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Zurich Herald, 1923-12-13, Page 6Addrssa communic4tiane to Agro,ton i4t, 7a Meade at.. Wean, Toronto GOITRE TRE IN LAMBS. (Meath/lig-Most of the lambs from flock of grade ewes last spring had pP AN ORCHARD PROBLEM; Question—A four -acre orchard o Baldwin a les set out about tweet; goitre When born, and several of them years ago, in good soil has been inter We feed cloverhayand cropped and was fertilized heavily th some first ten years with stable manure an agrieUlture and ferThipgeareselplenese mous tenni, and .the ch the 4On''P aleelon that g,fisrMingiesio be taught, The approach of mating time Is a there .must he a fall% ssse which to season when the ewes need careful Work, . Sonie mo modificatiOn,,ef this view watching, This. Ido because I have is necessary, and •thee Corielusioii now learned that ewes must be in the right reached is that egrlc'ulture ,sed farm-' condition to assure their getting with ing 'are two: subje fs,�-dgtic zJ we lam, dealing with the sciences. directly coif- In the fall I go through the flock sleeted with it and `elepia?.g" e nejeess, noting the flesh condition of each anis ed with the actual eperattiorfs';invelyed anal, Ewes below good breeding conte in r,iaking a *gears posse, farm, Tele dition are removed and given extra f distinction . is t'fcofanlzed' as ° e basis• feed and care. It not infrequently on which to ariange awrpurse,of slid). happens that some of our best ewes 'l•hfs oeing the ease;;,;lalapxator , .anal ne Plot, neiga�boring institutions such as d a dairy farm,` a ,poultry aslant, a fruit orchard and the like ;axe the bases s Of accommodation fox .carrying , such work. • As ;the work of •sijcb.'a course' of study, Is a part Olathe; regular; selbool work of the High School pupil, it is incorporated into, his seeker* at €i time when lifelong held ions are made. It becomes', :. part of the scheme of thought „pf the pupal end; e er he, or s ze, n a t a vlsable died w timothy, To prevent a recurrence for the following; five or six years wa next spring T have been advised to Plowed and harrowed about once a give the ewes iodide of potassium, year and further fertilized. The tree Please in.forni me if this medicine is made excellent growth until the severe good and how it should be ad- ministered. Ansxver by Dominion Animal Hus- bandman—The Experimental Farms have found iodide of potassium to be geed medicine for ewes to prevent goitre in the Iambs. Particularly sat- isfactory results were obtained at the Experimental Station at Scott, Sas- katchewan. The results of this work appear in the Report for this Station for 1922. There are two ways of giv- ing the medicine. One is to dissolve one ounce of iodide of potassium in two quarts of water.. Give ane table- spoonful (one-half fluid ounce) of this solution once a day mixed in the food or water to every six ewes in the flock. The other method is to mix the iodide of potassium with salt. One hundred pounds of salt should be spread out thinly In a dry room till it Heading back may be necessary to give the young trees a chance. Old trees could then be removed as they fail which would ins time give a new orchard. If you decide to plant trees for the purpose of top -working them, the Northern Spy would be a good var- iety, as if anything happened that your top grafts did not take or you did not get a good top, you would" have winter of 1920-21 when about 35 per cent. suffered severe injury. A small proportion of the surviving trees con- tinue to grow and bear well. Would you recommend abandoning the orch- ard or re -setting? Ifthe latter, what varieties would (you recommend? I am thinking of setting out another orchard oar Kings and Baldwins. What would you think of the idea of .using strong growing two-year whips to be top -grafted? What stock would be the best? Answer by Dominion Horticulturist --One must use bis own judgment as to whether the orchard should be abandoned. It would seem to be a good plan to plant young trees be- tween the old ones where it is pos- sible to do so without the young trees being over shaded rather than toset the trees in the old places occupied by the old trees which have died. becomes thoroughly dried, Dissolve by stirring two pounds of potassium iodide„ in two quarts of water. Sprinkle this solution carefully over the dry salt. Mix and dry if too moist. Keep the salt before the flock in a box or trough, preferably inside a shed. The first way is perhaps to be preferred for the reason that some sheep will use more salt than others. a good variety in the Northern Spy. Agriculture in High Schools, Ontario By DR. J. B. DANDENO, Inspector Elementary Agricultural CIasses. The chief object in view in introduc- ing and establishing classes In Agri- culture in High Schools in Ontario is to provide a broader education more intimately associated with the welfare of the individual, his family and his country. This statement is intended to inply