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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1919-02-27, Page 7r. mengezeeeeT - By Agronomist. thlri Department to for the use cr our farm readers who want the ateeket if an expert on any question, regarding soli, eeed,'crops, etc. Ir your question Is of sufficient'general lhterest, it will be answered through this column. it Vamped and s.ddreesed envelopsla cnolosed with your letter, a complete answer will be mailed to yeti. Address Agronomlet, Care of Mien PSArliehin5 Co., Ltd., 73 Adelaide St.W., Toronto. : Alfalfa Versus Sweet Clever. During the last few years 'so much •'has been written ,in the agricultural press eulogizing sweet clover that, in rnany c uou'tecs, it has gained a eeputation for superiority which, to say the least, is misleaduegt'y exag- gerated. A.:i'e\v nnbiased remarks on its resp value, especially in cumpari- son wef alfalfa, may therefore not be out of place, The reputation for superiority winch sweet clover has gained is to a very large degree due to the fait that it is able to do surprisingly well' in naturally poor soil or worn-out land deficient in plant food, and in eon looking in moisture to such an ex- tent that neither red clover nor al- falfa can grow to satisfaction. No one who has seen sweet clover flouaiish in places whereto use a common expression "nothing else will grow," tan deny that sweet clover might 'be employed at a remunerative •crop on the type of land just referred to. Lia never, it should be clearly understood that; though realizing the value of sweet clover as a 'revenue producer on poor soil, it by no means follows that sweet clover is better or even ecinoll to other crops of its type, especially alfalfa, on superior to good. laird, This should be clearly empha- sized because many uncritical sweet clover enthusiasts have made the error of cgnclu•diiag•, from the be- havior of sweet clover on very poor land, fleet it is also of outstanding superiority on good land suitable for growing such crops as alfalfa. The sooner each a conception is corrected, the better. If alfalfa can be grown with reas- onable success, it surely . will prove superior to sweet clover in practical:1y y all respects. Alfalfa, when once estate:Hied, will last for a great number of years and will continue, without re -seeding, to yield crops of high quality year after year, whereas sweet clever, being a biennial plant, will have to be re -seeded every sec- ond' year unless it is given a chance to mature seeds and thus automatical- ly re -seed itself. Alfalfa may be grown foe pasture, hay, allege, and soiling, whereas sweet clover has a somewhat limited sphere of usefulness. Thus, sweet clover is not likely 'to make as good dray as alfalfa; neither can it be cured into good hay as easily as the latter. As a forage crop, its chief asset lies in its ability to furnish nutritious pasture, but wren as a pasture plant it it is hardly equal to alfalfa where the latter can be grown successfully. As furthermore, sweet clover has some distinctly . objectionable character- istics which are not found in alfalfa, for instance its peculiar flavor and its tendency to become a weed if not properly looked after, there, is no valid reason why it should be grown in preference to alfalfa, if the latter can be grown with reasonable success. Iionvever, on land too poor to grow alfalfa, sweet clover may be used either as a forage crop or as a green manure crap for the purpose of im- proving the fertility of the soil. Selecting the Breeding Pen. It is time that preparations were under way for the breeding season. The male bird or birds that are to be used for breeding should have been selected- before tins, and be in prime condition. Great care ought to lie exercised in the selection of the male. He is more than half the flock. He alone may mean suecese or failure. It is also important to use .only the best females. Do not 'breed from the whole flock. Take those only from which good type and vigorous chicks may he; expected. The , Breeding✓ Males—Vigorous, well grown'cockerels, the sons of high - producing females, sisanld' be need as they are snore reliable as breeders than aged cocks. 