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Skin„ Your Fars Right if You.
Want Full Witte for
Your E' ffo 'ts.
The duty of the trapper is pray be-
gen when he bas taken his eater front
the traps: Ann important task ,r.emems
before shipping the pelts to market,
and thin is to • akin the animal's
Adstrssa coitim
unicationa to—Agronoreeit, 79 Adelaide 9t, West, Toronto. properly:
All the animals trapped in North
Why Lights Make Your laces tray vation demands this, so that the first America are treated in one of -two
More Eggs part of the limited ration goes to- i ways --their skins are either "eased"
Nothing seema so strange and
tniraterious in poultry -keeping as the
feet iihat artifieial light used at night
in the henhouse will increase egg pro-
diection. Yet it is a• fact .that they
will da that—sometimes as much as
100 per cent. And if you are not us-
ing lights on your flock, no matter
how small the flock, you. are losing
money.
Using lights costs nothing extra,
either in time, money, er equipment.
Almost every commercial poultryman
has adopted the practice in the last
few years, and not a few farmers have
been praetieing it successfully for the
last year er two, even on small farm
flocks. •
The thing is very simple. Use any
kind of a light. An ordinary farm -
barn kerosene lantern works fine.
Hang the lantern in the henhouse
while milking and doing the chores
after dark at night and before sun-
rise in the morning. See that the
hens have plenty to eat and drink.
That's all you need to do. And your
egg production should at once double
itself.
Since it is so simple, how do we
explain it? Well, first of all, remem-
ward the maintenance of her 'body, ee taken ,off eep,exi:' Tf taken off open
and what is left, if any (and ,these some are preferable fur ,side, out lona
seldom. is any without lights), is used some pelt side out.
to make egg material, Casing -a pelt means that youpeel
Some pullets start the fall with a, it from the body oi' the animal intact.
fair lay, and, when the ration begins Here le the way most expervencecl
to run short, draw material for inak-' trappers spay to do it With a sharp
ing eggs from the reserve in their knife cut from the bee of the tail
bodies. When this supply becomes, down each hind deg to the foot. Also
exhausted, they have to quit. cut the skin Loose; about the eyes and
Now let, us see just how a lanternl nose. Then suspend the carcass by
can best be used. Take an actual ex -1 the hind legs and with a gentle?: slow
ample: 'Suppose that it normally .gets. movement, so .that you will ncit efeer
dark at five o'clock, and on dark days the pelt, begin lazing downward until
half an hour earlier, It doesn't get' you .have peeled the whole pelt'erorn
light again until about 7 or 7.30 i n, the animal's 'Body. If' the tail is vu•1u-
the .morning. There are fourteen able it should bre skinned also, end the
hours in which the hen goes without bone removed:
food. If we' use the lantern an,houri le you have never had-exp�erienee in
and'a half at night, and the seine in casing your •catches it would be rise
the morning, we have a feeding period to leave some seasoned. trapper: chow
of thirteen hours instead of ten, and; you bow It is done before you attempt
the fasting period is reduced from; it yourself. It isi a task that regpires
fourteen hours to eleven, a period in care and skill, but you are' repaid by
which the hens hava become good and' the better prices that weld -skinned
hungry, but not starved and exnp'ty pelts will brings, '
for three or four hours, which would : The "'open" .me•thod is used •gener-
have been the case had the lights not,ally on coon, beaver, badger, mountain
been used. • lion, and bear. With a sharp knife
Another practice, fast becoming' slit the pelt down the belly frolic the
popular among poultrymen is what is jaw to the base of the tail. Atiao»make
ber that the lights have no direct known as the "night lunch" The birds incisions down the back of the hind
bearing on the matter. They are. only I are allowed to go toroost at sunset. and the inside of the fare lege.
a means to an end. 'It is a feeding' About three hours later the light is Then peel the skin off gently, to
problem, pure and simple. hung tip, and the hens feed for an special, care when you come tot
zng
hour. It is then only about ten Hours head not to rip or tear. Neer' eat
A hen is an egg -manufacturing ma- before sunrise, and that night lunch the Bead off. After you have Clone 40
chine. The feed she eats is the: raw. easily lasts until „the early feed in remove every ounce of surplus fi ii
material for the eggs her system the morning. on the pelt.
