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to plant in the yard of her farm home. and was told about the short course of Instruction in landscape gardening to be given at the College from February is to 19. On looking over the program at this short course she saw that there ten to be instructions and demonstra- tin! in garden planning and the selec- flmofthemoetsuitahlekindsoi trees limbs and flowers, and she longed to the the course. heappatnnityistherefor herand for many others, and no better way could be found for farm women, or men either, for that matter, to spend a my, interesting week in the middle dwinter in studying and making plans All Attractive Home "02!. what an opportunity it I only had the time!” This is the remark of a lady visitor at the Ontario Agricul- tural College recently. She had come to the college to make enquiry about vided if bat results are to be attained. than there was on the unfertilized. The gain of fertilized corn over unfertil- md had not only been maintained but had increased where the corn was planted latest, and had been fertilized. This was in addition to barn yard man- dre. Good soil preparation, good seed. look apart. Suitable fertilizer was applied at 200 pounds per acre. The fer- tilizer increased the yield of ears 700 pounds per acre in the earliest plant- ing. and 715 pounds per acre in the latest planting. Late planting meant a larger per cent of immature ears at harvest in all cases; but from the plots planted last there was 33 per cent on attempt to control the corn borer. In this connection 0. A. C. officials conducted a test in Essex county plant- ing corn at three different dates, a Late Corn and Fertilizers Many farmers are talking late plant- lng of corn this year and fertilizing in ”active spraying of lubflcatlng oil, using 4 per cent., was urged by Professor Caesar. has increased tremendously, and he (cared that the mild weather conditions this winter would result in its return knowu. Its revival was first not- lced mtheyesrlmafter anab- guessing the Niagara Fruit Growers’ Allocation recently. Reviewing the history of this pest, Prof. Caesar de- clued it whetheworstmenacetothe loomsupasadiremenacewthein- My, was the statement of Prof. L. Wain inwlnter will deny breednc. Contagious abortion is spread through ate-birth, dead mung: and discharge contaminating the food. water and apply of these m causes sterility, but this 13 when the PAGE 6 “mam sterilitympiphdlmculttoam butmostformsotltanbepmented The San Jose Scale That the San Jose scale, the bugbear NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE BUSY FARMER waves“ (Fmisbd by the Ontario Department of Agriculture) which she wished for desirableJormmguitdoesafoodm monumuorunchmedform. 3.mmormcreasesthedigestl- biting into the whole root. The prin- cipalvulmofrootsmthentionsmr homes is summnrlnd by m. Rothwell as follows: 1. Increase mutability. when fed to horses for the reason that the outstanding virtue in root feeding is the beneficial enect on the teeth and Turnlps and carrots are the most commonly used of field roots as feed for horses. As ls pointed out by G. B. Rothwell, B. S. A., in bulletin No. 9441.8. of the federal Department of Agriculture, there is no (1th as to the value of field roots as feed for the horses, and this value, unfortunately, ls one which ls too little spprechted. As it is now becoming practice to market commercial grain direct from the threshing mill without further cleaning, it is most important that the grain come from the threshing mill in a iairly clean state. and one of the ob- jects of the Brotherhood of Thresher- men is, through their organization to improve the quality of work done by the average thresher. Grain and weed screens in some cases did not receive enough care. Some mills were too large for Ontario conditions. Some tractors were too small to keep up steady speed, all of which resulted in poorly cleaned grain. cases he was not allowed to put on enough wind to clean the grain proper- ly. These cases were, however, the ex- ception rather than the rule. Other observations made in the sur- vey were that 10 per cent of the thresh- 'ermen were careless, inexperienced and inefficient and that the work 'done by this group was uniformly poor. Some farmers in their anxiety to get the threshing over in a hurry would not give the thresher time to adjust his mill or clean it properly and in some A second weed screen in the deck just.behind the cylinder was also re- commended. This screen would catch most of the light weed seeds such as sow thistle, which ordinarily go out with the straw. j Further, he found that most of the {common makes of threshing mills were efficient providing they were in a good state of repair and adjusted properly. The survey revealed, however, that ,the weed screen in the shoe of most machines was entirely inadequate, the usual width of this screen being only 12 to 15 inches, and in some cases the screen was either plugged up or covered with a board. As there is plenty of room in the shoe of all mills for a screen at least four feet wide, Mr. Michael recommends that a screen from three to four feet wide might be made standard equipment in all new mills and that this screen be equipped: with travelling brushes to keep it clean. thencfltsthetoethand gums. 5.1m: slightly Wm.