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H^f 4 1 » I * n i. > V k DA»Y 1m a superior or inferior cow bom or grown? Answering this common to pay the increased price asked. The Montreal market has esUblished itself as one of the best lamb markets on the North American continent, and question has called for a great deal of many of the best pure-bred rams that investigation, and the matter is by no ]^ii the foundation of this state of means settled as yet, but some of the things were from Ontario. Inforiua< information may prove of aid to the tlon received by the Live Stock Branch dairynuin who is looking forward to shows that ther', 'm a wide-spread de- Hone EdncatioD TIM ekU#» FIrai Are You DuIUng Your ChilifsScnMof Appnwiitian? AMras. MnwnuiMaueiie ta'Agrea^lei. J* AdelaMIe St West. ToroaU BY HELEN GREGG GREEN. "Papa Bob," I heard Uttie Mid say, for two others for MM and Baby getting a better foothold in the game, mand for hlgt -class breeding rams *»» t^ j^,, irrandfather "there's a little! Lamb. In Jess than a year each ons and who is not satiafted to just stand all parts of the country, due largely to . , m i, V i _' of the expensive carriages was ont ol EARLY STRAWBERRIES I horse's life is tiie time from weaning stfll. Feed is supposed to affect size the fict tiiat Canadian lamb Is now boy In <"«• Wock who 8«ts <>nly one; ^^^^^j^^,. ^ ^,^ j^,^ ^^ JBAitLX bTKAWBGKSli!>9. Unâ„¢the foaJ iTa year old. The am- *yP« and production, iind though it recognized as a high class and fashion- toy every Christmas. And, do you the handle broken on another, tiie bot- Qu«8tU)itr-\or)L County, Ont.â€" I ftm ,,^^^ ^^j quality of feed fed during would take a large book to cover all able product Mr. Aikell urges sheep know," quaintly, "I think it's a good torn out of the third. 4(n>wing strawberries for the Toronto ^j^j^ period will largely determine his ^^^^^ points, a short article may con- breeders to do all they can to improve thing. Because, Papa Bob, when you The reason for such carelessnesat market but find the Glen Mary a little futujl^ development Many potential ^^^^ ^^ substance of the facta thus their stock, not only for the production get so many you really don't 'preciate Too n»ny toys! The children did not too late in ripening to catch the early jjj^f ^ horses are so checked and stunt- '*?" learned by careful and well con- , of a tasty and popular meat, but as them." Her remark set me thinking, appreciate them. If they had, you can market Please advise me of earlier ^ ^^ growth from a lack of proper "^^'^ed investigation. i well in ordrr to obtain a more favor- J Most parenta dull their children's be assured the carriages would area Idnda; also tell me what ta a good j^^ j^^j ^^^^ ^ ^^^^ ^jj^t they never There is no doubt that a heifer fed able standing In the wool market The sense of appreciation and enjoyment now be as good as new. «reen manure to plow down after the attain the size which would raise them * heavy grain ration will develop into Live Stock Commissioner believes that by over-indulgence. Isn't it for this Why, even little Mid, herself, admit* \ «trawberriei; are plowed up In pra- ft^JiI*V Iow^'riced"nond^ript chunk " larger cow than one reared on an optimistic outlook in both brixnchea paration for re-planting? 1 j ^ ^ hiirh oriced' profitable drafter, '"oigl'age alone; but the difference in of the sheep industry is justified An»wer by the Dominion Hortieul-l j>Ym first sten is to iret it feeding *'^® ^^ ""'^^'^ "*o*"* marked during the #. eurist-Thore are two or three var-i i^,, „„ ^^i„ i^f„% weaning it «"* '^1^^" r'*i!''M° I* ""tTl ieties which are somewhat «.rlier with ,,^ the mare A mixture of oata and ^^- Jf""""*"*" f*'^^ *« ^'^jf ' ,"* tis tiian the Glen Mary. Perhaps the k,o« „,„ ♦!,« i,„of f^A. ^^ „»« f«r this *« withers of an eighteen-months-old. earliest is the Excelsior, an old variety reason that the majority of grown-ups the gifts aren't appreciated, expect too much from life, and are I know one wise littie mother, â-  more or less