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Street, next Anglican Church (tormer-
ly Dr MacDonald's), Phone 272.
• Potato Scab in the Soil,
It has been learned that the potato
• b &tease persists in the ea for a
long time after potatoes have been
gro,ott there. This is particaerly true
elay and loam toile. Less trouble
is experienced an sandy heed. Seed
tabees should be disinfected- in the
usual way with corrosive eublimate or
• taemeeit. This treatment will pre-
vent seab in e,oll that is free from the.
disease, but if the soil is already bad-
• ly infected, then the seed treatment is
lealir to be of little betefit. In such
instances tile best course is to grew
other crops ork the land for a few
• yeate and probably plow under a
• pett, timeline crop, see& as clover or
rye. The decomposition of these mope
develseae an aculety -witch will prevent
eowth of potato scab.
-te
all for reedhg
Stock.
e N
re tatesh hay has been grown,
ctit deficient it ealehim or lints,
io40 bissaclirog aninials has btett
noel. Investigatione lutve Ied t+6
• bbsgeneral suggestion that the tette-
MOS"' be elue'te, n dell -dente- of calcium
in the diet Supplementary investiga-
tions indicate that young animals afrOnt 3
• ,t,,iott*s1,45 wthe have received .g of
p ind of ealtherit oxide per day are ,
and healthy whore,,other con- 1
have been terneet
'PT
zee.'
Adeteeas tommunleetIons to'Agronlostilet, 7s Adelaide Et. West. Toronto
The Removal a the Roney Crop and truck. In loading a truck or wagon,
Reeneeting, el/pee:a reload" be placed that all eembs
are parallel with the Aides; but me a
In both extracted and comb honeY
precluetime seffielent storage room on
the he for the 'whole crop should tie
provided. This shoeld have been
giverreconeideration wheel, planning
mad ordering for the season's work.
In the production of extracted
honey, allow three fuli clepth Lang -
stroll supers or six shallow supers
foe each colony spring -count; and for
em b honey, eix vapors a twenty-
eight sections eaeh.
As it is desirable In extract honey
production htat racist of the honey
should ripen on the hive, supers should
not be removed till, at least, two-
thirde of the honey is capped over,
In comb honey production, however,
supers ehotald be removed as fast as
they are +Dapped, to prevent travel
stain.
To get the bees out of the supers,
the best method employed is by means
of the bee -escape, which prevents both
disturbance end robbing. The escapes
should be placed late in the afternoon,
when the eeinere should be clear of
bees in froin twelve to twenty-four
hours' time dependiug on weather
condition. One escape board, equip -
.ped with two 2 -way, bee -escapes
area(' be allowed per 'colony -thus,'
with a full equipment, but one trip
necessary to remove the crop of an
outeaplary. The springs of the
escapes must be set properly; that is,
go that a bee can just pass through;'
otherwise much brushing, shaking and
smoking may be required to dear the
supers of bees.
•
To place an eseape all that is neces-
sary is to tip the stack of supers to changes his mind. It is the feed Mlle
be removed and to Wilde the escape-; in season and out, year after year,
board underneath. If, however, alust-1 that -totals up the big expense.
ering space for the bees and room to I, Our experiment stations have con -
take care ef the fall honey which may, ducted many tests to determine the
he gathered are required, place a super value of silage in the ration. The
of empty -combs on the brood chamber, figures vary to quite an extent, but
after which the escape and the supers they all show the economic value of
of honey may be placed above. 1 silage. Several years ago it was de -
Having placed the escapes, make a mons-irate:1 that Vsern silage saved the
careful survey of bhe haves to see that dairy farmer ten eents a pound on the
there are no apenings through -which' cost of producing a pound of butter,
robber bees ta,n enter the soon to be end forty cents on the oast of produe
unguardei eupers, •ling 100. pounds of milk. Many ef 'the
If the severe, after removal, are not early tow -testing associations demon -
immediately taken from the apiary,t, strated that the silo was one of the
they should be -stacked, at different most important factors in lowering
points in the yards with escapes below the cost of milk. AII of these ex -
and above to exclude robbers; till theyi perimenbs and teets, however, are only
Can be rermehect by truck or wheel -ea area part of tele protif of the emel-
t:Yarrow. This distribution of superset orny of the silo. The most important
by distributing the attention of the' proof is the fact that o,ne-half million
robbers, reduces the chsturbanee and silos are now being used by our most
faciltitates the work of leading the progressive farmers.
wheelbarrow they should be pal e
with the wheel. Robber 'clothe, also,
may 'be need eover and proteot the
parethen taking them to the honey
house. Ae a further means of pre
venting robbing, the ent,t-ance a the
honey house should be large enough
Lo permit the vehicle being driven
through it.
