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Graduate Uelvereity of Tordeto
Faculty of Dentistry*
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B.Sc., C.M.
Special attentima paid to diseases of
Women and Children, having taken
postgraduate work in. Surgery, Bac-
teriology and Scientific Medneine.
faffice- ht the Kerr Residenee, between
the Queen's Hotel and the Baptist
Church.
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Phone Se. P.O. Box 113
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PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
(Dr. Chishohn's old etand)
DR. R. L STEWART
Graduate at University of Toronto,
Faculty of Medicine; Licentiate of. the
Ontario College a Physicians and
Surgeons.
Office Entranee:
Second Door North a Zurbreggis
Photo Studio.
'JOSEPHINE eTREET PHONE 20
Dr. Margaret C. Calder
General Practitioner
Graduate -University of Toronto,
Paculty of Medicine,
Office—Josephine St., two doom south
of Brunswick Hotel.
'1'elephones—Oce 281, Residence 151
G. STEWART
Real Estate Agerit and Clerk of the
Division Court.
Office upstairs in the Chisholm Block,
WINGHAM, ONT.
DR. F. A. P KER
OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN
Osteopathy, Electricity. All diseases
treated.
Ofilce adjoiparag residenoe, Centre
Street, next Anglican. Church (toemer-
/y Dr. MacDonteld's). Phone 272.
• School Days Ahead.
'These hot, busy clays are not con-
ducive to nied.itetion about school
neither "on the part of the bo'et and
girls Who in a few weeks will be back
at their books, tor on the part of the
parents -96o pay the bills.- t ut the
days go on and if not already arranged
for it is thee that teachers be selected
to =Ty en this very important -watt
for the earning' season.
na a good many districts the same
teacher will be invited back for an-
other years We ere wondering in tile
eonneetion, if it would not add much
to the school work a1922-193, atel
to the spirit of co-operation betweet
perente, teacher and students -,if the
fen:I/lee making up the echool district
eliould get together* and have a real
surprise party for the one who is to
have the supervivion of' the children in
chi -Lige the :nett ten months?
Somehow we have a -feeling that
each a eelebration would make the
tam
eel tax money go nexell further and.
would help reeterially in building up
commenity spirits 'With that (level-
() I, the district will be in a position
to miertake other worth -while things.
'ink may *ell atock in air castles,
' dace not peodece reaps,
Thc farm is fortunate which
eltigent management.
ry talk about the bee
tho groett Ide out yondee, ,bet
w we are &wgys end tboal e.
o ge.v
ihie
cious Musk
room,
Mushrooms theed teedeteple are in-
cluded under the poll eetive tern
aflAngi," 'There -le •a widespread mise
apprehension ,00nceerking the diameter
r.d the flesby fungi. 'The plablic gen-
erally oliaseify there wider 'two• male
divieione—toadstools am mushroorne
ommunications triAgrortornlike, Adelattle St. Weil, Toronts
A Live Stoelt Scheme.
Co-operation is not yet eornplete—
the foelish are not all dead. There is
• a matter widel has been brought to
•my attention from, time to tine in the
past, but morenvividlY of 'recent date,
• which I feel calls for some publicity,
says a writer in the °Michigan
Farmer." Just what to say and what
to leave unsaid is a question, but we
will do the best we can and abide by
the result. What I refer to is the
practice of -selling the services of
•Purebred sires and cellecting in ad-
vance, fees that • represent • several
times the value of the sire. Let me
explain it thus: A. smooth salesman
• to you with a preposition to
place a purebred registered sire in
your neighborhood free of cost to you,
providing you and your neighbors will
pledge a sufficient number of cOWS to
his services.
t, Now, you have purebred sires
preached to you through the farm
press, the agricultural college, and
•have not seen your way clear to take
eare of the first cot. So this new
proposition looks good to you at ft:Mt
sight and you fall for it and spend
day or so helping the salesman to
interest your neighbors. The result
is, he very soon gets away with the
cash or it equivalent to pay for the
services of fifty-, sixty, or seventy
cows at $3 each, for three years.'or
eaeh. The- next job for the sales -
Man
to ehift, his reeponsibilityy leo
he very kindly offers to eell you the
bull'outright for a merely nominal
sum, or perhaps without paying any-
thing extra, if you will simply care
for the bull and fulfill his guarantees.
