The Wingham Times, 1914-05-14, Page 6a
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a THE TE.ACHERS' PAILIAIVIaNT.
The thirty-sixth ennual convention o
the West Huroa Tam:here Asaovieti., '
was held intioderich recently and we
one or the most saccessfai al
attended in the history of the Aaio-4
ation. There were ono etatired a. t-
fonrteen teachers present th
The chair was oceupled iv- Ina Pa-
liscria Cron Cure
COASTIPATION
By The U.t."3 Of
MILBURN'S LIIXA-LIVER
PILLS.
A free motional the bowels dagy should
dent, Mr. Fred Ross o: Mill% 0;, ,i, a, be the rule of every one, for if the bowels
idevotional exercises were eatala, aal i do not move daily constipation is sure to
Inspector Tom.
' follow and bring in its train many other
troables when the bowels become clogged
The President took for the eee,j...et e. up. You get Headaches, jauudice, Piles,
his opening address, The Teaeller' Heartburn, Floating Specks before the
Failures. Mr. Ross adeoeated the Eyes. Catarrh of the Stomach, and those
teachers should teach their pupils 'it* vtirreodua waecfn oleph%givewt..11ith follow the
centrol themselves. lie shnuld trei•, Mrs. Blijah A. .Ayer, Fawcett Hill,
them for 6tizenship, impress le) them N.B., writes:-" I was troubled with con -
the necessity of panetualitv, reeteariee stieation for many years, and about three
system, promptness and thoroughneee, gumarsgurnomy husband wanted me to
's Laza-Liver Pills as they
to respect the aged, to be economical, ha4d cured Wm. I got a vial, and took
etc, To save himself from failure the them, and by the time I had taken three
teacher therefore should he connected vials I was cured, I always keep them
with aura activities and allPubee on hand, and whoa. I need a mild laxative
" I take one."
interests for the elevation of the cons- 1V1ilbum's Laxa-Liver Pills are 25c.
Munity. He should be methodical, he a vial, 5 vials for $1.00, at all dealers, or
shoold keep bis pubils busy and should mailed direet on receipt of price by The
give thern tis sineerect love. He T, Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont.
should also be careful to influence the -
home life of the community. The ad- ground, Home School and Gynmaslum,
dress was full of inspiration for the
teachers present,
Inspector Tom introduced the subject,
Class Discipline and Reading with Class,
He emphasized very strongly that the
pupils should stand properly during the
reading lesson, and exhibit life and
energy during the recitation. He com-
mended the Speller as a very useful
book in teaching reading and pronen-
elation. Tne pupils should enunciate
their words clearly and distinctly.
The discussion was continued by
Messrs. Ross and MacKay
Miss Lillian J. Clarke, of St. Helens,
read an interesting paper on History
for Third Class, prepared by Misses
Clark and A. V. Dorrance. The paper
advocated the use of the oral method
with blackboard summary and repro-
duction by pupils. Pupils' note -books
must be carefully supervised. Reviews
should be taken from different stand-
points than those taken in the lessons.
This may be done by tracing events
backwards, reviewing by dates, recall-
ing the story by maps or pictures.
History should be closely correlated
with other subjects. The lesson often
furnishes a subject for composition.
Current events should be taken regular-
ly and lessons drawn therefrom.
The discussion was continued by
Messrs. Hoggarth, Johnston, Howard
'Ross and Inspector Tom.
r. J. P. Hume, B. A., Principal of
the Goderich Collegiate Institute, deliv-
ered an address on Bird Life He
showed that birds are related to reptiles
thus proving evolution in animal life.
He explained that when birds began to
fly some modifications of the reptile
has to be made as the bones vvere made
light but strong, thus the birds have
light hollow bones, the head had to be
made light and the lower pert of the
body heavy, etc. He urged the teach-
ers to teach their pupils to protect their
birds.
