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essmmm. Addraaa communicatlont to AgroxomKt, 7i Adelaide St. Weat, Torent* SOMK SIM) AUtS. To save time anil annoyance, and to lossrn the risk of the undertaking, one farmer haa provided the outiiidc wall •f hi« silo with '^t«--P« '"•J" .^l-"'"/'*", tied without bruising it rod and mounted Inddfr fashion from „ , .. the ground to the top banket ia used, it should be lowered to the bottom of the lug box or other receptacle and emptied gently. Ther# is a oei-tairi type of sack with a. drop bottom, so that the fruit can be emp- Step-ladders are especially good for Directly underneath the dormer work in Bmall trecB and for picking through which tlie blow spout of the '''Oâ„¢ ^^^ '"^er branches of larger filling machine is inserted at filling: ^rces. Tho good type are Wldo and time, there is a broad step or scat' """"K "^ ^^^ bottom, narrow at the upon which the operator stands whenl^op. ^^nd supported with but one prop. uM«mbling the outfit. I '" =""»" orchards apples are usually This idea naturally lends itself to V^"^''^ "K'^'^ o"*^ '" ^^^' °P«"' ''"* in any type of silo and is worth bearing' '?'''?« orchards and the eeclions where in mind. I *"^ weather is bad, fruit is often The writer once saw anothe- kink P"*'''**^ '" <^«"tral houses, tents or that should be noted here. The silo ''^'''^''- '^^'^ "«^ °^ packing houses J a was of wooden staves and required "'"•Pa-'*"'?:- The houses afford shelter frequent painting. S!ii(!e no ladder of ^°^ * supply of unpacked fruit which the ordinary length would serve the '^»" •'<* handled during bad weather, painter's purpose, the owner laid tho '^ **'^'"* '* " packing house there is tracl: from three old barn doors about "^° "â-  *'*='^^'" oPPor^un'ty to put in the- lop just under the roof and on ^^^^"^ machinery and other labor- thi.s mounted the car wheels from one ""Y!"'? devices, of the doors I Two types of grading or sorting These were attached to a wide plank ' *^?''^^« *""° "sedâ€" the apron table and and on the lower end another wheel -. ^^^ ''''"'â- Â«'' "^ ^"'"'^P ^^^^^- "^^^ ^'^^ at right angles was also mounted so °^ ^^^ ^P"""" *«^,'.*' J* «l«tted, so that that it would ride against the surface ' ^^'^ '"^^ ?" ^.*" through, and Is in- of the silo. This plank was also pro- ' '"'',"''<*• «<> that the fruit as it is graded vided with a hook with block and ! 'â- Â°"'' *<* ^^^ '°'^^'' *'"'^' '^'"''â- *' '* '^ ^°*'- tackle. When the silo was to be paint- 1 ^""'"''^ '"^° ^^^ ''»'â- "' ^^ ™«'»"« °^ "" cd a seat of a wide board of sufficient ' ^P*"""" ^^''® '*°'''' "^^ ^^ ^°"« '^^'^^^ length was attached to the tackle with ""^P'"^]^ ^''^ '^,'^ *«^'''' ^^^ ^'â- "'' *>'*«" two ropes, the painter seated himself "! ^f "^ ) ^°''^" "'''" ****" and drew himself upward with the i ^''2. ""' I*' ," . . tackle. This had a lock and he could ' ,. ^^"^ "^"^"^ *"" ^"'"'^P *^«^''^ '^ '"^<'® remain at any desired height. Move- j '^^ stretching the cloth over a. rec- ment about the silo was accomplished ^angular frame. This type of table by his feet which were encased in ' 'I ^"^** ^""^ >â- """'"« ^^e fruit from rubber-soled shoes. It will pay the "® "P"""" '"*° ^^^ barrel. The apples Home Edttcatioo Co-oper«te With Nature â€" By Ora A. Qement. "Goodness, taking care of children means spending all your time making somebody do something he doesn't want to do," exclaimed young Mrs. Lane as she took Daddy's letter- opener from the baby and motioned Miss Annette E. Buck, of Brooklyn, N.V., is the first woniah to ascend to the summit of Mount Robson, the highefit peak of the Canadian Rockies. She was accompanied by Mrs. Monday, a Canadian. How to Hang Your Pictures Pictures give a room silo owner to keep these tips in mind ' """^^ ^^ sorted by hand into baskets. [ add the touches that suggest interest p jj }j_ â-  i The most common practice in barrel-; and life. It is quite possible to decor- ._ ling is to separate the fruit into two "te a room, have it perfectly "correct," BARRELING APPLES ON TREES ' ^t'*"'^"'''^ size.s. The first size includes! and yet have it stupid and uninterest- BY LUCY B. TAYLOR. thought" and for size and shape and then adjusting your picture accordingly. For ex- ample, there may be a sofa, a chair, and a table up against the wall. The natural thing to do is to hang a fairly of picking up blocks and toys "Oh, I hope it ia not as bad as that," her mother laughed comfortably. "In fact, I do not remember it in that way at all." "But how did you manage, Mother, when there were six of us to get into mischief and tease and hurt one an- other? the time." "I suppose it was noisy, and I don't doubt that I wa3 sometimes worried â€" dren can be taught habits of order and cleanliness which will stay dvith them all their lives. Though too small to do actual work, they are pleased to do 'ittlo, :>t-.p-saving tasks for mother, if th»' tTsk is a matter of imitation. Thia Billy and Sister to continue their taslr imitative age is a period of golden opportunity. "Right on top of this lovable aga comes the individualistic age, when, aImo.