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TH! WN GUARDIAN ' .PAGENINE "'

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I 'ro 'rss FARMER §

Farmers and' others interested are

invited to contribute to The Farm. The Dairy, The Turf, and Good roads departments of the Guardian either by question, correspondence or otherwise. Answers will be given by experts to all questions of general interest and space will be given to any articles that will in any way help to advance Prince Edward Is- land interests.

Contributors are asked to have

their articles at this ofllce early eacn week, as only a short emergency item can be handled as late as one p. m. Wednesday. All received after that hour cannot appear until the following week.

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2 THE SCHOOL ~ '- AND

j_ THE HOME .

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Contributions for this department

should be addressed to

President Teacher's Association,

Guardian's School and Home, P. 0. Box 188 Ciiarlottetown.

IRREGULAR VERB GAME

While the children watch. the teach-

er performs some action as ringing s. bell, sitting dowu, etc. Pupils then do other things and each tells what he has done. as “I jumped after Miss Car- ston rang the bell."

“You see," the teacher commented,

"before this game is finished, the chil- dren have said. ‘Miss C. rang’ enough times to really begin to make an im- pression. The beautiful thing about it all is the fact that they say it over and over again without being con- scious of the fact that they are made the victims of a good stiff drill. be- cause it is all done in a game and they are so busy playing. In my rooni. we play that same little game, all through the ycar, by simply working in a little variety in conducting it. The little people never tire of it because it gives vent to their iiiborii love of motor uc- tlvity. Besides that, every tcachcr knows that children fairly dole on rcpltion and never fall to npprcc-into the pleasure of choosing for tlicni- selvcs. My boys and girls are as free as air. 1 have even stood by unabashed while they shut all of the windows on a stifling hot day. or turned an elab- orate round of somersuults. Of course when l 'do' my share in starting the bali rolling, I always take care to choose a past tense that has proved to he,.as.tlie boys term it 'a poser) "

“liow do you vary the game?"

` “After we have had several weeks of the simplest form, calling for the state- ment of the teaclicr`s action and one more of the cliild's own, the teacher again sets the new pace. by perform~ ing several different actions. while the pupils watch carefully as before. These things are all done in the midst of a perfect silence. I ani always slow and deliberate in my movements, but l do not allow any time to elapse be- tween tlie different things I do. When all is finished-l usually begin with three different acts-a child rises and tackles the still’ bit of verb-forniiiig

that l have taken pains to place beforcl

him. He begins, ‘l saw Miss Cnrstou begin our game. She rang the bell, blew the horn and then sat down?" I insist that the introductory ‘l saw' never be omitted although sometimes the statement is shortened to the sim- ple staterncnt, ‘I saw Miss Carsten,” and left al that. That iiivariable re- currence of 'I saw' is as powerful as a Gatliiig gun and by the time this par- ticular foriii of our game has reached the limit of its usefulness, ‘I seen’ has long siiico been relegated to the dim and forgotten past. Later on in the school year. when the children have complctely forgotten their earlier tim- idity und have learned to take thc initiative, they are ready for thc last fomi of my game. and hcrc wo achieve correct. English with a spccri that is fast mid furious."

"This form. thc most complex of all,

is a combination of language drill and practice in sensc work. lt is based upon that well known little ‘silent game' " in which one cliiid touches one thing, miotiior child the same thing and another one. etc. In adapting the device for use in our verb-forni drill, we. of course, make use of many dif- ferent forms of action as we possibly can, in the beginning, we take the device and use it just as \vc did in our lense training work-that is-Johnny touches a picture. Susie touches the, plcturc and then throws a ball, Mary touches the picture, throws the hall and blows out a lighted candle. At the and of Mary's activities. Mary or any one of the three participants in the game, or even some child who Iias been watching very closely. is asked

forms of e ver are correct, e s speaker is given the privilege of start- b ing the new game, and so it proceeds., c As time goes on. another action or two

til it i n t l that

is, along towar e c ose o e sc

the children t n cor

bardest form o s ev ce a

hild llentl nd iitl

another pup name iese a s n

,their proper order and also tells it all s

`ln correct Engllsh.-- Primary Educa- tion. - tory of housekeeping when the house-

casions when i rue wa e o

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to rem they might not occupy the centre of t

W . that the ch ren reman quie

some degree, or home would have been a pandemoiiiuni. I know that a my i'ather’s family of twelve rarely _t made more noise. evenings at home, than we hear now seine places where there are only two or three children in the house. I do not advocate entire suppression of noise, but even the _ `vocal activities of children should .

