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The Wingham Times, 1915-07-08, Page 6ib - 1 • Page 6- 100000000 SUBSTITUTES FOR POTASH. U There seems to be uo real, sub• statute for commercial potash that will be available this year at reasonable prices, says Hoard's Dalrynete. It is generally recommended that sulphate of potash iethe desirable toren for use In ootli• to culture. while wood ashes. be- cause they seem to create condi- tions favorable to the growth of scab, do not make a good form of potash. In view of the above facts we suggest the use of weal rotted manure thls spring or of a field that was manured last fall. If this is not available and the land needs re -enforcement nitrate of soda, tankage and acid phosphate may be used. We would omit the use of potash entirely this year unless it can be procured at a reasonable price. It is quite possible that deeper plowing will bring up to the sur- face an additional supply of pot- ash that will be sufficient for the next few years. SMALL FARMER'S TRADING. He Is Under Serious Handicap Com. pared With His Bigger Competitor. (Prepared by the United States depart- ment oC agriculture.] A matter which threatens the pros- perity and even the existence of the small farmer is the handicap under which he finds himself in buying and selling. The big farmer who can bay and sell in large quantities and also employ expert talent in buying and selling and in securing credit has an advantage over the small farmer who must buy and sell In small quantities and give his time and attention mainly to the growing of crops rather than to selling them. Much of the supposed economy of large kale production, even in mer- chandising and manufacturing. is found upon examination to consist wholly in an advantage in bargaining- that argaininbthat is, buying and selling. When it comes to the work of growing farm crops, as distinct from selling them and buying raw materials, the one family farm is the most efficient unit that has yet been found. But the big fanner can best the indi- vidual small farmer In buying and sell- ing. It would seem desirable, from the standpoint of natioual efficiency, to pre- serve the small farm as the productive unit. but to organize a number of small farms auto larger units for buying and selling. Thus we should have the most efficient units both in producing and in buying and selling. If this is not done the only farmers who can enter successfully into the production of agricultural specialties, where the problem of marketing is greater than the problem of producing, will be the big, capitalistic farmers. The small farmer may bold his own in the growing of staple crops, in which field the problem of efficient production is perhaps greater than that of success- ful marketing. The"reason for this is that there Is a well organized minket for staple crops and the problem of marketing is there- fore somewhat less difficult than in the case of agricultural specialties. But even in the growing of staple crops the small farmer will have a hard time of it It he is forced to compete with the big farm wben it is cultivated by gangs of cheap laborers. The two worst enemies of the small farmer are the opponents of co-opera- tive buying and selling on the one hand and the advocates of enlarged immigra- tion to the rural districts on the other. The latter would help the big farmer In, the buying of labor for his -farm and reduce the price of the small farm- er's own labor when he undertook to sell it in the form of produce. Chain Propelled Grindstone. I took two sprocket wheels, one smal- ler than the other, off an old binder. I put the smaller wheel on the shaft of the grindstone where I took the crank off, says a writer in Farm and Fireside. Then I put the larger wheel at one end of the frame. To make boxes for the wive) shaft of the larger wheel I took two pieces of sheet iron and bent them (A) and drilled holes in each side (Be 1 then took the crank and placed it on the end of the shaft of the large wheel A chain from the binder was placed over both wheels. This device is very handy for grinding mowing machine knives, as the person turning is out of the way. THE WINGHAIVI, TIMES July 8th 1915 Advertisements Show Where We Are Welcome AN advertisement is a beckoning hand, a token of invitation, a sign of welcome. A business serving the public should most certainly advertise --beckon, welcome, aid show an eagerness to serve. The attitude of a business ser- ving the public. yet which does not advertise, is not one of cour- tesy or appreciation. A business which uses the ex- panding factor of advertising is on a fair wav to reach its fullest possible potential development. TO THE PEOPLE IN AND ABOUT WINGHAM You will have a better service, not to