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"â- â€¢'^^â- â- â€¢"••ppi m» \ »i i nm mn 'i»m« ^^^- >â-  -^.' ) V'» -rrr r DISINFECT THE STABLES. Ub fact Ihut regular disinfocUoii of tlie stubles is not a common practise in Canada in sufficient evi- well bcd(le<I, the fall has no tenors for tho little pig:. 3. Start the pijfs to flat when two or throe weeks of ngc. If two or three! dcnce that wo as fumiers are not: sows farrow at nearlj- the same time thorough or do we apprcfiatc the im-j and if they are ncquaiiited, place them i portr.nce of tho health of our animals.] totjethor with their litters. Make u As in other countries, disease of ani-;hole in the fence and give the little mals is responsildc for th'? loss to i ones the riuii^f the harnyard or ad- 1 farmers of many millions of dollars | joining fieli^^9k paddock. Provide a^ annually. Such diseases as tuber- i sniall self-feedeP where the sows can- 1 rulosis, abortion,^ scour,*:, l)Iackleff,| not reach it, and keep a mixture of; glanders, hog cholera, (tf., take en-js'iorts, 2 parts; ground corn, 1 part;; ormous toll from our reveiu'es. Afe-ain KTound o.its, 2 parts; before the lit- 1 parasites such as lie*, tick?, etc., each *lc piits at all tinie.i. Skimmilk in a! year cause the wa^tc of enormous! trough, similarly situated, will also i amounts of expensive feed to say no- j prove popular and hi^rhly beneficial, thing (if the losses in production of: '1. Mangels or suj,ar beets fed tops milk, meat, and young stock. Farm- 1 and all will be relished by tho sows, ers of C'-anad'a, it is your duty and â-  as well as a few cobs of corn daily. ' your l>e,st business to stop these ' A meal sop containing if possible, I losses. Dou*t wnit till animals die niilk in .'•onio foi-ni with a mixture of; of disease or are emaciated and hair-' shorts, t;round corn and ground oats, less from parasites before disoovei-infi! should be fed twice diiily. Feed fori trouble. Diseases are spread more | milk. j rapidly when animals are confined in Winter Care of the Fall Pigs.- The! winter quarters. winter quarters for the three or four One of the most important factors months pigs must be dry above all, in cheap and healthy wintering of thing.'. A l^v,- sleeping berth built acimals is clean quarters and no in an open shed '.-avered over withj quarters can bo kept clean straw and kept well bedded, with dry , and free from disease and straw, provides comparative warmth, para-sites without disinfection at!di-y(ie>5 and fresh air. Access dur- least twic*. annually. j ing the day time to a «hed in which The basis ()f disinfection' is direct; they may loot in straw or litter after|- contact. Disease germs under a; a few handsful of oats or whole corn,! layer of manure, straw or dirt, can-] is highly to bo recoinmcnded. Either not be kiUed by average disinfection. ; the self-feeder, or trough may be used Hence the first step is the thorough! to advantage. Ashe:;, sods, earth,' cleaning out, of the barns, scraping; etc., should be constflntiy accessible.' (and washing;', if possible), all walls I If any one feature should receive! and floors, and sweeping dirt, dust i emphasis over all other in connection snd cobweb- from v.-alls and ceilings. | with the rearing of fall pigs, it is, \Vnod floors should be repaired and ' that of dry quarter? Cflrth floors renewed v/itTi a layer of j ^ clean .'loil. I What Iiisinfecfants (o Use 1. Sunlight. This is the cheapest Winter Care of PouUry. ' Housing the flock is an important matter. The house first of all must; be reasonably clean and should re-. ceive a thorough cleaning at this time, or earlier. If an earth floor is used, the top of the earth shouM be re- moved a.nd fresh, dry sand or gravel put ill to take its place. It' ihla Blind or gravel can be artificially dried, so nuieh the better. New scratching hnalcrial (hay, straw, leaves, etc.) should be jiut on the floor and should be changed or new material added as often as is nece.-.