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s raying, that each colony was headed by a good brood chamber on top; otherwise place n hed the mother, `•I really
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Extracted Honey Production.
The business of beekeeping is •es-
sentiaily one of forethought and pre-
paration.
Before the crop of one year is har-
vested, preparations must be commen-
ced for that of the next; that is, the
foundation of this year's crop should
have been laid last summer just before
the close of the main flow,. by seeing
quilt in front and raising the cover
there with a one inch block of wood.
Make examinations every .9 or 10
days to provide room for storing and
to head off swarm prr:paration,s. In
supering, before giving the first super,
the queen is Tit : in the lower brood
Home Education
"The Child's First School Is the Famlly"--Froebel.
Half a Mind — By Helen Gregg Green.
chamber with' an excluder above; i£ A little school marm was telling
the weather is warm so that there about speaking to the mother of a
will be no chilling of brood, the honey pupil about her son's poor'wont in
super is placed next with the upper school:
R. S.—Will glou please tell me.
whether Sudan grass is of any value
ar not?
Answer—Sudan grass is not re-
garded as suitable for pasture crop.
Its chief value would be as a catch
crop in such a place as millet would
be grown. Even for this purpose it
is suitable only in warm soil that is
fairly rich. At the Central Experi-
mental Farm, a small area, left va-
cant through the failure of a Swede
turnip seed crop, was sown -to Sudan
grass. The seed was broadcasted on
June 16 at a rate of 20 pounds per
acre and harrowed in. On August 21
the crop was cut and yielded at the
rate of 14 tons per acre of green
weight. A thick aftermath followed
that reached a height of 18 inches
when the first kiIIing frost appeared, both good and about equally valuable,
The soil on which the crop was grown If sown in the early spring at the
was very rich. regular seeding time for grain, it is
well to sow with a nurse crop, pre,.
G. H. --What can one do with ferably oats, at the rate of about a
not cost $1.60 per acre per p Well, a g
On a smaller scale it might cost $2C prolific queen; later, by giving tide- tine upper brood chamber next with don't know what to do. I've told Ron -
per acre. At this rate the spraying; quate wintering in order that. colonies super on top. When •a super is ,about aid he'll have to stay away Pram the
should be profitable in average sea -might be strong in spring; and when one-third full, which can be judged movies this week and study,,and I've
Complete instructions for the the spring examination was made,' by d
the brood chamber, 'Supers should be Half a mind! Therein ens of these two boys, and how much
left on till all honey is capped over trouble with many mothers. better the effect of firmness!
by its weight, it
is raised up an an- half a mind to stick to it."
otherone is placed between it and
suns.
preparation of Bordeaux mixture and clipping queens to facilitate handling
applying it to the potato crop are of swarms.
contained in Circular No. 10 of the From the time that the bees are
Experimental Farms at Ottawa.
F. B.—Please .let me know what
kind of alfalfa is the best to sow on
mostly high land and medium soil.
Should it be sown 2vith oats or barley
and as early as possible? How many
pounds to the acre? I have never
grown alfalfa so thought best to ask
you for advice.
Answer—The two varieties of On-
tario Variegated and Grimm's are
removed from winter ,quarters until
the .main flow, a , large amount . of
brood rearing should be encouraged.
If, however, there be a dearth of nec-
tar between fruit bloom and the main
flow, feeding to stimulate brood rear-
ing will be necessary. See that the
queen has ample room in which to
lay; if extra room is needed, a second
brood chamber is ,given above.
As the flow may come with a rush,
enough supers should be on hand to
take care of the crop. It is usaal to
allow 8 deep supers, or their equival-
ent, to each colony but this will vary
with location.
Indications of the commencement of
the flow may be recognized at the nive
the
liesthe
down the law very often, but -believe'
me, Bo, when she does,: she means it!"
"Oh, well, I'm going. My mother
told me not to. Said she woutilt spank
me if I did, but she won't. At least,"
hesitatingly, "I don't think she will.
Sometimes she means what she says,
and sometimes she doesn't." And off
James shambled.
