[ The 1924 Crop ; (By Robson. Black, Manager Canadian +... Pays 55,000, men $60,000,000 in wages tries out of a score that are directly =» PIANOS AND PHONOGRAPHS "27 Old instruments taken in' exchange "New instruments sold on easy terms Ss Part Eig THE DRYDEN OBSERVER i "It may appear to be a. little too early .to begin thinking of next pear's honey -crrop but the successsful 'bee- keeper knows that the success of next ! year's 'erop depends upon the prepar- dtion made for t and the time they are made. A successful season de- pends to a large extent upon good wintering. Good wintering depends ' upon three things, namely: = colonies well-filled with young bees, an abun-* dance of wholesome stores, and ade- guates protection from the varying out- side'. temperatures during the winter and -early 'spring. = - The first thing then is to get col- onies well-filled with young bees and to get them before the winter sets in. This means, that we must have the bees produced between the months of July and. October and in order to do this we. must have a prolif queen in the hive during the months of August and September. The first step, there- fore, in producing a crop of honey in 1924 is to se that every colony is head- ed with a good, prolific queen during the latter part -of July or the first week in August. A good second year /queen will often produce the required number of bees in the fall but she is very likely to get lost during the win-° ter 'or fail the following spring.. A young queen reared during the latter part of June or July is the most de- pendable for she is not only prolific' during the fall but she is comparativ-- ely young and prolific the next spring, the two seasons of the year when brood 'produetion counts most. | 'Every beekeeper should examine his colonies during the latter part of July : and destroy all queens that show the least signs of failng, replacing them with young queens that are prolific. Old queens that are still producing a maximum amount of brood can be left and replaced later in the season : by younger queens. § Bs . A%good system of requeening the' colonies is one-that is combined with swarm control measures, that is, in-! troducing the young queen at the same time treatment is applied' to control swarming. During the main flow from clover when swarming is most intense and the colones have, larvae in queen +hiev and destroy all queen cells pres- ent Nine days later again remove all queen .cells and ntroduce a young lay-! ing queen. By this method the swarm- | ng is. controlled and the colonies are requeened at the right time. If the old 'queen is prolific and increase is desired a' frame or two of emerging brood may be removed wth her and placed in a new hive. This nucleus' "can be built up into a strong colony by fall when the old queen ean be re- placed by a' young one. : C. B. GOODERHAM Dominion Apiarist Soin ih cups, remove the old queen from thes : amen CANADA, WOODYARD OF THE" EMPIRE Forestry Association) Of the total area of forests in the British Empire, Canada holds over 50 os ANAD noted for cou Canad a country. a soil and climate which can grow the world's finest agricultural pre- ducts. Canadian farm- ers who have earned the capital invested in their farms out of prefits in farming are' numbered in thou- sands. Thess suc cessful far have paid off mortgages, sto their barns. and stables, bought their machinery, made a goed: living fal brought up their fami- lies. It meant hard ts and ¢ competitive seyond our control. f agricnl lated by w supply creasing production elp the Canadian work, but today they are independent. Money in Vi on the prairies, oats fed brought from 70c to $1.0 Fort William price of 4 while barley us has brought as Fort William price © Farmers marketing thei a sure market and m their roughage, otherwi The cattle embargo isn make good money for farmer from now on. In recent years, at diff in this way lower marketin are worth more money and certain ada exports seed potatoes, but imports r seeds. 'Sh 's fro our cheese, butte wheat and flour. the United Stat compet Br herself food country." market. OW OF the Canadian 3 to grow seeds for herself and for export. - 7 £ ~ The Future have been forgotten, Britain She wants our beef and bacon, less and less against us on the an importer of many other stuffs besides wheat from this Canada has the men, the. climate, the land, the stock and the potential mark. those who pt modern meth- ods, whether East ov West. Little Prince Edward Island mark- ets co-operatively im carlots, shipping ame nually upwards of one illion dozen eggs. I Bri Columbia Co-operative Poultry Men's Exchange markets in the same way, thus saving : ruinous glut in their : local market. There is a market for good Canadian horses, whether light or draught. "Y : Grow Seed Canada's Northern grown seed possesses extra vitality. There is a large market for it to the south. Can- e has 'the opportunity m now the pessimists of embargo against our r, eggs and apples, our As the population of 5 increases, she will Eventually, she will 7 : : ets necessary for agricultural 'success. Money in Pigs sary for agricultur et us farm with all the industry and p.c. India has.14 p.c., and Australia | - ~and New Zealand about 8 pC "+ Seventy-five per cent of the forest area -of the Empire belongs to the © © people and only twenty-five per cent to corporate' bodies and private indivi- duals. <' In Canada 'alone more than eighty-five. per cent of the forest ares is" public 'owned. - - * ihe Canadian people gain from their forest possessions the enormous 'revenue of $500,000,000 a year, repre- senting the production of all branches' More than 100,000 men are engaged in Canada, converting forest products 'into wealth in some form or other. + Nearly 400,000 other people depend on vthis forest army for their foo 'and - shelter. : . In the 'pulp and paper mills are --83,000. men, drawing $40,000,000 a] year in wages. The lumber industry _ annually. These are but two indus- dependent on a forest supply.- The Canadian people cause 4,000 forest fives a year through reckless- ness. The burned material represents many times. what is utilized b yall in- idustries from coast to coast. "ye Olde Firm" } Teintzman & Qompany, ity | ©. 