The Seaforth News, 1924-01-03, Page 7kddrpcs,carnrnunlaatloga to Agroaoinlet, 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto
PRUNING OF TREES.
. It is generally conceded by both
sc;iFnt f, ^Ines Ligators and commercial
vowels that frust trey's `shuuld be
pruned during the 1irSF two or three
70t1, oftheir life. ).'his pruning is
'de:igne.d to produce .t well-balanced
tree with a strong fi;aa eworrk capable
of` carrying heavy crops as the tree
grows` older. II':rperiments have shown
that as, aTule unpruned trees cone
Into bearing earlier thein those which
are pruned.. Failure to prune trees
when they are sinal), however, ceri'i-
monly' results -in serious trouble in
later'years.' Such trees frequently de-
velop to many main branches, bad
crotches are formed, and-thepercent-
age of breakage is heavy.
When the tree has passed the form-
ative period the necessity for pruning
is not quite so obvious, but most
authorities are agreed that even after
the tree reaches bearing age it is still'
advisable to pay it ;an annual
with the pruning, shears. The object
of thii is to remove all interfering
branches and :•t4open out the tree so
that the sunlight can penetrate to
each fruit spur, The labor thus ex-
pended is fully paid • for .by the ini-
•,prevenient in the grade of fruit pro-
duced.
The dormant season is the logical
time for pruning although when the
wood is frozen the work may not be
very agreeable to the grower. Where
young treesor stone fruits are con-
cerned it is probably advisable to de-
lay the pruning until late winter;,or
early spring, but bearing apple trees
can be pruned in zero weather without
apparent injury. Pruning is the one
major„ orchard operation'which can
be performed to advantage during the
winter. months. At this time there are
no leaves to interfere with the vision
of the pruner and consequently he is
better able to judge which branches
should be'removed. •Furthermore, it
is only during the winter that the
grower has the timeto give to this
work.
Consistent and systematic annual
pruning aid in producing more extra
fancy fruit.
CLEANING HOME-GROWN SEEDS
OF GRASS AND CLOVER.
The production of home-grown
grass end clover seed on the average
Canadian farm is confined for. the
most part to the seed of /Timothy,
Red Clover, Alfalfa, Sweet Clover, Al-
sike Clover and White Dutch Clover
and naturally it is clean, vigorous
seed that the grower wishes to secure.
i'. To meet.this. requirement it 'la
necessary that seed of strong vitality
and free from :weed seeds be planted
each year; and because all our pres
ent methods of cleaning are somewhat
inadequate, it is necessary that the
soil be clean. Clean seed and clean
ground aro dependent one on the other.'
The vigorous growth' of newly seeded
grass or clover crop which. is thick
enough to occupy the available.
ground, will .do much to smother out
undesirable growth. , If seed, . free
from the seeds of foreign plants, be
sown year after year in a rotation, in-
chiding a cleaning. crop, clean'farm
land will be the result and from it
will spring clean seed.
It is no smallproblem
to secure
clean seed from much of the grass and
clover crop as harvested. Particularly
is this true in connection with' our
clover. It is an easy matter to sep-
arate
ep-
arate':out light material and other
foreign matter of a size different from
the particular,`seed we.are working
with. A geod fanning mill with proper,
adjustment of sieves and wind velocity
will readily snake- such a : separation.
The grower with the ordinary fanning
mill is limited, however, to this sep-
aration. Foreign seeds of a size and
weight similar to the seed being clean-
ed are beyond the power of his ma-
chine to remove. Indeed the separa-
tion of some of our weeds, including
both noxious and non -noxious weeds,
seem to be beyond the capability of
any of the cleaning machinery now
operating commercially. This fact is
reflected in the Large amount of seed
that has annually to be classified as
rejected according to the Canadian
Seed Control Act and - also in the
noxious and other weed seed allowance
provided in one , of the commercial
grades under the same Act.
