MAY 18.1929.

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Special Features :-: Interesting lObse

Tllf QHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN.

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NEWSY FARM NOTES

BY Agricola

Succulent Forage Crops

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THE EXPERIMENTAL FARM

Q11 Thursday afternoon the weather-which has been none too good so far-tempted ma to pay a iqng-meditated visit to the Experi- mental Farm. The lawns were a. ‘viv- id green, ,and although the trees

' were just breaking bud, .the scene

“u delightful. as the sun shone mygugh the ranks of white birch and other trees.

The long perennial border, with its Edging of Siberian Scilla, blue as the gky above, was awakening, and Iris, Paeoriias, and other plants were push- ing up to greet the spring: the while blooms of the Arabia, one of the gudiest and earliest of the class, were just showing. The crocuses were gone. A clump of leaves, like giant daffodils, attracted my attention; I turned up the label to find it was an ltrcmurus. Now I have never seen an Ercinurus in bloom, so I must. visit the Farm when this giant lily blooms later on. '

Behind this border was a bed where all “the lesser beauties” of the gar- dcn grew: Jacob's Ladder, Colum- bines of sorts, ,Sweet Rocket or Dame's Violet, and Oriental Poppies among them.

l-lere I was joined by Ml‘. George Brown, .who took me over the Orch- ard. Perhaps the most interesting trees were a number of young Melba‘ apples, which Mr. Brown assures mo, are destined i0 be the apples of the filture. 'I'hey were grown from single buds, grafted into hardy stocks and arc now about four feet high. Grow- liig among the trees were lilies of rhubrab, some of which—tiie new Ruby, originated at Ottawa-had stalks of a. glowing red and very dis- tinct; ihe other was a local variety, with a good deal of green in it, but of a mild flavor and requiring little sugar. All had been raised from seed and kept true by a. rigorous selec- tion.

The poultry pens next claimed at- tention and Ml‘. F. Gregory who was working among them promised me

280 escs to their credit The big In.

ial house and its electric fan to keep the warm air in circulation, kept, up a monotonous subdued roaring. This particular house was well worth a ill-fit. and I mentally compared it W" the primitive brick structure that 15 1n “Hue in Egypt and some of the Oriental countries, where him. dreds of eggs are assembiedpto be “fllched wt by fire-heated blues.

Leflvins the hatchery I made my Wily l0 the glasshouse (Anglice. ‘izreenliousei which has been erect_ 9d 51MB my last visit. Here, I believe, MT- Timmy is in charge, though I bud ml tho pleasure of making his acquaintance. Instead 0f the usual display of tender plants, plots or Tip- “mils slain met my sale: for this a where l-lll‘ plant breeding experiments are carried on. In one corner I not. iiced '1 fine Dot of lilies, and correctly ‘Ellessrd them to be Lilluln regale: i‘, is 5 MW my and (I have read) was discovered in China. about ten years ego. I was afterwards shown a photi). graph of this plant with 2B blooms on one stalk.

The Apiary and Laboratory of Plant Pathology were next visited, and will form the subject of tomor- row's notes.

Station Gardens

A praisctvortliy effort is being linade by the Canadian Railways to ‘IlYOlliOlE a love of beauty in their employees by trimming up the sta- tion grounds and distributing’ seeds and trees for planting round the waiting rooms, etc. This has been clone in the Old Land for years, and the employees take a keen interest lil having their garden ‘the best on the line.‘ Often the name of the sta- tion is ivorkcd‘ out as a huge one- colored muss of bloom at the side of the l~l‘il(‘l(, a,nd where the land has a gentle slope the eiiect is enhanced. The most of our station grounds are not sufficiently protected from cattle for this treatment, but a selection of better class trees and the taller shrubs would go far to make the

the results of the tests when con- rural station a classler object than eluded. for the benefit of my readers. lit is at present. Tourists would also I slithered that some oi‘ the hem appreciate this as a sign that we are

had an annual production of over

‘right on the job.‘

Your Best Investment- A PERMANENT FENCE

There ls no disputing the fact that good woven wire fencing adds to the value of the farm more than the actual

cost of Fmcing.

