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‘If ti

Puigttis.

(Eirperlmerital Farms Note)

Pullets must b:- well grovm and healthy when put in laying quar- ters, if heaiy egg production dur- ing the fall and winter months is to be expect-ed. 1n order to secure the kind of pullets required, care- ful attention should be given to rearing them.

There is evidence to show that there is a correlation between size of egg and body weight. If pullets are allowed to co.nmence produc- tion before they are well grown, the.r growth may be retarded and they may lay smaller eggs than If they were allowed to beocrne more

mature before coming into produc~

tron.

Intcmal parasites have an im- portant bearing on mortality and the general health of the flock. These can be controlled to a large

extent by practisirg sanitary mea-r

sures during the incubation and growing pcrod 0i the flock,

At the Fredericton Experimental Station, the chickens clean clover yards as soon as pcs- sible and the ptillt-ts are separated from the eockercls shortly after the sexes can be distinguished. At about twelve weeks

ver ground nhcrc chickens have

not ranged for n’. least two years.

For shelter, they are given port- able range roosting coops which are structures enclosed with wire

.. . .. r . _ to offer advice on rolrlems affect- mttidg with 1o“ no‘ caoliluyt kbtdlrfeling tlte famer inpthe inimcdiateispores “Imch can only infect other

ses may also be used. should be taken to give the birds plenty of r00sting space. Gran and mash are fed in hoppers and. water is available at all times. The growing mash consists of 100 pounds corn meal, 100 pounds wheat middlings, 50 pounds wheat bran, 100 pounds czushed oats, l5 pounds bone meal, 5 pounds char- coal and 4 pounds fine salt. The grain mﬂviure consists of two parts wheat and one part each of cracked corn and whole oats. A limited amount of skim milk is fcd during the early plrt of the summer. but is elitnilalcd later if the pullets are developing too ra- pidly. Under this system of feed- ing and management, a few pul- lets may crmmcnce to lay too early but the majority of Barred Ply- mouth Rocks come tlon at abcut six months of age. ‘Leonard Griesbach, Dominion Ex- perimental St-ation, Fredericton, N. B.

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‘White Pine . a 1 Blister Rust

(Eixperimcntal Farms Note)

VisitQY0ur Ex- perimental Station j

(Experimental Famis Note)

"NEWSY

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NOTES

Prtctlcally‘ a‘l oi the large: an")

more succe ful commercial and. Blister rust is a’ disease’ Fen“- |ally fatal to white pine, which is

[caused by one of the rust fungi. Certain of the rusts are unique in] Ithat they require two different host pfants upon which to complete their liie cycle. The fungus which caus- es blister rust is one of these as it must have whzte pines on the one changes hand and CllTfﬂlllS or gooseberries prams ml on the other for its full develop-

TWO LEAP EATING BIITLIB For the second year in succession §one of the Blister Beetles, Macro- ,basis unicolor Kirby, is damaging ‘- the leaves of the broad beans. It is a rather slender beetle, 8 to 15 mil- llmetres long, black, but so thickly clothed with grayish hairs that it appears oi an ashy hue. It is

_manufacturing organizations of to lday maintaﬁi very vmplete re- search l-aboratrries for the purprse of investigating problcms relatve to the‘: particular line of work. Qualifed staffs of investigators are ma. ntained, and ther findings iin many lmtances, have been res- ‘spoible for noteworthy . and greatly increased lmem.

l mirllilgiicoztixtfsugxfcﬁfiieliieration in-l Introduced ‘m0 Canada about‘

. . . . '25 years ago on white pine nursery

. t c . h a l:t.. L532 i: gsggy i“? lzgffstock imported from Europe, blister s“ of we‘ iglxustrial iimxs It islrust has gradually spread untzl now

