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0. I' I - ` ` h 'ID I 0! emulation among the pupils

fri ._ But if it is important to have correct

` ~-'ro»'rHE FARMER I ,",;°";°°- I-I 'mu'-II -no -inn-1-

aphy. it is equally important to

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._ I' - " - ' know-what to~teacb. - Most educators

agree that the child should be taught

Farmers and others interestpd are 3°

Invited to contribute to The Farm. I 5 The Dairy, The Turf, and Good 'xy

roads departments of the Guardian

correct spelling of-every word in Vofiilllllllfy. and of every word like- to form part* of his vocabulary. averlxe teacher has not the time

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0 M,” ,n- perhaps nor perhaps the

g:_§:,|;,a¥,_qX3wg?0 2361:? 0 ‘Ives by experience necessary to

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experts to all questions of lelleflll °°

interest and space will' he given to 9

plete suob a list. Fortunately,how-

v r, the modern text book on this

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| 1 y su ject is written with this end in

32?” wa'::S3c§‘°tI.,.|,:,‘:lE=v:;',!.'1 wfn. view and every teacher should see land interests ~ that all pupils in the intermediate and

' _ senior grades have spelling books and

Contributors are asked to have al

their articles at this office early 91011

ally lessons in ortbography. In ad- itton the words of the reading lesson

t ny and the more important words in the

ngglhnage zzlgdlgdlgrgatgmeagegne other subjects of study sllould be

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p. m. Wednesday. All received after iii

ght This practice persistentl

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spell correctly some 6,000 words,

, . -. _ which is more than most of us will \ ' ‘ " ‘ "‘ ` ever have use for. _

if THE SCHOOL 1

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SUGGESTIONS.

1. ln conducting the spélllng recltaf

tion pronounce the words distinctely and accurately. Require the pupils to

ronounce a word a second time for

` careless pupils, otherwise habits of in-

- é pronounce before they spell. 2. Do not ze ` D

, ' ,. attention are encouraged.

3. Have pupils keep a list of the

Contributions for this department words they lllidllell. Give frequent re-

should be addressed to V

President Teacher's Association, m

Guardlan's School and Home,

iews of' these words until they are astered. 4. Compose sentences for dictation

P. 0. Box 188 Charlottetown. into which are introduced homonyms

SPELLING.

possessive, abbreviations, contractions and arbritnry signs. insist on the pro-

_____ per punctuation and capitalization of

- th se er ises. Didn‘t_ u ne hew

\iJ“m°S H' D§;'§3E,‘;';‘§‘ Impecmr of bull aegrelfm separntorlyn ‘lily Illece

one of the most peculiar in the course

of study. Ono may be a brliliunt mat- n_

_ came home on Wednesday, April 7th

ln lnany respects this subject is 0,

6.35 p. m., etc. 5. 'Pencil .eyIlllbicni_lon and ncccni. will help both spelling and pronun-

bematlcan, an accomplished lillgllistf ciation. Occasionall rc ulre lu ils

a forcible writer and the world will to

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pronounce each syllable in oral

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lil-cely give him duo credlt.for ills At- npelllnll. tblls directing attention_.t_o its lainlm-_llt.ll_ To be u E000 SD€lli‘l‘. ll0“'- phono value. _

ever, will bring him no distinction;

6. Give exercises in words often

while to he u. poor Ono Will ili5'~'0“ilI confounded in spelling pronunciation

ills other intellectualachievements or

meaning: Emigrant immigrant;

and bring on him the odium that be- dying, dyeing; lightening _lightning longs to ignorance. Learning I0 feilil etc.

to cipher etc., has a. high educational

7. Keep on the board u list of the

as well as practical value: but l98l‘ll- common words often mi.spronounced; ins to spell has no oduoutionul volvo often, arctic. helm. bellows, ewe, worth mentioning; and. as for its pro- quandary, etc. Give frequent drill in otical value, should a pel'S0ll ll@C0Ill€ pronouncing these.

a perfect speller it is doubtful that by

8. Teach word-building-with pre-

this meanshe could lllCl'€B-S0 ille fixes and sufllxes. Show the import- world's wealth very much. ant part played nus-, des-. un-. ful-,

Yet in spite of this we must learn io less-, er-, or, etc., in the formation of

spell and spell correctly. Woe betide new w(n~¢1s_

tlle` cler mau, teacher, doctor, law

9. Stud related words: Elect elec-

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yer or business man who makes mir- tion, elector. electoral, electorate etc.

