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The Brussels Post, 1921-6-23, Page 2Troubles of the Cuc orbits. Although the grower of melons, cu- etenbprs, equeebee, eta., is esPeclaley ettnged with insect pests and dbsease8 yet, if taken did time, int yr-thes'e yde1d to prcventam or cure. The most common insects which at- tack cuotirb'lts are the yellow beetle, the •equesh bug,, the squaah vino lyres, and the aphie, ox melon louse; Elle pe'ioBipa'1 diseases are the•wilt-and the are in a erittoal rendition from its blight, attack before the grower is aware of The easiest way to treat plants for theix presence, They congretgete lar the Yellow beetle is to uuse some form masses on the foliage, starting with of repellant. They abhor.dust of any three or four but soon increasing until kind, and man odors 'are offensive to the whole plant is covered with them. them. Air -soaked lain is very con- They may be repelled with tobacco moray used., It is generally wonted dust sprinkled directly upon the lice, math keratome, turpentine, or carbolic or by tobacco stems placed on the act& As the beetles spread so rapidly, it is important that the lime be on the plants a14 the time. Therefore, they sltlould be dusted waren they first appear and at frequent intervals thereafter untie the danger is passed. Paris green is som,ethr es mixed with the lime •ani gets earn* of the beetles ing to either duet er spray; Vinceon which they are nurttceente should be pulled and burned. rizt boards Dilly be laid on the ground in bite patch, under whioh they crawl a,t night. In the easily morning ,these may be lifted and the begs drenched wtih kerosene or ecalddag water, The aphis, or melon louse, is very destructive, and roemotimes whole flakes ground around the plants. As they are sucking insects, the poisons that kill the yellow beetle have no effect on thein. If a spray is used, it must be one that will kill them by contact. Kerosene emulsion is one of the best spraYs. This is made by dissolving a half pound of chipped laundry soap in that the lime fails to drive away, a gallon of hot water, and adding two Other &eats are often used in place gallons of kerosene while it is boiling of lime, as band piaster, road dust, to- hot. This mixture must then be churn bateo dust, and Cayenne pepper. The• ed with a pump or otherwise for ten two latter d,a not need anything to or fifteen minutes until it is a creamy reedy for the utpplbcab1oe inarecttaide. Coude petroleum is very effective aria roteJna its lcil'ling eerwerr for seri. oral was*, and in most llsealibics;f it is' uito cheap. If used els a -spray It slhould l o thinned by audding' ono part of kerosene to faux parts of the crude ol. It might he well to strain it be- fore spraying so as to remove any foreign particles that might tend to Oleg the nozziee. Pure kerosene, or kerosene emulsion, used at double the Strength usually applied to plants, will destroy any mitis that it hits, but it doesn't eenetra'to into cracks very readily and so the application may have to be repeated in about two or throe weeks, When epreying with any material the ohmicens ahbuld be kept out until after it has hod a chance to dry. When spraying be sure to hit a:eplacing'the remits be sure that they have been treated thoroughly with some incuticiste so as to kill the mites hiding 'there. A oast of whitewash, in which five per cent. of crude carbolic acid or cresol 'has been added, will aid greatly after the insecticide has been applied and dried. It not only helps in the general control campaign but also gives a clean appearance to the coop. A dust bath for the chidlcens gives much relief but, et the time they use it there are very few mites on the hens, The Undesirable Scrub Bull. That invariably defective animal, the . scrub bull, is being gradually eliminated. The Dive Steel( Branch at Ottawa, by its policy of loaning scent them with. Tobacco dust is es- mass. When ready to use, put one pure-bred bulla to specially organized pecially good. Inet*'asel of the dust, part of the ensulsion to fifteen or associations in newly settled districts tobacco stems arc sometimes used and twenty parts of water. Another good and in backward sections of the older p aced around the plants an the spray is made by dissolving six pounds provinces, is doing much towards eel-tierinemend. Besides acting as a repellant, of whale oil soup in fifty gallons ssaaff following thisend. end. ittrationthe seven years they have a high fertilizing value. water. If the lice have such t lie in 1913,2 b31 bulls,o purchasedis Wood allies saturated with kerosene that the plant is beginning to die, pull policy for $368,596, an average of $144.85 per head, had been loaned. Of