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Sweet Clover for Lighter Soils,
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Unquestionably, white sweet cloves
Sweet clover is fast proving itself
to be one of the most important and
most valuable crops that has ever
been introdueed into this section.
Its place in our cropping system
is no longer questioned by progressive
farmers—its wonderful qualities have
been demonstrated again and again on
hundreds of farms. It is the opinion
of the writer that several acres of
this valuable legume she -old be grow-
ing on every farm, and . doubtless
many farmers who are farming sandy
soil will find it advisable, as has the
writer, to adopt sweet clover as the
principal legume crop in the regular
rotation.
For hay, pasture or fertilizer, sweet
clover has many advantages not pos-
sessed by any other legume. It is fully
the equal of (alfalfa in feed value, and
is far superior to timothy, absike, or
red clover. If a fair supply of lime is
present, sweet clover will produce
good crops on soil that is too light to
produce alfalfa profitably. It also
seems to grow quite well on muds or
other soils that are much too wet for
alfalfa. The writer has seen a vigor-
ous bunch of sweet clover growing in
the.' bottom of a ditch, where its roots
were ocvered with mud and water
during most of the growing season.
Sweet clover is not recommended in
preference to alfalfa for heavy, fer-
tile, well -drained soils that are well
supplied with line, and free from
quack grass, or June grass, unless the
cost of seeding must be considered. It;
will grow to perfection on such soils,
but alfalfa usually produces heavier
crops of hay per acre.
For summer pasture, sweet clever is
probably without an equal. Its ability
to withstand frost, drought, and grass-,
hoppers, and produce an abundance of
high-class feed throughout the grow-!
ing season places it in a class, by itself,'
Many farmers are learning that this.
hardy legume will solve the problem
of summer feed for their stock, and
at small expense. Last year a num-'
ber of farmers reported that their
sweet clover pastures carried one cow
per acre throughout the season.
On our hilly lands where clay,
gravel, or stony soils predominate, it,
is usually very easy to secure excel-'
lent . stands of sweet clover, and it
grows luxuriantly. Very likely many
'
of as will find it highly profitable to
seed our hilly lands to this crop, and,
use them for permanent pasture. In;
that way our despised' hills- may prove'
to be among our most profitable ac !
Probably it will b rough. its
preme qualitie builder
`'this sturdy legume wi • prove to be of
the greatest and :most ' permanent
value to Ontario farmers. Continuous
profitable production of field crops de-
pends upon the adoption of a system-
atic program- of soil feeding.
is the very best green manure crap
that can be successfully grown. Many
a sandy land farmer with very limit.:
ed meant, who once believed itimpos-
impos-
sible to'build up end maintain the fer-
tility of has soil, and at the same time
produce a living for his family, is
solving the problem with. the aid of
this hardy legume. The fact that it
will often produce a good erop of hay
or pasture the same season it is sown,
and a fine orop of hay and an excel-
lent green manure crop the following
season, together with its extreme
hardiness and wide range of adapt-
ability, combine to make sweet clover
the ideal green manure crop.
On our farms we hope and expect
soon to be able to plow under second -
crop sweet clover each year, for every
acre of cultivated crops to be planted.
We find that many farmers in this
section . are planning their crop rota-
tions with the same object in view.
The writer has encountered a number
of farmers this season who have from
ten to fifty acres of this legume grow-
ing on their farms.
If weather 'and soil conditions are
normal, sweet clover may be seeded
successfully. at any: time from April. 1
to July 15. Barley, oats, peas and•
buckwheat are good curse crops. The
'Seedbed. should be carefully prepared
and, if possible, firmly packed, both
before and after seeding. On sandy
soil, chances of success will usually
be best if not more than one bushel of
oats or barley, or one peek of buck
wheat per acre is sown.
Seeded alone early in the spring, on
a carefully prepared, fertile soil,
sweet clover will usually produce a
fine crop of hay the first season.
It is usually possible to secure a
stand of sweet clover on a sharply
acid soil by seeding alone, provided
the seedbed has been carefully pre-
pared and is wholly free from weeds
or grass. In our experience, however,
such soils have usually failed to pro-
duce profitable crops. We are now
experimenting in an effort to deter-
mine whether or not it is possible to
inoculate and enrich such soils so they
will produce profitable crops of this
legume without the use of lime.
Sweet clover should not be sewn in
the fall, either alone or•with wheat
or rye.. Seed sow,»_at that time will
produce a.crop of tiny seedlings that
will be killed by the first hard frost.
