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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1915-06-24, Page 6Making the Little Farm Pay sy C. C. BOWSFIELD �� O It Is time for progressive farmers, especially those with small places near town, to get ready for money leaking with fruits. These products. Properly belong lu any thorough system of nois- ed farming, and they can be guide to pay $200 to $400 an acre net. Small fruit growing is peculiarly adapted to those having large fami- lies. Small fruits well planted in per- fectly straight rows and kept well cul- tivated make a most pleasing picture as well as a profitable crop. A fruit garden connected with any home can be made an attractive object. From a commercial standpoint for the beginner there is no crop that will STRAWBERRIES IN CRATES. roll back the corners of a mortgage quicker than the strawberry bed if enough be planted so that the whole family and the neighbors can be em- ployed, especially in picking time. Fit the groundearly in April 1it the same as for corn. Mark one way as for corn; `then set the plants about sixteen inch- es apart and cultivate as for corn and hoe whenever there is a sign of weeds or crusty soil. It takes about 7,000 plants per acre when set as directed. When the blossoms appear the first summer pinch them off. Do not try to secure fruit from the plants until the second season. As cold weather comes on be ready to give the strawberry field a thorough mulching. If it is done too early the plants will be smothered and hurt. It is not applied altogether as a winter protection, for strawberries are defi- ant of cold. It is the mulch that equal- izes alternate freezings and thawlngs, which upheave the plants. The material to use in covering the beds or rows of plants is anything in the way of coarse vegetation that is free from weed seeds. Clean straw and coarse grass are of this character, but there may be weeds in the straw or grass. Timothy hay is always trou- blesome because of the seed it con- tains, and coarse manure that has any considerable proportion of timothy is objectionable on that account. Marsh grass or cattail flags are free from anything that is troublesome. The ref- use from sorghum mills can be used with good results. It lies close to the ground and if not put on too thickly will serve the purpose of keeping the strawberry plants from feeling the violent changes of winter, retain the moisture in the soil and keep the ber- ries clean the following summer. Corn- , stalks, pine needles. tanbark and cot- toneeed bulls eau be utilized in this Wily. • There is a growing market for goose- berries and a bright future for all that will be raised. This fruit does best ou a good sandy loam. Plants should be set six by eight feet, thus requiring 1,210 plants per acre. The first sea- son potatoes, beans or any low grow- ing crop may be planted between the rows. Give thorough but shallow cul- tivation. As to varieties, the Downing gives best satisfaction. Buy only ex- tra good year old plants. Profits are fully as good and often better than with strawberries. They should bear some fruit the second year from plant- ing. Blackberries are profitable if rust does not attck the canes. There seems to be no cure for rust. Set the plants 4 by 6 and give deep culture. \Ve pre- fer the Kittatinny, as they seem more hardy than others. Blackberries do best on a lightish and rather sandy soil. They must be planted in rows and kept well eultivated. The prun- ing of the blackberry is different from that of most other small frttfts. If you eut back the canes severely you are likely to remove a large portion of the season's crop. Hut you can thin out the shoots where they are numer• ous and cut out the dead shoots. Iced and black raspberries should be set 6 by 6, which will require 1,210 plants Per acre. These plants roust have shallow culture, as their roots are all near the surface. Many flue plantations are almost ruined by deep culture. The crop is profitable when picked on time and neatly marketed. A grower can pay for his laud in a sin- gle season with a good crop of berries. Currants are easy to grow and mar. het. They pay at the rate of $300 to $500 an acre. The average price should be $;) per bushel, and 100 bushels to the acre Is only a fair crop. Each currant bash ought to pay 25 to SO cants abot+e tho cost of &k . THE WINGHAM• TIMES June 24(11 1915 C. 