florentine orris root, camphor,
myrrh, cinchona bark or sage leaves
may be used for the invigorating sub-
stance; charcoal is often used to re-
move stains and absorb bad odors;
carmine or cochineal to give the neces-
sary color and oil of peppermint,
cloves or cinnamon for the flavoring.
With these substances and know-
ing the condition of the mouth
in a given case, it is a
simple matter for a dentist or phar-
macist to compound a good dentifrice
and it would not be a difficult matter
for any one who is accustomed to
mixing and handling drugs.
HA -VINO THE "TIME .
OF YOUR UWE."'
'Formate is a fine city, but I should'
not care to live here 3111 the time,"
bered so thet the produet of euch writes a woman whose hueband's 180'
" • aetivitiee Iwo taken her from a small
Ontario village to the Queen Crty.
"Just think, only a fee" monthe •ago I
was chafing at having is eyelid my life
patron ism u en 1, ,
An exhaust fan is, played at one end
of the cabinet This fan may be
operated hy eleeeileicy or iy <1.
line engine, and the air should be in thin 11 1 10 berg like Ne„.., Now
drawiathrough the eehinet at 3 1 IriVO P11 I prniSe. 11! We W1V0
nat.. 'ill' plata mageted by an .-efely hack there am! this dreadeul
emetrie motor or two to aye honio. War. was ever. 1 wee letving the time
power or by 4 ggeoline engine cif of ray lifo in those OM tleye, mei eido't
s'intier power. The end oppoeite know it. The teare come every time
141,-,.t:.c...t.,;a1nscilli tier red with ordinary 'wire 1111111; of home with its safety and
Hive .n14 be kept from gniacefulnees, and realize that I 'may
the drying fruit or vegetables. Air never know. it aieMil, I think now it
should enter the cabinet at re 0nto tin) war would only end I should never
not lese than one thousand feet per complain again, but I enielmee r
minute and moults will be should, len very human after lilt."
,veureil if the :Teed is greater. • A The. intensely human element in the
good test of (hie air movement; is te writer ra5e015 illseie hi the mm phr.tse,
see 11 a pi -co of. eard-b03rdor a straw' "I Wafi 11,101.11 thy Halo Of my life,
hat can he held against the eteeen atand didn't Mew i.." Isn'ti the
Ole in -take end of the drier by the STK, 'nitnatural thing about -,11s 1WIT11111S,
front eradle to the .graee ? We
tion produeed.
• The patrons have their vegetables see le ehildren readily enough, their
end frulte all prepared when they
come to the nlant. Two or three
mealtime are preelded eor the
ardent desire to be "big, and their
utter lack of realization err the good
time they are having ;le youngsters,
convenience of those who do not have Haven't; reminded teem time me
them at home. Every person is urg- time over that they "are seeing their
ed to helve everything in retrainees be- best days'?" Yet their keenest do -
fore bringing to the plant, even to the sire is to get away from childhood
I slicing, ' into the mysterious -and glorious realin
I A plant Snell this has a eapacitY of g1'ownupness.
of one hundred trays, which will take The future ever beckons, When we
!care of about twenty-five bushels of are grown up we plan to have our
!green vegetables per day. good time after we've attained eer-
After drying., the. precinct can be tain objects, When we get a certain
stored in jars, paper receptacles or salary or can live in a given street or
any place where the product will be know the best people in our town or
kept dry and away from the insects. perhaps write a book, then we'll be
dies do canning or drying together it 1 No heat is used in connection with satisfied and enjoy life. But this
become possible to do the work much these driers, although it would be well very prosaic drab to -day is too ordin-
pore cheaply than it can be done in , to locate the drier with the open end ary to have a good time in. Isn't that
the individual home and also permits , in a room where a fire could be built, the usual human attitude? We're al-
a trading of supplies so that each , so that, if a prolonged wet spell came, ways going to have "the tine of our
family can have a variety of products. ! the relative humidity of the air could lives" but never do, just because we do
A typical drying plant consists., be lowered by the heat of stove or not make up our minds to have that
merely of a cabinet about sixteen feet ; furnace.
long, two feet high and three and one -1 All manner of fruigood time to -day.
mts and vegetables To -day, that's the only time you're
half feet wide. The top and sides and may be (hied successfully if due at- sure of. Why not make it the time
floor may be made of flooring or tention is paid to their preparation. of your life? It would be very easy,
=grooved ceiling or compo board. Corn, peas, beans, carrots, apples and for having a good teme depends en -
hinged doors.