On sandy soul it seems to be prac-
tically impossible to secure a success-
ful stand of sweet clover by seedi
re . in - he spring, : on fall whea ry
't,ap.pen t rie
gg mea but as never t8��matiy ti t er seen
it succeed, Evidently the wheat and
rye absorb the available moisture so
rapidly that the tiny clover Plants
cannot make a healthy start. On fer-
tile gravel, clay, or musk soils the re-
sults might be more satisfactory.
How to keep' up the winter milk
flow is a problem confronting a great
many dairymen, ,more so in sections
where thetemperature is severe than
in the milder climate of British Col-
umbia. Invariably the price of milk
gees up in the fall and down in the
spring and just as untiringly the sup-
ply drops in the fall and increases in
the spring. The dairyman; ;given good
cows, the proper proportion bred to
freshen in the fall, and conditions
suitable for gond general management
in the matter of sanitation and thor-
ough and regular milkers, it is then
up to the feeder 'to keep the milk sup-
ply up to the maximum.
The dairy ,cow is a manufacturing
machine and requires suitable raw ma-
terial from which to manufacture milk.
She can make excellent use of much
rough feed if supplied in conjunction
with concentrates in the proper am-
ounts. Among the most popular or
u- es are hay,
used winter xo gha,g
straw, ensilage and roots and for
dairy cows legume hays are much
more valuable than grass hays. For
milk production good alfalfa hay has
no equal, but if this is unobtainable,
good clover or mixed hay is satisfac-
tory. Damaged hay can be made more
palatable by cutting and; mixing ;with
silage or pulped; rests. e same holds
true regarding straw. To ,pe ovide the
necessary succlileince in a ration for
dairy co'vW'm, roots or silage, orr both,
are Invaluable, Net only ars these
feeds succudesst brut they aro balky
and 'comparatively cheap. Generally
it fa goad business to give a milking
etstv en those feeds she will consume.
Thia does not hold true regiaod'Ing
concentrates. A popular practice is
to feed the cows one pound of grain
far every 8 to 4 garit of milk they
odt1 e. This is a good genera'/ rale
io folloW. What the grain mixture
should be will depend upon prices of
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Their Oatalogua Will be sent ori
request
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8848 VONoe Sr. TORONTO
Try them for your
the different feeds at that time, bran,
oats, barley, oil meal, shouts, soybean
meal, brewers Igrains and cotton seed
meal are the commonly used concen-
trates. Bran 4 parts, ground oats 2
parts, ground barley 2 parts, oil cake
meal 1 part, makes an excellent grain
mixture for a commercial dairy herd.
It ,should be kept in mind that a
freshly calved cow abundantly and
carefully fed -will usually produce the
cheapest milk. At this time a pound
of grain is equivalent to several
pounds given later after the cow has
decreased in her milk flow.
Besides the roughage and concen-
trates heavy producing ,cows should
have plenty of clean water and salt,
and many successful feeders at the
present time provide bone lineal, lime,
charcoal and other minerals.
When All's Said and`Done.
When the robin sings on a cherry
bough,—
And the blackbirds call from yonder
wood,
When the furrow turns from the early
plow—
Doesn't it make you feel the world
is good?
When the radish gives you the tang
of spring,
And the hoe calls for its daily task,
When the violets peep, warmth
welcoming—
You think, "What more can a fellow
ask?"
Then the roasting ears and the
chicken Ery!
And you think that heaven is
for you— here
When yeti top it off with a bbaelobe
.
rz'y
pie -
Would you think you could ever
again be blue?
'When the crops are In, and the air
grows chill,
And you're sett of tired through
and through,
Doesn't it comfort you and buck up
Your will
To know alt will happen again to
you? `.
The gecous use of legume hay
ettet down the amount of protein
grains reggitred to secure best feed-
ing arecyulte,
llhey say we' efiart dying the day
we are horn, but why hurry the pro -
teas by unhealthful living;l, .
Emile Coue
The originator of the phrase, "Every
day, and in every way, 1 get better and.
better," and the head of a new school
Of healing, which has conscious sug-
gestion as its basic doctrine, He is.
coming from France to this country
soon to introduce his beliefs. ,
Protection of Fruit' Trees
from Mice and Rabbits.
While the depredations :from price
and' rabbits in winter varyfrom one
year to another, depending on the
scarcity or abundance of food, the
number of mice which are. in the
vicinity and the character of the win-
ter, - the injury is always -greatest
when the orchard is in sod, and when
there is rubbish lying •about; hence•
the latter should be removed before
the winter sets in. In most `cases it
is not necessary nor advisable to have
the orchard in sod, particularly when
the trees are young, although it is
highly important to have. a ' cover
crop, which also may sometimes be-
come a harbor for nice. As mice may
be expected in greater or less numbers
every winter, young trees should be
regularly protected against their
ravages. Mice usually begin working
on the ground under the snow, and
when they come to a tree 'they will
begin to gnaw it if it not protected.
