The Lucknow Sentinel, 1921-09-29, Page 7.""
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Oveytoading, Your
' 'Truck. ' . • .
A via4 I ImOw, who owns a 20Q -arc
farm, bought a three -ton meter -truck
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.,...-21,•:,i. some time Align• Everything went w.ell ea•erlace,i and. Which we nee for belt .
for six eeks after lie began using the ,POwere mein as silo fling. Acnorcin
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I. .... : ..-T, • .a' 1 — . wthey vilio bought sratill tractor; with;
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. ., _ trticie Then something happened. One 'day; shortly After harveste he' loaded two plow‘•bottoras, And have .1.1E04 it;
Address eonneenieenene ee nerotiontlen 73 Adosiews se eyelet, Torontat . five tons -of *heat on his. trueg, put- only for plewing,; Yenning, and
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• Suitable Quarters for the Hog. • bon Could be seved if hollow tile ting on a high pair of side boards to similar w'calic^ we also use it. 1'4'1
, ,hoisting, hay in the barn.
. ilii)', hold the load,. and started to inarket ' I
Proper bonning is 'essential in pro- helloes, eqoiPPed with proper eq .- ' The tractor permits us to rush the'
fltable swine Prodnetion. ;The:largest meets Were universally 'W1614124' ' About half -way to marketereasting
down a long hill, in which there *a$ The
in spring, when the 'strain cn
a sharp tutu, something snappednItted the hOrses is heaviest.; To illustrate:I
' iblfint431..rnturns are ditained Only When a hundred or more pigs ninY
when dry, comfortable and convenient bee,farrowed in cold midwinter in a One Spring, for one reason or an- I'
housing conditions. are porov,ide.d. It house that is unheated, without the the truck plunged into the embank-
it other, we found ourselves with sixty e mistake to think the, hog does lossof a 'single pig,' there likely to inent at the side of the road.
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not need to be pretected .from the ' • ' treaacres of corn unplanted, and the,
t n of ; driver was seriously hurt, the truck'
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' I badly smashed up, the 'wheat -IAntin • son tt art ov r I
eve have about ninety acres of drainede
0.Ving beee originally a that heuse to commend itself to farrnn was. , . „
cerieParatively. warm elieners in a
ture' hae4„• .._provided the springs. . , • • ,
regten of cold wilitera and 1, wan scattered so widely that v.ery. little
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a it could .be raved.. •. ' ', into cenditien. Se we toek our ow,n I
marsh, which 1,s 9, little.late. in getting.:
in tfi-e way of -prone-. , ' That 4,4ey, ihing.happened,.net_one That .14411.", when he got 'Ont. of the treethr,. dint 'elye eon -in -lave brought;
hospital, aid what .eneet men' under. his tragtor; and the two'machines were;
,,It is truseit his laiera/season.merely,,but several; and Of on ,
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One farm only, but many; With;a4 ire, eImilar eireumstanees avould.„ have rini full blast until the ectrii:wasein.;
Of. house- designed lay,i' the Iowa .1 Agri-
cultural Experiment Station'ancr.naM-
ed the "Iowa Hon Heuse." Its test;
not merely on the staltiongefarm*.but on
other Iowa farms, has been 'so satie-
.feetorenthat the statiot is recommend-
ing its use by farmers litho want to
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Tractor Experience. ,
When we purchased oar tractor we
had on hand a stationary gasoline
•
armers We Trust"
engine which we 'did not tare tcl United Grain 'Growers of Canada, World's' Greatest Union
Lay Earle W. Gaue , • .
