The Brussels Post, 1921-9-15, Page 2WINTER I'aG(>,
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are the feet -ars cf poultry
rime:taeanent wh ch have midi; passible
Hie. production of fall rind winter
eggs"; They can all be grouped miler
{torp main hurls: 1. Breeding. 2.
11.�4agdiure.
The o are two vcrJ big factors, and
fatoy euimot be s,c•ptirated. Either one
atone will not sufilee. The best -bred
pallet imprepeely feet will loaf all
winter, and of cameo the Lest kind
of feed will net :hake the poor -bred
lord liters The sayiu.g goes, "You
can't get blood out of a turnip.'
Broo n.g poultry for winter eggs is
principally .t mattes' ef breeding them
for early maturity, or breeding birds
vihieh will nt:.tzrc and lay in six
months iustr 1 cf ten or twelve
menthe, vs ;a n !:.ural; also 'breeding
itirdo h.L:h have the power of func-
triar n ' •• leer ductive erg:nci ;fur
a len .. , 4..1 instead of for just a
abort t:•ne ::t the caring er breeding
h:; f et'r of eaeeding has •Iung
1 , s• i lista J in most of cur pree
salol y - reiee of poultry, especially,
in tic ugh:: breeds (Legharns. An-
i to , e ). end our general-purpose
1> ec! t t 1;yaoutb Reeks, Wyandettes,
rt ). 01 coerce. there ere still -being
Tali,: e=ve 1 esoh • r•::r by 1 eating, but
tee :me hies Leen estabiiihed. so that
fr: He ,t eri1 inn cf poultry keep-
ers , i ::.•; Men to a point of
feadiree
'It f c :,ir tetir nit and method
c2 ft ni•, will °.,and very efficient
foe faI cant winter eggs. About a
nr:rth 1 c faro it is exported they
:•fro:i d ,;tar: 'eying, or just about the
tare tle.y throw ,heir growing molt
,.
the''. :cs , 01:mid he changed. They
eine 1 earn oat a ration cf a
high ,. arc La.! r . t.• n content which
ilea I. t,c,.t -. ;;re - -lideve,;ping
on, end give t .t „per fattening feed
ne fere we:
Parte ly Weight,
11ra.h 100 'rhe,
Wheat raidelings 200 lbs.
Cermet .I 200 lbs.
Oilmeal 50 lbs.
(,round ores (heavy) 100- lbs.
Pleat sense (high grade) 100 Hes,
This Should he fed dry, in self -
feeders cr keepers; and left before
them at rill times.
Scratch Pea—Parts by Weight.
Corn 300 lbs.
Wheat 100 lbs.
Oats, barley, eutkwheat, or
kafir ern 100 lbs.
This may •1•' varied is ingredients,
eoovided coin maims up from 50 to 60
par cent. of the weight.
The amount of this scratch feed
should ':c inc:rea•.od until they are get-
ting frim 10 to 12 pounds per day'
per 100 .,Ted's. If they leave the oats
or barley, cut down on these grains in
the mixture.
FeIIowing ihs system of feeding
will prevent the -birds coming in to
laying when they are too thin and
lava no reserve, and will round them
up in good i•hape with a reserve for
winter work. About a month of this
feeding should condition them, and
then they aheuld be put on a laying
ration, es fol:owe:
Mash Feed.
Wheat bran 100 lbs.
Wheat middlings • . .100 lbs.
Ground oats (heavy) ... 100 lbs.
Cornmeal 100 lbs.
Meat scrap (high grade) ..,100 lbs.
Feed dry, in self -feeders or hoppers
left before the birds at all times, and
easily accessible.
Scratch Feed.
Corn 100 lbs.
Wheat 100 lbs.
Oats, beriey, buckwheat, or
kafir corn 100 lbs.
Scratch feed Omelet be cut down to
8 to 10 pounds per 100 birds per day:
one-fourth of this amount fed in the
morning, one-fourth -at, noon, and one-
half at night , or one-third in the
mc'rn•Ing and tw'o-:chiedc at night.
Feeding scratch in this way will
tend to drive the birds to the mash,
which they must eat to lay. The birds,
when this ration is fed, are just about
ready to lay, and it will push them
across in good, uniform shape, and'
unless something wrong happens in
quality of feed, during the fall and
winter they should go through with
a pretty steady flow of eggs..
The Rog as a Harvest Hand.
