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PAGE 6. News and Homation For the Busy Farmer A Ugh-e Boner Dr. Robert Harcourt, Professor of Chemistry at O. A. C.. in recognition 0! his services to agriculture. has been honored by the French Government with the Cross of the Knighthood of Agricultural Merit. The distinction comes as the result of the visit to the college last summer of a party of agri- cultural students and faculty from Winter Conditions According to current reports of agri- cultural representatives, winter condi- tions have prevailed throughout On- tario during December. The weather has been satisfactory except that the water supply is low. Poultry prices have proved disappointing generally, at the height of the marketing season. Many sideroads in all parts of the province have been impassable to: inotor traffic. Sunshine For Poultry Hens need sunshine in their poultry ration. especially during the winter months. when the sun shines but little. Sunshineintheieedisasimportantas any one of the other ingredients in a poultry ration. Egg production, health. quality of shell, nutritive value of eggs and hatchability are dependent upon it. God liver oil or cod liver meal is the best substitute for the direct rays of the sun. Both are quite rich in the sunlight factor and available at a rea- sonable price. Cod liver meal also sup- plies liver tissue that helps to build up the blood. The better poultry mashes which you buy already mixed either have cod liver oil or cod liver meal as one of the ingredients, so you can buy them secure in the knowledge that your flock will get all the sunshine they need in their feed. Clipping the cows‘ thighs and flanks is a. big factor in the production of clean milk. The cleaner the cows are kept the less dust and dirt is likely to get into the milk when being drawn. 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Cultivating and seeding imple- ments should be left at the front, as they will be the ones first required in the Members of the party of 500 junior farmers who attended the Royal Winter Fair this year as guests of the Ontario Government are competing for fifteen scholarships of 8100 each oflered by the T. Eaton Company of Toronto for the best papers bearing on the trip and agricultural problems in general. Examinations of the contestants have been. conducted in each. county and the papers of the first prize winners in the various counties will be examined at Toronto for the final awards. The British .Market A housewife in England out buying a little bacon for tomorrow’s breakfast or an apple or two for the children’s lunch, seems a far cry from an orchard or farmyard in Ontario. Yet it is that housewife and the millions more like her in Great Britain who determine, to a large extent, the price our farmers receive for their products. In 1928 Canada exported agricultural products to the value of $815,000,000. and of this total, about $400,000,000 worth went to the United Kingdom. But the compe- tition is keen and the British consumer demands certain brands of food. Can- adian producers, therefore, must make every effort to satisfy this market, upon which they depend so largely. Feeding Scratch Grains j The amount of scratch grains to feed layers varies with the different seasons. In winter when nights are long and cold, hens need more of the heat- forming, energy-producing scratch grains than in summer. For the next three months about one quart of scratch grains to 12 hens or 14 pounds " 111*. before dark. Do not feed any grain in the morning a". the hen'. arc- ap‘ to fill. up on it and then will wait for it to digest before eating any mash and obtaining the egg-building. materials. .. ' . lordinarlly means Grit and shell Competing For U Balding Tuaes D Designing D Drafting 0 Building Estimating D Show Cad An should be hopper fed. and. water always available. Supply green feed when you can. The alsike and red clover seed market continues. draggy at unchanged prices and with very little moving at present from production districts. The export demand is reported unusually low and uncertain owing to a large visible supply of American and. European production. Relatively low prices are being offered to growers and. there is a tendency for them to hold. their seed. The report from Toronto early this month was that abut 25 to 40 per cent. of the 1929 crop of alsike and about 50 per cent *of the red clover was still in the grow- ers’ hands. The demand for alfalfa seed is good owing in the short crop of hardy strains this year. , Prices ofâ€" fered Ontario growers for good quality -VOV' vouvâ€"wâ€"v seed range train 30c to 46¢ a pound. Timothy seed is also in fair demand and at slightly higher prices than last The final crop bulletin for the year. just issued. comprises an interesting and informative review of agricultural production during the past year. Ac- cording to this review, fall wheat was better both in quality and quantity than anticipated. The average over the whole province about 40 bushels to the acre. The increased agreage in. fall wheat sown this year is about five per cent, rather unexpected under weather conditions. Oats this year ryielded but 90 per cent of an average [crop Barley, though good in quality, 'was deficient in quantity. Corn on the whole was disappointing. Tobacco told the same story. Potatoes are returned as extra good in quality but only an average crop. Turnips are a short crop. Live stock generally is said to be in rather poor condition; hogs are fewer on the farms. Sheep and lambs are said. to have done better, and are in- creasing in numbers. Farm implements are certainly de- serving of more attention in the fall and. winter months than they usually receive. The lifetime of an implement may be prolonged and the amount of power required to operate it very much lessened by proper care. Mos’. farm implements rus‘. out. rathe; than wear 0U: Clifford. Baldwick, of Barrie. Ont.. was one of the three members of the Canadian junior live stock clubs chosen at the Royal Winter Fair to represent Canada at the international joint live stock judging competition in England nex '3 year CHOOSE WINTER FEED FOR STOCK CAREFULLY the farm during the past year. These feeds constitute your cheapest source of seed supply and it is good economy to so plan your feeding program that you will use as much of them as possible as the basis of your ration. However. it is equally important to remember that no combination or home raised feeds fully meets the needs of dairy cows. hogs, and poultry. and it iis poor economy to feed such large quantities of home feeds that some of the nutrients they contain are wasted. while other nutrients are lacking. It is a wise farmer who realizes it is just as important to know what feeds to buy as it is to know what feeds to A only. In selecting the feeds needed to sup- plement home grains and roughages, two courses are open. If desired, one may buy several different ingredients. such as gluten feed, mill feed, etc., -3 _ U“ I “w 0â€"“---â€" and work them into his ration. If a good formula is followed. the advan- tage of this plan over straight home feeds has been proven to be both sound and profitable. 3 â€" â€" J _ ---2LL Supplementing home feeds with ready mixed commercial rations is be- ing done more and more. Many feed- ers who have followed this practice for two or three years claim that this plan is superior to attempting to mix ra- tions at home. both from the standpoint of extra profits and eliminating the bother and labor of mixing. The mat- ter of cost is one of the first ques-l tions to be considered. In considering such rations it is important to realize that the profit left after the feed is paid for, is the true basis to judge the economy of a ration rather than its initial cost by the hundred pounds or ton. Few realize what a surprisingly small increase in production is required to outweigh a seemingly big difference in the initial cost of two rations. This ap- plies in comparing the cost of a good home mixture with a poor one as well as a home mixture with a com- mercial ration. or in comparing the value of diflerent ready mixed rations. $20.00 per ton may seem to be an en- ormous difference in the cost of two mash feeds for poultry. One may readily wonder whether the most costly of the two rations would produce enough extra eggs to onset the differ- ence in cost. A hen eats in one month 3ib.ofmashwhichattherateotlc per pound is So. per hen per month. It the better of the two rations I 5W " .._, _ elther throw your ration badly out of balance, or necessitate you disposing of more of your home feeds than is necâ€" UB any uxuua wwvu- ---- ration, and since the rifle palatable a ration the more easily digested, this is also very impoytant. either does the _ .Il-A‘A-A on"- thing about the variety of proteins which are absolutely necessary to main- tain milk or egg production and keep up the animal’s body. Complete pro- tein can only be obtained from the right combination of several diflerent ingredients. In selecting a ready mixed ration, any feeder will do well to ask himself the following questions in order to best determine which ration will give him the bes; reSults: How long has the manufacturer been in business? 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