'Three does not mean that cock birds should not be used. They should, but only ,those cock birds that have showvn their vigor end ability to produce strong, high -pro- dicing stock. The ' Females -These males should be mailed 'riot to the whole flock but to selected hens and to Strang, well- grown pullets that have theme by their winter's performance that they have the high -laying character; • When the pu'lcts are put ,into their winter quarters in the fall, close tab should be kept on them, and note madeof those that start to lay early and are persistent in production. If trap -nests are used, select those birds ;stat make the 'highest records pro- vided they are suitable in other res- pects, that is, if they conform to the requirements of the breed. External merles -•--If trap -nests are not used, dependence will have to be placed on external indications of pro-,. duction for selection. When a pullet of a yellow-al.inned variety such as the. Leghorn, Ply- mouth Rock, Wyandotte or Rhode Is- land Red starts to lay, her legs and beak will be rich -colored as well as her skin. As laying progresses she uses up the surplus fat in the body, and the various parts begin to fade. These changes take place in the fol- lowing order. The vent rapidly fades, so that a pale vent indicates that the bird is laying. The eye -ring, that is, the inner edges of thee eyelids, bleach out a trifle more slowly than the vent. The earlobes of Legherns and similar white -lobed birds bleach out a little more slowly than the eye -ring so that a bleached earlobe teethe a little longer or greater proauctiop„-than a bleached vent or eyelid, The next change is in the beak. Beginning at the base the calor grad- ually disappears until it finally leaves the front part of the upper beak. A bleached beak means heavy produc- tion for at least the past four to six weeks. The shanks are the slowest to bleach out so that bleached shanks may be taken as an indication that tthe bird has been laying for a con- siderable time. In the absence of, trap -nests, there- fore, select those females of suitable I type that snow by their faded shanks i that they have been producing heavily !during the winter season. If these I bards are in laying condition, the vent will be large and moist, the abdomen 1 dilated so that the pelvic arches will I be well spread, and the keel forced away from the pelvic arch so as to give capacity. Tho abdomen will be soft and pliable. The hens that will have been re- !served e1served for breeders 'will be either those that have good trap -nest records or that were selected in the fall by appearance. These will have been vigorous, alert, active 'birds that have been late in moulting, that have bleached out shanks and that show the various characteristics previously mentioned. The Number of Females—The number of females to allow to a male, will depend on the conditions under which 'they are kept; For breeds of the general purpose typo such as Rocks or Wyandottes, in confinement, eight to twelve females will be enough, and Leghorns, twelve to fifteen females for each male. On free range the number may be increased fifteen to twenty-five for the heavier breeds and twenty to thirty for the Leg - horns. Feed well—Be' sure to supply an abundance of green food and make the birds exercise freely for their scratch grains•. Do not feed over- stimulating feeds. See that with the good feed there are fresh air, lots 'tee sunshine, and sanitary conditions. Get out the incubator, thoroughly clean and disinfect it end snake sure it is in goad 'running order for the early hatches. If you have not purchased the now, incubator which you contemplated, do not put it off a day longer or you may not leave it in time to get the earliest, mo profitable hatches. mese p t } There is no one best breed or var- iety of poultry for any or all 'pur- poses, and practically all breeds eau be made satisfactory by proper breed- ing and care. Do not forget, that a supply of - green food, like cabbage, menet beets, specked apples and so forth, will l be relished by the fowls and as- eist them in producing eggs. A cold, uncomfortable hen cannot lay, and therefore the hen house to should be, made as dry and: comfort- N.B. SEED omfort N.B'SEED POTATOES Reses, I4ebrona, Oobblers, Deiewaree, Green Mountains an Silver Dollars. Srt t of attention iiirtt orders, a or small F. L. ESTAROOKS i$ CO. 1l ( aaier. s in'Hay, Potatoes& Produce) SACKVILLE,'N.B, able as possible, and that 'meads • it should not be•unreasonably cold. One poultry keeper has found that the . use of `artificial' heat in