In the busy fall days, with a multi -I
tide of things requiring attention, the;
farmer ofte:t hn.c a willing laborer
ecatfinal in enforced idleness. A •
ktborr�r eo r.i]1!reg L'hat
cam be put at the work be is adapt-',
ed to doing, he will pay for the priv-;
liege of doing it. I refer to' the hog.
As a Sower ef semi or cultivator 'of.
crops lie is a failure, even as a plowl
he is not success: 1 have seen him
engar-ed as a hunter, roving over sun.
'berme! sod pastures and barren wood -
lots reeking for a chance morsel lima
or there. Tie gets little aside from
exercise and age, neither have a mar -
let value.
The hog must be employed as a hex -
vest hand. He specializes along that
line and is an adept at it, But to bo
truly profitable, ho Must be provided
with a amceossion of profitable em-
ployment,
Hens With Records,
The loom that oetabIi 1 a•lig
card cf P'orformanee fa • delay eat1e
Ae fouled de echo i>d, the e•, clJ;1t-
m ntbf sonic4iting 81m;iat' for poultry
imam, official sapervieicn, Tee. letamil
of Ptr1'ram,ncc far poultry 114.4eS.t3
the it: hlonmer.t of elg laying -mine
with will brie,;; wester prefit to the
poultry -keeper. The fleet report, re -
Stinal€ B4.lba and ,Tooth.
Before fro Z11 ' weather we +„rka up
OUP iuberoes h'egonias, of vrhlch wo
cite very focal, toil piece the plants,
math riboat ont-ha'f of the tops left
on, in a .sl ,I where they ow *rife froom
fleet but >,ti;1 get plenty of tun and
Or. As soon ss the, tope dry they are,
removed, end the Inaba packed away
in /bee bocci filled with clam, 'tire
The Sunday School Lesson
SEPTEMBER. 18
,Abp; tincrice .forth° Sake of Others. 1 Co. 10; 23.33; 3; 10,
17. Golden Text -1 Cos'. 10; 31;
Connecting Links—elinin' Went: on enee, For the Christian late of lova
front Atbene to C'rorinth, Some years reguitca that we see bate even our
later, wraang from l,pbesus to the awe good, our pleasure or greimyea
Steadying Luella.
I,ualla'a chin quivered. She wart
away from home, teachto
teaching echeol. I
VMS her second Week, and she was
v'ondeuing how mother Ilea getting
alongand whether MiIly was watering,'
the plants sued bow fath'er's rheuma�.
cently aimed, givers details of ,pe:- siwvdust,.unt(1 me are ready to siert f Hem d, So preeecutieclWAS she that
1 rmenee of treinc-'c-.1 b•t•de. f'n' A' there the rtrxt spring, Tolr:t^otas be• (;lbristtan commmii�y in. Corinth, he the aako of oters, the hardly heard little Albert Pratt,•
i ti t o rat u it i alt ala I h
ilea ' e rovided •t'oe e-terain from Sap cnthP 1 gen tas me ye y tenches^ and WO very rocalla Itis first cainir+g to that cite "14Ty liberty" to dee or nab to d s t+ Yot g. lr p n 9 N 9p , who
The arra k y p pet g
that wore .iretvn the Peevi• 1'}14' tc ulations F ovcrnht;; the tents Lapel frost, „ ' r r
emotes, ve e C l 6 r taken i fa,:r,. Ila .tad tzsivc fled far in arrange smke cf arnothor rn+an a oonsaience. Paul !Tee may take your soot, Albert,"
crus year; The•Largs artichoke is usu war, Seamed by the National Poultry Cannan and dahlias are rk n tp lands• ho htwl been .dreren Ly panacea• rc.arions eC+ao tlhet, one this ,latae ease, said Luella final. "You re :
ally pleated and treo,ted cereals. art A aoaua'aon and uutherazed by the Do- lust offer the tops leave been bleelr than frsni plane to place; hs bad' pryved 4f ho paxtakas of foe°I which has Leen d d y . ad very,
eta oes re except Stet the artichoke minion -rola"or of Agrieulama The enact by the flee fleet Tho tops are Ith hi t ]li ff 1 n h +athe>t saer3fice he may bo well to ay The fourth 'grad '1!
P t a
Ars woe „ ti ma a and,
t i . , , -.
