.mgg. 1909

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THE LATEST NEWS

'At present mutton of the finest quality is in demand, and the best ou'slit! is found In the young and early matured lambs. if the'greateat profits vol-

dbie are to he realised. the lambs mus for high quality on the cheapest feed 1 l Mp growers who will furnish a creep

t be put in the best possible condition hat can be found. There are plenty 0' for the lambs in the spring. give them

.n mod start and then turn them‘ loose when grass comes to shirk for them- Ives. The result is the lambs get a check in growth and do not make much

mgr-en until they are put in to feed f

as a whole year to attain the wei months. _

During August. 1904. it was my nrivil

or fattening the following fall. It than ght that they might have made in six

ego to visit in a neighborhood where

there were several breeders of pure-bred Oxford sheen. They had been doing

well bv their lambs. and as it was well once in raisins coarse nol lamhs. th Not being satisfied with the estimate weighed quite a large number.

known that i had had some exp. - ey set me to stressing on their weights. I made. we got out the scales and

We were. all surprised to find that several of

rho heat ones weighed around 150 pounds each. and yet they were not full!

six Months old.,

The incident set me to thinklne o through the summer while they are r place. the lambs are setting a part of t "tins grass. which Is it cheon feed. a

n the problem of feeding iamb- unning with the ewes. in the first heir livins from the ewes. They are nd the addition of a few oats. wheat

"‘5 hm" ""5 “mud Mr" “'i" “induce the rains in weight much faster and

ohm"... eh." cur- hp dnne later in life.

To the second place. there is much

“'"t‘ ""4- "'1‘" '"Rr‘ret weirh‘t- are attained much sooner. and thlI price

that can he realised is in hand withn

of further trout-is and risks. in the

third place. the drain on the ewes is not as hesvv as when the lambs are de-

pending on the milk frnno them to sun in hatter condition to start in the coral saving of vital onervv as well as feed t '00." breeding condition.

The farmers in the nldnr portion o

Ming them some grain through the s nut will bring the money sooner. tha In: them shirk thrmwh the sume the winter on hav and grain. The c be much less than to feed the whole y weights. _ The first essential for raising thrif stock. Ancestral influence is an imp looked Therefore. it should he unders ram are of greater value as feeders a the grade or mongrel rams.

During the long period of years th

halo and make their growth. Thev are on breeding scar-no. which is also a but would he needed to put them in

f the country who raise lambs can. ‘W ummcr. easily raise a better duality n hv'ths plan usually followed of let- r on grass and than feed them throuwh ovt represented by summer feeding will our to attain to the popular market

‘v and profitable lambs is good. thrifty orinnt factor and should not be 0V9!" tood that lamhs sired by a pure—bred nd meat producers than those sired by

at breeds have been forming 'lmilell

Ihvorahle conditions and generous feeding. the thriftv habit has been form-

ed. and as is well known by experie capabilities of the progeny. Material i

no», has a telling influence on the nfluence is also of Importance. A

WGIk. 9101‘” ewe “Innoi imDflri Strength nnd constitutional vigor: therefore. _

the necessity of using such ewes as br Iical strength and are capable of furn

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Many new regions in Pounds are b irrigation projects are being develops Canada is being opened. The settlers l pioneer conditions.

ecdprs as are endowed with great th- ishing a liberal supply of milk.

s s ’ "’ sing opened this season. 'A number of d. and much raw land in Western n these regions must be content with

They must expect much hard work. many discomforts.

end Possibly small crops. They must not be disappointed if their horses fail to do as well as in n‘tler settled communizles. There is danger of swamp fever

and other troubles incident to a new lo

callty. Keep a stiff upper lip. and

stick to it. These troubles can be reduced to a minimum by doing thorough work and using great care. A small acreage of field crops must necessarily be seeded to provide feed for the coming season. otherwise the expense 0f

opening the farm will he great. Best re

sults are secured by giving the most

thorough preparation to the soil. even though the land he exceedingly rich and

if the planting cannot be do

virgin.

no as early as desirable. do not hesi-

hte to plant a little late. You may secure a good crop. even with late seed- lng. consequently you will be just that much ahead. The care of horses is Well more Important. Many new settlers are short of feed. Grain is high in a new country. and the temptation Is strong to feed little and depend large-

Iy upon new grass. This Is the wor hard work should have an abundanc

st kind of a mistake. Horses doing 9 of grain feed. with some hay. if

can possibiv be secured. There is nothing better than oats for horses. If a full feed of oats cannot be secured. mix In a little barley. which is usually

available.

Be sure and provide good well

water. This is most important.

