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The Brussels Post, 1921-4-21, Page 2Castrate and Dock Your Lembo. 'There is no truer indication: of Mehl of proper shepherding td an failure to; dark and cae:trate lambs. No matter i hew good a feeder and caretaker. otherwise a man may be, he is al failure as a shepherd if he neglects; these hnpertant duties. It is a pities' ful sight in the autumn. to ;Gee ram lambs looping the females eontinuallye; on . the move, rat only losing flesh themselves, but hindering the entire flock from making satisfactory gains. Contentment and, gnietnoss are esserea tial in a flock. The buyer goes to the neglected flock only when forced to' 1pocause properly handled flocks are saI i out, Whether it is mull of work in they spring of year, fear of fatalities, lack; of education or just carelessness on, .the pant of the shepherd it is difficult; to state, ,but the fact remains that in, a great many flocks cuetrining and; docking are left unleree. These cone.] bitted reasons do net justify neglect -1 ing these two important tasks. The. eheepman will find very little empkay- j anent that will compensate him bet-; ter than docking and eastrating. The, operations are simple and easy to; learn. Oterelessmese is no exec' a and! the owner, if pursuing haphazard, method's, had better dispose •of his; flack as it is more than likely a bal-1 erre will show on the wrong side of, his ledger. Stockmen generally con- demn these who fail to castrate horses, cattle or hags and why should not the shepherd likewise be severely criticized? The lamb is the easiest to unsex of the common domestic animals. The best age to casteate is about two weeks. A sharp knife should bet used and with it the lower third of the scrotum cut off. Then sever the outer immediate coverings of each testicle and draw them out with at - Melted cord, using the teeth or fin.g ere. Waal'. the opening with a weak autiveptic solution. Some operators do not sever the bottom part of the scrotum but thee is advisable and al - 7 HIDES -WOOL -FURS naysartt,aTS Rig honey eau still be made or ;hear shins. Ship your lot to us and make sure or re. eel+it - ihe, right price. rte- tttr, n sent the name dal, as .h,pnievt Is received. WILLIAM STONE SONS LIMITED WOOD STOCK. ONTARIO ESTABLISHED 1670 a� are .•• nee , TIER HOMES AT LOWER COST ''HOOSE your Homo from our new Catalogue aodtnining over r.ty illustrations of modern. attrac- tive Homes, for which we supply material to build complete (masonry and plaster work excepted) at a saving, of $400 . $500. A complete Set of Plans and Specifications is supplied free of cost with every Home. Intending tiome.buildera should write et once for our new Catalogue No. ,; mV • The Halliday Company briar i.tton Limited Canada MADE OY 714E A sound, substantial, endurtng fence built on elastic hinged -joint principle ---tire moat aclenti>%1 prac- tical and perfect fence principle known. It yields to great and sud- den pressure but returns again to the original shape, Thoroughly galvanised and pro- tected against weather. F4,AAAl.3 13Y ALL GOOD DEALERS Ask for prices. .,They are attractive. Canadian Steel Wire Cor LIMITED G7• laws gooddeal ak,e.Othliauccess- fill motliols f , !o ' til are to cut the motion aid etenet ,ts' off alas ep to the dandy, r the en.ts:culators may k:e used.' It pane he ,recap owner to hove his lambs casetatee..Wetdte•r buil'+, aril at a prem tun Leave rim, Innen, Th y Crake ,better g lit+ fis 1.11q are more restful. They do not ant by the ewos, are ogee fenced and it' there is rao. s '.e for them in the fall they may be kept over and sold es rhearlings, whereas it is next to impoa'i'ble to do this with any number of ram lambs. If the ,buc}c lambs are not castrated the danger exists of having the beat ewes bred to poor ram lambs, Docking lambs n:'ay be done with a sharp knife or chisel. A good p'l'an; is to u.a a tang -handled, red -hat' .ehieel and ecar the tall at the same, time a., it is on This is a sanitary method and assists in controlling bleeding. The proper age for tidal operation is the sante as that for) castrating, and, while it may appear) like severe treatment, both jobs may, be done at once. An inch Stub fort males and two-inch