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Tried, Tosted and Approved on Prince Edward Island

Where other and more costly machines have been tried and rejected, the HARDIE Fertilizer Sower has gone into the same fields and under. worssrclgirnatic conditions spread the fertilizer like a carpet. ’

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Fox NETTING

Be Safe-use Prince Edward-

With 46.000 meshes in s. single roll of fox netting. you will realize the security and protection that is given by PRINCE EDWARD fox Netting, with EVERY MESH SIX TIMES STRONGER THAN THE ORDINARY- every mesh solder-sealed into an immovable, time and weather resistmg safrsulrd for Will‘ 7°!"-

i-the FIRST Fox Netting Still the BEST

Ranchers have dug up PRINCE EDWARD wire, in , use l8 years. dud found it good as the ﬁrst do!’ i" W“ v used. PRINCE EDWARD is specially made for tho salt-laden atmosphere of the Maritime Provinces, and ll as superior to the ordinary i! "i"? i! !“P°"°\' W mi“ USE PRINCE EDWARD and save future rel"!!-

Prince’ Edward Fox Netting is Sold by _ ‘QR. ’T_ Hghnan Ltd, Charlottetown

Russel Champion, Kensingtim-

Wm. Callbeck, Bedeque.

R. tT. Holman, Ltd., Summerside- Hayes, McKay & Sharp, Tyne Yam!“ J. H. Myrick & Co., Alberton.

Complete Stock. of i-iighest Quality Wire a Always on- Hand. ~ _ ' '

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"cultivation of ONIONS, but if it is the

The Broad of 'I‘rade rendered a val-i uable service to Prince Edward Is- land when it took stock oi our In-, dustries and the ibt_oi products ls longer and better than one would] imagine. We have been too long un-t

if 'lt were manufactured or produced;

we are making several lines of goons which, command the attention and respect of other provinces. This is distinctly encouraging and should go far to counteract that “parva sub lngente" feeling which has dominated our minds so long. It ls a sign of the times, too, that several of the in- dustries named are on the eve oi cx- pansion, and it is to be hoped that our people will help them out by adopting the slogan‘ Buy Island Products First." A composite adver- tisement (either- in the press or in brochure form) of these producing firms would bring their claims still further before the people of the pro- vinces near the sea and could also form part of the equipment of the new trade offices in Toronto,

MIXED FARMING

Tim and again comments have ap- peared ln this journal stressing the importance of mixed farming. when one “puts all one's eggs into one basket,” the risk is grout. Everything may go on well for a time and con- siderable profit may result. Bu; alas, the way of such adventures always leads to disaster, and the special crop "comes a croppcr." Glutted mar- kets, bad weather, insect and fun- goid pests, and scarcity oi help, may one or all combine to cat up the pro- fits of the fat years.

I-fow different is the lot of the J

“To The Farm Garden

I don't know if the soil of Prince Edward Island is suitable for the

farmers might do well to grow some every year, us some years there is big money in them. For instance this year and all through the winter large Red Onions sold as high as $6.00 per bag of 100 lbs. on the Montreal Market.

U And generally speaking they com- mand a pretty good price. Most of thc Onions coming m Montreal come from Ontario. United States and Spain. The Island growers should get some of this business. _

The Island Turnips are becoming popular in Montreal and I predict a good demand for them next fall. The trade here calls for a slnull to medium size turnip. Very large size are not wanted. ' With reference to potatoes which I know are grown in large quantities on P. E. 1.; I wish to admit that the soil of P. E. I. coupled with the treat- ment which .they receive usually produces the ﬁnest quality of pota-

Fresh Frozen Herring FOR FOXES

We are again freezing herring fresh from our traps and are now booking orders for _ ‘ supplies to fox ranches.

Shipments will be forwarded either by freight or express on any week day as required.

All orders will receive prompt and

der an "inferiority complex," believ-i‘ eve, Wm be good. and the anxiety in! that ‘my amine WI! the 119W" f less. Theseconslderatlons go to show

"awayt" but the report shows thatl this mo, c@_ and 11-, is more and‘,

true, no single crop with a 1118b 1'5‘ turn in a good year; but ‘liking h" work year after year, the results are more satisfactory. One crop may be scant in some particular year, on- other may be lower in price in 501119 other year; the several average hﬂw-

that mix ' farming is the best 10!‘.

I more being taken up, even in ivestern i

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THE APPLE SUCKER l The Report of the Dominion Min- iister of Agriculture records the ad- ivent of a new insect. pest into this iprovlncc. It is the “Apple Sucker” ‘which is recorded for the first time in the central and southern portion of the Island. Unfortunately the iscientlilc name is not given, so that we do not know what to look for,

:nor what control measures may be

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SIVINE CLUBS

The same Report tells us that, with the exception of Prince Edward Island, Swine Clubs continue to in- ‘cz-case in Canada and that through their operation the community breed- ‘ lug of bacon-type hogs is being es‘- tubllshcd throughout the length and ‘breath of our land and hog raising has been introduced on many farms ,‘ where hogs were not previously R0173- ilEoch spring these Clubs are respon- Vsibie for the distribution of richly {bred bacon type gllts, which are in inmost cases retained as brood sows by the recipients. Farmers should not llct pass such an opportunity to get good stock, and to interest thezr children in the raising of it.

