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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1921-01-13, Page 5• •• :m •r, v. ws.,,tiev.�r.I-u honex�t roimpt elivery .4 Blt .or If .you are in' need of a...Heating Stove it wiu. a• :.00, to.- bu ov. • b. fore our..stock is exhausted: re las °been no decline In • Move rice and ' the outlook does not seem .to be any lower.• We are offering , his,style le of Oak Heater at the, low 'price of $15175 This is below preg+ent . wholesale. prices. pedal this lweek, on 0 -Cedar Map Mop complete with 'handle 2',00 O C . Jar Oil FREE with :each' purchase. r. stock ofAmmunition is a Guns complete. etc. puns to rent. •:' • " cam leto stock 'of 'Automobi'le Skates eine on. hand. , Skatesput onboots free ioi-charge, • i4=9101w. ,r WINK 1uSs AND 1pCliTY CARD A a JOHN BUT$atteLANi) L SONS, Ltd., Voeipb Vat., insurance, Vera and Marine. DENTIST Dr. W. D. McLeod, office McTavish bkkk,• Ripley.. ' .Qfiee . hours, 9 to • 6 : p.m. Phone for appointments,,. • good condition., when • it CANADA 7 M--PLAIFIVEY AOSFSU.:. 7R AeNCE. he appic3t.on . for New Assurances recived,•by the:• • • Company ctulin i•' _-a•_.'i . -•- -. oo,00000 This exceeds the largest amount of ordinary Life As- uranee previously written inone wyear ;by -any ;-Cbmpan•r-...••._.:__ • of he'Britisb Empire: 1'h, 'Cera Policy in 19'0. •, i' i. �" geint, L zcknow • . a E 7f I1VE'S:oF "oPH1R Nei that. German East : Africa is .urged of. the `horror' of- German. col p onizatioi, there is, talkeof ii ,system= atie .search -for the -real King'' Solo- mon's thanes. ' • •: The Portugese' ;believe than Ophir 'from which • came the vast,treasure:of gold. for the temple at Jerusalem, was, ritdated' in this country, and it is a o to .ears ago Dr: •Carl . • fact': that s n y Peters formed a company to',flnance each a tearclr. : O hie has bedit' loot to the World P ._ . r but ti mina( f4b131eattd0 of.y©asst u i N. ' .n . . .d, t ,V' Were: ,.rich beyond --dreams --- In the: be- .w � _,4 ..... s _.> Bible we are tifld a that there 'were • " t" interrupted the . Warn a minutel mterru ted brought to ;Solomon from Ophir first motorist. "There's my ' chauffeur 420 arid �.their'450_talents�;of gold See- s6inewherer ''What has he, bad?" in that a talent • was worth . $30,000 • : 4`Oh I know .shout .him, sir" re `died here was a trifle'of $26,000,000. , the waiter': "He says, hes •just had a • •-smack—an omelette, '' `grilled trout;.. o -o -b— heart that Mr: las `Armstrong, con. 4, • lamb. cutlets atld peas, 'teed' coffee, a ' : • h ld h farm to Mr. Andrew 1.0.0.F. Isucknow Lodge "meets every Friday evening at• 8 o'clock in their • Hall,;'Campbell street, ,Alt brethren cordially invited. Officers; Noble Granit, Robt. Johnston; Vice Grand; A•Ech. Bnibour;, Ree. See., R, Aitchi- son; Fin. Sec.,- Dr. Paterson; : Treas- urer, Alex Ross. . A.M., G.R.C. Old .Light Lodge•. meets every ,Thursday night on or ' before. the full inoon,,in the Meg, onic Hall, havelock•, St„ Lucknow. W. M.,' M. McGi;ire; S. W., •Jaines Boyle; LW., N: G. Mackenzie; Sgc'y., W: A. Wilson. ' ° a . 'VICTORY BONDS bought and sold. Also•farm lands; and village property.. Money to loan on 1st and"2nd mort- gages at current rates'of interest. In surance, conveyancing,, etc. ' Joseph Agnew, Notary Public,' ,Alin Block, tucknoe*., Ont, TRESW.4`TE, James Reddon, 'for the -past 36 years a well known resident,of Tees- watet, passaaay at ins home here on Dee. 29 last ollowingan iciness, Of more than a year.,.. Mr Reddon.. was . 67 years "of age having been born •in 'York County, Ont., in 1853; When -he , was, about. a year .old . the family moved' to Carrick Township, and' .the fathily grew: tip there. • In• 885 Mi.. Eedduii .cause to:'Peesvdater= and• for 19 years was associated with the ..Bruce Agrieuitural'• Works as: salesman. 