Nagas DAIRYING AND ven ime And One of His Cows Near- ly Upsets a World's Record. CAREFUL BREEDING Ee BRINGS SUCCESS What Ed. B. Purtelle Has Accomplished in Eight Years. Timothy Spray in Toronto Globe Dairying in the northern counties of Grey and Bruce, in so far as it is : carried on therein, is essentially dif- ferent in several respects from dairy- ing as it is known in regions favored with a more equable climate and a long growing season. In Prince BEd- ward county, with its climate tem- pered by the surrounding water, the spring break-up comes comparatively early, and the warm summer is fav- ourable to the cultivation on an ex- tensive scale of the smaller fruits and garden crops. With their herds grazing In luxuriant pasturage, the dairy farmers of Ontario's insular county find a profitable supplenen- tary industry in market gardening; indeed, sone have followed it to such an extent that they now find their canning crop sideline quite equal, in a financial sense, to the original and all-year-round industry of dairy farming. In the county of Prince Edward the two seem to be peculiar- ly allied. Dairying has been on the increase for years till to-day certain townships are achieving wide reputa- tion as community centres of dairy- stock breeding. On the other hand, and more recently, the establishment of canning factories throughout the county, to the number of twenty-five or more, has given a distinct filiip to the business of farm gardening. In a recent trip to the vicinity of " Bloomfield, a famous dairying cen- tre, the writer called upon a farmer who is at once a dairyman and a canning-crop producer----and both on a pretty fair scale. On the outskirts of the beautiful village of Bloom- fleld, and so close that part of it must be within the corporation, is the farm of Ed. B.: Purtelle," con- sisting of slightly over one hundred acres. Ask Mr. Purtelle which branch of his work is the more im- portant and he can hardly tell you, though you infer from his éonversa- tion that his first love is dairying. Moreover, as the barn and herd are near at hand, the visitor will prob- ably talk cows and milk records be- fore he touches upon cabbages and sweet corn. Some eight or nine years ago Ed. Purtelle, owner of a herd of grade FX ergy Aa ® from their treatment. a box of Nerve Food. my neighbors." DINES RDENING me py ct bgp mm w Holsteins, decided to buy some] pure-breds. He began by purchas- ing one heifer calf, followed a little later by a pure-bred cow. Unlike Mr. Leavens, whose farm was dealt with in a recent issue, he did not buy on a large scale, but built up his flock by consistent breeding from the pro- geny of the original purchase. "One day an insurance agent was here and we happened to figure out the results of the pure:breeding," Mr. Purtelle told me. "We found out that altogether I have invested in pure-bred cattle the sam of two hundred and ninety-five dollars. From the herd 1 sold to the extent of $1,350. I still have in the stable fifteen head, for six of which I have been offered about $400 pach." "You haven't lost money in the pure-bred business, Mr. Purtelle?" I asked. "Well, 1 should say not," was the reply. "The figures I quoted will show you one reason why I might have been raising gradesiall these vears. | would now have as big a herd, but, you must admit, I couldn't quote such big figures, could I? Why, five thousand dollars wouldn't buy what you see in the barn here to- day." ! 0 In his work Mr. Purtelle has been rather unusually successful dn seeur- ing saleable female calves. *""This year five of my six calves were heif- ers," he said. "This cow in the end stall here has had six calves, and five of them were females. In this very stable she has five daughte five granddaughters add one great: granddaughter One of her daugh- ters has a record of 76 pounds. This cow down here has a record as a senior two-year-old of 88 pounds. Two of my senior two-year-old heif- ers are now milking from 76 te 88 pounds. 1 have not encountered in my breeding, the reputed difficulty in raising pure-bred calves. I believe 1 can honestly say that 1 found them hardier and easier to raise than grade stock. Of course, nly experience may be unusual, but I am telling you how I have found it to weik out." Mr. Purtelle falls in line with most breeders in reporting a strong ae- mand during the past year for young stock of the right kind. Though five of his six fires this year were heif- ers, he has"been brought into touch with the male ®alf demand by letters from would-be purchasers. "Alto- gether, I sold three males during the winter," said he, "all for breeding purposes. have several letters at this. momen? asking for young bulls, but 1 have none to sell. Since I went into pure breeding eight years ago, I never saw a befter demand for young sires "While I am mentioning this, 1 want fo say a word about the im proved Ontario demand," he went