The Exeter Advocate, 1922-9-21, Page 6r M deft -overs from the production of
other types that met the needs, df
the military demand. But .there does I
not appear to be many of this kind r
today, and military horse buyers. re -1
port a general shortage. ,
But whatever type oue aims to pro -1 The Little Brown Doti-,
duce, he must see to it that it will «Sister Meg, hour many people live
TUE CHILDREN'S
HOUR
perform the Work L. is raided .upon to
St, 'W est Torontt do in the most efficient manner pos-
in this wall besides you and brother
4aidrese communications to Agronomist, T3 Adelaide
, R Jim?„ asked Sylvia, who had come
Fall flowing Helps 14Ze t on time. Before getting the tractor, Bible. Horse breeders t they are h
•
h land as a
e ere muif s Any par_ ! from the country for her first visit to
When I started farming; I did but: with twice as much
of liaises. to
successfully
t first, titular attention to this •
essfully compete with the' er married .sister, who lived in the
lift's fa l tl because I and with the same arid this motor truck and tractor men
city. "I think I should rather live in
,
at plowing, paray ' {fear}. I was also on time, a a house, the way country people do:
ppreciat on, of die value.
w 11 was simply due to the fall plowing. Good breeding must be supplement -
my land that is going into crops the••
Ii D ed by gaud feeding and care a thel "What do you mean, you funny
next year is fall plowed and some'
•
viaa so partly from
colt from birth to rnaturity. No mat- little Sylviai" asked her sister. "1
is
Why
I P t Feed more Clover ter what ideals have been followed in; don't see any wall- _ We live in a
pissed early and worked darlinghoua�e
the fall,
t aye to
breeding the draft horse, if the colts just as everyone else does,"
well dkept h ft• h e
With 1 1 rises for milk and is not Ae a anin a tri ;.,i But Sylvia has never seen houses
The 5rst advantage I noticed or n are getting,
it the
ow p heaitlry, growing condition front birth,; so close together that they joined one
breaking up la^.d sn; the fall w s flint `, butterfat most dai> ynie it svi.l oat have the weight and size; another without even a strip of gra3a
line spring Werk could he got out of it becomes doubly iinpoxtant to „et needed in the ideal. draft horse. There' between, and so she kept on calling
the way ata much earlier date. And,; maximum production at the lowest must be no "stunting" period, as is caclr longrow a wail. P
since our season usually does not open' possible cost. The most expensive too often the case, during the growth i A day yr two later, when she was
up until well into ;April, this was an part of the ration usually is th.. pro-: of the coif~ As soon as the colt is! ski in rope with E'eI n �i'orth,
ear `enrely important'. item. Every, tein. Protein is very essential to P Te weaned, it should be kept in thrifty skipping
in the same block, Sylvia
prop but backheat and late potatoes: ducin cows, especially f£ they cordation. 'Just here is where many; said,
must he in by Empire Day if the best ='regnant, when a large part of the looked acmes. the street and rs:d,
re=.lits are eo be expi�tpl. Then, if protein goes toward the growth of; horse breeders fall dossn• After the "1;relyn; do you see that little brown
the fetus. And of course, colt is taken Pram its dam it is. o£teu: , i
la, -
these liagpens to be a wet spring, the . breeding moor with the tiny window beside it
and growing stock of all hinds re- left to shift fer itself, and soon to :Aren't they a ,loot and a window in a
st z,rc�x;ma,e:y sever sot ,lis Burin;, i comes unthrifty and stunted in grow n. wall? They don't belong to a house, i
whish the plantingand :owing must shares prs`e;n. ' If the cell, once receives a serious set-
Y
'Dairy COws usually get a large part i do they .
be t ne =as be red ° to three or: t in flys farm of a" oack, it rarely recovers the lost Evelyn wanted Vera much to laugh,
=o ,r. The s'_e<west j eb on the arm is of their protein
g;roun i. ,
n
' z
Ci lv a s
eat � of hurting S
r afraid
i n X11 was a.r id
-o' tan .
ee but e
v y
or �
t
� i meal •�
Viewing, e=risen '<y wc4h a t�eo-1z:•rae linseed -oil n 1 ; !
