. PAGE TWELVE LB, EE J Tr oR BO SB BB BBB BBB BB GRBs BSB The Potato Crop PRA Gg Be ten pe er crop The potat ' 3 is equa and the p 1 -- as indisper } re i Preparation For Planting, of importance 1 1 od food the } 1 ¢ is excelled Crop Growing In Ontario. t tha vely commercial purpose grown on farms and gizes for home uss Owing to the sca in this Province | the price ha high When pr is usually a de production a funimer How is yearly mj With the sear reed, there is h over-production least. Investigations V 1 1 T v ) po there are altogether t ma var nity offer ' for getting 1 ties grown in Ontari or four of the ties for general crops were ger yields, of better potatoe home and would be obtained. By tests conducted the province from shown that Empire Yorker No. 2 and gave excellent results for use, Then again it w & varieties Delaware and Greer tain which gave excellent re New Brunswick were only isfactory here in Ontario , are fa In testing one hundred varieties of potatoes for what distances ty in the spring of 1012 t profitable returns. flavor, mealiness, and appearance | Potat : 111 topped variety were taken into consideration, th planted rather closer than Empire State secured the Nig longing to a wide spreading score, which was closely follow , but as a ral rule 12 to the Crown Jewel, the Westcott apart in the rows has-prov- the Pearl of Savoy. nitable in economy and total The rows should be about 3 apart so that thorough on be practiced. This tivation between the rows and on. the YECOT rdly for of but benefit most import; luge also lor the for early po- thro s of the Guelp State, Davi Terent par condi- ut the amd of potato demand tak be i 1 nee®apart of the fairly sat f the row, as well as the dis- tors . 1 and ten | so that it is table-quali i know In wnica § y ino « by and Soil And Climate, The potato will grow on a large variety of soils with probably fair Success, yet the ideal pota's soil the hilling of them, serves three pur- deep, warm, sandy loam, contdining poses sufficient humus to insure rotention 1st of the necessary supply of moisture from such soils, the best quality of potatoes is obtained. The lc vorable soil 1s a heavy wo wherein the air does not Wheat and clover sod suitable for runners of tho crop. 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It kills and banishes ah disgusting dandruff germs. One or two applications of Parisian Sage will stop scalp itching and put new life and lustre into faded, lifeless may cul It helps to destroy and heck the weeds. 2nd. It makes ti oil warmer and dryer, thus induec- 3 1 It prevents becoming ast fa 1 clay h young potat late both potato ing earlier fruiting. 3rd oes from n by exposu late potatoes pieces each having the middle of June, ches deep Inter tillage should be practiced about every ten days to e latter! keep the ground practically level. are For ounce , about about 4 In- may, nd ot For aches, pains, rheuma- tiam, ete., try Parisian Mus. tard Cerate. Its effect is wonderful. Use iu place of mustard plasters, poultices or bot applications. Will net blister. 250. a tube .. | ried on during dry wedther; | little. frail woman loved. She felt ews much conserves ing the dry pe ol { the pile in the cellar A MERZ full = MRL circulation of air all around If the pota- toes are up against the piled right wall ,they are' apt to rot much quick-| oft been ha nore fre t the cL vation of soil, the 1s been the tc paid Itivation and cleaning of ths goqd yield « ase of le d Unless tion 10t be expect vel culture the be irrowed with harrow a f ; do this to plants nd. When growth is ced that the fore the about Iw appear above rows 1 employ the | should be en the. earth as near able to'go without hem. Sunbsequently hallow to prevent {oss of mois- | and injury le young tubers ind roots » cultivate sho to the tiv scare be oter- | be practiced when baked or} weeds show can yuld earth becomes whenever the coming up. ty, or ns of Harvesting And Storing, potato may be dug as soon as have withered and fallen, : operation ought to car The top be since po- house | and taken and conditic up ns will keep much 1 » of the potato digging ich he in ve | | tatoes | ipege ter Ips be secure with 5 or 6 