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I’AGE 12 O :0}. O O 0 O 0 o OD:DOObzo:ozooo O O O O O . 60 .0 :0. Q JOHN CAMAAAAL’S FARAA AT woonvm As SEEN BY A 101mm SCRIBE Toronto Globeâ€"secretary v mm“. of the United States Department of Agriculture has said that the home of the sheep-breeder is the most delight- ful farm to visit. Acting on his sug- gestion, the other day, I journeyed to Fairview Farm, near Woodvilie where “ “-2“..- thnnnhire man Of the the leading Shropshire man or the continent lives. He is John Campbell, e best known Canadian tar- prize-winâ€" a score of years. Driving up the road towards his gate, I realized the meaning of the words, “most de- lightful.” It was a sheep farm, to be sure for there have been resources to build a handsome dwelling and spacious buildings, and the whole vis- ta speaks of cleanliness and Later, I learned that this beautiful farm, = with its many evidences of has come to John Camp« for over bell as a result of no but his own; an inspiration, surely, to the rising generation of farmers. SELF-MADE SUCCESS Men with inherited wealth may purchase beautiful country seats and stock them with fine animals, - and such estates with their flock and herds arouse no emotion in us or in- spire ns to emulation. But the man who begins with capital consisting only of a sound body, brain, and self-reliance, and within a little more than a third of a century makes out of a spot for which. nature did very little one of the most productive {arms in the Dominion and develops on it flocks and herds of the best ani- unis on the globe of their kind, yet builds a home with all the conven- iences and comforts of modern in- ventionâ€"such a. man and his works elicit our admiration. The accumuâ€" lation of means has been only one of Mr. Campbell’s attainments. Learn- ing how to enjoy the fruit of one’s labors at the same time one is gain- ing the competence is an even more We don’t care whether you are ready to buy your Spring Suit now cr notâ€"we want our Splendid clothes to have a chance to make an impression on your mind. They’ll certainly do their work well. if you will step in for a look at the choice New Spring and Summer Models. We like to have callers come in and get acquainted with “what’s .ew,” we will not urge you to buy for this is not a store that “annoys! Glad t6 Show You, Sir! nearly every clorhing house that the only way the superiority of our clothes is to “show you. tive, and so we say again, “ ‘2":1 be glad to sh Suits Rangigg £19m $10 to $20 You see these prices W. R. WEDDESS, Cam da Life Asurance Co. Globe.â€"Secretary : Wilson 8 O. O A RECORD YEAR for growth and strength 11 size was enjoyed in 1911 by *he Canada Life. THE SURPLUS earned, $1 ,- in the Company’s history of 65 years. A new record for surplus earnings was established four years ago and 111 each year since then all previous records have been surpassed. “lt pays to have a policy in The Canada Life.” E93597, was the greatest s, or simitar ones have been quoted so long by use that the only way we can convince you of othes is to “show you.” Showing is proof p051- .1, “we’ll be glad to show you, Sir I” GOOD CLOTHES HATS AND TOG rare accomplishment, and this, the‘ owner of Fairview Farm and his es- timable wife have done. THE BEST IS NONE TOO GOOD i I think I got the secret of Mr. Campbell’s multi-phased success. For} aside from his success in the mart§ and showering with Shropshires he is‘ recognized as one of the best judges of horses and beef cattle, and is one‘ oi the most popular Farmers’ Insti- tute lecturers in the Dominion. The key to his advancement as a farmer, (he once won a gold medal for the best managed farm in the Province) lay in his early grasp of the truth that land could be made more pro- ductive than nature has made it, and that returns from it would be in proportion to its fertility. Records of 1,000 bushels of roots, 60 bushels of oats and four tons of bay to the acre testify to his skill. The next fac- tor in the situation was a similar idea about animals. Almost at the outset of his farming career . be de- veloped an enthusiasm for good aniâ€" mals. I should say the “best,” for “good” animals do not satisfy him, and he even sees defects in the best the breeding art has yet produced. career, while he Was carrying a heavy debt upon his farm and his 3 neigh- bors knew it, be induced two neigh- bors to join him in purchasing a pure- bred ShBfihorn bull, for which they paid $150â€"an unheard of thing in the community. The incident became noised about, and a few days later at a neighbor's thrashing one old neigh- bor stepped aside with him, and in bated breath, asked if it were true that he had been so foolish as to pay $150. far a bull. Mr. Campbell re- plied that it was true that he = had been so wi§e as to pay that sum. La- ter at the dinner table the old neigh- bor guygd him about it until he was CARRIED HIS BLUFF An incident I gathered will throw a little sight-light upon the man and his methods: Very early in his Sonata! Agent TOGGERY led to declare he would sell his steer calves for $100 each. The first two calves from the sensational bull were males and be resolved to try to make his bluff gpod with them and demon- strate the Wisdom of his purchase. How he succeeded these entries taken from his record book will April 26, 1-881.