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Address communicat Cr - m to Asroffomlet '73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto
WINTER FEEDING AND HOMIS.
ING PALL LITTERS.
The fall -farrowed litter must be
housed and fed under more or less
artificial conditions in this climate
during the winter.' The rapidly de-
veloping pigs demand mineral matter
for the building of .bone and muscle,
meal and other feeds in a relatively
concentrate form, and also some form
of succulence to assist in the normal
functioning • of the digestive organs.
There are many mineral feeds avail-
able in both organic and inorganic
forms and these include charcoal, bone
meal, tankage, wood ashes, bone black,
ground limestone, earthy matter or
sods, etc. These may be fed in hop-
pers; or if finely ground, may be added
to the meal ration at the rate of a
few pounds per hundred of meal.
Succulence may be supplied to the
hogs in the form of roots, or potatoes
if roots are not available. The pota-
toes give: better results when boiled
and mixed with meal. The roots may
be pulped and mixed with the meal ra-
tion or fed whole,but for the younger
e igs they should be :pulped.
A meal ration composed of equal
parts of' shorts, middlings and finely
ground oats is suitable for pigs of 2%
to '3 months of age when supplemTrented
with about 3 per cent. of linseed oil
meal and skim -milk. A well developed
pig of that age wr•11 consume about 1
,pound of this meal mixture and 5
pounds of milk per day. Tankage or
meat meal may be substituted for the
milk at the rate of 6 to 8 per cent. of
the meal ration but seldom gives as
good results. For older pigs a meal
mixture composed of ground oats, 2
parts; shorts, 1 part; middlings, 1'
part; bran, 1 part; barley, 1 part; and
linseed oil meal 3 per cent. gives good
results: A variety of meals is usually'
'better than a single meal. An equal
quantity of roots may be added to the
meal ration afterthe pigs are 3 to 4
months of age, but carefully aroad
overfeeding.
In housing, the main features to
keep in mind are cleanliness, suitable
ventilation and the supplying of a ren
sonably dry sleeping berth. • .If this
berth is situated in a shed or draughty:
buildi»g it should be. enclosed. Pigs
will do better in a shed than in a;
dark, damp, l.00rly-ventilated corner'
of the stable even though the stable'.
is considerably warmer.
Cramped I°
mped quarter"sare to be .avoid-,
ed, as daily .exercise is as desirable'
as proper feeding.
CHANGING SEED GRAIN.
A common question asked by farm
ers is, "Does it pay to change seed?'
The inference here is that where the
same seed has been used on the sam
farm for a few years, it .may deterior
ate in its ability to produce a profito
able crop. It is also 'a common belie
that one operating a farm character
ized by'relatively light soil should ob
tain his seed frequently, from a cr•o
which is produced on soil of a heavie
I character and vice versa. Som
authorities have sceffed at the idea
that 'a change of seed is ever neees
sary. They argue that seed grown
year after year in a district must of
necessity become acclimatized , and
better adapted to the soil conditions
of that district. It is safe .to say that
many farmers have followed this ad-
' vice to'their financial loss. Investi-
gation and observation have revealed
the fact that it is not possible to lay
down any definite rule as to when
'seed should be changed. It is obvious
that certain. circumstances may arise
to make the change of seed ` appear
imperative, even' to the casual ob-
server. For instance, a crop may be
so adiy damaged through lack of
moisture or by some condition which
has forced premature ripening, as to
cause the resulting grain to be very
light and poor. Under such circum-
stances it would, of course, be folly to
think of using this grain for seed.
This, however, is an extreme case.
The problem to determine is whether,
under normal circumstances, one may
expect a larger crop from the use of
seed grown elsewhere than on the farm
on which it is intended to be used.
Without going into detail, one may
safely follow the rule to change seed
only when. seed may be obtained which'
possesses a higher degree of develop-
ment and vigor than the home-grown.
This is assuming that the home-
grown seed belongs to a suitable var-
iety for the district and is free from
noxious impurities. If these latter
provisions are . not complied with, the
seed, of course, should not be used
under any circumstances. Farmers
who contemplate changing: their seed
and whose seed. is reasonably good, at
present, would be' well advised to pro-,
cure smile, first • 'class registered seed
through the Canadian Seed Growers'
Association at Ottawa and test this in
comparison with their own. This is
a relatively inexpensive which
might well be adopted periodically by
every -farmer and with all classes. of
crop.