- sary to keep it clean and in good con-] dition. If the house hns not been whitewashed this fall, it should be whitewashed now after sweeping down all cobwebs and dirt from the walls and roosts. THl: ri^API>i:R. CO-OPERATIVE TESTING PAYS $50,000,000 Trapping For SkunV. Skunk are usually found around old barns and buildings, hollow logs, old cTo-i: fences and cros.s hedges. I When thoir den has been found, holes} should be dug nearby in the paths! they are most likely to run over, and"' the traps placed in these holes. The | A^whitewa.shed.lfaP" s^?!',' ^^ V"^''-''^^'! '^'V^.'^^i that the' fowls, an important matter. | ' The ."un not only lights the pojllryj house, but wanna ,aiid purifies it and one of i!ie be«t. Every stable should have at least e> .-q. ft. of glass per mature heed of horses and cattle, and one-qi.arter this amount for calves and mature hogs. Sunlight induces cleanliness, health, comfort, and greater profits. 2. Whiter .isli. A good whitewash applied hot to ceilings and walls cov- ejjr and kill cerms and parasites, .^dd drug d:-:infcctant, such as car- bolic acid, if barns have housed di.^- eased animal.^. Apply with spray pump or biu.h. 3. Drug Disinfectants. All floors, gutters, and manfcers should receive extra care. Disinfect by soaking thoroughly with one of the coal tar distillates such as kre„so, wescol, zenoleum, m'olin, etc. etc., applied in water solution 3% to G'/c varying with streiigth of disinfectant." Apply with spray pump or sprinnler and brush in. ITie Health of Animnls Kranch, De- partment of Agriculture, Ottawa, can supply fr.?e instructions in selecting and preparing whitewash and disin- fectjinls. Thoroughness in the above disin- fection is mo=t important. The intelligent stockman intent on maintaining healthy stock finds iti ,iegi,ablo wise to di.'^infect mangers and feed passages more frequently. A light spraying monthly will suffice. Practise proves that disinfection is cheap insurance and an investment yielding a high rate of interest. If Canadian farmers unitedly will but realize this, our animal disei.se and losses therefrom would decrease 20% per annum. It Pays To Care For Farm Tools. Farm machinery represents a fin- Taking proper ancial invc-tmcnt. care of it re;;ults'^in a monetary gain Iea\ing it expo.^ed in the open at all j .'easons of the year must mean economic loss, not only to the fanner] but to the whole country. It is gen-j 'orally recognized by authorities on agriculture that, if exjwsed in alii ; sorts of weather, farm machines de-j : nreciate more than they do from fair â-  j we-ar and tear. That is to say, the i j farmer, who is careless in this re- ; spect pays for more than twice the ; I number of implements than he actual- 1 j ly requires. At the same time great' manufacturing plants and small j armies of workmen have to be kept! busy replacing these losses, which, in' thousands of instances, are purely and simply the result of carelessness and neglect. To house implements propei-ly, it \ may not be necessary to have a special ' implement shed. Many farmers can ' utilize an unused barn floor, or apart, of some other buiUjing. Poultry or , other live stock should never be al- 1 lowed access to the building, or part J of a building that has been set aside; for machinery. On most farms, how- ; ever, a speciaK implement house i.i A suitable building, if I carefully planned to conserve space,' can be built at a reasonable cost. Plans can be obtained from the \ Central Experimental Farm at Ot- ! tawa. I Before implements are stored for ' tho season, they should be carefully ; cleaned and oiled. It is a good plan, j after removing all dirt, to wipe the ! entire machine With an oiled rag and to grea.se all wearing parts with tal- low or axle grease. Further, it pays to renew the paint on the machinery at regular intervals. Paint of good quality, applied to well-cleaned sur- faces, is an excellent protection, as well as improving the appearance of the machines. Then, too, it is iin advantage to attend to all necessary repairs during the winter when the machines are not recpiired. This will save much tiino and annoyance in the busy seasons. To sum up: Proper care of farm machinery neces-sitalea a suitable building where the implements will be protected from the sun, wind, rain, snow and live stock, when not in use. ma^ " be 'utilize(V" to' Vh'o "inclusion ""of '" o'l^'i^'O". 