HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News-Record, 1909-09-30, Page 3Septomber 30th, 1909
WEALTH OF THE NORTH
NEW WHEAT AREA WILL OE
GREAT GRAIN •PRODUCER
• Entire Nature of Country Changes at
Height of Land From Barren Wit"
- derness to Rich Farrning Are**
Cultivation Will Trake Out the Sue.
face Water and Lower Temperature
4 Many Degrees.
By devious and fallacious means
older Outario has Acquired a peculiar
view of the north country. The first
charge that has been brought Against
it is that it is arid. and rocky and
• ceverect with, a stunted growth of
brush. This probably arose from the
nature of the district immediately
north of North Bay. From that town
to the northward for many miles, in
fact until the height of land is reach-
ed, there is a barren area which pro-
duces chiefly rock and small ever.
greens. At Swastika, on the main
line of the T. & N. 0. where the
James Bay slope begins, the appear-
ance of the country changes. The
little -lakes which were found in the
rock basins disappear and in their
stead are vest stretches of pine
growth on rolling land, The rivers
are highly colored. by the soil through
which, they ,,pass and range in color
from ruddy brown to gray.
Scientists say that the. sub-oi1 is
the result of a huge glacial Move-
ment slowly retreating to the north,
denuding the rocks and as they melted
depositing huge quantities of clay
and sand loara, in which as they went
farther and farther. north fewer and
fewer rocks appeared. Over this was
later strewn a cap of decayed vette-
Itable matter in the form of a rich
mould usually two or three feet in
.depth. The trees a the clisy belt are
rarely more than thirty yeara old,
:which proves that there have been
from time immemorial periodic forest
tees which have swept the oountry,
perhaps as frequently- as three times
a century. The ash and half. burned
'wood have thus added their quota to
the fertility of the soil.
Another charge that has been
brought against the clay belt is that
the season is too short for growing
any but the hardiest of vegetables
and grains. That the winter is cold
at present there is no gainsaying,
but it is not so cold as that of Mani-
toba in the early days of the rush,
or even of Ontario three-quarters of
a century ago. There is nothing will
change the seasons as quickly as
cultivation. •
What the land needs is to have the
mould cap cut and turned over and
to have the country properly drain-
ed. The water which collects •ln the
HON. PRANK COCHRANE.
vegetable mould is a magnet to draw
the frost and the result* is that the.
DOOM Ina met tuat it naa nun-
ing areas on both sides ot it the
Montreal river country which altnost
parallels the T. & N.O. on the west,
this district is not; without rich farm-
ing lands. The west side of the river
as the famous Temagami forest re-
serve and is therefore withdrawn from
settlement, but on the eastern side
the silver -bearing rocks are liberally
covered by a formation perhaps shal-
lower but every bit as rich as the
clay belt proper. Already farmers
are finding ilea wayup the river
and are building their homes along
one of Ontario's most beautiful water-
ways. The river service will take
their produce both north and south
into profitable mining camp markets
at Latchford and Elk River,
Thornloe and Barlten also are rich
districts and the towns on the rail-
way promise to be wealthy farming
centres.
WKS OF THE ILINII-PIGGER."
•Treubles of the Illicit Saloonkeeper
Up North,
One of the most exciting pastimes
in the north country is "blind -pigs
ging," and according to the skill of
the operator can be one of the most
profitable or most expensive pursuita
In which a man can engage. Where
liquor is prohibited mankind estate,
Babes s a new code of honor and re-
spectability so far as that particular
form of law -breaking is concerned,
and the man who rune a blind pig,
insofar as hie goods is pure and his
plaee decent. is quite a valued mem,
ber of the community. The pains and
penalties of the law uaually take the
form of fines and these come to be
looked upon as a aort of license, due
to the Government, but in no way
shameful. At least this is how the
dealer and consumer view the matter.
In Elk Lake the country is fairly
honeycombed with "speak-easies,"
and the citizens of the town are prone
to boast that liquor is as easy to get
there aa if the law had never inter-
fered. You have to be known for a
solid citizen of the place or at least a
bona fide thirsty man, and you can
get your drink at fifteen cents for a
gime of beer and the more expensive
drinks in proportion, "for, you know,
the running expenses are high."