A number of friends inct recently

at a ueighbour's house to discuss plans for an entertainment to be given in a few weeks. The i`our children of the hostess were ull with us; they ,,

oldest at intcrvuls quietly replenished

word. of complaint. All were iiitcrest- H ed listeners to the conversation and all A replied Without hesitation when spok- g en to but were otherwise discreetly

school being“forward in books, as

day or two later what was the secret “ of her cliildreu’s good behavior.. She tl answered: “l have fold them there

company, and never to interrupt even

What a simple forniulai Wliut a

behavior that sets children apart 1 from the ill-behaved, saucy. complain- ing and altogether bad inauuercd _

\\-'hut a difference ii would make in

forced, H foundation on which to build

We women are clamoring for a

not mean this as an argument against t woman’s suffrage, for we know there

others, even their own children, as f

women are, u co . t plenty of work- io do home." as ii '

complisii along certain reforms of a state-w e .iarac er

of us to do at home, if we have

eare , an no c u _ 1 tent than to do what lies in our power o make our children and our child

will be an ornament io any community 5

io improve on the too rigid discipline oi' eariv times by a too great laxity of F

position of dictators, t

both extremes. and wliiic giving the 0

individual dcvclopcnieut are still rc- rluirliig rcspoct and obedience. as not only their own lluc, but impressing thc idcu that this is the right ui' all older people--considcrutioii from thoso who arc younger. Chlidrcn thus rear- ed are tliosc who “will be heard in the councils of tho nation." for. having learned lo bc listeners. they have something to say when it comes their turn to spcnk.~“An Old Fiisiiloiiecl Mother."

» SWEEPING THE HOUSE

Beforc beginning to sweep, cover

any articles which are easily soiled. Raise thc windows and when possible open the doors lf a broom is used., dampen it slightly with clean water or cover it with a cotton flannel bag, if sweeping a bare floor. Sweep with short ilmi strokes. Stand. erect when you sweep and close the mouth firmly. Take up thc dust ami burn it as fast as you gather it together.

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rises~to say. 0 n touc e t e p cture, corners These are the hiding places Susie threw the ball, and Mary blew fo

out the light.” If ball of the past especially clean lf a carpet is being

th th

is added un s o unusua- used It is good for the middle oi

din i‘ ttn bool th

year--for o ame - or peclly gs many as eight acts with the being used in many homes, and it is names of the children who performed the ideal way of removing the oust, them, also. in the proper order. The as it can be more thoroughly done

fthi d i is th tin th

which one c s y a sw Y pet sweeper lt sucks the dust up

performs seven or eight actions and into a box or bag, and keeps the air

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ke

SEEN BUT NOT HEARD and there never was a time when the

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There are very few of us older peo- use by these better devices. In many

ple wiio can not recall countless oc h

tlis I s nf reed

to the letter. an n ose ays c sweeping. Allow the dust to settle en were very glad to be permitted th .

aiu with their elders. even if woodwork and furniture with a cloth

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the stage. G

ln those days. when large families ing as you work. After dusting, ere the rule, it was very nefessary wash the dust cloths and hang them

iid i t t i

to tell what was done. He or she Be

‘J h n d ii i .

. .---~i--- eper had so many cleaning devices,

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have 80"” "‘““-- 4-;',

ranged in age from 4 to I0 _vt-nrs. Tile si

the fire without being told,'and per- Xl, formed Omer "me msks wmwuc “ Too ufteii the scent clinnges in four or