't shoubl be kept clean, hen house is not only cleaner, but h I''"'-'*'* ""'' ''"=^ '" °'">'«' .^, , lighter and more cheerful for thc'fO""' ''-"'k ^"^ n"t"'-al as possibly Just aoove ths traji hang a pus'C of| .'rabbit, chicken or bird on which is; (^ I sprinkled a few drops of the best Therefore the wiii;iows 'should i,c I «'^i'"k ,!>•'''• This process^ of trap-! clean .o that the rays of the .â- =un can' 1H-"K the skunk has proved its suc- get in and the glass should be so; f««f,"v^^':/"-'I o)*^'- »«'""• ^ . . ! arranged thai the sun can reach every! When the real cold weather sets ini part of the floor at some time during! "'â-  ,t'>"f '^ » ^1««I' s.'^"^^'- ''^""'^ t-"^""! the day. All poultry hou..,es should ; f'^^'y '•'-'n up somelimos as many as be equipned with, platforms under the!^^^^''?" or twenty in a hole. V.hcn the roosts, high enough so that the fowls | '}^» ''»^ l^^" Z"""^'- ^^^ i«nimals can can use the floor space under them,! If easily .smoked out and caught, if, which means they must be about two ; *hl,•"«^t 1^-"' of -smoker is used. > feet from the floor with the ro.ist3, ^ The skunk furs are always m good, six inches above the platform.. This^'"""'!/"'^^ ^^^l^ ^^^ "'â- â€¢^'^>'s l>^'«" . enables one to keep the floor litter; «"c Pi'ofit.s .or the tr.^pper lu thus in the best .•ondition and to keep the ;«""«'''•, â- ".''•'P* ^'jo"'" ^"^ ""'^7 i house more sanitarv. especially if, every day it possible, or, at most : these platforms are cleaned every: ?''^*"y ,"'''"â-  ''">'- ^"1 ? '^""^ *^''S''': two or three days. I '^ l'"We to gnaw <-ff its foot and got The care of the flock is important, a^^^^ «"• '"^^â- '^ ^\^ ^"i" '^er'^f^^'i' <)-im-| The fowl, mav h.ive a good poultry j ^K^d by otner skunks altac ting it. in house and pl'T^ly of good feed, but if, the trap, , , , ,1 they .ire fe.l i-Legularly or ar.^ fi'c- I" prepM-nig for the market skunk qnently ni-htenrd, the best re.udts I ^^^'n^ should be cased pelt ^'e out;i in egg production are impossible.' all superfluous meat and f.if should _ Doav .O-.iuld i-.xr be allowcj t.) r..nibe scraped ofl' before shipping Care, into tbe poultry house and strar^jer:, j taken in preparing the skunk for the, shoid.l lo l-.e,,;"(ut of tie pen.-. Tlio!»wrket will reward the trapper well, caretaker should be friendly Wi.li the - f;>wl-.! nni\ should *'eed at re;".dn'-| hours and do other work in regular , order, so as to affect the life and' habits of the fowls as little as po^-| sible. "^ I It is generally suppotcd t>at egg, The Food Board Says While there has l>een a numerical' .increase in live stock in C'-anada and production in winter dcpcnc's almost ! ^j^^, ^jj.jjp^, states, owing to advanced, entirely on some particular method j ^.^^^ ^f f^,^.^, ^^^^ ^-^^ eagerness to or trick in feeding. That ,., ^^y n«i realise on the high market prices,! means true. W e must have pullets | (^j,^^^. ^.^^ ^^^^^ .^ t,nidencv found in all I hatched in the early spring and must; y,.. ^^.^ g^^^.j. n,^rtetsfor farmers give them every opportunity to growng ^j,;,, ^^^^^^ ^„,, ,,y^^ ^^^f^,^^ ^^^^.\ and develop. Then, if they are pro- 1 ^^^,. ^r,,^^,.^, fi:u..hed. Lo.ss of , , , , 1 <. ii •III'"'*-' properly „. „„..., „. perly hou.^ed and cared for they will] „.^,.j,j^^ approximates 10 per cent. lay If properly fed. In the case of; ,,',jr.,ip.i,,,.^, ,;,.« ^.tock men make hens (females more than one year : ^.^,^^_.^. ^,j.^^, ^^ j-,^,,^^ ^^^j^ ^.^^^,^ ^^^ old) those which complete their "cw, f^,^^'^,._,.^^j. . coat of feathers before tho cold win- ^ ter sets in, and which have not been, irij,u,e., showing' the onoi-mous de-, iniurcd in any way, by disea.<;c or^^.i^.^^^ ^j j;^.