'In 1904 he went into busi- ness; on .his awn account asiinple- ment, agent, and he continued in that ling :until' his health failed: `Iv 1880 he was :married to..Miss Annie• iVlacMillav who with one' son. and two daughters s(irvives hurt. The. daughters are,' Mrs. ' W,ismer, • of Brantford,. And Jean, at home: .1-1e. is •surviyed"aalso• by four brothers,' Wil;' hens,‘ eg Winpipeg; Rev. •John,A. Red-. don, of • Laurel Archibald, of South Edfnonton, Peteta,'.of Trowbridge; and two " sisters, , Mrs.: Porterfield, of S. Edmonton; and Mrs; Sugg, •of' Dakota, The funeral held.. on Friday was largely attended: Pall -bearers 'were: Messrs: D;, Ferguson, W. W7 Johns - top, Wm; Fowler,'Wm.. Rome, :Richard -Patterson and T. P. ,McDonald, alI -o ' e ds :.of the: deceased ld,.�rx n . —o -o -o 'CULROSSCENTRE • Tuesday,d Jan. '11. Born.LL0 ' Mr. and Mrs . Dunken Kennedy, Thursday, Jan. 6, • :1921,' a daughter. _ Born—TO . Mr. and. Mrs. • Guthrie Reid, • on . Monday, 'Jan. 3, a. son. Died=Un 'Thursday, Jan. 6, the 'infant son of Mr.' and Mrs. .Guthrie Miss .Norma M_T— ,___'returned to FEW • MIME BA`s tALIAN The full,. ;sit of officers ot°''the re- organized Bruce •Itegianent (formerly the 32nd)•is .announced in geieral or- ders; ,Major R. ] nuuerton,, late bf the 18th Battalion, and also major in the nlilitia unit, is given command, with 'rank, of Lieutenant-Colonel.. His second in ' eamn 'd is ' Major A. W. McNally,,.who went overseas :with the 160th :Bruce 'Battalion and .seirved in France..'with the 8th. aloe: (company ,commanders) are J. a Little; J. A, Cronin, W. H.„, Fenton and, W. M. Davidson. 'The first • two wore orf Gera `ef the Bruce Regiment before the war u and. Were appointed to: the 160th Overseas' Bat- : talion. They, as Well es Major, Fen- ton,. were awarded the military .Grose gallantry" in -^action Major (then•. lieutetaant) Fenton was elected °to the 'Legislature^fopb Nth Bruce ,iii' the , last general election.. , . " Captains- named are T. A. Mc Kechnie (late pf• the Imperial Service tin: Ipdia) A. Hall 'and J. C. McDonald; lieutenants:, H.E. Henderson, D;`. G. Ross, M.C.'; R. G. -Savage, H, ' E. Hay, D. W. Stewart, R. J. Gillies, • R. p. Glave, H.,R. Alibi. Cant.' McKechnie is appointed. adjutant, , and Capt. P. Todd, lateluartermaster of the. 160th, is quer€ermaster. • `"t ••'O'O�• �.` .. ORCHARD' EXPERIMENTS Cultivation and "I ening Tests ;by Government Agents, ft Pays td `;Enrich the Soil • - Late Cultivation Not .Adv!sabie=Pram Ing and. ;Spraying Advocated— Thrifty Ewes Mean a: Big Farb (Contributed b Ontar lo, Department o� Agriculture.» Toronto. ) 17E' leased orchards ln''`the Counties: df preeoe, No'r. folk,' Prince. Edward; Lambton , and Ontario;all being i i apple growing sections, were looked after by tete Ontario •Department of Agri eulttfe daring the war.• Four of these'• have been. very 'profitable. • In the Prince Edward county orchard" it waj successfully demonstrated flat new heads.couid beVitt on'Old trees • .The Department'found that leasing apple ,orchards ii ` a profitable' ,bu i1 ness, but several things mitst bedone to' make it so. On the .lighter soil's many. of 'lite trees are positively starving •whilb on heavier -lands this. may not: be so -apparent. in the . experiments, very'' little commercial ertilizer v•iuse'd=;`but -thu-Depart , inent depended On'the 'use'.'of barn yar_d.:._.manure._..mostly _:secztred;,"trom , Toronto. About seven tons•per acre are ; sufficient,for one application which gives about 400 • pounds."`:per tree and'the totahcost ,is, -about $21 per- .acre:''The amount looks big but there is no doubt; 'that it will pay ;well. to spread that nliiT i on : iigh .land nearly every year. e..