A small mound of soilfrom eight to
twelve inches in heightraised about
the base of the tree will often prevent
their injuring the tree,,and even snow
tramped •about the tree has beep quite
effective, but the cheapest and. surest
practice. is to wrapp the t with
ordinary building paper, ti -e of;
practice is to Wrap t
is also effectual, bat:
injured by using
guard against t
paper will :do a
is wrapped ar
a little eartl
lover end
eginning
t a ••sbarr
in their way.
ever, that an
young trees
with buiidin
Experimental
have been pra
where the mice :h
the paper to get at the tree. The use
of a Wire protector or ,one made of tin
or galvanized iron is, economical in the
end, as they are. durable.
There are a number of washes and
poisons recounnended for the prote'e-
tion of fruit trees andthe•destruction
of the mice and rabbits, but none of
these is very satisfactory, as if the
mice or rabbits are nu'merus the
poison has not 'sufficient effect upon
them to prevent injury altogether.
The following method orf poisoning
has been found fairly successful for
mice, but rabbits are very difficult to
deal with.
Make a mixture of one part by
weight of arsenic with three parts of
corn meal... Nail two pieces of board
eadh six feet long and six inches wide
together so as to make a trough, In-
vert :this. near the trees tobe pro-
tected and place about a tablespoon-
ful of the poison on a shingle and
put it near the middle' of the run,
renewing the poison 'as often as is
necessary.
Un -Balking the'Balker.
Recently I was awakened one rainy
morning at 2,20 a.m. by hearing a
man whipping his hoarse. I -went to
the window and sawan able-bodied
horse hooked to a small milk -wagon.
The man was trying all kind's of per-
suasion to get hint up a slight bill;
he would talk to him kindly, and at
the -same time pull on the bridle, but
to no • avail. Then he tried whipping
him with a light carriage whip, but
the animal would not budge.:
Finally en ante/nubile passed, and
the milkman hailed the chauffeur,
"Say; Buddy, can't you help a fellow
out of trouble?" The machine stop-
ped and five men came hack. One sug-
gested that they push the wagon up
on the horse, but another said: "No,
don't do that,, I'll tell you what to
do. Just lift up the right front foot
and hit him on, the bottom of the
hoof." Then bidding the driver get
into the wagon, in order to be ready
to drive the horse, he tapped the ani-
mal on, the frog of the foot. Immedi-
ately the horse plunged forward and
they had no further trouble.—L. G. H.
Cattle for the Christmas Trade
The early December market,* cater
to the Christmas trade and invariably
show a premium on choice fat cattle
over the general run of good stock.
Choice' cattle for the Christmas
market can scarcely be too fat, and
farmers having near -finished stock of
good type night do well to prepare
the same for the holiday trade . and
eflt by the increased price per
\.of gain.
e to four weeks additional feed-
fodder—combined
eed-
fodder combined with
ain ration will put such
t class condition and re -
margin over cost,
resent generation the night.
boo is a 'laughable super -
are
doctor says: "No wonder
o: much fresh air in the coon
Country people use so little
s ;Educators
What Becomes of Sonny's Work—By Mabel R. Young
Sonny now goes to school, and al
most every day brings home some lit -
tie article he has made. He comes
home, full of enthusiasm over his
work, telling just how it was done,
how long it took him, and above'^slat,
how carefully he did it. There is pride
in his voice as he tells you about it-
pride in his bearing as he shows his
prize; for his work has meant thought,
effort, and painstaking care.
What becomes of his handiwork?'
Probably
Probably it is praised, then laid
aside, to 'be lost or even thrown away.
At first Sonny is surprised and just
a little disappointed when his work
is thus disregarded. Then he reaohes
the "don't care" stage, where he often
throws his pictures or cardboard toys
in the street on the way home. Finally.
his schoolwork is done iir--a careless,
haphazard manner; for it has become
mere task to be done.
a There is no
longer any incentive to much effort.
What can we do about it?
Here is one mother's idea. Make
a sufficiently large book of heavy
brown wrapping -paper, either sewing
it together or fastening it with ,small
clips in' order that additional pages
Winter Care of Geranhuns .,
BY JANE LESLIE KIF',C.
