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_ Farm Than Elsewhere.

Poultry and profit are hardly

synonymous terms to the average farmer, but there are possibilities in .the farm poultry business which, if grdped. would no doubt convert many to larger undertaking in that line. In the great work or pro,-lug. tion, no available source of food sup. ply should be neglected and in the case of iwultry, even more pointedly tbsn in that of the dairy cow, there il I. double chance of securing the wherewitbal to satisfy the most in- sistent natural. appetite. Poultry and 8!" 80 further than satisfying the appetite for food. their consumption incites' a desire for more food of the same kind. and in this fact lies the reason for building up the farm hold. ings of live poultry with a view to an increased demand for the finished product when times become normal and the average citizen feels justlned in purchasing for his own use, when is now considered in the way of a luxury.

The Bvltearsnce of the average

farm flock of fowls would lead one-

to believe that the keeping of poultry ln accordance with the advice of those who have made s success of the business is an impossibility. Brectil. $6.80!. ages and. types of fowl are badly mixed in the bsrnyard as s rule and facilities for providing any other condition are generally lacking. With regard to the egg supply, no accommodation for t.he layers is pro- vided snd the few individuals that follow what is their natural habit un- der more favorable conditions, and do lay a certain number of eggs dur- ing the summer season, do so indis- criminately as regards place and most inconsiderately as regards the con- vcnience of the egg collector. .

As s. matter of fact, such condl--

tions as the above can be improved upon, and without much expenditure of cash provided one person connect- ed with the farming establishment can be persuaded to take and maln- tain an interest in the farm dock and the disposal o`f the products. Many women,.and some men would dnd a good business in poultry on the farm if they would only undertake it ser- iously, and as the excuse for a flock exists on nearly every farm 'in the country, the opportunity to acquire Practice in the work of feeding, car- ing for and preparing the birds for slaughter and later for the market, is ready to hand for many; With a good knowledge of _these matters to work on the' matters of breeding and more scientific management may be taken up and nogrest amount of

time need elapss before the begin- ner is in the way of making a tlnan- cial success of poultry raising. '

The first aim of the person who

determines to make a success with the farm flock should be to provide s roomy. well-ventilated and well- ligbted poultry-.house and when the birds are ence quartered therein the matter of regular feeding and' atten- tlon_should be the main consider- ation. The problem of providing feed for the flock is more easily solv- ed on the farm than elsewhere, either summer or winter, as in the summer the birds can have good, safe range at small cost, and in the winter there is always a. certain amount of grain feed on the farm that is dt for poul- try and no other kind of stock. Other feeds such as roots, clover leaves and the material for sprouted grain can also be obtained without extra outlay for transportation.

Guard: Stock From Poison.

Many sheep and cattle are lost

from eating poisonous plants and other material. ln many. instances a little foresight on the part of the owner would have prevented losses. To cite one spocitic plant, most. stock- mcn in_the eastern pa-rt of thc coun- try know that laurol.is poisonous. and yet they will pasture their ani- mals ln a woodland pasture iusplte 0! the fact that laurel abounds. Sometimes s few, at other times many, animals are poisoned.

Other poisonous plants abound in

both the eastern pastures and the western graslng lands, ihsny of which are definitely known- and eas- ily recognised. - A littis precaution through fencing and selecting- pas- tures would materially reduce the deaths due to plant poisoning. Lark- Bbur. lupine, water hemlock, darnel sfass. wild cherry. loco, white snake root. wilted sorghum and oak brush (shinnery oak) are the more com- mon plants which exact a heavy toll.

inorganic poisoning of farm stock

is also far from being of rare occur- rence. Common salt is definitely knovrii to be very poisonous to hogs and chickens in comparatively small quantities. Soap powder in swill has been the cause of death of swine. Antlseptic tablets and rat poisons al- so have caused deaths among farm animals. Patent rat pastes. and even hreworks, have been eaten by fowis. which died later from the eifects of Uhoshborus poisoning. _

Decrease of Rural Population. In 1880. 29.5 por cent. of the peo-

Dle of the United States lived in cities and 75.5 'per cent. on farms and in towns of less- than 2.500* population. In 1910. only 52.7 per cent. lived on farms and in smsll towns, with 48.8 per cent. in cities

above 2.500. Accorfling to the con- sus figures for 191 , the proportion of rural dwellers had shrunk to 61 Der cent. At this time it is probable that the proportions are about equal. Year by year the number of consum- Grs becomes proportionately greater and _the number of producers pro- portionately less. _

_ Qrltical Periods lu Calf Llfe.‘

The most critical periods-gil; the

ills of the young calf are at th xg, of tour to six skspwbon that

is changed fronttxols to skl1n'mllI»‘ and six to ten wee s. when the calf' ls beginning to sat grain -and hay.

