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Last. October the War Agricultural
£ittee ordered a farmer of North_
) tgn, England, to plow up sixty
Itteees of grassland and prepare it for
gain crops this year. The order was
Vet obeyed with the result that
Aim! of of $100 was imposed at the
March sessions of Court. This was
in spite of the plea,, of the fanner
that severe winter weber prevent_
eco the use. of a tractor, and in tiny
ease a good crop could not be ex-
pected without a summer fallow dur-
ing.1940.
'there was no question of disloy-
alty or desire to defy the Government
order—only • a strongly implanted be..
lief on the part of the farmer that
the best -course to follow was to leave
the laud in grass in order to get the
greatest production for war effort. He
NI' as hacking -his own forty years of
farming experience even to the ex-
tent of risking prosecution,. About
the same time objections were raised
in the House of Commons against
certain cases where valuable pasture,
worth $250 •an acre for fattening
stock, were ordered to be plowed up.
Permanent Pastures
These incidents are related, not for
any bearing they may have on war-
time policy, but to illustrate the
strong faith that British farmers have
in their pastures. Blessed with some
of the best soil in the world and with
a climate that provides plenty of
moisture every month in the year,
stgekmen have taken full advantage
of the natural gracing lands and
through many tcen•turies have . im-
proved on the ordinary growth of
grass, reaching the standard of near-.
ly one co* per acre. There are mea-
dows that have been kept productive
for a hundred years and it is not un -
PILES
With a impel of 50 7tesra ase a meat natio-
rar treatment for rake or laemoatiwiali,
yoat ea n Pooatavcly depend as
Ar. Chases Ointment
usual to find permanent pastures of
twenty or thirty years duration, Lit-
tle wonder thee British agriculture
should be so firmly based on live
.kook or that so many, different breeds
of cattle amd. .sheep !should be de-
veloped.
Canada has not won any parts ax„
fake for luxuriant pastures exc pt
for limited areas in. the Maritim s
and along the Pacific. coast. In the
central provinces the extrein�es of.
climate make it difficult to maintain
tjre satisfactory �ggmowtah of grass and.
clover. :Winter killing makes fre-
quent . reseeding necessary. Spring
growth is slow, the peak of produc-
tion is reached before.. July, after
which the supply is very uncertain; ft
is , perhaps for the reason that Pas-
ture cannot be relied upon that so
little effort is made to Improve -them -
3t rte all too true that neglect of pas-
ture IS the weak link in farm- man..
agement- .'
There is, however, no need to de-
spair if results fall short of those ob-
tained; gay, in parts of the English
midland& A few faithful workers
have ,been experimenting for the past
quarter of a century, both, in regard
to soils and fertilizer, and !have in
recent years achieved results that are
remarkable. They have found that
there are grasses that are more or
Less resistant to drought, that fertil-
izer win_,; eye Mi ereaalcd growth a'�d'
twit elGve!r is ` 1a great restorative , f
cid lig fibre to the soil
anid ,adding alla.Ruehereeded nitrogen—la
any Seeding maixtume it is imperative
that a legtiMe be included, either al-
falfa, orethe better! -known red clover
or Welke. This is -thee key to all im-
provement tit hay or pastnee fields.
Fifty -l=ive. Per Gent Grass
At a number of seed fairs held
the past few months in t itnrio, the
gospel' of better pastures bas been
plainly set forth by an exhibit from
the JJOntario Agricultural College. The
professors do not consider it desti-
able at the present time; to step up
the acreage of grassland, seeing that
55 Per cent o$ tiie farm landin On-
tario is ,now la hay or pasture. 3Vhat
they do - recoxptm.end is that fertilizer
be applied to old meadows according
to the needs as indicated in soil' test
or where a new seeding is necessary
that a mixture of grass and legumes,
be used.
There is a certain , magic about
Yonne ne graet that must be apparent to
every one' who handles live stock.
One has only. to note 'the lack of
thrift in cattle at the elose of -winter
—the 'rougih patchy hide very oi,`ten
supplemented by traces of ringworm
and line. Turned en grass in early
May the transformation begins. Old
hair is shed, the sew coat appears
sleek and glossy, there are rapid
gains in flesh; a look of contentment
in, the eye and a general air of well
being.
The cost of production for milk and
meat can be lowered most economic-
ally by improving pasture, claims Dr.
O. McConkey of the Ontario Agricul-
tural College. -Pasture grass is the
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cheapest feed crop and enables milk
to be produced a half or a third
cheaper in summer time than in win-
ter. Digestion experiniewts show
that grass in its, ,early stages is 83
per cent digestible, while in the later
hay stage it i.0 only 52 per eent util-
ized. Between Juane .20 and 'Judy 20
it bA5 been noted' -in teats that the
digestible. protein dropped from: 65
to 47 per cent.
Dr. McCorllleey' makes some signifi-
cant
ignifi
cant ioomparisons of cost between
pasture grass _and some of the fodder
crops. A ton of digestible nutrient
—and that is ,the part which counts
—from a good mixture of alfalfa, red
clover, alsuIee and timothy costs $5.66;
a ton from. blue !grass 87.57; from al-
falfa hay $11.85; from corn silage
$19.16, and frown oat hay $36.51.
• Vitamins For Milk
Eight of the essential vitamins are
contained in; pasture grass, vitamins
that are favorable to, milk production,
reproduction. and general good !health.
