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DON'T FEED CORN ALONE: (of corn grain as well as two pounds
et is elirPrising howemary folks per- of salt, a total of e,086 pounds a feed/
else in feeding corn, or corn end oats, but even this doee not tell the who
'to young pigs throughout the year, store' hecatise these fifty -seven -pound'
ofteotimes without salt or other min. I Piga would need to be fed much longer
orals. A good many of thee earn& with good ration being allowed in
folks eeed corn, or corn and oats, I order to bring there up to a markets
Sometimes with salt, to the brood sows. able finieh and acceptable weight, .
at the wintertime. I We- took thee efty-eevee-pound pigs
Now young growing pigs which and added tankage to their ration, and
have access to the high class forages', finally after 249 days of feeding they
such as alealfa, clover, alsike clover I made the regeired weight; instead, of
and rape can do fairly well on just taking five monthto get the required
corn, Or COrll and oats, yet experienees
teach us that they do not do nearly so
well as they ehould, Let as examine
the proof.
One year we carried scene brood
weight it fool( better than eight
menthe. Inetead of taking 409 pounds
of feed for the 100 pounds of gein it
took 459 pounds of feed; here was a
loss of forty-eight pounds of feed on
sowe. on cern_ These sews gained ap., the -hundred pounds of gain as well
proximately a third of a pound a day as three months' loss in time.
and they farrowed litters Which aver-
aged 13.2 pounds. Where meat -meal
tankage was fed in addition at the
rate of two-fifths of a pound a sow
daily the sows gained better than
three -fifties of a pound daily and gave
birth to litters that averaged close to
20 pounds.
The eorn-alone sows produced pigs turkeys the scours, or at best results
in the deposit of a thin layer a' fat
averaging 1.7 pounds in weight,
whereas sows that received corn and around the intestine.
meat -meal tankage Produced ptge that The process of fattening turkeys
weia1iedte.2 pound,. -must,Ise more gradual than for -ether
The addition of meat -meal tankage poultry. For Than sgrving marketing
to the corn ration was instruniental the fattening should begin about the'
iu causing stronger pigs, . middle of September.
A light feeding of grain in the
Where meat -mol •taaltage was ueed
,
a greater percentage of pigs were en -
morning and evening should be gradu-
abled to get into the strong class.
The corn -alone sows hail only 68
pigs out of 100 farrowed -in the strong
It pays to balance the corn properly.
The Fall Fattening.
Too often the process of fatteaing
conststs, of feeding the flock heavily
on torn for about ten days or a week
before marketing. This sudden dose
of an unaccustomed feed usually gives
ally Increasee toward the 'end of
the fattening period the birds are fed,
three times a day, all the grain that
class, whereas meat -meal tankege and they will clean up in four or five
cern feeding resulted in putting 93 minutes.
At the beginning of the petit:id:equal
out of the .100 in the strong class.
We tried adding oats to the corn parts of wheat, oats and corn make a
to see what it would do in helping to
balance the ration. The addition of
just oats to just corn, though helping
some, is not the best, way by a long
ways. Some oats added to a corn -and -
milk ration or a corn -and -tankage ra-
tion is much more beneficial than
where they are just added to corn.
Where just corn and oats are fed
o brood sows carrying pigs in the
wintertime the litters aren't any
stronger or larger at bieth than where
Just. corn is -used.
The remedy is obvious.
very good ration. The proportion of
corn should be gradually increased
until it makes up the main part of the
diet during the last two weeks before
marketing. New corn should never be
given, as it almost invariably results
In scours.
Kafir or milo are good substitutes
for corn, ten pounds of either of these
grains being equivalent in feeding
value to nine pounds of corn.
Pen Fattening Turkeys.
Pen fattening has not proved very
. Inboth surnmer and winter add popular en this country, though sever -
a
green pasture, milk products, packing- al experiment stations have found that
turkeys can be successfully fattened
house by-products, alfalfa hay or a
. ,
eomeination of these feeds with a good in pens.
nunheal, enhetnreh „ --,. , . e„ ,,,, , In . England , turkeys . are regularly
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up for fattening, apparently
4. good mineral -mixture carries
penned
„ •, with success a' in Normandy the.
