l ND I N“ T17 Million Hogs TIMELY sores on‘ romcs ' connector: WITH Silver.‘ Fox Farming Five weeks from next Monday-l and has bzen at it ever since. has ‘l b in this year's crop of silvers, white uslity productions. not caimcd-by-Mr. Roper, but is the opinion of those who have seen them. Mr. Roper modest to put forth c cently his activities have been dir- ectedtowards markng ‘his bore and other foxes in the vicin ty of Charlottetown, h have time also to look after Tnare are few men connected with the industry who -have a better pracl pzrtafning to foxes, friend John 3., whose fcxes h to lay the foundation of ecessul ranches 1n Can- ada and the Unitcd States. that is on November Bfh-wi. receiving day at the Provincial Live Fox Show and p.eparations are being made to at. rnodate the largest entr l t in recent years While the slve classes have been reduced by eliminating some of the darker phasez; great addticns have en made to the Prize List pro- rig for whit; fzce types, silver olnums, platinums and pearl plrinums. The Prize List is being printed and will be ready for dis- ‘U e sag ribution in a coupe of weeks. Every breeder who can possibly fies in this chow and all should attend. as it is expected and will no doubt bring togcthcr time. bc't of the vari. ous breed" hcre. and will in that way be educative and informctve to us all. A pJ5tc"d or telephone call to Wa'tor R. Shaw. Secretary. Department of Agrculturc. Char- lottetown, will bring ycu a copy of do so should make s:m-.~ en the Prize List. Ccld weather at nights is making its appearanre and it is time now to think oi putting no shutters around fax sheds. Our Ontario friends have found that this ccm- fort-givirg prctectlcn results in heavier guard fur. better color and general all rourd improvement 1n fur qvality, On our Company ranch we have fsund tne same to be true so we can rcotmmend it. The boards can be utilized n the spr ls satisfactory. Wilfrid L. Todd. who has made such a suues: ill breeding Noweg» fan platinum foxes and white face foxes. and has sold them to such well known ranchers as LaForest in Ouebec and leading fur rocluo- ers in the United States. pars to vlsii. this province on or about October 14th with the intention of contacting people who have been in correspondence With him. Mr. Todd judged the Quebec live fox show last fall and has been ap- pcinted again th's season. HLs first- start with the Norwel- fans was March 5th. 1941. when he was fortunate in having l5 genuine Monk Descendant Norwegian Plat. ium male foxes arrive at one of his Massachuial-fs fox ram-s from Gothenburv, Sweden. via Petsimo. Finland. It is frrm the-"e Nor- wegian males that he is today supplying his customers with plat- B foxes. platinum silvers, averaged $83.75; selected one-half to thYPB-Qllflflfifs averaged $42.36: rezuiur half to thremouarters average £33.57: sel- ected full silvers averaged $54.34! regular full silvers averaged $42.20: infcficr types all classes averaged $25.67. The conclusion of the circular letter is: "With the stroniler de- mand for the better o-tality sicns on the New York and Canadian sales it is up m every rancher t0 give special attention to the feed- ing and housing of their foxes s0 that pelt: when remojied will be 1n 35 perfect a ccnditlcn as p05- sible. In order to get the mcst out, of your pelts they should be 0f good clear coor. full furred- and rime. hence not taken off until he pelt has almcst reached this state of development." The Prince Edwrd Island Fur Purl. Ltd. in its September bullet.n states: "In the United States furs of all kinds have been selling at the different auctions at ceiling prices with 100 percent o-eeranccs in most oven _ _ Err-u the standpoint of the rancher it is many YER" Sh"? such satisfactory rondtWm-a r"- w" exist have prevailed. Markets are Dractiroliv h‘\"e of all kins‘.- of raw flirt-this with a demand that oon» ainues to increase from time to ' me. "we ballH/B that ranchers who have sufficient foresight. and con- fidence in the irdwirv to carry ("o through the more denresr-ed Perm!“ _will be well repair‘ frr 1h» effort and in some v-e; ti“ merifk-e than have; mode, We lylievc flint ore- ‘sent market. levels u"? nontinvo ard as offerings of ran-‘h in" will un- doubteriit i-n coniflderrfolv HEP" thcse rf lest vea- ranchers should not rush thelr c'lt= int-i the earl" markets as has been tho general qoractise for a number of years. . . Tfnlcss now r~anic~ "c. created bv ‘the articu of ra'-~‘~crs damning th-eir furs early to ‘he mason. ranchers may confidently look for- ward to receiving very profitable. returns-the first '.n several years.” . Lgmp50n_ Fairer a Ruth held a sale of silver fox and mink one weak ago for the American National 1r Breeders’ Association. Top rices for sliver fox were 170.00 and .00 for mink. There was a mod zollectton of silvers which as rtated wrought $70.00 for the fuils. 