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H I. I me the owner cannot locate thc trouble

silent. They.arc a ive y. w - I my M hbv awake youngsters, those going to gal” muses at "Ou Q W I a*

the saying is. l asked the mother a ”°

are older people in the room, who are fin

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father and mother when speaking, un- 5 _ _ , _ _ . _ i_ [CSS we give them permission A lilirll the chick, Chicks in this cond

delight it would be if all mothers :lo would adopt and enforce thus, this '

ti-uc and tried receipt for producing ge

broods we find in two many liomes- ‘S

those of the rich us well as the poor, 2;'

the citizenship oi' the iiation. if every " home had some good rules strictly eu- I’

obedience to the laws of the state! as i“j“rl°"B~

hand in making laws for the country bl nt large, while only too many of us ; are not capable of making iuws where- “

overii our oun offs rin I do D

by to g ' -ii ir.. S

are men as incapable of governing W

D t I I think “there iq and how to feed. Some people seem

neighbor said to a friend who was Fl talking about what women could ac- I”

id (_, _t I strange land investigating through

Yes, there is surely plenty for all

homes; at any rate, wc can make our U

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Emuegf elif” fig g0°]dg.°lgg,,,O,1ei::it; chick for several days. so do noi. feed

t for three or four days.

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reii's children men and women that n

and valued citizens of any country 3

they may choose as their home. We 2

have been told that our forefathers

were too strict, and some have sought W

rule, letting thc children assume the to 48 h°‘"`s' “"0 lncreaso the feed as

Tiiouglitful pcoplc sce the faults of li

children all the liberty needed for with hreml Wunlbs' “Y” good for the

most careful about the cracks and

r disease germs and should be kept

wept be sure to run the edge of the room into the crack left between the arpet and the baseboards. A carpet sweeper is sometimes

e room, but not good for the cracks

corners The vacuum cleaner is

an with either the broom or a car-

ree from contamination. The dust hould then be burned. There never was a time in the his-

oom was so nearly crowdcd out of

omes the broom is never used. D not dust immediately after

oroughly Wipe the dust from the

at is slightly dampened with oil. ather the dust into the cloth. fola-

n the sun to dry. I

Do your dusting with your brain iid your conscience as wcll as with our liaiids.-Mrs. Louise H. Camp- li

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_ POULTRY _W , , ,

BABY CHICK TROUBLES.

This is the time of thc your for Baby Chicks." There are very few ghts which causes oue’s face to light ith smiles more than to sce a brood nice, fluffy, thrifty, littcl chickens.

e days, and the hopes of the owners re brightened for the little chickens row sick and weak, finally dying, and

licks may be traced to one of tlircc urccs, namely, heat (too much or ot enough), feeds, or crowding. While the chick was yet in the shell ie egg may have been heated to such

extent that the yolk was hardened

li it could not be used by the chick t the chat was not great enough to

ii look strong and healthy for u` few ays, but soon get .sick and dic. This ndition is found with cliickcus hat- bed in incubators only, as thc heii's nlperature does not get high enough o cause the troiibie. After the chicks lintcli, thc mistake often made of keeping tlicin too arm, which has a tendency to weak- ii them. The best brooders are ar- anged as the chicks cantlnd the reath. lf the chickens are crowded Letting the chicks get chilled is just

The second cause for losses among aby chicks is the feed. Just before ie chick is hatched it takes the yolk to its body. This is n little lunch asket given to the chick by nature to uppiy it with food till it learns how o eat after it comes out into the big orld. Much has been said about ceding baby chicks. as to what. when,-

o think that because a little chick is if-.king at everything it sec that it is ngry, so they feed it at once. 'l‘lie

ittle chick is it new creature in a

uriosity, and is not really hungry. iher people know that the chick has ie yolk inside its body, and that it ontains food enought to last the

These are the extremes and either my do injury to the chick. To feed as con as hatched would gorge the di- estive system with too much food. iid to wait four or five days, the la- or required of the digestive system ould be too great for its strength. -, The better plan is to begin feeding mall quantities of food nt froiu 24

he yolk decreases. Nature does not kc abrupt changes. Ilard boiled ggs, ground fine shell and all mixed

first two days. then change gradually to rolled outs and wheat bran. Aficr the chicks arc five or six days old, fccd it mash composed oi' equal parts wheat, bran. rolled outs, shorts, corn- nicnl, and to each 100 pounds add one liali' pound of fine table suit and two pounds of flue charcoal.

in the afternoon inolsten enough of

the dry mash with sour nillk or but- termilk, that it will take ihc chickens twenty or thirty minutcs to clean it up. Do not mix so much feed that some will he left to spoil.

llegln gradually to feed a good gi-ado

of scratch feed, feeding but very lit- tle at first. Keep grit before them :ill the time. lt is a good practice to give a. few drops of sour or buttermilk to thc chick as soon as it hatches. it tends to control diarrhoea. Keep either a good grade sour or butter milk or water before the chicks at all times.