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BROOM CORN

Seine Facts About a Rather Un- _ familiar Plant.

The value of the brush of broom

°°l‘ll depends largely upon the stage of ‘maturity when harvested. If the brushls harvested when too young the fiber is weak at the base of the head, and when harvesting is delayed until t-he brush is overrlpe the fibre becomes hard and brittle. Good ser- vice 'cannot be expected from brooms made of such brush.

The brush should be harvested

when it has reached the stage where the matural green color extends from the tip bf the nbre to the base and contre of the head. This usually oc- curs from the time when the flowers _are falling to the time the seed is in the iiillk or thin-dough stage. Brush harvested in this stage and properly cured, without being dam- aged' by the sun or wet weather, is tough and flexible and of the best qua-llty.

If a seed crop is desired the brush

is not harvested iintll the seed is fully mature. Thevalue of ripe brush depends largely upon the climatic conditions previous to harvest and the care given the brush after the

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seed is removed. Il seed brush in not dlscolored by wet weather, but has the natural yellow color of ma- ture brush, it commands about half the price of good brush if cared for in the same vr3Z»'. '

Standard broom corn and dwarf

broom corn are harvested in diiferent ways. The standard is bent over or tabled and the brush 'cut off; the dwarf is jerked or pulled from the upright stalk.

The standard varieties are so tail

that the stalks have to be bent over to bring the brush within reach. This process is called tahling. The tabler walks between two rows, bending or breaking the stalks over, three or four feet from the ground. The stalks of the left-hand row are bent to the right and those of the right- hand row io thc left. This crosses the stalks of these rows, so that a sort of. table is formed behind the tabler, the brush projecting across the table into the spaces between this pair of rows and the next row on elthei' side. ,

-The brush is harvested by walking

in the space between the tables and cutting the heads from the stalks with a packknife or a knife with it short, wide blade made especially for that purpose. The stalk should be cut so as to leave about six inches of stem with; the brush. All leaf sheaths, or boots, should be re- iuoved as the heads are cut. The knife should be held firmly with the cutting edge pointing at an angie from the body. lf the head is then grasped wltli the other hand and the stalk pulled against the knife, in- stead of forcing the knife against the stalk. tho stem ofthe brush will us- ually slip out of the boot as it is boingcui. from the stalk. As the heads are cut. they are laid in handfuls on the table. The brush should be hauled- to the curing shed and threshed the same day it is harvested. or st any rate not later than the

following day.

Dairy Notes.

Cows must have shade during the

host. of the diy ll! Slimmer-

A good dairyman does not keep

cows; he makes his cows keep hini.

Diarrhoea is the most. common

form of calf troubles inet with in hand-.raised calves.

All good dairy cows should be giv-

on a name and every cow should know her name.

The pails used in feeding calves

must be ,kept strictly clean and used for no other purpose.

The need of this country is not so

iuuch more cows as it is better cows, more properly fed and cared for.

Milk and milk products should be

iiioro widely used on all our farms duringjperlods-of food shortage. _

Cream spoils when it gets warm.

Market or ship cream three times a w.eek in hot weather and twice a week in.wlnter.

Much skim _milk which formerly

went io‘ thc feeding of calves, pigs and chickens must now bc utilised for human food. .

Cleanliness Prevents Disease. Nearly all calf disorders are caus-

ed either dlrectly or indirectly by lack of cleanliness, and clean conditions constitute the best preventive of dls- ease in t e cslf herd.

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Must. rms aofrigsntor. "

_ Where one has a number of cows still cgpsidersbis dairy products to. mai-its some kind of refrigeration will be indispensable. ' ‘

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_ Dlsklet In Ontario.

