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THE WINGHAM TIMES
September 16th. (9J5
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It la estimated that the nnnual
loss of eggs in the country IS
$45,000,000. Nearly all of the hi
IUstaiued by farmers, and much.
of It can be prevented by keep -
lug eggs infertile through the
Summer. This means that roos-
ters aboutd be killed vie or at
least kept away from tbo lay-
ers. It is figured that the egg
become infertile from seven to
fourteen days after the male bird
is removed from the dock, Re-
peated trials have shown that
fertile eggs and Infertile ones
placed side by side under similar
conditions show a much longer
keeping quality of the infertile
ones.—American Agriculturist.
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BURY THE HESSIAN FLY.
Plow In July to Destroy Pest and Im.
prove Next Year's Crops.
We feed 50,000,000 bushels of good
Svlieat to the hessian fly every year, to
say nothing of what It costs us to feed
our chinch bugs and other pests, and
have only ourselves to blame. Get to-
gether. Every neighborhood should
have a farmers' club and appoint a
hessian fly committee.
Cut the wheat high above the second
joint. Remove the grain from the field
and stack it somewhere else. The fly
is now in the resting stage, and the
safest way and only sure plan is for
every farmer to plow every acre deep,
ly and thoroughly within two weeks
after harvest, turning under the stub-
ble completely.
Team work 1s necessary. Teach the
school children to look for the fly and
report it at every stage. Appoint a
captain in every school district, who
should be the best wheat grower in
the neighborhood.
This early complete plowing will not
only reduce the fly, but will be a great
benefit to next year's crop. It does not
let the field dry out after harvest and
gets it ready to hold all of the moisture
which is so badly needed in most sec-
tions. It is stated that other things
being equal, three acres plowed in July
are worth five acres plowed in Septem-
ber.
Wheel Soaking Box.
When wheel tires become loose, as
they often do in hot, dry weather, the
watertight box shown herewith will
be found useful for soaking them ei-
ther in water or oil. The box consists
of pieces of wood, preferably oak, cut
in the forms indicated and nailed firm-
ly together with numerous wire nails.
All the cracks are then thoroughly fill-
ed with thick whitelead paint and the
inside at least painted with two or
three coats of paint to render the wood
waterproof. The dimensions will de -
e,.
pend somewhat upon the size of the
wheels to be soaked. Large tired wag-
on wheels will need a wider box than
wi11 buggy wheels. In operation the
wagon is jacked up until the wheel will
slip over the edge of the box; then it
is lowered until the rim almost touches
the bottom. The oil or the water is
then poured in till -it covers the tire,
and the wheel is slowly revolved so as
to get every part wet. In order to
reach the hub rags may be wound
around it and kept soaked with oil or
water.
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AROUND THE HOGPEN.
+ts
Beep the pens clean and dry to pre-
vent disease among your hogs. Don't
let drafts blow on the hogs—drafts are
fatal to them, causing pneumonia,
rheumatism and various other ail-
ments.
If your hogs are sick or not doing
well find out what the trouble is. It
will pay. A squealing hog Is not profit-
able—a contented hog grunts. Don't
keep them in too small a pen. Exer-
cise is essential to health. Give small
pigs plenty of exercise. It may prevent
thumps.
Give the sow and peas plenty of room
on the sunny side of a buiding.
Colony houses for brood sows are
more. sanitary than a Central house.
If your little pigs are troubled with
wenn change the diet of the sow. Do
esot feed dirty, s esee+1 or sour feed.
orong hie creek all meat scraps.
If hard bony enlargements form on
the hoe& Joints of your small pigs the
e issineee art that they have rickets. In-
trodnee some new based into the herd
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and fee4 year Pigs per each 100 pounds
weight a mixture of ealeium phosphate
.p i'erized, nut vomica tWo ounces,
ertlfielel cariabad salts ten ounces.
For worms give five grains calomel
and ten grains santonin per each 100
pounds, followed in about six hours
by a bran mash or give ten grains San-
tonin and twenty grains areea nut
after twe
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That.
Follow some of your hogs to the
packing house and see them b apected.
It will pay in case they are tubercular.
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USINESS
NLY one's most intimate friends go to one's home uninvited, and the
extent of one's calling list is determined by the number of one's
calls.
In business the same facts
hold. Every merchant of Wirig.
ham knows scores of families
here and in the country round
about, Whose custom he does not
possess.
Mutual acquaintance is the first
step towards getting thee fami-
lies as customers; and acquaint-
ances can most surely be devel-
oped by invitations or calls
made through the medium of
s;
adertisements in the 4Veekly
Times.
To 1 the Merchants of Wingham
Show your desire for business by asking for it. A merchant
ask for business is supposed not to want business very keenly.
Shop Where
who does
You Are Invited to Shop
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MARVELLOUS STRENGTH
BIRDS.