On the day that the legislative par-
ty reached Elk Lake the gentlemen
with a leaning to beer were woe -be-
gone witnesees of a pitiful sight. In-
spector Morrison had arrived from To-
ronto with an efficial record of the
analysis of about $1,600 worth of beer.
The juice had been brought in as
harmless two per cent. stuff, but it
proved to be about eight per cent.
strong and summary treatment was
necessary. So it was rolled out on the
dock and busy hatchets stove in the
heads and amid the subdued moans of
the entire population the amber liquid
flowed into the lake, and after a swift
session the Government found itself
several hundred • dollars richer in
• fines.
Turd how this particular cargo got
into Elk Lake no one. but the con-
signees is very ,sure. As a general
rule, however, such treasonable bev-
erages are brought in over the trail
from Charlton Oil . men's backs, and
are deposited in caches outside' the
town, where they are to be found
when needed. • Sometimes the stuff
obrnes in by river steamer gaily deck-
ed forth in "two per cent." labels.
"I keep a restaurant," said a promi-
nent dealer in illicit liquors, discuss-
ing his trade, "And I have to keep it
to do any business at all. I have giv-
en it up recently because of the fall-
ing off in receipts.. I used to •clear
$25 a d•jr, but when niy revenue drop-
ped to $15 I had to give it up. It
didn't pay fines." •
"What we need here in Elk Lake is
a local court. The cost of bringing.
a judge from North Bay every time
we want to be tried is ruinous. When
am fined $110, twenty-five of it is
fine and $85 is costs of the court. If
they would spend the money here we
wouldn't mind so much, but they take
it out of the town. The blind pig -
keepers ought to contribute a tine
ourt and a resident.judge to the city.
t would perms?"
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An Incentive tit Matrimony..
In the, course of his travels up and
down ' through . his promised land,
Chairman Englehart of the T. & N.O.
Commission, is at great pains to get
his information first hand. So when
he visits the home cif a settler he
busies himself learning all the diffi-
culties that can be remedied.
One woman near Cochrane is the
niether of nine—seven ot.them boys—
and her complaint on one occasion
was that there were too many neon
about the house. .
"If I could only marry some Of them
off, And get them in homes of their
• own.' she cried. . •
"Well," said Mr. Englehart, "I do
not • see. how I can import wives for
them, but if they could make a shift
to do with' eligible young women at
hand I could offer an 'inducement.
When- one of your boys decides to get
. Married I will Provide him with a
wedding tour to North Bay, free. of
cest." - •
It was scarcely a meek before the
commissioner .got a letter telling him
' that one of the redoubtable seven
had qualified for the trip. He got
the promised transportation for him-
self and bride. With it Mr. Engle-
hart tient it chine tea service, by way
of wedditrg present:
"Done,"" he saidhopefully, as he
despatched the parcel, have one
consolation. Most of them .are young
elimate is many degrees colder than c
the latitude justifies. e • I
That cultivation and drainage will
alter the entire climate of the clay
belt is shown by the fact that the
-construction of the railway and the
drainage which it has brought has
brought up the temperature along
The line several degrees in the past
winter. At Englehart,. where there is
a clearing of•e few miles in extent
the ,thermometer registers ten de-
grees less of cold in the town than it
does in the woods roundabout. •
New Liskeard is another proof of.
this. While the farmers in the year
old and two-year-old districts are
struggling with -white frost , at har-
vest time the country around New
iiskeard is•having fine Warm 'weathers,
The quality of the produee shown
-during the legislative tour provoked
universal comment. Fine big pota-
toes of exeritional quality and im-
mense yield were shown at every
town in the clay district. Turnips,
beets, mangolds and .other root crops
were .equelly successful. Peas forty-
two inches in height were raided' in
Englehart, and the barley, wheat,
rye, oats and spelt were phenomenal.
Beautiful green corn was served to
the legislators at New Liskeard, It
is probable that bay will be the big
crop in the country around the rail-
road for the next few, years. It has
been commanding twenty-six dollars
a ton from the railway contractors,
and there promises to be money in
it for the farmer oti and where two
tons can be raised on an acre.
An interesting fact about the. farm-
ers in this eountry is that they will
have none but •the beet cattle. Fine
Herefords are the choice of moat, and
dairying promises to be a profitable
pursuit for many years tet come in
'view of the proximity of the big min-
ing camp& Even now many farmers
refuse to sell their surplus stocks of
feed hut are buying more stock up
to their oapacity for keening them.
