The Brussels Post, 1898-1-28, Page 44
THE BRUSSELS POST
EAST HURON FARMERS
IN COUNCIL.
SUCCESSFUL MEETIiVG HED IN BRUSSELS.
The annual meeting of East iflorou
Farmers' Instituto was held on Saturday
afternoon and evening. There was a
large attendance, President Stream oc-
cupied the chair and before palling on the
first epoaker gave a very suitable address,
pointing out the many advantages ao-
desirability for
r�'n" farmers andthe
c ui to fierce
in making his
ever one do their lett mn 4
every1 6
Proviuce—as ib is iuteuded to bo—the
garden of the world.
Robb. McMillan, of Hnllott, read a
practical paper on "The Cultivation of
the Soil," as follows t
We have net 00me hero with the idea in
our minda that we know more than any of
the rest of the farmers. By euttivatiOn of
the soil 'unmans that system of /arm oper-
ation by which wo are enabled to produce
the di$arent crops of the farm. The nlaats
of the farm are oompoead of many different
elements, united in various ways, whish go
to build an the different parts of the plant
and witbouta sufficient supply of these elm-
nients It is 110t possible t0 bring the plant
to maturity. The sources from which these
e7,ments era obtained aro the air and the
roil; no leant, betrayer, can live entirely
1,1 on sillier air or soil, but it must draw
fit m each corks in order to provide for its
mum. We all know from experience that
itis quite possible for us to work laud with
u fettle soil in such 0 wanner and subject
it to such a rotation that it will cease to
produce a satisfactory return, 00 as wo
often say,becomeimpoverished ; therefore,
to farm in Ma manner in which to reap the
most satisfactory results, is a question of
the most vital lmporta00e to all farmers.
Ube composition of the great bulk cf the
roil in this section Is such that, with proper
treatment, there is little fear of it being
unproductive, In disco sin
rendereddiscussing a
'Otero u 'w of
system of cultivation,*1 t o pts
3
n
x1100 o cairn mind aid us real
t t h greatly,
E Y
The one is that no mutter haw rich I 1 the
difforen t elem0nte of plant food a soil may
rtatnrnily be, there Is very little, probably
not more than one per cent. of its substance
at any one time in a fit condition for the
nourishment of our crop, Once having got
rid of tiro surplus water we mayroceed,
rusting hopefully assured, that the laud will
to a proper system of caltivation ,whichincludes all the ordinary operations,
such as plowing,harrowing, and
anything else which is dne In order
to
Ming the laud sato a proper oondlti0n for
receiving rho seed. In the first place no
matter what the natural condition of laud
maybe, it -trill produce vary little grain
crop without being turned up and exposed
to the action of the atmosphere. The sur-
face soil having beau exposed to this notion
is in a good condition for turning under and
rho ander soil will be freshened by expos-
ure ; so that the first effect of plowing le to
give to the land a greater looseness and
triability. Laud packs midgets to it certain
extent solid during the process of tete
growth and removal of any crop , and it ie.
quires to be broken 111p for the reason that
itis not to a fit condition for the roots of
Plants to penetrate and search for food
In talking of the mode of cultivation and
tillage in the growth of grain and root
Grope, reference should be had to the plaoe
which tlaeyshouldbold in a general system
of rotation. That the great hula of ft is still
in forms of combinations quite unavailable
without having first to undergo some chemi-
cal change and that it is slowly liberated by
adiou of the stir, moisture, heat and
manure and the other is that although the
structure of planta contain a large number
of elements which must be supplied before
the crop eau possibly be grown, yet with
the exception of three of these elements any
ordinary soil contains an ab nndant avail-
able supply for anJudean ite period ot cion
production, These elements are known to
galantines nitrogen, r
a nit en hoe lhorfo Haid and
Unlash. Therefore nl great part of the
knowledge of farming consists In knowing
how to liberate these elements of plant food
and how to secure thew before they escape.