Owneeship is sweet, so you get a bill
of sale for the buil you haven't seen,
at a cast apparently of only a few
service fees paid in advance, and a
lot of responsibility. -
You may- not know it, but the sales-
man's next move is to find the bull he
has told you so much about so he
—the latter only being ooneidered
hupte pp elle man who has him to sell edible, end embracing 1;he eeveral vex -
and buys him fer the bottom dollar,1 tetiee of the muelreopin conenortly ex,
Re is buyieg him to sell a•gaill, SO Pooaa for sale, anal found ie fields der -
1
camnot afford any but very conserve- ing the late SillInineir end fail. All
tive priceS, $100, $126, ;150, delivered:. varieties outeicle of these are popu-
end open woods, geeereflay from juise
till toot,
The other deadly plant Ameeita
phalleidee, or Death Cup, is a to 4
incltea breed, oormeeely shining white
or yelleavieln c''but maY be greY or
when rnoisjsinootntrdblis elov%alil'atni; ;nisaalliyd
extended, he margin ie even, not can tell the child anything, and be be -
marked; flesh white, net objectionable laved. FGT, you cannot!
to taste, gills free teem stem, largest At first the child will believe, but—
at the liiiddaei white. The stem is 3 after repeated naisrepresentatioes, one
w,tailib58.111Teal'he:43.17:,asgebe n,heravtllYemhiasollaiwn: will find that the thing teld will be
serterl in a eemiefree white cup_ talcen with a grain of salt,
Shaped eovering called a wive. It la prAomsisaean tillileusnthrialetiQ'ane:isitIftoytonue ihave
Parents as Educators
Inculcating Truth in the Child—By May F Scotme
Filet! Be truthful yourselfi as to why ble Plantihour ha a not
Do not cherish the delusion that you been realized, .
If a prorniee be made to a *hint,
keep it. If, as eometimes bapeene, it
le irepossilyle to cam eat that pront-
ise,,explaiti carefully just why it ean-
not be fulfilled at that time,
Be teuthfull
To questions •asited.,—.1 know they
are legione—euswer truthfully, explain -
carefully. It may take time away
from other dutiee, but one will be well
repaid by the .contented happy spirit
born in the .child when the information
sought is gladly given.
Trust will be fostered, e1se—U.1.1st
in the one who enlightens ignoranee
with knowledge; then will eome trust
in the world et large, The iouatain-
head of knowledge for the childree ie
oentreci in you who have the shaping
• A ,very grieved axd disappointed of these young lives in your hands.
child is left to his own devices, with a Let truthfulness be the basic test
prodigious problem to be worked out of your capability,
Of course, he buys the beet lau Is -he, lariy ildtdsel v�ided as of eommon occurrence from July to
can for the money, bet the profits are being Poisonous. The quertion
of first. consideration, and in this re -1 XrennentlY asked how. can oee
spect the sky. is the limit. I recently tingulsh a "mushrhoin" from a "toed -
sold a bull for $150 and learned upon stael."• There are hundreds a kinds
delivery that he had been sold on the eadvaniZallrn: brasut aPlfe'ecrat'aroefp07.11110ri'elo'usarIet
above plan and that the salesman had
walked, out of the community 'With
fOrhine A. friehd of mine eold
a bull some /meths ago for $200 and
he was placed in a communit3r only a
few miles away at a cot Of $600. I
•saw a hull last fall, a poorer Mdividual
thae either, one of these. He came
from. Canada and. r do not knew What
he -cost the buyer, but he cost the cern-
rnunity which he was placed $800.
So mach, for the facts, now for the
oamments.
Any method that encourages the
use ef purebred sires will mean much
to the community -in which it is ap-
plied, These bulls' evill do a lot of
geed in their respective communities.
The plan usea-in 'financing the deal is
adanirable and makes it easy for any
zommunity to own a good sire. But
the deplorable, thing about it is that
any community of farmers should al-
low themselves to be thus duped into "One Thonsan.d American:Fungi," Mc-
' October, in woods, groves, and along
bordera of wood. It resembles some-,
w‘hat the common field mushroom, but
slig,ht examination will diselose in
the field inushroont the dm* 'colored
gine aralrthe absence ef the cup art the
Is then e question how to distinguish levee of the stem. A. Phalloides is the
the edible faxen the poisonous, epee/es. mast dangerous of all fungi and is
All so-called "tests" such as peeling, responsible tor Most of the deaths rea
discolaratioe of a spoon, etc.., etc., are setting from eating mushrooms,. Ten
mythical, and afford no gueranbeiThe to fifteen hours may elapse before
best method of knowing them is to symptoms of poisorring may appeae.