Philly of grain feed and pure water will ward off swamp fever, which is the

most trying horse trouble in a new region.

At the end of the season. if the

insults have not teen quite up to your expectations. remember that you have

Inot given the country a fair trial, and stick to it another year, at least.

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"' 'A good example of the ease with w scattered broadcast throughout the co neighbors'

An official report issued by the bureau of an

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hich an infectious disease may be untry is illustrated by our Southern

recont experience with foot and mouth disease.

imai industry at WashingtOn

states that upon investigation it is found that a large firm of manufacturing chemists in Michigan accidentally infected smallpox vaccine virus with the

Virus that produces foot and mouth disease. painting was done were kept in a stock yard at Detro

shipping to a farm near that place. .

later distributed. being sent to Buffal

' Later three carionds of cattle were put in these pens temporarily

'l‘ho calves upon which the pro- lt a few hours before

and o and other eastern points. It was

these cattle that took the disease and scattered it throughout portions of

New York. Pennsylvania and Maryland. This experience with foot. and mouth disease, which is now happily en-

tirely era the expense incurred by states. rail

only through the well equipped system c yas eliminated with no greater damage.

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dicated, cost the Government alone $800,000. to say nothing about roads and private individuals.

It was t federal inspection that. the disease

4 Hon. James Wilson. secretary of agriculiurs at Washington. has issued

an order permitting the importation of IO; for the purpose of exhibiting at t to be held at Seattle,

eat. to the thirty days’ quarantine. provided tin-y p

sheep from Canada May 20 to October he Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition.

Wash.. from June 1 to October 15. without being sub-

:lss satisfactory Inspec-

THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

DAIRYING AGRICULTURE

POULTRY

SWINE '

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Careful Watching Necessary Dun-Ind Dry Months.

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Trained Men Save Money To Wise Farmers.

AMEB UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE. LABOR THAT IS WORTH WHILE.

BY C. V. GREGORY. BY GEORGE STEEN.

The great strides Town is making After the (inflation of fertility 0f the along dairy lines are striking notice- soil for corn comes the moisture part. able in the dairy department of the Vcry seldom is there sufficient rain- eoilege at Amen. The efforts of the fall when the crop needs it most. it department arc devoted. not to getting docs not rcquif‘P much until about ins-I positions for the students who are al- scliuq time. Up to this time it has ready there. but to turning out. men inst been getting rendv for work. fast enough to fill the npniications that “'l'cn the tassels and the silks come. come .in. So far. they have been ut- there is more and more. need of water. terlv unable to do this. At tl‘ls critical time. usually in August.

Tweutv—tlve mcn entered the one- is unfortunately also a dry time. Such year dairv course last full. (inlv five Doing the case. it becomes necessary to are left at present. The othcr twenty adnnt some measures that will says. have none out to fill positions in water. not for a rainy but for the. dry creameries in lown and the surround- davs. Mllt‘ll "in Y» done b" WI"?! 1" ing states. Tcn men entered the known as the dust mulch. Cultivath Onllrse in .innunrw. and four of these ground loses moistnrc rapidly by evap- hEV" flirdfl'i." lnft to tnks up creamery oration at the. surface. work. Only two of these have gone Cultural methods that will save the

RAVEN DARE. A SPLENDID TYPE OF UTILITY SADDLE HORSE.

The saddle horse pictured herewith is just a little "carer the idcnl type

of saddle horse than one often Bees. The smut way in which he carries his head and neck and the manner of holding his lzlil Illiiil‘lilli energy and makes for ideal beauty. Raven Dare Is a thoroughbred and is worth several hun- dred dollars.

