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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1919-02-06, Page 3By Agroispefliste, ' This Department hi for the us* of our faimi readers who want the ailvicti raf an expert on any question regal-din/1 selL•seed, crops, etc. If ybur question. le of sufficient general Interest,rit will bo anaWered Throtigh this' aolumne' etateetted and addressed:envelope Is encleitaiseelte your 'letter, a scomptste .sincrever vvill be mailed to you. Address Acironointat, care .if Ana= Puellatitee to, Ltd., 73 Adelaide St. W., Toronto. ' • ." P. Ma—Kindly adviee me as to t proper methods to praetise in getth alfalfa started on My faint. Who mops aie the best to 'grow in proem.- ing ground for this crop? Do you think inoculation is necessary where red clover grows? Smite fanners in this section have trouble with weeds coming in and crowding out the stand oe alfalfa. Can thie be preveuteSC by cultivating the plants and if so how slaould the work he done? Answer:—Aftee deciding while portions of the :farm ere best adapted Lor growing of alfalfa, the next step is the peoparatioh of the soil for seed- ing. Under orcienary farm condi-Liens this may'best be accomplished by plowing under a heavity immured sod and planting a crop of DOM and pota- toes% The cultivate= of ;the soil will hasten the decomp.ositiori of the game matter, reline the particles and help to create eche' conditions for working up a good seed bed the fol-: lowing year. If a fertilizer oarry- Ing amounts of available phos- phoras and poteesiurn is used feethe corn or potato crop one is net only insuoecl of a maximum yield of corn or potatoes, but the fertilizing eta-. tnents not utitized by them crops wilt be at hand for the alfalfa plants. If ground is plowed the following spring, given an application of two tons of grouact lerneatone to the acre andehor- oughly harrowed to conserve soil' Moisture and deeteoy weed growth the conditions wet be almost Mewl for seeding the alfalfa crop the firat wee he foul, with weeds their should be de- . str9yee! Ise:fore the field is seeded. Frequent failures with needle ar due to the use of • poor , seecl., !lean; farmer -Seethe. have net , e -very other requivement noceesares to eueceecl with adtaefeshaye faileA became theie 'seed ty as be 'inferior,' ottelpty., man ie! sure diet hbs'seed IS Sittre and, free from dodder and other weed pests he should send a sample to •his expieriment geseion for analysis. This, h : is alwa.ys the beet -plen, for there is . no uncertainty. Nernatter how good the SOH OT how weX the conditions irecosisery to insure SUOCOSS have 'been met, th,e greatest success can not be geined without pure seed that possees strong germinating qualitlea. If Pos- sible it is always !better to buy eeed that has been grown in the same latitude or at leaet seed that comes from as far north as the latitude in which it is to be planted. It is with- er of a risky undertaking to attempt to grow varieties of alfalfa th.at are &dented to a mild climate in a .locality vrheee the winter are cold and rigor - 008. te the eelel becomes infested with weeds a.nd grasses it is frequently! necessary to hold these unwelcoine1 guests in control until the stand thickens and takes full possession of ; the ground. The best implement to! cultivate the alfalfa plants with is al speing-tooth harrow but the efficiency! of the inilKement is greatly increased if the teeth are made about ,three - pont s , and round instead of einem. Then by trimming off the edges' for several Inches back, the points of 13he teeth wilt slip around the plants and cause them to escape injury. This simple implement will remove the !greases and weeds and give the alfalfa plants an opportunity to ex- pand and gain full possessioe of the ground. Severna prominent growers repat excellent results foom the use of this implement after trying various desk and cutaway harrows with rath- er discouraging results. The work With the spring -tooth harrow is 'not !heavy. A good team will handle it with comparative ease, The second rtime across' the field will give the weede a bhorough disturbing and 'oreate ideal surface conattions for the plants to.erowd out the