• • .About -six or. .seven years. ago :we began' ploughing; in,the fall, se eras • • Yic* tg the Matter as a Purely -1$u.siness.Propositiou. Sitting flown to "Count the Costo ". What tree Maicllines Can Do-=-Jche Person to H acttoc fit Trtectot A1nlutgement linpportant,. teen Fr! t+nt'4 h.v Onta,rlo. Departgleak.el Q ►g''culture. Torggeto.) "1• iE :farmer: Who Is aiwaya 6t eohservative nature., its not: • 'so readily convinced Of the. tractors .paying , qualit!'es, Err: 1'tae seen demonstration .maehineo • with one 'man ` p :gh., es ranch grilrand Irian hour, aa,, a could plough. Ila dateas• o' n rs arse i vy;er.3he creditabalsle sh wengtractoon the. belt • Then again be "lea s mal- chinesi which; ..for some reason or r`�th:+r .did net give satis$actton, he has .also seen 'instances where ma•• thee. were• tied up for .weeks for vara of ..0 . spare' part' to '.replace a, broken one. ,The 'resplt is•that they " tre rtot`'''fallfirlg ever each other" to >: bttij' trae'tors. A tractor costa .a lot of , add. lie'•Is' afraid to make the: mage, not being so certain that All!, pay •tor;.itself. -• . • .%.;'..A. -61d sl w -miller oltcer said to the .. ;vt'i i er. •'"Every. second that saw is not "• „72-i• icttlaily euttj,ng'tumber she is a bill. if': •exr:ense:" Manutactureits tell -us h.• t• the 'factory which can.he. kept . • ;ding, twenty-four' hours, a day. is the ry: �,zt int y. .wialeh gives: the • biggest re- ui is, ,The dance is true of the farm ,. ra^aorf the most. profitable..giacb.lne. r -14., the tine which'i's,, kept :.at it for hi 6e U t1nclred'• days of 'the year.. Thio_ •oars'• that if we have not enough worst( to .keep the 'machine going for eer twill, length of time;each year. we • be losing money. 1 a 'ilebt which a tractor must wipe ••: lei`' when' it sets foot upon' a farm ,b1 at two.-forte?or.e•. First it must more• hirn rt payoperating expenses, if+c;c nd • it Must. pay • what the menu- • :calls ',overhead expenses." Cllr -loge h i ne 'has, no reason to. ' fear •.: be, fat rtier o.hligation' when it is pro )6:.,,y handled. ,We : know that the tt:' oiighing with a'tra'ctor costs l;our $1:25•; to• •$2;00 an •acre', ' :' • 4 a 'horse-plotig;iing. will come' to +,ere bAtw.cen• $3.50: and • $6.00• while other work shows 'an • o 31yr••fas:orable'comparison for the •;i3esidcs the• 'draw -bar: work. tmeter offet+"s,, itself as a source of ' • t !! I po*i t' which • work horses, have .,,t, s ice -.ceased 1'ire perform.- . • ,i . 'overhead expenses which the r„c tor must.. face consist mainly7 of tit : t oilst on oney • invested,• together'; t i ;kJ i reasonable.,.allowance for de= ri ,e`iation on the'priee of itself, plus . ''b: price .of ,any 'machinery: 'bought zx_r,=-ess•iy for use • with the.••tractor rile price of a:th'r plough tractor is • e,ri:e.i• byre n400; the-piough8 <ist. •`.:200. To -:-this, we must add.sa7 1,„04) fc;•..parts-owaer-shiP:of,a:-thresher end silo -filler. This makes $2,100 'in 1,1.: The : in.terest.. on. this ,.at et at. is eguiai to $147:00, and the. de- • n•eci•itton ot-Tirper cent heti Sirs` ertiiai'to $210', .or'a total of $357,' • ki rich. our tractor mast face, no Mat - Work .it, matyWork.it,' ; .hats: 7 If the machine does .o++ly► ten , Iu, of .work per-year=the-cost of -the ' aye: iead'ger. day would be $36.70; if, •how•ever,,.,themachine is used. for • ' ,one -hundred day=s the overhead drops-' rows of, trees in. all the ? r $3.57 nor:days. So that the greater' -- chards (a portion, being left in sod t)ti;� number of days..in.