for females looks; well. IIalf-tailed lambs are almost est unsightly as umdocked lambs. Decking should not be neglected., The tail tenets to tolled manure and"; is frequently the cause of maggots; locating on the hips and rumps of, lambs. Ociasionally the manure, cand stops the action of the' bowels, Docking improves the coma pact appearance of the lambs and .is. a sign of good management. Docking' conserves the strength of the ram by I facilitating the breeding of the ewes. • Potato Scab. Common Scab. This, as the name by sr -tech it is known implies, is one of the most common troubles affect- ing potatoes. Although the occur- rence of scab does not, as a rule, affeet the yield, it detracts consider- ably from the value of tubers for both seed and commercial purposes. The seed value is affected owing bo the fact that the eyes of badly scabbed tubers are Likely to be injured thereby, and the unsightliness of scabbed tub- ers combined with the considerable trouble and waste entailed in prepar- ing there for the table, renders them undesirable for domestic use. A discouraging experience frequent- ly encountered by potato growers is that, nstwithstanding the use of per- fectly clean and sound tubers for seed, a con:::derable percentage of scabbed potatoca is in evidence at harvest time. This is doe to the fact that the scab organism occurs naturally in the soil, particularly if alkalinity hats been increased by the application, of wood ashes, lime, fresh manure, or other srbstances of an alkaline na- l ture, As an instance, it frequently! occurs that where potatoes are plant-; ed on land which has recently .been, cleared and burnt over, or where they' are planted immediately after an a'p-! plication to the land of fresh barnyard; manure, the result is a scabbed crops On the other hand, it has been found; that the plowing under of green crops,' such as clover, has a tendency to de- crease the liability of injury from. the disease. The potato crops should be included in a rotation so planned as to allow for the plowing under of clover sod during the fall before planting pota- toes. This practice, eombined with that of seed disinfection by treatment with formaldehyde or corrosive sub- limate, whi'l'e not providing a guar- antee that a crop of potatoes will be free from scab, constitutes a reason- able safeguard against its occurrence. The following points should be par- ticularly borne in mind at planting tin (1.) Plant may clean tubers, (2) Disinftet seed by immersing it for two hours in a solution of copn- mercial formalin -1 pound to 40 gal- lons of ',rater, or (8) For 3 hours in a solution of ecrroreive sublimate (bichleide of mercury) -2 ounces to 25 gallons of water. (4) Use only wooden or earthen. ware vessels fur eorreeive sublimate. (51 Corrosive sublimate is intense- ly poisonous. All tubers treated with this, and left over after planting is completed, should be immediately destroyed. Powdery Soab,—This disease differs considerably in appearance from Com- mon Scab. The scab spats are darker in color and usually more uniform in size and shape. It is not so common or vrideepreftd as Common 'Scab, and usually occurs only in damp, cool esasosis. Potatoes affected with Powdery Scab shou•kl not be planted, and in every ease all seed which has comic in contact with any tubers thawing the i1I nose, thou:Id be treated with carresive sublitnate, As the ougamism is known to live for several years in the sole potatoes ehould not be plant- ed on the land 'where it hes occurred at least four :years, Child welfare work is conceded to be one of the ,biggest tasks before the women of the country toaday, ,and there is a Crying need for this work in the country as well as in the 'ci)by. YMfl4aat11111Ma atitelaaM11attrtt r. tr r M • • M You can't afford'to neglect fertilizers this year, m. r b • Here are their advantages. N Vertilizerst 11 a (i) payyourtnoneyback well ;4) hasten ripening, a beg interest. (5) eliminate to .t large es- : a (21 increase yields, tent crop failures, u (3) improve quality. (b) help banish weeds, a p Last sfirl{brier SI invested in ler1'iiiser for potatoes growing near London returned in one cute d'e.e4 and in r another $¢,,52, rrrryrrrtlaalit ,mai rM4allies lie Experience Courts ' (7) cut downlabor costs, 1 i 1 SI IN . 