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the locality. where grown. ~~ selection of Danish E summer, should. ound ; is the unit be remembered that a ¢ ected tow t= al electing save seed from a plant ry early fruit whilst ther late in maturing one is to save seed n a pl the largest num- ber of fruits maturing early enough for rk done at Cap Rouge--A few strains were isolated at Cap Rouge for yield, in certain cases, and for earliness, in others. A selection of Prosperity - from Bolgiano, 1914 stock produced 20 per cent. more, in 1917, after three years' work, than seed bought from this firm that year; a selection of "Sunnybrook" Earliana from Durpee ~ 1914 stock produced 46 per cent more in 1917, after three. years' work, than seed ought from this firm that year: a xport from Wibolt g 1914 stock matured fruit in 135 days, in 1915, oid whilst seed from this firm took days; a selection of Bonney Best rris 1911 stock matured fruit in s, in 1913, whilst seed from this 7 davs. Gt muon to Interested part- arliana - have . been at the Experimental ge, Que.; since 1911, ntity of choice seed is interested parties dersigned; NGELIER, <= = erimental Station. Cap Rouge, Que. » The Marketing of Poultry Products ting has much to do with the iure or any poultry plant. WW successiully tue plant n, if the marketing end or the 1s not properly ivoked atter tl le enterprise will sooner or lat- er end in failure. So : producer should get the best 2 possible tor his products, and to do this. it is necessary to pay particular ttention to their quality, and the season at which the products are sold. - Eggs should be gathered regularly and often... All small and dirty 'eggs ~ should be retained for home use or sod separate from the rest. ~The eggs should be neatly packed, if for private trade, they are made more attractive if put into neat cartons. : The sooner the eggs are in the hands f the consumer the greater the satis- faction and consequently the better the 7 price received. og ~ The pullets should be early so that production will be heavy. If at any 1 th s become so = in the mar- ice to the cost en advisable to tive and put away 1 : period of scarcity which invariably follows. Immediately following 'the spring lay" the flock should be gone over and all useless cock birds and those hens that show they intend to rest for the r "put into crates and fed heav or a week or ten days and then sent to market ejther live or dress- ed according to market requirements. ~ This culling should not all be done at one time but gradually as occasion re: quires, but it should be the air the culling over with as far as time for ma : I sefore marketing. = 2 1 To. Stop Spring Shooting '| means, the prevention of extermina- Boa { places the | 1 in sheep in Europe ss of 54 millio Th s in the) --U. S. Dept of It is well to note the value of fertili- ers for increasing livestock production. irector E.. J. R J gh on pasture once he carrying capacity 5 increased to eleven sheep. | t plot, unfertilized the carrying pacity was only four sheep per acre. If the carrying capacity of many Canadian pastures were increased in anything like the propoition Zhe net result would be highly advantageous to' our sheep raisers on : And The Why Canada And > United States Combined .. By ]. H. Fleming - So mu protection from the extrem® point of view of the reformer that many men of moderate views have got the idea that protection spells total prohibition of shooting, instead of what it really tion, and the building up of the reser- ves of wild life to. a point when the sportsman may feel that his future as a sportsman is safe under the regula- tions of the Migratory Birds Conven- tion Act; while the same law acts as a check on the decrease of the non-game bird population of our country as well. The extermination of wild life is not by any means confined to North Amer- ica, it has been world wide, but poss- ibly the results have been more clear- ly foreseen in Canada and the United States, and early enough to give hopes that with unity of legislation the word exterminated need only be written : against a few of the birds and animals j ow in real danger of disappearing. ! i S44 Ris gust in uns dali Of binty of laws (the question of enforcement is another matter) that Canada's efforts to restore the balance of nature by pro- tective legislation is in 'danger. Ani- "mals are not subject to the impulse of migration to anything like the same ex- tent as are birds. Provincial legislation is usually effective in their case, but ~dlocal legislation for birds has repeat- "edly proved in the past to be ineffective . as a protective measure. Birds pass from province to province and even from continent to continent in their; journeys, and they suer fromlocal con- ditions as well as from international. We in Canada are fortunate in that continental legislation is likely to prove a decisive factor-in checking the down- ward movement of many desirable birds, but we must be unanimous, every province should legislate in con- formity with the Migratory Birds Con vention Act of the Federal Governm 3it of Canada if results adequate to the necessity of the case are to be obtain- ed, and the case is urgent. We are not yet on the road to safety for our birds, till every province conforms to Federal Act. When that does happen we may then