'salt; , a:_ phosphorus-carryrng, bone -
birds are actually, crammed, Once a
building products such as lxine need; a d -with 'dough composed of barley
caleiton carrier, such as lime; an
and boiled potatoes. The secret
of
iodine, carrier, such as potassium
iodide. / pen fattening seexns to lig in giving
I the flock plenty of room and in main -
One year we fed some young grow-
ing pigs for five months in dry lot, taining a balanced 'ration.
In Normandy the turkeys are driven
one groitp receiving shelled corn,' 60
out to range after the morning feed,
per cent. protein meat -meal tankage
and though they do not wander far made of the unbleached cotton, trim -
and block salt in separate self -feeders,
med or buttoned down the entire
enough to work off the effects of the
with another group receiving shelled
eorn, 60 per cent. protein meat -meal
Queen's :University, Belfast, Ireland, recently conferred honorary de-
grees of Doctor of Laws on the Duke and Duchess of York. They are shown
in their gowns and hoods after the geremony.
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PLEASANT COUNTRY KITCHENS
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AUGUST 24
Jesus Talks With Nieodernus, John 3: 147. Golden Text --
For God;30 lovoi the vrOri he gave Ins only be.
gotten Son, that whosoever helieveth on hirn sholudd not
perish, but have eternal 3: 16,
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amenvens. be "laity regular, feultily feulteess,
Tete 14.8w. meet GIVING ENTamica carnedatseplgeeeeddindleyss,puelel.; theeuletduoreeatciaor of TO, THE #INGDODly 1-0. rascality,
spume 7-11. Becomtng tian,, Desire to And
III. THE Lova ONe COO ToKEN; 13-1-7•0 the beet kind of life and live it will be
INgeoeuerio --The great theme f awakened when we have learned that
Sous" preaching, both in the earlier even the good is not the best. Paint -
and in the later stages of his ministry, Ing the pump will not purify the
Loth in patine discourse.s to the multi- water. To become Chrletian is to live
tude and in the private-instr tettle cif a new life in a new way. Consciously
his diseiples, was the cornieg of the or unconsciou.sly this new life must
Kingdom of God, the revelation of have a definite beginning. There is
Ge£1's almighty will .to save and re- world of difference between a tiny seed
deem Israel. Seo Mark 1:14, 15) 4: and a grain of sand. The sprouting of
11; 4:25,34, etc. Occasionally an indi- the seed is the beginning of the platit's
victual inquirer would come to him and life. The child, like a little seed,
Jesus would speak to him of the in- Holds a thousand green leaves folded
ward personal mystery of the King- tight,
dom. Snell an inquirer was Nicodernus, Ilolds a thousand flowers, pink and
wlehesnonCfmHees ibset Prhae urisseien, athReabplelie,nasintdt Hold awtririe?'with its branches all con -
legislature. He is in earliest about the And fruit 'that is juicy, golden and
a member of the Jewish Sanhedrin, or spwleet::
But before all this can be, there
comes a day when soil and sun and
shower have all dorm their part of
preparation, and the new tree begins
to be. This is its birth, the starting
/gent Of a new life. Growth follow -s,
in body through exercise, in the mind
through education, in the soul through
aspiration, "unto a perfect man, unto
the measure of the stature of the ful-
ness of Christ." But, jot as the seed
must have the den, before the dormant
life, as It becomes the life it Was
meant to be, so the soul must be quick-
ened "from above" by the power out-
side ourselves that rnake.s for 'right-
eoueness. This is the plain words and
unforgettable phrase of Jesus, spoken
to a good man 'whose life was; not the
highest possible, as the "new birth."
IT, THE REGENERATING POWEE TIIE a•h°41 men will' enlY adci cleverness to
his
but he thinks of it externah.
No matter how efficient a workshop ironed, so it is practical and durable. ICIngdom,
ly and materialistically, not inwardlY
her kitchen may be,- how well stocked This pattern comes in steips of two and spirituallr. retie the Jews of the
with adequate 'Aeneas with fine and a half yards.
labor-saving devices and the like,
every woman who wants her home to
be ateractiveknoWS that -the effort. at
decoration should not stop at the kit-
chen door.