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A six-theusend teur of Canada witha suspicions eye, and its support.
convinces me that' that eountrY. not ers 'among the fermiers were all tOO ,
only has the World's greatest fainters' few. Adventures in the same diree• . .
co-operative 'clegartiatiori, .1aue than it tion had had a bad reeord in Canadae:
has attained men -size proportions, But, the initiePdfffinelties, were (net- ,
E 1 W Ga 'of Michigan. It come, suecesis ;brought giendS a.nd the;
eathex
tive
-.mates,
hog t
• tiVe co
n
of fat whe it is fat, whiele-effer
Prnteetion, but there is,•tiet the thick
,• coat Of hair* wod.with which:ether
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farm animals are provided Again, it
is"recorgnizeci that the best ay td
• guard 'against the ravages of disease
is. to provide sanitary ' conditions.,
I, These Considerations, together. with
the possibility °foe/eying mueh labor
' in A well-planned house over a poorly
planned one, makes it important to
give much thought, and study to the
probleni of housing swine. '
it• In .1918, a swine expert, thrietigh
• qttestionaires sent to emen 'whose
names were obtained frern county ad-
visors published a survey of one hun-
dred and nieetyetwe ferrns in Which
piesented 'a table showing the vari-
-i otts causes of litter losses:,
The average number of .broed Bowe' of every pen and gives every pig , a
in the herds was fourteen, ..They far- sun bath at some time during the day.
rowed an average et. 7.63 pigs, ;ese 'That makes for warmth, for phyeieal
weaned an average litter of, ag72 pigs.
: The total loss was 24.95 per 'cent. The
• various causes ancl the pereentege of
the loss !hie to ettell'are niien here-
with: . ' ' •``• •
done. - resolved never • Ain to -Without' the treetnrs; we would liftVel
*earthed „his' ,tr41; ab.ole rated. lost least tve,3 eveensl means;
eaPacitY. ' • ' • e • • .° • mu& to "us; as vee are alvegYfe.ut
' "I've learned mi lesson," said he., daniger of an efirly:frost. The crop!
"The truck rdanufanturers told me how Of silage cern vvhieh those two weeke;
Much the thole weuld safely earrY, probably saved for us Would have paid,
and the capacity was starrtped on.the the first cost and ,operating expenses,
truck, just as . fr.ftight-ear builders beth tractors for tic> years. I
build a substantial, permanent house
for their swine. That this new type mark the ,)capacityntan the earn they When our 'stationary engine wears
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of bows is. so warn., even in elle dead. build. But I. thought I'd save .4e, few out, or we dare sell, it to advantage, we
is trips • getting my wheat's to market, will use •a tractor for belt power, but
of winter, -without artificial heat,
blooiel • never ove I do not believe' that a traCtOr larger,
due to the fact that it is buitt:of hol- wheif
low clew olc: • again." ' • • than three -plow bottom tractor
A possible accident is only one 'big Would be ,economical dreier our eolith?
The windows in the roof also add to
reason for loading a Motor -truck up te tions, dr. the eenclitions in vogue on
the warmth of: the house and eepecially
its rrited capacity, and no Tone. That the average dairy farm. For two
to its sanitation. They taimit sun-
shine, a broad. belt of it eight feet is enough na reason of eours#; but
'Wide the full length Of the .eonse, there isethe other reasan of shorter
life of trucks thus abused. Any well:.
.Which sweeps every nook. and corner
made truck will last *for a long time,
if it is not overleadedt. and if the op-
erator keeps it in eepors and operates,
it wi•sely. Butthe man who overloedS
is generally guilty of other charges -L.
recklesS or careless driving, and little
atteetion to the upkeep of the. truck.
And no truck: can suffer abu4e for
long; it's the game 3pririciple as wet*.
ing yout teams day in and day out,
without currying .theth, without dee-
tOrin.g their ailments, exposing them
te all smith ()frisks on sliPpery pave-
ments; straining them to pull •heavy
loads in soft spongy •places, and a
score of other ,eVils; A trUck ,is not
So well 'fitted as a horse'to stand such
() hasabuees, for the hers() in itself the
power to ad:apt itself in a ineasure to
abuse. Not so With trticks. Dehoin sleet
:There is a third reason for loading • Hog dove eerie
:trucks onrY to capacity,. antnatis
Select seed corn
the effect on the reeds. Heavy true Start e flock of sheep.
