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By. agronomist.
Thio Department Is ror the use of our farm readers who want the advice
'ef an expert on any question regarding soil, seed, crops, etc. If yofar'questlon
is of sufricientgeneral Interest It will be answered through this column, if
Stamped and addressed envelope is ,enclosed with your letter, a compiet'
•gns'wer will be mailed to you, Addree9 Agranoinisi:, care of Wilton Pehllehlnp,
Co., Ltd;, 78' Adelaide St. W., Toronto..
Subscriber: "Is it profitable to use
a phosphate fortilizeir with '18%
available phosphaate at $37.00 a ton
when wheat le' $1.00 per bushel and
oats 50e per bushel, on land that al-
ready appear`+ to give an abundance
of straw?"
Answer: The question you have
asked displays what appeals to me as
a most sensible attitude on the .ler'
tilizer question. After• all, the use of
fertilizer does not depend upon senti-
ment or custom or any other thing
than upon the question., you have
asked, ``Will it pay?" I ould give
you abundance of examples of farm
tests which show very clearly that
fertilizers pay,. but I choose rather
the records of long-time ,experiments
carried on by officials employed by
the Government and responsible to
the people.
The record of the 20 -yea>; experi-
ment conducted at Ohio Experiment
Station ,shows the following yields in
whole numbers for wheat and oats ob-
tained where no plant food was added
and where a complete fertilizer was
'added. They are as follows:.
Average yields obtained over 20
years, at 'the :Ohio Experiment Sta-
tion.
Wheat—Without additional plant
food, 10 bus. per were; with acid phos-
p'hate, 18 'bus. per core; with com-
plete fertilizer, 24 bus. per acre.
Oats—Without additional plant
food, 30 bus, per acre; with acid phos-
phete,, 89 has, per acre; with com-
plete fertilizer, 45 bus, per acre.
Now an to your question:—There is
a - gain of 8 bus• of wheat per acre
from. an application of a little less
than 200 lbs. of acid phosphate or,
at the prices you give, a gain of $8
for an investment of approximately
X3.70 ---acid phosphate paid!
There is a further gain of 6 bus.
per acre of wheat by tho application
of nitrogen and potash in fertilizer
applied to the wheat crop, or a gain
of 14 bus. from the use of complete
fertilizer. It• is not uncommon.to find
such a gain from the application of
200 pounds of complete fertilizer to
the acre. This being the case, you
will see that such an increase would
. even pay for fertilizer at $140 a ton.
Now ae to oats, records show a
gate of 9 bus, of oats per acre fro
the use of acid phosphates or, at your
prices for oats, assuming that 200
pounds of acid phosphate was added
per acre (which is over double what
was actually added ,in this case), an
• investment of $3.20 makes a return
of $4.50, or a little over 21 per cent.
on the money invested. The addition
of compete fertilizer to the oats
made a gain of 15 bushels per acre,
or $7,50 on your valuation of oats.
This would pay for 200 pounds per.
acre of complete fertilizer at $75 a
ton.
Let it be noted, of course, that I
do not recommend the use of com-
plete fertilizer costing $140 per ton
for wheat or $75 for oats. I am
simply quoting these figures to show
the actual money returns from the
use of the' material.
To corroborate the findings of Ohio
I quote the returns of two other Sta-
tions, Purdue Agricultural Experi-
ment Station, Indian -a, as an average
of 12 years test obtains the following
yields:
Wheat --Without fertilizer, 10 ,bus.;
with acid phosphate, 15 bus., gain 5
bus.; with complete fertilizer, 19 bus., °
gain 9 bus.
Corn --Without fertilizer, 37 bus.:
with acid phosphate, 43 bus., gain 0
bus.; with complete fertilizer, 53 bus„
gain 16 bus. -
The Dominion Experimental Farms
quote in their -report of the Division
of Chemistry, 1910, the average yields °
Obtained from potatoes at 5 expert- C
mental farms distributed over the Do- t
minion ars follows:
Potatoes.
Bus. per acre
Without plant food 75
With acid phosphate 103
With complete fertilizer 120
15 tons manure per acre 131
71A'. tons manure plus 'complete
fertilizer 200
On the basis of our figuring above
you ecen readily estimate the returns
as obtained at the -Indiana Station
and from the pominion Experimental
Farms, all of which show that fertil-
izers Prope):ly used arc a paying in-
vestment.