â€"One white steer, val ue-d at $50. Pasture at nights for 6 months $4: meal and bran for six months $7.;1Hay and chafi $4; Weight Nov. 12â€"1,625 lbs. Additional feed 155 bu. mangles at 6 cents, $12.40; 1,860 lbs. meal and bran at 1} cents $23.25; 1,550 lbs. clover hay at $6. per ton, $4.55; 255 lbs. flaxseed at 3 cents, $6.75; 20 lbs. stock food at 10c. $2. Total cost $114.05. Sold April v4th., 18812, weight 1,872 lbs. at 7;. cents, $140.40. GOOD PROFIT IN BEEF The other steer was from an inâ€" ferior ‘cow, and although fed about he same, brought only $129.15. Learning that Mr. Campbell had made beef production a' prominent line for thirty years, I raised the question as to whether there had been any profit in it. He at once turned to his account book and show- ed me the records for the past fifteen years of his operations. A few of his entries will be interesting and in- structive. Jan. 31, 188-1.â€"Two 2; year old steers were bought for $100. They were fed 265 bushels of roots at 8c. $21.20; 1,440 lbs. of meal and bran $12; hay and straw $5.80. Total cost $139. They were sold May 19, when weigh- ing 3,0051bs., at 5% cents. bringmg $169. MADE MONEY ON THE “FINISH" Feb. 15. 1878.â€"-â€"Four 2; year old steers $47. Each was fed daily 50 lbs. of roots, 5 lbs. of meal, made of ground oats, peas, shorts and bran, also oat and pea bay. The total feed for 3; months was estimated at $42. On May 1st. they had gained 1,000 lbs., and were sold for $130, giving a profit of $41. Mr. Campbell called my attention to his entries showing that some of his largest profits had tween made in feeding cattle which his neighbors sold him as finished. Here is .ne entry: Jan. 30.â€"â€"1‘880.â€"3§ year old steer, half fat; bought of neighbor R.â€"-£or $40. The feed bill included 80 lbs. of roots at 6 cents, $4.80; 400 lbs. of shorts and bran $3.; 800 lbs. clover, hay $2. Total cost $49. 89. The steer sold April 12th. weighing 1, 4"0 lbs. at Scents, bringing $74. ‘ His earlier feeding operations were all on Winter feeds. Later he found that winter grains were far more cost 15: than summer grains and that by supplementing the pasture- with rape in the fall, he could put his cattle in- to such a. condition that a very short period in the stalls would fit them for market. Since this his profits have generally been larger. Here are two records of results. Aug. 6.â€"1905.â€"Ten yearlings, aver- age weight 1,800 lbs. cost $435.. Feed- ing included one month on grass and two months on rape, with hay, $54. gain for the three months cost $4.40 per cwt.) one month in stall $54. To- tal cost $543. Sold December 7, av- erage weight 1,435 lbs. at 5c. $654. Net gain $111. Sep. 19. 190‘Sâ€"Ten cattle. average weight 1,280 lbs. at $4.50 cost $576. Feeding included 1% months on rape $30; 1 1-3 months’ stall feed ng $80. Total cost $686. They were sold Dec- 11, averaging 1,378 pounds at 6c. $826. Net gain $140. PAID TO KEEP ACCOUNTS In response to my comment upon his having kept account with each individual in his earlier work, Mr. Campbell explained that he did it to school himself in selecting profitable feeders and -he added that it was profitable schooling and that he now seldom fails in picking animals that pay. His records for more than 100 animals, covering a period of ten years, show only two fed at loss. I asked him upon What features he based his judgment. He replied: “A thick 10 12, good back and loose mellow skin.” .The faculty of knowing a profitable animal when one sees it is indeed a valuable acquisition, and in the case of John Campbell it has been wealth- producing. Twenty years ago while visiting a relative some 200 miles away, he noticed in a’~herd of pedi- greed Shorthorns a heifer that caught his fancy and he at once determined to buy it. It cost him $100 and his books show that he has sold over $4,000 worth of her progeny. and has 15 left all of which are superior animals and show a striking resem- blance. The customary practice on the best