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k. I > k k k k k k> k> communication* to AQioni/mi!, 73 Adelaide St West, Toronto Grass and Clover Mixtures. In large sections of Eastern Canada, the importance of well-balanced grass and clover mixtures, particularly for postures, is not yet cloarly realized. If it were, the commonly used mix- tures consisting of timothy and red clover or timothy, red clover and al- ie broilers and now for those who are Canada on record close to a good broiler market it pays to sell their cockerels as broilers rather thun hold them until fall and sell them as roasters plan, therefore, to lamb-creeps, feeding racks, disinfec- tants, record book*, docking and rr.s- trating tools are all put in readiness for the coming harvest, wh'ich will represent his profits on the business. Last Yea Yield of Potatoes. Dominion statistics show that 1920 saw the largest crop of potatoes in the At no time of the year does clean- liness count for more in the poultry business than during warm weather. Fowls kept in closed, stifling, steeping quarters cannot be in a really healthy condition, or give very good returns. It would be much better to have the windows removed from the poultry THE SUNDAY SCHOOL JULY 17. The Conversion of Saul, Acts 9: 1-19. Golden Text 1 Tim. 1: 15. r Connecting Links Though Paul , their court. But this, apparently, was house, to have" them"cleaned"and stor- was seeking to flr.d the true way of j already an open thoroughfare, con- 400 bush-' ed away in some place where theyj"J e a8 a Pharisee in strict ODE* e| sttafou o y, I PI.-. 11 was wiougni uiai. uirge quan- 1 could not be damaged untl1 . ncede ^j n g c^in' persecuting the Christians, chants en either side. It was lined .ers. It is a fe ()OU j ti tj es wou j ( i be lost in the winter by again, and pieces of wire netting put ^ wag not ^ He descr jbes the with columns, the bases of which can get rid of as rr inyi ToM and freezing but the mildness in the place of uhe windows. This will experience of tnat per iod o f his life still be i^n.l In t-rtll HIlMIMr t_ _ . - * -1 _ A *U,. nwin . . . . .1 T^l_:_il_ f -t ft 1 f\ cockerels us you intend to sell, during o sea the broiler stage, if the price available incurre< j ^ j season reduced the losses so keep out any vermin and at the same j n t h e seventh chapter of the Epistle! seen. 13-19. I have heard aike would be seen less often than now the case. These mixtures may yield, the year after they are sown, one or two crops of hay composed largely of clover; the following year or years the hay . ^ _ r ___ .-_. by many of , lln;ullou n, muuuiiuu As a conse- time allow more fresh air for the to the Romans, an^experience of dis-jthis man. The fame and dread of at that time makes it worth while,! th 8U _] ua i n 'th.e hands of fowls. Many of the losses among couragement and defeat leading al- , Saul's name had already reached and usually it does. The selling of farmers on Ma , ch 31 192 i was ex- adult fowls in the summer season are most to despair. The commandment Damascus, and the Christian people broilers at Urns time of the year cuts ceptional . Iy , arge( the ' i arge ' st on re .| the result of unhealthy roosting 9 H * m \^^ sa^h^'found'"^ be" unto ' hehkd I comefor YeTa!?^ caH of t down n l f h . e ^'LV!' t " n l!ture 8 m re cord in fact exce P tin only 1910, when jters. ! deSh.'* ^^he 6 law^ontinually set duty, the call of his Lord, Ananias I room for the puHets to iiature jt w&g ^ per cent compared with 40 | The poultry house should be tn r - ( before him idea , gi which he CM1 i d not 'went to him. He did not know but the Ducks. The only tf.no to sell mar-; p^ cent t his year arvd 2 5 pe r cent. | oughly cleaned. Give the roosts a reac j, up tO) and was a con tinual re- 'going might cost him his life never- crops secured will consist almost ex- ket ducks is when they are about ten teat year Last year clusively of timothy. As timothy, weeks of age and can be market i| th , e 4^ ment i one d was on) good coat of kerosene or some liquid minder of his faults, his errors, and theless he went. clusively of timothy. As timothy, weeks of age and can -,e mar* ^ th . e j^g men tioned was 31,046,000 however produces a rather scant and under the trade name of green | bushels while this year it was 53,- low growing aftermath, it follows ducks." Usually where there is a de- ( 3 13(000 bushels. The loss from frost _i,i, ,.!,. o,wi tim.'ma d for this.class of ducks they will Hrw i rn f .,_ tn March 31. 