takes in his orthosrapbyi li is 0f H0

10. And lastly ict it he kept ln mind

uvun that he can point lo rl college that chrrectspellihglsh habit and like

career as a proof that he is educated. ni

l other habits is best acquired by at-

'l‘hlI-I only ro-riders his oflenoc tho more ientivo hhrl interesting repetition. All

unpnrdonuble. The world will for- W

ork then in this subject should be

give him soleclsms in his spec-cll`llllil conducted with this end in view; and writings, errors in his geography and -every known method and device history, or miscalculations in his aritll- should bc used to lighten as much us c bllt mistakes in ills spelling- osalible the drud er necessar

metl : D never! Nothing will save him from nl being classed among thc_iguorant. llnl nven the/1‘jpperury Mans excuse- II

h rl en.

alnlilew then of the fact that spelling well has so much to do with fixing 0 one's educational status it becomes Q of ilrst importance that this subject t,

be taught persistently throughout llle ‘°

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common school course for experience

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ako thc pupil a good nrthorophlst.

GIRLS AND HOUSEWORK

is your daughter among those who slike housework and is anxious io

et away to the city ofilce or factory

r a change? People only dislike to things that they find uilinterestillg.

o

h ’ bud le V tm, If a girl is always given the drugery

has shown that. if t c c a cs . sl

speller be is likely to_renlnin to the a end of his days. There is no royal to road to spelling. Nothing but hard c work intelligently directed will make H one a good orthogrnphist. ll in true n then there arc rules W which Durport to l.\e‘ it it short cut; but they 0-P9 90 llilll10l`0\1S; and their exceptions are so many illili W thc best teachers have discarded d them altogether; and pl.li.I_-_ their m chief reliance on the nttentbo rc- ,H

ic naturally rebels' In most. Ameri-

colnruon school a poor spellcr. ll 1100i* ca

n homes, even the school girl has certain number of household duties perform. The troubles is that in nine

ases out of ten those duties are of lc most unimportant, uninteresting nd unintelligcnt character, such ns

e can hardly blame the girl for class-

yillg as "menla|."

There are any number of mothers ho imagine they are training their

aughters in housework, when as n

atter of fact, they arc merely utlliz their services as "bel "‘ in washin

Dil'-iil°“ ‘lf the W°“iI "nm " °°"e°t dighes, making beds, dustiing and otheg

and lasting impression of its form has le

dious and mechanical duties. On

been mime °” the memmy' the other hand. the selection, buying

o d forms are lm ressed on thc

nd preparation of food-the most

----iv r ~ p n memory oiillel' iill‘°“Sli hlhe ";§d“;’;‘_ skilled, scientific and interesting part oi' ille elll' Ol' the eye- W en °" °g of dolnesticlty-is allowed to remain

phy is taught through the our. lilo ,,

sealed book to them. ls it any won-

0l‘ul llltlillilil 0' lellcllillg is “BMI ha" der then, that a bright, intelligent when iil\l8ll¢ llll'°“gh me elf” I 8 girl should come to look upon house- wfllleli llldillilii 9h°“|‘l l"`ed°mi”“t°i keeping as a round of mechanical ana Which lll0ill0d Well 9h°“id be “d°Dte‘ uninteresting drudgery. and to make in studying Bild leilclllllg this Whiect up her mind to do as little of it as pos-

if we keep in mind the two facts (1) 8|

and retaining correct visual images of

ble?

ight bc suggested tllnt, during the

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word-forllle. illifi (2) Ilia* he Wm “el” years of a`glrl's life when her interests

that a Child lellflill I0 “Dell by f°"mmg As ll reform in this directioll it

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or have-any use for spelling except

oulded, as little as possible of the

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when he Wrlleil. li Will be B9" evident are being formed and her tastes are that 0l‘tll0El’ilDl1Y Sllilllld be ia“5m al' mechanical and tedious part of house most excllillivély lill'0\l8h the eye and keeping be put upon her. On the other

fi b the written method Every

and, as fast as she learns something

chie y y - h teacher has 0bB€l'V0il I-hill the “mm of the principles underlying the selec- often forgets what ho B009- lil" m°"° tion and preparation of food and ac- often what he hears, but seldom wbsl nnircs some skill. she should be per-

he makes. This perhaps ful‘lli8l1€ll “B

the strongest 'reason for teaching Bllell' certain times for tho nlcais of the ing by the written method and in HC- family. Even while thc girl is in cordance with the foregoing lli'ili°iP“l school, there is ample opportunity. the child should be ilCCl\5I°l“9d *S duriu the lon vacations for givin

