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rs i 9 address communications to aoronomlst 73 adelaide st west toronte pitting and showing the hog the fitting and showing of swine u aa art in itself quite apart from that of breeding the careful breeder who prides himself on the breeding and typlness of his hogs need not necessarily bo unbeatable in the show ring in large show classes where tne competition is keen the winning individuals must possess other quali fications than trueness to type alone and probably one of the most import ant considerations other than type is what may be called show condition this show condition is found in its greatest perfection at our larger hows where breeders with years of experience at their backs are in keen competition with one another for those breeders who are less exper ienced and who may wish to take a clppmg horses has been practic ed in our section for a number of years with varying success the horses are in some cases clipped closely over tfeeir entire bodies with a power ma- m ip- t i cmne and il u claimed that this facfl- management of young turkeys tates ahed and produie8 greater it is at hatching time that we apj comfort- for the horses during the preciate having saved the tame pulj spring months when they are required lets for brooders the typical turkey hen resents interference but the tame one is willing that we share her responsibility and is one of the great est factors of success in rearing the young she will allow us to take tho little ones from the nest or to feed and care for them without becoming nervous and cross when the hatch is completed she should be kept from wandering away as she is instinctively inclined to do to do heavy work in warm weather however in some cases it has resulted in some sickness and death of horse3 because of colds and pneumonia con tracted when standing in a cool place after being warmed up to a consid erable extent the lighter breeds of horses including trotting and driving horses seem to fall in this class but it is possible that draft horses too are affected just as much a system used in some places is to and i have found the following method clip the legs and about onehalf of the i so tne returns may be mailed most satisfactory body of the horses leaving the sides under sea direct to the dominion take the hen and little ones care fully from the nest to the house which is ready for them this is a good roomy well ventilated house the di- ttfi j the same a few suggestions at mensions of which should not be less this time may not be averse indi- than three feet by four feet and four yiduals which it is the intention of feet high at the front the owner to exhibit at this falls then tie a strong soft cloth to the shows should bo selected at once this i shank of the hen and to this tie six or is important if maximum size and de- eight feet of clothesline this is fast- velopment is to bo obtained and every ened to a weight n old plow point is cannot cool off so quickly even though aay that this is delayed means that good which is placed just outside of warmed up considerably and there is much more of a handicap for tho in- the house after putting her down less danger from sickness keep the little poults at a distance while this style of clipping presents until she is accustomed to being tied she will soon quiet down call the and back covered with the original coat of hair to be disposed of in nat ural shedding this appeals to many farmers because it leaves the legs of tho horses clean and the hair does not hold so much dirt when the legs get muddy clipped in this manner the dirt is easily brushed off and the horses relieved with the half-and- half treatment a heavy draft horse 1 the production of other countries and of world totals which influence prices 1 and consequently affect the interests of canada now the third largest wheatgrowing and the second largest wheatexporting country in the world farmers who do not receive the cardboard schedules for returning their acreages sown and their numbers of farm live stock by tho middle of june should make immediate applica tion for same to either the school teacher of their local school district or the department of agriculture of their province in quebec the bureau of statistics at quebec or the do minion statistician at ottawa posi tive assurance is given by the domin ion and provincial governments that the returns asked for are not used in any way for purposes of taxation only totals are used for the purposes of estimation and ait individual re turns are kept inviolably secret in cases where farmers may prefer to do so the returns may be mailed free sta- toe sunday school lesson w dividual in the show ring it is impossible to realize the de sired results by forcing at the last moment it being necessary in order ones to her and make the best to obtain full development to bring the situation she can go in and tho individual along gradually forced out of the nouse and ean be removed feeding results in excess fleshing with to fresh grassy places during the day retarded development of frame or on the other hand it may result in gross- ness and lack of quality pasture supplied with shade from the sun and also if available running water provide ideal conditions for the hog during the summer these com bined with a well balanced meal ration fed in conjunction with green feed and skim milk form a combination that is capable of giving the most favorable results the meal ration which is selected for this purpose should be one cal culated to develop bone and muscle during the initial stages of the fitting period and for the latter stages but is shut in with a wire netting door at night and during storms after a week or ten days she is given her freedom but is brought back to the house at night and in stormy weather until they are old enough to roost see that tho house is kept clean and dry first feed is given when from twentyfour to thirtysix hours old this is dry bread ground fine and mixed with hardboiled egg feed four times daily