1 tt r Figure your needs, and place your others at once so r a that you can receive fertilizers in time for seeding. i r The Soil and CropImprovement Bureau i u p sr a of the Canadian Fertilizer Association f� Henryill , Boll B,S.A.. Director If Manning Arcade, Toronto Ont. ,bra r s ,r pu IU p� o baatrrraelsasirnrrdantsmetmarrremrenxnmerlairsdairrlasrstw31811aetA1 Quack -Grass Quack -grans produces stems under- ground as well as above ground. These underground stems have joints in them, with a bud at each joint, just as do the stems above ground. And it es the underground stems ,hast snake quack -grace a bad weed. Every bud on such stems can throw up a new plant. Every time one of the under- ground stems is broken with a plow cr 'cultivator, you have a new plant be- ginning from the part broken off. The Time to Strike and the Reason. If you dig into a quack -grass sod in early spring, you will find great numbers of underground stems. Al the approach of warm weather some of the buds on these stems begin to grow straight up to the surface, There they throw out a piing of real roots and form a crown from whbclt a lot of leaves and stems grow. But at this time of the year all the stems that came out of a crown grow upward; and no new underground stens are formed until the plant begins to blossom. Then while the plant is in bloom, a new trop of underground stems be- gins to grow. All those stents come out of the crown, just as the stems that grew upright, and never form' any other part of the plant. If the grass is cut for hay at exactly this time, the growth of underground stems is cemnpl•etely stopped for a few weeks. The plant can not produce' underground growth without a lot of leaves up in the sunlight; and if the, plant has been cut while in bloom, it immediately begins to throw all its energy into t'be production of new, leaves and stems above ground. This, feet is very important, as we shall; soon see. It is also of very great importance that, by the time the plant blossoms, the old underground stems have donee; their lifework, which was to throw' up new growth to the surface of the soil. They are through; and will gradually die during the latter part. of the summer. You to not need to pay any attention to them. Some farmers make the mistake of trying to kill the underground stents early in the season, This is almost' a useless task, for at that time of the year every joint of those underground stems can make a new plant. But after the plants have reached the blooming stage, the old underground stems have finished their work. They do riot need killing then, for they are already beginning to die. So don't try to kill the old underground sterns of quack -grass. They can't be killed before midsummer, and ,after that they the anyhow. In order to tell when quack is in bloom, watch.it carefully till you see the biosetoms open, and the anthems hanging out of the flowers on slender threads. This will be about two or three weeks after the grass heads out. When the earliest plants begin to bloom, get out the mower awl go to work. Suppose now we let the grass grew undisturbed until 11 begins to bloom. At that bane the old underground stenos are (Tone, and need no further attention; and there is no seed on the growing plants. If we cut the grass for hay just at blooming time, we oan feed the hay with safety, far it will scatter no seed over the farm. The 'cutting also stops the ftrntation of new underground stems for two or three weeks. There is thus a period of nearlyaa month, just after haying Vane, when quack -grass is not a -weed at all. By that I mean that it has no means of reproducing Itself except by •growth dram the crown. It is as help- less as a field of young oats, and can be killed just as easily.. How to Strike. To eradicate the pest completely, at this time, all we have to do is to kill the growing crowns of the plants. The best way to do this is to skin the sod loose from the underlying sail in as thin a layer as possl'bie—say not over three or three and Dine=half inches thick. This can be done by plowing with a broad, sharp share that will out the sad entirely loose from the soil beneath. Deeper