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mtmsmmmm address communications to agronomist 73 adelaide st west toronto j s b essex co i should like from five to six pounds of hay daily to bo advised how to treat my collie when no other feed is used it is pre- dog which has fleas j ferable that this be more than fifty answer fleas mutirdyjn the dust per cent clover- in feeding hay to and dirt of kennels and even in hen sheep it is very important to give not houses when conditions are favorable more than is eaten up in an hour it is therefor important that all loose if given three times a day at this dust and dirt be removed from the box rte in a rack the amount of 500 or stall in which the dog is housed it pounds of such hay as described fa well then to thoroughly disinfect should bo ample the space with a one per cent solution i at creolin unless the quarters are b t m i have on hand a quan- ttus disinfected it will be useless to of bran and middlings mixed treat the infested dog buketin no i carrying 1550 protein i feed silage 12 of the dominion department of agriculture entitled fox ranching in canada describes the treatment for ridding foxes of fleas the in structions are equally applicable to dogs after the premises have been j cleaned up it is recommended that the animal be dipped in a one per cent solution of creolin which should be immediately washed out other containing a good supply of dented corn and cut stover from which the corn has been husked in the morning and silage and alfalfa or clover at night can i get as good results by using the bran and middlings in place of oats answer it is inferred that cattle are to be fed the bran and middlings mixture named should make very sat- treatments recomniendedin the bul- j kfactorv concentrated feed oats letin are as follows which are about equal in nutritive one pound of soap two gallons of l bv some mysterious process kerosene one gallon of water make jve a greater feeding value inasmuch into an emulsion by heating and stir ring the strength of the mixture is reduced by adding nine parts of water to one part of the mixture when it is impossiblo to dip the animals much benefit may be derived by spraying the fur with spirits of camphor and rubbing it in well espe as they seem to give greater thrift in tiho animals being fed if the feeds are the same price oats if crushed are preferable to the bran and mid dlings mixture k h what are the characteris- i tics of the ruby variety of wheat claiiyin thevicinitvof the longfur which l understand ripens along with around the neck sixrowed barley that is to say ear- several kinds of insect powders are 1er than most oth of also used but some of these only stun a the fleas and do not kill them while answer ruby wheat otherwise jm some cases pyrethrum or dalmation j designated as ottawa g23 comes from insect powder may be used to advanl c f at the experimental tage it must be employed only on j 1 i healthy animals and should be dusted g and a selection of red off within ten or fifteen minutes af ter j fj heads of ruby are rather jjg use short and carry a few short awns to- ward the tip the kernels are hard cattle raiser bruce co in de- and red and rather below average size it is a heavy wheat the measured ker- is a neavy wneait t horning twoyearold or threeyearold j we usually more than sixty cattle do losses ever occur pounds the kernels of ruby are not answer cattle have been known tightlv held in the chaff and are liable to dio as a result of dehorning but to sheu uncss the j h mt on the only in very exceptional cases in the side compared with marquis experience of the dominion expert- euby ripens about a week earlier but mental farms where thousands of i gives a iower y the straw is of head have been dehorned two steers tength and sunds weu in died in the dehorning chute in both fieltl t milling and- baking cases the steers were very wild and tejsjfu ei of ruby are of a high order died of shock the animails were promptly bled dressed and dfeposed of as beef without loss asijoccasional ainimal with very strong horns will suffer for a few days from infection in cases of this sort where inflamma tion and pus formation results the born cavities should be sprayed out enquirer lennox co what tem perature should be maintained in a cellar where bees are being wintered answer the range of temper ature in the bee cellar should be fairly constant it should not fall below 45 the hsi fine cut tobacco for rotting your own b tin 80 ogdems liverpool cigareffe papers m acfy fhefcet mmm parents as educators imagination and untruth by mary e underwood z z 5 w sprayea out j nor go degrees fortysix daily with hydrogen peroxide and or fogggln deg f in fairly dry quarters seems to ensure the bees coming through with little wasted water in treating cases of this sort the experimental farms- also used iodine as a dressing- the soreness energ and without undue consump- does not however seriously affect the j tion oi stores to secure these condi- animals in one case a steer put in at 1250 pounds finishedat 1550 an other which suffered for