017.00 1a‘f silvers. Apparently there was not enough skins to go around the patrons as there appeared to be I icod deal of riianpointment ex- oresred by those who were not able o secure ‘pelts. John B. Roirr, Rherwood. who was at cnr time a breeder of fine J-srsev cattle, then went into silver for farming around the year i012 Bacon FortBritain Pearsall. Chief of the partment of Agriculture. and Man- ager of the Meat Board. at the re- iog conference held tr the auspices of “ederation of Agri. n8 36 Der cent of its bacon require- ments in com a‘ before the war, he said. and since 1939 Canada had rted in the product of seventeen million hogs. Valued at. four hundred million doiiarr. Cun- adas wartime exports of two bil- lion pounds of bacon and addition- oduots were greater than baccn and pork exports? ofRtl-éf twenty years. 1919-1029. a domestic supplies wculd enable the Meat Board to be somewhere near ihe mark of completing the 1943 i-Ienvier hoas had also contributed the total quantity of avalahle bacon but were unsatisfactory for competitive experts in peace time Most critical factor in ccmpletin current a ree- ment with Britain for 675 milion pounds cf bacon was the shortage of skilled labour in packing plants ls point, Mr. Pearsall express- The Mormon state of Utah Ls one of the mo;t progressive in live stock and other activities cf Union Breeders there plan to hold "it? 157883 and-best show ever held in the west-during the third week of ‘November, , at Jordan high school. h of Salt Lake City. ‘The include all classifications of both foxes and‘ mink and the shc-w Judas will b- ' quist. nationally known fur backing plants rather than to mines or lumber men were urgently needed to kill and process the hog run in the made for th ir comfort 0031123 m“ hmmmuh 11 5 5 fl - and transpiration M’ u u cent l our and w h pack City and every effort will be mad show the highliner of U SA. m capacity. it would be necesary for farmers to organize more unform deliveries of hcgs. Canadzfs Wheat-Crop The first official wheat production 1943 places the figure at 29S 259. fur shutters g t0 p‘ace over wire bot-toms to allow young pups to run abcul on. It has been found that the ulacfnc of very young pup: an wire bottoms during the months of April and parts of May oft-n leads to the de- velopment of a form of rheumattc rickets. Oi’ course as a substitute straw or hay placwi over tho wire The Co-operative Association of Quebec Fur Producers. now only six months old, has 3,000 members‘ on its active list and has already _s01d fox and mink pelts to the ,va1ue of more than half a million In theso notes we have several times referred to the act- Quebec Department in stimulating inter- farming and tho rebirth of enthusia<m among the fur farm- ers there. Our advice keen your eve on Q strides will be made there i third estimate of 592584.000 bu h- ——— r acre at. 16-9 bushels Canada has a oucta o1 50mg 50.000 silver fox pelts allowable for shipment to the This has not been anything s is slighiv above is about 10-5 busreis per acre. less for all classes cf wheel. Sorfng aorcar wheat yield per acre estimated at 16-7 bushels ccmoar-‘ d bushels in 1949., was a l’ while the yield per acre of fall tic vrcfr" wheat is estimated at 23 bushels z I ‘<1 s Z .. < O a C‘ . "I 1a.?‘ - 194-2. to .luly 1943 26.992. The fact is that a lowered production of silver fc kept down quota fig In 511 pfljyincgs ex. oept the Maritime. and Quebec, the yield of spring wheat shows a sharp reduction from. a year ago. I-nf th-i 137-1151‘ Vlvhich p... ,-_ The three Prairie Prtvincrs ac- ' count for 279,030.0C0 the total wheat cron estimated lflr J-iorse buyers in- the motive power in the history of that country. The Horse and Mule As- sociation says that. with a fraction inum foxes. Mr. Todd has also "w" "1211 lWO and a half horses s ecialized in breeding Buffalo l and mill‘??- 01‘ Wollilnk ago ‘ll, Corbin. and LaForest type] Saskatchewan the yield per acrc the “anon cannat alum exceeds the lone time average of orse and mule population drcline- _____ urther without impairing agricult- The Canadian National Sllverlilfll production as a whole. Iiox Breeders’ Association, Sum- ‘ merside, has issued a circular on the results of the Montreal Sent- ember sale, the figures of which are similar to iivze whi-h appeal‘- ed in thcsg colrmus following the sale andwere supplied b George A. callback. Just to iii-nu them again to the attention of our read- ers we will quote a few. Special skins mixed typos, no platinum: or Dehydrated Foods Given‘ Special Care Canada is rapidly building u name for the high quality-d roducts exported to the ai- ions. This is not due to a happy