noxious weeds and undesirable grasses. in August. Many farmers who have used lime to encourage the growth o alfalfa on their farms have secured a good stand only to have it turn yet - low and beeciame unthrifty heoaisse'the soil lacked suffielent Phosphorus to nourish the plants. It as therefore,, always well to provide liberal quanti- ties of this element before proposing a field for alfalfa. One of the first and most important points to cons -dee when prepering 01 fidd for alfalf,a, is that of having the toil inoculated with the proper, kinds of hactessie. If the Boil is not .acid this may be accomplished by seeding a quart of alfalfa along with the clov- er and timothy crops on each aore, using soil' from an old alfalfa field as an absorbent en the stables whore the bacteria will find a suitable piece to t multiply before beeng returned to the soil, and by applying a few bushels of soil from an °Id alfalfa field to the fleld that is being 'seeded, When ap- plying the eerie from an old alleadfa fi.elel it is necessary that the work should be performed while the INIM4- ther As dark or cloudy as the direct rays of the Gila will destroy the bact- eria before they are inooepor.ated with the soll. In this latitude the good sesults come from seedling the crop early in August so that the plants will make good growth before frost comes and checks their growth in the fall. After experimenting with and without nurse crops we find that uni- fornely better moults tare obtained when the alfalfa is seeded atone. If the crop makes too vigorous a growth It is frequently necessasy to go over the field with a mowing machine and clip the tops several inches above the ground and leave the crop to adve as a inutch diming th.e winter. The best remelts are obtained by sowing one-half bushel of cleaned secd to the.acre and covering it somewhat deeper than is the case when the seeding is done eirelier in the season. Late summer seeding has many ad- vantages, an important one being the comparative freedom from weeds and annual grasses. Thee, too' a better seed bed tan be establishedand 'ere- queralsr the lastd .con be profitable utilized leo the growing ,o1 edam early maturing crop. If seem daily in August the plant wielenake e 'vigorous growth betore winter sets ,in, thus „ assuring an early and vego.rons start in the epririg, and les this way sub- duing the weeds. In fact, the aleaStea sown along in Aregust w411 produce as much forage the Bollowing season as that sown earlier. If the seeding is done in the spning a nurse crop :shooed he employed to keep clown the growth of tank weeds and graltses, but when seeded in atfailee needis the moisture, plant food and eun. If the lead is -Mr" i7 Use ijavieti Fe.,,:druizer Fere Profit FM! laCtiegq1,1 Oatario Feireihers, •• TOWOLTE0 •, -- B. Da—Some time ago I wrote you asking for instruetions about killing quack grass, and I shortly received them by mail. I have my ground fall - plowed nicely, but may I ask you what you think about planting it to corn, or sowing it thickly to barley next epring? Would either olio do it as well as buckwheat? Of course, in either ease I shall plow again in spring, after harrowing thoroughly. If plantesi to either corn or potetoes would it not remere very much hoe- ing, beside, cultivating, and would not barley sown quite heavy, be more pro- fitable? ' Also, is clay atoll good for barley; would rye do to follow rye, and if 1 use commertial fertilizer, how much end svhat kind is best for clay Answer:—Youe plan of sowing the geound continually to 'barley in the spring is not as good to overcome quack grass us et wouhl be to sose it to bucloeheat the latter part of June. 13 a he barley in order to amount to any - filler must 'be sown °tidy and the week grass has a change to grow long with 'bite !barley. By the 'other method, you have plenty .of time to cultivate up to the last of June. You can eradicate a Cot of the.qoadc goose by thorough cultivation before it is :time to sow the buckwheat, then if you sow thickly to buckwheat, it well smother more thoroughly than barley would. Possibly barley would pay better than buckwheat, yet this you oannot tele. A good crop of buck- wheat is about as profitable as