Muskoka as a farinin district ma be described as a sectslon spsclall; f\*°r°d as ressrds eiiinnte, the your being di-vided into distinctly marked lllldlner and winter weather; the former no doubt of shorter duration tha-n ln more southern districts, but ideal for the production of grain, hl-Y and i‘oot crolli.. and not to- be excelled for potatoes elsewhere in America. As regards the soil of the district, there is considerable variety, ilwillb _a clay-loam Dredominates, the humus having been supplied by the decomposition of many genera- tions of fine timber of which only the most recent crops have been re. moved by the lumberman. It cannot be denied that the frequent outcrop of rock throughout the district goes to discourage the settler, whose idea of a satisfactory farm is built up on the anticipation of boundless acres of grain such as obtain on the .prai- rlss, but if mixed farming is his ob- ject, great opportunities for success are presented in the relatively cheap acreage still existing in many parts

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Thi! llew beginner at farming in

this district has exceptional oppor- tunities for turning his' nrst year’s

k into cash by growing vegetables sale to the big summer popula-

tion of the lakes, and the same mar- ket opportunity exists for small fruits. which yield a plentiful crop gf superior quality. The market for v

WUI' for

e stock is not far removed either,

Toronto being within 150 miles of a great proportion of the area. and clo connected by good railroad freight service. Another advantage ls present in the generous supply of wood for fuel, a matter of great im- portance in these days of coal short- age. Sheep-raislug has been made a success by many farmers in the district already. and there is an op- portunity 'for a great expansion of this industry, the name of Muskoka mutton being famous and ensuring a price at least equal to the product in this line from any other part of Canada. _

_._______ Power on the Farm.

The claims made for the gasoline

tractor as a help to the farmer are usually with reference to the increas- ed acreage that can be brought under cultivation by the use of that ma- chine, and too little notice is talceu of the possibilities that the tractor holds out for the man who is chiefly interested in intensive farming. The benefits to be derived from double ploughlng, subsolling and draining land with tile -- undertakings that can be carried out with the help of a tractor when other forms of power available would not be sufficient- are not brought into sufficient prom- inence. _and as _a result the purchase of a tractor is only considered, in most cases, by such farmers as have a large area of land available for

cultivation.

lt has been well for Canada and

for the other Allied nations, that this country has been able to provide sumcient acreage of hitherto idle land to allow of increased production under the conditions imposed by the war, and lt. in largely owing to the increased use of the tractor that the cultivation of this increased area has been possible, but it must be borne in mind that these acres must be kept up io their present capacity for production. or improved in the near future, when the population is sure tc increase rapidly. Further depen- dence for food supply cannot be plac- ed entirely on increased acreage even though labor supply is increased. Bigger crops to the acre will have to be the solution of the food supply problem, and in treating the land with a view to making it produce more the tractor may well be utilised

on small' farms.

Where, up to the present, one

tractor has been used on 200 acres for the sake of scratching the sur- face so as to hasten the much needed addition to the total wheat yield, two such machines can be put to work within a few years. if the same area is .to produce crops such as will be required of it. More tractors. used to capacity in cultivating the soil, will mean more cattle, more horses and more men to the acre, and the quicker building up- of the country, in accordance with the opportunities offered by her undeveloped resources. ---_-___ Shipping Apples.

According to_..st.aListlcs just com-

plied, it required approximately 793 box `and 631- refrigerator cars to inove the Nova Scotia apple crop; 985 refrigerator and 375 box cars for the British -Columbia shipments; while -Ontario requirements were 498 box and 971 refrigerators. Cars are now rolling and the tratllc will continue until the end of March, so that there will be a continuous de- mand for refrigerator equipment throughout that period. Nova Scotia requires over 1,100 cars to move to points in Quebec, Ontario and west of the lakes. British Columbia ap- proximately 1,075 cars to the prai- ries and Ontario, while Ontario's car ileniands will be about equally di- vided between local points and points west of Port Arthur. It has already been pointed out by the Canadian

be a serious car shortage for the fill movement of freight, so that fruit shippers will readily see the net-ssslty and advantage of loading available cars as heavily as will per- iuit transportation without damage. A car saved is a car gained.

'i'ruek'sf`sd Community Breeding.

A few years go when the half-

interest in a fa ous Holstein hull brought a price that was then rated as sensational, arrangements were made to carry him back .and forth in a truck between the two farms which claimed his services. The de- veloping interest in community breeding may be considerably- ad- vanced by the adoption' of the plan of- soudins. a sire of valued- blood from farm to farm in a truck.- lrsetior’s Gazette. _

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Machine-milking should not be

forced too fast. Allow the cows a reaso sbls amount of time to get ad-

'iustetf to the new method of milking.