Out of the numerous experiments
now being carried on in the separation
of seeds by liquids ` will eventually
come a method of separation that can
be operated commercially at reason-
able cost and that will perform the
thorough cleaning necessary to good
seed production.
In the meantime, the least that we
can do is to plant on our farm only
seed that is as clean and pure as can
be obtained and only such land as is
free from weeds,
POULTRY
The frosting of the comb of either
the male or female is one thing the
poultryman must guard against. It
can be accomplished by having a hous
that is well ventilated, a' house i
which the moisture given off by th
birds in the process of respiration i
quickly. carried away and replaced b
fresh oxygen -laden air; for it Is
fact that birds will do better in an ex
tremely, cold temperature, provided
the atmosphere is dry, than they wil
in a much warmer temperature wher
the atmosphere is heavily laden with
moisture. The moisture condition
seem to. be conducive to freezing th
comb:
Ventilation then, with a cold temp
erature, but plenty of fresh air, is th
first way to counteract the ravages o
Jack Frost in the winter. That means
we should not attempt to keep our
birds in a house that is closely built,
but rather in one whose front is large-
ly open.. Another precaution' to take
n avoiding frozen` combs is to be sure
that the droppings boards and perches
are at the back of the house, which,je.
the warmest and best protected, ,and
that the perches themselves are �"suf-
Ocie
nt distance below the roof, so.
thct
the combs will not come in contact
with the rafters or boards.
Another precaution is to wive in
some way to •keep the werm!fir given
off from the birds' bodies found .and
adjacent to the perches— at is, have
some arrangement in t house so that
the' warm air as it -breathed by the
birds does not' mmediately escape
from the house. : We do not mean that
this ail nu be. confined rigidly to
the houso� but let us find some scheme
when" e change of warm air from
house
will ber.
gradual, thus avoid-
ing drafts..{ This can be accomplished
by dropping ,:a board.•; or a .curtain
down from the roof just over the front
of the droppings boards..; Have it drop
ten or twelve inches.
Another mighty valuable way to de-
feat old Jack Frost in his, winter; ram-
page is to turn on the lights_ about
half,;an hour ;before daylight, giving
the:birds a grain ration at,this. time.
This will get them to work quickly. If
you have ever observed your hens in
the • early, morning and stand around
SHEEP
Many dairy farms can support a
small flock of sheep to advantage
where' their usefulness will be found
e in helping to control or subdue weeds
e in the pasture fields or in utilizing
e small pasture lots or fields where the
s. dairy cows cannot be put in handily.
Y They can be made a source of income,
a too, both from wool and lambs or from
well-bred registered` stock.
No animal will do more than sheep
1 to keep weeds in submission in the
e pasture field, if given a chance at the
weeds while the leaves are still tender
s and succulent. Sheep are particularly
e fond of the leaves of plants which
they strip off, leaving the plant t6 die:
- The sheep are wintered easily, and
e With the addition of a,? °tie clover or
alfalfa: hay they wiA•rind a.great part
of their roughs' a in the stalk fields
when these are not snowed under:
They requjter very little grain until
they pproach the lambing period,
whey:. 'it will be foundprofitableto
give them oats, which, are usually not
High-priced, with perhaps the addition
'of some corn, •though we have not
found it advisable to feed very liber-
ally of corn, which has a
tendency to
cause them to fattenandlose their
Iwool prematurely. It is not necessary
to purchase a lot of high-priced feeds
in order to keep sheep.
I Nor does it take expensive or
p elab-
orate equipment to house sheep. They
Iare a great.outdoor animal, but they
should be protected from rain, sleet
and falling snow to prevent their
catching cold. Low removable Parti-
tions or hurdles are very handy when.
the lambs begin to arrive, to keep the
ewes with young lambs separated a
few days. If ewes are bred to have
the :lambs .come during the month of
May - most' of the lambs, may be .drop;
ped in the pasture field, as some farm-
ers make a practice of doingwhen
barn •space as too limited to house all
theewes and early lambs comfortably.
on the floor of. the house, waiting, for
it to get light so that they can get to
eating. This. seems,o be:the .;tine when
moot combs are touched. or frosted. If,
o.boiit half an hour before dawn, the
lights cap be switched on and the birds
fed' they will come down quickly, be-
come active immediately and their
blood stream is set in rapid.circula-
tion, and the danger of frosted combs
is lessened.