The top of the cabinet is closed by liket 11 well. The cabinet is divided into five sec-
tions, four of which are large enough
to accommodate two stacks of drying
trays of ten each. These trays are
of convenient size for community dry-
ing, being one and one-half feet wide,
three feet long, two inches deep,
made of half-inch material for sides
and braces and pearl -wire screen foe
bottom with wire screen at one end.
The trays are inserted in the cabinet
from the top and may be placed in
one at a tone. The compartments
are lettered and the trays are num- equal of the fresh product.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Mrs. L. R.—Can infantile paralysis
be cured? My little girl is suffering
from its effects for seven years and I
have been told by different authorities
that it was incurable.
Answer—My advice to you would be
to .talthe child to the Orthopedic
Hospital in Toronto and have the con-
dition examined. It is true that many
of the cases of infantile paralysis re-
main permanently paralyzed, to a
greater or less extent, but an expert
opinion on the subject would bo desir-
able for you.
L. P.-1. I should think it probable
that you were suffering from some
form of neuralgia. 2. If walking seems
to relieve you, the best thing for you
to do is to continuo with this means
of relief, massaging the feet and legs
regularly every night, in addition to
the walking.
Willie wrote a little song,
I hope somebody buys It;
Fold him up and listen while
. Our young composer tries tt.
tirely on your state of mind and not
The dried product can be stored in at all on the thing you are doing.
fruit jars, paper sacks or tins. Mols- Haven't you eeen some women who
tilili Tees, -toi n s.vevcat
and:ellorrboduritts isareeastihlye penoes:
kitchen floor or getting a tremendous
were in their glory when scrubbing the
dried product for use 11 01 only neces- neighbors could, while others were sible to avoid them. In preparing the washing on the line before any of the
un-
sary to soak in water long enough to happy and irritable when at picnics or
supposed -
will depend 011 the product, soaking ly having a good time? The differ -
get back the normal supply, This on excursions Or at parties, over night being the usual rule. When epee was entirely in the mental atti-e
you dry vegetables or fruit in this tude. One woman was doing the
way, all you take out is the water. thing she enjoyed, while the other
The food value and the flavor remain. wouldn't enjoy anything because she
Put back the water and you have the was completely out of tune.
TORONTO FAT STOCK SHOW.
The Toronto Fat Stock Show, who
are running au advertisement in this
issue, have been steadily adding to
their premium list, and this year are
offering a prize for the best carload
of cattle in the show. A few months
more feeding might land this for one
of our feeders. The cash premium
and the big price always obtained in
auction sale of prize winners would
more than recompense him for the
additional time and feed required,
Head Lice in Chickens.
The chicks should be gone over for
liee—the head lice are the worst, If
the brooder and the surroundings are
kept clean as possible there 'should not
be much fear of head lice. Should
they appear, however, an application
of ointment of some kind should be
used at once. If this is not avail-
able, use vaseline, olive oil or sulphur
and lard. Every head will have to
be gone over and the treatment will
have to be repeated in a week. It 18
a troublesome task to go over several
hundred young chicks, but it must be
done, each head by itself. Rub the
paste well into the scalp and around
the ears. Some use coal oil, but it is
too severe and has been known to kill
the chicks about as quickly as lice.
Head lice in chicks are sometimes
hard to locate. The chicks may be
listless, getting thin, wings clown,
feathers ruffled, and dying off one by
one. 'Upon examining the heads one
can see nothing running around and
all that appears is what looks like
young feathers sprouting out of the
head. To make sure that they are
there, take some of the ointment and
apply thoroughly to the head. Put
the chick in a box and examine in a
few minutes, time. The young ienth-
erg will be gone and large bodied lice
will be running for their lives. The
"feathers" were the abdomens of the
lice, the head and rest of the bodies
being buried into the head of the thick
eating away at the tissue. It takes
only a few days to have a whole flock
cleaned out. Absolute cleanliness is
the hest preventative.
- ,
During the picnic •season when thou-
sands ot people throughout the land
gather together for social purposes, a
great deal of food is wasted. PeO,
pie Sent inte1180 to carrying remnants
of luncheons home with them. Waste
of this kind should never occur, It
has boon suggested, therefore, that if
signs wore posted around, picnic
grounds, setting forth the fact that itt
time of war picnickers should not
throw away food but tako it home and
us ; it, a saving might be effected,
sides tijrecting a food saving, the
gglis wili ,serve ,to call the attention
of the people4o the aqieus toed situa-
tion.