• Now T notice in your questiony ou
hay that the land gives an abundance.
of straw, Records show that the
farmers ;in your ,vicinity ',mein -
lain a concirlereble number of
live -stock, hence, nsndoubtedd3, they
return a fairly large amountofman-
ure to the soil. In addition to this,
records chow that you grow consider-
able clover bay, 'aoth of -Which things
tend to increase the kind of plant.
food--•nitregTen or ammonia—which
sautes straw growth. The probabil-
ity is thatyour land is short of phos -
phonic acid and. that you actually oh -
then too much straw. If this is the
carie, the addition of acid phosphate
to the manure and the use of fertil-
izers high in acid phosphate will be
an exceedingly paying proposition
for you. I dealt with the-duestion of
. the use. 'of fertilizers alone lin what
was 'said above. I wish only to quote
the results of .three experiment eta_
tions where the problem of supple
meeting the manure with -acid phos-
phate has been carefully investigated -
The results obtained are as follows:.
Ohio Experiment Station.
"Covering a period of 13 years the
average increased production from
soil treated with stall mehure and
acid phosphate over yard manure
was:—Corn, 15.27 anus.; wheat, 0.18
bus.; hay, 1,840 pounds."
Pennsylvania Experiment Station.
"By the addition of acid phosphate
to manure at a cost of $5.95, the gain
over untreated manure was $23.74."
Indiana Experiment Station.
"The addition of 200 pounds of acid
phosphate to a six-ton application of
nnanure per acre per rotation of corn,
wheat, and clover has produced addle
-Lionel crop increases valued at $14.98
end $21.44 respectively."
C. W.—What is the best fertilizer
for a garden plot? 2. Is sweet clover
profitable for pasture or is it best
cut for hay?
Answer—For a garden fertilizer it
is well to keep in mind that you wish
to apply plant food which will cause
rapid substantial growth of garden
crops. The rapidity of growth and
firmness of it have a great deal to
do with the tenderness and flavor of
the vegetables, hence fairly high
grade fertilizers are in all cases most
satisfactory. For general purposes
I would recommend a fertilizer carry-
ing3b
to per cent. ammonia, 6 to 8
per cent, phosphoric acid and 4 to 6
per cent, potash. When applying this
make a total application of about 50
to 75 pounds to a piece of ground
measuring 25 x 40 feet. It is a good
practice to make two applications, ap-
plying 31 of this amount on the stir -
face of the garden when it is dug
or plowed, working this in as the gar-
den is harrowed and raked. When the
crops.• are growing scatter a sprinkl-
ing of fertilizer up between the rows
each time before you cultivate, This
acts as a continual feeding to the
crop with all its desirable results.
2. Sweet clover is looked open as a
very valuable crop for supplying
nitrogen and humus in building up
poor soils. It can be made into good
hay if the crop. is cut while it is
green and succulent. If you allow it
to become woody, the fibrous material.
s not palatable to the stock, nor is
t nutritious. As to sweet clover for
pasture, I have not observed instances
where it has been used successfull9'a:
Livestock have to learn to oat the
crop since the oil which the sweet
clover plants bear seems to be dis-
asteful if any other green crop as
btaina'ble. I would depend on sweet
lover either for hay or green crop
o turn under.
H. H.—What is the best mixture
for a permanent pasture?
Answer—For permanent pasture
the following mixture is good: Com -
Mon red clover, .0 pounds; alsilte, 2
pounds; white clover•, 3 pounds; tim-
othy, 4 pounds; meadow fescue, 3
pounds, per acre,
Enquirer—I have a two -acre field.
which I would like to sow with some
kind of seed which would make pas-
ture for cows about the last of June.
Is there any kind, if so what kind,
and how much per acre? Field is an
orchard.
Answer—For quick summer pas-
tures I believe you cannot do better
than to plant a mixture of oats, wheat
and common red clover. Use a bushel
of wheat, putting in a couple of
pounds of common red clover to the
acre. This will seem fairly thick
seeding, but it gives a good stand,
which if: kept pastured down, provides
good pasturage.