In Order to soouro their liberation chemical
notion in the soil must be constantly kept
up during the season of g, myth. Tula pro-
cess is kept up principally by the oxygen of
the air In and through the soil, because the
more poi itis we Dud a soil the less adhesive
are its)articles and the greater the amount
of surface will be exposed to the air whlc h
penetrates it. These conditions in a soil
are secured first by a thorough system of
land arainago and followed by a proper
method of cultivation. Wherever we find
au excess of water in a soil and no provi-
Mon exists for removing it, the pores of the
soil become completely filled, in which
condition air is effectually excluded and all
healthy chemical action is stopped ; not
only this but the pressure of this Over sup-
ply of water prevents till effectual °ultiva•
tion. In font the more we try to -improve
wet soils by working upon. them the more
solid and less porous they become. The
first requisite to proper cultivation is a
thorough system of laud drainage • almost
all lands require draining more or less and
there are few fields which can be properly
cultivated without dreaming some portion of
them. The rotation that we try to follow is
n three year rotation—clover, plow down,
corn and grain, seed dower aid part pans
and green feed kali wheat. 11 a cultivator
is used feed,
the laud first
before cultivating It, Now take a
Yarm, and we are taking it for granted that
it is fairly well drained, and suppose 1t is
seeded down to clover, take the first cut oft
Yorhay, Out ib a little early and plow clown
the second growth I prosier plowing ib
down in the end of October, when the land
is generally moist and very easily worked,
10 the Spring,mst as soon as the land 15 ab,
cultivate, Or use a spade Or [1186 harrow,
thou harrow it well mud sow the sped, roll
it. What portion of it we put in turn we
cultivate it just as soon as the Spring grain
is in and sow the clout us soon a0 posstbto,
Tho treatment Of that portion of it that has
been sown in peas and groan -feed nr oats
and barley mixed, after harvesting, is to
gun gplow as 5000 as poesiblo after the crop
18 taken off, barrow tum land well and after
Om morn harvest is over ataa•t and plow it
the soaoud time a fair, good dopbh from 7 to
Wadies deep, In my opinion nearly 011
land should be plowed in the Pall. I don't
approve of 8pri0g plowing, Take clay land
for !astatine and plow its or 0 iuoheo aeon
in the Spring of the year and if it .has never
been plowed over 0 inches before you will
have a very poor crop ; where land has
corer been plowed more thou s or 0 inches
deep, it should bo gone down vary gradual-
ly, even with Pall plowing, We aro told
that in many parts 01 the Proviuoe this last
two or three yours, it has boon difficult to
got rho laud seeded down to clever or
timothy. neve yott had any trouble here iu
that way 1 The preparation of the land for
eau 10 as follows ,—iris land has boon
plowed iu the s'all; wo tape the manure out
of the stable time and sprad
t on tho land lf t11e Whiter terse, en 1, fee e
said before, spade harrow it or cultivate it,
as sotto as tho other Spring crop it in, Now
I may just say hero thin ono eau have no
oast iron ru100 in fanning. 17 very fanner
must adapt himself t•) 1110 own clraum-
Manoes and needs and our mem to to 1st -
tofu tilethree y0ae rotetten, putting cern
on clover sod. 1 have been putting my
morn on the second plowing, that is making
the s000nd amp after Melvmg out of soca a
corn crop. Tho reasm1 is, 0 have been put.
(Mg the 0oru crop on the dirti1st noels, no
that etOp is a groat cleaner of land. Wo are
mostly troubled with Canadian thimne%
Wueu you are going to cultivate in the
Spring for corn..tf tee tlelstles aro making
their appoaranee fu numbers, put on a
broad teethed cultivator and have the tooth
sharp, and moat of the thistles 1011l be out;
then harrow the land well and roll it beim,
netting tomark itout. When the• owe is
on corn is en clover soli ; Spade borrowing
will do then ; harrow wel, roil awl mark it
Out.
'An auimetecl discission mined, in
whiob G. hood, A. Turnbull, T. Strach.
an,J. McNair, T. McMillan, Jno, Mo.
