an DECEMBER lr, 1915
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badly infested. burn them up and fXQ “Ham” Kelly, has made another make some new ones Brush down good investment in horse flesh at the
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To ‘ ' the cobwebs from the'ccrners. Old Glory Sale. His latest purchase Q THE §
,mera and others interested are
“filed to contribute; to The Farm, The Dgjry, The Turf. and Good "nd, departments ct the Guardian ‘mm by question, correspondence or - nnwrwise. Answers will be biven by uve,-ts to all questions of general mme", and space will' be given to my article that will in any way Mm to advance Prince Edward Island
tntsrests.
gontrlbutors are asked to have mah- articles at this oillcs early each nag, as only a short emergency item can be handled as late as one ,_ m. Wednesday. All received after mg; hour cannot avvear until the followins W°°k-
THE SCHOOL
’ AND
,THE Home
STORE ICE THIS WINTER
it would be a great aid to the
crealnory man if every patron cooled his cream with ice. All creamery mon realize the importance of obtain- ing good raw material. and this is an appropriate time to call the attention of the patrons to the necessity of ice for the production of first-class cream. As the quality of cream delivered de- termines to a certain extent the prices paid forit, a farmer can well afford to provide sufficient ice to enable him to cool his cream properly through- out the Summer.
Conditions will be found to vary in
different localities. but as s. general practice it will be found tllat about 500 pounds of ice annually will pro- perly cool the cream from each ani- mal in a 20-cow dairy. A safer prac- tice, however. would be to store 1,000 pounds cf ice for each cow, to allow for shrinkage and for household uses, or 10 tons for a herd of 20 cows. As to the cost of storing ice it is not pos- sible to speak definitely. A good ice hose should not cost more than $50 or $75. and the cost of harvesting should rarely exceed $1 per ton. Ou this basis the cost of sufllcient ice to cool the cream from 20 cows would not ex- ceed one-half per cent. of about $15 a year. after allowing for reasonable depreciation on the building.
Ice is harvested at a season when
most dalrymen have leisure time, so that the actual amount of money expended for this purpose is very small. No producer of milk or cream in sections where natural ice is pro- duced should be without it.
BLANKET WASHING
Blankets when washed and thor-
oughly dried. should be beaten with an ordinary carpet~beater. This makes the wool nice and soft and gives the blanket a new and fresh ap- pearance.
T0 RENOVATE BLACK HATS. ilrush all the dllst well out and
polish over with satin polish. which has a sponge attached to the cork for that purpose. If trimmed with black silk or ribbon, the trimmings can be Hilonged over, keeping them in their folds when damp.
Black or dark green handbags.
writing-cases, Bibles, etc., look quite new after receiving a coating of the satin polish. it is called boot polish. but it is splendid for black hats and ribbons. leather bags. belts, etc.
TO CLEAN A CHiI..D'S
CREAM SATIN COAT
Get 5 cents worth of bran, make
it hot in a bowl in the oven-not too hot. but well heated. Then take the
bowl out of the oven, and put‘ the'
coat in the bran after removing all buttons or fastenings. Rub in thc ban gently as if you were washing it. but do not rub hard. or you will damage the delicate satin. then take it out and shake well. If not quite vlcan. get some dry magnesis., damp it suitably with ammonia. and with a ""0 Dlece of lillen rub in gently over thc soiled parts. Shake well, then with a clean. 'bright iron press out on tho wrong side of the coat, laying a ‘lamb piece of tissue paper between thc iron and the coat. Air well, and iilell sew on buttons.
S089 is made from most common
Vegetable and animal fats and oils, as fallow, suet. lard. cottonseed oil and cocoanut oil, chemically com- bined with lye, caustic soda or caus- "C Dotash. Soap has the ability to soften dirt and to dissolve it. Hot Will solution will do the best work.
