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Cariada's Competitors in
Food Production.
India &Tel lieeland are the most dis-
tal:bed. centres within the British Em-
pire, and yet in the one a vast increase
it the ptaduction of wheat has oeeur-
red and in -the other, as shown in. the
Dominiou Live Stock branch cable re-
ports, the high character and supply
of bacon and cattle remain intact and
undiminished. As regards India, in-
formatien supplied to the Dominion
Departineet of Agriculture is to the
effect that the wheat. yield for 1021-22• .
was 115,866,000 bushels, or 46 per
cent. greeter than in the previous
year, and 18,630,000 heshels or 5 per
cent, greater than the annual average
of the preceding five years which, of
course, includes a lenge part of the
1Var period, when efforts et production
received added zeets These are facts
that while illustrating the stability of
both India zed Ireland in food produc-
tioit for export, also give information
of the eonmetition that other noun -
tries, including Canada, have t� con.
Lend with.
A Tali Vern,
tIorace---"Were you up very high 'on
your flying trip1"
Ilerbert--""Yes; while we Were Coin.
ins dewri the propeller was, dripping
with whipped creami"
"Whipped crown!, , What do you
mean ?"
"Why; we cut ttutetigh piitin53/
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let-ovees from the • produotion
other ,typee that met the needs of
the military demand, But there does
eat appear to be many of this kind
toedeY, and militery horse buyere
re-
pqt e general: shortege.
But whateYen tYiee me aims ta pro-
(Nee,ho ranat see to it that it will
Perform the Werk it is called upon to
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aekiress eommunloatlens to .Agrortorneet. la Adelaide St. West, Tot:onto eo in the 'most „eeeelene seamier poss.
Fall Plowing lielpe len time, •Be'fore getting the traeter, sible. Horse breedees meg pay par,.
tle fall plowing, eartlY beallse g and with the sartio numeer of hea.see tt) successfully compete with the
hen I started farming 1 did but with twice as 'much land as at first, ticular attention to this, if they are
s so busy, and pattly from lack of
Predatioe of its value, Now all
land that is going into crops the
xt year is fall -plowed, and earne
plowed early and worked during
e tall. -
(four), I was also on time, and this
was ehnply due to the fall plowing,
Why It Pays te Feed More Clover
Now.
With the low prices for milk and
butterfat most dairymen are getting,
it becomes closebly important to get
maximum iproduetion at the lowest
possible cost. The most expensive
tein.. Protein is very essential to pro -
dining cows, especially if they ard
pregelant, when a large part of the
protein goes toward the growth of
the fetus. And, of course, breeding
and growing stock of all kinds re -
Dairy Cows usually get a large part
of their protein iti the form of a
linseed -oil meal or cotton -seed meal.
Supplied in this way the cost is re-
latively high. Legume hays, especial -
The first advantage I noticed of
aiking up land in the fall was that
e spring work could be got out of
LO way at a math earlier' date. Ad
rice MIT SeSSMI usually does not open
until well into April, this vras an part of the ration usually is the pro-
trernely important item. Every
op but buelcwheat and late potatoes
ust be in by Empire Day if the best
sults are to be expected. Then, if
ese happens to be a wet spring, the•
proximately seven weeks during
hieh the planting and sowing must quires protein.
done may be reduced to three or
ur. The slowest job on the farm is
owing, especially with a two-harse
ow, If this is done in the fall, the
ctual spring work is cut &beat in
If. ly alfalfa and red clover, can be use
At times I have had spring -plowed tt) supplva large part of the protein
, especially when plowed rather
te, which did not do well on account
the grass layer cutting off the
pinery water from below. I had
ne crop of cern that was nearly a
Ruse for this reason. There was
uack grass in the sad; and though
ere was not enough moisture for
orn, it was sufficient to make a fine
iece of quack.
