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If you. are in need of a heating
Stove it will pay you to buy now' bei-
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fore our stock is exhausted.
u : There has been no decline in
stove prices and the outlook does not
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seem to be any lower
We are'offering this style of
Oak •I-eater.°at the low price of
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15.75
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This , is belowpresent wholesale
prices.
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Special this week on O -Cedar Mops:, .::.
Mop- Complete- with handle,
RURAL CQ-UPERATI
ti11i,IME=� AND�CiETK CIIRfti, .
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IVI i t A uotr ND autga . Ltd.. Guelph,
Oaa massa nett. hits. and. Marko.
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DENTIST
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• Dr. W. D. D.'llieLeod, office Mc,Tile/eh
Week . ! hotikO, �� tee .
s pm. Rhona for appointment&
I.O.O.F Lucknow Lodge meets every
Friday evening at 8Week in their
tali. 'Campbell street. lam. brethren
Cordially invited; Officers; .. Noble
Grand. oh{t c ,g', Vice Grand,
Robt.. J nate Rec Seep. A. D.
Boyd; `Fin Sec.; Dr. Paterson;
- Treasurer, Alex Ross.
A.F. & AM., G.R.C. Old. Light Lodge
meets every Thursday night oilor
before 'the full- -moon, inthe Mas-
onic Hall, : Havelock „ St, Lucknow.'
W.M., M. McGuire; S.W., Jatmes
Boyle; ' J. Wy N. ' G. Maetenzie:
Sec'y..; W.. A. Wilson. •
VICTORY BONDS bought and sold.
Also farm lands and village property.
Money to loan on 1st aitd 2nd. 'Mort-
gages at current rates of interest 'In-'
durance, conveyancing, etc'.•'. Joseph
*Bin Agnew, Notary Ppblic, Block,'
Lucknow, Ont:: S •'
RURAL '" : LEGISLATION'
Well Worth 'a Second. Glance,.
From Farmers. ,
and 'Milk; Purchasing•' -Dos
and Sheep Protection= -gale of
*Forinatdehy8e'Marketing Loan
Prevention of Be.: Dibcwoea .. - •
,(Contributed by Ontario Depnrttnent''of
.D. Agriculture., Torgnto.).
X2.00
3, ar Oil FREE with each purchase. . •
Our tock of Guns and Ammunition is
complete. Guns' to rent.
A -complete stock of Automobile Skates
always�on.-hand. Skates put on boots
free-: of -charge. ;
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OL1.OWING are brief outlines
of some . of :the: provisions of
•' certain .bills passed at the. last'
session of. the Legislature. and
which tench very: closely' the interests
•of.'farMtira:of, the- Province, furbished
•by ° the Agricultural,', Gagntte of
Canada;
• :'_ Cres and• fill►.Purchaste Ark. •- _
Thin is a measure designed to .pro
feet the . producers of ' cream In '',.he
-smatter' ,ot ;test:'. It provides -that_ all
;cream purchased in.a Wholesale way.
-shall be :purchased oa :a :iasis-:oi' th
butter-fat••content; and' that all milk
that- is:.patd for on a -butter-fat -basis
shall be tested ' bi_ the ..Babcock
'method`. - :it :the present ,thnb, bf.
aurae,- practically all cream.'p-urchai
:ed by wholesale-, in bought. on.a baida
. iii i tter-fat, Cogent, so: that the
let purpose as to' standardise .the'
teat and see tht '.the. producer gets -a
fair test. The Act- ands' Regulations=
,prescribe the method' of •testing. and
also provide that' the shipper shall
entitled -to-a-statement •in-4eta1t;
of the Qusntttips of cream received
and the • amount --tested:
The in apectin's are given autiority'to
pater factories at.alt hours and make
testi. and also look over: the books,,
• od the cempani*, and cheek ap the
Quantities of cream received rand the
*inner, in.:which it is•disposed of
foe and Sheep Proitedst
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p .'AmendmentAcL-
'The dog nuisance is so' general, and Ms promise of, ,being ianeny. s
. perntiuc
so serious; ta'.ownerti; of. ,sheep. that
there 1 an effort' ;almost evert. :airs -
atop to 1Ft:her strengthen the e
cation -to. protect sheep -owners -EOM'
utieac� ia1 o�c�w.:Th: acct•.1ntroauasd-
at''the. regent •session provideglA that
-silk dogs in the province shall 'wear
tags, too be a c redlrom the ofitcerii..
o! •the munietpalit '.. Any. dog found
• off the premises of . its owner and not
under the control of any person and
not weuing a tag may be also killed by
. for
Aliaamiseimmiin
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Compelty-flering,49.49_reaelle_dotalor over
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This exceeds Ake largest amount Of ordinary Life As-
surance previously written Axone year by any mpany
of the British Empire.