his poultry'''' house ' (enough . to keep the temperature between forty and fifty degrees) enables him to get more eggs during the season of Leigh prices, without in any way injdiing the flock. o a Electric power has been' applied to the shearing of sheep on ode Aus- tralian .sleeep'Term. An Australian 2 -year-old Guernsey is credited with' providing '8,245 lbs. of 6 per cent. milk While running on natural pasture. • -A mighty timber famine Is coining dawn neon us. It is bad enough now, p but what will it be 20 years hence? The 'digestive system of 'the pig does not lend itself to such 'a variety of feeds as can be given to cattle. While a certain amount of bulk food can be profwtebly .supplied, the great- er part :of the ration must necessarily consist of coneenteates. en the spring of 1917 there were 514,140 gophersdestroyed by Sa - ciewan school childrenvho took part in the gopher Icill.ing campaign, while , last spring no less than 804,246 were destroyed. oyed. , The cost to the Govern- ment was a lettie over $700. negee YlLarileateGatim HVPie t ioteoli,.the war is over, it IS still very neeetitary to coutle'ae your teack - Yand Garden, as, the :Whole world is abort of food, and will be for souse time to come. Plant a Peace Garden with Drueo'a Seeds, the hest that, grow. 11 will be' a Source of revenue to yourself, and will fulfil 'a duty to your country., 11 -Pegr Calalo,ue now ready, deseribieg Seeds, Plenle Poulby Supplies rod Carden rmpletuente, nod voting prices, It is free for • the 'ael iag. Write now for it... JOHN A. k?,RUCE &. CO., Ltd. Established 18,50, HAMILTON, ONTARIO •trV,`.°ii9--',, •''d1+210tgooro,rtCWrg€71IRB reIRT;5NE.' ' LYidttafa dnwc"'...x-... t', dam. v,,y,•s , ,+ 7 •- •+.ylr.•P•S:.iWY ,r ,.�� megee •ti '' e se tps'^' fi. -, 'a--7,...?-4-w.,,„. 'sl"'Sr!' if ;..".r° tl free,€rosy.. : <'� rF!'.%9 •e :� u w D.i`�: �?�. "MTaklag two blade • ;.:row Where only one grow before." m 19. nrM for ' ' .,e, r pI E t, Delay in ordering standard fertilizer in the hope of lower prices only means risk of disappointment in deliveries, Prices are set by cast of this seasons raw materials, ordered months ago, and labor weges, which oro fired by the carat or living. You cannot afford to let oler land rug down_ "Shut ::�t.,"0 .iti 99 Fertilizers Are item .mt,lned—they mean a sure gain to your land's fertility—they mean strung, heady growths and easily sold, high priced crops. Its because our expert chemists compound them Cu the latest knowledge of what Canadian farmers really need: no frills, no experiments -that they get results. Write to -clay for discounts, prices and Booklet. GIJNNS LIMITED WEST TORONTO, ONTARIO • GOOD HEALTH QUESTION BOX By Andrew P. Dr. Curvier will onager all signed question Is of general interest It will if not, It will be answered personally closed. Dr. Currier will not prescribe f Address Dr.' Andrew. F. Currier, care fit. West, Toronto. Currier, ISLE. letters pertaining to Health, If your be answered through' these columns; if stamped, addressed envelope isen or individual cases or make diagnosis. of Wilson Publishing Co., 73 Adelaide Night Terrors. Children frequently have i;ight tee- ters. They awake in vague, ; wild alarm, one or tiwo hours after going to sleep, The child sn'eotcns in agony, clings to it's mother, but apparently fails to recognize anyone, and cannot he :at once quieted and reassured. After a few minutes the excitement spontaneously subsides and the child returns 'to sleep, without recollecting the attack in the morning. During the frenzied terror, it may run from the room or climb upon the furniture, in a wild attempt to escape.' Often the cries imply a fear of being taught by some one they four, or by wild animals. True night terrors are o9' somee het envious import, indicating, as they do, an unstable consl;itution. Some- times they aro induced by 'difficulty in breathing, because of adenoids or laryngitis, or bronchitis, or is weak heart, or genet -al weakness, They tray be the forerunner of mild epil- epsy or of St. Vitus' Dame. They may, however, mean no more than nightmare; 'that is a kind of vivid -dream usually traceable to some physical condition or to some previ- ous terrifying experience. Indigestion, bad ventilation, mental shock, fright, worry and the like, give rise to a' feeling of great weight on the cheat or suffocation or of falling. Then thel patient su •pends