FOR FARM

I CONSERVATION I

A WEEKLY COLUMN 0F PRACTICAL OPINIONS OF THE VITAL ISSUES AFFTIFPING THE USES ANT) AIIUSES OF NNPUILAL RESOURCES BY MK. LUDLOW JENKINS.

- NEWSY NOTES -

__ D AGBIOOI-A

THE BRITISH MILK BOARD

MA“S"FIEL|)_ printed on the one side were the ing kings which are recognizable » A f "——'— “°Td5--' by the average botanist; such as

. “ml” 1“ Nmmer“ Ymk‘ B” gmsemt it W? "1710. Lord. The arrival of September sug- the Blue-stemmed or Wreath __ ‘ 4 _ ‘ $h1_1_tf._\\'iio sends mve the news twice Be ere and ev‘ where adored: goats to many people the end of Goldenrod is. cur-stat, whose un- |-'i-,i-.li ‘llll; nliwS supplied t <li1ii1~*i'-t:ili.e and are 1 M511. has lust. \\'1'lttcn‘ nn account Thy‘ creatures bess and grant summer and consequently a. sen- branched stem is studded. for _ " " . “l” W“ " l "-‘l,"..1“1' ‘m5 Pill" of “Q Fuvlues i“ ““"'l"“§“‘- H” “t w° sun of dirge and lameiitatlon; nearly its entire length, with pale By Ii‘. if» l.<‘(illII|ili.*, stati- Gsnu- I llidnwcflilljlaily: liaslitistlovcr thirty head o. cattle May feast lnParaclise with Thee. others “touid gjng pecfln5 u, the 31.110“, cyusters of flowers in the “"""'“ ‘Hmumm “f uh.‘ M“ ‘F? ‘e. “uppms m“ CW0“ 5°‘ Amm‘ relief of cooler nights of sweet re- axils of its feather-valued leaves. > lul- the tians- cictics Dairy in a fashionable sca- . » . . . _

g ,, ,, ,_ i \. 1., pggvntwql we m .. I h 1 h , pose which the turn of the year It favouis moist woods and thick ‘It. is r» Y» w) wt _¢“‘~U“-r S1110 Cu. “HUS imn1inf“;-.,‘9 selthc m” w“ wqgatfiame “PB kmWmfl-B “John brings iviih that soit ‘gauzy cts. Another ivoodland species is u‘ ‘ ‘ ‘.......11.;.{.§.. u- 'il>'>t‘"l 1o ‘llu ,.».‘.....,l_,.‘ |4Vlfillc% “_ m lfvlflfllftll-M k H ‘f “Y5 Grace‘ .““d “range W wisttulness of the countryside. so the Zig-zng ts. flexicnulis). so- " “ -=' .1’ ' Y ‘. ." . . ' . . c. l“ a ‘ l‘ _‘ “l c “g 5”’ m boyhmds “W5- We- 3-5 redolent nfthc evanescent cnchant- callcii ‘on account. of its prolong- . niiiuiyiiig .i nu, i. mu l..l\li iu-t Board \\lllCll docs mast of thc scholars in the National School mom, of spring cd wnglt-d s-tr-m adorned with small

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.7 ‘uiriitnltrtt, hi; i ylxnzl‘ L2" u“ [hztil-iilrtés-V.“ nllflhirincsl zoos through {Ogigigd and carried on by the Et- The fall QI (lew-spangled gossa- clusters of flowers , in much the . . ._ H’ ) .- .. ' n f)“ ' -‘~Y._‘_“‘ll“'l' ~ e 9x‘ l?’ . e“ cmlmh’ 5a“! ma‘ bene‘ mer is one of the many charms some manner as s. cncsia. but its l V l l m I’) "l1 mm“ m “HM” or “dmlnmlnulm mo“ my mcuon w m“ “me "Old Hlmd‘ of stucet September Numbcricss, suvcrlgi-ri lmvcs nre oval In the

