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3. 1926 ALPALPA THE 3231' HAY CROP BUT THE POORBS’I’ SILAGE CROP UNDER TRIAL 'l'he advisability of making alfalfa into hay. rather than into silage, has been demonstrated by experi- ments conducted at. the Central Ex- perimental Farm at Ottawa during the past. two years. Considerable difficulty was experienced both years in making a desirable type of silage. frnm alfalfa; while corn, sweet elover. sunfhvwers and amin- ture of nabs, peas and vetrhes have all made a very geod quality of sil- age, says- W. (l. Hopper, Field Hus- bandry Divisinn, central Experi- mental farm. In view of the greatly mereased acreage in alfalfa, the. re- stilts-l «if these trials may be of some. Interest. Seven experimental silns were filled t'tu'll year with alfalfa. and only “'0!" one siln eat'll year could the silage he ennsioleretl Hf first class quality. This Xmul quality alfalfa silage was M't'lll‘t'tl by cutting the rrep when it lllltl just reached full blunt“ and willing it. in the tleld for apprnximately live htnu's in the sun hefnre plaeim.’ it ill the silo. Alfalfa whirh was rut une clay and ensiled the next, llnwo'Vet', was M'erwilted, aml tlt'Vt'ltl'H'tl [H't'kt‘lh‘ of mnhl. \Vhen these [mt'kets \Vere very nmnermts. the t'allle refused tn eat, the silage. hut men a small numher “r put-kets made the silage uncle- sil'ahle l'nl' l'eeol. I'llpalalahle siltlgf‘ with a wry olmixreeahle mlnr was so-enreol Ill O'VO'l‘)’ ease where alfalfa “as“ en<ilwl lllllllt'tllillt'l)' after eut- tmx. It I* quite “Minus that the natural llmi-tm‘e whirl: is present in the plan“ at the time at rutim.’ lllll~l he suluewhal l'eolllt'etl hel'nl'e t'lhlllllL'. If H ~lltlw' is lu he pru- tlllt‘t'll that will he relished hy the rattle. lntn nm- siln was plavml a mix- tun- nf rut straw and grown alfalfa. 'l'ho- addition: 01' rut straw did not mah'rmlly imprnw- tho- silagou 'l‘ha aumum. ul’ straw. hnwwnr, was small. and in furtlwr trials an in- Thursday, Jan. 3, ms. The pictures, with tinted instructions Ilustrate and describe briefly a system of shear- ing eheep that has been In View of those rosults which. hnwevor, are not ronclusivo, it would 800m advisable to Spare no efforts tn make alfalfa into hay rather than tn attompt putting it into the! silo. Alfalfa has bean the» hi host yielding hay ('I'Up at the mnlra Expo-rimvm- al Farm at mtawa fur a number of yvars. and llw hay that has barn socuro-d is unsurpassed for [red by an nthor hay crop. vreased amount of straw will be used. TEE DANGER OF AN INCREASED POTATO ACREAGE In I925 I‘IanaIIa and ”It! IrniIIIIII SIIIIIIII Imth hIIII unusually smaII III-ups III potatoes. and the shortage in Canada was (IIInSIIquIIntIy accen- tuaIIIII by IIIII hIImy IIIImanII and high prices III thII UnitIIII StI'IIIIs. IIII‘SI'. 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IIII {IIIV'ISIIIIII‘ I'm- L'l'IIWI'I'H' III II” IIIII [II'IIV’IIH'I'H‘ III IIII \IIIII IIIIIIIII'III IIIIIIIII IIII’I‘IIIISIIIK IIII'II' IIIII'IIIIII I‘III'IIIIIgII III' [HIIIIIIHS IIIIII III IIII‘II IIII-III IIIIII IIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIII In [IIIIIII- III‘; IIIIIIIII SI'I‘II HI [IIII'M VI‘IOIII'III'S Date Fixed "hu mum-Is lmw wings, mummy?" "Yrs. darling." "clan Hwy My?" "Yw. do-m'.“ “'l'ho-n is nursic- guing to fly. ‘vmlsv daddy °al|ml lu-l' an :lngvl last night?” I‘numrmw, darling." THIS IS THE PROPER WAY TO SHEAR A SHEEP u),‘ PLAIIING FOR BETTER 31.00! IN THE BORDER Spring is the time of the year whon tho hrrbacoous border is most onjoyml and, aftnr spring, the bor- «lor in autumn. it well planned for continuous bloom, givos us most sat- ist‘artion, says W. 