To clean steel knives, cut a potato
dip it in brick dust and
0 on the meal. The tuber
l
“ ,lust enough moisture to give il; results.
wAsHlNe suT1'Erl
U" P|°“f¥ of Water to Remove But-
tsrmllk
___ ofI;“tttt°"m"k may improve the flavor wmu or at the start. but the butter a no keep. There is a complaint 1111011?) butter dealers that much of the ‘argon utter sent in is greasy--that is, ts u of buttermilk. and has to be re. tgeated. An English authority gives
9 f°1l°WiHs advice in Farm and Fi°ld~ "U56 Dleniy of water for wash- IHB butter in the granular form, 1; ai” Only keeps the grains separate.but thalso washes out the buttermilk more b 0l‘0U8hly. After the grains have een churned a. few times in the breaking water, remove the lid of the churn and draw off as much of the buttermilk as possible through a sieve covered with fine muslin. Then place about twice as much water as the but- termilk drains into the churn, replace U10 lid. and rock the churn to and fro slowly a few times. Afterwards wash down the lid and the sides of the churn with water, and draw the latter Uff iIll'0u£h a hand sicve covered with a piece of fine muslin. When the 1”; water drained from the chum is quite clear- It may be concluded that the butter has been washed sufficiently.
Tile temperature of the washing
water should be regulated according to the temperature of the atmosphere and the churning temperature. If, for example, the former is 60 deg. Fahr, and the latter 5_8 deg. Fahr., the tem- perature cf the washing water should be 50 deg. Fahr., and, roughly speak. ing, it varies from 50 to 58 deg. Fahr.
“Separated milk ls sometimes used
f01` WHBNIIE butter. and some people consider it gives a better flavor to the butter than when water is similarly employed. In any case. however, the separated milk must'be of the very best flavor, and the butter must he thoroughly well worked afterwards, otherwise the keeping qualities, as well as the flavor, will suffer. There is, I must say. very little advantage in washing butter with separated milk; .on the other hand, the risk of getting butter tilat will not keep is rather great."
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WINTER RATIONS
FOR DAIRY COWS
in making up dairy cow rations
there should be supplied a liberal amount of easily digested substances. Nearly one-half of the dry matter should be given in the form of con- centrated fecds in the case of the milch cows. the amount fed being governed by the productive ability of the cows. No moldy or dirty food should be given, and the quarters and the cow must be kept clean. Variety in feeds is advisable, increasing the appetite.
The following rations are made up
to meet the system of feeding, ac- cording to the kinds of feedstuffs on the farm, for milch cows:
1. Hay, 20 lbs.; oats. 3 lbs.; corn
and cob meal, 3 lbs.; linseed mea1,3
lbs.
2. Hay 10 lbs.; Cornstalks; wheat
bran, 3 lbs.; corn meal, 3 lbs.; cotton- seed meal, 2 lbs.
3. Roots, 60 lbs.; cornstalks; oats.
lbs.
4. Corn, fodder. ad lib.; corn sil-
age, 40 lbs.; shorts, 2 lbs.; dried brewers' grains, 2 lbs.; linseed meal, 2 lbs.
5. Corn silage. 35 lbs.; hay, ad lib.;
bran, 4 lbs.; oats, 2 lbs.; gluten meal, 2 lbs.
6. Corn silage, 30 lbs.; hay. ad lib.;'
oats 4 lbs.; linseed meal, 2 lbs.; cot- tonseed meal. 1 lb. `
7. Corn silage, 50 lbs.; clover hay.
ad lib.; bran, oats, com meal, 2 lbs. each.
8. Alfalfa hay, 20 lbs.; oats 4 lbs.;
corn meal, 2 lbs.
9. l-lay, 20 lbs.; cottonseed meal. 4
lbs.; wheat bran 2 lbs.
Wlith any of these feeds. regularity
is essential. Order the day‘s work as follows: Cleaning gutters. water- ing, feeding hay. grooming. cleaning cows, milking, feeding grain, feedillg silage, tnrll out in yard on good bright days only, watering, cleaning stable, milking. feeding silage, and perhaps a last feed of hay, and bedding down for he night.-,Canadian Farm.
BUTTERMILK CHEESE.
Mr. J. L. Summers, of the Wiscon-
sin Experiment Station, who has for some years been working on the pro- blem of making cheese out of butter- milk, gives the following directions for manufacture of the product.