that High School education of ten or twenty years ago was nar- row, because too directly connected with events, opinions, and dealings of the past, and not enough with mat- ters having to do with the immediate environment of the, ind3viduaL . That sort of education of ten or twenty years ago, had its roots in the middle ages when language by written signs was the admiration and the wonder of the people, and in control of a very few. These few soon realized the tre- mendous advantage this situation would be to them if it Could be contin- ued and consequently centres were estabtfshed to which those who became skilled in written .language were at- tracted—such centres as Greece and Rome. Oxford and Cambridge in England in early days were similar centres where Greek (perhaps Latin) constituted the whole curriculum. Of course a knowledge of the written language provided a means of acquir- ing some acquaintance with the thoughts, habits and ideals of people of earlier times. We have this acad- emic education with us yet, though it has been improved and advanced Im- mensely by the addition of Mathe- matics, Art and Science. These have been introduced very slowly, only a little at a time, --opposition by those skilled in. Greek or Latin being diffi- cult to overcoziie. It took hundreds of years to secure any recognition for Science as a subject worthy of a place on the curriculum. Mathematics were made use of much earlier, but it was always regarded as of little or no ap- plication to the walks of life. It was made as inapplicable as possible, The "savants" could "corner the market" more thoroughly and keep education within the cloister and monastery, only in case the scheme of education was kept as far as possible away from the practical. These things are mentioned because, to a large extent, our present High School education is influenced by. Greek and Latin language and his- tory, and people have so long been led to believe that these things and things—the raw material of food and clothing. Is it less educative to handle, ex- periment with and think about soil than to think about and study over an ablative case in Latin or a battle in ancient Greece? In fact, because of the close connection between the individual and the soil it can be even more educative. . This is the aim, to introduce a subject ` more closely related to the experience of the indi- vidual, whether the individual•' ever becomes ' , -air ' Agriculturist or . not though there is ,little doubt that, edu- cated in this broader way he -will be more likely to make his living on the farm than if taught -Gr, anunar, Liter- ature and Mathematics exclusively. It must not be forgotten that it is during the High School period that aptitudes are developed, habits formed and tastes are acquired. The aim ie edu- cative rather than vocational. POLICY PIIRSUE0. The policy to be undertaken must be developed with a view towards overcoming the difficulties --especially those outlined in the preceding para- graph. The very first thing to ac- complish is to secure teachers, not only with some knowledge of Elemen- tary Agriculture, but also with some sympathy for the subject itself. If we had fairly good teachers we are reasonably sure of success, if an op- portunity is given to carry on in a High School. In order to secure an opportunity to introduce the subject into a High School an inducement is offered to the Board by way of a legislative grant, to repay the Board for expenditure made. The teacher also receives a grant in money depending on the ex- tent to which classes in Agriculture are carried on in the school in which he is teaching. Provision is made whereby a teach- er may prepare himself to teach Agri- culture,—(1) by taking the Summer Session now offered at the O.A.C,, two sessions of five weeks each being re- quired in order to complete the course; (2) A graduate of the O.A.C. may also qualify himself: to teach Agri- culture (and other subjects) in a High Scheel by attending the College of Edueation for one year. To be ad- mitted to the College of Education need this extra attention, There. is no other time of the year when the breeding ewes respond more quickly to a little extra feed than they do just before the mating season. Long ago " English flock masters dis- covered that feeding to put flesh on rapidly for two or three weeks before mating, resulted in a much larger number of twin lambs than where the mothers were poorly fed, Another matter should be watched. Fall' pasture is quite sure to keep the whether 1 fid i d bowels of the sheep loose. As a result or necessary to live :i`n the*country, the manure accumulates on the hind the knowledge gashed and the impress quarters. This is not only unsanitary cions ` received. w$11. lave ; + a. lasting but also sets up an irritation. A sharp influence. pairs of shears will easily cut these In order to secure :ie suitable. type straggling tags of wool. of work for the Pupils, no text book is prescribed:` The .course of study The Problem of Curing Meat. Is to be carried on bas ieans' of indi- I always treat my dried beef', when viduai laboratory -work with instrue- it gets hard, by soaking it in fresh tion by the teacher and by the aid of cold water until it is soft enough for reference books and ;other pubiica easy slicing,—Mrs. 0. N. • tions. There da' always .a dangeer After beef is smoked and dried, when there "is a regularly'prescribed pack it in a stoneware jar, and cover text book. The Work -has a.tendency !with melted lard. We have tried this to be made book work, omitting much method and think well of ft. It keeps the should'be taken; •:'' the beef from getting hard.