One thing which the New Ontario
settler will have which is unparallel-
ed in the hietory of Oenedien home.
steading ie the pulp wood. The sup-
ply of spruce rune aleout Miami oorda
to the acre and commands this year
$3.50 at the Week. NOW .that the
urierseinerie over the U.S. *riff hats
been settled the prim will rise to
something like he eirrliest flgures—it
wax $.5.50 hut year. This mettles that
the homesteader ollat ger es the land
practically without a emit and 'find
a valuable oro, ready for the cutting
whieh may. net him from two thoue-
and dollars up. Mere is enough to
start him farthing witia a fall equip-
wient.
Ono. of the richeet dieboiota fit the
vountty will be betertera Earth:in an
Elk Lake. In hr i the Long Lake
trate whore so many of the South
African veterans have .leeetted their
land. It is a wonderfully rich farm
-
leg area and is ordy a few tenets from
the eity of Elk Lake, where there will
be a great deal of ulining Activity
and where a good market ean alwaye
be Beane(' for farm produee. The
projetted railway will inako the dis-
trict eteiv el aecees.
Sbrubb's Record.
A. Shrubb has run 11 miles 1,136
yards in one hour, which stands as
the amateur world' a reoord.
. Napoleon's Kerne.
A Greek scholar has celled attention
to a very curious eciineidence ablaut
the reame of Napoleon. If you take
sway the first 'letter of hie mane' you
i
have "apoleon" ttike away thefirst
letter of thitt word. and you have "Po -
lean"; do thie stuseeeetvely down to•
the last syllable, and you have
"loon." "ton" and "on." Ptit these
eeveral words together in this order,
=Napoleon on clean leon eon spoleon
peiton, and you have a Greek phrliee
the literal trensiatien of whiolt is
"Napoleon. being the lion of peoples,
went about deeteueing
The Three Magi.
, Pent* Chius Is unktinwit In, Stiehl.
The three magi ere suppoSed 10 be Ike
• ehildreies girt Wingate,
Eartheueket,
An etpert's towhee of eertliquokes
in the Coifed States, anti Japan
• for More 1)14111 tWenty yeeta show Gilt
they airmen a tWays draw the batik* (it
rirent nearer 1 (reel her and often the ha -
Mires tal rat !lel with I limit.
Repeat it :-..-."Shiloh'S Cure Will al-
ways curt itty coughs and cold"
THE CORDON BLED.
At Firat an Order For Women Cooks
• Eitel:4100 by Louie XV.
When you bear A men epoken ot tta
a "cordon bleu" you kuow be Is a
greet cook, but few people have auy
idea of how and when the expression
originated. The vordou bleu was at
• first an order for women cooler. It
• W8$ established by it king—Which
• autism It a real. proper order. Louis
XV. mice aeserted to Mine. du Rarry
that ouly men tould cook really well.
The remote( beauty rhaileraged the as-
sertion, but the king itisitted that be
was right—thst woolen might be all
right for boiling potatoes and per-
forming the simpler operations of
moking, but that wheen it came to a
work Of en it took u matt.
Soon after thts argument the royal
favorite invited the Mug to dinner.
He emitted Privy dish; he eren ex -
premed his augnet Approve, of the
mom as whole. Then his hoetess
triumphantly ;unlettered to him that
the wire dinner had been prepared
by woniee, from the artungement of
the menu tied the selection of the
'Doke' to the preparation of the *awes
and the sweets mid the serving of the
several plats. Accordingly she claimed
the foumietion of an order of merit for
bee female (seeks. The claim was at
outer granted. end the cordon bleu
watt time conferred upon the women of
Mine. du Barry's( kitchen.
Gourmets of today would be Inclined
to say that however great the cooks
ot Mme, Barry may hare been In
their day, the dletten ht Louis V.
would he true todey. There are now
few great hotels or restaurants in the
world in which cookery Is a fine art
where the vile is not a mate
HE COULD DRAW.