respiration or malice d'stre,.se•1 inspiratory sounds nach awakes with a start. eluestioris and Answers. Mrs. V. IL- Ifeve revue he your column about a neither saying her baby sleeps so well. I wish I could say the same of •mine, lie is VA months old and keeps me, awake 2 to 3 hours Kit a tihne, generally from •11 to 2. There are theses when I have not enough milk for 'him,,He gets about 3 bottles se day, besidemy nevi mil'k..' All the salve` he is healthy, strong and full of life, Ammer hungry. Better wean ll,irn now, although it is about a fortnight `before schedule time, 5, A, -How may milk bottle means of transmitting the germs of typhoid fever? Answer--T?eually from the use of infected water in washing the milk cans and bottles, or from- the failure to sterilize bottles that have been contaminated by contact 'with a ty phairl patient. Workers in- and ivbont dairies who tire typhoid carolers, or who are walking typhoid Sufferers, m'ay also transfer to the Milk, from their unclean hands, the typhoid bacillus, the geeua of that -disease. L. S.—Why is yeast so often used like—something different; almost as by physicians? 2. What effect )has it if theyhad been talking of some one on. the eelse—aof;g girl mush lest opular and Answer—I. I am not aware that p it is often used. It is efficient as an Petted and admired than Amy Alstgii. antiseptic hysi Bother the miserable cup! If Sally and in a poultice, P clans of authority declare it an excel or May had broken a dozen cups, she Y would have sympathized with them; lent remedy -for boils. Ali ordinary cake, as bought at els grog er's, is she would not have made invidious •- divided into threeparts, one of whichremarks. What did May mean with is taken three times a day. 2. Asa leer hateful "Anyone by. Amer!" She ferment in bread or spirituous liquors, had never considered herself as in - ANYONE BUT AMY "Another cup gone! 0, Arny, you, •ecklees, 'wretched creature! Now we've not enough to go round that match!" "Well, you needn't be so tragic about it, Prue;, and anyway, it wasn't my fatat, The : old thing's been cracked for 'ages, and its time had come --,it r~ianp'ly -vent to pieces in my hand:" "Quite simply—'atter you'd knocked. it against the faucet, . It naturally would," •mkt Prue, dryly. Sally and May, busy putting back glass and china on the shelves of the • easy club living room, after the tea, laughed and - exohanged a meaning look: f" "Why, • Prue, of course it wasn't Amy's fault!" said Sally, with over- emphasized reproachfulness. "I -low could you think it for a sninute?" "No, of course it wasn't," added May sweetly. "Most likely it was no one's fault at all; but if itwas anyone's, it certainly was anyone but Amyl" That night, as Amy brushed her hair before the glass, there was a worried pucker between leer -brows. A broken teacup more or less did not matter much, but there had 'been something in the girls' tone that did matter. They were joking, of couose, but it was something she did not tractor who can work otherwise. Usually I have a boy -on the tractor. I attach a rope to the clutele, so that if anything goes wrong I don't de- pend on .the boy: I merely pull out the clutch. With the tractor pulling the binder we can cut from 25 to 35 acres a -day. Last year we had 55 acres of wheat and barley which we lead to cut in 1 one way, because it lodged badly. I The tractor made a nice job of it. All in all, I find that the tractor is a mighty good thing; end as longus I do any farming I wouldn't be with- out one. 5u.$.. ^> .,et terigeist szti age .,e - $IF '''Tn-•rnn^rwn"•`�•wc�s'e` :; Lu ! "WHY MY TRACTOR HAS COME TO STAY".rI�Sfy6},e A Successful Scotchman Finds His Iron Horse a Practical Saver of Time, Men, Money, Acreage and Teams. By Mark McClure 'The tractor itself is such an im- portant step toward bigger and bet- tor things in agriculture, and there is so much misunderstanding, not un- mixed with prejudice, about it, that I believe it is to the interest of all farmers for some practical man of the soil to come forward with his actual tractor experience, Let me say right now, as strongly as I can say it, that the tractor has come to stay on my farm, because it is a practical success. It was bought as a matter of economy—forced economy, you might say, because of the labor situation. But it is a good investment anyhow, eve find, shortage or no shortage. In the last two years