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\ i ^ h Addr«M communlcatlunt to Agronomltt. 73 Adtlald* St- We»t TereitU es, jack-plane, draw-i>have, wood chisels, brace and bits, a grindstone or emery wh<;el, two saw-horses, and a work-bench with vise attached. The most useful and economical vise for farm use is a regular blacksmith's vise. Small cast-iron vises are too f ragi'.e to be of much use. Outside of work-bench and saw- liJGPAlK TOOLS ON TilK lAR.M. "Man wiihout tools i\i is nothing, »jih loolfl he i8 all."â€" Carl) le. Forty years of observation lead^ me to believe that the vvernge farm is poorly equipped with repair tools. Not as murh as a (^ood sharp axe can be found en some farms. If I could have but one tool I would choose' horses, which one con make for him- the «xe. The first tool used by manL^-f^ tj,e ^q^^ <,f the above mentioned was an axe made of stoao, it is the to^jl, jj, about $25 at present prices, fundamental tool. gj^ p^p j^nt^ interest on the above In grandfather's day, a set of farm cost is $1.50 per year. Saving of a implements consisted of plow, spike- 'half day in a busy season more than to<yth-drag, wagon, harnes.-, and a few • pays it. hand-too'.s, as rckes, forks, hoe.s, and | The more mechanically inclined ^cythes. So about the* only repair ; farmer might add to the above list tools required were an axe, monkey- such tools as, forge, anvil, drill-press, wrench, jacU knife, a chisel, a brace hack-saw, pipe wrenches, jack-screws, and bits. taps and dies, spirit level, trowels. With the present-day implement ' soldering outfit, and cobbler's outfit, ♦'quipmont, which may include trac- A certain amount of raw materials lor.«i, motor trucks, automobiles, wind- 1 for repair work is as essential as rnillr, gangplows, disc-harrows, plant- â-  too". s. Inch boards, 2x2, 4x4, 2x6 and ers, drills, binders, huskers, and j 2x8 scantlings are of frequent use. threshers; it stands one in hand toj Nails, from carpet tacks to six-inch have good facilities for making qu'ck spikes, but mostly 8d. size. Srews, and inexpensive repairs. rivets, bolts, nuts, washers, wire and We all know of men who spend : hoop-iron. Paints, linseed oil, turpen- many a half-day every summer going! tine, putty and glue, lo and from town and paying someone! Farmers need to bear in mind that a dollar an hour on repair work, that 'city wages are excessively high when they could do them.'selves at home in ! compared with his own, so that it is '}ia!f the time that they spent on the l good business on his part to do his road, if they had tools with which to own repair work in so far as possible, do the work. so that he may retain those high wages Tools most needed are axe, pocket- ' for himself. Farmers are obtaining knife, monkey-wrench, claw-hammer, fair prices for their products, but hand saw, steel square, cold cliisel,! have to pay too much for what they liles, screwdriver, wire pliers, punch-! buy. â€" A. N, Clark. um A SMALL BRICK AND TILE HOME onoomto bt w. w. pvbdt The dahlia has become one of the noblest of garden flowers. Those who have not been keeping in touch with beautiful varieties, that have been in cultivation for a few years, at very moderate cost. â€" Can. Hort. Council. POULTRY. It is a serious mistake to crowd pou'.try of any age into quarters too , small for their comfort and well- the development of this flower would ^ being. The results of crowding young Ik, amazed at the shades, form and i chicks arc particularly far reaching, size of the modern dahlia. It is j because next year's income depends doubtful if any flower can surpass the, largely on the pullets to be raised this dahlia in these characteristics. . With ' (.Q,j,j,jg summer, proper culture one can have dah'.'ias' lilooming from the latter part of July In estimating the capacity of colony brooder houses it is well to allow one The use of brick and tll« In the eoDitructlon of the small home is becoming more popular every year. It makes a warm house in winter and cool one in summer, at oftentimes a cost not exceeding ten per cent more than a Well- ponstracted frame bouse. The home here shown was planned for an swner who desired the above construction, simple de- sign, and a minimum cost. Care-" tul study of the floor plan will re- veal a number of interesting fea- tures and will show that the plan has been carefully studied with a view to eliminating waste room, each