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> I Address communication* to Agronomist, 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto. *. T. 8., Oxford Co., Out. Please *dtie me how to treat calves to pre- vent boron growing. Answer The growth of horns on ttie calves can be prevented by treat- log the button-like spots where the horn* would come, before the calves re ten days old. The treatment con- UU in the application of caustic potash in stick form. Clip the hair away from the buttons, wash with Op and water and dry. Apply vase- line or crude petrolatum so that it coven the head for an inch or so bout the margin of the button, being careful to see that no vaseline cover* the button itsolf. The vaseline pre- vents injury to the skin surrounding the button. Take a stick of caustic potash, wrap it in paper as a protec- tion to the hands, moisten the tip of the rUck and rub it on the buttons. Two ir.ethnU are recommended: (1) rob the buttons gently for three to flve minutes until they become red; (2) rub on three or four times, at Intervals, allowing the potash to dry on the horn button each time. The fetter method will generally give bet- tr results. Precautions: (1) Protect the han-te; (2) do not let the dissolved pot0h run over other parts of the Od; (3) tie calves up or separate tbm so that they cannot lick one an- other; (4) do not let water or rain fall on their heada for a few days. suited to feeding beef cattle. One disadvantage is that they ate not easily cut Constant Reader, Welland Co., Ont. Some of my fowl appear to be affected with roup. What is the rem- edy? Answer You do not say what part of the throat or head is affected. The Dominion Poultry Husbandman states that it has been found at the experi- mental farms tha', if the complaint affects the ey before definite swell- ings appear the administration of a teaspoonful of Epsom salts to each fowl and repeated bathing of the eyes with a solution of boracic acid oni- half teaspoonful dissolved in a tea- cupful of warm wtaer will usually I effect a cure. If the birds have de- I veloped a peculiar rattle in the throat, they should be removed to warm quar- ters with artificial heat and given a dose of Epsom salts. If white patches .have developed within the mouth cav- ity, and cankerous growths have formed at the entrance to the wind- pipe, remove the matter daily and cauterize by using a caustic pencil or I by the application of tincture of , iodine. If the canker extends down- , wards to the windpipe anticipate death from suffocation by killing the , bird. A NEW DIGNITY FOR JAPANESE WOMANHOOD The slavery of the picturesque Geisha Girls, which has existed as long as the history of Japan, nan been abolished by a court decision. The Geishas were girls sold In early childhood by parents who could uot afford tbelr sup- port, and were trained as entertainers. V. C. T., I'rince Edward Co., Ont. I note tbat sunflowers have come into favor an silage. Hitherto some have been (trowing in a corner of my land, but I have Ignored them, that in to ay they have gone an refuse, except that the chicken* appear to enjoy the eed. Answer In som sections of the West sunflowers have come to be pre- ferred to corn as silage, but trmt is in places where corn is not so productive. In Eastern Canada experiments on the Dominion Experimental Farms and Stations have all tended to show that corn is to be preferred. For instance, Messrs. G. W. Muir and S. J. Chagnon, of the Division of Animal Husbandry, in their recently issued pamphlet on "The Winter Feeding of Beef Cattle in Ontario," say definitely that in all localities whore corn can be grown at Jl successfully corn silage is undoubt- edly the moit satisfactory succulent roughage for the winter feeding of omttl*. They add that in Eastern Canada where corn cannot be success- fully grown, that ia not as a depend- able crop, chief of the other crops that cmn be used economically is probably the sunflower. It will grow where corn will not and yields a heavy ton- nage of fairly palatable silage, al- though at that it does not equal corn silage or even good pea and oat silage. It takes the same place as corn in the rotation and is planted, cultivated, nd harvested in the same way, the cutting being done when the sunflow- ers are about twenty to thirty per cent, bloom. At the Central Experi- ment*! Farm in Ottawa last year they gave the same tonnage and cost prac- tioa-My the same jer ton in the silo a did corn. In a