these, Brit- ish Columbia has had 119, Alberta 497, Saskatchewan 539, Manitoba 220, On- tario 216, Quebec 759, New Brunswick 64, Nova Scotia 79 and Prince Edward ere also lewd in this way, but care the plant, drench it with emulasion, moat be taken that tbey do not touch and bury it right where it is. the plants as they are rather stronga The wilt disease of vine crops is Iretead of dusts, some growers use i often as destructive as the aphis. As sways. The meat common is Bor-i the vines are likely to wilt from sev- da::au-s mixture, which is the best, as iti oral other causes, it will pay to in- Island 38. Returns substantiate the is a fungicide as well as a repellant, I v estigate to find out the real cause. Arsenate of lead is usually mixed with Cut across a wilted stem and let the statement that where these bulls have it. Flout three pounds of lead to fifty! b slime ooze nut, then touch the sums been there inthe n a consider- irmarket- meeker cf. Bordeaux. Lime -!with the finger. If the material can be improvement market—meeker is sone—times twee with goe)4 I drawn out in a long cobwebby thread, ed, and that in many districts to effe 'in rrrnjan'tion with the arsenate; it is the wilt disease, as none of rho which bulls were loaned five or six of lead. A spray matte by dissolving; other causes possess this peculiarity. years ago, farmers have felt warrant - a l.: of lsundry seep in a pail ofThere is no known remedy for this ed in buying pure-bred animals of wean water is excellent. It kills' disease except prevention. A rotation their own, As a result, department- e-ary bug it touches and maser the' of crops, not planting these crops in loaned sires are released and sent to rest. By pau' : r a L•arra of water on • succession on the same ground, will more needy districts. This is par- , a gallon c' tete of coal tar and letting help to prevent it. A11 diseased plants ticularly noticeable in Quebec, where N sane a ray. then sprinkling. on the; should be rem•aved es soon as they the number loaned decreased from 200 Baser e om selemive serer is male, appear. It is spread very rapidly from in 1916 to 62 in 1919, while in Alberta The , ,.lieetle :: utai:iiy rel ::y; plant to plant by the yeitow beetle and Saskatchewan the loaning had in- fer 1::::!,;,,s9 at !€ a,t a week before;' and other insects; hence "get the creased. It is interesting to note as t:he spa amear, feeding this; beetle" should be the slogan of the evidence of the economy practiced in tam, i •_ tete f ia;<• but <iesertine int; grower. carrying out the policy that in one at t+r o t s1:11. ac l r ,•t 'ante. Many; The melon blight or rust appears year 426 bulls whose usefulness had gal,' tai a It ge cf this and i about the time the means begin to become impaired were sold for an pial _..nti n,,,,...:0' e- ns "traps" for; set, appearing near the base of the average Cf 67 per cent. of their the lace's. 1:' .'is g t,:,•nt by pouring on' plant in the form of round rust -I original cost. pure Lon, r. or gilding water. ` colnred spots which rapidly spread T v int. Borer is a grab • until the leaves die. In a week or so One of the most valuable features Which bers . i a the stems of mslores the patch looks as though a fire had of rye as a forage for the pigs is that cocumiiies and <.luashe:s near the ram over it. After it has attacked a it furnishes a supply of green foal ground ar; ,t. lass -awing time, where vino, there is but little use of spray- during the seasons when the ordinary it slays ,.Hire the pietas wilt and die. ing. The only preventive is to spray crops and pastures are of little value. The presence of the grub is indicated with Bordeaux mixture, starting when by a ye'a:mall ext, ement on the out- the vines begin to run and repeating side of the sem. The only way to kill every week or ten days until the crop them is to teat the vine carefully with i is matured. a sharp knife and remove them, cover- ing are vv ::ala with fresh earth. Trap . Controlling Chicken Mites. By CHARLES P. HUNTINGDON. If there is..aces pleeatf Qf narturel Maude. to protect the fovlila'and ehiek:s from the Mies rays, nvake shelters od c'toth, burlap, boande or brush, or raise the coops a food from the ground sit that•the poultry can find 'a Carol pisoe underneath. Water is • very important for old fowls and young •stack in ail lends of poultry. 