The old, grim, dark green or brown,
dull place wherein the cooking used to
be .done has now givee way to a
colorful, cheerful room in which it is
a real pleasure to spend even a whole
day, canning ot• baking or preparing
711
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s.
Furniture is painted, closets are de-
corated, aprons towels curtains are
all planned to harmonize with the
chosen color scheme -and the effect is
so pretty, though so simply gained,
that the kitchen becomes one of the
meet admired rooms in the house.
•The color scehmais delft blue with
orange or yellow, though the • same
rose with a lighter blue, Chinese red toned his own qualifications to belong
in the Kingdom o et,
plan of decoration may be followed in broidery done in the same colors.
Crochet is worked as follows:
and gray, or any desired comnbination it He thinks that as a Jew and
Make chain about one inch I t. '
long, as a correct Pharisee, he will certainly
of shades, , . , .
turn, make double crocnet into eeventh. see the salvation of God. But Jesus
The window curtains are mere pan- chain, make ten double crochets into at once declares that there is no en -
els of unbleached muslin, gayly em- chains, chain two, double crochet one, trance to the Kingdom along the line
broidered in rather bold effect. There tern, chain five, ten double crochet, of such expectations. The kingdom of
is a one-and-aehalf-inch border of blue chain two, one double crochet. h, God does not com.e to men by outward
denim stiched about the edges of the happenings, but by an inward change
Third row repo+, same as sacond;
curtainshand also acroes the valance. of the soul. Men inherit it not by
fourth chain five. One double crochet,
The large bird-and-floever motif Used chain two one double crochet, 011 the Jewish birth or ley' descent feom'Arai
for decorating the curtains le quickly ' e . ham, but by a new pereonal birth.6
. wa across. tehange cotton when made the Spirit. - A man toilet lay.- down
pride and self-will; - and- enter • the
Kingdom of God like a little child. He
must begin life over again by person'el
surrender to God. Just as we enter
on the physical life by physical birth,
so we must enter on spiritual life by a
spiritual birth. Solemnly I say to
I time, he thinks the Kingdom will come,
,
If additionalshelving is required suddenly from the skies by an outward
miracle a God. JeS1187 op the other
the design ts, sirnply laid on -the ma -1
terial over a piece of caebon paphhe hand, teaches that the Kingdom comes
and thus traced on the muslin. With inwardly by a miracle �f the soul. Thie.
this design a number of others are to etigthe subject of the present talk with
. oncodemes. Jesus speaks of the new
be had, so that one has a wide choice. birth from
Tack the finished edge to flie shelves into epiritual life.
above, by which men enter
with small tacks that maybe readily T ..-..
removed. THE KINGDOM 1-6
e. Tra NEW BIRTH GIVING ENTRANCE TO
r
TEA TOWELS TO MATCH,' VS. 1, 2, Nicodemus.camee to Jesus
Tea towels to match the pretty kit- by night, under cover of darkness, be-
Hwieshisesaftroaiedsctoapeshothwe onpeotnlicye
achnedndlnalunsttYbdeesmig4ndse eigreextUsaendd. rh4naeraet ofmen.nh•e
each made of a yard of white toweling. hie interest in Jesus or to come with-
Ohe towel is offset by a neat inch- out reserves. On the other hand, he
an -a- al blue -denim border a one is sufficiently in earnest to come, and
end. Above there are two bits of ere- to come without further delay. Ile his
been impressed by Jesus' "signs." He
broiclery done In orange and blue. believes that Jesus ,is a divinely -sent
The second towel has a novel alter- teacher, and he is willing to accord
nate orange -and -blue crochet edge be- isirn recognition. ,
Low a basketeand-flower wreath of ern -
V" 8.1.11(iemu;'Gothr flies 11n/1:fres:need-
worked in threads of yellow -wool laid in two colors: Plcot-one double cro-
flat, arid couched down with bine mer- chete`chain five, double croehet back-
rif blue and ward into f rst'chain between holes on
i
reezed Cotton; two shades o
henna wool are used n the ordinary one edge of lace.
pimple stitches to complete the design. Of course one must have a become
The two motifs are arranged along the ing house dress to wear in this pretty
centre of the two side panels about five
inches apart.