any grain at the present time. Your • opinion is co.rreet svibli re- gard to planting 1» corn or potatoes. You wiX have very much hoeing to do in order to keep this au.aolt grass down. It ean be done but it Is a painebakIng, !tiresome job, There is no better land than a good, sbrong clay loam for barley. Barley malts el& hod containlog 'plenty of phosphorous and it wants band that will not dry oat too snatch by sum- mer conditions, and a claY aoafm is earnest Ideal, providing, of course, it is well supplied with vegetable matter and ta good. condition.. It is not the best practice to have one cereal follew itself in a rotation. It Is much better to have a rotation of crops .and have plants follow each other that are of a eittle different sta- ture, 'bat on good land 'this can be done .once or twice if it ts necessary, or more convenient, with the idea that the ground shoulki be seeded as soon Ele possible so ale tO get &Mae grass roots end eed to keep up the vegeta- ble matteer in the sole Coaranercial eartilizers would undoubtedly help the rye crop ; it (lees most any crap. About two husideed pouads per acre is the amount u.sualler used with any .cereal There should be a. big glass in the :strop. The ferbtlizar for as cereal !bop. At the Side of the rocart Otos cam should lave e good per cent. a fayoli61.4'.- ; add. ibeiite: ' C. Se—Kiwi!), give :,rne goe Isaleneee eatitai for dairy cows. ' have elentg :ps. alfalfa hey, earlt- stuts,'irrIfil .4traW, sinelI potatoes and meted hay. How much of coati elan iXed, and what iveuld I have to buy? „eaye, doesestales andoats draw and' mixed liniare all exe&:1ent rotten ge feeds. Sinai Potetoes are n.leo a bulky 'food be woeld he valuable to fni.Mth savant, secy. I vseuld eot atlyise, however feeding them in large cmidetitiesten to fifteen pounds per day would be suffieleat. MT of them foods Inc bulky and there is not enough protein is If heyt Icarbo yclie,, /ates Id 'earnitalke-and oat straw , -1.:B;Ind taw; Ta,,,blo)1,1poollzat to 31,b1 gh.tii,1etirlisele,(01 shopld he a certain proportion of pro- tein awl earbohydratee; and second, there should be a certain proportion of! 'roughage and concentratee.Asid oo to bstrance this ration one mese have grain and concentrates and this geain must contain protein en excess in odd to, make it e balanced ration. A' good vain ration world he corn inert and wheat beats, , misted Kopek pArts by weight, isa aditilition to three PatlIK14. OT we:meal fed to each eose per dee.. I would prefer to feed the oil meal sepaoately if -possible ee that yosa wouid 1nowjaost tho e oun you were feeding because tble and eotton- seed meal, which will do just as well, are highly concentrated foods tied, one is liableto overfeed or to feed irregn- early ie it is missed with other grain. . I world saggeet that you feed thi.s three poupds of oil meal or tottonseed meal separately. You can give ;the 001NIS the corn meat aect wheat bran and then immediately put the csil meal in• the maugor, ,say one ane a half pounds in the mieening and again at night, then you know just how much oil meal your .cattle are getting. Feed a sufficient amount of torn and wheat bran in addition to the three pounds of oil meal or cottoneeed meal to glee each cow n pound of gram per day for every four pounds of milk pro- duced in a day if the milk tests less than four per cent. If it tests snore than four per cent., then feed one pound of grain ber day to every three: -pounds of milk produced isa a day. If yon have sufficient alfalfa feed this once a day and then cornstalks and mixed hay once a day, feed liber- ally of this bulky food. A Reedy Staple Puller. wi4kete4r14: ttelterofv°1*:f lite }thee ittin fors , hen's iine.Msecure le they 'Wine -on free range in warm 'Neatate. Whei free to roam thrtimiplt the field's am cirrelieadSi duriiarg the sernmeS they secure nob only' the grain, grit, sheles 1 meet swage, ete., which are led them t but they secure tender blades of grass • end ether seceelent vegetatien, Nag's.; wernos !and ether, keg: veleicei nature wisay proveletlefer thaiir 0015. They altio ebtain exercieo by running about Id the fresh, pure 1.1. These con- ditions are entirely changed when the GOOD liTALTII QUESTION BOK By Andrew P. Currier,I1gDe er a tole e ars pertaining to Health. If your e question is of general interest it will be answered through these: coluronsil if not, it willribe answered personaflY if stamped, adclpessed enyelope is em, closed. Da Queries,. vellegot. prescribe for iddiv,idualseaseston make di4Stuidlicl• Addre'ss Andrew F. Blirrfer, Care of Wikson Publishing Co., 73' ii\cielaide 1 St. West, Toronto; Terpentine Poised:1g. Turpentin.e shelled he handled with 1010, trenspeotert only in metal coso teieens to peemet tee bavard of breakage, and midi containers shoe . be opened. 