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you intend, eon -a!, day, to identity i
yourself with his flock hiniille, cub -
scribe for the local paper.
y If you show yourself friendly and
anxious to identify yourself and your
family with all local iiaterests, you
will soon feel well acquaiutest and ten
to one the ladies of the finely will
like the new home instead of pilling
yy -s for the old one.
Address communications to Agronomist, 73 Adelaide at. West, Toronto o'w
These ,Honie,Grown Mansel Seed
ADVANTAGES OF THE SIL. necessary in silo construction. Best.
are strength, smoothness of interior,
One of the chief advantages' of the f a le on the inside, In the average results for ten years
the absence o ng s :oils e
silo is th1,t in many cases it enables
and durability. Of the popular types, at the Ontario AgriculturalCollege,
,
withhe1diieg et sett from the pastures the stave silo is the most easily and very careful field tests show that our
until the leas and the weather con-
goes
on- kl erected and when given a per home grown manged seed gave an av-
ditions are favorable. Never a spring y
o. s bybut sacrifices have to be made the hoops kept tight crags, percentage of germination from ge u
in the condition of the stock aa well
as the pastures, by emptying the
stables at too early a date. The feed
supplies become. exhausted, hay and
other feed is relatively dear to pur-
chase, and there is nothing for it but
to turn out the stock. If one has 'a
silo, it follows that bulky crops will
be grown, and as these are•preserved
Without •loss, the available supply of
feed for the •painter months is greatly
increased. It would be difficult to given in the pamphlet in question,
estimate accurately the increase of available at the Publications- Branch
of the Department of Agriculture at
Ottawa.
HORSE.
We know that a wide variety of
feeds is abseletely essential with cows!
And Poultry for high production of
milk and eggs. Also that it is neves-
easy for the best growth' of ' pigs,
calves and other young animals.
The work horse does not produce
foods directly,. like the cow or hon,
but he certainly lends a hand in mak-
ing crops: And he, too, needs a varied
diet to do his best.
When hard at work in the hot fields
the horse puffs and sweats.: With
every extra puff .of breath and every
extra drop of sweat he is burning up,
not .one or two, but half a dozen or
nine h more chemical compounds. And if a
nutrient roof and while i. varietyof feeds is not supplied to
in the summer, it is fairly satisfae- the. clusters of 119 per cent:; wh l al p od
to e concrete silo with walls re- the average of the same ten years the refill and refurnish the animal's body,
inforeedThe
by Half-inch rods, has the imported seed obtained through three he will either become weak or lose
advantage of beingpermanent. This of the leading seed houses: gave 77, flesh; sometimes both.
silois perhaps the most popular' 77 and 76 per cent. We have not ob- A poor Tarnier driving a poor horse
itc an be afforded, It can bei tained imported seed from any source with a whip. A progressive neighbor
where1 which hasgiven us as high a: per- and good horseman remarks, "It is
constructed by ordinary farm labor..! g
Cement blocks and vitrified tile are centage of germination over a series
also found satisfactory. These several l rs leobted ,from
styles of silo are described, and coin- the
yeaseed produced atave Guelph.ain:
y If farmers` who have some good
mete instructions for the building of
the stave silo, with illustrations, are mangels stored in their root cellars,
would next spring, when the growth
of vegetation is starting, plant these
on a piece of well -tilled land, they
would be able to grow seed for home
use. As near perfect roots as pos-
sible • should be selected -and these
should be planted about• thirty inches
apart each way: We have occasion-
ally obtained as highas a pound of
seed per plant, but this is exceptional
and it would not be wise toe count on
more than from four to eight ounees
of seed per plant on. the average. By
transplanting from fifty to one hun-
dred plants in the spring, a nice quan-
tity of seed should be obtained. This
would greatly help out the situation
it is proved that corn of the earlier This is highly undesirable and can in furnishing home grown seed and
varieties is not a success, then one can be prevented by the use of lime and in showing what can be done in seed
fall back on a mixture of oats, peas, acid phosphate applied with the crop production in different localities
and vetches, or sunflowers, or on such on which the clover is seeded. In; throughout the whole province.
crops classified as clovers. some cases lime is not necessary for - -a
Nitrate of Soda Helps in
stock that can be carried on a given
acreage by the addition of a silo and
the growing of silage crops. The ad-
vantage lies, not so much in keeping
a greater number of animals, but in
keeping better those that one has.