chance but is the result of careful planning and co-operatlon. In Canada there are now deh dra- tion plants in every province. to the necesity for’ absolute c lines 1n a deh dration plant much tosanitary. condi- tions. In view of thegrowing 1m- portanoe of deh acre. compared with 27-4 bushels in 1842 With regard to the third esti- nzrllte glfbithg it942 wilieat oropa ithls s. s iec o revslon an be final estimate will not be made M” m" until. January, 1944. formation suggests that thg 1942 was over-estimated by about Present in. save: APIARY eourrMEx-l" ~ (Experimental Farms News) Now that the honey (TOP is re- moved, the beekeepcr will be well repaid by paying careful attention to the protection cf his equipment. says C. A, Jamiesan, Bee Division, Central . Experimental partment of Agriculture, eratlon with other Divisions, car- out investigations against contamination, ever-pregtznttdanger. as 0 on o‘ m’ mu“ Pm’ QVI-ifythlng that. comes in contact honey should be cleaned 1n the same manner. There used to that extractors and tanks should be left smear-ed with a £11315! honeiy until Ilsedbggaln: u rove erroneous cause of an mclld in honey which acts ‘ mmggrll“ perm“ m“ 1i Perched °n The ceaseless tread of the Great and the Little Bear round North Pole, appealed to the gination of the Creeks. The myth _grew that Callisto, ;daughter of Lycaon. King »Arcadia. and her son Arcas, were .favor1tes of Jilpiter. v15; 10B!’ Vegetables. Percent- ages of moisture, and other factors are checked by the Division m and scrubbing of premises are oar- ried out and when necessary reno- iants are made. close check s maintained, as is the case in the handling of food. when factories are idle to ensure that recommended measures of sanita- tion and reconstruction have been met. and a careful watch is main- tained by the Plant Protection Div- ision to prevent insect outbreaks. Check-ups are also made when the- drying plants of dehydrated fruit and vegetables are in from shipments an t to the Dominion id examination and further incubation. to test the possibilit insect infestation occurring in s mants after they are sent overseas- In a similar manner the qualit iron that becomes ex. when the zinc plating is Storage in a dry atmos- phere after thorough washing and dfyln! lfietbslthe metal surfaces in c This is the time of the year the wax moth‘ lie mostdangerous. Many 989s are ad in the cracks of the We the m) . - “e m Juno jealous while Sh“ on the n1ves"wrath) tuTned them bothsinto bears. i Juno, finding this out. besought the jl-untress Diana to kill the bears in the chase, but Jupiter placed his favorites loiut of reach 1n the starry skies. Ca sto became the Great °°mm°my Bear. and Areas the Little Bear. The vindictive Juno persuaded the mds Lt]? foriilslid thte bealrsuto descend e e c- er sars. n the sea. ‘n crack‘ That is why thev are always visible! An old writer calls the Dipper “Elishals Chariot" but the title Fbftunfltely the boss will look after enter their hive, but when the supers are removed 1t is the beekeepers responsibility to destroy this pest. called "PD.B.", is a safe and ef. fective fumigant for this purpose, Super! may be stacked 5-6 high on between subers covered with gum- nce Service, Dom- W 911"!" lei“!!! 01 inion Department of Agriculture. To Meet Dressed .' . Poultry Grades The official irrad-e; for dressed poultry are established on dcurrent the fumigsnt in a dish or on a piece oi paper on the top super -and cover tightly. The than air and will well- eehed in relation to and depth 0f the bod creamy fat s owing on t and ho and-bees wax are urgently needed ‘for. the manufacture of war mater- . _ . . . .-_________.____..._._ ti’!!! ‘Plllahbl 0d tthtde- terioralee- lleoislyaulixlessxioolead im- k inc and pluck- d without de- J’ , al know that t e_ breeding pe s e oul tain ind. It must be cools rly lay. There is always a considerable A loss incurred indth-e industry by high temperatures.’ '1‘ as E. or three.quarters and M7410 for mu“ mnwwo db . temperature ‘try for fresh shipment and immediate consump- tion. Even at that temperature it be held only for a short period rade A Milkfed chickens Iieuiiliv from air tr. seven cents not" y oound higher than Grade c. This higher price of six to seven cents the result of consumer prefer- ve n fattened for two of three wee immed aiei. kfllin . The fourth facto or appearance. has to 0 i in which birds are killed. pluck and cooled Y will not meet Grade A Miikfed u v horou l y a . blad. fiieaniy plucked. and cooled more bacon cniinion Dc- Dven with at fullest estimate of - NEWSY NOTES - IIAOIIOOIA Cattle Losses By st in; er as'-s UIISAE MAJORIS The radio quiz asked her: what quarter of _ , look for the B18 Dlliiltr?’ and oe- muse she had previously told him ‘Erma-s "e me w“ from England, I knewhsldie Britain with had lost out before she repl.. - If she had been shown a dipper with from l sle would most Pffiblbly hi!" flan‘ ed it a ladle; and the constellation named in the quiz H _ either the “Plough" or Charles Wain" (wagon). The chief stars in the constellation are responsible for Lhasa popular names since they sug- gcst a, dipper a. plough, or a wagon by their arrangement; the fainter, fourth-magnitude stars are included the whole constellation restriction of u csed to re resent the Great is s Pl! P Bear (Ursa Malori _- a bear with disproportionate. very long. hind legs, and very short front ones un . schedule. There is a suggestion of a sickle- -shaped head and chest which will help the stargazer to complete the figure. We now go back to the Dipper. ‘which after all is the important part of the group. Shakspeare in King Henry IV mentions ‘Charles’ Wain" as a timekeeper. "l-lcigh-ho an ifnilt bcunotifour zbynthcantliab sas eoserrlAc e ed the hope for a diversion of hflliqged; Char]es' ‘vain 15 m," me chimney and yet is our horse ItIOY. - " - or wr writ en camps. and estimated that 1,700 lffilfgss signer‘: a? it earipears to us, the Wain he: not altered a jot. Now we know that is not true. for astronomers say that each of those seven stars has its own prcper mo- tron. Some are drawing nearer to- goth-er, others are drifting further‘ apart: some advance toward us and; some are receding. In the course of a few thousand years there will no_ longer be a Dipper _but 1t. will not - interest us t-heni I hapolensdso m?nltion ti-oss pro- . . ner mot ons o a rend once, and ‘n chnada in he expressed a doubt a ' mcving why COlid he not see it? oreh u c’ the From thc_hiiiside I pointed out a e15 ‘m. the 1943 crqx The 1943 train cravmnz along the valley, per- whe" m“, 15 the smallest mo. haps a caunie of miles away. duced since i937 but it is larger than any harvested during the five years from i233 to 1937 and was produced on the smafcst acreage igtfgad to wheat in Canada since udmittcd that it was actually doing lite usu. ts i 49 m. p. h- though .5 it was because trrn was a long way off Exactly and if on= could still see the train 11-19 lQng-flme a few million miles awav how would average, but compared with 1942 ll. appear to be travelling l-Ie r/as now prepared to admit that it might __ ' ary (like the stars for 1943 1311a the F?“ "i though it W35 mov- "" “ train speed. (‘Phat vmoiz- of the Socra- oi teaching: the teaeh- thc ouesticns and cem- bsshels ccr pols the stun/mt. to draw hi". own "oncluficn till the desired answer is reachedJ Nsverthclcss thero is a illtii/Bffifin‘. "Tl bushels of , if he c?l‘3d to take the trouble _ mentionr-i above, ‘ d . Fhrm, Ot “Lin? N“. '5 ‘me should be washed 3” me NE“ 9 both inside and out with hot tanks and “handlc"; this the school we lcarrori that “the G""'\l 1943 and in both Manitoba and Rear chases the little Bearround the Pole," the lattcr heln" a short way rpmefltivoly ofistayirlrgttgcll-‘(cict- Star. It is the . .1 - -. ,on. a er. while in Alberta tho yield is lust r t 0c S under the long-time average of 1B The yield in the Six cl; of the seven stars in the graces of Great Dipper are of second magni- iude. and one is of third magnitude brightness. One of the former. call- ed Mizar. is in the middle of is a famous double star, regarded as a test for good eyesight. Its tiny companion was named Alcor. that is "the crow." by Arabian astronomers. who m‘ mble‘ never caught on. A paragraph in The PONY-rite t0 the boitrm of the recently. told of efforts made t0 pile. The treatment should be re. heated two or three weeks later in order to destroy larvae from newly diaohcretic. try in loo anodyne. all of which shows ouaiities are calming rather cxcitinir. It is aromatic too, thcwzh personally I don't. care for the aroma. So. in conclusion. those who like catnip tea may drink it with- out fear of emulating tin- antics of the harmless necessary cat, ONION PUDDING El-‘FEVCT 0F CATNIP popularize catnip tea as a bever- s-ge drawing a lively ebody favored in the North of and I was reminded of it by an ac- count of a visit to Yorkshire. which appeared in the "Arizona Highways magazine. The writer. a from that State, was entertained by a Yorkshire couple who had. for Sunday dinner, roast beef, shire budding and onion puddlnfl- The Yorkshire puddins he says is a biz. thick baked fiapjack “but ood." “The onion pu - cilng and the Y, P. are not same," he explains. then I turned up all Cook-Books at hand. llsh and one Canadian) to see what they said about onion pudding -— and found nothing! Then. befifluifi I knew that leek pudding is oven more delectable, I searched for that and again was disappointe method employed in making onion or leek pudding is about the same. and as