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. O.A.C. Short Courses ' Winter short courses in Livestock and 1 Field Crops. Poultry-raising. Factory . ’ Cheese and Buttermaking, Beekeeping, . and Drainage, started at the Ontario I . tural . College this week. In ’ R courses will be given in Fruit ‘32. md Vegetable growing. Floricuture anq ‘ landscape Gardening, Ice Cream Mak- L; 5m. and Farm Mechanics. There will be fiber courses for the month of March. E" toting men from Ontario farms are es- a. [racially urged to attend one oi‘ morei 23 or these courses this winter. They pro- 1 23,; Via. a new interest in farm work and: .~ will give new ideas and practical in-! hut gun's submitted. Each cham- pionship prize consists of a two weeks’ Winners of the essay contest con- ducted in connection with the “Fifth Junior Farmers’ Trip" to the Royal Winter Fair have been announced. In addition to special prizes awarded to writers of the winning essays in each county. the Department has awarded ten one-pionship prizes for the ten - snort course at either O.A.C. or the olwoys Kemptvllle Agricultural School. The - a good purpose of the essay competition was even more than that. to encourage members of the party to V - mui- study and mine the exhibits, displays, mum yiela inoculation also improves etc, during their stay in Toronto. The the quality. Bay from inoculated winners are: Wellington, Gordon Green punts eontoins more protein per. ton of Arthur; Grey, Edgar Ash of Chesley then that from plants not inoculated. RA; Haldimsnd, Wm. T. Stadler, of Inoculote diam end use lime if the Selkirk; Perth, Robt. Ballsntyne of at. soil needs it. Paul; Muskoka. Lloyd Stephens, Brace- â€"â€" bruise; Parry Sound. Victor Irwin, It.“ 30' page, Magnetawan; mark. Stewart Rodger, The Brood 80w Policv mums“... i... Mark: Renfrew.- Lorne Whelan or now moving to market somewhat ahead of the usual time. Not in years have the growers been able to shell corn un- til Jenunry. The past year has been quite favorable and corn has been dry enough for shelling since November. There is muCh more corn than is need- ed {a the live stock pOpulation of the county and there should be a large quantity {or sale to other distributors. Corn has been selling at from 35c to 420 dlnn blue 31133.50. The number of M unsold ls estimated: red clover, mm; malts, 3,,;oooooo alslke, 1,,150- M; sweet clover. 1,000,000; timothy, men“. There is virtually no market at present {or 11113113, flame and sweet clover In Ontario where the largest cm. The following percentaée of neat produced in Ontario is reported gold: Red clover, 30; alfalfa, 10; alslke ‘l'he Seed Crop The movement of clovers and grass seeds continues to be below the average for the season. Ordinary export de- mand has relieved the domestic market at much larger quantities this year. The production in 1931 plus the carryover from- 1930 constitutes a very much larger supply than the domestic market Is likeiy to require this season, and this coupled . with limited exports has re- sulted in tewer oflers to growers and very low piece as compared with other years. Estimates of producton in 1931 and m in sight show substantial surpluses of red clover. aisike, alfalfa, sweet clover and blue grass. Timothy is in better domestic demand than some of the other seeds owing to insufficient reduction to meet domestic require- W on the stockyards at the cut-hm market price. It is then fed end bed free of charge and one-half the» Mm to the purchaser s nearest nilnfstation is paid by the Depart- The Brand Sow Policy introduced by the Federal Department just one year ago has resulted in 1977 brood sows be- mcplucedwithiarmersatntotnloost to the Department of $17,323.88 or $8.76 each. Under this policy any farmer may order a select bacon type sow and when the initial deposit is received by u oificial of the Department the sow is PAGE 0: . ,. The message in a nutshellâ€" pair of pants ABQOWELY FREE. “Johnston” clothes are made-toémeasure and .fully guaranteed, unexcelled in fit,‘ value and workman- ship. FREE PANT SALE ; mun blue grass 400,000. DURING JANUARY ONLY. rAND INFORMATION _ . FOR THE BUSY FARMER Johnston’s