—.T. S. G. It -will thus be seenthat Agricul- Sausage made of a mixture of pork tore, as indicated in this method, is and beef, in the proportion of one notvocational,' though:it is expected pound of lean beef to two pounds of that, as. time:'goes ; on;; courses much lean and ' one pound of fat pork, is stronger in Agriculture can be given. preferred by some people. • It is made This will not happen, alf*wever, until and seasoned like all pork sausage, we have inn our High Schools sore grin- .. "Papa cut my little calfie and made cipals and assistant teachers holding him bleed !" screamed a child of four the degree of 13.S.AS .14t all of this years, "I hate Papal" and he sobbed takes time. as if his little heart was broken. In To show .one of the .changes conning this case, as in many others, the ani - to pass in the High••Sehools and Col- real was slaughtered in plain' sight of legiate Institutes during the past the dwelling, While butchery is one twenty years, •it might be; worth while of the unavoidable things on the farm, to point eut,the change of viewpoint 'the -place of slaughter should be re - of the pegple with respect to the teach- , mote from the dwelling -house, and ing of Science.: In 1$93 'eight • per. children should be forbidden as spec - cent. of all the prin. Hcipals ofigh tators. Why not provide a neighbor - Schools and Collegiate Institutes, who hood shamble, far., from any home, were Specialists; were : Specialistss in where folks can take their animals for Science, and in 1921) •twenty-six. per cent. PROGRESS ANb DEVBL'OPMENT. 411 educatfonair niovetnents winch are worth while, are: necessarily slow:' Agricultural' education;- ie no excess tion. Lookingback sever the, past twenty-five years ;and noting the steady and' :pronounced development in the teaching of Scieneie in High. Schools, we have a right feel;s care toiaegree.ofsx.ce. tx:',Pro- gress has., not been rapid�"for the rea- sons previously , indicated,. but . very. important,'ch.anges have, been: going on underneath the surface.as it Were, with respect„ to: the attitude of the people concerned, ;and with respect to. the content of the work .possible in a High School. On account of the tremendous breadth of the field' covered by the term agriculture, it is not surprising. to see that there' is a great variety of opinions about the subject and its possible place on any course of study., Some people contend that pit is not a suitable subject for a High School pupil, while others contend that Agri- culture is really not a subject at all, but a list of subjects, ''•Stillothers; more particularly men, of"• the city, express the idea that even if ;agrieul- ture were a subject suitable for a High School course, .only . those" con- nected with the farm should take that subject, or, to put it in another way- -agriculture is brily .y fo ". those brought up on a far in• gai, among educationists it is not uncommon to find those who assert thttt; :even as- suming Agriculture to be* suitable study for boys and young- met, it should be carried en In speoial'schools --agricultural schools, TMs 'view has had the strongest` backing,; of. ala, In fact it has been acted upon in other countries, notably in certain states of our neighboring country, • The chief difficulty in carrying on an age rlculturaI education fn such schools is that, for boys of limited *eons, such a course leads only to thdsposition of hired man on a fatten, Boys will; not readily be attracted to Snell a school as will lead einly to the .farm. This view omits to take into Caiusideration the fact that agricultuestl4 e"duca,tioti is education., In Ontario `lire holding suck graduate must have, in addition to the view that agriculfisrai'edneatlon only these can properly be called edu- to his 0,A.Ct course, the standing of is education as fa cation, that a subject such as Agri. Honour Matriculation. that as a subject ,t aa w it °es, of ana culture fs - Up to the present very few teach- place on the regi -alai o not regarded an worthy etorthyuirfeuluin : a ' of a place beside these subjects. The aim is, therefore, to introduce Agriculture to the High School Course of' Study, claiming that it has eft,- * ars have qualified under either method and, until a supply of teachers is se - 'cured, progress will be slow. With respect to the course of study Hie boy and T eetonal value, no less suitable than .in high Schools, a step in adYenco mea as recently been shade whereby Agri- Sch HomeEducation. "'The Child'4 Fleet $chpol i1Mtith4 F#Mltilreeerri$1�14i.'