PAGE TWELVE - NZETC VE TT TR J TR TI I RC) any eo i o/s I) Dispose of the old roosters. They are no longer needed, now that the hatching season is over. Do not miss an opportunity, to sell the old- er birds of the flock. At least one- half of the old flock must be replac- ed by new stock, and as the laying season is over, the old flock should be reduced now to save the expenses of feeding the hens. In feeding chicks give them only enough feed that they will eat in half an hour. If more is given, re- 'move it after each mea! so as to cause a keen appetite between feeds. "Chicks seem to develop better under such a system of feeding than when the food is kept before them at all times. When the mother hens and their] chicks must be shut up on a cool damp day, give them chaff from the barn floor to scratch in. . The small timothy seed they get out of the chaff seems to agree with them; they don't need much other food. Hens sitting at this season should | be dusted with lice or Persian insect powder at least once a week and the nests thoroughly dusted as well. Watch the flocks for droopy winged chicks, for this condition shows that they are lousy. A careful dusting will kill the nests and rejuvenate the chicks. The chicks that live are the chicks that pay, the eternal vigilance is re- quired to keep many of them living. Be on the watch. Many a chick is caught in a storm at this season, and chilled \to death. Always remember that a warm sunny morn is the best time to apply the grease remedy to a lot of lousy chicks, It is bad for the chicks to grease them when it is cold and wet. But if too liberal with grease at any time, you will kill the chicks as well as the lice. . KINGSTON MARKET REPORTS Kingston, June 12. Meats, Beel, local carcases, We ae insnnss 8 Beef, hinds, 1b... Beef, cuts, 1b... . Beef, western, by carcase, 1b. .., * Hogs, live, cwt, . Hogs, dressed, 1b. , ° Lamb, frozen, by carcase, 1b, .... Lamb, spring, by by carcase .... Mutton, 1b, ..... Veal, by carcase,lb. ------ Fish, Bloaters, dos, .... Cod, steak, 1b, ... Hels, 1b, ........ Haddles, finnan, 1b. Haddook, fresh, Ib. Haddock, frozen, ib Halibut, fresh, ib. Herring fresh wa- ter, dos. ...... Live lobsters, 1b. Plgkerel, 11 13 15 13 7 Rock-fish, 1b. ...... Salmon,Qualla, 1b. Salmon, cohod; Ubi. Salmon, Chinook, «+ THE LUTHERAN SYNOD, President's Loyal Address Adopted-- Officers Elected. Morrisburg, June 12.--The annual Convention of the Evangelical Luther- an Synod of Central Canada was held in St. Paul's Lutheran Church here during the past four days, ._ Reporting on the loyal expressions of the President, the Committee op the President's Report said: "We commend the hearty loyalty of 'our people to our beloved British Empire in the present war érisis. Our loy- alty, as Lutherans, to the flag of the country whose protection we enjoy, is historic, and is not a mere matter of policy with us, but of principle and of faithfulness to the teaching of God's Word, which saith: 'Let every soul be subject unto the higher pow- ery, For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordain- ed of God." " This report was unani- Williamsburg; eretary, Rev. N, Willison, Unionville, a treasurer, C. H. Fierheller, Toronto, fi in { _A very common error on the part WITH THE CHICKENS | | of poultry-keepers is to add substan- | ces to the soft food that prove injur- fous. Oyster-siell, bone-meal, and | Brit are cases in point. These things | ought only to be used as and when | required, and never forced upon the | | fowis. Grit and oyster-shell should be available at all times so that the fowls may help themselves when "they feel inclined. When such sub- stancés are added to the soft food the birds are forced to consume an ex- | chief predisposing cause of leg weak- ness and other troubles." - Lice are divided into four different groups, goniodes, gonicotes, lipeur:- eus and menopen, varieties, the most destructive of | which is the head louse, and the most { common is the pale body louse. Head | lice, like mites, suck blood, hut the others can only bite, or chew, and feed on dead cells, skin, feather ma- terial or surface flesh. Profits On The Farm. Before farming as a business or | profession can be considered success- ful in the Highest and best sense, the profits arising from production and distribution of farm products must be shared by the household. Good breeds of live stock and the most ap- proved and up-to-date labor saving and farm implements are a necessity on 'the farm. Likewise up-to-date, saflitary and drudgery-saving conven- iences are as appropriate for the home as this machinery is for the farm. The wife and children must not be neglected. The home is, af- ter all, the thing most desirable. The goal of the successful farmer should be the home that satisfies, the home that is restful, delightful, enjoyable ~--a home such as the children are maturity, but ambitions to prepare another one like it, for them selves on some other farm.--Dr. J. H. Worst. Shad, smoked, Ib. .e Suckers, Ib. \.... .e Trout, salmon, Ib. ve White fish, 1b. .. 