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IMP 011TAHT- tO FARMERS
At meg ',g of Live Stock Brie&
1920, it was dedided to hoki.a Pure
consign stoat to the sale Would do
• .Well to get'in touch with' the Secret-
ary. 'this includes any Angus, Rem.
•tord or Shorthorn breeders. APO-
eatiomi to. enter stock in the Sale
thise on January 16th.• Send entries
. NO TELLING 1
young laWYer. 4Youig maul' said.
the fernier, .“11 want to leave all .1
possess to mY, wife is !Ong as the re-
mains my *ridden 'and After that
Whitt everything to go tO. thee child-
ren.° "How old is 'your Wife, sir?'"
"Then WoUldn't be quite as Safee
,the laWyer asked, 40,1eaVe ant the
discottiteoun phrase Abinit so kir* as
her ovortthing.r nudial I./00W
gild Pio old piEh "Put ...4tTalPreitskl
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the • lawyer, uyo'u don't think yolir
wife -•.-74 now -Will marry again af-
ter your death, do yen?" The old
man leplattli the other full/in the fete
as he taisviered solemnly, •“Well, sir,
i -here's ne telling What young chaps
....d you- would do for money."
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Labor uniems at Hanover,. where
the factories are 'closed each. Friday
and SatardaY, have inechased it few
pereS buth and on the days toff the
le Men 00 wood ,budioad Of
Growth of the Priaa phi in Our
"Own Own Province. . .
•Give, Stock Sales and . E Eratit and
Wool ° Marketing — hincio Done
• Through Farmers' Clubs,. -- The
t7val, Government Aids.-
tbontritguteirby-Outsvi ` sernertmeot 0 -
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Agriculture. Tera4ita.) —•''
IN the field of, Agricultural Co,
;:operation in the Province of Ors•
tario, the greatest advance dur-.
log the year has been made .ir
connection with the .shipping of live
stock. Five years ago there were
practica'ily 'no' i;tve Stock. $hlppip?
,Clubs'.;. 41 the' pr0 enc time between'
three and • four •hundredseparate
organizations • (including 'Farmers.
Clubs) shl ,co-operatively. The tna- •
iority'tdf"'theae ship to the live Stock .
8rahch • of the 'darted -•Fa rniers ,Co
.iperative Company. which handled
• about.' 30. per cent: of -'the stock going
throu-gh the yards. Present indica-
tions, point to the possibility. within.
tiie next f,,e'e years of the larger. pro
sorsion of the 'live stock of Ontario:
being shipped 'co=operatively,
The second iiuportant development
to the..province is• that ,in connection
With' Egg Marketing.. The year pre-
vious to this., there were about lifti
tctive Egg -Circles in the' province
marketing eggs and poultry, 'to the
valtte or about 8120.000. The aunt-
• Ser of, Circles has increased until
there are now some 'sixty In oper-
ation, and .'Farmers' •Clubs as well as
Egg Circles are now taking tip this
impor'atst work. The most • notice-
able development is in the grouping
of Circles in various districts for the
purpose of et;tablishing candling and
'grading. stations, and already.. sonic
three districtsare so organized. each,
consisting of a dozen, or more .local
circles: • The.,_..United 'Far'mers" Co-
operative Company has recently -
opened' •a department for eggs • and',
poultryand this fact will doubtless'
have the seine effect as in connection.
with Live; Stock .Shipping. '.
•A •development in connection' with.
Co-operative Marketing is the move-
meat' on foatrdiitim'gi.tha sear.to, com-
bine •under
om-bine"under •Qne. eenttal•.company the
manufacturing and marketing • of 'the.
cheese :from local cheese. factories. 'l
Thisi.cpnipany •has •opened'an'auctien'
market ' in . Montreal with .a auccebsf ul
increasing '.business: -
. The co-operative 'Marketing of wool
Was! . continued' last year through the
'Ontario -Sheep Breeders' .. Association'
as.: previously. The ' Canadian Co-
'operative Wool Growers. :Limited,
marketed.'a total of about 4,000,000
, pounds.. and of this atiiount ;Ontario,
si'pp1ied 775,000 'pounds.'' It is esti
'milted that Ontario's total production
•is abouf 2,500,000••pounds annually.'