Is to'harvttst a crop
of artichoke!) tr 1919 to Neven•lor 211. 19;.'0, czrefu!ly get ulcera 219 befort3 11'" iu'et '•I was with yen,' he ruai(y ""in weak—judged ay my own wtraelenoe. Bill in wee reading laboriously Sxom the fir+st
nese tial in fear Atari i t much trumbl- this late I curtail my liborty for ,the reader•,
e wt
-,, - . r ' company :15' s rave ng tenpin,- offered i e . goo naw reaita in artithmotie:,
Prriotl extends over 50 ansecu tut off several m has ;Floss the gtund ions and had gape on tone,. It may nliajud'ged, AAthole h the food la g , ,
veto and Balls fur the ]Hying of and the roots carefully dug as ori not be that ho was clia^oui+aged' by the and be ltaa given tkam'1as'ta Good' far it, Mae 'the live little pwpilis ,name •to
n Hotel shade, at Iota . 150 eggs. An Canadian o ru art tea, .t., clump s ca e e y r
Mort time the taps Cot 1 y gg .t
tho ground. We find often a half -Peck breeder nay enter. Cortiflcatos 1'01 ln,boled so that eve. will know whet they; Athens. At an7 rate h0 determined to 1ae+alhen, whb will regard hie eating ef
ut t base of each c)unela issued ice' birds filling toe primary aro in the spring. After drying a few attempt ne more phiiosopbieal discus- it as a compromise. with idolatry. Iiia
of tubers, a the a the, "" da in the un he re pieced int seance for he say's, in the letter above g.cved veil be ""evil spoken a£." See d m y sound
Soma who do not know, eor.Rus requitomtnts, .and advan:e i' cc Ys s they a P quoted, "I determined not to knew .Romans 14:16 end the whole argu-
cultivated artichoke with the noxious; tilicates for birds laying within the elafted crates so that tho air foes free anything anon you novo Josue meet in chapter 14. The .highest
known its the wild artichoke, and pleuritic a period at least 2;:i; eggs,. acmes to them, and then stored in thochew,`en s m cr ' "' t . fte ria t n law ie that of love towards 1 aelia wont to open it. Thele -•ac ung
ween kno id Il a n-ifieJ, Bei, z x ph t a v her on the threshold eves a little rosy.
fen* it may become a weed, but we) In the first year of (Mention entries vegetable cense. We have foiled that awhile Tcmathy come front Thessalon- one's fellows, and to glorify Grief, "DO
a to maintain a well -fenced Plat in, were received from sixty-seven dahlias will not stand quite as law a }ea, 'bringing good+ news from the ell!' Paul .says, 'te the glory of God. Lr, sideman in a pepper-and-salt suit,'
have
order to reside seer.., as each year, breeders for a total •of 1,430 birds, of tear c'rafure as , f' c bewilderment,
of P � p potatoes, but they church There and Paul was comforted Give none offence," aa^ is in rosined .Luella »taredat tai in
a upale an all they have a•'-, which 761 qualifie1, including 80 for'keep all right where the' temperature and en+oouraged. vervain, "gave no occasion of stumbl- then - flushed, then beamed:'
the hogs eatThe tit of Corinth, presented r" Albright!"
00141 to. i adn laced certificates, British Colombia 'does not go l elcw 34 degrees. Y grave ink' , He declares that be has,Nerda "Deacon Albri hti she cried. "Is
t n that is tit for early` stands at the head with 1026 entries Gladioli are very much harliex. We awl eilfficelt problems. It wawa busy this the lave f his own fife, It really von? I can hardly believe
Another plat comtnercta} oaty, a' oe)a-p,'ort on the he says, seeking mine awn profit, but my eyes!„
spring, not only for man but for swine, and 381 qualifications, and Ontario oaten. hem not taken .theca up until Gxeek Isthmus, having six er nevem the profit of the many, that they may "
is the parsnip. Its cultivation is un -I second with 1,080 entries and 216 after the first flurries of snow, in hundred thousand Y ul t' ILL di" Paul i the unselfish high ,She old man smiled, I qua s it is,
de b 11 gardeners. + ualifieations Quebec had 860 entries digging them we are careful to sc' a(her tl ' to "t
grows eo vigorously that the weed 'record
problem is tt very simple one, l,ai five by ,
t ki l them, E ^li l h enroll su 'rtes of hie 'vaacYl'n in cit- there are those Cbsistian ax the .frontemits Luella struggled with•a'
wave of homesickness that threaten•
ed to engulf her. i
Sude 1 an automobile horn
ed; then some one knocked on the door,
o •a pop a ficin, a save au s ,' Luelly. Thad to go to Coverly on
rstood Y e gar q a e m i self much of the Best minded Chrfstban. gentleman.yto business and found out that by melon'
When these spring roots have been and 7 qualifications; Manitoba 203 ewe all the tittle bulblets, or eormels, and of the worst of tufo ancient world. The ger.+eraus and loindly teachhag of d
harvested there should be a field of; entries and 55 qualifications; Prince which have formed .;round the old Unfortunately that worst was very Paul, w+ho Meows the example end a little deteur I could see you. So I
cover or
1 Ae ready to keep the hog • Edward Island, 246 entries and 46 bulbs. Te save these, the old bulb, bad indeed, and Carina became rotor- spirit of Christ, may well be applied hired a fellow to ming me over from
rap
profitably employed. A mixture of al-{ qualifications; Saskatchewan, 120 en- with the cluster of little bulblets,is
sike, June, Mammoth and sweet clover. tries and 41 qualifications, and New lifted, and put in a screen with a fine
or a little alfalfa mixed in does not{ Brunswick 180 entries and 11 qualifi- mesh bottom, made for the purpose,
carne amiss. The clover should keep, cations. Nova Scotia had 2 qualifies- which will let the dirt sift through.