_ ~ 1t is present in all districts in which r cl n t, l . ‘llxrcilrlilz/lildyndlb‘ ozlieasfatnier uciuldlsnjartlth“ nee occum Buster rust kins

agricultural lines. ’l‘his might be than young trees’ - true for several reesms: Lack of I q-he rust enters a pine [me by “m, fund", lack of techncal training on“ the needles d F d w ' lack of time, among others. It is a mt m b “flhg ‘llfls Fmlmards fact, howcver, that research work o e ark o“ e Wig‘ For about L; exgential to the success o! mowthree years after infection there is, plication of this fact. den, agr=cupure_ and such ,esearch inc conspicuous simptom of disease} blister beetles, however, have the fM-mcs have been made‘ available but after that time the affectedl same properfes; that is, they p93- lttimueh the Dominion Experlmen- Perl of llle llfllb swells “ml the.‘ Sosa a peculiar principle called can- ; tal Fgmu syspem edges of the dsicased area assume a, thmldin whwh when

cummnce. It has been known to I attack the potato and a few other platits. There is a European variety of blister beetle which is commonly ‘ called the Spanish fly: These coa- ,tures are killed, dried and powder- led, and when the powder Ls mois- tened and applied to the skin it i produces a blister. The so-called !"ﬂy blister" ls a corrunercial up‘

l

are given, Etvabl-shed over forty years ago, lcharacteristlc dull yclIcvvLsh green l and applied w the human m“ is as it were, standardized denomlna-i

‘ftirms ar‘ heated in eveqv pro- ‘m ‘mmge “llflllr- Dim"? Mill’ and‘ a strong rubefacient. vince in Canada. Experimental and ‘mm’ wnspmllous °l"‘lll>'°‘3’°ll°“li lrescareh work is conducted along busmls break through me bark‘ .

all lines oi agricultural effort, the These Contain a Wlldcr wmlmsed to of spores which serve the purpgse

0‘ dlssellllnatlllg m“ lllsl- Tllesfpers, while others climb up

have curious ways of getting a liv-

lresults of which are available

. the

l Although some of the work con- ffortf avre cam“ the W1 ‘ {ducted is uppuwble over largeibeuicales °l “lllldllls °l': We“, wlid bee comes alche- of n ,5 o, paﬂuiaqy rues. Upon the under sxles oiisgyzes and cums w the be, m]

lareas, much ‘local significance. As a consequence these 16m“ the rust appears l“ the She flies t0 he!‘ nest; then leaving go, it eventually eats the egg in

the staff in charge is in a P0sltion form of mmuate orangmyclmw pus‘ the cell it enters. It then "moults"

tulcs. From these pustules arise d f th t - currants and gooseberries. Fromlgn tiieii1?nsgtlrzlarzhzﬁlsljeie ti): ﬁfsutgwfxfv noward to the 9m °f l place before it emerges as the per- Fann during the growing season o‘ 5:01:13’ $21512‘: ‘iefzrld Wipe feet beetle. ‘and learn at first hand what is be- 1m ‘Hum 5M‘ w mi ‘°,n_°‘";_;s The om r been 1 t lng done. At the Cliarloitetcwn _. T __ ” p‘ ‘s’ o , e e s m 8° emnw Expmmmtjl stapon you w“ ﬁnd gslils annual in cuiiants and goose micnly imp rtant, seeing that, in I lrlr es, but ln the pine it is peren- cur district at least, it feeds only '1: a, the diseased areas or cankers on the alder leaves, which it riddles Bfﬂdllﬂlly milled-frills in size untililln an irregular manner. This is a that? i: girdled and killed. little dark blue beetle, moderately < runa ely blister rust can be shiny, called Haltlcs bimarginata- controlled. since, as has been point- say. It is only 5 to 6 millimetres d f, t ' h t i‘ a l - ‘ various cultural practices. work in l She oserpellﬁatlgilso? 1:50;??? 5:24 2mg b‘? is 181:6 l?!‘ atgalﬁtxli‘ ‘ cereals and plant breeding’ wdrkl removal of one of these effgectyivcl dn-erzlllgbeetlsiﬁnii it u e f - wth manures and fertilizers. her-i . y} 6' ea e’ were not or v _ _ [stops further development. In most the act that it was first discover. ‘ tlculture incmdmg orchardinsn! Cases Currants and gOoqCml-IFCS at. ed -n the U s A n Knobgfass 11ft. tbl .11 ' 7 .' ” " ""° sma rui s vege a e ard fovier|of less value than Marie pine, ahdwmd gqnanwged, v (both poly“,

y‘ gardening, etc. In addition, at somqlt is these which are then removed nums) 1t [g pygsgnt m m-ge 1mm

fof the stations fieId labo ato les , hnve been ambushed Tor ‘rnvegth lAll spee.es of wild and cultivated - bers on our alders, and its damage