'only under conditions geecl ventilation. In painting: Or ear nishieg Metiers the right ventilatio ts most . inersoe'eanti eon vheuld o . sleep in freshly pa,inteid rooms unt the paint is thor000hly dry !and tib I re= hes been, for at leest ten day , web eired. ; The syrnntoms of ined cases Of tu: . p ne possoning, soon pass off .c the fresh `withoutetreatiedist. : more severe eases, the kidneys de ; in.and careful' ettention. Such a su ; ferer mud be pat en a meek diet ein , should dolulo eleeneently eee settee ' TCluspepniall:senazImCt ayPP3s11;:t4;e11.3ile;ed°h7ris'itttto elle tauseied the back, may be reeeeted Is "I" ' ' 'loons are confined: tiering a ,IleTthern • 'Winter, end the noultryakeeper a-nu.st • do es mita he see to, repeal -eta in - deers' seeeeenettions of smasher' 'free range. . For exercese the fowls are compeNed to sceatcb the rain the eet out of 14ttaT. To take the pesee en, the grass and other green feed, cabbages, mange' beets, poor qualety aptiles, clover and alfalfa are provided. The hugs anti worans which am. ,noe altieabee for. tee fowls are supplied foe -with more lmef scraps, meat trimmings deem the kitchen, mita, sweet Or rscur rand other animal , products. •There is 110 one kind ef .grain siehich is eatisfectory to feed , alone, arid it is good Ochnother to ftir- ,Jusch a variety that the fowls can , be sure to get the different_ food ele- ments which are required to maintain their bodies arid provide a surplus nut ef which to make eggs. It is sel- dom necessary to figure oat, arid feed ay abselutely perfectly bakinced ra- tion If inn a variet the hen -will lealance her own ration, sad as a rule the most successful poultry -keepers pay more:attention to furnishing BO- , ficient variety. . For Better Markete. IRural communibes organized for col- , lective marketing enable the small producer to obtain good ricee through selling products of high quality. The, quality oS farm pro- ducts governs the 'piece to be obtain-, ed, and the efFicieney of production deteeminee the margin between oast of produttion and the selling price. In producing farm products the farmer is confronted with the difficul- tice of supplying a sufficient volume of' goods of high quality to tnarket them individually with profit. For example,ra earmer with a small por- tion of a carload of goad wheat can hardly pay the minimum charges on a car to send his svheat to market with- out losing the profit on the supedor qualitn. If, on the otheo hand, there were 100 farniers produeing a uniformly high vade og wheat and owning their elevator, it would be poesible for them to secure ears anti -1111 them to the miximgm Hues sending them wheat to market at a minimum cost for trans- portation. There Inc many more or less ef- .,ficient staple pullers on the market, but the cheapest as svell as one of the best which I have ever found is a 1 plain steel harrow tooth. I always I select as heavy a one as I Can find, and then grind it down at the point until it is nearly !sheep. To operate this staple puller the point of the tooth es placed under the staple and wire end then the tooth driven with heavy hammer. The staple is thus easily wedged out of the post wibh practically no damage to itself or the wire.