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toes on this continent. Some people .n Montreal when they examine 't.hc bogs full, think the potatoes have been washed, they appear so clean and bright.

This past season owing to a bit; drop everywhere spuds brought un- usually lo\v prices and it must have bccn very discouraging to the farmers to face such trying conditions and to receive such small returns for his labor and money expended to help feed the people in the Cities.

Cheer up Mr. Farmer, there are better times to come. Potatoes should sell at much better prices next season.

Every year l sell several hundred cars of P. E. I. potatoes and turnips and hope to do the same next fall.

With best wishes.

Yours respectfully, JOHN J. LOUSON, Broker, (Montreal)

The Great Axworthy

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ENROLLMENT NO. 15 Will make the season of 1929 at Lawudaie Farm. East Royalty, one mile frorn Charlottetown. His sire is Burt Axworthy 2.08%. dam Baroness Peter. trial 2.17 as n two year old- Hi; breeding forms thc Golden Cross. Peter the Great, and Axworthy. He is a real show horse has been shown at the leading shows for eight years and has never been beaten. ' II: i8 square galtcd and sound, weight 1125 lbs. Ills breeding in full and his colts can be seen at the farm.

Service Iec $l5.00. Five at time of service. balance when mare proves in

careful attention.

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foal. Mares at owner's risk. FRANK McKAY, East Royalty.

ology Kentvlile, N. S.

Many growers oi swedes lose a con- slderable part of _ their crop each year from club root. The symptom of this disease are familiar to swede and turnip growers by the club-like swelling on the roots of affected plants. lnvstlgatlons carried on at several Experimental Farms and Sta- tlcns in the Dominion of Canada dur- lug the past have shown that moder- ate applications of lime to the 501i in various formswlll prevent a large amount of clubbing. The disease does not develop on neutral or alkaline soils. It thrives on acid soils.

Club rcot resistant varieties of cf swcdes have come on the market in the past, fcw years Many of these have been tested on heavily inoculated soil at Kentvllle. Some have shown a high degree of resistance. From these strains selections have been made and are propagated in order to develop one or more desirable strains to meet market requirements and produce higher’ yields than those now obtained.

Among the most resistant, strains so far tested are Wilhelmsberger, a green top swede and Herning, apurple top swede. The Bangholms from Charlottetown, Nappan, and Kent- ville are among the best now on the market. A limited quantity of seed of these may be obtained from the res- pective Experimental Stations. These three latter strains are mostly purple tops.

A grower desirous of raising nls own seed of club root resistant strains should select his best roots at har- vcst. Choose only those roots free from clubbing and of desirable type. When these are planted the IOIIOWIH’; year they should be well UJlBtEd by one-quarter or one-half mile from any other variety of turnip or swede to prevent cross pollination. In this manner growers can also help build up desirable strains of club root, re- sistant swedes for their own use.

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feed was anywhere. from $40 to $50 per ton, the loss of o. few young PiBS did not seem to amount t0| mllilh- It is B. little different, liowcv-' er, with pork at better than l3 cents ' per pound. Yet we find that time is quite a heavy mortality among pigs this spring In some herds there has. always been more or 13's loss, but:

five weeks old before they begin to‘, droop and look as though they had not much inbrrest in life, it i.- time to lock around for the cause. This, isn't happening in one cr two herds‘ only this spring, but in scores of } herds in different parts of the Pro- vince. Some attribute it to internal} parasites and this may be the cause; others put the blame on the ration fed the sow or blame the sow for not feeding the pigs as she should Dr. Lionel Stevenson. Provincial

cause may be anaemia. This condi- tlon is more prevalent with winter litters, especially if they are in pens in which the sun does not shine. The feeding oi cod liver oil to the young pigs will help prevent the trouble. At this time of year, however, a shelter could be ﬁxed up ln a paddock and the litter put outside. The direct rays of the sun will do more than any- thing else to overcome the anaemic condition.

With as much rain as we have had this spring it is next to impossible to. prevent the yards becoming a mire and sometimes the water will seep into the pens. Then, too, in a busy season. little time is taken to keep the pens clean. Unsanitary condi- tions are bad for the pigs. It is just possible that much better success would be obtained by housing the pigs in colony houses rather than in a central pen. True, it entails more work in feeding. but there will be less danger from parasite infestation and the pigqdo better when they are out in the open and in touch with the soil than if confined to a pen with a concrete or even a wooden ﬂocr.