Taggart and MeZaviez Look pert.
The points brought out Were that
manure dons best hauled out in the Win-
ter, Waste from cirallege aha elver-
ation s1Ytoants to very little.
"aotany on the Farm"
13v W, 11. FltASPA, BLt'EVAIJI.
13otany le an interesting; and exten-
sive subject. Few of us seemingly like
to swallow Darwin's theory of the ore.
gin of species, yet none of us can dopy
'similarity of
'S C '114
hl. pilnclpalarrunt nl, 1
principal 1
's Plants do not move
all livingthw ,
around as animate do,but they breathe,
eat and digest, breed and p0oduee their
kind live and die in a world of their 01011
just as surely as animals, and miserable
feeding will produce ascrub plant just
as quickly as a scrub animal. Now tvtth
regard to their feeding; it 1e necessary
to grow end sustltiu plant life that the
soil contain ten different elements, viz:
carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen,
sulphur,phospliorus, potassium,calci um,
magnesinnn,aud iron. Seven of these are
so plentiful that we take but little notice
of them; but the other three, nitrogen
phosporie acid and potash are le smaller
quantities and as plants draw heavily
on them they become to acertain extent
exhausted. Now while all plants use
these three substances they use them
in different quantities, =ingots for in-
stance require a large amount of potash
and but little phosphoric acid while
wheat requires but little potash and a
considerable amount of nitrogen,llence
it is evident that the soil may be impov-
erished for one kind of crop and stili
c plenty contain plent of food for another.
Pleats also feed bifferently, wheat oats,
rte,barley, absorb oearl
all their nu
t
lshment from the soil and as they
surface feeders they Boon exhaust that
portion of it ; other plants send their
roots deeper and arc also able to abstract
considerable of their nourishment from
the air these eau attain a greater growth
in a shorter time than the former. To
this class belongs principally what I
have been requested to speak on this
afternoon, weeds. Statisticiansestimate
that the loss by growing weed is ten
million dollars annually to O uteric alone.
We will divide the weeds into three
classes, annuals. biennials and perennials
Annuals as their names imply, live but
one year and propagate themselves by
their seeds. Mustard, cockle, chess, wild
oats and ragweed are familiar examples
of this class. Mustard with a dozen plants
to the square yard will consume enough
nitrogen per acre to grow fifteen bush-
els of oats, enough pbosphorie acid for
eight, and enough potash for six. An-
nuals when young are weekend tender
and at that time are easily destroyed.
It has been the practice to do this by
slimmer fallowing but we have learned
that is too costly a method, for we not
only lost a crop but while the fallow
was bare it was evaporating ammonia
and leaching nitrogen. A much better
way is by smothering, and the process
I would recommend must highly fur
this,is sowing clover with your grain in
the spring as soon as the grain is har-
vested SOW rye along with the clover a
bushel and a half to the acre, just set
the drill deep enough to cover the seed,
do not pasture in the fall unless the rye
is likely to joint (if rye or wheat is
allowed to joint in the fall it will not
grow in the spring) take this off in lune
either by pasturing or cutting ; plow it
u
anda e. If you have never
trisow red this you will bsuprised how
much fodder it will produce and also'
hots clean it will leave the land.
Ploughing under two crops of buck-
wheat 10 one season is a very good plan
and a short rotation of crop is very
effective,say a three year one.00rn,roots
or peas first, wheat, oats or barley second,
and clover third, Before leaving the
annuals perhaps I had better say a
word about ragweed, it is spreading
very rapidly in this part of the country,
we get a great deal of it in clover seed
and it being provided with a hard oily
coat, animals cannot digest it. It will
grow just as well as ever after passing
through a cow. Mowing before it has
time to seed will soon exterminate it.