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loaded only to capacity, weareideem ' Merket fat • hogs and "grass cattle_
' by men • evho' raised hogs extensively built house insures well-built hogs"'Os;
but most of the damage is due Gull all hens that do not lay, but lie:
and take better, care of thenithan or- A ' poorly • Arranged and .improperly to Overloading the trucks- and to reek- • At i.•
est d • d .lib
'.dinakily s ,the tase.,•• • • • • equipped hog house may be the, cause
-Which:fact beads ns to wonder:hew- of losing ,e greet -deal a money as :to avoid these evils, laws will eventue
many millions of dollars worth oflong as it •is used • • ally make them do So. e • •
_ . -enePossibly, -more good-Llagetnintruck• e
have been knodked. to pieces in less
the flower garden. In the,first place than their allotted time because of
there are the bulbs whiele are to overloading, than because of any other
tarnish the early skiing posY garden. thhig.--, The railroad people • have
, "They should be -planted' about the mid-
jearned...thet it is "throwing it in at
comfort, for germ .destruietton, for
health. and for etrength. •• , •
• All these things have been'secitred,
not at a .prohibitive cost, •but at et.
e ost °that is well within the reach .of
the. substantial farmer who wanta ta
cruehec.1 by s°w° • • •••• ... • • • " "1-3 huild a, hog house that Will Stand for
Farrowed weak' : • ' • • , 22.34
Farrowed dead :....... . ; . ... 15 RA twenty years, 'or fifty or a hundred
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Chilled ..:..........,. . . ... . . , .10.09
• • • Th •'comfortable hog is the :profit-
Scourn, ... . • , : , ;
' ' • - rAue to. store away .quantities �f surplus.
.' 4,59 e .
Eaten by eows .. .. . . . g :. g ..
Aborthd . ....,.......% ....• • A „.., eine hOg. The hog that does net need
' • P. ' • .•;••e% fat to be drawn woe for warmth when
ThninPs g.. • • • • • • • •.• •-''• • •••• • • . ' -1-1° the temperature fang below a corri-
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Necrobacilloses .,.... ; ...,.... 1:56
1.01, Portable •degree is the hog that is us -
Cholera .... ..... . . . . •,..., ....
Miscellaneaus .:...............; pa4G ink all the feed it eats to build. hard,
' This stirvey was made on farms oa
which e good many fogs: were retied
•, - as is seeri ley the Size of the breeding
high-peked•perk. A. hOg is not ,eorn-
foistable and . eel -dented in, a dark,
damp, unventilated house , A law in
such a houwcann,ot 'return it respect -
'herd. UncloubtedlyntheY are •thaintged 'able profit to the .hog man. ..A
years! work we paid only about $50
for overhauling, and the tractor is, to-
day' in excellent c:oadition. '
• It depends largely npon the ear e a
tractor reeeivet I know of eases where
mechine was ruined' the first week_
because of insuffict. oil, :and •the
bearings . burned '.ou The inexper-
ienced operator will alsolorget to use
enough water; he may even allow the
radiator to. become .dry, It •is also
neceseery to keep the transenistioe
well greased. •
• Our tractor burne :kerosene, and this
fuel szieudges the Spark plugs badly:
•It .1a,our. practice to clean the. plugs
eVery morning to insure geed ignition
sliming the day.. When the tractor is
net in use, it is wellshelteredand
under roof. -W, F. • • •
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is past experimental uneertainty, and estropany gradually es bliSheid Erm
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is a 'trust with teeth in it," as. a foothord. Parallel organizations.were
Middleman testified .tee , me who had _started "Saskatchewan, and Alberta
been put out of business' by it. and met with equal suecess,,The Sap,
lcatchewan company still .maintaina •
The Unite& Grain Growers, Limited,
includes •sixty •thougand, active mem. Special identitY, but the Manitoba
bers and twenty .thousand • associate and Alherta institutions ;were anialgae
mernbere, 'betel of eighty thousand Grain
otnne'Veited
'producers and constiiners. This mein-
benihip ineludis erre in three Of •farot , - New. ,
owners and" tenent.s of Manito es. The ,co-operative 'rnoveinent . IS 'pe
kritchewan and Arberta.•The• &Prowl' longer corifinea the. prairie prov-
hes e• paid un ,eepitalization of about inces.: ig 7firixili•establiebeci.in Qn
$3,000,000, with reserVe funds of (MI, tario, where the United: Fanners'
other $2,000,000, while the assts are operative Company of Ontario ergate- -
more than $12,000,000, and Pay their ized but a few years ago, increaSed it
owners a dividend of from eight to turnover five hundred per cent last .
