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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1915-05-20, Page 6'age 6 tees ese*sesto r.. we^v'twee .Making the Little Farm Pay 1)y C. C. BOWSFIELD t+o Ovaeooccoc<>oa The question of marketing is of tie highest importance to the person own• lag a email tract of land. and in fact no farmer can adord to ignore it. The entail farmer has to treat the subject as vital and give it constant atteution If located near a town it Is feasible for a farmer to have private customers for much of his produce, The Largo hotels and restaurants buy immense • stocks of choice poultry and due vege- tables and fruits, Many private fawi- ties will buy direct from the farm it they have opportunity tp do so. and they pay liberally for high grade coin• moditiess. If we could have more small farm. " ere to correspond to the financial means of land owners the immediate effect would be Intensive cultivation . and greater acreage production with the widest possible diversity. Them an improved market system would bring a higher levet of wholesale prices for all products. While these• expectations are simple and reasonable, they indicate a social and economie revolution of national STEERS FOR THE MARKET. THE WI NGHAtvl TIMES he Right Idea in Business THE modern merchant filled with the modern spirit carries his business tohiscustomers' homes; that is, he doesn't , i to be found out or risk the danger of not being found out. 'I he best carrier of business to customers' homes is the news- papers. The Weekly Times can carry every business in Win.. - ham to the homes of this cons. - Triunity with ease and without confusion— the business of gro- cers, dry goods men, hardware dealers, clothiers,stationers, boot and shoe houses, druggists, jew- ellers, {'urniture dealers. fruiter- ers, butchers, grain and feed stores and every other class of business, To the Merchants of Wingham Get your business into the home and you'll sell goods there. The Weekly Times can carry your business into more homes than you are now serving. Ask us about the cost of advertising, BUY FROM ADVERTISERS I SEED -GROWING IN CANADA. importance, for it is entirely feasible to reduce the retail price of nearly all farm products and thus cut the cost of living without lessening the earnings or profits of those who till the soil. The saving will come through the elim- ination of waste both on the farm and in the city, which includes reform in the middleman's method of marketing. Every move that is made along this line tends to protect city families from a further advance in the price of food. In some lines of trade the wasteful expenditure involved in distributing goods is a most serious factor in the cost of living. This is especially true of the sole and distribution of perish- able farm products, such as fruits, veg- etables. eggs and milk. The farmer gets about one-third of what the ulti- mate consumer ens to pay for such goods. and the balance is swallowed up in costs of distribution and in profits of the series of middlemen through whose hands farm prodnee goes in its journey from the farm to the dinner table. In many other eases, however, the cost of selling and distributing goods is relatively very small, and what is needed today is some general improve- ment in the system of handling those articles of every day consumption which are now loaded down with un- necessary costs and profits. There are many good things that re. suit from co-operative selling and shipping associations. It helps the farmers to get next to the business, for their manager is willing to give them detailed reports of what has been done. It familiarizes them with grades of stock and the different prices that are paid. it acts also as a stimulus to better fitting for the markets, as it shows what conditions on the same class of stock mean in the market prices. Farmers are able to tell by re- ceipts when it is the best time to fit certain Classes of stock for the market. It shows whether a 300 pound hog is better for one season of the year than another and whether the heavy beef steer is suited for a certain season. We have been told much about the differ- ence by shippers, but have always been more or less skeptical. In many cases where competitive buying and ship- ping were going on we had good reason to doubt, These associations also bring the farmers together, and benefits of a social nature are derived from them. New ideas and /gelds of operation re- sult from their meeting together. Owners of small farms which are lo- cated right for town marketing will find It best to have private customers for everything, while those located far- ther out should aim to become assocl- ated with other farmers who have a variety