'fatless they have free ace cess all the time to afresh, clean sup- ply in clean d'isees, you cannot expect the best restate from aur investment, Astl e c'hleke,• grow they require The Sunday School Lesson JUNE 23.. The Social Task of the Church (Review). Golden Text -- Rev. 21; 3, The great central truth which : has othora he will never lose the sense ea 'been before us in lel the lemons of comsadc tip. lie will rag" hesttthy the wetter is that the Christian law and honorable rivalry as a form of of love is the law of our caanrnon hnr- cc-openattoaj, '1n business as 051 the newt life. It is the law of living to- sporting fled, He will play the'gamo got'herr, Godloves, and we must love, and play it fairly and justly, "God. 3s leve, and he that dweileth in We have learned: also that theflogs love dwelleth in God and: Goer in him' lower of Jesus Cheat wltd be in The life and ministry cd Jessie Christ ed and calve atoll etfcrte to make the mere coop room and,unlese more room twee at the eame time a revelation of is provided they crowd, at night anal God and a rev -outlast •ef Jove, He overheat, their strength is decre'lsel awed us and gave Himself for us, and their strewth•checked', and in some The Christian who -believes itt Christ, cases actual death rest; ts, This is a' who seeks to follow Christ, who takes I Chriert as his exitrrpla end ideal, will everythiee, even the ceiling, Before costly way of economizing, Do' not let damp marsh of any kind m reain in the troughs er dishes sifter the #poultry has finished eating be -I cause it 00011 spoils, and reduces the appetite of to poultry arid, if they eat it in considerable quantities, 'caus- es digestive troubles, Do not feed the young and old stock in the same place and et .the same time; the yaupalms.ones need ell the food that they can eat while the old ones, if given such an opportunity, will sometimes eat more than is at all necessary or advisable. Useful Leg Bands. When birds are not to be trap - nested the colored single coil spiral bands are all that is necessary. If there are only two classes the pullets can be•left unbanded. Then the ,bands will denote hens and it is only netes- sary to band hens that are retained as !breeders. The double coil spiral bands show vp more plainly than' the single coil but they cost more money and the single coil answers all all prac- tical purposes. The largo numbered atuntinum bands are useful do narking hens, to be trapnested. Then each bird must have a number and the bands must fit very securely so that none will be lost and cause 'a confusion of the laying records. Some breeders buy the large numbered bands wheel are colored and made of aluminum and celluloid. They .are attractive and seem to add to the appearance of the flock of ?tree- bred m. re - bred birds wearing the Aluminum bands can be purchased -which aro sealed with a soft metal rivet. This is of value when shipping breeding stock to unknown customers. It is also practically a 'guarantee that the .ands will not be lost. Bands cost more money than formerly and it pays to remove them from birds that are marketed for meat. When birds are sold as breeders they can be banded before shipment and then the buyer will always be able to distinguish them from his own stock even if the birds are very similar. Do not forget that all kinds of poultry, young and odd, require lots of clean, cool water during 'hot weather and that unless it is furnished the best results cannot be obtained. Keep the water dishes full. Two Farm Ideas I Found m Europe rants are ofitn z:.tin•ted for r them as Probably one of the worst nuisances in the :ase cf the yellow beetle. that the average poultryman has to The sque: h beg, nften called stink cantered with is the presence of mites bug is familiar to every vine grower, in 'and about the chicken houses. It He is a leoel Lug to kill, hat succumb- doesn't take a very exhaustive exam - nation to find them in nearly all parte ` kagingof the coop. Therefore, you cannot blame the hen for not being interested in breaking the egg -laying record. The neat is literally alive with them and sire does not relish the thought of nestling among them. Without doubt, when there tiny pests are num- erous. egg -production is greatly re- duced and the growth orf the younger ickens retarded as we 4 as affect1 Pack up your lot and ship tees. We do the rest --fair grading -- highest prices—spot cash pay- ' Inset. Try us. • WJN, STONE SONS) LIMITED WOODSTOCK, ONTARIO Established 1870 American GALVANIZED Steel FE P THE POST Without a FAULT No Clips Or Staples Necessary Manufactured ay P1415f the quality of the flesh on the infested birds. Their presence can readily be de- termined by noticing small areas on boards that have a speckled appear- ance, 'coking as if dusted with salt and pepper. This is probably their, excrement and cast-off skins. The' mites themselves are probably biding in nearby cracks in great numbers, where their eggs will also be found. In belly infested houses it is not un- uaual fur the chickens to became weak! and their combs pale, due to the insid-I