'w ..., trw+ ' .., a wn,r +... iv,,....11t'"+' A Lesson from the Clock CLOCK that strikes is better than a non -striking clock. It tells us the time through our ears as well as through our eyes. It saves our steps, It signals, spurs us on, rouses us, speaks to us in the dark and from far away. It is useful far beyond the usefulness of the f silent clock. So with a business that adver- The shop or store that adver- t shop or store that is silent—that tises. A shop or store that send rises saves our time and money, out its message to us in the form etc. Speaks to us at the right of advertisements in our news- time, rouses us to attention, paper serves us far beyond the and stirs us to action. We buy more as the result of advertis- must be visited before its service ing, and we buy from adver- or merchandise can be known, tisers, TO THE MERCHANTS OF WINGHO fPut a striker—an attention -getter, an arouses. a stimulator—on your business. In other words—advertise. Strike often and regularly by weekly advertisements in the Weekly Times. } Answer the Call of Advertising rpt„ -k f eke -rte et r°' 10 - spa"tri-fbw.a, -,R".. teaks ..fk,,,."'°'^ . FOR FAT WOMEN. In the fashion department of the June Woman's Home Companion appears the following "Dress Don'ts" for stout women: "Don't be inveigled into wearing the too -short skirt; three Inches from the floor is a good conservative length. "Don't adhere too strictly to fash- ion's latest whims—pass the choker c )Ila„, fcr instance. "Don't let the smart deep -yoked s'tirt tempt you if it's the slender hip you want. "Don't set your heart on having one of your summer dresses of the rough - surface tussah silk that come in the fascinating sand and ecru shades. These fabrics and these shades are not for you. "Don't adopt the long tight sleeve, even if it is the mode of the moment: The tight transparent sleeve brings out too prominently the shape of the big fat arm. The sausage effect should be avoided. "Don't allow yourself to take kindly to the 'bobbed' hair dressing; the fore- head band; the too tight coiffure, and the too small hat. It will be a sorry day for you if you allow yourself to be tempted." NEED OF CHANGE IN DIET. Many children are improperly nour- ished, not because their anxious parents do not provide plenty of food, but be- cause it is not selected with reference to the elements required for the building of bone and tissues. The child whose bread is made of white flour only is liable to suffer from rickets or some other form of malmu- tribution. When brown flour is mixed with the white, it assists the digestive organs to assimilate the bread and at the same time it furnishes the phosphates which are essential for nourishing the brain. Corn, graham and rye bread should al- ways be alternated with white breed. Dates, figs, preserved fruit and nut butters served with the coarser breads add not only to their attractiveness, but to their healthfulness as well. FARE $23.§. TO CLEVELAND EVERY TUESDAY -THURSDAY AND SATURDAY 4h3 THE STEAMER "STATE OF OHIO" (June 22nd to September 42.10 Leaves Port Stanley every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 1150 P. M. SoArrives Cleveland following morning . . . 0:80 A. M. Leaves Cleveland every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. . . 11.00 P. M. Arrives Port Stanley following morning - 65O A. M. (AU Eastern Time) Faro 12.26 one way, 01.00 round trip. gonnectiona at Clevelond for nuf- ado, Cedar Point, cievelay, Akron, Columbus, Cincinnati Pittsburgh Wheeling mid all points south of Cleveland. Ask your ticket agent £or lickots via o. & 13. Lme. to i EXCURSION TO CLEVELAND—EVERY SATURDAY Steamer' leaves Port Stanley, Saturday. 11:00 P. M. and brings you back home 6:30 Tuesday morninC, affording two days in The Sixth Large.! Ctrs to the United Stater. Fare :2.25 for the Round Trip. For further information address C. W. Pleasance, Canadian Ant., Port Stanley, Ont, THE CLEVELAND & BUFFALO TRANSIT CO. CLEVELAND, OHIO Nei Li b1 lie. -- - -•ice e A SONG OF SEASONS Sing a song of Springtime! Catkins by the brook, Adder -tongues uncounted. Ferns in every nook; The cataract on the hill -side Leaping like a fawn; Sing a song of Springtime.