I . . currants and gooseberrics are sus-:Ls quite noticeable. The flea- ‘.t: .1 k2 l.t; hi: ,l . . ,

. Zgdcilqevzoxfqlﬂofy agile git“? ail: , ceptiblc to rust, but of them all the beetles get H1811‘ popular name, ‘ c1505 are} mgcét; in SJfar a: thgy i. cultivated black currunt is the mos: from their habit of leaping like a

‘tuned the agricultumt, recewg ab ldBYlSEYOII-a » as the rust develops Iflea when disturbed.

. t abundantly upon it. Under; t t: 1th vi to u. nut t! m” .. Li,’ rilrnzfal ‘Zr 012ml yrenlsges , forest conditions it has been f0llllfl FRAGRANCE IN THE uarumsn

, .that pines can be protected from‘

to? such p65 s‘ ‘this disease by the removal of alll Just at this time if one has an]: ggelyglel: hopgggislzstgj: “Ysgtcurrants andngoosebcrries ivthin a planned for it, the garden should the m-en m 6mm!’ distance of 9..0 feet, excepting theybe delighting the senses arid par- case of the ciutlvated black eurratit tlcularly the sense of smell. To ac-

which should be removed for a dls- 3 compljgh this, 50th annual; 531d lull" °l ‘m9 mile fmln llle Plnfﬁ. lpercnnfals must be Err-ought into An illustrated circular dealinglghe scheme The slbeﬂgn wail- with this serious dfcase may be had l ﬂower (Cheiranthus Allicnii) and free upon application to the Dom- [the annual Fairy Wallﬂower lnlon ' Botsnlsg, Carma] Emu-p l (Eryslmum percffskianum) are both mengm Ffann, ottawa. lscented, and in color alike too: a. warm rich orange. The former is a lbiennlal and stands our winters lwell, but the latter is as its popu- [lar name BhCWS, an annual. I ra/w

I locality. Visit ysur nearest Experimental l

‘investigatoral. work being con- l ducted along practically all lines of Iwhat mght be termed “mixed i farming"--p0ultry and live stock, beekeeping, forage and field crops, including rotational systems an y

Increase In 00W Testing In Canada?

Under the cow testing service of the Dominion Department of Agri- culture, a total of 4,291 herds, in- eluding 41,868 cows, was recorded during 1932. This represents an in- icrcase of 31096 herds and 29,726

and 694 cows produced, over 300 lbs. of fat.

grey Blster Beetle," from till: cir-l

Ourownl

,ing. Some species search out and, l dicated ,fced upon the eggs of g-i-mhop. wou!d know what t/rce the other‘ w“ ‘l ‘

“d m, stems of ﬂcwers and remain till a, The larval the Canadian

r Nova Scotla-Gl associations; 947 to my we” delight’ the mum‘

cow's rvithln a period of six years. Also, an increase of 703 pounds oi’ milk and 55.06 pounds of butterfat per cow is recorded, as compared with six years ago.

However, the most impressive feature of the cow testing report of 1932 is the genuine interest and perseverance in the work evidenced by the owners of herds who are now quite convinced as to the use- fulncss of production records as a basis for tackling their feeding. breeding and management prob- lems. This past year, of the 41,868 cows, 22.382 or 53.45 per cent, were recorded for eight or more months. averaging 5,1903 pounds of milk and 237.80 pounds of butterfat, with an average test of 3.99 per cent. Cows averaging 300 lbs. and over of but- terfut in the year numbered 4284.