I need not say Hauch abort the bien-
nials, burdocks and mullens are about
the only ones we are bothered tvith,and
as they are easily seen they can be pull-
ed by hand or spudded. I might say a
word with regard to spudding, never
spud above the surface of the ground,
the crown of all weed is at the surface,
if you spud above this, it is like cutting
the limb off an apple tree, the rest will
grow all the hardier for it, but spud a
short distance below the surface and
after lifting the spud place your foot
on it, firming the soil around the root
to keep it from sprouting. The peren-
nials are the worst to handle, such
plants as oxeyecl daisy, Canadian this-
tle, couch grass, milk weed and sow
thistle cause a great deal of trouble.
The perennial sow thistle is, I consider,
the worst weed, it bas a long creeping
root, every inch of which will grow
when cut off, also producing au MI-
mence amount of seeds, as high as lgoo
have been counted on a single plant, the
stock grows about ae feet high and is
quite hairy, particilary near the flower
which is a bright yellow about the size
of a dandelon, About the only cure for
it is to remove every particle from the
soil. Couch grass, quack grass, dog
grass and twitch grass, it is known by
all these names, is a plant much resem-
holing Timothy in the leaf, it has roots
jointed exactly like Lucerne or Alfalfa,
they grow to a great length and quick-
ly take possession of the soil. Smother-
ing with buck wheat is about the best
euro as summerfallowing or tiro spud
does not fizz on it. Oxeyed daisy is
just the opposite, 60011 11100'fitllOWilig 1)1111)
tllc spud. 18 the best .cure,
"Tub erculosis"
33v Jeeits A1tltISTkONO, V,S., Gamete,
The subject of Tuberculosis has been
malting itself increasing felt, not only -
by the farmer and stouk raiser but by
the milk -consuming and meat -eating
peblio generally, over since its charac-
ter as an infectious disease became
known, Nor 1100°1 we wonder at this
when we consider the relatively large
percentage of deaths from consumption
reported for this province with all our
boasted healthful climate and also the
fact that the disease may bo continue -
Mated to man by the coastmpption of
meat Mid milk of affected animals as 4
well as by the inhaiation of, ole iniocul-
ationi by titu diSclett'gos of such animals,
This ,nhjeet is a very t01tenstve one
and 1 shall not attempt More t11un u
limited reference to some of the im-
portant features of the malady,
Tuberculosis is the term applied to a
depict veil condition due to the present's
or formation of tubercules within some
organ or tissue, giving rico to a variety
of diseaoes, as Ming' consumption, mi-
me -illation of the bowels and several
other forms, for the disease may be in
any part. A tubercle is a granular,
11001 vascular tumour varying. in size
from It miliit scud to that of the closed
to 111e1'-
• even t l'lr r and is due n
ISE or 1 l larger r
6
therculu
) 1 e tt
»d action r.t reed t th
l n t u.
Y
h
heelI 1 these bacilli which are
living orgenisms of minute nliscropic
size are 110W believed by most scientific
[nest to be the cause or that great var-
iety of: diseases classed as "tuberculos,"
It is only found in the bodies and (!s -
charges of animals affected by the
diseas0, is said to thrive badly in the
sunlight and to be killed by it in from
a few minutes to several hours.
Entrance into the system may be by
inhalation in breathing or by the di-
gestive organs in taking food, by the
sexual organs in copulation, or by in-
oculation through a cut or abraded
surface. While recognizing the bacil-
lus as the essential cause of tuberculasl$
let es remember that there are acces-
sory causes. Herod i tary predisposition
may be mentioned as important, not
only through faulty con formaliou glying
rise to weak constitution but that the
disease may be developed in &ntal life.
Although Prof. Bang and others are
opposed to this. On the other hand we
have it supported by the statements of
others of equal authority.
11 and inbreeding i • t1 oth r impor-
tant
,t i s another
1
'ant trcdis 1 •i11 •C use b • itproducing
t. a. os a
, 1
predisposing l
animals with tvealtened non -resisting
vitality. Over -milking, breeding to
young, under -feeding, housing up from
sunlight and pure air are all predispos-
ing causes as well as layered health
and anything that reduces the 0111101141
below most vigorous health.
ov the
The symptoms are generally obscure
and unrecognizable, except by the "tie-
ber culine test," until the disease bas
made considerable progress. When the
throat or lungs is the seat of disease,
there is frequent cough, quickened, or
difficult breathing 011 exertion or ex-
citement, and the verterinarian may
discover dull spots in the lungs with
increased resonance surrounding them.
