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your straw or let it sand idly in| 2 : ; the onl wise Shing to do teed it or ain r your next aT's Sie than you would Seve 1 pro-| *Sumounts of phospforus sind potash. ch og land needs. above facts were given by a reliable - agricultural expert: Our soil is be- "coming deficient in humus. Humus is the decayed or, 'matter in the soil. Straw spread on the ground and plow- ed under forms humus. way to do this is to use the straw ding and spread it on the field with the stable manurey It serves the two purposes' this ay and 'is more easily handled than when spreed on _ the field separately. You have noticed, no doubt, how rank a crop grows where an old straw "stack stood--usually too rank, in fact. The reason is that there is an excess of plant food fore, If this straw had * "been spread over the whole field you can see that it -- have benefitted 'it proportionately. The wheat erop is short of what it should have been for the amount put, out this y of it was killed e yen, Becomes last winter, Experi- ments have shown that straw Spread on the witeat in the fall prevents. win- ge 'to a great extent: It algo! 8 nserves. moisture in the soil. Othex, crops are benefitted by it, for it gréat- ly improves the texture and fertility "of the soil." ~~ Straw has not been valued at.its|. true worth as a feed. Oat straw is). _ higher'in tboiyrate 'than either' clover or alfalfa eir equal in fat. The palatal Eility" rn straw may be Improved by soaking it in a solution of water and molasses. Straw is not only cheap but abundant, and by . this method it can be e to ti place to a large extent of 'the 'more expensive 3 pis - Str feed if may be more "value as a ie ina as gone. a an at" the straw, can belo stored in Ra room. . If you mow in Which to attention to Ee as _threshii will pay. It is he to the little details in farming. that bririgs in the extra money. » To Keon Celery a Winter. Celery be kept in the cellar for a long the followi Prepare a nu x 30 inches and three inches deep. Nail "an eighteen-inch upright at each corn- er and fasten these together at the! wooden strips. Fill the trays , a little more 'method is used: number 'of trays about 18 Ivenized earth from the | beca 1. The waste in methods of produc- urd en." gging the celery leave a gener- --- mber_of roots on each plant, to- sether with the eayth that naturally lings to them. Wrap each plant in : bier of Jewspaper, leaving about two inches of the stalk exposed. Tie ; ' asting about the middle to keep the ~~ pape from n unrolling. : on 100% Pure Su soph" guacd gr, sem every: erwise. Straw 'contains large. | very badly. The the] cannot, bale" te and have no riod without wilting if Wien we moved to | found & good deal of 'corners, doing nothing. fav u By. in the team 'and plow lengthwiSe of the fence we got up nearer the corners, "harrowed the re- claimed land toes. We cultivated thé potatoes the Perhaps the yWay the fence ran and grew a good many bushels of tubers. Still there was land left in the sharp corners of the fence that this process would not touch. Where the fences stood by the side of seeded fields, we mowed the corners, drove along by the side of the fence, threw fhe hay over and saved considerable, after we had killed out the weeds and brush, The best thing we did wgs to de- clare war on the rail fences, take them away and put in place straight wire fencing. Now we can get up close with most kinds of farming tools. There are still miles and miles of this same old rail fence in the country. | Worse than all are the log and stump fences. These rob the owner of many a dollar every year. Teness ought to go. Turned into wood nd kindling they have a certdtn value, and the land they cover can be made to bring in many a dollar. Fall Plowing Destroys Insects. sod - will enerally: prevent in- sect ort attackas sah as white-grubs,| wire-worms, god . web-worms, cut- worms, strawberry 'leaf-roller and bill bugs. Tests carried out by entomolo- in the spring are more seriously dam- bped than where fall.pl6twing is prac- tied: ¢ nat® FCutworma Which pase thé winter as partially grown larvae are generally starved out by fall plowing as their food is turned under. White-grubs are destroyed more easily by deep, fall le because this inseét burrows y to the plow-depth line during , and being turned up at this sets in. Besides depriving many of the per- NE {cious insects of their food, fall plow- | ing will also break up the egg nests insects attacking f: crops. spring-plowed soil. a. md The Why of Farm Failures, powerless to cases the fault is generally their own, use tion and in the things produced wipes out the margin of profit. 