Any other design may be selected
for the curtain decoration, or one may
prefer to use merely the bands of blue
for a finish. This effect will be very
pretty.
Ifitchen. A 'short -sleeved model seems
most suitable. This dress might be h
you, unless a man is born from above,
e cannot see the Kingdom of God."
heavy feeding, they secure enough ex-
ercise to keep them in a healthy con -
:tankage and block salt in. separate
length of the front with large darks
blue bone buttons and bound with blue
dation arid at the same time pick up bias band.
self -feeders, Vtdth another group re- • ' .
DRESSED -UP PLOWER POTS.
tankage- omitted. ance the unaccustomed diet. yourself out an apron of unbleached admits the Mystery, but calls attention
These pigs wei hed 42 pounds t
IL THE REGENERATING POWER OE' THE
SPIRIT, 7-11. '
' Vs. 7-9. This astonishes Nicodemus,
and he covers his disappointment my
asking 'how a man in adult life can
delving the same feeds buthwith the enough. insect and green food to bal- Then some rainy afternoon cut poselbly experience a new birth. Jesus
If turkeys ,are penned up for fat- room aieto plants, each in its at- cotton. Bind the edges in old -blue bo the power of the Spirit a God,
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end of the five months the corn -a. d be kept constantly. before. them, and strip of buckram the height of the pot, shoulder poitit and the three corners men is mysterious as the night wind
salt -fed pigs weighed only fifty-seven animal food in the form of meat scrap aliowing a bit for lapping over, glue it of the apron work a small lattice -and- rustling among- the trees. It is real
pounds. . should be given. together, and cover with a length of flower design .
. and present everywhere, yet none can
During the whole period they aver-. . with. the tgeoells'.:whence it comes, arid whither it-
- The period of pen fattening should yellow oilcloth, turning it in at the The lattice work is done
aged in consumption only 1.56 pounds not exceed two or three weeks. edges all around. blue, and a --11 ------ Isinding folded the unseen power of that s irit when
Nicodemus should not forget
of corn a head daily, which is a low
consumption. Although they had all
On the 'ndow sill in this attractive
the start of the experiment. At the tening, a su_pply of green food should tractively dressed flower pot Cut a cotton bias -seam binding. At each which in its operation on the souls of
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d-
Line with a piece of heavy wrap- in half through the centre and thread- he speaks of what is possible or not
ping paper. A piece of wire of the ed into a very heavy needle. Follow' possible for men.
same circumference £tS the cover, snap the lattice design, alternating the blue Vs. 10-12. As a teacher in Israel,
the corn they wanted they wouldn't
eat any more than that, and on this
, consumption they gained only a tenth
ped into place at the top and bottom and yellow, interlacing them, and Nicodernus should have known that re-
makes an excellent re -enforcement. sticking the needle through the n•a_ generation is an actual fact of expert-
'
Was it a e -ase of too much corn that a drain is ma.de on the reserve supply and most simple for these flower pots, it down on the wrong side. traditioe, and therefore lacks, direct
these pigs did not gain better? • •
in the bones and soft tissues of pout- ,
Any small' simple design may be used The three small flowers are done in
. , personal experience of the power of
fi with ,ce tGode yet all around are men who can
try, winch Interferes materially ,with
, egg spiritual darkness into the light of
..eltee'-' of LI, pound a dee'. Stencil cloorations are,the prettiest terial at the end of each Tow, and sew ence• ihoug e een eying y
When lime is lacking the the feed
These pigs didn't receive too much for the stencies.--flowers, butter les or blue,:rose and pink wool, gt l'i esfify to having been brought out 0
torn, because if the corn:was properlyproduction in mature hens and in whatever one's fancy may dictate. Or for the leaves.
