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Port Perry Star, 10 Mar 1921, p. 7

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garment. It is high chiefly 3 is. well made, and it will outwear a less expen-| garment. Then, too, ® really n't worth ath Have nothing to do with him. . ayo put yourself in ould. it 'be fair: T } | that ra a an Hsin course] in Elocution. It would not seem pos- sible to acquire the art in that way. You can, of course, improve your speaking voice by careful reading aloud. If you will send your address the calendar of an excellent School "snod garment, even when it Ting | will be mailed to you, r my hogs would save me an day for extra work in the field, my seeding and planting could be hin a, as 1 ve bun ai | could make a mice profit, be- i could take care of six more : 1 have been ad- STN YE ®. is own "| "Exceeding is ser vg to not ero So ous thot 4s that veiiption. Hie e TT food. foot Hie. enter them and give! m new life, a pplication. It is doubtful ates 'can imagine the the anmounce- Tent Yeh 'made that one id i es would Dorey B 'the portant | ev: fos was angelist describes: i that Jesus made es Ey You could simply double th a a J of seed used and expect to »| are much more severe than test "prospering, must, be rd these guilty seeds. Before taking up other agricultur- al work I spent several interesting anh a leading seed house. Thinking "there might be something helpful En the experience I 'gained here, I will tell you some of the ings which every seedman knows, hin which every farmer ought to know about seeds. alors tu list the four most im. things to consider in buying "Tish would be: 1. Hig germination or vitality. 2. Freedom from weed "seeds and 8. Correctness of variety. impurities. on}. 4. Breeding for high yields and dis- resistance, ease °t 1 assume that 'you; like most farm- evils| the home-| boast our trom any form of sin. All has one root and essence, 'It is selfish- to . (| ness, living to one's self instead of sh God, and this y one been | to indulge in the et anf that seeder, and hate to scrap it, 1 could del pet 9 es thing out.of my ordia dq] au would spray ev 7 aby AnT thie he meme Sones ut MOVS) approved whieh; if 1 The fi \ SY fo to Id id interest one will take in the farm|are comomnly kept by seedsmen for, ounts of food as they will | flock of poultry if one keeps records.| several seasons without the slightest! readily. Allowing them to The Pasevver, vv. 17-30. t ply of he feast, ok was the the Ji Thursday gh 12: 17-18). come. Luke tells is (22: 14- any form of evil Las no danger for ee red. It is surprising how much more I keep 'an account of all eggs se- cured so. that I.can compare year for| thing is to "feel their pulse" before injurious as well. Watch: the. colt's | year 'how my production per hen '| has "increased eno. My re- cord also shows the chicks hatched and those raised; amount of poultry, sold and costs, My record for the last four years i} follows: 1917: 42 hens, 4,289 eggs, 107.2 per n., Chicks hatched, 4563, raised 428. © Eggs sold .... eae $52.18 69.60 $121.76 73.87 1918: 118 hen. Chicks hatched 600, raised 486. Eggs sold .... $636.29 Poultry sold .. $271.56 1920: 242 hens, 82, 539 eggs, 135.6 per hen. hicks hatched 866, reisof 819. 'ers, buy most of your seeds for field and garden. Of course, there are many 'that you cam profitably save yourself, such as corn, wheat, oats, occasionally" clover, soy beans, and a 'few of the garden seeds. If you do save your own, the most important things to watch are germination" and impurity, It is very essential to clean gathered seeds properly, so that all weeds ave eliminated. The storage place must be favorable as 'to temperature and moisture, so that vitality will not be lost. A cool, but never freezing, temperature is best, and dry air is much better than moist, But no matter how carefully you have kept your seed stocks, do not trust them. Every lot should have a germination test rather close to planting time to make sure that they haven't " ." Seeds have a tricky habit of doing that. The best of them will sometimes become abso- tutely worthless from no apparen ff cause, - On the other hand, many seeds | loss in growing power. The main planting them, by means of the germ- ination test. There sre many kinds of germina- tors. Perhaps the simplest method for small seeds is to place the sample be tween two sheets of blotting paper, in a. plate, keeping it moist and in al warm place. © After a reasonable length of time, count the number of | seeds that do not sprout, and figure! your germination percentage. Really good seeds will often test 98 per cent, | or better. Anything over 90 per cent. | will do; 80 to 90 per cent, is fair. If they test under 80 per cent., I would! seriously consider the extra cost nec- essary to get a perfect stand and the chances of losing the crop before planting them, Of course, a 'good deal depends on the nature of the crop. It would not be serious if radishes, for the home seed corn that falls much below. mal stand, Corn is costly to reg and so it doesn't pay to trifle. : per dees eondi- tions. A cold wet spell in early spring might rot seeds that germinated very high in a test. It pays to be on the safe side. Replanting is almost al ways more costly than the extra price necessary to get seeds that will grow. 1 could cite numerous examples of cent. Remember that field co 'the harmful' results caused by the introduction of dangerous weeds such as thistle in seeds of unknown quality, But, doubtless, you know of as many as I do. Quality in seeds, like quality in anything else, can seldom be bought at bargain prices. It is quite possible to buy seeds that are free of weeds and dirt, per fect in germination, and yet it would be poor economy to use them even il they were bought for a song. Would yom want to buy corn that is adapted only to a warmer climate than. that of Ontario? Or would you want seed wheat at $2.50 a bushel that wouldn't yield. over 26 bushels to the acre on the richest land, when $3 a bushel would buy pedigreed wheat that would yield 30 to 40 bushels to the acre on good land? Germination and mechanical purity wouldn't show the difference in these two wheats. Their difference goes deeper--it is due to purity of strain. One has been bred for high yields, the other 1s a scrub. There are robber seeds just as there are robbér cows. . The future of a steer is made dur- ing the first year of his life, once growthy and thrifty, it takes less food t0 maintain that conditi eens {5 Because there was a heavy crop of coarse feed harvested last fall is no reason for wasting feed this winter. What is left over in the s can always be used to advantage sires enrasntieas Colts should be given only wife am- up Prore themselves is not only expem but appetite and regulate his food accord- ingly. : a Sy HIDES-WOOL- "With prices low, it is necegss that you recelve every cen sible 'for what hides and you have. Make sure you same by shipping us youp' whether it 1s one hide or dred." WILLIAM STONE SONS WOODSTOCK. ESTABLISHED CLR & FERGUS Jacques < ITED: 8 EO ONTARIO 1 "Use Imperial Mica Axle Grease and enperial Eureka Harness Oil." ~Save .

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