feeding test with dairy cows they gave almost equal results, They should be equally well Enquirer, Norfolk Co. What do experiments show to be suitable grain mixtures for fattening cattle? Answer: In making a grain mix- ture, feeds on hand and possible to purchase must be kept in mind as also the economy of the latter figured on nutritive and material value. The following mixtures worked out from experiments conducted by the Domin- ion Experimental Farm and are re- commended in Pamphlet No. 21 of the Department of Agriculture at Ottawa on the "Winter Fattening of Beef Cat- tle in Ontario," allow for selection ac- cording to circumstances: No. 1 Bran, 1 part; oats, 1 part; barley or corn, 2 parts; oilcake or cottonseed meal, 1 part. Increase corn or barley to finish. 1 No. 2 Bran, 1 part; bnrley or peas,! 1 part; or oata, 2 parts; corn, 2 parts; | oilcake or cottonseed meal, 2 parts.) No. 3 Bran, 1 part; oats, 2 parts; barley, 1 part; corn, 1 part; oilcake' meal, 2 parts. Replacements of grain, other than' those indicated, might be, gluten meal . in place of oilcake or cottonseed meal;, a good quality of rcr leaned elevator screenings in place of oats or barley; j extra oats or screenings in place of bran; and gluten feed in pla'-e of corn. Of the two highly protein feeds, oil- cake and cottonseed meal, the former is to l>e preferred when there is a limited succulence in the ration. In recommending feeding the grain mixture at from 1 to 8 pounds or more per day, according to the ration used, it is to be understood that the steers receive one pound per day, at the start, and up to eight pounds at, or near, the finish. The usual rate of increase is one pound per week. Tho grain ration may be started at once, or delayed a few weeks, according to the condition of thf> steers. Free Distribution of Grain. A free distribution of superior soils' of grain will be mad during the com- : ing winter to Canadian farmers by the Cerea/l Division of the Expert- j mental Farms Branch, Ottawa. The| samples will consist of spring wheat; (about 5 Ibs.), white oats (about 4J Ibs,), barley (about 5 Ibs.), field peaSj (not garden peas about 5 1'bs.) field: beans (about 2 Ibs.), flax for seed and flax for fibre (about 2 N>s.). The Cereal Division of tlie Experi-j mental Farms Branch has improved ; many of the old varieties of grain and; introduced many new varieties. The; best of them have been multiplied and, propagated under direct supervision 1 of responsible officers on tha Experi- 1 mental Farms both east and west. This seed wMl form the bulk stock! from which the various samples will be taken. The seed is therefore the ; purest and best that is obtainable. Of some of the more recent introductions, there is only a I i mite. I supply, so it] would be advisable to apply as soon as possible for these. Among the grains for distribution will be found the Liberty hulless oat.j an oat that is excellent for human use,' and to a limited extent for young live- stock. Among the wheats, the most' outstanding for distribution will be! the Ruby wheat, a wheat that ripens 1 from eight to ten days earlier" than Marquis and is suitable for districts where Marquis ia not early enough/ This year among the barleys will be' found Charlottetown No. 80. This is a two-rowed bnrley that h:is a tend- ency to drop its awns. The supply of this variety is very limited. We hope also to distribute Himalnynn '.;arley, a hulless variety which is a good yielder and suitable for young live-j stock. There will be only one variety' of peas for distribution, namely Mackay Ottawa 25 which is a main crop pea and not suited to districts where early frosts occur. The object of the distribution is twofold: first, that the farmer may get a small sample of good seed to start his seed plot; second, that the Cereal Division may find out how their improved grains will behave under various conditions of soil and climate. Therefore, it is necessary that all the information asked for on the application form should be fully answered. This also holds true with the report forms which each man is asked to fill out after he has grown the sample. Application must be made .on a printed form which will be supplied by the Cereal Division, Central Ex- perimental Farm. Ottawa. (No post- age is required on letters so address- ed). No application forms will be supplied after February 15th, 1923. Farmers are advised to send at once for forms in order not to be disap- pointed, as in some cases the