Thus. 31 per cent. of• Ontdi'1o's wool'
was marketed. co-operatively ' -last
'A• large proportion of . the coroper- .
ative work in the province is• carried
on through . unincorporated' local
faisners' 'clubs. of .which' there are -
some twelve, or thirteenhundred
the province. The great' majority ori
these- are a�iiated' with' the' United
.Farmers'_ • Cb -operative Company,
which ,.acts as a wholesale house for
these clubs. .The 'amount' of =business
transeeted ;by=some-,-sof •the.•-clubs.la
remarkable . There aro, 'of course,
--number -which .do -only part= -of their-
trading through the central company;.
l.he''' 'holesale business, • however, as
'reported in the annual statement of
- the- central-: -company; :aanoun'ted--(o•-
88,500,000. This will no doub't`shovl
a -substantial-' increase -in- the- net-
:statement; `.since.. the: company hie
estahlished " anulber : of branch
stores and additional separate.'de-.
partmenta-=at the 'head, QHice: '
With the increase of business and •�
the consequent larger financial;trans
actions-iti increasing, number•-- of
clubs hava become incorporated un
der 'the Co-operative Section of the
Ontario , Corhpanies Act. . Dur'ing the,
year there b,ve been.eighty incorpor•
anions, either as Share, or Non -share
€o•bperative. Companies. Where the
''club 'has''t~eached the stage ashen"ii.
feel's -that --int r-po'ration •will.•be.-beino---
tie al, 'usually' its business, is . on ' n
fairly'. substantial basis: •and ' gives
any Person. -amid-there itt a fine
to the extent v. it least 810 for those
who fail to seeure tags. ThiS seetion,
however; •does , not' come into effect
until. Astra 1;1921; so au to :110.9 DO-
ple-concerne•d!proper notice.
Another amendnient gives the
'councils • of -counties power to take
over dog taxes collected and to
Pay out the losSes• whieh, may be lit-
currecterOtigh damages tO Sheep, At
the present time these losses, • axe
Which also recelVe and control the
retsmie from the dog tax.
_lie Sale of Formaldelisw.
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leor soine years past the Depart-
ment of Agriculture and many lead-
ing farmers have been advocating the
use of formaldehyde for the treat.:
ment of seed grain for Smut. Fre-
quent complaints were heard that as
.formaldehyde Was only handled in
drugstores', it was.not bonvehient in
stores were often ten or twelve miles
apart It was foutd that all that was
needed ivas a slight cheese in the
PharmaCy Act ,which would put •for-
maldehyde in the same class at Paris.
green 'and other . poisons; that are
glandled by. hardware atoret or gen,.
eral Mores. It Is, 9f course, provided'
that fermaldehyk Lean only be eel&
°Pollee SO that tho Ito. otor lot
Ford/ toorivii4,-
cessful. One Instance( handling live stock, feeds,
grains other, modities and
ESR^ %NN OONN-BORER
atollten nlAbuitti New ind:Most.
indesirabie Pest,
Found 'Chis Summt:r" Lew Malay West..
..ern °acarid: 1 o:wiles — Oescrlp• °
Rion, xwid t,ite History = akstimsbike .
at control,.
(Contributes by Ontatlo .Pet)artwist e
Agriculture. Tgrontp•) '
T is' always .a lint* of. concern
whin a new pest is introduced
Into a country an
,whew that insect sit
portant crop such aa eor�
the Eurolean Corn-b�
$jean -insect—was disc
'arid and extensive two
esheeiallY
•nologists revealed' the nnplestaant
faCt that it was distributed over about
three 'thousand square miles. being
the 'counties of Welland.
Handmaid" Eight. Illiidlescso 'Oxford.
Kent -and Huron: In • some Of these
:aunties. onlY .small, area* here and
'here seem to be infested. •but
dhers the infestation is Much more *
tnd.Port Stanley' Where sieve cora-
'3elds showed from 50 to 90 per cen
4.1.11L the plants te have been attack-
Thsre is no doubt that the insect
!mild not be so widely distributed or
•bu ndant unless it bad been here for'
lo corn -grower reported it, but the
*planation douhtless is. that they
lad -become' abundant for a year or
we and Would' soon ;ABS away or
,ecome of no importance.
It it impossible at this stage to.
'•9y how great a Menace the insect
he beat, informed entomologists..
howeier. from islet we,
+nye seen this fail it cannot .be ex-
erminated and will gradually. npread
-tiros-0611U the prdyince and prove -a,
ndriterl menace than any other corn
Of the province. Yet, there Is.