my tractor has enabled me to elimin- ate a third of my men and 40 per cent. of my horses. Not only that, but it made possible the cropping for 40 more acres than I had 'boen cropping, and increased my personal efficiency from 50 to 100 per cent. I said 40 per cent, of my horses had been eliminated 'by the tractor. The others I still have, and am going to keep. An all -power farm may be practical if it is small. I don't know. But it has been my experience 'that on a place of 250 to 800 acres or, snore, there 'are several reasons for keeping some horses on hand.. Even if I had a tractor which would -do all the work, useless I had two or three machines and plenty of ropels's, or repairs were readily accessible, I would keep a limited number of horses. But that is no argument against the traotor. When the tractor people get their service stations organized, throughout the country as efficiently as the automobile people have got theirs, I can see where the tractor might serve a much greater proper- tion of farm needs time it serves to- day. Meantime the tractor has a very definite place on my farm, anyhow. I have 280 acres, 245 of which are oltivated and cropped each year. There le one man and myself as mass power, 'a tr'a'ctor, and eight horses as 'a means of doing the work. Last year we used eight horses, but this year we plan to use only six. I bought my tractor two years ago. In the first place, I did it because I wanted. less help;, but the principal reason was to get my work done on time. I am a grain farmer, having only 'a few hogs, whichI. use to husk part' 'of my corn. It to necessary, therefore, that my work be done on tinge, for -a Drop to be harvested will not wait; neither can we put off seed- ing very long. ally tractor ptllhs them 'solecis s, I expect will o itbe serviceable for o r two p years ols longer at least; although it has been found that the average life of a tractor is eight years,.' using it on a da - basis of forty-livedays a year. But we use ours pretty harch, because, there is much for it to do, and we like its work. In the full and spring the tractor is especially valuable to me. We can do our seeding any time, with my man es-orldug the tractor and I be- hind him with a drill, To my mind the greatest value of the tractor lies in its speed in accomplishing things, rather than the economy 0.1 operation as compared with horse power. However, during the last two years it has been buy experience that a tractor is cheaper than horses, be- cause of the high cost of grain for feeding. I never kept any accurate records as to the cost of operation with either kind of power, but I know for a fact that one man and a tractor case do from 50 to 100 per cent. more work than the same man and a team of horses. If on a given day I were to compare the cost of feeding a team and the cost of operating a tractor that is, gas and oil—considering the amount and quality of work done by both emits, the tractor wv,ould Have a big balance in its favor.' In planting corn the tractor double - disks and drags the ground, while four horses attached to a planter will hardly keep up with the machine. ,Last spring I remember one day the man started a little ahead of me with the machine, getting the ground in. shape, and he finished a good half-day ahead of me. Take the working "up of the fall. wheat seed bed, for instance. The erector plowed, disked four times, dragged, and rolled the ground in good time. To de this work in the ,same time with horse and mass power, T would, have to have two neon and two teams working a little feaster than it is possible to drive horses which are being worked hard. The tractor is the main reason why I can got along with but one man. u e itfor everything to plow, se butp u ing corn, all of our belt work being done with it too. I have a 12 -foot binder to which I attach the tractor, When I used horse power for this work ill required six horses to pude it. I pull it with the tractor, and do the work just -as well. The tractor is more efficient :because we can work. in the extreme heat, which,is -almost an 'impossibility critic horses if you care anything for them. Another tieing: When we are cut- ting wheat or oats with the . binder all we. do ,is unhook the tractor in the field. We don't have to take it to the barn 'end feed it, as. we did the Mimes, at- hoose or in the evening. It ., eliminates a lot ofchores