I l osslble to make (lo Write) fig aff;-il germs he is endeavoring to impress on his memory- The °°'0ll°"“‘ tion of the muscles in reDl’0llllCill5 Oil paper words which the child hears or sees, seems to develop what miallilllii terlned a. muscular memory. so lla in time and with suillclent drill a per- son’s hand domes to write the correct form of t.he words automatically. Then and not i.ill then is his spelling per-

mliiilring the first years' of the child's school life he leams to spell by resal- ing. The forms ofthe common wor s are presented to his eye I0 Often. ihllt

he carries sway a correct mental lm- 'her hnsband's salary or income is ut

'terly inadequate to such an expense.

hge of them without any Ilpeoilil °ii‘°l'i dn his part. Yet it is a common lll'°lt°‘ tice for the youns people to iwlld 0 spell by locking at a word. say os; long enough to get the sequence o letters and then chant d-o-g- dos: 0,00, 003; ||-9-3, dog-'an' exercise which is productive of ho goodhund is certainly not pleeslns to ei"- adther shouidilre child be trained to hotles cal-¢luliy_ the forms of words rpg; they may' e retentively printed ob his meffieiiyr ands when he has :c- haired some-skill in writing. the; ya' rgggng befdfd -lll0I’lI.I0lI0lI hd I 011'* he tau ht to-spell by the written me boil again all this it must not be ln- ferrbd mt oral -collins In IIII°i°"- on the °ouir:i.~ir.lt should so lIIIII<l ill; haha with t. written w°i‘ll» *I famous. _s.v_s_w II°II!_oIIi°IIl allay il;

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I3 uns l;r__:¢`m9a:‘f|Ai_'L';Il”;u.m _I

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her this sort ot' training in household

anagement. The objection may be made that

the inexperienced girl cook may sppn nlld waste things, and, curiously enough, sucll an objection is often made by mothers who will gladly and proudly spend hundreds of dollars up on their daughters"ucademlc or musi- cnleducations. Tile trouble ls that such a mother does not have the propenrc-_._ epect for housekeeping herself. And it is the daughter of such a mother' who grows up with a contempt for domestic duties and. when she mar- ries, insists upon hiring a "maid" when

mitted to take full responsibility nt

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' Train your daughter by precept and example into the idea that housekeep- ing is both a science-and an art, and the normal bright. intelligent Amen- can girl will gladly and willingly per- `fect_ herself-in domestic dutless.

DAINTY BANDWICHEB

wiches that will doubtless prove a wel- come addition to_ the school lunch box f -br irl: - 0 tgltixel-)§syndwfches.~ Slightly butter thin sllcslnf whole wheat bread; mois- tea chopped olives with mayonnaise

dr-esslntgud spread upon the buttered slices: read other slices with cream

_Fruit sandwiches-Cut bread, white, i

sandwiches. putting them together so .

Add few almond cho ed line. When

The marmalsde, of course, requires no

spread a layer of honey. Press two

f|.4-sister

Tile knowledge of the individusl`1

of cattle, but there is more difference t

breeds, than exists between the breeds.

that matter settled we are compelled t

out of which we expect to evolve our future herd, and secure in whole or in part of our living. _

STUDY OF INDIVIDUALS PROFIT- ABLE.

thc daughter of n poor cow, even if r

cealed by the small results from the 1 rest of the herd. The very ilrst tiling t

is to make a study of our cows as

individuals.

Having discovered the comparative 1

care of the calves than we should if 0

0

I have written tllus far ill a very 0

possible to convince the average man g

year to year. milking them alla raising n their calves without any knowledge ot' n

more than an ordlllary cow some day. 0

her every day when he is at home. There are a number of helfers in this 1

to make them objects of interest to 0

ceive much better care because of h

The writer has become interested in n

some of them himself that are miles 0

knows the cows ,and the sire from

sontial to know her in order to feed 8

in n general way. people who keep I.

cows feed them to sustain the body. M

from which to produce milk. There is f a wide difference in cows in the dispo- C sltion of the food they consume above y

plus`food products into fat, and add it 0 to their weight. Others will produce 5

more and more milk when the ration is increased, and there are cows that I will eat. and ent and oat. and what 0 they do with it no man has ever yet n written or said.