Arternue Ward on His Own Connote
etien With the Art
On the oceiteket of Artermis Ward's
professional .rfsit to London. which me
curred not long before his death,.1,
Preston: Muddeek says in his book,
"Page* From an :Adventurous Life."
that the American humorist's sadver-
lisemente. et hIs "sliew". Were as full
ot -funny surprises es the lectures
themselves.. One -that Witted .the goo -
'
era' public was this; •
Arteraus Ward Delivered Lectures
•Refore All the Crowned Heads or Europe
Ever Thought of Delivering Lectures.
And an excerpt from his lecture .on
"Prawlne is quoted by Mr, Muddock
as a partieulerly delightful hit.
haven,' t eleti lights bed myself as
• an artist," Ward ett id Itt his Inimitable
•waY, . "but haVe al ways.. been mixed
up in art. I have tin uncie who. takes
• photographs in his sane moments, and
I. have a servant who- bikes everything
he can .lay bis hands on at. Any, tute
• went. .
"Ata very' tender age I ..could draw
,011.Wood. When a •tnere eteld I once
drew' it .sm#1I rem .loaid el raw•turnips ,
over a 'wooden bridge, It •was a rasir •
meriting. . The people et the village
- recognized me. They said it wee 'a •
raw turnip drawing. That shows how •
faithfully I had (espiednature. rdrew
their attention to it. eo. You see there
Was a lotof drawing in it. .
, "The' Villagers. with •the wonderful
discernment tioeullar , to villagers, -.said
A• had a future- before me. As I was
walking. baeltward • When 1 made' my
drewing I refilled that I thought that
tey.future inuet be behind me."
•
• Hannibal hi Italy. •
• Hatinibtil entered .northern Italy in
ttie year 21$ 13 C. and gained:during
that year the twovietories of . Titinns
and .Trehiabeth 1» eisalpine Glui. •
eThe !mkt year tie • advanced tIrthee ,
south'. and 'defeated .the 'toluene' at
Trasymerms„.:sind the year ,foliowing,
having proeeeded still tarther , south,
• he inflicted upon them the terrible de-
feat at Ca titine. a t • whieh time -.his as-
cendeory• attained its mattimune He
remained' ,for teIrteoti.. years longer,
bet gniz,ed no more deeisive tittetiee •
hle was finally rtwalled by the auttiotl-
tiee at Carthage, anti had never got.
51) Oini anything Iike a decent support.
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• Alietee. Difference. , •.
.Arrame . tees patients in. the prirate
ward of a 'lltilladelphia hospital there
Was reeently a testy oldgiffilionaire. Of
that 'eity' whose else 4hti ve tits phYsi-
.21tin coriniderable difficulty ht 'first. , •
•"'Well." asked the erristy potlent one
morning, "how do .you find Inc now,.
. .
sTou're. getting on ,fine,". responded
thedemote eubbhig his hands with en
air of se tisfact ion.. • "yotir legS 'are atilt
••twollen but that .loesn't trouble
• '"Of . emirse tleesn't!" tionlad he
old 11121.11... -A lei let toe tell you theti
.It your legs were swollen, it wutildh't
trouble trie eithert"--Lippineott'S.
• •. Ambergris.
The 'essential charneterlstIc 111n-
botgriti la the penetrating ahd 'strainer
Odor, Similar to that of musk. it is So
potterfail and so ditrueive In its per -
:finite thatthe most minute quantity.
when mingled with tiny other strong
went Is still pereeptable. -Its .
?outpatient is ti fatty matter called
'indwell'. %Thiel) Is got by boiling am-
bergris in iiIcohot: . .
Pol itie.
!lest nolro--Sity, did 'yet eVer •rnake
an after dlittler tipeechS Seeorld Hobo
—Sure, I Always do. Firrit
tiobo—
Gon. Itecottd tlebo—lettre. I always
sea, "'Thank ye, nialitn,"
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R's eitrixesing how murni n eIxteen-
year-old son run tell his father that
the old Mee won't betleve.—E'eeha
They that love tent are etronger then
yOur lieters.-.Psearrneid.
Oddly Expresetel.
Pbe follovring letter of gratitude for
terticers retidered appear* In a London
publication: *lir, and Mrs. !think wieh
to ettpreee thatiks to their 1riend:4 rind
neighhere who an kindle nesieted itt
the lambing or their reeldenee lest
light."
The mean thlogs done by those we
SlIttlike beret eurpriee us.—St, Louie
'Th �o1went:lent: the trite travel,—
trench rroterh.