What a contrast between the moth
-
nth
or at least two-thirds of it is; this is When you're a half -a -mind mother, I don't believe in nagging,chilrlren;
your children Foon find it out and and I don't believe in giving perfunc-
when they discover the fact,' how your tory orders and rebukes every few
discipline will suffer j minutes. But I most firmly do believe
I recently overheard several boys in meaning what you say, and having
talking. a good mind of your own. ..
"Come oh, ' let's go in swimming;' Occasionally you will change your
James coaxed. mind about something. In that case
Eddie grinned but shook his heild, it is wise to explain to your boy or
"Can't. Sorry! But. Mom said, 'Not girl just why you did so.
I
to -day.' " Your children will respect you more,
"Aw shucks, Eddie, come on! Your; and you will be a more successful
nnother'll forget what she said. Mine parent if you are not the vacillating,
usually does. Half the time she half -a -mind type. And the matter of
doesn't mean it." 1 discipline will. be much easier and
"No, my mother won't," Eddie pleasanter, and everybody will be
answered firmly. "She doesn't lay happier. • -
DAIRY
Feeding a well-balanced grain ra-
tion to cows on pasture markedly in-
creases the milk flow, helps to balance
the grass ration and keeps the cows
in good condition.
Pasture during the spring and early
summer months may supply the needs
of the dairy herd, but having grown
very rapidly, it possesses a large am-
ount of succulent matter in propor-
tion to its dry content, consequently
is low in nutritive food value..
Cows always flush in milk flow dur-
ing the early pasturing season, but
later the flow rapidly declines. This pages just singing his praise. rte
is due to the fact that grass is a wears a brilliant orange and black
natural milk -producing feed. How- suit, which brought him his name from
ever, for the dairyman to make the the early settlers of Maryland, who
most of the grass season he must not called him that because it resembled
allow his cows to become overworked. the colors of the livery worn by Lord
When a ration is inadequately bal- Baltimore's atter dents, under whose
very important, as uncapped honey
is unripe,
In examining, - if eggs are found in
queen cells, destroy them and make.a
note of it on the record card of the
colony. On the next examination,
should eggs in queen cells again be
found or larvae in queen cells, the
colony should be immediately treated
for swanning. One of the methods of
treatment, and a very good one, is that
in which the cells are destroyed and
the queen removed. (The queen and
one frame of brood being used to form
a nucleus.) Nine days later all queen
cells are again destroyed and a laying
sheep pasture to keep it from eggs orqueen given. It is advisable always
bushel and a half to the acre. If entrance in the greater activity of the to have in the apiary for emergencies
larvae of stomach Worsts? sown after the middle of June, it is bees and in their heavy appearance . spare young queens whether they be
eabout
o
ms
a pasture beerate of
Answer—When the
at'm ted.
better sown alonewhen alighting. Inside the hive are home reared or per
infested with stomach worms the only , 20 pounds of seed per acre. If alfalfa further indications in the presence of ` Whatever method of control is used
satisfactory treatment is to break it has not been grown on the farm, the white wax and new honey shining in the object is not to divide the colony,
up and to keep it in cultivated crops seed should be treated with a bacterial .the cells. If a natural swarm emerges, hive it
for two or three years. If this is not` culture. This culture can be obtain- Another good indioaiion, and an ac- on the old stand, leaving the parent
praaticahle; the sheep should be mov ed in. quantities to do 60 pounds of curate one, is a colony on scales. colony alongside for '7 days that its
The object of all manipulations is: field bees may strengthen the swarm
To promote contentment among the when it is removed.
K. 11.—I would like some iatforma_
bees, which is the keynote in prevent -
n. on the use of oaux mixture L. R.—I have a couple of acres of ing swarming, and to Veep the work- When a cow goes dry before fresh -
tion for spraying potatoes. I have a fine- weedy muck land. I had thought of err together in a working mood. ening, milk her the last time on Sun-
grass and mowing it
acre field of early potatoes planted sowing Sudan grass promote contentment, ventila- day morning, before sun -up, and she
to once (for hay) and then let it get a
the last week in April. They scent tion is given when necessary by rais- will calve during the day and not at
pretty well. but 7 would good growth and plow it under. Have ing the hive on 1 -inch blocks, which night. We have done this for five
be growing
like to know if Bordeau' would help also thottaht of dragging once a week are placed between it and the bottom years, getting about thirty calves dur-
arlf. How much would it cost psi or so and then in August sow it to board. Upward ventilation nifty be ing that time, and not one was born
acre each. time I sprayed there? How rye and plow that ander in the spring. given by turning back 2 :usher of the in the night.—H. W.