study their characteristies one by one, No a.ntidote has been found. A safe
starting with a eon -anon vaniety; have rule is to avoid eating ell mushrooms
this identified. by one who know* it, having white gilts, a ring on the stem,
and, then ooetinue on,e's studies as op- enti a valve atathe base af stem, corn-
portunity offere. It is strongly ad- binecl en the same planrt.—W. S. Odell,
vesed to leave severely alone ail kinds Division of Botany, Genteel Experi-
about which there is any uncertainty. mental Fenn.
Many mushrooms are nauseating to
some pemsoes but prove harniese to
Tnberenloeie in Cattle.
othere, vvhille many axe edible but of
poor fle,Vor, er too small to be of any
use.
aftgoatunately, popular , worlte on
fungi are not cermeon, but several re-
liable works are available to the
student who wishes to acquaint him-
self' with the ,subject, as for. instance:
paying three prices—one for the bull neveine, me,,lin co.; :mush_
and two to the salesman. A little' roomse—edible and- otherwise," Hard.
community eo-operation would secure Ohio Library Coec`11/Iushrooms," At -
the same results and save the come • •
munity two-thirds of the eash. But
for lack of a little initiative, a little
local leadership, a little community
co-operation, it pays an enormous toll
and allows itself to be exploited out-
landishly. Oh, will we farmers ever
come out of the wilderness? Will we
ever get our eyes °gene or will we
forever be content to hold the bag?
Verily, co-operation is still an infant.
The fools in our own pack are not
all dead.
On liens and chickens there are
found seven species of lice, on ducks,
geese and turkeys, three.
These lice stay on the fowls prac-
tically all the time. Therefore, the
only effective treatments are those
which &TO applied directly to the fowL
At present the most economical and
theeenost effective remedy is podium
flouriele, a white powder which can be
purchased at any drug store. A little
of this powder head between the thumb
and forefinger and dusted among the
feathers next to the skin on the head,
neck, back, breast, under the wings
and below the vent will keep these
various lends of lice under control.
One pound oe sodium flouride is con-
sidered enough to treat one hundred
fowls.
Mites are those insects which infest
poultry only at night, and hide in the
orevice,e of the roosts and nests dur-
ing the days They eats best be con- economical of strength.
trolled by keeping the poultry houses D
and roosts clean, and by spraying the
roosts and tests thoroughly WItIi
crude oil, kerosene, or some heavy
coal tar preparation,
accuraey of stroke will cure this. One
far -mer tells me that a man who ender-
etande hoeing will do fifty per centi
more woek in a given time than a
beginner. .
Mueh depende on the hoe's sharp-
ness. The American factory rn.echanie
is reputed to spend twee times as
much time as the European workman
sharpening his tools, but he procluees
nearly twice es rn,uch finished product
• thereby. The same principle „applies
to the use a garden toole; keep them
sheep r.
and in good working orde
A good, fine file is the test 'sharpen-
er for your hoe and aloe ,for the
spade, grass shears and law.n-mower.
Hold the hoe firraly, preferably in a
vise, and aim to keep the bevel fiat
and at an angle of abont forty-five
degrees. Thongh the hoe wears fester,
it pays (in better, easier work) to
have the square edge ineicie:"K6ep the
points of the blade square by care-
fully- shaping them with the file. Learn
40 as an e e , as
it is better for the tool as w,e,11 as
Whenever there is a variation in
the butter -fat tests, the tester is usu-
ally to blame. . There ere, however, a
number of other things whiehwili
cause a variation in the test. One of
them is the Ba,bcock test itself, which.
will sometimes give readings that
vary one-fifth el one per cent. on
the eaane sample of milk tested and
dtplicreted at the same time.
The fat percentage -win also change
when the milker faile to milk out the
strippings, the richest part of the
milk, 'Dogs chasing the cows, er the
railkee using the milk stool on his
cows, or permitting laud talking in
the stable at milking time vrili also
cauee variations in the fat test.