balanced the pigs would have eaten the development of growing chicks. we may cut the design a islue oilcloth -----o---
. - life, Among these are the disciples
Another important fact is that lime and paste a bit of black oilcloth to
When and How to Pick and converts of Jesus, and if Nico-
demus will openly give himself to
Apples. Christ, he, too, will e,xperience the new
more corn than ever and would have
done much better. As it was, is more easily taken from the bones of show through the open work, making
tlese the' livin 'bird than from dead ground a very ood-looking decoration.
pigs took 1,446 pounds of corn plus g
two nouads of salt or a total of 1,448 bone fed to the chicken. A paper punch from the five -and- For obvious reasons, as the Domin- birth from above. Not fill he has
pounds of feed for the hundred pounds'
1 Many rations fed to poultry under, ten -cent store will make small round ion Horticulturist says in his bulletin taken this step, and realized that re -
of gain. -- I present conditions contain much less, holes in a narrow strip Of blue oilcloth on elle Apple in Canada," it is dim. generation, the emergence of a new
Contrast this poor showing with ' ell is required b the body ' a t th
lime t an3' • 1 for border a e tops of the flower cult to give exactinformation at to (v. 12), will he understand the still
. e . life in the soul, is a fact of expeaience
that of litter mates fed alongside but It is suggested that poultrymen pots. the best time to pick apples. Some higher heavenly mystery of the love
getting tankage in addition to corn
the ration in the form of oyster shelll merely slipped over the flowex pot, and Early apples which are intended for III. THE Lon Og eoe DT neeemerroet,
These pigs ate almost three times or some o er inorganic forms for ma -I may be removed when the plant is near markets should be picked when 13-17.
meet this demand by adding lime toI When finishecle. these covers are general suggestions can be given. of God in the redemption of men.
and salt.
I th
ture birds, and in the form of vege- watered. I almost mellow and disposed of as soon Vs. 13-1& On this subject, Jesus
as.much corn, or 4.4 pounds deity. The thete feeds rich in lime for growingl Tin cans from the grocer's can be as possible. The best way a putting alone has a right to speak. He, as the
that is the heavenly
reason why they ate three fimes as covered in like mariner and -used as up early apples is in 6 or 11 -quart Son of en",
much corn was becauee their'. digestive ' • '
chicks
Young clover, alfalfa and lime
containers for dry groceries. Placed baskets with leno covers or in bones.Messiah, has come dewn from heaven
ed due to tankage feeding. They aver- feeds are excellent sources. of lime for on shelves io. the kitchen cupboard, Winter apples may be left on the trees
danger of injurious , must be '
' to show to men the love of God. In
and essimilative capacity was enlarg-
ageci three-fifthe of a pound of tank- the Ytnnig chick or duckling. I they are not only most convenient, but until there is order that men may see that love, he
"lifted" on the cross, Face
age daily a head., e I Ground bone is not a very satisfac-I add a cheerful note of decoration as frost. In large orchards it 18 necessary to fade with the cross men will see
tory" source oe time, however, either for, well. I to begin pieking in good season, tak-I at last how Unutterably great is God'e
By feeding three-flfths of a pound
of the seemingly high-priced tankage
.
young birds or . While g mg theedi _ tvarieties-17 succes-
• for mature fowls - ' one is covering the cans and ' 'fferen '1.
.
lt was made possible for these pigs to
practically triple their consumption of enough of. the bulky feeds to meet the matte a feoocl strong waste -paper bas- sorts and varieties •that drop easily.
the very cheap corn and do so econ- lime recluiremnet of the laying period, ket to catch odds and ends of string An apple beeore being picked should
, much that he gave up his only Son
Neither hen or duck Can consume flower -pot holders, it will be well to sion, beginning with the early evinter
yearning to bring mete to eternal life.
Vs. 16, 17. For that cross shows the
love of God. God loved the world so
I have its Seeds almost ma.ture and have
ethat every one who believes in him.