OF OPTIMISTS AND PESSIMISTS. GREATEST CROP ON RECORD.
Birds can eat and digest from ten to
to thirty times as much food in propor-
tion to their size as men can, remarks
the Philadelphia Record. If a man
could eat as much in proportion to his
size as a sparrow is able to consume,
he would need a whole sheep for dinner,
a couple of dozen chickens for break-
fast and six turkeys for his evening
meal. A tree sparrow has been known
to ear seven hundred grass -seeds in a
day. Relative to the bird's size. these
seeds were as big as an ordinary lunch
basket would be to a full grown man.
A bird's strength is equally amazing.
A white-tailed eagle weighing twelve
pounds, with a wing -spread of six feet,
has been known to pounce on a pig
weighing forty-two pounds, raise it to
a height of a hundred feet, and fly off
with it. The bird had covered a dis-
tance of half a mile before the pig's
owner succeeded in shooting the thief.
Birds can and do work harder than
human beings. A pair of house -mar-
tins when nesting will feed their
young ones in twenty seconds—that is,
each bird, male and female, makes
ninety journeys to and fro in an hour,
or about a thousand a day. It must be
remembered that on each journey the
bird has the added work of catching
the worm. Even so tiny a bird as the
wren has been counted to make one
hundred and ten trips to and from its
nest within four hundred and thirty
minutes, and the prey it carried con-
sisted of larger, heavier, and harder -to -
find insects tban were caught by the
sparrows. Among them were twenty
caterpillars, ten grasshoppers, seven
spiders, eleven worms, and more than
one fat chrysalis.
SPELLING RULES IN RITYME.
[Edinburgh Scotsman.]
When 'et' ard 'ie' both spell 'e',
How can we tell which it shall be?
Here is a .ule you may believe,
That never, never will deceive,
And all such problems will relieve,
A simpler rule you can't conceive.
It is not made of many pieces
To puzzle daughters, sons and nieces;
Yet with it all the trouble ceases,
After 'c' an 'e' apply;
After other letters 'i'.
Thus a general in a siege
Writes a letter to his liege,
Or an army holds its field.
And will never deign to yieid
While a warrior holds a shield,
Or has strength his arm to wield.
Two exceptions we must note,
Which all scholars learn to rote.
Leisure is the filet of these:
For the second we have seize.
The Tirnr;s till Jan. 1st, 25c.
[Ottawa Journal.]
The optimist says: "Go ahead; there's
not a chance to lose;
The time is now, and, on the dead,
you really can't refuse."
The pessimist says: "Wait a bit, and
look before you leap;
If there is any good in it, the chance
will surely keep."
The optimist sees but the sun; the
pessimist the rain.
The optimist prepares for fun; the
pessin:ist foe pain.
The optimist pulls forward, and the
pessimist pulls back;
The one throws wide the throttle, and
the other sand "the track:
This world would be monotonous if
folks were all the same.
With no one round to raise a fuss
'twould be a tiresome game.
The optimist with his glad song, the
pessimist so blue,
We really couldn't get along unless
we had the two.
Signs of Kidney Trouble
In the early stages kidney troubles
are known by backache and urinary
disorders. Later come dropsy, stone,
rheumatic pains, and perhaps diabetes.
But don't wait for these. Dr. Chase's
Kidney -Liver Pills will help you in a few
hours. Their thorough action on the
liver, kidneys and bowels will clear
away the pains and aches and make you
well again.
MAKING COLORS.
How to MixPaints so as to Increase the
Number of Tints.
Red and black make brown.
Lake and white makes rose.
Red, blue and black makes olive.
White and brown makes chestnut.
White, blue and lake makes purple.
Blue and lead color makes pearl.
White and carmine makes pink.
Indigo and lamp -black makes silver
grey.
White and lamp -black makes lead
color.
Black and Venetian red makes choco-
late.
White and green makes bright green.
Purple and white makes French
white.
Light green and black makes dark
green.
White and green makes pea green.
White and emerald green makes bril-
liant green.
Red and yellow makes orange.
White and yellow makes straw color.
White, blue, and black makes pearl
gray.
White, lake and vermillion makes
flesh color.
Umber, white and Venetian red
makes drab.
White, yellow and Venetian red makes
cream.
Yellow, white and a little Venetian
red makes buff.
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(June 22nd to September 4th)
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EXCURSION TO CLEVELAND -.EVERY SATURDAY
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et.EVEtMiD.1c BUFFALO TRANSLr f`O, " ANB.FDP11D'•.
In acreage, in average yield per acre,
and in total yield this year's grain crop
is the highest on record in Canada.
