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Conducted by Professor Henry G. Bell,
The object of this department Is to place at the'
service of our farm 'readers the advice of.an acknowl•
• edged authority on all subjects pertaining to soils and
crops.
Address all questions to Profeseuor Henry G, Bell, In
care of The Wilson Publishing Company, Limited, To.
ronto, and answers will appear in this column In the
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question, when the answer will be maileddirect.
Question --F. A. B,:—Cart you tell
me the cause of scabby potatoes and
how to treat ground so as to prevent,
potatoes from becoming scabby? My
potatoes seem to'graw fairly well, but
aro always very scabby. •
Answer:—Scab on potatoes is a dis-
ease caused by a parasitic fungus.
When once it gets into the soil it re-
mains there for some time. Potatoes
should be grown in a rotation and
should be kept off soil known to be in-
fected with scab. It isnot advisable
to use wood ashes or lime on ground
to be put toapotatoes, as they make
conditions right for the development
of the scab. Fresh manure tends to
produce suitable conditions for growth
of scab.
If potatoes are planted on clean
ground and treated with either form-
alin or corrosive sublimate at a cost of
$1.00 to $1,50 per acre, no scabby
potatoes will be present. The formalin
treatment may be used, but we prefer
the corrosive sublimate treatment,
since it controls a number of other
diseases besides scab. It is as fol-
lows: Dissolve four ounces of corro-
sive sublimate (purchased at any drug
store) in 30 gallons of water. Soak
the seed potatoes one and one-half
hours before cutting. It is advisable
to dissolve .the corrosive sublimate in
one or twoallons water and add suf-
ficient to make up 30 gallons. This
had best be done two weeks before
planting and before potatoes sprout.
The mixture can be used but four
times, after which it should be thrown
away, and a new lot made up. It
should be prepared in wooden vessels.
Henry Q. Bell.
It destroys iron or tin. Since it is a
deadly poison it should be kept away
from stock and children. Do not feed
any left -over potatoes that have been
treated.
Question—E. L. M.:—How much
corn for silage should be sown to the
acre, and how far apart should the
rows be?
Will corn in drills produce more
silage to the acre than if sown in
hills?
Which is considered the best method
of seeding?
Has the corn planter any decided ad.
vantage over the ordinary seeder?
Answer:—The rate of planting corn
for ensilage depends largely on the
fertility of the soil. Plant closer on
rich than on poor soil. The rows
should be planted at whatever distance
is convenient for cultivation, usually
not closer than 86 inches. Corn can
be planted closer for ensilage than
if desiring for husking. If the ground
is fairly rich, drop the seed from 8 to
10 inches apart in rows. If much
corn is desired in, the ensilage, it
should be planted farther apart than if
forage is the main consideration. More
ensilage will be produced in drills than
in hills. Unless the ground is likely
to be extremely weedy, we would ad-
vise drilling for ensilage.
The ordinary corn drill is the best,
machine to use for seeding, especial-
ly when the corn drilled. I am not
quite certain just what is meant by
"the ordinary seeder," but if a "job"
or hand planter is meant, one import-
ant advantage the drill has is that
the corn can all be planted -at a
uniform depth.
they put him first with, growing per-
sonal devotion. Hence he saw what
they never saw, that the earthly king-
dom was not coming and the discovery
wrecked him. Worldliness, thus en-
tering, dragged him down, and this
verse shows whet he has come to. Box
(margin)•—The word occurs often in
INTERNATIONAL LESSON vernacular texts accessible since the
APRIL 22. Revised Version was published: it
means a box for holding small articles.
Took away—Beyond question the right
rendering.
Lesson IV. Jesus Anointed at Beth- '7. Suffer 'her—Translate (as the
any—John 12. 1.11. Golden same word in Mark 14. 6), "Let her
alone; let her keep it." The phiase
Text—Mark 14. 8. in John is a condensation of words
which Markives more fully.It
Verse 1. Six days—Counting Pass would be better undrstood if plac-
over and the day of the journey: we ed it after Mar had just begun, sup -
should say "five." It was Sunday— posing the protest to have started as
that is, Saturday evening—when he soon as she broke off the neck of the
arrived, and sat down to the evening hermetically sealed fl k
meal. Bethany—Mark 14. 3 suggests
that he did not stay in Martha's house:
the little party was at "Simon, the
Leper's"—no doubt one of the Lard's
grateful healed ones. .A further hint
that he did not stay there may per-
haps be seen in Mark 11. 12: imagine
Martha letting him go away hungry in
the morning! The reason would be
that his enemies would know where to
seize hint, and he meant they should
not do it till the eve of the Feast:
-2, Martha served—It was Martha's
way of working out a love as deep as
Mary's, and the best way, until Jesus
himself expressed his own preference
(Luke 10. 42).