—L. C. In ender to prevent clogging, when usieg a food chopper for cutting suet, cut it the size of a walnut, Pearl 'buttons that have lost their eheen through repeated washings may be made to lo.ok like new by 'filet washing Wall WS= water and soap, suds, then drying and polishing with' a mit buffer and a cake of nail polish,' THE BOY'S FARM DEN By E. L. Vincent Most of the articles I leave read abut the room which the 'boy on the farm occupies, have come from the standpoint of the woman, and ad such, have been more or less shaded by the woman's desire to have things always just so—everything in apple pie eider. Now, we ell know that no leve boy can always iceep his room sleek and dean. He wanes to move a.round, to use the things that are in his room, and have a good time. So at the risk of saying some things which the women folks may be somewhat oppos- ed to, let ane give my idea of what a veal, up-toeditth boy's room on the farm ought to be. In the first place, it 'Should !be com- fortable, You dust as boy up in a seem that ris dark and uncomfortable, an,d he will either elienb out of the window and take to his heels or dee Iso will make su.ch 'fuse that some- thing will be done to fax that room over. So begin by maldng his room height wlbh windows, cheery pa -per on the walls, a few nice pictures, and a pretty carpet on the floor. Pat sense shades up et the windows that can be raised and lowered without corning cat= every time they are touched, and inside of the shades put some nice curtains, with hooks and loops to -1-ioSd them book when more tight le needed, The boys like plenty of suri- shine. ' Next, put a table in !tele room, with a wet dolt over it, and don't, fax pity's sake, be shocked into 'displays leg bed temper 11 some day you disop in and find the boy sitting with his feet on the top of the talale. Never mind; he wile nob spoil the cloth. Di you look, you will find he has a paper ors something af that kind onthe cloth and under his heel's, To go with the table, let there lee a mind= of diaries, one of them a good e.asy rocker. And see to it that those chairs have good stout bottoms, Chairs !Sometimes oom,e to beer the prent of a boy's shoes. But whet are chairs made for but to:ibe wed!? In a corner of the men wheee the light well be good, piece a We/eau with plenty on deetwers. ought to be a bookcase. Help your b.ey to get the turnber, furnish hisn svith the tools anti he wee make tees himself. Give your 'boy as good a bed az there is in the house. .11e gets tired every day atid is worthy of a gcsed place to sleep. Do not worry if the spread gets atoned some- times. How can it be helped'? Boys have to sit somewh!ere. , o Furnish the boy's. table with pen, d ihic and pa:per. He will want to do o some writing now and then, By 'ehe rtirne he is mound foul -teen lie will B thank WU if you give him a nice t 'diary for a birthday .or Christmas t preaent. On ;the shelf .usider the 'table 1 there Se room for ibhe boy's eavorite magazine. There may be other Pa- pers in the 'home, but he will be ,glad Ito have one that Is his 'very own. Be- %owe you put a book on the Shelf in a the boy's tom, know Whet that hook teaches. It snity take a little time to tl do that, but you would leek pretty a carefully that 'he did not get poison t from a bobble, !and why not use the e same precaubion es to poison from books? Th.en, too, there ought to be another set of ehelves on which your boy may plate 'the odd things he picks up about the farm, pretty stones, deed.- herns, big heameas ueds and an sorts of interesting 'thinleets. Some clay he will have a good tamer& and that may have a place on theee shelves. Thinally, visit the boy in his room often. know a inothft. who event upstams with her boy every single night until he WaS ready a rain " grown, There She and, her boy hod ne many a helot to heart talk:he/ore the e" goodenight Seise, and I am mate !sum ss he will neves` forget it as bog as isa Xyee. It costs to do !these thing's, and coote to kdop ,the room neat end at- e tradive, but it eertarinly eoets more not to do it, You are a good moth- Li er, and you •want your bay to look e." bads to that Mee 400011% away bank on le tho ae else best spot on math, the spot to which he wound aake to come back once more, even vdhen hie head is hehlte With time's weivery snows, A bay's roone has satudi la 13 Stilt UN. elharacter, : . c leadefor painting. purposes, if it eau.ses the trouble bia: mit use paint every day, butseeserbeieSo!asenpathize with pa:ire:Me. hse,Vg!,th, id Answer—e think the I:seism/tinge in ot your case was turpentine and ., not - lead. . 