Second fished by the (htirio Department of Agriculture) Store for Honést Value ' Durham A farmer. rather than subscribe to his home paper. sent his boy to borrow a neighbor’s. The lad knocked over a Istand of bees. His father, hurrying to lhelp him. ran into a barbed wire fence, gashing' his leg and ruining a pair of overalls. Hearing the noise, his wife rushed out. upsetting a four-gallon churn of cream into a basket of kittens. drowning the latter. At the same time {she drOpped and broke a brand new set 'of false teeth. During the excitement ,the daughter eloped with the hired man, the dog broke up eleven sitting hens, and the calves got out and- chew; ed up a line of washing hung out to dry. All to savetwo dollars, the price of subscription to his home town paper! 'C. declared that at no place or by no lman has there ever been a better sample of potato shown than those ex- hibited by Mr. Maurice. Occasion was taken by Dr. G. 1. Christie, O.A.C. ;President, to refer to the six grown- up sons of the potato champion, who assisted him in producing the prize potatoes: “If you want to forward ag- riculture. it will not be done by rais- ing boys and sending them to the cities. ,Success can only come by keeping the boys reared on the farm and who love it. at home." bag and distributed them among the farmers of North Simcoe as an moen- tive to growing better crops. The work was promoted largely by Stewart I... Page, local Agricultural Representative, who was instrumental in interesting Mr. Maurice in growing Dooleys three years ago. Prof. W. J. Squirrell of Oil. Potato Champion Honored ' Edmund Maurice of Simcoe County. who won first prize for his potatoes at the Royal Winter Fair, was recently the guest of honor at a banquet sponsored by the Barrie Kiwanis Club It was attended by nearly two hundred towns-‘ people and farmers, including leading federal and provincial agricultural of- ficials. It is noteworthy that seven years ago the Barrie Kiwanians pur- chased certified seed potatoes at $5 per There is practically no limit to the production” of barley in Canada and recent tests show that it produces better bacon and beef than other grains. It is proving fully the equal of corn when fed with suitable supple- ments in the form of home-grown leg- uminous roughages. Barley can be used in almost any pr0portion of the grain ration up to one hundred per cent. As a hog feed it develops an entirely satis- factory class of bacon, which is more than can be said for corn fed in equal proportions, and as a feed for beef cattle barley is undoubtedly one of the best of our Canadian grown coarse grains at their present low levels will make for much better quality in the beef being marketed, and this in turn will help create a demand for more Experimental Union The Ontario Experixnental Union will hold its annual meeting at the Ontario Agricultural College on January 12 and 13, acording to announcement by Prof. Wm. Squirrell, head of the Field Husbandry Department of the 0A0, and secretary of the Union. The meet- ing will be attended by farmers from all parts of Ontario and from many points outside the province. Market for Barle'y in Bacon and Beef of Mallorytown 8.1; Ashton of Newington. ALL GONE T0 PIECES course at either 04.0. or the Are ’bout. the worst they’ve been in years. Termaters are down to twenty cents' And folks .can hardly pay their vents; aeprweofhogs,:d oowsahdsheep ow I don’t want to keep on a closet shelf God, give to us understanding hearts 0119?“ $0, take s friend.1 A l°t 0‘ secrets about myself, And make us s little less stern, ' the ‘30 tr» '1‘” ”a" And fool myself, as I come and go Help us control our 9338109,. 0'“ 03%? went ‘t ‘ Into thilr‘inkmg that nobody else will When mm mm min. toAthekdflwsmdhe ow __ MW : . - - were we not once like them, whe The kind 0‘ “â€"WI‘W m Restless and thoughtless and gay, n do we reach the “Country," replied the we’re in the country now.’ “But hsng it ell." seid ti 1 don't want to cover myself with sham, I want to go out with my head erect, I went to deserve the world’s respect Feeling the school house a prison, And fretting to get away. And in this struggle for fame and pelf 301“ “3 be a little 1953413“? “all I've seen is thst bee. I want to be able to like myself; TO say their swat from: Gad fun, mh we of I18 fa- miles.” For I never can hide myself from me And put ourselves in their 91”“ “Wall. indeed!" aid the « I see what others can never see; And “Y W“ would We once 1“" is the curb." _ I. know what others can never know; “he?" I never can fool myself-rand so Whatever happens I want to be Self-respecting and- conscience free. Old Deadyuumgsnhl Onlynautuemm forthenrsttimesndnr. _ Dr: Mgnmtn. cums mas-oer. at 999mm pm to e- And said that. Things in this here town Jim Smith dropped in on old And hate myself for the things I’ve I have to live with myself and so I want to be fit for myself to know. I want to be able as the days go. by Always to look myself straight in the eye. I don’t want. to stand with the ' unfold: We must not tear the close-shut leaves apart: Time will reveal the calyxes of gold. And through patient toil we reach the land Where tired feet. with sandals loosed. may rest. When we shall clearly know and un- derstand, I think that we shall say that “God knew best.” ISome time. when all life’s lessons have I been learned. And sun and stars fox evermore have The th'vts' which our weak judgment here hs spurnedâ€" The things cer vhich we ve grieved Wth lashes wet-â€" Will flash before us out of life’s dark night. As starsblshine most in deeper tints of ue And we shall see how all God’s plans were right. And how what seemed reproof was love most true. But nothtoday. Then be content, poor eart . God’s plans, _l_ike lillies pure and white turist. uder whose direction the test were made, in the report for the past year. The tests indicated that ordinary garden soil can be made to grow blue- berry plants satisfactorily if treated with a mulch of peat mull together with an annual dressing of aluminum sulphate. The peat mull in addition to increasing the acidity also providesthe necessary coolness and moisture con- ditions required by the roots for their well doing. While no definite conclusions have been reached, certain inferences have peen‘dravyn by the Dominion Horticul- and the soil has been malaria 971E}? peat and also with straw. These have been used without fertilizers and also in combinations of several diflerent mixtures. . tried out in soils treated in miny dif: ferent ways. Various kinds and com- bingtiqns of_ fertilizers have been used Repeated attempts have been made by the Department of Agriculture at Ottawa to improve the wild blueberry, and to find out whether or not crops of this fruit could be produced profitably under cuitivatln. One of the diii'icul- ties of extending the cultivation of blueberries has hen the lack of areas possessing correct soil conditions. Even when soil has been taken ~ from blue- berry country and moved to other areas success in growing the crap has not been achieved. What apparently is needed is soils of a peaty nature. where the peat is in an acid condition. Another factOr that seems necessary is a constant moisture and a suitable soil temperature. At the Central Ex- perimental Farm at Ottawa plants taken from wild locations have been not six months old at the beginning of November had better be kept in; that stock should be turned out before September to gradually get used to cold; that no half-starved calf which has been tormented by files all summer should be wintered outside; also that sheds should front south and have no cracks to create drafts. a single reactor, which shows that it is at least as well to prevent diseases with page air as to try to cure them. CULTIVATING THE BLUEBERRY mmme man can: . m arm-nom- sums THE CROUCH SOME TIME MYSELF there. isn‘t it?” ' “I know.” said be m in i‘Badhmsnulun'ther _- __â€"â€"â€"' â€"â€"'“â€"â€"v â€" â€"â€" ' Public Works and of Labanhne ha had in his back. some humorous experiencesme hnepnc- “Well. may," he sold tisln mrhyslc says mm- next a”: -“and did the pl He was drizrm 8138 my M?” and buggy home from acne ME «no! eulyto totuk stopped near 3 manwo uh” nflm m. man“. “I God, give to us understanding hearts. And make us a. little less stem, Help us control