them busy until July, as during May, tions out of. 83 entries and Alberta no while retaining the little hulblets.
and June clover is at its prime. Now' qualifications out of 24 entries. Single Eaeh•variety is lebe'.ed and put sever -
if there is a plat of oats and peas! comb White Lagborns made the (•est ately into strawberry boxes until thor-
adjoining the clover during July, her--; showing in British Caiambia, Mani- oughly dry, and after that in paper
vesting will begin in eernost and every, tc'ba and Ontario. White Wyandottcs tags until the next spring.
day's work will show a big profit. ` also showed up well in Ontario. Ap-
Of course, after the middle of Sep-' plications for entry for 1921-22 have
tember the cern must claim the atten- to be with the Poultry Division of the Dairy Products Values.
tion of the farm force and the swine Live Steck Branch, Ottawa, by No- The production of creamery butter
must not be left out of the corn har-'vember 30.
vest. They are adepts at it. Plant a ,
piece especially for them with soy-
beans in it. Hogging down crops is Our Sanitary Chemical Closet.
no slovenly method, it is the height Last winter we decided it was time
of efficiency, as repeated experiments we adopted ene more of the conven-
have shown that it pays. It gets the 'moos (we now consider it a neces- the creamery butter produced was to others, or would net be the best house, this temple of God. He would
young stock into vigorcus growth sity) of our modern times and accord- 36,066,739 lbs., valued at $7,240,972,! employment of his own .time. "All have them build into its walls only Luelly, though. I'd like well to do it.
car in the fall and finishes off the ingly purchased a chemical closet. or a little over 20 cents per pound; things edify not" The man who re- what 'is fine and pure and strong. That fellow I hired is w iter.?. out -
older hogs in time for the early mar- We face the coming winter with a while the quantity produced in 1920 girds life seriously, who has high In the midst of the cbm•munity, side, and I've got to catch 113 train.
let. 11' ggingdown corn is a combine -ideals and anibitibss in life, will seek which is His temple, God dwells. His But don't you go to getting homesick,
far greater feeling of preparedness. was 110,030,390 lbs., valued at $62,- not merely to avoid what is unlawful resenee makes all sacred. The wel- Luelly.We take a lot of tide in you
tics cf the excellent self -feeder, to- and satisfaction than we ever did' 306,794, or 561A cents per pounds. The or harmful, but to knew and •do what. Tare of -the community is dear to Him, back in Fairbury. We'll all be waiting
t eros total production in 1919 was 103,899,- is positively ,good, what will' edify, or and kh.ose who pr1mole that welfare for you when you coma back in the
In closing, 1 will speak of roe i We searched for a long time befoire 707 lbs., valved at $56,371,985, or build in ammeter and efficiency, and some Him. These who bring in strifespring, Bnt in the come
back ou've
fur hogs. They enjoy and thrive on we found just the closet that appealed rather mare than 541% cents per in the ability to render service to cod uncleanness, defi'e the common life y
them. Carrots, artichokes, parsnips, to us. There are many on the market pound. The cheese made in factories others. Paul recognizes not enly the and bring to pass their own destruc- got your work to do, and I feel sere
mange's and beets are excellent for now, some quite inexpensive, others in 1900 amounted to 220,833,269 lbs., 1dw of commandhnents and prohibi- ticn. What then of the saloon, -the you'll do it well. It's only a little
the purpose. The ordinary objection mors costly. We finally decided on valued at $22,221,430, ora trifle more time, but also the higher spiritual law gambler'n den, the brothel? What of matter of eight months or so until
nous for fts vices. "To ammo° It man to cemtaini well-known forms of amese-
of behaving like a Corinthian was to nhent and social indulgences of our
accuse him of leading a low, sham- own day. The argumenb of liberty is
leas, and immoral life." I,: is probable often an argument of rank and brutal
that, outside the Jewish colony, there se'fi-zhsrcas. Lt means "I 'have a right
was very little religion. And yet it is to db what I please, to indulge in what
to this city that Paul makes ono of I regard' as good. It is nothing to enc
Canfield, and here I am. How are
you? .And how is the school?"