2. The unbusinesstike system of borrowing. ahedd to produce a crop is taking a gamble that may turn. out' badly. : 8. Instead of using the "cover crop" | plan to store up nitrogen in the soil, a mortgage covers 'the crop and gives | the nitrogen to the other fellow as . interest. \4. The merchant is given a lien for r farm we nd in fence] We could not Tet witty ton tae of 'soma of The g 'old rail fences. Weeds and briers| ooked the conditions as very lo and improved theni to the land, and planted it to pota- All of these oldcousin's party," he said. Fall Plowing of timothy or blue- and gists show that sod fields plowed early, tithe cannot dig in again before winter] of grasshoppers, web-worms and other Also, fall-plowed soil will be in bet- ter condition earlier next spring than| Some people on farms Tail Because of circumstances which 'they are ntrol. But in' other up: the 'burden - of ime, prices. 5. Farm machinery is left out iri the : nd depreciate. In SATS supplies in lieu of being paid cash, | ili 4 bid abo digested food is also an important fac-| tor in building up and controlling con-| stitutio or." If the human hody | sicians preseribe a |. pay Si way? If ow Demy must do ,i 80; I can not afford to Heep 'them otherwis The Yeast That" Was Too Good. Jim was ready to go to Mary Hills party long before # was time to "While you waiting," sai mother, "sup; 'you run down to Mrs. Henry's with this little pitcher and ask her to send me some of her good yeast." Jim ran off on his errand, but he forgot all about the pitcher; so Mrs. Henry put the yeast into a bottle, which she carefully corked. When Jim was about halfway home he saw two older boys playing by the brook that ran through the meadow. "We are sailing ships!" called Petey Barnes. "Come here, Jim, and geé¢ them go down to the Atlantic Ocean." "They are bound for Europe with wheat," Bennie Logan explained. Jim strolled over to the brook. "You're mighty dresged-up look+ ing," said Petey. Jim thrust the bottle of yeast hast. ily into his pocket. "I'm going to my ut two min- utes latew he was busy rigging up a bark ship of his own. He was leaning over the edge of the brook, about to launch the Birehbark, as he had named the véssel, when all at once something went bang! right behind-him. The noise was so sudden so loud that the three boys almost fell over into the water. "A gun!" said Petey. .~ "It sounded like a cannon!" erled Bennie. His eyes were as round as saucers. **Jim straightened up. "Hol" he said. "Don't you know dynamite when yéu hear it? They are blasting - over yonder." He thrust his hands deep into his pockets. The right hand came out again as if a bee had stung it. Every finger was dripping with something bubbly and white. laughter, "Look at his dynamitel" they eried. "What have you got in your pocket, Jim?" "It's y-y-yeast," said Jim, "but I didn't know it would shoot." TE will, though, if it is good yeast and is kept in a warm place like a pocket. The sound the boys heard was. the cork flying out of the Bottle. Jim's new suit was a sight. 'His mother could not help smiling : Eg he came home and told his story. : "Mrs, Henry's good yeast is a lit- tle. t . goo," she said, as she began to clean Jini's' suit. the party, and, although he had a good deal of fun, he kept listening for 'a bang! that he half expected to hear at any moment. SF airy 1D The dairy cow must have some re- serve - constitutional ' force, for she must be able to resist or throw off disease germs which are so prevalent in many of the stables where sunlight and good ventilation are things un- |: heard of, Constitution, in a large measure, depends upon the room, in whith the heart and lings are placed. This part of the cow should be roomy, Seine perfeet freedom for these or- toperform their functions, as the ade by the blood and the ed by the amount of ie lungs may pump from. the An abundance of nourishing agsimil- heal 2 to 80 it is children | feeder to ity his indtoidusle and keep t them ina 'healthful condition. I There is an old saying that "every- 'own use once in seven man sold me a load of nT was sick. The bill came| to 7 off the The other boys began to shout with: = Jim had to wear hil old .clothes tol iJ ip not "for alo} "to ts, and unless' congenial oe m, 'but packs his eaking, and takes trail to some other spot. Thu, is you Sr Hioumizk, 'you will find "him fol the banks 'of streams and ii poking his sharp, little nose into all sorts of Holes, rest- ing here, playing there, and bic during the mating season, making quite-a protracted stay in one hole or another while waiting to get the fam- ily ordeal over with. There are many ways of trappifig; mink, but there is one that has been! found popular and successful: In! stream banks that you know to be. frequented by mink, dig holes. Start | right at the water's edge and dig up-, to. glace. simodt any | ih o is + '» i Bolivia eight ifiches hy Sue trap: Since, muskYats gre great lovers of vege- tables and ir an' apple, 'a carrot, a beet or an ear of Som will make ex- cellent bait. "Do not moldle with or destroy muskrat' houses. ' p: --o ! Tv "One ought every day at least to hear a little song, read a good poem; see a fine picture, and, if it were possible e, speak a few reasonable words."