September, 1913 



17.0 



not to stranETiilate it. This ]>lan, 

 althouorh efliciont, is not unattend- 

 ed with risk, since th* ring must 

 be vcrv- nicely adjusted to secure 

 sulTicient coiniirossion without 

 stranpilation. If too tii>-ht the 

 blood-suindv bv which the teat is 

 nourished would be interfered with, 

 of course causing;' atrophy. (},) To 

 .set the cow to rear cah'es. This i.s 

 reallv the most effective and eco- 

 nomical pla-n, since a pair of stron^j 

 calves will keen the udder from 

 becominsf over-distended, and it is 

 PC weak sphincter i"decd that allows 

 anv to escape while the^• are run- 

 ningf with her and helrincf them- 

 selves on the littlc-and-often prin- 

 ciple natural to younp; animals. — 

 Exchanw^e. 



4 . 



Climate and Crops. 



The weather exerts • a tacit, 

 thouo^h relentless, , tvrannv over 

 the l^il'or'r find the thmrrrfit of the 

 asrriculti'rist. Ti^e "roi^abTe in'^u- 

 ences of the nresent and prospec- 

 tive weather unon the "Towincf 

 cror^s are seldom alis^nt from 

 his mind. Tt has been sh'own that 

 the mean temrveratvr,'^ .of the mass 

 of thfe earth can-not h^'^'^e chsni-^ed 

 in anv anpreciable measure durin^- 

 the entire period of a s+roTCoimirftl 

 calculation. The s'm's heat is the 

 leadinor elem^ent of climate ; all 

 other conditions de^iend in the lone 

 run uTi'^n that. Hence, the sun's 

 heat bein? constant, all the chanfi-es 

 we observe are n^eriodic as reep-rds 

 the astronomical '•■^r'tt's, the dfv 

 and the rear : and non-neriodic in 

 all other cases, the a^'erap"ps re- 

 turninor always to a line of per- 

 manency. 



Climate is the averao^e of sea- 

 sonal atmosriheric condi+iouis, and 

 as wheat is an an'^u.al plant, thesp 

 fluctuatine seasonal factors must 

 affect its ero^^th, sjipason ex- 



actly repeats itself • there are Per- 

 .tiihatiotis withiti j-pl^ti'-plK- nar^o"' 

 limits : the '^l-'tit stri^^es perpetual- 

 b' to qdi'St its'olf to Perfect corres- 

 P'ondencp with its pnvironm.'^'nt . 4 s 

 this en^dronment — that is, Plimate 

 and food sii'ir^l^* — vibrates now one 

 wav, now another, abovt a fixed 

 mean, the cnnse'iuent ^-sTi^tions o{ 

 the plant will be compeusatorv, 

 and so there .should be no final 

 permanent modification of the 

 plant in a crimen locality. 



Aside from its direct control of 

 the amount and rmalitv of the 

 crop, climatic variations, bv viti- 

 ating experience, impede ' asT^icul- 

 tural proeress. This fact is most 

 apparent in the agricultural his- 

 tory of a new country, where ex- 



perience acquired in one district is 

 in many cases not onlv useless, 

 but positively pernicious, when ap- 

 l)lied to a distant district. IljUn- 

 dreds of thousands of pounds have 

 been lo.st in Australia throujjh the 

 efforts of new settlees to learn by 

 experience the climatic peculiaritios 

 of their ado])ted home. Tt is the 

 province of aj^ricultural science to 

 teach how to profit by the experi- 

 ence that has been so dearly 

 bought in the past. 



^ 



Testing Individual Cows. 



In testing the milk of individual 

 cows the sampling of the milk is a 

 vers' important factor. A correct 

 sample cannot be obtained bv 

 milking from the teats into a bot- 

 tle or small jar, or by? taking 

 some of the fir.st, middle, and last 

 milk drawn from the udders. All 

 the milk from one milking .should 

 be thorousrhly mixed bv pouring 

 from one vessel to another, and a 

 correct sample immcdiateh-t taken. 