Luella choked a little. "I'm getting
on fine," she replied quaveringly.
But the old mar, seemed' to under.
stand the lonely feeling in her hear:,
his finest and most effective appeals whether another man's commence is "Now, Luelly," he said comfortably,
for unity, chastity and temperance, hurt by it or not," Is it not better to "there's no call for you to be matting
10: 23-33. "All things are lawful." say with Paul: "It is good not to eat homesick. Folks are all well at home,
No doubt Paul means all things clean, flesh, nc+r to r:'Ink wine, nor to do any- and your ma sent you these sugar
wholesome, and useful. But of such thing whereby thy' brother stumbl- cookies, Said she reckoned' they'd
things, things which in 4hems lves are eth" (Rome 14: 21). taste good, because she made 'en.. Ana
not wrong or harmful, and which he 3: 10 17. "The temple of God.'
, Paul the minister's wife's aunt died oriel
night freely do,there are some which is •speaking here of the Christian corr-
in Canada increased three -fold in the he waill not do. They are not expedi- ntunity or church, Ile has been. ex• fait her nine Hundred dollttrs, and old
first twenty years of the century and mit" It is better fox his own sake hooting to unity, to the banishment of i11ra. Prisby's ecu Dame back frim
more than doubled in ;price. Figures and for the sake 01 others that lie strife, and to the putting away of any- Montreal and brought here a ph`no-
given in the MonthlyBulletin of Agri- should not. The doing of something thing and everything which might dis- graph. Tho old lady is as tickled es a
t= which might be to him quite innocent rupt or defile the pure life of Christian boy with axed wagon. And the Perkins
cultural Statistics, issued at Ottawa, and harmless, or which ivoald give fellowship. Be has laid the foun'da- twins have gone on a visit to their
ehw that in Canada in the year 1990 him real pleasure, would cause harm tien• they are the builders of this in 1 ;�,, >J" � T + rr"
gether with a se:f-harvester. before.
to the raising of roots for stock feed one. It is substantially built, is finish -
in Canada has been the cost of labor ed in white with a dark mahogany
necessary for their production. Much seat and it certainly lends to the at -
of this labor coat is the harvesting of tractiveness of the bathroom.
than 10 cents per pound. In 1920 the of choice and self-conte-ol. Above all the home poisoned by drunkenness, or you it be back;'
amount madecents•p as 145,921,008, valued, he would pbaee the law of love, the the drxrg habit? What of the selfish Luella nodded. "I'll do my best,
wrrnest desire and purpose to help greed which fattens on t:he misery of Deacon Albright, and, oft, it's so gacd
at $39,067,937, or more than 26% 1 others. "Let no m,an seek has own, others, or iedulge3 it?elf fn boundless tt see a face from honkie! Give them
cents per pound. In 1919 the quan-)'but each his neigitbor''s gond." (Rev. luxury, wlrle others st eve and freeze
crops. The cost of raising them We find that the chemical closet is tity made was 167,734,982 lbs., valued vers.) end see? True tember•nce is self- a.1 my love and tell thein I'm gating -
the
is net great. We cannot profitably perfectly sanitary. The exposure en- at $44,805,794, as at about the earner "The earth is, the Lord's," (see metro], guided by love, and pa_:1esseel 'icing fine•
maintain the pig in i,lleness and allow, tailed by an outdoor closet during, price per pound as last year. Thee Psalm 24). Paul applies tivliat he has of a sincere desire to promote the A moment later the old man was
him to burn his energy in fruitless, winter is no small factor considered total value of all dairy products in t said above to a ease of ccnn }ante common geed. gone. Luella walked up the aisle. Her
wandering over barren pastures, or from a hygienic point of view. Canada in 1920 was $144,483,188, aslwhieh had arisen an the Corinthian Application. y g, p
Church The aue-'`i -s 1>s f thing's f th ''�
voice was saying, "Fourth Lade u -
can we afford to simply maintain hent The veryLest of closets cos but a compared with 135196,602 in 1919 on was whether er To abstain from seine - ing's or a pits in ar.thmetic will please take