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yields is the practice of crop rotation
under mixed farming conditions. This
term denotes a combination of dif-
ferent classes of props which are
grown in such order that the preced-
ing ' one re '
p pares the land for or
otherwise aids the crop following.
The essentials of a good rotation
include roots or corn, grain and hay
grown in the order nanied. The dura-
tion or cycle of the rotation may be
varied to suit particular conditions,
Moreover, it may be advisable where
conditions warrant to combine two
or more rotations on the one farm,
There are innumerable combinations
of different classes of crops which
will prove satisfactory when applied
judiciously. Under any 'circumstances
it is absolutely necessary, in order to
obtain even medium crops, to apply
at least the prlincibles already indi-
cated as essentials in all good crop
rotations. The working of these
principles may be explained by the
accompanying practical illustration,
Snobcrops as corn, roots and pota-
toes require abundant supplies of
food from the soil to stem, leaf and
root growth. This may be most
profitably and practically furnished
by clover or other sod ploughed down
or 'by applications of barnyard man-
ure. The cereals such as wheat, oats.
and barley require less of the readily
available food and generally do best
following hoed crops for which man-
ure is applied or after leguminous
crops such as peas or clover.
Sod. too, well prepared, pro-
duces satisfactory yields of cereals.
The area sown to cereals, seeded to
clovers and grasses, will supply ex-
cellent hay crops the following year
or two. The -sod of the latter turned
clown and manured fits the land for
corn or roots once snore.
Such general plan of procedure or
crop rotation may -be modified 'by each
farmer as will best suit his soil and
needs. Several combinations of 'mix-
ed farming crop rotations are in op-
eration throughout the Experimental
Farm System in Eastern Canada, an
outline of which is :contained in the
circular No. 9. Copies of this cir-
cular are available free on application
to the Field Husbandry Division.
The progress made in the work
carried on to date has led to the con-
clusion that the following chaafteter-
istics are desirable under almost any
conditions in mixed farming rota-
tions:
Grain fields should be seeded down
with clover, even though it be used
only as a fertilizer.
Grass amid clover seedings should
be heavy. Increased craps of hay and
rare failure, of a catch- have justified
his practice.
Hoed brops should form a large
proportion of every rotation. An ate
tempt to farm a smell area without
hoed crop was not successful. Weeds
cold not readily be kept in check. I
No field should be left in hay more
than two years. The records show
that the second crop almost always
costs more than the first per ton, and
that succeeding crops are very liable
to be grown at a loss.
Barnyard manure should be applied
frequently in comparatively small
quantities rather than at long inter-
vals it Iarge quantities.
tut It
Judging the profits of the flock by
the size of the feed bill is not a fair
way to determine just what is made
or lost in keeping fowls. Never in
the history of poultry culture did
table eggs and table fowls command
the prices they diel during 1918—and
never was feed so high.
Those who "put the herr in the led-
ger" last year, crediting her with
every egg laid (whether sold or used
in the family), with the manure sold,
and with the market value of her car-
cass, were surprised to learn that, de-
spite the high cost of feed, the liens
rounded out a profit.
It is practical to keep three books --
a cash book, a ledger and a day book.
Some prefer a diary instead of a day
book. In the diary they may record
not only the transactions, but also
the daily happenings on the place,
such as experiences, visitor's, rem-
edies tried for cases of sickness etc.
The cash book, as its name implies,
will show the amounts paid and re-
ceived daily. The ledger records
running accounts, the amounts due
and amounts owed. To make the led-
ger even more interesting, an account
can be opened with each flock, or, with
each breed kept, showing the value
of the eggs laid, the manure the flock
yielded, end the sale of the carcasses.
Approximately the most of feed far
each flock can be given, so that ,It can
be shown whether that flock is com-
posed of money-makers, or whether
it is not worth keeping. This is snore
complex than keeping one set of
books for the whole flock.
Begin right now to adopt a system.
It is the only way to know whether
the fowls are really paying or losing.
When .you start spring work, take
it easy for a few days. Nothing hits
a horse so hard as •to be compelled
to pitch right in after a winter of
idleness. Many as good animal has
been 'ruined during 'the first few days
of the spring rush.