•nt ra lion' or the :Dominion -and Pro-
' Entomologists, together with
o•noiogists of the. United States •
c•I-9.1 Of costriat will be discovered
it May be -of interest td. know that
-r• sirkce the Insset has been dis-
is,•?.red vikcirotts 'efforts have been
It:s• the Provincial and Dismiolon ."
.4.1111nel:its of Agrieniture, through.- "••
could abont%it by scouting
!..stern part or the province and bY
,have brought theLAgricul-
,tral aoPresentatives to. see its work
1r a, very careful study of the insect •
.v•.hot.ii , Departments: next year, in -
methods.. of Control' Valu-
lollsd to the press sci 41 to. be Avail:- .
pescription and Life History of
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_,-ong."...pale brownish to 'white In color
n the uPper surfaCe and white be -
'.11 -111-,- With a lnoWit head and seirena
. town ,spots 44 each segnielit Of this .
.0,ituous to the naked eye but can be •
.een _easily with . a hand lens.
,•inter is pssied in the larval- stage
n burrows inside corn -stalks or cobs,
.ent and ',then pupate in their bur-: • ,
• PS's._ in June. t he" ..moths, begin to • .
• spear _and lay their' eggs - .
white clusters on the leaves. The..
tanae hatching from these lied* for ,
t time on the leaves or, developing „.•
.he stalkiatid ears:. making holeaand!
in the former. and eating the
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• in "triastalke or inside the cobs .,
)r in wceds; There is only ond brOod
,t 3 -ear in 9latario as far as is known.
, Nature, of the Injury.
• Injuri, is done dudes, by thelariae
-Theee -are -.0ther--orgasisallsba vszis4;• tassels- E._ Esetalry treats. ;0v.er :1,, ,_• •
one phase of .coroperative endeavoi. larvae feeding ,upon, the kernels 'in • ••
t he' ears and bY., disease, eaPecially
'Such ` organisations are,—Mi I iv- -Pro;
,N6t., warm weather, enteriiteilrOlfgli
both in, ears. and stalks, and
Association, Tobacc•B Giowets' Asso.. missing -rot Although ail kinds of
corn. are atigeked, table ' and flint
• elation.- and -others -or eaturt, varieties. ,sa mast. and. dent .leant.:
to prices. In some cases the associa- 'The' Methods of contfol that stator, .
Hon confers dire.ctly with the trads allY suggest tbeillselved are as
as to the prices to be paid the grow toitows; '
ers. Recent developments ivOuld indi 1. ,SoW dent corn unless there la
cate that Out' of these organization: "solve spte, reason for preferring
may „grow commercial co-operatos. dint. _ "
compost -Ms ,of. producers, controliing 2. Cultiv•ate well' in the early Sea- ,
the output of the mentbers. san to keep down weeds so that these , •
A great deaLof prointinary work tnay not harbor the pest ' -
ha's been done by the Department • 3. If you .have *not silo build
daring tIld year in tobnettlincwith one if ydu cab because, alt borers In
vo..eanristthri :ens .Itar erelnyo 9 f.0 f potato seed in N9rth- 4. Cut the corn just as low as Poe -
the Organisation of ionniteicial seed be left in the stubble, but if cut very
. .4k ' 't low over 90 per cent. Will be taken
Agricttltural CO-om.., Into the silo..
ation,in the province during the that • 5. PUt the corn lett) the silo as
year or So tainore in the direction „Of, swoeoptit nsb.o•rpeosissibermainftgero-suutttoinfgtht oe p er tie; 1
Co•;operative Marketing than pre-
viously. • Farmers' Clu'bs are usually stalkstand entering the stubble. ,
formed with the idea Of coMbining 5,. If there is no silo and the borerii
the pttichasing of Supplies tor its are present it will be necessary te.
clUbssa The amount of Co-operative
members, and this line Of bliSineful: is ,burn thl Stalks and ctibsiroerr_tion r:atis
usually the nest attempted by the than throUgh a shredder to kill all
son outside af the counties' referred
ply busbies"' iii the province and
treiluasp! In toncluSion we request kat, per.
to above, On ending a
ltistifies our Opinion as t6 the rela- dent to put it in elan hot and send
titre importance to,the fernier. of the it either te„,Mr. Arthur:What:as. Dow
0o -operative. Marketing ef his gm. Ition Entomologist. OttaVta, or tO 16
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