-it ovemie'b* the child becomes distressingly s^fish. He wsnta the best of everything for himself and will fight to get it. H" w>nt« the attention H adulation of adults and will try to r. . , , D ji "li Praia them by 'show-ofT antics. He jul- It must have been Bedlam all v -.u i mj j ^ lie.'j the younger children and teases the older. He becomes a family nuis- ance, and his discouraged mother wonders what she has neglected to do j apples from two and one-quarter to' 'IS- It is the humanne.ss of a room' large picture over the sofa â€" one that two and one-half inches, and the see- that gets our interest and makes us, will take the same feeling of length â€" I, If you want to have good apples, be gin barrelinfr them while they are still ond two and one-haif inches or larger.! feel at home. I and then possibly over each of the on the trees. No amount of Kood care i The apple grower must get a grad-i The little picture over the manter other two objects a smaller picture, tn tiarre.ing wil! ma.te up for lack of ing*nachine which has a big enough! or on the table, the colored print on This repeats the feeling of size and care in picking, or picking at the capacity to handle his crop, and one ' the bedroom wall, may ko a great deal shape that has already been establish- wrong time, ithat can be operated most economical- j further than v.-e ever expect in giving ''d by the sizes and shapes of the fur- Apples are not ready to > picked ly. Look for one of simple design, not, to that particular room the air of be- niturc, and keaps the css-.ntial har- when they cilng so tightly that spur.s requiring too much adjustment and ing really "lived in." Whether in mony. That's the whole story. Follow are broken from the trees Neither ia not apt to bruise the fruit The life color or black and white, it represents' the lines and spaces of your furniture the color of apples which eventually of a machine, and the various methods I thoughts that greet us pleasantly and, groups as well as you can, and if they turn red a reliable index, since the in- of feeding fruit to the machine, should' arouse similar and stimulating "ideas ' arc well spaced the pictures will be tensity of the color depends on the be studied carefully. Upon all these: within us too. coidmess or bri^htne.ss of the wea- things depend the total daily output! But it doesn't do to nick out nictures' Sometimes an odd problem comes in. hw. A good indication of maturity and, consequently, the cost of opera-' cardessly anv more than t does to' There is a table in the corner, a chair is H ground color which, when the tion. Only sniall machines can be op- j ttko^l^frieLrcare'e^^^^^ If thevi"* the window, and perhaps a bed fru,. IS ready for picking, should be erated by hand power. Some of the| a^e nofgenuSv ^oT^^^^^ res ' «1°"K t^e wall. Then group one. two, or X>ntrve[C " simplest types have a capacity of per- pect, it is better to have something '»' t^reo of the smaller pictures in a or gretnlsh yel.ow. haps 100 barrels a day. In most cases, Llse that gives a sno' of color and longish-lookm,; group over the bed fellow, green, and ru.sset varieties however, the gasoline engine or elcc- Hfe- for a poor picture is like a poor ' »'"! 1>«1«"« the wall with one well of apples are generally ready to pick trie motor is preferable. ' companion-it Ino.tcL'taXwo^ ^''h regard to size over the when they have reached their proper The first step in packing the barrel to us constantly worse Vr.A1^. .'}.'J'TJJ':^.'''^^^ :"'^'}y '' '" .^>]'=' the first and perhaps the^ The duplication of ways and means and cross. But I have forgotten that f^^ johnny that he should get so far part of It That is one of the nice beyond control. It is not her fault, things about growing oldâ€" you forget, though. Johnny's Mother Nature is so much that is unpleasant. | preparing him lor the battles of life; "But about the children â€" I learned she is teaching him to think and to one thing while 1 was taking care of net for himself. mine that helped me a lot and it was "That the process is painful to his that Mother Nature keeps a firm hand parents and friends does not Influence on all her babies and is quite deter- the old Dame for one instant She mined they shall