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Busy Farmer
(Furnished bythe Department of Agriculture )
Experiments ' can be grown over a wide range of
Fertilizer
territory, but sweet clover should be
restricted do those areas Where
there is no.daiigei' of getting it mix-
ed with the small seed drops."Seed-
ing down a field of alfalfa. is' easily
equal to a liberal application of man-
ure. Alsa because of its long, thick
roots,' alfalfa is a splendid plant for
opening up heavy clay and also for,
adding moistnreretairiing humus to
rn 25 per cent, and ineailm% gave light soils. Once established, it will
In 1931 under auspices of the Ex-
perimental Union, 194, co-operative
'fertilizer experiments were conduct-
ed with farm crops on 776 plots.
Cereal grains showed an average in-
creased yield of 10 bushels per acre
where fertilizer's were used; potatoes
50' bushels per acre; turnips 3.6 tons
per acre; ' mangels, 10.7 tons; •shag^
an increase of 4,315 pounds of green
weight materials. Commenting on
the -work, Dr., Carcourt, Professor
of Chemistry at 0. A. C., emphas-
izes the necessity.: , of placing the
• fertilizer within reach of the grow-
ing plant and deep enough in the
soil to be ' affected by moisture.
Surface applications are condemned
except where land is drilled for
roots, in which case the fertilizer
1s brought intothe drill. On mea-
dews and alfalfa the fertilizer must
necessarily be spread an the sur -
fade, but where possible the mater-
ial should be put into the soil and
near but not in contact with the
seed, he advises.
Current Crop Report
Crop reports received from Re-
presentatives would indicate that
the majority of livestock are in
good condition and have had the
opportunity of more exercise this
winter than for some seasons past.,
A. number of poultrymen report
that their flocks are starting ,to
moult due to heavy production
early in the season and the supply
of eggs has fallen off as high as 50
per cent in some counties. Con,
siderable concern is expressed. re-
garding the supply of ice and wood,
as there has not been sufficient cold
weather and snow to supply ice Wird
allow for transportation of ice
it wood. Dowa in Glengarry,
s
reported that all roads . were open
for cars, a condition that had never
before prevailed in that section of
the country. Peel 'County states
that baby chicks are being hatched
'i w for the early broiler market and
that hatcherymen are expecting a
normal' demand for baby chicks this
spring. Waterloo County reports
that the farm outlook seems more
optimistic than for some months, and
that there is a tendency for prices
of farm products to improve. Wel- 1 for 1032.
lington County has increased its alf-
alfa acreage from: 10,000 to 18,000
acres in the last five years and with
the cheap alfalfa seed this year it is
expected that more alfalfa than ever
before will be sown.
in 'a few years smother out most
weeds. To derive most advantage
from this cheap fertilizer, it should
be followed with heavy feeding
craps, etch ap eorn, cabbage, pota-
toes, or .any market garden truck.
Where seeding down for the first
time, it is advisable to sow at the
rate of 12 to 15 pounds to the acre,
and it is also a good plan to inoculate
the seed. ,As there is an abundance
of high-grade, home-grown seed of-
fered this spring and the price is
low, there should be no temptation
to buy anything but. Government -
tested alfalfa.
ERIK
THURS., MARCH 3, 193a'
5 Df IN.HREST
in weig'ht. When hoia"ses are on light
work and part time. Idle the grain
ration is reduced adcordingly and
it
when on extra hard work, is rais-
ed gradually
ais-ed-"gradually until a 1600 pound
horse is getting g 20 to
22
pounds, of
grain per :day, which is about the
marewnuni .''amount of grain that a
draft horse can stand. The Sunday
feed should be cut in half. We prac-
tice giving: each horse a warn bran
mash on Saturday nights with a
pinch of Bache leaves or 1-2 teas-
poon of saltpeter in order to take
cane of urinal troubles. It is very
Old= ', that twa horses in a team.
can be fed exactly alike ea some
horsesrequire inuch more to keep
tem up than others and "here the,
feeder must use his eye as the guide,
as all work horses should be kept in
good Condition, not over fat nor 'too
thin extremes that can be observed
in twol ni:any cases. The loss of 'hor-
ses in this part of the district is
tremendous: in a year and if proper,
feeding methods are resorted to lumbia waters but the Pacific species
many of such losses can be 'avoided. is different Tram the Atlantic fish
andis not caught in such large quan-
tities. .•
The Atlantic smelt is known scien-
tifically as Osenerus Mordax and in
Canada it is taken in greatest 'abun-
dance
abundance in the waters of Northumber-
land county, New Brunswick, al-
though quantities are caught in oth-
er parts of New Brunswick and in
Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island,
Seed Corn Unexcelled
The quality of corn for seed, un-
excelled ht—the history of corn grow-
ing in this Province, . is now offered
the Ontario farmere.
The seed corn standards are being
placed on a higher level ' this year.
The house should be bright, dry,
Improved selection in the field and I well ventilated but free from
more rigid government Inspection
will add further assurance to your
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Canada
PISONNOW
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World's Big' Producer of Smelts
t
Small but Very Tasty, Smelt Impor- � heigthe winter rv et months.
The smelt is an excellent
pan
fsh
tant in FisheryOperations of i
of fine flavor. Its average len h is
Atlanticinches Coast probably eigiht or tenbut it
may reaech a length of a foot. The
fish enters the streams. frolna the sea
lantic to spawn but regularly.returns to
Fishermen on Canada's At
coast land about three-quarters of the sea ' with the outgoing tide:
the world's ' annual' production of
smelts' and during. the year just past
their catch totalled approkimately
6,840,000 pounds..
Smelt are enroll fish but very
tasty and in normal times they find
ready market in large quantities.
Many of them are exported from
Canada's Atlantic pi -Winces. to Uni-
tedStates cities, and, all told, the e beset ' i th fine yank spats.
marketed value of the catch some- f'in's ar
t' ed a million dollars a The'lateral line is interrupted and
3ialkett points out, however, that
apart from its spawning habits. it is
not strictlysa marine fish "for it also.
exists land-1&eked as fresh water
lakes in Nese Brunswick, Nova Soot-
ia;_ . and the State ,off ,Maine." Its
coastwise distribution is from Lab-
rador - to Virginia. "In colour the
smelt is greenish above and silvery
ute.,of those twenty-four hours. In
this densely populated box there is
one bee (the clneen) that is qcite
times exec s
year:• does not extend much beyond the
pectolrai fine y hen 'extended upon
Smelt are taken, too, 3n British Co- the sides." The Pacific :smelt '(Os-
merms thaloichthys) is ,olivaceous
in colour, with silvery sides, and is
translucent in. appearance.': It
spawns in' the sea and attains =a
length of about nine inches.
iLanidings of smelt during 1931 on
the taro coasts, were as follows,
round figures being given: New
Brunswick, 4,718,000 pounds; Nova
. Scotia, 787,090 pounds; Prince Ed-
ward Island, 752,000 pounds; Quebec
581,000 pounds; :and British Colum -
and Quebec. Tho fishery is, at its i ilia, 160,000 pounds.
Winter Egg Production
There ' are many things that in-
fluence Winter egg' production besides
the actual feeding, housing and hand-
ling of the stock at the time of pro-
duction. '
The proper breeding, hatching,
brelc'ding and fearing,, all to a very
Large extent influence the production
of the pullets in after life, so that
to obtain the most efficient produc
tion .the breeding and early environ
meat of the pullets should be good.
Given well matured pullets of the
proper type, success is assured' if
ordinary good attention to details is
draughts.
choice of Ontario Seed Corm. Ask l The system of feeding followed at
your dealer to supply you with On- I the -Central Experimental Farm with
tario Grown Seed.. The varieties of very good results is given herewith.
Dent and Flint are especially suited A laying mash is kept in hoppers
to your needs. An abundance of the before the flock at all times; also
better varieties of y5weet may be eb hoppers of grit, 'oyster shell and
tamed also, from reliable sources. charcoal.. Fresh water is also con-
During
onDuring years in which the Eur- tinuously supplied as well as milk
opean Corn Borer played linos- when available. In the mprning a
thous part - in curtailing production light feed of mixed scratch grain Fe
of corn in Ontario, growers of nil -
fed in the litter. For green feed,
age and 'corn fodder in Eastern Can- well cured alfalfa hay is fed in racks
ala became more or less dependent and is supplemented with cabbage,
en sources other than Ontario for mangels or other roots. Where 'table
their seed requirements. Much seed. scraps are available, a moist mash is
as a consequence, has been importedfed at noon and a full feed of scratch
from other seed corn producing ars grain is given in the evening.
eas: It is a well known fact that,1Or The scratch grain used is either
Canadian conditions, northern -grown one of the recognized commercial
seed is superior to that produced in mixtures or one mixed on the pisnt,
southern climates. It will not be ' made up of wheat, oats or oat groats,
necessary to import any seed corn barley and cracked corm 'with small
percentages of Buckwheat or any
other grain that may be available.
The mash mixture is bran one half
part, alfalfa leaf meal one half part,
middlings, ground yellow corn and
finely ground cats, • each one part,
animal feed mixture, ' one half part,
salt, one per cent, bone meal -three
per cent and cool liver oil, three per
cent.
Where home grown grains are a-
vailable they may be used' to replace
the purchased feed. Finely ground
wheat replacing the bran and mid-
dlings and barley the corn in whole
or in part.
Where no milk is available and
heavy egg production is desired the
animal feed mixture in the mash may
be increased.
The animal feed used is a mixture
of ground meat scrap, fish steal and
mills powder, these are usually .used
equal parts but the quantities are
regulated by the prices of the var-
ious feeds.
With a flock of well bred, vigor-
ous, well grown pullets, properly-
handled
roperlyhandled and fed as above, satisfac-
tory returns are assured.
different; from all the others and the.
only work she does is to lay eggs,,.
sometimes at the. rate of 8;000 in
twenty-four hours. The preen lays
two kinds of eggs, one that produces
the worker bee and one that pro-
duces the drone or 'Male bee. An-
other strange fact is that the young
larvae hatching from the eggs which
produce the worker bee will, if plac-
ed under certain conditions, become
queen bees, this. is the secret of
queen breeding. The . worker been
are all undeveloped females, yet in
spite of this -handicap, the bee colony
is the best organized community in
the world. Watching the entrance of
the colony during the summer
months, one particluarly notices a
number of large sleek looking bees
bees flying in and out and making a
considerable noise as though trying
to impress the world with their im=
portanee. These are the drones or
males, bat the truth is they do no
Work, nor.are they capable of feeding
or defending :themseves, ,for they
are fed by their sisters and they car-
ry no sting.. This might be con-
sidered an ideal arrangement were it
not for the fact that when the honey
flow is over these poor fellows are
driven from their , homes to die of
hunger and exposure. The death
rate like the birth rate of the colony
is very high, for during` the sumaner
months, the worker bees only live for
about six weeks, while during the
winter they tray live for seven or
eight months.. The queen, however,
may live for several years. These
vicious stinging little insects were
responsible for adding over thirty-
one million pounds of honey to the
wealth of Canada during the year
1930. For further inforination a-
bout beekeeping, write to the Cen-
tral Experimental Farm, Ottawa, for
Bulletin No. 33, "Bees and How to
Keep Them."
Would You Like to Keep a Bee?
Learn More About Them From The
Following
Penned by The Dominion Apiarist.
That , a bee is highly proficient in
the art of stinging inoffensive peo-
ple and when not so engaged is
stinging someone else seems to be
the extent of some peoples informa-
tion regarding this industrious in-
sect. It is also within the bounds of
possibility that many who are inter-
ested in the art of beekeeping do not
Weed Killer Experiments
Co-operative trials with chemical
weed killers were conducted in 1930
and 1931 by Prof. J. E. Hewitt of
0. A. C., assisted by Mr. W. M. Gam-
mon. They achieved favourable re-
sults, getting .a complete kill in
some cases with one application, but
with stubborn Weeds, two applica-
tions were required.' Ox, -eye daisy,
wild carrot, blue 'weed and burdock
were killed with one application, Poi -
son ivy and ehleory were sometimes
killed with one application, though
occasionally new growth appeared.
Twitch grass and field binweed re-
quired three 'applications, and at
least two applications were found
necessary to exterminate perennial
sow thistle. A study of residual ef-
fects showed no marked damage to
cions the following • year, when only
two applications' were made, but
three or more proved quite injurious
to crops in the year aftertreatment
..was given:
Registering Growers
The Growers' Markets Council at
the present time is asking all fruit
and vegetable gravers •to register
their acreage tinder cultivation and
the amount of each crop they pro-
duce. Fears are being sent out as
widely as possible and any grower
who does not receive a copy is ask-
ed to write in to the council for one.
A. concerted effort is to be made to
provide next year against any repet-
ition of the disastrcus marketing
season experienced !by growers last
fall.
So far as fruits and vegetables
are concerned, dependable inform-
ation has been available from. prac-
tically all producing districts in
Canada with the exception of Ontar-
io.. This has resulted in Ontario pro-
duction always being a most dis-
turbing factor on domestic and ex-
port markets and the net returns
to the growers for their production
highly unsatisfactory.
Grow Alfalfa
With alfalfa seed 'cheaper today
titan in a long time, this is a splen-
did trine to grow your awn fertil-
izer. 'Since retrenchment is
there is no alternative for the far-
mer, but to raise a large proportion
01 his needs on his own land. He,
will grow more of n:s own vegetab-
les, meats and fuel, and many will
use alfalfa and street dlover toput
fresh energy into the soil. Alfalfa
With this information available
for Ontario,- as provided for in the
registration forms, an accurate es-
timate of *Ontario production can be
made and thus.. choler working fac-
ilities can be arranged between all
the fruit and vegetable producting
Provinces in order that the greatest
possible advantage may be, taken of
all markets. Registration will serve
many other purposes such .as nest
and disease control, provide mailing
lists . for marketing and other infor-
mation, yet its primary purpose is to
enable the Council to know who pro-
duces the various varieties of fruits
and keep growers informed of oppor-
tunities to sell at better prices.
Blank forms can be obtained from
the Ontario Growers' 1Vlarleets Coun-
cil for this purpose.
CHINESE AND ANESTHETICS
Some of the .Arabian at?itorities".
hesai' li
t
speak of a form of ones y
inhalation, wrote Charles If. LaWall1
Phar- •
in "Four Thousand Years 'of
maey." This probably was derived'
i
'or Hua T'o, the.
from dike Chinese,
ve
i
0
have.
is said t
� ofChina,
e2 res
F)f' o a
ypp
taught this practice and used far the
purpose a combination •of aconite,
datura and henbane. It was revived"
in the Thinteee ith century, when it:
was called the l`sopot'ific 'sponge.."'.
And all tine, comments the author,',
from "a people who were slat despised':
as to warrant a special clause in 'lie•
litany of the English church during -
the period of the Crusades, •whielr
read: "From the Turk and ,lie -Doha:
et, good Lard, deliver` us "
know of some of the tvonderg of the
hive. A colony of bees tucked away
in the back corner of someone's gar-
den is an insignificant looking thing,
but do you know' that during the
summer months the adult population
of that little box is approximately
100,000 and that between 2,000 and
3,000 new bees are emerging from
their cells every twenty-four hours,
also that between 12,000 and 13,000
baby bees are being fed every. min,
Feeding Work Horses
(Experimental Farms Note) •
The feeding `of work horses is an
art in itself, only attained after
many years of experience and after
some cases of 'misjudgment on the
'trait of the feeder .until be has learn-
ed how to feed work horses proper-
ly. To corroborate this statement
it is only 'necessary to go•through the
First Shipment of Can-
adian grown Tobacco
to Jamaica
country and see bhe effects of
feeding, some `some of which may be en-
urnerated.as: acute and chronic indi-
gestion, colic, heaves, etc., all. 'of
which may be caused and aggravated
by improper feeding.
The practice in feeding work hor-
ses 'at the Experimental' Station,
ICapuskasing is to allow 1600 pound
horses doing regular farm work, a'
daily ration of 20 pounds of hay and
Canadian -,grown tobacco from the
agricultural areas of Ontario is a-
bout to storm the citadel of the
"Havana leaf" in the West Indies.
When the Canadian National simmer
"Lady Rodney" sailed from kIalifax
far Janraica,,'she carried in :her hold's
a considerable quantity of raw to-
bacco from Ontario destined for a
factory: in. Icingston where it will be
Used for: experimental purposes.
According , to the 'officials of the
Imperial Tobacco Company who are
filling the order, this is. the -first
consignment of C'anad'ian grown raw'-'
tobacco to ga forward to Jamaica..
It will be tested' beside United States
and other Empire tobacco with a'
view iso future' manufacture into pi'1 e
tobacco and perhaps blending.
The shipment is made up of the
best Canadian leaf known as "•Can-
adian Virginia," and if the tests'
prove successful, will probably rnarle
1ounid of grain preferably rolled the beginning of a regular trade -in
p,
or crushed osuts, for each 100 pounds Canadian tobacco, iso'the West''Tndies:•
RICH ON $40U '
When 'Sir Thomas Lipton was in'
this country he said:
"I went to work in the' South,
saved money, '`arid returned home.
with $400 in my pocket, and I '
thought I was the tallest man in the
World."
Arthur Brisbane commented on •
this as follows:
Ile wasn't the richest man, but he •
was rich, because he knew haw to
save.
Lipton has business ability, under- •
stood advertising and trade. But all'
his business intelligence would have •
done no good without lihe first 8400.'
That money enabled him to start:
something. And starting, he suc-
ceeded. A great majority of all Am-
ericans die worth Less than $100.85
per cent of those .past 65 are depen,
dent on others, and that in a country •
where average intelligence, willing-
ness to work and ,capacity to save
mean independence in old age.
—The Fret..
TWO DWELLINGS
God has two dwellings -one in
Advertising has established values heaven, and the other in a meek and
and confidence. thankful heart: Izaak Walton.
NIUMNIM
Two, parsons—so the story goes
attending a conference, had beds in
the same room, One was a young
man; the other was old. They began
their devotions simultaneously, but
the older man was off his knees and
into bed in a twinkling. The young-
er man's prayer was long. When he
rose, he felt called on to chide the
older man for the brevity of his
prayer. The old man's reply was
both blunt and rebuking—"I keep
prayed up, young pian. I keep pray-
ed up!"
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There's a point in this story for
those who employ advertising to sell
their goods and service. It is, Keep
continual contact, by the agency of
published aldveetising, with those
from whom you want business.
Many sellers lapse into long per-
iods of silence. Then, when business
is had, they may burst into adver-
tising, hoping that there will he im-
mediate and earnest . attention on
the park of those addressed.
Buyers are attentive and respon-
sive to those who maintain steady
canted with thein—via published ad-
vertising. To them they aro friend-
ly. .'When in the market for what
the seller offers, to hint they turn
easily, expectantly,confidently and
responsively.
The advertising which costs least
because of a minimum of buyer re-
sistance aril a mast -matt ,of goodwill
and responsiveness—is that which is
published continuously. 'C'ontrariwisd.
the advertising which costs most is
that which bursts into sight suddenly
and intermitently—,like the fires of
Vesuvius. It costs most because it
doesn't get the required response, in
the that iiiitit set,
There's another little story about
prayer—a story with a point. A
small boy told his Sunday School
teacher that he never said his pray-
ers in the .morning, but always at
night. "And why not in: the morn-
ing?" asked the teacher. "Wiry";
said the small boy, "any .fellow who's
any goad can look after himself iri
• the .day time,"
Many sellers are ver,, much like
this small ' bay; many aro worse.
Many advertise only when darkness
' begins to fall over their business'.
Many don't advertise at all.
The right idea is, of ocurse, to keep
en distributing among buyers in -
;formation about 'one's goods and
wants et all times. Thus' c1a the
leaders.
SILENCE
SIGNIFIES
SELLER -INDIFFERENCE'
BUYERS, IN GREATEST NUNT-•
BI1KS, GO' WHERE THEY ARK
INVITED TO GO.
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