1021 was that fields sown to clovers and tim- ' o othy and harvested for hay furnish bring a bigger price per bird at tl- pasture, after the hay crop has been ! stage than at any later stage, ana taken off, that becomes comparatively \ the cost of production is materially poor, both in qualaty and returns, as less. oon as the clover has disappeared. Roasters.-In s-pite of the number For this and other nsons it pays! that can sell broilers, the bulk of the well to add a few other graces and ' cockerels will be sold as roasters aho other clovers of a pi-rsisting na-' weighing from 4Vfe to 6 pounds m the ture to the ordinary timothy and i fall. In disposing of roasters it pays dover mixtures. On land of normal i to crate feed. The last pound of flesh fcrility a clover and timothy mix- 1 is the cheapest part of the whole car- tui , sown primarily for hay in a ro- cass and enhances the value of the tin; n will produce more hay if a lit- ; entire bird. Do not dispose of any . __ . *.'no<i ,*F> ...,.'. .ti.r.'i uritn/vllf infVMJll and rot up to March 31, 1921, was only 16 per cent, or 20,686,000 bush- els. As a consequence of all this lce killer, clean out the nests and his shortcomings. The law was holy,! A chosen vessel. There came, by burn the old nesting material, then and just, and good, but it meant death this word of inspiration, to Anurri'as a give the nests a thorough white- wash-, to him. ! P>"> f *hat such a man as Saul fntr insido and out leavitve them to ing inside and out, leavmgtnem to m the sun for a while. spraying with whitewash of the whole . IJ e found a conflict within him be- might become, if converted to Chns- ^^ . ^ g tjan , it A ^ of his i earmng and A thorough ,. that ^.^ J I ^^ {QT not ^^ abj]ity and knowled e of the . ....,, . _ _ _ .. * would that do I practice; but world might indeed by the chosen ves- there has been something like a glut interior of the house wiW make the what j hate that j do/ t se i t p bear Christ's name before the of potatoes and quantities have been place more sanitary. If the floors nre| p or the good which I would I do Gentiles and kings and the children of fed to live stock This year there has' of earth, remove a few inches of the not; but the evil which I would not, 'Israel. And that was the divine word boon a decrease in the number of acres ' top soil and replace with same fresh that I practice," _Frcm this conflict to Ananias. repla , If thev are of wood or he found no way of escape. Evil sem-i He entered the house and greeted , i A _ *. r t_ TT _ - _ i : _ __ l,_. .,_!. U ; - ,,.1 .",.-,-! n . t4T}_._ + Vmw G.iiii " TX7iirt sown; consequently, it is safe to pre- sandy soil. chantable quantity and in the surplus,! ed with fresh air, is one of the best me ?" the answer comes, the annual average of which for ten germ destroyers we have, but it is Christ." And so, he says ... years has been 26 343 000 bushels, or ' possible to have too much sun for the "What the law could not do," Jesus He was baptized, making pub.ic con- ~ . . ' M i_**_ _i* i..*_l__J_l A _*AtfKvtpfr1ir4 r PVi ,,-n. \ <- nn\\A am ri My\Ti fc.c.'. ion that Vio nn\v K^^t i IVPM in -IP 511^ 'Jesus heart was won and his eyes were (8: 3),' opened. The great decision was made. cent, of what it 'fowls if some kind of shade is not Christ did. There is no condemnation fession that he now believed in Jesus ; Christ, and would follow Him. It waa '" ' was preaching Christ tutj - . 