on. '"There is a far greater call ii I S-- ure Of Lei ® Her Pastor's Endorsement Rev. G. M. Holmes, Pastor of Eastern Ave. Baptist Church, Toronto, writes: -- "1 have known Mrs. Ford as a member of my church for over two years, and know that any statement she would make would be correct." System Run Down--Awfully Nervous Mrs. John Walfield, La Have Islands, Lunen- burg Co., N.S., writes :--"Two years 4go my system became greatly run down, and I was awfully ner- vous. It was very difficult for me to do my house- work, and I felt very miserable, I doctored but did not receive any benefit Dr. Chase's Nerve Food. ' This medicine proved of wonderful benefit to me, building up the system and restoring health and strength. I always feel now that if I do get run down I can depend on Dr. Chiise's Nerve Food to make me strong and well. "My husband was troubled with dizziness.and nervous headache, and was cured by the Nerve Food. He would not be without it in the home." Dr; Chase's from our own neighbotirhopd for a good class of sire. The general farmer, who has been keeping ordin- arily good stock, is coming to see the value of pure-breeding as never before." h Though primarily a breeder of pure-bred dairy cattle, Mr. Purtelle is a& dairy man. Conspicuous in his stable is the spring scale. Five years ago he 'began weighing the milk yield of his herd, and just shortly afterwards he found out that he was till young enough to absorb know- TE "Didn't I get my eyes open- ed!" he exclaimed. "I. thought 1 knew all about cows, but it didn't take me long to find out that I had a good deal to learn. Now I wouldn't attempt fo get along without weigh- ing the milk." At present Mr. Purtelle is building a 10-foot concrete silo, being a firm believer in ensilage. He is an alfalfa man to the extent of twenty. acres, and hag no hesitation in declaring it "the most palatable and nutritious roughage one can feed cows." In his stable Mr. Purtelle has a young animal of which he is rather proud. As a senior two-year-old, in an official test, she came within three or four pounds of upsetting the world's record for her class. To lose by a few pounds was quite a disap- pointment for her owner, needless to say, "I firmly believe that she would have beaten the world's record, but for my own indiscretion," Mr. Pur- telle told me, as we stood by the young animal a few days ago. "I had been giving her alfalfd, and on the second last day of her test I changed to pea straw. She was very fond of this, and ate very heavily. That indiscretion, I bélieve, cost me the world's championship." In this story, as the reader has probably surmised, the canning crop is to be considered last. Forty acres . {of 'the Purtelle farm are devoted to tomatoes, sweet corn and peas. The peas are hauled direct from the field to the factory, where they are thrash- ed, the straw being available for the owner to haul back to his farm. To- matoes form an important crop, and are rather extensively grown. "Though we began then purely as a side-line, we found them the best paying crép on the farm." Mr. Pur- telle said. '"The last two years were not favorable to the growing of to- matoes. We begin the setting in the greenhouse, and set out about 25,000 plants. These go into the open fields about June 1st, and are ready for the factory at the end of August. We have had as many as 600 bushels of tomatoes to the acre." The labor supply is generally a very important factor in both dairy- ing and gardening. Mr. Purtelle solves the problem by the tenant house, keeping two men -practically all the year round. One of these men has been with him for seven years, and the other for six----that state- ment is in itself a sermon. Both are married men, living in their own houses during the entire year, though one is hired for an eight- month term yearly. When a rush comes, such as that occasioned by a fast ripening of the tomato crop, "day help" is hired to 'tide over the ndorses lervous Prostration Four Doctors Had Failed--Hope Given Up Mrs. E. T. Ford, 55 McGee Street, Toronto, Ont., states:--""Some time ago I was ill from nervous prostration and for many weeks was in a very serious condition. 1 was treated by four different doctors without receiving any benefit I had quite given up hope when ane day my husband saw Dr. Chase's advertisement, and it seemed sq to suit my case that I bought I improved so rapidly that I continued using the Nerve Food, and I am thankful to say, it worked a complete cure. we have never been without it in the house, and I gladly Since that time, recommend it to all until I began the use of emergency. Mr. Purtelle out the help ants, living in "Growing of canning crops is mow a distinet part of our business," Mr. Purtelle said. "Our soil js suited to the work, and the crops are easy on the soil. Then it fits in well with dairying. We find that the cured pea straw is an appetizing and palat- able fodder. We feed the stalks of the sweet corn to the cows, who seem to relish it, and do well on it. Need- less to say, all the stable manure goes right back to the land." In the course of further conversa- tion," Mr. Purtelle paid a glowing tribute to the district representative of Prince Edward county, A. P. Me- Vannel. " nérs are generally too mean with theinr praise even where praise is due," he said. 