The throat may show swelling of tbo
glands between the jaws or under the
ear, or the udder may show hardness
and swelling', If the disease is abe,
dominal then we have indigestion, em-
aciation, diarrhoea and general failure
accompanied by an elevation of -tem-
perature, though possibly slight in coin-
parison to the amount of visible disease.
In order to avoid the disease never
bring into your herd an animal that
you are not sure is free from the
disease. Never use a bull that you are
not sure is free froon disease and if you
have a bull allow no cows to conte to
him that have the disease. Allow no
consumptive person to attend or milk
your cattle. Have your stables well
lighted, drained a cl ventilated. Many
stables are not fit to house cattle in for
want of these essentials,
This leads us to the consideration of
how to deal with a diseased herd. If
you field the disease in your herd, have
every one of them tested withtuberline
and removeall that re-act,have them
V it
slaughtered and the carcass burned 01•
buried. The stables should be
thoroughly disinfected by spraying
every part with bicloride of mercury, I
to 100. or carbolic acid I pt. to 4 gals.
ot water, the floor's and ivalls having
previously been well scrubbed with clot
water containing a quantity of carbolic
acid, The herd should again be tested
in 5 or 6 weeks.
In ISS7 Prof, Cocln discovered the
cause of the disease to be a microbe
and tete years afterwards found tuber-
culine to be a test to prove the existence
of the disease, so acurate that veterinar-
ians are fully convinced of its wonder-
ful value.
In making the test I do not consider
that anyone but a veterinary surgeon,
who has given some special study to
the subject is wimple of doing so satis-
factory, and great care is necessary in
all the details, to have the diagnosis
reliable. The herd, or animal to be
tested should be stabled and got into a
normal condition of quiet. Commence
at 8 a.m. to take the temperature and
coritinee to take it every 3 hours till 8
o'clock in the evening, marking down
each registration. Then, having clip-
ped off the (lair, wash off the skill with
a 5 per cene solution of carbolic acid,
have the hands and hypodermic
syringe disinfected, take the dose into
syringe, force ant the air and insert
the needle full length under the skin,
slowly inject the field and withdraw
the needle gradually. The best place
to inject is in the loose skin behind the
elbow. Having injected the tubereuline
commence next horning at 6 o'clock,
or ie hours after, to take the temper.
attire and continuo to do so every 3
hours till it falls to normal. If there is
tuberculosis there will be a rise of tem-
perature which usually reaches its
highest point an l.5 or 18 hones and in
04 hours has gone down to normal
again. A rise of two degrees above
the average normal temperature will
indicate the presence of the diseese and
in atuboraulosherd, I}o would be con-
sidered sufficient to condemn, but in a
single animal may be only considered
suspicious. The degree of elevation of
temperature does not indicate the ex-
tent of disease, many cases that show a
high temperature, on a post mortem
shote but slight affection and usually
animals in the advanced stage of the
disease give little, or even no re -action,
but in such cases there need beim dllli-
culty in recognizing the disease by a
physical examinee On.
If the first test shows the animal sus-
picious, can we clear tip the doubt by a
second test ? This is an important
problem, If we Could 111ISw0I in the
affirmative, the doubtful animals would
give little concern, But this 18 1100 the
ease, Observations by different au-
thoritics show that a first injection
gives a higher rise of temperature than
subsequent ones and sometimes no re-
action is shown from a second injection.
No bacl results fellow the use of the
tubercullno in a healthy attlmltl, rte
hnfutleetawes tons been proved beyond a
doubt.
')Bogue ft[','oding' incl te4.0i og."
The ueet gentletnau iutrodnced was R.