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l" . ‘ H‘ bf Lili‘ i.'_.",.k"”f“ll§,',{,i}1 nfcrizlll,‘ §f‘l,‘,l,‘,_;5°,‘§§ff, d? at will‘? 061°C“ threads of’ the vcry finest silk, S\\'-'llll)7S zintlpi-nt bogs the Bog Gold. , t; tfunzgi.» H“. .\'\.,.,.,'1,,, I,“ e whoypmu, Wm i“, ed to be an “lfmecflusegeelve 599m‘ made by tiny spiders; supliosctl in ciirnrl 1S. uliginnsat sends up twoto \. 4n‘. nut-c.» \). ..i,,.t.~ (,‘,,..”..,,u,,‘,, (,5 M‘. f m. .11; “glam h L, “mg ‘ffeen the simpler times to supply the looms four icct high a densely flowered ‘ m“ “"‘“~'l lliil‘llll'fll'\l§r'l'ill“‘ the ycoiléirlilcvcokiln- ers" “fr. mafindoegniclotfhgxistDishetiriliildi “Vimhlflhicilhfairidcs ‘lvovllittlho 1mg‘ llblolim imglmnzl‘ Spire of fluwerséi

l. ilitll n1 .' . " “ - f . - tcria or t eii- ainy i e (rcs- s Mm". runcics are so aimrcsse , ' , _ U“... _’ 11f‘ 1;} tlglviflhjlnigtiltlo ‘resigns an?! at Alravvviihlovkcd at without pre- m, _ that it. has a wondlike effect. The » ~. . w. i» nut. ‘ -‘ ,' ‘ m] “F” 5 ‘l. We‘ - c Grace mlgm‘ we“ b“ Then there is the mystic fnsclnzi- lcuvcs nrc long and narrow; the U H ziyiiriwiwcc liitltlivlgifllmli)nllgonlqhlfitgglé léstgrxiichwittlioiirltc Cfiffiqncaén lgilufigy (ion of the huge orange harvest llovxcsl. oitcn mcnsutrlcs nlnte inches

" ' . .‘ . ., - - ,. . - mnon by night. whilc by day the 011g. Ilul perhaps 1r bes known

i-L ,(.)\§,X,O1thc,.,,l:"“;lg 1;; flllgfcfib“ dlémwsl?“ “Yum l,“ ".4593; Septcmhci‘ sun touches the blusli- of all zirt- thc Canada Goldenrod

. l ». o; int-ii ‘ci-iliiiicc prfom 1 awn 'l;.'hree‘,..“;)f [gmenffiodoneq lmlo- ing trccs gcntly. as with a bcni- (S. ruiiatlciirusi and the Tall

‘-l-> “mm-fi "ml a 1 “u. ix...“ l" .1 11k t ' (P 1 ' hs - 0m 5° 1°95" son. ’I‘ou'nr<ls the end of the month Cioldcnrcti 1S. altissimtt) which

"ll 1Y15"Cll‘°*”\'"$ “W's ‘l 1° m‘ usmlrass ermps t e3’ “re “k5 the “Wm” 'lllt r i t transform whuic ncrnss lntn Ink

i ~ t. . . . , many of these trees \\ u n n o es

nu mt mt. bu. as a rule we raise I met some years ago who said he ~ t

.. , one or morc foils each vcir This used no "Grae befor’ VI " b a blaze of glory’ ' of gold “lath the" ‘vaflng plumes

the k ury ‘ “we is w. “om; w grqg; We- have “use he “qrked f0 “n l- “MH 9' The sumucs are among the first of nvrmnitl-siiniiecl clusters of

ma‘, m‘ h (me venrjéld m, and M honufm me gignerliai‘; l _ to change; not only their beauti- flowers. Onc much cscmbles the