The milk in a cow's :udder runs in.
pretty exact. ratio with the milk of
kindness in/: -the bosom of the, person
who takes care of her.
To Make White:Lotion.
"White lotion"''for treatment of'
barbed, wire wounde,.end other ,Thal-
low' wounds is composed of one ounce
of acetate of lead, six drams of sul-
phate of zinc, and one pint, of soft
water. Label the bottle "poison," and
shake well before using.
Other medicines useful for wounds
ate tincture of iodine, permanganate
of potash boric acid, ;calomel, and ox-
ide.;of zinc ointment. ...Calomel 'is used
for "thrush," Bluestone in solution is
the' most effective drug: for root rot of
sheep and cattle.—Dr. A. S. Alexander.
oma.._.
When leaving a lunch ready.. for a
belated dinner, placea tin or granite
part over each plate'' or bowl of eat-
ables, and they will keep .moist and
fresh many hours.
'Vegetable Vitamins—Their
Functions in the Diet.
An especially interesting article on
vegetable vitamins has been contribut-
ed by Mr. L. F. Burrows, Secretary
of the Canadian Horticultural Council,
to the November -December Agricul-
tural Gazette, The valve of vege-
tablesas a diet, physicians say, •lies
largely, in the vitamins theycontain,
and these vitamins are necessary to
life. The writer of the article: goes
into particulars' of the vegetables tha
contain this element to the greats
exult.
Three distinct kinds of vitamin
have been identified;; they have bee
designated "A,” "B," and "C." Vita
min A, we are:told, is a mysterious,
element in food without which chil-
dren cannot grow but which grown
folks also •need, Leafy plants are
valuable foods in this respect, spinach
and_chard ranking first, lettuce next,
and cabbage third.,. Tomatoes are rich
in• this `vitamin and Hubbard squash
is said. to be a valuable source. Vita
min 33 is guardian of good digestion
and proper functioning of the liver1
and other. glands.- Potatoes, sweet and
white, contain appreciable amounts of
this vitamin, but turnips and onions
are better off. Beets, tomatoes, sab-,
bage, spinach, lettuce and parsley also
contain it, so too does the lowly dande.
lion. Most,fruit juices and even nuts
are said to possess appreciable am-
ounts of this vitamin. Vitamin C pre-
vents disease, and promotes the gen-
eral health. Lack of it, we are in --1
formed, gives.the skin a bad color and,
makes the heart weak. Lemons, limes,
oranges, and fresh fruit seem to be.
beneficial in this respect.. Again the
tomato shows to advantage, its juice'
being regarded as equal to that of
the orange. The: Swedish turnip, pr
rutabaga, is valuable as a source of
vitamin' C,' so also is the carrot, par-
ticularly young carrots. Potatoes, on-
ions, parsnips, rhubarb, lettuce, caulI-
flower, and cabbage may be counted
in. Raw cabbage is said to beespe-
cially strong in, this vitamin.
Satisfactory Results of Cow
Testing.
"I Never Thought Of That." Home Education
Neighbor ' Smith and his hired hand
w "The Child's First School Is the Family" Froseele
n
were;; busy sawing up n tree that ble
down the night before, smashing up
number of his bee stands,;when hi
friend Brown happened;`along.:
"At last," said Brown, "the old tre
you have braced with props'' and an
shored with wire for years, to keep i
from blowing down on your bee stand
has fallen. Why didn't you move th
bee stands and. let the old tree fall?'