just a little at a time after three days begin giving rolled oats once a day at first and later alternately with bread and igg when about cue week old start feeding a good grade of chick grain somewhat higher percentage of fat sometilke3 addin cracked wheat producing foods shoum be supplied at about this time also a mash is in order to appear to the greatest k ijs fo js advantage the skin of tho hog must be free from blemishes or roughness of any kind and present a clear healthy appearance one great source of trouble more particularly with whiteskinned hogs is that of sunburn this can largely be prevented if some protection from the sun either na tural or artificial 13 available where the hog may take shelter throughout the hotter parts of the day these precautions are not sufficient how ever if tho skin of the hog is to appear to the best advantage so washing must be resorted to it is not sufficient to let the washing go until the day before showing som u 1 days a thorough scrubbing with a toft bristled brush linseed soap and clean water are advised in order to clean the dirt out of the pores cleanse with clear water and carefully re move all soap such treatment re sults in the freshness and bloom that is so attractive and desirabl hogs meal and is made as follows finely chopped greens onions lettuce or dandelions mixed with bread and egg and with rolled oats a small amount of granulated charcoal may be added at times gradually discontinue the egg and bread and add more of the rolled oats and some bran to the mash never prepare more than you want to feed at one time and never feed more than they will clean up quickly continue this mash chick grain and rolled oats feeding four times daily for the first month or six weeks or until they are ready to go away range a rather odd appearance it is not long until the top coat begins to shed and with good rubbing and currying the difference is soon unobservable the benefits of clipping have been secured without any disastrous effects annual agricultural returns of canada 1922 farmers throughout canada are re minded that this month june the dominion and provincial governments will make their annual collection of the areas sown to field crops and of the numbers of farm animals alive on tho farm for this purpose following plans which have been in annual op eration since 1918 a simple cardboard schedule with instructions signed jointly by the dominion statistician and the deputy minister or other offi june 11 jeremiah cast into prison jer 38 413 golden text be not afraid because of them for i am with thee to de liver thee saith the lord jer 1 8 rev ver lesson foreword it is necessary to the royal palace on the southeast side understand the historical background of the city to the gate of benjamin of this lesson the babylonians had on the north side where the king was carried jehoiachin king of judah and watching the military operations many of his nobles into exile in bc v 9 these men have done evil the 597 and had set up his uncle zedekiah conscience of ebedmelech revolted to rule as king of judah unoer them against the treatment meted out to a strong national party in judah jeremiah by the princes until ebod- urged zedekiah to revolt against the melech informed him the king knew babylonians but jeremiah strongly nothing of what bad happened to tere- advised against it zedekiah however miali zedekiah had not intended the after a time did renounce his allegi- prophets death and his answer to anco to babylon and revolted the the princes v 6 was merely meant babylonian army came up against as a permission to silence him jerusalem in bc 588 and besieged it peake he is like to die for hunger for about two years jeremiah was j the king had previously granted jere- in jerusalem throughout the siege miah a daily ration 87 21 which but during a lull in the operations he was scarcely sufficient to keep him sugar beets in europe attempted to leave the city for his alive owing to the siege bread had the producers of sugar beets in this in he was fz t i s a in 4 ii i i u i by the guard on the charge that ho jeremiah would miss even the small country will be interested in the out- was deserting to a babvlonians but ration apportioned to him by the king look for the production of this crop the real cause of his imprisonment in europe an official statement has was that he was considered an in- been issued to the effect that the i convenient and dangerous person heavyproducing countries across the i while he was in prison the king sent atlantic at the last moment are cur- for him to sc if he had any revelation tailing their spring sowings of the s god jeremiah replied that the beet crop i would be delivered into tho hands tistician at ottawa no postage stamps being necessary v i of the babylonians but requested that this curtailment is due to a number he shouw rclea3od fron impr of causes bad weather in some sec- ment zedekiah then transferred him tions is delaying seeding- to an extent from the dungeon to tho court of the that producers are giving over a por tion of their acreage to other crops high potato prices have stimulated the planting of that crop to tho detri ment of the beet crop in the nether lands belgium and denmark in ger many there will be no increase in the acreage over last year because of guard and made provision for his maintenance i jeremiah imprisoned 46 v 4 the princesfor their names see v 1 they were military officers and civil officials of high standing tho king zedekiah let this man be put to death the request of the r w umui iiie request ox the shortage of farm labor italy expects i princes is intelligible they had heard to raise about thirty per cent more jeremiah while in prison announce beets than a year ago but this will i authority of god- just nicely take care of her home re quirements and leave nothing for ex port as was earlier expected franco will increase her acreage around fifteen per cent a careful review of the whole european situation makes it appear at this time according to the department