^ ^,^,^,. ;„ ^j,^, principal i otherwise, during the first year, are^,,^^,,,^;^,^ ^f Europe most affected by] the only ones which can be expected ; ^^,^ war -with the exception of Aus- to lay well diivng the winter, oy^:^\ tnn.\lunK>^r^â- , HussiJ> Turkey and the! when well fed. Egg production i'' Balkans, reliable figures for which' more than luck. I ^^.^ impossible to obtain -were given' The poultry keeper who provides, ^^^_ , . ,..,„,,„„,,„ h. h. Thomson ofi fowls m winter with The .same variety : j,,^. f,^^^,,^^ Food Roard at a recent^ of food hey can obtain in the stim- ; j^;^.^. j,^^^,^ Conference in Ottawa.! mer on the range so far as that is -ph^,,,. decreases are as follows: ' possible, usually has good results ifi r^....,_ u, other conditions are favorable. There] Frt'n<<- is no one kind of grain which wiUj [{p^-J,,,^ fiirni.-h all the different food elements; .swoflcn required, and if only one kind is fed,; '|{{','g;j,, the fowls eat more than they .should Ciittte : sfiii.ooo '.l!)t!,000 .•n&.ooo r.95.000 .aiS.OOO IHS.OdO 4C.flOO I'lB« 2.«16,00f> 354.000 l,S7S.n00 252.000 The Care ot the Full Litter. The measure of the swine feeder's ability may well be taken by his success in handling his later summer and fall litters. Here tho percent- age of culls and unthrifty pigs is usually high, paiticularly with the late fall litter ol)ligpd to winter in cold' or worse damp ((uarters. (!en- crally speaking, no young pigs chould arrive after September, unless the feeder has exceptional facilities for winter swine raising. To ensure strong fall litters the sows should spend the summer on pa.sture with as mucli range as pos- sible. Clover, alfalfa, rape or grass i.-inian' 2,300,000 in the endeavor to get enough of ccr- 1 'lolhuxl tain elcment.s of forfu, and in that; way overtax their digestive ory.ins ,* , - . 1 1 r t ^' ' I Kjilllli;: ml' lilt not only causing lack of ))ioiUiction ; , . ^J, i i- biit ill health. The poultry keeper ''"*' ^^^''^ *â- '" who feeds in that manner lo.'-es the price of hip feed and the profit he might make from his hens. .As al- ready staled, egg production is never a matter of luck. 2.7.^8,600 200.00O meal for the first two nionlhs, provid cd the pasture is abundant. For the duration of the gestation or currying period, the use of a little meal, once daily, will be amply repaid. Shorts and bran, equal parts, with a hand- ful of oats per sow, fed a few pounds (t'uily, is recommended. One very fertile cause of unsatis- factory fall lii.t«rs is found where the sow has produced a litter in the [certain weight will be shortened and spring, been heavily milked, and bred pthe labor of feeding them will be re well oiled (painted, if neces.sary) and in good repair.â€" A, D, The Self-Feeder Pays. With the ingredients of a good ra- tion constantly before them, placed so! that they may eat at will,* hogs will! make gains more rapidly and more , (!conon)ically than when fed by hand. ] rhe time needed to bring them to a j 94S,:oo i9,ni'« ooo ; tC2.U0O I Leading Live Stock Producers, in-' '"•eluding the members of the Cimadian' 'ouncil and represeota- ; tivos of the Meal Packing industry of the Dominion, in conference at Ot- , tawa as to the best means of meeting] the .situation presented by the cnor- ' rnousJ live .stock shortage in Europe, i drew up a mem<uandum to the Gov-' fci'iimcMl ill the form of five resolu-] lions which include the following] points: â€" Tlmt a policy of runil credit ho sanctioned and supported by the Fed- "Where silage is available, it can â-  era! Covcrnment; be used to good advanlu«e u.s tho j That steps be tt'.ken to establish | basis of the ration," stales a report | credits in (his country with France, I on feeding silage to horses,. "For Hidgiuni and Italy; I several years the expiriment station j That a Clovernnieiii agent, prefer- j has fed a number of hur,ses each win- j ably :m,. U. IL Tbi.ison, Chairmnn] ter on a silage ration. The horsesJ of the Canada Food Hoard, in the] so fed have for the most p-art been j continuation of his present capacity, I young animals from two to five , bo sent to Europe to secure fullest ' years of age. They