The longer l feed cows. the more l l

edge of them as individuals. There

too much. They are of the class that

untII the limit is reaclled, and do not carry more flesh than they should. no matter how much is fed. But those cows that swallow' their food and give lteii.h»l=~fiesh nor milk in return are not to be trusted to eat until they are ready to stop. They must have some- one to think for them. If the owner knows his business he can often make such cows pay. - _

A gentleman.told me some time ago

how he managed one of these _other- wise unprofitable cowsi' I-Ie was a member of the cow testing organiza- tion orgsnised ia the United States. One of his cows lacked nearly two doi- lars of paying for ber feed in one month. During the next month he re- duced her feed to the standard dxed in "The Hecker Tables" and sbs made s

-_- roflt of over a dollar and a half. if‘

Following sie a few delicious sand- ‘ge had known nothing about this cow

as an individual she might have lived on, losing money for her owner for years. »

FEID THE GOOD COW LIIERALLV

=On the othdr hand, the great pro-

ducer fs often injured by seanty feed-

' _ ‘id_ ir." I . A f y lntarioe ace

°P;==&n@§:?&¢i op nfgesbly, mobaselrlmz “V63 ilsgmlfade Je?-se

Serve on lettuce leaf between buttered flies of cows I have ever known. In white bread. fact

brown and graham. as thin as possi- pure-bred _Jerseys, but could not be ble. Use tour or five pieces in each registered.

that the colorswill contrast. Apple was three years old. A pretty good butter, peanut butter, honey or jam. price for a grade at that time. She spread thin, may be used as filling. ` was giving 35 pounds of milk per day

Fig sandwiches-Chop one-fourth of which probably tested 5 per cent. I

s' pound of figs dns, add one fourth of saw

a cup of water, cook to a smooth paste.. ed

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cold. spread the mixture upon whole no _ wheat bread. Raisins. dates or marina- was all right when I got her, but she iade may be used in place of the figs. is not worth a cent more than my

cows, now that I have tried her out.”

cooking. "How much did you feed her?" I asked.

Fancy cheese sandwich - Spread “I

fresh bread with butter over this answer.

Similarly Bllilllell PiB¢°il together and was his. No cow, good nor poor, can serve nt once. ' make “something out of nothing." The

*m--*_-~ good cow must be fed more than tho

, _ , _ 1 \_ \ average cow, because we expect more

from her. The man of whom I have

' D written did not furnish this valuable . heifer enough food to enable her to

gvfork the machinery for the production

KNQW THE |Ng|V|UuA|_ borrowing from her body for a time,

_.i she refused longer to honor the

` checks which he drew upon her, that

cows in the herd is one of most 1180- where she could still sustain her body. essary things in the programme of the 01 successful dairyman. There is hardly prom from her than from 11|; other a problem in the dairy business whose cows, png; if, was his (ann, If ne nn() solution does not rest in some mens- given her the raw material out of ure upon the individuality of the herd which to manufacture the product, she Much has been said about the o0m~ would have justified his faith in her. paratlve worth of the different breedalwnen no pnid for her n nlgnnr price

in individuals of each of the great any grade cow;-in our neighborhood.

it is well to decide upon some breed experience ls, do not feed the poor

and stick to that decision, but with cow too much, and be very sure not

to turn our thoughts to the individuals T.

H if W0 ill'0 I0 i"llll0"° 0"' ll‘”"l by broken all records for fat production

better breeding, we must discover our not only for Iyofesmns 0,0 ,hom of lleili COWB- We U0 l_l°i Wm" 1° 50 °“ nil other breeds .by producing in 305 i'roIII your to veur Illulllly gilesilillg- if consecutive days 24,t12 its muh coh- we are to build IID our herd Wo Wim* taining 1,116 lbs butter nn. she fresh- the helfers from our best cows. We ened at the age of three yem.s_ mm. "dll il-il’0i‘il I0 miie il great deal °f months and 14 days, and was bred by Duills i0 lllllte ille Veil' 5°(-'il C°W9- We Mr. Bernard Meyer Finderene, N. J.

