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Sera iD ryt ie NTR a ATA et Mal ap ~~ TIN Wry at I oie SR eS NE AY AA TENA Lhe Tb As a sheepman will find very little employ- ment that will compensate him bet- ter than docking and castrating. The operations are simple, and easy to excuse and haphazard methods, had betber dispose of his flock as it is more than likely a bal- ancé will show on the wrong side of Stockmen generally con- to castrate learn. Oarelessness is no the owner, if pursuing Es gs. Bes HS i ri: i Hereare their advanta, ges: ie (2) increase yields, (3) improve quality. ; : vi Ae a i Bk iat, Figure your needs, and place your orders at once so that you can receive fertilizers in time for seeding. The Soil and Crop Im) e : Henry G. Bell, B.S.A., Diréctor, 14 Manning Arcade; Toronto, Ont. | Fame ee eeee eee PET PTT ET Kill #4 Quacl : Sd : a .; pe oie : ar : Quack-grass produces stems under-| bloom, get out the mower and gv. to ground as well as above ground. These| fwork, . ~ kg males and two-inch for females looks unsightly as undocked Docking should not be neglected. The tail tends to collect manure and is frequently the cause of maggots locating on the hips and rumps of Jambs. ~ Ociasionally the = cakes and stops the action of the Docking improves the com- pact appearance of the lambs and is . Half-tailed lambs are almost as| the underground stems that make} lambs. underground stems have joints in Suppose now them, with a bud at each joint, just as At that time the do the stems above ground. And it is quack-grass a bad weed. Every bud| & on such stems can throw up a new plant, Every time one of the under- a sign of good management Docki the d stic ves the strength of the ram by fo Bisex of facilitating the breading of the ewes: The best age to' castrate is about ---------- two weeks. A sharp knife should be Potato Scab. used and with it the lower third of Common Scab.--This, as the name the scrotum cut off. Then sever the|by which it is known implies, is one outer immediate coverings of each|of the most common troubles affect- testicle and draw them out with at-| ing potatoes. Although the occur- tached cord, using the teeth or fing-| rence of scab does not, as a rule, ers. Wash the opening with a weak affect the yield, it detracts considér- wiseptic ®oluti pera ably from the value of tiibers for both do not sever the bottom part of the seed and commercial purposes. The sorobum but this is advisable and al-| seed value is affected owing to the fact that the eyes of badly scabbed tubers are likely to be injured thereby, and the unsightliness of scabbed tub« ers combined with the considerable SERATS tmouble and waste entailed in. prepar- Big money can still be made ing them for the table, veriders them Ship sure on these skins. to us and make ceiving the right turns - sent: the sal ._ Shipment is received. WILLIAM STONE SONS LIMITED WOODSTOCK. ONTARIO ESTABLISHED 1870 ice. fe ds: your lot of re-. y af and plaster work - except saving of cost with evéry Home, The Halliday Co rt Limited Hamilton {BETTER HOMES AT LOWER COST 4 HOO ott Home from our 1 CHO dio: containing over. * * fifty illustrations of modern, attrac- ny at a $400 " ' : CA late, Set of Plans and SRE Spetcegans I supplied Tres of Home-build hould writa'st Jutending H ow Catalogue No. gow A mpany Canada has been increased by thé application of wood ashes, lime, fresh manure, or other substances of an alkaline na- ture. 'As an instance, it frequently oocurs that where potatoes are plant ed on land which has: recently been cleared and burnt over, or where they are planted immediately after an ap- plication to the land of fresh barnyard manure, the result is a scabbed crop. On the other hand, it has been found crease. the liability of injury from the disease. that the plowing under of green crops, such as clover; has a tendency to de- The potato crops should be included in a rotation so planned as to allow for the plowing under of clover sod during the fall before planting pota- toes, This practice, combined with rou Lig is broken with 6s glow = will scafber rio seed over the farm. of cultivator, you ® a new Pp The cut also shops th ? ToL ginning from the part bioken off. he cuting . : they who The Time to Strike and the eason. | three weeks. There is. thus a period Become Bi H you dig into s quack-grass sodjof nearly a month, og] OL tie Jind, reed mes 4 in early spring, you will find great| time, when guack-grass is riot a weed precarious living fo' the shops ib of underground stems. At] at all. By that I mean that g iy RR the approach of warm weather some |wmeans of reproducing itself except by h foreses ; of the buds on 'these stéms begin to growth from the crown. It is as help-| Eh Jnd-grabliess, whose insti grow straight vp to the surface. There} less as a fleld of young oats, and can le lu Jo re. uid eum to 4 = they throw out & ring of real roots|be killed just as easily. 2" {gatn that. they, wishad. to dwel alone and form a crown from which a loti. How to Strike. + | enemy, the Assyrian, will soon invade of leaves and stems. grow. But at this| mu, ora dicats the pest tely, at| the country, their fine houses time of the year all the stems that]. 6. have i Chik be left d , and their vine- come out of a crown grow upward; fp Tat ands and com fields waste end um- and tio new underground stems evel (18 TUTTS : : Then ten acres of vine- formed until the plant begins to}; : 3 at is omy blossom ae phah that | Then while the plant is in bloom, & new crop of underground stems be- gins to grow. All these stems come out of the crowm, just as 5g A eaves up in the sunlight; and if the plant has been cut while in bloom, it immediately begins to throw all its j energy into the production of new | leaves and stems above ground. This | fact is very important, as we shall! S00N gee. It ds also of very great importance that, by the time the plant blossoms, the old underground stems have done their lifework, which was to throw up new growth to the surface of the soil. They ave through; and will i gradually die during the latter part of the summer, You do not neéd to pay any attention to them. - Some farmers make the mistake of | trying to kill the underground stems summer, there early in 'the season. This is almost : a useless task, for at that time of th 5 F kK 4 : i after the plants have reached the blooming stage, the old underground stems have finished their work. They do not need killing then, for they are J awaiting It is arial on pasture. : Gather stones from. the fields. Use wef feeders for that of geed disinfection by treatment with formaldehyde. or corrosive sub- limate, while not providing a. guar- antee that a crop of potatoes will be free from scab, constitutes a reason- ' able safeguard against its occurrence. The following poinbs should be par- Sioginsly borne in mind at planting (1) Plant only clean tubers. (2) Disinfect seed by immersing it { for two hours in & solation 'of com=| they die anyhow. In order to tell when quack is in bloom, watch it carefully till you see the blossoms open; and the anthers flowers on slender SET 1H is sips 5 re k | Bai | : : H ¥ mercial formalin--1 pound to 40 gal- lons of water, or Sc dp (3) For 8 hours in a solution of ive 3 (bichloz of] ry)--2 ounces. to 26 gallons of (4) Use only wooden or eanthen- ware vessels for corrosive sublimate. .(B) Corrosive sublimate is intense. ) v | ly poisonous. AM tubers treated with | popularly | this, and left over after planting is ase" completed, should be ~ immediately | destroyed. & fattening hoge 8 5