11 A. 0, g.--1,74,gau twenty -Otte five ne feet six inches high and. weigh' 141 pounds. AM a heavy weighite 2-- a S.S0 -.Or you to give nte .seme lents on proper quaetieies of foot; anCkindS fot Me4i, ti Id yobs Oases cp. trat'tiee tea - n seadnful2s- and -dicta?: e 'Teat woe:11r a be fax shore ineleeStameable. 3 -t -I easpect aeon to Welk a Mile.' end a f- wee -kw to college,: 4hotriti. my food 11 vary in quantity ;then ?- stiffer 3.9 a, much with attacks of biliousnees that :I, am anxious for relief, if porsible, Answer—You are not in the welter- weight elites; and yet ,yousafe'eSiAllte : too hefty. Try to get down to AS?) 'viehich is right according to schedule. 2'—You seam leeea trifle morbid em 'the ,sulejeet Tof dieti that is not' natl.. ; e ; - Cough t8 best treated by a sempl cough mixture such as Stolceie expe. torant. if this Is v , "atho (looter should prescribe after enemas ation of the gs Questions' and Answers. II, F.—A few days ago I started peinting sortie rooms a,fter Perches ing Atlantic White Lead oil and: tur pentine. The first aught my lealaey eeeretion was very dwelt brown and smelled of turesentiMe and there we blood in the excretion, with great in fiammation. Was this lead or tut pentine poisoning? I think it abou time humanity stoppee useig whit • ral in a heettly y,eung ;specimen. Tack in three square meals a day. 41—If !that waIketo school were three piles each way instead of what you saite and you traversed et Agile, nalet fir thine, coming and going, you would be the better for it. Drink plerrty. ed water, especially !between meals; tee thab your vegans. of. at -nitration s are fitnetioning neeTerlee; eleve symie - eyes execrated to.ba sure' your bOlious - attacks; are not on, aceourti' of your t needing. glasses, anti yda ems, a along very web. . Zero Weather Fled The Tractor. 'After you have theengd out the pump with the tea/kettle, and 'broken the ice !on the tenk. so that the davit can drink it's almost thelast Stalear to have to spend half the awning tel- ling to get ,the tweeter started in order to grind earn fon the feeders. Ileating the manifold With a blow tomb will aid in isnartingabut there Id mach clanger of' fira in using We method. The intake' earl' be heated aPPleing a hob iron, but it takes conederable timeallot water Is help- ful' too, only it takes time to heat the water. I have tided all of those me- thods, but have placed them in the disoard for a better one. Take a smaX containee—I have used a shaming atiek box with good results —and drill a few tiny boles •in !one end, leaving the other end entirely open. A small handful of cotton vraste is now dipped intos water and: the sur- plus water squeezed out. Into this bunch of wet weste three or four grains of calcium earbicle the size ,of 0 pea are placed, and the wet waste wrapped loozely ;around them. The buneh of waste is placed In the open end of the tontainer, and we are ready. Prime the engine lightly with gasoline, place ;the shelled end of the container on ale intake of car- buretor, turn the engine over, and away she goes. CarlYide gas is highly explosive—a very weak spark will set it oft—yet when; used innthie way there is very little, if any, dan- ger, and•tit is quick ,and eertain.—R.A, Seed Iniportatioe Regulations. Canadian farmers and gardeners e re protected eroni the evils of plant- ing inferior seed 01 !may hinds of dope impelled from other countries. By an order-in-counoil that came into effect in the autumn kin- portethion is prohibited of unfit seed. ef clovers, grasses, vetches, rape, ther 'forage plume, field root and ga en vegetables in lots of ten pounds r more. In Pamphlet S-12 of the Seed ranch of ;the Department of Agricul- ere Obtawa, wad obtainable from 'he Publications Braneh, :unfit seed s described as that Which does, not comply With the Seed Control Act re- uirements 'respecting the sale of seed n Canada, or if it has been refused dmittance into !any other eountry on ecount of Iow The .regalations mill be carried out wough the Custom officials Vill0 •re required to take and forward to he Dominion Seed Laboratory for xamination, eample of lots of .seede !ofsthe dasses named entered for con- sumption Cena,da. Seed