plowing wily Heave tee much dirt attached to the roots, and the planets will go right on growing. The idea is to have as little dirt in the turned sod as possible— hence the shallow plowing. If the weather is dry, the over- turned sod will die promptly, and the, work of eradicating the quack is fin- ished. But if the season is wet, you will need to run a diskharrow, with the disks set straight, across the strips of overturned ,sod. The harrow will cut the sod into small squares. After this, go once over the field about every ten days, using some implement that will move every piece of sod just enough to keep it from getting its roots into bhe underlying roil again before cold weather. A spring -tooth harrow is excellent for such stirring of the sod; but any tool that will move the sod's about will do. If growth is prevented 'until the end of aunioner, there will be no quack on the field the next spring. To Sum Up. Out the quack for bay while it is en bloom. Get the hay off as soon as it is possible. Then skin the sod loose from the underlying soil in as thin a layer as possible. Ti the season is dry, this will kill eche grass completely. If the ground is moist, run a disk - barrow, with disks set straight, cro;swi:se of the strips of upturned sod, to cut it into squares. Then to prevent the tad tram getting its roots into the underlying soil again, stir the pieces of sod every ten days till frcrt. A spring -booth :harrow, or any culti- vator wild do for 'this. The field will :be clean of quack -grass the next ,spring. Many field's have been cleaned title way) fg'.76.11iecrease When a hard -worked home states idle for a day or two, and during that time is well fed on grain rich in protein, or on corn rich in carbon hydrates, he as ',table to contract what popularly is termed "Monday morning disease." It has earned that name because it often attacks a horse that Inas been idle on Sunday and is found anchored in his stall when the driver enters the stable on Monday morning, The condition is due to ,gorging of the lymphatic vessels with the products Of nutrition which are not used for the ropair of waste tissue, or in gen- erating heat and energy. When the horse is at work these matters are used up, in eombuttbion, and. waste or effete matters are got rid of by sweat- ing and normal action of the lcidneys and ";bowels, The affected horse has high fever, blows hard; has fast, full bounding pulse and sweats with pain.' Appetite (teases, One hind ' legs usually the left one, 3e sw'dlion thigh up In the region of the •vain, and when that part is handled, on the inner side of the log, the horse evinces intense pain, lifts the leg end tries to hop to the side, on rho aouitct leg. The pain is in the lymphatic vessel which is clogged and may have .germs caught in the nodes along its course; fir one function of the .lymphatic vessele is to catch, at these places, germs er foreign bodies which enter the lymph they carry. Gradually the swelling deseentie until. the enldre leg is "as big as a post" and the swelling pits under pressure, like putty or day. When the entire leg leas bocome swollen, acute pain and tfevet usually subside and gradually the Fswelleing disappears when ,the horse is worked or exercised. The important consideration is not to have such oases, They may readily be avoided by never allowing any horse to stand for a single day with - milt work or outdoor exercise, and dur- ing idle times cutting down the grain feed materially. Treatment consists of :bandaging the leg from foot tobody with 'a soft straw or lay rape to be kept constant- ly wet with •cold or hot water, accard- ing to the toason of the year, Sloppy bran marshes may be allowed, along with a little grate or hay, but grain seemed be wiihlheld until the animal has recovered, Medicinal treatment consists in dissolving in the drinking water twice daily one tablespoonful of powdered saltpetre, and the verbal:re avian -alse gives a email dose of tinc- ture of aa:onite every three or flour ;tours, until the fever inhales. As seen se the swelling has involved tel of the leg and intense pale subsides the he $inday School Lesson APRIL 24. Poverty and Wealth. Isaiah 5: 840; Amos 81 4,•7; St. Luke 16; 18-23. Golden Text --.St. Luke 12: 34. Connecting hlukse-Where social hely dos eager to return bo their and scot eenlo conditions are such that dishonest tbafll They .defraud the. mon who work heed and long do not people Nebo buy lay making the ephah, emit enough to keep the'meelves anal. or :bushel measure, entail, and the their families in comfort, to feed and eltekel (=about lee oz.), with which clothe and cduoute their children, they weighed .the silver bits which there is evidently ;something wrong, were offered in payment, too great. This is especially true ie a land like For a;paitry d:sbt, a bit of sliver, ux otu' own, a land o2 abundant resources, the price of 4t pair of sandals, .a poor It is 'dolly, in 1:h1's country of free peo- men or itis olrlldren might be erred. Into pie anal free democratic institutions slavery, Moreover, Amos thereat to blame the few who have gathered theca saute eevartelou•s merchants with wealth or to talk revolution. The 'selling to she oor "the refuse of the remedy lies with ourselves, in careful, partum effort bo discover bhe causes Arnos.believea that such til -gotten of inequality and injustice and paver- weaa•bit can brmr.g no real good to its ty,' ami when discovers l to remove gorecseare, The justice rot Vied to them. Is not' one of the chief causes; challenged by it, anti Gad never for- of poverty and 'unemployment the gets. eon -ding of multitude's rot polite into St, Luke 10; 10-25. A certain rich the cities, when our fields, our forests, man. It is net the melt man's wealth our fisheries, end our nines cantrot, that Is condemned in the parable—itfind enough laborers? Does not the, is les callous ie hffcrenre to the need remedy for Canada, in very large gf the poor sufferer at his gala. The part, lie ill more'and still more pro -1 very dogs had more compassion than wheat," unfit for dtunitin food. f. LIVING WITH THE CHILDREN k. • 'Oto, listen, tattle Dear -mar -Soul, To the fairy vetoes :telling; Par the moon is hl hin the mist eery And the honeyetttew ds failing." y The fairy voices that called to us in our childhood are still calling to 31. eof to-day,but in the coir kir n b the midst of the turmoil and. the unsettled conciliaone'whieoh %rrouncl them, these diner voices are more dliffleult to hear. It is for the parents and teachers to realize beat this atmosphere oe ung rest has a decided effect upon the life of the children and that it is stunting to timer development. Let us seek inspiration so that wd mays be guides, the leaders of our little poopie. We, who through exe perience of life know the facts, must also feel the t'rille, for it lee through our vision that the little 'child awaits the rare 'chance of 'being led to that priceless treasure, the Fairy Gold of the Spirit. (lucerne and, therefore, in the etc cg- Ito, Where do we go for our Inspire- ing of more ail snu till mare warkn The contrast is etriltingly set be- tions? Sometimes to the poets, "who in ,our great prcciuctire int,:uatrles? I twecn. the rich than fairing surepcttous. nag of ebroolas, of eblassrans, birds and And it will ]ie with OCT govetmmetit to ly and the beggar full of cares, Cain Bowens, of dews and rains and loveley • provide by law that there :shall be a these men be brothers, sons of the fiew•eeee, fair and en :r.lequate recompense to :same Heavenly Father? Can there• every honest worker, and restraint be +any love between them?' Has the The repetition of familiar nursery cr compulsion of same sort for bothrich iron shown a real brotherly feel- rhymes and songs creates an intimacy the idle loafer and the busybody. ir.g by tln+owing a penr.' to the beg- -between mothers anal young chilklren Isa. 5: 8-10. Woe unto them. The gar as' 3m paseas him by? What would Whits is very close and. dear, ,Such prophet, living more than seven huh- Jesus Christ into done, Would l3e rhymes as "This little pig went to dyed years before the birth of Christ, have taken the beggar into His home, market," "Bide a rack horse," and Bees the injustice of his time and -is and feel and nursed him to health, "Rock -a -bye -:baby; have made thou - filled with a passion for reform. and helped, him to a place of Inde- sands of little children happy, Especially is he disturbed by e fact peri{testae end comfort? since ' th that the land seems.to be passing out Carried by the Angels, The par- laueghter,- one and play ccnnbine in of the hands of Its original owners, able suggests the lesson that the thestrong bawl of love, the free men of Israel, into the posses- wrongs and injustices of this life may Then why 02 tins tend net continued si0n of a few great nobles er rich men. he .