nearly as I can recollect, is of cattle. pisrticularly of the feed. the sky must I was to her but when As these Dlldd-ings are to be boil- ed the basis is a "suet paste" com- posed of one part chopped suct and rather more than two parts flour moistened with milk or water This is rclled out, the onions chopped small, or the leeks cut into lengths, are laid in the centre of the paste. and the edges of the brought together. The pudding is now enveloped in the pudding clotl: . and kept in shape by the ‘purtiding- poke s rings." The ength o time ~ e . . required for the boiling depends onmm’ have m“ and be ‘ed Clem unfortunately I can give no help here. I have noticed cooks used to put the hot pudding into cold water for a second before taking off the cloth. They claimed i (his made the cloth come off more without Fest. feed. or water dur- lng transit are dangerous. 0ver- 111.5; fatigue. lack of feed and water ed preliminarily at $538.3 million. favour the deveZc-pment of the dls- compared with $428.7 million 1n the ase. Feeder cattle on arrival at corresponfilling period of i942, $356.8 m lOn 1n 194i. cared for and not allowed too increase was common to all PTO- much fecd or water during the visions except Ontario. first. few days. most marked in the Prairie PrOv- Slitipping fever as a rule is rapid lnOP-‘i Where Slll-‘tilanllal in s coursw and there is usually ' from the large 1942 r o. The lifebl- a high percentage oi fatalities. esthmcreasehgnh 194g a,“ “l! 5351b aw erwanw c was eon inoe rectgidinizr a1 élécilne in t pared mon s o as corn i941. Increases in farm cash irligomgr occurred iQn all three! i. , u 116C, an - “i ‘“5““"°° “mm” 4°55“ bi’ lsheColugllitilsfsa-lthollgh the change in Nova Scotla was of a mint)! e , There appears to be a prejudice d iagainst boiled puddings ' quarters, but for a cold day are “grateful and comforting" as the cld ad. used to say. Some cooks "ith the idea of “keeping all the good in," lined a basin with naste, put in the onions, round the lot: and boiled it THE BLUE WDOD ASTER 1f thcv were Outbreaks occur with little or no warning, but the vetcrinarv auth- orities emphaaize that at all times. 1x and particularly during transit. 5 the maintenance of cattle in good condition and vigour ls the cheap- _ce'.re.'l snail-like. Whv snail-like? H»: didn't There. are s good many horticultural varieties of Aster on the market. but they are the re- sults of icng selection and plant Of our wild Asters only one l can recommend as IZQTGEH feature is the Blue Wcod Aster (A. cordifoliusi native Asters flirt-vi out stolons or undergrourd runners which make incm g nuisance in the garden and increase tco freeiv shinning fever and thsi anything vihirh lowers the vitality of the 115mm cattle invites an outbreak of the 11159658. ncrdifclius to have these though occasionally a seedling may Just new mv Astcrs nrei riticzl friend midlit havc secn to" "vsolf be ; creased cultural . since they have mere. "worst/ion cf pink. round which all the hcaven= seem to revolve. and in; Dish?‘ will help us to locate it. T e " o y" cf the Dipper is in the ‘hue Pmvlnc“ l! “*7 bushels P" ‘shape of a si‘ghtiy irregular oblong. and the two stars farthest from ‘the ‘handle" have been called the Pointers, because a line drawn through them runs or pClntS. to the The distance between the two Pnintz-rs is used as a inca- sure; the Pole Star is a little more than four limos that distance away. It 1s none too bright but is so im- portant that it will be considered in a future Note. Now if the starirazer keeps his eye on the Dipper night after night he will see that it is sometimes above, sometimes below: the Polo Star may be to the east or west cf it: it revolves round that se-called "fixed point" That is how the chasing, The must be left alone rral habit of the plant differs in other respects from that of other PREPARING FOR WARTIDIE GARDEN (Experimental Faun News) It takes a few years to get land into good condition for crops. To those who have already E r: o C n Hear Gardener, Dominion Experi- mental Station. advises try again. The Fall, he says. is the time _ dig the land. Towards the middle - or oval shaped seeds which constitute should be harvested. and the lsnri a serious menace for they are diff- cleared of all refuse, which should either be burned or put int/a a rub- Oil no account should leaves or roots of vegetables be dug into the land, for fear of disease being pres- ent in them. Thcy can. howevtr, he composted (allowed to yenri and spread over the perenn- ial crops, such as rhubarb or raps- berries. The next procedure is dig with a spade trench about inches broad, half the the garden, 8 inches to l0 in depth. Place this sOll at the End cf the other nearby (not. the 4 and), Loosen up the subsoil with a fork and place a layer of _ manure in the bottom. T-his will be the top spit next year, or the sur- face cf the soil for the year's crop to STOW l If the land is in so ima- following the Division of Botany, Central l Experimental Farm, Ottawa. are full of. providing much valuable informat- couch grass place the first spit up-‘ ion about this nest. Under no cir- 1 ru-nstanccs should clover. alfalfa or trench. It will rot during the ycar.