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- GOOD PASTURE.

Fish Scrape Are Excellent Where

They .Can Be Procured, and Alfslh Hey. Soy Beans. Covpeas and Oats Are Also Recommended as Feeds That. Will Aid Develop- ment.

Hog growers should provide home-

grown feed to supply protein - so essential to the proper development of hogs-and feed them in place of shorts, iulddllngs, tankage and oil meal, which are hard to get and high in price. Substitutes for.thcse con- centrate feeds are found in crops that are known to be rich in protein, and we are advising the' use of fish meal, where it is obtainable. Alfalfa hay, soy beans. cowpcas and oats are suggested as good substitute feeds.

Fish scrap, which has heretofore

been used as a fertilizer, has been tried in hog-feeding experiments con- ducted by the Department of Agri- culture, and it has been found that meal made from this material is on a par with tankage when fed to hogs. A number of state experiment sta- tions are now conducting similar ex- periments in feeding tisii meal to hogs. Owing to the transportation situation. however. it is believed that fish meal cannot be fed economically in litany parts of Canada.

Shortage of protein feeds can be

met with alfalfa hay in all localities where it can be grown or obtained at reasonable prices. There are two ways in which this hay can bs suc- cessfully fed--in small racks placed in protected sheds where the hogs may have free across to it,` and by grinding it and feeding it in sell- feeders or soaked in the form of thick slop. The Department’s special- lsts urge that hog growers provide an ample supply of alfalfa. Usually the last cutting of alfalfa is saved for hog feeding, but for fear this cut- ting cannot be harvested in good condition. a suillcient amount. of the second and subsequent. cuttings should behaved io supply enough

feed for hogs.

Rye sown, in the fall makes good

pasture for hogs. As soon as it is three or four inches high the hogs can be turned in and left until snow covers it up. Rye also provides good

pasture in early spring.

Soy beans are valuable to take the

place of other protein feeds usually purchased. They make a very satis- factory feed when the beans are fed threshed, or as hay, or when ground ns meal. Soy-bean bay, to be most

"satisfactory, should be cut early

enough to avoid the popping out of the seeds. The leaves and the seed both wiu be readily eaten when handled in this manner.

Dwarf Essex rape and oats can al-

so be used successfully in the south as a forage crop. Either can befseed- ed from the lest of August to the last of September. Cottonseed meal can he very siiccessfully used in connec- tion with corn as a hardening iced for a period not to exceed thirty days.

Farming ln Australia.

Trade Commissioner D. H. Ross.

at Melbourne. in an account of Aus- i.ralla's requirements in the line of agricultural machinery, points out that a demand has arisen in that country for lime spreaders to over- come the sourness of the soil caused by the continued use of phosphates ns a fertilizer. The machines are chief- ly in demand in the districts where alfalfa is under cultivation. Further in his report, which is published in the Trade and Commerce Bulletin, the commissioner says: "Despite the fact that many bushels of wheat are still held at Australian ports through lack of tonnage for transportation oyerseae and that much of the labor hitherto available to farmers is now on active service with the Australian Imperial Forces abroad. thc outlook for thc agricultural implement trade i`or 1918-19 is held, by importers, to bc distinctly encouraging." ._

Tho above, together with thc in-

formation that the Australian Gov- ernment has made a beginning in thc repatriation of its soldiers by ad- vancing to them money for the pur- chase of horses. farming implements, etc., goes to indicate that Australia will be good and ready for a bis agri- cultural advanco now that tho war is over. Also the statement with regard to wheat holdings in that country thpi the available world sup- ply of that cereal will be such, that farmers in Australia and other parts of the empire had been begin to think seriously of other lines of en-- deavor besides wheat Kfowlng--preb erably live stock breeding and feed-

ing.

Bactierixod Peat a Finale.

A couple of years ago, it will be

recalled, sensational announcements were made as to the results obtained by an English experimenter in the use of- baoterized peat as a fertilizer. It was suggested. that agriculture was about -to bo revolutionized. The matter was immediately taken up in the Bactsriologlral Department and a test made in 1916 in the growing of radishee. The 'test was far from satisfactory, but was regarded as ln- conciusive. It was followed in 1917 by tests in the growing of lettuce. It was found that growth is indu- encetl slightly possibly in the hasten- ing of thc ripening process, but the ilnsl conclusion- is reached that the returns are not commensurate with tho-costf of treatment. It may be addedf that similar adverse results have been obtained from experiments conducted on the subject of Rctham- sted Station in England.-0. A. Coi- lege Annual Re ort

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Improve Egg Production.