�' Blow Hot, Blow Cold, Mothers —By Ethel G. Peterson., M Last evening I saw a six-year-old I heard ftnother mother of this sane" general type scolding her little `daugh- ter one .day unsparingly for what-- to tear In her glove! I wondered at her harshness, "myself, and was amused when the child _looked a at her, and; up asked . respectfully, Marna, . what would you have left to, say it I stole something?" i' wondered too,. A week later the sable child dila obeyed a strict order of her mother's;'" and .came tremblingly to tell me about rush down the walk, to throw both arms about his mother, ,who was re- turning from a shopping trip; his face was aglow, his eyes shining with joy, Then. I was dismayed to hear the mother say pettishly, as she pushed him aside, For goodness sake, leave me elone. Can't you see that I'm tired, and have my arms full?" • No, a six, -year-old doesn't often no- tice such things unless his attention is called to' them. I watched his bright it. I advised her to go to her Mother face change, his Iips quivering, and, at once, and have it over with,• She his eyes filling with tears. I could finally promised to, though she said) "I know Manta will whip me, for she. said she would." A few days later I bad an opper,, tunity to question her as to the out - some. She laughed,' and said, "Oh, Mania was busy sewing, and she just' said, "Well, you've been very naughty, and I'll certainly punish you if you do it again!' " That is the mother who at one time pounces upon a child and, punishes her for some mere triflle, and at an: other time overlooks a much more serious, fault for which the child her- self expects to be punished. Are you a "blow hot, blow cold" mother whose : children never knout what to expect, or are you by yowl own poise, fairness, and self-control cultivating , the same desirables` qual- ities in them? scarcely keep from picking hint up and comforting him. Now, as it happened, a few days before .I had watched that same young mother,• romping on the lawn with her boy and girl, and had seen her end the game by gathering them both into her arms with almost passionate affection. I know she really loves her children, but she is a "blow hot, blow cold" mother, who when tired or nervous, treats her children with what looks to an outsider almost Iike dislike; then perhaps the next day she bestows extravagant caresses upon them. Poor children, they never know what they are going to receive at the hands of their mother. Yet she would emphatic- ally resent any imputation of unfair= ness in her conduct toward them! What Breed of Poultry is the ! r Best for Small Town Lots? By S. W. Knife. This is a point long discussed and without getting anywhere. Personal- Iy, I believe every fai�cier believes the e. breed be keeps is the best. A man starting into poultry looked around to see what sort of birds he should keep. He took a fancy to the Wyandottes, but his neighbor spoke so highly of Leghorns, he decided he would toss a coin to see what breed it would be. He tossed it five times before. it turned stay with me a little longer and sense up for Wyandottes. day I will go with you." Still, if a person wants to keep a And so Bruin stayed. Belly had few birds for supplying ample table ",lade a ,good strong bed for him, as eggs throughout the year, and having well as a big comfortable chair just an occasional hi 1 i his size. These two odd friends were very happy together. Each had his own work to do. I1 ` was agreed between them that Rolly would do the. housework, while Briiin brought the food and cut the wood. One day after Bruin had been out hunting food : all day, he same home THE CHILDREN'S 11 HOUR. ROLLY HELPS THOSE IN NEED. Bruin stayed as Rol]?e guest for some time after 'Roily had helped hien when the bees became so saucy. When. ever Bruin mentioned leaving to go on his trip to the other side of the moun- '- tain, Roily Rabbit would • say: "Just slaughtering?—D. H. H. chicken dinner, there is 1 not a much better breed than the To season sausage we use seven Barred Rocks. They are a very nice ounces fine salt, one ounce black pep- bird to look upan,_.of good size for a per and one ounce sage for every/ dinner, and in the egg laying contests twenty pounds of neat.. The best way they have shown their worth as layers. to keep sausage, I think, is to fry it They are easy to keep in condition and in cakes ready for use and , pack in quite hardy. You •can let them have glass fruit jars. This should be done in a _week or. ten days• after being made. Pour over the gravy which fries out (after filling the jar as tight as possiblewithout, breaking• the cakes) and• finish filling with. melted ]ard. Seal with rubbers, the seine as fruit. Sausage will keep the year round this way. I use quart jars gen- erally, so as not to open too much at 'once. --S, H. W. To -make the yellow wash:used for coating the outer layer of muslin in which. hams are sewed for summer keeping, proceed as follows: For 100 pounds of ham use a short ounce of glue and a full ounce of chrome yel- Iow. Mix smooth a half -pound of flour in a half-pint of water. Dissolve the chrome in a quart of water, add it and the glue to the flour. Bring to a boil and add slowly three pounds of barium sulphate, stirring constantly. Make this wash the day before it is needed. Stir often while applying to the muslin bags with a brush. Meat placed In these bags should be safe all summer.