‘ flax be sown where dodder has been and be a {ms top spit the follow- mg year. On this dig over a deep from the next trench l8 rhea wide and then place another layer of manure on this and then clean out the bottom on toP 01 '3"? manure and so on till the end of the plot is reached. Reverse on the other half of the lJlOl. fill‘ ing in the last. trench of the first half by opening a trench in second half and when back at the beginning, fill in the last with the soil first removed. Go over the whole plot and ridge 11 up by making drills as if l0 blunt potatoes and leave it this WHY Bll wintcr. This will hold the which ls a good fertilizer, and also gives the frost a, better chance to penetrate. which will help to pests that live in uring winter. If the land is on s, slope make these ridges ac- rose. not up and down. or the soil will wash away in 511F111!- Baine ridged ihe land will dry out earlier in spring. allowing ing and vtlant’na to be done much earlier. Towards the end of April or early in May. the liar-i should he forked over. dren enough to mi’ the manure well with the soil. and leaving it as level as possible. After this give a dressing of commercial fertilizer at the rate rf the beautiful m’ b” side down in ihe bottom found. control of dodder are to be found in special Pamphlet No. 5s. en- be plouzhed beiorv the lrPBZ¢-\iil~ titled "Dcdder". This may be sec- ured from Dominion Department of Agriculture, Ottawa. Guardian r - his by picture of the effect of dcatnip glepeta catariai o: cats your n 1g on snakes ng tha-t persons rink- -1.1 ,5 $11’; ing the we would indulge in similar emotional capers. Against this the- ory we may put the fact that no other animal is affected in way by the plant. and that an in- fusion of catnip has long been used as an anti-spasmodic in the rustic practice of Britain. Besides this property. so valuable in children's vfllmcnts. the catnip is known to be carminative and this POULTRY llTEll than THE ROYAL PACKING c0. J- D. sheen the land is frozen. As soon as the land will permit. Shipping Fever Can Be Prevented With the season approaching when there is a greater movement er type, ab are reminded by the il-iiiilth of rttnilnistl-s Divlslol}, ucmnon Depar men o r- culture. to take precautions will»: what is known as shipping lever. The veterinary name of the dis- ease is l-Iaemorrhagic Septicacmis. and while it may occur in cattle on the farm. stapled or otherwise the much greater loss, eslgescially in the fall and winter mon . has _ led to the general application of ‘ the term "shipping fever" The germ which produces the GlBEMQ has peculiar characteristics and under normal conditions does not produce disease. It is widely spread in nature. It exists in the soil. in the stockyards, and else- where and in the bodies of healthy cattle as harmless organisms. 8o long as cattle are in good condi- tion and normal vigour the are not likely to contract the dsease. but when their condition is im- paired and their vitality lowered as by long hard journeys or hap- hazard coding, thc organisms‘. change from their harmless state, to one producing disease and often death. Among the precautions to taken are to avoid hard driving oft the cattle to rest before being ‘oaded into railway cars or trucks. {he animak should not be allowed» ' Farm Cash Income At High Point from the able 0f oducts in Canada for the months of i043 is estimat- to fill up with water but should; non-legume hay. Over-crowding] in cars or trucks should be avoid. ed. In cold weather the car should be W911 bedded. Long periods cstination should be carefully provc to be costly. Investigations being conducted by In addition to field crops, dodd- io spend his time. farm wheat and other grains were made with Income from the sale of wheat rel u 1 lsubstgntlallyf fgar? thP -— B vey 0W EDIE O . noonea - A PARASITIC ween ffcigurgrgiilgsflhe reams “om mar,“ _ - ~c. ~ Field dodder is a serious menace §QQ¥§S°‘B°E.‘§OTQ°,.§QQJ§XS 1.51;... 2111c to Canadian farms. Fortunately, it 5m 010a“ amohmed m $27 1111111011 is not as plentiful in Canada as in m we firs; hay Q1 1943. compared Europe, but extreme care must D6 with only $6.3 million in the cor- 1 taken to prevent it spreading from ‘till? farms which are now infested. _ ’ When established in a field. several) élfghs for the six months cf 9 years may be required to eradicate‘ - ~ _ u. and restrlctsd yields with in- stantlfll lnflxrileatsht; S~g5§°;g$;;s@:,,,}g the income w!" of hoes totalling $1061 increased responding period of 1942. The sale of barley increased from $43 mil- operations may gléggne i" When dodder seed germlnates it, glfinofigefor the m“- i fi‘;‘§'§ei..i§°¥b.i.