Another reason why I changed to
all plowing is that the frost action
better than fitting. Just north of
y farm a clay section begins where
ney simply can't do anything at all
ith •spring -plowed land. But when
do -wed in the fall the frost breaks up
bis stiff clay thoroughly, and the fine
ail makes exoellent crops. -
Formerly I had quite a little wet
nti, though now it is about all tiled.
this Lind was left until spring, it
as usually plowed sYlien parts of it
at a low Tose These feeds can be
gr.01rITII ati alericest any Teem, and if
properly cured are very nutritious.
Moreover, cows seem to relish alfalfa
and clover more than timothy. As a
rule, the prices of clover and timothy
run very close together.
But timothy is very low in protein
an& when it is fed, the protein short-
age met be made up, generally, by
increasing the amount of oil meal or
other protein ,sesnonleenent. If alfalfa
or clover is fed, the total grain ration,
and especially the protein supplement,
can be decreased, thus materially
cheapening the cast of the 'ration.
Let us consider tWo cows, each
weighing 1,200 pounds, and giving 30
pounds of milk containing sib Per
cent. fat. 'Say that their., feed re-
quirenients are just the same—that is,
that each requires the same amount
of protein, carbohydrates, and fat for
the maintenance of her body and. for
ere tact -wet. The result, of course?, milk production., Both cows get the
as Partial failure in those spots. same earn:Cunt of corn silage (g6
Viheu fall-plowed.this ground was „pounds), the same amount of hay (12
sually in good condition in the spring, , pounds), and a grain ration of corn,
ince the sulfate exposed by the fur -1 oats, and oil meal,
ws caused the land te dry out secu-
re .1 used to plow in not -too -wide
ark furrows, and. ran the plow in
he bottom of the dead furrows a
motor truck and tractor men,
The difference eomes in feecling,one
• cow alfalfa ,and the -other timothy. The
-cow getting -timothy requires a bigger
grain ration, especially the expensive
ec,ond time, furnishing drainage to oil meal, in order to supply the pro -
he delpth a 12 or 14 inches. This tein deficient in the timothy. At pres-
a great help. ent feed prices, the east of producing
.1 do not mean that I never had a pound of butterfat with the alfalfa
clod luck with spring plowing, but tation is 19 cents, and 25 cents with
imply that I frequently had condi-. the timothy ration. In some local -
lens where fall Plowing was far ities farmers are getting as low as 22
perior. On the other hand, I have cents a pound for butterfate.so that
ever observed conditions where not much profit could be made on a
ring plowing was better. I used to timothy ration.
Another valuable thing about
• alfalfa is its high lime content. This
• makes it especially valuable in bal-
ancing a ration containing corn or
ink that I had to plow in the spring
or potatoes. But when a field of po-
atoes was partly fall -plowed and
artly spring -plowed, I found no dif-
Good breeding inest he ,suipplernent-
ed by good feeding and care of the
colt from birth to maturity, No mat-
ter what ideals have been followed in
breeding the draft horse, if the colt
is Pot well fed and kept in a thrifty,
healthy, growing condition from birth,
it wiN not have the weight and size
needed in the ideal draft horse. There
must he no "stunting" period, as is
too often the case, during the growth
of the colt. As soon as the colt is
weaned, it should be kept in thrifty
condition. Just here is where many
horse breeders fall down. After the
colt is taken from its dam it is often
left to shift ftr itself, and soon be-
comes unthrifty and stunted' in growth.
If the colt once -receives a serious set-
back, it rarely recovers the lost
ground.
To get size and weight in the draft
horse, the breeding must be right and
so must the feeding. A good.big &aft
mare bred to a stallion that is a ton
or over in weight, providing he is
sound and has a good set of feet and
legs -under thn, will produce Leer
riglit type so far as breeding is con-
eerried; but if the colt is neglected
and not kept growing from birth to
maturity., the type of heavy drafter
most in demand to -day cannot be
creme. _Although I never put them corn silage. Although Alfalfa is gen-
n sod land, I think that in that case erally given first -place as hay for
all plowing would show an advan- dairy COWS) goad clover, fellows it
age. .I, use a double disk in fitting, closely, it being considered aboutnine-
ad if ight tenths as valuable as alfalfa far dairy-
secured.
the period of he -v- movenseeto and
oriee a week thereafter,
A further development a the woelt
of this Branch Ilea been in relearn). te
transportation, which for *nit is A"
matter of utmost importance. Sine
the orgarezatioe of the transportation
division some five years ago, an inti-
mate relationship between. the fruit
end vegetableproducer aud the tranes
portation eel -riper -des has been develop-
ed. In the,qa.pacity of Transpertation
Specialist, Mr. MeIntosh has been
constantly on the move from, coast to
coast endeavoring to bring about
closier and closer co-operation between
•the producers, dealers, and carriers.