• which the .. to,:.teat 4he sod nttilch) Thts Wh a'tor is employed, pe -year the'mo done'•in order that we could answer, •niohtable will the machine prove frontexperienee the frequent question' :There is plenty. of work for a tra--: —What_al2aut fall' pli ughing' 3t'.t eti tbr< on` utast Ontario farms,; but the . the land 1E, fall ploughed c tiveti oz. is ark is not in such"shape-that the e e urs' much 'earlier in, tl:e fiaetor, can •do it ;satisfa.Ctorilyr A tree tor ;:ca.nnot-do.:good- work "in• small fic•1ils: Turning 'aroundi .even••wtth a tractor, •is laborious., work for. bath th.e operator. and the machine and is not conducive to the.maximutm amount of work Per day nor-to'tthe orst quality of 'work. • • it ' • ' • 'Inst Ontario. farms have Um many fens es for:" prohi'table ',horse -farming, rs say notltrlrg-of using a tractor . 1 :dices mean wasteland; they„harbor • weeds,, :ind it' costs more to: keep the t•� iwtaaal..4tiota of'•fences in -repast them:--, it” does • to build a. temporary fence 1i'hen needed and roll it. up when not `. eeded. Tteiitov-i-ng sone fences' is -the- fit at ste toward fair: play :for the .Eiaiid'r-1tle41,tr'd- rot'i1l-tq•-thitivitto :itriong....st'u:tu:,ps::. and -,boulders bit .es: %%'ith'•a tractor it is impos- drelt to do good . work- ip such condi ficins The second step in,arranging o:tr-•tt oi•k• for the tractor is, td removal .all obstructions. ,Give the tractor„a. fait chatnce at -its work. and it will not disappoint „You. . ' . •ln...siitn-enter --1 '•the.-•tre,ctor's : . g P- case as . a• business proposition iwe. must consider: the.,following points: - 1. That the tractor will do farm work nore.cjteaply'than horses eau. ' • tlo_11t, if the n:drk is properly-arrang_' : • ed ler the. tractor. • •2. The personal• factor in tractor, • operation is •so',.great that it alone .irrty 'cause suecess or• failure:• , 3, ti hen a tractor is kept busy enough; its upkeep :and overhead cost per year 1s far' fess then the sante on Mlle._horses,. which :it is able :to sub- stitute, fat:, • 4; Belt work constitutes; a Large.•` ��at.iofi• o t]le- r -.-. p ,� f t= airier-s.usefulrtess:-Its-� order to, make it a paying proposi tion, It • must do th'e farmer's belt Work.—''L. ix. ""�lieinipel, Kemptrilit/ • Agricultural School: ' • , 4 can b .. b g a Toronto J last- week -after speirding s :spring: . It.. cos'ts"lfflielt'--less-tor-get- ..begun tog_et month' with friends Here; - land in School.re-opened last Tuesday with has , been;.•plouglied . before wit ter,: • •- ar , but • a e •can . see no advantage . ill , Miss L. Scottof Tnllsonburg , .ploughing closer `than 'five:; feet froth teacher.' •' ” the tree... The troublesome part, in Mr N: ,Dunbar .had'.a' very success- orchard cultivation is ;close. 10 the ful wbod•l?ee.T-ttesdat: of.:1aatrz.w.eely trunk .•and itaa i ,ftyegltenftly, drffrrottit ' CO work near -.-tie tree withetit initis • We , are' glad to see Mr: Arthuir' in ,..,_ ..-'•-" g. the. bark. 4'j` ' . -"--" Sinipson. able to be out to• town''again We have tested' ti fft ation ag i;st Wedding bells .are ringing . ' sod mulch and have concluded that Mr. and Mrs R E'• Little `'of Tees.: nearly ail tine orchards' will ,be •me e . .water,.. visited' friends on• our lb*: on unless the laird"is first-class amd . ' protitable.witen cultivation is carri.cd • Tnesda of rasa week -there is tllenr ty of` banta•rd manfne- fn1, ' :_.'i -T i$4:E treEbrig: poIuu-A.