1 1 7 " tic moadow fescue and perhaps also class of 'poultry stock without special lesg than flfty ^ vcllu . vl .. ,_ orchard grass are added. On account, feeding, and for the larger cockerels, was at lwt reports . The average an- provided in very warm weather, to be . to them that are in i Christ UK of their rapid growth after cutting, ' especially, the crate feeding system Is nllal merchantable quantity in Canada used when needed. ItoiSai rf& l5rS5*Z S 1 the latter grasses also help a field to best. for the same period was 69,730,200 Colony houses scattered through an whjch hg had ^^ and by ' the heroic 1 "The coming of Jesus to Paul was produce more pasture after the hay! Turkeys and Geese. Geese are be- bushels. In 1920, that is for the fiscal i orchard make a very desirable place am j pat ; ent COU rage with which he for him from the very first a miracle of crop has been removed. The same coming more popular each year and year en ding March 31, 1921, it watifor fowls or growing chickens. Al- met his death. He must have met and , God's favor, or grace; the winning of applies also to other g-asses, known ' deserve more attention on the aver-! 105,608,000 bushels. ways provide plenty of pure drinking as bottom grasses, such as Kentucky ' a sre farm than they have received. The, Blue grass, Red Top, and others, and grass feeding habit of the goose is an also to White Dutch clover. i added reason for goose flesh being one For permanent pastures it is of still of the cheapest poultry meat pro- continue to be our highest greater importance that the mixtures duced. sown contain a variety of grasses and Turkey? clovers. It is obvious that the most 1 priced poultry flesh and no doubt will valuable permanent pastures are those maintain this position for some time, which provide green pasturage from for the ravages of blackhead each the early spring until lato in the fall. ; year seem to make it harder to pro- Transportation and Care of Fruits. [. ,-.-,,. i ottcntmn Increased attention the testimony of many other , his heart, an unexampled display of water in clean pans and keep it is a Christian men and women. While he! power. The experience could only be sheltered place out of the sun. Be sure carried on his work of fierce persecu- the work of Grcd; for it gave him what the adult birds are not too heavily tion this leaven must have been work- he had long been seeking rest of , , ,, , , _ u,,,,i....v, .,f mg in his mind and heart. The climax soul, peace of conscience, a free for- oin<r riven ' ^P" 1 * on . f T ^ ,**, * the conflict was reached on the way giveness, and a love that was also an ing giv.n or any of the fat-producing foods. to DamascU3 and Paul ., &reat de . inexhaustible source of moral power." to the carriage and storage of fruits ' Select the fowls that you do not in- cision WM made then and in the days -Strachan. Every year owing to the shortage of , tend to hold over for another breed- that followed. help and the briefness of the picking, im? season and 8e ii them early while, 9. j.o. Desired of him letters. The - - and shipping season large quantities] tne price is high and while they are high priest was still the chief maeis- once to the crowd which thronged go to waste. This can only be obviat- j in .** **- -*-, *.<-- -..,. /.,o. . Paul repeats the story of his con- version twice hi the Book of Acts. . , ... __ condition, before they com-Urate of the Jewish people, and his about the stairs cf the castle (22: 5- Under the circumst mces it en. u ally duce turkeys. IM marketing turkeys! ed by improved methods of handling nvence to moult . I authority was recognized by Jewish W. and again before t jatM i x . almost more than any other class of, and by rapid distribution. It is grati-j T he fowls which are to be kept over Communities even outside of Palestine. Agnppa (20: 12-20). In both 1 poultry meat, it is essential that theyj fying to know that fruit growers in| ag breeders, and also growing chick- Though subject to ami obvioi t valuable mix- almost more than any other class oliana oy rapm uisinuunon. n. ..- Bran-i Tne fowls which are to he kept over vummuiuura even ouwuic ui <oi^v...^. r"-;^,- '-':,-; IV' ,"' rw^"^ ? for permanent pasture s "are' poultry meat, it is essential that they fying to know that fruit growers in ! as breedertti and also growing chick . SSSltfS.t'^SpSr.^S *?*?<* H.^S% " those which contain early as well as be well-fed. Turkeys cannot be too; all parts o the country arc vigorous-, ens intended for stock bird3> 1.*^ gSfy !