disappointed, and quite mother who could, if she were less a little bored if life doesn't come up wise, fulfill every wish of her small to their expectations? Is it any kind- son and daughter, who made this rul- ness to teach a child to expect to re- ing at Christmas: ons good toy from purpose. SHEEP The ewe lambs should be separated ose yrhm th«"f<Ml"l8 feed'ing l^^avy-fed heifer, to be 8.5 inches more from the older members of the flock cerve "everything his heart desires? mother and father; one good toy from which is poor in quality, but a very re^i„rlv it mav b.j weaned without *^'**" ^°^ *^^ ^'^^^^ ^®d one, while at and given speciai care. On account ^J^^ eventually that will be his atti- grandparents; and all other gifts from good yielder. Among the fairly early -!.*_.- „* - --' -heck in irrowth "maturity the difference was only one of being younger and timid the ewe ^^^^ j; ^^ shower him at Christmas, the many cousins and little friends to varieties is Magrsie, and still anoUior „r,Cu win -i„„vr nrour if weaned '"*='*• lambs, if allowed to run with the ewe birthdays, and other times with all come from the Five and Ten. Ani is Beder Wood, the latter being fairly :|;^l^ij^^^^^^^ x:u„.., ,..., _....„«„„. „.n .„. ,^..„„ ...,„„. JS^ !?"..i?°^.J'"'* P«»"''*P» »â-  8^<1 '"itwo foals can be put togetiier in a quality as any i j. looee-box tiiey will fret If ^e strawberiy patch could not be tha^ j, j^ept by themselves. less Liberal feeding may affect typo flock, will not receive the food they the toys and clothes wished for. you should know these children_^;rtfpy temporarily in that heifers so fed will require and consequently fail to ma-| Little Mid has two younger sisters, are the most appreciative \^f^ folks be heavier and show beefiness of form ture as rapidly as they should. These very interesting children have you could imagine. instead of the angular conformation I find it a good practice to separate t^g "sets" of admiring, indulgent Let us not surfpif our boys and plowed under by the middle of July, it The" b^t" f eedT'to" usr are oatsâ€"' ^'^^^^ 'o'" »" tl^° e°°^ dairy cow. If, the ewe lambs in the fall and winter, grandparents. One Christmas Grand- girls with t^o-nnSch of this world's would be difficult to got a cover crop' nreferablv rolled bran a little linseed l^o^ev*"", the heifer has inherited from and feed them liberally on muscle and j^^ Grace paid t^venty dollars for a goods. I>tnay be a lot of fun for us, «f 8uff.cient quantity to be of much ^eal and K>od dean well cured alfalfa ^^^ Parents the factor of heavy milk bone-making food. Alfalfa or clover ^^^I's carriage for the youngest of the but oj»r 'children will be ham*.- if we •ervice. On the Experimental Farm i,«v Th« PonrpntVatM «rp T^adilv Production she will usually "milk off" hay, bean pods and bright com fodder children, and twenty <four dollars each do not dull their sense of «;:f-»t8tion. at Ottawa we sow rape about the 6th Iz^'mI „„Xw hf,f th« ZmZ ^^^^^ additional fat during her first are excellent roughages. Corn silage' .-. .^rStaM. or 7th of July and get a fairly good „m w iL .^1= w! „^L o! ^A^l lactation period and ultimately de- is a splendid source of succulence and ^ „ .y «. will -'>\^^-^^^^^^';^^J%^^:,2 -i!? ^J^ gooda producer as her, c^n be fed safely if not too rich in stand, plowing It under the following â- range. spring. Hubam clover might be worth fi,an ativ otLr ro.nrhn,rp and >,„-„_: more scantily-fed mate. j grain « trial as it ia a fast grower and as br^deâ„¢ wo^d h« welf adviRed tol U"'^^"' '=^'^*" conditions, such as! Roughages alone should not be de- tt is an annual does not carry with itj^^ke a special effort to grow enough' ^I^r"^ pure-bred stock for sale or pended upon for developing the ewe ^^o.bos calves. 694.693 hogs, and 327.. the danger of becoming a weed. I „# +v,i„ rXZi 4>„- *v„!_ f^„i„ „^a „w exhibition, or when it is desirable to lambs. I fed a light grain ration, con- ' â€" â-º . Live Stock MoveqAtents in Ontario. Ontario marketed 297,180 cattle. FORCING VEGETABLE CROPS. I good quality hays rank next to alfalfa Qucstion-I should like to get some' ^" "^"l"' t^ "l"/^"^ f""^ ^ ^'^''^^ Information on forcing cucumbers, to-/^?"