Quit the work before the sun is
lost. If you don't, sooner or later this
practice of working in the dark will
impair 'both you and your horses.
Pull off the harness, letting the
horses take only a little water. Feed
thein the remaining third of the grain
ration -and half of -the day's hay al-
ows,nee.
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question is of; general. interest It will
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closed. Dr. Curr(rr will not prescribe
Address Dr. Andrew F. Currier, care
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Diphtheria.
'Diphtheria is an acute infectious
disease, caused by a germ which doc-
tors call the Klebs -Loeffler Imams.
The incubation period' is -four (lake.
The sure -sign of diphtheria ie a dirty
yellow or gray patch, or membrane
which forms on the tonsils and in the
throat, sometimes in the nose. This
membrane ,does not appear 'at first,
however, 'being preceded for two or
threte days by a dull red color in the
throat, painful -mellowing., swelling'
of the glands' in the neck, chilly atedl
feverish sensations, and nausea, The
breath;'becomes offensive, the appetite.
is lost, the''heart beats rapidly and
there are liable to be complications.
affecting the kidneys, the lungs andi
the nervous system.
The diphtheria germ grows on the/
walls of the mouth and, upper air I
passages; and there they forst the:
poison (the toxin), which is absorbed
by the way of the lymph and blood1
channels, thus producing the serious
constitutional symptoms mentioned. 1
The germs pass from person to. per-,
son by direct contact of infected/
hands or lips; also, in coughing or;
even speaking vigorously, small par-,
tides of. moisture or spit or even;
fragments of the virulent false mem-I
brane (all germ -soaked) are dis-'
charged by the patient to the great;
jeopardy of other people.
If there is an epidemic in the
neighborhood, or a case in the family
or in the house, be sure to have and I
to use only .your own glass, cups,
epoone, towels, handkerchiefs mad so
on; and exercise unusual cleanliness
especially as to the hands and to
all objects' placed in the mouth. You
can he immunized against. cliphtheitia,
so that yeti will not ``catch" it, by
euliutitting to prompt injection of
diphtheria 'antitoxin—that is, with-
in twenty-four hours of exposure -to
the infection, This yobr doctor or
your health board will do for you. -
Never neglect a sore throat. When
there are ease;, about, take - no
chances.' Have a doctor take a cul-
ture from your bythis means
throat;
in most cases, ile eau' tell whether you
are coming down with diphtheria or
not.
Q°iestione and Aliso ens.
Miss 5. R. --I have severe cramps
in my limbs; sometimes they last
for a long time, and if they ere in
both limbs at the same time, they
cause extreme agony. What is the
cause of this? I. baro also somite
heart trouble.
Answer—Cramps.itt the leg are due
to muscular exertion, alcoholism, liver
ailment, gout,'diabetes or hysteria.
Neuritis may in your case be a cause.
Your letter gives me no clue tie which
of these ailments yeti cramps may
be due,
Mrs. M. N: --Can an injury or les-
ion in the body or any of the organs
he located and its nature determined
by an X -Ray examination?
Answer—In most cases, yes.
Food Control Corner
An Inexpensive Maple Evaporator.
For a bush of 300 or 400 trees a
good practical evaporating plant can
be produced for about $31. Such a pan
would require:
8 sheets of tin 3 x 10
2 men 5 hours crimping
Assembling
E, t
$10.00
7.50
6.00
e ra iron 2.50
Total 31.00
The pan should be corrugated on
the bottom and divided with parti-
tions to give a zig-zag course to the
sap. It should be set absolutely level
so as to maintain a uniform depth - of
sap. A. good rule is to allow ten
square feet of boiling surface for
every 100 trees tapped. In addition,
a stove and bride arch are required
milli the necessary length of stove
pipe•'
For reducing syrup to sugar an ad-
ditional evaporator is necessary. This
is a simple pan, 2 to 2i11 feet wide,
from 3 to 0 feet long and about one
foot deep. The metal is preferably of
heavy tin, but never of sheet iron.
This pan sets over an arch or fire
box and has convenient handles for
lifting it off the fire.
