May, 191 1 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



131 



Growthy Chicks at a Minimum 

 Cost 



J. W. Cl.rk, Br«Bl Co., Onr. 



Good growthy chickens ready for the 

 market in late summer or early fall can 

 bo raised at a minimum cost when fed 



om hoppers and allowed to range in the 

 rchard. My chickens have the run of my 

 oiohard, which is kept well cultivated so 

 that there is lots of green food provided 

 •-iich as a chicken can eat. I sow a little 

 clover for them. Since the orchard is 

 ( iiltivated. say once a week, the soil is in 

 splendid .shape for the chickens to dig and 

 scratch and thus secure much animal food. 

 Tlio different ycung weeds and clover that 

 ki-pT) popping up makes tlie ideal green 

 food for them. 



The chickens also do a world of good in 



i(> orchard. It is ino.st interesting to 

 atch them in the early morning out under 

 I ho trees. Codling worms, canker worms, 

 and so forth, which let themselves down to 

 the ground by means of their silken ropes, 

 are quickly snatched up and converted in- 

 to chickon. The shade which the trees 

 provide is a necessity of chick life in hot 

 weather ; hence it is an all round benefit 

 to have them in the orchard- 



Mv chicks are fed wheat screenings and 

 cracked corn, all they want, as the" take 

 it from the hoppers- They are watered 

 from a barrel, the water from which drops 

 .slowly into a drinking pan beneath. A 

 ma.sh feed of ground oats and corn mixed 

 with sour skim-milk, is fed once a day. 

 Sweet milk should never be given, as it 

 iiropagates disease so readily. Buttermilk 

 is even better than -sour milk, and may be 

 led liberallv to great advantage. 



If fruit growers generallv will feed their 

 chicks in this way, thev will raise the best 

 <liirkens thev ever did. Their chickens 

 will be much hotter than thev have been, 

 and they will have such chickens as they 

 will get off to market early — chickens that 

 will not need crate fattening, and there 

 will be but little labor in raising them- 



Grit is Essential for Poultry 



1^ E. F. EatoD, Colchuter Co., N.S. 



iThe grit in the food of the hen performs 

 le same function in preparing the food 

 [fr the a.^similation as do teeth in the 

 as© of other farm animals. In the gizzard 

 of the fowl, the strong muscles in the walls 

 keep the food and the grit grinding con- 

 tinually against each other, and in this 

 way coarse food is rendered fine and put 

 in the proper condition for assimilation- 

 Without grit, bowel trouble is sure to re- 

 sult in fowl as the food will not be di- 

 gested- 



Very fine grit should form the first food 

 of the young chicken- As scon as the 

 dhicken is taken from the incubator, it 

 should Iro given a chance to pick at grit so 

 that it will have the means whereby it can 

 make u,se of its food. Failure to observe 

 this rule is a most frequent cause of loss 

 in the brooding o,f voung chicks- 



Fino sand, oy.stor shells, broken crockery, 

 and mortar from old walls are all deeiir- 

 ahle forms of grit. Old mortar serves a 

 double purnose of .supplying grit, and the 

 lime to make the shell of the egg. If lime 

 in some fcrm is not fed, soft-shelled eggs 

 result. Where hens have free range in the 



Peerless Fences cost the least 

 per year ot service 



^HE longer a fence lasts the less it costs you. 

 That is why Peerless Fence is the cheapest 

 you can buy. It is made right in the first place. 

 Heavy steel wire, well galvanized so that it 

 cannot rust. Each intersection is held firmlj* 

 together by the Peerless lock. Peerless Poultry| 

 Fencing is made to give long and satisfactory 

 service. It is strong enough to keep the cattle 

 out and close enough to keep the chickens in. 

 It requires few posts, because it stands stiff 

 and taut. Peerless Lawn Fence will add to 

 the appearance of any property. It is attractive 

 and strong — will last for years. 



1 have compared some of year Peer- Comparing your fence with other 

 less Fencing that 1 p'.t up the malces it is not hard to tell which is 

 first year with other tences put the best. There isnosign of ruston 

 up the same year r.nd I find that the first Peerless Fencing I put up 

 Peerless Fjncing shows no sign liere,andtherearesomeolhermakes 

 of rust and the galvanizing looks that were put up about the same 

 as pood as when erected, and I time that are rusted in spots now. 

 think you have been successful Where 1 have sold fencing once 1 

 in turninvt out a good fence. can go back and sell to them again. 



—Mack Lillii, Gltnbumic. —G. A. Fitafieci, Oxford Milli. 



We manufacture a full line of farm 

 a?id ornamental fencing and gates. 



Tat BANWELL HOXIE WIRE FENCE CO., Ltd. 



Dept 0, Winnipeg, Manitoba Hamliton, Ontario 



57 



BUSHELS MORE 

 POTATOES 

 PER ACRE 



WHERE PLANTED WITH 



JMiMi 



(Improved Robbins) 



Potato Planter 



Average results obtained in a careful, 

 thorough test against a "picker" planter by 

 Maine State Experimental Station, in 1910. 

 Ahk »B quick for the proof— we will Bend you 

 novt' bona fide copy of their report in Bulletin 

 No. 188, which will be ready 

 about March 15th. Shows 

 exact results. Also, conipar 

 Ison of level culture, high 

 and moderate ridiiing, 

 100 per cent, perfect 

 planting is what you 

 want — no doubles, no 

 misses, no injury to 

 seed. Addrchs 



BATEM/NK'F'GCO.i 



BoxSie.p 

 GRENLOCH. 

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Stocks rarrit^d at luuiiy coiivriilent points- 

 AHk for }i<l<lr*!BHof n«iarest <^?nna.<liitii agency 



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OF CANADA 

 HEAD OFFICE TORONTO 

 Capital Authorized. $10,000,000.00 

 Capital Subscribed 5.913.000.00 

 Capital Paid-up. . 5.737.000.00 

 Reserve Fund . 5.737.000.00 



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 HON. R. JAVFRAT, Tloe-FrMldamt 



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 th* Dominion of Canada 



Drafts, Mon*7 Orders and Lattara of Cradit 



issued available in any part of the world 



Spacial attaotioo siraB to coUactions 



Savings Departmant-^Ioterest allowed on de- 

 poBits from date of deposit. 



Strawberry Plants 



40 leading varietleB aold at 

 prices you can afford to pay. 

 Catalogue free. It will pay you 

 to Hecure It before you order 

 your jilanls. UW plants sent 

 post paid to any address in Can- 

 ada for $1.00 



JOHN DOWNHAM 



STRATHROY. - - ONTARIO. 



STRAWBERRY PLANTS 



Reliable and tested varieties, 

 strong- and well rooted plants, 

 carefully packed. True to label. 

 Includinsr Willian^s, Senator Dun- 

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J. E. McCOMBS 



Pelham Corners - Ontario 