To make geraniums bloom well in
winter they should he kept in pots all
summer, Plants kept in sm!al1-s•izud
pots all summer will' bloom all winter,
provided you keep them in a sunny,
light room, It does not matter in -the
least if the room is quite cool, just
o it is free from frost,
When you take them into the house
in the fall do not repot them, but keep
them in the same small pots. Should
you repot them they are likely to start
growing, and this is the very thing
to avoid, It is flowers,: not foliage,
which you want. Another matter of
great importance Is ventilation. Ger-
aniums require fresh air; therefore,
raise the windows every day, if not
too cold, ,and do not keep them very
wet. If kept cool during the winter,
geraniums require very little water.
If you do not have plants for pot-
ting, take cuttings from outdoor
plants and pot then at once in three-
inch pots. 'For cuttings use good,
firm, young growth, about three or
four inches long. You must be large-
ly governed in the length of the cut-
ting by the condition of the wood. If
you make the cutting so long that
the bottom of the slip is very tough
and hard, it will be a very long time
in rooting; but if cut nearer to the
end of the shoot, where the Wood is
softer, the cutting will root in .from
ten days to two weeks, aecording to
the temperature of the place in which
the eutting is growing.
In making a geranium cutting,
smooth the heel of the shoot with a
sharp knife, then trim off about two-
thirds of the foliage. Also, carefully
remove all the little wings which you
will find at the base of all geranium
leaves.
After making the cuttings, prepare
some nice sandy soil in which to plant
them. The cuttings can be rooted
either in separate pots or in larger
pots, putting several cuttings in each.
If in larger pots be sure these are
half -full of broken crockery or char-
coal for drainage.
Use a little stick to make holes for
planting the cuttings. Have the soil
pretty soft. After planting, give the
cuttings a good watering to settle the
earth around them. They can stand in
any ordinary window, but you must be
careful to shade them from the sun
each day until they are firmly rooted.
Also, be careful not to overwater
theth If one of 'them begins to show
the el!ightes:t sign of decay pull it out
at once, or the decay will spread to
the rest and you will lose them all.
When you are ewe the cuttings are
rooted, lift them carefully and pot in
separate pots, using a soil composed
of.,equal parts of goodgarden loam,
sand and manure. The young plants
will flower in these same pots during
the coming winter months without;
needing a transfer into larger sizes,:
Geraniums must have their growth
retarded in all vases for winter flow
ening. :When they are starved and.
pot-bound, the strength of the plant'
all goes into the blooms. Repot them;
and they will stop flowering at once,
and devote their energy to developing;
growth. If you keep shifting the.
plants into larger pots, you will soon
have a window full of growth, very
soft and luxuriant apparently, but no
flowers, . except possibly weak truss:
oe the end of a stalk a foot long, This.
of course, as not attractive.
Another trouble with soft, growthy
specimens (besides failure to bloom)
is that plants in this condition are
likely to be covered with. insects,
especially green flies. These' little;
pests, once they gain . a foothold, will
soon attack every plant in the house)
If any of my readers feel they
haven't spare OT time to devote to'
raising .young plants from cuttings
and are anxious to -have' their old
plants flower, 'let them carefully and
surely remove about four -inches -of
old wood from every shoot. This will.
start the plant to growing and will:
form a new growth, which will likely,
produce some flowers; but even with'
this method an old plant will neveec
flower so freely as a young plant, and
the flowers that are pat forth aro
likely to be rather ` indifferent.
For some unknown reason single
varieties are always much better)
bloomers than the double flowering
sorts.
Geraniums require much less care
than the majority of house plants.
Give themplenty of ventilation; a sun -I.
ny window, some heat (it really does
not seem to matter a great deal --68!
deg. is sufficient), and water thenar
daily but sparingly. These truly
homey little plants will be sure
respond to such treatment, and favor,
you with blossoms the entire winter
season.
Though quickly made. of low -nose
materials at home the equipment of
mash hoppers, grit and ,shell holders,
water containers and the like, can
grill be as praetical:as`, any .yenehased
aid:pment. One ein}ple'type 'of hop=
per is a small shallow box, across the
top of which slats are nailed at inter-
vals, If toils and materials are
handy, it can be made in not much
more thanfifteen minutes. Another
style endorsed by side -lines • poultry
keepers is made of a box three inches
deep and two inches wide by thirty-
six inches long, or similar proportions.
A piece of half-inch mesh poultry
wire, cut to fit the box and placed on
the mash, prevents the hens scratch-
ing the mash out. •
If either of these hoppers is left on
the floor, it willebe necessary to clean
it out occasionally, as the hens will
likely scratch pieces of litter into it.