Agricultural Statistics

Statistics are often considered dry reading and of little interest by many of the general public. An awakening of interest, however, has recently been apparent, particularly on the part of the farmer not only in the West but also in Eastern Canadi- More than ever are the farmers BP- preciating the necessity of having re- liable reports on the current agri- cultural situaticn in Canada, par- ticularly as a. clue to what is likely to happen to prices and marketings in the near future.

Official reports of this kind are, o! course, prepared by the Federal and provincial Governments. Atsome time or other, everybody has wondered how the Government arrives at the conclusions contained in these re- ports. In the case of crop and live stock statistics, an annual survey is made, This L; carried on by the v01- untary aid of the mrmers themselves. Just. now the Bureau of Statistics of the Dominion Government Ls engul- ed in closing up arrangements for the gathering of information on which the crop reports and farm statistics for the current year will‘ be based. Whether or not such information is accurate and complete depends on how many farmerse report and how fully they answer the questions sub- mittcd. It is also a fact that if full and complete information is supplied the official report will give the farmer a fairly accurate picture of the trend of affairs. Every farmer should 811b- ply the Government with informa- tion showing areas seeded to differ- ent crops, numbers of live stock kept and other information that is asked for, so that c. complete official re- port oi agricultural conditions

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Sunshine and green feed tencltopro- mote health. These colony house: may be used as farrowing pens from the ﬁrst cf April right up to Novem- ber. and after the litter is weaned they would provide sleeping quarters for the pigs until they are ready for market. when built 0n skids they are quite easily moved from place to place by team or tractors.

These same colony houses may be drawn up to the south side of the barn and used for the pigs during the winter. It is just possible that many pigs have not been getting a square deal and because of this have not paid for their keep. The pig has often been spoken of as a "mort- gage llfter" and with proper housing and good rations will now pay a good price for the feed it consumes- Farmer's Advocate.

Green Feed For Dgiry Cows ,

S. A. Hilton, Dominion Experimental Farm, Nappan, N. S. i

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The average pasture in Eastern Canada rapl ly loses its succulcnce after the ml die of July and in or- I, der to maintain the maximum flowl of milk supplementary feeds are_ necessary. 1

Mill feeds are expensive and are:

not succulent; therefore, it is econo- my to provide a sufficient amount oi , some form of green fecd to supple- ment the paatilres until a supply o: roots is available. If this is not pro- vided, a decrease in milk flow andl also in condition ls sure to occur. ports are of course held in the strict- est confidence; only the combined totals and trends are given out. (Do- minion Bureau of Statistics, Agri- cultural Branch.)

when there is a litter oi ten or twelve l Tradg Roomsv pigs that are thrifty up to ICU!‘ or: 29th of May at 8.30 p. m. for the purpose of organi- zation with the object of holding a ‘Silver Fox Show on Prince Edward Island in the fall of 1929.‘

Much inetrest has been displayed by breed- ere and it is hoped that the attendance will b0

Zoologist. believes that the primary .'

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TU FOXMEN:

_ A general meeting of the Fox Blreedersiot- Prince Edward island will be held in the Boardwf Charlottetowmon Wednesday the

large and representative island.

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of all sections of the

At the Dominion Expo “nvncal Farm, Nappau, it has bcen fc. .l pro- fitable to provide one acre of oats.‘ peas and vctchcs for each five cowsl lzcpt. This \\ill average one ton of.‘ green feed pcv‘ cow or twenty pounds per clay for one hundred days, The ' sown i: lig- bushels of Ban- ne: oats, l bushel of Golden Vine peas and 1.: bushel cf vetches per acrcAn- usher good mixture is 2 bushels of oats and 1 bushel of peas. It is ad-E vicable to sccd this in three lots, the first as early as possible in May and the others at tvro-racck intervals. If it is found that the pastures are sup- plying sufficleug feed until the mid- dle or last of August, the first lot may be ripzncd and thrashed provid- in; an cxccllrn: grain mixture for‘ winter feeding. t

Fall turnips are also excellent as a} pasture supplement, but are not as sure as O. P. V. due to aphids infesta- ticn and club root infection.

In localities where corn will grow well, this crop makes an excellent green fecd, but requires cultivation xiurln; L118 growing season, a disad- vantage it shares ivith turnips as cqnparcd with the O. P. V. crop r1:- ccmmcndcd above.

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GOLDEN AUBREY

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Standard Bred Trotter Weight 1125. See handbllls for terms and route of both.

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Hall Potato Hllier on wheels.

hand planting at the sameti me marking the next row. fi .. planting the marker is raised and the Hall I-liller cover; I '-

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liall Horse Hoe (Walking type), flail Hillel's on wheels, flail Sprayer. Ready for shipment. All equipment have steel .

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