on ewe a grain, nor gather and serve P $ ,i not a Christian man might eat w'71heut sake of ethers is a Christian oblige- their places at the board," but her
comparatively small sum, and no farm being an increase in favor of last year! offence meat which had +been olaugb- tam It vrouhl seeen if there hal, heart was singing, `Do your Lest,
his food when he can, with great sec- borne should be without one, if run- of $9,286,586: The capital Invested' tared in sacrifice in the idol tes•,plc+i, been some in'S•te Christian Church et Lae11a! Do our testi"
cess, harvest his own crops, ning water is out of the question, If in dairy factories in 1920 amounted• or drink wane iQnich had been dieted C:rinth, who had mooed, upon their y
Let us tryout the hog on a portion there is no lace in the home for one t $32,767,317, the b f 1 there Such meat and 'n r ff its. Of h, Paul t h, h
our corn crop this year and then i do as we did _procure some wall- ems to 11,211, and the wages to $8,-� ed for sale in the minters or served thinking when he wwr:e: 'levo seek -
public
p o , number o amp oy- wine we• a c� er u g nuc mus 'ave been
oprepare to keep him busy wben we, f do a little sawing and In 1919 the capital invested' wtpublic banquets. A mar. might pm.- eth acct her cwn.' Now if Paul had Production of Beets anal
out our crop plan far the cent-csumalbly, buy or use them without wr:tters: "Love seeketh not that which
make o p and a small room can soon be made.'
was $28,338,026, the employees 10,716 Deet ,Sugar
Mg year. Rape is good, a mixture of We find that the cost for chemicals is
sweet clover, alsike clover, June clover trifling.
or alfalfa is better. Peas and clover,
will be excellent for August. While The pine tree is believed to attain
corn and root crops will be available an age 500 to 700years.
from September until the ground g'
freezes
.,
- j
The season for cold nights will be
here all too mon, in this northern
climate. While it is true that keep-
ing the cows inside means more labor
in cleaning the stable, and more diffi-
culty in keeping the cows clean, the
extra fertilizing material collected in
this way will probably pay for the
extra labor. If this does not, the ex-
tra supply of milk received by keeping
cows in a comfortable. stable at tines
when the temperature drops below.
freezing point, or close above it, may
do 90.
Experience shows that cold has a
very marked effect in lessening the
milking for some time, when the na-
tural tendency is for a cow to dry up,
and during which time every means
should be taken to keep her milking.
Cows eheuid milk at least ten months'
of the year. Leaving cows outside dur-
ing Bold nights, after they have been
milking for six or eight months makes
a greater tendency for those cows to
go dry.
Where cows are kept inside, the
stable should be cleaned regularly and
some absorbent material like sawdust,
shavings, chaff or cut -strawy, Should
bo soatteeed along the pausagee, on
the platform, and in the gutter. 'Phis
helps very muelt in cleaning the etehJe,
and in keeping caws clean.
Another advantage of stabling on
frosty nights, is tett . it prevents crews,'
Dating frozen feed, which is l:c:neielly
injurious to milk cows. They may l,e-
kept in the stable or yard after the
pasture thaws and in this way, rdti.
'MOS •:10 prat.'fad against dile-,ve
1,Yet •l,•': nand, :1100 are more fav -
arable for 1.,a;Hing the health anti
tr ek-fir , 4i the enemata
When dah:ta toed cunnus arc fres:i-
bitten, cut off the, tops, leaving about
six inches of the .stems, Remove the
meta ie a clump with dirt attached.
Spread• roots out in the sun to dry,
then stare in a dry, well -ventilated
cellar, on the floor or on shelves. Keep
the varieties labeled.
and the wages $'7,629,997.
As long as we live in the hearts we
leave behind, we will never die.
—Campbell.
Au Ice Huse You
Each year we appreciate more and
more the value of ice on our farm,
Sometimes I wonder that more gen-
eral attention is not given to the ice
crop. For ice is a crop after all, and
a very valuable one too.
There is no one who can use ice
to such good advantage as the farmer.
All perishable products must be kept
for a longer time than in the city,
where there are stores to depend upon.
