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. EARLY STRAWBERRIES. horse's life is the time from weaning
Quils onyouric Coun ty`, oat:—/ until the foal is a year old. The am -
am :
feed fed during
;growing strawberries for the Toronto Aunt and quality of
market but rind the Glen Marylittle this period will largely determine his
a i Futuro development. Many potential
too late in ripening to catch the early draft horses are so checked and stunt -
market. Please advise me. of earlier
kinds; also tell' me what is a good ed in growth from a lack of • proper
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green manure to plow down after the feed and care as colts that they never'
strawberries attain the size which would raise them
a i are ',hewed up in pre- from slow -priced, nondescript chunk
Vexation for replanting? } into a high-priced, profitable drafter,
Answer by the Dominion ree vol. The first step is to get it feeding
turist—There are two or three ver regularly which are somewhat earlier with re g y on grain before weaning it
us than the Glen 'Mary. Perhaps the from the mare. A mixture of oats and
earliest is the Excelsior, P bran aro the best fends to use for this
E ior, an old' variety! purpose. When the foal is feeding
Which is poor in quality, but a very regularly it be weaned without
good yielder. Among the fairly early; . y may
varieties is Ma ie and still another danger of a ,severe check in growth
gg which will always occur if weaned
is Beder Wood, the ratter being* fairly without being taught to feed first. If j can P
well known and perhaps as good., in two foals be put together• ,ip� a,
quality as any.
If the strawberryroomy loose -box they will fret less
patch could not be
plowed under by the middle of July, tt, than if kept by themselves:The best feeds to use are oats—Would be difficult to get a cover crop' preferably rolled, bran, a little linseed
of suffeient quantity to be of much meal and good clean, well -cured alfalfa
service, On the Experimental: Farm hay. The concentrates are readily
at Ottatva we sow rape about the 6th a
or 7th of Jul and procurable anywhere but the alfalfa
July get a fairly gook, will not be available over as wide a
stand, plowing it under the following range. It is, however, more valuable
spring. Hubam clover might be worth than any other roughage and horse
a trial as it is a fast grower and as breeders would 'be well advised to
It is an annual. does not carry with it
the danger of becoming a weed. .
make -a special effort to grow enough
of this feed for their foals and also
the brood snares, if possible. Other
FORCING VEGETABLE CROPS' good quality hays rank next to -alfalfa
Question—I should like to get some in value as roughage and good results
Information on forcing cucumbers, to- can also be obtained from them.
Feed should be given three times
tnatoes, peppers, cabbage, and squash.
I succeed in raising the plants but not a day at as nearly as possible regular
in getting rapid growth, especially the intervals and the foals should be wat-
eucumbers. ered before feeding. The foal is easily
Answer by the Dominion Horticut. ! taught to drink before feeding and
turist—The failure to get rapid once the habit is formed no further
growth would indicate a lack of avail - trouble will be experienced. Salt
should be available at all times. A
able plant food at the proper time.
small block .of rock salt in the corner
Such crops as cucumbers, peppers and
squash require a .soil that will warm of the manger is the most satisfactory
up quickly and respond to cultivation l method of supplying .it.
by yielding up the plant food rapidly. IThe amounts of feed necessary will
It would be well to apply nitrate of , ry with different animals. A foal
soda at. the rate of 300 pounds will very seldom eat more than it can
acre. If this is not done until.after properly assimilate, differing in this
planting scatter a small amount of the point from older horses. Reasonably
nitrate of soda along each row of generous feeding will be amply re-
nitrate
.and cultivate it into the soil. paid in the extra growth and develop -
A similar quantity of 16 per cent. ment. Good sound thirteen -hundred -
superphosphate applied with the ni pound horses flood the market at low
trate of soda would also help develop- prices, while well built, sound. horses
meet of the fruit especially the of seventeen hundred pounds, or over,
Pers, squash and cucumbers. Treat- are readily` saleable in the same dis-
tricts at .from one hundred and eighty
ment for the growing of these crops
is found in pamphlets distributed by dollars upward in price.
Regular exercise each day is just as
the Publications Branch of the De-
important as plenty of good feed `and
should be regarded as part of the
feeding operationsfor, without`exer-
cise, the feed would not be utilized
properly.