Educational and experimental under-
takings .have been carried threugh.
Tariff and traffic regulations intended
to promote the general welfare of the
fruit and vegetable industries have
been amended. This has been carrieci
on by conference with railway, ex-
press, and steamship officials, who
have responded readily to the reason-
able recommendatioes made. Major
traffic matters requiring adjustment
have been dealt with through the
Board of -Railway Cenutissioners,
which have resulted in great satis-
faction to the fruit growing and vege-
table growing industries.
Following experimental shipments
of tender fruit, alterations in the in-
terior construction of refrigerator
caws have been brought about. The
change has been of such a character
as to ensure the better cendition on
delivery of fruit moved to long dis-
tance markets.
-11-fesse enterine ‘1..^-1",k. Mr.
McIntosh was engaged by the Ontario
Fruit Growers' Association to investie
gate marketing conditions and trans-
portation faCilities for the Province
of Ontario.. kr, McIntosh's experience
in these various capacities hive amply
prepared him for his present more
responsible offize.
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-An animal husbandry specialist
says that weaning, shipping, dehorn-
ing, castrating and suddenly chang-
ing the calves from grass to dry- feed
often checks completely any gains
for three to six weeks. If any of
these causes can be eliminated the
checking of growth will be less.
Therefore, fattening Calves on the
farms on which they are born should
produce good. results 'as this elimin-
ates shipping and change of feed. The
castrating should be done when the
calf is young, as should also the de -
horning, which should be done with a
caustic. They. should be started on
grain in the fall before 'they are
weaned, as -they will produce greater
gains with less teed than it bought
on the open market in the fall:
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1:J11.¢.811.41 IVIOVeMennez Iva
Two Years.
The shipments of live stock accord-
ing to the Dominion Live Stock branch
reports, from the five shipping pro-
vincee last year compared with the
year before were: Quebec, cattle, 31,-
928 against 56,617; calves, 64,941
against 75,807; hogs, 79,086 against
83,907; sheep, 164,750 against 159-
617. Ontario, cattle, 342,783 against
290,838; calves, 102,160 against 114,-
-315. hogs, 371,635 against 378,854;
Sheep, 268,202 against 278,460. Mani-
toba, cattle, 66,577 against 102,129;
calves, 14,076 against 15,117;
hogs, 80,652 against 102,308; sheep,
31,120 against 49,957. Sa.skatchewan,
cattle, 84,197 against 156,965; cal-ves,
6,812 against 9,825; hogs, 51,731
against 44,38'7; sheep, 28,338 against
Alberta, ,catele, 143,457
It has teen found that calves make 19,838.
against 163,686; calves 19,251 against
gains almost as fast as two and three
year old cattle, and will make a hun-
dred pound gain an about two-thirds
as much feed as the older cattle. They
appear to grow rather than fatten_for
about the first one -hundred -thirty
days, but from theh on they accumn-
late fat rapidly. The average feeder
of baby beef should figure on a two-
.
hundred -day feeding period in order
to make a satisfactory finish on the
caw.
Appointment for Commis.
sioney.
Mr. Geo. E. MeIntosh, who has for
the past five years occupied the pe -
20;561; hogs, 86,401 against 56,435,
and sheee, 91,184 eiainat 62,664.
• 'Bulldozing Fathers.
It is a strange thing that so many
fathers think they have an absolute
oweienthip in their children; that they
can boss them, order them about,
scold bulldoze them in any way they
please; treat them as if they had no
individual rights whatever.