And the cellar is not always as clean
and sweet a place to keep meat, but-
ter, and fruits as it should be. Con-
sider the possibiliiies that lio hectare
the farmer who has a small cold
storage plant to enable him to hold
his milk, fruit, and vegetables until
market prices improve, and we realize
better just how valuable ice can be-
come.
I believe many of us can profitably
use ice to a far greater extent than
we do, and when we put so much
labor into harvesting it a little more
trouble expended in keeping it is well
worth while. A suitable ice house will
save half the ice you are accustomed
to putting in a shed that has poor
insulation.
There aro two or three weak .points
in general lee -house construction. The
first. is a poor foundation, proventing
gold drainage. The second is rho
kind of a roof which absorbs the sun's
heat so that the inside of the house
beromes like en oven. While there is
meetly little ehnice allowed in the
selection of rt sate, there are certain
f•:ctautione which about( be taken.
If a site chosen be on a slight ele-
vation, drainage will give no trouble;
otherwise proviaiens for the drainage
of water from the melting ice must be
Thiele. In bu:ldinit the floor, which
can be placed 0n stone or cement
walls, or on radar pests eat in the
ground two or three feet, excavate at
least one foot below the sills,- and fill
the whole of the inside between sills
with cobblestones or very coarse
gravely smoothing off the surface with
floe gravel or cinders.
Bail
If the digging shows a clay soil, a
drain should be put in to carry off
surplus moisture. Scantlings can be
bedded in the -fine gravel on which to
lay the floor of inexpensive lumber,
placing the boards ene foot -apart, in
order to permit the water to escape
readily,
It takes, on an average, from 40 to
45 cubic feet to hold a ton of ice. - A
building 12 by 16 feet, 12 feet high,
will hold about 46 tons of well -packed
ice. For a house of this size use 3x12-
inch plank for Gills, and for uprights
use 2x6-inoh scantling 12 feet long,
placed two feet apart, On the top,
spike 2x6 -inch scantling doubled for
plates. On the outside of the ihovse
nail sheathing of common lumber. On
this tack a double thickness of 'build-
ing paper, then 1.x2 -inch strips, 12
feet long. Over this lay a double
thickness of building paper, and finish
with matched siding. This gives a
hollow apace of dead air of one tea
to prevent heat of the sun from pene-
trating to inside lining. Care must
be used to see that the space is well
eut off at top and bottom.
On the inside, nail sheathing, filling
the hollow :space with cinders, shav-
ings, or sawdust. Over this sheathing
nail a double thickness of 'building
paper, en wheel again to n o'1 one -
inch strips, and over this sheathing,
thus making two dead air spaces of
one inch each, and ono six-inch space
filled with a good insulating material,
For the roof, use shingles or best
grille of rubber roofing, and filling in
between the roof and coiling with saw
duct or cind'er's. Put a ventilator in
the centre, made so that it can be
closed inside if desired. Paint the
building white, to reflect the beet •and
help to keep the bgiTding cool.
On the north side of Another build-
ing is a good place for the ice house,
or even on the north • hillside, er In the.
shade of some trees.
An ice house of this kind will be
as coed an investment as you have on
the term, provided you have n pond
or river close from 'which to fill it.
knowing ,their history, Paul eounseeis . belongs to others," we would easily •
first the free use of them. "Fat, ask-; have understood bier poeittic'n; but he •Statistics furnished by the agrit^u-
ing no quea+tion" Fce' the earth and goes further ani ins,^tr, that love is tural section of tihe Bureau of Statis-
all its produce is God's, and nothing' willing to give un—to Leny itself -to ties at Ottawa show that last year
is in itself unclean 1 abstain for the sake of others. Depend was a retard one for the production of
But if a question is raised, and your, upon it, the man wee is continually you have done, Sugar beets and re
frnecl beet .sugar in
neighbor be offended or hurt, by what, saying, "I'll have my rights" is not
.. Cf J6 ole Christ. The area. sown was 34,4?1
_ __ .acres against 18,800 the previous
., year. The yield was 343,000 tins
against 180,000 tons in 1019. The
average price per ton WS 315,47 as
compared with ,$14.61 in 1919. The
total value was $5,307,213 against
$2,030,027 the previous year. The pro-
duction of refined beat sugar was 80, -
The Rainbow. 280,719 lbs. against 37,839,271 lbs, in
1019:' The average number el acres
Eliminating the Corn Borer.
