__PAGEFOURTEEN RT RI TH Fi ©) 7 . 8 eile i SZ SRST NTS SOT SFY YT WEST 1 believe the modern method of handling and feeding is undoubtedly wrong so far as the entire oats crop | is concerned, says a writer in the| "Indiana Farmer." That is to say, | the modern method requires the oats | to be threshed. Then the grain is | fed, and the straw so far as getting | any good results as. stock food Is largely a loss. 'Horses, cattle and sheép are all very fond of oats. When. either In sheaves or cut down | and cured like meadow grasses and then put through a straw cutter, | stock eat up cleanly both the grain | 87 ZT TI J Ta NC ws And * 3 Views Of And For SOROS CROC EL IC SE TN J CL 0 | of corn, with some good hay at night, | | kept the teams in SC SRN NS A SE ST SAT 7 VAT SOOT Ve SOT a EY Rr a Ny NT Sr ee SR NS a Sr A 180 prepared, and three to five ears | 7 Se ea 7 CSS ST Ny Nl ART NIST SAT SRT SY Ser good flesh and strong for this hard labor. a} Such a vast quantity of food is produced to the acre, and the stock | do #0 well, that if farmers will quit threshing their oats, and feed the entire crop oats growing will find a | better place, and be more profitable! than the present method. For the milk cows, the "chop'" feed as re commended for the work horses in fine, and but little other grain or hay is found necessary. All know that threshed oats, and then the straw baled and sold, both together, fail to make oats growing very pro harvest been more urgently felt than at the present time, and at no previous time -- THE TILLERS OF THE SOIL' Perhaps at no time in our country's history has the need of a large sowing and of a bountiful in her history has the importance of the place held by the 'agriculturist been so fully realized, says the Picton Gazette. With exceptionaly warm weather throughout April, with little rain to retard the there is every prospect of a bountiful harvest blossoms of the wild fruit trees--all these give evidence The earth's fresh green carpet, the growing grain, the tender foliage of the i sowing of grain, seeding operations have been carried on under most favorable circumstances and conditions, with a large acreage of fall wheat, most of which withstood the winter frosts most and remarkably, trees, the snowy Farm Ca ! The one who handles the heifer { must not be haphazard, for a sooth- ing hand and a kindly word are very | necessary, s ap-exchange. A rough | hand py Se a touch her until her good habits are clinched, nor af- | ter that if it can possibly be helped. {| Many heifers with first calves being to milk very well and suddenly de- crease in a short time. Few or any cf these are the trained heifers, but the unbroken and the harnessed, which do not have a chance to settle down SEC ORF VOT SERS Neu eed WOT oul vel eC Sk Vee al Tews SST Tear 0 Vee AAC ONY ol WT) | nized, ete, which is all exceedingly | against establishing a good udder {and a fine milker., Even if the calf is put to suck the heifer from the | first, there will still be the objection { to the human hands. Indeed, the more the calf sucks the less amen- { able the heifer becomes to having her {milk removed, and the submission | has all to be brought about when she is in milk, & time with many more risks than previous to calving. Great Crop in Western Canada | Grain Growers' Guide. The wheat is in the ground. It : of spring's unusually awakening in a seem- ing chdeaver to atone for the loss of life and property and the cessation of natural growth in the lands now devastated by the awful scourge of war. And the tillers of the soil, doing their part in feeding and the straw, and grow and fatten | fitable. nicely with but litite other grain or | hay. Animals are compelled to eat | the straw while getting the grain. | to agreeable milk giving. All great) has been put in under favorable con- milking cows are quiet animals. They | ditions and in a good seed bed, and stand chewing the end from first to|in most cases with plenty of mois- ™. straw gives bulk to the feed. he time was, when every farmer | housework one continual round of Many a man acts as if he thought | the world's millions, contribute by so doing, in no small degree country. What shall the harvest: be? to the patriotic element of their and absolutely enjoy the giving of| ture. Thousands of acres of wheat pleasure, but when his wife gets giek When shall be the end of this cruel strife? Vainly we seek settled and uncertain, Heifers that milk, but the nervous animal is uu are already showing two or three in- ches above ground, and the season grew large fields of oats, and outside | 354 he has to get his own meals for an answer, are never touched until they calve generally is reported to be from a a of what was required for seed, the remainder of the crop was cut and fed to stock, the work horses were fed liberally | on the eut oats, but during heavy work season 'chop' was made. That is, after the oats were cut, they were dampened and mixed with fine corn meal, wheat bran and middlings. 