—A. S. For fifty years I have successfully 'used this recipe for curing pork: For 100 pounds of pork take three ounces of saltpeter, one pint of fine salt, a half -pound of sugar (brown is best). Rub this mixture on the meat the first day after .butchering. Second day rub with two pints of fine salt and one-eighth pound of pepper. Lay "teat out on table or bench, close together, out not with pieces on top of each ether. Leave ten days. Have in a cool damp place. If salt Is not all dissolved in eight days, rub it around over the hams again and pile them on top of each other for two days. Then hang up to` smoke. Don't lay hams on top of each other on butchering dry. This causes them to heat at the bone and spoils them,—H, E. A. They Consume Apples in Storage. The fruit grower usually feels that Iris trouble with insects is past when he has placed his apple crop in stor- age. Such however, is.not the case. nig SchooIs: It is also suitable for Investigation shows that the larvae s whether of country _ or, of city, of the coddling moth, leaf rollers, but even for girls. moths, the lesser apple worm, together O make progress in 'the establish- with the San .Pose scale and other in - it of the subject 'en the High sects, are known to continue their ool curriculum, it as essecesssry, to feeding and development in fruit sider all of these vie s, and this which has been placed in storage, o easy matter,' especially if it; Se Some of these insects, fortunately, ected that they be cottselidated:into, confine their activities to the fruit in otkable 'seltntne, 'Thies; however, which they were carried to the storage •te be done, place. '"Others, hoivever, pass from fruit to fruit, according to New York ever leave untll:nex�. soling- what entomologists: be done thiefell. If the fruit can be held just above Id you give the ep eeei e tier- freezing point, very little damage Will levoral other subjects, for the purpose h of developing an individual and creat - !fig In pini a power to think and to appreciate his environment, think, may be taken as an,, option with Elementary Science throughout the Lower and the Middle Schools. tory Seienee hoe already paved the But,, owing to the lack of teachers and way to a• very great extent, but thea to the general antipathy to the sub - Nigh School. buildings, ground and Sect itself on behalf of teachers and egaip'm,ent have never been previded otlzere, progfcss has been slow, with any ether end in view than that The salla) Is to encourage by a !rook education--edueation through actual process of education rather printed language, is the ebbs educa- tion fettered by the school. Put tide difficulty #d relatively unhn rta eoanpa 'rd with t attitude e nt as the tri people, of Hoards, and of Teachers. The Ginn is not to make Agricui. turists by teaching Agriculture, but rather to educate thesis hy means of than by regulation, ou Mir.7'iiob or TRE,A.'M1rr1'. In order to teaeh Agriculture iii T High Sehoolei it 14 necessary to have.lou some general understanding with re{ that aspect to the acepe and nature of "the well work to be earx'ied alt under the head- keep ing ,"Agrieulttire." .A common, notion fueslanteiiterj things, agricultural especially among hit/tera,, It that anal con is n exp w has can gIs cleaning When yee„`,ti ee useil it i 'result, from the insects, Otherwise, at, why hat naw? about the onlyrecourse of the orchard- .: ist to.. _o he showing', shade by.l�al;ys in yar . s s thoroughly care for has e competit#ans';thie " i'i ' fruit that but tnseets will be car- [aEher loIlaorlitdei fsl , Intl cote ried to the storage_ house. sorepartnershipsassay!anconYtlrair st i iere teftort toIfthefruit•ar saversstiJ ckandre-the ao, the farfri , x is.. trite u.cis i 1 . q foietobudge,t}ygraspingwithas b eteat tray ifleatw the keep - pace& of coarse s .. d d dttd there also. p p oat paper lrsstead of s I the bare hated, free use of back yard and not worry very tire and d hungry. about their seeing some nice iuicy inside As he stepped Iettuce:,next door, jumping a fence' and making themselves at home, 'as some of the lighter breeds are very fond' of doing; �. . But if egg. production for profit is the main object 3n keeping poultry, I would advise you to turn your eyes to th'e handsome looking