The third cause for |.ronhlc is

crowding. (lliickens cainiot sweat ilkc many animals do. for they have no. sweat glands in the skin, llierefore, much of ilie impurities and moisture must be carried out through the without proper ventilation. the air becomes laden with moisture and im- purities, so that the air cannot do thc work it should. This places su unus- ual-.strain on the kidneys. which re- sults in a weakened system. The chickens coine out in the morning weak and tottery with little or no ap- petite. This is often responsible for weak. low vitality birds after they get older.

li a chick is properly hatched. fed

and cared for, there are very few dis- eases which will effect it.-C. T. Pat- iernon.

POULTRY NOTIS.

Eggs used for sittings so early in

the year as this require to be very carefully selected. especially if the weather is at all severe. The breed- ing pens should not comprise more than five hens at most. although a larger number maybe used if two male birds are run on alternate days with the liens. it is-much too early,

are fertile, the poultry keeper may plot. but not too far until three weeks consider biinsei fortunate. old. always confining them at night un-

If a broody hen is used for incu til

bating the eggs slie must not be en- ca trusted with more than ll. to cover ev and a small~slzed bird will be better ne

the dew is dried off mornings. and lling them back to the runs early of enings. Keep clean fresh water ar them. Keep the mother well fed

with 9 or 10. The great point is to- and be sure to guard against lice. The see that the eggs are so covered that hen is thoroughly dusted with insect

none are exposed. To attain this ob- Do

wder before giving her the wee ones,

ject the nest, preferably of straw, and once a week until six weeks old will require to be very carefully con- each little fellow is caught and dusted su-acted. 'riie brood hen will need beinz Sure to set the powder well handling with care, and it is as well d0Wl1 i0 the illllll end! Of the Will! to see that she is thoroughly broody feathers. Don't house your turkeys in

before putting the eggs under her. Cl

se buildings. and don’t try to raise

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.Use a few china eggs as a. test,,and With 9- Chicken l110lh€l'~ D0I1'€ Over if she sticks to these for 24 hours or f06¢i-

so it may be concluded that she means

Don't raise scrub stock. Get your

business, foundation from some line which is

At this time of the year llle pen rich in vigor. strength and vitality.

siiouia never be aiiowed off the nest Avoid inbreedins.

for more than uve minutes at a time,

In raising prize winners, we cannot

and if the weather is very severe the fall tv appreciate the wonderful beau- eggg should be ¢0ve|-eq over Wm, ty. the rich bronze color, the black, iisnnei wane sue is on. Her food the brown and the clear white. painted

should mainly consist of maize, which bl'

is heating, but green food must not W

the hand of nature. While all

rkeys raised are not prize winners,

he fo,-gotten, nor must gm ,md pm-e_ all are money makers. So, if you fail, fresh water, If at the time the chic- "Y again- V181! U10 N5 BIIOWS. S0 kens are hatched the weather happens ‘mme “ml H0 back Hifalll- BUI- 4101171 to be frosty, they should be confined give “P the lurk-“FFOIU il" HIJGPCHS to a sheltered out house o en to the d"""°"@d bl’ MVB- E- M- SOON. 0! Liilh-

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sunlight. and fed generously on foods "0

ofa rather more heating nature than "Y

would be advisable later on.

D. M0.. at the Missouri State Poul-

Sliow. St. Louis.