'A good ration of oats In the spring time | a couple of days he is cured of | notion. the "Now the sowing and the weeping are all troublesome, some terribly so.| week to ten days earlier than last They often tremble with fear of the| year. Good weather will sce the person who attends to them, or be-| Other grains sown in record 'time That man must surely win a harp] Working hard and waiting long, the a0 d crown who has lived up to his | wite's expectations. Many people who try to make mo- ney only make trouble. { Golden slippers won't cure gouty feet. KINGSTON Kingston, May 15. , local carcases, $n 13 10 12 12% Beef, cuts, 1b. ... Beef, western, 1b. . ogs, live, 1b, ... ogs, dressed, 1b. . Hogs, pork, by quarter, 1b, .... Lamb, frozen, by carcase, 1b, ¢ 18 by 'carcase 'are Mutton, 1b, ,.... Veal, by carcase,lb. Fish. Bloaters, dos. .... Cod, steak, 1b. ... Kels, Ib. .......: Fillets, : moked, 1b Haddles, finnan, 1b Haddoek, fresh, 1b. Live lobsters, ib. Oysters, quart ... Koovore. dea" Salmon Qualia, 1b. Salmon, cohos, Ib. Salmon, Chinook, Shad, smoked, ib. Suckers, Wb. ..... Trout, salmon, 1b. _ Whitefish, Ib. .. Poultry. hi 4 dressed "ie Rachael Potter always felt more content with her life on a willd, windy, cold day than on any other. Then the advantage of such creature comforts as a fire, shelter and food forced itself upon her and she ror- got In a measure the destitution of her heart and soul. She had lived in Westmore 20 years and had come to it as to a ha- ven out of the turbluent sea of life. She had a little money apd she ada- ed to it slightly by teaching musle, There were better teachers than she, but none more gentle, painstaking or 50. ice. ' ' as to price. She always had pupils. She had bought the tiny w house in which she lived when on came and furnished it with necessary things. It was al- 8 dainty, and, somehow, had an a ee Afterward, the golden reaping, Harvest.home and grateful song." MARKET REPORTS | Chickens, liv~, 1b. Ducks, Ib, .,.... {Hens, dressed, 1b. |Hens, live, 1b. 4.. | Turkeys, 1b. .... 12% 15 15 10 20 Dairy Products. | Butter, creamery { . . | Butter, prints, 1b. | Butter, rofis 1b .. | Cheese, old, Ib. .. { Cheese, new, 1b. .. | Eggs, fresh, doz, . { Fruit, | Apples, peck ....$ is, Bapanas, doz. ... Coecoanuts, 'each .. Cranberries, qt. .. Cucumbers, each . Dates, 1b. ....... Figs, 1b. xiv Grape-fruit, eac Lemons, Messina, BOB: o0uinvansn Nuts. mixed, 1b. .. Oranges, doz, .... Pineapples, each . Sirawberries, per DOK. suininesnsss Tomatoes, 1b. .. ---------- Vegetables. Beets, bush. .....$ .q Cabbage, new, Ib.. Celery, bunch ... Lettuce, bunch,doz. Onions, green, bunches, doz. . Potatoes, bush. .. Parsnips, bush. ..,. Rhubarb, bunch ,. .e » youn, but she did not look so old. She us- ually wore white blouses and a black shirt. Neither friends nor relatives had followed Rachael Potter to West- more. She had none. Her mother had died when she was a baby and her father, who had been a musician only lived long enough to see her started on the way he himself had pursued. He had taught her as long as he could, Then she had gone to a famous conservatory. Her father's death had put a sudden end to her course. She had gone home and be- gan teaching. For a few years she struggled on, but she had neither the talent nor the training necessary to succeed in a great city. So she gave | Fox, small rudiness. She said she was 486 Grain, Barley, bush. ....$ Bran ton | Buckwheat, bush. . | Corn, yellow feed, | bush. { Corn, cracked cwt. | Corn, meal, ewt. .. | Flour, ewt. ...... | Hay, baled, ton .. | Hay, loose | Oats, local bush. . | Oats, Man, bush.. Straw, | Straw, loose, ton { Wheat, bus'. .%., 100 27 650 1.15 Bears .. Coyote Fisher . Fox, large .... Fox, medium .... craven Mink, small ..... Muskrat, large ... Muskrat, medium. Muskrat small ., , large ... Raccoon, medium . Raccoon, small Skunk, black |. 4 8kunk, short stripe , narrow stripd ....... Skunk, Broad stripe Weasel, white .. Hides. Hides, green, 1b. . Heavy bulls, 1b. . ........ Veals; green, 1b. . ......... sdb Se to ...... Tallow rendered in cakes Kips or grassers, 1b. ..... 25 8c 12¢ She could think then of the past with courage. And, thus thinking, she would hunt up a wern and yel- lowed piece of music and place it on the piano rack, and, sitting dewn before it, would play it over and over The title of the music was "Caltiope' and it was dedicated to herself-- "Dedicated to my friend, Miss Rach- el Potter." ' It was the only tang- ible memento of her love story, this sweet, minor meledy to whose key her whole life seemed to have been lusty. TRICK IN RAISING TOMATOES Of course everybody wants toma- | toes in abundance, and the common | plan is to buy started plants. Most { of those sold in the market dre sat- | Isfactory. There is a nice little {trick to remember When setting out {tomato plants which have long, | spindling stalks. If. a shallow trench | several inches long is scooped out, !a large part of the