^"" ^ obtained from them. * . , Feed should be given three times a day at as nearly as possible regular I of this feed for their foals and^also j^^^^^^^ ^.^^ somewhat, it might pay sisting of equal parts of oats, corn I the brood mares, if possible. to feed very heavily on grain, and it and wheat bran in shallow troughs must be said that there is no fear of twice daily. â€" R matoes, peppers, cabbage, and squash. / succeed in raising Uie plants but not T^f""' ,T "" aI^'V^ ^T^^a T^'T »*'^ getting rapid growtii. especially tiie ^^^t^^al^ «»<! *« 'oals should be wafc- cucumbers. j ered before feeding. The foal is easily injuring heifers in doina this, for if the cows are bred right they will lose the surplus fat soon after calving. But, in general, the most profitable course to follow will be an intermedi- ate one, between the two extremes; ^ns«,er by tke Dominion HorH^l.^^^\^^^l^\''^^J^-l^-^^^^^^ Ontario's Greatest Grain Crop. In 1923 oats were grown more ex- tensively in Ontario than all other grains combined. It is probably safe 427 sheep and lambs in 1920; 383.474 cattle, 150,202 calves, 1.003,632 hogs, and 819.407 sheep and lambs in 1921, and 307,500 cattle, 182,427 calves, 1,- 080,270 hogs, and 266.226 sheep and THE CHILDREN'S HOUR BRUIN IS CAUGHT TRAP. II A MAN'S Very early in the morning, it was lambs in 1922. Report No. 3, of the j ^hen Bruin and Roily breakfasted. Markets Intelligence Service of the , goth were up with the sun, for they Dominion Live Stock Branch, from had planned a busy day. which these figures are quoted, gives I RoUy y,^ goj„g to can some o* *ha detail of the movements of live stock ! nice fresh vegetables from their gar-" turiat â€" The failure w kci, lawia i_ vi .,, ^ . , grrfwth would indicate a laA of av^l- ! ^T'^^'^ . '^^ l\,'^l''Tu' able plant food at Uie p«>per time. ! ^^°j;;** ^^ ''^^^^^^ ** »" *^^- ^ Such crops as cucumbers.'peppers and i T?i' !°l^ ' ^i"" tiie corner •quash require a sofl th;t^^^ wann; °' ^^^^^^f^;; '« ^t"?"^ ^''^^^^^ up quickly and respond to cultivation "^,J^°^ °' supplying it by yielding up the plant food rapX ^^^ ^T7^ °* feed necessary wil It would be well t^ apply nitrate of '^f7 ^^ If*""^* ""^"''it ^'°^^ *^'^ ' "^ will very seldom eat more than it can they will consume, with ensilage and roots when available, and a grain al- lowance of from two to three pounds per animal, per day, according to age. â- >- in each of j j^g gver to Charlie Cottontail's house In the three ; to exchange a bushei of com for a '"""I and at other times all the clover hay *° ^^^ ^'^^^ three-quarters of the oats; from every district not only in On-, jen for winter use, and Bruin was go- Salt ,.,,„„ „;„ „„„„„„„' ,„;,^i, „„„:, J which are now grown in this province | tario but in Quebec and are of the 0. A.C. No. 72 and the Ban- 1 the Prairie Provinces ner varieties. According to extensive â-  years 1920-22. ' bushel of wheat experiments and accumulated records ' The report suggests among other j Charlie's home was way over on the at the College at Guelph and in West-! things 'hat the heavy marketing of hillside, several miles away. Bruin em, Eastern and Northern Ontario, calves in 1922 is likely to cut down the â-  had been there before. the O.A.C. No. 72 has surpassed the prospective beef supply. The fact is He had always gone around by the Banner in both quality of grain and revealed that of the hogs marketed, j T-^ad, but this day he decided he would Canadian Lamb in Demand. Canadian lamb has obtained such a reputation on the New York and Bos- yjgij of grain per" acre' The "difference well over 60 per cent went direct to [ take'a''~short-cut'' If he" weiitTtraifj''^ ton markets that it is now a specialty between these two varieties, if applied slaughter at Canadian packing plants ;; north after turning the bend in soda at the rate of 300 pounds oen i- • •, i. ,.