3. Mary—Mark does not identify
the women: it is suggestive that he
records the words that make her deed
immortal (Mark 14. 9) and then omits
the name! John has one or two traits
of the story, about a woman (also urn -
named) who was a sinner: an entirely
unfounded Latin tradition made her
Mary of Magdala, Pure nerd—the
adjective, like liquid (margin), is a
mere guess and neither is convincing,
though the margin is less unlikely.
The Greek is pistic, which may be a
local name, from the place where this
perfume was made.. Feet—Mark
says head: this comes from Luke 7. 38.
An ingenious but improbable conjecture
brings all three together and snakes
Mary of Bethany the Woman who
"loved much" because she had been
"forgiven greatly." The Evangelists,
concerned with more important -mat-
ters, do not satisfy our curiosity: why
the Synoptists home neither woman
we cannot tell, .
4. Judas—Mark only tells us that
some' said this, and at the end of the
episode that Judas went to the high
priests with his infamous offer, The
suggestion is that the loss of this ex-
cellent opportunity finally decided the
Wretch. How easily he could have
persuaded Mary that the Lord would
prefer to have the money given to the
poorl, Then he could have gone away
with nearly three tines as much ns
the high priests thirty shekels! De-
liver him up (margin)—Only once.
'(Luke 6, 16) is -the Word traitor used.
The other 18 perfectly neutral: it is
the verb used in Gal. 2, 20 and melted
lie think more of the Divine urs ose
than of the black deed that was over
ruled to 'fulfil
6. Three hundred ht nd ul shillings—The
Roman denarins (Mark 12, 15).
Estimated by the size of the silver
Coin, the assumed total would be some
fifty dollars;
0. This light on Judas's ehar•anter is
given us only herre. Starting like the
rest with a vehement conviction that
the Master was the destined King' of
Israel, .ludas impercoptibl ` cause to
put that earthly lei
Y
n lm
e o first,while
y g
a
as . Both Mark
and John make it clean that this Is
"the day of preparation for burial"
(so read) The margin, and the read-
ing adopted in the American Version
are alike impossible expedientasto cut
the knot.
8. Poverty is therefore inevitable—
like war—and will be while the world
lasts! So some wise folks argue'
from this passage: anything can be,
got out of. the Bible if one Las a mind
to try! But a little ,common sense is
not a bad qualification for an inter-
preter.
9. This account of the common
people's conning prepares the way for
the Triumphal Entry. The writer
sees its significance in their detach-
ment from the Jews, which precipi-
tates action on the part of the alarmed
hierarchy. •
10. Chief Priests — Read High
Priests: it is the same word in the
plural. There were several ex -High
Priests living, whose deposition by the
Romans did not make them any less
high priests in Jewish eyes. And there
were priests of the families from
which the High Priest was always'
taken. Took counsel --We know no-
thing of the results: they may well
have succeeded.
•
Exclave
Bone spavin is generally indicated
by well -marked lameness for a few
steps or further, then going sound un-
til again allowed to stand, a bony en-
largement on the front, inside and out-
side part of hock.
Rest, blister with 2 drams each of
biniodide of mercury and cantharides
nixed with 2 oz. vaseline, repeat in
about 2 weeks. if this .fails to cure
have joint fired and blistered.
The tractor fits in with the spring
work in a way that is hard for the
horses to do, The horses have spent
the winter in comparative idleness and
are not in condition to go out and do
the hardest kind of work. They will
tire, while the machine will not.
Mora horse power is neceseary for
the Ilse of Berger machinery, which in 1
turn aloes :farm wok more thoroughly;
and at a lower cost per, acre oi' per;
tan of crop, Mope horses, heavier
horse's and horses in better condition I(
all through the working season ,will l
lower production cost. Prepare the,
horses in the early spring for a hard' t
summer's work by regularly e:terreis-
mg and ., gradually increasing to I
neavie' wobc.