To get size and weight in the draft,
plea. If tl::,s is done in the fail, the Supp+ie:i in this wily the cost is re :horse, the breeding; met be right and. feel,rg .
ac sal s r:i n R^�,rk is sant eh: in I it:veiy high, I„ai� lone have e Fe z ss, must the feeding A goon, ble draft i " Oh, yes, the; do,'" she replied, " ��
half, ly lfalfa and re:i clover,
er, Can be t art of the reieteet. slate bred to ti stailicsn that is n ton' the vera* snral}est house in the street, l
A t times 1 have :ad slicing -triose t at supply a st. Th se feeds can bel or over in 'Weight, providing be is "It ought Abe a playhouse; SI de
-
sod, a low cot sound nd has a good set• of feet and e,are it ought, ss,}d Sylvia. Who
so~3, esp~c!aFly schen pltiv.ed rather getern on aimeet any farm, and of }el? unser him, will produce the; tiveg there?„
late, ie gr diet not do well en account . roper] cured are very nutritious
of the grass layer cutting off the' Moreover, cows seem to relish alfalfa' right type so far as brei sling is con ButbeforeEvelyn could answer,.
c' oiiiery water filen bel.,w. 1 had, innd clover more than timothy. As et eerned; but if the colt is neglected Sylvia s sister called to the girls and
vie atop of corn tl;at was nearly a rule, the pricer of clover and timothy; and not kept growing from birth to, asked thein to go to market and get
tailune for this reason There was' tun very Blase of clover
1 maturity, the type of Heavy drafter semi vegetables. They were glad of
t,zirt,e rrti in t1::' sod: and though . But timothy is ver • low in gra#sin, meet in rtenmed to -day cannot he' ti:e chance to visit the interesting
there was nsit eneuga moisture for } h t Y fel the protein short•, secured.
corn i- was suffi tent ; 3 make a fine
market and were soon scampering
and, when r is i, ' across the street with a basket be -
age must be made up, generally,
,. . w a by
piflCQ of ga.^.ek. e Stock ' 'Movements for tween them.
Y increasing the amount of cal meal ori Just in front of the little brown they heard a child speak --ono or two that while illustrating the stability of
A mother reason wiry I cl meed to", other protein supplement. If alfalfa iy TWO Years.. door that they had been looking at, little laughing words that they did both India, and Ireland in food produc-
:all ?::owing is that the f*est action er clover is fed, the total grain ration,! The shipments of live stack acarol- Evelyn t;toppped suddenly. "Listenl"^not quite catch. Then the birds be -tion for export, Aico give information
is better then fitting. 3u:t r yrth of'; and especially the protein su)iplement,fi ing to the Dominion Live Stack bran i she Faid. P gen again.
of the competition that other courts
my Perm a cloy section begins sobers ;can be desreaFed, thus materially reports, from the five shippin+; pre-' S lvia stopped too. ` As she listened "Please let us Doak, Evelyn begged. tries, including £:'mads,, have to con -
they simply can't do anything at all, cheapening the cost of the ration. vines last year compared with tl:e hereyes;grew wide, for 'what she1 But when they looked agaila they tend with,
with spring -pito -Jed land. Bin when' Let us consider tsva caws, each year before were: Quelae�., cattle, ;1, heard :hada her a''most believe Blies, caw nothing except the old man site;
p osed in the feu} the hast lire fix up'' weighing 1,200 pounds, and giving 301 1o8 :ig*ainst 56;617, calves, £4,941' was back in. the woods at home. Fromi tin at the table. u
seal mazes exee?aent crops. - `'cent. fat. Say that their feed reel 83,907; sheen, 164.8#3 ngainst 159,- ed -i .sweet clear bird song something,£ der.
Tkie]obaccoof Quahiy
1/2 T
and in packages
INCISNAVESIEMIXiiiniff
hire of a sparrow. Presently both lit- war period, when efferts at production
girls jumped, for they were sura received added zest. These are facts
tiers et ff c cy t, Brough e ar 1 the fare pounds of milk conttiuing 31t. Per against , v 30, hogs rel 086 against the other side of the little door sound "Volta WAS- it?" they asked in o
17.1
Foru'oiiv_r I had (mite a little wet quiremertt are just the sante--that is,, 617. Ontario, rattle, 3.12,783 against like the call of the robin, something" "What did zt sound like?„ wettedi An animal husbandry specialist
ta.1 t;ieug t row it ie shout en! ti edl. that each requires the seine amount 290,838; Calves, 102,160 against 111, like the notes of the red -winged black- the man. says that weaning;; shipping, dehorn-
If this :and was ;rpt until, spring. it of protein, carbohydrates, and fat for,l 810; hogs, 871;635 against eweee1, bird.