_ . t - ’. ‘ . ‘- . ' , a?“ ful fcrnlikc leaves shade into )Jlll‘— other. but the Tnll Goldenrod is

l“ 3.. I?“ ‘l9 1"?“ one hows made Omar (mm “as used shorter and to Die crimson and nrinive but. ihc taller rind has larger flowci-heads

any “My. v,.»,..._t-,..;_ Vi. I...,..,.I_., il.lllllj.,’il\\ll.llt‘l‘. load haly and the point; said. and not sung. It era's.’ “gm velvety “cfuswrs of “hm, Cmmdn Gnmcnmd has near;

km ll til tHIllUl “ill lJISl ynii wilt.» “ldlllllli llll- (‘mils 1}!" Quit 11nd K93 “35_ I -t b . . l l ‘my n 1v Um gnnllcgt fmworhcqds of them

_, ._.,..-;\-, y; 1M. h“... L, Um (t) d mm, .i zctrti oi hay morning and night. "Lord, bless this food to our use, firm] 01.0.“? i,“ i111‘: p.16.“ hboilrrigr. m; ‘ ‘ ' ‘

m,“ H DH“. g t - W.- luivc had n0 pigs for some and us to Thy service for Christ's ‘.6 ca‘ b m-c ‘ l‘ c. . ‘f . .

“llgmvrpk; PM”): _ ‘Tubs. The mm, goes ,0 town by sake‘ Amen” ' are clothed with a hairy stickiness Ilic Ash-rs or Michaelmas Dais-

‘M l, l, m m,‘ m m0 mm of a (vk “Bu, mommg This ‘v85 always 531d by we that I5 pleasantly ncid. 'I‘lies0 trccs ics tso-cullcci because the feast

.»_ us. ' \'(I it-ct lll lcngiii uml $H.\-' ‘he iiulk husincss in Britain got youngest at the table with a lmd shrubs me One-n found gm“- Pf sl" “lwmwl “m5 ‘m September

L\<" nt l"i\Sl rozn n lunh. tilt‘ Millill sort: "-11 a cilflOllC state. with the vague feeling that the’ innocence m“ on Lm-t‘ my ““.“-“"S' “in?” ‘mm “mm “mthpr lame and

min zu out-h ll lxlltll‘. therefrom. or ii as tho "goat," that pro- 0f the plendcr would be more ef- “lo”. “unfit is §nld—oifm»s a Complicated group of pmms’ and

.l.'l(l ;.-i u mull box vr cnu- ui-re only too glad to be or- fective in 59mm}; me benediction‘ giateful refreshment to the thirsty aye. in many (311505 hard to tell

_ viii» .'~'.l‘ s of wire aci oil lL$ other industries were, And lastly. shorter still was the ‘ranfiuor’ tllihcijlhlmh ‘mfckcgq .1“ “:5 “Plrt- BM!“ [PW fr?" £9 "awed B;

- » im mic ,1 “a... 5......) (1.5... . -_ . -d 1 - G f , _ mo ‘t uni tic o‘ eir ac sigi ; Sllfll as e arge- cave I 9.; .1‘, n“. “Us ,,u.~],,,...,, U". n! €,l,’,,,._i.l,ilsul‘otrfié stratgegs- almmlgélixclglségfigggs fag“; coating, or stccpcd in water to |,Astci' (Aster mncrophyllust, so_ 9 “my 1.1.1.. iy; cumin; 54-h. m...“ oxpoujng the producers‘ bu, my“... our house‘ one o, Zmjm m“ serve as a woodland lcmonnde. coiled‘ becrittse of its three or four ‘u u t ‘m, Hf \\'_1][(>r y“. Inldull 0y ,1“, Sum 01- mo; {at ‘m. “mm “m, Con“; to Smy- tending his hand’ Sun 1y Sam v Another contribution to Scptcm- cniispicious lcnves on long stems , m. on M Cam if you (105,... u, m“. we sq._nn.,.is Ami mm my {mend gives me Benedict,“ benedkm 1 bers ‘splendour is the ideal colour III n clump near the ground. It z ui _\l:iI'}'.f\I1(l Ilus we huuld desire the use of coin or so“... ~03. hon...» news_ The farm which he translated for combination vi 201d and royal grown-s m shady places as does the . t .2 ‘us: _ v wAudqyl ‘W5 Occupiw by one line b! benefit “May the Blessed 611:2‘; purple made by the goldenrods and hcrirt-lcavcd Aster (A. cordlfolius) e -_D!'fl('."l4‘£1l .et-d- lhcre m‘; some species, suchns rm. prom“, “Thor-s ancestors ‘or blegycuh h m .1 Michaelmas daisies. with its masses of pale-lavender g it; innit linrivi‘ i119 inu-livs, spurri '.~._ etc. \\'lil('ll . ,1 “Ummunns came ma’) the ma‘ ' in m“ “w ‘efe "ll e5 T9‘ At this time the gnldciirods flood flmvcrlicads. But the best. of them _‘ l of .\l;. lvlcslty _ , U; mmmh 15m“? of male “nets Imemoly- the world with gold. In their ovcr all is tlic ‘New England Aster (A.