weri- carried j possible recognition of Canadian in-] through a feeding period of from ten] tere.sts iii .supplying agricultural pro-' to twelve weeks on silage and straw, ! ducts; without grain. A ration consisting ^ That the Oovcrnment provide noc- of a fair quality of silage without [ c.ssary marketing facilities, including] straw was sufficient to produce slight' adequate controHcd ,. tempcratpre' gains in weight, and leave the horses 1 sp.,ce in railway cars, storage ware-' in improved condition at the cud ofjhou.scs, and ocean goiiii' vessels; | the eleven weeks feeding period. The j xhal the Government give eiicour- horses were allowed all the silage „ge„„.„t to a campaign throughout! they would clean up, and oat stntw I (•.,„,, j„ fo,. increa.scd live stock pro- in excess, the refuse being used for . (i,„.|ii,n, in view of the in a thin wcaluined state, and at the' same time projierly nourish the litter she is carrying. Ordinarily, breed <hc sow a few day-s after weaning. If .'ihe is much pulled down in flesh delay breeding even at the expense of a later fall litter. When the sow furrows, if in A ugu-tt, September, or later, ob.seivej the following facts:-- | 1, See that the youngsters ha^ ex-, oiciso and plenty of it, right up to. tnowfall. < 2. They must have a warm, dry place to Bleep, One thorough chill- ing, suth as may be conlruclev nii a wet, cold fall evwiing, where impro- per tholter and liUle beddiiig are suj)- plied, will ruin the sucker or weaner, for ^'Oil and all. (Jiven a dry floor, duced. Never plant bulbs so they will come in direct contact with manure. Bee keeping, that is, producing honey, pays better in proportion lo the investment than any other rural jiusincss. And the value of the bee in the pollination of fruit blooms exceeds its value as a honey producer. Turnips will withstand hard frost, but alternate freezing and thawing injures them. (lather, top and store the roots in banks or Jilts, or in an outdoor storage cellar. Do not place them in the btorage room in the base- ment of the dwelling as they give off odorj tlial i-enetrate throughout tho hou«e. bedding, "Care should ho taken to avoid feeding silage which is very sour, as digestive disturbances are ftpt to follow, especially when a full feed is allowed. With a good quality of| silage, as high as forty pounds per; head daily was consumed by horses j Weighing LfiOO pounds without any; signs of digestive trouble. Frozen. enormous op- portunities now presented to the Canadian live .stock industry. , In his reply Sir Thomas White, Acting Prime Minister, said fHftny of] tli^se points were being provided for i and whatever further po'-^ibV would' b^ (lone. Farin' er>«' Arcoiint Hook. silage shouUI never be fed. . ..^^i,, j.^^, ^i,,j,^ ^,,,„, ^^ ^ ^^^^ „f "In these experiments the ^(>ri<^^\ y^^^y v,,,^,ev^' A.-conr^t V.ook of vihlch were allowed to run loose in a .-hed, j with ad.joining yards for exercise.' we were told by our pastor?" That is the way h letter recently received They were fed from a -^ommon trough ! ^.„„„ „ ,.^,-,^,.,. ,,^ ^j,^ j.,^ and had access to water :,t all I'.m.i^. | , „„,,,ati„„ ^eads. U oinmission of shows how I the clergy are seconding th? efforts 'i'di- of the ('ommissinn to encourage busi- Oooseberric^ are absolutely dent on insect fertilij^ation, and the , nu.'^sli^ie halnts among farmer.". The Farmers' Aceonnl Hook, which con- t«in.H b'unks for a simple but eom- pri>hen;dve systeij^of farm accounts will b.' s.-nt cii. icqufcs'. to any favm- (•r wb 1 stiit.'s lb" number of aClfes of h'.rj hi' wcik*. I wholesale dropping off of gooseltcrry flowers, which is frequently attribut ed to other causes, i: usimlly due i:i the fact that unfavortr>h' v.rnther has prevented the bees from doing their work. By Earle An increased production of thirty per cent, in the average yield of milk per cow, resulting in an added dairy production of $.")0,000,000, is the result of co-operative cow testing in Canada. Our dairy farmers have enforced .sineo 1911 the sti-ictcst economy' in production of all 'Sairy products, as a war-time measure, and by weeding out the slacker cows from their herds are not only able tQ produce more milk with less num- ber of cows, but to secure a higher price for it. When the farmers looked al>6ut them for ways and means of solving their war-time labor and production costs, in no line of agricultural work did thuyjind a greater opportunity to increase production than in the im- provement of their dairy lierds. The averag." yield of milk per cow in Canada v.