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PRIZE WINNING TURKEYS

turkcy business, and how i finally was _successful in raising birds good, enough to wlii in our great Missouri' State Poultry Show. I bought two hens and a tom to start with. From

ther. I fed and pettcd and watched the

remained 11. When I hauled them to ‘-

ed that four had crooked breasts; f

The following January my husband

There l invested thc entire returns i

keys. bought from thc winning flock. li

went back to the show, bought thc Z ye-ariiug tom that had won first placc ll

studied the habits of my birds. This time I went to thc show, l selected <1

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passed on, won first in the class year. li

.CARE AND FEED ll

than by lack of it. A lady once culled

from those under the chicken hen is

and laced in the run prepared for ber

and are brought and placed near her

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lurks. This is given four or five tliuos m

I will tcll you how l started in the `

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OVERFEEEHNG PlGS

l huvc had considerable cxpericncc

lllegg 1 Bel 43 ¢gg5_ one ,,,0,-ning 1 with feeding and caring for hogs or mol; 40 l,rigl|l.¢,ye(|_ llulfy lu,-ks mm, ull ages. and I find that much care the nests and with the nintlier turks **|‘0\1l‘| OU lllkeli M this 80115011 Ol' inc placed them ln a mn prepared for year not to overfeed thc pigs. lt is na- tnem. 'i-but night it comiiimicea to ll"-"il for every farmer to want to rain and it seemed to im- like, as of S00 hifi WUC Diss gl'0\v. Often one gi-is Dm, -'40 day.; and 40 nights me rum it over-zculous and rt-.ally spoils thc ani- kept li droppiiigj' In fapl, ll was only mais for later growth by feeding niorc about i0 days oi' cloudy, drizzly wca- "1"" HWY Cilll liilillllli

lt is true that thc clioapest gain u

roi-ty awhidis and iiwindic. one ai a Dig ever makes is while he is ymuis. time, sometimes two, until 13 alone but it is as true that lic can economi- reuiained.. At selling limo there still Cfllly H1141 Dl‘0|iUlbly D1-Ike Olll d vcr

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aiu nniouiit of gain at that tender

niarkct at li cents a pound I discover- 1139. will lllill Bain Sli0l1lll be in the

orni of bono and new tissues, rather

these were docked as culls at tl cents. UI-“ll fat- `

The digestive systcui of a young pig

and i made it ii point no attend the is Small cud weak- Thai is why it is Midwest Poultry Snow at Kansas city sivcn bulky feeds like milk. namely.

o enlarge its system. '1`o givc it large

from my turkey crop in u pair of mr- ‘ rlauntitics is not alone a loss of feed,

ut results in :i loss of eiicr , of di

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I mist-.<1 21 turkeys limi tiuic, and gestion. and u iveakcniutz of the di-

estivc system. All the food has to c digested whether it is ussiinilatcd

and next your buck again. iuemiwiiik-. 0_1' pot. and thc Dari that is not as- l bought a standard and studied the Sllllllillfffl. DIISSPS l`l'0lll U10 ll0dl'. Silkl points of a perfect specimen, also l U10 l'€‘.Sl1ll- IS SCOUFS.

i iiavc noticed among my hogs at iifercnt times. pigs that were more

and bon lit. the young loin thai when 01' 1085 Silllllmlv alll] !l\2\l'S Wl\.\' T

now that u iig is (roudcd loo hard

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and next ycar. l ini-ide an exhibit at our lil H10 biigilllllllg Will H01 ll€V<‘l0D DTD- gmllt glam 3l|0w_ “filming fll-sl puck portioiiately large later on. lt ncver one year, first pallet and second lieu. becomes abit- to handle and utilize Since then i have been winning wlicrc- 10 aflvallialle large <l\1l1llilll0S 0l` fvefl. ever my birds were shown. it simply becomes stunted at thc bc-

ginuing as a result of too much kind-

ess. By ull nic-ans feed thc pig enough

'1‘uri<e_v habits are different from io keep ir. thrifty and growing. but

most fowl. They are wild by nature. do not stuff hiin until lie is li burden More turkeys are killed by over 1-arc cvsii to iiiinsclf,

My early experience taught me trio

me to the telephone and said: “My 1120058115' of exercise for the srowins lui-keys are dying. The liiila things pic. Even in the Drvicids or growing just eat ami eat and then die." Shu foods. which young Digi-S M0 gil/@Ii.lll0 was feeding all the hard boiled eggs Dl"0D01'll0l1 Of CHl'l>0llyrlrates is liigli. and bread crumbs they would pick up. three or four times as much as the l’oor little lurks. Poor woman! The protein. The function of these car- turks had it case of imiigestiou, the bohyilmws iHi0i'i0l<lhwt=u1fi energy. woman, a case of misplaced kindness. but if the body does not rcquirc

l hatch my young turkeys mostly enough to use up these iiuirinients,

under chicken hens. Tile turkey hen UIEY E0 f0l‘ 'he Dl`0d\\0fl0l\ °f fall!! US- sets aiily xi short tirnc. A pippcd egg sues.

