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: et. 6 in, NER UNTRY no might 1 Testa- due, and rowers of making 4 Timely Hints From the Beaverlodge Sub-Station IT 18 A PLEASURE AS WELL AS A DUTY TO SERVE The test of an idea, no matter how plausible, is-whether it will work, Many attractive ones do not. Every spring brings its own prob- lems. What will they be this year drouth, wind, frost, cutworms, wire- worms, flea beetles, tent caterpillars, grasshoppers, or what? Still, we may all be grateful for Nature's scantiest bounty if only we don t have war. A terrific explosion of natural gas in a well at Brownvale buried a man helping put in cribbing and injured two at the top, says gn item in the Peace River . There are other ways than at the.bottom who Recor war of meeting violent death. When-cash ispaid for feed and fuel the horse-tractor comparison often works out to the advantage of the tractor, but there is this about it: the horse owner has an assured mar- ket for a part of his production, while the tractor farmer faces a sure outgo against a problematical return, Half the secret of possession lies in making things well and then taking care of them, The writer recalls seeing his grandfather half a century ago using home-made slatted wooden boxes for handling potatoes and apples. A visit to the ancestral home Corectal WIDE VISION LENSES The new Corectal Lenses give clear undistorted vision over their whole area. We shall be pleased to explain them to you. C. S. HOOK Registered Optometrist linclude Kilkerran, Coleman Creek Watch Repairs at moderace p.ices Al Work Guarante GRANDE PRAIRIE, ALBERTA -C. Stredulinsky Merchant Tailor FRENCH DRY CLEANING Phone 111 P.O, Box 1071 Grande Prnirie. Alberta Lockerbie Hole PLUMBING and HEATING 10718 101st Street EDMONTON Your Best Investment is your life insurance.- It will protect your wife and family and take care of you when you retire. MUTUAL LIFE of Canada BOWEN CLARKE Office: Imperial Bank Bldg. Grande Prairie, Alta. Phone 219 Box 1904 General, Ottawa, who adds that last T. S. Crack, Acting District Agri- the average this year would be about th four warbles per cow, while two cows Cient to cover an acre once: THE NORTHERN TRIBUNE PAGE THREE a few years ago discovered several of those crates still intact. They had been neatly and strongly constructed of hardwood and were never need- lessly left out in the weather. J. L. Kerns of High Prairie, one of With that of the binder method when herbaceous border the lecturers in the Youth Training courses, advocates making a thor- ough job of fallowing, especially in the latter part of the season, for the control of fireweed, which, along with horsetail, is particularly trouble- some in his district. Stubble should be spring plowed deeply and sown to leafy oats or barley, rather than to wheat or flax. Deep spring plow- ing, of course, is contrary to the entomologists recommendations for contre of wireworms but sometimes we must compromise. ECS. There are no Dominion policies in Canada for the control of bots or warble flies. Any such policies are usually carried out on a cooperative basis under provincial officials by making arrangements with the local veterinarian to treat, say, horses. at so much per head and have the horses congregated at different points to save expense. The treatment for warbles can be arranged by cattle owners themselves on a cooperative basis organized by a provincial ofti- cial, as has been done in the Peace River Block of British Columbia under the leadership of Mr. T. S. Crack, Acting District Agricuiturist. In 1938 the portion of the Peace River Block between the Cutbank and the Pine cooperated in a warble fly campaign under the direction of culturist, Police Coupe. Mr. Crack tells us that on the cattle treated last year. with Derris powder there is hardly a warble to be found this spring. Animals that had 40 or 50 in move to other areas. For the most 1938 may have three or four this year. In the Sunset Prairie district, where treatment was given in 1938, brough in from the Kilkerran district had 50 apiece. This year the warble fly campaign is being extended to and Sweetwater neighborhoods. It takes considerable organizing to get the work going ingnew territory but where treatment was done last year operate. Encephalomyelitis Transmissible to Humans Sleeping sickness of horses has no relation to sleeping by trypanosomes, myslitis, popularly known as sleeping sickness of horses, has occurred in human beings, says Dr. A. E. Cam- on, Acting Veterinary Director vear some twenty children died of it, having been infected with the Eastern strain of encephalomyelitis. These children had no connection with horses and apparently no association with each other, so that mosquitoes were suspected as the carriers. The disease has occurred naturally among pigeons. Several animals and birds are susceptible and may be carriers, -g.. pheasants and ducks. It is be- lived the disease is transmitted by blood-sucking insects. Experiment- ally it has been transmitted by cer- tain varieties of mosquitoes. The blood of horses is infective