farms of Ontario of feeding I every thing grown on the 'farm to some form of live stock has always been rigidly adhered to by Mr. Campbell, and that this practice is justifiable is seen by the fact that, while the farm has for many years enjoyed the. repu- tation of being one of the best farms in the province, the average sticky Hair Tonic. . ; Will Make Hair Grow Now Sold in Canada Every up-to.date woman should have radiant hair. There are thousands of women with harsh, faded, characterless hair, who 0 not try to improve it. In England and Paris women take pride in having beautiful In :. Every Canadian woman- can have .ustrous, nd luxuriant hair by usin Salvia. he great American Sage P .1? Tonic. ~ Every reader of the P96 can ‘have an attractive head of hai 3. in a tow ‘eeke by using Salvia. Higinbotham. the drugg-ist, sells a large bottle for 50c. and guarantees it to 'banish dandrufi, stop falling hair and itching scalp in ten days or mon- ey back Salvls is a beautiful, pleasant obn- I/i.-:\|‘ “lMPUSSIBlE Ill HELP MY KIDNEYS" Until I Used "‘Fruitâ€"aâ€"fives” Wands Greatest Kidney cure 'Practically everybody in Toronto knows Professor J. F. Davis. For years, the elite of that city has taken lessons from Prof. Davis in the art of Dancing and Deportment. 1 1‘7 ____‘_ yield of field crops has fully doubled in the last twenty years, and during that time only two tons of commercial plant food have been used, and that in an experimental way, which re- sulted in no visible benefit to the crops growing on the land where it was applied. Fairview Farm has been under cultivation continuously for 80 years and is to-day more pro- ductive than ever, to which fact Mr. Campbell attributes the wisdom of his using barnyard manure as the sole fertilizer. “any.-. â€"---â€" â€"r-rv-_â€"-.i ,, , His constant activity gradually Weak- ened his Kidneys, which calamity threatened to make him an invalid. But read Prof. Davis’ letterâ€" 563 CHURCH ST., TORONTO, ONT. DECEMBER 29th. 1911 “I want to say that “Fruit-a-tives ’ is my only medicine, and has been for the past five years. Previous to that, I had been troubled with Rheumatism and Kidney Disease, 'and had taken many remedies without satisfactory results. Noticing the advertisements of “Fruit- aitives” I adopted this treatment altogether, and as everyone knows, I am “For thirty years,” said he, “everything grown on this farm has been fed on the place, except some- times seed grain, and annually quan- tities of bran, oil cake. and some coarse grains are purchased to be fed on the farm. The\ manure is applied largely on the root crops.” LARGE RUTATION AREA Fairview Farm stretches over an“ area of 200 acres of which about 175 acres are under crop rotations and the remaining 25 acres are in two separate wood lots. At the time of me, was a swamp pond from which emitted all summer long the monot- onous croakings of frogs. This is land that has. been fully reclaimed by underdrainage and has been giv- ing big crops for a number of years. Altogether some 125 acres have been drained in the last thirty years. A number of fields previously produced nothing and in some the production was very low. Today the entire area is in first-class condition. The ex- pense of laying the tile was high, Mr Ca-mpbell,_ stated, costing as much as $40 an acre in some places. The ex- tra cr0ps for three years however, more than repaid the expenditure, and the gain is for cvermore. ALFALFA FOR PERMANENT CROP A Simple Treatment that Will Make Hair Grow Now Sold in Canada u.-v()-___- nowâ€"and have been sifice taking “Fruit- a-tives”â€"â€"enjoying the best of health”. I. F. DAVIS. If Rheumatism or Kidney Trouble is alzing you miserable, take “Fruit-a.- tives” and get well. Of the 175 acres of cultivable land at Fairview there are 35 acres in per- manent pasture, and recently 12 ac- res of alfalfa were seeded down with a view to extending the permanent grass area. The permanent pastures are broken up every twelve or fif- teen years, a cleaning crop planted, and the ground seeded down again. This year Mr. Campbell is experi- menting on fifteen acres with a top dressing of commercial .fertilizer con- sisting of equal parts of bone flour, bone meal, acid phosphate and land plaster applied in quantities of 500 lbs. per acre. Clover land comprising about 125 acres is under a five year rotation cropping plan. The scheme is to sow clover the first year, then pasture, follow with a grain crop, generally oats and peas, plant a root crop and finally seed down with barley. While this is the rule laid down for that part of the farm, the rotation plan my visit seeding had just commenc- ed. The ground that was