Cilllil0i ll0ll9 fill' Kfeiii results "Um The test was made under the sppervis-

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the sire is a good one. If we have no eight different mpervmons were em, Niilly 8004 COW* ill °“i` held- We ployed ill the conduct of the test. From should know it as soon as possible. the amount off produced any com Perhaps we may have one or tw0 potent. butter-ma er could make 1302

COWB illiit We Of Smal- Vallw- but “fe lbs butter durin the _vear's test. This have never tested them and so their cow is Said to _“V0 increased in

splendid performance has been con- weight 250 |bn_ now weighing about

I0 do if We are t0 build “ll °“l` herd' bove all other cows in the world and

makes ber the World's Dairy Queen.

W0i'lll °f 0“l` WWE- We “im breed me ginning of test) in milk produced her

best ones to the sire that will prccure own weight in butter and gained 250 the desired results, and knowing their |08 in “ve weigmrand as she was only origin, we shall naturally take better 0

we knew nothing oi’ the worth of their furmor _0|.0°g._0f§'i{‘hg`, w0n,|9|-fm lm. ililms- ‘ ' provemeut posslblein dairy cows. An

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DEVELOPING -THE INDIVIDUAL l‘.I'g"fl'.‘e .°§.h§..°?.§§l’l§.?r¢¢21“§.?.T.’}.

Sfllleflll WHY- bl" I Wish li might be human food, must be classed with the

who keeps cows ot' the difference be- m,.y_ (aspthe president of the H_ iweell Simply keeping il l‘°"d f"°m Association stated at the recent an-

them individually. and breeding _and fm. the benem of me human mee in feeding those cows as individuals. recent yem.s_ I would my -.wireless

'l‘llo writer has in bis barn just now Lelegmphy- and the 30000 lb cow

u heifer that llns a rigllt to be wortll This quantity 01-mnk has been given

Ile knows this, ami so ho is watching supe,.v,si0n_

n

community that are born well enough bm two was won by Holestehl cows

their owners. These helfers will rc- in c0mp|e1e,l_ Fm.,he,._ an the dairy illeii' 80011 breeding- won by Holstein or their grades. In

away. He is interested because lie |,,.eed_

important for the breeder to know the m cow ns an individual, it is no less os- Them are to be found fumes _of 200

her properly. - - m

age of $140 a cow, and is~an illustra-

wllicll they descended. But if it is Hommd 0,. America has produced

"lid “U “"°"““°9'°b°"° this “m°““t the better class of Holstelns under

a

ows and helfers to qualify under

the natural requirements of their bod- I 14 007 0 _ _ ies. Some wilimanufacture the sur- €;1,._av4e Tgfrg old' 14_;;'s kmimf

both fat and milk. and others will give and 440 bum”

sland" can breed and raise thc equal f any, I will site four yearly records,

, ll made by helfers from the herd of Lea & Clark's Victoria. "Ruly Nicy" 3

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“Ml lr P ": -e _

realize the necessity for more kuowl- I2_208s;l§(°g6§r|)u"egf'" i 5 ar” 0'"

are some cows that can hardly be fed 790 mm( 516 bumm _

kee right on milking more and more 226 mm( 617 bun”

, I have not yet seen a poor animal

n that family. They were practically

He paid $75 for that heifer when she

himtllree. mouths later and ask-

him how the heifer came out. I was cheated in that cow. She gives more than the rest of the herd. She

fed ber as I did the real," was his

Of course l told blln tllat the fault

milk up to the' limit, and so after

s, she reduced her milk flow to a point

course, he was making little more

han had at that time been paid for

The lesson to’ be learned from his

o feed the good`cow too little.-W. F. _ in Michigan nrrner.

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“Tl-is DAIRY QUEEN."

lily W. M; Lea. Victoria.)

The Holstein heifer "Finderno olingero Fayne. No. 14,4651, has

n of N. J. Agricultural College, and

450. This wonderful production gives his young "Holstein cow" place a-

This cow besides going nearly wenty times ber own weight (at be-

little over three years old this re- ord is certainly` most remarkable,

n the farm, into such an immense uantity of the most nutritious of

reatest roductlon of the 20 tb can

ual meeting). If I was acquired to ame_ the two greatest achievements

y a llolsteln cow under "official"