during the febrile stage, but subse- quently, says Dr. Cameron, the in- fection appears to be localized in the brai While much work remains to be done before the transmission of en- cephalomyelitis is thoroughly under- stood, it is fortunate that a vaccine made from embryos of chickens in the egg is an effective preventive. It is known as chick vaccine. It is to be hoped it will be generally em- ploved, as advised by Hon. D. B. Mullen, Albertas Minister of Agri- culture, and by others. The Sub- station horses were vaccinated last summer and are again being vac- cinated this spring. We are living in a vaccination age. Smal Combine Harvesters in the East ,Sickness of ous ailment. A Substation employee humans, for that is a disease caused who neglected precautions had a mild P transmitted by case of it one year. tsetse flies. Nevertheless, encephalo- Four are scoop-type line with the cut, and four are con- ventional-type machines. The small combine harvester first appeared in the East in 1937, when 31 machines were sold in Ontario. Last year 289 were sold in that and other eastern provinces. Replies. to questiopnaire by the Field Hus- bandry Pivision indicate increasing satisfacfon with the small combine. It is eStimated that the cost of har- vesting compares not unfavorably a five- or six-foot combine is used on 50 to 60 acres per annum, and becomes increasingly advantageous with larger acreages. There are drawbacks, of course, one being the loss of chaff and straw and the diffi- culty of handling loose straw. Weeds are quite a problem, too. Neverthe- less, it would seem that the East ha: borrowed a western idea for keeps. Fighting the Cutworm Of the three species of cutworm moths caught last autumn by the Substation s light trap, the red- backed was by far the most abun- dant. The moth of the pernicious underground-feeding pale western eutworm was fortunately conspicuous by its absence. The red-backed cutworm is claimed by entomologists to be readily cap- able of control by baiting with poisoned bran mash, and while many northern gardeners who tried it last year and some previous years have been disheartened by the results, it is possible they may have made the mistake of spreading it too early in the evening on dry ground, where it quickly dries out and. becomes un- attractive to the cutworms before they have a-chance to taste it. It is also probable that many failed to re- peat the treatment often enough, for the red-backed hatches irregularly and persistent baiting may be re- quired. Poisoning is the method advocated for both fields and garden practice. In fields it may be feasible if the worms can be caught on. the badly infested spots before they: part, poisoning will be confined to the protection of garden crops. Here is a recipe for cutworm bait, the quantity specified being suffi- Coarse shorts (or bran and fine shorts), 50 pounds. Paris green, 1 to 1 pounds. Blackstrap molasses, 2 quarts to 1 gallon. Water as needed to moisten, say 5 to 7 gallons. Preparation. Mix the dry mill feed 5 i the cattle owners are Keen to co- and Paris green separately, Dis- quarters are also essential. The ad- solve molasses in water and mix all together thoroughly. While mixing the mill feed and poison work in the open air or wear a muslin handker- chief over the nose, Arsenical poison- ing is a slow, insidious and danger- six-foot machines have been placed with very fine soil, the medium-sized on the market. machines, with wide cylinders in line with the cut. Three are semi-scoop, with narrower cylinders partly in ones to about half their depth, and for the smaller seeds a mere dusting with fine soil is sufficient It is dee sirable to sow seeds of many peren- als in gentle heat during March and April, especially those of slow germination. When large enough to handle, and show their first rough Jleat, they should be planted into jother boxes, to stand at approxim- ately two inches apart, gradually harden off, and later on transplanted to a nursery bed, where they may be allowed to remain until the early jautumn. They can then be placed in their Bermanent quarters in the Seeds may als be sown in a cold frame towards the. end of April or early Mayor a little in the open. The plants of these sowings may be set out in nursery beds in rows, one foot apart, with a space of six inches between the plants. If treated in this way. and given :) INtle protection during the winter months. they will make good plants for transplanting to 2 permanent position in the following spring These plants will give a consider labte amount of bloom the same sea- json. Some varieties are very slow to germinate and on occasion the seed jhas been known. to lie dormant. for ltwelve months before germinating JAvain others are irregular in. ger- mination and) may produce some plants in a reasonable time, while the remainder may not make their ap- pearance for perhaps a couple of months. This is often noticed with rock garden or Alpine plants. CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE BROOD sow) (Experimental Farm News) spring litters are two problems which may