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also be had for field and cow-peas, sweet peas and A field inoculated for sw fa and in the same manner a field weulated for one of the common r costs $58.10, "By using' 'the rate of a 1-8-1,!¢ of plant food will be, fertilizer. It ay contain only one or| will be inoculated for all the various common clovers. The Rose Bed. Wm. Hartry, a director of the n clovers, such as red, ns, , field and gar-|ten days, and the bird may be attack- lover will also be inoculated for al-iparently healthy and put them in clean dividual| Mrs. Henry Morse, a pink variety, oss of ap- ranks high. The color is silvery pink ; on the inside of the petals, deep rose reak, : on the reverse side, shading to orange ey walk. The feathers] at the base, It his proved to be & ruffled a sick bird sits by| constant bloomer. » Showing no vigor and a rapid| Richmond, that wonderful red, and s of flesh. bi grows darker| 145 Angeles, copper shading, battled in color, and there is a severe diarr-| | through the season for third po- oea of a greenish-yellow color. This! sition on the list. condition may last for from a wee Chas: K. Douglas, a scarlet rose, produces a wealth of bloom on I ed by convulsions and die early. _y stiff 'stems, It Yoke Fragrance. Pting remove all birds that are ap- ever, and its petalage is not dense. it Next in rank in the collection came rters. Thoroughly clean up andfg ol de Claudius Pernet and infect the pens, including the runs, Ge, Wand. The former Is a glor-| which the sick birds are kept. Re- ious yellow and the latter'a beautiful member that the attendant can carry rmine rose, Of the two only the Infection from one 'place to another, | iro poo perfume. Both varieties are and be careful to wipe the feet thor- charming, particularly in the bud, an 'oughly on an old sack saturated with| gp flowers are produced on fine stems, = , charm is sufficiently long to be e to those who would make a al of some additional plants for their rose beds. . : For the purpose of helping to estab- lish the relative merits of different varieties of roses for culture in One tario a rose demonstration piot has been established at the village of Markham. This is one of the official flower demonstration plots of the Canadian Horticu!tural Council. The Markham plot is supported by the local Board of Trade, the 'Women's Institute, and the Toronto Rose So- ciety. It occupies an acre of ground and further land will be added to ac- commodate the additions that will still be made. The plot has a sunny ex- posure and is being given the protec- tion of a boulevard of shrubbery, Ten rose-growing firms in England, Hol- i land, the United States, and Ireland, | have contributed planting stock which | includes twelve hundred plants, com- | prising one hundred and fifty named i varieties. The Dominion Experiment. al Farms, it is expected, will contri- bute a quantity of plants for study | 1 world, using for ! volume in the neig] 1000,000 pounds, whilst. wi er acreage coming under {each year and bigger cro i steadily increasing. Ni "however, that this & essential and the annual demand as- sured, Canada is producing herself but a relatively smail proportion of her = requirements, Furthermore, though binder twine is on the free list, = hitches in transport, and famines in binder twine are not entirely un- known at the 'most critical time of year to the farmer. The supply of | binder twine is really an important | national consideration, and certainly Canadian requirements should be met in the Dominion. The situation in Canada is a rather curious one, the Dominion importing binder twine to a very considerable extent whilst her export trade in this commodity is by no means negligible. In the last fiscal year Canadian im- ports of binder twine amounted to 54,427,211 1bs, valued at $5,799,586, of which 52,159,463 lhs. worth $5, 541,464 were from the United States and the remainder from the United Kingdom and other countries, Ex- | its movement is necessarily subject to | $17.80 saved on every ton ,two ingredients. Nr wah . i a: hu Th 3 rs should be used to cut the Ontario Horticultural Association, ad-| stock dip. Dead birds should be deep- wy 8 | ports in the s rear ted. t Poa ate profitable i. sash gout eaten and help maintain dressing the annual meting held inly buried in quicklime. .Feed in nar. Un& Wallace, on account of its ex-|and demonstration purposes to the/ Ports in ¢ Ibs. valved at $1,440,453, rtilizera are profit on. m ity of the soil. . It costs 0] Toronto in Janue. described his! ow, shallow troughs in which the cellent growth, profusion, shape and| Markham Rose Demonstration Plot. t which 10.519,712'1h fod at 31. hen Ge ribet. the seed be, Plant] method of making new rose bed. The|birds cannot stand, Remiember. that| fullness of bloom, length of stem, | Can, Hort, Counei 036271 en to the United States nN « n hy i hav t 8 8, alysis to ios ® wo te the crop and cultivate 'a fifty-bushel 'space to be worked was 5% feet wide| sunlight is the best disinfectant pos- " the remainder to the United Kingdom, application; 3) the proper méthod crop of corn than a twenty-five-bushell and 12% feet long. The sod 'was first| sible. Disinfectant with a good dip Turning to the Hemlock. Argentine Republic, British South lication, and (4) 'crops adapted crop. Increase the yield per acre and| removed and laid on one side, Theland whitewash with an antiseptic Eastern hemlock was valuoless a8! Africa, Denmark and other countries. the 80 type. © |eultivate fewer acres. This will allow) good top soil was taken out and placed { whitewash. a lumber tree twenty years ago, and | QUANTITIES RECEIVED FROM HOLLAND. 