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The acute feed shortages that caused widespread livestock losses dur- ing the long winter of 1947-48 show the need of adequate mar. keting provision to prevent a re- petition in future winters, says H. I. Hargrave, Dominion Experi- mental Station, Swift Current, Sask. There is more than one way to accumulate reserves of feed for the dry summers and hard win- ters that are sure to come. Pro- viding hay or straw in the stock- yard, along with grain and con- centrates in the granary, is one way. Another method that does not receive the attention it ought to is that of providing for re- serve pastures. Many a stock- man has been well repaid for his foresight in establishing reserve grass areas, but a great many more have suffered avoidable loss through lack of reserves. Big hay stacks and well grassed fields do not seem important when conditions are favourable. But if the heavy hand of drought is on the land, or when winter rules with a vengeance, the out- look is changed. At such times an abundant reserve of feed of all kinds gives a stockman cause for satisfaction. Foresight and energy are the chief requirements for such condition: about 3 gallons. for them. While they last | DAIRY PAIL SPECIAL | Good, sturdy, strainer type pails that hold At this very low price most homes and farms will find good use Regular $1.45 value. No limit-- J. S. PHONE 334 Courtesy - Service - Fraser Hardware (Opposite Post Office) Value OAKVILLE Hold Irrigation Farmers in some parts of Can- ada, either because it is essential, or because it is extra profitable for some crops, irrigate their land. Their chief purpose obvi- ously, is to supply water to the thirsty soil during the dry months of the year. Actually, a second purpose may be achieved, for the water contains minerals in solu- tion that have the same value as fertilizers. The irrigation water used in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, for example, has heen the subject of investigation for its fertility value at the Domin- ion , Experimental Station, Sum- merland, B.C, says J. C. Wilcox, who is in charge of the plant nu- trition laboratory. Of the three nutrient elements tested so far, phosphorus, potassium and calci- um, the last two are present. in the water in appreciable am- ounts. Phosphorus occurs in small quantities only. In samples of water obtained from all the chief irrigation systems in the Okana- gan, the amounts of phosphorus were equivalent to only 01 to 3.0 pounds of the 18 per cent su- perphosphate per acre foot of wa- ter. The average was around 0.5 pound. This would mean that if three feet of water were applied to the land each year, it would be the equivalent of only about 1.5 pounds of superphosphate per acre. With potassium it is somewhat different. The amounts ~ found were equivalent to 5 to 26 pounds of muriate of potash per acre foot of water. The average was around 10 pounds. A grower us- ing three feet of water a year would thus apply enough potash to equal about 30 pounds per acre annually. This should be a dis- tinct help in maintaining the po- tassium content of the soil. The story with calcium is even better. The lime content of the water ranged from 37 to 366 pounds per acre foot, with an average of around 200 pounds. Thus a grower using three feet of water would apply about 600 pounds of lime annually. Under such circumstances, there is little likelihood of his soil ever running. short of calcium as a plant nutri- ent. POULTRY CONGRESS The eight world poultry econ- gress, the first to be convened since World War TI, is to be held at Copenhagen, August 20 to 27, 1948, under the auspices of the World Poultry association. In ad- dition to exhibits, the agenda will include scientific sessions dealing with poultry genetics, incubation, nutrition, diseases, and the post- war reconstruction of the poultry industry, including marketing and other economic problems. A dele- gation from Canada will attend the congress. Useful Soil Revitalizing Agent Clarkson Cherry Crop May Hit New Peak Prospect of a record sour cher- ry crop throughout the Clarkson- Trafalgar area was forecast this week as growers pick a bumper crop which has developed during an ideal growing season. It is also reported that the fruit will com- pete favourably with any in the province. Sweet cherries, how- ever, are of inferior quality for the most part, due to frost dam- age in the spring. With many growers also piclk- ing raspberries now, demands for pickers on the two Ontario Farm Service camps have been heavy. Scores of district children have been enlisted in the Clarkson dis- trict in an effort to take advant- age of the peak market, and growers of that area are enjoying one of the best seasons in many years. POTATO PREFERENCES In a recent survey in the United States it was found that 12 out of 13 consumers consider the quality rather than the size of potatoes. It was found that when prices of good quality potatoes are high, about 12 per cent of the consumers buy less, but 'when prices decline only 20 per cent of the people buy more. When qual- ity is poof, demand is 44 per cent lower even though prices are down, while with sustained high prices more than 50 per cent will reduce their purchases. Knarf And Hanid Eavesdrop THEY HEAR THE CHILDREN DISCUSSING SHADOWS By Max Trell It wasn't very often that the children talked about their shad- ows. But on this afternoon (it Was raining outside) they mot only talked about them, they read a poem about them. Of course, Knarf and Hanid, the two shadows, were sitting at the children's feet just under the playroom window sill when the children discovered the poem in a book they were reading. It was Hanid's mistress, Dinah, who be- gan reading the poem. While Frank, who was Knarf's master, sat on the window sill and listen- ed. Dinah began: "The name of this poem is 'My Shadow' by Rob- ert Louis Stevenson. It's quite lovely. "I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can be the use of him is more than I can see "I don't see much use of him either," Frank broke in. "What!" shouted Knarf, Jump- ing up and down on the carpet in front of the children. "You don't see any use of a shadow! How can anyone say such a thing?" "Sh-h!" warned Hanid. "Be quiet! They'll hear you." "I want them to hear me," cried the shadow. Didn't Hear Him But the children didn't hear him at all. You have to have ears sharp enough to hear a clock af- ter it stops, or the sound of a pin dropping on a carpet, before you can hear the voice of a shad- ow. Dinah went on reading: "He is very, very like me from -...heels up to the head; And IT see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed--" "Ah, that part's right" said Knarf. "Shadows are just like children, from the heels up to the head." "Do be quiet, Knarf!' cautioned again. "The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow, Hanid Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow; For he sometimes shoots up taller: like an India-rubber ball, And he sometimes gets so little! there's none of him at all)' While the little girl was read- ing these lines, Knarf (just to show how true they were) stretched himself up until his head! struck the ceiling, then drew him.-. self together until he was no larger than the period at the end of this sentence. Then he made. himself his regular size again, as Dinah continued reading. But suddenly the smile on his face vanished, as he heard her say: "He hasn't got a notion of how children ought to play, And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way--"" "I'm not a fool!" shouted Knarf, But Dinah kept on reading: "He stays so close beside me, he's a coward you can see; T'd think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me!" "T don't! T don't!" Knarf was shouting. "Knarf! What's the matter with you?" Hanid said, still afraid that the children might hear the shadow, "I don't stick close to my mas- ter! I'm not a coward!" Shut the Book I don't know what might have happened next. But just then, Mother called from the next room that lunch was ready. Dinah shut the book and with her bro- ther, sprang off the window sill and ran out. "Just for that," Knarf was say- ing, "I won't go with them at all, Tll show them I don't have to stick beside them!" But it did him no good to say that. For Hanid seized his hand and pulled him along with her, out of the room, right after the two children. "Shadows have to stick close to the children they belong to. It's the rule," she said. "And besides, it's a very beautiful poem. I think Mr. Stevenson said a lot of very nice things about us. I'm going to learn that poem by heart." PHONE 248 MICROSCOPE - Symbol of Research With the invention, improvement of such tools as 'the responsible for the formula- tion of the germ theory of disease, medical research has grown by leaps and bounds. Your doctor, your ist are inquisitive people who antly probe deeper into the unknown and see out new facts for the diagnosis and treatment of microscope, which was dentist, your pharma your health problems. PRESCRIPTIONS ACCURATELY FILLED LLOYD E. CLOSS Phm. B. 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