say better values, if every re- tailer ;in Wingham will advertise his business every week in the Weekly Times. Shop Where You Are Invited to Shop MOTHER, Mother was a little woman and never very strong. She had many severe ill- nesses, and was often at death's door, but she recovered and lived on. She had sorrows, but she survived them. She saw her friends depart, and she mourned for them; but she dried her tears, sought out some comforting word in the Book, took up her duty and con- tinued to live. Mother became a grandmother, and then a great-grandmother; she even lived to be a great -great-grandmother She died at the age of ninety-six, and she had seen the blessing of God on her children's children and on their child- ren. She spent her years as mothers do, caring for her home and loving her children, and teaching them to pray, and day and night lifting up her own prayer to God to help her to be a good mother. In her old age she lived in the home of her son -in -lay. He was in business, but his joy in life was the cultivation of flowers. She sat in the window and watched the flowers he planted; and she saw the world go by her window, and smiled serenely as it passed. Her son came out from the city to see her every week. He was emplo3 ed by a great railway; and he rose step by step to be its president. • Mother did not know how to run a railway, but she had a few simple maxims that directed her own life and constantly guided the judgment of others who had more conspicuous places to fill. "Remember this, my son," she would say in her calm, even voice, "nothing really counts but character," and, "Remember that duty never calls us to be in more than one place at one time." At last she passed away with a verse of Scripture on her lips. Hers was a quiet funeral. The minister read from her own Bible, and paid a simple trib- ute to her memory. It was dignified old-fashioned and very beautiful. And although there was no publicity, the house overflowed with friends who came to pay their tribute to the memory of mother. Mother was little and frail; at her death she weighed only eighty pounds; but two special trains were needed to carry her and those who loved her to the cemetery, and the traffic of a great railway system kept out of their way. In his private car the railway presi- dent sat with the minister, and said: "I have tried to carry into, my business the ideals learned of my mother. I hope I have not failed to do so." Spare the Birds; Save the Crops. Bird hunting it carried on under re- straint may be legitimate sport, but bird slaughter is merely a means of in• viting calamity. Take as one little in. ?fence the "scalp act" of Pennsylva- nia, which paid in bounties $90,000 for the extermination of hawks and owls. These "pests" were destroyed, but the small rodents upon which they fed turned on the farmer and did almost $4,000,000 worth of damage. Onr bird; friends possess infinitely more than sentimental and toed values. Were A' toot feet their inter'ventiOn the inft.efi hordes would blot mankind from thir .late of nature.--dofntry Genttr. tr. SOLANUM TUBEROSUM. Solanum Tuberosum, otherwise the potato, is the most used and most pop- ular member of the vegetable kingdom. Next to wheat its intrinsic as well as its aggregate value is the highest of ail the foodstuffs. In 1014, the pota- toes produced in Canada amounted in quantity to 85,672,(100 bushels and in value to $41,5'63,000. This statement of fact is sufficient to indicate the im- portant place that the potato holds. In Ireland, when the potato crop failed the people starved and the rest of the Eng- lish-speaking world felt constrained to send relief. Canada, with its vast ex- tent of territory, its diverse soil, and its diverse climate, is hardly likely to have to go through a similar experience but it is not alone the welfare of our own domain that we have to consider in these matters but the demand that is like- ly to arise elsewhere, ademand that has to be satisfied and a delhand that means gold to the country that posseses the wherewithal. A pamphlet of the Publications FARE $22 TO CLEVELAND _ EVERY rig ,,q. , 1» TUESDAY -THURSDAY °5 �' ,-��i�?3?;�, • AND SATURDAY THE STEAMER "STATE OF OHIO" (June 22nd to September 4th) ttLeaves Port Stanley every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 11:00 P. M. Arrives Cleveland following morning ' . . . . 6:30 A. M. Leaves Cleveland every Monday, Wednesday and Friday . . . . . 11:00 P. M. Arrives Port Stanley following morning 6:30 A. M. (All Eastern Times Fare $2.25 ono way $4.00 round trip. 