Ha'vng ceed t1e rentoval of
this season's erop, we burn our atten-
tiori to the first step in the production
, of the crop a net season-requeen-
ing.
• Though the time and method of re -
queening will vary with the system of
management employed, it is necessary
that a vigorous queen shall head each
colony in time to fill the hive with
plenty of young tees for wintering.
1 Therefore, all weak or failing queens
ehould he replaced,.
' A good method D/ requeening-also
of swarm eorrbrol-is that practiced at
the Central -Experimental Farm. Ot-
tawa, for the past two seasons. It
• consists in removing the old queen, all
the appearance a advanced queen
cells early in the -clover flow, and de-
stroying all cells; and nine days later
agaan destroying -cells and introdue-
,ing a young laying queen.
Silage Cuts Milk Costs.
Dairymen have found that the 'COW'S
board bill is the largest item connected
with cost of milk. The man who buys
a first-class dairy herd le inclined to
believe that the original cost of the
cows'is the expensive Tart. After he
has a few years of experience he
Wealth m Stones
By Louis Hurtubise
The Federal and Provincial Depart- particles gradually taking effect, and
melees of Agriculture are continually the coarsest (one-quarter inch) being
urging Canadian farmers to follow a reserve supply available after dr
methods calculated to produce larger the finer have been utilized, Such
yields from the areas they alreaeY application will need, therefore, only
h ave in crop rather than in increasing eo be made at Ringer intervals that if
the acreage and being -unable to till
rt, properly. Crop yields in general
are very much helew- what is possible,
in many eases below that which is
profitable. Compare, for inStanee, the
achievements of Seeger Wheeler and
J. G. Hill with the harvests secured
all the Innestone applied were so fine
as to be irnmediat,ely 'utilized by the
'soil, leaving no reserve supply for
future seasons.
Dr. Shutt's Recommendation.
Dr. Shutt, the Dominion Govern -
by the average farmer. Dr. Shutt, the inent Agricultural Chemist, recem- n
if WIN lei ADVANCIii
P
ree
pr,v•-r
Th4rk1y, Augult 1, 10
Hero is adeepriptipzt a the woeet
eeee of feather eatIng r'htwe ever
see». There were about thirty hene
and two cockerels penned In t ernall
bare yard. They were fed largely en
table eoreps emptied on the ground,
plus a smell amount of on at night,
'rite helm contained no screeching lit-
ter and there was no place to 'scratch
in. the yard. The hens were in fair
condition as regerda bodi1y weight.
The two coelierels were nearly de-
nuded of i'eAthere and many of the
hens showed large bare patches. Those
cockerels would stand patiently while
eertain of the hens tugged away at
the featheruntil they eaarie out. Then
the hens promptly swallowed the
feathers. A feW of the hens were un -
Essy Way to' Pick Cee,
One of the moat heartkrealciag iebti
otike fut
duacri csl ndir se Pe ietif
,.11 We f 11.° atvbra
method o/ eloing this weak width rp-
thmakes itleeoe'rmleJtscporaelotniveabllye feaeavartu.res and
• When we hale poultrypick, we
first scald theeleirde in hot Water at a
ternperature a about 1.60- degt F. A
minute or two at this iginPeratinV is
di trilgrt is required. The :bird ie then
taken from the water and eluleklY
wrapped in a burlap sack, or similar
notvering, leaving only the head and
part of the neck exposed. This allows
for a thoronel steaming.