,ten per cent. on the stocic investnient, 'year. The United Farmers ef New,,e
beside. setting while a reserVe fund at 'BruneWc end, ei British Colunthi
the'cr,OSe of each season. , are extinding their co,eperative ac- r
°A Gigantic Enterprise. • tivities. The dairy industey of Quebec': '
is' well organized on co-operative lines, '
Nearly seven hundred copnity ele-
•the three provinces of Western
vators ere operated by the combine in the movement has a strong foothold •
Ci hinasPbreineene:mEaddweairdn Nrsolvaands,caotnida.. asostestart4 .
ada; two large private elevators at
the head :of the Great lakes; The; co-operative spirit has eeught-all Can -
Dominic ggvernment has. a. seijes of ad. :inie;c .01*.ganfaations,ei
direCted by larrners, have demonStrate
cen'tineeda•
Mr. Crewe "created, developed, and
ed that. they can safely enter the World
of commerce and distribution and com-.
pete successfully with oldesteblished
tiusiness instittitione. Slowlyhutnure-- -
ly the co-oPetative' idea is making •
headway against the. old -capitalist
system in Canada, and it has at last
aroused a promising interest hi urban
communities and business centres.
."Much remains to be done. in the
way of co-erdination and consdidation? •
but there is no reason why: within one
or two deeides the whole agricultural
population --cif Canada should not -be
linked .up in vast co-operative organ-,
selling, buying and dietributieg
viiatitesio7 enta:k.e a:1acti
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its
•The economicAspect of the Canadian
farmers' mo-Vement .1s but ' one aspect1
Now Is the Time to
..less. driving. " Rrivers can not lean t ts, . • ,. . "
Build fall'. •and Winter vegetable
• -Molting 'hens reqUireliberal • feeding die of October, ' They like riel soil'
but ;Mist .hame_e_layenefesandngravel, the door, and eheVeling it out at the
_ to quieldy prilduce. a coat- of . new
ee---e-efeatheisearelereterneto- laying, --Condi. Stone- or -broken 'tile unideinthem -so
'nen. Sunflower se ds have been found het they 'will have gend_draineg_t e_e_A
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; Of great value- etthat time, • At least ideal -setting' is -a shallow- 'layer of
- , tereper-ceat. of beefIscranin-theenesh sand • on -top • for .the bulb itself, ' a
----is dealrableAt molting- tign.---It-steres layer-nt-rintieleramnfer-the,00rts-Ferned Sheep keep WeecIsDown.
• ,experieive. to feed °beef scrapto hens Some coarse :stuff under '..that_for ... _ '
that are • not :laying, but experience drainage. , : - , . ' , : Sheep , eat more weeds than any prune mit .the knots before the spores
proves that the: spoiler'. they:. are Then there are the' window boxe,s other. el..s a livestock, except gOats. Of the disease, have ,,a :Chance to ma-
. Sheep will- eat nifiety Per cent. of :all -ture. - An annuan inspection. of the
---e-CkatieffSreiti-LainiPlY'Of-Jfedigreeti
seed wheat for planting this fall, also
ket sUpply of formaldehyde for
treating the wheat to preVent :neut.