7: Kenora Branch The best in LE IE IRA J. WILDE in charge of our forest industries. i is a profit in feeding pigs The Dominion Experimental have proved by actual test that the Central Farm, Ottawa, after . Lagt Authorized for publication by the Dr. J. 1 GRISD science we can muster. Let's get to work bay our debts, forward with confidence in its future, Let us keep going ahead. : Canada is moving Dominion Department of Agriculture | W.R. MOTHERWELL, Miniter, © ALR, Deputy Ministes. FOR THE PRINCE OF WALES' RANCH. ERE'S the, grand champion: Shrop- | : shire ram' bought for" $500 by the Prince of Wales at the recent In- ternational Live Stock Exposition, Chi- cago, for 'the "E. P. Ranch," cover- img about 3,000 acres in Alberta, Can- ada, 60 miles south of Calgary, owned . by the Prince of Wales, and which will be the future honte of the great Shrop- shire sire.€ The Prince signs' himself "E. P.", meaning "Edward Prince," and when he bought the ranch during. his tour of Canada he rode the range of his prairie "dominion beyond the seas," with the Alberta cowboys, and ecided that its proper moniker was "E. P. Ranch." Since then the Prince has seat a large flock of Shropshire sheep, Dartmoor ponies, thoroughbred fillies descended from Ormonde, St. Simon and Bend Or and shorthorn bulls $ and cows from his Cornwall, England, stock farm to the Alberta ranch. The purchase of the Shropshire grand cham- pion was made by the Prince's repre- sentative, Prof. W. I.. Carlyle; 3 of Calgary, who attended the Chicago Ex- position in quest of the best Shrop- shire ram exhibited. This ram, which weighs 250 pounds, was exhibited by J. C. Andrews, West Point, Ind, a direc. # } a, Water Supply (Experimental Farms Note) In locating the farm house the first essential is a sufficient supply of pure water easily accessible. The orgin of fresh water in the earth is usually traceable to the raifall upon the sur- face. The earth's crust. consists of many - layers of varying thickness. These, when considered in connection with water supply, are divided into two classes: porous, or those that will allow water to percolate or flow; and impervious, or those that prevent the movement of water. When a porous stratum overlies an impervious one there is the collection of the local rainfall from the immedi- ate surrounding drainage basin. When 2 porous stratum underlies an imper- us formation the water will be col- lected at the out crop of the former, which may be a great distance from the well. Should that point be at a higher elevation than the location of the well, artesian or flowing water would be secured. This overflow might have sufficient head to elevate the water into homes and barns, ' In the course of time underground streamlets {and streams have formed, and fortun- ate is the person who locates one of face of an impervious layer of earth and frequently terminate in a spring on a hillside. © The source of our farm water sup- ply is usually a well that penetrates ithe ordinary ground-water level or that. taps an underground stream. Some are "fortunate in locating mear a spring, and others get their supply from a stream that flows through the farm. These sources are all good pro- vided they are free from contamin- 'ation. There three types of wells in common use: the dug well for shal- low depths; the driven well for earth | formation; and the drilled well where {the water bearing stratum is oevrlaid by rock and hardpan. These wells should be protected from polluted surface water. For this reason the wells should be located on 'rising ground, so that the | water will flow away from it. Dug wells shouldbe walled with water- tight material. If stone or brick is 'used, cement 'mortar should be used to seal - the interspaces. "makes a good tight wall. Wells 'driven through clay are usually safe. Drill- ed wells should be lined with wrought- iron casing extending to the rock and 'driven into it to form a vrater-tight fjoint. = ' m : { There are three methods in common « usee in conveying the water from the "source of supply to the farm buildings First, by gravity, when tle source is higher than the buildings; second, by the use of an hydraulic ram, . when there is®an abundant supply of run- ning water to operate it; third, by the use of a pump. In. installing these last mentioned, galvanized iron pipe of sufficient size to meet the farm re- quirements should be used. There are many types of pump: on the market. For shallow wells the cistern pump with cylinder in 'the barrel may be used. For deepér walls [the suction pump may be used if the cylinder is placed within 25 feet of the low water mark in the well. T'he single and double action pumps, wiith ,or without power, can be used to ele- vate water to the desired height. When water has to be elevated the wind-mill is a cheap source of DOV Y. ? A "gasoline engine will do the work, at Concrete wo EE SR SE wo "done while the engine is at other w ork. Water from limestone formatioris is hard and not satisfactory for wasting, Rainwater, which is always soft, can be-callected from roofs and stored in cisterns for washing purposes. The hom eand barns on every farm need water on tap whereever required, much 'more than does the city home; becaues the farm requires more water per capita and the people on the farm *have less time to carry water. It ig estimated that the average farm fam-° ily of 5, with four horses, 33 head of cattle, 50 sheep and 10 pigs, requires over 600 gallons of water per day. In conclusion, then, the farm water supply shtuld be adequate to meet the maximum requirerhents every day; it should be reasonable in cost, simple in construction, durable and easy to operate; it should he fresh, pure and cold at the taps, and it should be available for fire protection. : J. A. CLARK, Superintendent At the old Rhodes Stand JOS. A. STRUTT GENERAL BLACKSMITH & HORSESHOER 5 All work done promptly' - DRYDEN .. ONBR these when digging for water. These streams usually flow along the sur-- surface' "a very low cost, and pumping can. be .