One of the easiest ways in which'

to improve the egg production in most docks is by breeding tio strong. vigorous males irom winter-lsylul strains. `

Protmet 0ows -In lot Weather. ' ltfisfnor-1"es|nn|blrto'saps'st gro- tltsble returns from cows in warm weather when they must stand in the hot sun and tight files all day.

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S1110 SUi.\`ES PROBLEM.

Dairy Cattle Can Bc Kept In Excel- lent Hculth.

With sllngc in thc ration. dairy

cattle can be kept in thc condition of health ccuiinon to unimals on Pasture. The digestive system of a cow is well suited for the utilization of large quantities of green gi-assi-_s and other coarse succulent material. Siiage is palatable, und no other feed will combine so well with dry hsy and a little grain to produce maxi- mum. cconomlcal results.

The preservation of the iuature

corn crop or the saving ol' one which

for any reason must be harvested-

before mziiurityhy placing it in silos

Silo Helps Solve Winter had Problem on This Dairy Farm.

is deservedly increasing lu popular- ity. About 40 per cent of the total food material in the corn plant is in the stalks and lea-yes. When only the ears are harvested iiearly one- haif of the crop is lost: on the other hand when the crop is put into i.he silo the losses are very small. When drought, frost or insects attack a field of corn before it is ripe the entire crop may be lost unless a silo is at hand in which to preserve lt.

No feed crops can be so success-

fully harvested under widely varying conditions as those that are put into the silo. Only in case of drought or frost is it necessary to rush the filling of the silo; rain or dew on the for- age does not injure the silage.

Ventilate the Cellar.

A well-drdined eurth floor is more

desirable for a root cellar than one of cement or brick. A certain amount of moisture is needed to keep roots and tubers in best condition, but should not be more than can be kept in check by thorough ventilation of the cellar. To ensure good distribu- tion oi’ fresh air in the cellar a pipe several inches in diameter may be carried from it window to the back of the cellar, near thc ground, the outer end oi' thc pipe being pluced in the sparc iiizidc by removing a small- sized window Dane. This permits r).‘ fresh ali' getting in behind the stored vegetables. roots and potatoes and if a second window-pane is removed tn allow of the cscapc of old air, circu- lation will bc secured ln very cold weather both intake and outlet. may hc closed if danger of freezing exists.

in putting vegetables direct into

winter storage from tlie field it is sometimes impossible to remove all injured or rotten parts and for this reason frequent culling during the storage season is necessary to pre- vent the spread of disease. This is especially true oi' potatoes, while a vegetable that ni ust. be very carefully looked after is celery, especially' if any disease of the stalks or leaves _is present at digging time. In such case the a,ftected__heads should be stored away from the sound ones ami

should bc used during the fall.

The windows of any cellar where

vegetables and roots are store should be darkened to protect. thc stored material irnin too niiich light. and with potatoes all light* should bn ex-

cluded during thc storage season.

Milking Machine Saves Labor. The milking machine will take the

grind ont. ni thc work in dairying, To the looker-on hand milking appears to be an 88-Sy .lob. bui. it decidedly is not. to sit for cnc or two hours twice a day in a cramped and unnatural position with the muscles tired and aching is anything but easy. The mechanical inilker does away with all this. lt is but the work ofa mo- ment to start the machine, attach the teat-cups. and when finished to re- move and change i.o another cow, and so on down tho line.

One iiian with it double unit

iiillker can milk twenty cows in an hour. and do the stripping besides. lt would take a fairly good steady man to milk ten cows in an hour it the milking were done by band; so here is a saving of an hpur twice a day. Counting 300 days as a year, or an average lactation period, two hours a day for 300 days, is 600 hours. Six hundred hours divided into days of ten hours each means 60 days, which at the present mo- ment, when tinic counts for so much, is too heavy a loss 'io be regarded lightly.-S. G. Collier. in 0. A. C.

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Seed Potatoes Moor Hay.

Evidence of the possibility of in-

creasing potato yields by tho use of immature seed is provided by Mr. Waltcr'J. Cook, of Cataraqul. He ploughs his sod in July, after a crop of hay has been removed, and plants enough potatoes -to provide his seed stock for the coming year. By the time frost has cut down the tops the immature seed has developed suill- clently to be used the following spring. By these methods Mr. Cook claims to have increased his yield nearly 100 bushels per acrc. <

Buster.