Prof. McCready, of the Ontario Agri-
cultural College, spoke eloquently on
Huron County's Rural Problem. He
showed that the population of this coun-
ty has decreased about 30,000in the lase
twenty-five years 'and 6,311 from 1901
till 1911. East Huron has lost fifteen
per cent. of their homes in these ten
years. and Old Ontario lost 97,124 in the
same time. Counting the people in the
suburbs of the large cities, the natural
increase of births over deaths and the
immigrants to Ontario bound for the
ural portions of the community, we
find that Old Ontario has lost over 400,-
000 in her rural population from 1901
till 1911. The problem of every country
to -day is to keep a standard people in
the country. By a standard people is
meant one of average intelligence, of
moral and religious worth. Prof. Mc-
Crearly looks forward with hopefulness
to a time when the rural population will
increase rather
than decrease. To
bring this about we must depend ort the
teachers of the land, In order to sun-
ceed, the rural population must be con-
verted. They mast come th the point
where they will want agriculture taught
in their sehools. When this is done it
will transfortat the rural school, making
it the local beauty spot with neat fences
well kept buildings, lawns and flower
beds; a small Intel experimental farm;
the social and educational centre of the
tection, etc. The address was listened
te With a greet deal of pleasure. He
• recommended Rural Life in Canada by
McDougall as a book every , teacher
should rata.
Pref. IVIcereedy also took up the sub-
ject Of Shoot games and pleaded for
mere attention to this matter, especial-
ly in the turalschools. He thought the
teaoher could have the greatest in -
finales (seer hie pupils by taking part
• in their genies. To help the children
te play he vottid advise a teeter, first,
In the echooi ground; second, a double
eating, and in the third place, a giant.
stride, He adroitly recommended bete.
bail With a soft ball, played outeide as
a good game, and Games for the Play -
1 seed corn seleetion IVOlt ?Nit
formed only at core vipetiine
tbe f li
Rvery corn grower slunild now speed
a day or more getting iiie eeed veva
entirely ready for planting. The
ent work consiets of disearding melee
sirable vflrs. germination testieg, utile
blug, elassifying the ears, shelling and
testing the aceuraey ol* drop of the
corn planter.
The quality and productiveness of
the seed supply can DOW be impeoved
by discerding the poorer ears and the
poorer kernels.
The seed corn should now be "as dry
as a bone," stud among the ears tbat
appeared desirable last fail some un-
desirable ones will now be found.
Discard any that have discolored ker-
nels, small size, very sharp beaks,
germs of poor development and appear-
ance, etc.
All the ears retained &meld show
good development and maturity, be
heavy for their size and contain solid,
eigorous looking kernels a fairly eni-
form size and. shape. These desira-
ble ears should now be tested to de-
termine whether all the kernels will
grow.
Germination Testing.
Although good seed selection and
preservation usually make a separate
testing of the gerinination of cavil ear
unnecessary, it Is advissible to exercise
precaution by demonstrating that the
ears will germinate well. Ten kernels
from each of fifty cars can be tested
by one of the various methods that
have been so well described in literas
ture. This demonstration that fifty
representative ears germinate satisfac-
torily is sufficient evidence of the use-
iessness of testing each ear of the en-
tire supply. If ears of poor germina-
tion should be found it will be advis-
able to test each ear of the entire sup-
ply in order to be able to discard those
in poor germinatiou.
Discard the small, partially developed
kernels from the tip of the ears. 'Why?
Because such kernels do not yield well.
Careful field experiments ha.ve demon-
strated that they grow into small, bar-
ren and poor producing stalks.
Discard the round, thick kernels from
the butts of the ears. Why? Because
the corn planter cannot drop evenly if
they are included with the other ker-
nels.
!Kernels that have been injured by
mice or weevils or that are otherwise
undesirable should also be discarded
before the ears are shelled.
Classifying the Ears.
As it is highly advisable that the
corn planter should drop an equal num-
ber of kernels in each hill, -which it
cannot do unless the kernels are of uni-
form size and shape, it is advisable to
ela.ssify the ears before shelling them.
Those having large kernels should be
included in one class and those having
medium size kernels in another class.
Each class should be shelled and bag-
ged separately. To these bags the
planter plates that testing has shown
will drop regularly the proper number
of kernels should be tied for convert-
ience at planting time.
Shelled seed corn can be cleaned and
graded by expensive, properly adjust-
ed grades, but the method just de-
scribed of classifying the ears before
shelling is raore satisfactory.
How to Shed Seed Corn.
Seed corn should be shelled by hand.
Careful hand shelling pays the man
who plants but a few acres, and it
pays to a greater degree the man who
plants huadreds of acres. Each ear
should be shelled separately into a
hand sieve. This permits the chaff
from the cob to fall through and the
kernels from each ear to be closely in-
spected before being dumped bate the
general supply. The value of this close
inspection is loft if the ears are run
through a corn sheller and some of the
kernels cracked or broken.
DOpartn)
to .