look to the United States to act with us, and we may then hope for the continental enforcement of an Act that means results, both to the birds and to the sportsman, results that are bound to be beneficial to both. The Conven- tion is not the result of hasty legisla- tion, but the carefully thought out ef- fort of men who have seen the dis- heartening failure of laws that are purely local, and who know that no- thing short of joint action by both the United States and Canada can be ef- fective in building up the reserve of our bird life. 2 : ; . Migratory game birds such as ducks and geese may appear at times to be abundant in some one place, and the natusat-inference is that they are not decreasing, but the observer overlooks the fact that the old feeding grouds are not now as extensive, particularly in the west, as they used to be, and the 'birds are crowded into a smaller area. There have been many reasons given 'or the decrease of game birds. Spring shooting" has harried them on migra- ion and consequently they reach their oreeding grounds with less vitality 'han they ought, and they are apt to 'elect the safest breeding grounds and often not the best. Many birds become barren and never reach the breeding | 'arcunds at all in consequence of the | sersecution they have experienced on their northern journey, and it is here that the direct benefits of the "Migra- | tory Birds Convention Act" will be | quickly felt. The birds will arrive in their full. numbers and vigour and will select the most suitable breeding grounds, and in consequence the breed- | ing range will be more extended an. then, if granted sufficient local protec- | tion, there is: no reason why there | should not be a considerable increase | 'nour migratory game within a few | h [years but we must give ample protec tion duri the United tection over the whole breeding range f many species can be effective. The a matter of general "fortunately the means t which we have done ch has been written about bird [other eight or nine hours of grinding 'wild life from actual .extincti are many reasons: that precautions 1916 the exports amounted to $4,7778, ease of migratory game is so ap- | 1st p minent and significant at the present time is Efficiency, you will go back to that mean- d study it word by word, you| ° bed d that if you put o na coat cut] _-- nr TZ Provide Abundance of Cool Water is pattern, it would fit very snug, around and everywhere. Some wf 5 ould find spots where the coat is loose and we did'nt quite fill it out, and e would say, "That garment was not just exactly cut for me." 'But we must | ember that the pattern has been e and garments are being cut after pattern. The Sipshod way usiness i nthe past 'is a thing distinctly of the past, and if we follow it, we cannot be a citizen of the present or an heir of the future. Are You A Plodder? L --Or A Plugger? - Plugging denotes energy, driving force, determination, and a will to con- quer. Plodding is aimless, ambitionless and often hopeless. A Plugger is a man who pushes ahead--a Plodder is a man who trudges ahead. A Plugger is a man who i what he wants by going after it. A Plodder is a man whe never gets what he wants because he doesn't travel fast enough to catch up tol it. i To the Plodder each morning begins another day. To the Plugger eact morning begins a new day. See the dif- ference? To the one each day is an- out work--of performing monotonous duties and filling in time. To the other. each day opens a new vista of possibi- lities--chances to make good--of new ideas to put into practice--of more knowledge to be gained--of new op- portunities for self-advancement and self-development. It's the man of energy--the go-ahead 'fellow who strikes out and works his way up the hillside, brushing aside the obstacles and clambering over the rocks, that the world delights to honor. ~ Consevatinm of Wild Life Importance of Game Resources--Dif- ficulties to be Overcome--Reme- © dies to Adopt. That Canada, which once 'was noth- } ing but a vast happy hunting grounc for the Indian and teeming with gam and fur-bearing animals, has become a country where stringent restrictions are often necessary to preserve th { usnes ge generally appreciated. The condition is casually dismissed as being due to th spread of settlement and civilization and as therefore inevitable, even if re grettable from ceftain aspects. © It is not necessary, however, that our wild life be exterminated and there should be taken to prevent this. Let us remember that, in this respect, wt are trustees for posterity in a ver special sense, since the injury we may | do will be irreparable. We ought alst to recognize that our wild life consti- tutes a natural resource of great pres ent and future value. 