room serving a two-fold pur- pose. The entrance is direct into a sun-room, oft of which is a closet large enough for bed and dressing room. The living room is a com- bination living and dining room. The fireplace has been omitted and 1 built-in seat with china cup- boards placed across the end. The kitchen, while small. Is large enough to provide the necessary space for cupboards, sink and range, as well as built-in pullman set. The refrigerator is located In the small entry and can be filled without going into the kitchen. The rear bedroom has a good sized wardrobe which can be used for closet bed if desired. The stairway leads to the second floor where one fair sized chamber has been shown to be finished, togeth- er with an equal amount of stor- age space. If desired, too, the large bedroom on the first floor can be used as a dining room and the storage space on tho second floor be turned into an extra bed- room. The basement contains the usual laundry, furance room, etc. Using hardwood floors with hardwood trim in the living room, pine to paint in the bedrooms, it is esti- mated that this home can be bull', as described, exclusive of heatlnfr and plumbing, for from 93,600 to $4,500. APRIL FOOIS HOLD A PARTY BY BEATRICE PLUMB. April Fool'8 Day is the jolliest twenty-four hours of the year. It's then that laughter is contagious. What an ideal time for your party! This verse will make a good invitation ,i;iti: well into October. The rapidity ^ ^^y'-' introduction of new and improved j three chicks when it is desired that varieties in recent years is i» revela- Uhe chicks have optimum conditions tion to amateur and professional On this basis the house will be large gardeners alike. So well has this [enough to take care of the pullets fowcr advanced that a test plot for that are to be raised to laying age, it has been established at Mimico,} provided the young cockerels are sold Ontario, under the supervision of the] ^g broilers. Canadian Horticultural Council. ' Hatches should be planned to fit the These grounds will be used for trying | available brooder house capacity just out different methods of culture asjas closely as possible. Often it may well as the proving of new varieties bo advisable to put an extra fifty square foot of floor space for each P". /.M H .^T'"""^^. f^"" '" """^ '"'^ tv;.r.» .T,i„i,= ,„v,„„ if ;„ ,i„.;.„^ »v,„f and folded into neat dunces' caps: They witji a view to registration. The dahlia requires a rich soil, well prepared, and one that will not only retain moisture, but also drain quick- chicks in some house rather than to operate an additional coal stove Under no circumstances, however, should young chicks be started in ly at times of excessive rainfall. In j flecks so largo as to average more c'.ay soils it is recommended that coal' than five chicks to each square foot ushes be thoroughly mixed in to help of floor space. the drainage. It is a mistake to plant each year this whole clump of roots from a plant of the previous season. The individual tubers of the clump should be used as separate plants. It is well to select the strongest and best of these. Each tuber should bo cut from the group with a sharp knife, l>eing careful to sec that a piece of the crown or eye is present. It is the ^-vyteti, as in potatoes, that produce the Sprouts and the new plants. Another system of starting the SKipmento of Argentine Cattle. Although without n doubt exporta- tion of live cattle to Europe from the Argentine is bound to have some ef- fect on the market, it need have no marked discouragement on Canadian shipments. It does, however, indicate that for tho future we must look for keener competition, which can be over- .__ ^ ___ come only by steady maintenance, and plants is by the use of cuttings. The i»nprovement if possible, of quality. It Crroup should be started into growth!"'"