. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1917, t honey fromalsike clover, while later on they resort to the common fire weed. Both these plantsproduce an excellent quality of honey, and as they both grow so abundantly andremain in flower for some considerable time they lend themselves very favorablyto the honey business. 1917 MOXTEITH DEMOXSTEATIOX FAEM. 29 Tame bees cannot collect honey from red clover and thus red clover blossomsare not fertilized by the tame bee. Dutch and alsike clover and alfalfa is quitedifferent as the corolla of the flovrer is much shorter it allows the tame bee to
. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1917, t honey fromalsike clover, while later on they resort to the common fire weed. Both these plantsproduce an excellent quality of honey, and as they both grow so abundantly andremain in flower for some considerable time they lend themselves very favorablyto the honey business. 1917 MOXTEITH DEMOXSTEATIOX FAEM. 29 Tame bees cannot collect honey from red clover and thus red clover blossomsare not fertilized by the tame bee. Dutch and alsike clover and alfalfa is quitedifferent as the corolla of the flovrer is much shorter it allows the tame bee to alsike and alfalfa growing can be greatly aided if a few tame bees arekept in the vicinity to insure a more uniform fertilization of the blossoms. CULTIVATION. One of the most highly important problems in northern agriculture to-day cultivation of the soil. Nothing in my mind is more essential to successfulfarming here than proper manipulation of the soil. We have not even got to theplace where we know how necessary it Unridged soil quite frequently appears very flat in the spring, and is difficult to good seed bed is almost impossible in such a soil. Ground should be left asrough as possible in the fall. It is my conviction that ninety per cent, of the crop failures in Timiskamingare due to no other cause than poor cultivation. Eegular fall plowing, which issuch an important feature in good farming areas elsewhere, is almost an unknownthing here. Hundreds of farms can be seen where no fall plowing has been doneat all. Even when they do plow it is usually very poorly done and often not morethan three or four inches deep when it should be at least seven or eight. Theordinary one furrowed plow has done the best work for us and particularly so whenwe used a skimmer to turn under the weeds and grass. After Harvest Cultivation. Owing to the fact that our seasons are short it is necessary to get varietiesthat mature early in order to allow ourselves time
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