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“TELLING TOM MY” In this field complete commercial fertilizers applied to pdatoes in 3 r0- tation cr0p of potatoes. oats, clover, in light. medium and heavy applications, 450 pounds, 900 pounds and 1,800 pounds respectively have been followed by no greater yields from the medium and heavy applications than from the light fertilizer. Twelve tons per acre of man- In a rotation of turnips, oats, clover, timothy. 500 pounds of basic slag ap- plied to the turnip crap in addition to 16 tons per acre of manure was fol- lowed by a 10-year average yield of 892.8 bushels as compared with a yield of 822 bushels where only manure was applied. The craps following the tur- nips showed practically no influence from treatments with basic slag. For ten years crop fertility experi- ments have been conducted at the Gen- tral Experimental Farm, Ottawa, in a plot field where the soil was a sandy loam in a comparatively high state of fertility. THE RESI'LTS 0E FERTILIZER EXPERIMENTS be ploughed as soon as the hay is of! and tOp-worked. It would, therefore. appear that for corn on sandy loam. the land should be manured and spring ploughed four inches deep. while for grain, it should In the preparation of sod land for corn, manuring on the sod and spring ploughing has given higher yields than manuring and fall ploughing. on sandy loam soil it does not pay to either rib the land or replough in the fall. On heavy clay soil. ribbing or reploughing late in the {all gives the frost a chance to mellow the soil and leave it in a better state of tilth. mJuly,assomasthehayisofland tap-working during the summer has not only given higher yields of oats, but has also left the land free {tom couch grass. The experiment has shown that In the preparation of sod land for grain. it has been found that ploughing has ploughing seven inches deep. ex- cept in the case of cats, in which the yields have been practically the same. The shallow ploughing is of particular advantage to the corn crop. On an average. over a period of nine years, ploughing four inches deep for a rotation cr0p of corn, oats, clover and timothy. has given higher yields than .By Pim PAGE 6 Quebec, for a number of years, on dif- terent depths and times or ploughing. try. In order to get some comparative information on the diaerent practices. experiments have been carried out at the experimental station at Lennoxville. NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE BUSY FARMER In preparing the land {or the punt (Furnished by Provincial and Dominion Departments of Agriculture) PLOUGHING PRACTICES new mom DID m: Hm comm suns or women" m ARHOR m me :3! cm- . THEMIDDLEAQES. mwtlactoAsnucu ¢ Sunday-school Teacherâ€"“William, can you tell me what we must do he'- Iore we can expect forgiveness of sin?” Williamâ€"“Yes sir. We must sin.” Peony can stay in the same place for many years. but in time the flowers begin to fail and grow smaller than they used to do. When this occurs it is time to move and divide them. Sep- tember is the best season to do this. If it is possible to give them a new bed it is better to do so. If this cannot be done, then the plants should be dug up and the old soil removed and new. good soil, put in its place. A handful of bonemeal for each plant should be mixed in with the new soil. After dig- ging the plant wash off all the soil and divide the roots as carefully as possi- ble. Divisions with four or five eyes are the best for an ordinary garden though' smaller divisions can be made if a larger number of plants are required. Peonies should be planted so that there is two inches of soil above the eye. Too deep planting is one of the cam why peonies fail to bloom. 'time to do this. At the Central EXper- I imental Farm we have found that iris I plants generally begin to show signs of l failing after three or four years. When the flowers begin to grow small the , plant should be dug up and the oldest ; parts of the rhizone discarded. Pieces with several fans of good healthy/I leaves should be chosen and three or four can be planted about a foot apart I in a clump in a large border. In a small border a single division is sometimes suflicint. The soil where they have to go should be well dug and some bone meal added before replanting The roots should be made firm out the rhizomes should be just at the surface of the soil. A sunny position should be chosen for the tall bearded varieties. Iris plants can be divided quite late in September, although July and Aug- ust are generally considered the best In the milder sections of the country most perennials can be planted suc- cessfully until quite late in the fall, but where the winters are severe care should be taken so that planting is fin- ished several weeks before the ground is hard frozen and a mulch of straw or other suitable material applied. Perennials that have been grown from seed sown in spring and trans- planted during the summer should be ready to put in their permanent places in September. If the ground is dry, water thoroughly so that the soil ad- heres to the roots when the plants are lifted. If planting in a border, group three to five plants of each variety to- gether leaving ample space so that each plant can deve10p to its full size. 3. If manure is limited it may b supplemented with commerch fertil' izers alone. 2. Where manure is abundant its ap- plication to the soil is the most eco- nomical means of maintaining and building up soil fertility. 