'Tha use of phosphoric acid is the 'more of the farm to be seeded to 80il-| at the 'other side. The hard subsoil ponly the bark was used, but it is now | "fn the twelve months ending Oct. aka " leg! wet 31st, 1924, Canada imported binder Sr Fol 5 Mangels Have a "Sweet Tooth. gh potassium permangan- I once heard a farmer-neighbor say beneath-awas removed to a depth of|ate in the drinking water to turn it|that mangels are the hardest thing to 1 very valuable timber, eighteen inches and wheeled away. A|the color of wéak coffee. Give one-half | grow on the farm. hs was tired. on 'my kite?" he asked Miriam, his) Sometimes boys were very mean. April Fool Party. Use the following rhyme for your invitations: 4 "| tile drain was laid in the bottom and|grain of sulphd-carbolate compound in why--in the years I have known him On April 'First just try for once o To be a really, truly dunce, And ono Prepared io do some stunts, For good news waits for ker (or him) who hunts. © ! guest with a bog had béen: playing April-fool] . the morning. At ldst even a aw hat "Will'you help me put & new cover sister. ; ; Miriam shook her head. She thoug obort deserved punishment, ATL right, idp't, wa abril oak" layed with Robert 'having 4 st and had not been ns should be re * never. Ask each guest to bring some article "1 don't care!" she said to herself] (well wrapped and disguised) to be ed for a "parcel 2 Seat the, and sat down by the window to think:| used for 'She could see the boys playing un They seemed to be having| cel which has- 2 good time! The tiew boy had haye a livel brought out 'his radio set-to show to or 'talking: b Robert, Miriam fet like crying. players to pass By and by Miriam smfed: ot rele dnt 1 guess Robert Kenyon is not the only 'son eA oo 'play an April-fool joke," jie r i any il "the ! rge calls out' a numl ents preferred,| 1 dishes with Guests shake hands with the left hand, and eat with the Bak water, where they were left until sun- |< The es dhe of ver since br | required to some cross giice When He "fooled" her. Now | foolish stunt, for he had' not been suf-| she "thotght it was 'most unkind of ficiently Soeitfh' 19:get tuto the spirit : 'parcels as rapidly] one-Half quarts of w. ro Jin ¢harge ) and 3 e person holding the parcel having| a temperature of 100 deg. F. (milk number which is called becomes| arm), add a cake of commercial "The music|' ; tents o of bo connected with one that ran through the garden. Next, the sod that had hot mash, for each bird, two or three times daily. You can secure these tab-| ™*" 1 have never scen him spread : » | betn' taken from the top was filled in|lets from any druggist, who keeps|® Pound of lime. You can't grow man- and this was covered with several inches of well rotted stable manure: The excavation Was then filled to the lop and above it, layer upon layer: of good soil and manure, This work was all done before the roses arrived. The planting stock of twenty-eight roses arrived in the forenodn and were im- mediately plunged into a tank of t when they were in good condition or planting. The plants were put in 'about twenty inches apart. The var- ieties' planted were Primer; Columbia, Sunburst, 'and American Beauty, all of which did well. The following year the planting was extended to forty- eight plants, the new varieties added being Dunlap, Madame Butterfly and Hoosier Beauty.--Ont. Hort. Asso. Home Wate Yeast for Yeast is becoming an important actor in the growth of poultry and increased egg production. Poultrymen may make their own at a cost less than the commercial product. Place one quart of hops in about two and ! viter, 'a boil for ten minutes. Then strain and pour the 'liquid over one quart of wheat flour." . As soon 'as this mixture reaches id let it ferment for two them for use of human physicians. gels without lime any more than you ~Dr. George H, Conn. can clover. Lime and manure, good seed and cultivation are the combina- ------------ "Iceland Poppies in the Border. | tion needed for mangels. When Idrive : d and see a field of stunted No perennial border is complete roan L ted, A ' gy-looking mangels struggling Without Plenty of the lovely Httle Tee- to make growth, I say to myself-- Wa "Acidosis." 7. My borders had » be Honade last There's no dark secret about grow- and: I Was 'liscarding some of the ing mangels provided you furnish lants. that spread too rapidly them with enough 'manure to grow on Pp ho seads 'were sown in » peony and lime to keep them sweet. I limed bed in July, the ground} ned with] ™Y plot last fall and it was heavily a rake, seeds scattered; covered with manured during the winter. ~ Fall a little earth firmed 'with the foot|®Preading is best for lime. It works and whterdd. By the middle of Sep- down and in, with the alternate freez- tember a lot of fine plants were ready| 2nd thaws. The amt time 1 put to transplint, but, the border was not|'" Mangels, however, 1 limed in th ready, only one end d by the street spring, and certainly grew some big that 1 was making a white, yellow roots. Pretty near scared me, they and purple "corner." . 