out at salaries as low as $60 per month. moisture as won us put the soil in fine Most of them start at $75 to $80 with (Hill can be zuluym-d. If the land had prospects for later advancement. hccu 1.: corn the your Druvious. it is This one-year course has been pui in (IIHkPII lliliI llurrmvml before plowing. especially to train men to take charre This provides .1 1m of10053 50“ [0 mm of crcamcrics us b'utter makers. Theldou'n in the bottom of the furrow and work given is very practical. The aim malacs good pmluro fur the roots of is, not to give the men much theory. but the corn plants inicr. If the land he to turn them out well equipped to stubblb or “III. cultivutorl ground. the handle the creamer-lea in the best DOS' hai‘i'mv should follow the plow each sible manner. .In addition to this one- hull tiny and sumolll down the plowing year course. a four-your course is also to IlI'M-l-nl L‘IIIIIS forming. given. . SHUUM lilo sum not shine and the The four-year course is a great deal wian not blow. it is not important that more thorough than the other. turning‘tilc burrow i'nllnw ihe plow. as ciods do out men who are fitted to become in- not form under such conditions nor 1:; vestigators. teachers, or butter expertslthe evaporation grunt, A brisk south- ln largo establishments. All the menpvest wind and [he sun shining will who will graduate from the four-year form i'IUiIS in four hours that will re- course this spring are going out. at sa-fquil'c a whole season to pulverize. liar- iaries not less than 51,200. One of them rowing. (liskillg and other cultural will get $2.100 and another $2.300. [till'UJiv'IS used in making a mellow sued. Realizing that it. was utterly impose bod also prevent evaporation. sible to keep up with the demand for Whenever it rains and forms acrust. trained croamcry men with these two the moisture evaporates from the sur- ccurses. the department. several years face. the soil muisiure just. below tho ago. inaugurated the idea of giving a surfucu rises, which in turn 15 also two weeks‘ course of instruction during ovupornlr-il and mom moisture from be- the winter. This course is designed luw chums up which may also in turn primarily for men who already knowlbu c\ll|lUi‘uiulI. The rapidity of the something of the businw‘ . Last year. pron-5:: depends on the nature of the, creamery men from all sections of the soil. A compact one where the soil United States attended this course. and particles are in close connection fo- the capacity of the department here vors rnpul evaporation. so does a high were tuned to the utmost to provide for wind and a low humidity. all the students who sought admission. in order to prcvmt [his rapid an"). A one week's short course in farmv'oratluu it is necessary to Lil‘qu the dairy‘ing was also given last winter. 0103c connection bum-en the surface This is to be made still more of a feat-.soii ulul luwur down. This can best be ura ncxt winter. One of the greateatidonu by having a cover of fine. dry causes for the strong demand for train- earth to Hit" depth of two or three ed butter-makers is the fact. that the co-; Inches or more, \l'IlIl'il effectually pre- operative cremncrlus throughout the; vents cvupormion (-chpt at a very slow country are beginning to realize that it.‘ rate. Anyone that has examined a ays to cmpioy good men. ' «veil-cultivated field hus been struck by When these co-opemt.ive creameries tile dryness or the surface. and only u wese first organized. they regarded $50 few inches bciow it was almost wet as a liberal price to pay butter-msk— enough lo make mud bulls. After cvery|

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.‘ote to ship off a lot of stock to an un-

SELL YOUR SPHINE [IHICKENS EAHLI IS iHE SUHEST PIII

Save Cost of Longer Feeding and “set Good Market.

CITY Is BEST MARKBI“.

BY MRS. MILLIE HONAIC‘ER.

All a rule I have found that t'm best time to sell young chickens is just as soon as they reach marketable size. This is for scvcral reasons. First. prices are usuallv hotter. especially on early CIlIl‘Ix'H. so that more moncv may be actually obtained for a chickl at an early are than for tho same chick latcr. Sprint: chic‘nans are scarce carly in the season and in Bond demand at a smnll sire and a large. figure. Later. after chickcns beromt‘ more plentiful. larccr t‘hlckons or». not “=0 much wanted nor so \vcll paid for. ' have sold one—pound chicks In May for as much as iwn-nnnr‘r‘ 7*” out of the same lot a month late».

This brings me to the second rea- son. which is that cost of longer feed- ing mnv be saved and possiblo insan- avoided. l have scidom galnmicnouch hv lrncnlug for grcnter weight to may for the food cnnsumcl‘. and l’ hnvo fro- I‘m-"tlv lost chicks nftcr i might have sold thcm. which losses. of course. re- ducnd the profits on the lot. Another ransnu for mnrkcting horiv. cspccially whore only thn culls and cockI-rcls are to ho flisnosod of. is that .thc rest may have the more room and the hotter A flock of fiftv chicks will dc- vnion more rnv'idiv nnd oveniy than onc of 100 and with fewer losses. and whore "inter lnvsrs are an object the earlier ;ha pullcts can be matured the bet- er.