Where corn cal} be grown at all
successfully, there is no other crop
DID YOUR CLOVER KILL OUT
THIS SPRING? •
If it:did, you had better write the
Department of Chemistry, Ontario
equal to it for the making of silage. Agricultural College, Guelph, for di -
Before deciding that this crop cannot rections • for taking a sample of you/-
be
our
be grown satisfactorily, a careful test soil to 'discover the reason.
should bo made, because corn has been
so improved in recent years that the
experience of the past does not justify
a decision for the future. If, however,
Reports from some districts this
year show a good deal of winter
wheat and clover killed out, states the
Department of Chemistry, O.A.C.
For cattle feeding, roots were for the soil is not acid, but.•where acidity
many years the succulent winter feed'occurs lime is very essential. Phos -
used. With the introduction of the phorus is a great root farmer and it
silo and the growing of corn, it was is'the strong, deep-rooted clover and
soon learned that labor cost was wheat plant that withstands the al -
greatly reduced. Besides this, there ternate freezing and thawing of
is the advantage of better thrift in spring weather.
ensilage fed cattle, as well as reduced
labor in preparing the feed. Pamphlet
No. 35, "Silage and Silo Construction
for the Maritime Provinces," records
that steers fed ensilage at the Fred-
ericton Experimental Station, made a
profit of $15.32 more per. head than
those fed on roots as the succulent
portion of the ration. The advan- many cases the untreated section did
tages of the silo are equally great for not winter nearly as well and in one
dairy cattle. At this season of the or two cases will have to be plowed
year when next winter's stock rations up.
must be provided for, it is well to If seeding is done with spring grain
consider whether or not one can of -lit is good business to use acid phos -
ford to be without a silo. Even under; phate at the rate of at least 300
the best systems of .feeding the profits pounds per acre, and preferably 400.
are little enough. By the use of sil-
age, greater profits are undoubtedly
made possible, whatever crop is to be and alfalfa which will carry it over
grown for the silo. the first winter—the most critical
There. are certain essential factors period of the life of the plant.
In answer to a circular sent out
this spring to the twenty-five co-
operative experimenters handling our
Lime Phosphate Experiment, the ma-
jority report that the clover on the
half acre which received crushed lime-
stone and acid phosphate in the fall
of 1922 is in perfect shape, while in
If the soil. is acid, lime is also neces-
sary to give a strongly rooted clover
Farmers in New Neighborhoods
BY HILDA RICHMOND.
When a man moves into a new of his mother; but nobody had
community, particularly if he moves thought it worth while to announce
in from another province or a distant immediately the arrival in the county
county, there are several things he of one new.family.
should attend to without delay. In- LOOK UP A GOOD DOCTOR.
deed, there are some things that he Another wise precaution is to hunt
should attend to before he leaves his up and get acquainted with a good
old home in order to begin right in doctor, as soon as you are located If
the new one. One of these is to get
letters -of introduction and recom-
mendation from the bank with which
he has always done business, from
the 'pastor of the church he attends,
and from several of the leading busi-
ness men.
When he arrives at his new home,
he leaves the letters of introduction
with the bank and the church and
the business house or houses, and at
once establishes his identity and his
Cold Springs.
In such a season as this, cold and
wet, the greatest need of the plant -is
for nitrates, says the Department of
Chemistry, Ontario Agricultural Col -
horsemen attempt to make their
teams do more with a whip, though
feeding them only a narrow ration of
timothy hay and corn during the
heavy working season.
One of the best farmers we know,
of this appetizing necessity is hard
to understand.
Many of the best farmers let their
work teams out topasture at nights,
because of the better air of the pas-
ture and so that the work animals
may secure vitalizing green feeds to
mix with the dry ones they eat
lege, Guelph. The- ground is so cold through the day.
and wet that it takes a long time to Good farmers and kindly horsemen
warm up and as a result bacterial have always known in a practical way
activity -is at a low ebb. As a result the benefitof green matter with dry
to the well-being of all animals: Vita-
min discoveries and scientific proof of
this knowledge.