Itettuests are .ee.
pertinent
liOn in retie)
for plan ti Lg. The yost Vit:11 0:111
14V 18T-
by Miss Jessie H. Bancroft, as splendid
book.
A well attended evening meeting was
held, there being an interesting pro-
gramme of addresses and music.
At the Friday session Miss Ada Bur -
vitt taught a spleneid lesson in Spelling
with Second Class, illustrating her plan
of teaching the short and long vowels
and how certain consonants follow cer-
tain sounds and combinations, thus k
follows long vowel sounds and ar as
lake, like, dark, etc.; consonants are
doubled after short vowels as doll, miss,
etc.; when soft g foliates a short
vowel souud d is inserted, as ridge,
badge, etc.; letters should be doubled
wlaen there is only one sound between
a short vowel and le as rattle, middle,
similarly before ow as mellow, billow,
and a great many other rules, thus
making the study of spelling easier
than it usually is,
The following officers were elected
for the current year: President, Geo.
M awson, Exeter; vice-president, Miss
M. A. Bailey, Dungannon; secretary -
treasurer, W. H. Johnston, Kippen;
Councillors, George Sparks, Exeter;
George S. Howard, Zurich; R. R. Red-
mond, Belgrave; Miss L. J, Clark, St.
Helens; Miss M A. Ellis, Hensel!,
The report of the Resolution Com-
mittee recommended thefollowing reso-
lutions, which were adopted unani-
mously:
1 That in the opinion of this Associ-
ation the Department of Education be
asked either to allow teachers to use
School and Home or to prepare a series
of helps to be issued to the teachers at
Nast monthly.
2 -That this Association request the
Domionion Government to prohibit the
manufacture, sale, importation of cig-
arettes or cigarette material, and that
a copy of this resolution be sent to the
members of the county.
3 -That the Department should state
a simpler and more definite course for
the Art course in the public school and
authorize suitable books containing
graded exercises for the drawing and
brush work.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
ASTORIA
Nerves Were
Unztremag.
MU MOST GO OUT ff
HER MIN.
Many women become run down and
worn out by hoeeehold cares, and duties
never ending, a.nd sooner or later find
themsAves with shattered nerves and
weak hearts.
Oe the first sign of any weaknens of
the heart or nerves you should avail
yourself of a perfect CUIT by using Mil-
bure's Heart and Nerve Pills.
Mrs. Archie Goodie, Tilley, N.D.,
writes:-" When I was troubled with my
heart, two years ago, I was very bad
My nerves were !4o unstrung, sometimes
I would ahnost be out of my mind, 1
cleater2d myself with everything 1
reuld get, until at last I got four boxes
of Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills, and
they have cured me. I eannot speak
too highly of this wonderful remedy,
and will recommend it to all sufferers."
Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills are
50e. per box, or 3 boxes for $1..25, at all
dealers, or mailed direct on receipt of
price by The T. Milbura Co., Litnited,
Toroato, Ont.
Great Britain's drink hill increased
five million pounds in the past year
With a total of 167,000,000 pounds. In
commenting on the inerease the English
papers contend that it does not mean
that the country is becoming less tem-
perate, but it means a period of suit.
tatted prosperity. "Heavy drihking
and good trade" says tbe Daily Mail,
"go together." It sounds appalling
enough that we are spending on drink
a item equal to four-fifths of the entire
national reveaue, that the working
OW family thould be estimated to
Waste nearly one-sixth of it income on
litense and that the annual expenditure
if we otnit total abstainers and childreu
under fifteen, should be all but 7 pounds
per heed.
Patriotism and polities travel hand i
hand only once in gi while.
Cellar Door Counterbalance.
The raising of a cellar door can be
made quite easy if there is a counter-
balance of almost the same weight as
the door. One farmer attached ells
4, 1914
SPRING PREPARATION.
Department of Agriculture Advises
on Work In Fields.
In no sectioe of the conntry does a
well prepared seed lied give better re-
turns thau in the southern states. The
best serlug preparation of the soil is
practically itupossthle unless It has
beeu propelly -Owned and deeply bro-
ken during the -previous summer or
fail, The necessity for deep plowing
he the south is probably not realleed
by those who are not familiar with
the heavy rainfall In this section, which
frequently packs awl runs the particles
of soil together so as to exclude air and
suushine. The absence of freezing
prevents any loosening up of tbe par-
ticles, besides in many places there is
an altnost impervtons hardpan of eub-
soil, either eatural or brought about
from a continuons custom of shallow
plowing. In other sections this deep-
ening and loosening of the soil is done
partly at least by the forces of nature,
but it can eel,' be accomplished by the
plow in the south.
