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! » MN UNIFORM BACON CALLS FOR ST FEEDING. The average amount of e to produce a pound of In Denmark is 8 to 4 Ibs.. In Canada the average is much higher. The time is rapidly coming when the determina! general tion of which producing countries|a shall permanently supply the British especially during warm weather. The best feeds are ground barley, crushed consuming market will depend on two 1 ) : things: ; : {oats and wheat shorts. Roots are fed 1. Quality of product. : during the winter end soiling crops 2. Cheapness of production, uring summer. go : | ; i e | Gana Juve started on the way : Nir. Thomas Olsen, who visited Den- quire or gale eare In PL miing as should be entertained, but to obtain quality. Now with equal| mark in 1921, says that the sual 'F' ~ Eo Tacs, a |gvary effort should be made to prevent earnestness must be taken up the task| method of feeding there is of "slop" 5 oY Be, oul: 'early: or disease. » Ren) of finding how to establish a standard| containing corn chops 75 per cent,' ; CARE OF IN THE SPRING. ° method of feeding that will reduce our| barley 20 per cent., and tankage 5 per VALUE OF SUNFLOWER SILAGE. C. B. Gooderham, Dominion Apiar- cost of production to the level of our|cent., fermented in skimuiilk, butter-/ C.. S. Hopkins, Dominion Fleld| is 1¢ thesbees are wintered in the] competitors or below it. milk or whey for twenty-four hours Husbandman.--Sunflowers are cellar and do not show -any sign of A timely intimation is made by the | before feeding. A quantity of grain ferable to corn in regions where, on restlessness, it is advisable to leave minion animal husbandman, Mr. G.!| feed, generally alfalfa, is used in sum-! actount of cool weather, the latter | them there until the willows are yield- . Rothwell, when he affirms that| mer with pulped roots and potatoes,' crop will not grow successfully. €orn|ing pollen; that is, When the catkins eeds and feeding are highly import. though in winter, corn, all imported requires hot weather to make satis-| 5r¢ turning yellow. : ent factors affecting type and quality| from the United States, constitutes factory growth, while sunflowers on| Bees that have wintered in packing of finished market hogs. Perhaps less| the main feed. the other hand, will grow well in a| gages outside should not be taken from fs positively known of the influence] These rations and methods are much cooler temperature. This is by| the cases until they are working well, of feeds on the ultimate flesh-quality| quoted here merely as suggestions of all means the most distinguishing in the first super which may be. sev- of bacon than on any other point of | the line along which there could be characteristic between the two €rops. | eral weeks after' cellar-wintered bees the many-sided activities In swine experimentation with a view to rea-| In regions where corn gives a satis- have been' removed. Se action. ble standardization of feeds and factory crop every year, there is mo-| Do rot transfer brood or honey "Aside from soft pork investiga-| feeding methods in order, so far as thing to be gained by changing to| from one colony to another unless you tions," Mr. Rothwell says, "very little| possible, to produce a meat of a stand-| sunflowers. = Where corn cannot be| are sure there is no disease present. vie work has béen carried ard quality. depended on every year it might be| The success of the honey crop de- with the definite aim of ascertain-| Such work as may be undertaken . The Sunday. School Lesson g the effect of feed and feeding on! should, of course, only be after the MAY 6 the quality of the ultimate product.) first selection of right bacon types. It Nevertheless, the importance of these! would be a waste of effort to carry factors has impressed itself very de-|these on with lard types, because | Lesson VL: 1 Samuel 1: 1 to 4: 1; 7: 3 to 10: 27; 11: 12 to 13: 15; 15: 1t0'16: 13; 25: 1; 28: 3-20. Golden Text--Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with finitely in a practical way." while judicious feeding might produce It is of some patriotic interest ® a hog that was not too fat, it could all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.--1 Sam. 12-24. : note that three Canadian agricultur-|not give the length of side, the com- ists lead the world in their work of paratively thin belly and the general LessoN FoREWORD--Samuel began With the Hebrews, the heart was the his career as a seer,--one who could organ of the intelligence. Hence Sam- UN Ug QUALITY Ty & . Sx shouly op ilar from two or three inches! yr deeper than they were before. Straw- berry plants should be planted as near draughts. as possible at the depth they were (wily i Chi Have a most. "Ornamental trees and 'shrubs ro. Tpiouss. hick 1 tl » ~The Farm 109 GEORGE ST. - -- ---- pends a great deal upon the care; given the bees during the spring. DISEASES OF THE STRAWBERRY. | - When setting out a new strawberry patch, old leaves showing symptoms of leaf spot or leaf blotch should be|**" & removed. If all. the foliage is affected, it is better rd the plants. ~~ | §8T As soon as the first symptoms of either leaf spot or leaf scorch