prong cannot n ordinary plow | | attached after the board has been re - | | moved | As a usual thing, the potatoes are | the cell offering the | | best protection from frost. The best | about 35 degrees F | cooler they are kept without | of It temperature and the danger is | { | stored in Har,.it | | frost freezing the bet- | is wire also to provide for] - ~~ _ or * Kingston, July 21. M a Beef, local care 1b. tees Beef, hinds, 1b, ,. Beef, cuts, lb.... Beef, western, by carcase, lb. ... Hogs, live," ewt. Fogs, dressed, 1b. . Lamb, 'spring, by carcase, lb. .... Mutton, Ib. Veal,by carcase, 1b. Veal by qtr., 1b. Fish. Cod, steak, Ib. ... Hels, Ib, ,vcusaes Haddock, fresh, Ib, Halibut, fresu, 1b, Herring, fresh salt water, doz. Mackerel Pickerel. Perch, Ih. Pike, 1b. Rock-fish, 1b. Salmon, Saguenay, Hh yeas swine Trout. salmon. } White fish. Suckers, 1b. 12 14 25 14 975 14 18 13 10 14 12% 10 12% 20 Ib. b. iv i. Stubbytoes as Mediator ; Ther was a coldness between Mar- tha andcMary Fanning which increas. ed with every passing day. Perhaps it could havé been explained, but neither would take the trouble. ary and Martha were elderly and unmarried, and the joint possessors of property. Thev lived very com- fortably together in their gay little yellow house, with bowing, smiling gentlemanly looking maple trees in front; they had plenty of fire in win- ter and plenty of fruit and vegetables in summer; they went to church; they crocheted lace and read excit- ing serials in the family story papers. It may be said that they had no other occupation than that of being com- fortable and happy. All their lives they had agreed as sisters should until that day when they fell out. It had hap- pened in this wise: Martha was four years older than Mary, and therefore a bit more sensitive about their age. She always had been told that red was becoming to her, and she decid. ed to get a red hat for winter. When_she brought it home Mary, who 'Wgver wore anything. but dark colorf and felt that Martha should wear the same, was scandalized. "Oh, you can't wear that to church!" she exclaimed. "Why not!" Martha's grim. "A red hat! Oh, Martha, you're too old," pleaded Mary. Martha was too angry to speak. And she didn't speak again for hours. , When she did fier tone was very cool. It became ler as time wefit on, and Mary sensitively with- drew from frigid contact with her sister. = Even their hot tea failed to thaw out the awful accumulating iciness between them. However, Martha did not wear the red hat. She took it back and ex- changed it for a nifty little black one with a white wing, which was vastly More becoming -and suitable to her Years. The fact that it was more suitable, that Mary was right and she Wrong, gnawed. Martha was set in her way, and she felt as if she could never forgive Mary. i Poor Mary! She suffered terri bly from the misunderstanding. She felt that Martha no longer loved her; and who had she bat M: in. all the world? . Mary was the tone was | ea | ery | tion, of Boston, Mass., wretehed | 'ning! Insects And Fungus Diseases. Like all other crops, there drawbacks to 1 in lime can be over the pests, : Colorado Potato Bee 'ucungber Flea the deastruet check the work of with a. mixture of one-half pound of are cer- one whieh tle and these insect Beetle, ve be most insects, 0 i Paris Green to 40 gallons of water, scab is-a very injurious d A good preventative for t s 'to place all the seeds } they re cut in a mixture of one-half pint { for lin to fifteen gallons of wa- bout two hoifirs. The blight is anather.fungus dis- ease, A good preventative towards The efore | this is to spray with Bordeaux mix- ture about the middle of July two weeks following good results. It is and ev- seems to show also a good practice to de stroy all diseased arts of stems, leaves, etc., by burn- | ing and also to sow the ground, dis | ease resisting varieties, well cultivated land. The former description is my idea of growing a crop of potatoes. on clean THE CARE OF HORSES | Owners Should Protect Animale From Oppressive Midsummer Heat The Work Horse Relief Associa has just pub- lished and distributed the following hot weather rules for the comfort of horses which-the loéal