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partment of Agriculture at.Ottawa.-
FEEDING THE WEANING FOAL..
The most important period of a
Harvesting the Winter Stump Croy
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By Gaston Farmer: -
Said a neighbor to me the other day, the stump the more charges required,
"I have been plowing and cultivating l and the deeper the holes , should be.
the big crop of stumps on my place This method is effective on Fall stumps
for five years 'now, and I can't see that regardless of size or kind, when prop -
they are improving at all—so I'm go- erly loaded: It is :slightly more ex-
ing to harvest them! I have bought pensive than fuse shooting, but is,.also1
dynamite and a blasting machine and less' dangerous, more effective and
am going to blow thein out, as you did takes less time and labor.
last year."With the inexperienced man, 'too.
Previous to this, the same neighbor much dynamite is wasted on account
had asked about the effectiveness and of improper loading—that is, not load
cost of stump blasting and I gladly ed deep enough or not sufficiently con -
gave him my experience. • fined. For best results, the holes
First, he wanted to know if stump should seldom be less than four feet'
blowing is expensive. I told him "Yes. deep and should be completely closed
Any method of getting rid of stumps with damp soil packed tight after the
will cost something. • Still more ex- dynamite is placed. Loaded in this
pensive, however, is the method of way, the explosion should make very
waiting for them to rot and thus pro—
hibiting the use of Improved machine thrown over the field. When there is a
cry for years and years—machinery loud, sharp explosion, the force of the
which would pay for itself and the dynamite is being wasted; and when
cost of stumping many times over." stumps fly all over the field, too much
FIRING WITH FUSES. dynamite is being used.• -
DAIRY o pay the increased price .asked, The
Montreal market hos established 'itself
Is a superior or inferior, cow bee% es one .of thebest lamb markets on
4r grown ? Answering this gOIM10911 the North American continent, and
question has called for a great deal of • many of the best pure-bred rams that
investigation, and the matter is by nee laid the foundation of this stat of
Means settled as yet, but some of thin things were from Ontario. Inferdna"
information may prove of aid to the tion received by the Live Stock Branch
dairyman who is looking forward to shows that: there is a wide -spread de -
getting a better foothold in the ea'tlSe"+Mend for high-class breedingrams in
and who is not satisfied to just stand all parts of the country, .due argely to
still. Peed is, supposed to affect sizes the, fact that Canadian lamb is now
type and production, and though it recognizedas a high class and fashion
would take a ,large book to over all able product, Mr. Arkell urges sheep
these points, a short article may, con-, breeders to do all they can to improve
tain the substance of the facts thus their stock, not onlyfor the production
-1 of , a tasty and popular meat, but, ..s
far learned by careful and well con -1 p P
ceived investigation. ;well in order to obtain a more fa vote
There is no doubt that a heifer fed able standing in the wool market. The
a heavy grain ration will .develop, into:Live Stock Commissioner believes that
a larger cow than one reared en % an optimistic outlook in both branches'
roughage alone; but the difference in of the sheep industry is justified.
size is much more marked during the. _
Srst few years and less so at matur
ity. Experiments show the height at
There are, two general methods of'HOW MUCH DOES iT COST?
blowing stumps with dynamite at the Next, my_neighbor wanted to know
present time. One is by firing the the cost of stump blowing. I told him
charge with fuse and the other by an that depended on the size, age, and
electric firing machine, kind of stump and 'the nature of the
Thenerally soil. Green stumps,; , require more
first method is most ge
used at present and gives the best re- dynamite than old ones; lateral -rooted
stumps more than tap -rooted ones. It
sultswhen shooting tap -rooted pine Iso requires more dynamite to blow
stumps, where one charge of dynamite a stump in sandy soil than it will in
is placed in an augur hole hi the
clay soli. se
centre of the main root. Where these Recently, I kept the exact cost of
conditions are found, the fuse method ridding.a field of very large'lightwood
of blasting is very satisfactory and stumps. The average cost was ninety -
economical, as it cuts off the tap -root two cents each. The estimated cost of
below the'plow line and splits the digging them, made by myself and
stump' into easily -handled pieces. other farmers, was $1.50 to $5 each,.