of products and who wish to form some kind of a Co-operative nese- elation, The extra prices secured by these businesslike methods of market- ing farm products may mean the dif- ference between success and failure. Co-operation In Potatoes. In 1913-14, according to information gathered and supplied by Mr. George H. Clark, int- 1 ominion Seed Commis- sioner. Canada imported from France and Germany no less than 900,743 pounds of meet and mangel seed; from Hollend and France, 350,549 pounds of turnip seed, and from France alone 32,966 pounds of carrot seed. Radish, cab- bage, cauliflower, celery and parsnip se •u were also imported in large q rantities, mainly from France. While it is thought there was nearly sufficient of the.e seeds on hand to meet the re- quirements for this year, these channels being closed, for 1916 there will plainly ne a dearth. The foregoing important facts are duly set down in Bulletin No. 22 of the Se.ond Series of the Central Experi- mental Farm, of which M. 0. Matte, Ph. D., Dominion Agrostologist, and W. T. Macour, Dominion Horticulturist, are the authors, "Canada". the Bulle- tin very emphatically says, "should snake herself independent of foreign markets, and produce at home what now has to be bought abroad. Canadian farmers should not only try to meet tre emergency demand for field • root seed in the immediate future, but should also try to establish a permanent seed -growing industry which would make them independent Of any other countries." There will assuredly not be a dissenting voice to this doctrine as a general principle and the Bulletin, • which is being gratuitously distributed and can be had on, application to the Publications Branch, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, tells in detail bow this desirable state of affairs can be brought about. Cases are given where successful effort has already been made, but the data regarding the matter, it would seem, is not quite as available as could be wished. What is definitely known is that quantities of seed are brought in from abroad, much of which it is believed could, with the requisite care, be produced in Canada and of a character equally as goad and high. General principles for successful seed -growing, of selection, etc., are laid down in the Bulletin, which also details methods that could profitably be adopted for planting, threshing and cleaning of many species of field roots. A lilt that is given of the best varieties .,f vegetables for stock seed is of good practical value. Farmers and garden- ers are also reminded that as an induce- ment to the growing of field roots and garden seeds in Canada the Dominion Government is willing to aid seed -grow- ers by cash subventions, particulars of which can be obtained from the Seed Branch, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa. It should be added that as the purpose is to encourage the growing of selected seed, only bona fide growers of such seed are .eligible to receive the subventions. Better community co-operation hi growing potatoes of one or two varie- ties and then els efnl Ogling W old mem thousands of dollars he aeratiibee. ohms of the eoilmtay area thee estattrllsh. ment of a steady market for their prod' Now is a geed timer to coineitlef tr 'tn to seed In #antiacid' !I 10000414 LOSS FIVE TIMES THE REVENUE. To the Editor:—• ---- I recently expressed the opinion that if we were rid of the liquor traffic our faxes could be reduced 25 per cent. That was calculated from figures taken from the United States, especially Cali- fornia, Indiana and Kansas, In Cali- fornia a comparison between twelve wet and twelve dry towns of about the same size showed that the average tax rate in the twelve dry towns was 1.07 per hundred dollars, while the average tax rate in the twelve wet towns was 1.56. These figures show that the aver- age tax rate in the wet towns is .49 Cents per hundred dollars higher than in the dry towns. In Indiana /statistics gathered by Ex - Governor Manley showed that of Silt DAILY BETWEEN BUFFALO • & CLEVELAND - -'r The Great Ship "SEEANDBEE" ereeltes se illThe largest and most costly steamer oh any inland water of the world. Sleeping accommoda- N Sons for 1300 passengers. r "CITY OF ERIE" — 3 Magnificent Steamers — "CITY OF BUFFALO". L rg BUFFALO—Daily, May. - y let to Dec, 1st—CLEVELAND; Leave Buffalo 9:00R, M. Leave Cleveland 9:00 P.M. L) Arrive Cleveland • 7:30A,M, Arrive Buffalo - 7:30 A.M. s `1 W (Eastern Standard Time) Connections at Cleveland for Cedar Point, Put -in -Bay, Toledo, Detroit and all points West and 07 Southwest. Railroad tickets reading between Buffalo and Cleveland ore good for transportation Loa on our steamers. Ask your ticket .gent for tickets via C. & B. Lino. Beautifullyy