• Te'protect my ropes_ during: winter
euf thein back quite sheet, take an
windows" to ovenoreintheirearaXlim emPtnebexefilleitevevith-1 ve eturn
will 'truck users learn the same •Ies- it over the bushes. This protects, them
froen ed.dn-ite _well es mice. I never -
lose a bush. • • „
-To Control blak-knot- on plirtn trees,
. .through the molt the better for the
health and :egg :productionof-the-fioek:. through-the-leng7gt ay m on thsief-the
Growing stocks on the racists can be•
_protected fromelice •by .spravthe
• roosts.. Teach them to roost early and
,it help to .prevent colds. Colds ,under abnormal and unfavorable con.:
'usually, cotri from-. overcrowding ere ditions and' they should be .1given
the Corners'Of colony houses or breed 'every edvantage. The earth should
-roos-ting - is sornetinies. jbe very carefelly prepared --On shrubs, the tenderer grasses must he ; tames actually -boo wet to plow ut the
are entsan, .bittnthe.attioks-ot.ithe froztwilr
"cause of nro•olced breasts but it'd's; quarter of very-. the -toughly' rotted scarce'
''Gbrotst•sh iffitt "adrifeir heel). ; repair, all demakes, or most at
better- to baye. e--iew-! crooked ,breasts ' manure, and-,thecrest equals parts Of some, farmers' eons"eeee sheep' neces- least,: if the 'Plowing is done early•
than birds with\ colds, .1leaf . see an sand ma es.4 fine
r breeds -fatten 6ealanifitioe whiclewilleturinsleallethe weeds, - • '
n_ary as a means of controlling In the spring, ground. should net be
• - otthe..Aitteriudi
easily and it often pays place them food necessary and will drain pro- ' ••• • ' ' 1 unlees k(4.y.
in good market condition, even at .the perly. !Heaviey soil will not dram So
present. feed.. priees. 'here is rio dee well and is apt to :sour. SaraV 604r.se.
mand_fore,skillnYPonittyairdthe -print grit:Vet:Or fiiatee
(Ismer, Can expect *tees if suet and boxes' will help.' The .bottom of, •
birds are :sold. lint the hen, that is the Container should always be . per -
bagging dowe with fat ds net liked , prated; for Water should never be . .
by the hest customers, ..; There' is alalloWed •to stand' he it. ,there is a
• happy' medium that About describes! pan under the box or pet there should
•the prime market fowi. 1 . be., some stones •or other support in
w: eh are to brighten Up your ,home
winter. .TheY should be' Very care -
troublesome . weeds._ They will destroy trees and the removal and. destruction
weeds in pastures, in grin fi-eTds curia- of all the -knots in the fall is the mos
that tiestl porn_ e:Ide after harvesting,/end dee satisfactery_.rne.thod_ to : fo_011 •
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f-ullY..pre.pared. -'Itthu.enriher fl
151'wm -tnhowt:Iseulich scavengers that, they can It is a mistake to put off plowing
plante will have • to live and
ee rows. However, eslieep-are • -
thrive on refuse' and weeds alone. In until late in the fall or early sPring!
'order to get sheen to eat. leaves 'on The groued is often -h-kavy and some-
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•The Welfare of the Home
MARTYRS AND MENACES
By Margaret Stich , Hard .
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We are.all farlilliar with the menn •• The mistaken devotion Which takes
-ite.to• kPen •thon-containetealtou--tint;oranteeseeneeeraceteclein-ars..- ,,, ,ruggie? 09! lAilittell tlitiV7i111-restrietion: to a
Last Days" With the Garden. water. . ___ kitchen '(The Bird's 'Christmas Carol) child's desires.. means deprivation,
Iis a great protection against .
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when Mrs. Ruggles, distraught amide- which cannot bear to See a child 'suf.
t in-
3.,.pti, and diseas.es to rotate the craPS _Breaking a Horse to Ride.
, . .. .termined, struggled to • implant the fer temporary disappointment or pun-.
Pli . Q o r ve . rules-- of-yoli ta. behaviorin the , minds- ishment, aRows •Ivirn ite-develop , an in -
and not .plent therrt in the sarriephied ' It is kr' k 1.; " dividuality,which later Will sap and
•prey upon all other individuals' with
, single and double. Thik, irtake of her rime haram-scarum youngsters
ni successive years. "
•during" the space of a few fleeting
A protective. ineastire against in- him quieter to •ride. . , •
whom he comes in contact '
- sects is deep -fell Plowing. Many of Horses usually buck thrOu IL fear ' hours.. The .seene wite occasioned by
_ e ar ert pests winter In the ground In .breaking one to ride, take plent -1" ear almost iromed!ate appearance at --The tether. who trella after her.
and are killed when they are plowed. of time. and 'do not frighten him: PuYt Mrs' 134.4'8 chnner4able end . their ehildteneall -.day; picking up mislaid
mother's terror est
plovvin,g also works against the Weeds .1 becomes• hirn! arneee lthey con.inct
themseageouslves in tho outra Man
.up and exposed to the cold: The on the 'saddle and 'lead playthings and articles cif '-dothing,
• until he accost:Ailed to at Do ee • • -
• 'such as the Anuetards, w411 retain not have the girth to tight The ll'io,da3,.' .1no.thers si...,s;eollftentece.'w:ien..