The following are the cow testing iresults by provinces for eight months or more in the calendar year of l932;—

Alberta-Cow testing associations, 29; herds 422; cows 5008, of which 3186 averaged 7275 pounds of milk and 274.28 pounds of fat, with a test of 3.77 per cent_ One thousand and eighty-two cows produced, and 92 herds averaged, over 300 pounds of butterfat per cow in the year.

Manitoba-Associations 54: herds 707: COWs 737B, of which 3168 aver- aged 6032 pounds mllk and 227.84 fat, with test 3.77 per cent. Forty herds averaged, and 533 cows pro- duced over 300 lbs. fat.

Now Brunswick—Ass0ciatlons 52; herds 638; cows 3484, of a total of 5573, averaged 5612 lbs, milk and 236.75 lbs. fat, with 4.21 per cent. test. Sixty-three herds averaged.

. herds; sass cows, of which 4am '. "alllnjw" l“ bl°°m l“ l‘ “m” l“ averaged 5939 pounds of milk and I cltaronetown this summer‘ It re- zeras lbs. butterfat, with a. test of E “U” l‘ glmhw" l” "W" l‘ 4.50 per cent Over 300 lbs. of but- here‘ “is Wallﬂower is grown by

l terfat were averaged by 35 herds, l the ‘Z3152?! ‘isﬁfeluhuiarﬁ; ‘ti:

and produced per cow by lioﬁtth? p, , cows_ Blest.

l P. E. L-Associatlons 2o; herds m, garden moms p, with..." ‘ 265; cows 1946, of which 850 aver- I Dianthus piumarius, Mrs. Slnklons. l aged 6630 lbs. of milk and 259.80 l Th's is a noble white "pink" of ‘libs, butterfnt, with a test of 39i_great substance and a strong per cent. Thirty-nine herds aver- sweet, odor, rather like the 91d aged, and 302 cows produced, 300 Clove Pink. It is a perennial and libs. and over of buttcrfaf; in the,wlll flower every year: but the

In high-class orange-rod single Nu- turtium and the third is the true “Golden Gleam". It has a fine yel- low semi-double bloom, and is fra- grant. The seed catalogues call it a “double" nasturtium, but that is perhaps an over-statement! Pro- fessor Hurst tells me that double

Inastnrtiums are no new thing, but in years gone by, as they did not

known m some PM,“ u m’ “M,” , come true from seed. they were al-l by cuttings: hel I "golden 5 -A special drafting conunittee onatmwd very cyemqy m m ex-

i ways propagated therefore considers

,BOMMlTTEE DISBUSSES wmmrlmui

World-wide Co-opera- ;

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Value of Barn- yard Manure

(Etpcalmﬂlfrﬂ Firm. Note)

The value of bBm-Yll-Yd 111mm varies to a great dance. 418116141118 upon the kind and quality of mm- urg used, ﬂip types and fertility of soils on which it is applied. the methods of handling and time of application, the seasonal conditions during growing season, and on the crops grown foliowlnx its applica- tion. Bearing these in mind, it would be impossible to place any sot value that would apply at all

IDNDON, July 20-—(O.P. 061316).‘

times and under all conditions. Some of these factors are dem-

Gleam" an advance. And by the: "Pfeseliiﬂlllfl 0f 31¢ B18 Fm" 9X‘ perimcnt being conducted at the way. before 1 forget, let me remznd porters. the smaller Euwneﬂn 6X1 Experimental Farm, Nappan. N. s.

the reader that

the common or '

porters and the chief world im-

Nine years results are. available on

Rﬂrden nasturtium is not a nas- P0114“ 01' Wheat dl5°ll55°d “wldlj seven series of four plots each,

turtiurn at all! It is a Tropaeolumu»

towards in- I

wide c: -operati in '

carried in a four-year rotation. The

speciﬁcally T. majus. Nasturslum} 018881113 wheat consumption ﬂlld ,sol1 is medium clay loam, uniform isthe generic name of the Water- 1119118 ll"? P11“- Wnlzht. Wltllflllt in character and in treatment prior

cress of our brooks, “nose-twlster," from taste.