Heat a-quantity of buttermilk to 130
, or 140 degrees (about scaldlng hot), -and then let stand for half an hour. Most of the curd will rise to the op and the whey will be drawn off. The curd is collected in a cheesecloth bag. and left to drain for from one to four hours.
When dry enough th curd should be
evenly salted, one ounce of salt he- ing about the right amount for lflve pounds of curd. The cheese is then ready for immediate use. It may be kept in s refrigerator for a week or more without losing in quality.
Buttermilk cheese may be eaten a-
lone or like cottage cheese. mixed with cream. For use in sandwiches lor salads it may be mixed with but- lggf, spanish pimento, chopped pickles, ' olives and nuts. .
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WHITEWASH “AJff?_THE MITEB
i g to be a successful
poilfltigaftrfvierrs mm. :vw ‘Wil 8°* after those mites. The! 030;" 10° life out of the hens and out ll U10 ‘eu supply enormously- 'N107 W1 °f|' large numbers of the most prvilillllll chicks. They are the worst enemies with which your dock has to con-
tend. ` ‘ i pot you can get rid of them ifyou will. Have a thcrelilli \1°\l¢°I““’°5
dns dl! mil. °°mI||*"IP\‘ml». up nn .lu-sy sou-. lteouf,
roosts and sol‘lii° *Mme *M °|“‘
getting into all the cracks and corn- ers with a mixture of one part crude carbolic acid to ten of kerosene. This kills any of the mites which may havof fled to the cracks and crevices for safety. After this is dry put on the whitewash. It may be put on with the same spray pump, but it sticks better and lasts longer if it is put on with a brush. Lice and mites can stand white- wash.
After the whitewash has thorough-
ly dried, reflt the house with clean roosts and nests, and put some clean straw on the floor. If you wish. you can dust the hens off with lice pow- der before admitting them to the house. Repeat dusting again in about a week. or better. apply the blue oint- ment. ltiis a very good time to do the job. lf you will do this you will find that the lice have departed for some other henhouse whose owner is not so good a ponltryman as yon.- University of Wisconsin.
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SHEEP
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A FEW SHEEP WILL PAY
fl€‘l$I5
“The sheep industry in this country
is being neglected," stated William Dryden of Brooklin to the writer, when visiting in that locality some time ago. "Years ago practically every farmer kept a few sheep, and, despite the low price of mutton paid in those days, they were usually pro-. fltable. Today there is no question of the money to be made out of this class of live stock.
"In the old country,” continued Mr.
Dryden, “you find about one hundred sheep on tilt average hundred-acre farm, besides the regular stock of cattle and horses, but farmers here do not seem to realize the benefits that may be derived from keeping these animals. About the only ex- cuses left for them to give are the dog nuisance and poor fences. The form- er, however, is an important point.
Would Increase the Dog Tax
There are too many scrub dogs in
this Province. The dog tax should be raised so that it would be worth while only to keep a good animal. Why should people be allowed to let half- starved dogs run at large when we would never think of turning a bull or stud-horse on the road? If a per- son had to pay a real tax for the pri- vilege of keeping one of these ani- mals they would only own a. useful well-trained dog.
The lack of good fences is not so
important, as this is controlled by the farmers themselves. The firewood from an old snake rail fence, plus the extra land added to your farm by the removing of such. amply pays for the taking down of the unsightly struc- ture and the erection of a modern woven wire one. This, of course, ap- plies to where the sheep are kept in your own fields, the fences along the roadside being usually well enough looked after by their owners to be sheep-proof.
Keep Your Favorite Breed
3 lbs.; bran, 3 lbs.; gluten feed. 3. "What is the most suitable brccd
of sheep for this country. Mr. Dry- den?
“Perhaps the Dowll breeds are
better for average Ontario conditions than the long woolls, but the particu- lar breed is not so important; choose the sheep you fancy the most, and if you are to be successful with the ani- mals at all it will be in the breed you select.”