21 dairy, tests were held in Canada 1914 and the biggest place in all

nd in the two mentioned no Holeste-

erd competitions in Ontario were

early all such competitions have een won by this wonderful dairy

The County ot' Oxford, known as the

ore milk than any country in Ontario

cres selling over $4,000 worth of ilk at factory prices in a. year an ave-

on of what can be accomplished with

vorable conditions 629 Holstein

early official test gave as aged cows

utter. 3 years old 12.314 milk and 12 butter. 2 year old 10.560 milk

And t.o show that “Prince Edward

ado

Nettie Rocker 2 years old class 10.-

Beauty Rocker 2 years old class ll,-

Tbe "milking instinct" has been lil.

fused in the Holstein cow, by hllnd- reds of years of careful breeding, long years, before the improving of domes- fic cattle was considered ill any other county, and this is why these cattle, as a breed, are uniformaly heavy milk- ers and prepotent and impressive breeders and are being so generally used in all dairy countries. 2000 breeders now belong to the association in Canada alone, and it was as late as.1888 that the ilrst cattle of this breed were imported to Ontario. Whole counties in that Province now al- most exclusively use this wonderful breed of cattle. And while it is unl- versally admitted that I-lolstésa are the largest producers of milk' 'and butter of any dairy_ breed a few ap- ponents of these cattle-try to make themselves believe that they do not produce as economically as do thus favorites. This has _been dlsprovsn times without number. in fact sll the lfeoord work of the Cow Testing .As- sociation in Canada have shown that, the heavier the milker the cheaper they produced. This rate held true in the r nvestigstion, and ls well known

'and at Truro Agricultural College the

year heifer gave over 75,000 lbs milk

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THE EARLY CHICKS.

Leave the chicks in the incubator

until they are 48 hours old. Supply plenty of fresh air during the time. Remove to brooders thorougrly warmed and dry, with a hover tem- perature of 98 degrees near the out-

se y

have the proper temperature. plenty

we give is fine No. 11 mica spar grit,

ed before them in such a way that

fore them from the start.

Eight pounds of rolled oats, to eight

always before them: Three pounds

Between the ages of five and two

the exception that at this time we cut

cut down the wet mash feedings to

c n e ter and

the dr m b l tb h bove is a very popular method of feed-

satlsfaction. ,

aring"of early chicks the

following factors should be remember-

watching, fresh air and sunshine. ex-

lmal food.

When we first place them under the

away from the hover and become chill- ed. We teacb them to find their way

In the Winter we aim to keep the

higher than in warm weather A tem

place of the hover is about right. We

_high enough so that when we look at

chicks will all be near the edge of the hover curtain, and the majority

ture should not be so high as to drive the chicks entirely from under the hover.

brooders. covered with a hinged mus- lin covered frame which we use as the weather dictates. We believe in hav- ing the exercising room, too, cold and sweet smelling. rather than warm and ill-smelling. After the chicks are three or four days old we allow them to get in the sunshine; previous to

because until they know their way

- s be

cause at tbla age they are apt to get chilled.

We make our chicks work from the

start, and after .the filth day all the grains are fed in a deep, looso and dry litter. We use oat or wheat straw cut into three of four inchlengths and a- bout three inches deep, the ilrst week. six inches deep and second week nine inches and third. and after that 12 in- ches is not an to d . W

o gets well down

for every particle. On- pleasant days around about noon we shovel away the snow. throw down some straw in front of the exit and allow them to run outside for a short while, watch- U18 them for the ilrst few days. So as to get them back into the haver as soon as they begin to buddle.

onssu Poop Foil cl-licks.

Very fine. and scattered on the litter. This is fed sparingly at first and in- creased as the chicks l

om mod is ex

cellent.

We feed a little animal food from

the start in the form of sifted beg( scrap, mixed with the dry mash mix- ture. We do not believe in allowing thecbiclis to have access to a dish of beef scraps all the time. because some °i-' "Nm llliielr to have an unnatural liking for it. est too much and contract bowel trouble and diarrhoea as a re-

to-all careful d i men. d tal ment lately -is:szi-ay eil: alibi" 'ei

" _ hs fa _heir f llbo. sh __ X

sglilpeegsor with T212; deszfszldarginlrtaslmisge -of tllsgssinfzm-

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i . a r iw .