-let right in the world to conte. But as the child grows o ever? He is ready Henceforth they who had been their it suggests with equal directness and and eager for intimacy with his own masters, owners and cultivators force that the time for men to begin mother and is aneighted do have her of the land, :become practically slaves, honosbly and un_.eltisbly, trying, to .ampD:fy his expemeenees. Unfortunate or leave their poor hones to find a set things right is here and now. Thely her knawler',;e elf poetry is too often precarious living in the chaps and rich man neglected his opportunity limited to Mother Goose and elle d'acs and was lost. A man lay hungry. not rcrlize that children niece acts thirsty and rick at his gate, arse' he p y dill rot minister to hint, ani rhyllnn latg afterthey have pas.. able lust for more would seem to inti- The. Bible does ro:t teach that evil .see the Mother Geese stage. tate that they wished to dwell alone lies in the making• or in the per;e;- There are -many delightful rhynteo in the midst of the earth. A foreign sicn of wealth. Rather does it cert,- and poems about antnitxls, flcwere, enemy,' the Assyrian, will soon int -ate mend industry, and thrift, and right- birds, arse the seas'ans winch we may the country, and their fine houses ful gain. What it con tosmr.•s is wrcny bring to the children and it is into the shall be left desolate, and their vine- ways of making wealth, and the hem {;}tat we should herring them far waorg and selfish use of the newer that is where poetic ;fooling sIrauid that wealth given. havc its beginning. The ached room Application. g g• Mary diseases which were once atone cannot. give the inspiration from thought incurable are new often treat which these expression's, these harm - is one-tenth only of what was Acton. ed with such ek311 That the patients ond.ee of words, thoughts and rhymes For an ephah contained about nine recover. A di.btirppuished medical mein have sprung. When the ear becomes gallons by dry measure, and an homier said recently that thetteran incurable aarustcmrod 10 bhe best language, a utas tem tin os res much, ought never to be applied to wry deettasks is formed for good literature, the Amos 8: 4-7. Rear this. Amos, like ease. So it is in regard to social best protection against much of the I,naiah, denounces the spirit of greed diseases; we have 'too eerie regarded act trash which eriod3cal+ floods which was so prevalent in his Aimee poverty as something which is inevit- p p y the immoderate and unscrupulous able. It is not 20, and ore of the the market. seeking of gain, and the peering upon tasks awaiting an earns`: church is The follow•irn hooks give a goat the poor. It seemed, indeed, as if they to show that poverty is no more in- -variety of pears for children of all would destroy poor men out of the evitabletlt'an were many physical dis- ages: Piruifore Palace, by K. 1). Wig - land, so greedy were the rich .and-- eases which are row dieappearieg, gin and N. A. Smith; The Pi.sy long, lords and traders for more and more. Mich of the poverty In Christ's (lay y K. D. Wiggin arse N. A. Smith; New Moon anti Sabbathwere holy ryas due to men's selfishness, Most The Home Beek. of Verse for Young days et apart for rest and warship. poverty annang us Ss due to th These traders are impatient of the cause. markets of the city. Isaiah foresees trouble coming upon the rich land -grabbers, whose insatti- yards and corn fields waste and un- productive. Then "ten acres of vine- yard shall yield one bath, that isonly eight or nine 'gallons, and the seed of an homer •sha11 yield an ephah that bandages may be removed, and the leg bathed three times a day with vinegar acrd calci wester cit with a mild astringent lotion preteo'ilted by the veterinarian. One attack su'bjeeis the horse to another. Now is the Time to