Cows in heat, those that hold up
Part of theft milk, and others that are Plailks two inches. by twelve inches
underfed or „sleek in their seater sup, by sie feet; one hardweed plank to
ply will show a variation front their ill:thee by six -inches by twenty-eight
normal teat
inches; two thtee-quarter inch by five-
Don't use one e forever. Partic-
ularly if it is used on a number of
tools and for various 1)mi:rams, a file
get.s dial, and wastee time for its user,
Clean it out oceasionally with .the
point of in awl, and use a little ma-
chine ail when filing the hoe.
I think every garden worker should
have his own hoe, particularly if the
workees ate of greatly different
height. I have satid that a hoer should
not steep too much, but he wilI have
to if the angle of laornblade with the
handle is too acute. 'The blade should
set at,juet enough less than a right
angle...to give the desired cutting effect
when the &enamor steads comfortably
erect—the exact angle will depend on
his 'height.
Handy StOnebnaL
The following gives details for the
cohstruetion of a handy boat which
will save much work in reraoving
large Stones from fields.
Bill a ittaterials—Two hardwood
inch bolts with mashers,
How to use a Hee. This state boat is very handy in
Someone
has said that a ordeuer moving stone, which are one to three
feet in diameter, The best aeeet of
is uo better than hie tools. Evert if the machine is that it requires no labor
the tools themselves are all right,1 or tuck were in loading or 'unload.
ignorance a thefr are au'd use may; ing. It coats praetically nothing and
cense the loss of rrruCh time stect effort.; ean be merle from materials on every
In small gardens the hoe is the prinefem.
Opel tool, Buy e latge, strortg one; It is made by rounding off an end
good width in the blade will eave:ef each plank and boring a two-incla
many strokes that are necessary when hole in that eta for the chain to
the blade as narrow and cuts but twonwhich the tease can be attached. The
thirds as much at a. stroke, Natural -1n plaits are placed side by side filar
too, f a heavy head does cleaner, mon
re caes epart. The inside edges are
effective work because of the greater' beeened.. The short plank is bolted
omentuni of its fall. aeroes the end opposite the round
I have used the terms "Stroke" and polits, one bole in oath pinnk,
fell,'" but properly, there ehould be When a stone ie to be reeved the
little of the chopping 111CCOi2 in a boe'e punka are spread so that one goes
niadribdittG/011, The eXpert's etyle -could oneaeh side of the &toile. A chain to
bettet be caiied draggieg—with just white the team is atteeneel as fasten,
nttongh PeessUlle to urgoct theweed.sr ed to the hole in each plank, As the
t impose ne fatiglaWg stain We team goes aft64d the planks Ooze to-
wor,loer's armies A hoer snowy( ,net gather and the stone ill lifted and
over; it la not offtreeorne Miy ali-meted to a deeired poipt. To unload,
teesteey. 4003 toviotx bold _far the ehain eemoved I/4M Meek
hen iheY /vivo 40 'VOA elfaae so the team can orood the boat, al -
eta, 'but esfaer Sorh
I leWlIait the sforLe ter test the greyed.
11S'aril erlrY & eto.°
icaceae of Michigan," C. II. Kauffman,
Wynkoop, Hellenbeek, Crawford Co.
In a short article it is not possible
even to deseeibe the ocearnonest edible
etarieties such as Faircy Rieg (Mara-
s/Mime oreacitea), Shaggy Mane (Cope
einus eon:etas), Inky Cap (Coprinus
atramentarius), and the ordinery field
musthaloom (Agate& canmestrls). The
two following -deadly poisonoes ones
are clescribede and should be thorough-
ly known Wore anyone over takes to
eating wild neushavoms.• '
The Fly Agaric (Amanita mus -
eerie). This is a very conspicuous
mushroom, not. -resembling any other
vat ty theg f
rooms. The cap is large, from 4 to
6 inches, rounded et first then nearly
Plane; surface, when fresh, slightly
viscid, -Its oalorr is subject to great
-variations, ranging froni orange -red,
to yellow or almost white, the yellow
color being more common. The margin
of cap in mature plent.a is marked with
radiating lines, or inaekingss The sur-
face is covered! with thick, anghlam,
nersistenet scales, anti easily removea;
flesh white. The gills eta free, but
reaohing the ste,m. Color white raxely
becoming yellow. Stem 4 -to 8 inches
long, shining 'white or pale yellowieh,
beciiming hollow, enlarged Eat the base
into a conspicuous bulb, Instated. by
prominenit, concentric, irregular rings.
