The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

sed expenditure of energy, he lly thinks you are trying to kk: harder. © that he will be discharg: 800 'the job is finished, the 3 43 which he can gain any- 4 ng 'the ork last as ible, Then, too, it is hard try | 4 full day's 'work, provided he stays"in the field all day. Stich troubles: with hired help are [sho i they '| ing up in the The two inefficient ones worked as @ pair, but made no attempt to get in any teamwork. The. size of" their shocks varied from 8 to 16 bundles, i generally used both hands to 'up a bundle=it ean be done with less effort and time with one hand--- and they never tried to carry more Ithan one at a time, As nearly as I could judge, the other man did not use up any more energy during the day than each of these, but he did not do gnywhere near as much unneces- sary wall and carrying, nor anything like as much effort in pick- the bundles and placing them Some men just naturally seem to "| get more done than others, but if you _ When pay ; on the amount of work actually done, the hired man hag "incentive to'do as much as he can, 'will watch their work carefully for'a | little while you can always find the reason for it. Are you sure that you do not lose a lot of time just because you do not sizeup your own work or that of your help as carefully as you might? Handwork in the fleld, the daily chores, and all the odd jobs on the farm still take a surprisingly large amount of time: And time means money. How Well Should Work Be Done? is done by machine it as long ito do it] all handwork, however, 'point is reached, added ly be secured at a con- ce in quantity, on how " | stitption has. in tent that less and .| must be | eastern Ontario and Qu does; to. make a first-class} and it} i tic con- Tess can be' spared for export, and the danger is that we may lose our footing on British market in consequence. With a nee of the supply, however, Ganadian hog.reisers may look for. ward to the fubure with confidence ne thing of great importance is that the market is to be maintained, hogs According ly finished. {to Teports from the leading packing 1o| companies the proportion of unfinish-| ical ed hogs is much too large, running as up| high as 15 per cent. in central and'pinn | western Ontario and 20 per cent. in ec. In the 'western provinces proportionately fewer light hogs are marketed, the tendency being to run to the other extreme. Hogs that exceed 220 lbs, live weight are not suitable for the production of bacon. : The breeds of swine most favored in Canada are shown by the registra- tion of pedigrees. with the Dominion Swine Breeders' Association. For in- stance, in 1919-20, the numbers re- corded were 5,678 Yorkshires, 8,722 Berkshires, 2,326 Duroc-Jerseys, 1,877 Chester Whites, 1,000. Poland-Chinas, 727 Tamworths and 258 Hampshires. The characteristics of each of these breeds are described in the bulletin referred to, together with information as to breeding, rearing, feeding and housing, supplemented by iltustra- tions. Pork production on the Prairies |receives particular attention. The Veterinary Director General -contri- butes 'a paper on hog. cholera, with quotations from the law in regard thereto, and the Chief Meat Inspector one on tuberculosis, its causes and symptonis. bo RT " When picking grapes, handle them by the stem and avoid injuring the bloom on the berries. The bloom adds to their looks and selling qualities. ; of | the right number of animals in t stable, allowing, say, from 600 to 800 cubic feet of wir space for each cow two years old and over. With a well built stable thus filled with cattle, it 8 pointed out that the capacity of the outlet should be about 15 square {inches for each animal, while the con- ytrolled inlet should be about 8 square inches for each animal. A stable 36 'feet by 30 feet by 10 feet high, ac- commodating 18 or 20 head, should have an outlet about 18 inches square or 20 inches in diameter if round, while the inlets should be at least 6 Snehes by 12 inches, and two in num- Tr. | "The . Experimental Farms have at (their several farms and stations in- led what is known as the Ruther- ford system of ventilation, which is fully explained in the bulletin already from the Publications Branch, Queen Street, Ottawa. EY BAAN, Harvesting Potatoes. The poor yield of potatoes expected , over considerable areas of Canada this 'year, suggests the importance of | making the very best of whatever oop is harvested. Nothing is gained by' leaving potatoes in the ground after the tops have died. Whether the killing of the' tops is due to dry hot weather or to. disease, potatoes will make no further growth and had bet- ter be lifted and stored in a control- lable temperature or immediately marketed. Potato vines that have been killed by late blight will usually rot as soon as conditions are favorable. The soon- j therefore, such potatoes are dug rend used the better will be the re- | sults 'from the crop. Potatoes will keep better if dug in dry weathet; br even when the soil is comparatively dry. If taken up under such condi- tions, the tubers are ready to gojinto storage or to be shipped in presentable shape. hin . The Dominion Horticulturist, W. T. Macoun, recommends the use of the méchanical potato digger where the acreage is considerable; that is to say, where the work of digging cannot be done within a few days. He points Thousands of farm flocks are being culled: and 'the non-layers weeded out; new. and modern poultry houses are '| being 'erected, and the entire project is showing "farmer known to the writer sev- eral years ago conceived the idea that if good housing and better treatment « cattle ar resulted in in- a decided tendency toward the same Proper Housing of the Farm Flock Pays been discouraged in her ambition to raise good poultry on the farm by lack of. proper housing. Damp, poorly ventilated and overcrowded: poultry ery do not tend to produce healthy fo Many an aspiring fancier has found to his sorrow that any old house will ot do for poultry housing, And while it is true that the housing is not the | whole solution of the problem of bet- 'ter poultry and more egg production, yet. it is one of the most important things to consider in entering the business. a loss of poultry in the spring g traced ed, and which may be obtained, ®| well-fed, | pay a lower evidence. L. F.: Will yois please give sandburrs, this. tinue this at periods of three weeks or a month until mid-summer when the weeds should be pretty thorough- .