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THE BRUSSgLS POST
"lYlafn Skeet" will emtet d to near. Asks Further
1y
ly a mile, the longest and best in Improvement
the blstory et the metol Over 100,-
000
00;000 attended Ire attater last In Fall Fairs
year at Fergus and even larger
crowds ase expected• se hlinesing, Requests Directors to
While U I' only natural that Pay Special Attention
fanmere will be particularly inter- To Younger Exhibitors;
eeted in the merhitredy exhibits,
To Control Sow Thistle
After harvest otalleatiou is the
cheapest and most effective method
of controlling Perennial Sow
Thietle, states J, D, .McLeod of
the Crops, Seeds' and Weeds
Brandi of the Ontarta Departmteut
of Agricu:,tufe, ,,The creeping root-
stalks
ootstalks of the Pere'nn'ial Sow Thistle
are at their weakest stage right'
now" sald11r. 'McLeod. "Heat,
sunlight and dry weether are our
best partners;"
Mr. McLeod advises' deep plowing
immedi,.a,tely after harvest. The
land should be allowed to dry thor-
oughly for two or three weeks
WITHOUT CULTIVATION, It le
Tele:tett out •that surface eon is
separated from subsoil; moisture is
cut oc and rootstalks are hollow
and milky anti cannot stand heat
and dryness, Follow later with.
the broad shares on the cultivator
to get any plants that remain.
Shallow plowing, cultivataig or
•deep d.iscing wil kill young summer
annuals and induce seeds to gerlin-
ate,, states Mr, eleLeod, After
harvest cultivation pays big divi-
dends in assuring larger succeed-
ing crops and better returns. Kill
weeds when they are weakest, Plan
now to work all infested fields
Which are not seedel down,
Growing Pullets on 'Range
The most satisfactory place to
rear pullets is pr range land, pref-
• erably at some distance from the
main poultry plant. Grass or clo-
ver sod makes excellent range for
chickens, but if these are not
available, an effort should be made
to provide green. feed by solving
FREE SERVICE
OLD, DISABLED OR DEAD
HORSES OR CATTLE
removed promptly and efficiently.
Simply phone "COLLECT" to
WILLIAM STONE SONS
LIMITED
PHONE 21 - INGERSOLL
BRUSSELS — PHONE 72
annual crops such as oats, Meek
sue reared under good range condi
tions are usually more v, gorous ans
more profitable layers than those
reared under crowded conditions
where tare yards are bare most of
the susunrer.
At the Dominion Experimental
Station., Fredericton, N, 13., chicks '
are 'placed to portable brooder
]louses direct J.ront the incubator
The Welts are given a yard as
soon as weather permits in the
spring, after Ore houses have been
moved to ground which was seeded
with clover the previous year. When
the chicks are about tea weeks pf
age, the pullets are given a large
grass or clover range and remain
three until they show signs' of com-
ing Into production, when they are
placed in laying houe'es,
Range shelters provide ideal ac-
connmodattion for pullets or cocker-
els during the summers, A shelter
me/bearing 8 x 10 feet with an
eighteen inch post, constructed of
2 x 3 inch material and fitted with
seven roosts will bold about 100
pullets. The sides and ends of
the shelter should; be covered with
one inch mesh. chicken wire to give
protection from animals at night.
Range shelters, feed heaters, drink-
ing troughs, etc„ should be moved
several dames during the sutmtner to
pevent excessive contamination
around them, It is also a wise pre-
caution against the slptread of di-
sease to set the feed hopper and
&inkinig troughs on wire stareen
raised a few inches off the ground.
International Plowing
Match on October 11 to 14
If Interest displayed by farm
machinery frames is any ctiterion,
tire International Plowing Match to
be held at Minesing, near •Barrie
October 11, 12, 13 and 14, will ,un-
doubtedly be she anost successful
slice this' event was started in
1913. Requests for space have
been pouring in to Secretary J. A.
Wrote Toronto tor some time,
with the result 'there will be a
truly "tented• city'' spring Into be- '
ing at Minesing next month The
demand for space has increased to
such aw extent that this canvas
cli=SNAPSwiDT CUL
HOBBY PICTURES
Any child
hobby is full of picture chances. Adult hobbies, too, Picture
them as they progress, step by step.
IF YOU have a son or daughter who
is a budding bobbyist, picture
the child's progress. A series al
these pictures has delightful "story-
telling" quality, and will increase
in mentors, value as time passes.
Almost any hobby can bo pictured.
If your young daughter paints or
draws, snap a progroasive series of
Iter at her sketch pact or easel. 1f
the bey builds model planes, snap a
series of him busy in bit workshop
fitting parts of the now model. Tel:a
pictures that show the progress of
the job, from the first stick to the
completed piano—and its trial
liglttt
First attempts al. golf .. filet les-
sons 1u tennis or stvttnuttng, ... any
outdoor sport Is full of these picture
Chances. Picture enol stage, and yeti
Will treasure these snapshots later
en.