Hence the pig. 'llc must out these

placed under it broody hen all night carbohydrates; ii` he does not exert and she is left to come off with her enough energy in digesting his foods, brood of one. Then she is caught, lu moving about, to utilize them, lic

dusted thoroughly with insect powder becomes it little bundle of fat. Fat

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rms around the lu.-art, liver and oth»

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The other wee ont-s have been nestling or vital organs, he becomes dunipisii, snug and warm in a soft-liiied basket, inactive, and in many instances dies,

A fat little pig is anything but dc-

Just inside the run. She is left a few sirable, and a little pig is bound to hours to get acquainted, become fat if he is not given sufiiclciit

When about 48 hours old, the first exercise. Every day thcy should hc ai-

feed is given, which consists of stalc lowed to have frcc range over it flcld light bread dipped in sweet inilk. prcs- or lot, and if they want io rt-main in sed dry, und sprinkled lightly with u the beds or around thc old straw piles, tables oonful black pepper to 15 or 20 drive them' out and compel ilicni to

ovc about.

a day for a few days, adding hard boil- ed eggs at noon and lcttiic-n lcavcia :ind onion lop cut ilno with scissors.

Lot ilicin range on a grass covered

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well ne, write to ue I-

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l. feed shorts with milk. twlco daily,

nilxing in sonic oil meal. I do not for-cl much corn. I kccp plcniy oi' sluck coal in thc fr.-cd lots, mixing salt with ii.--

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THE IDEAL IN FARM LIFE.

'l‘iir-rc ought to bc. und can bc, dig-

nity in every iinc of honest legitinmie work. Tlic person who conccivcs a high ideal and docs his levlrl D081 iS bound to succei-d. It is t.hc inw oi' ull “»0||.ilirecicrl efforts, mid well~<lircci- ed ciforts have a high idea consiunily in view. The bcst is none too good for

¥ thc farmer.

qtrlvo io do your best in cvcryihing

Let past. failures be stepping stones io higher and niorc perfect things. Do not be content with liaving things only good, but niakc tht-in excellent. Roni- lzc your ideals by actual results, and make ouch result at least one degree better than the last. This is growth. and there is no success in the highest sense without growth.

ltccentlyl rode with a faruier whosc

teain of horses was sleek and fat. l asked him how it came that his horses were in .such perfect condition With considerable modesty he told me tbat it. was through rare. and that it was just as easy to keep a horse fat when once in that condition as it was to keep it poor. i-lc stated thai all farmers might have fat horses at all times if they only would. The same farmer keeps a small herd of dairy cows is ns high as in handling horses. He is content only with the best rc- sult.s. He is successful. too. -

"lf we only would"-- therein rin-

rub. Simply wishing a thing to he done is not willing it to be done. “By faith we can move mountains." and it takes faith to save the farmer as well as ordinary transgressors. The

faith in tlhe dignity, utility and ideaiity

of our ca ling. We do not always try t o trouble is we do not _ have enough outdo ourselves in making the ro- sults of our work shine as a lamp up-

on a hill. giving i-.hear and iight to the whole world.

suits are unlimited in all lines of farm work. The setting of high ideals and the directing of' all realization will coiiiinuaily raise, us to higher and higher places.

is much roorn for advancement in all lines and branches of farming. Dairy- lngi Poultry raising and all animal hus- bandry are growing both in quality and in quantity. Domestic plants are now bred us well as cultivated, giving results heretofore undreamed of. The soil, instead of wearing out, is being built up on many farms and made to yield richer harvest from year to year. There is room for the highest mental and physical efforts of both young and old,

For the young man or woman there

are few, of any, more promising fields of work than the farm. And thc furni- er of tomorrow with high motives in his calling will be ii much respected man.