The feathers are removed by rub-
bing instead a b.icking, etarting from
the head and warkieg back. The bur-
lap sack is Pushed ,back as the work
proceeds. Care is used so as not to
doubtedly about ready to beeome mese push the sack away too far, as 1.be
because a the crop -bound condition feathers must be steaming while he -
caused by mete of feathers in the de ing rubbed off.
gestive system. •, • It never requires longer than ten
The cause of the feather eating was or fifteen minutes to clean e goose or
apparent. The euro is also made by chick completely by this prooese, and
removing the causes. I have not seen the leathers can be removed from a
rnany cases of feather eating in a _chric.keTn maeF.inthree or four minutes,.
farm flock with ,abunclant range and a•
chance to exercise and scratch some
place. It usually oecurs in the arreel Dipping the Lambs.
flook owned by a town or city breeder The presence of tides on lambs and
who is compelled to keep his poultry sheep often cauee much annoyance
within a very narrow range. This lack and occasionally result in stunted
of exercise eeeres to be the .Prime growth, and even a Jess in hodilY
cause. It is the- idle hen that has time weight. These ticks, can be easily clie
to stand around:and pail feathire from covered by Parting the Wool.
The insect is kilded by dipping. One
-dinning will kill eld the living ticks,
but the eggs then on the sheep will
birds on the range if the weather is at hatch when a second dipping ie ones -
all favorable. Give them plenty of sary. This ehotild be given ,about ten
deep screechingmeter in the laying. days after the first one is made.
house and famish • balaneed dry There are a number of standard
mash. Possibly kill the worst offend- dips on the market, any of which are
ers or isolate them until they ean be good. Directions are always given on
turned on the range where they may the package and these should be fol -
forget the habit. lowed closiely. Where many sheep are
being dipped a tank should he 'provid-
ed. This will save much time. In ease
•only a few are treated, a barrel or
tub can be employed. The water
ehould he heated slightly and the mix-
ture thoroughly stierect into the water
before using. The bottom of the tank
her flock mates. le:hen one hen starts
the habit it may spread through the
flock through imitation. Turn such
Playing the Game.
The first thing necessary, if we ex-
pect to be successful in -playing the
game, is at understanding of the rules
and regulations by which it is played,
No amount of ,strength, or mental
stertnes or skin, of hand well make. or barrel should be kept well agitated.
us a good sportsman unless we know Held- the theel" in the mixture for one
how to take our part.
Then to this knowledge must be
added ekill of hand, head and heart to
put the rules into execution. Often
there are men in the bleachers who
can repeat every word of the rule book
forward and backward, but who -can-
not play a single position en the team.
They may preaale but they do not
or two, minutes 'before removing. The
work. shduld done on a warm day,
preferably right after the sheep have
been shorn. •
Vitaunines in Meat.
Scientists now tell us that vitamines
deo exist in the muscle fibre of beef,
• veal, mutton, lamb and pork. The lat-
practice, while the game was planned ter meat is said to be particularly well
to exercise the body as well as the supplied with these vitamines.
mind. • Various cuts of the different kinds
Finally, we mist co-operate and not •of meets were fed to rate, and pigeons,
knock. If we insist on having our way In every instance pork was found to
regardless, then we are likely to, be be relatively rich in vitamine content.
put out of the game, even though we It was fed in the forni of pork tender -
may have a knowledge of the rules loin, fresh ham, smoked ham and
and the physical and mental ability to pressed boiled ham. The results were
play. much the same in each instance. In
And these suggestions apply to the lamb, the amounts varied greatly,
great game of life. First, we should while beef and veal showed a relative -
learn the golden rule and then fit our- ly lower content.
selves to practice it, which means, ea. In considering this evidence the
operation with our neighbors. readier should not be led to the con-
- ---o----- elusion that certain meats are low in
Even the rich, should be conserving notritive value because they may be
of the natural resourees as extrava- deficient in vitaminee. Evetr thenzgh
ganee on their part makes less- for nerie was found in meats they would
others to use, and adds to them the steel have the distinction of ranking
burden of higher prices, imAng our most important foods.
mends that this crushed rock be ap-
chief chemist of' the Dominion Experi-
mental Farm says: -'We have now plied from two to ten tone to the acre s
but generally about four tens `to the
arrived at that stage where we must
change fee.rn extensive to intensive are will be required tor practleal pure
farming. It is going to be easierand Poses; The application offers no dif-
mole profitable to farmers to get -be
ficulties as a spreader may be used
-
ty bushels from one acre than to get
-thirty bushels from two acres."