12%, Poultry. Chickens, dressed AD vivvananinies Chickens, liv», 1b. Ducks, 1b, ....s. Hens, dressed, 1b. Hens, live, 1b. ... Turkeys, 1b. .... Dairy Products. Butter, creamery Butter, prints, 1b. Butter, rolls 1b ., Cheese, old, 1b. ., Cheese, new, 1b... Eggs, fresh, doz. . Fruit, Bananas, doz, .... Cocoanuts, each .. Cucumbers, each . Figs, Ib. ........ Grape-fruit, each . Nuts. mixed, 1b. .. Oranges, doz. .... Pineapples, each . Strawberries, per Tomatoes, 1b. - question in the right light; that they tharge the difficulty to the cows ra- ther than to the kind of cows. Do rou know why they do this? 'Well it's because they know and feel that they themselves are responsible for the kind of cows they keep, and they tan"t bear to facé the truth. So they squirm out of it, blaming the dairy business in general, rather than their own remissness in particular. The dairy business is all right, but human nature isn't al) right. An exchange well says that it is oaly the exceptional cow that it pays to keep and feed. That cow, it de- clares, must earn at least $100 a year to give the owner anything like a fair return for his labor and capi- tal. Now that exceptional cow the farmer can produce if he will. Ir he has cow sense enough th breed rightly, and feed rightly, and manage rightly, the cow will get there, or else 'she will get off the farm { cess of mineral matter, which is the! These have their | loath to quit, when they arrive at| THE RT ROR J a TR Prolonging The rotting of timber is amount of air and moisture for very dry soil the decay is slow. cludes air and moisture as well the rotting of wood proceeds. catalpa and black locust. wood contains more ready-made is much more durable than fast grown is rather short lived. A post rots most quickly where it is usually dry, qr a foot Swiss lakes sound timbers have into the crevices of the wood, Rot in wood 1s very different from rust on iron. The fungi feed on certain substances in the wood and exfise it to break down or rot. fungi require heat, air, and moisture, in addition to their food supply. which it is set, and the success of any preservative treatment depends on the degree to which it ex- The kind of wood, rate of growth, age of tree, and seasoning, influence the rapidity with which Generally speaking, the dark-colored woods are the most durable, with much heartwood and little sapwood make the better posts, Thorough seasoning, or drying; is the cheapest method of lengthening the life of wood: and is a necessary preliminary to any further,treatment. line where both air and moisture are present in sufficient quantities, rot flourishes. ther illustrated by the fact that wood dues not rot under bridge was found to be sound after hundreds of years' submersion in the Thames, and in some of the Since air and heat are not very easily controlled, it is obvious that rot--that is, fungus growth --must be prevented by cutting off the supply of moisture or poisoning methods of preserving timber aim consciously at one or both of these objects; all the old niethods did the same thing unconsciously, the cause of rot not then being definitely known. the Life of Fence Posts (By E. G. Cheyney.) caused by the work of fungi, very minute living organisms which get Like all other living organisms these If the soil contains the right the best growth of fungi, the decay of fence posts is rapid, but in Hence the life of a post depends somewhat on the kind of soil in as its effectiveness in poisoning the wood. Natural preservatives may be present in the cells, as in the case of Sap- food in forms acceptable to fungi than heartwood, so that old trees Pests show that slow growing wood growing wood of the same species. Even black locust when rapidly at or near the ground line. It does not rot rapidly near the top, or more below the ground, where air is lacking, but at the ground This may be fur- The supporting water. piling London been found after thousands of years. the food. All the modern : egetal Beets, bush. ..... 3 Cabbage, new, Ib.. Celery, bunch . Lettuce, bunch, dos. Onions, green, bunches, dos. Potatoes, bush, Parsnips, bush. .. Rhubarb, bunch .. Turnips, bag Grain. Barley, bush, ....$ Pig Keeping And Cost of Production The high prices of feeding stuffs are affecting adversely most of the | Of And For The Farmers HOW I FIGHT SQUASH BORERS. Some years the Hubbard squash | vine is badly injured by the squash borer. The moth lays her eggs on | the outside of the vine, and in a few days the eggs hatch into small grubs. | These immediately bore their - way into the stalk where they live unseen | and fod a time unsuspected. | For a while the vines grow well: | then, as the barer continues feeding { on the inside of the stalk, the vias | withers and dies. Whole patches of | squash may be destroyed by these | borers in a few days. " In 1914 I made tests of early and late planting. The early plantings were begun in April and 'continued intc May. 2 'Sweet corn was used as a compan- | ion crop, with the early plantings to furnish shade for the squash vines, | but every vine £xcept one was de-| stroyed by the borers in all the early | | plantings, 3S { | I made late plantings of seed from | June 1st to July 20th, which | last planting of the season. | i | | | was the | i | ~ In order to hasten the development | of the