Humane Soc- lety is anxious should be observed: "Load lightly, and drive slowly. "Stop in the shade if possible. "Water you horses as often as pos- sible So long as a horse is work- Ing, water in small quantities will not hurt him. jut let him drink { The Prices Paid For Produce On Kingston Market Poultry. Chickens, live, 1b. Ducks, Ib. ...... Hens, dressed, Ib. Hens, live, Ib. ... Turkeys, 1b, .... Dairy Products. Butter, dairy Butter, creamery Ib. Butter, Butter, prints, 1b.. rolls 1b . Cheese, old, Ib. Cheese, new, Ib, . Eggs, fresh, doz. Apricots, doz. . Bananas, doz. Cantelope Cherries, basket Cucumbers, each . Figs, 1b. . Lemons, Messina, QO. wounisnnse Peaches, doz. ..,. .e Plums, doz. ... 15 Nuts. mixed, 1b Oranges, doz. 20 - 6 inches with nothing to expend her heart thin and pale, and one day she called upon a neighbor, who noticed it. upon. Actually she grew "You little mopey, Miss Fanning It's this cold weather and you two old ladies alone in that house with out a single thing to liven you uo. You need something young to take your thought off yourself. Why, say I know the very thing for yon. You want a kitten There! Our old cat's got two, the prettiest little gray codgers you ever saw. I told my boy I'd keep one for him, but he'd have to get rid of the other. If you'l] take it I shall consider it a real kindness, Miss Fanning." Mary took the kitten. was Just beginning to be playful. They never had had a cat since old Tom died, and she had wanted one. She carried the kitten home, but when she showed him to Martha she met fresh trouble. "For the land's sake, Mary Fan- What do yon mean by bring- ing that creature home? We can't have it. Cats are a nuisance. I sald when old Tim died that we'd never have another, And we shan't." "we shall," said Mary, and she pit up her little chin resolutely. "I want something in this house that 1 can talk to' The kitten stayed. And Mary took a great dea] of comfort with it, al. though Martha never ceased to grumble about the cream it drank aud the bother it was, and the wretched habit it had of forever get- ting in a body's way. There came a bitter day when the frost thickened upon the windows and the trees creaked and the streets: were still, Martha had chilblains, and she always was in bad humor when it was cold, but she never had been utterly unbearable until to-day. At last, to escape from her, Mary pretended that she had an errand to do. So she bundied up 'in her warm. est things and went downtown. he bought some catnip for the Kitten, and then she thought she would please her sister, as she bought a box of the chocolates Martha loved. Then, because it was really too cold to stay away from the fire any Jong- er, She hurried Rome. You A As entered the house she paused, disconcerted, missing the soft, welcoming rush of four little paws, tha pleased little "meonw™ that always greeted her when she re- turned home' : : Stubbytoes?" It | and th ock the crop, but if | | five degree 1g | these insects, spray | § to drink. gp---------- N OER URE Farmers a 3 Sr WS rs 3% AEN AUR ER Oe ' Fe [ae 57100. CE ORR only a few swallows if he is going stand still Do not fail te ter him at hight after he has eaten his hay. "When he to in after harness marks - and ,» his nose and mouth, | Wash his feet, but not omes work, | his | ' : seventy $ or higher, wipe him all | over with a damp sponge. Use vi negar water if possible, Do turn the ho n him Fda ght, give a bran mash and add a tablespoonful e thermometer is not | se 0 "DQ not use a horse-hat, ninless it is a canopy-top hat. The ordinary bell-shaped hat does more harm than good. "A sponge on top of the head, or even a cl 3 good if kept wet. If | dry it is 1an nothing, "If the horse iz overcome by heat, get him into the shade, remover har ness and or wash out T outh, sponge him all over, shower his legs, and give him two ounces of aromatic spirits of ammonia, {WO ounce sweet spirts of rT, in a pint of wa ter; or give him pint of coffee warm. Cool his Tread ar once, using cold water, or, if necessary, chopped Ice, wrapped in a cloth. "If the horse off his him with two quarts of oats mixed with bran, and a dittie water: and add a little salt or sugar. Or give him oatmeal gruel or harley water worse or s of § t if feed, try "Watch your horse If he stops sweating suddenly, or if he breathes short and quick., or if his ears droop, | if he stands with his'legs braced | | sidew he is in danger of a heat or sun stroke once. "If he is so hot that the horse Sweats in the stable at night, tie him oufside with bedding under him. Un- y less he cools off during the night, he can not well stand the next day's héat." and need attention at at | A, AA A -. 