Take special care with these plc -
tures, to get just the effect you
wattt. For example, in taking the pic-
ture above, a light yellow 1C-1 titter
was used en the camera lens, to
darken the blue water and sl:y and
make the white clothing and boat
sail "stand out," Fast film was used,
and retie:Alone from the water made
a short exposure possible -1/50 see -
end at e.11. The picture shows care-
ful thought, and proves that tiio rule
"think before you shoot" is worth
observing whether you are taking
hobby snapshots or some other kind,
Hobbies grow and expand, and
they should be represented in your
Mature -history of the family. Take
plotity of pictures, showing each new
phase slid development et your son's
ar daughter's hobby—and begin take
lug them now, for tomorrow there
will be naw stages to ptetttt'o, while
today's opportunities will be past.
205 John van (guilder
manu'lh,cturers have not forgotten
the fact that thoi'e - tillers of the
soli will be accompanied by their
we es, and there, will be a large
misplay of home conveniences gar-
ticulttely apPlicegle to farm homes,
and every one cell worth seeing, •
The local commetttee in Sttneoe
County oe n'lrioh J. T, Simpson 10
secretary, bas, been wool:hag pure
WEDNIMSDAY, SEPT. 211st 1928 '
Attendance Best In Years f
New Hamburg, Sap'', 17.--'A. plea
for ferther improvement in the
Ontario fel fairs was voiced by
Hon, P. M. Denten, minister of agri.-
eu5ture, as be officially opeael the
annual New Hamburg Fair Friday
nitro, Alr. Oman asked also that
officials and directors Pay especial
attention to l e younger exhibitors
pasefatlly lar mouths to snake this The minister of agriculture was
year's match tire best of the longe lntrocluced by Flan. N. 0, Hipel,
line of successful matches. Over minister of labor, who traced Mr•
1,000 acres' of land have been re- Dewan's, activities.
served far demonstrations, parking Mr. Dewan said he had noted a
and the 600 or mere 'contestants
general improvement la fairs
who swill vie with each other forthroughout the province and said
the $5,000 in prizes offered by the
ppt'itettlarly wished offlraals to
Ontario Plowmen's Aasoelsrtion. try anal inelrove their fairs Nether,
This generous prise •list is again
attracting the cream of Canadian
plowmen which means that visitors
$rill witness' the best !plowing in
the orid at the largest plowing
match in the world
lraatmers should make a note of
the dates, Gotobet' 11, 12, 13 and
14 and plan do attend, Anyone
wishing further information should
write to J. A, Cat -roll, secretary,
Ontario Plowmen's Associate!),
Parliament Buildings, Toronto,
insect Pests
The aunty worm Was, the out-
standing insect pest in August, The
most serious outbreak of this in-
sect within the last gfty years has
taken place. The worms were
moat numerous and the damage
greatest is the counties of Huron,
Bruce, Grey, Sianttoe, Dufferia, l ors. Still he believes' confldentlY
Waterloo, Wellington, York, On -
seeps.,
there will always be harness
tattle and Durham, but there were sfiops, Moreover,. he holds, "The
t harness business, is a better busi-
minor outbreaks all over Old On_
tario and also in several areas in nese today than it was 50 years' ago
New Ontario even as far west as by 25 per cent."
Rainy River Dletriet, increase In Past 3 Years
The crops attacked were all "I remember the panic after the
kind's of glasses, noluding timothy Give War in Ohe United States. For
and millet, oats, barley, spring years after there were ltarnessanak-
wheat, corn and to a slight extent etas in every town• making a har-
Hess, for which we'd get $75 today
Muter wheat, The thief aciaauage
was done to oats and barley. 'Hun_
Then, we got about $32,' he said,
dregs of fields of these were very As proof of kis contention that
heavily attacked in the above muses. are holding their own
against ,the Inroads of automobiles,
and are even coming back into
their former populau•ity the Leann
ington irarnessntaker cited figures,
In the Leamington clliniriot, he
said, 1,500 horses had been bought
so that each exhibition would ex-
ceed -tile previous year's cue
Says Horse Will
Never Be Replaced
Leamington Harnesemaker
Undisturbed by
Advent of Motors
The automobile, symbol of pro-
gress, 'will never displace the horse
entirely, Herbert Freeland, 75 -year-
old harnessmaker of Leamington,
Ont, maintains,
Since he was nine years old, Mr.
Freeland has made harness or
farmed. For well over half a cell.
burry the Leamington man has seen
horses engaged in farm and other
Work. Be hat watched the increas-
ing use of automobiles. and tract
mentioned counties. Wherever the
poisoned gran bait was applied in
time anis [properly distributed, it
gave rematicably good results, a
single appal:mitten sawing the crop.
Wherever it was not applied or
clueing the past three years, These
apvlied loci late the crop was
either •ruined, or severely damaged, were purchased in addition to the
Tire tune wanethod c'drwbined with animal's already engaged by farm -
The
poisoned bran also wets a decided ors.
success u pret•enting the worms
"A ter.