North
• Grown
Canada's , .stSeeds
Rennle's Prize Swede Turnip, for table or stock ....4 ozs. 20e, Ib. 65c
Rennie's Derby Swede Turnip, biggest cropper 4 oze 20c, Ib, 70c
Perfection Mammoth Red Mangel, for stock4 ozs, 16'e,
%z Ib. 25c, It. 46c,
Yellow Leviathan Mengel, good keeper, ..4 ozs, 150, Vs Ib. 25o, Ib, 45c
Rennie's Jumbo Sugar Beet, for feeding 4 ozs, 15c
Vs ib. 250, Ib. 45c.
Improved Early Ohio Seed Potatoes Peck $1,00, bus. $3.60
High Grade Longfellow Yellow Flint seed Corn,Peck 85c, bus, $3,26
High Grade Compton's Early Yellow Flint Seed Corn Bus. $3.26
High Grade White Cap Yellow Dent Seed Corn....Peck 75c, bus. $2:75
High Grade Wisconsin No. 7 White Dent Seed Corn Peck 75c,
bus. $2,85,
Select Yellow Dutch Onion Setts Ib. 85c, 5 lbs, $1.70
English Multiplier Potato Onion Setts Ib 30o, 5 lbs, $1.40`
Gold Medal Gladioli Bulbs (no two alike) 10 for 85c, 100 for $6.00
Rennie's Mammoth Squash, specimens 403 Ibweight Pkg. 25c
XXX Scarlet Round White Tip Radish ....Pkg. 10c, oz. 20c, 4 ozs. 60c
XXX Melting Marrow Table Peas (dwarf) 4 ozs, 15c,
ib. 40c, 5 lbs, $1,90.
Round Pod Kidney Bush Butter Beans..4 ozs. 16c, Ib. 55c, 5 lbs. $2,40
Cool and Crisp Table Cucumber Pkg. 5c, oz. 15c, 4 ozs. 400
XXX Early Table Sugab Corn (very fine).. Pkg. 10c, Ib. 40c, 5 1,0s. $1.90
Rennie's Fireball Round Table Beet ....Pkg. 10o, oz, 20c, 4 ozs, 50c
XXX Early Summer Cabbage (heads 12 lbs. each).. Pkg. 10c, oz. 30c
Rennle's Market Garden Table Carrot .:,.Pkg. 10c, oz; 25c, 4 ozs, 75c
Early Yellow Danvers Onion, black seed Pkg. 5c, oz, 204
4 ozs. 60e, ib. $1.90. .
Seed Corn and Potato Prices do NOT include
freight charges.
"Pakro" Seedtape. "You plant it by the yard."
2 pkts. for 25c. Ask for descriptive List.
Rennie's Seed Annual Free to All.
Order through your LOCAL DEALER or direct from
RENNIE'S SEEDS Wm. RENNIE Co., Limed
King and Markel Sis., Toronitto
Also at MONTREAL WINNIPEG VANCOUVER
1 ot/A2�Y
HOW TO SET A HEN.
As the time approaches for the hen
to become broody or set, if care is tak-
en to look into the nest it wi;l be seen
that there are a few soft, downy
feathers being left there by the hen
also the hen stays longer on the nest
when laying at this time, and on be-
ing approached will quite likely re-
main on the nest, making a clucking
noise, ruffling her feathers and peck-
ing at the intruder. When it is noted
that a hen sits on the nest from two
to three nights in succession, and that
most of the feathers are gone from
her breast, which should feel hot to
the band, she is ready to be transfer-
red to a nest which had been prepared
for her beforehand. .The normal
temperature of a lien is from 106 to
107 degrees F., which varies slightly
during incubation.
Dust the hen thoroughly with insect
powder, and in applying the powder
hold the hen by the feet, the head
down, working the powder well into
the feathers, giving special attention
to regions around the vent and under
the wings. The powder should also
be sprinkled in the nest.