manufactures. The more feed she Electric lights, of course, are hand- Next tonnes the stretch ng . o
eats, the more eggs she makes. She fest• an ordinary kerosene lantern
' Y skins. Steel stretchers may ,be
does well. One lantern, if the globe cured for this purpose. Do net;
is clean, will light a floor space of 100 tempt this alone and unaided or:,v ,.
square feet. In a 20x20 -foot house, out instruction at. first. A. wise
two lanterns, one at each end of the is to write one of the big rentable
house, are enough. They should be fur houses, asking for explicit ,find
hung about three feet above the floor. detailed directions for stretching skins
One 40 -watt electric light in a pen and any other information about pre
20x20 -feet will do, although two may paring them for market that you may
be 'better. These also should be hung need. You will find that the fur house
about three feet from the floor, is willing to help you at every turn
It is very important that the hens of the trapping Baine. Also 'observe
have feed and water while the lights and adopt the methods of trappers of
are on. The feed. can be a mash in experience,
cannot, however, see to eat in the
dark. So, as the days shorten in the
fall and winter, she eats less, and
consequently produces fewer eggs.
The night lights simply give her a
chance to eat more feed, and she at
once begins to lay more eggs. Eating
and laying is herr business in life; and
as it is no fun to eat in the dark (if
you don't believe it, try it yourself
some time), biddy goes to bed with
the e3 un, and your egg factory, just
like any other factory under the same
cireumstances, is not running at full
capacity because the management has
failed to supply a lighting system for
the laborers to work by.
The farther north you are, the
shorter are the days in fall and win-
ter, and the more night light your
liens need. The hen has eyes that are
absolutely blind in the dark. She is
helpless, and has only one thing to
do, which is to s°1eep; and that is: ex-
actly what she does.
Without lights the hen's last feed
at night has to last a very long time
until morning, so that when she conies
- off the roost she is literally starved.
You niay say some hens lay under
these conditions. True enough, but
self -feeders or boxes, or some scratch The importanceof this tasks eerihot
feed, such as corn, wheat and oats, at be overemphasized, because :unless
the rate of about five pounds per 100 skins are stretched properly they will
birds, or preferably both mash and not bring full market value.
scratch feed. The drying process is not so diffi-
As spring comes on and the days cult. Always remember that the skins
get longer, the length of .time the must be dried in a cool, shady place,
lights should be used gets shorter, at and keep flies away from thein. Never
the rate of five or ten minutes a day, dry skins .in the sun or by, r nal
ionly' be alio
until the natural .n night period is heat. They must not' � �+- f ` ..
ten or eleven hours." In the event that wrinkle or get brittle, and if'for any
the "night lunch" system is used, turn reason they start to get, too dry,
the lights on five or ten minutes
earlier every night, until there -is only
a short time between sunset or dark
and the time of the night lunch.In
any event stop the lights gradually,
This is all the instruction necessary
that hen is not the average hen, but for this practice, and, no matter what
a very efficient: manufacturer of eggs.i practice you follow otherwise, the ad -
And even -that hen will either increase dition of night lights will be found
her production under lights, or pro -1 extremely beneficial,
duce the same number of eggs a whole ....._6.—..................
lot easier. So far as "going against
Nature"- is concerned, she never
meant that a hen should lay at any
time but in spring,the natural breed-
ing season. We have to work out our
o-vn systems for getting out -of -season
eggs, especially winter eggs.
n the heir's ration iis,short, or feed-
ing practice faulty, the first thing the
hes does is quit laying. Self-preser-
A scrub bull on a good farm is like
an ink -spot on an otherwise cleanly
written page.
Fresh .air and sunshine are so plen-
tiful that we should arrange to take
every possible advantage of the dis-
ease insurance and vitalizing influ-
ence that they afford in the dairy
barn, the chicken coop, the hog house
and the home itself.