- . , i. . acre. If this is not done^Ltil after P^^f'^i^ assimilate, differing In this planting scatter a small amout f^ point from older horses. Reasonably - .. - - -- „^^. .„ ^ nitrate of soda alon? eacli^KOT of 8^'^®™°" feeding wiU be amply re- 1 on the menu cards of some of the lead- to the oat lands of Ontario, would that practically all the choice to good road just^beyond WillVe Woodc^^^^ nlanta and rnlHTrnt* if i„+« rto, ?, paid In the extra growth and develop- Jng hotels in the big cities of the mean millions of dollars annually in finished cattle marketed are from the house and around the east e- A similar qi^ntitv of 16 n^rnti â„¢^'»^ ,^°°'^ souiM thirteen-hundred-| Eastem States. Mr. H. S. Arkell, Do- ^ f^^^^ of the O.A.C. No. 72. " "" ' ^-^-~' '^ ' ^ «TOil»^ ,,„=„+jt,. „* Vc "'"•iment Good souitd thirteen-hundred- li-astem btates. Mr. H. b. ArKeii, uo- ,^wrr»*^„!^ 'i.^*!.f '!^ PO«nd horses flood the market at low minion Live Stock Commissioner, stat- superphosphate applied with the ni- trate of soda would also help develop- ment of the fruit especially tiie pep- pers, squash and cucumbers. Treat- ment for the growing of these crops is found in pamphlets distributed by the Publications Branch of the De- partment of Agriculture at Ottawa. FEEDING THE WEANING FOAL. The most important period of a prices, while well built, soundjiorses of seventeen hundred pounds, or over, are readily saleable in the same dis- tricts at from one hundred and eighty dollars upward in price. Regular exercise each day is just as important as plenty of good feed and should be regarded as part of the feeding operations for, without exer- cise, the feed would not be utilized properly. Harvesting the Winter Stump Crop By Gaston Farmer. Said a neighbor to me the other day, , the stump the more charges required, "I have been plowing and cultivating and the deeper the holes should be. the big crop of stumps on my place This metlrod is effective on all stumps for five years now, and I can't see that they are improving at all â€" so I'm go- ing to harvest them! I -have bought dynamite and a blasting machine and am going to blow them out as you did last year." Previous to this, the same neighbor had asked about the effectiveness and cost of stump blasting and I gladly gave him my experience. First, he wanted to know if stump blowing is expensive. I told him "Yes. Any method of getting rid of stumps will cost something. Still more ex- pensive, however, is the method of waiting for them to rot and'thus pro- hibiting the use of improved machin- ery for years and years â€" machinery which would pay for Itself and the • oost of stumping many times over." FlRINO WITH FUSES. Thpro are two g^eneral methods of blowing stumps with dynamite at '<he present time. One is by firing the charge with fuse and the other by an electric firing machine. The first method Is most generally used at present and gives the best re- •nlts when shooting tep-rooted pine itumps, where one charge of dynamite ed recently that the duty has made no marked difference as regards demands ; riod of time does not deteriorate to as customers had shown a willingi-ess any marked degree in feeding value. Farm Scalesâ€" A Good hvestment Province of Ontario. It is apparent ' Sleepy Hollow frog pond, he says the report that considerable _ come directiy to Cottontail's h Hay properly stored for a long pe- over-marketing has occurred, in con-| The road was not quite so g nection with sheepâ€" much of it from ^ay. But it would savr "•' the districte where our breeding stock two miles of toting the ' is largely recruited. Relative to Que-t Walking along ih iuk. bee the remark ia made in the report shine and fresh air, Br that well over GO per cent of the happy that he sang as he cattle, calves, and hogs marketed at ' By R. B. The average farmer has no idea how much he loses each year because he has not a pair of good, reliable scales on the farm. If you feed a nmnber of hogs you should have a pair of platform scales to weigh them when you commence to feed them, and then by weighing