Thoutpe.ou, of St, Catharines, who proved
to be of a very preetioal typo, Ilia wee
it reveille theme with femme of this 00e -
tion, viz.: eeSwiue Breeding and recce
ing." Among a groat many other good
theme he said) its follows : -•
I'a'oirr; adfuuld cehtiili0 to (level:
mere attention to the raising and feeding
of hogs fur tate packing establishments.
Thera is less danger of ovor•doiug the
inaricet with the right eines of pork than
there is with other products of the farm,
let, canso he baro the best food here,
The
,
Th p ritisl market and 0on01117 ere are
B [ t i 1
prepared to talcs our pork in pteleroueo to
that from abnnat nay other country.
and, 11x0 have the most healthy climate
to grow hogs, olpolorte being nearly un.
kuown. If we can raise hogs and feed r
our coarse grain and roots to them and
sell the hog producb from the same £o1
enough money to give us market prion for
the food consumed, we will have the grain
marketed and the nmauuro to cerise] ono
farina to grow more grail, to feed more
hogs. Illy preference, altar 30 years of
experience, is that the Berkshire makes
the best mother, to keep crossed pith a
Tamworth, or if not able to secure it
Tamworth, Hien an Improved Yorkshire,
Our aim should be to feed our hoes as
cheaply as possible per cwt. lu reach the
weight desired by our bnyep•a and also the
desired condition as to guide y I place
a groat importance ou allov.ingq the hogs
exoroise during the Winter and also a run
of clover or orolpard during Summar.
Feecl ground grain and boiled roots or
potatoes to the small pigs until they
reach three months, after that time
pulped roots and meal mixtures and try
to 1 Elim l for b
r
him q ready p buyers at from
J
Y Y
t0 7 months. I feed old sods
to my hogs
during the 1Vint r months, from a su
pni
Y
laid by in the Failthey take
the place of
sulphur and charcoal. I believe firmly
in keeping my hogs comfortable and
clean ; prefer a good, warm, frame build-
ing to a stone one. I prefer to sell to
buyers ou loot, than to kill and sell to
butchers. Give salt regularly in
boiled
feed and also every second clay
fu pulped
roots and meal. If cement floors are 11)
Pens use a broad platfot•m for hogs to
sleep on. I keep my sows as long as they
have large litters and take good care of
little pigs. I feed my sows marigolds
after pigs aro weaned and only enough
grain to keep in fair condition, not fat.
Take the sows away as soon as pigs are
weaned, from 8rd to Olh clay.
Mr. Thompson was asked a large num-
ber of questions and an interesting dia.
cession wa8 the result.
"Corn for Grain, Fodder and Silage"
Br C. A. ZAvrrz, O.A.C., GUELPH.
The subject of corn in Ontario is in-
creasing in importance year by year, as
there is no crop which is increasing in
area equal to that of corn. Experiments
have been conducted at the Agricul-
tural College with a great many varie-
ties in order to find out the best for
Ontario whether for grain, for fodder,
or for silage. In determining the best
variety of corn for any locality the
three train points taken into consider-
ation fere total yield per acre, yield of
grain per acre and 'a mer stagef
o
aturity before frost occurs ithe
locality where the corn is grown. As
the Learning variety of corn bas done
well in this section it might be well to
give the Mammoth Cuban and the Weis
cousin Earliest White Dent a trial in
comparison with the Learning as these
two varieties mature a little ear-
lier tbau the Learning and each
produces a very rich quality of food,
there being a good production of ears
as well as a large amount of fodder per
acre. It should be clearly understood
that the Mammoth Cuban is a yellow
dent corn and is quite distinct from the
Cuban Giant which is a white variety
and one w•Bi011 Ines not given as good
satisfaction as the Mammoth Cuban.
The Salzer's North Dakota variety is
earlier than either of the foregoing var-
ieties and can be grown further North
and on heavier soils than either of these
varieties, it is a white flint corn and
one which has given good satisfaction
for silage in the Northern part and for
grain in the Southern part of Ontario.