-as at that time only ^buut 4,S00 pounds pec year. Compare j that with in<liviriual records of over! 2.5,000 pounds of milk in a year and ] herd roccr.ls aver;;ging over 10,000; pounds fqr tach cow down through the herd, and you have a picture of the achievement of these farmers and of the wonderful possibilities for, the impiovement of the average dairy herd throughout the continent Canadian dairy faitneis have found the keeping of herd rocordc-, more commonly known as cow-testing, the safest and surest basis for that in- telligent brctxiing and selection which, with proper feeding, is sure to re- sult in an improvement in production that makes the difference between the general average yield and those which .ire at the tup. In Canada vaiious phm- have beer- tried since this work was tlrst com- ment.ed under the directioti of the Dairy Rranch of the Department of Agii'ulture, which in 1904 stared on a small scale -o promote and extend the work of keeping: herd records, re- sulting finally in 1917 in the opera- tion of thirty-five dairy record cen- tres, each of which was placed in charge of an experienced man who gave his entire time to the work of cow-testing within a limited area, I and who.se business it was to see that | the samples were properly tested, j There were ;;lso a largo number of; small associations, or groups, for , whom the testing was done by some individual nu.'ilified. ' In 1917 there were nearly thirty thousand cows under test record in connection with the organized efforts of this branch. 'There have also been many hundreds of cows tested independently by owners who were not connected with any of the dairy .' record centres or cow-testing associa-l tions, but v.-ho h^ave been interested by the general restilbs which they found their neighbors achieving. Since this work was started the av- erage yield of milk per cow for Canada ha.s increased fully thirty per cent. This means that the total valine of the Canadian dairy products was greater by at least $.50,000,000"^ in lyiT than it would have been if there had been no improvement in the herds since 1004. The increase in the yield of milk from individual herds has Ueen much more sUrikiog because the ^jeneial average indudes all those herds whixsp production of m'ilk has remained stationary, or nearly so. These farmers ha\-'3 not found that the plans for improvement of a dairy herd need be elaborate or expeosive, but should take cognizance of the fact that there are good cows and poor cows, judged by their milk produc- tion, in all breeds and that it does not follow because a cow may have a lengthy pedigree that her perfor-] mance at tbe milk pail is up to the mark; tfeat there are scrub pure-i breds as well as common scrubs. It requires some moral courage to dis-l card the expensive pure-bred scrub j after she has been shown up in herj true colors, bgt it is the right thing j to do, nevertheless. i These dairy farmers believe that' there is only one true standard, anil j the test rau'St be production. This is not an argument against the pure- bred animal.