stalk as well as | the roots may be placed in it and buried. © A handful of earth at the end of the trench will keep the plant upright and new rootlets will form all along the stalk. In this way a weak plant is 'made strong and It -and- gives fruit of better quality to train the vines to poles or trellises and to keep many of the sideshoots pinehed off. Late crops may be grown from seed planted in the open ground, and it is decidedly wopth while experi menting with the crious little plum, pear and cherry tomatoes which are sure to interest the children when ripe and the whole family when made into preserves. An occasional stimulant in the form of nitrate of soda is appreciated by tomatoes, and a 'teaspoonful worked into the ground at the base of each plant just as the fruit begins to change color often proves highly beneficial. When 'sowing seeds of parsnips, carrots and beets, which germinate slowly, it is wise to plant a few secat- tering serves. An occasional stimu. lant in the radish seeds at the same time. The radishes will .come up quickly and mark the rows, so that cultivation. may be begun before the weeds have a chance to get a start. If the ground is dry it is well to firm the soil after the seed goes in by using a board, thus coaxing the mois- {ture to the surface by capillary ac- ¢| tion, . Disinfect Potato Seed. Common scab, says a University of Wisconsin press bulletin, has been eyes went eagerly to the stove. "Al, thelgood fire," he said. Then the mu- sic slipped from his grasp, and he half fell, half sank, into a chair. He covered his face with his thin hand, for an instant, then he looked up at Rachel, smiling apologetically, "I am tired," he said. "You have deen ill?" Rachel said. He shook his head. "No, only my eyes have been {ll. As you see, one is blind and the other dim, But I have hope of it," he added cheerfully. "And now, madam, I do not wish~to intrude upen you time. I will show you my music." . He recovered the roll and unwrap- ped it. A moment he fingered it; thén he handed a piece to Rachel. "You have a piano. You, perhaps, gE ts § in £ £ 1 § £ g g : 2 : £ ¥ i be had Nom come ill-natured and obstinate. They will hardly recogn'ze their own off- spring, they will hardly allow any- body to milk them, and the calf has often to struggle to meet its wants. Then the udders are sure to go wrong, become swollen, hard, in- and everything in readiness for an abundant harvest. The seeding and | the harvesting will be well done. | Set yourself a good example, for you are more likely to follow it than one set by anyone else. OATS Every once in a while it happens that a field that has been sown down to timothy and clover or other grass that is wanted for hay fails to make a catch. The question is then whant anual hay crop can be sown in the spring to replace 'the crop that ig lost. In any care millet is a sat- isfactory crop for this purpose. Ir the hay is desired for milch cows, however, oats and peas make a very much better quality of hay. They also have the same faculty as clover for enrching the soil, which is also I --destrable; says "Stock, Farm | Very and Home." During the last nine years on the demonstration farms of North Da. kota there have been raised in all 364 acres of oats and peas, During this period eight acres of this total was threshed and 78.8 bushels of shelled peas were obtained, or an average of 9.8 bushels per acre, and 20 acres yielded 388 1-2 hushels of oats, or an average of 19.42 bushels per acre. Thirty-sixe acres of the total amount were a fallure, particu- larly during the year 1910, which was one of the dryest years in the history of the State, From the 836 acres, of which 36 acres were a failure, 513.4 tons of excellent hay were obtained, or an average 8,056 pounds of hay an acre. This is a yleld of a little more than 1 1-2 tons per acre, Oats and peas on the average will yield about as much hay as what millet would yleld, but the hay is of a superior quality for feed, as it con- tains a good deal of protein, which helps to make the lean meat and WK Which 15 80 desirable when- to dairy stock, The great objec- tion to growing oats and peas is the high cost of the pea seed. Peas averaged about $2 per bushel. This may be overcome to some extent by farmers growing their own seed. Land that is to be put into oats and peas may be either fall ploughed or spring ploughed early, and the oats and peas should be sown as early as possible on this ploughing. Oats should be sown at the rate of one-half bushel an,acre and the peas at 1 1.4 to 1 1.2 bushels an acre. oA of | fed nodules and the crop AND PEAS FOR HAY | If soil can be obtained from a pea {field to inoculate the land, it will pay | over most of North Dakota, During {the first years that the oats and peas were produced the yields have been a good deal smaller than in the later | years. When fhe oats and peas were | grown oh new land for the first time | there 'were practically no nodules | found on the pea roots. When