All maple sugar malting utensils
should now be got out and cleaned,
even though they were well washed,
dried and .stocked away at the end
of last season. The dust which has
collected during the year would help
to spoil the first, run of sap. 'Utensils
which have 'becme rusty should 'be
discarded for this season. They can
be painted, but if painted on the in-
side they should not be used until
next season -as the fresh paint would
taint the sap. The best buckets are
of tin. Galvanized iron pails should
never be used, as they discolor the
sap, and being coated with poisonous
metal zinc and lead, they are objec-
tionable. Wooden buckets tend to die -
'color and sour the sap and are diffi-
cult to clean. Large pails are, better
than small, because sap is not so
likely to overflow. Two gallon pails
should be used for trees farthest
away at least. Coven's are coming
more generally into use for the sap
pails and are a great improvement as
they keep out falling leaves, bark and
other impurities. The covers should
allow an air space for ventilation so
as to prevent the sap from souring.
When the season has advanced and
the days are warm fermentation is
likely to take place, causing the sap
to sour, and clime to accumulate
about the spouts, buckets and tanks.
It is wise then to draw the spout,,
make a new hole a few inches from
the old one and scald and thoroughly
wash all utensils in -hot water. ' - A
double cloth strainer should ibe
stretched over -the tank used for haul-
ing sap to the sugar house. This
cloth should be thoroughly cleansed
after each gathering, It is also well
to strain the sap in the 'sense way
when putting it into the storage vat,
which should be put on the coolest
side of the'sugar house. The storage
tank should not 'be too big because if
too much sap is stored in the tank
it will not 'be handled promptly
enough by the evaporator and it is
likely to turn sour.
Denmark has no mountains.
I'J Tit Is summer ,iiie, - ni AB the
horses after supper, then turn them
into a corral or pasture, and they will
add -tie finishing touches to the work
of currying and bruelting. During
the winter fill the manger full of
slightly moist hay at night, give them
a comfortable straw :bed, and eon-
tented, healthy animals will result,
afikeik
Watch 'the hoofs of your ewes.
Keep dirt and manure from between
the claws, This attention may save
a valuable ewe.
When an old sheep does not eat well
or thrive on what she does eat, it
may be something wrong with her f
teeth, Look at them and remove any d
that are loose.
il
Wool buyers flo not like fleeces that
are loaded with hay -seed and short
bits of hay stems. They want wool,.
not sticks and trash. That is one f
reason why sheep should have a clean c
place to lie down.
Rams in winter should be provided
with dry, light, well -ventilated guar- t
tors and plenty of room to exercise.'
They should not be -kept too fat. f
Feed them as cheaply as possible,
keeping in mind their thrift and °
health. Alfalfa or clover hay and t
two pounds -of ensilage a day are g
sufficient, except for thin or young n
rams; they need about a half pound d
of grain in the ration daily.
Take things easy when driving
sheep, just as in driving hogs. Sheep t
`naturally follow their leader, and the s
I leader isn't hard to handle. When m
turning corners at cross -loads, a clod e
or pebble thrown so to fall in the s
road the eheep are not to take, will f
usually guide them ,into the right s
road-, if the pebble falls just about the d
Putting Your' Mind On It.
Those who bays made their way
in the world -(and this does not mean
merely the success that rests on.
monetary appraisals) are those maw
have said "This one thing I do" and
twat'
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have acted in conformity with l
pithy creed. They have not able
a ,scattering aim and a diversity
occupation- to diffuse arid` dilute en
gy. They have acquired the fact
of putting their minds so complet
on the task in hand that they
oblivious to distracting impres'si
and .extraneous importupiities, TI
do not fly off at -a tangent from ih
work for a short recess or along ,
cation when a warm 'breath of ep
stirs from the woodland. They do r
yield to that vagrant .gypsy mad
in the blood—though i,t weak!'
much more fun. to go titan to rema
A great captain of. -business lies
way of talking just to you when y
meet him. Ile is not looking .o
your shoulder to the next in the to
line of appointees for an intorvi
He seems to have no thought hut,
your presence and this moment. Y
leave him; flattered by.that deferen
It only occurs to you when the do
has closed behind you that someh
the great man you came to see g
through the interview and dismiss
you with celerity equaling the co
esy.