Graft trees, Plant strawberries. Start an asparagus bed. Plant trees for a wood'lot. Spray apple and other trees. Inoculate ihe soil for clover. Gather stones from the fields. Use self -feeders for fattening hogs on pasture. Screen your home. Start the cam- paign against flies at once Change sheep very gradually deem dry roughage to :pasture. Get the oil stove in readiness, and buy or make a fireless .eaokcr. .Planting Strawberries. Platt etrawte'ries in the spring as seen as the -•ail is jo gccel condition to work. Prcetlre plants from a reli- able party, atoll if they are a little wince when you get them, they should be heeled in very tlem en the row and 1 meed from the sun until they fie"hen. Before heeling in eves eff one -shied cif the moots evenly and leave three or four '.t:ayes. Clouc.y weather' is c:sn-idered chest for panting, al- tetcug'h if ycrn planets are in need erudition the for ensecn and afternoon of. ;clear weather is safe enough. • d)oh at noon to supplement the lunch broeght from Route. Oafetorias ane becoming lee rule rather than the ex- ception in our eity :schools, and all up-to-date' rural schools are adopting the hot lunch at noon, The owner of a small car gets the same quality in DOMINION 30 x 3 ra Tires as does the owner of abig, heavy car who must buy large size tires. All DOMINION TIRES are built to one dtandard, regardless of size. Quality and worlvnanship are consistently maintained, so that every car owner will get the utmost in mileage, service and satistadtion, no matter what size of tires he buys, There are DOIVIINION TIRES for every car and every purpose; DOMINION INNER TUBES to insure perfectly balanced tires, and DOMINION TIRE ACCESSORIES to complete your repair bit. They art so►tj by the best dealers from coast to coast. DOMINION TIRES ARE GOOD TIRES immousimikummommwsorasensmista NIRO Falls, by B. E. Stovenzon; Sing Stmt., by Christina lies=setbi The (]olden Staircase, by L. Chii^holm. Facts About Insects. The nunrborof insect species is greater by for than that of the specie; cf all -other living creatures combined. Twelve -million plant -lice have been found on ono tree. A single pair of Cblero.do potabo- •beetlos, if allowed to inetease without molestation, would in ore season am - aunt to 80,000,000• A pair of hop -vine apitia is capable of breeding thirteen 'times in one year, .and the progeny, if they all lived, would be ten sextiilieme. The unrestricted in'croaso of one pair of •gypsy -moths would in eight years be numerous enough to devour all the foliage in Canada. Meaty caterpillar.; daily eat twice their wcdiglet in leaves, There is a fleh-feeding larva that consumes in tv inty-four Leers 200 times its original .weigh„ Every year instals cause a 1'or; of more than $10$,000,000 to the farm- ers, truck raisers •and fruit growers of Oanada. - Fbfty-one speaks of birds eat hairy ea z:rrillars a:nil thirty-eight species feed on plant -lice. By putting up bite-I.ouse.a, by elim- lr,at:ng the (mealier of bird life, by feeding the birder in winter :and by planting trees, shrus and vines to supply them with their natural fruit footle, the number of our birds can be greatly, increased. Mari Ideal for Poultry. having a marl deiesit on our farm that we use extensively for agricul- tural purpescs, 1 noticed for quite a while thnb chickens expressed a fried - noes far it in pebble form, Where• over it would trkjc:e from the, wagon the fowls would gather and eat it. This lett ave to do some experiment, ing, and I could readily detect an in- crease in eggs after feeding myhens marl for two weeks. The marl is of the precipitated fresh -water kind found along brerahcs and creeks of mineral water flowing through thou- sands of farms throughout the coun- try. Come to think about it, 'Ruch snarl is a natural tonic for poultry, carrying, as it does, practically ell the mineral properties of the water, in - eliding lime, iron,silica, alum, etc,; In various proportions all of which serve the fowl just as the mineral waters from which it is mare servo the human tette. • I screen my inert for poultry, fink pebbles about as large as a grain of wheat, ached' place it in vessels inpoul- try yard. I feed It year around with motet gratifyinig termite.