That is the official Government estimate
of the bountiful harvest reaped in the
Dominion this year. A bulletin issued
Monday by the Census and Statistics
Office says:—"The preliminary estimate
of this ytar's wheat crop in Canada is
a total 308,839,800 bushels from 12,-
986,400 acres, representing an average
yield per acre of 23.78 bushels. This
total is 147,559,800 bushels, or 91 per
cent. in excess of last year's inferior
yield of 161,280,000 bushels, 77,122,800
bushels, or 33 per cent., In excess of
the previous highest yield of 231,717,-
000 bushels in 1913, and 112,814,000
bushels, or 28 per cent., in excess of
the annual average yield of 196,026,-
000 bushels for the five years 1910 to
1914. In acreage, average yield per
acre, and in total yield the present
estimate is the highest on record for
Canada. "Of oats the total yield for
1915 is estimated at 488 million bushels
from 11,305,000 acres, an average yield
per acre of 42.94 bushels, the figures
of the yield also constituting records
never previously attained for the Cana-
dian oat crop. Barley is placed at 51,-
655,000 bushels from 1,509,350 acres, an
average per acre of 34.22 bushels. Rye
yields 2,385,700 bushels from 112,300
acres, or 21.24 bushels per acre, and
flax seed 12,199,600 bushels from 1,009,-
600 acres, or 12.08 bushels •per acre.
MOTHER SHIPTON'S PROPHECY.
(London, England,• Year 1448.)
A house of glass shall come to pass.
In England, but alas!
War will follow with the work
In the land of the Pagan and Turk;
And State and State in fierce strife
Will seek each other's life.
But when the North shall divide the South
An Eagle shall build in the Lion's Mouth.
Carriages without horses shall go,
And accidents fill the world with woe,
Primrose Hill in London shall be,
And in its centre a Bishop's See;
Around the world thoughts shall fly
In the twinkling of an eye.
Water shall yet wonders dc,
Now, strange, shall yet be true;
The world upside down shall be,
And gold found at the root of a tree;
Through hills man shall ride,
And no horse or ass be by his side;
Under water men shall walk,
Shall ride, shall sleep. shall talk;
In the air men shall be seen,
In white, u black, in green;
Iron in the water shall float,
As easy as a wooden boat.
Gold shall be found, and found
In a land that's not now known,
Fire and water shall more wonders do,
England shall at last admit a Jew;
The Jew that was held in scorn
Shall of a Christian be born.
Three times three will lovely France
Be led to dance a bloody dance
Before her people shall be free,
Three tryant rulers shall she see,
Three times the people rule alone,
Three times the people's hope is gone,
Three rulers in succession see,
Each springingfrom a different dynasty,
Then shall the worser fight be done,
England and France shall be as one.
FALL FAIR DATES.
Atwood ..... ... Sept. 21-22
Blyth ... ... ..Oct. 5-6
Brussels .................Sept. 30—Oct 1
Clifford ... ...... .... Sept. 20-30
Dungannon Oct. 7— 8
Exeter .... ...... . Sept. 20-21
Goderich Sept. 28-30
Gerrie . Oct. 2
Kincardine ..... .. Sept. 16-17
Lu know
c Sept. 30—Oct. 1
Listowel ...... .... Sept. 21-22
Mitchell Sept. 28-2:)
Mildmay
ton ......... .. Sept. 223-24
Ripley .......... Sept. 28 - 29
Seaforth ..... .............Sept. 23-24
1'eeswater .... .... .Oct. 5 — 0
Tiverton '.. ...... .. Oct. 5
Wingbam Sept. 23-24
POLAR POSTAGE.
Special Stamps Used by Some 0f the
Exploring Expeditions.
Many arctic ant] aataretic explorers
have taken with them a spe.•iai yup•
ply of postage stamps tor spet•inl uses.
When the Terra Nova lett New Zee
land ou Nov. 20. 1;110, shll 110(1 uu
board MO worth of New Zealand
penny stamps betartng the words "Via
toric Land."
Captain Scott was made postmaster
of British Autau'ctlea, on ilppuiuquent
first held by Sir Ernest Shackleton til'
1907.
The stamps curried by the Shackle-
ton expedition were toe ordinary New
Zealand stamps, marked "KJug Ed•
ward V11. Loud." Twenty-three thou-
sand of these stamps were issueii, and
though of only a penny value they are
now quoted at ell shillings each, un-
used.
The Australian antarctic expedition,
under the leadership of Dr. Muwson,
used the stamps of Tasmania, cancel-
ed with a special postmark showing
in the center the figure of it penguin.
The stamps used by the Terra Nova
expedition were also canceled by a de-
sign uoticeable for the figure of a
penguin.
The German antarctic expedition of
1911 had a' stamp of special manufac-
ture showing a design of the expedi-
tion's ship, the Deutschland.—Minne-
apelis Journal.
LIFE IN COLLEGE.