It is the vitamin A in spring grass
that gives the yellow color to but-
ter.. The high ,nutritional value of
geese is responsible for the remark-
able crange in appearance of anim-
als why. the dry, fodders are replac-
ed_ by pasture in ..,spring,: as meted
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Said to be, smiltaable for all sole.
all case, 'however, it is necessary
have legnmee--alfalfa;, red clover
alsiife ei: ee they hold Vie secret
*roil. fent/4Y. On dairy and mix
farms in Ontario the maximum p
duction is obtained fi m.-a,..seeding
six pounds alfalfa, three pounds. re
clover, two pounds alsike and 11
pounds timothy. This is for ordia
soil conditions wrbere alfalfa can
depended upon to grow. pn low' Ian
it is advisable to reduce the alfa
and add two to fpur pounds of .m
dow fescue.
A light a>Fnplication of mama
spread{ on the new seeding or tb
hay stubble during the fall has be
found a good pnaotice: Close gra
ing of aftermath• increases the Bang
of winter killing. •
Run-down pastures where there
still a good) .bottom and some whi may be improved with+)
,plowing by- appl`Ying ew_ell=i'otted. ma
ire supplemented by a fertilizer.
alternative .method which will
found more satisfactory on poo
stan•'dg is to plow and crop for on
or two years. Weeds will be exterm by a .(hoed ono* and mann
used with, this; Will give a good sta
to the grass and clover the folio
s�p'riaag.
There is nothing quite so convin
rums as figures indicating gain, tha
have been; secured over a peri�ode
years by improved pasture practic
Again quoting staff of the On-
tario Agricultural College, .a seven -
acre fiehdi of old blue grass was plow
ed, fertilized and reseeded. In' one
Year it produced 15,385 •pounds more
milk than it !did' before treatment.
Middlesex county Chas'considerable
areas of clay loam that have . been de-
voted to beef ' grazing for, quite a
number of years. It was not until
1933 that the farmers realized that
their pastures could he improved by
tlje applicat�ie 'Of fertilizer. • In co-
t ' action with Prof. N. J. Thomas of
he Ldepartment of Chemistry at the
Ontario Agricultural College 100 -acre
farm was` selected' and divided into
we fields of 50 aeres each. Western
teers were turned `into. these fields
n the spring and their weights tak-
en monthly duriti�g the summer.: Re-
cords, of previous years showed that.
n:e steer required fully four acres of
asture which indicated that only 12
mad be carried on the 50 -acre aree.
that was to be left without fertilizer:
How many •steers would the fertil-
zed, field carry? Sixty per cent more
the unfertilized. The owner of
e grazing land Iaugh�ed incredulous -
but was finally persuaded) to allow -
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head to he placed on the fertiliz-
d 50 acres. In that first year the
mrprovem-ent in the herbage was so
asked that the 18 !steers were un-
ble to,keep it dawn, and much good
ed went to waste. The fertilized
area could- have carried more steers
during the flush of June and later.
That was in 1933: During the fol-
lowing five years the fertilized area
wed consistent gains over the un-
Pertilized. The annual average of
of turned ofi was 1,616 p9nuids
ore than that on the untreated por-
In the spritng , of 1938 the area-fer-
lized in 1933 recesved-a further -ape
cation of 4_12-6 at the rate of 300
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per acre and carried 19 stirs
compared with 12 on the unfer-
Irized. le 1939 the • numbers wore
and 12, respectively.
At the end- of the first sseason it
noticed that' clover was coming
fast aid in the years since the
+)portions has incr ed to 60 per
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,Make Your Next
Meat Order Pork
. Butcher shops and meat depart-
1smite of grocery stores are now dis-
playing a large variety of smoked
pork products at reasonable prices.
Why not snake' your next meat order
a whole or half ham, or a cured pork
shoulder? They can be purchased
either boned or with the bone still in
0,e meat end, of course, the price of
the boned perk is higher because ev-
ery ounce is solid meat. There to
'coneiderabie difference, too, between
• the price of hams and shoulders r as
Jilts.farmer' are very choice.
From the variety of .smoked' pro-
ducts on the market a housewife can
choose the cut to suit her purse,! and
the size to shit her needs. The Con-
sumer Section, Marketing Service, re-
commends the following methods for
cooking hams and smoked .shoulders:
Baked Ham
Wipe ham. Place in covered roast_
ins pan.' Add 1% cups boiling water.
Cover. Bake in oven at 300 deg. P.
allowing -20-25 Minutes for each
pound of ham. Remove froin Oven.
Peel off rind. . Score the tat. Rub
dry mustard into fat. Then cover
fat well with mixture of dry bread or
cracker cruihbs, and brown sugar, in
proportion of one-third crumbs to
two thirds sugar. Stick whole cloves
'lilt° surface—about 1% Inches apart,
Bake in hot often about 30 minutes,
or until surface is ,slightly browned.
'Ham Cooked in Water
Wipe off ,ham. Place fan targe ket-
tle. Cover with cold water. Bring
water to boiling point. Keep water
at simmering temperature, just below
boiling, allowing 25 minutes. for ''each
pound of ham. Take, Ilam from wa-
ter. Remove +skin. Finish ae "Baked
Ham!! "One cureof brown sugar mrd
one cup vinegar, added to the water
in which ham le dooked,egives an eax-
cerlent flavor to the !heat.
Shoulders may be cooked by the
same methods as han-is. If either -the
ham or shoulder 40 boned and enoasr
ed in ceIiophane wrapper, the meat
may be boiled or baked in the Wi;ap-
�r.
In ,place ,of trseng demi) ,and wager
mixture the hair may glazed with
a mixture of 2 teaspoons =retard; Is
eup vinegar, 14 cup "tsugar''atad 1 cup
ham tock. .after .iatnov1ng rind from
reeked. ihaarr., put iti a hart oven and
bast with wbtteie unlit. Wen gid
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