plants as an offset to late (Planting, separate hills were prepar- | | ed. Holes were dug from eight to ten | | inches deep, which were filled with | { rich sol thoroughly mixed with | | chicken manure, but I left saucer- | { like depressions as an aid to watering | | the plants in dry weather. This | plan proved very serviceable, as no! | rain fell during six weeks of midsum- mer. The plants had to be watered | frequently to keep them vigorous. i Nothwithstanding the drawbacks | {of late planting and a dry season, | | this crop of Hubbards was among the best I have ever raised. Hardly a | vine was attacked by the borers. | The period of squash-moth flying | | was over before the plants above ground. ---J, B. M., { and Fireside, / were | in Farm | { i minor as well as the'staple pursuits, eat Pig keeping occupies a place come: | Mach of the poor success where between the two. pionably | planting, poor soil and faulty seed. nearer the main .than the subordin-|.,, crops should grow ideally in this ate group, and, from all accounts, it | section, but only seldom are quality is suffering severely from the change | roots to be found. The seed should in the prices of corn stuffs. ; The| be planted by the middle of Juné or breeding, rearing, and - fattening o at the latest the last of June. Select pigs depends to a great extent upon a fertile friable loam and ply a heavy the use of concentrated foods. No dressing of well-rooted manure. The class of animal gives a larger and manure ought. to be applied as soon quicker return for judicious expendi- ture in feeding-stuffs than tbe pig, but, on the other hand, an exception- in grow- e to late) as possible and plowed under, har- rowing the ground two or three times | at intervale of four or five days to' | kill germinating weeds. | Procure the best seed possible, and | Sow this in rows two or three feet apart. As good seed has a high ger- | minating power, sow it thinly but | evenly. Don't permit the plants to | stand too close to, ef. Thin them | to eight or ten inches apart, If thin- | | Just issued Bulletin { Army-worm, | Bist, who has | tions on insects In this publication of 34 pages a full Bran, ton Buckwheat, bush. . Corn, yellow feed, bush. Corn, cracked ecwt. Corn, meal, cwt. .. Flour, owt." ...... Hay, baled, ton .. Hay, loose ...... Oats, 16cal bush. . Oats, Man., hush.. Straw, baled, ton. Straw, loose, ton Wheat, bus!, ... tediiians Hides. Beef hides, cured, per 1b, al proportion of its diet consists of grain or grain offals, precisely the commodities that are most vitally influenced in price by the disorgani- zation that results: from, war. Jn many cases home-grown grain or the by-products of the milling industry are used in large quantities, but these vary in price in accordance with changes in the supplies and cost of imported materials. The business farmer bases his reckoning of outlay on the value of the articles in the open market, and this sound system precludes him from using grain or grain offals for fattening of pigs when he can put them to better ad- vantage in other ways... He may feel justified in consuming them at is still the custom in some countries | imports from abroad are predicted. for the young pigs as well as breeding sows to fill the part of farm scavengers, but as a rule a more forced method of feeding and man- 'agement is adopted. Karly matu- rity: is the central aim in pig raising, as it is in the fattening of cattle and sheep, and it is an economic certain- ty that if circumstances are favor-! able to the adoption of intensive practice the pursuit is in great dan-| ger of being discontinued. The mo- dern farmer, having to make his liv ing from small profits, must adopt methods that will give him a big turngver at short intervals, and pig keeping can answer this demand only when feeding-stuffs are plentiful and the | and | eome by the species of bacteria which Beef, hides, green, 1b. Heavy bulls, 1b, =... ..... Yeals, greem, 1b. .. .uv.iu..e Deacons, each ... ane. Tallow rendered in cakes ..,. Kips or grassers, 1b. ........ Calf skins, per 1b, ......... 16¢ Lamb and shearling, each .. 25¢ Sheep skins, each, up to .... $2.00 Horse hides, each, up to 12¢ 8¢ 12¢ 90¢ 5c 8c ture is preferable. This more nearly resembles the cotton wool discs that are used in the best strainers, as the fluffness keeps back more of the fine sediment. Milk tested for dirt after being strained through flannelette shows much less than any other material. Added to this advantage, it is cheaper and will last quite as long as other material, and is no more difficult to wash if first rinsed in cold water after use. Notes Of Interest. : It is important to use ripe milk for cheesemaking, and to assist the development of acidity throughout the process of manufacture. Cheese puff and swell in the ripening room generally as a result of the absence of sufficient acidity in the curd at the time of vatting it. This trou- ble is caused by the action of germs which produce gas, and can be over- produce acidity. , Chicks intended for squab broilers myst be forced from the time they 3 Iatehed until hey are gnarketad. pecial feeding and brood meth ods must be psed 222: 380 largest buyer