.
omically. The tankage was at men_ end most grain feeds are deficient in and waapping paper,
may have eternal life (the life of the
omical investment. , this element, I The foundatimi cif the basket is taken on most of its c'ler• Always Kingdom) The Jews believed that
Tea IA/Ike-a_ • • I I3ut the mature fowl can make use made of very heavy cardboard, cut remember that apples are
e fed pigs weighed 226 . . - • f • • • ' easily the Meesirite when he eame, would be
of lune in an inorganic ono, such as, 16% inches by 10 Inches, with a ten-, bruised and that bruises lead to early an executor of justice. They did not
peueels at the end of the five months
of feeding as compoesed to fifty-seven oyster shell, -without much difficilltY. inch hese. Each side is joined to the rotting. Apples should not be picked dream that he would be a sacrifice of
peen& where no tankage was allowed,' youngdbirds cannot se freelysuePlynext with a narrow piece of strong and piled in the orchard, as they are holy love. But Jesus says that his
',mi such sources 80 it is paper glued down securely. The base liable to heat in theeleiles and ripen arose will be a throne from 'ceilidh he
The differeade in weight of the pigs
at the end of five mohths washighly desirable to provide a regular is likewise glued to the sides. I rapidly, and thus have their keeping
169 pounds a head on the average, and 8,11131)4.11,Y.„,of Vegetable feeds
rich in lime Yellow oilcloth cut 41 Melee long by quality impaired. Don't adept the
exactly
the feed reimirement Stir 100 exitiede en' s'"eee 191/2 wide is used as the outside cover- Practiee in picking of shaking,' the
ing for the basket, It is glued on with fruit from the trees. The etem should
oe gain was, very ntueh ieweroetees Though it is unlikely that the flock
I on the flower -pot holder, but Great bushel baskete lined with soft material
ti a the body such as main -
ale the edges teened in neatly. A band terraria on the apple, as if broken eff
1 'ti •
than ti third. . would ever lack the smal cmanti es
We have noted that ' for the normal .1 wider • • , .
of blue or cloth than that used deeay 14 mei likely to sot in. Half -
the corn -fed caleium required
pigs took 1,448 pounds 'molted vvith cut wor , a, owe, are convernerit receptaeles for the p -
k is glued b • a
hundred pounds of gain. Thee teak-' feed for 41 taining the heart attion elle impart -e
iTIV the necessary properties to the, the basket near the top and adds much pies as picked. They can have a hook in his mind to give Inin some good ad-
agesfed pige reeeivinte corn and salt ill' --to allow the reser-to the attractivenessI fastened on the handle, so at to be vice, ne will offer to Jeses the jeldg-
a sieeiler manner took only 409 poutds
blood, it is unWise I .
voir of the important mineral elements, 'For the shelves Of the kitchen cicieet suspended while the picker is at work. motet of his ttained intelleet. 1 -le is
gain, Ties 409 poehes tvas distributed to become xn P i P ohleac led,
Ildxs ue ,,et artietaar.y g dresser a edgingun 1 .........te,
r n of stunned to be candidly tad that "roan
of feed for the hundred ti d f
, , pone() ea led ' 1 1
IIS foilowe: shelled cote, 862; tankae.ee during groseth or egg production, 1.1)11181in bottoeholed in heavy old-bluei Throngs gather annually at our ag- lives firei and thinks afterwards," d
a seventh 0 4, Hundreds o t ousan s o a
eteeie-rei --(7 f f rttora ' mercetited cotton in e Greek -key des
, , ,,,,, ,...,", t:rpt„,6 ,,,„„___, .„1.„,_ .,,,i it_ , , , „ , dannot be taught, and goodness is e
grictiltural fairs in seitieipatioo of see- teat he la no ye begun to live. Lite
1 1 1' (I t t b an
47; and salt, less then h f . '
potshot . 1 . • ale •
' ittni practicelly every , , _ , g ,,i ne 7 ,,,r1 n d wi
experiment eta- eli is I"""' " uPIR'L 41141.' W eye/ mg the best teat men tote ateout-
I shelvin 1. atl he 1 le . len lithe • n the VtitlaIS laSe' -
' d. 1' 1 life that niust be grown, not si lesson
°.'z' . eleven Inelede ei" teekegei tion in the larld have peoven the effist , , . . .. . o pp of fern) that cart
Soiled it may be easily wasted anti' le 't• be leateled. Intent t i
c s a
Ilee f ty
will reign.