u.us attacks of these pests. Many, times conditions are so unbearable that setting irg hens will desert their neets and spr,il the eggs, and. instances have been known where the hens have' heal killed while on their rests, due to the attack of thousands of these parts. About a week is required. for the mites to develop from the egg to the adult and each female lays about twenty-five to thirty-five eggs, so it is seen that the rate of development is very rapid. It i$ absolutely essential that the mites have blood during all stages of their growth and this is taken for the most part at night. If these pests are at all numerous no half -way measures will give relief. If they aro to be controlled energetic methods must be pursued. Inasmuch p A STEEL as there are but few mites on the GttNNQIl1N d G I, chickens during the slay thee and at a mgjority are holing in cracks, or Min - beat places, the •daylight hours are the pC beat time to apply remedial measures.. NI OE C° LImIfCd The first Cluing to do is to remota the roasts, if posalbee, as well es all of UAMILTON the unnecessary boards an Clean rho straw and litter During the war I "got across," and had an opportunity to study agricul- ture in France and Luxembourg. Two things made a deep impression on me —things which we Canadians can learn and practice to advantage. The first, and the one of greatest importance, is the high value which Europeans place on manure. Not a 'drop is wasted, and it is returned in its entirety, practically, to their fields. The farmers in France and in Luxem- bourg do not live on their farms, but in IittIe villages, going to and from their fields daily. Stock, crops, and people are all housed under the same roof. And the manure pile is an omnipresent part of the village home. We used jokingly to say that we could judge whether a family were wealthy or poor by the size of the manure heap. And we were usually correct. When we first noticed the preten- tiousness of these manure piles and the careful manner in which they were cared for, we thought that it was due to France's serious food situation, and to the fact that she had been in the. war for four long years. But when I asked one farmer if it were a new practice, whish they had acquirod through the stress of war conditions, ho replied that as far back as he could remember his father lead taught him. that his success as a farmer would be dependent, to a targe extent, on his care in handling manure. Whenever they cleaned their stables they piled the manure neatly, the dung from the cattle being mixed with that of the horses, swine, and chickens, and, if they had them, that of the sheep. The pile was always kept in a moist state, water •being poured on it if necessary. Most of the year they were able to haul it out weekly, and so they had little trouble with fire -fang or burning. The liquid drained into acistern from which it was pumped into large tank wagons. This most valuable part of the nut- nure was thus taken direct to the fields. I wonder how many such appliances there are on Canadian farms? Cew thinly too few, But with the increas- ing cost of every commodity, we too are coming to realize the true value of manure. Proper drains for our d itt'he CANADA, nests and when this is done it will be stables, 1g -utters which allow no liquid to run off, cisterns, and. tank wagons are coming to be a part of our farm equipment. And with them .is coming e more profitable' and more permanent agriculture. Secondly, I was impressed with the care and attention European farmers give their livestock. It was untiring, practical, and almost paternal. An animal is, with them, almost a rever- ent being. Once we had a gond .night's rest continually disturbed by•the fre- quent going out to the stable of the family with whom we were billeted. The cause of all. this commotion was a mare about to foal. Farmer and spouse rested in turns, for two whole days during this eventful time. The foal arrived. in due time and in ex- cellent condition. And at calving time, at lambing time, and during the per- iod when the swine litters were ar- riving, their care was equally pains- taking. They lost very few animals, and each one 'seemed always in good, healthy condition. They did not have more stock than they could properly care for, and se the few head they did possess were good ones. The cattle received their care from the women. Cows were used to supply milk, to produce a calf each year, and in many instances, to be the beast of burden. A sight which I Used to be extremely interested in was to watch the family -old men, women, and chil- dren—go forth oath morning to the fields with the farrely cow leading the procession and hauling the wagon after her. I