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DO -FARM WOMEN TRAVEL?
• Amazing Results of An Unusual Experiment.
Some would answer this question at the place of the cook stove on warm
firstthought with a negative answer: days before the week's ironing ha
Some would hesitate to answer such to be finished.
a peculiar question at all, while not In the majority of cases men do no
a few, perhaps world be amazed at realize the inconveniences of th
the correct answer. Itis indeed true house. They may have many of t
that ,,the farm woman does travel and modern labor-saving devices to lighte
in'several cases farther than many of the labor about the barn and in t
the folks that we look upon as "travel- fields. It is all very well, too, th
era." the farmer should have just
In a number of farm homes we find as he can afford, for who needs to
an inconvenient arrangement of living have their labor lightened more than
room, dining room, kitchen,.pantry, those who work on the farm?
ogler and other: rooms which call for But, often, the.farmer's wife is 'le
her presence many times each day. In oto do her work on .the farm with old
such a case as .this, ale unusual ex- • •'devices rather than have new one
periment was performed to determine installed for her. In some cases, if
to just what extent a farm woman the farmer could be given an object
traveled. She wore for a length of lesson by being obliged to do the en -
time a pedometer, an instrument tire ehousework himself, for just one
which 'records the distance a person day, he would soon acquire a new
walks. The results were amazing and viewpoint. The tables would be turned
without py:gof might have been doubt -and instead of "just the housework" it
ed. This woman doing ordinary house- would be "just the workhouse."
work* on a farm walked on the aver- A great many farm homes now con
age of twelve miles a day when she tam conveniences similar to .those
w as doting only her regular daily found in the city homes, but on many,'
work about the house and farm. On' many farms the old-fashioned meth -I
such days as threshing' day, Thanks- ods are still used. If a questionnaire
giving, Christmas and the other days were to be sent out to each farmer's
that call for extra steps she averaged wife on "What do you consider the'
between fifteen and eighteen miles ofe most helpful thing to have in your'
walking. When we make the total, kitchen?" the. answers would undoubt
we are surprised to find that she cov- edly come back, "Running hot and cold
era nearly four hundred miles in one water." This is something that one ..
month, and'now—wake up -in six, uses at every turn and can be had
years she would walk the distance at a moderate expense. Various
around the world in her own house. I methods for.installing such a system
A short time ago the following con- depends upon the ultimate needs and
fabulation was overheard: (facilities of each case.
`"What have ya been •doin' to -day,, Next, a furnace or steam plant
WILLIAM B. LEEDS; JR., HUNTS IN CANADA
Photographed at the Canadian` P4011'10' Windsor 'Station; is , the young
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multmillionaire, son of the late 'tin plate King,' and closely connected with
the deposed Royal family of Greece, with, on his .right, Albert Hopkins, on
his Deft Nils Florman, in front, a third pal of his, .as they appeared when,
flushed with triumph, they returned to Montreal, after securing three .moose
and a deer in the Kipawa district of Ontario: This was Mr. Leeds' first hunt-
ing trip in Canada and he made the .most of it. •
electricity: It is by no means an ex- O. --
pensive convenience for the service
it renders, THE CHILDREN'S
These are only a few of the. needed HOUR
home conveniences for the. farm keine,;
re
but if Mr. Farmer would just look
around a bit and see the extra labor BURNING THE MIDNIGHT OIL.
of Mrs. Farmer, because of the lack Bill was a senor in high school. Not
of some of the -modern conveniences,,
he could very wisely invest some of: much different from other boys, he
his spare cash for this purpose • liked to,play basket ball on the school
ti i ucatipu
"Tii! :Ghild's'FIrrit $drool it thi FIinUr'r.# •4h►lblal"
C.3eTIle Significanceof get •some .new skates sacred' origin : � Carpenter, ..Christni ae-•---B,
but because of their
I. f or Christmas," said Tom, as he rub- own happy experiences? Was .Chris-
bed vigorously at the' nine months' mase a season fraught''with so much
accumulation of rust on his old ones: 'gladness and enjoyable activity that
"And i hops I get a new book -bag," no matter what they might wish for,
answered his sister. "this one'e pa- or really receive, this was after all
thetics" only a very delightful side issue!'