There as a eting or collar on the etem,
very sett, large, White. `The Fly Am-
anita is easily identified on account
of its seedy cap, brilliantly colored; 1
large ring, and, 'Manna base. It oc-
cars along roadsides, -wood-margins
Eyed' farmer and cattle breeder
can have, and keep, his herd free of
the commonest of all live steak com-
plaints—tuberculosis. Haw this ean
he done is described in Pamphlet No.
16 of the Dominion Department of
Agriculture, entitled "Bovine 'Tuber-
culosis," prepared by the Health, of
Animals braneh under the direct sup-
ervision of the Veterinary Director
'General. The pamphlet eonveys the
'knowledge in tate form questions
and answeis. These cover particulars
regarding the Accredited Herd. plan,
- its benefite and cost, the compensation
paid by the Dominion Government for
animals slaughtered, an explanation
of the Bang system, sanitation, the
tests required, and so on; also muni-
oipal testing requirements, the object
and nature of pasteurization, the
Supervised Flan of 'Testing, testing by
private practitioner with department-
ally simplied tuberculin, and hew
swine and poultry become infected.
The one great truth to be learnt from
t,he pamphlet is that to have healthy
live stock of any kind, strict regard
Must be paid to eleariliriess, to sanita-
tion, to ventilation, and to light. The
first thing that -a government inepec-
•
ound to see
that the buildings are clean and ean
be kept sanitary, and to locate the
manure pile and ascertain where the
drainage goes to. Satisfied on these
points he will comnsence the test.
To keep cabbage from bursting, pull
each head just enoughto break a large
number of the email roetlets, but not
enough to let the head fall or lean to
one ide. •This less.en the .amount
of moisture and plant -feed taken into
the plant and the development of the
head will be slower, consequently the
bursting .will cease. In such eases
the cabbage will remain perfect and
umnjured, and this g-ives the gardener
an extra amount of time te use the
cabbage or dispose of it. Heads of
cxvbbags about to burs4,
vile -wing the first split, eau be kept for
several weeks., without damage, by
this rstethed.
Egg Laying Contests and Their Value to the
Poultry Industry •
The Federal Department of Agri- through which Registration can he ob-
chittses through the Experimental tained. By breeding males from regis-
Farm's Branch is operating ten Egg tered females to females with official
• Laying Contests at the pres.ent time. records, that are registered also, we
A laying contest is located in each hope to be able to very greatly in -
province and the competition is re- crease the production of the potatry
seticted to residents within the prove flocks throughout Canada
ince itself. The Canadian Contest is As weekly reports of the eggs pro-
condutted on the Central Experiment -1 duced by eaell pen are issued for each
al Farm at Ottawa and is open to the' contest the person who wished to,
world. • I Purchase eggs or stock can tell at a
Each contest begins November 1st; glance where the best producing
and 'continues for. 52 weeks. Ten birds 1 strains can be secured. By.eomparing
oonstitute a pen. . these reports from year to year any
tgg laying contests are valuable an person can pick out the breeders who
that they show the relative value ofj! are doing the comeistent breeding
different breeds of peultry to produeel work. To breeders who make a high
eggs and alao show where the best, yearly average, even though they are
strains of these beeecis can he found.', net necessarily leading, the persones
As the birds are all given the same who wishes to purchase good stook can'.
rare and attention and a -careful re-'. be alnioat sure of getting birds of a'
cord kept of the number of eggs laid good laying strain.
by each individual itt every pen one Farmers and poultrymen,. gerierallyn
can tell the value a the Arabi as believe that laying hens produce more
well as that of the intlivideuel 'bird eggs when given :free -range. Thel
within the pen. The pen that is con- laying tontssts provethat this belief,
posed of ten good prOducers is much is not well founded. A pen of White'
Mere, vahlabie from the breeding! Leghorn's hi the Canadian Contest ird
Standpoint, that one that has Mit or 1920-21 laid 2,255 eggs and in the,
two outstanding birds, some good pro- Present Canadian Contest a, pen of the
,ducers Arid three or four poor pro- same breed have 1,844 eggs at the,
&teem - • end of the 37th ave.& Only 174h). Ixt
High production coupled with ani- the Britieh Columbia Contest a pen'
forrnity throughout -the pen ie the of Barked Plymouth Rocks had 1,859
eiltienate object of the breeder of bred-, eggs at the end el the 36th week, All
to -lay birds and the oily way to at- the above birds are mider strict eon -
tale this end 14 to practice the breed- finement Five lair& in elm Canadian
ing of high ptoducers. Certificates of Contest laid every day during the 9th
peed -dation ere iseued te birds aceerd- foul -week period (Jute 18th to July
ittg merit, and by ,breeding theee 10th) ata the winning bird in the
fen -tales to melee of desirable. breed- Olitark, Centeet has 28 eggs to her
ing the egg production of the flacks redit for the Same period, Thus, the
should lie veiy materially ineteaeed. layleg contests show that birds in
The seeeeieg of the high produeiag strict con.fitietnent e,art and do produce
female le but the iiret step 'in thie tilgttit large quantities- .