— Ah, butSpring-time's gone! Sing a song of Summer! Flowers among the grass, Clouds like fairy frigates, Pools like looking -glass, Moonlight through the branches, Voices on the lawn; Sing a song of Summer.— Ah, but Summer's gone! Sing a song of Autumn! Grain in golden sheaves, Woodbine's crimson clusters Round the cottage eaves, Days of crystal clearness, Frosted fields at dawn; Sing a song of Autumn's gone! Sing a song of Winter! North -wind's bitter chill, Home and ruddy firelight, Kindness and goal will, Hemlock in the churches, Daytime soon withdrawn; Sing a song of Winter,— Ah, but Winter's gone! Sing a song of loving! Let the seasons go: Hearts can make tneir gardens Under sun or snow; Fear no fading blossomF Sing a song of loving.— That will last for aye! —Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald PLAIN SHOES COMING Within the last year shoes have be- come the most ornate part of a woman's wardrobe. They are now embellished with embroidery, straps, inserts of bro- cade, and some are even studded with imitation jewels. And now as one wonders to what further lengths display can go, comes the word from abroad that the most exquisitely gowned Parisiennes are wearing perfectly plain shoes and stock- ings. White shoes and stockings are al- ways good style, and a pair of bronze shoes is a good investment, as they go well with any sort of a costume. Plain gray slippers and stockings give a certain degree of elegance to the most simple costume. They are always great favorites ,with French stage folk. The woman who can afford to have a great many different pairs of shoes can obtain a most stunning effect by having her shops match her different costumes, but the woman of the average means will do well to take the tip from Paris and buy her new shoes on conservative lines. ChildFLrETeCHER'Sn Cry FOR OASTQR1A • Buy the MODERN WAY ---- DIRECT from PAGE (FREIGHT PAID) You want the BEST; FENCE at the LOWEST • PRICE. The biggest Teal value for your money. THEN—WHY go to the dealer? lle doesn't make fence. He only sells it. You pay him a Jprofit— but he can't add a cent to the WORTH of your fence. He only adds to its COST. ee es, WHY—help to pay the organizer '$2500 a year? He WHY—help to pay the Salesmanager's $25C0 salary? doesn't make fence. He merely sells it:to the He doesn't make the fence. He merely bosses Dealer. He gets a fine living—by raising the PRICE the Organizer—who sells to the Dealer—who„ finally (but NOT the QUALITY) of your Fence. sells to YOU. You pay him well. 50 to 75 per cent. of all the money you pay the Dealer for the Fence—goes to these three men. Yet the three together can't add a single day to the life of ycur .fence. But they can—and dc—add many Cents per:rod to its price. When you buy DIRECT f r o m PAGE, yon give ALL your fence money t o t h e man who really makes the Fence. Who puts into ALL tho QUALI- TY and VALUE you pay for. There's only one small profit bo. tw sen you and us. The reit of your money buys iltGa QUALITY n n d LIFETIME SERVICE. PRICE LIST HEAVY FENCE leo. of /tare Spacing Moe in 010 o..bawl 11 laely2. apart of borlrontala Ontario 5 9, . *0.21 7 � ....... .24 s 4i 9 65,63 , 1'34,69616,810 8 42 .29 1614 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 .31 8 47 22 4, 5, 565, 7, 834, 9, 9 .30 8 47 1614 4,. 5, 534, 7, 8%, 9, 9 .32 9 4� 27 6, b, 6, 6, 6, h, 6, 6 .34 9 48 16, 6, 6, 6, 6 6, 6, 6, 6 .36 9 522 23 4, 4, 5, 53 7, 8%, 9, 9 .34 9 5 16 4, 4, 5, 5 7, 8, 9, 9.36 10 40 li 3, 3, 3, 4, I , 7, 7, 7 , 8 .38 10 52 16Jy 3, 3, 3, 4, 534, 7, 8�1.�� 9 .38 li S5 1635 3, 3, 3, 3, 4,5%,7,834,9,9 41 New Ontario prices on Request. ALL FULL No. 9 GAUGE SPECIAL FENCE 80.9 to�p.'ad bottom. Bdance Po. 10. Uprights a Inebe. apart. 