In planting corn in drills and in hills
when rho same quantities of seed is
used in both methods of planting, the
results show that while there is not
much difference, still in every instance
there was a little the largest yield of
total crop to the acre from tite drills
and a little the largest yield of grain
per acre from the hills.
An experiment has been conducted
for 5 years in succession in growing
he Compton's Early, Winconston Ear-
liest White Dent and Mammoth South-
ern Sweet in drills 30, 36 and 4e inches
apart, tvitln theplants 4, 8 and ez inches
apart itt the rows, The average results
for the 5 year's go to show, that best re-
sults aro obtained from planting the
Compton Early in rows 3o inches apart
with the plants $ inches apart in the
rows. The Wisconsin Earliest White
Dont in race 36 inches apart, with the
plant 8 incites apart in the rows and
1110 Mammoth Southern .Sweet from
planting 42 inches apart and planting
12 inches apart in the rows.
Any person in the audience desiring
to know whether any of the leading
varieties of Darn, as determined by the
experiments at the Agriculture College,
would do well on their soil could secure
seed of some of the leading varieties by
writing to the Collegeand then grow-
ing them by the side of the varieties
with which they O•e most familiar.
Valuable conclusions could be drawer
regarding the value of the different
kinds upon. their own particular soil,
The variety tvhieh would give the best
results on a heavy soil would likely be
different from a variety which would
give the best results on a soil lighter
and tvarnler in character, The experi-,
monis at the Agricultural College will
determine which aro the leading vatip•
tics from among a large nu nnber of corns
and with a little experiment with these
on rho individual farms throughout
Ontario, should give some valtiable in-
fermationt of those kinds best suited
for the different soils and for various
requiremeats,
The Evening Meeting,
Ab the evening session rho Town Hall
was filled to the doors. President Streeh-
au gavo a short, appropriate address. An
fustrnmental trio, violins and organ, was
well rendered by Messrs. Rands and Mfrs,
Gee,'rhotnsou, Nc. 'I lionlpsan, of St,
JAN. 28, 1898
Catharines, gavo an address on "Oily
verses Country Life," which wee both
practieel and hnmorou•;, A some entitle
ed elle took it 111 it. quite
good natured way," wag snug in
good style by Alex. Bose, W. II, IHen'r
spoke a few words along Elio lieu of what
Erre Ontario College is doing: !Chiu was
1011otvec1 by a tip top reading by Barrister
Blair, Messrs. Rends and eirs.Tliomeon
contidhnted another instrumental with an
temorc edited. Tlpo °teeing address was
011 "Agricultural 1.xj orfmoub Stations
and what they aro doing for the Farmer,"
by Prof. Zltyitz, Of the (1. A. (3, Mead -
dregs was replete with facts and figures
ehowiug 111e boueiit of this work to the
farmers of Canada and the inducements
a 0
held out for every farmer to test for his
own satisfaction the herb sends, roots, tier,.
Mr. Zevibz's words were listened to with
very olose attention. Prof. Hawkins
favored the audience with an iutroclue-
tiou to an Irislp lady friend, "Miss Dunn,"
and the (onto were so well pleased that an
ellthusiaetic encore was administered and
as cheerfully responded to, After the
President had retureed thanks to all Re-
sisting in tlio program, the singing of the
National Anthem brought the meeting to
a 01060 at 10 o'clock.
Clei2 toll.
NEWSY CIaoLETO. — The ourliug and
sitting rink is completed. — John
Ransford has a very fine flock
of poultry. -A change in the owner-
chip of one of the Clinton hotels is also
under contemplation, but has notyet
been consummated. — T. D. Hodgees,
Loudon, who has been selected ae the
Conservative standard bearer for Hast
Middlesex, is a brother of the late John
Ilodgens, of Clinton.—plias Cook, of Hg•
mondville, formerly of the Huron road,
Goderioh township, lune taken the poet.
tion formerly occupied iad byMiseH
oil "
ons.
—W9 understand that the C. P 10
about to re•open a ticket agency iu town.ri.
