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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1886-2-26, Page 1eseetereeeweeeeenteetweeenneetesseres • VOL. XiII. Ii SSELS UST. BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, FEB.26, 1886. CURLING. WROIETER V8. eEAIOnrn. Last Monday 'Wroxeter and Sea forth mot at Brussels and playe a match in the Gibbons Medal coin petition. After a close and exciting game Wroxetor was declared viotnr- ious. The score WAN :— IVROxETER. eEAEORTM. RINE NO, 1. Brock, Henderson, Rap, Laidlaw, Robertson, J. Wilson, Sanders, skip-20.,.Oommon, skip -19 RINE NO. 2. Sanderson, Reid, Paulin, Wilson, Geffen, Young, Bone, skip -28.. Lyons, skip -15 Total 43 Total 54 • BRUSSELS V8. SRAXORTR. Trott hies never come singly and the Sesfor'h curlers, who remained in town to play Brussels for the Gibbons Medal, suffered Sdfeat even worse than the day before. The game was a very enjoyable one and the visitors gave our boys credit with playing a good game. The following • is the Score BRUSSELS, SEArORTE, nrivs 2'O. 1. Cooper, Henderson, Scott, . 'Laidlaw, D. Ross, ' J. Wifeon, Veal skip—S1.....Common. akila--15 BINx No. 2. J. Rose, W. Reed, Strachan, Wilson, Currie, A. Young, Vanstone, skip 15.,Lyone, skip --28 Total......48 Total 35 The club winning the most matches takes the medal. There are five clubs competing in Huron Co. LOCAL ITEMS. Mns. WM. Coos is visiting friends in town this week. Estrus Horse and Cattle Feed, at ileo. Broker's. Geo. E. (loom eucoeeds Harry James as caretaker of the rink. BEND DENNIS and bride; of Inger. soli, were visiting at F. S. Scutt's this week. A MID•wiNTER excursion to Toron• M vets run on Friday of this week. The return ticket cost $2.00, good for 3 doss. REMEMBER the auction sale of hors- es caws, impliments, kc. at George Love's show rocm, next Saturday afternoon. A ONE hour go•as-you-please shoe. ing race is on the Lapis, provided there are ten skaters, willing to Invest 50c. each for the prize. LAST Friday Reeve Rogers received a letter from Thos. Gibson, M. P. P., stating that there was no need of a deputation going to Toronto to fight the proposed new County as the Government has deoided to take no action in the matter this year. CARNrveL.—The first masquerade carnival of the eeaeon was held on the Maitland skating rink last Tues• day evening. The attendance wits largo, -a number being present from Seaforth, Walton, Wroxeter, Blue. vale and Wingham, The ice was in good condition and everything passed off very pleasantly. There were a largo number of beautiful costumes, and the comic dresses were about as good as can be got up. The prizes were awarded as followe:---Best cos.' throe, lady, Mre. James (}sieve, BruS- sele, "Mary Queen of Soots" ; best coeturne, gent, jos. Cornyn, Wing - hare, Knight ; best lam skater, lady, Mise Annie Ballantyne, Brussels ; bestfancy skater, gent, J, Jones, Winthrop ; best comic costume; W. Yuill, Wingham, hobby horse ; fast- est skater, 40 laps, T. Town, Saa. forth. lab; Noble Garry, Brussels, 2nd. The judges were Dr. Hutohin- son, J. Shaw and F. S. Scott. The band was in attendance and enliven- ed the proceedings with some excel. lent music. ' Mabel Smith won the consolation prize. Among the noticeable costumes were those of Misses "Eliza Johnston, Lucas, Howe, Fitzpatrick, Ferguson, • Shaw, O'Connor, Grewar, Rose, Ballantyne, Vanatone, Mrs. Bauslaugh, Mrs, But- tery, Mrs. Shragg, Mia. Dawson ; Myra Holland, K. Cormack, L. Veal, K. Wilson, M. Jackson, I. May, el, $Snithand a ,heel of others, is t".e. ,.. e,... Rowe the new advt. of G. A. Pow ell this week. Starting ou Saturday he will make it clearing sale for ' 28 days to make room for spring im- portations. He promises bargains, YOU SAVE OUR "f1PMEATRY."—This week the Clinton News -Record sends out the following circular :—"The publishers of the News•Record Iegret that having to obey Her Majesty's commands in the matter of the Do- minion Voters' Lists, in conformity with the New Act, which so much en- lsrgee the sovereign power of the pee. ple, no paper will be published from this office this week." We feel cer- tain when the readers of the News - Record realize that the proprietors are receiving about three times the astral price for printing Voters' Lists and that it comes out of their pock- ets, they will not witbold their gym. pathy and will freely forgive them for "obeying 'Her Majesty's commands. When a "gommend" is gilt edged it takes away a great deal of