in this way. elw t s Y y A man can cne right in from the field at noon or night and go to his meal. That help's -too, believe me. In harvest time I have extra help, of course, but no man is -used on the Difficulty is often experienced in making good butter in winter, and especiallyi.when you are milking only a few cows. Change of feed, temper- ature and methods of handling milk and cream generally cause the trouble. There aro frequent complaints that the butter is long in coming, or that it foams and swells and won't come. at all. Scarcely a farmers' meeting passes, where buttelmakieg is discus- sed, that troubles 'along this line are ,Trot brought up. A better under- standing of the principles of cream - ripening and churning would help you to remedy these difficulties. In the first place, we now k ow that cream is ripened and the flavor is produced by the developmentinthe cream of certain bacteria. These bac- teria enter either by chance or by the addition of a starter—that 'is, a small portion of cream already con- taining them and kept for the pur- pose from one churning to another. It is not practical, if you are a farm- er With only a few cows, to bother' with the commercial starter. Much of the trouble arises from 'the failure of these bacteria to develop properly. Either the development goes too fag and the cream becomes too sour, or it is not earned far enough. Temperature and the length of time the cream stands are 'the con- trolling factors in the process. Often the cream jar is kept in the kitchen while the churning is accumulating. This is a bad practice. The warmth of the room favors the development of e bacteria, and' ripening 'begins with 'thee first cream glut in. Then subsequent additions are mingle with cream in different stages of ripen- ing. •The music 'better way is to iceep the cream at Low temperature until the desired amount is collected, and then remove to a waren place and add the starter, Thecream will then soon begin to sour, then to thicken; and when it has readied the stage where it begins to separate from thee whey I it is ready to churn, providing the. temperature is not too high. If tie • e cream has hen kept cold r n h'1 gathering' the erature for while e ate crtem gp ripening essay be as high as 25 de- grees. But he careful not to set it so near the 'heat as to overheat any part of the vessel, or you will have a case of scalded butter, and you knave what that means. For security, every buttermaker should have a deity. thermometer; they' cost only 25 or 00 cents. After the creases is ripe, set it away to coo] down to thee proper temper- ature. In winter the. hest temper- ature for c'hu reing tits between 60 and 05 degrees, but experience alone will not tell you the best temperature. The proper length of time for Winter .lei' fortyminutes. churning is t ut 'ol v 6 Proceed with the churnieg until the granules of 'butter arc about the size ributter- milk wheat grains. off the o ww c t s g icewater fouror five anti. put decrees warmer than the' butter, drain off, and repeat two or three \times. Press out 'the water, add the salt, and set away a shorttime; then work a second time, print and make into molds; When the creases foams and becomes frothy it is usually because it has been kept too long and at too warm a temperature; or it may be that it needs a good starter. In that case go to a creamery or a neighbor who churns oftener, and who you know snakes good butter, and get a pint or quart of ripened cream. Add this to your cream; stir it well and fre- quently in a warm temperature, and it ought to give no trouble when you churn. If it swells too mucic and will not come, the cream is usually 'too cold. Be careful in adding hot water. The better place is to try It with a ther- mometer before you begin and have it right at first, then you will not have 'this' trouble. WSummerallege is, as a rule, the most economical method of feed to help out short pastures. It is wise to peep a reserve for midsummer and autumn. panimer 1117.51111.11i, Varicose Veins ? wsan times Sion-S.11aetic Booed Stacking SANI02.5.BM, as they may be washed or boiled. aDSVISTaBX.P, laced like it legging; always tits. 0O5 POETA$LE, in d e to measure; light and durable. 0001,, contains NO Bun - Pica, 1,500,000 SOLD T,COYO=CAL, cost $1.60 each, or two for the carne limb, 56,50, postpaid. Write sec Gateeoguc and Self -Measurement Blank Cornea Limb fle'eolatty 00. 