cer of the provincial department of of commerce that europe will just agriculture will be issued to as manv ds spirit that hi jeremiah rescued 1013 v 10 the king proceeded with all urgency to save the life of the dis tressed prophet ne appeared through out to be on the side of jeremiah v 11 the house of the king under tho treasury a storeroom under the royal treasury old cast clouts and old rotten rags notice the fine tlioughtfulness of ebedmelech he wished to spare jeremiah needless pain by wrapping the rags around the cords so that he would not be cut by the rope when ho was drawn up let them down by cords another instance of his thoughtfulness jeremiah would not have to grope about the dark pit for the rags v 12 put under thine arm- holes jeremiah was not to be raised by sitting on the rope because by that method he might have fallen owing considerable time beforethe hogb i t1 a very fond of ettu when to be shown at intervals of a few to ie in show farmers as can possibly be reached through tho agency of the teachers and children of the rural schools the returns received when compiled will form tho basis for the estimation by provinces of the area3 sown for 1921 to the principal field crops and the numbers of farm animals alive on the farm at the date of enumeration on or about tho 15th of june the returns thus requested by the dominion and provincial governments are intended solely for the pmpose of estimating agricultural and live stock production first in the interests of the general body of canadian farmers secondly for the information and guidance of other interests allied to j case the proper officials of justice about grow sufficient beets to make 2 101g the king however did what sugar she will need during the bu coming year this is far different the defence of the city was useless to h faintness from hunger the rope 13 such an announcement tended ted aiouno his armpits which to weaken the fighting spirit of the protected by the rags and the garrison so if the city was to be ab haued mm out of defended to the last extremities the the homblo pit prophet of disaster must be effectual- l v 13 j cour of the pl tv silenced because doubtless of pressure from v k iio jo inj tm i- the princes jeremiah was not allowed jeremiah over to them they were in not the common prison but one of the than the expectations were three months ago when it was figured that the aggregate production of sugar from this seasons crop would give a large tonnage for export not explicitly permit them to inflict the death penalty for tho king against you the king would doubt less have released jeremiah had he been able but the king does not ap pear to have been a strong character he was the tool of his princes he also seems to have had a secret regard for jeremiah and had consulted him while he was in prison 37 1720 v g the princes were afraid to kill jeremiah outright since he wood that wont burn enormous sums of money are lost every year through fires fc an experts declare now that much of him ini a dungeon to die of this loss might be avoided if fire-re- starvation and neglect the dungeon sistant paint were used more general- in reality a cistern attached to the ly on woodwork it costs no more house of one of the princes each than ordinary paint and reduces the house had usually its own under- riskof the article it covers catching ground cistern in which water c i u yiliu water was fire it is manufactured from various sto u3 during the dry season and dependent upon agriculture in- chemicals among them being amnion- 2 f fccrn had wa in it but mtettk traifrr z v bicarb phw thvntnv ptby fa economists bankers grain dealers soda brothers gen 37 24 and again by transportation agents and others v pharaoh see gen 40 15 often the we become agitated about taxes but meanest of the eat it from your hand sour milk thick clabbered milk is a valuable part of the ration start and thirdly for reporting to tho inter- glving when three or four davs old national institute of agriculture at n hi imwik oi me prisoners w itt the seaset let canadas an adlerj fsg r fresh water at all times never overfeed the amount given i should not be more than they will frenquent handling of the hogs is ft thor in th r four to mmm m b j submit to tho will of their attendant e f c without undue disturbance ftlt artim them have all they will itak7 twiceaj count return for reports oil negligence and its results day see that they have a supply of is as educators companionship with children by katherine beebe rooms in the guardhouse which was attached to the palace here was kept not the ordinary criminals but those whom it was expedient to keep under restraint and observation application jeremiah at the bottom of the miry dungeon was not without a friend ebedmelech a black servant of the king hoard that jeremiah had been put in the dungeon so he went to the iking and pleaded for the life of the prophet who was in danger of dying of starvation permission was grant ed for tho release of jeremiah through tho intercession of this humble slave who had sufficient in fluence with his master to have the wishes of the princes countermanded when sir walter scott was build ing abbotsford he put the bowling green in a peculiar plae and at one corner of it he built a little summer- house where ho might sit of an even ing after dinner and he told lock- hart why he built it there was ft because the view was beautiful- not so but that he might sit and listei there to the evening worship of his j coachman old peter was a real oki scottish servant he would not have v 7 ebedmelech an ethiopian talked relij and therefore a negro he was that tax is prison see gen 37 24 ii pleading for jeremiah were con- common fine powdered charcoal is useful in keeping down digestive troubles in chicks it can be bought for about five cents per pound at feed stores or made by running charcoal through a feed grinder if the charcoal is stored i it must bo in a rather dry place it soon absorbs moisturo and then loses much of its value to the chicks