colored eectionatpozzlt chart showing both exterior and interior of The Greatti Ship 'SEEANDBEE" sent on receipt of live cents to cover postage and mailing. Also ask for our 24 -page pictorial and descriptive bookletfree. It't oTHE CLEVELAND & BUFFALO TRANSIT CO., Cleveland. Ohio licensed cities with an approximate estimate of 100,000,000 dollars the aver- age city tax rate was $1.85 on the hundred dollars worth of property In the six prohibition cities with about the same assessment the tax rate was .90 cents on the hundred dollars worth of property. These figures show that the tax rate in the wet cities is about double that of the dry cities of about the same size. Kansas City saved $50,- 000 on two items, Police and Criminal Justice, the very first year. But let us take as as example of what might be done right at home in our fair City of Hamilton, not one of the worst by any means, and this is how it figures out. The cost of crime and poverty is $280,255. Such reliable men as Glad- stone, Sir Oliver Mowat and many judges have often told us that three- fourths of all the poverty and crime is due to drink. Three-fourths of $280,- 255, is $214,692, That being the case we have the immense sum of $214,692 as the cost to the city of the liquor traffic. That is about 18 per cent of our tax rate, raised by a levy of $2.10 on every hundred dollars worth of pro- perty. That is only what lies on the surface, there is loss in many other ways which cannot be calculated, but judging by the experience of 'many American towns might easily increase the saving to or beyond the amount of my estimate. Out of all this expenditure, loss any injury to business, we drag as from a garbage heap $41,000 in license fees, leaving a net loss of $173,692. In view of these facts is it not the height of folly thus to cut off the Revenue at its source by making men so poor that they cannot help to pay their share of the taxes. H. ARNOTT, M.B„M.C.P,S. Some Handicap, "He has lost his .lob as a chauffeur." ."What was the matter?" "The train ran over his car." "Wouldn't the )toss give him back his job?" "Maybe, but he couldn't find enough of him in one pian' to make a bargain with." Responsive. "Money talks. they say." "Yes, and did you ever notice an- other thing about we" "What?" "Duty responds so much more quick- ly when money talks than it does when the rest of ns preach." The Main Chance. New congress, chastened and subdued, To Washington will come To doctor laws that may be crude And slightly out•of plumb, To guide the trembling ship of state Along its distant way, With peace and safety for its freight And—well, to draw its pay. On measures for the public weal It will be standing pat, As steady as a bar of steel Or anything like that, And anything that isn't right Will get it in the neck, For something noble it will fight— That and its mileage check. U3conomy will be the word That flutters down the line, And not a whisper will be heard That smacks of a combine. No fat appropriation bill May see the light of day 'Unless some minor one that win A trifle boost their pay. Yes, it will soon be on the Job, And very shortly now A nation's restless pulse will throb As congress shows it how. With care and watchfulness and zeal It slowly will advance, Nor will it pull a shady deal Unless it has a chance, May 20th 1915 ,t a"?a'. 0011111111 TRAINING FOR LONGEVITY, •••••••••e •••••••••••• The Mental Attitude is se important as Bodily Vigor. A few years ago a young Man "died of old age' in a New York 'hospital. Atter an Autopsy the surgeons said that while the youth was In reality only twenty-three years old he was internal, ly eighty. It is the aged mind that frequently.. makes the body' old. "Keep growing or die" is nature's motto, a motto writ- ten all over everything In the universe, There must be a constant activity In the mind that would not Age, and the body is tut the exiiression of the mind. There is no doubt that as a race we Shorten our lives very materially through our false thinking, our bad living and our old age convictions. Dr. Metchnikoff of the Pasteur institute in Paris says that men should live at least 120 years. Yet it is only in rare Instance today that a man reaches even the century mark. Making a business of prolonging life and still retaining as much as possible Of its vigor, freshhess and''buoynncy ought to be at prime object, especially after one has passed fifty. While prop- er care of the body Is absolutely essen- tial for the attainment of this object, the mental influence far transcends all others. The attitude of the mind has, everything to do with hastening or re- tnrdittg the degenerative processes ince dent to one's declining years. It Is an • established fact that the body follpwa the thought, is shaped by the mental convictions, emotions. moods. --Orison Swett Marden in Nautilus. Improved 'fele Effect. "What a magnificent building!" 