Fertility Depends on Many Factors.
It is a postulate that what comes
Parents as Educators
Nature Study for Little Children—By Augusta M. Swan
When Froebel „ was looking for a good thing for children to collect
ame suitable for his system of edu- specimens; how they reeel in the
cation, ha del not cail it "Ghiid woods no matter what season it may
ehool," or "Mild House," but "Child be! What ean be more joymiselhan bo
Garden," and he intended that the gather acorns, Mate and berries in -the
"gardener" of the kindergarten should autumn woods ? Will not the ehileren
be the teacher herself. be interestet1 to know that SOOrnS
Nearly half of Fro -gees Mother grow only on oak trees, and that they
bays deal with the ehangs of na.ture. are the seeds of the oak as well is
or the d rock be d t b
a shovel from truck or wagon. The At one tirrie he said, "A litele child food for squirrels?
ateo.Y p
spreading may be derie at any time that freely seeks flowers -end oherishos We may have only a vacant lot near,
light loaras, heavy clays and soil ------------ into t f.er arents or
of the year, the rock being suited to and cares for them. in order to wind but if so, we poseese a whole plant
nY ,
Out 0 e so 1 must be put back if it in orgarac matter. The material should eegehees cannot he a bad -child, or be -
is -to be maintained with its productive be harrowed in on eropped land but eerne a bad man. Such a child can "El the mud and settm of things,
There alwaysalways something
powers unimpaired. Ozie of the prime merely spread on the surface of mea- easily be lect to the love, and to a sines!,
,
owe or pastures. The cearser lime- knowled'ge of his Father -God -who 6
necessities for soil imptovement is
Herm. Annual replenishing of the soil
le neoessary because the tainfall each
year continually leaches the soil to ground limestone requiring•more fre-
meth an extent that it becomes. acid quent applica.tione,
and the yields nearly all cominon The Washington Depart -merit of
crops are reduced considerably. Ex- Ageieneasee states "that the applica- All nature is akin to ehildhood; of a child, to see how many different
stone 'described above can hts applied glees him such gifts." How znany different weeds grow
once in leer or five years, the finer Love of nat• ure is the heritage ef there, while others are unable to do
ohildheod. It is a tendency in every so?
child of eveny land, be hie blaels, white One of our most delightf'ul kinder -
or yellow. • " garten excandons was the suggestion
pert agriculturists on both sides of tion freqttently pays a dividend of
the line are unanimous in the opinion 100 per sent. the first year and the
that the cheapest, quickest and most profits in agriculture from its con -
prolific means of correcting this acid- timid use are estimated to be from
ity is through the nee ef lime, and the 800 to 500 per cent." The same
wonder is is that supplies of this product partment goes on to say that "if all
being easily procured in almost all saunas of artificial chemical fertilize
farming area, lirne is not in more ers our total farm eutpubcould
genera nee be Canadian farmers, pee- not only be maintained but even in -
tie -dal -Ty in the Provineee of Ontario creased for a time simply by the sp-
end Quebec, plitation of lime So acreage that me
Lime occurs under different forms, now row irk yield or lying fallow be ee
burned lime, water-aacked end Wise theY axe toe eget' to VOW Pro- m
geound limestone. The haat is the most litable .atope."
impertant for cortection of soil; it is
1 birds, animas, flowers, insects are all kinds of clovers we could find, and no
beautiful to children, even the "lovely one seemed bored. We need not be
I err:1117.„ caterpillar," and the "creepy value
affseaquebsythtionsa t,hiden
Ofrieorlslitrewtehdye
b
We all know how a dog will allow do people call those visite flowers, dog-
e child to stumble over hitn, recegnia. wood?" was the thoughtful inquiry of
• ing the action by only an expression one Of ony kindergarten Children.
of longsufferieg indifferenee; he will "Hew do birdS light .snakes 1".
stand all kinds of teasing which he "What is the gtease 40i the hat -
woad not tolerate from an Adult. • tercup used for?"