- momma-am Mr. Michael pointed out that light grain, and price of cutting, made 1931 a difiicult year. Of all reports submitted at the recent 18th anual convention of the Ontario Brotherhood of Threshermen, one of the most interesting was that of W. G. Michael, Dominion Seed Branch, Har- riston. This report covered a survey of Western Ontario threshing mills, which he made last autumn. ltoxtall, plgweed, or oamplon, produces from 10,000 to 20,000 seeds; worm seed mustard about 25,000; shepherd’s purse about 50,000, and the tumbling mustard about 1,500,000. Moral: Weeds should never be allowed to go to seed. transgsplendmwnicorcond- menace of weeds through the multi- tude of their seeds. For instance, a single plant of wild mustard, sinkweed, of cm towel: a denee that the cmmtrleaottheworldwmcometom. We shell not have togatoDenmurk ormyothercountry for ourpulebred bacon sires, for therewlll be noplwe in the world where we can get. the stock we will have in Canada.” FIELD ROOTS FOR HORSES Seeds Arc Weed Menace Studies carried out by Ca uh THE DURHAfi Woman 0 . o General. as leader of the Upper Home, when I knew that his ambitions had tive party (Mr. Matchen) one Who had held the position of Prime Minister of Canada occupying a position to the left of His Excellency, the Governor- twists and turns of which public life gives so many evidences, when I saw be seen. The day after the Opening the House met for less than an hour. Mr. Mc- Kenzie King, the leader of the Liberals in the House of Commons commented upon Mr. Meighen’s appointment. While saying that he did not agree with the policies which Mr. Melchen advan- ced, he did admire greatly Mr. Heig- hen’s outstanding attainments as a parliamentarian and exception qualiti- cations for the leadership of the Upper House. Mr. King went on: “Yester- people of Canada would only be too glad it it were true. There was a good deal of talk over the Rt. Honorable Arthur Meighen’s appointment to the Senate. It seems a sad end for a brilliant man. Gov- ernment friends say he will put life in the Senate. It will become more like the American Senate; the Upper Chamber, in truth. I have always greatly admired the mental capmity of Mr. Meighen, but whether anything on us with this remarkable sentence “Conditions are gradually improving”. and many papers herald-ed this as a courageous utterance. The working I It was the shortest speech from the Throne in eleven years. It forecasts almost no legislation. It makes ‘men- tion of negotiation with the American Government regarding the 81:. Law- rence waterway, tells us that the rail- way problem is being investigated by a commission, that a Canadian delega- tion has gone to take part in a Dis- armament Conference in Geneva, and that the Economic Conference would meet here in July. All of which we knew before. The speech announced that a bill relating to the insurance, bills relating to patents and trade- marks, bills to amend the Canada Ship- ping Act and Fisheries Act would be brought down. That is all. We ought to be out of here in a month if nothing more developsâ€"but of course we won’t be. The Throne speech said that Canada was successfully meeting diffi- cult domestic problems, and comforted »Windsor uniform was the Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighan, new leader of the . Government forces in the Senate. The members of the House of Com- mons were summonsed to the Senate by the General Usher of the Black Rod who announces his desire to be admit- tedtothe GreenChamber by three thunderous knocks on the door. The Sergeant-at-Arms goes to see what the noise is about, and on recognizing the Black Rod, he turns and after bowing stiffly, announces to the Speaker of the Commons that the Black Rod desires to be admitted. The Speaker rises and says “Admit the messenger". Thei Black Rod is dressed in black velvet| lavishly trimmed with cream lace, walks slowly up the great aisle which separates one party from the other in the Commons. At intervals he bows low and when not far from the Speaker he informs him that the presence of {the members of the Commons is desired in the Senate. He then backs out again bowing at intervals. The members of the Commons now troop to the Senate, chatting and laughing as they go. They crowd close to the bar presumably to listen to the speech being read from the Throne by His Excellency, the Gover- nor-General but such a din do they kick up that not a word of the Throne speech could be heard standing three rows back from the bar. ion-table in regulation Windsor uniform, white satin breeches and all. Last year youmayrecall hewore adarksuit, brightened only by gold buttons. A little distance away from the Governor- General sat his lady the Countess Bess- borough. She is a beautiful woman and looked especially regal the day or the opening. Standing near her in churches,senam,fl1e’udeso¢aocul Ottanweremtodbesutflullydnued mpreciaerowa. Ontheruhthtnd ottheGovernor-Gewaa stood the immedutely below the Governor Gen- eral’s Throne, Wanna of other Miss Macphil’s Letter I; ' can liven the Senate remains to all? Read The Classified Ads. on Page 7. Btmaon,Dem1mmds,RuphOamp- Subject, Jack Bhewell. 1mm Hoduon. IIâ€"Jack scuba-ouch, Jack bounds. and om: Hodaon (equal). large number of maple at luncheon. It was a very happy party. Mr. Ian New York toasty. We parted with her reluctantly. During Miss Lee’s visit degrees, has sat one parliament in Westminster and is still only 27 years of age and does not look that. She is a member of the Labor party and of the Left Wing of it. A group of us greatly enjoyed hearing her View: on the British situation. She lectured in Toronto on Sunday and returned to what the Prime Minister’s remark means. Does it mean that the three Senators connected with the Beauhar- nois are to be read out? Time only will answer the question. Ottawa had an interesting visitor over the opening, Miss Jennie Lee, ext-MR, of Great Britain. This remarkable and good-looking young woman has her Doctor of Law and Master of Arts realizing because his leader of the day would not ' give him the appointment to which he aspired. As I looked at these two gentlemen one at either side of the Throne, I could not help wonder- ing what in the course of time this double-barrelled leadership of the Conservative party was going to mean.” Mr. Bennett: “It will mean two or three fewer Senators at an early da .” There is great speculation as to Just Jr IVâ€"Vem MM, Alice Subject 8r. IIIâ€"Mary Shewell, Helen Shark. mama-whet. Garafraxa St., Durham Cut Rock Candy .................. 2 lbs. 25c Gold Buckle Oranges, full of juice 55c, 37c doz. Sunkist Oranges ............ 20c, 27c doz. Lemons, large size .................. 25c doz. Grapefruit .............................. 5 for 25¢ BAKING 8. S. 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