appear [in the strawberry field, spray imme- diately with Bordeaux mixture, using a 4-4-40 or a 4-6-40 preparation. Keep the plants well covered with spray throughout . the season; spraying, every two or three weeks if necessary. The best means of -eontrolling mil- dew ds to dust with sulphur, using an 80-20° mixture, as soon as the first symptoms of the disease are observed. Repeat every week or ten days if nec.) essary. The dusting will also aid in the ¢ontrol of the strawberry weevil. : pr eatin e 'high grade seed of approved varieties should get in:touch with the Secretary of this Association whose headquarters .are at 144 Vit- toria Street, Ottawa--L. H. Newman, Dominion Cerealist. nn Afi. It's the worst wheel that most noise in the: world. ---- pee It is very easy to let two weeds grow where only one grew hefore. Decide this spring and summer to wage a real, active campaign against all weed enemies. It pays and pays well. One of the best farmers of our No farmer who sets out to produce province says that he always keeps a really first class animal would.con-| his fields like his barn floor--clean sider for a moment the using of a eb : serub sire or dam for the purpose. On ARNE the other hand there are hund in determining the causes of soft pork--| character that grade a hog "select" Jrofestor G. E. Day, Professor J. H.| for export. risdale and F. T. Shutt, of the Ex-| Given the proper selection for type, perimental Farm, Ottawa. Their formation, quick: growth and right warnings for the last twenty years on | finish, much might be done to assure the over-dosing of .swine with corn|the wxcellenes 22 Qauadisn eh, qual- ns a 11 known eir ity on the world market through as- 4 ) a be Barer always ough thats Ee nliis the best feeds and learning See hidden things at a distance and in uel bade the Israelites serve the Lord what modern feeding methods can be the future. (Read 1 Sam., ch. 9. 'His intelligently. t fitably employed on the aver. remarkable faculty of "second s ight," V. 21. Turn . . not aside. We can most pro y employ: together with his very real insight,|scarcely estimate the force of Israel's age farm. brought him into wide prominence. In!temptation to turn aside from Jehovah This is not within the scope of ana period of grave external danger and and serve other gods. Israel was sur- individual breeder or producer; it re- of internal disorder, due chiefly to the | rounded with t nations whose of the flesh. quires organized work in experimental Philistine invasion, he appears to have civilization hie military prowess Any experiments ought not to stop, stations under the supervision of tech- acted 3 4 sort of governce er ral, Seined J altest the superiority of "IH = i ; i rained men. The increasin sumed the yan eir gods. e foreign gods appear- 3] § {i poi iy ing: Ley ough ically ioe of the role which -- Samuel gradually withdrew from pub-' ed. to be able to do things. = Vain farmers who sither through ron 0 mercial packing house under sesraldr. baton must take in our farm econ- fie life, In today's lesson he anders thin, et The deities and idol 8 of Shels, Sances. or 2 ig gv a lack of a 5 2 | Beane anit np en Vato 8 export methods right to the consum-' omics amply justifies Dominion and jiva.e ignation aa 8 aa: e- neighbors were unreal gods who could app importance { postoaid for 81.00. x Yhat the bacon-hog indutrydn the Dominion now needs as urgently, and emphatically is similar work in feeds and feeding, having in mind the di- yect bearing of these on the quality Belleville, Sphagnum ' Wo offer the Iireory Teads ; Be a |e asa i dois SEER) eon So pote CALE ESTATE; Bd. 7 GREENHOUSES, BRAMPTON nt. .ediIsrael not on account of their num. | ow or importance, but because he In them. a wished to make it "a peculiar people,"--the people uh IY of his special a. p . seed. that V. 23, To pray for you. It is appar- paying stops may be d ent from this narrative that Samuel "well-bred." The artificial breeding ig regarded as standing in a ial of crops did not n until about the relation to Jehovah and that his inter- ing of the nineteenth century, geselons on behalf of the people would ince which date myriads of varieties have peculiar efficacy. He avows ! fo continue. as mediator be. | and strains have been produced: and. God Jand the people. I will, ®pread abroad. : p "He will ows instruct the] The difference which exists between . | varieties not only in general appear- Hold God in| ance but in practical value is enor- Any, séed. r duties. "Work I roads tn Hie er a Bis administration, but he admonishes *vah's reputation was involved in the them with superior offspring from 4 to ch. 8, Samuel anointed pute among the other nations. His every year sow "scrub" seed and ex- es largely in giving"thé farm-hand| trying to get men, this man always Israel together. Samuel, them like human: beings. ning. Israel's had been. the have seen many fell who acted as employer of farm labor myself, I made ofore them like a shepherd before hi s ie on Tou A In this render them no help of any sort. | proper choice of parents continue to! These are all tested stocks. Write for this ehigtion : : er's table overseas. Qnly in that