. .‘1\'>I\i:11i.\v flit ,- _ A @0131“). Company Dough, n’ was“; 0&3 {INS mentioned in eighty different kinds of all shapes nrivzic-iiiiglizic) ‘with its huge *'“.“"" “P” a _ " woikc-ti a scrim of coal which as weils g1. mC-llldcd me food and sizcs ‘they may be sccn grow- branching clusters of large cfolct

14>. in .i _. _ . H V Om. mo, D910“. m" surface as e consumers according mg everywhere from the tops of or magentn-purplc flowerheiiqls,

iniii .i..- also wry . hub yuum... u... farm-t . , ' M31901“ EHQIl-‘h 115E86- mountains to the seaside. ‘Fhcre And so dressed in gold and

_ we i-ut-ommvncl 1|... wrrohpondpn? F“ my ii ‘ail-string; After dinner the whistle blew are also those which live in the roval purple. Scptcmhci- a5 with

nuirsuich us‘ }i.~iii lm mm‘ “Mn a {Mm Mm Shallow (ma, and vie fled into schocl again. woods _nnd others which prefer tn n fanlnrc of trumpets, hails the

.ii<_li innit d"! w. m“ I ' _ Then after the malster had giv- dwell in the swamps harvest it iwitiui n‘ cnvn l. unv Wu It i ~ 1;..,."Q,..,..,.‘I“‘.,l;,“'";},,l§§‘§'f;,"§§"k§fl B“ "5 the Kfiyhcte. We sang: All the Canadian goldenrnds have It ls‘ nil very wonderful this ~t."*l. Tie ~..>: '~~il‘l'.\‘ll1l'l|S ‘j_ “" - ‘ - “ -;- . , ' ‘_ __ ._,

“ .... m» >w< answer Iii. i». ,o,"ge*h=»k1h¢~»1~=er~r thew ggglyg", £13355: ,§><§5P;, Pgcygqs other .01 1‘1~h~»_.v¢»+r= which

. Um“, “m. prplw, “M t‘, .11 Lime urisynable to subside at Add . ' I Gaga bicolon‘ bkmug/e jg) jumbo; Eztlnlllll-Tlyfll-Llflltlle Pldimitive cntkin.

‘[""""‘ 1"" "-"-"‘ l“ ‘hi’ l“""~“" llll"\"'"' ,,,....,{"§jl‘,i§“,§;,. j,r,hf,.rfys“tlyl,"lgdyfinlo?g like Xrzilizrrlngectzugfirofsojuelfsuf; blw‘ 1rc crMm-ivilile JOnly "in expert. ‘truly Lwilli ills: niljewggtdsalixltliurnrljht;

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1H ‘UHF ‘VJMHW r v U’ m W" DUNK, now, The bread of we sent down from can nanir most of the species, complex-Abe composite-to which

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n rthlini will“? v4.11‘: s-tlilltillfi heaven. Amer; - icre nic. hovevei, some titstantl- the golclcnrods and asters belong.