You sho-uld be very careful how you
treat your children, my friend. They
wili not always be in your home, and
Some day you may bitterly regret the
harsh callings clown you so unneces-
sarily gave them. Many a boy has
nedley, Seettneher g
Parents as Educators
The Curl Made Peggy Cry—By Minerva Hunter
Mrs. -Ivy was sitting at her living play with them—in fact I punish him
room:window sewing buttons on a eiew
gingham drees when Mrs. 13aXter
came to her dining -room window and
looked out. "I've had sucha scare!"
shivered Mrs. Baxter. ,
"Peggy'?" inquired Mrs. Ivy , anxi-
auely rising from her chair. T'Do you
want gne to ecnne .ever and help -you?"
• "No no Peggy isn't really hurt"
said Mrs. Baxter, "but Oman nearly
every time he handles any but his
blunt pair."
"It may be he hed a really good
reason for cutting Peggy's curl," sug-
gested Mrs. Ivy. "I mean a good
reason from a child'e peint of view.
Did you ask him why he aid it?"
"No. I put hdrn to bed as fast as I
could and brought Peggy in here and
put her in -the-kiddie coop. • Now that
you mention it, Ornan did look quite
put her eye out with the scissors.
puzzled and once" or twice he tried to
When I went out of the nursery to
• tell me something, but I was so, faint
empty the bath water, he out one of
with fright I did not listen, Oman ie
her curls eff. I happened to look
a good child and does love' Peggy. I'm`
through the door and there he stood
sure he had a reason for what he did,
with the curl in one hand and the
Maybe I was too quick in my judg-
pbint of the.seissors within an inch
ment, Pll go now and talk with him."
of Peggy's eye! I *as never so
It was afternoon. Once more Mrs.
frightened in my life. • Every mother
Ivy sat beside her living room window,
has anxious tithes with her ehildreri,
Presently a childish voice addressed
but when one undertakes to rear an -
her. "Scissors ere dangerous," an-
other persenPs baby the responsibility nounced little Omar Baxter, looking
seems to double. Peggy's father is se
at her very seriously.
pitiably grateful, because we have "Yes" agreed Mrs. Ivy, "very, very
consented to care for the baby that I
dangerous."
feel even more responsible for her
"When a boy loves his little baby
than I did for Oman. If my child
cousin,' continued Omar in the tone of,
shoui'd injure Peggy's.eye I'd never one a..eciting a lesson, "he never goes
get over it!" near her with the scissors. Even if ..-
the baby cries and cries because her
curl hurts when it is breshed the boy
does not at the ewe off. A baby
jumps real often and might stick the
scissors in its eye. You see, a baby
"Yes," agreed Mrs. Baxter, "that is can get over a curl that hurts, but a
true, but why did he go near her with baby could never, never °Tow a new
the sciss,ors? Isle is never allowed to eye!
"Oman is very fond 'of Peggy," said.
the neighbor. "I never saw greater
devotion on the part of a little four-
year-old boy. Ile would. do anything
to. keep her from crying."
_hes deep it loosens the soil UTE cow. -------------------------.feedng. Sweet clover has about .-
mien ea Transportation Specialist of been driven to wrong eourses by a
ou as we as p0 ng. . sam • g i .
Whereas I was formerly behind cows must be taught to eat it. This the Fruit Branch of the Department domineering, bulldozing father. A
of Agriculture at Ottawa, has been brutal calling clown by her father has
th my work whenever the season can be done by rnixing a small amount
promoted to the position of -Fruit sent many a girl from her home with
as late or wet, and often a little of sWeet clover with the other feed Commissioner. • He . secceeds Mr. C. bitterness hi her heart, and perhaps
ate even when it was not bad, now, at first, and slowly increasing the
W. Baxter, who recently left the De- led to her undoing. .
ith the same number of horses amount fed. ii : 310 &attewliicli,
partment to assume the management Even for wayward and unruly chil-
though better ones) and a light tree- variety is used, production coets car. e Ltd
,
I ani farming nearly three times be ,greatly reduced by feeding. one of of the NiagareeFrult Grower . siren, love is the only safe and effi-
or,
s much Iand, and am always finished these thr-eesvaluable legumes. The' Fruit Branch fills 'an important cacious corrective.—O.8. Marden.