"I wander how many times you When children think too mush about
children have said, 'I hope Y get . ,presents it is because their concept of
for Christmas,"' said their mother, the Day and its meaning is so lean
irritably„ and barren that if it were not for
The girl shrugged these there would be nothing to it at
gi gged her shoulders all But no profusion of Presents can
and the boy scowled. "I thought that make the twenty-fifth of Decemberwas What Christmas was 'for," he Christmas. y
'muttered. If the parent "snakes the Christ -
The mother was shocked out of her mas," as it were, and presents it to
irritation. Did the child really mean the family a finished production, what
that? It had seemed to her, since the is there for the children to do but to
children both knew that their father receive it? And how can they be ex;
had just met with a serious financial pected to know or to think of any -
loss, they ought not to expect much thing beyond or above that act? Often
for Christmas, To be sure, a pair of when they are given money to buy
skates and a book -bag meg rd •be man- gifts for their relatives and friends,
aged, but these were only two of the they are over -advised withregard to
many things for which they had ex the selection; sometimes they are
pressed a wish. She had not for a given no choice at all. How then can
moment thought of saying, as she knew they be expected to understand the
some mothers would have done, "We joy of giving?
can have no Christmas this year," for The wise mother lets the children
to her Christmas held a significance prepare the Christmas festivities
that mere giving or receiving could under her guidance. She helps them
not affect. How was it that Tom and to make gifts for each other and for
Katherine had such a limited'ooncept? their friends. She plans with them
She' felt /eery unhappy about it. means for providing relief and cheer
Now was. she not taking the boy's for those who are in trouble. When it
remark much too seriously? He had is possible, she encourages them to
spoken in an attempt to justify him- earn the money for the things they
self. This really ought not to have want to buy. She lets them do most
been necessary for his wish had been of the decorating; if there is to be a
childishly natural. It did not mean tree, they dress it; and, if she cooks
that he was selfish orthat he wanted it herself, she allows them to help in
more than his parents could afford. the preparation of the dinner. She has
Probably neither of the children had secrets with each one of them, and the
the least expectation of getting many surprises that are planned are always
of the things they had said they want- throwing them into a state of glee.
ed. Whether or not this mother had She reads with them the best Christ
real cause to be troubled, however, mas stories, and they sing together
depended on the answer to the quos- the carols that never grow old. Pres-
tion: What was the significance of ents? They like them, of course, but
Christmas to these young people? receiving is quite a secondary matter
Was it a Day to be cherished by them after all—only one of many pleasant
always, not merely on account of its incidents of a very happy season.
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story of the map, and continued
team and was not particularly keen "After suAFer I got another piece of
about spending too much time on his stock and started again. I forgot all
about time and everything until the
Marquis Strains Under Test. books. But there was at least one alarm went off this morning. But I've
Mr. L. H. Newman, Dominion Cer-• ,commeedable quality. about Bill—his got the lisp almost done." And he
ealist, in his report for the year 1923, strong determination _ to accomplish did finish it in time to hand it in when
tells •of experiments made in Nem.. what he set out to do: He played it was due.
parative trial, both at the Central• Ex- basketball in that spirit, as many an Those who know Bill are expecting
perimental Farm n Ottawa and on..a' opponent found out when he tried to, great things of him. Theyexpect
number of the western branch Farms,' evade Bill's splendid guarding of the them because they believe that he will
of five'strains of Marquis wheat basket. carry that habit of seeing things
Marquis Ottawa 15' was sown in an Ono day Bill was assigned a differ' through into' his life work. You can -
adjoining _plot for comparison. u1t task for a-class:in civics: He was• not beat
a man who does not know
Ottawa each, strain was sown in tri- to :draw a map of the county in which' when he is beaten and no
man 'is
, some protection at a very low cost.