'Connections at Cleveland for fluf- LI nio, Cedar Point, Pat -in -Bay, Akron, Co(umbus, Cincinnati Pittsburgh Wheeling and all points south of Cleveland. Ask your ticket agent for tickets via C. & B. Line. 11A WI LI Ili —1 3l9 EXCURSION TO CLEVELAND -EVERY SATURDAY lee Steamer leaves Port Stanley, Saturday, 11:00 P. M. and brings you back home 6:30 Tuesday E. morning, affording two days in The Sixth Larger: City in the United Stares. Fare S2.25 for the Iet Round Trip. For funber information address C. W, Pleasence. Canadian Att.. Port Stanley, Ont, PI 14 THE CLEVELAND & BUFFALO TRANSIT CO. CLEVELAND, OHIO lie Branch of the Department of Agricul- I ture, Ottawa, which can be had free for the mere trouble of asking, deals in a complete and comprehensive man- ner with the subject. The Dominion Horticulturist, Mr. W. T. Macoun, states that at the Central Experiment- al Farm one variety yielded 700 bushels and another variety on the same soil only 154 bushels per acre. This fact shows how important it is to know the variety best suited to the soil. It is also shown that it pays to import seed from cooler to warmer climates. Some of the most reliable early varieties, Mr. Macoun says, are Irish Cobbler, Rockester Rose and Early Ohio, and of medium or later varieties, he gives the preference to Carman No. 1, Gold Coin, Empire State, Green Mountain, and Wee MacGregor. British varieties he adds, which have done well in Canada, are Table Talk and Davies' Warrior. It would perhaps be as well to give in brief a few of the suggestions made in the pamphlet for the best cultivation or the potato: Sprouting before planting should be avoided by keeping in a cool cellar. The best results are obtained by plant- ing the sets immediately after cutting. If disease is discernible soak for three hours in one pound of formalin to thirty imperial gallons of water. Marketable tubers so as to have at least three eyes to a piece are the best kind to set. The most suitable soil is a rich, deep, friable, warm sandy loam with good natural drainage. The more thoroughly the soil is pre- pared the better the results will be. Delay planting as nearly as possible to within a week of the last frost. Plant the sets four to five inches deep for the main crop and 12 to 14 inches apart in rows two and one half feet apart. As a rule the crop will increase in proportion to the number of times the potatoes are cultivated during the grow- ing season. Protect the tops from injury. Eight to twelve ounces of Paris green to forty gallons of water, or two or three pounds of arsenate of lead to the same quantity of water, being sprayed, will destroy infesting insects. Use Bordeaux mixture to control early and late blight. Three to four sprayings will be required. Bordeaux mixture is made ih the proportion of 0 pounds bluestone and 4 pounds of lime to 40 gallons of water. Dig your potatoes in dry weather and store in a dry, cool, well -ventilated cell- ar kept at a temperature of from p p 33 to 36 degrees Fahrenheit. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CAS 1".ORIA THIS CANADA OF OURS. [James David Edgar.] Sir James Edgar, speaker of the House of Commons, was born at Hatley, Quebec, August 10, 1841. He wrote "Canada and Its Capital" (prose), 1898, and a volume of poems, 1893. Died at Toronto, July 31, 1899. Let our tongues in older lands • Loud vaunt their claim to glory, And chant in triumph of the past, Content to live in story, Tho' boasting no baronial halls, Nor ivy -crested towers, What past can match tl y glurious youth Fair Canada of oursi Fair Canada, Dear Canada, This Canada of ours. We love those far-off ocean Isles, Where Britains' monarch reigns, We'll ne'er forget the good old blood That courses through our veins, Proud Scotia's fame, old Erin's name, And haughty Albion's powers, Reflect their matchless lustre on This Canada of ours. Fair Canada, Dear Canada, This Canada of ours! May our Dominion flourish then, A goodly land and free, Where Celt and Saxon, 'hand in hand, Hold sway from sea to sea; Strong arms shall guard our cherished homes When darkest danger lowers, And with our life -blood we'll defend Thiel Canada of ours, Fair Canada, Dear Canada, This Canada of ours! uric Acid Suffering, Uric acid is an accumulation of poison which finds lodgment in the system when the kidneys fail to remove it from the blood. In the kidneys and bladder it forms stones, in the joints and muscles it causes rheumatism. In any case the pain and suffering is almost beyond human endurance, Uric acid is promptly removed from the system when the kid- neys are kept healthy and active by using Dr, Chase's Kidney -Liver Pills. Within the limits of Uruguay are found nearly every known useful min- eral. Railway between Ladysmith and Daimiara, South Africa; is being double - tracked. Harness has been invented to permit a litter with a wounded man being car- ried on each side of the horse, , Canadian soldiers writing from the