^ *'* noticed that a cablegram in at the beginning of March in a green- 1 ''''® •^''"y V^P^'' recently announced house or warm window. As .soon asi*^**"*^ ^^^ ''<'"^> averaging over j and furious until the last chair is caps born the last game play Nuts to the Nuts. Each one is given. a paper sack con- taining twenty pe-anuts. On the floor, about twenty feet away, is another sack, empty. The prize, a walnut, is {heating or lying in the 'barnyard in awarded to the one w^ho first eats alli^varm weather. Silage and Sour SoiL aaf THE PERENNIAL PEA »9» The perennial pea, rcsentblin^ tile annual sweet pea in habit «f grwrtli and form of fiower, is a very desirahle vine for covering a fence or screening a verandah. It is a native of Euro- pean woods, but there are many culti- vated forms differing somewhat in color. It has a long tap root and is therefore difficult t« transpisnt after it is once thoroughly established. It may be grown from seed. The Mtd is often slow to germinate. Germina- tion is hastened by^ soaking the seed. for a few hours in a weak solution of sulphuric acid, or even in warm water.' After it is onee established it self sows, but not sufficiently to make the plant troublesome if reaeonab'.e care is taken to remove the surplus new plants should they appear year by year. Although perennial pea bUicnn has no fragrrance, it l8'4ih exeelknt flower for cutting. While the bloom fades to a lighter shade after being fcut, it does not l>ecome> objectlenabte .\>ntil it is actually dead. A bowl of perennial peas arranged with Baby's Breath (Gypsophils) makes a very pretty effect "The growth is so vig- orous that one can cut g^-acef ul sprays with buds and foliage without risk of destroying the appearance of the vi Like tho annual sweet pea, thgv^er ennial pea blooms from early^^umnier until well into the autumn. â- ] There ia a pure white variety and sew^al var- iations of pink, magenta, an(^-ptttp.'e. The perennial pea is one of tte hardiest of perennial plants and very easily cultivated, thriving almost anywhere, even among rocks and boul- ders and in poor soil. Like all other flowering plants, however, it responds to good treatment in the matter of soil and position. It is a good trellis plant and is adapted as a covering to such wild, rough places as a rock garden, where it scrambles ovQp- bush- es and stones. It succeeds jn_^ shade and grows rapidly, when- e»»ce*48|taifc_ lished. Although there are dif5&ent varieties of the perennial pea these have not been clearly delink. The variety Elbus is white. Splendance I am not disputing the idea that is dark purple and red is claimed by silage makes acid manure. I believe^ L. H. Bailey in the Standard Encyclo- it to be true, for we all know that' paedia of Horticulture as the best silage goes through a chemical pro- form but does not come true to seed, cess, and it seems quite reasonable i There is also a striped form. Other that this chemical change should be j trade names are Aibi florus, Xfrandi- passed on to the soil, because we know florus, Grandiflorus Albus and Magni- that manure loses its plantfood by ficus, with large richly colored flowers. Most of the Canadian nurseries V .^*^ his peanuts. A journey must be made between the eating of each nut to put every ^jj^ ghells in the empty sack. I Games over, take the party to a .â- specially prepared room for refresh- ' nients. Doughnuts and coffee, nut bread and peanut-butter sandwiches ! could be served. Your guests must sit . on stepladders, tabl^, high stools and boxes. The table centre should be a ! bouquet of cauliflower surrounded by young beets, carrots and onions. say there's minute â€" Don't know how much of truth there's in it! Next Wednesday night we'll have a. party â€" An April Fools'! â€" and here's a hearty And real-for-honest invitation ' To join our foolish celebration. Please dress the part. (To put you wise, p i.. - L , , , Ti,« ..,.„..;„I<. ~ 1 •!! • .V nest.mg m a bed of parsley llie craziest guest will win a prize.) - " ^ ^ Two vacant-eyed scarecrows should receive your guests. They must greet each newcomer with something fool- ish, like "Many batty returns of the day!" or, "With every good wish for a bright blue year!" Tack up plenty of laughable signs. Near the door where newly arrived guests will see it first have a card reading "Good-bye. So glad you couldn't come!" At the foot of the stairs, "Stop, look, and whistle!" At the head of the stairs, "Thousands escape safely â€" you should worry!" When your guests are ready to set- tle to the program announce that, since this is an April Fools' party, only simple games will be tried. The first old favorite will be Musical Chairs. See to it that the fun is fast Now, go to it! I'm sure you'll have the merriest time! G>mbatting Ejiemies of the Rose Garden. The rose plant is subject to many enemies, both insect and disease. Mr. Wm. Hartry, addressing the Ontario Horticultural Convantion, gave hig experience in combatting the rose enemies in his garden, in Huron County. Almost immediately after setting out a bed, or with older plants, even before growth begins, it is nec- essary to spray the bushes. Mr. Har- try recommends for the early spray Bordeaux mixture with ten per cent, arsenate of lead. Rather than to take the trouble of making the Bordeaux mixture at home, the commercial pre- paration is recommended. Green The silo is not such a criminal sin- ner that we should pass the sentence of annihilation upon it, but while rec- ognizing its good points we should also recognize its faults and use it only where the good points outweigh the faults.