^^*neV^ was seen of me also, as of one born medium late and late pasture plants, fat and in disposing of them keep m ly taking these matters up ami that ^ given liberal range . , ment> and Jewish maj?istra te3 appear out of due time." "Am I not an This is a point that is too often niind that turkeys are used for festi- the various departments ot agrieiil-j Frce range where t h er e is an abun- to have had, at certain times and apostle?" he asks, "Have I not seen overlooked in Eastern Camula It is val occasions. Have them ready, ture are showing an earnest desire to : dance o{ gj. een f ood and an i ma l food places, the power not only to imprison,. Jesus our Lord?' This testimony not so in Kurope where the great therefore, in plenty of time for! co-operate. Efforts are being made to in t h e f orm o f insects, worms, ets., to but even Lo inflict the death penalty,' of Paul in 1 Corinthians is indeed the mi_ . . i i~tt __!_ t j_l . , , j 1 1 . -i , i > . ? i . tt\ a m i n , n nt f t*u n or\rti_ > i i *.?_i j._ ^ i i . al tliAiinrl* + V , > i . rtmts , . , . i . , . ',-,., 1 ^flrlTP'? L rCCOTti, C^irltt. F tn)2in 8HV Oi tnC the appearances of the clovers are common. As an example, For further detail, write the Poul- ; tion. The whole future of Canada s may bc mentioned that Sutton & Sons, try Division, Central Experimental) fit trade depends on the surest, and Reading, England, recommend, among Farm, Ottawa, Ont., for their bulletin! perfection of these efforts t has al- others, a mixture "specially adapted . No. 88, "Preparing Poultry Produce i ready been shown that tomatoes to produce the most profitable crops ' for Market" yrown in Ontario can with the proper four to six years grazing or mowing"; facilities be successfully marketed in which contains seventeen different Preparing for the Next Lamb Crop. 1 Alberta in rompetition with shipments grasses and clovers, and for pcrman-j Successful sh-?ep husbandry ri!|irr- ent pastures on medium soils a mix- C8 eyeful pre p; U -i.tion for the next ture which consists of not less than i aml) tl . op _ It matters little \vhat time Keep a supply of salt before the stock. Warfbles are detrimental to thrifti- high priest would be respected by the Nor cculd he forget that tho Christ Jews of Damascus, and would author- whom he had persecuted had forgiven ize the arrest and punishmsnt of the him, and had uone him this great honor, making him His apostle. "I What thank him that enabled me," he writes, Christians. 3-7. A light from heaven. exactly it was that happened we do "even Christ Jesus our Ird, for that not know. We might conjecture that Ke counted me faithful, appointing it was a sunstroke, or an epileptic fit, me to His service; though I was be- twtmty-one different pasture plants. I o f t he year it is, whether tho ewes t is impossible in a short article are just | )re d, the lambs just weaned i to discuss what particular grasses and ; or the [ am b crup just duo. preparation; clovers ought to be recommended as |for the next crop shou!d be kept in I additions to the timothy and clover | milnd . c^ t ime is more important 1 mixtures now commonly usexl, as dif-, U ian during tlie previous lambing sca- ! ferent rates and combinations of quite son At that timo nolos and ne6t ^ t \ a, varied nature are required for dif-: should 1> kopt (A all i mpl)rta nt fonts forent soil and climatic conditions. I f( , ral . (lin( , the j ( ,} iav , ior of t he cwes.i Furthermore, such a discussion is out- j che mlm b e r o lambs each raisc-s a.id nc-ss, as well as to the hide of the Wltll^IlIJIIHUIllS' . f-t i , ivTn.ToniuviWi*W(Va*i ^Jj.'iitrj* t.t^- ><i>| me \-\j i* 10 rc~ivC( ttt^ u-^it A m ons u\^~ fmm tho wp<stprn Stntc>L It rpsts with ! anlmal - r.very grul> squeezed out but no suc h explanation can fully ac- fore a blasphemer, and a persecutor, exp?c i, steamships and railway cT m j a (1 destroyed is one less to mature '^unt for what followed. That a con- and injurious. Howbeit I obtained panios to co-operate with the fruit; growers' associations and government! who are working in these Half thc v a lu . perhaps more, of a pure-bred its s P ecies - injurious flict had been going on in the min:l of mercy, because I did it ignorantly in Saul seems beyond question. His men- unbelief. And the grace of our Lord *#*. * have helped to pro- .bounded, exceedingly with faith .and Lampblack or tar stains: ith kerosene. the value Dcrhaos more of a wl a ? ltauon ma y nave neipeu to pro- abounded exceetlingly witn taitii and the value, pci .re, o a duce & h }eal