grow up to be nor- knows what she is doing. Soon his mal, healthy human beings. So that selfishness will be controlled by con- working against Nature is very much scious self-denial, and Johnny will be- like swimming up-stream, while co- gin to show real character. His boast- operating with her makes the care of j lul contrariness, which challenges children comparatively easy." i every spoken statement, will soon be "I don't know what you mean," the : tempered by reason, daughter confessed. | ""There are many things you can "Well," explained her mother, "after' teach him at this age. He appreci- watching six of my own and many of ^ ates praise for his individual effort my friends' and neighbors' children go and will spend tremendous energy to through their childhood, I have decided gain it. He can be taught to take re- that all children pass through certain sponsibility. The irresponsible and stages of development, and during ' untruthful young people, who are al- each stage it is especially easy to together too numerous to-day, were teach them certain things. | not handled rightly at this age. Tho "Of course, at first, the baby's at- 'child asks innumerable questions, and tention is chiefly occupied with learn- your greatest possible mistake is to ing to manage his hands and feet We as^iore, ridicule or evade these ques- do not usually interfere with this pro- , tions. Give truthful, serious answers, cess, though sometimes people urge adravring him out when you suspect baby to walk too soon, and sometimes ] that some troubled thought Hsu at th« sickness prevents him from walking i bottom of the questions, and in later when he should. , | years you will not have to suffer that "Usually the four-year-old haa j worst of all hurts, the knowledge that learned to use his hands and feet, and j your child's confidence is being pur- his chief delight is in their use. Move- ' po.sely withheld. mcnt of the arms and legs is what he j "Besides these there are otherâ€" but, wants, and he imitates the motions i mercy, child, see v.'hat time it is I If his mother makes as she works about i I sit here lecturing, James will find the house. During this period chil- ' no dinner when he comes home " turn gr. ( your walls will be That is, ar- piclures has from the spurs. In picking apples, the second layer of apple.s. inai is, ar- :„ renrodnciiHr stems should be separated from tho rnnc. the. layers in circles with stems ! ^^^XusthLs ^'n'^pl^cinl spurs either by giving the fruit a down. For facing, only apples of the | rSTheSvc^Lst of' r^ color and black and white. slight rotating motion combined with best size and quality .should be u.sed,' both in a sharp upward twist, or by pressin': bfcause the trade expects and custom-' with the thumb or forefinger at tho arily demands an attractive pack. But done ' our tions. table. Then pleasing. The possibilities are innumerable. Choose good pictures, study your wall spaces, and try to maintain a feeling of balance. One could write volumes Then joint of the stem and spur. In picking use both sacks and has I remember that the general quality and, painting size should conform to the grade in ' se^ pieces ;rc- now several museums that.""'^ ^^^ no more! carry a full line of prints of their include landscapes. Thc.«r- Ask the Agricultural Repre> POULTRY. Call on the Surveyor. Ordinary culling practices simply The payment of two dollars for a Involve looking the birds over at night half day's work of a civU engineer when they are on the perches and meant the changing of plans in drain- eliminating those which are obviously age for my neighbor when he wanted out of producing condition. It be- to put in a main tile outlet for his comes, however, a much more serious | farm. His eye told him that the problem to attempt to handle every j water .should go to tho eust, which was bird in the flock, make a careful ox- in the direction of a river outlet, but amination and make a final deter- 1 for some ren.son he con;;ulted an en- mination as to the fitness of the indi-|gineer and found that tho water could vidual for future ljr(*ding. as well go west and save digging the Here is a simple practice which will eliminate the shock to the birds: Con- fine the birds to the laying hou.se tho trench and buying the tile for a good many extra rods. The engineer sur voyed the whole ditch and left the night before they are to be culled. I depth of cuttings every 100 feet so This culling must be done in the day- 1 there was no trouble to get the tile time when the birds can be carefully , in properly. examined. Secure a largo catching! ^" "^V "w^" case I ha<l a drainage crate. A good thing