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y addrssi communication toabfo 13 adelaide st west toronto branding dairy products i manent sod added nitrogen is likely j- to be a necessity from the start and merchant huron co ont- reiatvel iarge qusm if one jues what are the regulations rer- cut and reraove the hay from the garding the branding of parages soj orchard j be found nccessary containing dairy products i to rcp the nit supply with anskvery package containing ous abp and let us whey butter or a mixture of whej ht jf that such a pract and creamery or dairy butter or but- wil fae disastrous to the fruit crops ter from a mixture of ordinary cream un the orchard is rotenuve as separated from milk and cream of mo if one has a convenient and cheap source of mulching material such asi evrypack7ie7ontaininra mature slraw or swamp hay which can be of dairy with creamery butter or applied around the trees so as to form boxes similar to those used for cream- a thlek laycr decaying organic mat- orv butter that ire nirkixl with rtnirv ter ver g results can be obtained butter must be branded dairy but with oniy moder quantities of nit- at quebec last year these beautiful animals were close runners up and aro ter parchment paper used for rogen or possibly none at all j competing again this year wrapping blocks squares or prints of i tne best measure of the quantity dairy butter must be branded dairy of nitrogen needed by the trees is the poultry j viduals in the flock butter skimmilk cheese must be growth they make young apple trees so branded within twentyfour hours ought to make eighteen to twenty- when savin winter eggs which has been separated from whey must be branded at the time of pack- ing with the words whey butter handsome huskies for quebec dog derby some of the dogs which participated in the international dogsled derby a valentine party by margaret m- scott have you ever wanted to give a needles tie a knot in the middle and valentine partyyet hesitated because working together each pair tries to you could not think up anything new f strin the thread more x j t 1 hearts than any other couple before to do if so take heart for here are the music 5 again some suggestions that may cause youj after this pass out pencils und slips to scout the old saying theres nothj 0 paper on which one or two lines ing new under the sun of an old love song are written ask this invitation written on a red the guests to finish the verse for heart sent out in a white envelope instance with tiny red heart stickers might be used hear ye hear ye list what fun is in store for everyone come check your heart at my front door february 14th 24 her face is like the snowdrift her neck is like the swan i tried to tell her all these things but she said aw gwan you might suggest that costumes bo worn if you you might award a prize of a heart shaped box of candy to the one who gives the most unexpected twist to colonial his verse want a next you might play cupids game dressedup party for colorful clothes give the boys a small heart for every add so much to the decorations or girl that is present then seat them you could arrange to have each girl around indifferently numbered nooks wear a differentcolored dress and direct each girl to go to a different i then give fancy caps to the guests as nook where she proceeds to propose the large num- as they arrive the door knob to the young man she finds there if ber of cockerels which can be raised wil take on a festive air if it pro- he accepts he gives her one of the for f the special mating can be care- tudos through a heart just inside small hearts the girl goes on to the l nours it owttton manv aching try and keep them in a fully culled and used as breeders for you might have a gayly decorated next nook and proposes again when of leaving the press so must every four inches annual gowtn on many tcmoeraturo betavecn fortv and fiftv 5 tt 1 booth presided over by cupid where the game is over the girl who col the guests must chock their hearts lectcd the most hearts has to tell hei the invations method a musical hunt begins the program after this st valentine himself de sheep box or package containing skimmilk of the leading shoots when the trees temperature between forty and fifty the free range flock the next year cheese all packages containing but come into bearing twelve to fifteen fgrees eggs that go below thirty- ter or cheese must be branded a inches may be enough and with old fivc degrees may be chilled if they cording to their contents in letters trees that are beginning to crowd f slxt de a lapid do- not less than half an inch long and each other a less growth may answer threeeighths of an inch wide except but it is probable that rarely does a in thn case of parchment wrappers mature tree growing less than four when the letters must be not less than j to six inches at the ends of many branches produce satisfactory crops her terioration results jpaysga hearts are placed but cides who shall be supper partners the hatching eggs often in winter so sk l ff 1 f j j not biamen a around the room part- his costume is made of two large th sive but important item in the com- a quarter of an inch wide going the nitrogen limit it follows that if trees are growing at most of the eggs are taken from yjhw for the occasion are chosen by hearts after the fashion of a sandwich iderhens visitings the laying pens ss ss giving a heart to each girl she tears man the girls names are put in one every hour from nine until early af- y ey scatce it two uneven pieces one she keeps basket and the boys in another st ternoon will usually wisffl snm the is m a which is valentine draws a name from each lessnamomidatels ttere pced from being chilled vv r um uiiii 10 valentine c m chilling winds and cold