The best itnpleraent for deep break-
ing of the soil is the disk plow, which
turns, pulverizes and mixes at the
same time. When properly adjusted
the disk breaks the land deeply and.
thoroughly loosens it, mixing this soil
and the subsoil to some extent, but
does not turn to the surface enough
of .the inert subsoil to injure the suc-
ceeding. crop. The next best method
for deep breaking is moldboard plow -
WELL PREPAIMD SBED
Ing, set to turn furrows on edge, and.
this Is followed by a subsoil plow in
the same furrow as deeply as desired.
If the cover crop is to follow the
fall breaking a thorough preparation
of the seed bed should. be made before
plaeting the seed. If no cover crop is
sowed the disk harrow or spring tooth
; harrow should be run over occasionally
' to crush clods and keep surface crust
broken for the admission of air and
stmlight. The usual method is to fiat
break, and where this is done it is best
to throw up into beds before planting.
Planting may be done with small plows
or just as effectively and much faster
witla a disk cultivator set at the proper
angle. Should there be clode a roller
may be used, and this is followed with
a section tarrow.
With. nearly all field crops a firm
seed bed Is preferable. Only the first
few inches need to be freshened and
pulverized at planting time.
Where there has been no fall and
winter breakleg done, as is the rule in
some sections, it is not advisable to
break as deeply in the spring as in
the fall. It ie found more necessarY
to get spring broken land finely pul-
verized and thoroughly prepared be-
fore plenting. It is better to delay
planting several days rather than put
the seed in a poorly prepared bed.
ATTACUMENT Veit cighlthill D0013.
balance in the raanner shown by Pop.
niar Mechanic, with a rope running
over a pulley in the upper end of the
post ot avhich the door rests when
open. To make room for the weight
two tiles are sunk bate the ground at
the right place.
444 -1 -1 -
PLAY SAFE WITH A BULL.
miam*.41.4,
No water how gentle the bull
to, put a ring in his nose. Ar-
range a four feet stick With a
amp en one eta and a Roped
strap on the other. Step thle
to the ring when takieg the ani-
mal to and trate his stall or tot
for Water or in handling him be
any trey. Pity tafel-laitten
Pireelde,
TIMELY POULTRY NOTES.
•••••;••44
Broilers find a good naarket in May.
Suet), birds should weigh from a pound
and a quarter to two pounds.
Egg prices, have taken a drop, and
this is an incentive to turn the eggs
tato chickens, which will find a good
market later on.
The strong, vigorous April hatched
hicks grow like hardy weeds. A good
growth Will better fit them to stand
the depressing effect hot .Tune suns are
apt to give.
Be careful not to overfeed, but see
that they are plentifully supplied with
nourishing food.
Give opeeliti attentlot to the sitting
hens. neve tiseir nests so arranged
that they may go on end oft at will.
Do not tuss witls there, but keep a
'watch on theft supplies. Grain anti
water should be constantly' before
them. Whole One is the beet Vain
for the broody hen. Grit, too, should
bo heady SO the ben ean get it 'when
she -wants it.
took out for bidden teats. At this
iteaaoti hens that are oa range are 'Very
apt to hide their nests.
flOtaitcleaning le still in oder.
Swag) dOwn the coblailie and clean up
getaway: Thoroughly fatatigete and
plow no the runs,
1,ks first Iveek itt MO green ducks
comroand their best Meek .5
A
NEARLY DIED OF
STONE IN THE BLADDER
GIN PILLS SAVED HIM
513 teams S., Iattiturort, Oita.
"Five years ago, I was taken down
with what the doctors called luilaterna-
tion of The Bladder -intense pains in
back and loins, and difficulty In urin-
ating, and the attacks, which became
more feemtent, araouuted to embeerable
agony. 1 became so weak that I could
not walk across the iloor.
My wife read in the papers aboet GIN
PILLS and sent for a box. Prom the
very first, I felt that GIN PILLS were
doiug me good. The pain was relieved
at once aud the attacks were less
frequent.