Many work horses in summer .be -
to get away to a•good start, apply ni come skinpoor, and a few drop dead
trate of soda one .hundred pounds to in the hot fields for want of the corn
one hundred and fifty pounds per acre pieta -nourishment that a wider var-
at once. If bought in lots of several iety of feeds will furnish.
hundred pounds it can be• obtained at ,p
a reasonable price and its benefit is
almost certain. Do not, however, ap-
ply if heavy rain.threatens,,as it is
soluble and will be lost by washing.
Another benefit which etle be:der-
ived is this. The nitrate of" soda dis-
solves in. the .soil water and soaks
dowrx'into the soil. The shots go after
it and hence the result is a deeper
rooted plant more able to withstand
the period,: of drouth which so often
follows a wet seed time:
no nitrates are being formed, in the
soil and plants cannot make vege-
tative growth.
To correct this and enable the plant
. -.
Silage Crops.
Where corn cannot be grown satis-
factorily, a mixed crop of oats,` peas,
and vetches has proved to he a very
suitable mixture for the making of es should be removed and replaced by
silage. The ensilage from these crops the other set. This can be done, even
has high feeding value, containing, for in cold weather, by simply shifting
example, twice as much protein es the'fowls to their day quarters.
either corn or sunflowers. Corn, en I remove each perch carefully so as
the other hand, where it does well, not to dislodge any of the mites. Then
•
HomeEducation
a'1 ha Child'* .First School to the Framily"-- 'roebals4
A Question' of Endurance—By Ora A. Clement
"Yes, Janet is going to learn "When I have lost interest, I Might'
music,' said Janet's mother, "even if just as .well leave the meeting` for y
it does worry me neatlytoudeath to the good I get from what is saidi
make her practice." afterward. I don't remember a word;
"Doesn't she like to practice " of it,"'
asked the friendly neighbor, who was The caller's' brown eyes twinkled'
making:a call, knowingly but kindly, as she said
"The first half of her hour she prac- very gently, "1 am sure that is more
Woes very well, but almost every day or less true of us all, Especially is
she begins crying after thirty minute it true of our little folks. Did you
are over, and 1 frequently have to ever hear it said, Mrs. Martin, that a
'
punish her to makemake her finish the' child of Janet's age cannot concen-
hour." trate its attention for 'more than
"You don't mean to say, that seven- thirty minutes at one tinge? • ,The av-
year-old baby practices . for a steady erage is less than that.
hour each day?" The motherly eyes of "It is not a child's fault that it
the older woman were very bright as cannot concentrate. It is Nature's
she asked the question. way of insuring normal, all-round de-
"Indeed she does," .the child's velopment. It is as natural as it is
beautiful for children to go flitting
happily from one thing to another
like butterflies, and it is well to train
the little. ones to apply themselves to
work and study by giving -short tasks
which can be finished within a half-
hour. Longer tasks exhaust a child's
power of concentration ,and use up
nerve force. Furthermore, nothing is
gained by. continuing them after in-
teeest and attention are lost. But I
was going to ask how you enjoyed
Miss Love's solo."
So again the subject of discussion
was shifted and Janet and her les-
sons were not mentioned.'
But the motherly neighbor . was
pleased the next day when, after a
painstaking, if jerky, rendering of
Pixie'Valse with some finger • exercises
as a finale, the Martin's piano was
quiet until Janet had had a long romp
with the Jones twins, after which it
tinkled methodically and - cheerfully
for thirty minutes more with.no ac -
elsewhere." "That is much better," she said. to
"Well,simply can't do it." The herself. "I only hope I did not offend
younger woman was'very positive. Janet's mother."
nota whip but more hay and oats the mother answered emphatically. "If
horse needs." -• How true! Yet many there is one thing more than another
that I ,cannot endure it is dilly=dal'iy-
ing about something. When a thing
is begun, I want it finished before it
is left."