It is well -sometimes to mount the hop-
pers on platforms, in'which ease the
can be added as desired. Havre sec- water pan, a container four inches or
tions for drawing, cuttings, faldedl so deep, should be firmly attached on
articles and pictures. Let Sonny tale an extension.
full charge of his book, and paste in Still another style of successful
each clay's work after it has bad due
mash hopper is made with a rather
'admiration, to keep it elean and safe. wide eighty -quart wooden pail. With
He•will take great care of his book, one pail in an upright position, a
indeed, he will be prouder of it than second ora piece of suitable wire is
of the most expensive 'volume you
could buy him; for this is•his own, his,
very own work, and proves , to hili
attached at right angles to it, upright,
and the two are lashed together at'
the top. This ball arrangement pre -1
what his young hands can do. 1 vents the hens perching on the rim tot
Then not only will Sonny himself 1 eat, I
enjoy the book. It will be a delight; For charcoal, grit and oyster shell,'
to younger brothers or sisters. Many' a rather shallow small boli divided
an otherwie dull hour will be shade into three compartments and attached
to the wall, will do, Or another prac-
tical way is to use three large tin
cans, bending back the top edge and
nailing the cans to the wall a little
off the floor. The latter idea, modified.
can be used for water. A flat -sided
bright and happy; as together they
inspect its contents, and big brother
re -makes their favorite . articles'tfor
them, just as he learned to do "in
school',"
THE SORT OF CROPS MANITOBA PRODUCES,
•Calabar grown by 'a Dutch soli•tior on a ]Vlitniteba• homestead show
Something of the site vegetables attain on western sail.
pail should be • obtained, and a hole
made near the top with which to hang
it over a nail in the wall. A round
pail thus hung would give trouble.
Poultry. house "furniture" gets out
of order and wears out. Take the time
occasionally to clean things up and
renovate. Ship-shape egiripment
cheers the hens and cheers the poul-
try keeper.
into the house when the :time comes
for the Christmas services. ` After . it
is all over, take -the tree outdoors and•
let it grow till spring, when you ,ear
plant it out again „1 her txe�+
be- chosen next, time
this way the trees are no
The womenfolks may ri►r�lc
bucket more beautiful by' :cover a: .
over for Ohristtnas Day with somal
pretty paper.
To Burn Waste.
Purchase two yards of of a -yard
wide and three-fourths yards of (ap-
proximately) five-ei,gdhths-winds hen
wire. Bend the wide wire into a cyl-
inder, over -lapping the two ends
enough to make a good closing, and
fasten by twisting the cut strands of
wire together.
Bend over the ends of the narrow
wire, marking an approximate square.
Wire the middle of one side loosely
to the. top of the cylinder, thus form-
ing a cover. This makes a perfectly
adequate, inconspicuous and inexpen-
sive incinerator for burning loose
papers-' and waste.
Set it in •a convenient open spot,
secure it to the ground with a loop
of stili wire (an old croquet wicket is
good) and, once a week, empty into it
contents of scrap 'baskets and all
wasto papers,aput the cover on and
set burning. The coming up of a
sudden breeze cannot blow burning
scraps about, endangering crops and
bitildhngs.
The heavier, the hotter, when 11
comes to firewood. Hickory, oak,
locust, beech and ash give good heat
Help to Save Trees.
Every year et the holiday season,
acres of land are cut over to get little
hemlocks, pines and sprlhces for
Christmas. Nothing is prettier; no-
thing pleases the little folks more;
and yet, a tree cut is a tree gene, and
we need "trees very much, not simply
at the Christmas time, but also for
lumber and pulp -wood.
Here is a suggestion which will ap-
peal to every lover of trues. Before
the Christmas tree is needed, get a
F good big bucket; a large candy pail
is good. Fasten some handles on the
sides to lift it by,
Before ,snow acmes, take up the tree
you have chosen forthe Christmas
time and plant it' in the 'bucket, rising
some good rieli earth, That wbioh
•comeo'from where the tree grows is
best. Take the tree, bucket And all,
f..
Make 'eat Lay!
Your hens and
pullets should be
laying heavily,a-
now. If not, you
can start them, and
keep Brett at it,with
Ada
Poultry Regulator
—the natural tonic that
supplies to cooped-tiP
birds those health 'ilea.
ments which . Nature
provides them in sum.
mer. `'PRATTS" rouses
appetite, aids digestion,
stirs up the sluggish
egg -organs, preserlres
health and vigor. That
mans MORE EGGS.
PRRA T TS Reap Beinedy, used
in thedrlelan ovater,preWantt
and cures colds And roup.
Your Money Back If YOU
Are Not Setts&ed
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