There. seems, to be a silent hat MU- "IS 40 true that only female polar
al underetanding emong voireg beat e hibernate?"
els of all Idnds whether they have "Why doe e the mullein hive stith
or legs or two . - fuzzy ooat?"
As prinlitive man opened the early This ehows a spirit of real inquiry,
scenes of his life among i3lie wenders Hew the child's imagination grows
of nature, tio the child needs the ex- as he pictures the building of the
pentacle af the race in nature Wonder fleets, the returt & betels and iiiseetsi
and playe-All natural phenomena ate Their tongs become part of his natute,
mattera a petsotal interest to the and give strength end sweetness to
young child; and towards the moot, is life,
stars, sun, wind auct zahnhe feele thel To cultivete direct observation, to
iiblierent intere.st ot the race. I eneatge the growth of character te
n is well to be able to tell the dill- stimulate the imaginative powere, in
dren the nernes a the plants and other words, ta See things, to knew
flowers they bring, mid to awaken in eleingsts-dees it net asani worth while?
them a longing te know more of the Who knows the inspitatien givet to
Wornietfill lilt .of the bird, bee and an CM1)170 artist, poet or scientist,
other insects, 1 when we wander with the fairies
Oilikireti lee% the stories of Wilmathrough the meadowe and Weede,
tn-
sd plant lite; they love milure be- eteyinse with them tlia dOtt-SA itiSObt
th0 are ere oe it: It is a bird eta breeze?
a simple material to handle arid apply'
me Early Riser..
and 'under most conditions, the cheap-
est. Within certain limits it may be This morning a rumbler, buttibley bee
Mid that the more coarsely tha liras- Flew to my window and bussed at
eteeack is ground the aower WUI be ibe ""ZeZ-harrie on 'you! Z-Z-bariaon yeul
station on -the *toil Agronothists have Zieoy-•Itead,
-recently ttha ,altar elaborate experi- Open your eyes and hop out of bed.
kiettetion teethed the embolus/On teat, Fill up your lungs with the: morning
e niesI economiest ferni 40 rlialt,, air
limestone ei-41,-,I4 he applied to the soil. Polish'our teeth and comb otit areur
6 in the, Igoe of ene-tlearter inch and,hale
t ;Air (AIWA be site of the aVerage Then4040g and l'AlittlYliing he flew
einitterciat rock Crush-
▪ 14040.Ib Itlalti..totra, the lin* Over Ow
Via bete pediettlkat tbe fliegtOtl; toped and l. hrte
tt triSt lifik4Me '4'intelj* elleitiedS len% be beat by
Sbill thar Oat*, 'Ildyrene
,zLt 40 t
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111,441riliviI4 ,
The Value of a Tractor
By E. S Hopkins, Dominion Fie
The Dominion Experimental Farm
eyateni owns on ite farms throughout
Canada a total of 26 tractors, The irk-
formatiou which it has eolleeted,
therefore, on the operation of these
tractors rnaY be of some intereet and
value to our readers. Sines
the 'advent' of the arnall tracbor,
no little discussion and dispute has
arisen regarding the comparative
value of horses and tractors fer farm
work. It is not tile purpoae of this
artiele to engage in this discussion,
but rather to point out where in the
experience of the Experrinental
Farms, the tractor has been found
v-ery valuable:
Presupposing that the fanner is not
with wheat of 68 per cent., wjbh bar-
ley 46 per cent., and with °ate 46 per
eent. The object of presenting these
figures is to elnew how a tractor by
doing the work of froin six to eegbe
horse* in discing land enables seeding
to be finished earlier, with A eonse-
cluent increase in 0113 Yield per acre.
Thie point is of very great importance
in estimating -the value of a treetor
and siteued not be overlooked.
AnotheremPereent advantage of, the
tractor consists in permitting plfoweng
to be finished in the summer and fall
when the land is in the best shape.