and active White Leghorn. Just look over some of the egg -laying contest reports and you will see that, though there may be individuals. with a higher record, such as the Australian Black Orping- ton, yet as a class they out -distance other breeds for laying. While their houses must be kept more comfortable in winter and more wire fending is required to keep then in bounds than the larger breeds, still there are points in their favor:—They require less floor apace per bird, and eat about one- third less of feed and maybe lay 26% more eggs than do their more docile and hardier sisters. Yet with either of above two breeds an interested poultry keeper should make quite a nice little profit, as your neighbors will buy • all the fresh eggs you can supply and at a higher price than store eggs. Do It Now. We have just returned from a trip across the province. On all too many farms we have seed tools out in the fields getting a real airing. A stran- ger from Mars might think that we are working under the apprehension that tools, like cattle and men, need much fresh air. But they don't. They do need to bo covered from exposure. It is anomalous that we, as farmers he the door of their little house, was surprised to find no one there - "Yo ! here."Yo! Hot Roily Rabbit, Yo Hol" called Bruin. His voice only echoed through thea - empty house, and out into the Big Woods. At the door he called, "Roil-a-ey,i Roll-e-ey, But no answer came. • Where could his friend be? He won-, dered what he should do. Perhaps Roily was only calling at a neighbor's; and did not realize it was getting late,! He would go and see. When' lie; called at Sammy Squirrel's, he was not there. At Willie Woodchuek'a house, Mrs. Willie Woodchuck said size; had been away all day visiting so had not sewn him all. day. At other'neighr bors where Bruin called, they could tell him nothing of Rolly'e where abouts. , Bruin went home very much word sled. Hastily, preparing supper, hal sat down to eat alone. Suddenly he. heard •a noise outside, Running to the. window he saw Rolly Rabbit skipping hone as fast as ever could. if -Why, Roily, where have you been?"' asked` Bruins as he came In. "1 havet been so worried about you." "I. was just over to Frankie' Fox's house," answered Roily. "1 heard tti-1 day that Frankie Fox was sick and I; went over to see if I might help him. I found Mrs. Frank with very little wood, and so I" spent the afternoon cutting some for her. Before I finish- ed the pile it was growing dark. 1 am sorry to have caused you so much worry.„ "As long as you were doing such a should complain so much about the kindness, we avon't think about thea," high cost of farm machinery, and it is smiled Bruin. "It just proves to brei too high, while, at the same time, we that it doesn't ever pay to worry. do not give reasonable care to what Let's finish supper now. You must be we have. The plow sticks in the soil hungry, after ehopping NO much where the last furrow was turned; wood." The cultivator shows the last job done "Right you are," said Roily, sitting with the tool; the disc still stands down to the table. "Please pass the where the team was unhitched from it, porridge,". while the binder is under the tree ��-; just back of the barn. Feecliiag .for Bacon. The wonder is the more, since on At the Ontario Agricultural Col the average farm one can generally "all litters are' left with the sows legs And ample room to house the machin -they are eight Weeks old. 'Skim until ery.Most farms have some sort of a Skim milk and middlings,'. are .the sliest,: satisfac. tool shed. Others • have room in the tory feeds on which to start the newly. buildings already up,' where, bya little weaned .n pigs. 'Rations axe made. -up ingenuity, the tools could be stored with the ' idea of promotingrowth N durin until needed next spring. 'o g �' the first four months rising, The trouble is that after our siren growth promoting rather than fattenes nous work, we relax and then keep ing feeds until the pigs are five putting off from day to day this im- months old. Middlings, oats,milk` portant job, It often requires more whey, tankage and clever ale pxr,tai s than n. urge n we can bring to bear upon ourselves to get at the task. These paragraphs are sent out for that purpose. If your tools are out, getiip some morning, and say ccur- ageously and fearlessly that "This day am going to see that nay farm tools are housed." The tag ends of this season's, work should interlodg with pr.'eparations for next year, feeds and eapable et building booze aid' 4 musele. When the pigs, are well grow at five months old the ration . is chatig ed ,for the tiiiishiug or fattehing per,/ , idd, Two-thirds barley and o'ne-thir finely ground oats alon g with skii'tt; milk has beets highly satlsfaciory'j` Tankage a to 8 or 1t? • ry p per .tent. halt been successfully and profitably use ; . when skim milk was not available. Neavvi' nrguue with ay ball unless Oil' Pitchfork is in your !lairds.