eyo troubles and colds among-grow- ing chicks result from overcrowding too much cannot be said concerning a real companionship between parents and children i emphasize the real thoso fathers and mothers who have practiced this companionship through their childrens unfolding years seem a windbreak of evergreens is very useful on the poultry range during hot weather poultry dislike the hot dry ilif i windbrea is diffi- almost to hold them in the hollow of cult to start all m one year as some their hands those fortunate young in the vacant places for a year or two things which would until the solid line is well ostablishe grieve or dis- line princes designed for him was an hearing it was comforted old peter others of whom we have been speak- ethiopian eunuch peake the gate was preaching better than he knew ling one is forced to conclude that of benjamin was the ont on rt- ijj viras preaching when he never thought to preach that is what all of us are doing constantly though we were never in a pulpit in our lives thero are spurgeons in unlikoliost places dr parks in the coachmans cottage apcstles avho are cheering i all the prison and they never know v 8 ebedmelech went forth from i that they are doing anything many pagsmts have purchased self in- 1 north side of the city which led into dulgencofor themselves at a terrible benjaminite territory ch 37 13 the cost where are heir parents what m was here directing the defence are hey thinking of how often do vpxt vltnou we hear this said today as we gaze know the princes had committed i upon the girls and boys who are on the jeremiah to the dungeon young streets in he restaurants at the shows in the automobiles as we read tress the ones they love best and i n i lftotales disacendd w i 2es w with h ies not matter much where they increase of cow testing vital interest in the better and finer no it is too late tntgs of e mfkes no elua at af fe r and all f bri t dfvid makes no eltectual appeal i have years ago these parent w jj entire work itself were 5194 herds the cow testing system as a means i 47 c and 194747 tests last establishing the production of inj compared with 377g herds 32- appeal t navelveir n duals in the dairy herd was more z c0w3 aml i3g263 tests in 1920 the wool situation has improved lhis ha and over againji hours unon tci s adopted in 1921 than in any jho work generally is having a bene- j materially of late this sti and mother of fiv tindld chil- should hive bee passed in pr to the m h th in dusty brooder houses as soon as tondmg upward and producers arc re- dron sald ll as certain as that ionship with their children the brooders are removed it pays to m from their flocks than and two fo given this would hev not give now forthit m install roosts even if a few crooked j kave thes0 p two years this real companionship by their parents pfinionshii nd th infliiews iitw breasts should result from early roost- 1 d0 can however that reiects mutual sharing of the best an be bought on- nt that li nic improperly prepared wool will not tl home booii music nit na- but oh you father- should have been passed in compan- returns of the dominion dairy com- production both of milk and fat by what missioner the credit for this is due weeding out unprofitable cows using in no small measure to the co-opera- hon of the agricultural representa tives and provincial dairy instructors better feeding methods and kcepin letter sires tho polio stead of once as they should s w ft- d t th after the fleeces are removed th ay if the birds aw in fenced yards things should be separated and plac- it pays to start sunflowers or corn e1 fmk or by themselves just onteido the fence so the shade kach flcec be tied feeparatc 1 ikfer a double yard is wiul wcflthere sidc uae till better then a growmg crop is fleccc lwinc do um bimier wunly started on one de and thel nor other h iw hena can be turned in when the plants since the fibra wim mix with tho woo wctoo largo to be injured i am annlt be parited in the manu- if yon provide artificial shado for tlo chicta be sure it h substantial 1 hey may seek such protection in se vere wind or rain storm if it blows over there may bo a serious loss col ony houses and brood coops can bo protected in wind storms by driving down two by fours or strong stakes nd apiking to th sides of the houses factoring pnocesses uso no mora twine than is necessary two strings each way around tho fleece boinr sufficient sock the wool or cover it with bur lap or canvas and storo in a clean dry place morocco has no newspapers spontaneity originality initiative and providin enthusiasm are never repressed ten- prevents der love real living sympathy with the j to their childs point of naion in ing thing cious seen children when grown arc still dearest friends it is from the first a question of be ing willing to pay tho price when one sees on every hand boys and girls whose friends and interests are all outside of home who seem entirely at liberty to clioo3 their own occupa tions and food ami shelter for erds ncirievo xne dest re- them and 4911 cows reported on and 20- sl along with the milk record tho or i vii i inoi iit feed record of each cow should be kept let them share needing 835 tests made and that in 1921 th t bnmh o3 cows brought i i ly the necessary blank forra3 free years in the family work the were 7c7 herds and 9 inconceivable that farmers who their come drudgery to them- it bttrii srwtadi nt t enormous know the value of milk for their calves done fi oo i in 1921 n0 fewor 15 ycars of shoud drink at least than 3499 herds and 32225 cows the a ouart of milk every dry and after necessary things are and 1037 kvcn be thankful that your means arc restricted for then your tests made in the latter your at the that ago a pint every day problem will be a simpler one than if 471 centres numbering 1274f2 ngainstj iese chemicals you had all the morov had necsjiity is a roy you wish you 42228 in 1919 manitoba had 17g herd tl n sle assistant to and 1173 cows imier test in 1921 proli arc also used to forced re of the th one j