--Hampden. A shield to keep dirt out of the farm wagon wheel may be made from a piece of old auto casing about a 'foot long. Put it over the hub of ward into the bank for about two feet. | the wheel wth the fabric side toward This should be done early in the fall, before the trapping season opens, so: that the animals will be familiar with the holes when you are ready to trap. Three or four days before you are ready to set your trap place some bait (fish, rabbit or fowl have proved suc- cessful) in the hole. The trap itself shuld be placed at the entrance of the hole and set in the whter with the full length of the' chain staked securely to some object. | The trap should then be covered with mud or dead leaves. While all traps should be visited at least once a day to see if a catch has been made, do not under any ecir- cumstances tarry too long at the traps or in'mink haunts, nor is it wise to tread mink trails too often, as -the animals are very wary of man, and will leave neighborhoods where man is too much in evidence. mp Lf Trapping the Plentiful Muskrat. The best places to look for the eom- mon muskrat is in the marshes, slug- gish ponds, tidewater areas and on the banks of gtreams.. If they live'in pomds they usually build houses that rige five feet-above the water, but if they live in stream beds they build no houses, but live in holes in the banks. These open under water. Trapping muskrat is an easy ovcu- pation and a profitable one, since there is a continual demand and good prices for muskrat pelts. Muskrat get bet- ter in quality toward early spring, but good pelts are to-be had in the fall and early winter, In trapping 'muskrat, ' remember this: Always stake your trap with its| full length of chain in deep water so { the hub. Nail the other end to the axle with four large-headed roofing nails, and you will have a shield that will save lots of axle grease as well as wear on the spindle. Amount of paint needed: A gallon of good prepared paint will cover at least 860 square feet, two coats. First, measure the distance around the house and multiply by the average { height; then divide by 860 and the Tk will be approximately the num- ber of gallons to buy. Of this quantity one-fifth will represent the paint re- quired for trimmings, cornices, etc. For blinds or shutters of average size, you will need one gallon of paint to each twelve pairs of blinds, two coats. N Pretty boxes of paper and envelo used to be frequent gifts for birt] or Christmas time. = Many of these have nevef been used, but are stored away in the desk or the top shelf somewhere. Get thesé out now and write letters to every friend, you can think of. These are days when hearts are in need of a word of cheer. Let yours be the voice to speak that word. Your stationery cannot be put to bet- ter servie. And you will get back many a letter that you will prize as long as you live, k bait about ay | Toronto Office Eo ere feathers ¢ a : We have about decided that the ker- osene oil treatment for véd mites takes too much time, as the application must | be repeated so often to insure protec- {tich. I other duties take up the time the poultryman on the farm is in danger of neglecting the roosts and then a'few days' start gives the mites a chance to infest the cracks and crevices of the roosts and dropping boards and it is difficult to eradicate all of \them. The best method,is to paint the roosts with lice paint or some of the commercial stock solutions which keep the lice away much longer than the application of kerosene oil. ' rr pe -- Whoever makes one stalk of alfalfa grow whee none grew before is doing a real service for farming. Let us have more alfalfa. - Those who are situated near natural deposits of marl have a good source of lime: there is no question about the value of marl where limestone is need- ed. Marl is found usually in muck swamps. Dry marl may contain as much lime as the best grades of lime- stone. ---- Invest Your Money n 5%: % DEBE RES Interest pdyable halt yearly. The Great West Permanent Loan Company 20 King St. West The HALLIDAY COMPANY, Limited HAMILTON FACTORY DISTRIBUTORS DIST EMPEIR or Strangles in stallions, brood mares, colts and all otherd is most removed angerous. om the body of the animal. The germ causing disease must be To prevent 'the trouble the same must be done. 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