Plowing may be done rapidly, from 4
to 5 acres being an ordinary day's
-work, and, moreover, no delay is ex-
perienced, on account lie het weather
maintaining the necessary extra In addition to plowing and diecting,
horses te meet emergency work of the" the remoter hre.s also been used for hare
rush seasons of seeding, harvesting rowing, and for ha,uling the binder,
and tell plowing, or is net keeping a hay leader and road drag. For belt
power, the tractor has been used in
threshing, cutting ensilage, grinding
feed and sawin.g wood.
It is th'ffleult to present figures on
number of brood mares, whose extra
serviees may be used. in suCh emerg-
ency, one of the main advantages of
the tractor coneists in being able to
prepare land for ,seeding very quickly. the cost per awe of plowing or diving
Many tractors will disc -as musk in a With a tractor compared with the cosh
day as from aix to eight homes and, -when such work is done by horses.
moreover, rimy be operated if desired lends 'cost will depend- to a large ex.
longer _hours than hos-ase. 11 40 an tent on the .aereage handled and the
ordinary day's work to double-diee numbee a days per year the
from 16 16 to 20 acres. Such rapid- work inent ls used. Two important items of
frequentry enables fields being seeded expense in operating a tractor me clet
before a rain -storm, thus avoiding ade predation charges, -and ,cost of repairs;
ditional eteleivation of the land and these items are profoundly influenced
delay in eeeding, the grain. The value by the type of man operating -the ma -
of 'early seeding in Ontario and Quebec. chine. Careful attention is required if
40 semetimes not Dilly appreciated; these costs are to be lcept low, but the
the follo-wing data secured from an traotor should not be held responsible
experiment conducted over ten Years for neglect an the part of the operator,
at the Central Experimental Farm, To answer the pertinent question,
Ottawa, shows th,e'Value of early seed- "What elm and type of lune should
ing. In this experiznett the first seed- use a tractor," ito definite statement
ing was afdas teen as the land Was Can be given. Varying conditions and
ready to sow anceeive successive seed- different inclinations alter each case.
lugs were made at one week intervals. However, some general "information
The best results in every ease were may be given. A farm which relsuires
secured at the eecond date of seeding, only two or three wcrx horses eb-
that is; seven. days after the lend was vieuelly cannot support tho expense of
ready to sow. a tractor, A farm *Idea requires five
The decrease in yield by delaying or more work horses and which uses
seeding one -week beyond the period er could use eonsederab'e belt power,
whieh these experiments have shown might very wisely -consider buying a
most favorable has entailed a loss -tractor and ellipensiag with -two
with wheat of 30 per cent., with bar- horses. It is telle that dispeneing with
ley of 24 per emit., and with oats of these 'two horse s would cause soma
15 per 'cent. By delaying seeding slight inconvenience during hervest-
two weeks a loss has been entailed ing, but the much greater gain in
with wheat of 40 ear cents -with bar- pover for spring cultivatioe and fall
ley 28 percent., and evi-t.la oats 22 per plowing might more than connter-
cent. By delaying seedling three balence this. Moreover, the remaining..
weeks a lass has been experienced horses would be idle fewer days in the
with wheat of 50 per cent., with bar- year, the amount ee hirel help would
ley 40 per sent., and with oats 82 per be Tess during plowing, and ths eapi-
cent. lethally, by delay-ing seediag tal invested would not be much Freer -
fella. weeks a loss has been -suffered er than that in a good team.
THE CHILDREN'S
HOUR
farm and explaining about the use oe
ealcht
Ifiiehdimmgany things to Iike about a
farm, but very- few to dislike -Mar -
genet McKibben, aged 16.
It is an excellent practice to have
Why I Like the Farm. Keep the Lambs Growing.