R sing the ght Type of Horse
There is a great need to -day for
ore efficiency itt horse -breeding or
tter, perhaps, for the production of
orees that will attain the highest
position not only in. the fruit growing
inclustrsr but it is also concerned with
the trade in -vegetables. Its primary
f -unction was the administration of
The Fruit Marks Act, under which all
fruit intended -for export trade was
Economy of Dairy ProduCis
as Food.
There is one especial virtue in the
many recipes given in the series Why
ation in producingeto -Meet the demand
to -day. . inspected to see thet it carried brands and How to Use Milk and Its Products
What constitutes efficiency in the that corresponded with the character pampblets issued ' by the Dominion
heavy draft horse? To be thorough- and uniformity of the -fruit through- Department of Agriculture, and that
out the ackage Reportmg on the is that" thelarge majerity call for no
a -re to do. 'The manufacturer of nio- its mate be able to pull.a heavy load, fruit crop eonditions has also been a fire or coal -burning. "'he few' that eqs
paint of efficiency in the work they ly efficient a deaft horse must with P •
tortrucks and tractors has in view on level ground, with ease and quick- duty of this Branch. For many year require a warm or boiling ingredient
at all times the efficiency of his pro- ness. To do this a horse should be, it has issued for five summer months necessitate the fise of nothing more
duiet. Ms constant aim is to so per- at least 1,700 Roan& in weight, —June to October—a printeff monthly serious or costly than a little oil, gee
feat his product that it will perform though 1,800 or over Is better. Along fruit teport. During the paSt eight or, electricity by way of heatang, This
the work required. of it in the most with this weight he must be well /nue- years it has aleo issued a telegraphed as remarkable evidence of the economy
efficient and economical manner. The cied have a goad set of feet and legs, market report twice a Week during of dairy products as food.
horse producer should have this same be -well built and well prepartioned, '1'11 "11
incentive in. view. and should be sound in wind and limb'.
Ten or fifteen years ago we were To get these elements of efficiency
more efficient in horse produttion in the draft horse the breeder must
than we are to -day. Breeders had not trust td chance in his 'breeding
ideale before there which they alined operations. If he has the right type
to attain, There Were ideals in heave of mere, he must see to it that the
drafters, in light, deaftcycs, in wagon' stallion used will get the right type
horses, and in lighter' types, 'whieh of offspeing. It will pay to go to
farmers endeavored to folloW in, their considerab.le trouble to secure the
breeding eperations, right type of stallion, as the heavier
Thera were ceitain districts whet e his weight consistent with good quals
a larg.s measure of efficiency was ity, the better.
shirt/n in producing the drafter; other The seine reasoning holds true in
sections were known for the lighter the production a other types. The
types of horses,. Th‘is cannot be said type next to the heavy drafters in
to -clay. Theresent to be no eentres demand to -day and which commands
that can claim distinction in produc- good prites, is the sound, weILJleuilt
ing iiy particular -horse tyPte, Wagon horst. This kind should
True, the number of types of herses weig,h from 1,100 to 1,300 pouncis.
in demand now is fewer -than in form- For heave delivery work, well as de-
er years, yet even in types most in liverhig milk, a horse must have
tlemand to -day, sueh as good draft weight enough to haul ercen 2,000 to
hoses, there are pasecticelly no eete 2,500 pounds, and get away with it
tions eithere the basset can go and bo at s TeUOttAbi7 $Wift gait, The lighter
tare of homing his wants stipplied, delivery type d.C1,8•S TIA require so ninth
11 seen% to bO.tOo iMith of a hit and weight, but roust be welt Mitt, souhci
xniss proposition, ails horse produe- and active.
fiat business. If one hears of a got:1d There are other -types more or Is
big draft gelding for vale in one part hi demand, such as saddle horSOS, and
the countler, elie May have titl animals, suitable for mintary •pun
ravel one Or two huziared Miles to poSes. These e.:61mot, be secutea at
firel 13,ni4te to i4t4iJI him, Pion hit end Vii,s8 breeding, though in
mil to ,he wait van, ft* eo-opor,, yetire gone by ibtte wan
1;;;,<I, •
Let's Invest at Horne.