WHY LATIN NAMES’! (2)

In a fonner “Note" I showed thei necessity for Latin names to ob-.

tlcns cf universal application. A‘

t

though 8y might not tinder-stand a word cf each others language,l

meant if he said "Larix"; the‘ Swede might possibly catch on if used the English; popular name "Larch"—but he} would be very much astonished] when the P. E. Islander called it a Juniper! l

Dr. Britten of the Bronx Botan- ical Gardfns, New York, has made,‘ a rnanful effort in his "Manual"' to provide each plant ln our region with a standard popular name, and that is so much to the gcod.

The American Ornithological" Union has gone further than this in the case of the birds. Besides the distinctive Latin name, each bird‘ has a standard popular name, and a number too: the latter making reference very easy. In too many cases we use local names for our feathered friends but I imagine our young bird lovers are learning the standard names.

The American - Association of Economic Entcmologlsts have done the same good office for some (if not all) of the insects on this con- fnent, and a supplementary list of the approved common names of Insects, was issued by the Domin- ion Department of Agriculture in Dec. 1930. A look through this list will convince the hardiest sceptlc that insects and not wild beasts are the chief fces of mankind. There appears to be an insect for every food plant grown, and some- fmes several.

I note in this list that the oom- mon name “warble fly" has been superseded by the name "Cattle Grub." The former name was well “undemtanded of the people"'and need not have been altered. Its genesis 1's‘ rather interesting: it was first "worm-holes" (and don't forget your ancestors made worm

a with storml); then it was tracted to “wormuls"z it was an easy transition to "wcrbles", and finally the spelling was altered to fit the sound and so we have “Warlbleﬂ

ODDS AND ENDS

Prices rising. A paragraph in a Canadian weakly sees signs of re- naming prosperity. Hides, it sayl. have risen 1 cent per pound, and boots and shoes have advanced 50 cents to 81.50 per par according to quality.

; YEHT- best blooms are produced on young | Quebec-Assoclatlons 121; herds ' plants. I therefore pull the plants l 1312; cows 13.505, of which 6578 to pieces after ﬂowering and stick cows averaged 5184 lbs. of milk and’ the cuttings in where they are to 'i94.68 lbs. of butterfat per cow,‘ grow. Rather rough! but they with a test of 3.15. Twenty-fouﬂmake nice little plantain ﬂower herds averaged, and 4-07 cows pro- ,l next summer. duced, 300 lbs. and ovcr of butter-l‘ Two subjects with an unusual fat, l time of wasting their sweetness, l are the Night-scented Stock (Mat- Bub out pnln with ant-mm Llnlrnrnt. thiola. blcomis) an annual, and the lDaneﬁs Rocket (Respect: metrono- 1's) a. perennial. The former is in- deed a hardy annual, seeing that it sows itself and comes up next spring in unexpected places. A plantinthewrongplacslsawoed, but I like the perfume so numb that oven if it comes up unon, the vegetables its life is spared. The ﬂower remains closed and scent- leas all day, but opens at nightfall, and the powerful scent attracts the nbht-ﬂwln! moths that ferti- llac the flowers.

This year I am trying the new "Golden Gleam" Nhst/tirtium. Seed of thll variety la very scarce yet, so I think myself lucky w have second three plants. One has not

12%. 911.0 turned out to he

Spinning and Weaving .

Send me in your wool to be spun i into Yarn and wova into Blankets. ~Tho charges‘ are: single yarn 23 cents. doubled 28 cents per pound. Blankets $2.00, and If unlau ’ ed "M; it takes five lbs. of wool per Blanket. Wool must be well washed and all dirt and burrs picked out. Tho she of alngls yarn In medium, and doubled yarn fine, medium, and course. Put chipper‘ name on all parcels and owner's name, address and Instructions Inside. Send by mall or freight. Freight will be paid on 100 lb. Iota. WM. LANDBIGAN, 65 Queen Street, Charlottetown.

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loyal Bvbnlcal Garden, Kew. The Director of this world-famous ‘garden, from its ' eneement funder George III. has always been lselected from the most distin- guished botanists of the British Isles. The two Hmkers, father and aon, did much to bring the gar- dens to their present state of per- fection: the latter, Sir Joseph D. Blocker who died in 1912, was in his youth a great explorer and col- llcctnr, and is now remembered for his "Student's Flora of the British Isles."