‘l.°nfi"i.ll§ .§Z°‘.’i.’.’; than“ W‘ minted‘ and the mn- ‘which quickly coils itself about thee- ncarest plant. The numerous small organs which are formed, wherever contact is made with the host, force themselves into the plant and suck its juice. As dodder secures its en- tire nourishment in this parasitic manner, it has no need for leaves or green coiolilring matter. w a the dodder w l g-row into a tang mass of orange coloured strands, m" 5185b me b“- ioitcn giving a golden orange col- It is not only illegall tnow tgtéleg; our to an infested patch. By this ‘alloy’? balgxlbh‘; ‘Euglgafnfiecnsiflrvv time. the slim connection to the gags new ‘not be mfn by earth will have dried up. In four to ' six weeks small white flower clus- tors npptlnr which later develop in- to seed bearing capsules. f is the a damp place: , _ dull brown to reddish irregularly shaken and hung over a Wlrq in f1 ill“ i: 2r. ..il‘ili ey w g ~ . v , . . icult to remivc from seeded farm more. 55m "um the gnawing tvctli crops and may live in the soil for twelvc years or more. with hooks: thcv can bc lifted bv hand. . n fibres weakened through storing i ofBratts and maze“ u even er in llet Doddcr may be introduced on a empty bus in m‘? ham“): Every farm in one or more olf n folloiying ‘hem back m“) Hymnal 1' ways: in ungraded see , ax, cover n 31m Farmers and alfalfa particularly; in soil on used "am a d M! the feet of workers. on animals or farm implements which have been in contact with 1nfested land. Ani- mals fed on hay from infested land may spread the seeds by their man- ure. Any hay. straw, seed, screen- ings or manure from an infested farm may carry live dodder seeds. If vou find dodder on your farm secure advice at once from the ____ ilsarest Exncrimcn ai Farm or _‘ Agricultural Representative. PREPARATION or l“ ‘ D bag ls needed and will have to be asked to turn in to the ‘PM? bags they are not llSlIl€~ Pa“ h bagsdalong to the iced dealer or c- ensc . , _ them and again get them m.c clr cuiation. GASEOUS r-oca nTi-rs composed of whirling gases. '\\' ‘FOR VEGETABLES (Ercperimcnial Farms News‘ vegetables. like humans, do not like "out feet ', if lh" land (i905 not drain _ should be laid or 0P9" 111M105 iniii‘ _ __ ~33 sufficient to drain ‘off tho sul‘ -ln favour, (‘§1)€Cl.lll_y m 11 . |lace water, says J. Gadahcr. Head ._ . iGardener, Dominion Experimental need of green 180d. or wlll grow on vegetables such as Sagan’ Kent\r|1]e_ N, g potatoes, peas. pepper, lettuce onion rhubarb. tomato and cabbage. Dod- o'er has been grown on petunias. moved geranium. nasturtium, and mari- Apply the manure in gold. Wherever dodder l.s found ing l5 to 30 tcns to t care must be taken that every bit is destroyed as 1t must not be all- . owed to produce seeds. or tile avoidance 0i’ moniihi. ploughing, all refuse should be rt’. m, M,“ and Oats for sproutmc ploughed under immcdmtem pa“ rd in water lor 2i ture land should be ploughed as. early in the fall as possible _ to Sepciflc recommendations for the allow the sod to rot before sormgq A11 0th" types or >011 should, ‘The furrows should be from 8 t0 deep where depth m0“ board is used lo separate ihe dif- 10 inches soil will _ , than 8 inches wide. ilviiero soil is not this deep. a little of the sub- soil should be DlCllgh-id CdCll .\"‘-"\!‘ bul so g5 to get eventually the drstrcd depth o1 8 to l0 inches of cod _ soil. The furrows should be placed “"91" 11"‘ M" so that thc man- 1m” 591mg” the w“ drop n5 plough; g iva dot ifnst twist‘ — ti ,bcttt‘r. This utl‘ mix ilic manure and soil ivcii. icuviixg U13 soil in 10 1;.- igooti condition for plants" to root. slcping upright ure will mix well when‘ When furrows down the bottom and is not likely reached by the cultivator. n01‘ incl roots of some vegetables. _ > jrhe rougher we surface 15 1911 least 1:1 tlic spzung, and narrowed 1|". “mm of 1m iviih spring-tooth narrow. set- afler P10113111“; lling tho llarroiv about 4 incllrs a; gm. P01111005, T111; M11 5110s; the ‘deep. Ono application is sufficient. the better, even to nosing the land PAGE NINE ' A vineyard is as desirable a 1iioee as any for a convalescent soltilei Pictured hcrc l5 Pic. Bill l-tariford of Hamilton, dis- . playing some luscious grapes on the grounds of the Canadian Anny Casualty Retraining Centre, Oakvilic, Ont , where injured members of the Canadian Army are restored i0 health as quickly as possible. ..