the Rushing. on a load of wheat that fell short 500 pounds, and the other was wool; and still some will say that it does not pay I As the sun finally climbed . public stock yards in that province are the sky, it became warmer. Bi received from Eastern Ontario. down to rest and to eat an apk^ ta Protect the Lawn in Winter. refresh himself. "'^ ^«^ He was nearing Sleepy Hollow Avg^ pond, when he stopped suddenly and grain that is fed them you should be can be thrown short 200 pounds right P^one to remind themselves that able to tell whether you are feeding! in front of your eyes and eleven men straight line is the shortest During the winter the area which to botiier with weighing everything 1" summer is a lush green carpet in i held his head near the ground, you sell. They are satisfied as long as front of the house is often abused. | "Smff, sniff, niff-ff!" they see the weighing done, but even Frequently it is not only neglected, but Was that the smell of man bla this is not always safe. [maltreated. Occupants of the house mother had 'aught him to fear an<k I have in mind a pair of scales that: during sessions of cold, weather are, avoid? . .. . r â€" . ... ♦„ >„^;.,j n,„™„„i„„= that "a Snif, sniff, niff-ffl" '11^'ance: "No, it couldn't be, away out here," at a nrofit When you are read^to 1 out'oFeve Vdozen would"nornotkelt | be^^^ two points" and often they , Bruin thought to himself . He had only regardless of size or kind, when prop-| ^ ,. ; +^ l-,,^ ;..arket it tj^kes just a When I first purchased my scales, my! economize in distance travelled at the gone a little way ^vhen a saucy wtxxi- erly loaded. It is slighUy more ex-, minutes to weigh your wugon neighbors thought I was just sinking expense of tiie lawn. pecker chatting gaily up in a big tree pensive than fuse shooting, but la also! 3!!:tv a^d again aft^r tiie hogs are' that mucTv • .-oney in tiie ground un-! A well-beaten path made across the attracted his attention. Without stop- dangerous, more effective and , ^' then you are able to tell where' necessarily, but 1 have learned to con-' lawn in winter will probably work.ping he looked up to see him. vou'are Of course, you must allow, sider them a good payliig inv^^ui.en,. permanent damage. The grass may be 1 Suddenly he yowled. ,„ , ^ a lUtleior shrinkage' From my own custom weighing. j ^Hed and the soil so compacted that "Ouchie ow. Oh, myl met My foot; ^„.„„„„ T ,„n„iH onv tV.at fat hoffs ,» ^ . , • ^ ^ ^ \ grass seed sown thereon the next sea- o". my loei^- of improper loading-that is, not load- ^T ^^.1^3* t^o nounds apie^l . ^/ '"??°'" T^K'*'"^ at ten cents a ^^„ ^^ ^^^ thrive. Such a path will Was it another swarm of bees, ha ed deeo enough or not sufficientiv con- 1 ^J^",. ^..,. r^riL i ^''^^^ ^t'"^ ^°^ "''^"^*' °? l^^ *"''*^*" generally be obvious for a number of ' wondered. He tried to run. but could kUling lOur mnes. ' ment the "^o*" v^y or.H nno at.o^t, •?. " . ' .. ,«,_ , . . a ., , •_ Here in"* our neighborhood many of y^^^j. gj^j^^ less dangerous, more effective takes less time and labor. With the inexperienced man, too much dynamite is wasted on account of improper loading â€" that is, not load- ed deep enough or not suf ficientiy con- . . ^^ur miles, fined. For best results, the holes, ''xj^r ;„-„„, „„u should seldom be less than four feet deep and should be completely closed with damp soil packed tight after the dynamite Is" placed, way, the explosion should make very litUe noise and the stump will not be thrown over the field. When there is a ment the first year, and has every ^g^rs. A "cow path" is distinctly an ' not The more ho tried, the more hl« I bought a standard make unattractive feature on a hiwn. The! foot hurt tiie hogs and cattle are^sold^to^ the „f ^^^^^^^^ ^^p^^j^y ^„j ^^ j^^ rawrjg;;';f"s"ummer"K;ep"off tii;! Sometiiing held him fast H. could "'° tl^^'f^C andTnless there is a pair T^^ l""" '^' ^'""l" ^""1 ^^"'^r""; Paths that are making," may well be; not move. What could it be? With Loaded In thisi ^)^ iTi' fha animals are LerauJ "^"" ^"1"??