That i.e because the man of lam
and pressing affairs has learned
crowd, much into a `narrow spa
even a'b a practiced traveler packs
trunk. He knows how, to ``fill
unforgiving minute wills sixty se
onds' worth of distance run."
saves time, breath, strength, f
pounds of energy, vital electricity:
relaxes when he can—though he en
not require a book or a doctor to t
him how to do it.
Putting one's mind on a matter
more than giving one's hand to
more than going through the
tions. The laborer is not worthy
a 'better hire who does not bring
thinking brain 'tie his task- The el
old saying runs that there is plan
of room at the top—merely ocean
the crowds down there at the bort
are content to go plugging and pet
egging along he the same day-afte
ay, dead -and -alive routine of the u
humined drudgery, Those who mon
he ladder from the lower rungs
those who keep their wits about tie
or use upon the instant; those wh
an without notice mobilize their i
tellectual powers; those who -do n
spend so long a time adjusting the
Making -caps that the occasion ha
whizzed past while they still co
usedly debated,
The prizes after the dust and h
f life's race go to those who brin
o their work a radioactive intell
mice, an alert perception, dulled b
o selfish indulgence, impaired by n
eleterious habit.
They shut in the problem, the
shut out the fretful turmoil in orde
o consider and solve it. They ar
oldie`s immune to shell -shock. In tit
idst of uproar they can deliberat
alrnly to a sage conclusion. Impul
ire brilliancy may be a little scorn
ul of their sedateness andtee'
d tied
lownese, but when they have don
there is nothing to undo. There is n
amage to repair. There is no los
motion to make up. That is because
the executent hand was directed by
an informant and not a dormant
Mind,
time the first sheep reaches the turn.
A whistle accompanying the fall of
the stone will help. When driving
into a car, the sheep will gd more
readily if one of the animals is
caught and carried into the par
where the others can see it.
We have found that cows having
water available at all times will yield
mote milk than where the supply is
restricted.
SPRINE1 MUSKRATS
We pay the best price for Spring
Muskrats
Send any Furs you have. You are
assured of satisfaction In price and
treatment.
ABBEY FUR COMPANY
310 St. Paul St. W., Montreal, Que.
In business for 30 years
Reference: Bank of Hochelaga,
St Henry.
SPRING
NIUSKR S
In Big Demand
Highest Prices
Assured by
Sending to
Brasier
Compan'y'
84 FRONT ST. EAST
TORONTO
Established 16'57
Send a Trial Lot
Results Will Please You
5'
SLACK SEASON FOR PACKERS.
British Columbia Salmon Canners Not
Successful With Low Grades,
Cannery operations in British Col-
umbia this year are expected to be
much more limited than when patriot-
ism propelled the canning of every
edible variety of fish. Only the most
necessary equipment is being install-
ed or replaced and only in a few in-
stances are canneries putting in any
new boats or gear.
The difficulty in marketing the lower
grades of fish canned during the war
has suede the canners wary of stock-
ing any this year, with the result that
only the most marketable salmon will.
be put into cans during the 1919 sea-
son.
At the present time the prospects
are that only three or four canneries
will be in operation on the Fraser
River, as the old fishing grounds have
become depleted.
In the north, however, many of the
plants will be running to capacity on
sockeyes and pinks if the fish, are
plentiful.
Although operating costs on tin-plate
supplies will be considerably reduced
this year, net and gear expenses will
be higher.
It Is regarded as almost a certainty
that the Allied food board will not be
in the market for all the sockeyes and
pinks this year and the operators are
endeavoring to work bade into the pre-
war channels by re-establishing their
old markets. In some instances this
is not proving difi'acalt, but in others
the wholesalers report the market al-
ready coveted by some substitute that
is finding favor.
"As long as you don't love any-
body much, your character its like a
•wrinter, nrt. nde
agarden gloss sinhade, and
oaneotviherueis is cover
r
over with straw, and all of then( are
dreeditilly pinched and sickly. Then
love Comes by and it is summer and
your ggarden rejoices and; blossoms
dike (Tie
rise, without your 'botherin;r
about it a$ all.".-'oElileli Tltorneyero. r4
Fowles'.