was surprised to learn that these cows, even after working throughout the day, returned at night with large, full udders. In Oanada we have always had a super -abundance of things. One cow or a ton of manure has meant little to us. But with the skyward trend in the price of commercial fertilizers, with the need that the world has for food, manure and livestock (save came to .be of river° signifldra aance to us. And the population of our country increases, anti the demand for food grows, per- haps wo will learn that conservation pays. And in addition to the profits which these .practices bring is the joy elf making our farms permanent, a heri- tage .for our osterity, thoro f d ire to be tf e1 by ora es' governor ern she same laud of love.. Love will be his worldd; hip inspiration, his life. "I say to thee, d'o thou repeat To the first man whom thou dost meat, In lane, highway, or open street, That he, and we and all men, move Under a canopy of love, As broad as the blue sky above." The Ohrietian whole -life is thus governed by 'love will seek worthiness as well es usefulness. For love, if it it be true and strong, •ennables the one who loves. He will desire to be true that se he may speak truth, to be strong that he may help the weals, to be good that he may do good. And so the Christian man will seek for him- self. as weal as far others, good hearth, and, knowledge, and frienduhip, and recreation, and work in which he may exercise •his powers=everything, rnde<•?, which melees far a full, and rich, and happy life. He will avoid rho habite and indulgences which are hurtful, the recreations that debase, and the work which is destructive of character and honor. ilo will not seek wealth at the expense of a good con- science, nor success by duhome:'t means. Always, while seeking what is best for .himself, he will be regard- ful, in the largest way, of the inter- ests of others, and will be content to sacrifice gain, or property, or even life itself, if by so doing he can help others to greater .good. The Ohristian will be a worker. Christ Himself, both in the carpenter's craft and His later ministry, was a strenuous and, untiring worker. His follower cannot• and will not be idle. The possession of wealth can be to hint no excuse fox idleness. He will find happiness, health, and true nobil- ity in labor..,. Moreover he will gladly learn to work with others, recogniz- ing thea tants important and honor- able as his own. IIe will find firm and true comradeship ar•d brobherhocd in. labor. Even in competition with home, the neighbotehood, the atn ale ess cctnnuvnaty, at .the whole word,better. Not superficial/I or easo.ee-ay, but tee a diliigent and earnestst,udent he win look upon the enaisil and eco s flue movements of his time. He will be a mere p. of some sec eJb creed. Ile will be walle ing to learn„ even if learning aoane- tirnee compels 'a ehaauge of view-What is true, and just, and right •lie' wilg always be seeking; what is false only era? he. hate, axaeon, or blind fol?awee Application. There is no limitation in the plan nt redemption which God has for the world. What has been the experience of neetititiudes of men, "old things are passed lawny; behold all things ere be- come now" is to be the final result even with the ward. All that has to do with the gin and misery of men will disappear and in lite place there will appear ,a naw world bea'ut!ful with the likeness of Paradise. Tees vision granted. to St. J tit so many centuries ago as sell the anima -am purpose od the Ohurch. Daily millions of men pray, "Thy kin:gdcnr came; Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven," and day by day the marshalled hosts of the Christian army seek to secure that for which they pray. Lest by reaeon of the slow matur- ing of God's plans, we grow sceptical cf the euccess of -the program and set- tle down' to be content with things as they are, get us notice that firer named amongst those who shall have no part in the New Jerusalem are two classes, whose only fault has been that they "featfug and unbelieving." nave peen They doubted Cod's ability to bring His great designs to pass. Because theydoubted, they were not prepared to give themselves heartily to serving thcso hegh plants. They have their part"in the -lake which burn'eth." Donald Hankey •said, "Religion is just betting your life that Chore is a God," That means not •only believing it with one's mind, but "flinging aur: civet and our ee,ergics after our belief,' Diffi- cult as the task may be, let us re- member that "call power' has teem committed to the Saviour or the world, and that with H's Fat'r-tr, who is our rather and our helper, "all things are possible." My Farah Map Helps Me. I can't