Rodent poison applied to bread or
l grain and enclosed in a container into
which mice alone can enter is an ef-
festive way of protecting berry patch-
es and•shrubberies. Poison placed for
rabbits must be watched or at least
placed where it is safe from farm ani-
mals. During periods of deep snow a
close watch should be kept on all
trees' and shrubs, with the view of
checking damage at the initial stage,
At the, O:A.C. we - use the wire pro-
tectors, tramp the snow, and use the
shotgun on rabbits when necessary.
plicate t Whithe1 lived h' h h'
ca a p,o s: ue test,: as the ' re eve en w re a was to show the. beaten until .he admits it:
realist says, cities villages, `
conducted sufficiently long to record and ober things :commonly shown on once had an early morning visit from Hospital for Sick Children
definite results an a ma . .
Ce y , has not as yet been g , railways, highways, . Jan Smuts, the great Boer leader
d that the work goodcounty p. The day before,tne commander of the military school
must be carried on for several years the map was due was a holiday, and, that he was attending, because the. 67 COLLEGE ST., TORONTO
before this is done, it is interesting iYill started to work on the map early' officer had seen a light in his wind
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that morning. He took notes on the i "'You " ow.
to note that so far indications are to g• lou are an early riser, said
the effect that' difference of greater or town maps shown him at the Iibrary; officer. "No, sir," said Smuts, "I am
lesser importance actually exist. In he looked up new boundary lines at just going to bed." He had been work -
the meantime, Mr. Newman urges the registry of deeds; he rode on his in most of the. nicht on ha
bicycle to the cut-off made bythe river a s lfosons.
d growers who wish to produce register•- y � No wonder that the man who fought
ed seed of Marquis to secure the pur- during tha spring flood and,added to th British so valiantly in the Boer
t est strain available. • This may be ac- • his map an item not shown on any. War became one of the members of
complrshed by communicating with',other: All day long he was busy, and the famous War Cabinet that Mr.
he the Canadian Seed Growers' Associa •when supper time came he had the i,loyd George appointed to govern all
tion,114 Victoria St., Ottawa.map almost done, There it lay; care-) Iirifein and bring the war to a suc-
e i Iis estimated that at the present ;fully worked out, an accurate map! cossful close.
th time approximately 90' per cent.,_of about twenty-four by thirty inches in It was said of Demosthenes by his
�all the spring wheat grown in West-; size. Bill looked at it with some pride. opponent schines, "His orations
ern Canada consists of Marquis while Just there his 'mother called him to smell of oil.". That 1
in the United States statisticians supper. As he turned to go, he un-! , was only a way
n conscious) moved the ria andof deriding Demosthenes because he
claim that approximately 70 per• cent. ` cl p there-, spent long hours of the night prepar-
of the spring wheat growing .areas by knocked over a bottle of^ink; which • h•h
ing rs speer es. When �Eschrnes
ft, of that country is devoted to the. pro_ quickly ran all over the paper. The (made a speech, the people said, 'What
'duction of the same vane i work •was ruined. ,,
t3' I a wonderful speaker he is!" There
s1 .�_�_ I The next morning the civics teacher, attention was' all for the man and his
A knot in a shoe string does not met Bill on the way to school. He was actions. But when Demosthenes spoke
look well; but if the broken ends are' carrying a roll of something under his the people cried, "Let us march
, cut clean, one of them with a slanting, arm. As the two walked along Bill against the Spartans."—Youth';. Corn -
cut lapped and :stitched on the sewing- said, « Do i
you know, I: have not had parlor.
machine, it will do nicely until a new my clothes off since yesterday morn -
one ban be obtained, i ing," "So?" asked the teacher, "What! --..e.
was the matter?" Bill then told the Protect the Trees.
•Mo11"y?" inquiringly asked John as he would be second choice for the farm'
returned from the -field. I woman in many cases. The average
"Jut the housework;" wearily pian will manage a furnace, but he;
answelred • Molly.. 1 seems to take it for granted that his
"What makes you so tired to -night wife will manage the stoves.' There.