|ly killed out. If you are so located 'that you ean grow fall grain this feld can 'be safely sown with fall wheat next autumn, : A : H yob 'must erop the ground I would offer the same advice as above for fall working with a little more careful and frequent spring tion until the time that your spring cro; have to be seeded. I would still fur- ther advise building up the fertility of the soil, so that the general crop growth will be advanced to such a degree that much of the weeds will be smothered out. As a general rule many weéds thrive where soil fertility is declining. Manure and fertilizers ill do a great deal to build up your D. R.: I intend to seed fifteen acres with rye this fall and cut samc next year, and want to use this land for pasture the following year. I would like to know whether it will come up the following year, how much to sow to the acre, and when is the best time to sow. The land is clay and gravelly loam, very uneven, and has a great many stones on it. Answer: Rye will not come up after being cut. If you want pasture for next summer I would advise you to seed the rye with about 8 lbs. of com- -mon -red- clover, 4-lbs. of -sweet elover, 2 Ibs. of alsike and 2 lbs. of timothy. Fall-sown rye will come along quickly in the spring. If you wish to cut for hay you will probably be able to Jin at | seed is Copyright by Wilson Publishing Co. Limited 1 the best gat is of doring May or early June. common If you wish to let it ripen the the' time the grain and clover: ul you have a grain drill with a" fertilizer-sowing attachment. If not, scatter the fertilizer evenly on the plowed ground and work it in with sking, working down the seed bed. E. B.; I have a field of clay that ) have had into corn for two years and to sow rye and vetch summer, but other work came on ai 1 was not able to keep it clean enoug for that. I am wondering If I plow it this fallsand seed to rye and "a PS] vetch after the corn is cut. Clover does not do well on this piece and'] wanted to lime it this spring, but could not. Sorrel does well. Would it pay te plant the vetch without lim- ing? My farm is small and I wanted to cut out the small grains and raise corn and hay, so want to seed in the corn. The land is good and strong. Answer: Fall rye and winter vetch sown during the autumn should be- come well established and come up the following year in quantities suf- ficient to make good pasturage. For seeding use about a bushel or five pecks of rye with twenty-five pounds of early vetch to the acre. In order to make as sure'as possible of a good stand I would advise you to drill in also about 200 Ibs. per acre of a fer- tilizer analyzing 4-10. If you do not have fertilizer drilling machinery, scatter the fertilizer on evenly be- fore the last harrowing and work inte the soil when you are harrowing in the seed. This additional fertility will give both the rye and the vetch a vigorous start which will help them stand the winter and give them added growth and strength. out in Leaflet No. 16, Digging and Storing of Potatoes, that not only will the potato digger raise the crop more "edonomically than a fork or plow, but with it the grower is more likely to get his crop dug and gathered while the weather is fine, which is a great consideration.' EE Warbles in Cattle. Investigations were started in 1911 by officers of the Health of Animale Branch, Ottawa, to discover exped- fents that would reduce the plague of warble flies which worry cattle "and to ascertain the damage they inflict and how, While it is impossible to ascertain with any exactitude the am- ount_of loss they cause and the .ex- tent of the injury these pests inflict, an idea of the immensity of the dam- age they cause can be imagined when it is stated that particulars obtained 27.6 per cent. of the hides ave injured by these files every year. In addition, the loss of milk from dairy cattle af fected and the injury .to beef cattle has to be taken into account. These investigations, which are being con- tinued, are set forth in a bulletin preé- pared by the Chief Animal Pathologist and published by the Dominion De- partment of Agriculture. There are two classes of the pest, one known as Hypoderma lineatum and the other as Hypoderma hovis. ~The former makes the earlier appearance of the two and is the less irritant. At Agassiz the first flies were taken in 1916 on April 15, Their activity lasts for eighteen days. They settle under the cow's heel and att their eggs to the coronet have| ox iii the region of the fetlocks and on ypoderma the knees and hocks. H ginning of August. While H. lineatum gets its work in while the animals are =| resting, H. bovis usually attacks cat- tle on the outside of the hind quarters and on the legs above the fetlocks when they are on the move, ! Tamers ther | ggree that rough, long-hairdd, fll-kept animals are the most warbley and that rly and cleanly hotised animals are far less frequently affect- ed. 'The tanners are also agreed that warbled hides are dear at any price. Buyei's are consequently cautiotis and from the principal"tanners show that| "| bovis appears in the early part of| June and continues busy until the be- price where the pes i in| LBeE S/OrvEs The Slumber Coach. When we are safely tucked in bed, Baby, and Jean, and I, And the great, soft dark looms over ead h And the coals in the fireplace die, We hear the wagons far down the street As they rumble slowly by, And we love the song of their turning wheels, Baby, and Jean and L First it's a farmer man and his wifa Who've been in the town all day; The great gray horse that drags them on Dreams of his clovery hay, The farmer)s wife will light the lamp When she reaches her night-black door, _ : And she'll carry her little child to bed, Creakity, over the floor. Then it's a postman, and then it's & squire, And then it's a gypsy train; And still we listen and still we hear, Moonlight or wind or rain; And last of all and every night, Sure as the day is through, : The Slumber Coach like a gray ship comes, \ Wet with a wealth of dew. 'Tis the Gray Sandman that hold the reins And drives from the End of Day. There are two little elves at the horses', ears To whisper them over the way. The gray coach deor is open 'wide, | And we climb in with e sigh And are driven away to Sleepy Street; Baby, and Jean and I. Miriam Clack Potter. In catting the winter's samply' of v wood care 'shold be taken tha ¥ dead treess or' .that are hinder ing the growth & others more valu: should be taken out. SN me 5 ite 2 n Currants and goosbb a)