expect to make my farm produoe and pay me profits as it should, unless I know my soil. In my bookcase is a good-sized map aYoBirs,A drawn to an accurate• scale, and on this map is an entire contour of mY farm which tells me what I want to laver. No mutter 'bow dark the night or how stormy the day, I •can go to this map and tell exactly where each tile drain has its source, and just what kind of soil it is trying to drain. On this neap is an accm'ate outline of each field showing just wrhat, land of. soil is in oaph section of - each field, and just what condition this soil is in. If it's sandy loans;, it is so marked; if thin, we -1 mellowed, well -fertilized, but not sufficiently drained, it is thus marked. If it is heavy clay, under- laid with hardpan, or if a washed hill- side, or if a depression e: ists, these features are recorded. And so I have a complete picture of the farm 'before me at my fireside. This map -making has caused me to study closely our entire farm, and it makes it easier to plan how deep or shallow it should be drained for bast results, just 'what crops to plant in different fields, and just how to fertil- ize certain sections of these fields to get best results. Thus I grow barley in black loam because I know it willgrow barley best, following corn stubble; I grow oats on a sandy loam soil, following corn stubble, because it will produce oats better than barley. I grow my sugar -beet crap in ea black, loose sandy loam, fallowing clover, because it gets me the greatest tonnage; and I grow our potatoes in as yellow sandy loam plot •beoause I get a good yield of amccth tubers, with a flavor that the black loose loam., will not give. I can put this map on the table dur- ing a wet, 'stormy day, and tell almost to a point of accuracy how much water this tile -drain outlet is carry- ing, and just how much that Lateral in the back field is drawing Irom that swamp where I never used to grow anything but taalpoles and mosquitoes,. I oan also read on this map just the acreage for wheat, or that best for oats, or any othercrop, without going over the farm to hunt the spot. --0-- Keep the little chickens out of the •dew -covered grass, especially on cool mornings, as it may chill them. Brooder chicks Jrave no mother, to talk to them, but their wooden mother never runs away from them, • Denizens of the ,poultry yard will benefit from good pasture as well as the larger live .stock on the farm, In many cases it will pay to provide email patches of alfalfa, clovers, or some quick•growing pasture crop. A little clack grew ..veary, As it sat upon the shelf, • 'Twas tired of ticking ail the time, And murmured to itself: "There isn't anybody els. That Werke so brad; I'm blest If I don't think et's time that I Should take a little rest," And to it stopped, and Mrs. Brown Took all its works apart And oiled then with a feather, But she couldn't shake it start, So, -when elm forted her little clock Had really. stopped for good, She threw it out among the junk Behind a pile of wood, TRI "LOO``KIN** rQrcc UNTO Be was 'ngood farmer; the furrows in the Halal' he WAS +plowing •stretehed l ko mllwlty tradei to the fence si quarter of a mile away, 'Sow do you make such straight furrows?" I asked, "You see that slender pole with a white rag tied to tate top of it?" he Mid in reply, "Wolf, I' set that polo at the point where I want my fturrow to enol. If I keep my oyes on it all the wvw 'morose, I can make a furrow almost as strai'giht se a crow' can fly, Everything depends on the first fire row; if you get a crook in the first' one, the rest have to follow it, for the guiding, wheel of the ploy runs in the old furrow. Get your first one straight, and the rest will) be straight too." I reflected that a,swatch depends on the first furrows lin life as on the first furrows in the fie d, As 11ocked bai,k over my own life and sew in it the many stretehes of crooked plow- ing., ,and remembered that they all be- gan with a crooked furrow, I despair- ed of making it like the field of the plowman. Then I remembered the slender pole with its fluttering white cloth and again heard the plowman saying, "I keep any eyes on it all the way across." Now I understood, The croaked fur- rows had come when my eyes weave not on Christ. I zesaived .that, God heaping hie, I would plow my furrows straight from then on, and that I would do it "looking veto Jesus, the author and finisher of my faith." • Plan Work to Save Labor. Every year since I've farmed I have tried to have my hands do less and my brains more of the labor, .so as to have some spare time to do certain beautifying that every farm. needs, and also to get away for a little va- cation. I haven't always succee:led. Yet