HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1886-06-11, Page 6pswAy, NNE II, 1886.,
East Num FARMERS INSTITUTE,
11' WEirir fli1Cc1Ss1ouL 07.01fAitigie.
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The second meeting of the FarmersIn.
etitute of the gait Riding of 'Huron was
held in the Wroxeter Team Hall, on Friday
of last week, the President, irriali McFad-
den, of Grey township, in the chair. The
hall was, tastily decorated with three ever-
green mottoes, "Welcome," ",Speed the
iiiough," and "Union is strength," flowers,
4e. There WAS ao .goodly attendance at
the opening of the meeting., . •
The President said be felt somet-v-hat
• reluctant at Making an addresa, the more
tte because be succeeded such a • man as
John IVIcnillati. . However, his motto was
, to do the heat he could, and his object was
to further thainteeesta of -the Institu
He was glad to see the intereat manifested
in those getlierings, and by this free and
friendly interchange of thought and exper-
ience good, wouldcertai.filY He
hoped the speakers would .be short, the
discutedona.pointed, 44d bo entered into
heartily by everyone, Don't be afraid to
contradict- what yen. don't agree with, ;is
this is the Way to draw one another .out.
Or work as farmers' was to make the soil
• as -productive as peasible, and he believefl.
there was no better farminf.e, land on, the
face Of the. earth than that found inlluron
County. ' Mr. McFadden wound up his
*MC,* ave b !atm lin artecclote-illua-
trating ivbat he had been saying. •
Win:Bishop, Secretary, read,the.minutea
of the Meetings held arranging for this In-.
stititte,_which were adopted,
The first. topic intreduced watYrr
_ap41...the foowing. intereeting Paper was
read bySir. Thos. Gibson, M.P.P. :-
I do not profess to be apracticalfarener,
but in iny'clesire to tiicl.,the Institute con-
sented to prepare this paper. Forestry is
not as essential aggresses or grain growing.
To -day dairying appears to be taking the
lead. The subject upon which I intend
shortly, to read, is; is has been announced,
Foreatryi.and any remarks. I may. Make
will be rather sugaeative tan dogmatic.
It is only repeating a truism ,to say, that
the civilized world is going through a severe
deoreeeion,pad n einterest:. more so than
agriculture. The price of. wheat,the great
agricultural staple, has not been so low in
London or Liverpool as at present for a
hundred:years. Whatever it is owing to:-,•••
some economists say it is•oivilm to the de-.
-fieiency of-golff,with which to carry' on
- international trade, for however a paper
currency may do for domestic use, to effeet
. a settlement between different countries-
V- requires either preduce of sonra.soritor the
- . precious metals; others sayMs owing t�
labor-saving machinery having overtaken
' and surpassed consumption; otherasay it
- is owingto the appearance, as a cempeti-
tor, of India, a :country of cheep labor;
• with a hot mild climate, little to
sustain life, that .things are . per depressed
n-this--continent-and-in-EueOpii.-Whatev ,
er combination of circumstances is the.cause,
averiod of low picas has evident's', set in,
and that toatay. It behooves us, therefore,,
• to lock-arentid -us-for. lie w.-tivennes-ofrpro.„-1
duction and one, which, if it May not'gtve
'will add to the yak* and.
consequently to. the Wealth of the farmer's
them to turn: their attention Clore to
tree planting; not, only will it have this
effect, but we cannot estinnitelhelltailue to
a country generally for climate reasons.
It ie well known that lands along the shore
Of the Mediterranetta sea, ,which in ancient
times. were famous for their fertility, with
large populations, with pities having an
. advanced Mate of civilization Melee sante
conntriee are almost; .detioptlated, witIz
here and there a few • aqiittla savages ex:'•
biting, among' the ruins. .Palestine was, in
• ancient times, a land flowing with Milk and
honey. The Mountains of Lebanon abd-
, Carmel Were botierecl with luxuriant trees
• in what would be beta center of. Ontario;
• • in ancient times there naust have been.W
• • ponulatio&of 6 Or 7 millieni. • NoW 1'00
. suppose it contemn aporation f-Nl0 or,
- . NO, and it is tnaintlime by many that it
4• only requires judicious planting to ,see it
(• again clothed with fertility and 'sustaining
a largo population. In south western.