crisis But _ however love which is in christ j es us. Faithful ed lies in having the animal, that muy ^ th( , Qne certain fact jg . g the gayin|fj flnd wonhy of aU a( _. I registered. If you don t believe it, that God spoke to the j nmost soul of ceptation. that Christ Jcmt came into Saturate keep your eyes open when you attend this zealous persecutor, and compel- the world to save sinnera; of whom I Wash with soap and i public sales. The pure-bred that isn't led him to see and to acknowledge the I am chief." (1 Tim. 1: 12-15). ' registered sells for much less than 'truth. It was God, and yet it WHSJ Application. the registered animal. Jesus, too, whom he met that day on j It is consistent xvith the Divine atti- , the way to Damascus. "I am Jesus tude as revealed at nvany tirres that Grain is not needed to make first- wl }<j m . thou . P" secute ; st ''' ^^ vision; Jesus should commence speech with i v, -f ., , )!.. ~r ^H said- In all thin early Christian ex- the erring persecutor wit si a question, clou lambs if an abundance of good norH<>n , there jg an identiflcatlon of Men %vho do wrong are n , lt ^ nly sin . A steel fence post, with the top x inches bent slightly inward for carrying a few strands of barb wire. S.J,?JBiMSytt pasture is provid t i ^ h f p as cor ":je^'with"Go;i:paui.who l hadVoughi ^^^^^'^^^ , i h'ther their uelelers are healtny and; prot cction to oicharels and gardens, is this year, though, a little com may i8o hard against Him. now calls Him God has been trying to get His chil- , ' r well-balanced, or ,.ny other valuable hag 1)C en recently placed on the Can- be profitably fed. Rape is a valuable, Lord, "Lord, what wilt Thou have me dren into a sensible frame of mind, number of grasses and clove, sin mix- notes of this kind. Any ewe that does " nmnrket pasture crop for lambs. I to do?" "Israel doth not know, my peop'.t 1 doth tures than is now the casu. Marketing the Surplus Sl<ck. '-i -tribute the sale of market birds not successfully raise her offspring should be culled rather than re-bred. Great care should be exercised in the selection of the ram to bc used. as ninny of the twelve months as : Ho should be a typical, uniform, good- ible. Sell whe.n the price is good ;ize(I - purebred animal, full of vigor, pt 8i- I the birtls ready. As far as pos- sib.c, get out of the habit of markct- ii everything in the fall of the year. Watch tho markets and have your birds reaily when you can get the prices. Hens. -The best prices are received for hens in the spring of tho ycai. A good plan is to cull out all the hens you do not intend to keep over for breeding purposes another year and wll as soon as the egg yield drops. This will occur after the breeding sea- ion is over and usually nlong about the 1st of July for the poorer ones, the bettor layers a little bit later. Whether tlves* bird* should be kill- ed before selling will depend upon the demand. In some large cities, a bet- ter price la paid for the live bird than for the dressed. The killing, there- fore, will depend upon the prices paid. Which Hena to Market. When trap-rresting la followed the matter is impl, for the non-pnxlu<-ers eun bo That many farmers make , my peop' 8-1:2. Behold, he prayelh. It is signi- not consider. Come ami let us reason I ficant of the reality and truth of tho together, saith the Lord," was tha i vision and experience which had come message of Isaiah. "There is a way to him that Saul was driven to prayer, that seemeth right unto man, but the He came to persecute; he remained to end thereof are the ways of death, 1 ' pray. And his prayer was answered, was the word of that writer who so extra of course comes in the tendency to For there canie to him, divinely in- i earnestly urged the advantage? of Making Better Silage With Less Work active, and in pood wonderful the in flue-ne'e have upon the offspring ordinary ewes. The selection of the ewes is also a silage of green corn means hauling a' soems rather small, but a change from very important feature in connection! lot of water from the field to tho silo, 20 per cent, dry matter to 40 per cent.j^ beseen'ln'tnat ancienTciU-' '"Most 1 ...