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then- .vitality even after they have horse may be tied up for a time and 1
- ' been bitried in the .greureFfite•friatik later turned- into' a-pad:leek with the tlkeeeeme-eVrehlesq-,-thoogh- in -:-4 1,01 -ire
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• up,. again toe the., afirface_ _til..manSrt;- Next, accustom the horse to- being Eanor
r le :Ti'l 11"1°.rmit (i'gree..--ohiidren
the.oirtnaltmede pi:telfaam:Ei'lllayr,-)trie'r and' ,.".•Yeare_andSproutreadily who brotight I saddle en,. „1 .:, t . . , ,i .. 4 , . •
unless we have .managed wisely and
_surely frOrn _ the very 'beginning, ,we
garn'-hese4 Withe=t4-•44.17104.*Igffilrina'S
which Mrs. Ruggles endtired; the .ad-
nrosfeceetairnkrei*l_edgethatetheieen__ay
catise us Mortifigation and ;chagrin.
•It-rianyebe in the- home '•that• this
realization comes. HOW many mother),
entertaining . a caner., have. suffered
vexation because ef the wilful de-
mands arid interruptions Of an ill.,be.,
hayed child?. Bow inany have exper-
ienced the disagreeable surprise a
finding the habit of untidiness, incon-
siderateness arid inattention, over.
looked at home, become appalling
stumbling bleelts at te•hool. Outsiders
look upon this Child witheningled in-
dignation and pity., Indigrtation that
his tverents. have- allowed thing's to
come to sueh it pass; pity that the
.ehild must face existence •so Imildi.
capped at the' start
eleystto overnMeni owned, so that
these fax ers are Able to Store each
seaeon, without. speculative aid, a
Me* portion of their crop. They are
not at the Mercy of gamblere of the
grain
grain.pit,
The United Grain Growers operates
a grain expcirting busiaess, with head-
rtere at New York City, which
pr or to the war was One of the larg-
est 'grain exporting concerns on the
continent, :and during the "war was
considered so geed aa to be called Over
by the allied governments. It is now
a leader in the grain werld. •
This gigantic. structure of tearee
work: has been erected in the short
period of a few Years, amid , a :field
strewn with the wrecks of co-operative
failures Amiss* femme. It will trims -
act a buhinesSof morethan $100,000,-
090 this season, -since .it ivill handle
Canada's greatest gram crop t,roto of the new era: 'To -day the farMeee',. ,
'farm .to. remotest export. point, con- &Political' activities bulk . even more •
serving profit to the individual grower. largely in the:public eye., The trend -
This is the great combination which tion from economic . organization to
•-11-teitgivwd es a".. paten -IT -1 tirnthe
Ameriean Farm:Bureau Federation i,n
:their present, tirganizatien 'scheme. in
the Middle,West, a committee visiting
Canada and •studying at first hand the largely Controlled and influenced the
,.egislatures -0anada,-especially--the ---.• -
'federal government at Otta.Wai then'
must be a .definiti• limit to 'their co, '
operative sehemes. When people-hatet
learned to co-operate in business it le
an easy teansition to work together •
in governmental affairs,
..po 1 ac ion was •o men a e.,
And .simple... The organized -farmers '
found that as long as paramo,unt fin-
ancial and • snanufaCtureing. interests ' •
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_plan -Deis estintated_thateitewill_sev
V35,000,000 a year in cemsrtisilons
alone to farmers o,f Six central etates,
be pay nothing of the.former specida-
tive profits, :where fanners are undef-
the,domination ofegrain,pit barons.,
Development of Co-operation.