APPLICATION.
The Highest raeulty. Nicodenius is
a very up-to-date type. He has wealth,
position, leisure, scholarship aid mor-
ality. If any mail could do without
the new birth, Nicodemus was the
mate I -le' was moral, religietis and
sincere. His adutired Jeetie and lute It
high :faculty, bet at its highest it may
'tea.
less than. a trestle), eaved 1,934 poutgle eiency of the allot,
Right Weight for Marketing
Hogs.
'Mr. A. A. McMillan, Chief of the
Sheep and Swine Division of the Do-
minion Live Stock Branclt, has this to
say regarding the right weight for
marketing hogs: Farmers who aim to
market a high percentage of hogs of
the selecthacon grade, after first hav-
ing made jure that their breeding
stock is of the right type and con-
formation, should feed in accordance
with recognized and approved meth-
ods, and aim to market each litter at
an average weight of two hundred
pounds. There might; of course, be
dines when a falling market would
warrant selling at slightly lighter
weights, whereas a rising market
might be an inducement to feed some-
what longer. Any great deviation
from the two hundred pound reerage
will undoubtedly result in the sale of
under -finished hogs if early marketing
is practiced; whereas, if it is exceeded
to any gteat extent a percentage of
heavy hogs will result. e
In another part of hid "Handbook
on Hog Grading," from which the
foregoing extract is taken, Mr. Mac-
Millan, dealing with heavy and extra
heavy grades, remarks that when
closer attention is paid to finishing at
the 200 -pound average, very few hogs
wilt be marketed at over weight, and
the extra heavy grade, with few era
ceptions, will include only those held
for • breeding purposes which have
proved sterile.
Comparison of Red, Alsike
and Sweet Clovers as
Pasture Crops.
In each of two years the experiment
was conducted at the College compar-
ing the amount of pasture crap pro-
duced by sweet clover, by alsike clover
and by common red clover. The yields
per acre were determined at ,each of
six cuttings -in each of the two years.
Three weeks were alloeeed between
each two cuttings. The results are
very interesting in furnishing definite
information regarding these three
crops in the production of green clover
which would correspond pretty closely
to the relative amounts of pasture pro-
duced. The following table gives the
average of the two years' experiments
in tons per acre of pasture crape:
Periods Variety of Clover,
of Tons of pasture crop per acre
Cutting -Com. Red Alsike Sweet
lst 13.5 11.0 11.0
.2 1.5
4.0 2.5
1.7 3.0
8.4 1.9
1,1 .9
2nd 1.4
8rd 2.9
4th 4.6
5th 2.0
6th 1.6
Feed Sour Mina,
While the turkeys are ranging and
thee is a plentiful supply of insects
and of weed eeeds, the birds will re-
quire very little extra feeding. If any
special feed is to be recommended, it
isAsouirreormgik
lli*af sour rnilk, kept what
the birds will have accese to it, Will do
mu& toward keeping them in a
- Mon, Care root be taken
that the sour-millsupply is kept
fresh. Milk that is allowed to stand
for days at a tints M. unsanitary
troughs will do More harm than good‘
If the natural food supply Is eut
down on account ef drought, a iighti
-feeding De grain both morning and
The annual fair eeasou again Tothr
around. The eair to a fixed institution.
It has come to etay. The dao at ti a
fair is the gala clay of the year in tt
lives of hundreds and thoesende of
rural folk. The only time it has
rival is when the circus comes town
The ;festive side of the fair, the en-
tertainment feature, runs str9ng in
most fairs and me doubt will ahveye
remain an important part of the fair.
People like to be entertained and per-
haps it is well. There surely is no
class of people that needs the oeca-
siorial days set aside for pure pleasure
and entertainmeot, for joyeue abene
don of the accustomed cares and
woreies, as the farmer needs it.