the rotation was completed and five or six years later when were again put on the land for the second time, the roots would be covered with be a great deal heavier and it would {be much more vigorous in every way. The crop following the peas in this case is also noticeably better, probably due to the nitrogen which the peas have been able to take from the air and store in the soil. While the oats and peas will never compare with alfalfa as a hay crop, yet for hog pasture or for an anual crop to replace a clover crop which has failed, there is probably nothing better that can be grown In this north-western country. the source of much trouble, often. times presenting community ship- ments of seed or table stock of high quality. This and another dis- ease,commonly called black scurf, can be controlled best by treating or dis- infecting the seed stock. The treat: ment most commonly used is quite simple to apply, but care must be taken in using it, It consists of one pint of formaline to 30 gallons of water. The seed is soaked in this solution from 1 1.2 to 2 heurs before cutting. Some say that the gorrosive subli- mate treatment is more effective against this scurf than is the forma- lin. The corrosive sublimate solu- tion is made by mixing four ounces of corrosive ' sublimate (mercuric chloride) with 30 gallons of water. world where love is?" And he went down upon his knees to her. Work Did It. " 'Allow, Bill! I 'even't seen you for weeks--" Bill's pal stopped sud- denly. Then: "But wots wrong, man?" he asked. "You're lookin' mighty seedy. Been ill eh?" Bill passed a horny hand across his brow. . "No," he replied, "I ain't been ill. It's work wot's doin' for me--work from seven in the morning till six at night, and only one hour off. Think of it, mate!" a" "Lumme!" replied the other. 'And 'ow long "ave you been there?" "I ain't been there yet," retorted Bill "Begin to-morrer," he added oF gloomily, as he slowly mouched off. Prosperity is usually the result of thrift in adversity. "Ti" FOR TIRED = abouttwe hours before cutting. . As the corrosive sublimate is a deadly poison, great eare should be used in keeping it away from children. The owdered form dissolves readily in water, Of cource one must not forget that the crop from treated seed may show considerable disease if the soll conditions are not satisfactory. regular rotatien of crops, therefore, has an importatnt influence on the control of such diseases as common scab and black scurf. How To Make Bordeaux Spray. Bordeaux is one of the best known fungous sprays. It is made by com- bining four pounds each of copper ; RE . THE AUSTRIAN GOVERNOR OF THE DUCHY OF BUKOWINA i $s The Best Dressed Man In South Afri- ca Now Minister Of Finance in Bo- tha's Cabinet, Count Meran, the Austrian gover: nor of the Duchy of Bukowina, mio than half of which is in the bands of the Russians, is one of the morgana- of the sovereign house 4 relationship which of 'the by his greats ey John, and by the latter's peasant wife. Their marrigge was a foman- 1 ce.: The archduke on arriving ope fine at the 1jttle Tyroles Sundhofen in his +t AND SORE FEET =e The seed stock is soaked in it -for sulphate and fresh stone lime and adding fifty gallons of water. The copper sulphate should be dissolved in hot water or from a coarse bag suspended in cold water. In anoth- | er receptacle slake the lime slowly | and then d'lute to about 20 gallons, | adding to this diluted solution the | copper sulphate solution which lias {also been diluted to about 20 gal- lons, stirring the mixture while the union is being made. Strain it into the sprayer and add additional wa- ter to make 50 gallons. 'That is the way it is made on the farm, but you will be able to secure ready-made bordeaux ip almost any sixeable town To this it will only be necessary to add water. Necessary directions accompany the package. twisted upwards. lish and Dutch perfectly, and has such excellent manners and culture that it is difficult to believe he never had 'the advantages of a university training; having begun life as an er- rand boy in the employ of his uncle, who was an ordinary Cape Town but- cher. Indeed, Sir David was wont to drive the butcher's cart around Cape Town, delivering meat to the uncle's customers, When he grew older he was promoted to the task of cutting up sheep and eattle, and when his uncle died he inherited the business. ------ The South African 'war, and con- tracas for the supply of meat to the fish troops in the field, converted Graaff into a mulfi-millionaire. He He speaks Eng- - | founded the Imperial Oold Storage ny, the greatest concern of its kind in South Africa, and is today one of the most important figures in Soutli Africa, being among the great- e5t business wen and financiers in that part of the world. He Is hand of | and glove with Primes Minister Botra, who is credited with never making ny important move without consult- Sir David. 1Indeod, the intimacy the latter and Botha is'such, would --