breeding work, Realizing the need The objede of' the rabrIng, Cotats
of marc acivatoad work alotg the line ate to emeiet eoultry breedere in bet-
• peoltry breedieg the Department a W0411 their breeding ate& alorrg egg
Ag*Ittatire is abed to undertake the prodeeing lime, to derreeearete tbe
Week Of teatime Regietration tertifil taloduaing ability of different etraina
0,ates to 'birds of high production. Tile an4 digetent 'breeds a hens and haila
egg layieg ,conteete serve 4114reled41111 ti e leiger old better indwell, 1
on a certain dny, and then feel too
tired, after a hard rnerningni work,
how are you going 'to make him
understand?
"Why, mother, you said you'd take
me this afternoon," cried surprised
"Yes, I knew," impatiently, "but you
will have to amuse yourself at home
to -day: I'm too tired to walk that fax."
The Farmer and Poultry.
The average farmer. knows how
muoh seed he sows to the acre and
the value of the crop he hare -este; the
daily milk production of each cow
and the cash returns for the milk solid
to the factory; or the number of bar-
reltt of apples harvested from each
tree and the different varieties in the
archer& How many farmers in Can-
ada know bow many eggs they are
getting fron1 their poultry flock, how
• THE CHILDREN'S
HOUR •
How a Little Boy Rose to IVIusie.al
Fame.
'Way back about the year 1770 a
country blacksmith in a little place
near Exeter, England, began to miss
his horseshees, -which were rayster-
inall:hahseTbeenha:idatethatilalbr Uticij daring
ciOuvselrYeddist:Pegauriiintyg,Q:uelproirt ttwoclibaet aa
the fanner bas harmless little boy about six years
pureabeed?
the year, or whether their poultry is time. Keeping watch, he at last dis-
_neither the time nar the hsolination to old. Following him home, his parents
give poultry the attention it deserves. were duly in -farmed and the bay was
The hen hae mewed but rot hie eggs, commanded to tell what he had done
jest as a horse „nem centime to with the stolen horseshoes. Leading
the way to an upper room, he showed
tgfiihzearr.andests.mTrihe pa'-oubeluteVfhansohtebeer°k:frit; them. From the twenty or thirty he
to the WOnzen and ehe children on the had talten he had selected eight and
farm and as long as there have been hung them up by strings, and these
ssteLfiecideurint iregggtabetopetarteastoofthehigvihiplargoe. WgahveenZtutcht IfigthetslYabythae pratekaofi sireaonle,
dnetion to trade for merchandise, the —the largest one gave the deepest
tone, the smallest one the highest. On
poultry has been voted as useful but
never es sereetheng..e0 be d,evdepee as this crude instrument the boy had
a farm meet. During the last few taught himself to play tunes.
The minister, Rev. ani. Eastcott,
years -the prices ruling foe eggs and
poultry have attracted the attention was 'aPPealed to in the matter* No
doubt he gave the little chap SeriGUS
fiofilaSeinmea frarmeporterere,rdentiyaeisasureesd ublv
yt the
adreonitien on the sin of stealing, but
after that he had the gbad sense to
Ontario Department of Agriculture
the phrase most corsinriliy. used in advise the boy's parents- to give hint
the reports from th,e various counties
on cropand etack production "poultry
tisonerfothe best , paying things on
hefarn.-„
The mere keeping of poultry is not
sufficient, however; the business tnust
be undertaken -with the same thorough
and efficient management as is applied
to other farming activities. It -is an
easy matter to produce eggs but it is
hot melt an easy Matter to produce
these eggs' economically. By this we
mean , getting maximum production
from eath individual hen at a
mum cast for feed. This can only be
done through the stysternatic breeding
.of birds from good laying strains and
the keeping of an accurate reeerd of
peoduction, cost and revenues There
are farmers entering their floolcs in
the Canadian Record of Performance
for Poultry end the number is in-
creTahseinagverevaerzp
ye y_roduction per hen on
earr,
the farms in Canada is between set
and seven dozen eggs. No hen should
be kept over anti fed a second season
that does net lay evem in its poeet favorably when compared with those
prevailing elsewhere, and the tend-
ency of prices downwards toward the
usual autumn levels might be checked,
if not comptetety arrested, were en -
finished cattle kept either -wholly or
partially off the market at that sea -
sot. Wheri the 8itua.tion ha e been par-
ticularly -active, that is in April and
May, a supply of unfinished grass, cat -
tie has invariably had depressing re-
sults.