It has the'disadvantage of labor and Most pine stumps can be blown for
time required to bore the hole into the less, ,and taking pine stumps as they
root from twelve to thirty-six inches, come the cost willbe between forty
according to the size of the stump. A and sixty cents each. Taking all kinds
satisfactory method of boring such of stumps as they come, the cost will
holes by machinery has not been de- be still lower,
vised for the average farmer.
In figuring the cost, however, one
Still another method of loading for must remember that blown stumps
fuse shooting is to bore 'a hole down (especially lightwood ones) have a
by the tap -root and place the charge fuel value, whileein the field they are
outside the root. This works satisfac- doubly expensive, because they occupy
eerily on small stomps, but on large valuable space and prevent the use of
ones it is not effective, because only machinery.
one charge can be fired at a time, The
usual effect of such a shot is to blow
the dirt away, leaving the stump split, The VNindrnill.
but intact. A second or third shot will The windmill, spinning round • and
then be necessary; and with the round,
ground loose and the stump split, it is Emits a dreary, snarling 'sound;.r
next to impossible to confine the And so wouldou
charge so as to do a clean job. y ,perchance we'll say,
The electric method consists of place If ,you should spin around all day.
ing two or more, charges around the
stump and firing all at the same time
trill, a assting machine; The larger
retake% must breathe, so they must
SHEEP
the withers of an eighteen -months -old, The ewe lambs should be separated
heavy -fed heifer, to be 3.5 inches more, from the older members of the flock
than for the poorly fed one, while at and given special care. On account
maturity the difference was only :one of being younger and timid the ewe
inch, lambs, if allowed to run with: the ewe
Liberal feeding may affect, type hock, will not receive the food they
temporarily in that heifers so fed will require and consequently fail to ma-
be heavier and show beefiness of form ture as rapidly as they should.
instead of the angular conformation 1 fled it a good practice to separate
looked for in the good dairy- cow.' If, the ewe lambs in the fall and winter,
however, the heifer has inherited from and feed them liberally on muscle and
her parents the factor of. heavy :milk bone -making food. Alfalfa or clover
production she will usually "milk off;" hay, bean pods and bright corn fodder
this additional fat during her first ,are excellent roughages. Corn silage
lactation period and ultimately de -is a splendid source of succulence and
velop into as good a producer as hers can be fed safely if not too rich -in
more
more scantily fed mate. grain.
Under certain conditions, such as��V Roughages alone should not be de -
preparing pure-bred stock for",sale ox 'pended upon for developing the ewe
exhibition, or when it is desirable to'; lambs. I fed a light grain ration, con-
increase size somewhat, it might pay sisting of equal parts of oats, corn
tofeed very heavily on grain, and it ;and wheat bran in shallow troughs
must be said that there is no fear of twice daily.—R.
injuring heifers in doing this, for if i
the cows are bred right they will lose
the surplus fat ,soon after calving.
But, in general, the most profitable
course to follow will be an intermedi-
ate one, between the two extremes;
on very good pasture, no concentrate, m. say that: three-quarters of the oats
and at other times, all the clover hay
they will consume, with ensilage and which are now grown in this province
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.the ..`
roots when available, and a grain al- are of ner varieties. According No. 72and the ccording be extensive Ban=
•lowance of from- two to three pounds •..
per animal, per `day, according 'to'age. .:experiments and accumulated records
at the College at Guelphand in West -
Canadian Lamb in Demand. ern, Eastern and Northern Ontario,
the O.A.C. No. 72 has surpassed the
Banner in both quality of grain and
yield of grain per acre. The difference
between these two varieties, if applied
to the oat lands of Ontario, would
mean millions of dollars annually in
favor of the O.A.C. No. 72.
Hay properly stored for a long pe-
riod of time does not deteriorate to
any marked degree in feeding ,value.
Ontario's Greatest Grain
Crop.
In 1923 oats were grown more ex-
tensively in Ontario than all other
grains combined._ It is' probably safe
Canadian lamb has obtained such a ;
reputation on the. New York and Bose
ton markets that it is now a specialty „.
on the menu cards of some•of the lead
ing hotels in the big cities of the
Eastern States. Mr. H. S. Aiken, Do-'
minion Live Stock Commissioner, stat-
ed recently that the duty has made no
marked difference asregards demand;
as customers had shown a willingness,
Farm ..5c e
By R. B.