 This sample should be placed in 

 the composite jar, to which some 

 preseruative, such as bichromate of 

 potash, has been adided. A recocd 

 book must be kept in which each 

 cow's number or name, correspond- 

 ing with her number or name on 

 the composite-sample jar, is re- 

 corded. The milk of each cow 

 should be weiohed snarately and 

 accurately at each milkine. and at 

 the end of the testing period the 

 aggreeate wein-ht of milk of each 

 cow is found, and the average 

 yield per dav calculated,. The aver- 

 aoe niimber of pounds per day mjul- 

 tiplied bv the number of days in 

 the month will therefore give ap- 

 proximately the total P'ounds of 

 milk produced during the month. 

 The perc6itan-e of fat is then foimd 

 bv testing the composite sample, 

 and the total fat foe the month is 

 found by multiplying the monthly 

 total ,of milk bv the percentao-n of 

 fat divided by loo. At the close 

 of the lactation period the aggre- 

 gate monthly totals will show the 

 estimated yield for the seaison. 

 Lack of care in samplinF and car- 

 ryintr out every detail in preserv- 

 ing the samples, and manipulating 

 the test, will give untrustworthy 

 results, and such, carelessness micht 

 be the means of discarding the 

 best cow in the herd. 



4 



If you want to get the full capa- 

 city out of your horses without 

 injury, use moderation at the be- 

 ginning of every task imposed 

 upon them. 



" I AM GI-AD TO TESTIFY TO THK 

 AIIOrdTS OF (^I.KMKNTH TONir"." — 

 (Adplaido Herio."!, No. 14). 



" I had a (urn of Iiifluen/a that noar- 

 ly coat me my life." — Mr. Roljprt Hald, 

 Brown Stroet, Hpmaiihore, South Aub- 

 trnli.'i, writes this letter. 10/lO/'12. 



Thousands of men and women swiinr 

 by Clemonls Tonic as a nerve stren^tih- 

 enin;^ and l)Iood purifying medicine, of 

 rare, remarkable power. It always 

 benefits. It corrects at once the action 

 of the stomach, removes excess of bile 

 in the liver, destroys all poisonous j)ro- 

 perties in the blood, thus curing irrita- 

 tion of the nerves that lead to nervous 

 ailments, exhaustion, nervousness, sick 

 headache, neuralfria, rheumatism, and 

 sciatica. Clements Tonic in the house 

 is a £r"'^''''^ntce against ill-health, and 

 it makes it a -stranper. If any proof of 

 its health-restoring- [lowcrg is ree^uired 

 this letter gives it. 



CLEMENTS TONIC, LTD. 



" I AM GLAD TO REAR' TESTI- 

 MONY TO THE HEALTH-GIVING VIR- 

 TUES OE YOUR MEDICINE, CLEM- 

 ENTS TONIC. For some years my wife 

 and I have pinned our faith to " it ; we 

 have lii>th used it for liver troubles. 

 We are getting on in years now and are 

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 but we always find that a few doses of 

 Clements Tonic wards it off, and gives 

 us fresh vigour. A while back I had a 

 bad turn of influenza that nearly cost 

 me my life. I AGAIN USED YOUR 

 MEDICINE WITH THE SAME SPLEN- 

 DID RESULTS. It soon pulled me 

 around, and made me fit and well. I 

 think it a good thing to keep in the 

 house, and I have no doubt IT HAS 

 SAVED ME POUNDS IN DOCTORS' 

 BILLS. 



(Signed) ROBERT BALD." 



—CLEMENTS TONIC is a nerve tonic 

 and blood cleanser of remarkable power. 

 You cannot have it and ill-health. too. 

 It is health in a new guise. It is a 

 certain remedy for Biliousness, Wind, 

 Palpitation. Loss of Sleep, Sick Head- 

 ache, Shigffish Liver, Weakness, Indiges- 

 tion, or Constipation. Keep it in- the 

 house. IT IS SOLD BY ALL CHEM- 

 ISTS AND STOREKEEPERS.— .A.dvt. 



It is easy to come in and slam 

 coats and hats on a chair in haste, 

 but how much nicer to have 

 special nails or racks on which to 

 hang them and keep them neat and 

 tidy. 



♦ 



If your land is too wet, and you're 

 burdened with debt, 



And incumbrance begins to accrue, 



Obey nature's laws— by removing 

 the cause, 



Drain your farm— or it will drain 

 you. 