In an article I read recently on the
training of children, is the admonition,
written by a mother, "Love what you
have to do," with the further sage ad-
vice to mothers to "retire into them-
selves several times a day, no matter
how tired they feel, and repeat these
At present prices for hay and grain
feeds many farmers will find it profit- words, 'I love what I have to do.' " I
able to depend more upon the use of know at least one mother who would
have to live in a chronic state of re -
pastures for horses. Where one has tirement, the care of small children is
O small pasture near the buildings no
time is lost in getting the teams up in
- 50 entirely foreign to her. But the
advice is none the less sound. If we
can make ourselves love what we
have to do life is much easier and
we can have our good time daily—
stalls and hauling out. the manure, If and know it. Of course, it is no easy
matter to make yourself love the
fed sufficient grain feed there is no
danger of the horses becoming soft, thing you just naturally despise, but
s at least you cart refuse to harbor the
espedially after the grass become
more fibrous. The beneficial effects thought that you hate it. You can
jolly yourself at first with the idea
of the hay ration during the hot
weather sire more than offset by the that it isn't so bad after all, and in
time even the ugliest
detrimental effects of standing i thing you have
close, 'Stuffy stables. As a rule, therto do will come to look good to you.
condition of the horses themselves %03h1 doing
the time of your life to -day by
pasture suits them or not,
doing the thing nearest and liking to
furnish a good indication of whether do it. Tell yourself that it's your
part in making the world safe for
democracy, even if the thing is only
washing your own dishes, If you
do them yourself you are leaving, some
other woman free to do the work of is
man Who has gone to fight for you.
And while you are having your good
time, know R. Don't wait for war
or some other disaster to come along
and open your dyes to what you've
be -en enjoying. Get the most out of
each moment, whether you're in the
kitchen or out for a good time. Then,
and then only, will you really enjoy
living.—D.H.
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S.D.& BOYS SATISFIED.
And Most of Them Are Giving Wis.
faction to the Farmers, ,
The fallowing table shows the num.
bet of boys placed on farms directly
under the auspices of the 9,03. move-
ment, in addition to those who ar-
edeieur
ytebileir :r_own employment on.
fr aa leg
sr oAlberta 609 th
010
British Columbia
Nova scotia:
New Brunswick .,,,,, ttttttt .., 077a.
. 1,405
870
Saskatchewan
Manitoba 1,006
Prince Edward Iffiall4 _ 500 1,788
4,621
Quebec
Ontario
T!'f'. tAtAl ariznbtr ,t1 city aud 1,076
'4
boys engaged in farm work tfli3 5fireg
mer will not be known until all the
bronze badges have been presented.
Zone stmervisors are now visiting the
boys on the farms, presenting them
with badges and holding nubile meet-
ings In the interest of the 9.0.S.
soluteiy suetsfied mid are enjoying iii,
movemen. Reports indicate that
about 85 per cent, or i;lf,l boys are ab -
farm work, Of the remaining 16 per
cent„ it is round that nearly all tits
difficulties are of a minor character
and these are being adjusted as quick.
ly as they occur,
the morning. The horses keep clean-
er on pasture than in the barn, land
there is a saving in bedding material
as well as in labor in cleaning the
(111;t
One of the best and cheapest ways
to control weeds on farms is to keep a
flock of sheep. In addition to con-
trolling weeds without cost, sheep will
render a profit by producing, feed and
11001. It weeds are not permitted to
grow and develop leaves they will die,
but it would require a great amount of
hand labor to keep most of the weeds
under control by this method. Sheep
will keep the weeds down and the
more weeds they eat the less will be
their cost of upkeep and the greater
will be the supply of feed released for
other stock. Many rough or perma-
nent grass pastures that require movr-
ing can be kept clean by the use of
sheep, while at the sante time the cat-
tle -carrying capacity of the pasture is
increased,
".—
The Pirate% •
Oh, I am a Pilate. blithe and bold,
And I scour the roillug sea;
And every craft
That the brave winds waft
Must glve an account to me,
For the ships I hail nre the Hearts of
Men,
And oiiti of their holds I bear
Ingots of gold
And gems untold
That long had lain hidden there.
And if I discover among the crew
Hate, Envy, Anger or Pride,
laugh out a grim
"Jeway whin. 1111111"
And 1 toeehim oyer the side.
Oh, I am a Pirate huthe and hold,
And I steer by the tare above;
The 1VIon of my crow .
Aro Angels true;
And the Nam that 1 bear Is Love,
'A.
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