|.i.'i~l_ :irri:m-1 vinir prop 1y on pasts, Iii "GRAPE BEFORE MEAT." _ -;_ - _ ~___T_ H. _ ,__‘_V ___________

"intctit. llltvl". u.- in trot». _ _ ' g H This was suns w the tune zcmons P tile, Thevl vvloii (l I This inMcffFIi-Fenffciciilf-

Iiivii- unis an exhibition of old wflTPham- 11nd Was the prelude Pr! hrrln, molasses. and Epsom tux». lncri- is iin uncertaint when

‘ "" "' ‘ ‘ "»"‘»'""" vhnt. ftilll pritlcry in Lmtdon 135g to the long afternoon's work, Salts poison bait for grnsshopprrs the scicntific (Latin) namegused)»

"" ., and mic of the exhibits was but the press notice docs not give Locking about. the mill rid we

.. l \\'i‘.'~.lc_v.\. traimi. It hnd .1 Two Iflsflttkideg. the proportlons.ln the Hawkss 13:1" siic at it. ~ ~

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m, i urn/n) u. hnli-a-gnlloti, and The New Zealandgfs are an m- district whvcre- tiieyliavc born trou- light grcvn scum. Further examina-

i, n; moon; mo!‘ .. . bled. as us‘. weir, with the white tron snowed the supposed scum t0

vntiiu uiui i..»>».i-... ' -—~ Celtbhtri- Butltrf-iu they have bet" bv composed of thousands of our

t “p.31 ilginii. ry much nllkg spraying for scvcrzil scnsofis with n.

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:.. are commonly found on t‘ t inninii biirnirirrl fowl, viz., (l1 ‘Ouw. i1» Ille baby louse, A t. louse. and i4) the l‘lic.\‘ do llTPll‘ damage he birds, cruising tilt-m owl tall off lll lay- nuei" tins llPPIl wide- . i-niizniig lll!‘ lllFllllflI l.\, tiiruiuii [lllS tact. is

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1c lvitly’ lnusc, but. is smal- puiy and brighter colnrrvl. . i,_ of this spccit zirc laid . iii i-liutr-rs, hut. singly; bctivccn II l‘ llliilii sllnli ‘and iiic nllri‘ shaft. 'l"l(‘ .lll' lll.'\tltl'_\' is similar tn tlic ‘in: spcclcs. cXci-pt. that

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YTfi-iiirllw-fiill length in the pound as guar- iiulccil on lltt- lag.

7r-Slrcnglh---lc.<s lw-‘iking, loss wasted time, loss wasted zxrnin.

3——lCvcnnc.<.<-—nn lhick or lhin spots-no “grief"

-i__~1|u-ci:il virindincn-no “lanizliniz?

[kc “f; IHCEN SHEAI” Twine for an economical

ha: _ fro: from trouble and delays. l’l:i('t your order with us early in case 0f n V

shin-lace lulei‘ in the season.

We have _iust. received nurseasnms supply, which we are sciiingni inwrst prices. .

\\'|lf)l.i‘IS/\l.l'l and RETAIL Spcclnl Priccs lo FFIFMCFB‘ (Zluhs and lnsiiluli-s. Don't fail in gcl our prices lit-fore Iiuying.

A. HORNE 63° CO.

F IIAR IiOTT FJTOWN

|ll iw flu‘ "|7iil(‘ll mcthnd" rm by llll‘i'lii.. of a shaker. In the first rust: Lil!‘ luwl as lit-hi by lllf‘ legs or i\llllZ.. wuh mir- hand nvcr a shallow inn or ll. inhlc rind rt pinch of the tlry mntcrial is applied lo various llltflb. of the body’, viz., the head, but-k, brt-ast, below the vent. thighs. cuu. and one scattered on tlic uiuicrsitlc of the spread wlntz. Hy this iuclhwl mm man can do a htrrl zit. the rtttc nf m1:- tn tvm every throw minutcs". using one pound tn ri Iiuiitlnvl lnrrls. As the matrrial l5 rnllicr irritating to the nostrils and throat. cnrc should he tnken iltvi, tn brmih ton much of it.