The average farmer has no idea how
much he loses each year because .he
has not a pair of good, reliable scales
on the. farm.
If you feed a number of hogs you
should have a pair of platform scales
to weigh them when you commence to
feed them, and then by weighing the
grain that is fed them you should be
able to • tell whether you are feeding
at a profit. When you are ready to
deliver to the market it takes just a
few. minutes to weigh yo'iir wagon
•empty anti again after the 'hogs: are
loaded, then you are able to tell,wheie
you are. Of course, you must' allq
a little for shrinkage. From my own
experience I would say that fat hogs
will shrink about two. pounds apiece,'
hauling four miles.
Here in our neighborhood many of
the hogs and cattle are sold'. to the
buyers, who come and buy them at
the farm, and unless' there is a pair
of scales the anihials -are generally
lumped off. This is too uncertain.
The buyers are buying' all the time
and 'are very likely to make a price
that is more than safe for themselves.
Besides there is not the satisfaction in
the deal that there .is when you can
see them weighed on your own scales.
GUESSING THE WEIGHT of HAY.
If you do not feed stock, you sell
your hay and grain to, feeders, you
certainly do need a• pair: of scales: You
can not afford to guess the weight of
a load of hay. What you would, loee
in this way in a year would ''usually
buy a pair of good scales, if you do'
much business. If you sell your corn.
to feeders you are liable to lose money
byguessin:g off a crib of corn or by •
measuring it. This, as you plainly see
is not a safe way to do business. I
The first year I had my; scales' 1 got
enough moremoney oil`;two duels to 1
halfP ay for my. scales:, 'One_:dea1 wast
nvestinen°
Rushing.
on a load of wheat that fell short 500
pounds, and the : other was wool; and
still some will say that it does not pay
to bother with weighing everything
you sell. They are satisfied as long as
they see the weighing done, but even
this is not always safe.
I have in mind -a pair of scales that
can be thrown short 200 pounds right
in front of your eyes and eleven men
out of every dozen would not notice it.
When -I first purchased my scales, my
neighbors 'thought I was just sinking
that much -money in the ground un-
necessarily, but I have learned to con-
sider them a good paying investment.
CUSTOM WEIGHING.
•
My custom weighing at ten cents a
draft paid good interest on the invest-
ment the first year, and . has every
year since. I bought a standard make
of five -ton capacity and the scales,
timbers for the •frame and platform,
stone and mason work, cost me about
an even $100, including a fifty pound
test weight.
' • When you buy • a set of scales be
sure to get a test weight. Then if you
keep the scales tested, they will be as
standard as any, and you need not
take a back seat for short weight. A
pound is a pound, and you are entitled
to it.
When you get ready to buy a set of
scales do not let a few dollars differ-
ence in the price stand in the way and
lead you to ;buy inferior scales. If
you are buying a set of wagon scales
for a lifetime, which you are, get a
set .that will stand tip, and one that
you can stand behind, and be sure that
the weights are correct.
When you set your scales put them
where they are ,handy to use; don't
put them in, a• corner where no one
can get to them. Have them handy to
drive onto, and collect ten cents for
all custom weighing.
Home .Education
•MTh* chod's Forst *lohoal l the P'.amily"-e-lrroabei"
Are You Dulling Your Child's Sense of Appreciation?
BY HELEN GR
"Papa Bob," I heard,littlle Mid say
tb her grandfather, !'there's a little.
boy in our block who gets only one
toy every Christmas, And, do you
EGG GREEN,
for two othere for Mid and Baby
Lamb. In logs than a year, each one
of the :expansive carriages was out of
commission; a wheel lost from one,
the handle broken on another, the bot-
tom out of the third,
Thereason for such carelessness?
Too many toys! The children did not
appreciate them. If they had, you can
be assured the carriages would even
now be as good as new.
Why, even little Mid, herself, admits
the gifts aren't appreciated.