By good fencing we mean a. fence that

will enable the maximum area 0f tlU able land to he culti- vated, and that will not afford spots favorable for the grow- ing" of weeds and the protection of insets-conditions which certain types of fencing tend to foster-and a fence which

cubator was in operation in a spec- '

will be l. real protection to your crops.

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WARRENS PRIDE (24984),

Enrolment Certificate No.

(In?) 22138 13268

Sire Dllllfll Dim Doris

Th“ Iplendld four year old Clydesdale son of Ballarat out of a I»!!! "m" Grind Champion mare has all the substance. IMP. quill: ll"! "m" "lit h necessary to produce draft horses 0f a kind suitable m heavy farm Work and the demondo of a high clan market. WARBENB PRIDE was f-hl Wluner of first prlneiin the three year old class and also chlllllllon Ill III at the Charlottetown Exhibition, ma. He u IMMIIIY lmrwvlnr ml 1M1" lllllllll 0o all discriminating horse breederl. Ovmen should lwl lllll M". "if before brooding their mares. -

wannlua rains will be on the followllll New dam: "w "We °' "Ni-Arrive n ‘Agricultural llall, Charlottetown. Therm! "WM "l! 8nd u 1.00 r. n, and will remain in this stand until the itimvm WMMI: lay menu", m, m, lgnvlng Agrldnllllrll lhll n 0.00 A. in. than through flgnhflglf gr, Dgmgglhingd, standing at or near the factory at noon. h“! Difltolllllo thence through Scotchfort to Mount Stewart over night have Ilene 5mm n 10.00 o'clock on Thursday, May uni, thence m mmu ll man Morel] Iflday, May mi n 10.00 a. 01.. menu w as. m- z.00 o'clock m Milo any when M W"! I'll"

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Station Ste. Anne de la Pocatlere, P. Q. a

‘I110 production of milk is a process l“ which louse and concentrated feeds are converted into an edible Product. The conversion of feed is Profitable to the producer when there is sufficient spread between the cost of producton of the raw material and the soiling price of the product. The producer has little or no control over the selling price oi his Bonds, but can ometmes do much toward reducing the cost of pro- duction by growing good iive stock and feeding his various classes of live stock a larger proportion of suitable home-grown feeds. Succulcnce in forage crops and the feeding of forage to animals are sub- jects which demand both study and thought. The essentals. however, are fairly easily defined. The dairyman knows that when the cows have a luxuriant pasture in June, that is, a pasture of A solid math of a mix-

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COm 13 Sunflowers l5 1 Turnips 19 Sunfiwoers and

corn mixture 14 l Clover 3

Alfalfa and

clover 3

Oat and pea. hay ’ 3

Timothy 2

Some of the feeds listed ill the above table are derived from heed crops. These include corn, sunflowers and roots (swede turnips or mangelsJ The remainder can be classified as cured hay crops and include clover, alfalfa, timothy and oat and pea hay or oat, pea and vetch hay. The latter crop has several uses in that it can either be fed green as a soiling crop. cured as hay for whiter feeding by‘ cutting when oats are in the early dough stage or it may be allowed to ripen for grain if the other hay crops have been good.

In studying the data of the above table, it will cost be noted that the cost‘ per ton, as well the cost per hundred pounds of dry matter varies rather widely with the different crops. It is also a fact that the dry matter of

some of these crops i.e. containing the most protein has more value per pound.

However, no one crop can be BIOWH exclusively even if its production should cost less than others and be of more value for stock feeding.

‘The above experiment has coli- firmed the policy being advocated at the present tme of growing succul-

Argenteuil Boy

Stallion.