Thu irish export of butter to thc

United Kingdom in 1916. Value 8,l63,000. was the second in value. the export‘ from Denmark, 10.378,- 000._heiug hrst, and that from New Zealand, 2,»7~2ti,000 third. that from the United States, 1,179,690, fourth, and that from Canada, 855,588, eighth.

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An ltlcal condition. :is affecting the

Pays Them.

live stuck lndiii-;tr_v, would bo the MON existence of ai. large number of live .found

stock shipping associations. all speci- ally devoted io the shipping of only 9d |“

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llie best possible quality of cattle. ‘plant this morning and created! what sheep and swint-. V one ' '

Co-operation by fsriiicre in ship- “

Ding live stock to msrket`hal proved.

time resembled .the begifluhxc

of a riot They are looking for inol-k_.

so successful up to_ the present that When _they failed to obtain it Il .lliilh the method is certain to be very-_wan made for the (mme. worm “hh

widely As it

adopted in the near fut.-ure.‘ will, no doubt, become neccs- “"°"m

sary for at newly-formed association fOr the to make special effort to attract st- who ad

tenuorf at rho company were about of

to its oiferings in case of co- I

operative shipments from definite WL U comniuniiinr. becoming genem|_ andlmateria-is and could not for the time

as price cutting will be out of the lining

soon have been tom 'down lillt

coin-pa.ny's police Chief Wells. dressed the crowd. He pointed

give employment. buf/when -the

question under the co-operative sell- n_m3_,,,d Mrlmed t_hm`°_wmdd__be mem),

ing arrangeiiient. superior quality

will have to he depended on in make U’ 1|"- thc _stock from .1 particular district be glvcu to returned.-soldiers. ' specially popular wiili the buyers. The

stock

drover

from business, and it yet remains for some particular co-operative selling asso- ciation io show what can be done

So fur, co-operative selling of live

altiicugh the preference would

crowd then dispersed* q.uiei.ly.

_ _has shuwii its superiority over

ndividusl disposal of animals to the

economy in small details of

only in the benefit derived

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through thc careful selection of all LONIION. Jan. 8.--'lTlie- London

stock

up their carloati lots. _

The process of securing a large ml” “ ,

would

l

Df‘0lIl CRTC

nemb

.hat

s, but the association adhering any

a

to such a rule would prosper ulti- exp

inaiel ed to 185 type cess greatc

country must depend, for the future. on export business. Already t.he hold-` ings farmers are beginning t.o show an ap-

preciable Increase despite wer condi- ..PAn|s-. ann. 7.- 'rho pi-.oinuiuury

and 220 pounds, of the bacon and pioperly finished, the suc

The live stock indut=.`t.ry of thls‘

of stock in the hands of the

tions; that is to say: Good cattle ____

have

increased despite war conditions i P ’

that is allowed to go to make Stock

y. and if its rules were extend- demand hogs only of between e|"'c"‘

Exchange has passed xi. now nder which no member shall.

ership in an asgneiatign winch without thc special permission ot the €I1f0\'0G. for instance. a rule conn.nlt;i.ce. employ in any ca/parity

no butcher cattle would be ae- .

cepted for shipment that do not show “"5 "emo" at Germnm A“'ui°"‘"u“'

ise to yield at least a 500-pound ¥*“`i“-“- B“13°i"ia“ 0" T‘U'k|5h‘ MW” 0*' 5 _

forinerlnsmbcr who has boon oiled anti whose appilnalioii for re-

ou has been rejected.

._.._.._._----.._.._.._.

ofr the association would be even 7

Conference Likely T o Last Three Months

uc <‘ouit‘rcucc is lilwly to last

while the holding; of poor-.¢|“g ani. liircc moiitiis, according to Marcel

mais war have upon the

conditions exist. War conditions .. forced the practice oi' economy the mass of consumers, ‘with ""1

result that the poorer ones. tinan- lin

cially, will not indulge in uuecono- .mt

mical cuts oi' beef or other meats. :intl

it is u. foregone conclusion that the ""3

i

stock intended for slaughter will W," have to be disposed of at lower rates ' ’

those now existing for such "mm

than

erial. :nine to Paris to learn the Al_li-:Il

mat

nferior class of beef cattle and other tim

ha-ve increased. largely because Hutin, in thc Echo Dc Paris.