^ ?" 7"^'^' "°'Lr ^^"""^ heeded throughout the year. his free foot he poked away ti» leaves of scales _the animals ^re S^nev^^ ^iqO, including a fifty pound, Another sin against a lawn ifc to> And his foot held securely In Iron tP«t. wpio-ht , , ' flood it for the purpose of making, a Jaws so sharp they pierced his flesh, *. ^^1 °t,.^ -I skating rink. A body of ice over tiie and blood trickled down over his toes. loud, sharp explosion, the force of the| "^'^ f;;,ore'''""""=°*»"'f-'"^"><--'''''v'.V .^"'^ "? ^^^ ^'^^^ ^.^^?^^: ^^^Vt ^°'^ lawn in winter is almost certain to ' He was held in a man's trap, an-i lumped off. The buyers are buying all the time test weight dynamite is being wasted; and when stumps fly all over the field, too much dynamite is being used. HOW MUCH DOES IT TOST? Next my neighbor wanted to know the cost of stump blowing. I told him that depended on the size, age, and kind of stump and the nature of the soiL Green stumps require more dynamite than old ones; lateral-rooted When you buy jT iiiceiy to maKe a pnca sure to eet a test weleht Then if vou ^""""'f ""."-^ ", â€" f "" "â- " "'".' "'": tiian safe for themselves, k^ the scalMter<^Ly will K ^".^T^""? "^""^ "'â- *^'" ^ ^ xu *i_*..,^)__ :_ "eep tne scaies wsieo, mej win oe as, „„_,„in+„iv k 11 t.ho irrnas TIia ot.«o« , and are very likely to make a price , ., " , . . Y ., â- â€ž L " lawn in winter is almost ._ Besides there is not the satisfaction in ^ttn'd*r::'^n?.'i'y?; "nl^rt' -^^'^^'^ '''^ *''°^-- The grass , ^^ _^« -•?»** ^^^^l^-V *!,» <4oal thnt there is when you can IT â€" V" 7 *"* "'"1 "Z" "''C,. "Yl ^«U "«' tolerate for a long time al Hearing his groans, a llttic, ^^^^nj^ tl ttm Slhed on your ow^ scalL i ^^^ ^ ^"""^ '"**. ^°'"i''°'"^ ''"'^l^, ^ ' covering which precludes movement of Squirrel came.U> help him, but h. w see tiiem weighed on your own scaies. p^un^ ,g ^ pound, and you are entitied j aj, ^ "^ too small to do anvthing. Bruin sent GUESSING THE WEIGHT OF HAY. I to it Young lawns should have a covering him ri^ht away with a message fot> If you do not feed stock, you sell; When you get ready to buy a set of j ^^ ^^^w. A wind-swept lawn, blown help to Roily Rabbit your hay and grain to feeders, you scales do not let a few dollars differ-, ^^^^ ^, ^^^^ .„ ^. .^ ,.^^, ^^ j • certainly do need a pair of sc^_es.Jou ence in U^^^^^ „j ^^ yo„„g clover. Brush I spread about tends to deflect the wind and holds the snow. conditions are found, the fuse method' â- ,,• _ r u r i ,• i... j Of blasting is very satisfactory ^nd "****'"« "^-^•'^ "* '^'"^ '*'"«« ''e'''^°*>^ below the plow line and splits the ; ^1?^"^^"^^- ^? «f ""'**^T* °5 stump into easily-handled pi^es. i '^ ^"'f ^^^"'' "'''^\}'L TfJ ""^ ,. ^ .,. J. o . ^, , V J ' °ther farmers, was $1.50 to $5 each. Ithasthedisadvantageof labor and Most pine stumps can be blown for time required to bore the hole into the leas, and taking pine stumps as they root from twelve to thirty-six inches, come the cost will be between forty according to Oie size of the stump. A and sixty cents each. Taking all kinds satisfactory method of boring such of stumps as they come, the cost will holes by machinery has not been de- he still lower vised for the average farmer. | In figuring the cost however, one Still another method of loading fori must remember that blown stumps fuse shooting is to bore a hole down, (especially lightwood ones) have a by tiie tap-root and place ti»e charge fuel value, while in tiie field they are outside the root This works satisfac- doubly expensive, because they occupy torily on small stumps, but on large t valuable space and prevent the use of ones H is not effective, becaua* only machinery, one charge can be fired at a time. The usual effect of such a shot is to blow the dirt away, leaving the stump split, but intact A second or third shot will »,. „ „,_ j^.,, . . . . tiien be necessary; and wltii thof^''^ n^Z "* ground loose and the stump split It is' ip„ifc. . jL.!