then?" he again ventured. are many very adequate heating plants
• "Just the housework," Molly repeat- on the n�tarket that can be installed at
ed, and went wearily on with her sup- a small cost, considering their prac-
per preparation. 'ical value,
There is a goodly number of meir1 fecal
comes electricity, _from muni-
the
same loplants, which is
light as John dd. Undoubtedly many , nota necessity on thfarm but
a'
housewives have speculated a good wonderful convenience, not alone to
deal on what would happen if John the farmer's wife but also to the'
were to take their place in the'kitchen 1 farrrier. It is ,valued not only for
for one day, Some have stated that lighting but for power. The house and
they believe that if it were to be on barns can all be lighted by simply
Monday and there was no washing pressing a button, while the .farmer
machine with which to do the family' can use the power for running his ail -
washing, there would be a new wash -1 age cutter, wood saw, itik separator
ing machine in the home before an- and other machinery and his wife can
other wash -day arrived. Or, if it were have the power for the washing ma- w
ui warm day in Alio,.st, and the iron chine, electric iron, churn, vacuum 'The retell Danish e:tplo.ei, Pete, I ieticheit, of whom nothing had been
y> . t ill , .
Ing' eves to be done, ren oil store would sweeper and numerous other, househei,rg ioutid r1. in Bailin Land,
heard for foci yt:s,is, has re�rirneri lioax3 after •
undoubtedly be forthcoming to take hold–devices which are operated by >I>5 rs shown with his little tlarigliter, vrllo lead not seen himsince 1920.
Preventive treatment applied now
to the orchard trees, raspberry patch
and •ornametal shrubberies to offset
the usually very destructive work of
mice and rabbits during the winter
months will save you disappointmene,
some labor and some money.
Building paper costing one cent,
placed around the trunk of the tree
for which you paid the nurseryman
0.50 will gime protection at a cost
that seems reasonable. If your tree
is ten years old it is worth many times
$1,50. The cost of protection is so low
that no tree owner can afford to iced
mice and rabbits.
The building paper protector can be
._ easily, prepared_ from a roll of tar
paper. With rn ordinary saw cut 'the
roll into ten -inch lengths; handy to
work with. • Wrap once around the
1, tree trunk and tie eveurtly, then
I mound a little soil up eirtuand the
rower end to:ho:d it in place over win-
ter. Remove when cultivating in the
spring.
expanded metal protector caw
be used; it will last for years if take -
care of. These pati be purchased free,
supply houses. • They are easy to ar-
ply and cost about ,$8 per hulidred for
small sizes,
The galvanized mesh chicken wire
is very efficient and durable. Th
wire can be purchased in rolls of
suitable width and' cut into length: to
suit the trees, it . is :more 'expensive
to buy than the expanded metal pro
The tramping 'of Snow around •11 -
tree, so that it will create t hard a A MINUTE Or' MERCY COSTS
through which the arouse cannot r FIFTv CENTS
ily penetrate, is a nienns of give. , ..,.
Dear Mr. Editor:—
Your readers have probably had
their appetite for statistics satiated
during the past few months. Still
they will, no doubt, want to know
something of the work accomplished
by the hospital to which they have
no generously contributed in the
past. They are shareholders in a
!Mission of Mercy. Their dividends
are not paid in coin of the realer.
May I trespass upon your space to
outline what those dividends are?
Firstly, the daily average of chil-
dren occupying cots in the Hospital
for Sick Children was 255. The
total cared for az in -patients was
6,39". That is equivalent to the
population of a good-sized Ontario
town.
And seeondl•v, the out-patient de-
partment. This is a wing of offices
given over to consultation and minor
operations. On an average there
were 190 young callers a day.
That is where the dividends are
earned—in the difference made in
the lives of thousands of children
through the voluntary contributions
which render it possible to main-
tain an institution where pallid
cheeks beco"me rosy and twisted
limbs are made straight.
If that were not dividend enough,
one might try to estimate the
enormous salvage of child -life in
Ontario which bas taken place since
"Sick Kids" doctors and "Sick I{ids"
nurses have been going out through
This province equipped with a
knowledge of children's diseases,
which they could not get except in
some such highly specialized and •
pre-eminently efficient institution
as the TTiospital for Sick Children.
On this year's service the Hospi-
tal expended $345,126 and finds
itself In th'e hole to the extent 2
$134,284 What conies iu arorlud
Christmastime Iteeps the Hospital
going. So long as the word "Christ-
mas' retains its original significance
could any charity possibly enlist
more oti the sympathy of your
readers or entitle itself to more of
their rapport?
Faithfully yours,
1. TS, ROBERTSON
Chairman Appeal Committee