'ex- claimed Uncle Cyrus, who was gazing at the capitol building in Washington for the first time. "It is," said the casual stranger who was volunteering information. "And it looks much better now than It used to when the roof was fiat" *Was the roof fiat once?" "Sure. It was built flat That dome you see on. top like a big balloon was caused by expansion under the pres- sure of hot air generated by congress." "You don't say so" Ignorance Not 'Bliss. l "Houseflies carry all sorts of disease J germs in their feet." "And they used to think the fly wax I so innocent." i "They didn't know it was loaded." 1 bt tk Missed His Call- ing.. "He doesn't know enough to conte in out of the rain," "No, he doesn't. Say?" "Well." "What a fine cabbage patch he would make." at ilal ,Submarine Mines. Wet guncotton in submarine mines is, of course, a very potent explosive, but in many respects it is quite outclassed by the compound used in German mines and known as trinitrotoluene, but abbreviated to "T. N. T," in Great Britain and to "trotyl" Ln Germany. A shell, torpedo or thine loaded with "T. N. T." (which requires to be deto- nated by means of mercury fulminate) bursts with great violence into large fragments, whereas if loaded with pie- ric acid the splinters are very small and cannot 'therefore do as much dam- age. Although wet guncotton is more powerful if exploded in close proxim- ity to the target, the effect of "T. N. T." is much greater when the explo- sion takes place some distance away.— London Telegraph. Josses Raynard, the eighteen -year-old son of Thomas Itaynard, Ancaster, was drowned in a dam near Ancaster last evening. His clothes were found near the darn, and when the water was re- leased, his body was found. It was decided that an inquest was not neces- sary. DR. A. W. CHASES dith CATARRH POWDER 14 Vag is sent direct to the diseased parts by the Improved Blower. Heals the ulcers, Clears the air p'tssages, sop's drop. pplogs in the throat and npenv:o * ay cures Catarrh and ffay fuser. sc.abox ; 'dower taw. A ei•t,'e teeth -site e Mimtted. Toronto. t.on_. The steamer Duck. Around the southern extremity of South America is to be found a very large duck, which bears the common aame of "steamer duck" or "race horse," owing to a peculiar habit it has of rowing itself along the surface of the water at great speed. This is said to be due to the remarkable fact that the bird loses its power of flight when it reaches maturity. These ducks are very common.—Chicago Herald. Artistic Excuse. "There!" said Mr. Nagg after a com- plicated explanation of why he had stayed'out so late; "I hope this is sat- isfactory." "It is. more than satisfactory," Mrs. Nagg told him. "It is simply beauti- ful."—St, Louis Post -Dispatch. Her State of Mind. Attorney—You can sue him for breach of promise, madam, but it seems to me that it's preposterous to claim $250,000 damages. Fair Client—i want to get so heavy a judgment against him that he'll just have to marry me—the scoun- drell—Chicago Tribune. Simple Arithmetic. "How do you account for the pass• ing of the after dinner speaker?" "On business, principles. A good talker can get enough money for a lec- ture to buy his own dinner and then have some cash left over."—Washing- ton Star. it is a mistake to set up our own standard of right and wrong and ex- pect everybody to conform to It. The Pessimist's Outlook. "See that idiot grin." "Is he an idiot?" "He's grinning, ain't he?" "Well, what of it?" "He may die tomorrow." THE PRICE QP .:.I..ORY • ••,.,,...... # With the later accounts of the action at Langemarck, and especially the "eye -witness" reportsfrom the field, it becomes more and more evident that the Canadian troupe accomplished an unusual feat in arms, and merited all the ;official and. royal compliments showered upon them. No troops of any kind, imperial, regular or otherwise, could have done better, and it is doubt- ful whether any but the very best. in the allied armies could have done so well. The highest praise has been be- stowed upon the work of the men in the ranks but it is clear, also, that the of- ficers in command, who saw the sitga- tion and met it with an the intelligent heroism of British traditions, are de- serving of the highest honor, and no doubt they will receive due' recogni- tion, The positien, when the. French sup- ports on the Canadian left, overwhelm- ed with poisonous gases, gave way, was a;most critical one for, the whole allied line. The gains actually made by the Germans are a sufficient indica- tion of the danger. When it is remem- bered that the finest troops of the en- emy were