—Miss C. Steep had the misfortune to
slip and break her ankle the other day.—
Mrs.
ay.Mrs. Robe. (Muff, Bayfield line, Goderich
township, is seriously ill at prosenb. She
is a pretty old lady, being about 80 years
of age, a pioneer resident, and the mother
of R. J. Chir, of town.—Spey With has
sold his laundry and gone to Toronto,
whore he purposes placing himself under
the tuition of Mrs. Anna Ross, formerly
of town. It is altoge'lrer likely bhat at
the next meeting of the council a by-law
will be introduced providing for the in.
spsction of all animals slaughtered for
food purposes.—James Ycueg returned
last week from the Soo, where he had
gone to settle up his dsoeased brother's
business. The roe in the canal there was
so strong that be, with others, oroesed
from the Canadian to the American Soo.
—Taylor & Sone (boot and shoe deniers)
announce a dissolution sale, owing to the
fact that Heir partnership expires on the
let of February. The busioe'e, we un-
derstand will be continued by Israel Tay.
lor, white Jacob Taylor will give his at-
tention to something else, remaining in
town.—vary few of bhe townspeople have
any idea of what the two sets of scales
kept by the town earn in the course of a
year. The market scales earned lost year
$104.08 ; the year before $188 ; the in-
crease being due to the apples that were
weighed there. The station scales earn-
ed in 1806, 03119 ; in 1807 'they earned
r the the two set of scales
over $166,80 t 0 N
biought in over $600, or more than
enough to pay the salary of one of the
men employed to look after them.
Well Here
We Are.
Again in the field with our first
6101(111135111 of
Ell!i8li Frints
for the Spring trade. There is something
new in Prints this Spring, Coll and see
the Metal Effects—you would. imagine
they were silk,
Also a full lino of Teas, Cof-
fees, Spices and Canned Goods
all of the best quality at
7
k
Agent for Parker's Dye Works,
The & aeId
Ville Engine Works,
Ta.. -ra,"of, ^war
BRUSSELS.
We aro prepared to do 10ykind of
Machine Repair 'World
with dispatch and on ver Rea-
sonable
da
sonable Terms. Y
When wanting anything in
the line of Engines and Boilers,
stationary or portable, we would
bo glad to have you ask us for
quotations as we think we can
save )on looney.
We have auto on handl all
kinds of Repair;, for Engines,
Boilers, Steam Fittings, and can
also execute any orders for Brass
work.
tackle Platifig a Specialty.
Donald Fire Ellgino Works,
BRi1 S S1;LS.
AT AND B1LO
COST.
•
CbvereJ' �l
I�
f"ats and
Read made Clothing
For Children, Boys, Youths and 1V1en1
Furs at and Below Cost—
Men's Muffs, Ladies' Muffs, Storm
Collars, Ruffs, Scarfs and Boas.
We have had a good season's trade in the above lines
and are satisfied to let the balance go cheap.
Wishing all a very happy and prosperous New Year.
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y�moi^
p�.�-. 1i• '�nr.•,•rli: .4':14an.
TVe Li
K110SU !I 8�'nssel� Veiu�'E.
TO BE CLEARED
OUTAT ONCE.
Goods at._..
X1.1 r C
The undersigned has purchased from the Dominion Bankrupt Stock Co„ of Goderieh,
a Low 'late oar the -. ._
A large stock ' of Latest Sty].e Hats, Caps, Shirts,
Underclothing, Collars, Ties, Handkerchiefs,
silk and linen ; Braces, Bicycle Hose, Ready-
made Clothing, Soc., &o.
t 3peoial line of Children's ► jailor
Straw Hats at a price that will pay you to purchase
your next Summer's supply.
Everything roust be sold and as this is no BLUFF sale but ag genuine clearing out
of all the lines enumerated, no one should miss it.
All we ask is a call from you and if you are not offered the Biggest Bargains in
good goods you ever saw we don't ask you to buy. Don't forget the place,
LECKIE BLOCK, BRUSSELS.
M"Y",