(.u t u_ i...,,u -m.; ,.:__ and> furt i lcrmore> the nutritive value) dry matter obviously means, if the streets of eastern cities in those days ' with the lamb crop. This selection may be done when the previous lambs are weaned urnl again at brooding time. Tho shepherd has in mind at . . .1 . , " . - . . wv.^.^v . >4 MOTIW \tctjo Kxnjuut'&s. A ritru la n\> iiirure 01 2 of the silage per pound is greatly total amount of dry matter remains , we re simply open places, square or ! strong enoug'h to describe the reduced. I have tried this problem on the same, that the total weight has oblong, inside the gp.te. where the of the a lot of silnge experts who were not been cut in half. this time uniformity in type. The! convinced until they had figured quite The street which is called Straight,! Jerusalem. "How often would I. . . in which Saul had his lodging, is still , but ye would not." This is a riffhteo;;? i by a God who loves of speech folly who yields himself to The whole universe is marketers bought and sold, and where i wicKedness. This bit of arithmetic points to air the elders^held^counci^and the judges ' confederated against him more uniform in appearance the ewes a while for themselves. So get out important lesson in silage-making. ' arc, the more uniformity will be your pad and pencil and you will bo shown in the offspring and hence the j surprised at the results, bettor tho prices to be obtained when j Now for the silage problem. We will assume a cose: Suppose that a field of corn when cut at a certain stage The lesson is to let the water content! go as low as possible without injuring the silage quality, before starting to fill tho silo. During this period of growth the corn is actually gaining in yields 20 tons of ensilage with 80 peri feeding value as well as getting ridj cent, water content. Suppose we de- 1 of an immense tonnage of water. Half marketing time arrives. Nothing at- tracts the buyers like uniformity not only in good condition, but in size, age, appearance and type. The ewes teeth should be examined culled. As a rule ewes arc not profit-! tent has decreased to fiO per cent. To! ing a rather 'dry as against' a'ratheri over ^^ L?j. teTrit( ? y *1 d V!^" C ! able for breeding after they pass five simplify the problem we will assume wet silage. ye<ars af age. Not on>Iy should severe! also that there is no further produc- This bit of commonly misunderstood _ ...... ..._ amd if any cide to allow the corn to stand in the 1 the labor of overhauling may be saved,' wu ' ' ' 'j r p w r s should be j field and dry out until the water eon- and a better product secured, by mak- for a * me a "*| ll . vl11 have I believe that the hutch plan of raising rabbits h -.uch an unnatural environment that it will pay rabbit breeders t have a few fenced yards in which the breeding stock can often In its natural environment a rabbit |be I T I * ced f ? r f-. ^ give* them chance to get their feet on the Controlling Rabbit Diseases. burrow or a brush heap ' . , a ranire ; K round and t^ 118 , ! all kinds of animals. culling be done to tho mature ewes but careful selection should bo prac- pteked out at any timo. Where trap- ticed in choosing future breeding ewes for tho lamb crop, always being careful to retain those us near the are not used tho selection is much more convenient if leg nests madw band* are usod to distinguish the hens from th pullets, and the early-laying pullets from the later ernes. With these marks the hens and the low- pullets can be disposed of. The aim should bo to keep over the unrmer months only the birds that are paying well for their keep, and that are to be kept for breeding pur- posra fcho next spring. In the wise of I.oghorns or other light breeds, it may pay to keep all pullets over the summer, but this must be determined by the number of ggn they are laying as soon after their eigg production oomes In-low thcfir cost of kcep even f.pighorns hould b* disposed of. Broilon. Broilei-s are chicketvs wcighin.g not over four to five pounds to the pair. In recent years the de- pnand and tho prices have risen for tion of dry matter. Such would not be quite the case, but then this is a problem of arithmetic. The problem is, how much would this 20-ton yield shrink in weight with the dropping of ideal type ns possible. Too much; the water content from 80 to GO per emphasis cannot