that hes arrived in Canada and found to be unfit shall be deported 'under Customs supervision. The penalty for faiiiing to comply with these legislations es $500 eor the first offense and; not ex- ceeding $1,000 for the sewed and each etibsequent offense, •••••1 One of the Oldest of Flovvers. The origin of the rose is lost in ntiquity. It is certain that roses bounded in Palestine, and that the WS possessed great knowledge of heir culture aud heldethem in high deem, ThesIgyptians grew roses O the bank of the Nile arid as early s the days of Homer the Greeks had hem in abundance. The Romans, do - in the luxury of roses and sed them in incredible quantities. era' spent R30,000 for a single lase ouquet. Thin the rose found its ay into Persia, where love and orior awaited it. Good stock and equipnient will soon lace a man lin a position where he an bay land and pay !ea, it too. . , 1-- EVery 'hundred pounds of milk eon- taen eightyeseven pounds of water. The cow requires in addition, large: qnsintities of water for carrying on her bodily functions. This water i cannot be of any use to the toW until; it As warmed. If it is swallowed ica! odd it must be warmed inside of the: body. This gives the body a severe: chill and requires a great deal of : energy from the food: to return it tol the proper temperature. The *owl does not cirink as mu!els as she should' t and the milk production ,is limited, A. pert of the food which should go to; 1 make milk Is used to warm the edel r water taken into the body and i overcome the decided chili imparted' to the body. Them are snore econ-e c =led ways of warming water than' by' the use of esmensive grain. I s A group of cows drinking from an iey stream is a common winter sight o in many parts of the country,. In many mses these Cows are driven half a a mile or more for this privilege. In many oases the cows refuse, under such .conditions, to chink as much as m they should and are driven ;back to the hem to wait until the following ni aKEEPING,,T1Ie ON' Tit a4f farm"' Prehlem deepeafiesto be Meteor( oar ea. its-mitereteet a -night -he ;Wellesto asilc:!theeideeelhte Setttedie; bey'iisy 414%ih eekere '0'we Weds for our discussion, lefeA yt taking og the advantages of farrnetife aned,' $Piettsieig out the/ seelfelee 'ottlthe- cityt eille`tuit solee the pre:bee:ids Ult. rieletiu4:11!ileeeequll,403.614'aYliiih'etiblZ!*"414kerlia;''704414 nat isolge :thefea'sn lelohlasee of lie .3s,Oi se''e)rlitoth2;, do�nsf i4 gle's thteheclubt7 choose to leave the term?" In this belefeeliseeesion we elvalitry to bear - cote eriMiboeee the -cedaut:44;ait 11,3o:Solef! of. this movement towards; the oty. The y of o n P ° leihkaassfielscl ihesnyvisrfon;nesenstrstr iisansvetygs.rmielhe repeate' the expeoience of the rep and we will' find a timeeinethis life Oe every internal *bad, when the love for adventure !and exeitemeet, foe the neer and untried am dominant icaluences god must have a ligitimarte end 11 the fa= lietodoes not fernish this outlet 'the restless youth well loolcfor itri;selseth11,vrsi,5e Now, 4s , shown less ea_ vancement during the- past fifty years than any other incluetry. To be sum, the invenbion of labor-eaving &seems and:. machieery has done much, but the gencial methods employed tee' faxen are much the eame as .fifty years ago and this in the face -of linguae- tioisable proof of the existence of ,bet- ter systems. The faimer as a rule is set en leis ways and oan haaele be esoauldmseto, there ,00pserne;ntouns;gegicsesepti4sons-.'s orsOcif we 'know that Progresris being made and we see that dawning light ef 'bet- ter days on the farm be speaking its a general way this :statement is true and en this respect thesfarrner is dif- ferent dram any other business nesse In no other industry do we find! the methods of half a cent -my ego, follow- ed to -clay. Al! deems id businesa mem:hare their combinations alui as- sociations; they study the rneelcet; they strive to reduce the cost of pro- duction; they even attempt to in- fluence legislation, and in oontmst !to this, what is the Deemer doilig? Com- petition in other industries has had a stimulating effect but -thts, average farmer is feet asleep t� his best in- erests and needls a jolt to arouse him. 