1. Where soil is relatively high in fertility commercial fertilizers may not produce profitable increases in crop yield. ll cial fertilizers have produced profitable increases in am) yields. Manure has Ishown up to slightly better advantage, swherever it has been used, whether ! alone or in combination with commer- ‘ cial fertilizer. Oats have shown the least response to either commercial fertilizer or manure of any of the craps! under consideration while mangels suf- fer from lack of fertility sooner than the other farm crops. From the results of these eXperiments several main points present themselves: . Basic slag and nitrate of soda applied to clover in a rotation of corn, oats, clover, timothy, have not been followed by economical increases in yield. In a second fiend manure and com- mercial fertilizers have been compared from the standpoint of their influence upon cr0p yield in a rotation of man- ure has produced slightly higher yields than have commercial fertilizers. PLANTING HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS (Experimental Farms Note) past year many additional motor- cycle polioe officers have been placed on duty in a number of Ontario counties and townships. All fines collected on the King’s Highway go to the Department of Highways, but when municipal motor- cycle officers go outside their jurisdic- tion and stop cars on the King’s High- ways, the money goes to the munici- pality. It is reported that during the on the King’s Highways and that a variation in the uniforms, sufficient to prevent further confusion as to identity, would be eminently desir- What can be done however, is change the uniforms worn by provin- cial police which would entail a con- siderable expense. It is expected that a strong “suggestion" will be made by Queen’s Park to the offending muni- cipalities that they keep their law en- forcement officers from encroaching A strong doubt exists as to whether the Attorney-General’s department has any power to stOp township and. county motorcycle policemen wearing their present type of uniform. As long as they do not represent them- selves to be Ontario provincial police, it is considered in some quarters that they have a perfect right to wear any type of uniform they desire. 'liams asserted. “Ontario provincial officers keep to the King’s Highway township roads. If municipalities wish to stOp tourist cars and extract mon- ey from them in this manner it is their business but they should not allow their men to go on the King’s Highway Where they are mistaken for provincial police." ‘6‘ l The commissioner was reluctant to go into the matter in detail but he admitted that county and township motorcycle traffic officers were wear- ing uniforms which in detail are al- most exactly the same as those worn by provincial men, the chief differ- ence being the coat of arms worn on the peaked cap and on the buttons. No Right on Highway These county and township officers have no right to perform their duties on the King’s Highway,” General Wil- is sent to my office and the officer keeps the stub which is checked up at the end of he month. The Government, it is expected, will “suggest" to municipalities concerned that they make changes in uniforms for their policemen. Provincial police never obtain a bond from a tourist without giving a re- ceipt for the money,” said General Williams. “This receipt goes to the, magistrate in the jurisdiction where the alleged offense took place and if the tourist does not appear for the hearing, the bond automatically be- comes a fine. I have received numer- ous complaints that Ontario provin- cial highway officers have been stop- ping American tourists and getting' sums of money with out giving a re- ceipt This is not the case. Not only does the original receipt go to the magistrate along with the amount of the bond. but a 001)}! of the receipt] ‘1 have more important matters to from American tourists without giv- ing receipts. In some cases it was found that the guilty parties were county and township men dressed in uniforms closely resembling those of the provincial officers. The action arises out of inthiga- tions of complaints that provinvial officers had been extracting bonds forms similar to those of the provin- cial men. have been patrolling ’the King’s Highway. Declaring that these county and township officers have no right to patrol provincial roads, the commissioner announced that he had asked the Attorney-General to take immediate steps to stOp the practise. Asks Highway Ban For County Force Tuesday’s Mall and Empire contain- ed the fOIIOWimz newts of mterest m rural Ontario municipalities: General Victor Williams, commis- sioner of provincial palioe, charged last night that a number of county THE DURHAM CHRONICLE Customerâ€"“It is a bit small. Loans corn. The simplest. and the method preferred by most people. is to peel off the husks, transflx the ear with pointed sticks and hang them in the flame of the fire until cooked. Another way is to take along a boiling kettle or cauld- ron, or even an empty gasoline tin with a wire handle, and boil the ears all together. Strictly Speaking, this is not a corn “roast," but it has the advantage enjoy the feed with the other members of the party. teresting piece, sir; a corn. butter. salt and a good appetite. There are two ways of cooking the The chief ingredients of a successful corn roast are a group of congenial pe0ple, a suitable location, preferably a beach, a roaring bonfire, plenty of If Canada’s national festival is the Maple Sugar Camp, the big event of the late summer season is the Com Roast. And corn roasts should be the vogue, now that Canada’s own sweet corn, sun ripened in the fields, is avail- able and just begging to be eaten. attend to than investigate complaints of this nature,” said General Williams. “The practice is going to be stOpped once and for all." Antique Garafraxa St., Durham Lemons ...'. ....................... ' ......... doz 35c Oranges, large ........................ (1022 60c Medium ...... 35c Small ...... 27c A REAL INDIAN FEAST Somewhat Crowded a very in- uswwex .................................... Sept. 21, 22 London (Western Fair) ........ Sept. 12-17 chardine Kemble Grand Valley Hanover ......... 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