The nest should be in some quiet,
out of the way place, where the set-
ting hen will not be disturbed. Move
her from the regular laying nest at
night and handle her carefully in do-
ing so. Put a china egg or two in the
nest where site is to set, and place a
board over the opening so that she
cannot get off. Toward the evening
of the second day quietly go in where
she is setting, leave some feed and
water, remove the board from the
front or top of the nest and let the hen
come off when she is ready. Should
she return to the nest after feeding
remove the china egg or eggs and put
under those that are to be incubated.
If the nests are slightly darkened the
hens are less likely to become restless,
At hatching time they should be con-
fined and not disturbed until the hatch
is completed, unless they become rest-
less, when it may be best to remove
the chicks that are hatched first, In
cool weather it is best not to put more
than ten eggs under a hen, while later
in the spring one can put twelve or
fifteen, according to the size of the
hen.
Among the advantages of keeping
pure bred :fowls as compared with
mongrels ale: better results in breed-
ing; more opportunities to dispose of
eggs for setttng; at high prices; uni-
formity in the eggs and a better ap-
pearance of the flock. •
Strlighta, ventilation, fresh air;
these are tFe prime essentials to suc-
cess with incubator-hatchod chicks.
Fowls may survive for a generation or
two without full provision for all this,
but they gradually lose vitality and
eventually die off,
Young chicks should not be given
fond that is liable to become soggy
refore it ie,.digested.
The remainsf the
0 yolks ill the
newly -batched Welt will keep the bird
olive without other food for over tato
lays,
An occasional drink of sour milk
will be beneficial to young chicles, as
he tactic acini ir, soar milia ntt'aeks the
organism which onuses white diarr-
hoea.
Chicles that die before they are two'
Jour
tohJe
Cbndurfed Ay J iai 1f2' 4s .lruv
Mothers and daughters of all ages are cordially Invited to write to this
department. Initials only will be published with each question and its.
answer as a means of identification, but full name -ans address must be
given In each letter, Write on one side of paper only. Answers will be
mailed direct if stamped and addressed envelope is enclosed.
Address all corresponderice for this department to Mrs, Helen Law, 75
Castle Frnnk Rcad Toronto.
R, S. A.:-1, Probably the best vine file, 2. Have you tried giving each
to plant at a brick wall is Boston ivy, child a little plot of ground for a
For a wooden wall the old-fashioned garden? Most children take delight in
Virginia creeper is excellent, also growing flowers and vegetables; it is a
Japanese Kudzu vine, and Trumpet health -giving occupation, and is high -
vine, The last named has gorgeous ly recommended as teaching thrift
orange and red flowers, For the to boys and girls, to say nothing of
verandah, there is nothing lovelier patriotism in times like these. Of
than the wistaria. Buy one plant course, they will need oversight and
each of the blue and the white and eneouragement;and it might bewell to
train them to intermingle. They offer a prize for the best kept garden.
bloom profusely in June, Another Allow the children to take turns in
splendid flowering vine is the clematis supplying flowers for the house vases
jackmanii, bearing large purple flow- and vegetables for the dinner -table.
ers in July, The •Japanese clematis G. W.:—In "Comedies for Young
has a small white flower and blooms in Folk," there is a play entitled "The
September. The climbing honey- Beresford Benevolent Society," ars
suckle blooming in July, and the ranged for seven girls and one boy,
Dutchman's pipe make a good shade, which might suit you. "How the
2. For a hardy white rose choose story Grew," for eight girl`s; and also
Frau Karl Drusohki; for crimson, Al- "Aunt Deborah's Fuss Luncheon," for
fred Colomb; for yellow, Persian yel- seven girls, -would probably answer
low; for pink, Mrs. John Laing. 3. your purpose. -
Shrubs which bloom very early are C, C. M.:-1. A wedding veil may be
forsythia or golden bell, and the flow- composed of tulle, of net, or of lace.
ering almond of which there are three 2. The bride's relatives occupy pews
varieties, red, pink, and white. The on the left side and those of the bride -
althea has a late season, from July to groom on the right side of the central
October, and is a handsome compact aisle. 3. If your daughter wishes to
shrub attaining eight feet, and comes invite her Sunday school class, why
in four varieties of double flowers, not utilize them as flower girls?