the 'sting,' 1.1 I3urou t ountyNNote,a. The monsterlsteer Jumbo, formerly owned by Croff Brea., Elmira, and now by Mr. Kiane, is very sick. The oontract for the new Method- ist church, Mitchell, has been given to Thomas 141cOlay, of that town, his tender $8,587, being the lowest. The Stratbroy Collegiate Institute Board have .an engagement with Ambrose D. Guerre, B. A.; of Strat- ford, as mathematic master, at it salary of $700 a year under a stip• ulation,however that it will be in ereaeed- to $1,000 next January if be fulfils the expectations of the' Board, About ten o'clock last Friday night a fire was discovered in the upper flat of J. Imrie's book and stationery store, Goderioli. The firemen sue, seeded in confining the flames to that part of the building, the interior of wbioh was destroyed twith' a large Block of goods. The stock in the store Is badly damaged by water, which was poured into the building for over an bour A north-west gale prevailed, and. grave fears were enter- tained at one time that the whole block would be destroyed. The onuae of the fire is unknown. Insured in British America, London, Phoenix, and Hartford. Canadian News,. Barrie is to spend $100 in photo. grapbic views of the town for the Colonial Exhibition. Dr. Wilson, V. S., of London, made a tour of inspection to Kintore on Friday, and discovered several ad ditional cases of hog cholera. G. Alderson has Inst 47 swine from the disease, the origi a of which was no doubt through some animals from the west that were pariahs/led by Mr. Al- derson in Ingersoll and mingled with his other swine. Mr. McDonald also purchased four ani, aids, and the cholera has in consequence broken out among his herd. All the affect- ed animals reported were ordered to be destroyed, and rigid steps are to be taken to stamp out the disease if possible, A young eon of John Tohil, far- mer, -Waterloo, met with a curious accident en Monday. Being badly troubled with nits in the barn, the boy had set a number of common mink traps to endeavor to catch some of them. On Monday evening,- just after dark, ho went into the barn, and forgetting all about the traps, com- menced to grope around for some. thing, he wanted, He hadn't groped long before his hand touched the plate of one of the crape, and the re- sult was a 'boy jumping about the floor howling with pain, with a steel trap hanging from his fingers. Upon his hand being released it was found that one of his fingers was. broken. Gen. Middleton states that it has been definitely deoided to send a flying column into - the Blaokfeet country. It is probable that early spring will see them on route for their destination. The squadron will bo composed of company C. -of of tho 1. S. C., Toronto, 100 men ; B company, I. S. O., St. Johns, Que., 100 ; Wm. nipeg Mounted Infantry, 100 ; Que. bee troops of Oavalry, 100 ; A, Bat. tory, regiment of Canadian artillery, $ingston, 200 ; and A company, L $. O., Fredricton, N. B., 100. No need is anticipated -for volunteer ser- viette. The troops will bo stationed in Calgary,'Regina, and some other central points. The commanding of. fleet ie not yoI apeeintodr NO. 34. East Huron Farmers' Institute. A VERY SUCCESSFUL GATHERING The first Parmors' Institute under t anspiees of the East Riding of ilnron Aar enitural3ueioty was opened in the To Hall, Brussels, on Friday last. The oha wa: oo0npiod by the president, ,john Millan, Boevo of HataOn the plattenwith him was Professor 1,2111s, Principal o the Ontario Agricultural College. Mr. Mil Is no emotion* man to conduct an Institut He is free, afable, ready and witty, n keeps every person in good humor and no er permits the interest of the meeting t flag, while he Roams to have a speoial faoult for drawing out the views and opinions o hie audience on the various subjects disauss ed, and he also, et the same time, imparts great' dens of useful information himself an treats every subjoot inuinah a plain and son 0ie0 manner that even the uninitiated get t thoroughly understand every point. The attendance at the first meeting o Friday afternoon was large, the hall bein well filled moot of the time, and all presen seemed to bo deeply interested in the pro °endings. The andienoe embraced many c the leading farmers and stook breeders o the district for utiles around, and we war pleased also to see present quits aeprinklin of ladies.. President, who proved himselt the right man for the occasion, opened the pro. esedings by a neat address. He expressed his