vex many farmers again. this spring, especially as it seems prob- able that farmers will be embarking on a more extensive swine breeding policy at this time with a view to capturing a larger share of the ex- port market now open to Canada, tates A. H. O. Colbert, Dominion Experimental Station, Rosthern, Sa The Dominion- Experimental St tion at Rosthern has conducted various investigations to cope with these problems of heavy mortality and hairlessness, and it has been found that they can be largely over- come by properly caring for the bred sow. It is important to keep the sow in a thrifty condition do not let her get too fat nor too thin, The bred sow must take exercise daily, and she must be allowed access to plenty of fresh water. Clean, dry, comfortable dition of potassium iodide crystals in a gallon of warm water to the ration for at least two months previous to arrowing is a successful preventive against hairless litters. This solution should be fed at the rate of one tablespoon per sow per day. In order to produce strong vigorous lit- ters variety and minerals in the diet are essential. Good quality, leafy Application, Sift the freshly pre- pared bait thinly and evenly along supplied in racks to brood sows with this fellow was just as the rows of seedling plants to be pro- tected, doing this after sundown so it may be consumed by the night- feeding cutworms before it dries out and becomes unattractive to them. Flake it out finely. wasteful. One small particle i enough to kill a cutworm. A warm, calm evening after a rain is considered favorable, though one cannot always wait for rain in a season when it does not rain. Baiting in Anticipation. The British Columbia Department of Agriculiure a few years ago recommended the precaution of broadcasting ten or twelve pounds of bait per acre thinly and evenly as soon as the ground was ready for planting and harrow- ing this in to keep it from drying out. Whether the plan would be effica- cious on the drier prairie and park- land region we are unable to say. Paper Collars for Transplants. For the protection of cabbage and other transplants some gardeners wrap the plants with a wide collar of paper extending below and above the ground. Though the plants thus pro- tected may have a tendency to dry out, the plan seems worth trying. GROWING PERENNIALS FROM SEED (Experimental Farms News) It is wrong to suppose that peren- nials cannot be successfully grown from seed, that obtaining plants is/ the only way to get a supply of perennials for the garden, states J. Pellets are / resulting in larger and more vigorous The Small Combine Harvester in E. McLaughlin, Division of' Horti Eastern Canada is the title of a culture, Dominion Experimental Sta- meographed brochure by J. M. tion, Kaj , Ontario, Armstrong of the Field Husbandry Perennials are not at all difficult Division, Central Experimental Farm, to raise from seed, provided proper Ottawa. It records that since the care be given at the time of seeding. introduction of the first small com- The size of the seed is a fairly safe bine harvester in August, 1935, guide. The larger ones should be eleven different makes of five- to covered to about twice their diameter COMING TO EDMONTON? The King Edward Hotel Offers Service and Accommodation that pleases RATES FROM ONE DOLLAR AND A HALF alfalfa or sweet clover hay can be good results. The clovers are high in minerals and vitamins which will assist in slightly lowering fhe grain consumption as well ss improving the physical condition of the sow, thereby litters, Skim milk is 2 very valuable feed for pregnant .sows in that it vis jhigh in calcium. The addition of powdered limestone to. the grain ration, where no skim milk is avail- able, has proved to influence the secretion of milk at farrowing time. At the Experimental Rosthern, the following ration been used very satisfactorily for bred sows during the winter months: 300 pounds ground oats. 200 pounds ground barley. 100 pounds ground wheat 20 pounds digester tankage. 2 pounds finely pulverized salt. 6 pounds powdered limestone. 2 pounds ground animal bone- meal. Two weeks previous to the farrow- ing date it is advisable to lower the percentage of barley in the ration by replacing-with a small quantity of bran. s SELF-FEEDING OF CALVES FOR BABY BEEF (Experimental Farms News) It is rather hazardous to keep ealves on full rations in summer by hand-feeding without having had considerable experience, states E. Van Nice, Assistant in Live Stock, Dominion Experimental Station, Scott, Sask. The self-feeder used in the test mentioned here was home- made from rough lumber and used jinside a straw shed to prevent loss of chop by wind and rain. An opening on each side of this shed made it a cool place for the-vatves-during hoty days. On June 8, 1938, four purebred Shorthorn steer calves of dual pur- pose breeding were started on a feed- ing trial at the Dominion Experi- mental Station at Scott, Sask. The average weight and age was 290 pounds at 175 days from birth. They were placed on a mixed pasture of alfalfa and brome grass and given only about one