blue, pink, red and white. There will be plenty of wild flowers to
B. Ea -1. To preserve your spools be had, which they could carry in
of sewing silk, make a box two by four fancy baskets. In that case they
by ten inches, making the top serve should lead the procession, followed
as a lid. Cover with cretonne or by the ushers, then the bridesmaids,
linen. In each end make two and the maid -of -honor, and lastly the
grooves, two inches apart, and insert bride with her father. When leaving
sticks slightly smaller than the inside the church, the flower girls walk first,
of a spool. On these arrange your followed by the bride and bridegroom,
left -over spools of sewing sills, and then the best man with the maid -of -
whenever a special color is needed you honor, and the ushers and brides -
can find it very easily on your spool maids.
days old are usually weaklings, which
could not be saved easily. They
probably come from eggs that had too
hard a shell or else from eggs laid by
diseased hens. .
The wool „growers of Ontario will
have an opportunity this year of dis-
posing of their crop at even less ex-
pense than those of other provinces,
who co-operate under provincial man-
agement, provided they send their pro-
duct to the central grading and sell-
ing station at Guelph. The charges
made by the other 'provinces have
been $1.00 for membership and one
cent per pound for the handling of
the wool, while in Ontario the price
will be, in all,five cents per fleece, to
cover insurance on the wool, cost of
twine, and wool sacks, cartage at
Guelph, and all labor involved in
handling the wool.
With handling done at this small'
price, and the market for the wool
right at their door, the Ontario sheep{
men will have an advantage over the
men of the Western Provines that
will offset the latter's advantage in
cheap growing of the wool. The
Westerners have such confidence in
their system of marketing this pro-
duct, and are so satisfied of the su-
periority of the East as a place for
marketing, that they are this year
renting a warehouse in Ontario and
paying the freight from the West to
Ontario, in order that their wool may
be marketed here. The knowledge
I of this fact should be enough to induce
I all Ontario wool growers to take part
in the new movement immediately by
applying to the secretary of the
ICanadian Sheep Breeders' Association
1 for application forms and rules gov-
lerning these co-operative sales.
For young chicks provide lots of
light, and warm air, a south exposure,
and light, dry soil for scratching. The
pens or brooders must be roomy and
built so that sunlight will get in. By
cleaning these often, chicks are not
liable to suffer from lice and other ver-
min.
One of the chief causes of trouble
with chicks is oaerfeeding. Over-
feeding can be noticed at once, for
the chicks will lie clown a large part
of the time. A healthy chick will al-
ways scramble into the thick of the
crowd when food is offered.
Farmers who intelligently feed and
' care for their pregnant sows, so as not
to overload' them with fat, Lut instead
'give them feeds for the development of
bone and muscle, are on the right road
toward the production of strong,
healthy litters. Their preprredness
programme, however, does not end
here.
Two weeks before farrowing, the
sow should be put into a farrowing pen
so that she will become acquainted and
contented in her new quarters The
farrowing pen should be dry and free
from drafts. Provide the pen with a
guard rail made of 2 x 4 inch planks
set eight inches from the wall and
eight incises from the floor to prevent
the sow from crushing the pigs
against the wall. Use only a small
quantity of bedding; leaves or straw
are preferable. See that the sow has
plenty of fresh water.
It pays to keep the sow quiet, As-
sistance at the time of farrowing
should be at hand if needed, but the'
sow need not be helped if she is get-
ting along well. In cold weather put{
the newly born pigs in a well warmed;
basket, and after farrowing is over;
the pigs should be placed with the sow,
care being taken that each one gets to
a teat. When ,.it.he afterbirth is
passed, it should be removed from the
pen at once and burned or buried,
After farrowing the sow should
have nothing but water and a little
thin slop for the first day. The feed-
ing for the first three or four days
should be light, and the time consumed
in getting the sOw on full feed should
be from a week to ten days, depending
on the condition of the sow and the
size and thrift of the litter, It takes
plenty of sow's milk to make healthy
growing pigs. If the pigs begin to
scour, feed the sow less and give her
plenty of stlong limo-weter.
It is very necessary that the little
pigs have plenty of exercise and all the
sunlight that can be given them, Do
bet arrow the pigs to run out during a
cold rain. If possible, provide greet
feed or roots, These keep the sow
healthy and cheapen the ration. lin.
'courage the pigs to calgrain tater
they are three or four weeks old.