pleasure at seeing so many of his fellow farmers present, whish indicated the lively interest they seemed dieposod to take in' the efforts being made to disseminate informa- tion amongst themselves by the exchange of sentiment and experience. He was also yr pleased to see so many ang:men present, as it was upon them mainly that the future prosperity and greatness, not only. of their palling, but of the country depended. He urged farmers to give to their sons greater encouragement to seek after knowledge per- taining to their 000upation. There was not the least danger that knowledge would spoil them for labor. On the oontrary, the more knowledge they gained the more they would love their occupation. Ho also urged farm- ers to have some one particular branch of whish they would make a speoialty, and in whish they should aim to excel. He admit- ted that mixed farming was best and surest, but what he meant was that farmers shonld have some one particalal branab on which he would lay speoial emphasis as it were. There is no Bangor of all going in one fine, as different tastes will dictate different choices, and in this ;way a general excellence is secured. He oonalnded by introducing Professor Mills. he i. wn fr Mo. n Is e. nil v- v a 0 5 f• g Professor Mills said he was glad to meet with so many farmers, not because he sup- posed he could give them information con- cerning their important ooanpation, which they did not now possess, because he had no doubt many of them knew more, praotl- cally, about farming than he did, and oould teaoh him, but because he believed that an intorohange of experience world do them all good. one aro so parted that. theyoannok ' learn more., Be might say, however, that he was not a novice at farming. He knew a 'good deal about the hard side of farming, as he had been brought up on a hemlock farm, and had dug ditches at 12 cents per rod, and obopped cord -wood for 50 (lents par cord, and he had no doubt but he would be a farmer to -day bad he not had,,the misfortune to get his right hand threshed off while go. mg round with a threshing machine. He bad not, however, had mush experience of the may side of farming, ae farmers now have It. By improvements in machinery, manual labor in farming bas been .largely diminished. Now, five -sixths of the work is done by horse power ; twenty-five years ago the order waif reversed•and five -sixths of the work had to be accomplished , by manual labor whish was notmearly sopleasant nor m profitable either. He sometimes thought that farmers, aif,well as other people, do not properly prize the advantages they enjoy in this age, and that sometimes they oomplain, ed, while in comparison with their fore-fath• ers they had only reason for thankfulness. When he became oonncoted with the Agri.' cultural College he soon felt that. there was not a close enough intimaay between the Professors of that sell(lgo and tbo farmers in whose iutarost it had been establishes, and he recommended the bolding of these Instil - Utes, and was glad to be able to say that they had proved successful beyond his ex. psotstiono, While be ]roped the farmers who hod partiaipated in thorn had received mush benefit, he oonld also say that the Professore of the college hall received =oh valuable information and bad found many pleasant acquaintances. Last year twelve of these Institutes had been held, and this winter there have been 25. Ho .hoped and believed that the interest in them would not not only be maintained year after year, but that it would inorease and grow stronger. If it is neeeseary for all other interests and oc- cupations to hold counsel with ooh other, surely it will aim be good for !armors. No 'natter how good and aaoeesefnl a farmer a man may be, he is still capable of learning ' hhisfollowfanner. Themorsel' stud. led and learned of the Mitsuue of agriculture the morn interested in it did ho become, and the more eonviueod was he that none of us have yet reached, perfection, and that eve bave all mnoh to learn. No oubieot fs so broad and has within 00 mall vast depths for profitable study and oaroful thought. While, therefore, he did not profoss to be able to instruct them in the oroleo calling they hal adopted, if his pres0050 amnia in any way add to the interest df the meetings. and would tendito draw out more fully an • exchange, of eontiment and teethe; es that mush might be benefitted by the experience Of tlieother, the objeet of hie miaeioh would be accomplished and be Would :eel nmpiy repaid for the time and. energy he might de• v ?Alt freely tl V ] t d t t t• l they would haus an interesting and profit- well -kept cow. The first ro uisfte is able meeting, q The President sailed riven John Hannah, a comfortable stable, Ho feeds straw proprietor of the Heafortb creamery, to read and turnips and half a gallon of shop a paper on dairying. Mr. Hannah, on min - much twice a day. He dose not feed ing forward,eenreeaedhiepleafiero et being much hay until the cow anlves. $s present. Ho had attended three of those Institutes, and this was the most largely at- tended of any. ,$e then read an intereeting papas, entitled, " bairyiu5 ; Is it ,,,oli table in Huron; is it pleasant ae an o0oupation?" In answer to a question, "How many ponndo of milk it takes to make a pound of butter?" Mr. Hannah replied that the standard is 25 Ibe., but he sould not say from his own experience. Professor Mills believed that from the best Jersey cows le Ihs, of milk would pro- duce one pou'hd of butter. Mr. Hannah did not, approve of making. both butter and skim -milk cheese in a creamery. Mole money might be made 4n this way, but the poor cheese would destroy the credit of our cheese in the foreign mar. kat. The Americans have found thio out to their wet. Their cheese used to stand first in the English market. But the dairy- men there conceived the idea of util- izing the milk in making cheese, while they used the cream for butter. At first they succeeded tolerably well, but they kept skimming deeper and deeper and robbed tete, cheese to make more butter. As a result of this prefers shopped peas and oats, and feeds a pail fall of cut turnips twice a , clay. lie brings his sows through the winter in excellent condition on this feed. Mr. Stafford prefers carrots and marigolds to turnips. He can raise more to the acre, they aro equally nutritious and do not taste the milk. He does not believe in cutting straw or hay for cattle, as feed must be well masticated by the animal to secure proper digestion. When feed is out or boiled the animal swallows it over. hurriedly, and the food is not properly • digested, as the stomach Is over• crowded. • Mr. McMillan believed in soft feed, and experiments made in the old conatry as well as his own experience led him to disagree with Mr. Stafford.' An animal must not only be well fed, but wilt stand a little forcing, and soft. praotiee'Canadian Cheese is now en feed id more easily digested than hard much more active ,:dem end and cote- and does not require so much mash mends a higher price iu the English cation. The question is often veil market than American cheese. when should cows be brought 10 1" S. Black, `Pnruberry, thought the Most dairymen agreed at two best way to improve the standing 'and old, as milking, to a certain extant, oharacaer of our butter is to adept the is a Habit. Young heifers should al creamery system, and although he did ways be'liberally fed, at least until not believe in making a specialty of within a week of calving, If that i dairying or perhaps even give it the not done the animal will never be s second place, he thought it would paygood a milker after. farmers to leave their butter made aProfessor Mills, in closing the div n creamery instead of making it at cuesion on dairying said even if cream - home.' ery butter is not so good as private ib Mr. McMillan felt thoroughly 000- will always command a higher price viuced of this, The hest private made as it rs uniform, and this is doubly butter in this county is produced in the erose when, as a rule, it is much the Eastern Provinces, but even this superior to the ordinary run of private does not rank as high or realize as made better. Leiprivate•made but. good prices as batter made ire cream- ter he ever so good there are so many arias. He had made a careful oalcu- different grades and not enough of lotion, and estimated an average of any one. And if you can got as mush' four sows to each one hundred acres money for your butter made at a in Hullers, the penple of that town- creamery and save ail the Labor, why ship wend make $15,000 a year, as not have it made there. He dfd not t,- Ire difference they could realize in wish to set creameries against cheese prise between creamery • and home- factories. He believed more money made butter. This would do more could be made by sending the milk to than pay eutire collector's roll of the n cheese factory; but the creamery township. In order to make dairying suited mixed