often should they be sprayed? Wall Now, what do you think would clean
the use of the mixture increase the it the best and still improve my land?
yield any ar enough to ptiy for the Answer—Sudan grass has been
extra eaper ? This piece of ground tried at the Experimental Farm on
k land and prove. a complete
been pastured for about fifteen years. failure. For such a location it is not
Answc:r—Where here the potato crop is to be compared with millet, either
at all likely to be attacked by late Japanese or Hungarian. Probably
blight or rot, it- irays well to spray the best crop to sow for the purpose,
throughout the growing season. Ex- ' desired is a mixture of millet and
periments reported by the Experi- sweet clover at the rate of 26 to 30
mental Farms have shown that from pounds millet and 15 pounds of sweet
five to seven very thorough sprayings clover to the acre. When ready for
carried on over a period of ten years, hay the millet should be taken off.
increased the yield at the rate of 97.5 The"sweet clover crop should then
bushels per acre. In some of these make a satisfactory growth for fall
years there was no blight yet the in- pasture. The heavy stand that should
crease was always large enough to be expected from such a mixture
make the undertaking profitable. The should help the land by cleaning it
cost of spraying on a field scale should and improying the texture.
ed to fresh pasture once a month or seed, from the Botanical Division of
oftener. the Experimental Farm at Ottawa.
was a heavy June grass sod that had mus
Five Ideas About Roadside Simms
BY W. C.
The roadside sign sells goods, but
can you afford to pay more for a pub-
licly located farm in order to make
these sales? I have talked with sev-
eral men who made specialties of fruit,
honey, dairy products, and poultry,
and had tried signboards.
"Don't believe it is worth while,"
said one man, "unless you have a
steady product, keep a display out in
front of the home, and have someone
to look after it. You can figure on
a spasmodic business."
"So far as that big sign along the
inter -urban is concerned," another
man told me, "I might as well have
saved the lumber and paint it took to
make it. Folks used to seeing signs
don't notice whether they are tobacco,
fresh eggs, or clothing advertise-
ments."
"I sell considerable stuff from my
sign," said a lady who had an attrac-
tive bulletin board along a much -
traveled road. "Sometimes we dispose
of perishable 'stuff, or small quantities
not worth advertising in the paper.
It is quite a bother though. A good
many want to visit, and while they
How They Save Minutes
DRIVES AROUND FIELD IN
DRILLING.
One way of saving minutes is to
drill a field by driving around the
field instead of going back and forth
across it. I find the work can be done
much quicker that way. The drill
discs will not have to be raised, and
by keeping one of the horses following
the wheel track the work can be done
very satisfactorily. When finishing,
make a round from the centre of the
field to each -corner to fill • in the
spaces at the turn.—R. M. C.
SMITH.
have spare time, I haven't. That is
one reason I wonder sometimes if it
pays me." -
I asked a professor of poultry hus-
bandry for his opinion about selling
from salesboards. He said:
"Personally I would prefer the farm,
less prominently located—provided it
was on an improved road near school
and church. I figure that my time
would be worth more right out at
work than it would be in looking after
sporadic sales that come from my
signboards." -
"We sold all of our fallen apples
last season, simply by writing a notice
on the bulletin," said a prominent
farmer. "We don't specialize like a
lot of folks, but when we have any-
thing to sell it doesn't take long to
get rid of it."
A road sign will sell things, and
there is reason to recommend it for
certain purposes, but opinions indicate
that the
in
case sHELP. a more in a way to overcome that tired and
regular outlet than this affords. I
believe it is doubtful whether one can
afford to pay much extra for the lo-
cation of a specialty for its advertis-
ing value.
POULTRY
For years many poultry enthusiasts
have said that Ieg weakness in young
chicks is caused by feeding too fatten-
ing a ration,"which causes the body to
grow faster than the muscles, and
makes too much weight on the frail
legs. Others have declared that lack
of exercise causes early hatched
chicks which have been making a
preventing—or curing—the trouble is
to allow the chicks to have access to
fresh earth. One spring we were both-
ered with leg weakness and it was im-
possible to turn the chicks out, as we
were having a very . cold, wet spring.