Build a creep for thein so they can
feed alone. At this age feed for bone
and muscle. Give them all theskim-
milkyou can. If skirls -milk 1s not
evnileble, give them some meal and
plenty of pasture in season, In about
eight or ten weeks the pigs: will have
liraeticnlly ,,caeca themselves.
1 The Early Potato.
For the earliest crop only the most
vigorous seed should be selected as
conditions are not so favorable to the
starting of the plant, in early spring
as alightly later.
For the early crop a well -drained,
fairly light soil should be chosen and
cultivation should be deep so as to en-
courage drainage through the early
weeks of the plants' growth as the
weather at that season is usually wet.
'Before planting potatoes in an un-
tried soil it is well to test for sour-
ness by the litmus paper method, and
if lime is needed, add it. The sets
for the early crop should not be put
in deep as the potato needs hoot, light
and air in growing. A depth of two
to three inches in sufficient for the
early planting• though five inches is
'tetter for the main crop, which is
planted when the ground becomes
warm and dry to a greater depth.
For quickest h esuj,ts. the seed po-
tatoes should ba resod out in a light
cool place; for some time before cut-
ting, so that short sprouts may form,.
then at least two sprouts should be
left to each set. Cutting sprouted 1
seed must be done by hand and care-
fully, so as to avoid breaking the
sheets, ansi as a mattes' of 'fact no
machine will satisfactorily take the
place of the good hind worker for
preparing Potato sets, cnpecially when 1
the price of potatoes stands as it docs
at present.
Results of previous years show that
at nine weeks after planting, in an 1
early section, one may look for a goad
price int any year, and the early crop
should be well worth growing in 1017.
Phoebe's Namesakes.
"Phoebe! Phoebe!" called little girl
Phoebe, imitating little bird phoebe on
the clothes wire above her head. "I've
a namesake, Aunt Alice, a namesake
, that is a little bird!"
"You have more than one in the bird
world, dear," returned Aunt Alice,
"Why, who are the others?" asked
Phoebe.
"See if you can search them nut by
yourself," said Aunt Alice,
One morning on her way to school
Phoebe caught a sound that made her
stop and listen.
Yes, there it came again! A crisp,
gentle little cry of "Phoebe! Phoebe!"
"That's not Phoebe Gray!" she
thought excitedly. "It must be one
of my other namesakes. Oh, oh, there
it is! Why, it's a chickadee! That's
not the chickadees' song. I thought
they were all gone, anyway."
Phoebe could hardly wait until the
close of school to tell Aunt Alice of her
discovery.
"Chickadees do have a phoebe note
in spring," said Aunt Alice, "so now;
you have two of your friends. You;
should hear your third namesake
whistle, `Pewit phoebe!' soon, too."
"I never heard that song," said
Phoebe. "I don't believe I know
the,
bird that Sings it."
"Oh,yes,you do" merrily assured
Aunt Alice, "You saw one the other
day.,'
Phoebe went about the woods and
fields chanting softly to herself,
"Pe -wit phoebe! Pe -wit phoebe!" and'
at last one day she recognized an ans.
•
"I've got itl I've got it!" she ran
shouting to Aunt Alice, "It's the
meadow lark. I always thought it
said "Spring o' the year,' though."
"You can make it say either," Aunt
Alice replied.
A few days later Phoebe end Aunt
Alice were walking along the roadside
together, Fifteen or twenty gold-
finches were warbling and whisking
"Aren't they pretty?" cried Phoebe.
"But, Aunt Alice, did you hear that?"
"A little note that sounds like a
faint `phoebe'?" said Aunt Alice. "Yes,
it certainly does, though usually the
goldfinches' song is a tinkle or a
jingle of shells, and in the fall it is
more like 'Chibee, chlbec!" all day
long."
"Well, I've found four namesakes
anyway!" cried Phoebe. "That's e
good many for one little girl, isn't it?'
Chicks shontd not be fed before 24
iourse have denser] after hatching,
but tine sand should be available as
soon as possible. This helps diges
son.