for this purpose is problem and had two outlets that could a live-poultry-shipping coop, double ' be used. Ono was a fiftoen-inch tile deck height, commonly known as a j along the Iwrdrr of the farm and the turkey coop. Make a hole in one end ' other nn open ditch at the end of the of this at half the height of the coop,; place. about eight inches wide and ten or. My plan, as my eye told me. was to twelve inches high. Provide it with n ' run a main tile the length of the farm slirfe door. along one side and dr.iin into it with Set this coop so that this opening '"'â- "•'^'^ ditches. Hut the surveyor soon on the end is directly open to the hen | «^ow,d nio ^hat^I could cross-ditch exit opening in the poultry hou.se. ' .Scatti>r a little grain In the coop. Open ' right into the fifteen-inch tile and rave 1(>0 rods of six or eight-inch out- Besit'es. let. I had plenty of fall. large ti'.o is a better outlet than nn open ditch. The saving 'ifi hard to estimate but the cost in my cn'io was $1.50. A good mnh" drainage jobs are jumped into williout much previous thought or planning .^nd surveyors can earn tlieir charges and much more on many f;i:-nis. The eye is not a sure (Vupe of UvelH, and natural slopes of the exit door and with a little en- couragement the birds will pass out the exit door and enter into tho coop. When a convenient number is thu.o confined, the exit door can be dosed and the hens can be culled and taken out of tho coop through tho door at the t<ip, one at a time, handled care- fully, examined in minute detail and :\ determination made as to what is to be done with them. ^u > j j . Tho culls can be cooped up in sep- .^^^ 'f "«* ''" ""^ ^"'''" ^'^^'^^ "> *«" •rate coops, ready to go to market. ^ ^'''^ «tory.- -Earl Rogers. whereas the good birds can be dropped . - ^ Into tho yard or. If their future quar- ! 'l"he ni'n'ber of iggs consumed per ters are ready for them, they can be j year on farms averaged 28.8 dozen transported and put In their new j per person. The per capita farm con- heuscr. sumption of fowls av*rnged nearly If iWs o^ration Is carried on in a one fowl per month. The consumption quiet, gentle way, the handling of the of eggs and poultry was found to be birds at this season will be followed ; the greatest In seasons of lowest by no losa In production. ) prices. as these, framed, and hung carefully .op,,,.,^,,^,,,^^^ ..j^j^^ ^^„^,,j ^^ ^^\^ m the right places on the wall, that ^ble. As a rule the eariier wheats make make a room look right and furnished, There are also many good color prints from the magazines that may be cut out, mounted, and framed to give ut- most satisfaction. Hangring the pictures is in itself an art Scattered around in hit or miss fashion, or hung stiffly in rows, they are not especially pleasing. The true secret of successful picture-hanging lies rather in studying your spaces their best showing on the poor lands. The richer lands with a greater moisture-holding capacity can more safely carry the later-growing var- ieties. ->- We need more men who do not fear to break new ground, to blaze new trail', to lead tl e people on to a larger and more satisfactory progress. â€" Arthur Capper. FRUIT NOW SHIPPED IN NEW TYPE OF CAR The development <it tho Niagara Peninsula a.s a source of fruit for the markets of the Dominion Is becoming more pronounced, through the co-opera- tlon of i^.e fnilt growers, the dealers and the Express Department of the Canadian National Railways. For this traffic, the Canadian National Kxpress haa designed an entirely new style of fruit car which has already given satisfaction. No ice Is used In these cans, a natural air-cooling m4>.thoil being used. While this does uot develop as low a temperature as ice refrigeration, the process is more natural, and as a result, the fruit does not deteriorate aa quickly when removed to tho warmer outside atmosphere. There are thirty of these cars in operation between the Niagara Penin- sula and points In Ontario, Quebec, the Maritime Provinces and the North Weet. and they received s.