The present Director is Sir Arthur Hill, to whose kindness I am indebted both for plants and information.

Many scientists, now in respon- sible positions in the various na- umu of the Entpire, had their early training at Kew, where there

again tomorrow. l

‘The committee was act up after; representatives of the Big Flour— Canada, Australia, the United States and the Argentine-indicat-

extruted jmts of Haw“! history mey "ed ed they were not satisfied with the

first offers of the big importing nations. These were not sufficient-

The larvae o; the b11599!- beme Swedsh and a Canadian botanist, ly concrete to enable the exporters

to agree to restriction of produc- ‘tion and regulation of exports, it

The special committee was then

and means b91118 111116 f0 reﬁt‘?! B"? F-Kfeemelll to the start of this experiment.‘ No its pungent 011 l- dfl" Tﬁsollllloll- '17"? meet commercial fertilizer has ever been

used.

Series number one receives 16 tons of manure‘ appllced previous to the“ root crop in the rotation, series two, 12 tons and series three, 20 tons. Series four is a check and: receives no manure applications; series five receives 16 tons rnanurel as a to -dressing on the clover sod, while series six has 8 tons manurel

|applled previous to the root crop iand 8 tons u a topdremng on the feet apart, with the plants one fool

JULY 22, 1933' _.

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Methods of n Staking Tomatoes"

ihmllll u" Pllllllﬂ to One or twc

stems on stakes has been found m advantagesin the home garden. we‘

{also in commercial

lstakes five feet long and

l l

t

and one half inches square winﬁ. found very satisfactory. Steel rod

Product, A»; Y IIJOI-lt ..

are also very satisfactory. . Th”,

should be five feet long and thy” .' Qllhtha 0f an inch in diameter. Th

[cost is quite reasonable since th. ~ llife of these stakes is much longé:

than that of wood.

A wire’ trellis may be constructec having the wires spaced nine t4‘ twelve inches apart, says My, T, p Ritchie, Dominion Division of Ho;- ticulture. As soon as the plants an set out, one or two stems should b. mu with soft twine orlraffls, u; m,

aim! or wires. and all lateral growth or branches developing mm

the axils of the leaves should b. pinched out. 'I‘hl.s has been foum to produce very Symmetric: inboth elem fruit, and m semen, of Western Canada, or where thi nights are cool in summer. the to. matoes have been fouhd to ﬂper, " sonoer-than where the plants wen allowed to grow on the ground. An- - other method that has been found advantageous in the higher altitu

in British Columbia, is to set plants in rows two and one half.

I

_ apart in the rows. Tying to stggq established, with representatives of oat stubble‘ Berle‘ “we” 1s l‘ dupu

Australia and Canada, the Danube basin exporters, Great Britain, France and Italy. Under discus- sion they have a draft reselutior of five articles. Only two of them have so far been di-wussei one tznches on measures the import- ing nations are prcpazcd to adoll! to stimulate consumption. The other provides the importers agree to reduce tariffs on wheat i ports accordingly as the pace rises in favor of the exporters. .

The commttee was still discus- sing the second article when ad- Jcurnment was taken.

the attempts failed. Now the sub- ject is again to the fore, and the British Chambers of Commerce are to press Parliament to re-open the question. They propose to consider the “pound" or sovereign as 200 pence, instead of 240 as it now is. This will,)I take it, leave the half soveregn as the unit, divided into one hundred pence. The Present “three-penny bit" is t0 be re- valued as 2 1-2 pence (like our five cents). It is a tickllsh matter, this interfering with the penny. It la the poor man's coin, and there are many poor men. It is amazing what one can set for a Penny (2 cents) in the big cities. There may also be some OIIPOSMOH W 91¢ propcsal since it seems to aug- ment the value of the penny by some 20 per cent. But for ease in calculation there is nothing like the decimals!