was usually plowed when parts of it - the maintenance of her body and for !sheep, 268,202 against 278,460. 11ani-, She looked at Fve}yn. 9t must be
were tea wet. Ti:e result, of course,'" milk production. Both cows get thea toba, cattle, 66,:;77 against 102,129,x" a bird in ;r cage--- she began and
was partial faihire in those spots.:' same amount of corn silage (36; calves, 14,076 against 15,117;' then was interrupted by a' low sound,
When fall—cloned, this ground was pounds), the same amount of hay (12! hogs, 80,052 against 102,303; sheep,4 cne that seemed to be half laughter
u wally in gond condition in the spring, pounds), and a grain ration of corn, 31,120 against 49,957. Saskatchewan,' and half speech. Sylvia gasped.
since the surface exposed t.y the fur- ° oats, and oil meal.
news caused the land to dry out soon-' The difference conies in feeding one
er. I used lei plow in not -too -wide cow alfalfa and 'the other timothy. The
back furrows, and run the plow in cow getting timothy requires a bigger
the bottom of the dead furrows a grain ration, especially the expensive
second time, furnishing drainage to' oil meal, in order to supply the pro -
the depth of 12 or 14 ini:es. This; tein deficient in the timothy. At pres-
s of d
"Like beautiful birds," Evelyn said.' in, castrating and suddenly enang-
And once like a little girl, added: ing the calves from grass to dry feed
Sylvia. ,,; often cheeks completely any gains.
The old man Honed. "That's fine, ter three to Fix weeks. If any of
he said. "I was hoping you'd say these causes can be eliminated the
that." checking of growth will be less.
cattle, 84,197 against 156,965, calves,;, •y That's a fairy'," she said. Then, as his two visitors looked lit. Therefore, fattening calves on the
6,812 against 9,825; }logs, 51,711" She had often looked for fairies in. Iia in surprise, lie added, "yaw 1 farms on which they ere horn should
against 44,387, sheep, 28,838 against, the woods, but she had never foundl know that my work is good. This is produce good results as this elimi>a-
18,838.. Alberta, tattle, 143,457;one• Was it possible that there were my work, you see—to make certain ;rtes shipping and change of feed. The
against 163,686; calves, 19,251 against,N . fairies in a big elty? gg parts of musics,} toys."castrating should be done when the
26,561; hogs, 86,401 against 56,4;33,.Just then a hey came up and liftedi
When Sylvia went back to her Aix -calf is young, as should also the dee
and sheep, 91,184 against 62,604. t the brass knot}cep on the little browns ter's and later to her own home she horning, which should be done with a
is
as a great help. ent feed prices, the cost producing !door. ' ]sept talking about her visit to the caustic. They should be started on
I do not mean that I never had a ration
of butterfat with the alfalfa BulldozingFathers. `'Q Loy!" cried Evieyn, "Who lives little house.. grain in the fall -before they are
good luck with spring plowing, but! ration is 19cents, and `.3u cents-withthere?" nen at Christmas came altoa from weaned* as they will -before
titer
simply that I frequently had condi the timothy ration. In some local It is a strange thing that so many „ , sister Meg. In it was a large talking
Cons where fall lowing wets far; ities farmers ire getting as low as 22 fathers think they have an absolute Loy , laughed. F I don't know hist doll and a little silvery bird. And gains with less feed than if bought
pg name, he said. Run along to the' on the open market in the fall.
market, you two. This morning you'rei pinned to the doll's dress was a card It has been found that calves make
buying, and I'm selling." that read; "You heard us first last gains almost as fast as two and three
year old cattle, and will make a hun-
dred pound gain on about two-thirds
as much feed as the older cattle, They
appear to grow rather than fatten for
about the first one -hundred -thirty
days, but front then on they accumu-
place on their way home Loy was• just late fat rapidly. The average feeder
d ed t coining out. « India. and Ireland are the. most distwo-
-
b Iiellol he said. I was just going; turbed centres within the British Ism hubaby
rel -day feeding figure
onnaorder
and if this is set so that it cuts eight. tenths as valuable as alfalfa for dairy- been driven to wrong courser by a i
to look for you, because you are in -s pits, and yet rn the one a vast increase to make a satisfactory finish on the
inches deep it loosens the soil up' cow feeding. Sweet elover has about domineering, bulldozing father. A+ in the production of wheat has aeeur-
about as well as plowing. !the same feeding value as alfalfa, but brutal calling down by her father }las vited to come in and hear a bird sing and in the other, as shown in calf.
Whereas I was formerly behind; cows must be taught to eat it. This sent many a girl from her home with and a doll talk." red inion Live Stock bran h cabletree
with my work whenever the season can be done by mixing a small amount bitterness in' her heart, and perhaps Naw, Loy, dont tease,"said his
was late or wet. and often a littler of sweet clover with the other feed
late even when it was not bad, naw, at first, and slowly increasing the Even for wayward and unruly chit
with the same number of horses' amount fed. But, no matter which dren, love is the only safe and effi-';
(though better ones) and a light tree variety is used, production costs can carious corrective. -0. S. Marden.
tor, I am farming nearly three times; be greatly reduced by feeding one of
as much land, and am always finished E these three valuable - legumes. Economy of Dairy Products
as Food.