The caller was silent for a moment,
and when she resumed the converse.-
who has fine horses and gets the best tion it was to <introduce another sub -
kind of work from them,• and keeps ject.
them "fat" throughout the year, feeds "Did you.. enjoy the lecture Prof..
a .varied ration during.the:working .Mozer gave before the club yester-
seasons. In addition to timothy, he' day?" she queried.
feeds them some clover or alfalfa hay. "It was interesting, and he is a
Besides corn, he always _gives his pleasing speaker,. but I did .wish he
working team some sats, with a little could have made his lecture' shorter.
bran or shorts, occasionally a dash of 'After four o'clock. when 1 felt that
linseed -oil meal,• T should be at' home . getting dinner
Some men will not allow their work started, T could not keep •my attention
horses. to touch green grass, declaring on the lecture at all. My mind was
it will make them soft, or cause them somewhere else, and I could scarcely
.to lose their wind. ` sit' still." •
To those of us who know how much "It was a long program, and I can
good a little green grass does a work imagine how you felt," the neighbor
horse, in connection with heavy dry agreed. "It is very hard to force
feeds, depriving a hungry work horse one's attention when the mind is busy
POULTRY.
The mite is the poultryman's worst
enemy. It multiplies by millions, Well, suppose you make a start
feeding upon the fowls from the :time accumulatingwisdom
they 'settle upon the-" perches in the 'By
pIn the scrapbook of your heart'
evening until they leave them next
morning. Spraying ytheperches may .,Do not waste 'one page of felly;
g Live to learn and learn to live.
destroy great numbers, but thousands.....Live
knowledge
'
are left to hatch out new colonies at
once.
The best method; have tried to get Do you wish the world were happy? ,
rid of the pests is to provide two sets Then remember day by day
of perches. The round ones have Just to scatter seeds of kindness
blocks nailed upon each end, to pre- As you pass along the way;
vent turning upon the supports. For the pleasure of the many
About every two months these perch- May oft -times be traced to one
As the hand that plants the acorn
• Shelters armies from the sun..
THE ORIGIN -OF THE PLEIADES.
BY LEREINE BALLANTYNE.
THE CHILDREN'S
HOUR
-WISHING.
Do you wish the world were better?
Let me tell you what td do;
Set a watch upon your actions,
Keep them always straight and
true: •
Rid your • mind of selfish motives;
,Let your thoughts be clean and
high;
You can make a' little Eden
Of the sphere you occupy.
Do you wish the world ,were wiser?
them rising up to the tree tops, and
going even beyond them as high "as
birds may fly, they called frantically
to them to come back, ' promising to.
give them all the food they wished.
However, the little boys did riot
hear them, for their eyes were on the
lovely sky land where they saw all
th beauties of the cloud -world. The
good little spirit.fixed them there,
forever and turned them into seven
beautiful bright stars and they were
very happy, and never again were
hungry for food.
•'r
HOGS
We have had a great deal to say.
times past about the -efficacy of good
pastures on the economical production:
of live stock. It is a subject well
worthy of frequent discussion, and it
is just?' as important •with regard to
hogs as with any of the other domes-
tic animals.
If you want to give men The ancient pig sty with its tiny
You must get it ere you give. proportions, its filth and squeeling
occupants, is, or should be, a thing of
the past, so far as commercial hog
production is concerned. It is as un-
natural for a hog to tO be 'confined for
long periods in close quarters, as for,
a man to spend all his life in the
house. The evil effects of such treat-
ment may overcome largely by
careful attention to exercise and diet,
but it is neither desirable with man,:
nor profitable with hogs.
Iii a state of nature hogs roamed.:
the woods and the prairies seeking
what -they might devour. We have no
records of their.. suffering from in-
testinal worms, and lice, and , hog
cholera was unknown.