front express the fear that a fever out- break may result from exposed dead on the battlefields. • His Wife's Allowance. Ilustrative of the social leveling In- fluence of war, the following incident is told of two Englishmen; A new commauding officer was questioning a smart young corporal, "Are you married?" asked the ofia- cer, "Yes, sir." "Don't you think you ought to make her some allowance dut of your pay?" continued the officer, "If you think It necessary,• sir," replied the corporal, "I will, sir. I'm keeping up the house' and ear and al- lowing her £600 a year,, but if you think an extra sixpence a day would be any good to her I am perfectly willing," It is estimated that a day of darkness Di Londin caused by fog costs the in- habitants $25,000 for gas, as well as a large sum for electric light. The Domestic Machine. Mr. Meek was laboriously hooking up the back of his wife's evening dress just as the clock was striking their dinner hour and their dinner guests were ringing the doorbell. Mr. Meek breathed hard; his forehead was damp, and his hands shook. "I do wish some one would invent a machine to do this kind of work!" he muttered miserably. "Why, they have!" replied his wife brightly, as she applied some powder nonchalantly to her nose. "They have, and you are it!" Catch. Cutch is a hard, brown, brittle substance, and when broken presents a smooth, shining surface like an- thracite coal. It is used for tanning leather and also for dyeing textiles black or brown. Cutch is made from the bark of the mangrove trees, which grow an great abundance in salt marshes, extending inland in various places in north Borneo as far as 125 miles. For Harmony. "I hear," said Mrs, Nextdoor, "that that stubborn candidate for president of your club has finally been induced to withdraw in the Interest of har- mony." "Yes," replied Mrs. Peppery, "By the way, it's a wonder you couldn't induce your daughter to withdraw from the .piano occasionally for the same reason." What Worried Him. Maurice Donnay has received at the French Academy a letter from ..a friend in a dugout at the front. It contained not a word about the fight- ing or the "Jack Johnsons" or the weather in the trenches. The writer was troubled about only one thing— he hin —he was afraid that the academy, which has been revising its dictionary of the French language for about threescore years, might have already reached the letter "I," and about one word under the letter "I" this ortho- grapher in the trenches holds strong views. The word is that commonly and, according to him, wrongly written "inlassable" (indefatigable). He implored M. Donnay to bring all his influence to bear upon the academy to insure the word being written "ilass- able" in the revised edition of the dictionary. That was the only topic he wrote about. It was apparently the one uppermost in his mind. M. Donnay assured him that the academy was working on the letter "E" and that the war would be over long before it got to "I." Use All the Teeth. itmayseem the a oxical as Pard teeth employed for chewing present quite a clean appearance, while the unemployed ones are unclean, usual- ly very dirty, writes Dr. John Philip Erwin in Oral Hygiene. People ex- press surprise when informed they are running on one dental cylinder by using only the right or left side of . the mouth. When a father spied his boy us- ing only the upper third of the saw on the log he said: "Son, the entire saw belongs to me. To do good work use it all." The Creator never would have given man thirty-two teeth if - It were possible to operate this intri- cate human machine successfully with a smaller number. Boiling Water. Why is it that water will not al- ways boil at the same temperature? Water boils whenever the outward pressure of the steam balances the inward pressure of the air, but the latter is not always the same. The barometer shows that. When the air presses heavily the steam will neces- sarily have to exercise greater force to overcome it than when it is low. This is why water boils at a lower temperature 'on the top of a moun- tain than at sea level. Water boils at sea level at a temperature of 212 degrees F. Could Not Bend Down On Account of Backache. Mr. 3. A. Lubiniecki, Dauphin, Man., writes: "It is my pleasure to write you in regard to Doan's Kidney Pills which I have been using for some time for kidney trouble, which used to affect my back so that at times X could not bend down, nor could I walk straight. I learn- ed about your pills from your Almanac, and I bless the happy hour I thought of buying this medicine. One time a druggist persuaded me to buy 's Kidney Pills, saying they were just as good, in fact he guaranteed they were. I yielded to his advice, and what was the result? I had bearing