So, as it was impractical to let the
chicks to the soil, we brought the soil
to the chicks. Every morning, noon
and evening a big blue -grass sod was
brought to the chicks. These sods were
rapid growth suddenly to lose the use put in the brooder house, upside down,
of their legs without losing their ape for a couple of hours, until the chicks
had picked out all the roots, and eaten,
all the earth their systems required.
Then the sods were turned over so that
primary causes of leg weakness. the biddies could help themselves to
the tender green grass. We also cut
Although the cause of the trouble
was not definitelyknown,the remedydown a little on the amount of dry
has been the comon knowledge ofew
and scratch feed and in, only a
g.
poultrymen for a long while, and sim- few days the chicksathe were there been
ply consists in allowing the chicles the Of nt,cowe, wouldd weather been
liberty of an outdoor run. different, we have let the chicks
We know now that rleg weakness in out during the warm part of the day,
chicks comes from digestive disturb- but our way proved a very good sub'-
stitute.
ances brought on by the poor elimina- _
tion of waste from the bodies of the Eat a little less food in hot weather.
chicks.' The rations lack a sufficient Food makes heat, and in hot weather
amount of inert material, which you need less heat.
causes the quick eleamsing of the di-
gestive tract. Giving on does not help, Feed the cows two quarts of ground
oats ora before she is
f tendays b f hdue to
petites or showing any other signs of
disease. Still another theory has
been that too high a temperature, to-
gether with dirty quarters, were the
but feeding a ration that is high in
inert material prevents, the develop- calve and- give her a pail of warm
Ment of •.the trouble, and aids in re.- water. Put one tablespoonful of gin,•
having it after it has developed. This "ger' in the feed. .There won't be any
can be s,.pplied by cutting paper •up •troublewith afterbirth. I have tried howl. that 1,145,109 barrels
v , portions
anted, like spring grass, there is dan-
ger that the large milk flow is being
accomplished at the cost of other fac-
tors which must be taken into consid-
eration, if milk production is to be
patronage the state was first settled.
Swinging out on the slender branch-
es of the elm or smaller trees is the
pretty basket -shaped nest, woven by
the oriole. This is the most admired of
kept up• throughout the milking period. all bird nests. The twigs are woven
I know that niy cows keep in better
flesh, come through the early pastur-
ing season in better condition to meet
trying conditions ` later, when I keep
up the grain ration during the spring
and early summer months. I feed
mostly farm -grown grains, such as
ground oats, corn meal, wheat bran
with an allowance of one and one-half
pounds of cottonseed per animal per
day.—L. R.
MENDS VESSELS QUICKLY.
There are numerous savings, both
in convenience and money, that may
be effected by a little ingenuity on the
part of the handy man—or woman—
about the house. Kitchen utensils,
both of tin and enamelware, frequent-
ly have holes come in thein.
How many of us can remember the
days of our grandmothers, before
germs were discovered, and the iin-
portance of sanitation so emphasized,
when a piece of rag was drawn into
the hole in the tin milk pan. There
is a better way and more sanitary,.
and without the trouble of taking
these articles to the tinier. If one
will procure an assortment of tuner's
rivets one of these may be put in the
hole and riveted down, stopping it
completely. Or a plug of lead can
easily be whittled out with a jack-
knife and hammered in. An irregular
shaped hole may be fitted with a lead
plug in this way and stopped,
Sometimes in using tinners' rivets
a washer on one or both sides is need-
ed. If washers are not at hand they
may be cut out of sheet iron and a
hole punched in to fit the rivet. A
large crack that a tinner had failed
to stop with solder in a copper boiler
bottom was closed by two large wash-
ers cut out of sheet iron, and under
one of these was placed a third made
from lead hammered down to a little
more than the thickness of the sheet
iron. A • rivet brought these down
firmly and completely stopped the
hole.—E. H.
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DUREW THAT PERIOD 130 -
STEAMERS LOADED APPLES.
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POTS, EXCEPT.