Cliztton News.Record
What the Prophet Sags the
Weather WM be Like for
October.
A regular atom period extends over
the Ist to the thh, having its center on
the3rd. The *penury- period is also
Gentle) On the 4th, extending quite to
the 14th. General clouclinees and
threatening weather will prevail as we
pass froin September to October. hut
these conditions will increase ineo
positive storms of rain, wind tied
thuuder on and touching the 3rd, 4th
and Otia. These storms promise general
Mine and will wind up with much
cooler, :cantonal winds and weather.
Sections along the north side of the
country may possibly have a touch of
early sleet and snow, along with the
high barometer that ie sure to press
close on the western flanks of these
storms. It will he the proper thing to
watch for high northwesterly gales
over t,he great lakes at this period.
Frosty nights, when the absence of
Mercurial clouds will permit, will be
natural in northerly directione frout
about the 5th to the flth.
A reactionary storm period is cen-
tral on the 9th and 10th. Although
the Mercury period and earth'e aututn.
nal equinox are both bearing on this
part of October, we figure thee this
leactionary period will bring only
moderate disturbances. The tempera-
ture will rise and the haronteLer Will
fail and increased cloudiness may re -
suit in light rains • with change to
cooler returning 1:bout the 10th to
12th.
A regular storm period is central on
the 14th, covering the 12th to 170,
This period embraces MOOD ln ottogett
end on the celestial equetor on toe
13th and new uaoon on the 14th. About
the 12th decided storm conditions. wilt
begin forming in the west. By the 13th
and 14th the temperature will be high
and the barometer will be low and.
falling in western sections, and from)
Wednesday the 13th to Sunday the
1711), heavy auttennal stoners, with
lighting and thunder on and touching
the 13th, will pass from west to east
ar.ross the country. The sante period
commises a very marked seismic per-
iod, central on the 14th. At this time
the plenet Saturn is in opposition with
Earth and Sun,andTimms and Nei),
tune are in quadrature with Earth and
Sun within a few hoard of the saute
time. This astronomic outlook, all
within two days of Moon's conjunc-
tion with Eerie% and Sun on the 1410
greatly increases the probabilities of
utorme, seismic sliakee end general
volcanic and autnral manifestations,
This is a time when navigatore of the I
north Aslentic aud the greta lakes I
should exercise mare against possible
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danger. Chen go to Much co'der, with
high barometer end violent gales will
wind up this period.
reactionory storm period la yen
teal on the 10'.h, 201.4 and 21e t. This
period node the M on aa greatest de-
clination south ott the Ifith, w 111011 fact
will help to incite disturbe aces of a
boreal nature, thet is, a tendettey to
cold rains, With aemosplauric cements
flowing trona northerly directious. On
the vest aud northwest tangent of
rain at this time, it will nob be sur-
prising if spurts of early snow and
sleet appear, and as mech./Ka tion and
Cloudiness move out of the way lo the
eastward, fair weather, Remy nights
end lew temperature generally will
spread over the :country for iseeeral
days. We repeat our caution of Pos-
sible gales over the tweet lakes at all
these October periods, attended by
vet y elully, disagreeable weather. The
I'dootee first querter ou rhe 22nd will
tend toprolong and aggravate storm
and weather t ncletnenmes of this per-
iod,
et. regular storm period is centr al on
the 2010 to the 29414. This period is
embraced in I he on.coniing Venus
period, and will doubtless *I3OVP sonie
of the Venus characteristics. Look for
baling harotneter, high tempera are
and electrical storms on and next to
the 2010 and 2010. These conditions
will begin to show in western parts as
early as the 2410 and 2510, but as they
adymuce eastward, very general and
positive storms will touch many Wean
Lies from Tueschy the 2010, to Friday
the 2910. Careful etudents of therm
fotecasts will not fail to note that the
Moon is on the celestiat equator on tbe
etith, in perigee on the 27th, and full
on the 2810, This combination will in-
sure very high to dangerous tides on
seas and coasts to the southward. Very
low barometric pressure inland, will iii.
duce high mirth wes terly gales along
the Atlantic coasts, This is a period
in which shippere and navigators on
our great lakes should watch for and
setupulously heed all storm indica-
tiohs, See if danger and disaster are
not reported from the lakes between
the 24th and 2010 of October. As stat,
ed hbove, the first stages of these.
storms will be tropical 10 charaterat-
tenrted by high temperature and thun-
der stornts, but as the centees of Intro -
met ric disturbances move progressive.
ly east of different longItudes, high
barometer, tierce gales, and snow
squalls will follow from the west, and
north. Within sixty hours of noon on
the 2810. ;whiter/tidybefore, is an-
other very decided seismic period,
Some Methods bg Which the
-Sow Thistle Has Been Killed.