stork is limited. The allotment of samples will be made in order of application. Only one sample will be sejit to a farm. Cereal Division, Central Ex- perimental Farm, Ottawa. o The estimated value of crops grown annually in greenhouses in Canada is upwards of three millions of dollars, and the area under glass is stated to cover about six million square feet of space. The famous Matador ranch, com- prising 120,000 acres of federal graz- ing lands north of the Saskatchewan river, is being acquired by the Sas- katchewan Government on leasehold terms for community grazing pur-j poses. TneTobacco of Quail THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON Caring for the Herd Sire Thin ii the gist of n talk on poultry feeding given by Prof. L. E. Card, an authority on the subject: He recommends a mash, consisting of equal parts of bran, flour middlings, | cornmeal, ground heavy oats and beef i scraps. Heavy ground oatg was spe-' clfically mentioned for this mah, aa the hens cannot stand very much food fibre, nuch as may be found in light , oats. For a grain feed, ho recom- mends equal parts of corn anil wheat, the measured part of which should bo kept about even. For instance, for! Leghorns, he recommends the feeding of two pounds per hundred hens of scratch feed in the morning and six poundi in th* evening. For the heav-i ier hived* he recommends about three poumlfl in the morning ami seven in the evening. His purpose in feoding light in the morning is t encourage tho hens to eait the mash, so as to get their re- quired proportions of meat scraps. ' Hens naturally like scratch feed the' bpst, but if fed light early In the day, ' they will fill up on mash and then in' tie evening will finish up on scratch j foed. By thU iyntem of feeding they will eat more than they would ordinarily. In order to kep the hens in pood laying condition he recommend* that the scratch should gradually bo cut down, Btarting about the first of March, until about the first of Novem- ber they wiW get about half as much as recommended above. In other words, Leghorns will receive approxi- mately one pound of scratch feed In the morning and three in the evening. ThU it to encourage the hens to "it mort! maah in order that they be pre- pared to do their active laying during th* fall months when ogg price* are high Starting November 1, the cratch feed should he Increased grndimlly until the full amount Is given Hi- says many poultry feeders muk Inquiry about tho u* of tankage, in- tj.i of beef scrap*. From his ex- perience he finds tht tankage will not produce the number of eges that beef wraps do. Hut if it can be bought at $10 per ton less than moat scraps, it; v-culd be worth using as a substitute, 1 ns the meat scraps will not produce ttiough more fgga to make up the Difference in cost. Making a Rooster Crow. I want to tell the movie folks that a rooster can be taught to crow at nny time and us often us desired. When I wan n boy, a friend gave me a Cochin-China cockerel. I took good care of him, and he grew to be a whopper. Corn in those days was the main grain feed for stock, and every day I had to chop corn in the crib for eight or U>n cows. The rooster, with a lot of hens, was always present to pick up thn stray grains. When the supply of grains would become slack, Cochin, by wny of passing th- time of waiting, would stretch up his neck and pour forth one of his calls that fairly made the woods ring. Ono dny I threw him a grain of corn while he was in the act of crow- ' ing. His ludicrous efforts to beat the! hens to the corn whilu crowing out his song, which he neemed unable to stop till he had run tho full gamut, but ended in a mixed staccato and screech, ' an ho bent his neck to pick up the ; morsel, was too comical not to have it repeated. Every day thereafter I put him through his repertoire. He soon learned that h could earn corn with his music and he grew lavish with encores. As soon as he got tho grain down, or if the nan* had braiten him to It, he wouM Immediately straighten up and crow again. Thia he would con- tinue until he could get no more corn down. I could set him to crowing any time he was not too full I am sure I can prove the. possibility of it by training] another rooster to do the same thing in a very short time. J. S. Sargent, Thive hundred thousand worlds thv ixt< of this >nrth could b<> utoTcd in- side the Hun. It has benn said that "the bull is half tho ht-rd," but the truth of the matter is that, weighed in