be laid upon the cul-j ling process. After the culling and selection work has been completed the ewes arc pre- cent. ? Men accustomed to handling silage all their lives come back as a rule very glibly with an answer. They reason pared for breeding. They must be well this way: The difference between 60 fed and put in good condition but not land 80 per cent, is 20 per cent.; 20 overfat. As the breeding time ap-| per cent, of 20 tons is 4 tons, and this proaohes they should bo flushed on some good, green, succulent pasture.' As many as possible should be bred at tho same lime o that the lambs ar- rives in n group and the lambing period wHl not then be spread over a long period, which is objectionable. As the lambing period draws near the shopherd appreciate 1 * the fact that his busy timo ts approaching. He looks to thiJ increased comfort of his flo.'k. If the lamba are to be born in the bams tho buildings are thoroughly cleaned and disinfected; hurdles, they figure will bo the amount of shrinkage. The problem is not so simple, nor so unimportant. The true solution of it Is as follows: The silage in the first place con- silage arithmetic also gives rise to When I the 1 usual type of hutch, each breeding beneficaal for The yards can strong wire and a dug around the outside heated arguments over yields of silage , rabbit has a range consisting of com. The man accusu-nved to making! twelve s iuare feet of board floor. It a dry silage takes with a grain of salt I > 8 evident that much attention must the story of big tonnage put out by! **> S lwn to rabbits in hutches or they Many rabbit breeders have started the man who makes stoppy silage, c& n<not be expected to thrive. neither party appreciating tho fact that shifting the mois-ture content from 80 per cent, down to 60 per cent. about the two extremes encountered! in actual practice causes a rediKtion' of just 50 per cent, in weight per acreJ Often llpf r <-' the las-t rabbit dies it| and filled with stone or any material that will keep pests from digging in and the rabbits from digging out. Of course, the hutches will still be necessary but the yards will be used as exercise runs in which the breed- out with plenty of enthusiasm good breeding stock, only to out of business with the e first rabbit from disease. The same question is also involved when it coms to feeding. A wet silage has only half the feeding value, pound per pound, as has a dry silage. be Jp,n stock can be placed in turn. It . a yi ( * i will improve their vigor and help in keeping down disease. One success- ful breeder has such a system of yards on well drained soil and th rabbits a deep burrow in the ground in cumulation of manure on the floor. Rabbit hutches should be cleaned a^.ns thej All too frequently this distinction j s every few days and then sprayed with not appreciated when the material ig'< e of th * commercial coal tar disin- tained 4 tons of dry matter and Ifildoled out along tho feeding platform. fect " nta - This destroys disease germs Urns of water, or 20 per cent, dry i Maybe the milk pail will show uip the! and K 1VCS the hutches a more agree- mntter and 80 per cent, water. In the difference, but only a little silage j f - ble Ollor - There should be a surplus second case there is the same -1 tons arithmetic will point to the cause. It of dry matter, but only (> tons offtakes 80 pounds of wet sikge to give water, or 40 per cent, dry matter ami | the s-ame feeding value as 40 pounds 60 per cent water The silage loses j with the lower percentage of water just one half its weight, the 20 tons , as per the problem with which we shrinking to 10 tons. The usual error started out. of hutches so that some of them can be empty at certain times. The empty hutches can be placed wide open in the sunshine. This helps to disinfect the hutch and gives the lumber a chance to become thoroughly dry. more or less natural and present the owner witih large litters of husky young rabbits. Sick rabbits can sometimes be cured but the best method is to keep them free from disease. If doctoring be- comes a eontant practice in a rab- bitry it means that something is wrong with the breeding stock or tha system of management and prompt measures must be taken or the losses will be large.