10 2 for 25 10 100 Tomatoes, 1b. fs Raspberries, red Raspberries, blue . Watermelons, each 15 40 Vegetables. Beets, bush. .....$ . Cabbage, new, 1b.. Celery, buneh ... Lettuce, bunch,dosz. Onions, green, bunches, dos. . Potatoes, bush, .. Parsaips, bush. ... Rhubarb, bunch .. Turnips, bag Se 10 15 60 60 60 75 10 76 Barley, hush, Bran, ton Buckwheat, Lush. . Corn, yellow feed, bush. Corn, cracked cwt. Corn, meal, ewt, .. . £ Flour, cwt. 3 8; v Hay, baled, ton Hay, loose ..... Oats, local, bush. Oats, Man., bush.. Straw, baled, ton. Straw, loose, ton . Wheat, bush. .... Martha looked grimly up.from her crochet work "Why, he wanted to follow you, and I opened the door and let him out. I guess he hasn't got back." . Mary turned pale, "Martha Fan- ning, you let that little tender kitten out of doors on 3 day cold enough to freeze a human! Qh, how could you do anything so cruel? He has wandered away and wil] die!" Poor Mary begin to ery. Martha stared at her. Bhe was beginning to feel ga little scared herself. "Why, he'll come back," she said "He will come back," cried Mary fiercely, "for I'll find him--1I'll find him." "Mary wait! Don't act so crazy," Martha pleaded. "I'll help you look for him. I'm sorry, Mary. He wanted to go, and I let him. I never thought -- oh, dear! Oh, dear!" * Mart A was crying ,too, now, for Mary, flinging down her packages, had rushed out of doors in search of the kitten. Martha hurried into her felt shoes, flung 'a shawl about her and went out to aid. Over and over she said to herself, "I am a crue] woman, I am a wicked wo man. First I quarrel with my sis- ter and then I turn the baby kitten out of doors to perish, Heaven for. premises, They even inquired at an the neighbors. The kitten had van- ished completely. At last when they were numb with eold and assured that furghesr search was useless 'they crept back to the fire, Standing there, they looked at each other, the one accusingly, the other contritely, "I loved that kitten," Mary sob- bed. "He was all'l had to love af- ter you turned against me. And now--> "I don't blame you if you never forgive me,' sobbed Martha. There was a stir behind the eur. tain that draped the little cupboard where they sometimes stowed away necessary, but unsightly litter, and out strolled Stubbytoes, yawning daintily. Bumbling like a fat bee he rolled toward Mary.' But it was Martha whe caught him up. "I Jeft the door open a littje so he: could come back in if he wanted to," she confessed, "til] it got 30 cold 1 had to shut it . thought I kept good watch." * | | much ta ing a hundred |e [a ting alfa the 0 some alfa culture are drainag stone. ain. m wheat the seeding; harrowin as seed bed. more deep. Producing Alfalfa "People shouldn't It can't be talk alfalfa so own in On said oné man Another, Jiv- miles north and sev miles east, feeding day and t ario," ral hundred Ifalfa to his horses ever as had great success Lwo crops each yegr. Ihe alf cured well and is relished by Kk. year not is {, cut This quite so much alf alfa is being sown as in other years according better grade of seed is used. thern that plarx than to seed merchants, but a Nor practically all and if properly be more successful AT'S, There seems on the part of that - this will be a grown seed i handled, should is good year, and witle favorable weath- e alfalfa r expected, they are tackli proposition again. The nfost important factors in al and line Failure 3° cer ng the Without these, but well drained land In case the soil is acid, ground manure spreader or 3 home-made will the better start. it remembered plowing give young When is that preparation that will add free from weeds and grass, and ears, followed by oats, for fall seeding and small