â€" D. M. carry the perennial pea in the various varieties. â€" Can. Hort. Council. The farmer with several sources of income is the one who is reaping the largest profits. Seed Potatoes New Brunswick Grown and Govern- ment Certified. Irish Cobblers and Green Mountains. For sale at the following prices: » Peck, 50c. Bustiel, $1.60 Bag. 90 lbs., $2.25. Special price In lots of 5 bags or more. No charge for bags or packages. Can sell you Ontario Grown, at about 20 per cent. less. You will have to order e.irly as quantity is limited. Cash with order. H. W. DAWSON P.O. Box 38 - Brampton, Ont. Kcteltum LABELS U\e-atocl( Labi-'la for (^rtl«. shccii and hog^. c ft I e s, Tatfooes. Chlckm nuds. Bull Noi« Illiu<i. Write for ^ samulm and prices. Manufacturing Ca.. Ltd.. Box SOIW. Ottaara. Oat Creaccnt Gxouad Si their teeth even thUknea* ^ throughout the entire lencth of the mw, thi^^ inelungbindiDCinthekeri ., Unpoaaible. CrescentGtii^d- ing ia en exduaive T' feature. SmONDS UHADA SAW CO. I Vitetner MOMIREAIi Si. Joba, N.B. - â€"tinnn IV, .v a ,. v ' "; , „- ' , . . " â€" i aph's, 8 very troublesome insect to' if sprouts have three pairs ofj^-'^"" '""-^ ^"^, "^st shipment in 25 won by a triumphant guest. Then Uhe rose grower, can be easily com- 'â- "'' â€"'â- " ~- " • â-  present the prize for the first person batted with a iiicotine spray. The who lost his chair. The prize could be commercial preparation known as a small_ doll's chair with the inscrip- Black leaf-40, procurable at any drug or seed store, is easily prepared, simply by adding water according to the directions given and a little soap. Mildew has always to be combattcd in the rose garden. The American Beauty, Mr. Hartry finds, is very sub- ject to this disease. Much trouble from mildew, however, can be avoided by care in watering, that is to avoid watering the plants in the even.ing. Watering should be done either in the morning or early in the afterno<(n, so that the plants will be perfectly dry fen, cut just be'.ow the second pair y'"'''' ^'^^ arrived at a French port, I place in a two-inch pot, using a''*."'^ ^'"^ thought to mean a continua- Smpost of equal parts of loam and|*^'°" °' ""'-â- '' consignments. Apropos ^ Ind. When the cuttings have filled i°^ ^^^^ ^^^ following comment in the tion, "To make up for the one you lo.st." The second game will be a simple Nut Hunt. Give each guest a paper sack, promising a prize to the one who finds twenty nuts in five minutes. Of course there aren't any nuts hid- den, and presently someone will say so. Present this someone with a shiny pots with roots, they should be â- ^"""'»'"y market report of the Domin- moved into four-inch pots, where I '°" '^.'•^^ ^*°'^'* '3''""«='* becomes of .spc- y may remain until it is time toj*^'"' intere.st: lT?:int them out after danger of frost "I'ord Vestey in giving evidence be- hiis passsed. The soil, when removed ] '•"'<* **•" British Commission on food prices stated that during 1924 the profits made by his company on their '" Tfrbrti the pot, should not be disturbed but planted in a hole carefully pre- pared for it. The dahlia requires plenty of room. Rows three feet apart, and the plants three feet apart in the rows, is close, enough. When planting. It is well to I ';"'' Argentine shipments of meat was less than r,Oc per hundred. Heavy handling tin mug inscribed, "A bright gift for and labor costs were mainly respon-' » bright child." By this time your sible. 0. Sir Edward Vestey, brother to, quests will su.spect a hoax in" every d Vestey, said that during the last. »ame. so trv aomethinir rtiflTprpnt ; game, so try something different. «ovcr the tubers with sand to prevent ""^ months of the year their profits, Craziology is the most side-splitting before the sun goes down.