Where we live we expect to work growing some palatable lovage near
and farm life means pretty much of
outdoor work, white city life means
mostly inside work. Oure of doors
there is always plenty of good -fresh
air, ften scented, with sweet blooming
flowers, while inside the air cannot
the regular, sheep pasture fax the
Iambs to feed -upon while they are
still suckling the ewes. If the forage
crop is sown in an adjoininglot, s
Small opening ean be made theong;h
the fence no that the lambs have ae-
wi.betpheristaletlYtefleareeshcoanaandis'coofatel nsms,coeknet.ed cess to the supplemental feed. They
will soon lever the trick of running
On the farm the wonders we see are -the forage feed «4d in this Ivey -ern)
made by God. In the cities nearly stimulate flesh and hone growth. Rene
everything is made by man. Although
is an excellent forage fax this purpose.
man has made wonderful and. -beautiful
things they do not compare with. the
wbrks of nature.
' The farmer never know e his exact
income. There is always little mys- assiste in balancing 'up the green for-
teries being worked out. One year one age. A grain oration composed of
trap will do extrernelk well and an- equal parts by "'measure of coarsely
other will nearly fail. The same way cracked corn, oats and wheat bran
with the stock increase. There is make an excellent feed, The lambs
ways wonder and expectaney that may be supplied with a light ration
keeps one hoping. The city man Can twice daily before weaning., Place it
figure everything in plain dollars and, in a low trough, either in a small pen
eents+ but loses much in antioiPati°n• adjoining the ,pasture or at the barn:
The farm is the ideal place for chil-i
dean. Ileae they can run and play •
over acres of green fields without be -When Battery is Fully Charged
ing in danger ef losing their lives by; Turn on the Lights.
the traffic. They can gather beautiful,
flowers by the wayside without fear When you 'St4rt en a leng driVev and
you are sure b
of rebuke, Running 'brooks are free efore you start that
for their pleasures They learn Tnaty your battery is fully charged, say, at
emsens from nature end learn be fear 1,27.,,5 0,r .1,300, tarn on yOur lights
G$ instead of the cop. while ariving, even though it nester be
d' an
Give me the farna life for all around a,iaeYeetidlnye'fuCnraelrnmchienrggoeureretne+gt4r'nitso
like
natural existence. - Wayne Church, trying to force e filled enoket to hold.,
aged 16.
, I3urning the lights shunts much of
• I have always lived on a ferrn and the extra current from ths battery and
will tell you why like it. • saves it from heating. Leaving the
voiTdhaeaiairbeeisepngrele.tnasnpdAligreaelatItif,t;alriaentyd lights tnrned on "ernight 40 also a
good way for slowly discharging- a
of atnuaernenti,,ean be found en It battery that has been fax too long a
farm. r like the woodland stvingel time eV to high gravitY. 'Discharge
aSemSttle'dIkevs ttewhalYtittetrYinorarvitaeljwbittlualtw:\Y:rdtei:lag
like the farm bemuse I like 'farm t it one way • or- the other, 'savor
be-
eggsalihnaalsnd buitnIt8 l'alesitsta,fted ttlitse gsatotthic6r) tt',I:svekocilePt.111°114twillt°.1:rInee':Isa'dil
milk, and drive cattle to and from the ing and t'harging',
Paftui4likeeatnod pl'ackt°1>er' tris and work in Why pA-igt-Dt::'
and roam at will all o'ver the .farea.
drive a team and dress as a boy one „of the_o-hiot -reaso,;. given fax
find real fun picnics the the heavy leaa bb - a°/.ing 13ig dtiritlg
w•encil5 And a plUnge qi_toole e Marsh and April to the ration 'which
the sows had been supplied during
the 'winter. Corn was cheap and pro -
The reult wires1"tha4ttiftarmraortislitnlaYtullIgilhY'
Material In the rattorK Fat etoWt Xtat.
/134 wtoatit Old IMPTOIXAY
fed tittle maple and hena-hialing
41104nn OW'
itenetve e tho
igb
preaktobion of
New clover ie splendid. I like the
rape because it can be sown at any
time and, comes' on very, rapidly.
A regular grain ration materially
1 more water,
hot, dry day. •
The birds make musk to .wake bit
it the morning arid the hill bock of the
honse furnishes excellent coatling ii
-winter. The lake over the hill furnish-,
sti skating„ ,
'Th's farm gives you ti• bread e•
en n
and plod jwigelnent Tb Iktalt,ft Yen'
thitik dean thenfehte and on ,are
aiwaya'sPending 'me/1i* ti
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