passed to the boys each boy finds basket and ilmh uinu me amounts lnmcaieu mere i uauier the possessor of the other half of the entines those whose should be applied enough nitrogen toi ggs that weigh close to two ounces housing breeding ewes too closely hea he drew then each couple re- coupled are oartners r tik ii n rru u each are the best for hatcnintr nur- tm a- uuv iu r li uiwuiiik ewes uoswy time was when the introduction of ket the desired growth this may be each ale the best for atchmg pur- 1s p00r practice like many a flock cries them aloud as val- names are on b1u iiks maj m t- e many a hock ceives tw0 yards of hea thread and for the supper you might have any considerable quantity of nitrogen anywhere from 100 to 300 pounds to f there a tendency for hens owner j have ciosed the doors c the tw0 b need into an orchard fertilizer was sup- the acre of nitrate of soda or couiva- to lay esks c the size of the s on stormy nights and forgotten w i i m w vl cquiva- rssv f- j snea on stormy nights and forgottt posed to be about as disastrous to the lent quantities of other nitrogen- c that produced them we do not to open a few windows the follow trees as putting a liberal quantity of carrying fertilizers arsenic into the baked beans for the even larger quantities may be pro s fi church supper would be to the hunfitable on light poor soils especially are not desired by the best markets rebreathing the foul atmosphere gry caters now we apply nitrogen- j if the orchard is producing heavily i a standard twoounce egg is just l arranging for an ample supply ous fertilizers with a prodigality that inmost cases the limit is imposed not rl for both mark and 0 fresh air i planned to present would have dismayed the fruit growj by stimulation of excessive growth atching purposes j draughts from hitting the animals cis 01 ten years ago decrease of fruitfulness as was dampness in the poultry house is this is easily done by opening win- one of the biggest things the ex- 1 formerly thought but by a failure to reduced by frequent cleaning of the dows on the side of the shed opposite periment stations have ever done for j secure high color of fruit this comes dropping boards the droppings con- the direction from which the wind fruit growing v has been to dissolve i about through excessive growth of tain a large amount of moisture blows l c r this old fear of nitrogen and showj leafy shoots that shade the fruit and overcrowding of the poultry house that it is really the most valuable ofja prolongation of the growth period soon contaminates the litter and all fertilizer elements in the orchard of the fruit and consequent dej makes the house damp and the most likely of any to bring layed ripening in most cases the keep p the supply of green food profitable returns grower wants to get his early fruit for the hens that are laying eggs for ten years ago the usual fertilizer the market as quickly as possible hatching the vitamines in both green recommendation for orchards called and with latematurijig sorts the on- 1 feed and milk seem to enable hens to coming fall season may prevent the ay eggs with stronger germs many perfect maturity of the fruit j failures with early incubation are due when there is a reasonably heavy to the quality of the eggs and not to i growth of a cover crop the trees willl incubator breeding stock that rarely if ever be suffering from lack green feed and exercise contrib- starvation the production of a good many eggs that are either infer- heartshaped sandwiches with pimen- when the- music sounds partners to cheese or ham filling cherry ice r u luw winaows ine ioiiowi march j a double row around the cream small heart cakes and coffee wish to oversize eggs as it costs too m morning the air in the shed would continuing until the music stops little baskets of oldfashioned motto j e stflng with the sheep logy tam they break ranks thread the candies would make amusing favors for a relatively high proportion of potash a moderate proportion of phosphoric acid and little or no nitro gen the fear of nitrogen arose from the belief that it promoted vigorous growth of the trees this was thought to be mischievous in two ways one was that the trees would go into the cover crop in a cultivated orchard is of extreme importance for many rea- tile or develop chicks that die in the shell nearly every farm flock no matter how carefully culled contains a few temperatures- the otherarose from i tgrand decaying releases them again j birds of much better quality than the winter with soft immaturetwood and f ns prevents soil washing and most likely suffer killing from low 0 mtrates win the belief that vigorous growth was opposed to fruitfulness one could have either but not bothin a given this belief has been completely tree for the use of the trees i general run of the flock if these hens the older the trees and the heavier 1 can beisolated during thebreeding the crop borne the more nitrogen is j season and mated with the bet cock- needed it is rare indeed for an or- overturned and now wo know that chard of a trees l b with within limiti growth and fruitfulness f hei added mtrogen go together more fruit the more growth the if then nitrogen is a most helpful element in the orchard fertilizer cor- yet it does occurin some cases when the orchard is located on a soil of high natural fertility as to the best time to apply nitro- gen the usual recommendation is to tain further questions arise what 1 i form is to be preferred how much is called for what time of year is it best applied the final answers to all these questions have not been given yet but it is possible to give some put it on a short time before the leaves start in the spring as good results follow this practice it is the best course to follow until it is shown