(Canndian Army Photo) How Agriculture Functions In. U. K- changizipgror agricultural f1 fro-n g mainly grazing to bio country 1n order e nlc time maintain the health oi the piCplt‘, has enabled the United Kingdzm to usher in the fiflh year of the war ‘it'll/h the bl!- gest, crops ever harvested 1n that country. One of the factors of (his great ag-‘rultura; advance. states a. nccrnlit- ISSUFG official reDOrI. has bccn ihe flcxibilily of the admlnlél- ration, wilich is based on the direct policy of maintaining contact be- tween the Minister of Agriculture and each individual farmer. so that the national production plan can be properly allozated thrrugh out all farms in the country and f output of each 11131191‘ direcntly linked to 1t- Here is how the system works. Under the Min cr of Agriculture, who is assisted by regional liaison officers, there are: (ii War Argic- uliurai Exruivvo Ccnniitees. i-he mcmiicrs of which in; de repres- entaiiveg of land owners. farm-era and farmworkcrs They are unpaid and functicn on a democratic basis 111cm‘ Povltrs including that oi being able o cotncel rny farmer falling below spc ' s lndards wither to lYIYflFOVf) ills f ll or surrender it. i2) District Cc: nxlticcs. appointed b1‘ the Exccutlvc Committees to fellmsczu i :'nl in areas within the country, (3) Parish Representative; v-ho maintain direct wniact with aifidiia-iividuai fam1ers_ Meanwhile the .$li0.3 million from dairy DTCdW-s- '- ' Keep Feed Bags Movirtg Into Trade _' know the tenlififiyiiefifiiii. £13k. live-flock rations to get the feed baa ‘JP-J l" hurry. Instead of opening 59am by cutting the string. they .r of Azricnlturp consults ififlv l\'ll.l‘i rh~ Notional Farm- rl. Union the Workers‘ Union, illllll9 Control Land OWGTS’ Asso- cravzon. The various policies each ream the lndi"ldua.‘ farmer include the clvolira" "nt of ploughing up the ilrnsslni s: lite‘ live-stock and i0: a n v which gives prioritv to ill!‘ lull a lioi-rk: 1h: efficiency polity which ere-ordinates all sclent- lilo 1' rrh and its practical n (o lite individual fanner, FYlT-“l-"ilizfitlfui uolityxbv which in- idonrnlly about i\\'fl thousand fwrzn- H's vsho lied mi iii" irvrrs wore innnlird \\'lill l‘""*< "rv ~-~i.i<.- --. ‘y ihc Wnr Aurlcur-u a1 QOllllTllllg-gs 1n u oscy (liSf‘l‘”ll0!l 1hr hirin. my; of l hllwijviics: virinltoul. ‘icy undrr uhirh .1 pcrlnnnsni 41111-13111. iii." labour irrcr cf about 370.000 ‘I and 700.000 1r in 211:1 “Qmen Worliors lliis bc ' 5f. re '11 Y. 5' l finds 111i organ 1e re." Amalia _ -; - _ lizrr Distrlbutloill: sno'iiii»flliciluFrieiraliy efforts of the non-forming pgpulgt. lvn. Allcftncnt holder-s (my Qlsd tllffif-QIKIXTCI‘ millions of .1115‘, 9nd VFW-NP gardéns (fir: nlililon) 11211194} mo 0d nbru; slsoooooo n..- ol i t end vCfiitablds. Oat; For Poultry Mam‘ llflllltrj-‘nlon fool limf. lhcre ,ls some fflpcitli iirtno _in oats both R5 a ilioalng and lily-mg iecci and continue to usr lllClll :n qisnnfiiv Xhclsvel‘ prilctlcniilc, T1115 flalm‘ oivelir. starts tho Eu: and Poul. "l "i. Domini: partrnclli of Al; limo. “a Service, has no: n <11 tub-gym, ; ill ‘a rIJlPlllifiC ‘only. bprolliczl unis‘ 31-1- _... -. V .- 2-.‘ >5- P. rs r: tiic increasing '. problem ill illc color... 120511011 of ciazly 111mm. my.’ the cats srczns l pleat iorm of .no sloping bench 1S i. , me soaks-d ‘grain is eiurtcri n: one end and the sprouted grain Ztiltfvljfil lrom the other. Eacn day lllt‘ n: is fume-tn shaken 11D. and \\‘.‘ill‘l'2(\ .1 r.- , is .movcci along tho bench This will ‘assure that the oats remain sweet and ll'f‘C from mould. A movable iercllt lots. and more suncc is ai- iuwrui as lllC arilln bocomos more icy. A COllllllllUilS zialiv supply is iiiu maintained. , fcllrivsori iaicr by h harm-iv sci as (llllllvélli! times is A dressing of 830 to 1.200 pounds of 4_i'J-6 should be applied broad- we are buying Chicken snow m “the; 1n (he fun-Qwg 511:1 1Whcrr lnanurr- s not available, earlier. a dressing every six or nin- years of two tons of ground limestone to t. d ili ih amount of fertilizer may be pounds _t.o 100 square feet of land, 8nd Fowl daily alive or kifiiwxrgfig §§nd"‘§,',‘°§',",,°,,,,‘,‘“,, ggagliilgrcased ion 1.26:1 to 1.800 for-r over "sin quite shaliow- dressed. Highest market seeding may he or rake the fertilizer in. The seed rice id be sown o.“ plants set out. as p s p" ' recommended in 1h.- Wartime Prc- dvuciion Series pamphlet “The War- t me Garden" a coov of which ran- l-ie obtained from Dominion t . H l n“ t‘ I honed pudfln. much ‘neg ment of rlculture, Ottayia‘; PM’. w L“ dune a 19w days ipounds to the asro. inter adding lone or two cpphcntions of nitrate when lgnd L: deficient in limo, {of soda nt the ratr of 150 pounds pcr acre when plants are wcll es- tablished. The Tam 0'Sl'lanter Inn at Ayr. l immortalized by Burns, has been purchased by Ayr ‘Iowa Connoll- .111 shipping sliacé. find 80'