The ferment must co operate to de-
stroy the Now thistle. But; the govern-
ment must penalize carelessness and
lack of appreciation of this weed's
harmfulness.
. Road allowances are fruitful sources
of trouble. Why not have. our road-
sides all graded so that each farmer
eat) run a 'mower over his side of the
road twice a year. •
As a rule too little cultivation is
given the soils Reuters often are press-
ed•too hard; A grieulteral banks whet°
harms could be obtaiiied on Earth pro-
duce and on farm property atit low
rate without the humiliation of beg;
ging for a loan would encourage men -
Culture. •
What ere our Ontario legislators do-.
ing about farm progress?
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• ' Feed t•heland andel° iegeod and MO. w.
thiseles Won't &ewe Just ee with the
fat lifer, do 'him good, make his lot
eerier, t•id him' of Cunthersonte, corpor-
Atkin Parasites and he vvill develop
grandly. The farmer can appreciate
help. He can • rise to the occasion. •
Andnur country's success ie nieasur-
ea by t heroinforts and cheer that eir-
(*titans around the hearthstonesof our.
farm homes, '
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Ottawa'federal officials are likewise
open to serious question. What are
they doing, to maw the burdens? It is
up to the fartn.et in parlittinent 'and.
egis alum Go out on your hue fence
and cultivates a good address,. get a
diction to express what you want and
like Oen. Grant hatutneralong those
lines if you rental)) in the one old
trench all summer "
The Pereunial sow thistle is ta be atil
mired. Itis not aqflitLe. Persistent
to the vet•ge dengednese, this weed
braves all adversities'. Denunciation
does not change its plans. It has a
toirislon to fulfil and it knows nothing
else. It is the plant with one idea. It
has succeeded. So far it is worthy ol
it place on the escutcheon of any
knight." This armorial' bearing Would
enstioilze success in. Any tuission
Wormed.
But homers cannot see it in this
lights To t bent it ha worse than any
"little tyrant of the fields." It is the
devil in plant form_ its persistence tee
minds t he sturdy tiller of the soil of
the octopus of the deep, that, terror of
the sea.•
The yellow gold of its bloom Mocks
the farm ret tuns. Stiggestive of good
things'its latter end is as dettructive
as the dregs of the wine to the dl reek-
ord. Cut up its 1100113 int° A thousand
pieces and emelt piece grows. Spread
the blows from yo,ne neighbor's land
arid every seed grows.
But pie siet ent as it is, man can ware -
Iv heat it Oat AB its own genie. Two
Monte cannot grow in the sante spot.
Equal persietence in cultivatiole ta
making A rich seedbed. in cleaning
crops and keeping everlastingly et N.
will on aide the strenuous tiller of the
lond to beat it out.
An Oshawa Maws way.
"I noticed a patch in my field."
whites an- Oshawa' fernier, eetrid two
years ago I decided tet try to eredicate
it. it lied e good foothold. Nothing
wotild.grove on the lend. I left the
field until June 15. when the thick met
of pie tit a wore just bursting ittto 'doom
I consider thee the plant is then at its
lowest point of' heeistance to attack, all
ite strength being engaged in reed
rusk ing, I plowed it dowels tit tivated
well, rumouredl the land and sowed it
to buckwheat tritely in July. 1 harvest-
ed A gond out) of grain and plowed it
up to this frost. I practically kilted
all t he
Noting the prominence The VVorld
gives to this great, lineation. Mr. T. G.
Raynor of the eeittral experimenter.
Nrtn) Ottswitt writes:,
The Smothering Proeetts.
thet the Canada thistle was not only
the worst seed with which the farthers
bad to contend. loathe t. it would al-
-most ruin Canadian farms. in the
United States there is no weed which
, It as been so much- legisleted agaiusb
sts the Ganada :thistle.. • Of late-yeey
little is heard about it, Wtiy ? Etecauee
• ferniest s have. discovered that 'a Short
• relation and frequetly seeding doe n• •
with clover. not .only holds it In sub-
jection, but almost exterminates it.