(11'_ 1&il 2l--t0-Ei'Th stilet for telepi one•wyhichhe,expectd;to have: installed .in his home at'an early date. . • Miss . Annie . McKinnon hes. retuAi4 to ' Detroit 'after spending the ' days' at her 'home here. Mr: and Mrs:. L •Dunbar have 're= v ti ros "is rather • hard i � - answer &t :;dcponds�- on the: •e. i nn. Tit€ drior 'the. weather` ' ile' later --the tl[tivatlon should. be curl ted en.". On :ilea' land. apples tet _ x oto long niter cultivation hes 'ceased. We :ire stopping our cultivatio:i'.eai1ier .and• earlier every year because our On-' tario apples lack 'color; Less etrltiva .,._: __.. ng ---tialr-'nieanslin°re�:color;~li use color turned •to'Taronto after pending a higher .priced fruit.. Medierne apple,,: couple of weeks 'with friends .here. slightly„ colored •'seem preferable to • • Mr, and 'Mrs'. C. Dikenson enter:, larger ones lacking color. When eul rained a' large number of:friends to tivatioii is stopped a cover crop is Fre is to rob the trees 'of •nous rsi meth a' dan4*e Thursday evening otA last quer tly� sovtn The principal obiact• in of:den+`tlia'rthe fruit, will 'color.and the' wood will ripen ' before ti inter" SotiYe lou growing 'crop' from cheap. seed gives most satisfaction. • Trees must be .pruned to get: high , class apples. The best titkte'.to. prune is early sprang but we •:prune--ni4"y-- morith' thou the weather -1s }Iat"t'r .cold for our mon. ..1f' there are large cuts' -to` make' wee leave` a'-stul)bout- one foot' long. and 'cut it.off in the spring, as cute of two inches or more do not heal' well when.made in,, the very cold weather; large cute should be kept paini:ed,to keep the wood' from 'decaying. ."Prunleg� is' _a slow business and it costs a lot to get a 'big orchard' dobe, but it is;absolsiteiyY 'necessary •if, • good apples are expected. High trees are difiicuIt to spray thor-• oughly. Twenty feet is high enough .for an',tree and several .feet of top may be removed in.a season with' no bad effects. The tree with a low ad, easier pruned, seer c •Is, eas p . n , easier atl� be picked fora half the cost, _and they wind will itot blow down so many apples. -'-W F. Kydd, t rtilt:Branch, ''roron'to, .A week. Married . On: Wednesday, Dec. 29, 1920, at the . Teesvwater Manse, Mr; Harry McKa ue and Miss Abby Rowe, _of :T swater.. , We welcome Mrs. McKague -to our' burg; and_ join in best wishes for a long and happy _ ie �•life_to_the_bride=.:an' ' iia— ...mans d_. . � );fief • Many farms change again.. Mr. Jno. McFarlane sdld hts fariYa to Mr. Dunken KeKnnedy and' Mr" Latch- ford Thacker has- `sold his firm to Mr.' Alex "McLennan and' ha 'louglit Mr. F. Bollagles farm; and now we THE ;9HAAUVPEtl-lik4 MEAL • After •a frugal little' lunch . to a Country hotel the millionaire,' who wal' touring the country in his sixty - horse -power ear, called for"h1s 'bill;" "Yea, • sir," replied 'the • waiter promptly, "Pour istudwlcbas , aid it Retell of aiders you hod, rare Thin will ,"`"*1:1‘4"+.. ..,g,,p-'4,111°44.,t„p.k: Ir 7 "y 4. ., 4441 .1, half -dollar cigar and a battle of clar- et, sir:"•"• A rooster croVitig, near. the trans- ° thitter of' -a wirelesd , telephoto hote '' . itt p , Rock Wand, Illinois, 'awoke the wife. of the mai on the.receiving end of the teeppgne in ' D�illssi Texett, , 1 " M1 as a5 80 1s Scott.' Who will be next?. • Accident insurance • companies de- clare. that home 15 really themost clan Ferous plate . in, the 'world as n v cent of all dissablin twety•8 b,per, g decidents *ire's incurred, there. - • r yr.r•.. . -•r :3N-1:14• •i 4I s *4...31,.;_44 .• :0. • • ; A 4% Save Manure. There has never been a time whey ° the making, Saving,' and utilizing ot, all suits ot farm manure was ■o 'essential, All fertilizing material is nigh 'in'pr,ice, and some kinds cannot be had in sutfoient;quaftities at all.. Farm manure may be tised for a num- ber of purposes to a much greater.; advantage tltxn . colnnierclal ter.. • ... tilizers; 'The' total quantity of Ma» tture Can be; greatly increased by keeping 1 Stock sheds ,and at�Wt►a . well beddedwith straw, level.' 044,;. ether ref f x,••� •rte e►� :rt wr `. t.• ✓•!kis j,� Hyla abotlt th0 fat'ie. :` :