pound of oat chop per day per head at the beginning. This quantity was gradually in- creased until at about three weeks they were getting all they would eat and chop was being left from one feed to the next. The feeder was then filled and they were not with- out chop during the trial. Salt and water were always available and early in August one-third barley was introduced in the mixture and about November first the chop mixture was made half barley and approximately ten per cent linseed meal added. Full feeding of chop in addition to fresh pasture gave a very loose bowel con dition but gains remained steady. The general results were as follows: the average gain per head from June 8 to November 19 was 2.64 pounds per day the final average weight being 670 pounds at the average age of 319 days. The total chop con- sumed per head was 1,614 pounds at approximately one cent per pound. The calves at weaning time, at the beginning of this trial, would have been classed as medilim veal and would have sold on the market for less than 10 each. They were slaughtered at the Station and sold to employees for beef, but the estimated market value at the end of the feeding period was over 40 each as baby beef. The trial indicates that the feeding of young calves can be profitably done by use of the self-feeder when grain is at a reasonable price. If time and care are taken in getting them on full rations and if no radical changes are made in the chop mix- Heavy mortality and hairlessness in : forging ahead. Again he was solof the wolves, some concern is otpourri se healthy, and always appeared so heing felt as to just whether it may smiling. vigorous and robust and not be our turn. soon, if something (Continued from Page Twe) this in spite of the soup and garlic s not done about it pretty quick. that in his company we, with our now, Hulton s Picture Post eLAMe) periodical ailments, often the res 1 18 shows us A Historic In all my writing, am keenly of a wild session at th , Pictuire: The First Visit of a British aware of the danger of developing felt a peculiar and. inexpli vmuer to the U.S.S.R. Embassy in in abnormal cynicism while brood. feriecity. We realized that this man London. On reading, we get the im- ing over the wrongs of humanity, was becoming a power in the com- fression that M. Malsky, who at the The ills that flesh is heir to, --that munity, a force to be reckoned with. time of Munch was treated as an un Tam at all times willing and eager He was getting a lot of new machin- ant nobody, has suddenly to give credit where I believe credit ery. Ours was getting worn and we ,ecome the hero of the hour. Yes, mito the extent of admitting that could not afford. to buy new. No the great diplomats have at last de- 1 often see expressions of high telling sooner or later we might cided it will be mighty good policy nd ethics isstling from the even be forced to borrow something 0 accept M. Maisky s invitation to ; those who, at other times, I from him, Tf we could get him with drop in for supper some evening. have thought to see occasion to de- us to indorse a. certain petition, it - nd now it's My what a lovely reune Whenever I see, as T have might carry a lot of weight. place you have, M. Maisky We had n lately in these same columns, Next time. therefore, when he in- no idea nd what lovely wine and expressions of an implied denuncia- vited us over.to his place, we did not av So nice of you to ask us, tion of the capitalist system from the refuse. We partook of his vegetable and we've had such a de-lightful souree where, before, had soup, and though we found the taste time, sn implied, though weak, de- of garlic unappetizing at first, as is And to each other: M, Maisky is of this very system, T wish to gencrally the rule with all good sch 4 delightful person, don t, you among the first to. congratulate medicine, we had to admit that it think? Yes, so refined, so polished hors of these expressions, re- was healthful and invigorating. ind cultured. less of whether this is an in- So we partook of his fare and his Well, we know quite well they dication that they are at last begin agreenble company and set out also vAve he more love for M. Maisky ng to-see the light or that the flame fo make oUrselves agreeable, But han they had before; but oh what a of true conscience will at times flare wherens his affability. was spontine- -vholesome regard have they, for the bp, even in the most unexpected ous and Unasstimed, ours was the ints M. Maisky represents Is he places Questionable variety. put on solely st the mouthpiece for the strong ee x with the preconceived Idea of getting ilent man of the Kremlin, who at i Something out, of it, And now, vord can, if it. becomes necessary DIPLOMACY Syevenons a nos motions. that i. ind we can prevail upon him. to do It cannot be too often admitted, 2lmost exactly similar to what dispateh an air fleet into. th there are many, many things T know been taking place around the Soviet )ltue nothing, or very little, about. Diplo- Embassy in London. have in the ith expiosives to hy de- macy is one of them; and in dealing Past