^ as such, but rather an attempt to plac% performance ahead of pedigree. Ancestry is an import- ant consideration, but unless 'the re- cord carries with it some account of production, it lacks the only import- ant feature, and the man looking for! su]ierior animals gets no information : from it that is of real value to him.' He may have per.sonal knowledge of , the strain in questi<)n, but that is ' another m.Htter. In war times wej have learned that tho son of the mil- ' lionairc has no more right to loaf than the son of the farmer, which is equally true in the case of the pure- bred cow as against the common grade animal. ! Any p'an which has for its object the improvement of dairy stock must provide ft r a study, and record, of the peiformance of the individual cow, ,T,s well as deal w'ith the manage- ment of the herd, including its care and feeding, and the breeding of ani- mals to replace those which are dis- carded in the "weeding out" process.' Individuality can only be determined! by the weighing and testing of each j cow's milk. I It is qtiite practicable fur individual i farmers t,-> test their own herds, and ' many In Canada are doing this, but | some forhv of co-operation has been' found an incentivfi to a more work-j able plan of community effort, thus raising the general average yield rather th«n the general bu'ividua! W. Gage average. The competition for high- est average production brought about by co-operative effojrt, one neighbor seeking to do better than his neigh- bor, is healthy ami conducive U> the bcit interest of all dairy farmers. Tho demand for this cow-testing work has been bo great that the officisls found themselves forced la inaugurate a new system starting with the 1918 work. The dairy re<'0id centres wore abolished and the service's of cheese and butter- makers enlisted, the farmers paying these men, or those qaulified to test the milk, at the rate of ten cents per cow tested. This plan makes it worth the while of the tester, and the rate is not overly excessive for the farmer to pay. Each tester provides his own outfit. Thj milk factory is the natural centre of herd record work of all kinds. The samples may be con- veniently collected -here on the milk Or cream wagons, and it is likewise easy to communicate with tho farm- ers who are patrons of the factory. An increase in milk production of the herds in ths factory district means not only greater returns to the farm- ers themselves, but likewiso a larger ' output for the creamery or ch.;ese factory, thus insuring si larger rev- enue for those who depend upon it for their profits. Frostbitten Plants. S'jilden'y scraetinies the weather changes when it is least expectej and many house plants are frost bitten. When plants have been touched with frost take them to the cellar or to any •.lar'ic cool place, where the tempera- ture is above freezing; cut off ail black parts Ivack to where tho sten»-ia green and pull off the frosted leaves. Keep the plants in this dark place for ji <ray or two and gradually bring them into the light, not exposing them to the rays of the sun until new growth has started. Plants frozen in fr.imes as a rule should be left where they are, keeping the sa.sh covered with mat' to ex- clude the sunlight until the frost has disappeareu'. If continued cold weather is expected the night cover- ing should be increased. RAW CIIPQZ will pay Uxhsst n M IT r u n o jautiut vnc»a tot RAW FURS and GINSENG ROOT 21 years of reliable trading. Ret'arencftâ€" Union Bit. of ('anae:i. â- ^Vrlte for Price List and Tagrs N SILVER 220 m- I'aul St. w. .i»'a[*£ix> POULTRY of all klndi. Better quality preferred. Write tor prices, STANFORD'S, Limited ttt Matwficid St. • - Montreal The Highest Price H. RAW FURS to us, no matter what quantity. We pay the highest price, also express charges. Try once and you are assured ot satisfaction. ABBEY FUR COMPANY 310 St. Paul W. Mpntreal Reference: I'.auk of HocUelaga. St Haury. In business for 30 years. Send your RAW FURS 428 Paul St. West MONTREAt Being manufactnreii and not buying to re* â- eU we alway,^ assure the faireat grading and the bighe>t market price*. Quick returna I No price titt issued but we eunrantee to hold your skins teparale until you aveepi or I ejac t our 9ffer. eo I P Once IVtcetibr FUPS* t he«-(( ouoMS b» rei«mmin. HMj M •««•. our "t-ln niw'* U'tM. r Ith tMttHHi •' iiifrl^ In o«tunU eult>ia. tiasprnt w<.ic:a. FITNSTEN BROS. * CO. lnt«-r. "Vinal K«r K -.-nanfe 693 Foniiten â- !*â- . 3t. LouiStJlIo. Si V-' »â-  v^ -1 1