Sometimes 1 wonder if we farmers
are making the best investments pos-
sble.- We all have spells when we
want to get a few blocks of,etock in
sornethifig that pays 500 per cent. on
our investmeet. • We are apt toe -feel
that farming is too bloornin' slow.
At'least, I know I feel that way seme-
thnes. I've never invested in oil or
rubber stock, or even played 'On the
stock exchange, although Ill admit
I've wanted. to. Some of my neigh-
bors have stocks in Mexico ,er South
Ameeiee. Once in a while they get
something on their investments; most-
ly they don't.
The longer 1 farm the more I am
inclined to believe that we may well
invest closer to home, Orie of the
drawbacks to ail investment SOO miles
J.I'4TX1- erne is that it is hard to look
after, On your .farm you can look
after it all the time. There are places
where the venter may invest as well,
hut this is aimed et the farm owner,
a; I am more familiar with that kind
farming. ,
For exainple, there are very few
faems that are well drained. 0h; that
_is a common thing) I wonder if you
can find a single farmer who has tiled
within the past ten .years who will
not say it is a good investment. I
know of dozens of farmers,' who have
realized from 10 to JO per cent. on a
tiling inveetment An in-vestesent
that makes 50 per eent. isn't le . be
seemed at, is .
FeW farms have all the building's'
that ane needed, Maybe it is nothing'
more than adequate equipment for the
hens, but it it isn't there when needed
a lose results. IT aninvegtment in
8200 Worth of chicken -house preferred
stock deesn't pay immediete returivy
I'M miss anbther guess.
A building to shelter thousaeds of
stellate' worth of farmieg niathiriery
is needed on lots of farms. Leaving
experielee machinery out in the wee -
thee le a lose Of eo many per ce.rit. ou
an ineestmeet, When the buildingee
erectecl the less stopS. Isn't that espial
to a high interest tate? 1 ten't eee
it any Otb(ir Way.,
There nre reSir feeds 011 most Artie
that couldn't be improved with _com-
mercial fertilizer. I know cf eases
where this investment has realized
400 per tent. I have realized tlais my-
self 1u additional crops. Usually it is .
less but I have seldom used it when
I didn't realize from 50- to- 100 per
centon what I spent. It's 5 gaick
return on- the money,. too.' That's
something one doesn't always get on
"wildcat' investment.
Few ferms have every farm tool
that is needed. Perhaps it's. a grain
drill or a awn planter, You may -have
borrowed ate from your neighbor.
•Perhaes he was using it when yoer
field was ready, and you waited. It
rained. Then you prepared your fie'd
againny that time a week had
pasted and your corn crop was late
enough to he -caught by frost, Would
$100 invested in a born planter have
paid oilestoek interest on the invest-
ment?
I know these things to be. -facts be-
cause Bee learned the lessori itt inany
of the cases meetioned above, I've
also made the investments I speak of,
and I.know they pay.—E.
Select Plenty of Seed Corn,
varmers are advised to select about
twice as much s,eed cern as they will
need for 1923. I1. is eetireated that
about fifteen medium „sized ears will
plant an acre, and that the average
farmer the -coin ry over will ue
about eight bushels ef seed. If he
spends ,two days selecting and sorting
his seed, the will have plenty to chooee
from next spring.
What is•left aver from the double
amount seletted that has Stood a good
gormina.tion test can readily be eold
to advantage, or may be 'kept as par-
tial iteurance for the next season's
seed. The hest time to select the seed
is When the leastee of the plents are
gill greet, but the ht.ska are begin-
ning to turn yellow and the ears well
dented. It is alSo necessary to select
the torn hetet() danger of freeing,
aS11 tentains OW. tt litt18Vtatr bos
fore being dried and weak be inereed
by freeting.
You ,ean't get a boy to listeli '11
ensen merly by shouting it al; hien-
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