'l‘. Macoun. Dom- inion Horticulturist. It is not dif- tlrult to haw tlowors during the summvr months. thorn bring many tlno variotios availablo which bloom thou. Whom the snow has gouo in tho spring. tho lover of tlowors vag- orly oxaminos tho bordo-r to learn what is coming up, and it‘ anything promisos to bloom soon. A low littlb- ous plants. such as Snowdroszilory of tho Snow (tlhionodoxa. Squills (Srilla . Hrapo Hyacinth and (Irorus L'in w-Izy varly bloom. and thoso with sonio oarly clatleils and tulips will ho murh apprm'iatml. Bulbs aro ohtainml in the- autumn. Plants. othor than hullis. which aro among the- lwst for spring bloom. aro l’rim- risvs and l’olyanthus who-r0 the-V will sum-owl. lt't'lfllltl Poppy, Bork IZI'I'ss (Arahisx, (IIIlIImlIinv, (ilnlm lfl’lnmu Him-«Hug HIIIII. "I'l'l'lllliill IIIIIIIVIIIH HIIIMI'I'IIwII't (":Diflll'dillfll, 'IIIIIIIInI and I-th \IIIivtiI-s «If IIIs. 'l‘twro- is litlltlt' tn 1w quit," a Martin ut hltmlll in ttw tmmtvr in autumn unlt-ss ullt' plans tn haw a numtwr ut snrt~< \Vlltt'h hluunl at. that. tHIu‘. IIII- [II'IIIIIIIIII [IIIIIIXIN III'II'II I‘IIII- IIIIIII'. III IIIIIIIIII IIIIIII IIIII- IIIIII. 1H IIIIII' IIII' II-Iy IIIIIIIIIIIII I'III- ~IIIIIIIIIIr, IIIII- sIIIIIIIII IIIHI' SIIHII' III “16' III'SI. \IIIII'IIIIs III IIII'sI- UIIH'I' IIIuIIIrI IIIIIIII IIilI I'IISIIII' II ‘IIIIU’HSIIIII III IIIIIIIHI IIIIIII IIIIIII IIIIsIs III IIIIIIIII~I~ Ill‘I‘ IIII- ;\III°IIIII-IIIIIIs “IIISII'S III' Asâ€" II'I's. .\I°IIIIIIIIIII VISI'III'I'I. ”I‘II'IIIUIII :IIIIIIIIIIIIIII- IIIIII VIII'II'III'S, I.i|IIIIII spr- I'IIIs‘IIIII. IIIIIIvaIs MIISI‘III‘IIIHS IIIIII \IIIII'III‘S 'IIleII :Illll'H'l I-"I I'IIIIIIIIIII :,I .IIIIIIIIII-sv \IIIIIIIIIII-s iII sI-II-I IIII IIIII- I-III-s IIIIIIIIIWIIIIIS III M‘H'l IIII SII IN II'S. 'I'III-s'Ia \I'IIII IIIIII‘I \ilIHIIIAII‘S, \IIII III-III III II'I'I‘II IIII’ IIIII'III'II guy WI‘II IIIIII III'IIIIII'I'. H. is hard In swallqw ymu‘ [wido- aml harm-r tn dlw'st It. THE DURHAM CHRONICLE Now is the time that diseasvs of plants have to be particularlv t‘tlll- sidorod and precaution taken against both “Mr iIII‘IIaIls anIl tlwsv of in- sects. IIIIIISIIIIIII-IItl) IlirI-IIlaI' NII M Ilealing \\itlI tlIII. Rosa (‘lIal‘I-I‘. IIIItIlislIIIIl in “In RIItIInIIIlIIgiI'II Il BIaIIclI IIf “It: IIIInIiIIiIIII Department (It Agricultuw. is spI-viallv “t‘lt‘tlnlt‘. 'l‘lIII “(HP I llIafI-I'. saws Mt‘SSl‘S \V. A. llIIs and W. \. Hall IIf tlII- ViIII-l lIInIl laboratory. aIItlIIIIs III “II‘ I°iI-,IIIIlar {ctNlS'Ull ”It“. lIlIIsIIIInIII. fruit and It'th'S IIf II gI‘I'at, lllllllllt'l' IIf plants. in fact i~I alnIIIst IIIIIIIIIIII'IIIIII. In many St't'llUlH III Stilllllt‘rll UntaI III it is kill)“ II as “I" “USP lIIII:. FOP- tunatI-Iy it liltt‘dh‘ only in light, TIE ROBE CIAFBR duprmialions arv cunflm-d (u sandy districts. A list. of mum lhirty-flw or furtv plums mm" ”In hlmsums 0f whivh it. dvlights tn {mast is um-u. 'l‘lw list, invlmlvs fruit. gram-s. llmwrs. nut. trams and «mm \‘c-m-ln- Mos. ll cuntains a puma: whirl! aIl'm-ts llw hem-t. uf small animals such as rlnivkvns. As tn wutrnl. thv circular says that it, has two-u ascvrtatuml that tlu- plough. chsu and cultivatm' art- thv must important. \wapnus in tight- iug tlw l‘tts‘t‘ rhat'vr. and that tho twat tuuvs t‘m' using the-m arv. first, in latc- May and varly .luuv, ur almut thv timt- laud shuulct lw m'c-pat'mt fur (‘ul‘ll amt putatm-s; sm‘mut. Iu mid-July wtwu land should tw lu'v- sandy soil, and for that roasnn its 0". Whlle clicht modlhao' tlono In the dlrectlng oi the stroke- taken with the shear are made by diaer- eat lhearen. the beginner Ihould follow the Instruc- I .‘a who... .- mrod fur lmckwhvut and «bid straw- -rry [Mom-s shuuld lu- ploughed undvr. and, third. in late- fall when pluughmu as munmuuly dmw. It. is a pm! HIM. rc-quil‘vs voll- muuily avlmn tn prom-m its spread. Hut. If spraying mm lw «lune with- out misminx the fruit «1' spoiling Ilw Llunm. It. can be m-ri'urlm-d II sun“ as Hm lwc'llc-s amwul' \HHI ar- svuah- uf load Human" 3 puuudl. vlu-up mulasmm, ml" gallnu. and ‘ uallmm of watm'. Spraying howâ€" vwr. slumld lw I'vgaI-clmi us unly n lc-numrary vx min-m until llu- chaf- vr has lu-vn n'murlu umlm- ('nntml Ivy cultural "N'HNMH. All mvn arv hum vqual, but a lot (-hanm- “war ways lwfuw Hwy die. PAGE 7.