¢'» wi 1* -1

pqrfslonul has st ousws givin; fs

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suit. We test all of our beef scraps be- fore feeding to our chicks by pouring

The milk dishes are scalded twice a

Get -Ready for Early Eggs Next

ly layers. Hatch your chicks froln

THE BREEDING STOCK.- Breed

only from healthy birds, Select a pen of one-year old hens and mate them with a good vigorous cockerel. Mate one male with ten to fifteen fe- males. Mate these for breeding about two weeks before you want to save eggs to incubate, and do not allow

THE I_\JCL`BATION.-If less than

natural means. Arrange to set. hens

Bet eggs as fresh as possible, and

8

Dust the hens with insect powder

Set several hens at the some time,

Ii the incubator was not thorough-

a better place for the incubator than

mac inc ever made ulil not

ones below.

again until tb's is d

ing the first pant of the hutch Test

y as " 9 °pW"' The “` twice, on the eighth and seventeenth 2

germs.

If from accident, eggs become cold

do not throw them out until you are

i\'eep chicks in the incubator twelve

ed; proper tempemmre_ careful to twenty-follr l:lo_urs aft.-r _iJsu‘b, h

and clean and disinfect machine be-

ercise, green feed, cleanllnms and an- IU” Plltthlg in Oth" 91289- '}

BRf)0DI\G.-Have the brooding

coops ready before the chicks have

hovers we watch them carefully. the. hatched; thoroughly clean and disin- ilflli few days. so they do not wander fcct. 2.03 at three, ,by Echo Todd, 2.14%,

Outdoor brooders for incubator

chicks are not satisfactory early in

EF.

temperature, if anything, a little Have everything Warm ‘md ready ll

for the chicks, with the heat up to

the bent under the hover about this

than too little. If chicvs crowd give

their quarters rather than lessen the heat under the hover early in the

for the first few days of the cbick’s life; feed sparingly and preferably dry. (See Exhibition Circular No.

_iii

Bran is not appreciated by poultry

raisers as it should be. It is rich in protein, but not' rich in carbohy- drates, hence cannot be classed ns a fottener. It is so great a regulator of the system that it keeps the fouls in good condition and ready to rcs-

tbat process is started.

that which is rich in shorts, midd- lings or low grade flollr. This is all wrong. I always prefer to purchase the dry, flaky bran nzade from Spring wheat. It comes in one hundred pound sacks, packed by machinery, and is not only of better quality, but is so much easier handled than in bulk.

The bran from the Winter wheat as

er,, but'it is not only poorer in pro- tein, pound for pound, but being hea- vier or more solid, you get much less bulk for your hundred pounds, and bulk is an important part of what you want. The white bran when wet becomes panty and that is the form it assumes in the hens' crops, and is distasteful to them. Select the dry, coarse. flaky bran.

Now the question arises, bow to

We feed III little sreeu feed every ireod lt. avery why. 1 mtl more or

day from the start. For this we like -if dry than in any other way In

°°bb“5° “nd “ mtl” °lll°ll -Gill illl every pen in my houses is a dry food

hopper that will bold fron-_ ilve to to eight. pounds.. In these I put the

weighed it you will find that 8 pounds of bran is quite a bunch. If your hens are not accustomed to it, they may need a little eoaxing for them to eat it at first. Mix a little wheat or corn with the bran 'and they will l00ll learn. You will be surprised how quickly they will eat a hopperful of

it.

The way I feed it to the chicks is

by putting it in shallow boxes. I have them standing around among

polling water over them and noting the colony houses where all the chicks

- ’ ' . “;'»"5;l.»'I5‘ '..-II.. ._f;-l_-r;.`L.- .--7.»'I~==i ` . -I '- - - _ . » ' ~ , _ l _ . ~ "1 -.~""" I-f~ 'I . _' law -_+ .-ff. - _ _.I-~t-'f-r-h - ~. - - \ ' » - I “ -~ - f I - ~ ~ ~ I < ' -

10 year average for the three last, the odor. After the second week, lf can have access to¢h¢rn_ 1( it "inn and three poorest cows of ll dairy we can get it, we keep adish of sweet- on

breeds show that the three last Hoi- milk before them in addition to the

steins made $12 each. more net pro- drinking water. my ‘ fit T year thian their next nearest com- in rearing of early chicks we lay nn

pet t on an the hree poorest Holste- great stress on the factor of cleanli- ins, made $22 each more profit than ness. We clean under the hovers every chopped Mtn' equal parts-'by want'

l'

them it does little harm.