A Few Sarcastic Pointers on How to
Write a Story About It.
Anybody can write a story about col-
lege life. It he has not attended a
college so much the better; his imagina-
tion is less trammeled. A few simple
rules must be observed, however:
First.—All heroes are named Jack,
Stanley or Dick.
Second.—Ali college men wear sweat-
ers always and smokeshort, fat bowled
pipes.
Third.—There is always a fatty, who
Is a funny fellow.
Fourth.—Any four college men make
up a quartet, which can sing "Mer-
lefieee We Ro-hull Alonnng" at any
tame.
Fifth.—All college men are wooing a
girl named Dorothy or Betty, who is
"sweet and pure as an angel."
• Sixth.—All college men address one
another as "old hoss."
Seventh.—College men never study,
but spend their time in tossing repartee
back and forth.
Eighth.—A]1 college rooms are adorn-
ed with pennants.
Ninth.—All college men call their
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We'll gladly play them over to you.
CLASSIC ONE-STEP. Medley—introduc-
ing "Toreador Song," Melody in F," "Sally
A5695 in •our Alley," "The Anvil Chorus." Liszt's
12 -inch' "H ungarian Rhapsody,' " Funiculi Funicula,"
$1.25 "Salut a Pesth." Played and arranged by
Albert and Monroe Jockers, violin and piano.
SNAPPY ONE-STEP, (Jocker Brothers &
Mayer) Albert and Monroe Jockers, violin
and piano.
LITTLE GREY HOME IN THE WEST.
Medley—introducing "There's a Hill by the
A5694. Sea," and "Rose of nay -Heart." (Lohr)
12 -inch Waltz. Prince's Orchestra. •
$1.25 WHERE MY CARAVAN HAS RESTED
Medley—introducing "I wish I was a Tiny
laird," and "Port of Au Revoir," (Lohr.)
.r Waltz. Prince's Orchestra.
A57o2 'RAGGING THE SCALE. (Claypole)'Fox-
12-inch - Trot. Prince's Band.
$1'25 ,KINKY. Bernard. One -Step. Prince's Band
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12 -inch rer. Polka. Prince's Band.
$1'25 IKENTUCKY JUBILEE SINGERS'
SCHOTTISCHE. Carnes. Prince's Band.
HILTON HUNTER
Agent
WINGHAM - ONTARIO
fathers "Pater" and speak of the
"honor of the dear old school" in a
husky voice.—Harvard Lampoon. '
Hugo and the Barber.
When Victor Hugo lived in Paris in
the Place Royale he used to be shaved
by a barber named Brassier. A friend
of the poet asked the barber one day if
he was busy. "I hardly know which
way to turn," was the reply. "We have
to dress the hair of thirty ladies for
soirees and balls." And M. Brassier
showed the list to his friend. A few
days after the friend returned and in-
quired about the thirty ladies. "Ab,
monsieur," said the barber sadly, "I
was not able to attend half the num-
ber, and I have lost many good cus-
tomers through M. Victor Hugo." It
appears that the poet when about to be
shaved was suddenly inspired and
seized the first piece of paper he could
find to write a poem. Hugo hastily
left the shop with his unfinished verses,
on the back of which were the names
and addresses of the thirty ladies,
many of whom waited in vain for their
coiffeur.
Experience. " " ' - -
"There's one thing I can say," said
the woman who had married twice,
"And that is?" they asked.
"You never appreciate the good qual-
ities of your first huspand until you
discover the bad points of your sec-
Ind."—Detroit Free Press.
Altitudinous Art.
"I don't seem to recognize your sister.
Is this a likeness?"
"Of course not. This is a high art
photograph."—Louisville Courier -Jour -
An Exchange All Right.
"Pa, what is a stock exchange?"
"A place, my son, where an outsider
tapt to exchange a stock of money
or a stock of experience."—New York
�fai1.
Was Constantly
Troubled With Boils.
HAD NiNE ON HIS ARM$ AT ONCE.
Burdock Blood Biters
CURED HIM.
Boils are caused by bad blood, and
unless the blood is made pure you cannot
expect to get rid of them.
Ointments and salves will do you no
good. You must get at the seat of the
trouble by using a good internal blood
purifying medicine such as that grand
old remedy Burdock Blood Bitters.
Mr. Samuel Buckler, Tatamagouche,
N.S., writes: "Last summer I was
constantly troubled with boils. I had
nine on my arms at once. I thought it
was caused from bad blood SOIOt tW
g o
bottles of Burdock Blood Bitters, and
before the first bottle was done I began
to feel a great deal better, and before
the second one wee finished I did not
have a boil, nor have I had one since.
I cannot recommend B.B.B. too highly."
Burdock Blood Bitters is manufactured
only by The T. Milburn Co„ f invited,
Toronto, Oat.
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