â€" - ^ « j ^t to impossible to confine the! ^"^^ * '*""y' ""*'""« '«>"»<': charge so as to do a clean job. The electric method consists of plao- ing two or more charge* around the Keeping Egg and Poultry AccoiuiU. Soft Bacon. can not afford to gfuess the weight of lead you to buy Inferior scales. If a load of hay. What you would lose you are buying a set of wagon scales In this way in a year would usually for a lifetime, which you are, get a stumps more than tap-rooted ones. It^jjuy ^ pair of good scales, if you do set that will stand up, and one that also requires more dynamite to blowj j^^cj^ business If you sell your corn you can stand behind, and be sure that ia placed in an augur hole in the! *, ''^"'".P '" """^y ^"'^ *^*" '^ ^" ^"i to feeders you are liable to lose money tiie weighta are correct centre of tiie main root Where these 1*='*^ ^\ t i, * ♦v . . J by guessing off a crib of corn or by When you set your scales put them Recently, I kept the exact cost o^ measuring it This, as you plainly see, where they are handy to use; don't „^ u.«=v.,.R u. y^.j o«.>o^»^«„, «,u ><*<*'"« a field of very large lightwood jg ^^t a safe way to do business. j put them in a corner where no one | requests continue to be received by his P®' e.xercise to tho animals. O.A.a economical, as it cuts off the taa-root'^'"â„¢^*" "he average cost was ninety- , jj^g first year I had my scales I got can get to them. Have them handy to division of the Dominion Experimental experiments have also proven that - , «™n nonto onrh Ti.<. o=H,v,ot„^ „„.f „# . ^^^^ ^^^^ moncy on two deals to drive onto, and collect ten cents for Farms, Ottawa, for the monthly egg P'Bs grown to 125 poundsweight on half pay for my scales. One deal waa all custom weighing. Experimental work at the Ontario Agricultural College has proven that soft bacon comes from pigs that hav^ been fed heavily during early life on fattening feeds while enclosed In pens The Dominion Poultry Husbandman, Mr. F. C. Elford, reporta that many or yards so small as to prevent p:^ stump and firing all at the same time The WindmiU. And so would you, perchance ytell say. If yon should spin around all day. Potatoes moat breathe, so thay muai wi*> • biwtctng machin* Tb* iMrgw hkf air or tiMy dLtt "What would yon charge for a Iffe-slze miniature of meâ€" M I supply the palBtT" â€" From the LonUo:. MalL and poultry account forms for the use mixed feeds well balanced with sldm of poultrymen. This, he points out, m'^k (2% pounds milk to 1 pound ol indicates their usefulness to those who meal) or tankage up to 10 per cent, desire to know more of the profit- »" the ration may be finished on com making capabiiities in their poultry or bariey and still produce a firm, high flocks. Where accounte of tho revenue quality product Dairy by-products and expenditure are properly kept, tend to offset the trouble arising from they indicate that the profits from the 1=^^ <>' exercise, but both exercise and industry compare favorably with the s*""" '"i"* """e better than either alon% profits from any other branch of farm- ing. As a rule, whore a simple system is followed such as that provided by the forms referred to. the progress of Fox Farms in Canada. ., , . , . . J . ' There are 977 fox farms in Canada the business may be ascertained at any ^,,ued at 87.649.877, Of these 484 time and a fairly accurate balance ..^lued at $3,692,509 are in Prince Ed- sheet can be drawn up annually. The ^„^j j^j^^^ ^07 valued at $474,047 in forms are available to poultry keepers ^^ g^^tj^^ gg ^^lued at $839,705 ia en request ^ | ^^^ Brunswick, 146 valued at $778,, The 9l*mach of the young nnimal is 324 *" Quebec, 120 valued *t $765,115 not sufficientiy developed to assimilate 5^ Ontario, 19 vuluod at $854,510 la bulky, fibrous foods. Capacity to do Manitoba, 4 valued at $91,825 In Su- tbis comes slowly, hut can be enrour- katehewan, 24 valued at $188,988 in aged by starting lightly on grass, hay Alberta. 21 valued at $122,860 ia Brl- or other materials which are easily tish Columbia, and 13 valued at 1102,- digestedi ' 060 in Yukon Tsrritof^ â-  i