France there is a large tract of. conntry
called the Landes, Which in the time of
Julius Cteser austamed a large, hardy and
valiapt population, who giVe hinflill he
could do with the reiources Of ReitiVat We
--back to conquer thern-At_that_Ltiree„it_
,was a well-tvooded country, buttt was sub-
' sequefitly denuded of its trees and in our
time it has become almost a drifting sand-
. The late Emporer Napoleon, a shrewcl,far-
• seeing man, who but for his wife, Might
rhaw/igen, or dirheirayon-the-thronerof:
sufficent tinie to shew what the effects will
• 'them, and thotigh there has hardly been
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France, set about planting pertulni of
ultimatelybe, late travellers say that an
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alteration s already observed for the bet-
ter, neutralizing to .a certain extent the
aridity of the climate arid, what was coin-
* „mereially worthleas Will in -a short time 'be-
. • come a source of income to the state. But
-,:-- -•. -:to mite to something tagtrer. honte....It-is
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evident, withoutanuch consideration, that
in the older portien of Ontario. and even
• in the moat of Anton, that the period has .
men. '
arrived whenthe Obadiah ot tree planting
The morning (session was then brought
willhave to -be -taken no, and in a country.•
hisrpreperties-beinginsubtdiiided, to a'close and an adjournment of an lieu*
it is going to be • a difficult,. (petition to -nildrfallin--
,, ea,slitirbON SESSiow:
solve. In Britain the land is in feerhands •
and there la that advantage that the ewe- • On re•assettibling it 1 o'clock there 'wee
era ean deal with this queetion far easier a much larger attendance than fti"the fare -
than we.ean.• 8ome.of-the- ..he sUbject of Wheat.culture was
talcee p by Thos. Straiihan, Reeve of Grey
on the business in a Systematic mintier,
cutting down so intioli yearly and re -plant township, who read 'the following paper,
ing the amine amount and inaking hand- whiah :proved the ground work of a very
some returne, far more than is derived warniltild4riteresting disontaion '
from agricultural /Made, more.particularly Wheat culture is tt question of. vast im-
as much of the land planted is. of a char. portance to the fareaera of this country,
actor not fit for cultivation. fend being and PartioularlY Pf the twit Riding of nu,.
so sub -divided and eitelkof us Claim to do ton, a subject also with which we should
*ith etir own on Ivo piense, whether, by be intimately acqwiainted, especially since
argument or perisuasion the difficulty will our aettlement ifi this part of the country
be solved,' it is not easy to say. In game we depended upon. this crop as "yielding
things the law won't allow tie with our own the best eeturne for our labor i'' and from
to do as we .please. /1 a Man Rinses his which, probably up to the present time,
• horse, or animal a any description, he we have derived the greatest portion of our
can be punished for it; and the time may wealth. It is very het:tenant for ns, par-
abola when each inalyiama .faroaer may ticalarly at present, to become thoroughly
have to rot:line entail per daft& a his minversant tviliitherbest methods 'of seed -
land id Weeds. , That would not be Such a ring a large yield froth a given quantity of
violent stretch or interferente With "Pro. laptl,tie the competition *slave to contend
Perty in landAa Henry George itchmeates, With uipicessively keen. • Prices being se.
and his views are being received *ith .trinch less than in former years, science and
mak favor to ttritafor just hecaase the talent Will have to be bretight to ottr aid,
land is in few hands, • Thera is not much afid methods sotight by which a greater
chalice for Gleorges doctrines in Amen- Yield ran be procured from a snialler area,,
can soil. Foreate are needsd with Hs large. and wheat culture be continned profitably:
ly for fuel, as %voll as lumber, Wo sent When she price of wheat was high, to make
out last year for coal otter $7,000,000, pay- it pay it Was iitot so necessary te Produce
Ing thereon malt $1.00,000 in duty, and "suet) a largo yield as now when wheal is
the time is rapidly approaching when that Perhaps one third. less in value than the
lttrinuttt will be deabledroltiall will be a average in former years. It we cau make
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treniendoua drain upon our resources. The 10 acres of land now produce as much as
priest of lumber ie rayitilY going up, black did when prices were $1.25 per Weibel.
'Walnut fetches now Ohicego $70 per M. it would be.es preamble to raise svheat aa
and cherry, at the Same time, IP. waif 10 or 35 yeere Age. In a conutry
ber, unlike tutt other product is of slow such, ail ogre it useimply thatioasiblate raise
grosvtli wilr not, it may be said, be the pried of wheat by artificial means, -
Much * benefit to those who ;nay plant The placang of a duty upou the product ot
it and by throwing or keeping a certain any country, Where less is consinned than
amount of land out of cultivation may be call be raised, will not enhance the value
present loss,but that is* very shorbsighted of that product, as we experience in our
unpatriotic view to take of the matter,ancl
diet is this part of it that may require legiti-
laden to deal wtth. Even far preeent value
the planting of say 100 walnut trees and
100 pine trees and have them kept feneed
so that cattle cannot get to them would
add largely to the selling value of any
farm. lo Minnesota a lively interest was
being taken in the cultivation of a tree
caUed Catalpitt, for fence pots aed
way ides. An acre of land planted with
black walnut would, within 50 years, pro-
duce e net profit of $2,000. There was
nothing, to take the place of wood for rai1.
way ties ; iron, glass and stone had been
tried but without success. ,Zhere aro al-
wayeportions on -nearly-every_farni which
are almost waste whith-could be profitably
pet into trees, I do not pretend to be
able to say what arethe proper methods
and times. to do so, but only to call atten-
tion by these perhaps rambling and. ilia-
• jointed remarks to the importance of the we have already felt the necessity of sub -
subject, and if they have in a small degree istitudeg other means by - whipli4. we can
that effect I consider trayselit well repaid' maintain a trabsistence. 'We are aware that
• for any little labor and thought I have in the profitable production of this valuable
iven thiLeobject. : • cereal, no crop Is more sensitive to careless
The -President ope—ned tirraTi-lurcbstiarr---Wireir•travellintrtirrough the
by stating that if .the pioneers had to, live various districts of .the country we cannot
their liveo over, a different policy would shut our eyes to the fat that vast quanti-
ties of wheat fa sown in fields which nature
be fellowed as far as caring for trees.
own country. We must compete with the
markets of the world and with countrieis
which can -produce wheat at a trifling eX-
pense. The great advances that have been
made in opening up channela of continua!
eation, and the means of transit by land
and water at the disposal of the agricultu-
rist, bring us face tu face with all the mo-
dern improvements of transhipment at the
dispoial af every civilitsecl country in the
world. • The intelligent agriculturist will
naturallY enquire ,what is best to be done
under the circanuda'nces Although our
energiea may be directed to other channels
by which we can make Pp for the great leas
we endured from low prices, I Am satisfied
that vaat_ quantities of wheat will be raiaed
in this part•of the country so well adapted
to the culture of Wheat, the -chief etc:merit
from which we derive our sustenance. But
the area now devoted to raising wheat is
lesa than -in former years, manifesting that
-Towlishipeouncils-weregiving-theiraid4a7
tree planting but the trouble was cattle
• and pigs often did a great deal of damage
to Yontig trees by the roadside. '
Thos. Strachan, Reeve ot Grey township,
!aid his township luid passed a by-law re -
waning cattle Iron mein at large. He
thought tree -planting added greatly to the
appearance of the farm. Advocated fen°.
ing balf a rod along the road or linefences
Mid- filling it with trees. This elimate.and
country was most favorable to tree. grow-
ing. We have been tee careless in the Past
in clearing, • . • •. •
Thos. Gibson, M. P. P., thought beauty
-wee goodibut-utility and:profit better: Mr._
of Newmarket, had a plot of 8 or
10 rods filled with fir, latch and. brim°
trees, brought front Sootlend. They- were
about a ,foot high when t ronght out and
°est $15 per thousand. • After they were
climatized they were fiatisplanted.
&don to their beauty they prove_a grea
shelter to the farm buildings. • •
Thos. Haiti, of MCKillop township :How ,
•close should walnut trees be planted 7 Ans.
50 trees to air acre to grow 4 standards in
50 years. 'There is a difference in the time
of maturing in trees and in some places
they were cut down every six yeare in ro-
tation after the first lotnttained their
growth. Trees. will reach -Maturity in 60
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teachelehrtA14.4121110...S.O.F. I? :And. _Afitt...49,t,
intended • to raise wheat -until properly
treated; and should have been Oevoted to
some other crop. The land may be excel-
lent in itself, of first quality, but intelligent
skill has'not been exercised in putting the
field in proper condition for the producing
of wheat, consequently hundreds of dollars
is, lost, whereas, if the field had been used
to produce some other'erop it would have
brought a fair remuneration for ourlabor.
The'greatest drawback to the Production
of wheat;froin afield fairly suitable for that
purpose is the 'Whose of tint *season in.
which it' is sown. Our own consciences
tell es we cant* expect a geodorop of wheat
fronilltatfield,-Int the -wheat is solar] net.-
er,thelese; and we hope against hope that
She wheat will be good, and which in nine
cases out of ten is not, but hYpecritically
we blame everything and eierybodS.7- but
'ourselves. My ubscratitimrlettda-fite "td
this fact, that wheat, although the. field is
in:good oonditton, must be sown early,and
even earliwthan the farther is generklei
the habit of sowing. • We strive to sow
ab ut tbe first week of September, which
is g nerally considered in good time, but
's part of the country:
we sho Id have heat in by tile first
week of uguat ake it almost certain
that We mild; a good crop. ;This
• - part of th coun m my opinion, a
years. .
rny tinicn t
not .believe in planting trees along fences country south of s nearer the lake. In
hut advocated- Dlanting them in clumps ee. thia part of the ountry winter sets in ear -
AL le be a shelter for cattle /tithe werm. lier. than lit • the southern' Orden' of the
prove troublesome If Oteist us eon' Loo
tishocaotiba'rnks, ta *dont the Change of
Heavy anew was sure ba kill (sit wheat
f over grown Oleos bolo are dug through
seed and succession of 0mi/salter produced
good reeults, Li cases where manure rap
short,plewing in green oral* oats, clover,
buckwheat or other crops would enrich the
awl. An open davit around the field often
added mum to a wheat field, Bare fel-
lows were disapproved and femora urged
to put some crop in that could be plowed
under. It was thought it was a blight,not
rust, that destroyed the fall wheat last
•year. Partners should fatten their own
cattle and thus save the manure. The
inanure of a ton of bran in England sold
for $14. Plaster, salt and phosphates were
recommended as fertilizers.
The next and last subject was Grasses,
and wa$ introduced. by John 1Y1cMillan.
Beet* of Hulled,. who is recognized as an
authority on agriculture, Mr. McMillan
• said he watt glad' to wet his brcither farm-
ers. Life was shert and everybody wee
busy, and therefore the Ipstitute wes • a
blessing, as here -we -got the opinione of a
.secire or moire persons who have learned
by practical tests.. The Local Government
had done all they could do to help the
farmer, and the establishing of these in-
stitutions was a good move. He would
liko ke see more young men interested in
these gatherings, as they would soon have'
to lake the places of redponsibility and if
they did not improve their opportunities
-the-cloctoriraink lawyeraavould still con-
• tinue to sit in the legislative halls, and
manage the affairs of the country, Would
likelo have been better prepared to deal
with the aubjeot of grasses, .but of one
inthe-iias pertain, to grow grasses sue
eessfully, thaland must be well drained.
The non inust be treated according to its
kied.' The policy pursued by many
farmers regarding grasses wits suicidal, as
cattle was turned out too early and kept
on tea late. A great deal of our grass fields
are winter killed. The trouble in seeding
down is the seed is too thinly sown. Many
people thought low land was especially
adapted for grass, but unless it is drained.
it us a mistake.
A variety in seecl is an ipipertant factor
to get good grass. Sowing timothy and
clover iatiot enough', as -timothy dry
aeason will giro very little aftergrowth-.--
For permanent.pastere e knew nothing
better than nieadow grass, rve grass, timo-
thy and orchard • grass, Kentooky blue
grass and red top ; Lucernaand
Alaikeolo-
vefa1Ro. geed greases:, -Atter- mots- it
woplapay to sew grass and eat, hay the.
first season. It -pays to pay a good price
for sea_ Farming. iiresolving itself into
either dairying or beefing. The latter is:
the better if properly managed. Let the
pasture get a start before turning cattle
out. Draining keens a dry farm moist and
a wet farm dry. Know nothing better
than clover to raise on a poor farm, as it
draws /argely from the atmosphere and on
account of the length of roots draws mois-
ture -to thesoil.
is as exhausting on land as wheat. ,Cut
clover early, when Out in tall blossom.-
•Yeet will get more weight if left longer,
but notlietter feed... • -Hungarian his the
best•feeding qualities, and will also-
gtve a good crop and is exoellent for' soil;
ins: No other feed Svill Yield like/3611ga-
den except green cern. •Laticl used to he
'worked untiLit was run doivn and- then let
a nuisanee in plowing, and the trees in the 'obserVe,bhat natiie grassee 'flowers, fruits; run
1. ..1- that is now tip -exploded
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FAMILY GROCERS. -
WE HAVE A SPLENDID .ASSORTMENT OF
CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE.
PALLISER and- Oa
CLINTOZT
CASH FOR EGGS,'
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Having leased the premisee now occupied by us, for another term'of 7 yeard. We are
prepared to give the BEST BARGAINS possible. /We ha.ve on hand a *large and
and well selected stock of ,
GROCERIES, CANNED GOODS, EXTRACTS,
FRUITS and SPICES
WiltRATErt PuRE, BiTTEIt TUE MARN43,`• 4,40.S0
BLACKING, BRUSJIES,t BA$KET.SP DjaerITS: -‘19N-FBOTION7
• ERY,- CHINA, CROcKgRY AND GLASSWARE.
We have the. largest_steck in town. 09111hille Claality with price and we cane et
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reat Inducement.
Havivg bought"0: J. Tuthill's Stock of
CIIITTA; -CROCZERT " ift CLASS -WAR -E.--
. At a diacount; will sell at Wholesale Prices until all is cleaned not.
lAilssdEa7TENo'r oAria_cat:_eac't .
FLEESHMAN, & CO'S ITE.AiST, formerly kept by Tuthill,& Co.. always on hand "--st
JOHN, CUNINGHAMEi GROCER, CLINTON. • •
FOR_ F3,,E PEOPLE.
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Cheap $ATAT, Chop CROCEMIZES aiLd,
eap ROVISICISTS.
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weather. Forriliiiirits too- con ntryi-and-speiti rbr the se aeen-lerie -
forover productionwithld reealt R every. ing is that umeh t,least, cense-
body wouldresultif-result. for Miently .wheat that • sown in the last
week of August here' i na more' advanced
black walnut.- In Scotland a fir tree.42
• years old was cut d;,wn for a mast, that in the'spring. than whoa sown in the south
Measured 70 feet. Fir roots Were Often on 'the first' week of Septe, tier; You May
way of the mower and reaper, Ire did. finales, and weeds of all fti ds, come" and • idea. Top dressing with liMe, plaster,
not know "vrhat effeettrees had. 04 the cll. matur° v6rY. ear.137' ' maPife8 ing in ' my bone dust pr cone twehes is excellent for
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mate. . - .. . . • . ,• opiaion, the urgent necessity o atting in • permanettpasture.. If a solid close mat
. par. Oribion said trees were the cause.of our crops as early asaicissible. wir land, of grass is obtained the fernier it doing his
work well. ••
.dry'iip ea quickly. A popular writer said thin possible. VVe*:know that hig land •When grass is cot off a pew itioadoW for,
.treee Were briuging back the humidity of , if sown early, and fairly rich, inya 'ably. the first time kesp cattle Off and you will
rain falling more moderately and it did ns t howeverrahould be put iu the be condi-
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ing down, g pounds of clever and 7 or 8 ' • ' '
• The question was asked whether walnut none this wo must do by Art. I know pounds of timothy, is a good mixture. ARE NOW OPENING ONE OF Tilt I:JAR-GEST STOCES OF
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•would grow ,in this section, as it was not a on* quarter of the fields now sown to wheat, In -the discussion that followed this pa- ' ' - ' -- " . ' - •••
natnval wood. It was answered in the were thoroughly drained 'end -enriched by •or it was brought out . that grass seed.
.BOOTS -and SHOES at Remarkably Low.Prices. •
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-Having a large eteek ef Salt on hapd, orders will be fillea at le lowest prpaes
ever Offered in Clinton,.as 'the" shit Werke .will ' gold-. when-a.rtailgemente are
:co,rogeted. Will buy and-peli-. TiminFrir OLO'VElt-' .8kErD;•:.• )ot
• - : . SACKS and GRAIN BAGS' for 'sale.
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LARGE -BARS' OF P SOAP FOR, ONE • DOLLAR. ; •
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JOHN' *Mr GARVA - CLINTON
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the clialite. 11 to 1.-fi of a. countty like pro uce afairye ofallwheat. r ir- get a etter. roit • another yea . • n seed. •• .
1TMI`NV Ci-CDCDE)
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thie should be tinder' trees. nga4rywarmoiI,andwborenaiureii e
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affirinative. •
manure, or other composts, we ceuld pro- weld be sown like a spetidthrift Mad . • • •
W. Kerr of Ilrussels *as pleased to duce as much is we new produce,from ono gaticred like a thiaer. It will. pay a than
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weeo-the.interest taken tree growing by half the, 'area" winder wliceit...-qfiknow to at w a bushel elover seed in a 10 Sere
the Ontario Legislature, Mid thought touch and ain Confident that .5' scree of. 'wheat field. The. general belief: was that perms -
of the beauty and attractiveness of the thoroughly prepared and sown in proper nent p tures will pay,
growing villages and. towns Was due to the coasen-Will.prodace as much as 10 careless-.
‘previsiona.a this Fur Act. Arbor day in IY put in. By this.method the land -could' Vroket r for tho trouble they
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ladies' nt
took in dee
see. by John
lasting gatlieri
elese. '
,:ot Vika was moved to the
•tonneetion•With our school plots wits doing be sown hate: coarse grime enabling us to Ming the hail. hy
a *geed work and transforming lots tbat (lava° amt. Portion of our grain, OS raising °Milian.. -This very inter-.
were a renwitit for -cattle- tuid' pigs into' stook by which we can accumulate more was. then brought to a
homelike plots. Ile did not know what
effect climate had on standing timber, but.
he did know that after it was cut dowe a
'load 'of woodlhat measured 8 ocirdaiii-the-
bnah could. not be made to go More than
2i- cords in -a back yard in town evetrafter
alloWi.briiir holes, &c. Iie Would'like it
explained. •
_It was stated Math° climate "wall not
to blame for this,bet that was the onlyway
to get oven, with the town-poople for the
ihrinkage on perk.
A general conversatiOti then ensued dur-
ing which it Iraiithonght adaisablato plant
treeit aloog the fence lines so that as posts:
•'decayed the trees could be utilized. If
theland law was enforced fences would
be needed. No 10 acre field was right
without • shade trees. The question :of
pruning fruit trees was discuised, by Messrs
Hays, Black, bleCrae, Jas. Elliott, Alex.
Johnston and others jdining in the discua-
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manure-, or devote the land to pasture,
which woeld increase the fertility of our
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soli. If you want to know Where drains
-shotild, be Put in, look at a _field
Wheat in the eyeing and you have 00
difficulty in •aseettaining Where year hied. • Me",
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• - wait Rh um Cure*.
•• MeGreger ct5 Parke's Carbolic Cerate bas been
tried and found -to 1.40 thelvntiynositive cure for
Salt Rheum., Pimples,\ Blotches en the
facc-ediands, Cuts,. Burns,,Brulso, or any sore
that nothing eise heal•\,Try MeGrogor
Parke'a Carbolic Comte. 154. per -box at Wor-
hington's Drug Store, •• , ,
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TRUNKS 8z- VALISES brihe hundred,Cheap
. PINB and CEDAR SHINGLES atLowest Prices.
• eltonld be drained, If the labor p • ut on.20
scree of land' in.prerkiration for fall Wheat
was generallYput into 10, I know the fe-
deration -and yield would 'be egnal • to • • •'
t•he.20,. and if this is the case what a less• . , • '
-ensues to the:farther when that land might Oats -rev, Horses.
be profitably employed to some other tweeted • :•• • :
ef incerhei and,, in my Otiinicrn; this is a Unthreshed oats are a' hotter .feed for
least one method by which we. Can gain horses than the grain alone, or the grain
triore than will dompeosate us for the loss and straw both fed, but separately. , The
of thedecline in the price Of wheat, and in albutninoid ratio. of the' grain of oats is
place of the fall in prides being an irrepar-
able lose, it may bo a blessing in disguiee. 1.01; of the 'straw of Oats; 1.91).. The,
Besides the land being rich we should have feedlot horses.at,ordinary work should
it clean ...frown weeds Which, I' have an. albuminoid ratio of 1,70,. Hence
believe, Can oe done successaully hfintel- the grain of oats should be. mixed with'
141ent energy and care.: 'A -friend of miiie food having a lower albuminoid
told. me that for fall wheat he. plowed only We Might, get i' z'ation-lrnvin 'o
once but cultivates and. harrows on the•
loarketottmeli„gnrinri the add as first Plow-' PP)Per ratiG-13Y using •e*rn 411110111i3'
ed. He eays this meth7.4Trille thistles sire ats,--But-it-is-welunosEn-Ahataint
all kincle of weeds. I,know ho is a good.
fernier cuid raises Mae crops, ancleertionly
it is a great saving of labor,atigang-plowing •
.arid h-Erioiiitig, tail be done quicker than
plowing only and you can have your land
ready almoitt any time you want to so*.
I have a small held cultivated like thia
last summer and fowindlt worked admir-
ably and the wheat look's exeellent. There
aro many. things I have not tOnehed upon,
but I know there are Many gentleman
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sent who ire far more capable of giving in-
formatitut on-Ahis.iiimortant Matter as. will
be instructitYkiited beneficial to the farmers
present at this institute. „
The question was thoroughly discussed
for over an hour, Thos. Hayes, Thoth Gib-
son! 'M. P. P., Chas. *Laughlin, J. R.
Miter, John McCrea, -Jinifir "ffortiiiieTrifr"
drew Dodds, Sarni. Black, Sao.
grain to be well digested it must tie
eatbn with 'dome sort of stoVot to farm
the necessary bulk in the stomach. For
stover we might Use timothy, which has
an albuminoid ratio of 1.81, and would
give the neeessary balk. Ent it is mud
better to have the.grain ad the stoVer
eaten together. We thay.cut the hay,
it and therFitin together, and moist'.
en the mixture; but we accomplish the
smite thing more economically by feed.
ing unthreshed oats, for then the grain,
all the ehaffand a good part of the straw
are wiasticaCed together. Py thus feed.
ing oats weliat only improve the albu-
mipoM
ratio of the ration and provide
-the necessary forage mastiCated Amith
the grain, blithe saved the expense of
CT. McFadden and Thos. Straohan and threshing. Oats to bo fed in this way
should be eat before they are quite ripe,
cured thorotighly, and then moved away.
They .are just the feed for winter,
when the horses require earbalyclrates;
and because of their manner of feeding,
an early frost domes before finOW there is are se well digested, ard are sosvoll
sull-
litIlo danger of ratitig. -How early. Deep ed to the watts of the horse that he will
seeding not advisable; A broad cast sewer. do it great'. deal better upon them than he
is preferablo to a drill hi moat instances. would'upon. almost any other food.-
Too mach wheat relied and not enough of k tat tiriseror •trito
oats and 'other crops, 'Plitt Maslen fly may • e)
ethers Ionung itt the diactussion. Space
Will not permit of us giving their speeches.
tIowever we summarise what *as said.
Wheat_grows more evenly on tultivated
summer fallow •and weeds are eradicted.
Thorough draining is very essential. Tr
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We give 1 lb. Mixed Candies for 10c. '1 lb. Sticks
:• -.-* 1 lb. BulIsekes 10c. • 1113. TaffrChunks.10c.
• • TITER CANDIES_ EQUALLY AS LOW. • '
ORANGES AND . LEMONS 25' CTS. . PER • DOZEN:. ,
HEAD OrAwrinta rpn OYSTEE,S.-AsX•Aet m'y Oysters direct frotia Balbimot�, you
• can depend on getting Fresh •Stock.
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OYSTERS SERVED BY THE 'DISH
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Virresr Srook or TO13A.CCOES;0IGARS, CIGAR HOLDERS; TORIOC-O ,
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POUCHES, &e • All OfTthe very best quality to be had. • A call selleiled.
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We have. secured 20 half &esti of veey fine 60et. YOUNG IIYSOil 'TEL ,
.whiCh we whil sell for a mont1.4 at 45ets. by the bib. caddie. . This
iwthe best value ever offered in this county,..„ Don't „
' fail to go a naddie before It is all ,
We have opened a full stock of
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New Valentia, taisins *Extra Selected Valentia, •
Bedsit's, Black Basket Raisins, 'Seedless
Raisins, Sultana Raisins; •
NEW OlfRRANT$, NEW 'SHELLED AtMONDE, NEW LEMON, e
0EANGE A.ND CITRON -PEEL. 2lbs. GOOD MIXED CANDY'
'FOR 26oTs, piin. and Inspect our Stook. .
os. Cooper & Son,
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