18 -bar, 48 -inch $0,46 20 -bar, 60 -inch 3 -ft. Gate 12 -ft. Gate 13 -ft. Gate 14 -ft. Gate Set tool* 25 lbs. grace Wire 25 lbs. Staples • .51 2.30 4.35 4.60 4.85 8.00 .75 .80 FREIGHT PAID ON ORDERS OF 910.00 OR OVER PACE WIRE FENCE CO., Limited Dept No. 84 1 157 King St. West, - TORONTO 87 Church St. WALKERVILLE a w H Y support he "middlemen?' WHY pay PAGE prices for fence not half so good? WHY give t h dealer dollar bills for Cee? Think this over Marl your order with r cash, check, mon-'r eq or express or- der or bank draft to the nearest PAGE BRANCH Get the BEST FENCE at t h e LOWEST PFtIOE Freight paid o n $10 orders and over, PAGE FENCES WEAR BEST —. — PROFIT IN GOLDEN SEAL. A Woodland Crop That May Be Cuiti• voted With Little T roubt*, Speaking ,.l plants that um; be 2111 tivuteti with tittle trout*. aria with profit to the growet, tt write' tit Green's Fruit Grower advltlis those who have a bit of unused uoudhuuJ or nuderbrush to plant golden seat. He considers it one of the must roamer. ative of plants to raise and saysthat it requires very little care. The roots of, this plant sold fifteen years ago at 30 cents a pound. The price has steadily advanced. The root is now worth $5.50 u pound, and the dry leaves and stems now sell for 25 cents a pound. 1t Is one ot the host widely used drugs known to the mod- ern pharmacopoeia. At the end of three years you can sort out the mature roots from the young ones and wash and dry them for sale, while you put tbe young roots back in the ground. At the end of the three years the grower has a year- ly crop of roots, and, beginning , with the first year, be has a yearly crop of leaves and stems. This is one ot the crops on which there is an absolute certainty of a market that will nun after you as soon as any golden seal buyer knows you have the goods to sell. Go and ask your druggist or your doctor about the value of golden seal. WHISTLER AND HIS GROCER. An Overdue Bill, a Thraitt and a Pay- " ment Not In Cash. Whistler's financial affairs were the mingled joy and terror of bis friends, and the Fennel's, in their "Lite of Whistler," . give a most amusing glimpse into this side of his life. On one occasion he bad actually' run up a bill ot £600 with a Chelsea greengrocer, who at last called to Insist upon pay- ment. ayment. Whistler came out strong on that occasion: "How—what—why—why. of course, you have sent these things—most ex- ceIlent things—and they have been eaten, you know, by most excellent people. Think what a splendid adver- tisement! And sometimes, you !snow, the salads are not quite up to the mark —the fruit, you know, not quite fresh. And if you go into these unseemly dis- cussions about the bill—well, you kn6w, I shall have to go into discussion about all this, and think bow it would hurt your reputation with all these estrum dinary people. I think the best thing is not to refer to the past—I'll let it go. And in the future we'll have a weekly account—wiser, you knowl" The greengrocer left without bis mon- ey. but received in payment two noc- turnes, one the blue upright Valparaiso. BULLETS .ARE TRICKY. One Chance Shot That Brought Down Three English Officers. It has been truly said that once yon fire a bullet from u modern rifle uo one can forecast where it will ultimately come to rest. Even when a bullet has an uninterrupted course it is ,capable of upsetting all known calculations of its flight and range. Before the battle of Omdurman a sick officer was carried across the Nile and placed under an awning no less than 5,500 yards from the nearest point of possible fire. This should eas- ily have insured him a margin of safe- ty, but it didn't. A stray bullet ate tip the intervening thfee miles of desert air, struck him in the head and killed him. • Shortly before another battle in the Sudan General Sir Archibald Hunter, Colonel Racket -Thompson, C. B., and another officer were reconnoitering through an opening in the wall of a disused sakieh, or waterwheel. The hole in the wall was so small that the officers had to stand one behind the other to see anything. The officer, whose name is not given in the incident, was in front using a pair of binoculars,. while Sir Archibald Hunter was in the rear. The glint caused by the setting sun shining on the glass of the binoculars attracted the attention of a dervish, who, with others, was retiring along the Nile. He stopped, took rapid aim and fired. It was a very good chance shot, for it sped through one of the lenses of the binoculars, through the brain of the officer holfling them, killing him on the spot, through the shoulder of Colonel Racket -Thompson and finally lodged In the breast of Sir Archibald Hunter, where it remains to this day.