grain crops for spring double discing four times, g and rolling, and as' much sary to get a firm, fine rye, g, in nece Inoculate The Soil. Before the field is seeded it must be innocplated with nitrogen-gather- ing bacteria." plished by applying soil taken from a field where alfalfa has been grown succeszfully, from . This may he accom- This ean the the end of a 00 pounds te the acre. be spread box wagon, Soil where wild sweet clover grows may be used The field should be harrowed at once The Oh'o Experiment Station found that ten, fifteen, twenty, and twenty-five pounds. of gave yield of 7,862, seed per 8,648, 8,557, alfalfa hay per acre and ,876 lbs. of acre From fifteen to twenty pounds is best and ) sown with a nurse crop, nothing but the the first year. through it is not cut the first year. should be sown each way. If nurse crop should be harvested The alfalfa will winter much better go the if The seed should not be covered than one and one-half inches With spring sowing it is ad isable to sow three pecks ef barley Or oats as a nurse crop, although ex- cellent Out a nurse crop if conditions are f3- vorable. \ stands may be secured with If the field be covered with a light coat of manure as soon as the ground ig frozen, it will be insured , winter k \g A | | | ot | perienced "dently rolling or sloping flelds are the best, upon which no water will stand will do. limestone at the rate of two or more tons per acre must be applied. Lime stone can be spread by hand. a spreader. before plants a | maist An application of manure | the | field of alfalfa will produce for five | ar ten years, nothing can be omitted to the| tilth of the seed bed. The field must be land th to this end the work must be planned | a vear or two ahead, corn one or two | or | without | is 3 With | HAY, On COR ag ! ee Be Ge eae oon a gpring Nn; a dise set n way of the field, one or n the tivation rs} g ariy straight, or both ways, s-harrowed may way and An alia and | J culty | Will pull « | | be used, ass and weeds better If the plants are very second year only the haw shopld be used Phat this cul tivation and the use of © alfalfa cultivator after each cutt ng Is abso- lutely necess ry is ence of | two and per cultivation a profita it gr dise, } the thar small row shown by the pres- dand weeds in fields three years old. With pro will continue ine gra field ole for ten years ---- Curing The Hay, The proper ¢ uring -of alfalfa hay i a problem upon which years of study be profitdbly spent It is not & mere matter of routine, but of ex Judgment, Curing al faifa hay early in June is an entirely different problem from curing it in July August When the first Crop is cut in June the ground | the air is moi ty and the yield It is then necessary to the crop get dryer before raking than with second and third crops If the mower js started and run un ts noon, tt hich is cut be tedded that afternoon The following n U should be tedded again, tternoon raked and cocked the first crop tedding Very necessary as it allows the dir to get through, The hay should main cocked two or three days, and before hauling In, spread out in large bunches in a narrow window bray loader The sifle-deliy €ry rake is an ideal machine for ra king alfalfa, because it leaves a loose windrow, through which the air may pass may or W late morn up H is re for for the Tedding is not necessary with the second and third crops. That cut in the morning may be raked the same afternoon, and after one or two days in the cock, hauled in: The object in curing alfalfa hay is to get the moisture out of the stems and keep the leaves on. Too much sun on the stems will make them woody and tough. This quality of hay is fed at a loss as tlie cows discard the stems No rules can be laid down for curing alfalfa hay The order of procedure with the first CTOp one year may have to be changed the next year. All depends upon the humidity of the air, the moisture in the soil, and the yield of hay. On some days, hay might not dry any, while on a dry- ing day the moisture would leave it rapidly. The proper time to hay cut alfalfa when the shoots of the next crop are aboat an inch long. 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