down pains in my back for two days, so I took the balance of the pills unused to the druggist, and told him to give 'me Doan's Kidney Pills as they would stop the pain in 12 hours at the outside. • He told me he was sorry I did not use more of the pills, and lengthen the time to await results. I told him there is no need of waiting with Doan's Pills, they go right to the spot. No substitute for me." Doan's Kidney Pills are 50e a box, 3 boxes for $1.25 at alt dealers or mailed direct on receipt of price by The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont, When ordering direct specify"Doan's" Cured Fifteen Years Ago of Piles and Eczema. By Using Dr. Chase's Ointment ---Certifies That the Cure- Was Permanent.. Some people have tried so manY doctors and so many treatments in their search for cure for piles and eczema that they find it difficult to believe there is an actual oure, The strong point about Dr, Chase's Ointment is that It not only brings re- lief promptly, but brings about actual and Ie,sting cure. In 1897 Mr. Ketcheson, 88 Douro street, Pet- erboro', Ont., wrote as follows:—"I wase KETCIIESON troubled for thirty years with itching piles and eczema. I could not sleep .at night, and when I got warm the itching was terrible. Eczema covered my legs down to the knees, perfectly raw. I have tried every r"eparation l could hear of, Seeing en'. Chase's Ointment adver- tised, I •procured a box, and this Oint-• meat effected a eomplete euro." • On Sept. 28, 1912, Mr. $etchelent wrote as follows: --"I received a lett from you to -clay, saying that you founds• on file a statement made by me 16l years ago. I have always given Dr, Chase's Ointment a good name since• it cured me, and shall' tell you how came to use it. "I had suffered for many years front• eczema and piles, and had tried doc- tors and everything I could hear of 1ne vain. Reading about Dr, Chase's Olnt-' menta I purchased it at once, and was soon completely cured. That was fif- teen years ago, so there can be ne doubt of the cure being a permanent one. I have met a great many people, who have been cured by Dr. Chase's Ointment." Dr. Chase's Ointment, 60 cent` t box, all dealers, or Edmanson, Bates Co.. Limited, Toronto: SOME STABLE RULES. • 1. Treat cows gently and avoid ex- citement. 2. Be regular in time of milking. 3. Keep stables clean, well -lighted and ventilated. 4. Weigh the milk of each cow at milking time. 5. Get your neighbor to share with you in owning a Babcock Milk Tester, and test the product of each cow. 6. Discard your cows to a pure-bred, registered dairy bull from a famiiy hav- ing large and profitable production of butter fat. 8. Raise well the hi fifer calves from cows, which'for one or more generations, have made large and profitabie produc- tions of milk and butter fat. 9. Breed heifers to drop their first calves at 24 to 30 months of age. Give cows 6 to 8 weeks' rest between lacta- tion periods. 10. Join a dairy cattle breeders' as- sociation. It will help you keep posted and in touch with the best and most modern ways of managing your dairy herd. -George C. Humphrey, College of Agriculture, University of Wisconsin. WHAT AND WHAT NOT TO DO WHEN CAKE MAKING. For these who would excel in cake making these admonitions are offered: First -Cream the shortening. Second -Add sugar slowly and cream it again. Third -Add yolks of eggs well beaten. Fuurth-Mix and sift the dry ingredi- ents. Fifth -Add the dry materials to the mixture, which has the baking powder in it; alternate flour and liquid. Sixth -Cut and fold in (do not beat or stir) the whites of eggs which are beaten into a dry, stiff froth. Seventh -Have fire and pans ready.. Put the cake into the oven quickly; .re- member that the oven can wait, but the cake never. Bake according to rule. To test the oven heat -A hot oven will brown flour in five minutes; or you: can try if you can hold the hand in it and count 20. Time of baking -Layer cakes, 20 or 25 minutes; loaf cakes, from 40 to 80+ minutes; gem cakes, from 20 minutes. to half an hour. Never bang the oven door. e aIle • 4 will fall if you do. 1� PRIN?ING AND STATIONERY We have put in our office a complete stock of Staple Stationery and can supply your wants inliS WRITING PADS ENVELOPES LEAD PENCILS BUTTER PAPER PAPETERIES, WRITING PAPER BLANK BOOKS PENS AND INK TOILET PAPER PLAYING CARDS; etc We will keep the best stock in -the respecti'e 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 wheal in need of LETTER HEADS: BILI. HEADS ENVELOPES I, n CALLING CARDS CIRCULARS NOTE HEADS STATEMENTS WEDDING INVITATIONS POSTERS - CATALOGUES Or anything you may require in the printing line. Subscriptions taken for all the Leading Newspapers and Magazines. The Times Office STONE BLOCK Winghar, Ont.