514 New Birks mare. Montreal, P.C. SPRING MUSKRATS We pay the best price for Spring Muskrats. Send any Furs yeti leave: You are assured of satisfaction in price and treatment. ABBEY FUR COMPANY 3'10 St. Paul St. W., Montreal, Que. In business for 30 years Reference: Bank of Hochelaga, St. Henry. . . Make Manure Twice as Profitable by Adding Fertilizers Reports Two Leading sof oI. Experiment Stations Ohio Experiment Staiien Covering a period of 18 years the l average increased productaoa from 1, soil treated with stall manure and add phosphate over yard manure I' was; , Corn, 15.27 bus,; Wheat, 0.18 bus.; Hay, 1,840 lbs. Pennsylvania Expo.; in antStattor By the addition of acid plias- lrate to manure at a cost of $5.95 I. tthe gain- nver.,:entreateci manure:. was $'13.74. Similar increases in crap yields can be made on bumir farm. Son The .. S' $� atI2d �'.71o inspP®V0Lge t Bureau �ci the' Canadian, lio`rtibser A:iaoeiatio,i IgD TEMPLE SLDC,. '1'Oli i\ i 2 T Ri O, •'iO . �... mom "means weft seimorpinb ei*.qemitex «s j Amy, paused with head bent side- wise enidevay of a brush strike down her smooth, brown locks. There had 'been that loaf of cake that was burn- ed'—'but that never would have hap- pened if Sally had not called her off to consult her about something quite unnecessary. She had hurried back as quiche as she could; and they could use most of it, 'by eating off the bottom and one corner. She Brushed again, Bard. Sally ought to have known better. Cake required a per- son's whole attention! "Anyone but Amy!" To be sure, the time she forgot to snap off the storeroom light, and it was an for three days, until the next meeting, she had pointed out that, if Isabel had gone the rounds carefully before locking up, it could' not have harp- pencd; and if the girl who, had the key was not responsible for going the rounds, who was? Why, Isabel had acknowledged that she ought to have tnatle sure about every light, even though she did not know anyone had been to the storeroom. No! Isabel never itried to squirm out. of a hole. She accepted consequences. Just there Amy laid down her brushand sternly addressed the sober young face confronting her in the glass. "My child," she told it, "you've always considered yourself a pretty good sort, and in particular an a- round, good comrade. Let's hope you are. Brit there's one thing you've got to learn thoroughly and right away, and that's the art of owning up. You'd be decent enough to take the blame for anything Mg.! honestly believe, if you deserved it; but it's mean and disagreeable to try to slip', out of sulall rosponsilpilvties. "Now, my deal; you can't drop the best club salad bowl to -mor ow and nobly and spectacularly confess the crime, as you'd like to do, because the bowl can't be spared; but you can and will buy six new penitential tete- cups and present them to the club, to snake good 'with interest four the one you smashed—yes, smashed! That is the word you'll use, and you won't even hint that it was cracked! After this, every blessed blunder, fault and accident forwhicle you are respon- sible is yours, acid yours only; you won't let anyone else claim a share, . if she wants toe 'Not anyone but Amyl" Tap Your Sugar Maples . Only about 50 per cent: ofthe trees in the average sugar bush are tapped, Even in the Eastern townships of . Quebec, where the maple industry is perhaps best developed, only 50 to 100 trees per acre are tapped. .The ideal sugar bush shoeld leave about 200 trees per acre producing. 'There were only about 55,000 producers of maple su- gar ad syrup in 1917. Though last year the number increased somewhat: In the decade of 1881 to 1891 an av- erage production of 22 500 ,000 oands was readied. At present prices this crop would be worth about $50,000,- 000. Eastern Canada has an immense natural resource in her maple trees, Most of which have never been tapped. How many trees are you going to tap this year. -The most economical basis for a � •st dairy ration is a liberal' supply of clover or alfalfa, incl e coppiy of , corn silage. • 1 Not all dogs, but the ownerless, ' woe lhloas clogs, which make sheep- rliiryi:ig an uncertain veent'ure, are the enemies of the ggleee'pm'ane Pig -raisers l-raiserts wha'liave used the s'e'lf - t feedew •slain that a self•ifed pig wilt I Make a "hog" of himself snore quick ilg and at less expeuse aoifha nd ' fed.