that some other time is better an erel obtainable it is a great help in increasing the per cent of fine indi- prospects for market cattle referring to the outlook for mar ket cattle the markets intelligence service of the live stock branch at ottawa states that the prospects and present conditions in the live stock in dustry are on the whole far more fav ourable than they were a year ago as feed is plentiful and store cattle are cheap the producer and feeder who is taking advantage of this is in a fairly secure position especially where intelligent methods of winter feeding are practiced i in emphasizing the influence corn- wintering bees a very comprehensive bulletin on bees and how to keep them by the dominion apiarist has recently been issued by the department 6fiag- riculture at ottawa in the chapter dealing with wintering the author calls attention to a number of points of importance the bee cellar should be well ventilated but not draughty and the bqst temperature in the early part of the winter is usually around 48 degrees f but towards spring it should be lowered from three to six well here yes the after all yes indeed well think of meeting you world is a small place the royal winter fair degrees care being taken to keep the mon stock has upon market prices bees as much as possible from rest the same authority says insofar asj the air in the cellar should l7 t c0ncern general n be too dry nor- damp enough to ffiv moisture to condense on the that if h floor of the hives good drainage is fh if t pnce s wlt necessity and the bees should be inzzf f yl 1 d and left undisturbed w ji jm n tn th0 date that the be should be taken nprbnndtf f 70 ccn out of the cellar depends upon their per hundred above what they were in condition and the state of the wea- the same week last year and calves ther 50 cents and with prices in excess keepers of bees will do well tore- 1 tr the previous week member that mice and rats are ene- blirw ambs mies of bees a will sometimes de- bo admitted that the prospects are at stroy colonies in the winter if care least promising again with all the j not taken to exclude them from the slaughtering that is going on in brit- j bee cellar or wintering case ain on account of the foot and mouth j disease there is likely to be an in- the second holding of the royal lected on the continent there were creased demand in the future for cat- winer fair at toronto saw this na- j interesting exhibits of water fowl tie as usual the man having the tional exhibition of canadian agri- african chinese and embden geese right sort will reap the most profit cultural endeavor firmly founded and fnxnand wp mnt ft fi a study the weekly market rc definitely established in the life of thew uinevp gs o k- canart tnt pi t u r at n inl hnn th and mhr- tjls futujm i branch will show how true this al helpful suggestion taking ud the abund of available nitrogen atj dominion at a single bound the and other song birds all further in 1 i r 1 k this timp ffllrnia flip aliii 1l tr 1o h kwinma panaa liafa1 1lu3 l this time favors the quick production first question it is probable that any of a area with otg of of the usual notrogencarrying mater- the trce js in a sition tq jals will be beneficial nitrate of winter fair has become canadas dicated the latitude of canadyan pro- zrki a toronto for instance greatest farming exhibiion dominion- duction whilst the exhibit of prize ending december 20 good wide in representation and as com- foxes has probably never been sur- colonies wintered putsidc may be protected by reducing the width of the hive en- trance to threeeighths of an inch so that mice will be unable to get in in the cellar they may be poisoned soda sulphate of ammonia barnyard manu large quantities of prehensive in tho scope of its variety passed anywhere manure or any of the socalled or- and t is ver generally and standard of farm products in the horse show continued its re- ganic forms as dried blood fish or aereed that a large starch reserve in fact the winter fair in its brief lparkable success of the previous year salt and water for the sheep during the winter when the snow is available and especially where a steers averaged 563g per hundred liberal supply of roots is being fed and common 464 good veal calves the flock will not suffer a great deal averaged 1051 and grassers 383 select bacon hogs averaged 905 and extra heavies 005 good lambs 1028 forms such as nitrate of soda or sul gument for early applications of 1 international hue as is but natural in the season the jumping phate of ammonia will be found sat 1 availablqjiitrogen if p the eminent position can- made a particularly noteworthy fea- isfactory probably nitrate of soda nitt is available all through i ada occupies among the agricultural ture of the entire exhibition and mr has been used by fruit growers more summer the tree is likely to use countries of the globe cox and his associates are to be con- than anv other form w ti t to make new growth all aummor whilst visitors wer tankage aro all good for quick u aiwav accompanies fruit- development has gone beyond purely and constituted what was probably flnd mmmon e vi results- one of the readily available bud d erentiation herelies the ar- national limits and ha taken on an the best horse show on the continent dm mraent for onrlv rli i i kif t i in tvio ri 90o ana common u burelyj class j theres a lesson in these figures -o- cost of maintenance considerable work was done during than any other form but sulphate of ammonia may be just as good it may necessary however to apply were present from gratulatcd for thei r perseverance in be long and in so doing use up the many countries and all sections of the adding this unusually interesting tne winter of 1923 by the department an -addi- newly made