I know one wise little mother, a
mother who could, if she were less
wise, fulfill every wish of her small
son and daughter, who made this rule
ing at Christmas; one good toy from
mother and father; one good toy from
grandparents; and all other gifts from
the many cousins and little friends to
come from the Five and Ten. And
1 you should know these children. They
' are the most appreciative little folks
you could imagine.
Let us not surfeit our boys and
girls with too much of this world's
goods. It may be a lot of fun for us,
but our children will be hapereer if we
do not dull their sense of eeteltaation.
know," quaintly, "I think it's a good
thing. Because, Papa Bob, when you
get soy many you really don't 'predate
them.' Her remark set me thinking.
Most parents dull their children's
sense of.appreciation and enjoyment,
by over -indulgence, Isn't it for this
reason that the majority of grown-ups
expect toomuch from life, and are:
more or less disappointed, and quite
a little bored if life doesn't come up
to their expectations? Is it any kind-
ness ` to • teach a child to expect to re-
ceive everything his heart desires?
And eventually that will be his atti-'
tude if we shower him at Christmas,
birthdays, and other times with all
the toys and clothes wished for.
Little Mid has two younger sisters.
These very interesting children have
two "sets" of admiring, indulgent
grandparents. One Christmas Grand-
ma Grace paid twenty dollars for a
doll's carriage for the youngest of the
children, and twenty-four dollars each
Live Stock Movements in
Ontario.
Ontario marketed 297,180 cattle, -
,120,505 calves, 694,693 hogs, and 327,
427 sheep and lambs in 1920 383,474
cattle, 150,202 calves, 1,003,632 hogs,
and 319;407 sheep and iambs in 1921,
and 307,500 cattle, 182,427 calves, 1,-
080,270
;080,270 hogs, and 266,226 sheep antld
lambs -in 1922. Report No. 3, of the
Markets Intelligence Service of the
Dominion Live Stock Branch, from
which these figures are quoted, gives
detail of the movements of live stock
from every district not only ire On-
tario but in Quebec and in each of
the Prairie Provinces in the three
years 1920-22.
The report suggests among other
things that the heavy marketing of
calves in 1922 is likely to cut down the
prospective beef supply. The fact Is
revealed that of the hogs marketed,
well over 60 per cent. went direct to
slaughter at Canadian packing plants;
that practically all the choice to 'good
finished cattle marketed are from the
Province of Ontario. It is apparent,
says the report, that considerable
over -marketing has occurred, in con-
nection with • sheep—much of .it from
the districts where our breeding stock'
is largely recruited. Relative to Que-
esec the remark is made in the report
that well over 50 per cent. of the
cattle, calves, and hogs marketed at
public stock yards in that province are
received from Eastern Ontario.
t e t to i!
"What would you chitge for life•step miniature of me --•-if
have air or they iiia, paint?" -1 ruin the Lotteoi 1datL
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Protect the Lawn in Winter.
During the winter the area which
in summer is a lush green carpet in
front of the house is often abused.
Frequently it is not only neglected, but
maltreated: • Occupants of the house
during sessions of cold weather are
prone to remind themselves that "a
straight aline is the shortest distance
between two points" and often they
economize in distance travelled at the
expense of the lawn.,
A well -beaten path made across the
lawn in winter will probably work
permanent damage. The grass may be
killed and the soil so compacted that
grass seed sown thereon the next sea-
son will not thrive. Such a path will
generally be obvious for a number of
years. A "cow path" is distinctly an
unattractive feature on a lawn. The
lawn sign of summer, "Keep off the
paths that are making," may well be
heeded throughout the year,
Another sin against a lawn is to
flood it for the,purpose of making a
skating rink. A body of ice over the
lawn in winteris almost certain to
completely kill the grass. The grass
will not tolerate for a long time a
covering which precludes movement of
air.
Young lawns should have a covering
of snow. A wind-swept lawn, blown
free of snow in winter, is likely to lose
riluch of its young clover. Brush
spread about tends to deflect the wind
and, holds the; snow.
Keeping Egg and Poultry
Accounts.