With lamb selling at from eight and
a half to nine and tl half cents a pound live welgllt, the question of keeping a few sheep is worth every farmer's consideration. The animals get practically all their summer feed on the road and along the fences after tho crops are off. in the will- ter only cheap roughage is necessary to carry them over till spring. The initial cost of the animals is low,the cost nf housing amounts to bllt little, and the labor bill is small. As one breeder so aptly describes the profit to be made out of this farm side-line, "it is like money from homo."
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‘is why former sufferers, whose vitality was being sappcd by lndlgestion, say it is just ex- cellent for stomach, liver and bowel troubles. Thanks to Mother Seigel’s Syrup, they ' are no\v strong and wcll.
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The 2.10 trotters of 1915 number 20. There will be races at Brocton
next year or Oct. 3.14, 5, and 6.
The Cochato pacer The Problem,
led by Benj. Pope’s, lately worked a mile in 2.04. '
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It is said that the 'game racing
mare Flower Direct, 2.00% will be
retired and bred; It '
That wonderful son of speed, Peter
the Great, will havemver forty new standards this segspn;
Harvester Dillon, the weanling
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Lou Dillon, 1.58%, died last week of
bowel trouble. * * _
It is expected that tl number of
maritime province horses will take part in the ice meeting at Montreal which is to be open January 13.
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That is cracking flue stock Mr. Ric-
hards and Dr. Christopher have brou- ght to the Island. They are to be
congratulated "or: tlleir selections.
Tommy Murphy in exhibition and
regular events this year. Cleaned up something like $40,000. That’s a whole lot more! than a man could make out of the newspaper business
in a lifetime. _* * *
Another world’s record was
smashed the other day at Lexington when he yearllng filly, Anselila tramped around the mile oval in 2.17% lowering ,the previous record one and three quarter seconds.
$ I4' #
The four-year-old filly, Nazoma
Frisco, by f San Francis- co, 2.07%. Sold at the Old Glory Sale, comes to the maritime pro- vinces, Spurgeon Gammon, of New Glasgow, buying ther for $485.
at it is
Northern. Spy, 2.12%.. erttablished
a new record for the Providence Speedway in the matinee there last week when he reeled off-the half in 1.0114. The previous record was 1.02, made by Miss Winnifred from years before.
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The seventeen-year-old broodmare
Alice Wren, by Ashland Wilkes, 2.171/g died of paralisis t hree weeks ago at the farm of her owner, .lohn L. Sny- der, of Springfield, Ohio. She was the dam of Binland, 3, 2.081/1,, and Bin- ville, 2.10, both of which reced well the past season.
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Expressive Lou, 2.15, a two year old
filly by Atlantic Express. dam Lou Dillon, by Sidney Dillon. was sold to William Crawford, of New York, at the Old Glory Sale for $2,000, the top flflgure realized on the day on which he was sold. On the some day Queen Abess. 2.03%. und Lottie Lee 2.08% was sold fer $2.000 each
-st n Anselila 2.17%. world’s champion
yearling trotting filly. was sold the other day to Lewis H. Titus of Gos- hen, N. Y. The reported price was $5,000. Anselila was owned by C. A. Harrison of Seattle, Wash.. and zwas bred at the Woodland Stock Farm Wbodland, Calif. The filly is by Prince
Anall, dam lla Moko by Moko.
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King Andobon, 2.03?/1. seven years
old. was sold :lt the 0l.i Glory Sale last week to H. 23. Potter of Provid- ence for $160. He is by Edward And- obon, dam Queen Wilkes. On the some day Dave Warnlan, well known on maritime tracks, bollght Wood- ford Todd, 2.15l/, for $130. He is six years old.
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Poormall, a yearling pacer by Mr.
George W. Leavitt’s stallion, the Northern mall, 2.06%. (son of Todd 2.14%, last week paced a mile in 2.19. The Northernman is making splendid 'showing as a sire of speed. As far 'ns we know the oldest of his get is only four years, but one of them is in the 2.10 list and others very near there- to.- New Glasgow Chronicle.