nearly a week after dehorning gained from 1130 to 1852 pounds during the win ter feeding tions two important principles in cel lar construction should bo observed the ceratr should be so low in the ground that it is very little affected by changes in the outside temperature and the ground should be well drained in a large house collar the bee stor- r h please tell me how much age may be bettor controlled by hay it requires to feed one two-year- boarding off a portion of the space old sheep three months in winter at j which should be as far from the f ur- a time when it cannot get any other nace if such is usod as possible it feed is well to keep a thermometer in the answer much depends on the room and to observe it from time to heartiness of the sheep and the char- j time towards spring as the temper- acter and quality of the hay a vigor- ature rises it is well to carefully ad- ofcs twoyearold sheep will consume mit air by opening the window a little one hundred poundsof normal milk contains on the average- 75 pounds of mineral matter so that a cow gives upwards of 40 pounds of milk daily in producing about 5 ounces of mineral matter daily in addition to the min eral matter necessary for milk pro duction a considerable quantity is needed for the proper development of the fetus especially during the last few months of pregnancy the ordi nary rinter or stable ration which a cow receives during the flush of the milk flow may not provide minerals in sufficient quantity to supply the above demand and consequently a call is made upon that stored in the body mainly in the bones if the supply stored up in the body becomes deplet ed tie milk flow will be adversely afrected for nature will not alter the composition of the milk nor interrupt the bodily functions of the mother or the development of the fetus arguing on this basis it may be sold that the apply of mineral matter might web be a limiting factor in milk production as a general rule especially in sammer dairying the ration supplies ojl the minerals necessary but jp cases of extra heavy production com bined with advanced pregnancy of winter rations and on soils the crops alfalfa and red and alsike clover liberal allowanses of these feeds wih go a long way towards supplying the demand where an extra supply of mineral matter is considered neces sary this may take the form of steamed edible bone meal and ground rock phosphate one pound of each to every 100poimdaof meal at the same time in fact at all times a lib eral allowance of common salt must bo given as itis from this that a good portion of the mineral require ment comes as indicated supplementary min eral feeding is to be recommended during the final stages of the lacta tion period and during the rest period following so that lime and phosphorus may be stored up for the heavy call which is mado upon them during the subsequent heavy flow of milk it may well be continued throughout the whole lactation period where produc tion is abnormally heavy one day last winter my sixyearold boy ran to me and said come out and see a birds nest with four blue eggs in it in surprise i took his hand and walked beside him through the garden to a leafless wintry rosebush to which he pointed triumphantly but where is the nest i asked right there he insisted indicat ing a bleak branch with not so much as a straw on it but there is no nest i insisted then he withdrew his hand and looked up into my face with utmost scorn cant you makebelieve any thing he said what was my response what should have been my response do you think well i believe the words that rushed to my lips were the right and true words i said why darling i beg your pardon for being so stupid of course i can makebelieve and ill never be so dull again the next week however there oc curred inmy household a very differ ent kind of falsehood a kttle girl of whom i had temporary charge had found a purse with a good deal of money in it we had talked about this among our neighbors and in the childs presence until she felt very proud of herself one day she came to me with a dollar bill in her hand i certainly wilt make you rich sometime she exclaimed quoting remark which we had frequently made among ourselves here is a dollar i found under a rock i can not tell just why i did not believe her but after accepting the dollar of which she made me a pres ent i went to my purse it had been taken out of that i called her in from her play and very quietly told her i felt ore she had taken the dol lar from me and asked her why she had done so she denied- it she even protested piously that she could not be so base as to steal from one to whom she owed so much kindness i did not argue or raise my voice i simply kept saying why did you take it i feel sure you took it tell me why you took it suddenly she broke down and ad mitted her guilt of course her rea son was clear she wanted to be talked about more to hear people say mabel has found more money she had no desire for the money itself she had given it back to me the first of these cases that of the birds nest story was an act of harm less