--Londoi Mail SUFFERED FROM Catarrh Of The Stomach FOR 8 YEARS. Milburn's Laxa-Liver Pills Cured Her. Mrs. Agnes Gallant, Reserve Mines, N.S., writes: "I take great pleasure in writing you. I have been a great sufferer, for eight years, from catarrh of the stomach and tried several, so called, catarrh remedies withdut relief until a friend of !nine advised me to try Mil - burn's Laxa-Liver Pills, which I did, and four vials completely cured me." Be sure and get Milburn's Laxa-Liver Tilts when you ask for them as there are a number of imitations on the market. The price is 25c. per vial, 5 vials toe $1.00, at all dealers or mailed direct on receipt of price by The T. Milburn Co.,, Limited, Toronto, Ont. Danger Signals Warn You. of Approaching Paralysis Slowly and Surely Exhaustion Goes on Until Collapse of the Nerves is the Natural Result. You may be restless, nervous, irri- table and sleepless, but you think there is nothing to be alarmed at, You have no appetite, digestion is impair- ed, and there is weakness and irre- gularity of other bodily organs. You feel tired in body and mind, and find that you lack the energy to attend to the daily task. You may" not realizo that these ger signals which are the symptoms `‘� of nervous prostra- tion and the dan- 11IRS, ALLAN. warn you that some form of paralysis is the next step of development. Dr. Chase's Nerve Food is the most successful restorative for the nerves that has ever been offered' to the pub - lie. Thta has been proven in mane ,r thousanus of cases similar to the onJ1GG• described in this letter. Mrs. Thos. Allan, R.F,D., 8, Sorfrbra,. Ont., writes:—"Five years ago.I puf- fered a complete breakdown, and fre- quently had palpitation of the heart. Since that illness I have had dizzy spells, had no power over my limbs, (locomotor ataxia) and could not walk straight, At night I would have - severe nervous spells, with heart pal- pitation, and would shake as though I had the ague. I felt improvement after using the first box of Dr, Chase's 1 Nerve Food, and after continuing the treatment can now walk, eat and sleep - well, , have no nervous spells and do• not require, heart medicine. I haver• told several of my neighbors of thlvilk splendid results obtained from the use of Dr. Chase's Nerve Food." Dr. Chase's Nerve Food, 50 cents a. box, 6 for $2.50, all dealers, or Ed- manson, Bates & Co., Limited, To- ronto, MUST WE LEAVE THE OLD HOME? Must we leave the old home, mother, Where we lived so many years? We can never find another Place on earth that is so dear. Father's dead, and he is sleeping In the churchyard oe'r the way; Mother dear, why are you weeping? Say, must we leave the old home. say? CHORUS— Must we leave the old home,,mother? Tell me, won't vou, must we roam? We can never find another Place on earth like our old home! Must we leave the old home. mother, Since we dearly love it so? It would break our heart's, I know; Humble though it be and lowly, Can we turn from it away, With its memories so holy— Say, must we leave the old home, say? Must we leave the' old home, mother? And forsake it all in all? Never clinging to each other, 13y the hearth or in the hall? Will there linger stranger faces By the fireside night and day, And the old time's pleasant places — Say, must. we leave them, mother, say? Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTOR 1 A GETTING STARTED. It was Burke who said: "If you want to go anywhere you have to start from. where you. are." How many of tie seem to overlook this little truism. .We suddenly become - possessed with an idea that we ought to. accomplish thil or that, but we forget the preparatioe or process of getting there. Position seems to mean a lot from a certain point of view, but if we. - would fill any place acceptably we need to take the preparatory steps, to start from where we are. Too many of us get the idea that success or achievement may be gained by a single spurt.. We overlook the in-. termediary space between where we are and where we want to get. We- make the attempt, and when 'we fail our discouragement overwhelms its.. On the other hand, we should not neg- lect to move forward because we are too timid to try new ground. Starting • from where we are. we can save much, disappointment and many stgmbl making a careful study of all the co ditions and making up our mind that we will pay the price of persistence -- faith, and patience.—Current Opinion. 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