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were sold last week at the Old Glory Sale, a rather u nusual incident thc horses' offered were Biddy King and Beatrice King, the latter having a re- cord of 2.28% and the former one of 2.26%, which were made when they were two year olds. The price at which they were sold is not indicated in the newspaper reports of the sale that have come under the writers no- tice. f
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L. R. Acker has bmught another
fast horse to Halifax, lhaving exchang- ed his pacing mare Arlene for the brown stallion Baron Patchen, 2.17%. The latter is not only speedy, but is richly bred, being by the Patchen Boy dam by- Baron Wilkes, sire of Baron Posey, 2.08%. Barolf-Patchen paced the fastest mile in the Maritime Pro- vinces in 1914, when he won the 2.25 pace at St. Stephen. and paced the third heat in 2.20%. He took his re- cord at the St. Stephen meeting this year when he won in 2.18%, 2.17% defeating Garry A., Dan C.. Lucky Baldwin and Teddy Marshall. He is a young horse. and besides being fast will be a valuable addition to the breeding interest: .in this vicinity.
William'A. Clark, of Fredericton.
N. B., has gone to Indiana `where hc expects to pick u p some trotters and pacers which look fit to go out and get t.-he money in 1910. Lodoss. ln- diana. the place where Miss. Letha 2.1414, and a lot of other provincially ov.-ned campaigners came from, was Mr. C\arke's destination when be left homo but he said he would scour ln- diana and Kentucky to make sum he
was getting the best in sigl\t= Incid- ental y Mr. Clarke announced that John T. 2.20%, the big trotter which hecampaigned with more than or- dinary snccess during the past seasop would be "made over" and appear as
a pacer in the Spring, unless he found a purchaser w th the necessa% ay mount of cash in hil. leans the
colt b The Harvester 201, out off'
A pair of twins, three years olll.~
years old and has a mark of 2.22%, which he may confidently be expect- ed to reduce under Mr. Kelly's tuition. g a a
A remarkable trotting performance
took place recently over the half mile
_track at Victor, Montana. The 3| mlnu'te class was won in 2.48%,-Lambs
2.46 by Mille Bella. a 19-year old mare of Milroi, dam Maria Bella. The mare had raised several foals and was used under saddle and bug- gy, and had never been hitched to a bike until the first day of the race, which was the first time she had ever contended with Qther horses. She was untrained and had previously trotted one eighth ill 20 seconds.
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Dan Patch, the world’s champion
harness horse, has started in a new campaign. Although supposed to be permanently retired from record-male ing exhibitions, the famous pacer is again going to appear in action before hundreds of thousands of people throughout the next few months. The surprise of this announcemnt will be considerably lessened when it is known that this last campaign of thc great performer is being made on the screens of motion picture theatre, while Dan himself lives in comfort and luxury on M. W. Savage's great
,Minnesota r river brooding farm. t Ik t
is
Cleveland tracks held forty-seven
days of racing in 1915 which in it- self is sufficient to prove that thc sport is stronger than ever in the Sixth City. The attelldanco at the three tracks was larger than in Dre- vions seasons, the fields of increased size, the races more kkeeniy contest- ed, and each track reap larger dunn- clal returns than during any preced- ing year. W.hilc it is all acknowledg- ed fact that Cleveland ranks first in light harness racing affairs, there has been a. noticeable increase in interest in practically every section a condi- ton wllch is most gratifying to ull.
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Walter S. Barnes, who collducts the
Sportsmen’s Column in the Boston Globe says:-
“The Poughkeepsie reinsman, Tllos.
W. Murphy, set a new record for the American turf this year, trotters and pacers trained and driven by him winning the excellent total of $116,586. This is something like $216 more than the mark established by Ed. Geers 13 years ago.
"Murphy‘s leading money getter was
the former Boston trotter Peter Scott, 2.051/4. This remarkablerace horse. bred by Jack Crabtree, then passing to the ownership of the late James Hall- ley, his son, Walter, and theu to San- ford Small, won $50,535. Scott was sold by Small a year ago in August to Henry Oliver of Pittlsburg for $30,000. its ir =!