there are some things that have helped. Chores are a big job for most of us on waiting days. I once saw a man feed over a dozen horses, making a separate trip to the oats barrel foe ' the gallon that each horse ate. I've tried to keep away from that sort of time waste. Nearly four years ago, when we came c.n this farm, I arranged all the . buildings, except the barn, as we wanted them. There are no long walks in doing the work aroun;l or.r farinsteaai. Tha w•arktthop hitt Si'- tween ,he tool shed, the house, mod ti--° ' barn. The automobile is kept in thad shop. The brooder house is within 00 feet e,f the kitchen window, though the obit -ken park is three times as far out as it should be. 1 have water piped into the barn. I do not use an engine for pumping, as I plan to use a motor when the pow- er lines reach us. Instead, I have a hand -pump in the barn, which saves lots of water carrying and leading the: animals to water. Nor do I need to stand out in all kinds of weather to use the pump. I have saved a good deal of time choring by using a self -feeder for the hogs, A hog's time isn't worth e': en the five cents an hour that I as e fanner realize for my work! For field work I have a tractor for this season. I don't know that I save much labor with it, exceptive in getting a held prepared and seeded when in prime condition, which will sometimes eave doing it over again. I have tried hitching a harrow brhind a roller, but that is too hard on a team. The tractor does that job casily. That saves labor. Ours is a ane -nun farm, so the help question doesn't concern me much, unless I'm sick. When I hire a man I find he does his best if he works his own xray. I tell him to put a field in corn. I then let hien decide haw to. p1'ow, prepare. and plant it. This treat - i ment gives hint a keen interest in the job. I figure out ways to save minutes en many minor jobs like unharnessing n team I find it ;saves a little time in harrowing cr fitting 0 piece of land to start a few feet _back from the C • , e diny W end. Then, when tuning, the en d .'_1 .A .spaca isn't t anrowedsix or seven times more than is necessary. I m still 1:;. ale What can be fed to veal learning that I do lots of fool thinms calves to fatten where I am shy of that take minutes, milk to feed them? T,hore really as no substitute for whole milk for making veal, You can grow calves fairly well with subli totes, There are some calf meals made into gruel that calves do very well on, and in a L little time the calves get so And there it lay and pondered, Doing nothing all the time But thinking, thanking, thinking hard Among the dust and grime, Until it sane the folly Of the thing thanit had done, And then it felt so sorry • That it started in to run. When Mrs. Brown cane out next day To got a load of wood She heard the ticking of the clock And gladly cried: "Ohl Good! My little clock is' running now. And. with a beaming face, 'She took it back into the house And put it in its place, And now the clock is happy For this secret it has found: "There's lots more fun in working Than there is in loafing round:" But labor saving w.•*ponds more an good rr-ranneement tame on liendy de- vices. Planning crops to suit the farm, the tools, and the lesal mutat Is is the best way to save labor, The farrier who uses his head to figure out these things Le the one tthe gels they eat dry food, lake crunched oasts, ahead, clover array, and grow up to be good! thrifty calves but they never snake; veal calves. If you want fat veal salves tet six or eight weeks old I know of nothing that will take the place of whole milk, but wi th pl enty of skim - meek and oil meal or flaxseed meal with other grain, yore can get a calf when he is four or five 'months olcl•to be pretty good baby beef, 'but a vaal calif is supposed to be six' nr eight weeks old when 'ha is fattened and it takes whole milk to do that, If you would have healthy unci vig- orous cattle, have the barn well light- aal and ventilated. Ilave you cane.scated chairs that need cleaning? Sponge with soapy hot water to both cleanse and tighten. Gardela Notes. Male plantings of eerrota, area and parsnips during Jure for wi'ttrr storage. The routs are usually more tender and of better quality than those from the omelet plantings. Wlaen raepbe rey plants nemeer to rte, "sick" and there aro no indications of insect troubles, the safest plan is to dig cut the diseased plants end burn thou, lior plant lice on roses and other plants, use "131ack Leaf 40;' or soon other reliable brand of nicotine sul- pitabo, Use ono toaspoonful .in throe quarts of water and acid a little soap to make it epread better. When using be sero that the insects aro actually hit with the mixture.