Another ill-advised feature is the
rushing of 75 per cent. of the lamb
crop to market in September, October
end November. Reference is also.
made to the unlimited damping of
thilled and frozen Argentine stocks
a musical education, and so they ape
prenticed him to an organist in Exeter
named Jackson, the same Jackson, by
the way, who tomposed the "Te Deuria
in F," whIch has long been a favorite
with many ehureh -choirs. When the
boy had grown older and his appren-
ticeship was finished he went to Lon-
don, where he wrote a great deal of
music for the theatre, that is, inci-
dental musie for various plays new
and old. He also wrote a great many
songs' which were very popular in
their day. One (If them, "The Bay of
Biscay," is not •yet quite forgotten.
The boy's name was John Davy.
Better Livestock Market
, Prospects. '
. ,
,The Dominion Live ,Stock Commis-
sioner has .directed attention to the .
disastrous effect the rushing of un-
finished grass cattle to market has
upon prices ane the trade. gen.erallye
Many recent reports have shown this..
Market conditions 'in Canada show up
year. It does net pay to keep hens
merely for the purpose of cleaning up
what would otherwise be wasted, un-
less that waste is beimg converted into
a marketable feod product.
The intereetimg of some of the
young people around the foam in such
a thing as intelligent poultry breeding
will be an influence towards keeping
them on the farm, and will help in
the building of charrecter.—Dominion
Live Stock Branch
•••-•
Make the Fairs a Success.
It would seem that the importahce
and helpful possibilities of the apa-
ce tural fails are not properly aura- on the British market. This ha.s prac-
cia.space
frtawon
y toliexahviebliagewodb
feirinera,v:Isixe) teeny cut off the only outlet that
the
Australia and New Zealand
be enlarged and the capacity of the phave and
rices ha-ve. been brought to evrete'lled-
grounds would* have to be 1r:creased iy low levels. In proof ,of which the
tin,nmseslegeaseoeo,,et Under r
, are
ecesesiulteeret comperative prices that prevailed' per
io
hundredweight oti. june 1, this year,
largely because of good management are quoted as fellow: Choice s'reers,
in the stimulation of exhibits as wr.1.11 Oanade, $8, Australia $5,80, Nov
as attendance. But if we all took the Zeaaand $8.41. Good e':eers, Can -
interest in these fairs which their im- eate $7.50, Australia $4,32, New
portance and possibilities warraht, Zealand $2.39. Choice lambs, Canada
there would be no lack of either ex- $12 to $19.25, Australia $6.14, New
hibite or at:teethe-ice at either cern_ Zealand $5.49. Recently Queeeeland,
natality, eounty, district or state Australia, sold a thoueand cows oil'
ev enhtes . factor
which mak for
for the! the range at $2,09 Per head, prime
T
'bullocks at $3.89 per hundredweight
fhaigehh, Leis: asubtic:ssattoetaaaiilteye abfgrficauriti;asl, 1, and good bullocks at $2 Per hundrecl-
who stedY the exhibite easefully aed I tinfistic as to the outlook, and indi-
gather a ithawiaage si,ara aaa studi, weight. The Beatieh is decidedly 01-
ero
oarcitcltereofianroteire:nshoiveheletihie rilimilleetsttlstrao. busy in itnhaTStretietielirtnedCaSetaaideas. buYers
eese of any fair ie measured by ita The hardest part of having a tao;.h
educational value to lee patrons, Every pulled is the anticipetion,
farmer in Ontario who tan possibly
mean° to do so should attend at Let's not forget that petting pro-
lea
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diviciende, and at the same time 'afford
the family an enjoyable outirige
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The old pedestrian who puts ori new
shoes at suoriee znever boasts how
Mealy miles he will go befere seeeet.
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