During the Old Glory Sale about 700
head of stock, including staliions. broodmares, record performers, race prospects and youngsters, were .dis- posed of. The demand for high grade broodmares was strong, as was_ the -case with promising young trotters and futurity prspects,the latter class- bl'ingin'g excellent prices, the yearllng filly, Emma Magowan, 2.22%, by J. Malcolm Forbes, 2.08, for instance going to Brook Farm, Chester, N. Y., at $3.425, the best price paid for lt yearling at auction in ciglltccll yours. Tile good race marc, Margaret Druien 2.031/,, by Peter tho Great, 2.071/t llaln Tilo lilllltress, 2.23%, ily Onward Sli- ver, 2.051/4, brought thc top price of the week, being knocked down to Cur- les Neck Farm, Cotman, Va., at $7,500, certainly a splendid figure for a mare that is to be used only for breeding purposes.
THE TURF
FOR IDLE HORSES
'i`l\c itllc horse docs not require the
same ration as thc horse thai. has to work hard every day; ill fact. it is often detrimental to crowd rt ration into an idlc horse. There must thus be a considerable reduction ill thc ration after the horses gc into Will- ter quarters, say n retluction of 50 per cent. ill the gruln ration, leav- ing tllc roughagc as it is.
Wlhilc the reduction may he made
on the first day the horses are idle, we believe it better to gradually re- duce the grain fed during the last three or four days when the horses are at work in such a manner that on the last day‘s work the horses re- ceive about what is intended for them during the Winter.
lt is not practicable to decide ona
definite quantity of grain to be given. That would be determined by the ap- pearance of the animals. The varia- tions under the same regime are so great us to laugh at all definite for- mulas. The old saying about “tile eye of the master fattening the cat- tle" is based on the soundest kind of common sense, and while we may protlt enormously by the scientific building up of feed rations the eye of the master after all is the controll- ing factor.
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I8 PIIIIIIIIS (IF Bl00lJ
is the average quantity in a healthy adult, but it is the quality of the blood that determines our stfength to resist sickness. With weak blood we find cold hands and chilly feet; in children an aversion to study, and in adults rheumatic tendencies.
In changing seasons get abundant
fresh air and take a spooniul of Scott's Emulsion miter meals, because Scott's Emulsion is a rich blood-,food that will increase both quantity and quality of the blood while it wamls the body and helps carry off the impurities.
When multitudes of people are io-
day taking Scott's Emu sion to avert winter sickness, and ale giving it to
time Joh 'I' ihe san will be _their children, iti careless to neglect
its benedts. Look out for substitutes. ,
ml » ll fr g as fast a pacer :She was a trotter.
scott Q. Bowne, Toronto, Oni.. is-za
Then take a spray pump and spray is Casco A. br.h. by Bingen-<Pearl
the whole inside of the poultry house. ~ , Allen, by Ailandorff. Casco is eight *****m
TORONTO
3 9.75
8.00 9.75 .60
Hogs, off Cars ‘ Cattle
'Barley
TORONTO
Butter Esgs .45 Cheese (large) ,18
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' MONTREAL
10.00 7.75 9.50
Hogs off cars Cattle Lambs
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Cheese (large)
BUFFALO
Hogs fed and watered
Cattle .
Lambs Barley
NEW YORK
Butter
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Butter Market
This week
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Egg Market
Two weeks ago....
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Sheep Market.
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thc best condition for use.
pcrimellt Station gives the
root crops keep best at low
es Celer when dug
growing when ill storage.
and plant closely in sand dalllp soil in a cool cellar or
ve stables, excepting celery
being st red
Department of Agriculture.
Among the contributors are
also contained.
'must be complied with. The
pact, well finished aninihl
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STOFIING VEGETABLES
Vegetables lnllst bc siorcti
illc l-,ondil.iolls that will kcep them in
pointers. ill the first place should be handled carefully. es' form a. place for decay ge enter. The vegetables store be little immature. Cabbage. celer
ture, with a fairly moist atmo and good ventilation. Onion best just abovc freezing in a mospherc. Squashes and pu need a. dry atmosphere at nb
degre _ , , y transplanted. as it has to be
with a good deal of soil on th
g . better if well dried in the sun
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There has been issued at 0
new edition of Bulletin Nc. 13 Live Stock Branch. “Beef Rai Canada." It is available on ap tion to the Publication Branch
‘of one hundred pages, and nea many half-tone illustrations, ing valuable infomation are
in dealing with the finished it is rightly remarked that to s the requirements of the pu
of thc beef market has changed ly in recent years. The bulloo commands the highest price is
not more than 1.500 lbs. on foot
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Fall
Wheat Oats
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BEEF KEEPING IN CANADA , ~.,__
convey given
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the best informed and most experienc- ~' `
‘cd beef raisers and experimenters in or Canada. ` ,
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accounts of the various breeds cattle raised in this country.
practical information on breeding
rearing. housing, and marketin
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he weighs only 1,200 lbs. he will fetch the top figure, provided he has the form, quality and finish. Even the thousand pound “baby beef" is looked for by the best buyers on this side of the Atlantic, but such cattle are not shipped abroad. The change is greatly to the advantage of the producer, as other things being equal, the younger
the aglimal goes to market, the less is th cost of food and the greater the profit to the producer. To secure deli- cate fiavour and tenderness a certain proportion of fat is necessary and this should be incorporated with the flesh or lean meat rather than appear only as a cevering to the muscles. The great secret in producing a carcass of beef is to treat an animal in such a way that the fat grows with it during the entire period of its life time. It ,is unfortunately the too common prac- tnce of Canadian raisers to produce all the fat that an animal carries in the course of a few months. Much of the fat put on in this way is deposited on the outside of the carcass; it is large- ly wasted, as it is useful for little else than tallow. The carcass that dress- es out showing specks alld streaks of fat throughout the lean tissue com- mands the highest price. Tile only way to be sure of price quality is to main- tain the animal in good condition by a system of liberal feeding from birtllto maturity. Then the finishing period is comparatively short. and the carcass produces thc highly licsirable marbled beet
CHOPPED STUFF
l-`nl‘lncl‘s urn bcgilllling to kill their
wi|ller's supply of pork.
lion; and cattle prices just now cm-
plltlsizc tin- value of sticking to live stock. I Distillcrics have again bougllt up fl. large number of feeders for winter fattening.
liired help is scarce-but at that we
are more in need of progressive farm managers.
The man wllo soils a young mare of-
goorl typo for war purposes is dispos- ing of n valuable Canadian asset.
Protect your apple trees from mice
and rabbits by wrapping the trunks with building paper up to a foot above thc ground.
if you hnven't a pure-bred sire yet,
organize yourself into a Commission to discover if you can afford to farm without one.
Plow the orchard now. It is safe,
will save time in the spring and will destroy what would otherwise be a harbor for mice.
Put the posts in now for that fence
you are going to build this fall. then stretch the wire when the frost makes the post more rigid.
Nothing tends to make a good farm-
er likc interest ill farming. Encour- ,age the boy to exhibit his chickens at
W the local poultry show.
Catch t.lle young poultry and lock
them up for a few days in an airy house, so that they will come to tho' roosts instead of' the orchard at night.
lt is a great help now that it is pa-
triotic to be economical. and those who go in for the “simple life" can feel that they arc acting for the na- tion‘s good.
Local wholesalers are fattening
chickens which have been shipped in from the country. if they find it pro- ntablc, why not put. a little more flesh
lou yours before you soil?
ill purfs of' ilvvon farmers have do~
ville-ri not lo llllrvcst their cider apples, of which there is tt big crop, und urn turllillgillcir pigs into the orchards to eat the fruit that has already fall- ‘en. it is said that with labor so short the sale of the apples at the currellt price of .£1 a ton is unprofitable.- English Exchange.
MAN URE VALUABLE
'1‘ho best results from manure will
be secured when it is hauled dircct to the field. six or eight loads per acre. to he plowed under for corn or top dressed on pasture or grass land. lt will benefit those crops and also the grain crops that follow. When fresh nlanurc is to be applied to a grain crop top dress with it six or eight. loads, or if rotted manure is nvuilabie it can bc plowed under. On the Nortll Dakota Experiment Station Farm manure a lied to corn lands.
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