our mustang When he‘d: persistently m. As they learn their two times fours. “Well, you see." replied t ' farmer. some cows are born without h“urns and never have any; and some M'heirs; Trusting 115. €386? for learning, and some are dehomed. There 8‘"13 a What shall we do and SEY? lot of reasons why some gems haVEQ't, In September, they come to us full of any horns, but the his mad” Why that Their love of the Great Out Doors, 00" ain't got any harm is because it And a dismal place the school room aint a cowâ€"it’s a. horse!" ‘* I ponder. What have we to give them, As they come to us day by day, This is no time to rock the boat. ” â€"The Country Scribe. right, But now’s the time a man should fight, Go home, Jim Smith. and feed your And milk the cows and fill the pails? I know that things don’t break just If every soul in this here place Weht on the street with your long face Who’d grind the corn and drive the 'And entertain him with his groans. But Jones was busy grinding corn And couldn’t take the time to mourn; But Jim kept on around the town With head bent low and spirits down. He said that he was “out of cash and Soon the world would go to smash.” “Mebby so,” said Henry Moore, “But I’ve seen times like these before. Why, back in eighteen ninety-three, I couldn’t buy a pound of tea. But I kept plugging just the same Cause that’s the way to play the game. “How’s craps?" he asked «sunny. 161531: tub middlm'. " the former re- “Rather” quad hm yourl nib-Inc A TEACHEI'S MEDITATION Garafraxa SL, Durham Lemons, large size ................ Grapefruit, Texas, seedless, full of juice .................... , ........ Cut Rock .............................. Malaga Grapes ................... Oranges, lgvely and smeet . 20c, 27c, 37c, 57c, 67c ................... 2 lbs. 25c ........... 21bs. 29c ............... 20c lb. Jr. “But hang it all." and the w. “alll'veeeenuthetuutlywwon enchstdeofusformneo.” “Walli indeed!" add the owner. 13 the curb." _ W . Aâ€"Arthur mama. Lawrence Bâ€"Ilnne Hopkins, Beverley . Isl-he! mums, Lloyd W. to the driver and and: when do we reach the m otfihey went u a M M‘ qflered tq take : infill-nan?“ ‘ “Q "Oh, what a strange lookins cod," said the dear old lady. “But why hasn’t it any horns?" over it!” my' tooth!" "Well, by hivens.” replied the pitient. The otpers must be holding a wake 66 The dentist looked at the oflending molar and informed the patient that the nerve of the tooth was dead. A patient went into a dentist’s oflioe with his face badly swollen and said: “I wept tq know what's the matter with Mrs. Hen was In tears. One of her little ones had been sacrificed to make a reth for a visiting clergy. “Cheer up, mndam,” said the rooster. “You should rejoice that your son is entering the ministry. He was poorly qualified for a lay member, anyhow." Old Dandy Human had 1â€" 5 for 25¢ 27c doz. THE SPICE OF LIFE The Chletleuon Celery .................................... 23c bunch Spanish Onions .................... 3 lhs. 21c Cooking Onions ................ 10 lbs. 14c Cabbage .................................... 5c head Filletsv ..................... Cranberries ................................ 19c IE. [193d Lettuce ........................ 2 for 25¢ Luz Flakes .2}. 19' “Fm Wool. of them. ” ‘ “Ho's thet?” “JuIt cold them to the new brewery." “To the haewerx. 9 What do they went with them?" ‘3! lolly, gr}- they use them for m in barrels." charge of the cilia with instructions to take ell orders which might come in during their absence. Going to near- bydrugstoreooeofthem proceededto call up the lumber company's office and the following conversation ensued: “‘Hello! Is this the East Side Lumber Company?" 1 “Yes. sir. And what would 3'9 be havin'?" a' holes." An Irishman was newly employed at a lumber otflce. The pmpnetors of the company were young men and de- cided to have some fun with the new Irish hand.” Patthk was duly left in -L -“~â€" â€""â€"v “One thong”: inotholes." “Well. now. an ain't that a bloomm' lune. Im sorry. but. we are just out "luv-u mm Nail. Mid: Attyod. James ""113; 53¢ Natl-an. COCOA “.3231: PuKnewtheAnwer an order. will ...... 17c lb. 9t AWWM. D. Hut; '. J. Wit-on.