We put rings in their snouts se
they cannot root up -our nice meadows,
and then feed them tankage to re-
place the worms and ;grubs, ap►d: min-
eral mixtures to -replace the mineral
elements which their ancestors were
o u x is in the habit of rooting in the earth
h t fine, spread , and well Culling. stars came into the slay, what caused for. We even cut down all the trees,
standing This is more important t 1 h b d th 1 t' f tramped The beeping quality is the trees to grow why the animals because they interfere with the plow
the family is healthy and there has is to be preferred on account- of the I spray around the supports and clean Because they had no books from
been no need of a doctor's services for very much greater weight of .crop up generally. After that I replace which to read,: nor any great thinkers
that can be grown per acre.: In sec- clean perches and allow the fowls to to write books for them, the Indians
tions where the corn crop is doubtful, return undisturbed. The infested who lived here in North, America be
years past, no harm will be done; and
if an emergency arises, the family
will have reason to thank its lucky
stars that it knows where to apply
instantly for medical aid. It isn't
it is well, therefore to put in some perches have boiling water, with a fore we came devised legends about
acres of the cereal mixture.. This liberal quantity of kerosene and spit- the wonders of nature. These legends
mixed crop` has the advantage of be- its of turpentine added, poured over were handed down and the young
ether for •silo •
or for the 'every inch of them. Then they are people would sit in the wigwams or
long houses and listen during the long
winter evenings to the stories told.
by old men and women about how the
necessary to take up an hour of a ing r:iitable e
busy doctor's time announcing one's making of hay, or it even niay be placed on end against a tree or fence,.
intentions or giving a lengthy history allowed to ripen for threshing. `When some distance from the poultry house.
f thefamily, but it well toget it is to be put in the silo, it must be +--
acquainted and make a note of the cu very
' �
During the year 414 culling .de-
greatly improved also by adding were cunning, and
than
a 1
telephone one num er an a location o
many people consider it It may th doctor's ffi held b th 0 A C all such things or the binder, or with sour distorted
f i lent of water as the filling proceeds that we too ask our parents about,
plenty
emergency
every way. exact location of your farm your tele- hollow do not pack closely alit are clition to the 414 culling demonstra- One a en o
have to slink almost sure to mould Pamphlet -No. the cul- people long before even Cartier cameswhich" nature demands- .they should
away from lits
hone number, rural route, and sari- tions, culling schools were held lin have. Perhaps, some da we willof
arddes is ver quaint. e employing
calls and marl need not be delayed. TE at the Publications !?ranch Of, the 0,00 ens handled ademon-.Pleiades is a group of seven stars erchso their muscles, and import eel -
available
" ou have a common name like John; .' 'stration over 17 000 were considered
mendatioris as to cha.<irter and in; goes fully into sila�� crops de�crlhes ' which we may see almost any bright cry and head lettuce to keep them in
Smith or John •Jones, it is well to tell beIlf profitable
• help
folks home" and tell the of over n
ne staid its l O 1 g d told by the old Huron tection from the heat of the sun,'
e�dd^oth p t b t th f p y
(1)1.-1't
.hot:
e o . ce. nionstrations were e y e esthetic sense and build artificial
in time o emergency and. i the After getting settled, write to the Poultry Dept.. Extension men—a total
never arises it the"backUnless this •• done the stems belles when we are little boys and girls. shades, that our hogs may enjoy pro-
givesthem5;000 peopleIad-
omerafi
11% th t h
ows a 'during
e; his though ous other items so that telephone De process. Agriculture.
re. 35 tt the 'Woodstock, Port Hope and Napanee. to this country, about a origin o ,
he may be worth little 1n this world's Department of Agriculture• at•Ottawa, the Pleiades, y q i Th � em to osteopathic hog doctors to ex-
K Oh h did tI
grrotls if he pan show good recti
tegrity he at'once gets in touch wide ,your postmaster that your snail is
good people in his new neighborhood. likely to come from certain;towns.
DOES THE POSTMASTER KNOW eon Thee if your friends neglect to put
AnnitEss? the correct address on the letters,
His name and the exact location of every other John Smith and John
this farm should be given at once to Jones will not finger your mail over
the telephone and telegraph offieee, first and delay it.