storch so that there is american continent many states of phase to tho exhibition an -aam- such cases a dressing uf lime iii occa t0 iittic on hand tho noxt spring to the union were actually represented tional novel feature of 1922 consider- sional years especially where it is p aonft the formation of fruit in exhibits notobly michigan penn- 1 ably expanded in 1923 was the desired to grow leguminous cover bearin trees stop grow- sylvania massachusetts ohio and ceptionally fine showing of live dc- crops or a clover sod in the orchard i lnff l thoir terminal buds oregon corative fish which was probably as sulphate of ammonia will if used re- carll0r than do young non whilst fairs and exhibitions held inj finejin one as has ever been drawn peatedly bring about an acid condi tion of the soil which is fatal to clover ing trees every localfty in canada indicate the together the limit in the use of nitrogen is excellence of the farm production of grains vrrprahrro x that quantity that is most proffttble tbose areas- tho royal winter fair veg and fijuit going beyond this may be merely a llas n a graphic manner summed up grams in such an excellent crop that cannot be answereydefinitetv a wb f k m monoy or t y p agricultural effort i f t of bigbstandard young orchard planted t a fairly j mslwi i2 m to fruit the fertile soil and kept in culti- 1 tnls w bo in p co versl how much to apply is a question of animal husbandry ontario agri cultural college to ascertain the cost of maintenance of tho farm work hor ses for heavy horses at teaming work necessary around the farm such if water is not given so says the de partment of animal husbandry on tario agricultural college at the same time shecpwill drink more or less water- if it is to be had and if at all convenient it will pay to pro vide it even in the winter after the ewes have lambed in the spring and during the summer while on grass an abundant supply of clean fresh water should be at hand especially during tho long hot days of summer tho sheep will drink quantities and the hcnlth and comfort of the flock de- mands that it be available i salt should be before the flock at as drawing manure etc it costs from a1 limcs dur the year a box or 31 to 366 cents per horse per day trough set up in tho pen during the for feed stebling andcare the cost win or in the field while on pas- with a cover crop plowed underevery fruit ate maturity spring may- grow and dominions agricultural effort js 7 juraiiy or highstandard 71 imposing aggregate of great di- l f partlcular n at the prc- ty illustrates in a clear manner sggk e exhibits th wrrh ctaa n j ino cojection fruit and vegetables cost not only the high standard of cana- mmmmwm ov d m 5t1 wm i of feed was 54 per cent of the total cost of maintenance and tho cost of labor was 22 per cent of the total horse labor during the winter 6 cents per hour dairy heifers ture in which there is always a sup ply- will assure tho owner that his flock is always well provided with salt prolificness by months investigational work carried on by well bear for several vears without vva ft shippingj experimentation is making each year both volume and variety the vatietv added nitrogen as with it this has t beral nitrogen supply through the discovery of other crops of blooms in the flower exhibits nrovel records kept by the department ottlzztolanlzt f 7 animal husbandry o a c on the fc dssw te gain ry beneficial most likely of the 0 1 in or lr chards than in those in sod dairy i same cows some succulent food like from every province showing how all breeds of cattle exhibited 1 apiculturo is developing in tho do- beef cattle exhibits at the second minion annual fair covered all breeds and an exhibit of primei nterest was a wero- the strongest exhibits of the collection of nuti from an ontario the best milking cows in my hcrd or roots improvement started show dairy cattle came from five orchard of about one hundred bearing- aro tho best eaters a good appe- a vcr sbort time they not only j provinces and two states and included trees these included the japanese ti to seems to bo a prerequisite to cat the succulent food more ravenous- jer holsteins ayrshire- guernnnd canadian black walnuts pecan heavy performance atthc pail since iy but th appetite for the dr seys and frenchcanadians filberts almonds and english walnuts ccrtoin foods stimulate the appetite fceds is stimulated the exhibition of draught horses equal to anything grown in califcr- i find that the good dairyman can pui r j j was probably the best seen in canada nia- 1 f1hs ifkw of with or i then leem gish vvu wiui iiu average cose increase gavethc following results of feed per heifer was 103 cents and f that the total daily cost of maintain- march 1508 ing an average hojfer weighing 830 april 1466 pounds was 27 cents the total cost january 1409 of winter maintenance per 1000 lbs february 1378s of live weight was 325 cents i may 1347 o june 1280 mangels versus beet pulp j of the eleven breeds studied only during the winter of 1923 the ani- three showed a higher percentage of mal husbandry department of the twins and triplets than singles the ontario agricultural college con- dorset horn oxford down and lei- ducted an experiment to determine rcstcr many 1 5 aype i canada of gret importance ust in they fight cleachyir m a fromj hit hard bat never below the beit eircfuliyt when quite dry poha muvii vawusu ior so many low- ment ot a national typo in canada to becoh- moro or less slug- producing cows with tho cost of milkj the poultry exhibit comprised the tjit whr i place beforo the above the income j largest aggregation of fowl ever col- j bright wring a cloth out of warm your ideas soapy water and wipe the furniture other parts of the world 1 i 551 i 5 k x general sir ian hamilton usual