• One '• of etheemostnremarkalile---4
.velopments in Western .Canada within
the past: dece.do_has been the -develop._
merit of co-operative effort among the villzation," advisee Mi. Oreraii :
'farmers, Although -this.- pressed .othrough-aneimproyedeeoenomiceoedet-e---s • • -,
Itself most notably.. ip: the suCcese and the establishmeet of good eltizetee
-which has attended the :farmers' oWn ship' as an ordiiiiiir 'practice of life, e"
elevatori,eompenies, - yet ..the success and their_ orgainzatioh . is elanateg.Inte,
has been. equally as prenoUnced re- 'run parallel With the popular an‘i..Kep:-:
itteLEermerl!„-Movement
• 'The Ultimate 'of the 'fanners
mov-ement is the 'improvement. r
garcling_.ereameries; „likeneteek_iellingeneesentative institution/ Ofthe 'Country, .• •
wool and ,eheep association, ' cheese themuolcipal council, the Provincial.. .
factories -and -stores. . , ' lqgisleturt; and the Dominitennerrliae-eet
"The farmets" Move'ment has 'ow ment.. • The:local orgainzatiens .ane .
reached a stage when it is definitely clubs' term an invaluable social rieXus
recognized as one of the mot import- for e_ scattered rural pep:elation. The -
ant fecterseiretherietiMial life of:Can-el hoideregulax" Meetiegs_ealidee I u cative -
ada,'kadvised Crer-a-rj_d_ebabea;„..propaganda•isotitc-
ate
• .
late"minister-of-egrieuttifre and presi aid the inovettient anttefforts ina•dette
dent ef the United Grain Growers "It _elect geed candidates for
began in an effort at economic organ- In the provincial fi&d fArMers,
ization -1905-to -combat-what 'Meek- throughea-wcAirig alliannewithinhor ' •
wes rn farmers thought were oppres, Whidlf marbe-deyelopecrand extended,
sive monopolies . and special vested have gained control of the goVerrungpt
privileges. on the part Of the railways, of 'Ontario, the- largest proiince in,
OuintildetiiterVTeltriardii-'e'ompaniei, Canada,' and fri"the :prairie previnces
and other interests who between them their Politica] :influence is r....tichthat,
had a large control over the markets', they can secure frieerab'e considers
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transportation and finance. :• • , tion for, any reasonable egis1atioti'
"In' 1901---the.Tfilst-Gra1h-Growers" which they ask for." •
ASseciatime, was fortned; .ut Indian • Thus,_ the s,logan. of modernCanada
Heade Saskatchewan and In 1905 the .is, "In farmers ovvoei,1:.'trat,:iiimi And the 1.
ilrau' Gt6iiTRIASL-cilnl;441*-.434a4SOt
With headquarters in Winnipeg. Its distribiltion, including: the elimination :
early trials were manyand severe, of unnecessary middlemen and inereas-
thee 'Winnipeg exchange closed its ed profits to prodeciern testified to ;the
doors against the fernier's', thebanks deairabilityof this typenef organise- '
and usiness co unit tion. .
others die frem one years burial. In mounted; getting on andoff e numbest
a garden with "hap been kept free of times.- The assistant should have a
..n.....n.e,„-„Te_of „este:la:front „efroat__--td---efrItet-IIESt,-.1eat1,44e-fiedz.ittotnid-tite,hortie!aiietk
- tAireh-Alre:-eoWing season eafteird'reiii threighthe•ringszetirerriffiii:
Berne of the vegetables -fall pbowe& bit If the horse attenripts to play up,
Let.. the •assistant need the horse
'around with rider until the horse is
farniliat with the weight on his back,
then . dismiss the akeletant. If the
hotse becomes rebellions, yell his head
sharply to one side; do n•ot let him get
It deWn. The fleet few rides should
be in a anal! inclosuree .