It is this feature of the county fs
that creates the holiday epirit, that
draws the crowds, that swells the gate
receipts and pays the premiums, so
tbe fair company surely need e it, and
as long as human nature resnains hu-
man, the midway, the free attraction,
and the races will undoubtedly prevail
in some form.
We, of thafeams and the rural dis-
tricts, do not rninim,ize this side of the
big ehow. We are coneerned, however,
that It be kept clean and decent a fit
•
place for eur boys and girls to con-
gregate and enjoy themselves.. The
constructive thing that we are chiefly
Interested in naturally, is the agri-
cultural displa,y. We want to see the
farmers department show up to better
ane better advantage year after year.
The farm can furnish entertainment
and pleasure as well as interest and
education to the public if it shows
itself at its best.
The things you ha,ve at home that
are of interest to your friends and
that you like to show -take those
things to the fair. The people can not
all come to you but they will all meet
you at the fair. Put on some original
farm stunts and watch the crowds de-
sert the side shows. The way to make,
the fair a real agricultural fair is for
farmers to take a hand and make it
all they can. No one but the, farmers
can make a farmers' fair. -
Don't think you have done your part
when you have bought a ticket, and
then go out and criticize the officials
if you do not find everything to your
liking. Goodness knows they have
troubles enough. They do not make
the fair, they only direct it, and must
work with such materials and assis-
tance as they can secure. Let us turn
out with Our exhibits, our disPlays and
our performances and show the world
that the farms of our country are still
on earth.
The Apple Maggot.
The apple maggot, according to Mr.
C. E. Petch, of the Dominion Entom-
ological Laboratory at Hemmingford,
Que., does not spread rapidly, but yet
it has made its appearance at many
places sinee its discovery at Adolphus -
town, Ont., by the late Dr. Seines
Fletcher on August 31, 1896. Its rav-
ages are not impartial, seeing certain
varieties of apples and some orchards
suffer severely while others in proxim-
ity may escape almost entirely. In
Quebec, Mr. Petch stetes, it is not
altogether unusual to find the entire
crops of Wealthy, Alexander and
Fameuse apples completely ruined by
the pest.
A circular issued by the Donainion
Entomological Branch, in dealing with
methods of control, says the destruc-
tion of fallen fruit, if done very care-
fully and frequently over a period of
'twenty years, should eliminate the
apple maggot, unless infected orchards
remain nearby. The "drops" should
be destroyed once a week, commencing
at once or about July 25. In cases of
severe infestation hogs are useful in
keeping the ground free of fallen ap-
ples. As soon as the flies, a descrip-
tion of which is given in the circular,
are noticed, the trees should be spray-
ed thoroughly with lead arsenate,
three pounds, in 40 gallons of water.
A second application should be made
with the same materials two weeks
later.
Next Year's Breeding Stock.
In every flock there are always a
few backward birds which are too
small and undeveloped to market with
the others, and too often these are
allowed to make up part of the next
season's breeding flock.
The time to pick the breeding stock
Is before the fattening procese begins,
and if passible they should be exempt-
ed from the heavy feeding. H this
cannot be conveniently done, then the
bieds which make the most rapid gains
and end up the period in a healthy
.condition, are the most logical candi-
dates for the breeding flock. The un-
developed bit& should be kept over
and marketed at Christmas.
A large share of the trouble in rats-
ing turkeys, imendiog even the )(SOO
fewer blackhead, may he blaneed directs
ly ott the use of infeelor 'breeding
stock.
Honae.made Ice.Crearn.
A useful eight -leaved pamphlet con -
tabling recipes for 'making ice crewel;
of which A. H. White, Serrior Dairy
Promoter' and Miss Ilelon G. Coinp-
evening may be neeeteary. Or if the, bell, Dernonstratot Mid Lecturer, are
flock ratigee too far, a tegiftet feed at the SPORSOTS, has just been issued bY
night will get the birds into the habit' the Dotetinion Delmetmeet of Agriati'
of returning to the bottle valet eery : tare, and May be obtained by eptelyieg
night, and is a very eiteetivo earls to to the Pnblieations 13raiteh oe that
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the 'thriatYei tattittel weeder/mete I xiattrnent, Ottawa,