Pure Bred Clydesdale _ This horse needs no introduction as he was first prl-se winner at Charlotte- town for Fall of 1928. As a stock get- ter is hard to but having 9 colts at the Exhibition 1928. They winning lat, 2nd, 3rd In the three clanea and one of his colts winning the special This horse will nuke the season u follows beginning May 6th. heave home at noon to Will Dockendorfl’! over night. Tuesday May 1th at 0r near Cornwall at noon. i110!" W Boyd Livingston‘: over night. Wednes- ‘duy May 8th to James McNevinb. Canoe Cove at noon, thence to James Taylor’: Nine Mile Creek over night. Thursday, May 9th to Reuben Mc- Rinnon’; Falrvlew It noon, thence to Nell Mcliaeherifl, Long Creek, over night, returning home Friday at noon where he remains till the following Monday, May 13th at noon where he will leave for Eddie Newman's It Hunter River, night. Tuullly. Ml! ldth to (Joell Lair-db, New Glasgow. at noon and W. A. Simpson's, Bu! View over night. Wellnesdl!» Ml! 15th,» Nelson MoCoubrey». at unm thence to_ Eddie llolllnp. Ilultieovllle over night. Thursday. May 10th to Norman Linfl. W110"- ley River at noon, returning home at night. This route will be continued fortnight! , health and weather per- mitting. Terms 88.00 for season. More: at owner's rill-

GIO. C. KITBON, Owner in Charge.

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The Well Known Clydesdale Stnlllm

Scott- of St. Cuthberts

Number 10005

Wlll be In Charlottetown It Hazard‘! Mobil. I'll Grafton Street over! Friday daring the n and on Saturday: will be at the owner's nobles. loath Port. In will also travel two ‘abort route! In! and Went. Blends, 000-. will be announced later.

I. D. IDINOTT, h Charge. GIOIGI MQDOIALD, Owner.

ture of grasses and including white dutch clover, they are producng a maximum of milk at a minimum cost. 'I'hey are producing a. maximum of milk because they have an abun- dance of feed which is appetlzing and easily digested. This is succul- ence or succulent feed. The cows can evidently eat and digest a large amount of it without taxing their digestive system; hence the big flow of milk at a relatively cheap cost. The question then is, how can a supply of suitable succulent feed. or its equi- valent, be grown, stored and fed to all classes of stock throughout the year?

Cost studies have been kept at the Ste. Anne Experimental Station on this question since i923. The average results for four years are given in the following table, the first figures showing the average yield per acre the second ihe lbs dry matter per acre, thirdly average cos-t per ton and last the cost per 100 lbs of dry matter.

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lb. lb. S 3752 4.20 1.44 ,400 4.342 3.48 1.30 700 3.934 3.00 1.51 J20 3,708 3.83 1A0 520 5.633 7.91 0.45 80 5.526 7.81 0.43 B40 5.839 9.43 0.5.1 800 4,242 8.66 0.40

cnt crops in larger amounts. Thus an acreage of roots, either mangels or swede turnips should be grown as a part of the farm rotation. The above should be supplemented with add:- tlonal succulence in the form oi silage, and lastly a goodly supply of fairly high protein content, namely, pea, oat and vetch mixture and the leguminous crops, clover, alfalfa and clover alfalfa mixture should b3 grown each year. A part of the latter group can be fed green as soilage and the balance cured as hay.

The farmer who has his barn well filled with early cut clover hay, plus a good supply of roots, does not worry about the length of winter. l-iis stock grown well and the milk ‘Ls plentiful and is produced at a pro- fit.

SPINACXI- A STANDARD VEG- ETABLE

Spinach will be one of the first vegetables harvested in the vegetables garden and, if planted at intervals of a couple of weeks, from the time the soil is fit to work until June, will furnish delightful greens for the table until midsummer. This vegetable delights in‘ warm, rich soil i and must be heavily manurcd and like all other vegetables, should be pushed quickly with regular side-

its own. v it is distinguished and pic- turesque. It radiates colour and ani- mation.

If you would endow your nomc with unique and colourful charm de- mand thcse rich-tinted slates. Tile variety of shades provides an almost unlimited selectionof smart designs. And you get Brantford qualities of fire-safety, permanence, and weather security.

1TH castanets clocking and a vivid shawl about her shoulders,

the Spanish dancer is the epitome ol

joy and life — of allure and sparkle.

What is the secret of such anima- tion? Decorators say it is the result-of ' vibrant colour combinations. Arid it can be achieved in building a home as successfully as in spot-lighting a stage celebrity or painting a picture.

The nearest Braritford denier will gladly show the various pleasing hue: and colour harmonies. Write for copy of free booklet "Beauty With Fire