way| Provincial Departments employing parting address he not only vindicites iV. 22: His t 1 { J " » Sud 'our attractive calendar to-di ean the full tale be told. their fullest resources in such an : hy great name's sake. Jeho-, "take a chance" on nature presenting C. E. BISHOP & SON Israel to ever remain loyal to Jehovah, fortunes of his le. The surround- i "ordi- a ; ww st a - who has been their protector and de- ing nations Toy adie Jehovah by atimals o Rondeseripy he, oe » . v : ly f liverer. "what he was able to do for his people.' any iy oe an tll h 4 Pin) Fair Play for the Hired Man © aun mmsanarioy, 1.5, | Somveguendly 6 "ha shou iar. ve stock, there are sill hundreds o : V. 1. Have made a king. According them his name would fall into disre-| farmers throughout Canada who IE aul as king, + Atakd BY T. C. HART. ohly under protest. The le, ha. People. The prophets ever insisted pect or hope to reap a p har- I have been both a farm-hand and his men. This place was noted among rassed- by the powerful Ph istines, that Jehovah had chosen and redeem- vest. The She practics,is just as n employer of farm-hands and I be-| farm-hands in that section; and when and rent with internal lawlessnes: surd as the other. ; eve that the question of farm help|other farmers were running around felt that a king was Recessary jo hol | WELL-BRED SEED AND-HO thought that they should have on Fing op Oh GHD. ® square deal. had a full crew and was always able Laka ak N everthaloss. at os Te There has been too much of a tend-| to pick up extra help when he needed pidding, he anointed Saul. Years later] ency, in 'many quarters, to treat the|it. He was noted as a boss that gave the prophets believed that the kin, farm-hand as a hobo, whetherhe actu- his men a square deal and treated ship was a nistake from the begin- fac hi ally was one or not, and as a result I i Th a gf a bead cause of most of Torsels mo bles. . : to There are thus two views 'king- if they wére hobos; the cause of their| hand 1 gained an insight info how 10 i's iccted fn the books of Samuel actions Being the way7'they Iwere treat and how no 1 bee P| Y. 2. The king awalketh before you." treated by their employer. 7 When the time came that ame ah saul is now the nation's leader, going" And on the other hand, I have seen ! 3 ; up my mind to put into operation flock. My sons are with you. His' lot of 'real hobos who, under the some of the things I had learned as OWN-up SOns are bid RF proof. mous. Some varieties furthermore] v uence of decent treatment and fair y, developed into" good, ' honest, ithful workmen who worked for the t interests of their employers. When I was going to school, I re- a farm-hand. I resolved that I'd that he is an old man; and on account's treat my men as I should like to have of his age, he wishes to be relieved of a the burdens and responsibilities of been treated myself in my farm-hand hoe BD a he ropatiad as corrupt men, ch, 8:8. I have walk- 1 don't care what section of the oj is ""yo yak heen their leader for PEO | Experim, | are particularly adapted ~to. certain conditions of soil and climate and not: | at all, or yoy poorly, to others. The en peri: Farms and agricultural] | colleges throughout Canada have done| and are doing an immense amount of | member, one summer I worked on a fruit farm. I'was hired as an extra hand during the rush season and was put in with the regular hiréd man te sleep. His room was a little coop of a place up under the roof. It had one' small window that would open only 4 very little, and the bed was a fea- ther bed. 4 / =a After the chores Were done at night there was nothing to do but go bed or sit out in the ' the family didnt 'seem to have the hired help aroun country a man is farming in, there fong time; Perhaps he is here con-| | 1 5 } : are certain problems that affect us all trasting himself as jo) whom the oes Looking back over a long stretch of | WOrk in producing varieties suited to alike, and one of those problems is plo knew well, with Saul, who was time, the writer of this book draws for | different 'conditions. These institu- the labor problem. Farm labor, like still comparatively little known to us an idealized picture of Samuel ag tions, however, cannot always furnish labor in any other line of industry, is them. one of Israel's outstanding benefac-| the final verdict as to the suitability amenable to decent working conditions; V. 3. Samuel had been hot only a"tors. Samuel stood at the cross-roads of a sort for a given farm. This re- tll BL and fair play. Treat your farm help- : the people; when their quires the consideration of the farmer | | ers like men and in a majority of. : a new turn, and or at Toast. that someone | e pie r8--s true- mea f a it good fortune that jn. the | cases you will have men to deal with. #3q SMG 6 (0G, Hae moaning of « | Spd orhune that in the district Treat them like hobos and you. are he had acted as a magistrate, adminis. ; Shan and. a ; mighty Yast to have hobos to deal tering justice. Now the administra ot with, | corrupt. is. nothing that will Hon, of Justice 1 the B nothing' t will get an ously Lp of farm -labor into better rich asually win ! pushed to