the milk scales and in the annual balance sheet, he is far more than half the herd. In truth, the whole success and future of j the dairy industry depends upon the bulls used by dairymen. The purebred' sire indelibly stamps his progeny with, the "trade-mark" of his own breed; 1 and his owner soon feels the direct] bent-tits resulting therefrom. For the farmer of average means' the best plan is to buy a young bull whoso maternal ancestors during sev-l eral generation* showed great yearly j milk and buttcrf at production records. | Only huWs which have the backing of; closely-related, high-producing ances-| tors can improve a herd. Keep this] point, in mind: Most good bulls are, registered, hut not all registered bulls are good. The prepotent bull stamps' his calves with his own desirable qual- ities. Therefore he must have desir- able qualities, and he must be strong nnd enorgetir in order to unfailingly [ pass them on. Look for the wide muz- zle, the broad forehead, prominent I eye, deep cheat, big barrel, open- jointed frame, long, straight rump and loose skin, all combined in the jrood- j sized animal. In addition to outstand- ! ing masculinity, strive for vigor and vitality in the new herd sire. Beware of the imdi'.rsized, lazy, dull-eyed bull; he is never u money maker for his owner. See that the bull Rets plenty of ex- ercise. It will improve both his physical condition and his temper. Do nut keep him "jailed" day after day in a sninll box-stall. Give him a strongly-fenced cxen-iso lot, provided with some sort of shelter against su.i and rain and flies; here he may exer- cise at will. Feed him for masculinity rather than for fat. Seo that his win- ter quarters are light, v.Vl ventilated and sanitary. Handle him frequently and gently while he is still young; it will then be easier to manage him when he grows older. Use a bull-staff at all times, and insist that the hired men do likewise. Remember that it is the docile bull so-cnllcj that does tho damage nnd gives us the facts for items such as this, so commonly seen in daily and weekly newspapers: "Farmer C.ored to Death by Bull." How often the report goes on to state that the offending animal was the "pot of the family." The safe bull is the one that is never given an opportunity to be otherwise, and that is not per- mitted to run at large in the pasture with the cows. Many young growing bulls are underfed, whereas the aim should he to pet early, steady and rapid growth thut guarantees size, stamina and vi- tality for the mature animal. A good growing ration for the young bull is: Skim-milk, clover or alfarfa hay, sil- age or roots, one to five pounds, de- pending upon his age, and one-half to one pound of the following grain mix- ture: Oats, three parts; wheat bran, one part; corn, one part; and oilmeal, one-tenth part. Tho mature bull re- quires feed that gives strength and vitality, but not fat. He should re- ceive from eight to fifteen pounds of silnge daily, but no more. A good ration for him is: Silage, eight to fifteen pounds; hay, eight to twelve pounds; and grain mixture, two to four pounds, consisting of three parts of oats and one part of wheat bran. DECEMBER 10 The Story of the Good Samaritan, Luke 10: 25-37. Golden Text Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself. Lev. 19: 18. Lesson Setting The lesson story, s we find it, forms part of the min- istry of Jesus on his way from Perea, beyond Jordan, to Jerusalem. T. How to Find Eternal Life, 25-29. V. 26. Behold a certain lawyer. This man was a scribe, one whose duty it was to interpret the law. Stood up, and tempted him. He proposes to test Jeeus in a trial of wiU, and expos* either his inefficiency as a teacher, or his departure from the teachings of orthodox Judaism. Master, what shall I do? He begins with words of seeming deference to Jesus. He seems to consult him as an authority. To .n- herit eternal life. This was the same question put by the young ruler in a spirit of real earnestness and inquiry. V. 26. What is written in the law. Jesus immediately makes a twofold thrust between the armor of the self- confident scribe. First, he makes an appeal to the law which it was hoped he would disparage. Second, he puts the scribe on the defensive instead of the offensive. Why do you come with a question which is assured in. the law which you assume to teach? The scribe is put in the witness box. V. 27. Thou shalt love the Lord; the summary of tho law in Deut. 6: 5; 10: 12; Lev., ch. 