-Ontario rotting. A handful of sheep manure! ^yei-o I"-«';t'fa>'y "''â-  Referring to game I know. Have the boys and girls ' Horticultural As.sociation- and a sprlngling of l.onemeal placed- 1"}" P"''^*"''' "'K" prices of beef, it was| d,.avv from different hats cards on I _ _' ^-r â€" -1h the bottom of the hole and mixed ["^v"" »« " "^aso" that tho Continent which you have previously written with the sell that is u.sod for filling in,| '» "^w taking very large quantities! melodramatic sentences describing ac- tion. Here are some typical example.^, ' by the Dept' of Entomology of the O "Flinging himself on his knees before! A.C. in which 1,800 corn borers in will bring on u plant rapidly. It is' equal to about 1,25«,0()0 cattle during' well to ilrjve a stake beside the plant! ^''^J. This has created a shortage St the time of planting. This will bo' ""<! '"* average prices are not ex The European Com Borer. Burial experiments were conducted noedfd to support tho plant kter on. The dshlia plant should produce but ono stem. If more than one comes up, leave the strongest and cut the pei'ted. GetUng Rid of Weeds. The way to get rid of weeds in others off. If exhibition blooms are small grain, hay nnd pasture fields is wanted, disbud every second shoot the to get rid of them in the seed supply. Who!e length of the stem. Careful That is, sow only clenn seed. watering i« essential. The ground fbonld nevor be allowed to dry out. Otiring the irrowing period occasional llressingH of sheep manure and bone- toful well ^forked in, will ensure tux- artent growth. These fertilizers should EM kept • few inches away from the f^Mni* 4rf the plant. The dahlia in '^ |no«<t modern form may be reg»rd- an aristocrat of the flower king- One out pay long j^ricea for r,{>wcr creatlonn or uriQPe very ir.'^UC HP. Mh-l*, Sometimes it happens that you find yourself forced to use seed with a lot of weed seeds in it, and in that case, the thing to do is to get the weeds out by screening. There are seed graders on the market that will take out mustard, buckhorn, etc. These graders do not coat a great deal, and one Will pay for it.vlf in a year or so. # Brake Tests Should Be Made. Always test your brakes when start- ing, and have them Inspected frequent- ly. every girl he met, ho groaned, 'Sold stubble and sUlks were covered by again!"' "The car skidded and rolled â-  the plow to a depth of five to s^x over." "Tho dog barked." Tell your Inches and then the soil cultivated and guests that when you say "Go," each treated in a manner similar to what one must act out the sentence written would happen on an ordinary farm on his card, doing it continually until The results, as determined by cages you call "Halt!" You will think you I placed over the plowed area, showed are m a madhouse. At tho word "Gol" that all the borers perished, not a one guest will groan on his knees, "Sold again!" Another will skid, while a third will bark like a dog. The craziest performer should receive as a prize a one-way railroad ticket to the nearest in.sane asylum. Two more fcames befon> refresh- ments and the Judging of costumes. Hold a Cabbage Head Relay Race. Each contestant must carry on his head a small round cabbage. The trick is to reach the goal and return with- out spilling the vegetable eabbago head off' the human cabbage head. For single moth having been taken in any cage. This, and similar burial experiments conducted by others, have made us feel satisfied that wo at« quite safe in recommending plowing as one of the great factors in con- trol of the corn borer, says Ptaf. I^twson Caesar. A Ffirm Book-keeper ^^rl© Gents" It has been said that progress liei in thinking well of your business, and! most wonieh consider it a privilege rather than a duty to pass on helpf al information they have gained. i ly VERY farmer ought to knew what his -â- -' form is making for him and wluch de- partmeatt, if any, are not paying. To this end he ncnls a simple record of receipts and expenditures, along with ytiarly in- ventories of land and buildingB, stock, machinery, f^d and suppUe*. The 0«p«rtment of AtTieuttat* *l Ottawa oaiera,nr IOceiita,a"|lW'm«r'ailc«e«tn^AM>A." Only a tvm eotrice tromt time^o time at* needed. Srad 10 centa fee the Aeeotmt Book and fccelv* ateo "gaae o nafcto tfmf«" end our tatcat Uat of free pubUeatlona. FtU in and retum aliv, poet flee, to TIm FuUlcationa Branch Department of Aartcultora OttBwa.Oat.