Itt six weeks, the Stone in the
Bladder came away. When I recall
bow 1 suffered and how now I am
healthy and able to work, I cermet
express myself strongly enough. when
I speak of what GIN PILLS have done
for roe." jomr lignakdAN. 178
GIN PILLS areso Id at eoc a box -6 for
$2,50. Sent on receipt of price if your
dealer does not handle them. Sample
box free if you write us, nientioning this
paper. Money back, if GIN PILLS do
not give satisfaction. National Drug &
Chem, Co. of Canada, Limited, Toronto,
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Antidote fora girl's pride -a younger
brother.
Hope le a good thing, but a meal
ticket enables one to eat.
.After doing the volplane, love is apt
to land in cold water.
To feel crushed when one is merely
broke -that is human.
Considerable unlearning is necessary
for the high school graduate.
When a man starts down hill, he finds
everything greased to assist him.
If a woman has a hunch that even-
tuates accurately she calls it an inspir-
ation.
Still, if you find yourself in a rut,
remember that a rut is the amoothest
part of the road.
We know some railway bridges that
seem to be dependent on Providence and
a coat of paint.
A mother not only thinks her children
popular with the neighbors, but she
imagines them so smart that all her
acquaintances envy them.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
Mrs. aOnes-Vithy are you setting tea
alarm for 2:30? You surely don't want
to get up at that time? Jones -No; I'd
like to go to sleep at that time. When
the baby hears that he may think it's
time for him to turn in. -Puck.
The family album is a book
Where any visitor may look
And see our grandsires decked with care
In curious clothes and startling hair.
-Washington Star.
He had called. for her answer and gat
in the parlor waiting for her to ape
pear. Half an hour went by. "I won-
der," he mused, "If she is making up
her complexion or her tnind."-Boston
Transcript
some men are peer, some inert are riclit
Some men are tautens, sem% sublime.
The useless seek new ways In which
To merely keep on killing time.
-Chicago Becor4-Hers.14.
"Yesterday I received an unspeak-
able insult"
'What was it?'
"A. deaf and dumb man spelled on
bis ilngers to me that I was a Ilarrad
Baltimore A.merican.
The autumn gusts go whistling bl
with antics quite abandon.
They blow the neighbors' leaves away.
Of cOurse my lawn they land on.
-Spokane Spokesman -Review. ,
"Yes, it's nice out here, isn't It? The
only drawback Is that the last few
nights a stupid nightingale bas been
singing so that we couldn't hear our
neighbor's grapbaphona-Pele Idele.
The kiddies carry on like mad
On Ilalloween, but who would scoff
At pranks of tittle rascals glad
I3ut for the things they carry off?
-Judge.
"So plain, outspoken, domineering
Kate le married at last. Well, well!"
"Yes: she married a drummer."
"A man used to taking orders. Ala,
t hat's very fortunater-San PratteiSCO
Chronicle.
The "hello girl" is eultia wit -
In fact. shes te her glory
When she me ring you uti. the ealt,
e„ne telephony story.
-Lippincott's.
The to of Ford City have carried
a by-law to spend M5,000 one new town
hall, and the town of Sandwich have
carried a by-law to give a fixed assess-
ment of $35,000 to the Canadian Alkali
Compaoy for ten years.
"Where did yen gt,t that powder on
semi' coat?"
"A suffragette," eXpIssined bet
buS-
tastisi Weekly. "exploded a boulb."--
tOttebergli l'eSt.
That *11 the World's a stage I'd Mit
Sellevo without a care,
For thla may halo tit to exploits
Why angels are 50 Mt%
,-Pixthatsge.
Lightning destroyed Thos. MeMeek-
in's barn, near Blenheim, killing afty-
ibree cattle, horses end bogs.
Henry Palmer of Bayhatn pleaded
guilty to burning the hulloing of his
neighbor, A. D. Stoner, on 1Viareh 17,
and was Sentenoed to two years in the
penitentiary,
CASTOR IA
For infants and Children,
The land You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Sigaature of
The body found in the Thames River,
a short d'aance satiate Chatham, haw
been identuled as that of Thomas Gor-
don, a farmer of Zone Township wbo,
has been missing since April 6, A. re-
ward of $100 was offered for the re-
covery of his body,
0====
illoisha- IS he sirtiply an Idler?
Slobbs-No, hot exaetly.
Mobile -But you say that he bee tie
Walk In life.
Siobbs-No, he's an oviatot-Philit-
dolphin. Ileeord.
Children Ori
FOR FLETCHER'S
OASTORIA
PIMA 10.1110111MMIMINXIMISi usomaariame ===
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1 Only sound investment real estate propositions
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