of imported stuffs. It' home when the margin between the two courses is not pronounced, as by doing so he is making increased pro- vision for maintaining the fertility of his land, but there is & limit to the allowance that he can make for be- nefit in this. _The pig keeper, next to the inten- sive dairy farmer, is perhaps the inexpensive. It is not surprising, therefore, to learn from different sources that many pigsties argalready unoccupied, and that further reduc- tions are expected. This is unfor- tunate, though perhaps unavoidable, for it portends scarcity of bacon and other pig products. The outlook for the consumer is far from reas- THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THE SERVICE Given here that makes customers stay with and re- commend us. Probably we could please you too. Just try us and see. PORRITT GARAGE CO., Limited Phone 454 210-214 Wellington 8t. Denmark, which is one of the chief | sources of our bacon supply, has been even more severely injured than this country. 'She imports great great qualtities of concentrated stuffs | but since the outbreak of war these commodities have been obtainable ¢nly in small consignments w'th the result that the number of breeding j pens has had to be heavily curtail ed. The pig differs from other ani- mals in its faculty to multiply rapid- 'ly, but thé position in. all pig-breed- ing countries warrants expectations | of a great increase in the price of fat | animals. For this reason it is regret- table that Great Britain has to fol- low the example of Denmark. Pays Ten Cents For "Homestead," Miss Serena Helen Blue dropped into the United States Land Office at Cass Lake, Minn., a few days ago and paid the Government 10 cents for a deed to her homestead on Tur- tle Lake. in that States, says a con- | tempor Miss Life of 'S. Roughton, Phone 610 or 561. has wen out Mconsideration of the SR a] THE The Army-worm probably above all other kinds of insects which in- Crease in enormous numbers periodi- cally, causes widespread anxiety amoung farmers when it appears sud- denly in a locality, and in a very short time completely destroys fields of oats and other grains, The Entomological Branch of the Department of Ag riculture has No. 8, on the prepared by Mr.cArthur Gibson, Chiet Assistant Entomolo- charge of investiga- affecting field crops. description is given of the remark- able outbreak of this notorious cat- erpillar which occurred in eastern Canada in 1914. The recent out- break was the most gevere of any which occurred in Canada, and the damage caused is estimated at $300, 000, five-sixths in which took place in the province of Ontario. The va- lue of the trenching method of con- trol was amply demonstrated. No matter how big the advancing frmy of worms were, it was shown that €rops could be saved from their ra- vages. In the bulletin the insect is described in all its stages, and me- thods of controlling it are given. A full discussion is included on the life- history and habits of the worm, its food, plants, natural enemies, ete. The bulletin has 19 useful illustra- tions, several of whith show clearly the digging of proper trenches and the results obtained in controlling the worms. Copies of this bulletin may be obtained free of charge on application to the Chief of the Publi- cations Branch, Department of Agri- culture, Ottawa. Inquiries relating to injunious insects should be addres- sed to the Dominion Entomologist, Department. of Agricultural, Ottawa. NOW IS TIME TO PLANT TURNIPS ned to stand five or six inches small roots with lopg necks will be the re- slit. It the land is not sufficiently rich after applying the manwre it is well to open shallow furrows where the rows are to be formed and sprinkle a small amount of fertilizer in the rows. Then cover the rows, ridging up the soil slightly over them and sow the seed on the ridge.-- Newark Evening News, rn TS Blue's homestead consists of a trian- gular point of land jutting into the lake, 189 feet long in its longest part and 38 feet wide In its widest part. The. entire area of the homestead is 8-100ths, of an acre, and the land office authorities say it is probably the smallest entry ever proved up. The young woman who made the entry Is 27 years old. To comply with the homestead law and obtain patent to her lakeside land, she built a dog house, 10 x 10 feet, and lived in it for seventeen months. The 10 cents paid into the land office was the price fixed by the Government for commuting the entry to cash. In 10 cents, she will not be required to complete the three years of residence on the land that would otherwise have been re- quired, Of the 3,434 square feet in Miss "Blue's homestead, the law required her toi cultivate 218 square feet. In stead, she cultivated and grew crops on nearly half the area of the lot. Her crops included = tomatoes, cab- bage and clover. The Key To Success Many a man owes his start in life to the purchase of an endowment policy. This has proved the beginning of many a fortune. Start a good thing going at once by purchasing a policy in the Mutual Canada. Rates on request. GENERAL AGENT, 80 Brock' St, Kingwton, Office 610; Res, 561. Harry Sharp, aad t. Agen NG GEORGE'S