20. V. 28. This do, and thou shalt live. Jesus puts the scribe in the positK . of having asked an unnecessary ques- tion. The question which was to test Christ only revealed the inexpertness of the scribe. V. 29. He is willing to justify him- self. The scribe feels baffled but not benten. He is determined to show that there was a real difficulty in the ques- tion he propounded. And whc is my neighbor? The law makes religion wide enough to take in God and one's neighbor. And who is my neighbor? The rabbis taught that neighborhood in this sense was limited to the na- tionality of Israel. They limited it by race and stock. II. How to Find One's Neighbor, 30-37. V. 30. A certain :\ian; a Jew. From Jerusalem to Jericho; a distance of 21 i.iik-s. Fell among thieves. See Light from the Kast. V. 31. By chance; mean-ing rather "about the same time." A certain priest . . that way. Jericho was a priestly residence. This priest had performed his week of service at the temple and was on his way home. His program of religious duties had been performed. V. 32. When he Haw . . he passed by on the other side. He passes near enough to see the need of the man, but it was dangerous to linger here for robbers were evidently near. More- over, he might be ceremonially defiled by touching the man if he werj dead. Religion was for him a ftx! program of ceremonial duties. It has no room for compassion and service. V. 32. Likewise a Levltc. The Le- vites were the assistants of the priests in tho temple sacrifices and acted as doorkeepers and singers. He follows the example of his superior. His re- ligion is all confined to the temple. It ha* nothing for the common road. V. 33 A certain Samaritan . . cam* where he was. Little was to be ex- pected from the Samaritans. The Jews had no dealings with the Samaritan*. But Jesus has the courage to hold up the hated Samaritan for praise and commendation. Had compassion on him. All other motive* are over- powered by the spirit of corn-passion. V. 34. Went to him. He might have pitied and passed on. but emotion leads to action. Bound up his wounds, He renders first aid. Pouring in oil and wine. Not in niggardly, but abundant fashion he gives the things he had provided for his owr. possible needs on the way. Set him on his 'own beast. He sacrifices his time, turning aside from his own errand. He makes his travelling equipment into an ambul- ance. And took care of him; becomes nurse and doctor. V. 35. Took out two pence; provided another nurse and footed the bill. I will repay thee; provided for all pos- sible needs and became surety and bond for the expense. Jetus em- phasizes the ungrudging and complete nature of the service rendered. He goes the second and last mile in the way of service. V. 36. Which now . . was neighbor? Once again Jesus puts his examiner ii the witness box and compels him to answer his own question. V. 37. Note that the lawyer hates to say definitely that the Samaritan was the neighbor. He puts it more vaguely. He that showed mercy. Nevertheless Jesus has compelled him to acknowledge that any one who needs is a neighbor ami any one who can meet that need must play the part of neighbor to the needy one. Application. Max Muller said that Christianity struck the word "barbarian" from the dictionaries of the world and replaced it with the word "brother." Previous to the coming of Jesus to the Jew, every man not circumcised was a Gentile ami outside the pale of God's chosen people. To the Greek, every man not speaking Greek was a bar- barian, and one to be regarded only with contempt or patronizing tolera- tion. Under the influence of the teach- ing ami spirit of Jesus we are coming to see that all men everywhere are neighbors and that it is the duty of men to help their neighbors along life's highway. The loving heart finding expression in service is the ideal Christ set for men. Service had a central place in the life of teaching of the Master. The parable of the Good Samaritan exem- plifies this. Then there was that other solemn utterance wherein Jesus de- clared that when the dead s-tand be- fore the throne of God their fate will depend upon whether or not they have rendered service. They will be asked if they have fed the hungry; clothed the naked; given drink to the thirsty and visited the imprisoned and sick (Matt. 25: 31-46). "He that is great- est among you shall be your servant," said Jesus. HOW CANADA AIDS II KK FAKMFKS. 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