(TO Sir JOHNS' . NFU))
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i-5000 BADELS
-TO WEST INIDIZ
CANADIAN APPLES FOR THE OLD LAND
A `ple. shipments from Canada to Great. Britain reached important 4)16 -
The,:
•on; this for twenty years and It down t Tor the season just passed. The chart s
cry finely and adding !t ' met ti
The: most satisfactoryh ethod "of fail.—R, H. P. and 18,275 boxes left Halifax in eight mon£lxs.
The Bull for Beef Breeding.
The breeding of beef cattle has re-
cently received an impetus through the
removal of the British embargo. One
of the most important steps in breed-
ing of animals suitable either for the
honle or export market, is the selec-
tion of a proper sire. The sire should
be of • approved beef type, possess the
best characteristics of the breed he
represents, rugged of constitution,
and of pronounced masculinity. The
choice of breeds is of course optional,
depending largely on the surrounding
conditions and the inclination of the
breeder. Herefords and Galloways are
skilfully with the help of the sharp
awl -like bill and when completed are
a marvel of skill, forming an ideal
cradle for the baby orioles to swing
back and forth with each motion of a
kindly summer breeze.
Not only is the coat of the oriole to
be admired and his nest a work of
art, but his song earns for him the
title of the Golden Robin. It is a rich
contralto voice that gladdens any dis-
trict in which he chooses to locate and
reminds one of a waterfall of tinkling
silver notes. -
His food consists mostly of insects
such as caterpillars, betties, the larvae
of which are the pestilent wireworins,
maybeetles and grasshoppers. Fie is an
ardent hunter of the insects and feeds
mostly upon them. Ile may take a
small percentage of fruit, but it is
insignificant compared with the . tre-
mendous amount of good he can do
where the above mentioned pests are
found.
His body is a vivid orange with
black wings, orange and black tail and
net black head and throat. His mate
splendid rasters, suitable for open wears a more modest costume, and
lot and winter feeding. The Hereford when these gala little visitors appear
has the advantage in size and early with their glad song, every care should
maturity; the Galloway in the pos- be taken to attract them to the dis-
session of an extra heavy coat and the trust.
lack of horns. Aberdeen -Angus are ''`
noted for their feeding and finishing To keep lemons from drying up and
qualities, and Shorthorns for their so losing much of their'goodness, put
them into empty, wide-mouthed glass
size, substance, and general utility. jars. Use a rubber ring on the jar
As has been said, a thing of the and always keep it tightly closed. You
greatest importance in breeding beef will be surprised to see how "plump"
cattle is the selection of a bull corn- the lemons will keep under such eon-
bining as largely as possible first-class
breeding with strong conformation.
Pasture May Kill Pigs.
It is quite common for pigs to bloat
and dip quickly when suddenly turned
'into green clover when they are very
hungry or not accustomed to such feed.
That often occurs when 'Pigs have
been grazing grass and the pasture
becomes so short that the feeder de-'
cides a change is necessary, and so;.
turns the pigs into a.lusty growth of
clover without due preparation.
Wet clover, as with cattle, is most
likely to cause bloat. Any green feed
inay have the same effect, under sim- 1
ilar circumstances. The best method
of raising hogs is to let them graze a
succession of green crops from early
spring until late fall. Rye, oats and
peas, rape, clover, alfalfa and corn are
the crops most used for this purpose,
and losses from bloat or acute indi-
gestion do *not 'occur under this sys-
tem of feeding, as the pigs become ac-
customed to the green feed early in
the season, and take it daily without
becoming inordinately hungry.
Keep the Feet Trinnned.
I 'fund that the feet of my sheep
need more attention than is ordinarily
believed to be needed. This is par-
ticularly true where` the animals are
running upon soft ;ground.
'The rams - seem to need this --atten-
tion more than - the ewes. Often the
the hoofu w `ll
horn of in o t vz
throw the leg out of shape and Make
it possible for foot infections to start.
I simply catch the sheep, turn upon
the rump and with a sharp jackknife
pare back the over -grown horn until
it is about level with the bottom of
the foot. -R. C. D.
ditions and how much longer you can
keep them on hand.
When one has to "ding" at a man
in order to get a thing done inthe
garden, it destroys half the pleasure
of having it. The men ought to under-
stand that.
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