Bc a farinvr. but be a man bcforc

you arc o. 1`uriucr! Aim to make a good living and niakc money, but rc- ineniber that there are higher t hlngs than mere inoncy getting and holding. The scnsc ot' right, unscliisiiiivss, rc- spect and charity for otlicrs arc great- er than money. Sirivo i`or tiles:-. liuvc things iiicc about thc farm, as iiicc as they run bc. Do not try in oul- do your neighbor, but cfiiistiinily try to outdo yourself. /\bo\-c ull liiiiigs have pcolili- say that you :irc as good it man as you arc n i`aruirr.

Young farnicr. cstabiisii curly it rc-

putaiion i'or 1-liurucicr, for doing tin- ,rlglit thing. Lot iiitcgrity, courtcsy and cliceri`iiiii1-ss bc your wail-l1wor<l_ iiuliivatc thc`sc until ilivy inccoiiie it habit and an linlcstriiciiblr- part of -_your bc-ing. 'l‘licn sci your uiiu high in your cliuscli work. This gives iii,-:iii'i_\' lo your oi-ciipaiioii.-- li. ll. itusliiing, in (.‘oicinuii's ltiiral World.

SAVE BREEDING STOCK.

‘No counsel is better suited to ilic tinics for :\gi'lr'u|iiirisis than utlvii,-c to savc their br(-cding sion-li. To Huc- rlilrc if now is in court. iunn-iilarioii in thc futurc. With millions oi' mon victinis to ilic lust of thc \\'ui', ilirro niust come zi siiorlnuc in :ill flcparl- nicnis, of horses, of rutile, of slit-up, of swine, of poultry and of dairy pro- ducts. With siiorlago must colin- in- cri-:iscil doiininfl, und with iii:-i‘i-usi-ll lit-iiiaiid liiusi. coinc in-l,ici‘ prim-i~:. Even he-fore tlif- great. ouibrczik, tlicrv wcrc indir-atioim of it shifting of ,lin- ucccssitics, of tin: incri-use of livc stock falling far :short in proportion to tin- iiicrensc in population. (lt-i‘ui;iii_v the lfniicd Kiiigdom, and l\ii.siria» Huiigziry nil iind it Izirgl-r li(-rc<>iitai:r~, in iiicrczisi- of mouths io fi-cd than they had off bt-vi' :ind mutton to put fiito iiicni. (‘z1nzui:i is lit-tim' oil' than tlie_ countries naiiierl, for, while their ar-cf-ss of population siiirc tho beginiiing of ilic r-oiitilry hurl lic,-l-ii from two and a hall' to onc, and in cattle from five to one, the lloininion shows an iiici-ease in population of 34 por cl-ni, :ind o|` cailic- of IT pcr cont. Russia, thc Argr-ntini-s and thc United Slnives sul-ii had an ziiinuzil dc- creasc in cattle in ilic period i‘cl`r-i‘i't-il

creases in population. States is llic wrosi. off. rclativi-l_\' speaking, lmvliig ini-rcitscd in popula- tion 24 per ct-nt. and tier-ri-use-fl in livi- stock 30 per cent.

Farmers iiiighl wcli digest thc forc-

going facis ull of which arc gatiiorl-rl from official sources. ’l‘he_v inighi also well ask ilicniscivcs what they are going to do about ii. Having arrived at the decision, as tlir.-_v surc- ly will, io follow the advice of the l~‘f\d- eral Department oi’ Agriculture, to save their breeding stock, they will next desire to know how the bcsi and most profitable use can bc inode of that stock. Tlierc can be hilt mic uns- wer--brccd to thc llc-si. 'l`o hclp to u solution of the problciiis. of selection ihiis pi-csentiiig the Viiblicutioiis Branch of tho llcpnrirnciil of Agricul- lurc at Ottawa have had prepared a sc-ries of bulletins on tho Iirceiliiiir und 1'(-nriiiir 01’ liorscs, 1-nitii-. sbccp, swine and pouiii-_v. and on dairy prorlu<-ts, tiny of which on po:~'ini;<--i`rco appiivzr lion can lu- hull grutiitmisl_\-_ _