Many people neglect this, saybiq : J : young man once came breezily
"We do not expect any messages.", into the post office to inform the that
But no one knows what calamity, sick-' he had received a letter' that did not'
ness or important business may. make belong to him, and upon being asked
it necessary for friends or strangers to produce the letter he said it did
to look hini .ere Islet amount to anything so he had de-
and it was amazing to see how many, omit to anything to him, but the right
death notices and letters and tele-; John Smith was very :much disturbed
phone messages were not delivered when he heard of it: It happened to
until too late, because of lack of ad-, a, letter from his best girl.
dress. Oirce a telegram date for; self it is sprung, the local dealer who
John Brown; and,, after exhausting handles repairs for the make of ma -
all their resources, the authorities put, chinery on the farm of the newcomer
the. customary notice in the post, of- ' should be hunted tip. An unnecessary
free expecting that John Brown would delay in corn -planting time means
prove to be a commercial salesman' much; and so does stopping to hunt
and would: call soon, It turned out' repairs for the harrow or the disk
that the owner of the telegram was when work is pressing. Getting in
the nephew and hired man of a new -1 touch with the huckster is also ad -
comer in a neighborhood some miles visible in order easily to get groceries
front towns 'lis mother was buried ' in the busy 'season and to be able to
two days before he received the notice' market egg;, , frequently uently • ie. hot
of her death.,; weather:
,,
I
t up th
r � , �not bent o
Just a irttlE...-ornri rii SWISS woulri , Lust, but r o1 ,
have prevented the tragedy for that`church of: your choice without waits
young fe":ieei" :tr'it missed a last sight ing for a busy minister to guess that
1 various • popular silos? it sludiin to cu s in so far as pro a• a egg night high up in' the sky, "The Inc health, but, to date,. we are still de -
producing is concerned, so says Pro- pending upon plenty of range and
Pro -
diens say these were seven very p gp g
I used to work in the post office, strayed it. Of course it did not am -
the construction of the stave silo,
False economy is the hole inthe
pasture fence,
When stung by a bee, l alwayt re-
move the stinger- and rub the spot
with' lard. Try this.—J.
lessor l R. Graham, Ontario Agri; bright and clever little Indian boys good pastures to fulfill this require
cultural College. + who once upon a time lived here on mentTa
, • the earth. They were expert dancers,; The best of all forage so far dis-
d thee's many a slip twist the toebe and whenever a feast was held or a covered is alfalfa. Clover is a closo'.
and slop I i takes a farmer besoeoizd and on rich land rape gives
true .o tiniest. celebration given by their family, the , -
the P seven brothers were called upon.to excellent returns. Fall sown rye or
dance for the company. I June grass comes earliest in the
One time they were celebrating the spring, oats and peas are very good
harvest by the many 'usual dances and for the older hos about June 1..Sweet
feasts of thanksgiving, and the seven clover promise to takea position,
boys were dancing in a giddy whirl among the ,best hog forages. Soy-
just
oyjust like the dry leaves, that, falling beans are greatly 'relished for fall
from the trees are carried around feed, and np-to-date;praetice' calls for
and around by a 'playful breeze. The growing them extensively with corn
boys became hungry and, stopped their that is to be 'logged oft'.
dance for food, but their people were' Many experiments' have shown that.
so busy enjoying themselves that they the most economical gains Brom grow -
took no notice of the boys, and when ing pigs corn from the use of abun-
they asked for food, they told them dant forage in combination with ap-
to dance fon.' it.' j proximately one-half of a full feed of
Clasping hands, they whirled away grain. They also show that the acres
again' while the old linen beat time on thus utilised are often the grcatesb
the -deer-skin drums. .But as they producers of not profits of any on the
danced they cried to •:each other "We whole farm.
are so hungry! We must have'feed !";
Just as they said these words a good When replanting 'corn, aastoad of
spirit which was passing beckoned ening a hoe'I use a sharpCYod broom
them, end they found themselves be- stick with a pipe of some hind a
ing whirled up off the ground follow- thehed. 1 jab elle ;broom stick in
ing this spirit without'any effort on the soil, drop se'grain of eorn i
their pare Higher and 'high.: they he pipe, scratch a little soil bb
and'
ascended. When their . people saw bole' the job is done,
p p
Tee only Canadian nuesry wee Lost aye assni on the field is pictured while
attending a .recent eoriventioa.of the Ontario Amputation Association,