A Wisconsin cow at 10 years of age
trodueed 427 pounds of butterfat for
the year. She had been fed silage all
ice life. There, says The Breeders'
Gazette, is the ans`vet• for the oceas-
one' skeptic one still hears sometimes
saying that silage is not 11 success,
that the add destroys the teeth, and
eats out the lining of the stonrt:ch,
t!!1,4fPairrn
Another important feature In favor
of the milking machine, says a cor-
respondent of The Nor' -West Falmer,
le that when one comes from the field,
tired and hot, it is easy and cool to let
the machine do the work, as compared
with sitting down among a bunch of
cows, '
"I raise all my cows and rnalee .it a
rule never to buy any. It is a lesson
I have had to learn." Thus spoke a
keeper of a large dairy, He voiced'
the feelings of many who keep cows •
for profit, and the practise has more
than sentiment in it. If the calves
and young stock are not kept growing,
with plenty of good food, up to the
time of becoming cows, they lose, and '
it tells upon their quality in the dairy
throughout their milking life. Many
men who breed high-class stock and
raise their calves, lose sight of this
very important truth, and fail to
secure the mature animals that the
breeding ought to produce.
Kindness is a first essential. Let
the buyer of a wild, panicky heifer lose
no time in courting and winning her
attention and affection. Then when
the young cow has milk she will be
ready for milking. She should at this
time receive much caressing and pet-
ting, and be made to feel that she is of
consequence, Upon sitting down to
her the first few times do not begin
milking suddenly and harshly, but
slowly, waiting for her to become ac-
customed to it.
The Rhyme of The Merry Heart.
Oh, many have sought but few have
found
The treasures of Capt. Kidd,
For a part was buried in the ground,
And a part by the sea is hid.
But the best of all in the pirate's store
Lies hidden, I'll tell you where,
So that when you have read this care-
fully o'er_
You can seek and find it there,
You must follow the coast of Cheerful
Bight
From the first Glad Rock you see;
Then turn to your left—or else to your
right—
Till you come to the Ha -Ha Tree;
Then climb to the Tiptop Laugh, or
more,
And cling to the Broadest Grin;
And straight.behind you—or else be-
fore—
You will see a Chuckle's Fin.
And then beyond the Ha -Ha Tree
You must a journey make,
Until the smiles you smile ase three
And the Chuckle's Fin is awake.
Then raise the Fin with fingers three
And toss it into the air,
And where it falls on land or sea
You will find the treasure there;
A treasure rarer than Spanish gold,
And from it you must not part;
Some call it "Fortune," and others
"Luck,"
But I call it the "Merry Heart."
Draft Horse the Most Profitable.
The use of draft stallions has been
persistently advocated because that
means the most money for the aver-
age farmer breeder. It is well under-
stood by hol'semen that draft horses
and colts eal somewhat more hay but
not much more grain than light horses
or light colts of corresponding ages.
They are more easily confined, less
subject to accidents and more readily
trained to week than light horses, Ac-
cordingly there is not much difference
in the cost of feeding colts of different
classes. Most men of experience claim
that draft horses niay be somewhat
more cheaply produced because they
can safely be put to work a year
younger. Many draft colts coming
two years old are doing full work on
discs and harrows this spring, putting
in oat!, and are considerably larger
than light colts at three years old,
,which is the earliest they usually begin
farm work. The demand for draft
horses is still unappeasable. Anything
with quality and in good condition,
weighing 1,600 l.ounds or more, is sell-
ing as high as the trade has ever
known, $275 to $300 per head being
currant. prices.—Breeder's Gazette.
Food Value of Beans.
It is estimated that an average
acre of beans produce as much real
food material as is usually obtained
from five to fifteen acres of pasture
land in the production of either meat
or milk. According to recent deter-
minations end prevailing prices, as
much valuable food material for he -
matt consumption could be obtained
from the purchase of beans with
twenty cents as -from the purchase of
cheese with forty-three cents, of beef
steak with 'seventy-nine cents, and of
eggs with nne dollar and sixty-one
cental. Field beans approach animal
foods in nutritive value. They con-
tain a high percentage of protein, and
' in this respect .surprass the cereals
I commonly used as food such as wheat
and oats. There is 0 higher percent.
age of protein in beans than in the
best cuts of ` meat, but it is not gusto
!so completely digested, --Prof. C. A.
Zavits.
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The mare, under otainaty fella eons
ditions, when she is about to;foal,
should always he placed in a dry,,
clean roomy box stall with plenty et
Lild:ng,
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