Apziri i`i‘mii thu pri-:.'¢-ni fit-iiiaiiiis of

filo iigliiing zii'iiii<-.sg \\'l|ic|i ui-l~ i-iior iumis, il` tin- rain ol' im-rcasc of live stock in ilu- post has bw;-ii iii-ilcit-iii. what must ii. ln- in iiic iui\ii'c'? (nn- uda has in llic past _vt-hrs in-cii n Iiirgc linporie-|° of sh(-up proriilr-ts. From Australia :uni New Zczilnnll have lic:-ii ink:-ii uri-ul tlliuiiiiiics of fro'/.1-ii mut- ton und ul' wool, llul iiiosc coiiiiiric.<. csln-1-iuily ilic ilrsl-i\:ini<-il Insi yi-:ir t-xpi-|'ir-lim,-ll iri-ilu-iuloiis lo.~‘.ss l`i‘mn clronglit lit-iii-u llii,-i'c will bc url-,ut np lN'l`|llllil_\' i`or slu-cp-|'ziislii_L:. in 1-oinii-4-. liun with which il Is ixruilfyliig io lu- nbll- to sinlc that thi-rc has liccii cou- sillf.-r1il>|c iniprovt-nit-ni iii thc \’\`<,-si. linprovcuieni, al ull is sure iinlii-niimi of poslbililivs that should hc insult- line niosi. oi. l||‘:~'l1ori., ihcrc is no bruncli oi' livi- slot-k l\i'r-wliiig in \\'l|l|»li ilu-ro is not room for inipro\'i-liiclii. Swim- liuvc in-.cii su(-rliiri-il :iiul .sIai|l:,litcri~ll at n iiiln-li-to-l\e~r1-src-iic-il ruin of init-. iii thc rush for roaiizuiioii. lil-forc thc your is out, and in ilic yours io como (hero will iv- n niuch gi‘<-uicr dciiiunll for but-on, for Iizini. i'or pork, ilizin tlircc is today. Oi' dairy products ai, somcwhui siniilui' .story bus to be told.

The ilniicd

Tiiey have not been rushed on to the market as have swine, but the increase a

The farmer has perhaps the broad- h s fallen for short of the proportion-

est of all fields for the realization of ate increase of consumption. So much high ideals. Possibilities for great rc- is this the page that we have last ye”

to call upon New Zealand for seven million pounds of butte while our

r.

efforts for their. exports of cheese have declined, This,

as well as other aspects of the situa- tion, can only be ovcrcomc by improv-

Experiments have shown that there cd breeding.

CORN STUBBLE.

Our system of crop rotation has

always been to so\v Winter wheat on the corn ground in the Fall, By wheat- cutting time tlie next summer the stubble from the corn stalks will still bc quite uniiccnycd, and in most cases stnmiing quits upright. Naturally, this condition demands that one eith- er elevate the binder so that to cn- tircly miss the stubble, and thereby miss a lot of short and fallen wheat stalks, or di-iibcratoiy cut through the old dead stubble in spite _of the injury it is sure lo do the hindi-r. Of course, wlierc thc ground received an exten- sive prc-pairnilon before sowing in thc l1‘all, many of tlic stuhbles arc clinglz- cd clown, lint with niodcrll disc drills and the lntcnsc rush at sowing tinic we- find that wc, as wcll as our neigh- bors, fail to low:-r many stubble,-s in our niclhcd ci' ircaiuii-nt. Thus it iiiuy br- sci-ii that it is highly oxporiic-nr. io in-i-ak down iiic stublllcs in sonic \-fuy in-i`0rc wlicai.-cuttiiig tiuic.

mir priu-iif-c has always been to do

tin- liri-nlciiig sonic tinic during liie \\'l||l<>r. ll' ilic iii-ill has corn or fmillc-r in it limi has to lu- ilrawn i'roui tin- ilcill llirouglioiii. thc \Vii\t<-r on 11 lou' sli-ii, wc nini to brc-uk the siubhlf:.i just as :icuii as liossiblc. so ilntt ilu-y will iiol rnki- liic ioildcr and 1-:irs i.`i'oi\i iliv iintlf-i' sidl- of thc loud.

\\'c wail-li conditions until :=.'=i-if

frosty niornlin: iiiiiiii-vlinil-ly nfl -1' lin,- flzimp spi-Ii. Al :nn-ii it thin- ilu- ;-'talks iiinl tin: in-:ist pri-ssurc \\"'i iiizikc it :irc llllvcl uiuiost as brliiic :is un F.--init,-. snzip oil' closi- io tho grouiiri. \\'c lii\'~: