Press Alt + R to read the document text or Alt + P to download or print.
This document contains no pages.
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1909-3-25, Page 6• 1IIuwu.y, Macs 25, 1909.
Home Course In
Modern Agriculture
III.—Preparing the Ground
By C. V. GREGORY.
Airiestlterral Di.✓Irlon. loaves Stare College
American 1 Associanon
(,eOYri/ht. Jsaa by Ams
.1
THE Sl1•NAL: GOi)FRICII ONTARIO.
Ing more popular for storms em.', ams
fustly so. It places the sctdl at an
et en depth and corers 1bem all. It
' saves seed neenute It places nI1 of It
where 11 has au opportunity to grow.
!After the outs aro drilled or disked in
at least Iwo hnrrowluts *holm' be
elven. Ev n lbree-or four [Could net
be tar many. Glue title Iv the last
chance to rutin -Me the crisp.
In some porta of the cern 141 the
practice of lis1Itl) corn 14 followed
This t•ou«1st« In throwing up a large
furrow and elnutIng the corn in the
bottom of It. to this case !here can
It little prev lets, lrennration of the
ground unless it Is to go over it once
with the (isk. Cora Is listed only on
very light lolls. which do not puddle
nr It•.•ome •teddy easily. Such snit,
need Zees',repne:ttbon than the heavier
tiny' and l':tts.
HEALTH OF SWINE.
that emigre water to rage In a 6111511
SINCE the coodltiou of the sou tubi I.+ culled capillarity It is ibis
has so much to do with tba . capillarity that makes the water rine
readiness with which the planta froal the atib.oll up to the surface
cau get food from It one of the where the roots, can use It The
noel l;.ortant problems that confront smnner.lhe,caplllary lubes the faster
the farmer V the proper prrparaUon of
end higher the water will rise.
Use ground. The first work of prepare- , When the ground Is plowed these
dem usually consists of plowing. Plow -
capillary tubes are broken up, and the
trig the groand pulverises It to some ; rise of water Is checked To start It
extent and buries the weeds and trash i again the toll must be allowed to settle
that may be on the surface. tor'■ long Ulne or else be svprked down
Plowing should not be dune +. ben the with the disk, barrow or roller. In the'
soli L too wet. or the first of these fill the depth yf plowing 'boil not mat
objects will not be accomplished In-
ter, since the furrow' slice will have all
winter in which to settle. But 10 thestead of being pulverised, the Wee
turned up by the plow will be or i sprinPg this ea 111urlty must be rrstureJ
r more firm1S than ever sad
tngethe alno+et at once or the surface layer
wilt bate Mtn l hard clod. The fur I will tecoute SO dry that gerinlitatien
row slice will also tarn up cloddy 1f t Rud later growth *1(1 be 'r hecked-
tae troll L too dry. I Hence the Importance of sbnll,.v.'plow-.
A good way to tell when a field 1s 1a trig. so as to reduce the labor of disks
proper cotsdltlon to be plowed Is to Ing and flat, wing- if the surf se of
squeese a ball of the dirt in your hand. i the ground is crusted , r If th' -e Is
I1 it sticks together In a pasty mass ' 'emelt trash to be turn. 1 under the
you bad better let i' dry a few days field should be disked !'More it Is
longer. It It hangs ..sely together In plowed This will provide for a layer
a mealy bail the Maw can be set to.l.est -firte dire -irk- tb --Iuttum-,f .I11c_fur
worts at once Such soil will fall over row. which -will pact down 'closely
the edge of the moldboard In loose. and help to restore caliillarItc. -
crumbly masses. The field will not he 11 the furrow' turns up "Shiny" or
ridged like a washboard. as too many-sbownmmy'tettdene}.to-lwkalttta_L14513
Odds are, but will aptly demonstrate It should be harrowed every half day.
fibs troth of the old saying that "a or every day at tenet. This seems like
osld well plowed le half barrowed." a ,great deal of extra work, bot It n
In order to do n neat Job of plowing harrow is kept in the field IF does nt'a
a cater and a weed book are uecensa• take long to hitch nn to It and go ever
the newly plowed strip Just before
quitting for noon or night. A few
minutes spent In harrowing at sot h
times will pulverlrc the ground more
than hours of work after It has be-
come sirs and baked. The fel l„oeMew Iii usual'}�r e -cd to
be gone over with tbedisk to FeT it 1g'
shale' for, planting. The superior con-
ditf,at .•htaiued by -double disidng-
that is, Icttlug the disk "lap half” -will
more than 107 for the extra labor.
There Is an additional advantage ;In
that the tnrface is left smooth. Disk-
ing spring plowing Is seldgm net la
VFIIIMIII
4
1�aiiiitin- 7- j.
1N. v-• oaxo PLOW AT WORE,
ey attachments. By using them all the
thrash can be turned under completely.
This not only hastens the decay of
each matter, but also adds greatly to
the looks of the field. Too many form-
a% do not pay enough attention to
looks. A ragged looking field may '
rube Just as large a trop as a smooth
west It U true, but the farmer who 11
tireless In his plowing Is likely to be
carcases in everything else.
If the plowing 1s done In the fall It
' dose [sot matter so much whetber it
tarns up cloddy or not. The hard
of winter are the best puiver-
lleers that ever tore a clod to pieces.
This 1s one of the advantages of fall"
Peering. One of the disadvantages V
that In an open whiter the soil 1s lia-
ble to wash badly. This can be pre-
vented to some extent, bowever, by
planting a catch crop, such as oats or
Iarifet. on the field after plowing.
Tbe depth of plowing will vary with.
tbe condition. A light, sandy soli
aloes not need to be plowed as deeply
a0 a beerier one if the ground L
plowed the same depth every year tbe
bottom of the farrow wW become bard
Some Points by a Successful Powder.
A Champion Yorkshire.
A successful et, Inc breeder says of
keeping hogs healthy:
A very lmponnttt eonsldtratiOD la
sunshine and exorcise. nod without
bothsof these I have nt'rer been able
to halve success. 1 have too utters seen
hogs cramped lute a Ilttle, dark, filthy
peu for fattening. I foul 1t most prof.
(table to give my bogs gtttd range at
all, times, whether feedlug to fatten or
lot- It. will iuntclliltes happeo that
ebolera will get- Into the whole uelgh
bodbood, and lu such an event 1 would
try to keep my berd as far from the
ed3otntng neigbbov as possible and use
an abuodaure of a gaol disinfectant
about the gronuds and n little to the
wales to fact. tills will do wn barn
In bealtb. But should cbolen get
started In my berd the first tbtng• I
would do would 1.e to kill and burn
•tbe sick coins, taking thein awns from
Gm others for the operation. I bave
tried to cute.* few cases, but always
failed and Wet money by allowing
them to stay esti the farm.
The feedlug of vwlne 1s a great ques-
tion and can he mattered only by ex•
eery.
in •rise* where haproper viewing has
left n ftet,Irhtddy-the -troller Inay often
be tisol to advantage. .1 corrugated
toiler Is Ie'tter for this purpose thnn a
smooth ore: us It tends to Crush the
clods rather than to almpty 1 . b theta
down lulu the liner dirt. 1 home-
made "pinnket" or clod ern '.rr will
anti answer the p'Irpo«o its well as
roll'r.
The yeller pack* Ibe Rn,itnt: ttnMid-
realtly and so quickens the y apillary
rise of water. If the surface 1s left
tiln/nl11 much of the moisture that
'tint's tip Hill he lost by evaporation.
;ute1 Erase In the «cream the crop will
br likely In gofer from drought. To
avoid this the "relies should lie follow-
ed iuitursihuely by the harrow.
'ride 1•r stmt a Ibis layer of surface
gull. When the capillary osier reach-
es this 14.0.41 layer Its' rise Is checked.
and comparatively ;lttte Is lost by evap-
oration. For this $aute nitron it is
often well to liirrew• fall plowing ns
and the roots wilt have difficulty in .eon es It 1: dry teeing!' In the spring.
getting through it readily. A good•plan type, tally if disking is not to he done
is to begin at, say four inches, and until Isle.
perlence. flogs to be healthy must
bavo a variety of food -pains, roots
and forage. The condition of the bog
should gotten the kind .pd quantity.
Different conditions would suggest dif-
ferent methods. and therefore It is sot
'safe ter lay down any Iron bound rules.
The queatloo of water- is alta a very
great our, and one that, from my ob-
servation, is often neglected`.•,,, Some
think that any kind of hole will do
for hogs. and coasequently tbrn are
left to drink from tbe hole that they
wallow to Tete. I think, Is one of the
main causes of st' knees In hogs. The
plow one-half ln, h deeper each year j After the ground le plowed and dint -
tenth a depth of seven or eight inches e1 the harrow must be used to com-
t. reached. Then go back to four I,lele the prep:1rdion for planting.
bcbea and begin over, agtln. In this ( There are t ,:may kinds of harrows, bat
way a little new soil b turned op isms. that :ire Leiter than the ordinary
every season and the layer of surface spike este 'Thew- are made In nli
son gradually deepened. i -Arles an' sizes. 'rhe harrow is eco -
Spring plowing should be ehaliower ; nomdrnl to nee, sine[' It gets over
than that done 1n the fall The soil b ; ground se rapidly. The beet Have to
tall of tiny pores, he structure being itarrew ht tir•ier 111 pulverize the no.11 Is
leach else same as that of light bread.; tnrne41-1, telt' ntter-a-light shower. The
It you will put nuc corner of a slice , little clods will then be softened and
et bread In a dish of water you wWwill be rani, hnts•ked to pieces. T.,
pollee that it becomes wet for • con- 1.k111 wt'ede. leovever• It Is better to wait
tdderable distance above the surface i omit the Colt- 1. drier. as har-
d the water. This is caused by the, entente- a wet Lied w•111' transplant the
moisture flowing upward through the weed. rather than destroy them.
gale holes In the bread. The force lin sot Le afraid to burrow too much.
No work that yon van put on n field
Pays better: No other Implement will
kill ns litany weeds In so,short n time.
Ind no other in:whine will tear clods to
pleeed so rapidly. A fell well plowed
anti .1iskel and harrowed until It Is ll
ns line 11111111S it Is possible to make It
is au ileal need lied. Seed ',hinted In
such
it sell will «tort under the most
faverabfe c theme. If the seed itself
strong iiiid the after treatment what
It ehtnil.l be, n inaximn,n crop may be
expected.
Not all fields need to be plowed be-
fera,lhc croft Is put in. 11 Is • general
prattler In the corn belt to sow smell
grnitr en Mink fields without any pre-
view; pn'pnrntktn. Experiments have
shown that email grain does not yield
SOIL FEI TILITY.
How to build Up [..and That Has Been
Overworked.
The only way to build up and bold
the fertility of the soil H to feed a
large part of the crop mud return the
manure to the land. if utauure can-
not be had, the next beet thing is to
plow under Grope grown for the pur-
pose. Tbere should be deep plowing,
but uo submitting. Leguminous crops
should be growu for the nitrogen they 1
bestow upon the solL
Hest soils, even wbeu very poor,
ate
a general thing. contain plenty of
plant food except nitrogen, though
sometimes other elements. are lacking.
The texture must be tumor, ed in or-
der to lucrease fertility and plant food
and humus added. Tillage goes a
break way toward Improving texture,
but this alone Is not enough Humus
must be added, and in doing so plant
food is added, making the soil more
permeable to air and water.
Humus Is supplied to the Roll, fiat:
by the addition of stable manure, and.
tF : Is probably the best method, call-
ing for more forage crops and more
stuck; second, by planting crops fur
tlse purpose of turnlug them under
(plowing under green crops is called
green manuring[; third. _by growing
clover and timothy, which arc usually
lett dowu for several years, during
wblcb time their roots thoroughly pen-
etrate the soil. Old routs decay and
new roots grow. Atter the sod 1s
plowed up considerable vegetable mat-
ter is turned uuder. With the muss of
nrots lo the soil, this adds coosider-
able humus. The advantage from the
cultivation of clovers and alfalfa is
found In the fact that they are deep
rooted pi ',Its, and wbeu their roots
decay they have cbu + deej; into
the earth. thus aiding w the at -erp-
tion of rains and letting in air to
sweeteu the soil.
Probably tbe most rapid way to
build up a wornoat soil when barn-
yard manure is not pleutiful is to
give it a course of treatment such as
dewcribed. then grow only forage
crop!, buy grain to feed with them
and return all the manure -thus pro-
duced to tbe land. Dairy farming
permits such a system to be followed,
and no other type of farming builds
up land so quickly.
Professor W. J. Bptlltnan, agricul-
turist, In charge of farm management
investigations, United Stites bureau
of plant industry, says another type
that gives gbink results is M grow a
succession of pasture crops for hogs,
keep the bogs on these pasturee and
feed tbem a fourth to a half ration of
grain. In middle latitudes the fol-
lowing system Is adapted to this type
of farming: Grow corn enough for the
MP on part of the farm. sowing
etcher cowpeaa or crimson clover or
rye,in the corn yearly to keep up fer-
tilitd The two latter crops furnish
winter pasture for the pigs. On the
• remainder of the farm run the fol-
lowing three year rotation: Sow oats
'In early eprtng, follow by rye sown
early in August, follow this by sor-
ghum the 'following spring, in Sep-
tember or October sow rye again atter
the sorgbum, late tbe next opting sow
either aorgbum or cowpeas and begin
over again with pats the succeeding
epilog --
CHILD WIVES OF INDIA.
Women's Leagues Are Doing Their
Best to Lessen Evil.
• In 111.113 a girl must henitirrled be-
fore .she
e•fore.i:he reaehe« the age .4 12, or she
and Attie her whom welly se_ (tetra..a-.
eiyd j4Lo1_.L►ffers uttdrr the Tiles of
crate. taste en(orcr. ruler and. regu-
late:; marriages. -
•
A mall may be infirm. insane,
bitIt one, .diseased, cruel ,tid,utterty
reprobate, .ay. The National Congress
til MOthere yet he can re-
ts•i a into his power through gh marriage
,ut.1 deal with her as he will is little
girl of any age under 12 if the eaetn
relations between thein are according
the laws of that system, to be
Ace,- id these sacrifices
duty and .uflrrillg ut e niderPxnnta plain
I,ul.:ion themselves, '
andoften even drive their helpleee
little. daughter$ into the most cruel
u ❑ Iona.
rhe census of l0.91 give= these re-
lents of early nlarriag.'. in Brinell
!mita: a SStt,•
Lfemales under 4 year- of aR
7611; females from 5 to 9 year,: of Wil'.
2.:111114.401; females front 10 to 14 years
11• age, 6.016.759. ,unl these to sten of
all ages.
ht 1901 two women traveled through
Inihn investigating thea' dreadful
r,nditioley WbuditItslrars r'theys ma with
rel
what the..'
turned to the United-St.atee vI'rand
-greed their knowledge
op-
portunity permitted.
Thur they succ,s'tiietilhas tinbeeg
practirsl sympathy, Nhlch
„bnliwt i'v•he ludo -American Wo-
re:111'e Restoration • Lt'agdt'.
at.
t..t.of this organisation is
isle's,
bringing ab*i tt Ih.• enact meet of
spertaterde, tosprotent Inv Ilttle
•1 they-. are It; glom r til
uierriage.
t, r'•:tt •tit it,tlli in its treaty nub
, itt agreed never to interfere with
ill-ittstorus of the Hindu people's t
Ailing.. in Taiii can T1 erenwedsreeenslee
t:
until India petition.: that such ens
b,, passed. The !tido-American Wit.
man's Restoration League is .working
r •rq-the ntinient of
the most thoughtful and ydvanced
men of the Indian race time ti. peti-
tion (treat Britain' •
Rank pride and the
causingn tio n -that
c&dd.1ptrria e. n
de-
terioration iof •thew Indigo lliere-tway
rause n Mottle. The status of wo-
nen 111 India is so low that such s
ehange moat 1«' made for other yea•
sells than pity leer helplent ehihlhobd-
The move; lent is one thin must he
kept disci et front missionary work,
for the 11 ndu would not eo'npera*,
in any eC •rt which savored of i++tttr-
ferenre w, h hie religion.
Cli•UPIoa toaxaHltaa sow.
water beentnes stagnant and foal and
is full 01 dleease germa, and the bog,
taking this foul water into Its stomach.
Is bound to e000er or Tater become
diseased!. I:,erything that can be done
to keep !hinge In first class order, let-
ting nothing go undone, 1 find to be
far better than any medicine that 1
her. ever tried
The tine et,nntl•lon Yorkshire tow
shown In the Illustration has never
been beaten In the show ring. The
owner stye this sow was fed from
ptgb'd'l on n combinationof shorts,
corn, tankage. mops, etc ne thinks
tankage a great food, tending toward
great smoothness. She has produced
several pigs whlrh won blue ribbons
at a numtter of big fain.
' 1/d
What La G
Did.
FEEDING THE FLOCK.
Irregularity In This Work Means Less
In Fat and Flesh.
A good observer of sheep and Iambs
has made tbe remark that 'beep are
excellent timekeeper. They have no
alarm clocks of thelr own. but seem m
keep the sense of time very clearly to
their minds, so clearly. In fact, that 1f
you are disposed to be aomewbat Ir-
regular In your hours of doing your
farm work tt would he -best for you to
Invest 1n •n alarm clock for your ow*
use. In such a eaee you can safely
charge the investment which the clock
represents up to the dock.
it will pay you hark with Interest
in other words. there is perhaps no
otbee online] that is more sensitive
nbout being fen on time each day than
1s your fattening lamb or sheep Noise,
contusion -anything, to fart. wblch as-
noys end distresses the dock means
tbe logs of good money making fat and
flesh to you. No one should be al-
lowed to hare any part 1n the handling
of the flock who is to the habit of los-
ing his temper or who Is rough In man-
ner or speech when worlds; about the
flock.
As a matter of fact so important M
thio matter of sheep feeding that you
cannot so morh as show n stranger
about the shed where the sheep are
being fed without the act coating yea
In good hard money from the loss of
flesh which the distraction of the sew
Attlee animal will produce.
ennuch more on plowed corn *talk
V
to hey the coat o[ plowing.
frequently they do not yield se
• much.' \\•here small grain follows
rippe smell grata, however, plowing is nee-
e'hary 1 kill weeds and lessen the
surface loll. 1t does not need to be
f loosened n* 'deeply flee for cora, bow -
etre since the stenll grain plants ere
Mr. G. D. Colwell, of Waltervilk, hardier than eon) and the roots ere
Ont.. was stricken down with Ls Grippe more aggressive In pushing through a
in 1906 and it left him In very bad con-
dition. He says : " I was ell run down While plowing stalk ground Ig un
and bordering on Consumption. 1 could P g
not sleep at nights, had awful sweats.; nid'eianry, It will usually be found
and coughed nearly the whole time. Thts proftnble to disk the land before Reed -
is how 1 was when 1 began to take PSY-1 Itlg.. ibis chope up the cornstalks
CHINE, in s low nervous state ; but from i and provides n, mellow layer et well
the first bottle 1 began to improve. It for the seryl to g rnitnste in-.-
did marvels for me and brought me back 1 Where the onto ore to be at 1n with
to health In no time, making a new man n [trill the ground 'rho01d be double
of me " Mocked previously. it town broadens[
" it fortifies the holy against the it
tacks of la Grippe and Is a sure preven-
tative. 1 always take PSYCHINE it 1
feel a cold coming on and 11 refs N
right in no time."
PSYCH !NE tones the system and keep
tbe body In nod physical condition. bio'
one can afford to hs without it. All
Druggists and Stores sell at 50c and
$1.00 Send to DR. T.TA. SLOCUM,'
Limited, Spadini' Ave.. Toronto, for a
TRIAL TREE.
Foe Coedits. Colds. Throat, Lang
est BteracI Trouble take Psyching.
• ('Nil( a •1
Tree Planting.
For exteusive planting white pine at
preoeut is tbe only tree which can be
obtained In large namberkt It is also
n tree which Is adapted to almost any
kind of soil and which makes a quick
growth of valuable timber. The blight
which has attacked the pines during
the past few years (s somewhat of a
drawback to the growtb, and more or
less attention 1s being directed to oth-
er trees, Including spruce and ch
nut.
blebs and Soldiers.
A Fre, •h or Italian crowd. how-
ever furious. will .part to give a gen-
eral a path. and sone years ago an
officer in Berlin dispersed a crowd
which was threatening .nave urban,
landlord,. by merely shouting words
of command to ttetn hem a balcony.
The aatttelns - vibe --were raging below.
could not resist the impulse tt'
"form," "march" and "halt' .when
they heard the well knmrn formuhra.
A crowd can no more resist a moderne
regiment in the open titan a cheese
can resist a knife. No doubt if the
people are exasperated enough to
continue firing from tete hn.t'es there
will be much loss itfitt•'t•'I 0o the
troops, but experience Ant. that this
form of attack maddens soldiers and
that the resulting massacre cow*
sten who. however brave, have never
fought before with women and chile
'ren ncreamrng' clinging or flying e11
around them.
Comfort For sick Animals.
A sick animal should be placed in •-
well disinfected and dry box stall
with plenty of bedding and sunlight
(avoid drafts). In cold weather place
a blanket on the animal, feed sparing-
ly with digestible food, such as bran
mashes made of linseed tea; keep
manger sweet and clean. Water should
be pure and clean and wormed when
necessary. It is always necessary for
new milk cows to be given warm we -
Gay Pete Support For Fruit Tress.
11 fruit trees are long limbed and
high beaded, support with a guy pole.
Lash the guy pole to the tree at the
foot and at the forks. Branch guy
•
Here Teddy, have one.
Mother says We can eat all
we want of McCormick's
Thin Arrowroot
Biscuits.
Crisper, thinner, more
real arrowroot. Eighty-
five biscuits to a
pound. Only sixty-five
of the old style.
So nourishing
for children's
tea parties.
If you prefer the
OVAL ordinary
arrowroot. remember
McCormick's make it,
too.
cCORMICK'S
ININARRowROT8IsauITs
The Mason and_rR s h, pin -block is
constructed to stand the
strain.
STRENGTH
—that's -
what you must
have in a pin -
block. It has
t o stand t h e
greatest part of
the combined
;train of the
-;triii;s on the
)ins. This
;means a con-
inual pull of from thirty-six to fifty thousand pounds.
The Mason and Risch pin -block is built of layers
1f rock m:o1e firmly glued together. Each layer
,r.:.rents adifferent grain surface to the adjacent layers
An al•ctrical Snow Metter.
A Berlin scientist advocates 'the use
f electricity for clearing away snow.
lis claims that the method is cheap-
, r than the one now in vogue. The
pp:tratus consists of n platform, on
which the snow swept off the road -
w ay is ahov,•thel, and beneath which
area series of pockets formed of thin
metal kept hot by electric radiators.
The snow falls from the platform into
the pockets, and is discharged as wat-
t•• from the hoppers. The platform
may be mounted on wheels for trans -
rt to various parts of the town, and
to y b^ stationed -near the street
Ir ns, aft that the water can run off,
or t eleetrieal heaters may be erect -
special depots, to which the
conveyed. The requisite cur -
be taken from • the town
A Scottie
through a der
l•• sat down to
hail hardly begs
tingry wa1e°°
'food, collet_
defence th
"nieces of
;tie). gr
into est} all, in a fit Sst despair he
us pipes and began to play. The
sunt sound terrified t' elves,
ich one and all took to ell heels
;end scampered off in everyction,
on
observing which Handy qui ly re-
marked, "Oil, nn' 'i'd kenned ye liked
;he pipes sae weel I'd gien ye a e' n6
fore' supper." -Reminiscences of
Itean Ramsey.
Piper's Regret.
piper waw passing
forest. in the evening
ke his sapper. IIs
when it number of
d you . d him. in self -
poor inn' began to throw
is victuals- a them, which
i y devoured..When he had
11�11.11=
\\NMI \
............611101111111, tM ,t IMAM%
greatest
- Ventilating the Dairy limn.
Every barn 'should have a system of
flue* or, if they are too expensive,
rotten windows. More trouble of gar -
get and adder disease results from
sudden drafts than from sny other
canoes. In the outgoing fine the area
should be In proportion to the number
of rows, about on. square font to a
cow, and should be opened at the top
of the barn. in*lde the barn the open-
ing In 'rummer should be up high and
In the winter lower down. The to
coming !lues should have the 'rams
area, but there should be more of
them. necessarily making them small-
er Tbe air ebonld come in from the
outelde nese the .111s and tato this
horn from under the eaves -Pregame
R. E. Cook, i.ewl. Colaty, N. T.
Treatment of the Hee.
No animal of the farm will stead as
poor treatment se the beg and deice
as well, says a breeder. It esti be eau
with the same degree of truth that ne
-.nlmal will respond more quickly 'ta-
ren rl
r air wwrTM
luted THa neotam a
1.1/111 Plow. der good treatment By treaberiml
nf►r In next h""4411^1 «' .rill es
niter. -e rd will rover ficin twitter [has
rare
ear Meltingbefore sowing and Roe R
two atter sowing. The 4111 A! becoo- Subscribe for The Signal.
r
egos• ►nn T•OTT TIMM.
wiry end tie t,. clots, Rieke plies of
board end support severe! limbs. There
le no reason why goys cannot be left
permanently Prop' will s11p out and
Ilmbs spilt down and disfigure valuable
trees.
He Was Par,icular,
There is a ret Lain broker who instate
That every clerk in his eet►hliehuient
shall premed an immaenletc personal
appearance.
"If yon care to tetain your position
in thio house," said he one morning to
one offender whom he hail summoned
to the private office, "you will have to
devote more attention to your toilet.
Why, man, you present the appear -
amt of one who has not sbayed for a
week."
"Beg pardon, she," Raid the clerk, since 1 gave up drinkln 1
"hut 1 sin raising a heard."
"That's no excuse," said the boas. it : "Nbilnh's (lure will al•
"You t do that sort of thing out- wRepeat my coughs and ore w
side of business hours."
Masona n d
Risch
The piano with a soul
This method of construction produces a pin -block
hat is not affected by atmospheric changes and will
lot split or crack.
This Mason and Risch pin -block system is
ne reason why our instrument remains so
Lich longer in tune than the pianos con-
tructed in the usual manner.
- There are many exclusive features
n -.bodied in the Mason and Risch
which we would like to de-
larstrate to you. Mail us this
)a ?on today and we'll send you
'F -attire illustrating a n d
c-, :ain::ig these features.
Mas'n and Risch
Limited,
• i e;t _iaz, St.,
JrJn o.
MASON
an.r RIS. 41
FIANO CU.
I ,mite',
TORONTO
Send me poor 111,s.
lasted Mwktet.ern:ann-
1.,t the reasons w5y t
should own a M•.0. aid
r'ann. Tr. In no way
sbLeate■ me to purchase.
r' ,me
Street
c.t- •
Pr..; cs
♦
can see Gin Pills e:lc ing Your fYou
few hours after starting to take Gin
• ^n will notice that tho nr:nd hue
I: Pills have reached the s; +,t And
r urn morn until you FEEL that they
Thu Bank Oheeh: - - --
A Frenchman quoted in a Paris let-
ter of The London Globe tells of the
origin of this present day bank check.
It is well knows he, says, that the
teat is at timer datum in London
that everything is' lotted out. That
. the opportunity t the maraae'.er,
I he is not slow i turning it to
profit. At the nniIjtttg. of the
last century the atthc made vpon
bank messengers and of rs became
in numerous that trade. en 'and
manufacturers began to thin serious-
ly of devising some meting of protect-
ing themselves. They therefore in-
,ented the check, which enables a
man to go about with little ready
money and renders useless the indis-
creet exploration of a pocketbook.
Cattle In West.
The cattle shipped from the West
in 1908 has exceeded 100,000 heed, and
the statistical position of the local
herds nn the prairie,.osho ws reepeetivel'needy
Ifii'iSfiSV7tff771t, the
being 2.073.1310 tattle, 737.000 horses.
and 307,000 shaft .
A rustic who saw a lady artist
.ketching w 1 ndecape in which she
had given prominent to the sky
took a respretnil interest in the work.
"Ali," sail! the artist, "perhaps to you,
Um, nature opens hit sky-pietures,
,, by page! Have you seen the
lambent flame of i -he dawn leaping
moose the livid pant the red -stained,
sulphurous islets floating in lakes of
fire In the weal the ragged cloud Rt
mklnight., black, Mack as a raven's
wing, blotting not the shuddering
mtttn?" "No,' replied the man -"not
Din Fills torn the urine BLUR. A
Palls for Kidney or Bladder Trne"
changed color. Ynu leo for ynrirt
have hatted tocnre. 1t won't be mai,
arodoing you good.
hoc. a box; 6 for
12.50. At all dea-
lers. If you can't
get them in yon
net gltborhood,
order dlrn;.t.
Sainple free if yntt
Mention this paper
OPT. A NATIONAL
DRUC & CHEMICAL CO.
LIMITED, TORONTO
Formerly rando n, r'•.•
Boer Pr,; Co., A;n' •
•
toe
LITTLE DIGESTERS
Positively
Digestion.
cure.
cure Dyspepsia. Promote
Money back if they fail to
Al all Drntgisl■ •r d,reet frees
COLEMAN MEDICINE CO., Toronto
2$c. a Box.
SEEDS FREE
If yon yak, yowl can have a package eat
teed! of ie IArahslwts it ttsaiawiUt tet
Lettuce inc deal ats,olutely free Cels•
new hand. sly illwstrated 1909 rami
This lettuer ie nearly as larg
ae.l�id •as a cabbugr. Stonds hot sweetie,
anrpriainggly well, end has it rich, hitt,ry
flavor. If you prefer, you nifty emote a
package of tole Cotntaal White £egnr
Beet ora package of Ostrich Peathcr Aster
w'me . tsJar ...d ...we vol. •5•b•aM
aeeafMw ..Mm. d ekw esew•
Dare' a Hunter
nS, ed Co., United,
Seeds wf rhl....-r.-sh,u. Sheol** Cler tsNsea