2h Game is still a necessity for food purposes in certain frontier district: and for thousands of Indians." The fur- bearing animals constitute a resource | which, in the last fiscal year before the outbreak of the war, provided exports valued at $5,569,476, while even in if we attempted .to wear the coat,| in | | they are neatly bunched, tied and 337. In addition to the furs exported, large quantities are used in Canada and the severity off our winters makes it certain that this home demand will be permanent. Further, it will naturally; increase with the growth of our popul ation. en Mankind has other needs also thar food to eat and clothes to wear. Peo ple need recreation. Thefe is no health. ier form of recreation-than that which is carried on with rod or gun or cam. era along the streams, in, the .woods across the plains or among the mighty mountain: ranges. The. attraction of game, big and little, is one of the most powerfil lures that leads 'men into these healthful surroundings. Canada is famous as a sportsman's paradise. She must not loose that preminence. Her splendid stretches of unspoiled na-| ture, still within easy reach of her larg- est cities, are perhaps the greatest ad- vantage she possesses over older lands. The biggest difficulty in the way of wild life conservation is wholesale in- discriminate killing for commercial pur- poses or -even, in some cases, from pure wanton lust of slaughter. Much complaint has been made that certain tribes of Indians are the greatest sin- ners in this respect, but white men are not free from blame. If this ignorant waste is stopped in time by well en- forced close seasons, the wild life can be preserved and 'there will still be enough for legitimate taking, New Brunswick is an example of a province where this has been done: and where the number and' value of the game has actually greatly increased in recent years. But in the Northwest the big- horn sheep and the wapitt and some other ainmals are as much in danger of extermination as the buffalo and | beaver. It has, th erefore," been found contains a large proportion of water; the cow giving milk, but in hot High Prices Are Paid for Best Quality. : for Dairy Cows During Hot 'Weather--Shade In Pasture Also . Essential -- Ideal Location on Banks of Cool, Pure Stream. (Contributed by Ontario Department of - Agriculture, Toronto.) portance of properly harvest- | ing and marketing their early vegetables. The large major- ity are expert enough to produce an 'excellent crop, but there is perhaps only about one out of ten that har- "| vest and market their crop to the 'best advantage. The public is to- day, perhaps more than before, de- 'manding a high grade product. They 'are willing to pay the price if they get the quality, and the gardener that will make the greatest success will be the one that caters to this demand. : There are several factors of great importance necessary to achieve the greatest amount of success. Fore- most of these, perhaps, is proper harvesting. Few, even of our grow- ers, realize how rapidly our vege- tables deteriorate in quality after they are taken from the ground. Much of the fine flavor and crispness is lost in the case of such products as onions, lettuce and radishes in only a few hours unless special care is exercised in handling. Such crops should never be exposed to winds or the hot sun and if they can be kept in a cool, fairly moist condition, the least possible loss in' quality will be maintained. Hd : : To market the vegetable crop to best advantage the grower must ever keep in mind the ultimate destination of his goods. The housewife is the one that he must please. If she 18 'well pleased then she tells her neigh- bors quietly over the back fence, but if she finds that she has received something of véry inferior quality then she proclaims her grievance from the housetops and forever after will' be hard to convince that there is such a thing as high quality. The most important factors to bear in mind are few in number and are. not hard to put into practice. The proper degree of maturity is the first 'one that must be considered. Carrots, beets, onions, radishes and the other bunchix bs should not be pulled they reach the proper size, They should be carefully pulled and nching houses. There taken to the b washed and then should be protected from the atmosphere as much as pos- sible by covering. Lettuce, spinach, parsley, cabbage and caulifiower 'should be carefully cut and placed in 'baskets or carriers. Care should be taken that none of the dirt is taken up and allowed to fall through the leaves, as this is hard to remove even 'by careful washing and will always lower the quality. ' There is perhaps not more than one person in ten that can be called a, really successful salesman, and 1 here is where a good many of our growers fall down, and after produec- ing a high grade product they are unable to market it to the best ad- vantage. The first requisite, as has already been mentioned, is a high grade article. An inferior grade can- not be expected to obtain the highest price. The proper care in preparation is" also important. A neat, attrac- tive package, well-packed, with high grade vegetables will always com- mand the higher price. Furthermore, an attractive article will be its own salesman, and 1:0 matter how over- stocked the market may be, will com- mand a good price. The proper care in sorting and grading is also quite important. Vegetables of poor gqual- ity 'should never be placed on the market. They will not only have to will also have the effect of lowering the price on the higher grades, with the result that many a good market has been almost ruined by a small quantity of inferior goods. From this we see that the greatest results can only be obtained by grow- ing a high grade article, carefully harvested and attractively and effi- ciently marketed.--A., H. 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