'l grew so big and fast--like a red- A large group of lilacs that has been there thirty yedrs, we are told, has been thinned out, and forms a fine background for Helenium, Riverton Beauty, and Bycroft 'Purple Aster. The 'telephone pole covered with Vir- value between red and yellow var- ginia creeper protects Boltonia from joeiic Yar the sopd with my sar. + ¥ i »| den' seeder, setting the index to feed a a toe is itty Well. sovenme| not t00 thickly. They can be thinned With, Virginia creeper, a: fine. youn after the stand is definitely establish- i rg one end PE on hong ed to about a foot apart. I put mine vy flhcs Helenium Riverton' Gem in early enough to assure a ful sea- Migs Mellish sunflower, and the tall Bons ETO iD, hem cultivated; late white phlox. Along the edge of | *"F \"F yr : the corner the dainty, dwarf, purple{™ "= ** ™ spinach. I didn't know then that, unlike the iceberg, the mangel's bulk projects mainly above the surface. I'grow red mangels, though I under- stand there is ho difference in feed | and yellow iris blooming in May; tall as| let it stand for three or four hours to as' Judie Box containing] ¥ise. Then remove from the pan and| July in the centre. "% hax dota ing place on newspapers to dry, When| Purple columbine re: good: ex-| dried it is ready to be fed. The cans or boxes in which axle or of food. Cotton | cup greases or lubricating oils come B Sesser o ubrica made! greas wif {lemon lilies are a charming combina. '| tion and in between the larger plants Anna Moyle, for the Ont. Hort. Asso.[' iL tp -- a 'bearded, yellow and purple iris in June, and purple, Japanese iris in ONTARIO Ba) IRANI and the lovely T have dotted my Iceland poppies. 'T have dreamed of that corner all winter, but, one of the'certain things about. horticulture is' the uncertain, as it may not be all I 'hope for.--Miss Noss Rings. Write for Wd samples and priocs, Ketohum Manatacturing Go. Lid, Ottawa, Ont Bex S01W, Seed Potatoes | New Brunswick Grown and Govern: ment Certified. { Irish Cobblers and Green Mountains. | For sale at the following prices: ! Peck, 60g. Bushel, $1.60 | Bag, 90 Ibs, $2.25. | Special price in J%ts of § bags or more. | No charge for bags or packages. €an sell you Ontario Grown, at about 20 per cent. less, You will have to order | early as quantity is linuted. Cash with | order. H. W. DAWSON ! P.O. Box 38 - Brampton, Ont. headed boy raised on raw milk _and|. I think I know, wa twine to the extent of 30,460,661 Ibs, vi 7 alued at $3,007,648, which was a de- leline of ximately 80 per cent. from the us year. In the same period 10,286,128 Ibs. valued at $1,- { 076,162 w exported, a decline of roughly 80 per cent. from the previous year, but an increase of about 80 per over the year 1922. Details of tho countries of import and export are not available tha time of writ. ing. Lar, ntities of binder twine hipped for the first time from Holland, thesa arriving by way of the Panama Canal to Van- j couver. This Dutch twine was rerort- |ed to be of superior strength and { quality to other importations whilst {8 ng al the same prices. [ According to the last report of the i industry in<Canada, the Dominion pos- sesses nine plants manufacturing bin- der twine, 2 of these are situated in the Province of Ontario, two in | Quebec, and one each in Nova Scotia | and British Columbia. . "These were 'esponsible for a production of 31,- | | cent. | 891,713 Ibs. of binder twine of a value LIVESTOCK (SN ITI RATS Send us the name of a Bank or Loan Company that won't assist in Purchasing a good Pure Bred Sire. BUY BETTER BULLS {of $3,491,600. Ht wiil be seen' from | these figures that Canadian piants { can only provide about one-quarter of { the annual binder twine consumption. | Binder twine is eo cssentially a pro- | duct of consistently steady demand, and so absolute a necessity in the fi { industry of the Dominion, that Can- | ada should be producing all har own needs in this regard. All conditions in Canada are equally as favorable for | manufacture as in the United States" { the Dominion's principal source . of | importation. Both countries ars under { the same necessity of importing the raw materials for manufacture from British East Africa, Java, Mexico, ' and the Philippine Islands. The do- mand for binder twine in Canada not only will always exist, but there is absolute assurance of the volume needed ' steadily increasing, which should make the establishment of plants in Canada a peculiarly profit- able means of industrial expansion. lenin. Mending Tubes on the Milking Machine. When the rubber tube on the milk: ing machine leak air, and we do not have a new part on hand, we use the little patch vulcanizer intended' for automobile tires. These litt'a outfits | are known as five-minute vulcanizers, and have their own heating elements and vulcanizing patches all ready to make a repair on the milk tubes or inflations in a jiffy, A break one inch long can easily be mended, and the repaired part wiil outlast the vest of the rubber tube.--J. L. J