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Water the Horses Inside.
We used to -water the horse's out-
side the barn. A great deal of time
was required in leading •a singlehorse
out and waiting for it to drink the
water needed. We now, have a tank
inside the •stable. With this change
we untie cine of the horses and permit
liim to drink while we clean out the
stall' before he returns, This little
change enables us to 'save a great
deal of tune both morning and even-
ing in caring for the .parses:—Edward
Elson.
This is a good time to cultivate the
mental garden-, for there are weeds.
among. thoughts as well as among
crops:
Nobody cries when a scrub hull dies.
Checking Over the -Year's Business
How W e Do the ,lob and �'Vhat 'We Found-13yFound-13y,P. P. Pope. � .,
On every farm there is, or sliould
be, a set time for beginning or ,end
ing, the farm year. This time is' set
apart for making the annual farm;
inventory, and for holding a.sort of
"post mortem" of the season's receipts
and expenditures.
Some people start the farn, year the
first of April, or the first of iGtni*ich.
We choose the first of January:' There
is more about the farm to be placed in.
the inventory at that time than at the
later date, but we also find more time
to devote to the jab, and snore' ,tinte
for a thorough examination of the re-
cords, and for a careful study of the
results. ;e
So interspersed with the big holiday -
dinners, the gorging of sweets, and
nuts, the games of "pit" ar "put and
take," the reading of the new Xmas
books, and playing the children's"
games ---interspersed with all these are
many hours devoted to close inspection
of the year's business,' Ilene are•=some•
of the discoveries:
The inventory which usually comes
first and which tells the:rounded out
story of profit, or loss, on the year's
work remains about the same. The
resources showing lower out Horses,
higher on cattle and hogs, lower. on.
farthing tools, higher"on farm pro-
duce, and lower on ria ellaneeus
items, stocks, Wilde and notes, bine,
receivable, and cash on hand, the 'total!
of all resources foot within $100 of ,
last year,
This part of the inventory is not so
bad. We like to see the reseiurets
stack tip well, but we also like to see
the liabillt ee lowered, In spite of the
fact that we have economized as,never
before, and practiced thin last word in
efficiency,, and by no doing have suc-
seeded in .paying over t 1,600 en old
obligations, nevertheless, the accru-
intents of interest, taxes, Dille payable,
etc., have been sufficient to bring the
finch-eniilnnary of the liabilities very
close to :last year's high marls,'
Perhape eve ehoulc gather some sat-
istaction frtim the feet that we de not
have to'register. another heavy loss as
Hume Education
Teaching Children to Agree By Marion Brownfield
"The .Child's First School is the Fancily "—Froebel.
Teachingchildren to agree means' might not only.annoy a mother, but:
.
-so much to thein all through life that even the neighbors.
it should -really be one of the first A certain •helpful•` encouraging at
principles in home -making, If chit- mosphere M a home also avoids guar-
dren. are taughtto be fair and -courte rels. If every child is encouraged to
ous with one another, they have 'a rejoice in each member's 'success' and,
valuable equipment for popularity to sympathize with defeats, the slings
and success in the world at large.and slurs from petty jealousies'` that
Harmony in the home, too, means are almost as unendurable as violent
a happy ideal that will be' cherished quarrels, are avoided.
through many trials, struggles :and Equally lubricating for a, friction -
hardships, an ideal that is an anchornleas home is. sympathy, so "inexpen-
as sustaining as religion, Lsive" and yet so soothing to everyone.