At the end of the second uiouli, t is to say, the beginning of' March". said. "alter complete agreement were the great Entents Powers, the ty will be ready for submission to cncniy pleni-potentirles for tllclr atures. Reprsentativeo ol all tho y countries will be invited to

' E°°“°mY in beef ‘fafcasws is fe' .vuiitlitions and will have tt reasonable

cognized and insisted on by the pur-_ __

chasers of supplies for overseas, as 1 "‘m indicated by remarks of the Minister 'MGI' io the $0V6l'1\mBI\i-S-

of

ister’s appeal to farmers to nnish ,ah their cattle to a reasonable point _is worthy of consideration, not only in 1'-‘U

Agriculture recently and the Min- ~

0-about one ii\onl.li~'-iii which tu

The preliminary treaty will cou- i. first., a clause by which the En- tc accepts a league of nations; sr.

view of the existing army demand. ~on<i, ihc amount of iudsnmiy -paysbln

bitt

also with regard for the civilian _V

demand which is developing out oi’ ‘

ll.

wli for

lt simply cannot pay to produce _

csnners and cutters on the farm at 'bf

nourishment. -.

present cost of labor, even with sell- u

ing and

prices as they have been this year _,n if a. farmer's breeding stock nf _

cattle is of the kind that gives only “C _ _ animals of inferior quality - _bad Hliip Of E\l\‘0il0 Ul1d“'|“ °V°l_"‘°` me doers and poor type individuals-the gauges of a dciinito pesos treaty.”

sooner he is out of them, even at s low price, and into some good strain -elven at considerable cost to start B with-the better for his very near future, because, only the good one

in

shortly, and the same requirement is due to apply in the case of all

farm animals for meat supply.

- ..i.oNooN, Jan. 7.-'r-no alleged' un-

Ill

the beef class will be wanted very

Cheaper Steel Bars _

The Iron Age in a summary of “_” arket conditions recently said with -il

regard to steel and the agricultural mg

machinery business, in part as fol- lows: The fact that makers of agri- culture-lmachinery have secured a re- It duction of $5 a ton on steel bar m shipments in tho second half of the ha year is widely commented on in the steel trade. A concession to this in-_ P8

morc general understanding of "W" at pays best in the way of beef- frontiers.

Gcrmany ami' thc methods of lull" t. and third, a definition of tho new

Thcso are thc prlncipali chapters.

iwrliiuincry discussions Promise

hc niiricatc and it will not bo us- is-lilng If tho deliberations are l0i1G auso they wllldeal with the outlro

iiuisii sotbinirfr

iuusi Now ttiiuyi win His his you

isfuctory manner lin WNf!_l\ <i°m°‘.‘ r-tion is being carried out is-crew ill feeling among fthe' troops in

england. tn- accrues---to; tio troubles-

lfolfkeotonc. D0‘v0i’ allilaii-¢'1Y_~ W9

-en in other camps. suiilt as -511Q.i‘¢.' in. suorciand; ileckenbsmr Grey?- rli, Sydenham and other plaoeearo

terest on its bor purchases has been 'mnning demands for aubtioion of-_the

no ernment. price-fixing promised to be the end of lt.

i

plements to thc farmer. The imple- ment manufacturers finally agreed to W

uncommon thing for years. Gov- _,mem 0! dcnwbmnumt I _.

There bac -been a #iid deal of dill-

But there was pressure at Wash- nsitlsnaction. particularly amass i-lib ngton to prevent any advance in im- _“cn 0|. ,me arm). senqcé mmm wig,

niakc no advance if the Government' he W°“'d 5°* "Nm ‘ *5 '°‘“°"°“ °“' .ignoii will no the last toticdqmobilit-

bars. The steel men were appealed to and the reduction was granted. _

c t

id.

ore transferred from other \1l1i‘l5. li!

corps to 'which -they are. now ae-

Mcu who had bccn promised rc-cur

It remains to be seen how far _\lo_viuciit “oy their pro-mr om.iil0>‘0fS

_ 1.11

ompiications in other bar-consuming _,.9 rades will result, but no other ln- ,

dustry heretofore has been able to 0”

B

6

B

- ii

plemexit makers and the odds are- 9,, e g . - _

ment thrdwn into the agricultural “

ecuro the preference given to im' ' it

v n reater now with the Govern