The Dominion Poultry Husbandman,
Mr. F. C. Elford, reports that many
requests continue to be received by his
division of the Dominion Experimental
Farms, Ottawa, for the monthly egg
and poultry account forms for the use
of poultrymen. This, he points out,
indicates their usefulness to those who
desire to know more of the profit-
making capabilities in their poultry
flocks. Where accounts of the revenue
and expenditure are properly kept,
theyindicate that the profits from the
industry compare favorably with the
profits from any other branch of farm-
ing. As a rule, where a simple system
is followed such as that provided by
the forms referred to, the progress of
the business may be ascertained at any
time and a fairly accurate balance
sheet can be drawn up annually, The
,forms aro available to poultry keepers
cn request.
The stomach of the young animal is
not sufficiently developed to assimilate.
bulky, fibrous foods. Capacity to do
this comes slowly, but Can be encour-
aged by starting lightly on grass, hay
or other materials which, aro easily 1
digested.
THE CHILDREN'S
HOUR
BRUIN IS CAUGHT IN .A MAN'S'
TRAP.
Very early in the morning, it was
when Bruin and Rolly breakfasted.
Both were up with the sun, for they
had planned a busy day.
Rolly was going to can some of the.
nice fresh vegetables from their gar-
den for winter use, and Bruin was go-
ing over to Charlie Cottontail's house
to exchange a bushel of corn for a
bushel of wheat.
Charlie's home was way over on the
hillside, several miles away. Bruin
had been there before-
Hehad always gone around by the
road, but this day he decided he would
take a "short-cut." If he went straight
north after turning the bend, in the
road just` beyond Willie Woodchuck's
house and around the east end of
Sleepy Hollow frog pond, he would
come directly to Cottontail's house.
The road was not quite so good this
way. But it would save him about
two miles of toting the bag of corn.
Walking along in the morning sun-
shine and fresh air, Bruin was so
1 happy thathe sang as he went.
f' As the sun finally climbed higher in
the sky, it became wariiier. Bruin sat
down to rest and to eat an apple to
.refresh himself.
He was. nearing Sleepy Hollow fro
pond, when he stopped suddenly and
held his head near the ground.
"Sniff, sniff, niff-ff l"
Was that the smell of man his'
mother had taught him to fear and{
avoid?
"Snif, sniff, niff-ff !"
"No, it couldn't be, away ,out here,"
Bruin thought to himself.; He had only
gone a little way when a saucy wood-
pecker chatting gaily up in, a big tree
attracted his attention. Without stop-
ping he looked up to see him.
Suddenly he yowled.
"Ouchie ow, Oh, my! me! My foot,
oh, my foot!"
Was it another swarm of bees, he
wondered. He tried to run, but could
not. The more he tried, the more his.
foot hurt.
Something held him fast. He -could
not move. What could it be? With
his free foot, he poked away the leaves,
to find his foot held securely in iron
jaws so sharp they pierced his flesh,
and blood trickled down over his toes.
He was held in a man's trap, and
try as he might he could not get away.;
Hearing his groans, a little stranger.
Squirrel came to help him, but he was
too small to do anything. Bruin sent
him right away with a message fon
help to Rolly Rabbit.
Soft Bacon.
Experimental work at the Ontario
Agricultural College has proven that
soft bacon comes from pigs that have,
been fed heavily during early life on
fattening feeds while enclosed in pens
or yards so small as to prevent pro,
per exercise to the animals. O.A.C,
experiments have also proven that
pigs grown to 125 pounds weight on
mixed feeds well balanced with skint
milk (2% pounds milk to 1 pound of
reseal) -or tankage tip to 10 per cent,
in the ration may be finished on corn
or barley and still produce a firm, high
quality product. Dairy, by-products
tend to offset the trouble arising from
lack of exercise, but both exercise and
skim milk are better than either alone,
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Fox Farms in Canada.
There are 977 fox farms in Canada.
valued at $7,649,877. Of these 484
valued at $3,02,509 are in Prince Ed.
ward Island, 107 valued at ,$474;047 in
Nova Scotia,' 86 valued at $839,705 in
New .Brunswick,, 146 valued at• $773,-
824 in Quebec, 120 valued at $765,115
hi Ontario, 19 valued at $654,510 in
Manitoba, 4 valued at $91,825 ie. Sas-
katchewan, 24 valued at $188,932 in
Alberta, 21 valued at $122,850 in Sri-
tlsh Columbia, and 16 valued at $102,e
660 in Yukon Territote,
it