I scldom soil moran chickens tn iriMI buyers. Usually they buv by the pound. offering what looks like a fancy price. but which In reality is far br-lmv what it should he. City markcts make quotations hv the dozen on cnrlv chicks. prices usually running around '6 a dozen. These prions are for onc- nound chicks nsrlv in tho sprint.- and two-pound hrnilcrs A month or two inter. The, local huvcr docs not Minn my show- 12 or 15 cnnts n h0tlnd_uvltif‘h is finite n little loss than T fool instincri in accepting. So fur T hfivn found it most satisfactory to soil throur'h citv MI'uruissirm rnnn. Mnuv hPt'Il’lIf’ hnsi-

known pnrtv or firm without anvthinc in show for it. but i have hurl no morc trouble in getting what helonos to ma frnrn thorn than frnm fflon.tn_f‘nr~n h-n-prs. In fact. T do not rccnll n sin- cle instance when l rl'd not ni-toin ant~ ivfnctorv results. i have shinpnd tn vorlous cities. but niwnvu with nhnut the some rnsults. l usuollv “with for market ouototions "head of thn tlmn i nruler-t to ship. and kncn myself nost- Nl as to bricks and wright-I. Ouan- tinns are furnished regularly upon re- «Heat.

For shinning cratns T use livbt boxe- oml int thorn go with tho I‘Hir‘lru. ] arr-n urnd nico crates. which cost mo anmntuinn to cat. 7 thought to have. llmm r-nhvr‘nPfI nnoh timc. nu onc Is sun-

‘woaning period without a stunt or kink

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“ I 4 A Hog ls Half Made With Weaning

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BY D. A. GAUMNITZ. A hog is half made when past the

in its growth. Every check or halt in prosperity through its first two months is more expensive than at any later period. Too much rich. feverish milk of the dam. causing thumps or other ailment. may leave harmful results. perhaps as much so as scant feeding or other neglect of the. sow. More injury may be done to a pig's growth in two or three days than can be repaired in a month. even if he is made the subject of special care. which. where many are raised is not the ruin nor easily pran- tlcnblc. "Good luck" with pigs calls for attention. and that not occasional. but frequent and regular.

From tho first wee-k after far-rowing until weaning time the sow will be little else than a milk machine. and to be a high-power machine in perfect opera- tion she must have proper care. Noth- im: also is so well calculated to make pigs grow as a. bountiful simply of wholesome sow's milk. and the pigs that have. plenty of other feed with the milk of 'a well—sionpod sow for eight \vnnks ’will ordinarily have much the start ’nf those weaned at five or six wcekrs. no matter how much food and attention the earlier weaned pigs may hare hall.

At night or nine weeks old most pigs are. or rather should be. fit to take awav from the sow: some litters are individually older at scvon weeks than others at ten. and better fitted for weaning. Sometimes it is nPCeaaary to wean when thna pigs are five or six was-ks old. and in other casoa it may be advisnhlc to wait until the pigs are ten weeks or even older. in the corn bolt the poriod will L'cneraily average longer than in New England. Breeders who wean at onrly agcs generally do so in nrdm‘ to more profitably raise two lit- ters :1 your.

Prorldod with and taught to eat suit- nhlc food some, weeks beforehand pin are not noticmldy checked in their ornwth hy worming, but those that have been dons-ndent mainlv upon the moth- cr‘s milk, whorl abruptly taken away from it, frv-our-ntly sccm to have their ornwth partially suspended for weeks. ,‘iauv brccdors succcssfully lot the sow wean lmr plus. as shc will in time. and tho u‘vn'vri- is no rvrnriual that no pause In crou‘th indicates when thr- milk dict cmsml. .A. modiflctl application of this. in which tho plus an sonornterl from tho sow at an arc suitin'! their funding and the cnuvcnicpce of the breeder. will not infreououtlv hr- founrl advis- able. hut. by no means should the pin- hn allowed to Y‘flmnin will. a vow until she is vdrtunllv devoured by them as is shv‘nti-rns done.

it is not s pond nlnn to "sine all tho rug": from the sow. unloss one or two,nf thcm coin b» tnrncd with her snrnn

“mend tn hr- ship to rlo for ton crmts pry-iv hut oftr-v s acrins of ovasncrntinft

hours oftor. to draw the milk shr- will have of thnt timc. and nonin. snv, after

A WONDERFUL JERSEY C

The last great achievement in dnir lrene. belonging to A. O. Auten. 0‘ JETS 'i‘his cow produced in one your

OW OWNED IN ILLINOIS. y lines is that of the Jersey cow, Jacoba

cy County. Ill.. writes Prof. \V. J. 17,253 pounds. or nearly nine tons of

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Partial Paralysis—C. n. has a at that hasnotmenoughin future to ensi- food. Gtve one dessertspoonful end liver oil and the drops tincture chloride of iron at a dose the-on times a day. Continue for several wei- if needed.

Ban soot—w. C. has a horse that has a sons on its foot from which matter dIs~ charges. Mix 1 dram chloride of also wlth 1-1 phat water and inject a little into the sore twice a day until it heals.