Then I use bran as a basis for all

soft foods or msslles. Ii: gives

lk. Mixed with _corn meal and

their next nearest competition in this other day. and the exercising pens are 'Sgt bulk_nnd pmperly mum' c}a;ls.;i.n;l wlaige notl;l;lg ionczusive is :_i_eaned_:l_ut once a week. We disinfect sc A , c a m or t s com rat ve `est' yet oroug y after ea li l ani . Th f 10 years is time enough to give _'each' feeding dishes and (drililrlng lifguntaing gddm' and y°“ im" “ "°“d°"“"Y breed an opportunity to make good, are cleaned regularly once a week. “

out live to fifteen per cent. of bei!

D meal or granulated beef scrap

e dish for your iowls. Bran costs me in the winter near

productive ot Holsteins is even more week and washed out each day.- I-‘. thirty d°"“'° Pe' ¢°“- If it °°l'“* remarkable 5 cows including one 2 W. K., in Michigan Farmer, ilii-Y d°ll8l‘B H lon. I should at-ill use

it quite largely, for with eggs at live

in the year a. net profit of $100 per- cents each I can afford to give my bead 30 other breed has ever odlcial- p0U|_-|-RY hens a variety of all desirable foods ly ma e any like showing. __ that do not cost us more than two

and a hall cents per pound. If you

3 __ /_ _ ._ 0 _ __ Y “,~im_e,.___0n1y early chicks make can have never fed bran to your hens,

give it a trial and you will be con-

six to seven months before you want Vi""'°d ‘lf “B great "'9~ll"’~`A- E- V-

_ - eggs; therefore, get things into

H$%@H@I shape for en,-ly in¢n|,ag,i0,,_

1 THE TURF

TUR F NOTES

The Horse Review Futurlty, for

“de of haven The mst few days ‘in Male birds to run with the rest of foals ot' 1915. rcccivcd 007 nomina- the brooder we e to it that the U15 11003- ilililil-

Walter Cochato, 2.02%, goes to the

of fresh air and sleep. The ilrst feed one hundred chicks are wanted, use smilie ‘lf Hilffl' ii9l`SUy lie!! lllollill-

Two noted horsemen passed away

fed so they can’t help but find lt. Then in house by themselves. (See Exhibl- last Wed(-C' H' N‘°'i”‘"’ “nd Fred water with the chill taken off' is plac~ tion Circular No. 1). Dietz'

Miles in the neighborhood of 2.10

they can not get wet. We keep a dish 1 t _ are getting to be common at Los of grit, charcoal and oyster shell be- ;&;;g _let them become chilled before A039195 ililil Pli°llSi1ili0ll. Cul-

Tho porposed lnotch between Lee

Axworthy, 2.03, Peter Volo, 2.03l,§,and

THE F|R5T FEEo|NG_ before the chickens hatch- I']Ii1W8.Il, 2.0314, \\'0\lIt.I [19 "$01118" F1100.

The price paid for the Sheepshend

Fm. the nm, “ve days we reed the but be sure they will Stick to husi- ilay race track wllicll will be convert-

fonowmg mfxm,.e_ Bignmy momened ness before good eggs are put under ed into an automobile course, was Wm, B00, skhu_m||k_ "ve times 0 day: them. _ $2,240,000, of which $200,000 wus t-usll.

It is reported that E. .l. 'l‘rantt~r,

pounds of bread crumbs. two pounds ly cleaned and disinfected before stor- lll'*‘Sl‘1@“i Ui ill” i"ilSi€-Tllliou C0.. hull of sifted beef scrap, and one pound of ing oway last spring, do so now, and bought W0 m°“" s'°'m°““ 7°' Bm!" bone meal. ln addition we keep the run it several daysbefore the eggs mem ‘° R“’“"t “nd Wm Bm” 'l“`m as following mixture in .shallow sprays are put in. A well-ventilated cellar is "im" il” possimo'

A thrco-day nlceilllg :lt Deliver. Col-,

of cracked Wheat_ two pounds of une d t _ on July 6-8, with substantial p\lrses,|s cracked c0m_ and one pound pmhead U-F_;'f;o:_f>0l;_lh;lDBmi§_i:_}ncturers_ d___ec_ intended to attract the stables on 00tmea|_ We scatter “_ "me green tions but do not for __ ____ t ____ route from the l anama-Pacific meet- food over the cracked grain mixtures. bust ' h- _ ge _.R e ing i° Cie"ei‘l"‘i-