farming better, as it left profitable, however, the summer all the sweet milk to feed the calves pas- ture must be supplemented by green et home The care of the cows, and grown feed. He preferred green corn the proper selection of thorn is the as giving the greater yield, and beteg key -note of sutiaeea. Cows that are the most nutritious and healthy, • al- though it is not a milk producing come out in good heart in the spring food, If a oow get, down poor se will yield $15 per cow more during summer it to very difficult to get her the sees0n than cows that have been into condition in winter. starved and neglected, as a cow well Professor Mille asked how long a oared for will keep up milk longer and pail of milk could stand in a ,table give a richer and better quality. or other places where Impure air per. Professor Mills delivered an excel. vaded without becoming tainted. He lent address on the points. necessary gave an instance of tainted milk, and for a profitable beef animal. For no person seemed able'to tell how It breeding cattle, especially male an. became do unless it was by permitting imale, we allould first boli for form, one pail of milk to stand in the stable and then fur pedigree. He did not while the other was being mtlked into. Dare how good a pedigree an aiiimal It was the general opinion that milk had, if it bad a defective farm he .would not become tainted in this way • would not have'i(, as it showed a until it became as cool as the atmos-' weakness in its ancestors, whish it phere.in which it stood. would certainly transmit to its prop. J. R. Miller said milk often home eny ; neither would have a good form tainted by the °owe eating the bedding without a pedigree. Both are fm - and litter thrown from horse stalls, of portant but in his opinion the former which they are vary fond. is most important. In the second John Stafford said that a cow breath. place, for bbef, you want to get an ing impure air would surely taint the animal that has developed in the milk. This ho had found to be the largest degree the parts from which case from experience. If a cow was you get the highest priced beef. The pasturing in a field where there were 15 cent beef is behind the shoulder impure adore or was kept in a stable ,and over the loin of a profitable an. with insufficient ventilation, so as to imai A profitable animal, tberefore, make the atmosphere impure, the must have these parts full and well milk would be more or less tainted developed. You want, therefore, en no matter what precautions might be animal with good broad, square breast, taken to keep it pure, straight, broad back and full loin. You don't want long legs no matter how nice the body is above them, ,as a long Iegged animal. requires more feed and gives a poorer return for the feed consumed. The leading ohar- acteristi.cs of a profitable animal to feed, are fine clean loin, short legs, soft hair and thin loose skin, The principal breeds of Ontario aro Short- horns, Fierfords, Aberdeen Angus.. The Devons are best for work and make good. beef, but are two. slow in mattering and do not milks The Gal- laways; are hardy cattle and would do well in the Northwest as they euchre cold and hardship better then almost any other breed, lint they mature slowly and are not good for grossing With other breeds. Tile short -horns ' orDitrllants, ill matter of size and ' form come as near the cited standard as shy other. breed and surpass all - others in three . of four important r. Acotypoorksn the staring will points: First, they mature early; VI' Ging• 8.9 Udi•}cla or ted ri4!1 Will, A§ i Goutinucd qu pag4 4,j ed years e 0 A gentleman asked how farmers oould rodeo calves if they sent all their milk to the cheese factory, Mr. McMillan said it is surprising how web salves will thrive' on very ittle milk if properly fed and cared for otherwise. Hie own practice is to coli the calf warm milk fox the first wo woeke ; after that commence feed• ng,itim pea meal and a little skint milk, and when they learn to eatpro• erly they will do very well with little silk if they got sufficient meal. Mr. Blank had fed oats to calves with very good results; "lie fed meal rat and afterwards oats. They will o well on this feed after they learn o eat, with little mills. Mr. Kneclitehsaid the amount of e sow would produce depended a rent deal upon the manner in which he wad fedanti carod fol its the wine ore to tine object.,. He invited ail to speak 0 nn, ono tx a ti mit is ing t tat. It