As a result of the ,••,touting work for
the European corn borer carried on
by the Dominion Depaa-tment of Agri-
culture
griculture it has been found that this
insect has spread into new territory
this year. On account of the danger
of carrying the pest into uninfested
districts a ministerial order was pass-
ed on August 26, 1921, prohibiting
the removal of corn including sweet
corn and send corn on the cob, corn
stalks, etc., from the following town-
ships in the Province of Ontario:
Charlotteville, Boughton, Middleton,
Townsend, Walsingham north, Wel-
singham south, Windham, Woodhouse
in the County of Norfolk, Cayuga
north, Dunn, Rainham and Walpole in
the County of Haldimand, and Raleigh
and Romney in the County of Kent.
The order is supplementary to the
Order -in -council which was passed on
May 18, 1921, All persons desiring
detailed information concerning this
quarantine should apply to the De-
partment of Agriculture, Ottawa,
a
Giraffes are found only in Central
and South, Africa, chiefly in desert
regions.
Store your vegetables right, Send
to your experiment station or your
county representative for a free bul-
letin on storage of vegetables,
All refuse of crops that aro through
fruiting should be burned as •soon as
dry enough. Cabbage stumps, cu-
cunvbers, melons, tomatoes and the
like ahould not he left to decay.
(7racn tomatoes on .the vines can be
ripened slowly indoors for later use,
Before they are injured by ;frost the
vines should. the pulled up by the rooter
but they must be handled with care
to avoid +lare,jcing the stems or the
fruit aatalks.. Lay tho plants on paper
spread upon the floor of an unheated
attic room. If en attic room is .not
available, the ,plants can be kept in
the cellar, Brinlgethe larger once into
a warmer place to mature first. All
the good-sized tomatoes will ripen,
c5Yoffis
The rainbow cane after the raining' sown for the last ten years has been
was done, 18,096 4-5 per year; the average total
And I'm glad, fur perhaps the bright, yield 168,920 tons pc: year; the aver -
colors might run
If the rainbow came first. Oh, it's
strange how the weather
And rainbows arrange things so kind-
ly together!
The Mermaids' Ball.
The other night beneath the sea
The mermaids held a ball,
On fishes' tails waltzed gracefully
Within a sea -green hall.
Prom emorald "ulces" the sea -lien's
age price per ton 38.49,; the average
total value $1,625,628,50 per year, and
the average production of refined beet
sugar 1336,260,081 lbs. per yea. The
value of the beet sugar produced in
1920 was 312,856424, reprarentmg en
average wholesale price per pound c8
14 2-5 cents as compared with $3,-
924,411 and 10 2-5 cents per pound in
1019, and 34,858,077 and to01 time 9
cents per pnund in 1918.
stroke Are Split Fence Posts or
Coaxed conga, while "runt, turn,
turns" Round Posts Best?
Were heard from where the brcakersl Ts a :split fence post as durable as a
round fence post? This is a quo: ticn
that is frequently asked. One kind of
peat will last about as long as the
other if the amount of heartwood is
broke,
Beating titer big bass drums.
Round about and in and out
Danced crabs, with nippers locked the same in both, experts declare. But
Helter-skelter they put to rout if the percentage of sapwood fs in.
The fish the tumult shocked, crossed by splitting, the split post will
Tho bulgy, blear -eyed, blunclen'ing fish be less durable, and if the percentage
Went scudding to and fro, of hardwood is increased, it will le
Swirling tete water swish en siva% mere durable them a round one. Posts
Not knowing where to go, of spruce, hemlock, or any of the true
firs afro exceptions to this rule, be-
cause their heartwood and sapwoo_1
are about equally durable.
When ,posts are to be treated with
creosote or other preservative a round
post is preferable to a split post, be-
cause of the comparntive ease with
A hormit-erab popped up his head
From out a nautilus's shell.
The clams went clamping off to bed
In a sweet, sea -weedy dell,
King Neptune sat upon his throne
Of jasper decked with laurel,
Boating time with tt white whalebone which the sapwvoed can be treated.
Tile heart faces on split poste do' not,
ea a rule, absorb preservative well.
Split rod-qak posts will take trca•C-
ment, ,because the woad is very porous,
but the heart faces of split posts' of
meaty other species, notably white
oak, reds gun,, and Douglas fir, resist
dollar the peaetta'tien of preservative, even
under heavy pressure.
Upon. some pink sea -coral
'Tire niad and merry revels shod.
Old Triton ,blew lois horn.
The mermaids drifted off to bed
All weary and forlorn.
I.f you Want to know what a
is worth, try to borrow one.