The gaits'should be tatight separ-
ately. The first few' tides should be
the Walk; next teach the tint and then
the Canter. Spurs should not be used
until the horse is welt broken.
vary little ieji pry helm insects or dis-
• ease and very little trouble with
weeds. The fall plowing will also
td-TitenoW the' SOil end rake it
more workabl&- ' - •
If.yoti are counting on 'having a hot-
bed or cold franie next spring, now
is the time to prepare 'it. The pit
• shouldhe dig and the ihside of it
mulebed. , Also' cover, some of the dirt
•.outside with a -heavy straw in
• or manure so that it Will be. aye,
• uhle for use nt the s•ering when tIie
rest of the ground is frozen The
•-.frame can be built nowor in the win-
ter if you 'think you will have more
time toi• eor work them
A few` rents of trees on the side of
the p3'va11mg winter winds will make
a. World ef fferenee in the coinfert
There IS knit sonde to be done ht of tile f.anfts•beltd.
Who, Makes eountlesS tripsupstairs irt
answer t� repeated Calle.after :they
are Supposed to have gone to bed, who
•risen,to- shut doors. as
'they ,rash• in and ,out, who responds
_weenie and ceaseless de-
mands and questions flung at her as
she tries to -read or Write, and who
has never ' Malin knOwn nzroacireent!s.
repoder:dueinelier thildrert's ;Waking
hours; instead of being a Martyr is a
Men itee,=' for her b eno-nle
the earelesel'airoganp:nselEeh.inge.410
-iinmen of the next 'generation.
, The Mather who determines that
her children must abide by the steed -
awl which requires painstaking effort
and responsibility, -who demands the
earn•e degree of courtesy and eonsid!
eration to be extended toward her as
she extends te her children, who ex-
pects tlient to respect her rights as
truly as she respects, theirs, vsill find
herself blessedly relieved of mortifica-
tion and ehegrin and •ehe will 'knee': the
joy at a certain surenese and repose
which tvill increase her days in the
land of the living no matter how filled
the' May he with niatereal duties:
.: .
. ' worked in 4 small. allot it Ought. to
Found It Worth While to '
alt/over :the. fielde ' le therewith ..
' . .- Pit:ok Light oil:. ' '- - :. ' .1..."
7, -. _.. ___ _.......,. .:.„.; ,„100oure one of ' these heavypackers
.Iun.my 'fanning experience it has c` and tried the Plan.out With verY satis-' '
appeared that, we must take advantage! factory results. A nuriiher, of neigh. .
Of every opportunity ',,to inform cure; bora Were recently -surprised atresuits
selves on the best methede•of 'doing' on -a field where the -,packer7was Sect '
our werk: We learn moth from other and where a splendid • staed of set '
I
iiirriteri."-irirtiem -ibiliFeeinity repro- :clover --ISthe tesult It:rinTiet be -ne•:
sentativee end the expert/riven sten inernberediehoWevere that it' tequirea
tions, butte make the greatest euceess• considerable -power A.& -pull the peekele .
We cart not allow ourselves to go to where the soil is loose.. Three; •ane 3
steep...,1 think I have learned a little still better,- four • good horses are
dessorte,bY'A-ecitlent ewhiehewilt__meatinneces.aery As; get en .nieeteene_Buteite
its reek% to my 'suecess at farthing mearie`the "difference hotWeeo eiteccsa • '
light Settees any other infermatien and 'failure in farming this type of' :
which. I have' secuired from any ether ransiez-N.-It,-.77,- .'- ."`.. .;
Aftei preparing a' field for ,r,Ve it
Melancholia is often, . Jesuit o
became necessary to haul across the billieusule"• -
land loads of nern.for the silo. ,The:
men in driving did not keep to a nar-
tow traek and as a result a rather
wide strip of soil was -thoroughly
packed and when the seed was put in
this 'soil Was very firm' despite the
• light nature 'of the land. NeW the
lesson which 1 lettined was that when
this field was harvested there was a
• eplenclid stand of rye where. the soil
had been thoroughly firmed and net
tnueli of a erop elsewhere.
This observation set me to thinking
and 1tontiuded that it the packing
• •
Lice ancl mites thiive only at the
expense of the poultry; anybody Can
choose whether to raise t•ermin er
thiekerta •
The. itety to Make money out of the,
produetion of ioilk is t begin at
home.Weed out unprofitable pro.
dUCeri. NO real businpss mon will
keep a worktrian in his employ a
week if he is en, unprofitable pro -
Ancor, and the Cow is the ditirYinsaes
maebine, the daire-man's workmen.
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