and beautiful imagination the second was a lie the spirit of the first should be encouraged the second required a punishment which would make clear to the childs conscience the baseness of her deed it is seldom hard to know the dif ference between flights of a- childs imagination and his untruths to sympathize with the former however wo must pausefor a few minutes and try really to understand childrens natures it is very unjust to confuse this beautiful gift of childhood with the spirit of cowardice and vanity which is at the root of most lying to be good mothers we must realize that our little children up to ten years of age are like poets and artists and musi cians to a great extent they live in their busy imaginations the care of farm implements the annual loss due to ignorance or negligence in the care of farm imple ments is appalling figures have been chanies bills will be reduced to published from time to time showing minimum er a machine or implement shed need not be an elaborate affairif it can be wholly closed so much the better it should be conveniently situated and the front should consist largely of roller doors so that any implement can readily be obtained as to the arranging of the various implements a binder being used prac tically at one season of the year may be stored in a far corner leaving space nearer the door for mowers plows and other implements used at various times throughout the season a stitch in time saves nine and many an expensive repair item might be saved by repairing a machine at the first appearance of trouble when implements are taken out they should be looked over carefully nuts tighten ed adjustments and trivial repairs made which if left might develop no end of trouble far too little machine oil is used causing excessive wearing on bearings and castings and working untold injury on the machine a coat of paint not only adds to the appear ance but greatly prolongs the life of both wood and iron polished sur faces such as plow shares and- mould boards should be smeared with grease or painted with kerosene and lamp black whennot in use a good farmer must be a good me chanic more especially if he operates tractors and other large machinery otherwise his repair items will be high and the usefulness of the trac tor or machine greatly impaired if possible avail yourself of some course at a tractor school and become fami liar with the intricacies of your motor in this way you will obtain better ser vice and the repair items and me- depreciation on implements from lack of shelter and care still many farm ers winter their implements in th field where they were lost used or scattered about the farm yard a manufacturer if ho is to prosper must keep his production cost- at the lowest possible figure the same ap plies to the farmer who is no less a manufacturer and one of the ways in which he can materially cut down his expenses is in the proper care of his implements and tools all implements when not in use should be under cover and not left exposed to the influence of the weatfi- dairy product values a table appearing in the agricul tural gazette of canadafor november from which ore deficient in mineral matter a supplementary mineral ra tion may boriieccssary grass sup- arid december dealing with the yearly production of dairy factories shows that while there was an increase in thofproduction of creamery butter in this country fof nearly eleven million pounds in 1021 over 1920 there was j a decrease in the total value of be tween seventeen and eighteen million dollars the cheese manufactured increase upwards of eleven million plies mineral matter in good quantity pounds while the total value decreas- and in readily ovnaablo form so that od more than ten million dollars as long aa good pasture is available j a supply of rninoml matter is guar anteed it is when the grass ets short or when winter coding com meneos that substitutes for natural minerals must bo provided feeds rich in minerals may well be considered first fjnee tbre oxo some which are also gcc diiryfei5j the outstanding ones bvrrg bran api legumes such as nevertheless tho total value of dairy products in tho wholo country in 1921 although considerably less thgn for the two preceding years was about sixteen mihion dollars greater than in 1917 ontario and tho western provinces wore the chief contributors to the increase hope and strive if you would thrive a work shop with a small forge and anvil and some good tools for both wood and iron is a great conven ience and indeed a necessity on many farms having this many repairs and adjustments can be made plow shares pointed and sharpened and a host of other things done that would necessi tate a trip to the local blacksmith or machine shop no one takes more pride than tho owner of a wellordered and- caredfor farm where there is a place for every thing and everything is in its place ing regulations at hand showed an improvement at calgary the stocke trade was well sustained by the activl ity of united states buyers who ab sorbed 2533 head while easterners j took 533 calves were weak but prices