There is one especial virtue in the
many recipes given•in the series Why
and How to Use 1V1ilk and Its Products
pamphlets issued by the Dominion
Department of Agriculture, and that
is that the large majority call for' no
fire or coal -burning. The few that do
require a warm or bailing ingredient
necessitate the use of nothing more
serious or costly than a little oil,' gas
or electricity by way of heating. This
is remarkable evidence of the .economy
of dairy products as food.
Conscience warns us as a friend be-
fore punishing us as a judge.
superior. On the other hand, I have; cents a pound for butterfat, so that
never observed conditions where, not much profit could be made on a
spring plowing was better. I used to timothy ration.
think that I had to plow in the spring, Another valuable thing about Please; treat them as if they lied no
for potatoes. But when a field of po-t alfalfa is its high lime content. This individual rights whatever.
tatoes was partly fall -plowed and; makes it especially valuable in bal- You should be very careful how you
partly spring -plowed, I found no dif-I anci.ng a ration containing ' corn or treat your children, ray friend. They
ferenee. Although I never put then,* corn silage. Although alfalfa is gen-
on sod land, I think that in that case' era}ly given first place. as hay for
fall plowing would show an advan- dairy cows, good elover follows it
tage. I use a double disk in fitting, £ closely, it being considered about nine-
wnership in their children; that they
can boss them, order them about,
scold, bulldoze them in any way they
will not always be in,your home, and
some day you may bitterly regret the
harsh callings down you so unneces-
sarily gave them. Many a boy has
As the girls hurried dawn the street
Evelyn told Sylvia that the boy was
her brother, and that he was selling
soap to earn some money to buy a
bicycle.
As Evelyn and Sylvia passed the
summer behind the little brown door?
Ellen D. Master in Youth's Com-
panion.
Canada's Competitors in
Food Production.
led to her undoing. sister.
Raising the Right Type of Horse
There is a great need to -day for
more efficiency in horse -breeding or
better, perhaps, for the production of
horses that will attain the highest
point of efficiency in the work they
are to do. The manufacturer of mo-
tor tracks and tractors has in view
at all times the efficiency of bis pro -
duet, His constant aim is to so per-
fect his product that it will perform
the work required of it in the most
efficient and economical manner. The
horse producer should have this same
incent!v'e in view.
Ten or fifteen years ago we were
more efficient in horse • production.
than we are to -day. Breeders had
Ideals before them which they aimed
to attain. There were ideals in heavy
drafters, in light drafters, in wagon
horses, and in - lighter types, w'hieh
farmers endeavored to follow in their
breeding operations. -
There were •certain , dlietricts where
a large measure of efficiency was
shown in producing the drafter; other
sections were known for the lighter
types of horses. _This cannot be said
to -day. There seem to be no centres
that can claim distinction in produc-
ing any particular horse type.
True, the number of types of horses
in demand now is fewer than iii farm-
er years, yet even in types mast in
demand. , to -day, such as good draft
horses, there are practically no sec-
tions where the buyer can go and be
sure of having his wants supplied.
It seems to be too much of a bit and
miss proposition, this horse produc-
tion basiness. If one hears - of a geed
big draft gelding for sale in one part
of the .country, one may have to
travel one or two hundred miles to
find a mate to match him. These
seems to be no continuity, no co-oper-
ation in producing to meet the demand.
to -day.
What constitutes efficiency in the
heavy draft horse? To be thorough-
ly efficient a draft horse must with
its mate be able to pull a heavy load,
on level ground•,with ease and quick-
ness. To do this a horse should be,
at least 1,700 pounds in weight,
though 1,800 or over is better. Along
with this weight he must be well mus-
cled, have a good set of feet and legs,
be well built and well proportioned,
and should be sound in wind and limb.
To get .these elements of efficiency
in the draft horse the breeder must
not trust to chance in his breeding
operations. If he has the right type
of mare, he must see to it that the
stallion used will get the:. right type.
of offspring. It will pay to go to
considerable; trouble to secure the
right type of stallion, as the heavier
his weight consistent with good qual-
ity, the better:
The same reasoning holds` true in
the production - of other types. The
type text to- the heavy drafters in
demand to -day and which commands';
good prices, is the sound, well-built
wagon horse. This kind should
weigh from 1,1.00 to 1,300 pounds.