in using n shaker, Phi! material may bf! tlllutctl one part m four Willi flour or other dilutcnt. As this mcthorl produces more or less dust. .1 damp sponge or other protector may be tied over the face in such n. way as to protect the nose and mouth of the operator. Thc dipping method is the most satisfactory for treating birds in- iiwtr-il with lice, ihoilgh thorn is a ]Ilf"jll(ll("‘ against. dinning birds on tn» tinrt- 0f pouitrymcn. With this matcrinl however, the fctithers are m: thoroutzhly wot, as in the cute nl most dips, particularly those of an nily nature and the feathers dry nff in a couple of hours. especially zvabcii the operation is performed rm a still. sunny day, which is the (iliiv kind of day dipping should he zinnc. The material causes no skin

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footed

sodium fluoride or will nnswri‘ the same piirpnsc. r3) 'l'hc llSP of flpivrrs nf sulphur com- mcnds itself tn many because of its i-ffcclivcness against. the 11cc.

young chicks without a sign of in- jury,

'lhe material is strength of threc quarters ounce to each gallon of water, lukc warm. in a large tub. The fowl is helrl hv grasping the base 0f

used

and the hack and ti pcd in water all but.

PFillIPTS arr ruffled

free hrmd. the llPflfl is thcii ducked.

cast rind its availability. It is usually‘ applied with

tinn o this pnwdr-r. which is appli- ed with a shaker on by the fingers. curt- heinz taken to work well into

AGRICULTURIST

the feathers.

SHOULD SLEEP WELL

GRAND RAPIDS. Mic-h (-—ClP)—- Fred Clarke has been collect- ing clippings on lrisommin. for yvars and her suggestions counting sheep and walking bare-

in the dewy grass.

‘The three per nent income tax levied brv Maxim on shipments of goods from Canada has now been removed, as from June 2. 1938.

WELL DRILLING

Communicate with

33 Orlebar St.

II. B? JAY

tahacm dust.

a shaker

in the of an

has lwcn used a

ci-rqxccrrcmwn _wumvbmu

(Ezmerfmental Farms News)

solution of 2 ounces of Epstm salts in one gallon of water, "and. fcctivcly reduced the gruhs on cali- bnizcs and cauliflnvv

gait t the

hectic, and is poisonous tu

the W _ 1m quick- l“ ""5" . 1.11,- hmri, Epsom sails l5 known with tho chi-mist. as mngncslum

thc hig hlruzk the bark of thr- "WP-“plllll Willow"

its l“

or‘

the trap is frequent. "T c greatly atlrnrlcd take ii. to the larvnc and flllflll

l0 include

cxrcrtl thaw: ni fcmiilcs, b. r- neatly intcrcstcrl in plant llic. I naps 24 in m» thousandzvlre. levels’ raid n visit to the; lovrty miilPS 1.024 L0 fcmnlcs 1.000 An ‘l-“Tlfl "W" CflIHitlIiYU-i llilllfi. in tIlIlPS of war and stress, when New Glasgow. Wc naturally made 111m; is, s, gym; wgghmgq of map. 0"" Wit-Y W m0 ihlllstrrnm,_ which lifc, it is generally (rnncctlrd that. i-ht-‘tillh lmflll W95 V"? Tflillfi and male births predominate

rent." the lcnvcs merged, but the

above the rl p

11ml"!!! Wllll ht‘ Pilibltm cl Iirll- UIICO wrote: "A immnn ls not. like “Zmtmm Th“ "Milli/Pill “WW hm- mntliri- or ll(‘|‘ daughter; she is Potdmocemn pcrfcllalus L- tll!‘ like lirr grandmother or her grand- claaplng-leavui Pondwccd. In the tin-tighter." There ls a kind of