I "Well,"; ,and
Smith, as he slap
st pod his hand on his leg, "1 neve
thought of that."
s The man who does so little thinkin
n as to take but one view of his bust
-•nese is likely to blunder many times
just as Smith did with the old tre
and his bee stands. Just such blunder
turn profits into loss on the farm,
The successful farmer to -day is:
thinking man. If he has a task be
fore him he debates in his mind th
many different waysofdoing it unti
detail has been thoroughly
thrashed out and a profitable solution
has beer d;
Plob ah.' . 0 other busiiigss reqs ires
the careful and continuous thinking
that . successful farming requires
What to do, how to do it and what t
leave undone are three things tha
will make. any farmer scratch his
head and think for all he is worth
if he does them justice.
One of the most successful farmers
I ever knew -said he paid his hired
men more willingly for thinking than
for work. Doing farm work unplan-
ned is merely playing a game of
chance that is just as likely to lead to
loss as to profit. Work preceded by
serious thinking and planning is more
than likely to be a paying proposition.
—J. C. Conger. -
a Pii* Oettnettl to -Tempt "Children=By Marion Brownfield.
t,hldd tp'f ,g i p.
snowy,frosted.calce to a dish of ra last way prevents the child from
t d g Y
e oatmeal? As a child T could hardly merely eating the "color"' and avoid-
' in the cereal for what child's heart
e eat salt fish hash. B g
'Because its does not go out to a pink mixture
flavor? Oh no! But because. it looked even if it happens to be an. insipid
" so dirty! (Cod fish and boiled pota-bit P
r gelatine? A of chopped fresh fruit
, toes in combination do make a rather l makes . cereal tempting as well as
unattractive color.) Also its fibrous palatable. This also can be beaten
g texture made me complain, "Mama, through the. food.
it tastes like flannel!" With' still
other items - on the'bill
'! Thus : squeamish appetite may be; of fare one: should aim for a pleasing
e prejudiced against wholesome fool color effect. Many simple desserts
because of its unattractive appear- such as 'farina, junket,, cornstarch'
ance. This 'is more often the case puddin or custard can" inkened"
a' with children than is p g be"pinkened"
real- with the coloring that comes in pack-
- ized, :Of course, a finicky taste is not ages of gelatine. For the child who
it to be encouraged but many a time a enjoys chocolate, cocoa will give both
little management, will persuade the color and -flavoring so desired bye
1youngsters 'to eat plain hearty food him. It is both'nouriehing and novel
until it becomes a habit.with them. mixed with sugar for breakfast foods.1
Attractive colors more than any -Chocolate sauce can also be .indulged
thing else appeal to children. It is in. once in a while, to dross up plain
true that candy is sweet, as well .as desserts.,
"I
bright -colored, but all.fruit is not `Even the dishes help make. food i at -
sweet, yet it is equally tempting : to tractive. Pink dishes are worth in-;
, most children because of: its cheerful vesting in if they persuade a child to
enticing color. Breakfast food, there- eat the despised potato. Milk, which!
fore, is worth _coloring. many parents pay a child to drink,
There are several ways.to do this. will sometimes be cheerfully taken 'f:
r. 1
Fruit juice.from a can of straw -' it can be drunk - from a certain al��e-
berries, peaches or apricots makes a ing snug the child has fancied. Where
tempting sauce for oatmeal. Fresh, this inducement is held forth,the
fruit juice is even nicer still. A little coveted dish or mug oust. not bused
jam dotted here and there is effective, for other items of diet,otherwise it
while a teaspoonful of red jellycan loses its novelty and "special oc-
be whipped through the cereal to casione" value.
The beneficial effect of cow -testing
is . abundantly shown by results
achieved at the.Oka, Que., Agricultur-
al School. In 1920 the average pro-
duction of 44 cows, Ayrshires and
French-Canadians, was 6,733 lbs. milk,
257.7 lbs. fat, and 883 percentage. In
1922 the average production. of 46
cows of the same breds was 8,901 lbs.
milk, 846 lbs. fat and 3.88 percentage.
The average increase per cow in -milk
in three years was 2,168 lbs. In 1920
only eleven cows in the herd produced
over 300 lbs. fat; in 1922, thirty cows
exceeded this amount, or over 66 per
cent, of the animals in the herd, In
Kent County, Ontario, by following
the cow -testing method, conducted by
the Dominion Dairy and Cold Storage
Branch, an average of 7,488 lbs. milk
and 246.5 W. fat was increased to an
average for eleven cows in the same
three years to 10,235 lbs. milk and
346.4 lbs. fat, an increase per eoiv of
2,747 lbs. milk and 99.9 per cent. fat.
Modern agriculture must be organ-
ized agriculture.
GIVE US ALL-AROUND
FARMERS
Someone has said that the days of
the all-around farmer are numbered.
Industrial history, he argues, proves
-this • the specialist has routed the man
who can do many things.
In a sense this is true along many
lines. ' Yet, I venture that, to -day,
even in our metropolitan districts, a
good all-around man could pickup a
worth -while job' quicker, and hold it
longer, other things being equal, than
could most specialists.- In' fact, there
seems to bea. real demand for men
with—not special—but good horse
' sense.
In •min
g, thespecialist ecialist''has made
far less headway than he has 'in
manufacturing and other lines. Good
farming, as we see it these days, de-
mands a variety of interests. Many
kinds of crops and •many ,Xcinds of live
stock are the ainis of tlie;most pros-
perous
i• ,..
nd .o Pressi
a vo 'tillers ofthe
p�" d h
fields. These good farmers are adepts.
in fitting a number of lines of farm-
ing together into a harmonious work-
ing program.
The extension of this 'diversified
agriculture is the most urgent need
of this generation of farmers. A bal-
ancing up of the farm program so
that production power will be main-
tained more efficiently and the con-
suming world is given a more even
flow of products, is a big matter of
the hour,
How are we going to bring this to
pass? Only through an adequate
supply of all-around men. How are
we going to get such men? Develop
them through. agriculturally, adapted
schools, intelligently conducted boys'
and girls' clubs, wido-awake churches,
granges, farmers'- clubs and commun-
ity organizations, and withal through
a very close contact with live, virile;
active agricultural communities.
We row face the time of year when
these matters should occupy a gener-
ous amount of our thinking and ac-
tiou.
Keep the Dropping Boards
Clean.
The "classical" poultryman, who is
scrupulous about everything he does,
may be able to hire his dropping
boards cleaned every morning. It is
the most sanitary method. But the
one-man poultry plant San not always
have it done that way.
I know a farmer who cleans his
poultry house about once a year. Of
course it is a sight, and of course he
gets poor results. He ridicules the
"book farmer" who is"always fooling
with his chickens." He is 'a sample of
the old-time farmers, who are grow-
ing less every year, thanks to the ex-
periment stations and the agricultural
press.
Between the two extremes, cleaning
the dropping boards once a week
seems to fit in with the one-man plant.
In the summer I sprinkle ordinary dry
dirt on the boards after I have cleaned
them. In winter, sifted coal ashes.
All the year I add phosphate (phos-
phoric acid) to help make the drop-
pings a balanced ration for the gar-
den.
He who would look with contempt
upon the farmer's pursuit is not wor-
thy of the name of a man. -Beecher.
It is those things which he is not
compelled to do—the just treatment
'of the h•'pless-that test the fibre of
man's character.
How Our Community Amuses the Young Folks
The Rutland Community Associa
Inc., has proved that no rue
comnn-ua#ty need be without recreation.
In three short years it has revolution-
ized our social activities and provided
us an inexhaustible store of enjoy-
ment.
Three years ago our social centre
were the rural schools and stores an
church. These were very well in thei
way, but—Friday night found most
our young people journeying tower
the nearest city.
Some of the older people were dis
satisfied with this state ,of affairs
They thought there was a remedy, and
so theyformed a community mmunity assoai
tion. They got the young people into
it, made them officers, and stirred
them up until they became enthusi-
astic. -
Our first aim was..•a community
building, the site of which was -con-
tributed by a man having- two girls
and a boy in his family. Money for
the building. we obtained partly; b
subscription, . partly by. loans, and
partly. by earning it. Plays were
given, and a field 'day was held .o
Dominion Day. Donations in money
exceeded two thousand. dollars, while
carpenters and other workers gave
their :time. Notes were .issued for
about one thousand dollars.
When the building was completed,
the association, now incorporated, had
almost doubled its .membership. The
officers• of the'Association were the
president, vice-president,;,secretary,
treasurer, and the council. This coun-
cil is 8 body of six, headed; by the
president. Each of the other-, five
members represents one. of the •follow-
ing branches of work carried on•by the
association: social, athletic, dramatic,
educational, and musical.
The whole countryside is interested
in the work. People like to attend the
doings. They like to know what things
are going on. Best of all, they feel'
proud that "their -'community is truly
up to date.
Of course, there was opposition.
Several well-intentioned people
thought it would hurt the church.
They called our new' building the
"Devil's Playhouse." ` Others content-
ed themselves with disapproving of it.
We were fortunate in possessing a
sensible minister. He realized that,
a-, friendly relations between the two
al would be of benefit to the church. His
efforts resulted in a larger attendance
at church services and a good .reputa-
tion for the association.—Marion
Prink.
s Our community organization is
d known as the Evergreen Sporting As -
r sedation. The name. was adopted
of more than twenty years ago, when the
d principal.event was a hunt by the h
young men, and the side which killed
- ,tbe, most game was banqueted by the
, losing side. From that small begin-
ning,our club has developed until now
a- everyone v one is -.elf eligible gible to memberalii
from the smallest school child' to the
oldest grandparent,
During the year we have the hunt,
a field meet,. three ball games,;three
literary and musical programs, and. a
grain, livestock, and.domestic science
exhibit- -Points are counted on each
event, and, competition: is so keen be-
. tween the two sides, the Reds and
Greens, that out of a .total of . twenty s
thousand points there is' often a dif- c
n' ference of less than one: hundred. At
the end of the year a banquet is, serv-
ed by the losing side, and new officers
chosen for the next year's work. New
sides are chosen each year, and fam-
ilies that were rivals one year work
together the next.
We have a; neighborhood „picnic each
year at iise time of the field meet We
also have a party. once a month. At
these parties the host •, and ' hostess.
furnish the house and provide for the in
seating and lighting so that a crowd se
of one hundredpeople may be accorn- is
modated. One committee furnishes and b 1
serves the refreshments, and another it
provides the entertainment.
Our neighborhood is near two cle
towns,, where the young folks' attend
high schools. The social committee al
often has trouble to find dates that fo
will not interfere with school_pro ra
grams, but'the E. S. 4,. parties are
always first in importance, even with
the school folks.
We are glad':tirat our children are
For Years I Didn't.
For many years I farmed and only
jotted down what I. paid out and.re-
ceived in a small notebook, and let it
go at that. When on some cold win-
ter day I would look over my book, I
found that I really did not understand
it myself, and could not see my finan-
cial condition.
Then I started systematic bookkeep-
ing. I have one cattle account, includ-
ing cream and steers sold, one wheat
account, one oats, one flax, etc.
From my hog account Ilearned that
I was losing money.
My poultry account shows a pro
Before I kept books I could not te
did not' know, what the, fee
cost' or how much they ate. Now whe
I bill a 10 -bushel box I debit the pou
account and credit the, feed a
count with the cost of it.
Whenever I tako a trial balance—
usually once a year—it shows me (1
gain or loss on any one of the a
counts; (2) gain or lose during the
yea' on the whole; and (3) it en
ables me to make a businesslike state
ment if my income is large enough
that I have to pay income tax.—B. O
{1. THE CHILDREN'S
HOUR
Il
A, LITTLE BOY SAVES BRUIN.
Bruin groaned in the tight grasp of
the man's trap. How his foot ached;
and pained! Twist and squirm as he
might, he could not `get loose. No,
matter in what position he stood, the
pain was no easier.
To Bruin it seemed a long time.
Yes, a very long time, since the little
fit. stranger Squirrel had started with hie
ell, message to Roily,
d He knew Roily Rabbit would bring
s
n help as soon as possible. But he wish-
ed
ish
ed he would hurry, or—
No sooner had he thought this than
u1-
0- 1
he turned to see a_man corning, wind-.
ing his way among the trees, q
) His heart went thump. Forgetting
c- the trap, he started to run. But he t
could not get away. The sharp teeth
- of the trap cut deeper into his flesh. t
The man came running toward him.
"Ah, Ha, At last I have you, you f
big rascal. What a nice fur coat you
will make • mo, ' Mr. Bear," he said.
"Now to get you home." e
ee Bruin could not - understand what p
a the man meant by these strange noises w
but his tone made him more afraid.
Taking some shells from his pocket,
the man put them in his bang, bang h
gun. Bruin had never seen a gun like
this before, but he remembered about c
what happened to .Mrs. Roily Rabbit
or His knees trembled and he was weak.
Just as the man raised his bang,
In the course of experiments recent -
y made in the United States an inten
sity of electric light equal to one-
ourth of the sun's rays, was used, and
the growth, of both flowers and vege-
abies was hurried• forward by several'
weeks owing to the continuous light
bus obtained.
The plants are permitted to sleep
or an hour after sunset. Then, the
electric light fs turned on for about
fi
Flowers by Electricity.
The supply of flowers should no
longer be affected by changes in the
easons or in weather conditions.
Plants can now be grown witli the aid
Two Misses at Once.
When two or more troubles come
the. same time the car owner has
real puzzle, as one recently found out.
He was running a truck - along the
road, when the engine started to miss.+
In the course of a few. minutes it be-
came worse, and soon the engine stop-
ped.
Cranking to start .it brought one
two explosions, but it would not start
The truck was towed home and al
ve hours, when'the lights are lower.
d, and the plants given another rest
review to sunrise. During dull
gather, when there is no sunlight,
the electricity can be kept on through-
out the day, supplying. the light and eat necessary to speedy growth.
By means of this latest method
elery was found to grow almost twice
as fast as usual, and flowers bloomed
eight days before those which depend-
ed only on sunlight.
examination made. The plugs wer.
taken out and put on the cylinder
and the engine turned over by th
crank. The spark was very weak; '
fact, it' could hardly be seen at all.
The coil was taken off and tested a
a nearby service station. It gave
very weak spark and another one wa
used. Still the spark was not good
and the engine missed so much tha
it would hardly run idle.
Examination of. the distributor
showed the trouble. The contact screw
ad loosened until the contaetalardly
met when closed, and when open had
four times the ordinary gap. The
contacts were adjusted and the engine
ran smoothly.
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Dairy Products to Britain.
Denmark during the nine months
ending September 30, shipped 1,899,:,
470 cwts, of butter to ,Britain;. Aus-
tralia 444,571 cwts., New . Zealand
940,120 cwts. and Canada 10,714 myth.
The Netherlannds, including Den-
mark, shipped in the same time to the
ams• destination 149,007 • cwt.& of
hoose, Australia 89,284 cwts.,New
Zealand 1,211,986 cwts., and Canada
558,030 cwts. A leading British .firm
reports that recent shipments of but-
ter from Canada have been very sat-
isfactory and that quotationsare188
to 190 shillings per long hundred-
weight,'or a little over forty cents a
pound.
Feeds Cornmeal. to Cows.
It has been my experience that due-
g the summer months .a too liberal
eding of cornmeal to the dairy cows
wasteful; yet, in the winter time, I
be
it is very profitable to include
in fairly liberal quantities.
The quantity to mix in the ration
pends upon .the roughage ration.
When
`I feed corn -silage and clover or
falfa hay, then I plan, to feed from
ur to five pounds of cornmeal in the
tion of each' cow per day. ---L. C. R.
Half-hearted effort will never' bring
cress: in poultry )seeping or any other
e of endeavor.; In order to accom
ish anything, you must be enthusi-
tic and get a: hustle on.
More prisoners . attribute their fall
betting than to any other cause.:--
etective-Inspector Thompson.
bang gun to shoot straight at Bruin
e a .little boy came running up behind
shim,
e "Don't shoot him, father. He is so
in small and cute. Please, can't I take
him home?" asked the little boy. "I
t have the muzzle and rope right here."
a The man thought_ a few minutes,
s then answered, "Perhaps he is too
small for a coat anyway. Yes, we will
t take him home, son, and you may have di
him for a -pet,•, pr
"Just see how frightened he is, poor re
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got the muzzle fastened on him, m
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what the
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paw and tried hard to get away. The th
muzzle over his - head was very urv. bu
comfortable,• but try as hard as he
might, he could not get it off.
At last he became too tired to re-
sist any longer. And after weary•
miles of walking, Bruin found himself
fastened to a tree. Nearby was a big
house, bigger. than Bruin had ever
seen before in his life. The man and
the boy left him alone and went into
this big house.
Why Account Books Helped
Me.
Through the keeping of books, 1
and learning some, of the places where
money is being lost, and also the parts
of my farming ,that promise the most
profit.
In the live stock department, I have
scovered a few cows that are poor
oducers. Others have given better
sults when a better balanced ration
as given, and .more ,:regular 'care af-
rded. I have discovered further that
e kind of man wou have on a job,
well as the pa' ticular team, often
ekes quite a variation in the cost of
ormin certain tasks
rf eta Moreover,
g
have learned from the pages of my
ok that if I could have increased.,
e yield of my wheat field by two
shels and my corn by five :bushels,
I would - .:have realized a . substantial
profit from them: These'matters alt
impress the value of keeping "deflnita
accounts of the farm work as well sr
the business which I conduct._
•
Yield and Value of Potato
Crop.
The ▪ area planted in'potatoes an
nada in 1928 is estimated at Ottawa
560,942 acres compared with 888,.
4 acres in'1922, a `decrease' of 18
r cent.. The yield per acre, however,
re than., counterbalances the falling
in acreage planted. This yield is
ced at 108% hundredweight per
e, against 81%' hundredweight last
yea
giving' a total : yield in 1923 of
066,700 hundredweight against 55,
5,800 hundredweight in 1922. The
1 value of the potato crop is esti-
ited at' $62,652,000, compared with
0,320,000 last year, the average per.
ndredweight being $1.08 against 90
Its in 1922.
n the ` experimental: 'feeding with
ne at, the Ontario - Agricultural
lege it has been found that': there
ut very little difference in the cost
gains with the various breeds, but
re is a difference in the grade of
duct which means more money for
kind that' grade "select" Four
ndred pounds Of meal or its equiva-
7produced one hundred pounds of.
n in weight foiefour breeds: in the
t. In cheapness of• gain the: bacon
eds fully, held their own.
su
lin
growing tip with a love for the farm pl
and an appreciation of their privilege as
of being a member'. of a -neighborhood -
organization like the Evergreen Sport-
ing Association. —Mrs. Raymond to
Paine. De
little fellow," said, the boy.
Be talked to Bruin in gentle sooth-
ing words, but it was with some diffi-
culty that the man and the boy finnll
A Close Call
Hubby (dropping 'phone receiver)—
Wifie—"Gracious, did. you get a
Hubby—"No; NSA talking to Jones
next door.
'The most important nut on the trac-
tor is the nut on the seat.
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