opposed to them, that a new and deadly element, hitherto banned in civilized warfare, was used against them, and that their left flank was "up in the air" not in the slang sense, I but in military phrase, meaning with. out support or unprotected, and that the Canadian officers realized at once the right and pecessary thing, and did it, and that the men, without exception played the part of heroes, fighting to the death, ane gaining their objective, holding the great German army tilt re- inforcements arrived, and actually re- trieving guns that had been lost earli,r in the struggle, there should be no difficulty for the lay mind to second plaudits so freelygranted by profession- al military authorities. There was considerable dispute at the time the first contingent left regarding the racial or national constitution of the troops. It was quite freely admit- ted that a large portion of the men were of old country birth, the percentage being reckoned variously from sixty to as high as ninety. The casualty lists show this by the addresses of the next of kin. But they represented Canada, and re- presented her faithfully and well. And the officers were Canadians. Men like Brig. -Gen. Mercer, Brig, -Gen. Currie Question of Taste. "Steadiest fellow you ever saw." "He seems to like work." "He eats it alive." "Well, It is my notion of nothing is make a meal on." War News Affected . Her. and Lieut. -Col. Lipsett are of the an- cient breed, happily still spared, while the memory of those who fell, like Lieut. -Col, Birchall, Major Noreworthy,. Copt. McCuaig and others, will shine beside the names of Wolfe and Brock and Teciamsech. The price of glory is a heavy one, and we may be thankful, that our sol- diers have not been asked to pay the - price of glory as the soldiers of the Kaiser have. We have asked them to• pay the price of freedom, the•'glorioua. heritage of British citizehship. They have paidthe price, and they have taught. es the value of that treasure of liberty for - which unsparingly they laid down their lives. That is their glory. Many people who have been reading the terrible war news from day to day. especially those who have relatives at the seat of war, have become so nervous that it is impossible for them to sleep. The nerves have become unstrung and the heart perhaps affected. IVlitbutrt's Heart and Nerve Pills wilt build up the Unstrung nervous system and strengthen the weak heart. Miss Hildia I)icaite, hlattintoiru, Ont., writes: "In August, 1014, I was out of school for my health. Ives visit- ing friends in London, and heard of the war. It made we so nervous that it could not steep, but after using Mat burn's Mart and Nerve Pill* I improved greatly, and could take my school again. I have recommended theta to many of my friends." Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills 80e per box, 8 boxes' for $1.26 at dealers, or mailed direct on Ct by '1°he T. Mitbttru Co., oronto, tat, The Burdens Of Age. The kidneys seem to' be about the. first organs to wear out and fail to pro- perly perform their work. The result. is weak, lame, aching back, rheumatic pains and failing eyesight. Many people of advanced years have recovered health and comfort by using Dr. Chase's Kid- ney -Liver Pills, They ensure the health- ful action of liver, kidneys and bowels. BULLS AND BLUNDERS. Not many years ago I heard the. following notice read out in a church in. England: "There will be a procession next Sunday afternoon in the grounds of the, monastery, but if it rains in the after- noon the procession will take place in. the n.urning." Among mixed metaphors the most delightful I think I have ever heard was the statement of a town 'councillor in a Hampshire town some years ago• during a discussion on projected ex penditure on town improvements. "Gentlemen," he said, "we will have nothing to do with it; it is but the thin end of a white elephant." A distinguished leader of the Ulster party, writing to me some tine back. said: "Before the Home Rule Bill is en- forced, Asquith will have to Walk over • many dead bodies -his own included."' —London Spectator. Children Cry FOR .FLETCHER'S CASTORIA ( PRINTING .nom STATIONERY bWe have put in our office Stationery and can WRITING PADS ENVELOPES LEAD PENCILS BUTTER PAPER PAPETEItIES, a complete stock of Staple supply your wants in iZ) WRITING PAPER BLANK BOOKS PENS AND INK TOILET PAPER PLAYIT: G CARDS, etc We will keep the best stock in the respective lines and sell at reasonable prices JOB PRINTING We are in a better position than ever before to attend to your wants in the Job Printing line and all orders will receive prompt attention. Leave your order with us wheat in need of LETTER HEADS: BILI. 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