'The multiplication of insects and ungus enemies of the apple have eally had a posiblve benefit in arous- ng the fruit arower and the progres- sive, widesawake, ready-toelearn or- hnrdit has reaped richer harvests than ever before, while hts neisthbore alto have -followed the methods of generations past have lost even thew rehards, Now, 'the restless semeh lode/ round' and finding farm life deed and niummitled, uninviting and =rezone- erative, turns to the city, which isn- ediately appeals to him. He likes to svheasv eased! part ainbriangs7; system wi.°6 he likes the clay, when they wili be offered, the g same thing over again. A tow- can- a not be a heavy producer of milk under these eiecumstances. a The beet place to water dairy sows k in cold weather is in the barn. When naming water is available this can be accomplished by 'installing the in- dilviduar drinking cups, or by water- ing them in a gutter-like!manger. In thiseoese, the water will not need to be warmed, as the water in pipes AS Mit too cold. Indivitinal turps h.ave another advantage by allowing the cows to take small quantities at fre- quent intervals. eneral air of progreas and the hanges that bring greater efficieney. The prese may advocate rural lite nd the colleges and high se.h.00l oe- er courses to create a greater inter- est in farming and to assist the farm- er in a practioal way, but the mita 'Won of the boy preblem is with the farmer and as long as he tries to hold the restless youth in the rut of ages, so long will he be warring against the instinets of nature and is boulati to fail, but when he is willing to ex- peeiment, to venture out, to give the boy a chance on some problem thet promises remuneration for effort, as soon as he can reduce his farming operations to a really successful busi- ness bads, then the "boy on the farm" problem will be solved and as many of the boys as should remain on the farm will be found there; for as a matter of fact, we do not want ail of the boys to remain there, some of them being by nature better fitted for Abel callings .and needed in other in- dustries; Inc in spite .of the eeeming educationall advantage possessed by the city boy it is a faot bliat the Turd youth as a rule will ;outclass his city cousin Sn any trade or profession, even the merchant preferring a greet country boy ea a clerk, as agairtst the best that the city affords. A mar - chant told nie this km than a -week The great inen in all industries have largely been farm boys, aad we de not want to keep ell boys on the farm, but we do want to correct a eon- dition that exists in some palas of the country where there am eot enough of the younger generation left to 01 the V. R. A Mend whom you have been gain- ing during your whole aw, you ought Inot to 'be daspleased within a moment. A stone is many years in becoming a reby; take cam that you do not de- stsoy it in an instant againsb anoth- er stone. Th iigheat Moe I -1E RAW FURS to matter whqu at antity. We pay the highest price, also express e Try once and you aTO assured of eatisfaction. tti3BEY FUR CO PARY 810 et. Paul W. Montreal, OM. Beforenoor Bunk of Hoofielo.3s,31. Henry. In business ter 30 years, Send your British Museum Treasures. The British lleueseum in London is little by little being reopened to the ublic, 'The treasures of the British lusetun, which were hurried ueder ver against air raids, and the groime f statuaey that have long been lam- ed in by sandbags are once more, eing daylight, Nothing has been t by the exploding bombs. 'the only amatte caused by stray shell *ag- ents was, strangely enough, two erman books, the backs of which ere scraped. German medals have en added to the exhibition, iixelnd- 01 Lues_ita,nia ,utcla_1„ Happinees ,consits in activity.; each is the constitution of our nature; it is a running stream andenot a ebagnent de—H. W. needier. co isa ee Id 42 01 St. Paul St • 0 lea 41teAls be Being manufacturers and not buying to re. in .. sell We alwayA assure the fairest grading and the highest market prices. Qui& returns No price list issued hut we reareene 50 • hold your Akins separate until you accept at select our offer. . 60. illielegrastenfaeltrinali,vareeseSsiteiteliel,