For heavy delivery work, such as de-
livering milk, a borne must have
weight enough to haul from 2,000 to
2,500 pounds, and get away with it
at a reasonably swift gait. The lighter
delivery type does not require so much
weight, but must be well built, sound
and active.
There are other types more or less
in demand, such as saddle horses, and
animals suitable for military pur-;
poses. These eannot be secured at,
hit and miss breeding, though in
years gone by there were sufficient
_ , ports, the high character and supply
"I'ni not teasing," answered Loy.! of bacon and cattle remain intact and
"Here, I'll take your basket," he add-' undiminished. As regards India, fin-
ed. "Come on." I formation supplied tts`the Dominion
They followed Loy through the lit -1 Department of Agriculture is to the
tle brown door into a room. Beside • effect that the wheat yield for 1921-22
a back window an old man was sitting,' was 115,866,000 bushels, or 46 per
with a table in front of him that was cent greater than in the previous
cluttered with tools and working ma- year, and 18,630,000 busheis or 5 per
aerial. Ile looked up with a smile. cent, greater than the annual average
uI'll carry the vegetables along," of the preceding five year which, of
said Loy, "so you girls needn't hurry."
Evelyn and Sylvia stood still; there,
was no bird to be seen anywhere and
no fairy.
"I haven't anything for you to see,"
said the man. "But there's a good
deal to hear. •Go to the other window
and turn your backs."
Wondering, the girls obeyed. Then
all at once a strange concert began.
They heard the same bird song that
they had heard at first; then cane
other bird notes, and after that the
-- - -- - __ shivered Mrs. Baxter.
A 'Tail Yarn.
Horace --"Were you up very high on
your flying trip?"
Herbert—"Yes; while we were coin-
ing down the propeller was dripping
with whipped cream!"
"Whipped cream: What do you.
mean?"
"Why, we cut through, the Milky
Way."
A pian can be a pessimist when he
course, includes a large pert of the can't be anything else.
Parents- as Educators
The Curl Made Peggy Cry—By Minerva Hunter
Mrs. Ivy was sitting at her living play with them,—in fact I punish him
room window sewing buttons on a new every time he handles any but his
gingham dress' when Mrs. Baxter blunt pair.
came to her dining -room window and "It may be he had a really good:
looked out: "I've had such a scare!" reason for cutting' Peggy's curl," sug-
gested Mrs. Ivy. I mean a good
"Peggy?" inquired, Mxs. Iv sarin-• reason from a chiid'e point of view.
ous�ly rising from her chair. "Do you I Did you ask him why he did it?"
want me to come over and help you?" No. I put him to bed as fast as:.I
"No, no,, Peggy isn't ,really hurt,"r. could said brought Peggy in here and
said Mrs. Baxter, "but Oman nearly put her in the kiddie coop. Now that put her eye out with the scissors. you mention it, Oman did look quite
When I went out of the nuxs:ery ,to tpllin e something, but I ways s and Orlee (Yr twice hetri'aini`
?mptyfile bath water, he cut one of with fright I did not listen. Oman is
her curls off. 1 happened, td look a good Child and does love Peggy. I'in
through the door and .there he' stood sure he had a reason for what he did.
with the curt in one ..hand and . t'41e Maybe I was too quick in my judg-
point of the scissors within an inedl meat; I'•11 .o now and talk with him."
of Peggy's eye! I was never so g
frightened In my
life.' Every inothex It was afternoon., Once more Mrs.
has alt ious times- with her children, alyy sat beside -her Inosine room wren. ed
Presently' . childish voice.addressed
but when one undertake," to reams an- her. "Scissors are dangerous," an-
other persons baby the responsibility trounced little Omar Baxter, looking
seems to double. Peggy'sfather is so at her very seriously.
pitiably grateful becausewe have "Yes," agreed Mrs. Ivy, "very, very
consented to care for the baby that I dangerous."
feel even more responsible for her «When' a boy loves his little baby
than I did for Oman. I1 my child cousin' continued Omar in the tone of
should injure Peggy's eye I'd never
get ester it!" one nesting a lesson,."he never goes
near tree with the scissors. Even if
"Oman is very fond of Peggy," said the hahy .cries and cries because her
the neighbor, "I never saw greater curl hums when it is brushed the boy
devotion on the part of a little foube' does not out the curl .off. A baby
year-old boy. He would do anything jumps .real often and might stick the
to keep her from cryilg". scissors in its eye. You see, a baby
"Yes," agreed Mrs. Baxter, "that is can get ever a curl that hurts, but a
true, bat why did he go nearher with tube could never, never grow a new:.
the scissors?" He is never allowed to. CVO,"
PASSING ';`Y'i:E
nu Oleo,