being put into crop, Mr. Campbell informed 50c aboxi 6 for $2.50, trial size, 25c. At all dealers or sent on receipt of price by Fruit-aâ€"tives Limited, Ottawa. THE LINDSAY P081 sometimes varies slightly. } At Fairview plowing is all done in the ran, and the 3-. sin crops rushed in as soon as the land is in condi- tion. Care is exercised to make sure that no land is rolled after seeding while it is at all wet. The practice of rolling a, dry surface, however, has been found advantageous at Eairview and particularly in the case of a field seeded in peas where rolling or pack- ing has had the effect of hastening ripening. THE FAIRVIEW FLOCK Mr. Campbell's main interest in live stock husbandry is in raising Shropshire sheep, and as a breeder ‘ of this type he is perhaps the best known on this side of,the Atlantic. The flock he showed at the time of my visit contained about 120 head, the direct result of a good foundation stock purchased thirty years ago. Fairview flock was estab- lished in 1881 by choice selections from noted English flocks. Since first exhibited in 1883 it has had un- equalled success in the show ring, and at the World’s Fair, Chicago. 1833, it was awarded as many first remiums as all competitors, includ- ing Sweepstake for ram, and all three first prizes for pens, amounting to :$3,338 in cash, or $81 per head. In l1896 ninety-five per cent. of first iprizes competed for were won, includ- Eing Toronto and New York shows. film 1898 won 75 per cent of firsts of- ifered at Toronto, London and Otta- iwa. In 1900 won over $1,300 in prize imoneyâ€"the flock’s record year so Efar, 1903, in keen competition at T0- ;ronto won 4 of 5 first prizes ofiered Efor pens, and at Ottawa, with 5 :flocks competing, won every prize in Eclass, but twoâ€"thirds not entered for. ? HAS DOGPROOF SHEEP YARD ] From the first of May until the middle of November these prize-win? fining beauties roam the green pes- Etures of Fairview’s carefully guarded enclosures. Since the flock was es- 'tablished, thirty years ago, not a gsingle member has been lost to dogs. "Every evening in the open season the isheep go in a dogproof yard enclos- .ed by a close board fence six feet ghigh. The lambs are given a little Egrain, oil cake and bran, and this .1 with salt boxes attracts the wanderc Lcrs into their fold each night. It gdoes not hurt sheep to be out in the Brain, but Mr. Campbell takes care :to see that none of his exhibition , animals are thus exposed to the wea- §ther. He believes in the practice of i”tai1ing" as he says it adds to the :appearance of the sheep. In winter lmangels and turnips are-fed to them, !unthrashed peas and clover, hay, [and toward lambing time to this is |added some oats and bran. The sales ifrom shearing at Fairview amount annually to about $150, which, Mr. ,Camphell states, more than pays for ithe labor of looking after the flock ‘the year round 3 SUCCESS WITH SHORTHOSNS i As a breeder of Shorthom cattle, gthe ,proprietor of Fairview Farm has ghad much success. His herd usually {contains between 20 and 30 head, in- lcluding about fifteen breeding LOWE, §and a champion bull. Heifers are iraised to maintain the herd and lbulls are kept until twelve or fifteen 5months old, when they are .111 at :prices which average about $100. Mr. .Campbell was primarily in the beef- ?producing business, but has found glireeding more profitable. Roots, red Eclover'and mixed grains make up the Ewinter rations fed to the cattle. on the farm are bred from 6blood mares. The thoroughbred toultry stock keep the house supplied with eggs at all times of the year. A PALATIAL HOME. The home of Mr. Campbell is wor- thy of mention. Steam-heated and equipped with waterworks, which permit of a lavatory and bath in the house, it is indeed a. comfortable and convenient dwelling. In fact the gen- eral plan of the building and the exâ€" pensive character of much of the fur- niture render it in. the “palatial" class. Mr. Campbell's office is ex- ceptionally well furnished and in ev- ery way modern. On the walls of the office, some in frames and others danglinguin bunches, hang over three thousand prize ribbons won by difierâ€" ent individuals in the Fairview stab- les. Mr. Campbell’s large desk chair, which is made of solid oak, was at one time used personally by the late Mr. Timothy Eaton of the well known departmental store in Toron- to. Barred Plymouth Rock poultry and Clydesdale horses are also specialties at Fairview, although carried on less extensive .scales. All the work horses Mrs. F. R. Pepper left town this morning to spend two weeks with her son in Toronto. 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