This year it bobbed hp again in a great .
Many fields Ire.Catise the climate concli,,
tions this spring were favorable fee it
securing a good start, which cub iva-
tion necessary to tnake a good seedbed'
was unable to Wholly overcome.
• .. 'To -day many, farmers are in worse
fear of the perennial • sew thistle, and
.1 agtee with them that it isa plant to
be reckoued With and is causing more
and irior•e less to farmers every year.
11 is mot e persistent than the Canada
thistle, and while a sheet rotation and
clove Will bald its spread in check e it
is net able to do it so effeetually as
with the Canada thistle. 'Partners dif-
fer regood deal as to the ease or diffi-
culty of doping With this pernicious
Weed. Those who are inclined to treat
it lightly are those who have dealt
%%ethic on the lighter clasoes -of.soil,
Where ,it. is not so hard, to. handle..
Thoee.who curse 11 411081 • persistently
are usually those Who have to cope
With 1104) the heavy soils,
"Its.rapid spread is due to. some
farmers allowing it ter go to seed which
is carried by the wind over large areas.
thave thought that if our Ontario •
• weed laws wet e so amended that it
would.cOmperthe careless.or indiffer-
ent fat mei. to prevent it going to seed
UI his crops. then it tniglit be pessible
to stamp it out altnost completely With
our present up-to-date methods °, till-
ing the soil. However, if the evil day
iPnrrdt°:1°:the SOW
thls ie
W;IIgpsketi801fintl wasteend
uncultivated lands, so that it. will be
able to famish seed from year to year
unless these waste places are pAStOred
with cattle and sbeep, which become
very fond of it, There are some who
think that by seeding down end graz-
ing 14 11 few yea s the trick will be done.
1" ani IlOt FO certain about its entiee
exterminetion in that way, hut I run
sure that it can be very tniveh veeaken
ed, so that it can he effectually deal
with aft erwitrus in 41ShOlt rotation.
The best methods for stamping it
out are such as might be termed
eitiothet•Hig process, flood I burn t ill•
age is a smothering ptortess, and if a
hare follow be the system used, a
10 oad shined eilltivator used frequent-
ly .enough will do the work in any ordi
wary season. • If 41 piece (if land; bad
with sow thistle, he plowed out of sod,
which has been pastured Up to the hist
(If June or first of July. end then pie.
pared for retie, which may be sown
tti drill)) Op to july 20, The ft egnent
cultivation of the rape along wit h its
rapid growth will leave but little sow •
thistle to tell the tale, even on A badly
infested piece.
• Buckwheat, Millet, and Rape.
"Buckwheat and Millet are two good
smothering crops, and if mown after
good thOro cultivation of infested bind
up to the middle of June or July 1,
will greatly weakeh stud practically
exteeminete this sow thistle if followed
ti p for two years in suceessions What-
ever the method used in ite extermitte
tion, it mutt be determined end thoro
for results. 1 know of no easy way,
hilt t believe it ean be clone thru the
to -operation of all the farmer& to go at
44 iti a eommunity and in a right way.
The seed fortunately does not te apy
exteet ileCOMP ' A weed seed impiwity
in either emelt or trustee seeds it' they
are properly fanned liefoen sowing. To
give this weed only a partial cultiva-
tion is to trensptent it. Every success -
fel farmer k flows hat to fight weeds
hey should nevet. he
allowed to foem A leef if they are of tlie
pereunial kind. The substance must be
grown out of the under ground root
ste I ice end riot growl* into it.
"SalvatiOn is in sight if we will only
work together with perseverancei
&termination A44 lutelligence.
"There arnit a tittle lie the hietory of ti
Canadian farming when it WWI thought ,
ted Oven
eat,' Qilibter.
Save5 Fuel
• Make sure your nevv
range has a steel oven,
and "Pandora" name-
plate on the door. Go,
at once, to nearest
McClary Agency and
pick out size desired.
Pandora has a sheet steel
oven, because steel is more
sensitive to heat—absorbs it
faster—than cast iron does.
Pandora oven thus heats
quicker —lesi time required to
get oven ready for the baking
—which also means less fuel,
expense. .*.
11
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