'As a dairy- man and a pure-breeder, I have had occasion many times to turn for help or advice to Mr. MacVannel, and 1 want to take this opportunity of tell- ing you how mich I have appreciated his services to myself and the county. He is a man who knows his business, and who 1s doing a good work in the county of Prince Edward." Time prevented my discussing as fully as 1 had desired the farm gard- ening end of Mr. Purtelle's work, and space prevents its further ex- planation, even had it been disctss- ed. I noticed that, as I prepared to leave, the proprietor was still talk- ing dalrying, and I didn't interrupt m. \ "I am. going to enlarge my herd," hé was saying. "I am not afraid of the future of pure-breeding in On- tario; I believe that it is only in its infanéy." With that belief in mind, I 'am going to begin now to meet the demands of the future. It is my aim to make every cow.in my herd yield me a net profit per year of $200, in- cluding the sale of stock. That may sound big, but I believe it can be done by judiciéus breeding and selec- tion. As a factor in accomplishing 'that end, it is my intention to have at the head of my herd the very best sire that money can buy." Somehow, his words seem to con- vey the impression that he is actuat- ed by the proper spirit. COMMENTS BY ZACCHEUS' Who is Disturbed in the Morning by ~ the Lawn Mower A->Kwakening to the fact that the lawn mower must now be tuned up. B--Bird "loactzin" of South Am- erica has four legs. When hatched, it climbs up and down trees till wings develop. C---Cartier's centennary in Sep- tember to be marked by imposing festivities. D--Dear to every Canadian is the prominent statesman's memory. E---Endowed, like Sir John, with an uncompromising love for his Brit- ish citizenship. F--French we speak, he was wont to remark, yet proud are we of our British connection. G-----Genlal no less than gifted, Sir George Etienne Cartier will live in the hearts of his compatriots when marble itself shall have crumbled into dust. H------Honouring his souvenir is hon- ouring ourselves. I--It your horse is blind of one eye, it's unfortunate, but don't trade it for one whois. optics are both out. J--Just have patience through your little daily worries; none of us are free from them. oaks, more exposed to howling temp- ests than humbler mortals. L--Life, not a celebration, which- ever way you look at it. > M--May is the month for "mov- ing." \{N--Not new this practice. Noah once decided to leave the old stand as there was water in the cellar. O---Our first father, Adam himsel?, had to pull up stakes, not having complied with the terms of his lease. P-----Participation in any movement tending towards the betterment of mankind highly commended. Q--Quite timely and beautiful the 'words of the Whig on that point a week or so ago. R--- Religion is, indeed, the great inspiring force of all social improve- ment. 3 S--&dence, divorced from the spiritual sentiment, is as a skeleton to actual life. 25 T--The proudest intellects have béen the pronest to "think nobly" of the soul and accept its immateriality and immortality. . U~Unto Ferdinand Brunetiere, the materialist's doctrine was not puly a failure but a farce. V---Verities divine, eternal were encompassed in the countless worlds revolving in time and space infihite. W--Weé were but atoms in the universal plan. X---Xecept for our living soul made in God's image and redeemed by His own Son's most sacréd blood. Y--You cannot elude this trans- cending truth of a world beyond; of expiation for the faithless; of recom- pensé for all that seek and serve Him the Lord God of Hosts! ~~ZACCHEUS. The Epheslan Bonfire. There «was a strange bonfire in 'the City of S' many years ago. "Many of them also which used cu- rigus arts brought their books asthe and burned them before all; and they counted the price of them, : and found it fifty thousand pieces of silvar." Many interesting ' lessons , could be drawn from this event. But it is par- ticularly helpful to consider the cost of this BPphesian bonfire. Books to the value of fifty thousand pieces of silver were burned in order that their owners might be purged 'of the stain of possessing and perusing them. It, is impossible to by s present day ought to meet the ame fate that overtook the wicked hooks of those homes in Ephesus.--Christian Herald. Xd * Of course, the worm may turn, but even then it hardly becomes an im- portant factor in civilisation. 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