In many homes, unfortunately, the. The writer Swell remembers her first
one triol of fancily life, especially for! day at school when something she, did
the mother constantly in contact with • or said made the whole school laugh.
it, is voiced in the wail, "If the chit -_Relating it elmostin tears, teethe fam-
dren only wdeildn't quarrel set" Then ily, at the noon meal, a yon nger sis-
sometimes it is added, "But I suppose' ter immediately spoke up'coinforting
it is natural, and they'll get over it,' ly, "If they laugh at 'oo,' Jangh at
some day!" `mu'!" Surely practical sympathy;for
Whether it is natural for childrenjuvenile sensitiveness!
to quarrel daily, really depends on the Children indeed need to be taught
home training, If it is discount�en
-� not to laugh at each other's ijiister-
anced at the very start a good begin -1 tunes, but instead to help. The Golden
ning r is made. Two little toddlers will Rule, here, is the preventive for many often have their first quarrel over q
some plaything that one of thecal does
hard feelings and a
not want to give up to the other. One
will hold on tightly, while the other
pleads, scolds or even uses little fistst
Whoever loses then shrieks.and yells.'
But even such tots can be taught fair �
play. "You have had it for awhile,•.
now let brother, or sister, have a
turn!" said firmly whenever there is'
such a dispute, will soon be respected
as a rule, if ecins antly adhered to.
Sharing is another appeal that can-
not be underestimated for unselfish
happiness alh through life. Ohildren,
once they ;see the advantages of it,
will make many :amicable little ar-
rangements tthemselvesover personal
belotigitigs that avoid nerve -frazzling
arguments and domestic storms.
Sharing indeed, is the most construc-
tive remedy for children's quarrels..
"If you let Johnny have half your
candy he will let you take turns rid-
ing his 'coaster'," can be a very peace-
able settlement to a situation that
we have been 'accustomed to doing the
two years past, but it sort of takes
the joy out of life to work a forty
thousand investment for all there is
in it, and come out just where we
started frons,
We told last year how we kept ac-
count of our receipts by depositing all I
funds received in the bank, taking a:
duplicate deposit slip and writing:
thereon the source of the funds de -I
posited. Going over these slips and
putting down the amounts under sub -1
headings, we glean the following: The ,
largest single item of receipts comes
from the sale of farm produce. This is,
made up almost entirely of sales of
wheat, beans and sugar 'beets. The
of wheat was Trow, and the price,
very low, but by selling the bulk of the
crop for seed, it came very close to
paying out. Had we guessed little
better on the trend of bean prices, and
held until now, °instead of hurrying(
them to market before the price drop-,
ped, wa3 would have realized a real
profit on the •crop. There is a prospect
yet of a bonus on the beets that will
leave a little profit.
A close second is the item that rep
resents the sales of hogs. Here is the
one place en the farm that we can see
a Teal, sure enough, worth while profit.
It has been one of the best years for
the hog feeder that we have experi-
enced in some time, Following this
item domes receipts from sources
other than from sales which we term
independent receipts, there eatenin
order receipts for sales of cattle,
horses and mis'ceNaneous goods.
' The expenditures which are taken
from the record on the cheque stubs,
and ,also listed under sub -headings,
show that the 'expenditures are for the
following !Wrist Interest and taxes,
old aeoeunts, labor, feeds and fertil-
izere, live stook, seede and miscellan-
eg•us items.
Such is the 1922 mooedof ,achieve -
meet, and shows O. net profit consist-
ing wholly of experience,' it indieates
el•early that agricultural'conditions
must improve, which 1 am inclined to
'believe is already ori, the sad.
atmosphere.
When children can sh"are theivarrelsome"r food,
their treats and an p.isements and
clothes if necessary, they have very
successfully assimilated the Golden%
Rule. If parents and relatives would
always take particular pains to be
impartial, also, this would. prevent
quarrels, for all children seem ready
to accept ,"in turn." With children
justice is the essential of, peaceful
work and play.
Confront a difficulty with confdence
and it will soon cease to be a: difficulty.
The use of system enables one to do
things with the least wear end tear,
Be a "system" man even to the extent
of water and light systems..,
Stored: spuds, too, must breathe or
they'll rot. Provide for ventilation in
the potato bin,
Says Sam: The fellow who can do
the most for you is the fellow you see
when you shave.
ota5Ase, WAR ANO FAivil 415 IN RUSSIA
ei'nnan view of conditions in linesia.---Froxe the W ibis Jna b, Stunt•