Alas, poor human nature! During the course of a. somewhat long life I have observed that when an ad- venturous individual made a success of some venture, l. e.,- made money by it--for so we count mucosa- then his neighbors or at least some

cate of series one.

Using the increase in yield of the different crops over series four as due to the manure applications and valuing these lncrcuscs at the market value, we find that the value of the manure in series one and seven, (averaged), is $8.07 per ton; series two, $3.15 per ton; ser- ies three, $2.77 per ton; series five, $2.38 per ton and ser'es six, $3.19 per ton. The average valuation over the entire area is $2.94 per ton.

Assuming that the root crop uses 40 per cent, oats 30 per cent, clover 20 per cent and timothy l0 per cent of the vclue of the manure applied to the root c-rop, we find that the value of the manure on series one, from the increase in yield of swedes, is $4.28 per ton, cats $1.83 per ton,_clover hay $2.36 per ton and timothy hay $2.26“ per ton.

While these data show clearly that manure has a high valuation per ton, it demonstrates the ef- fect of the methods of handling and time of application of the manure and of the crops grown following its application. Care should always be taken to preserve the full value of all manure by careful handling and in this way secure the greatest benefit from its application.

is resorted to and the plants m allowed to set. from two to thret trusses of fruit, after which, all new growth is kept removed.

In sections where it is dimcult t4 get a quantity of ripened fruit, 4 may be found necessary to pull tht crop before it Ls frozen. Fruits thsl 7 have developed colour can be pulp. ed and success uily ripened in the house, or the entire plants may be pulled and hung up indoors in | dark room, where it is moderately warm, and where a large amcurii

‘of the fruit will ripen quite well. " a

named Vanderbosch, experienced gardeners, emigrated w Canadl" and located in Saskatchewan. A!- ter working in various empl - merits for five years, the fa. , Frank Vanderbosch, and his sons purchased land near the city of Regina, the . capital of the province, and estab-

lished a market garden. they have a thriving business in‘ garden produce. have set out 30,000 cauliﬂower plants and thousands of bomatc plants and acres of other stuff. When the hot houses are not being

utilized for growing mushrooms an exceedingly profitable sideline and

bably loses 50 per strength: it should always be kelpt in some sort of an air-tight container. The pyrethmm produc- ing this powder is now successfully cultivated in California, and I have heard that experiments with It are under way in Canada.

cent of its _

hundreds of pounds are sold in Regina and neighboring towns. rm Vanderboschs are enthusiastic ‘about Western Canada-“It is I ~ weft’ 800d work," says Vandcrborch Senior, "and if one is careful he lean so:n make a. comfortable [home and c~mpetence to boot."

of them, would regard it almost as an injury to themselves. On the, other hand, if he tried and failed,‘ his neighbors or some of them would either pity him or condemn him for the folly of his attempt, and show to how much better a conclusion they could have brought it themselves. This was the wrong view-point entirely, for individual success is reﬂected on the whole ndghborizmd: one should be able to regard every honestly successful man as an asset to his community.’ an example to his fellows, and a perennial fountain of good deeds.

What kept me from cynicism and restored my faith in human nature.‘ - was the splendid and even heroic manner in which these lama folk would run forward and help in case of misfortune or sickness. Iet a neighbor, for example. lose house or barn by fire and how quickly it was replaced!

Pyrethrum Powder. This h the basis of all the fly-sprays. and produces intense nervous excite- ment in the insects, usually but! not always fatal. This product is known In mix-ope u Dalmatian in- sect powder, and the little port of ‘rrogr, in Dalmatia, may be slid w exist for the export of the dried’ daisy-like ﬂowers. There they may be seen, millions of them. lyins on canvas-covered pavements, drying

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are laboratories, museums and li- hirariel of every description, con- nected with plant life.

Dcolmalln the Pound? Some- tlrna ago these notes contained an account of former attempts to in- troduce a d*c‘mal currency into Britain. and an eiwianatloa why

in the stab-tropical sunshine. They are afterwards. ground to an ex- ceedingly fine powder, containing the very volatlle principle which acts as the ncrve-excitent. When! this powder is kept in an open '

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