few weeks been made aware of :truction and terror to cities: with this subject T wish it to. be this by various radio broadcasts and) Now, we can all safely say of M Understood that T am simply giving Newspaper articles. Maisky to use a. common expres my own opinion, as it strikes me, We all remember, during the : ion that he wasn't born yesterday; with no idea or expectation whatever Munich episode, how pointedly and therwise he would not be holding that Tam to be taken as the last studiously the Soviet Ambassador, down the position he has a posi- word in authority on the subject. M. Maisky, was ignored. Not that tion not achieved by the. slightest My impressions are of recent do- M. Maisky himself minded it, you suspicion of political pull or influ- ings around the Soviet Embassy in know: but, well, just the lool: of the Jence. but solely on his own merits, London. But, first of all, Iwill adopt thing. You see Britain and Fr under a regime, little as we know a simile by way of. illustration, fully believed that after the thr ibout it, where true merit and a his may be imagined, just for the ing to the wolves of the little ave recognized and rewarded, sake of argument. tyr democracy, Czecho-Slovakia, the likely that this man will be so easily You remember the humble home- Word of the dictators could be relied misled by such crude diplomatic stender who came into the district /on, and that they would seek no methods long after us. Quite a nice fellow further territorial annexations, Can we blame him if he in his turn we found out later but in the be- By the way, this thrown to the ' feel inclined to exact his pound ginning we were so blind to his vir- wolves is a very apt expression and flesh from the democracies in re- tues. From the beginning he set/one which had really forgotten the for giving them the privilege of himself to being so very neighborly significance of until Twas reminded ving the greatest fiyhting machin and agreeable, He would give us of it in an article by Mr. Upton Sin- i the world arrayed on their side such pressing invitations to drop clair, In the old horse-drawn i not likely, otherwise, that, hav- over for supper some evening. We drosky days in Russia, the moujik M4 pulled the chestnuts out of the nover went, though he persisted in driving homeward with his family ive he may be accorded the same asking us. When discussing it with many miles across the bleak, cold 'e tment as was proposed for each other we probably kidded our- Ru: steppes would suddenly feel lepidus by Mare Antony: selves in not going by the excuse fear clutch at his heart as he heard, This is a slight unmeritable man, Why. the man s a heathen, and never far away. but all too close, the Meet to be sent on errand goes to church In reality, probably, ominous baying of the wolf pack. + : and in spite of our good breeding and Soon the wolves are almost upon him And though we lay these honors an code of ethics, and in view of the fact and, ig desperate efforts to check this hat his name ended with a cbuk them. even for an instant, in order Ty ease ourselves of divers slan- or a ski, we often referred to him to gain the shelter of the home build- derous loads, lightingly as that bohunk. He was se, and yet: so He shall but bear them: as the ass othing: we should probably lose various articles are. th bears gold, caste by associating with him. He Remember, it does not To groan and sweat under the busi- would, no doubt, feed us vegetable the progress of the wolves; it simply ness, soup, Seasoned with garlic; when we checks them for a few moments; but fither led or driven as we point the were accustomed to such refined fare oh at what an awful cost sometimes, way: 7 s kidney pie, dill pickles and canned we can leave to our imagination, And having brouglit our. treasure oyst So it went on for a long Well, as many of us could foresee. where he will, time; and then we suddenly woke up the living body of Czecho-Slovalkia Then take we down his load and to the fact that this man was getting did not check the wolves for long. turn him off, places, and we were not. He was Curiously, however, the ones in the Like to the empty ass, to shale his turning out to be a much better best informed position to fores farmer than we could ever hope to were apparently blind to it be. While we were getting behind, now. Memel on the north and Alba steadily on the south having gone the way Me in commons FRED PEARSON Farmers of the Peace River To Reduce Farm Costs By taking shares in the Guardian Oil Company Limited which is controlled by farmers of this country, who have united in an effort to get cheaper fuel for farm opera- tions in the North country. 50,000 . - Shares 25c This Is The Last Opportunity To Get Shares At This Price The * well, which located at Bonanza, has been drilled to a depth of 2465' feet, and more money is needed to put the well down to 4000 feet, the objective set by competent geologists. The Company owns all its equip- ment, which is assessed for the pur- pose of taxation at 34,700 and paid for. 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