for sheep and lambs were wehi maintained at the end of the month hog grading was in effect and the market felt the benefit at edmoni ton trading in cattle was steady un ited states and eastern buyers being in evidence dehorned cattle were most in demand shipments out were made under both the dominion live stock car lot pomoy and free freight policy sheep sold steadily tlirough- out the month hog prices varied but at the end prices were advancing the total sales of cattle calves and hogs in tho dominion were greater last october than in the correspond ing month of 1921 and of sheep con siderably less i there is more in life than work but there would not be much jif e without work most anyone can get along on the level but it takes extra determination and eriergyto climb hills hospital for sick children st toronto college octobers live stock trade dominion dive stock branch com mente regarding trade in october are to the effect that at toronto the cattle market was depressed by western i consignments and by a surplus of un- i finished- local cattle which oven a i strong store cattle movement- could not absorb and that october had been the best month of the yean to date for store cattle with 10700 head or al most a third of the total run reship- i ped to tho country the veal calf trade suffered from increased beef consumption and heavy calves which i were numerous generally found an outlet as stockers although tho run of lambs at times was ldbaral prices had an upward trend hog pricos were down at first out were moving up at the close of the month i regarding the montreal market prices for cattle were generally steady j during the month although a remark among the comments is that dueto heavy shipments of western cattle direct to packers sidings packer buy ers were npibddf5 s stie mr editor alizing that the trendtof publio opinion is swinging more and mora towards the equlllzatlon of the burdens which each citizen of canada must bear that the helping ot those who are unable to help themselves occupies a much larger place in our minds may i draw your attention to the fact that this hospital is accom plishing groat things in a field that is untouched by any other organiza tion little children from all parts o the province irrespective of class or creed children who aro sickly and maimed come here and are niade strong and healthy is not this in itself a wonderful work the service and the duty of the hospital is farreaching as well as personal attention both surgical and medical for all the tiny patients doctors and nurses are also trained to extend tho mission of healing to he uttermost parts of the province the entire function of the hos pital must- commend itsolf to you and your readers it is a child welfare work well deserving of the support of your subscribers of late a new- and unfortunate factor has added-to- the responsibili ties which the hospital must assume you have noticed no doubt the ilarmlng increase in the number of motor accidents throughout the province in the majority of which little children are the chief sufferers many of them are littlit waifs of the poorer sections where the streets ire the only playgrounds here are theaverage days figures tor 1922 attendance cot patients 25g outpatients 199 the carrying out of this great work is your responsibility as well as that of the people of all ontario every contributor to the hospital is i friend indeed to these llttlo mites of humanity and has the satisfaction of knowing that the result of his individual contribution is bringing oy into at least one home by assist- ing to care for somebodys child the service of tho hospital de pends on the continued support of tho public and the conversion of dol- cattlo and trading waselow although really good veal crjvqiueroscarco pricos for that kind were firm but heavies were weaktholambmarket mx rather erfatii but the tendency am euro- meet with yourapproval bach minute of mercycosts over fltty cents bo you wllf bee that much money is needpd to carry on thl great- movher charity ivsrfvf afcrfgamrmw of was upward hogs wore generally additional patients ontho hospitals a vision of german industrial resurrection a oerma3 cartoonists significant view of tho situation in germany from the lustlge blaeucr berlin j lower although hogs cf relect wo brought 12 to 1225 i at winnipoghmvy liquidation of cattlo and poorness of generalquality i had a depressing effect and the market in october tended to dullness- calves j were down a bit but tho sheep and i lamb market as a -whole- continued i generally aggve with- prices main- is hospltalfor sickiehlldren taining a steady tone hogs wcro a faithfully yonrs triflo lower- in the middle of the month le robertson but at the close with tho now giad- chairman of th appeal conunltt register owing to the advanced costs ofjiarskiloanovoedictirsiciiiances maintenance is smonntlng jjntll now nerly twice tho usual amount ot money is essential for tho fulfilling of our duty with the approach of christmas may i place these facts before your readers in connection with the 47th christmas appeal ot