^veral tests under the nuist unfavorable conditions possible, before they were Hnally adopted for service. Stringent Measures to Prevent Spreed of Com Pest. On account of the danger of further distributing the European corn borer, a pest which is seriously menacing the corn-g-rowing industry in Ontario, stringent regulations regarding the transport of corn from infested to un- infested areas are being enforced by ^he Dominion Minister of Agriculture. : Last year, during the sweet corn season, the Department inspectors dis- 1 covered corn on the cob, infested with the caterpillars of the pest, being car- i ried from the infested areas by motor j cars. The regulations make it illegal i for tourists and campers to carry corn from the quarantined areas, because of the danger of the spread of the pest in this way. The regulations provide that corn may not be moved or shipped by grow- ers, produce dealers, or others, from tho following area under quarantine: "Brant County; Bruce County; Duf- fcrin County ; the townships of Clarke, Darlington and Hope in Durham County; Essex County (including Peel Island) ; Grey County; Haldlmand County; Halton County; Huron Coun- ty; Kent County; Lambton County; Lincoln County; Middlesex County; Norfolk County; the townships of Pickering, Whitby East and Whitby West in Ontario County; Oxford County; Peel County; Perth County; Waterloo County; Welland County; Wellington County; Wentworth Coun- ty; the townships of Etobicoke, Mark- ham, Scarborough, Vaughan, and York in York County, and the town- ship of Brighton in Northumberland County." From \he counties of Elgin and Middlesex, which are the most heavily infested districts in the province, corn may not be carried even to other counties in the infested district. Except from E'.gin and Middlesex counties, corn on the cob may be ship- ped from the quarantined area to the Toronto and Hamilton markets, but may not be shipped north or east- wards. Violations of the regulation are puni.shablo by a fine. -fr- THE CHILDREN'S HOUR Exports of Live Stock and : Meats. I Our exports oj' dom?stic live stock and meats, according to Dominion Live Stock Branch reports, to Great Britain during the first seven months of the year compared with the samo period in 1923 were: 40,026 cattle compared with 34,162; 2,857,200 lbs.' of beef compared with 5,10S,50C '.bs.jj 62,411,600 lb?, of bacon compared with ' 67,408.300 lbs., and 3,201,300 lbs. of^ pork compared with 1,738,700 lbs. j To the United States during the same periods were sent: 46,082 cattle compared with 34,1 ,i2; 20,708 calves compared with 13,745; 890 sheep com-1 pared with 3,817; 7,411.200 lbs. of beef compared with 3,92.1,700 lbs.;' 253,300 lbs. of bacon compared with 91,900 lbs.; 818.900 lbs. of pork com- pared with 412,900 lbs., and 85,«00 lbs. ' of mutton compared with QO.SOO Iba. AT THE CROSSROADS. "Bee, five, bee four, I w.ish I had some more," sang Willie Woodchuck as he finished the last sugar cookie that O'.d Mother Coon had given him. "Me, too," said Johnnie Muskrat, "I'm still a little hungry, but I'm tickled that we are on our way home. I don't think I want to go sailing on a log again." "Mrs. Coon said we would be home by afternoon," said Jackie Rabbit, "but we must walk faster." "I can't walk much faster," puffed Willie Woodchuck as he waddled along the road that Mrs. Coon said would take them back to Woodland and home. Soon they came near the crossroads where she had said a sign post would tell them which road to take to Woodland. As they came to this post they were very puzzled. No, it was not because these three little Woodland boys could not read, for they were the best pupils in the Wood- land school, mischief excepted. But a big puff of wind had blown that way. or someone had hurried around the corner too fast. The sign post which was to tell them the way home was topsy-turvy. On one board was printed "Stoney- ville" and on the other "Woodland," but they both pointed "hitch-a-tue" angles toward the blue sky. "Well, well, well, this is a real mix- up," said Jackie Rabbit scratching his head. "We can't follow the sign post to Woodland, because it points up to that big fleecy cloud. What had wo best do?" "I think this road goes to. Wood- land." said Johnnie Muskrat, pointing to the right. "I'm sure it is this one." said Jackie Rabbit, pointing to ths one to the left. Willie Woodchuck said nothing, for he was getting too tired to bother to think. "That's more of a puzzle still," said Jackie Rabbit. "Perhaps we had bet- ter draw cuts. We will go with the one who gets the longest cuts." "Fine." agreed Johnnie and Willie. When Willie had caerfully prepared the draws. Johnnie Muskrat pulled the longest one, so off they started dovnj the road to the right, hoping to reach Woodland before the sun went down. -^ From Weeds to Honey. Sweet clover through its dense smothering effect the second year of Its growth sickens and discourages weeds. Such rampant fellow* 5« thistle and bindweed become greatly weakened. And while the land is becf^Tng ftt^ riched and weeds smothered .,^n enor- nnous honey crop of highoet quality ia produced. Moreover, h«Ving be««s on hand toliarvest 'the honey crop helpa greatly the yield of wed. Bee» carry the pollen from Itoww to flowev.