From marching from an infested a trayears ago everybody bad
ctor• Today ht's cheaper Por
fieldor fielde Into non -infested, horses; at toast that
crops, eslpeclally corn,
Fortunately in even the worst
areas there were usually many
fields' that either had no worms or
very few and this facet prevented
telt loss team being so great as it
oclterwise would have been.
White grouts in some localities
in central O'ntarol are abundant in
sandy soil or •steleo:r an open text -
time, and, are •attackingespecially
potato tubers.
Grassirtpvers have caused Some
damage, chiefly in the counties of
Carleton and Prescott. Poison for
betting was sent to these, with the
da
result that little further mage
is likely to take place.
Wheat stent maggots have been
numerous' in a na•uger of barley.
and weea•t fields as shown by the
heaths' turning while prematurely
without tray yet•nels developing,
This insect seldom does a great
Ileal of damage.
A wheat stern eery, probably
the same one as omens in the
wheat areas of cur West, ;has been
ffelled in wheal fields in Prime.
I7itvand, Hastings and York cotut-
tits, This is apparently a na,w ie -
sem for Ontario, and wirer hoe if
will prove to ire a srrlons' pest re
inutile. eo be seen,
It is too early yet to report oil
the European cote borer, but the
Indications are that there will be
[antedate tile damage in Essex and
Ice n t,
'Phe we repeted ctrl worm was
round tit many fields when exam-
ining for army warm, 11 1s not
111101(1'01M111101(1'01M 010110 to cause c111'1y'
at preclalatP damage,
Gob --- ' At the dame'l'hurscl:ry
night my suependerw brolte right in
lite middle or the dance finer'."
She --- "\Vet'ctt"t yet terribly eelmhn'nseed?"
Gob --•- ' No, my roommate had
them on,"
's What they
"Polly."
tell ate,» he added.
Oldest :Horse
In North America
Dead At Forty -One
Doily Wes Driven Daily
By Her Crippled ''Owner
Walter Carruthers,
Turnberry Township
Dolly. popullarly ettP00 °d to be
the oldest horse in North America,
dried Friday, S•be was in her 42nd
,pears and for the past 31 years had
been driven nearly every day by
her crippled owner, Walter Car-
ruthers, of Turnbery Toweehie. Itis
home is three miles from Wiagham,
in 1007, ell. Carruthers was fram-
ing a (tarn, Ills' foot slipped and
he fell doyn to the barn floor, a dis-
tance of 20 feet. He-• landed hard
enough to drive sections of his ver-
tebra threulbr his skin, ltuctors told
hen he would be [ermined to his
bed fee the test of has rife, Not so
willing to agree was Walt" him-
self, After an enforced stay in bed
he persuaded his brother Frank to
buy a horse for Trim, The horse,
then 10 years of age, 'vas "Dolly,"
railed "Polly 'at that time; He rig-
ged a device up on the seat of the•
buggy. so that he could sit is the
buggy and drive the horse,
Every day, except some of the
extreme winter ones, Waiter Car-
ruthers and Dolly have made the
three-mile trip to Wintham, They
became almost a landmark, and
alder reeiclents returning to Wing-
ltain always made sure to look ujp
"Walt and Do•lleee
With reins bangitrg limply from
her master's (rands it was a fami-
liar sight in Wingham to see the
horse come up to the "stop" sign,
at the intersection and belt, then
continue on around the corner and
stop whenever. some friend of the
owner's balled hi'm from the ,side-
walk.
In all the 30 years the ltors:e had
never been on grass, her meals con-
sisting of rolled oats' and timothy
hay. This was atta'ibuted as. one of
the reasons• for her longevity.
Two minor accidents mar her
record. Once a runaway team name
down the main street, swervmng
an'd _.teiking the buggy, and upset-
ting its occupant. Whereupon Dolly
apparently receiving the worst of
the mishap appeared cool and con-
tinued to lie where she was hurled
until ready 10 proceed at her 0111"
leisure. Just recently a car ran into
the rear of Walt's buggy, thowing
him on to the sidewalk, but be was
fortunate in not receiving more
than a shaking up.
Although Polly has passed on and
has given a life of service, the love
for his faithfwl steed will never be
quelled and: Mr. Carruthers feels no
other horse living will equal the
service given and prompt attention
renderer$ by cis 'faithful 'horse
TOUl;ORER,STRY AND
PLOWING MATCH
Farmers' of Hut'on County are iias
Ivited to Join the tear of the Re -
'forestation Projects do tS'inieoa
'County and the International Plow-
rap Match, being held near Batu•ie,
on October 13th and 14th, ,
The trip will' include farmers• and
others, Interested in forest conserva-
tion from Lambton, Norfolk, Middle-
eex, Oxford, Elgin, Perth and.
'Huron Counties. Plans are being
made fora tout' to Inspect the
'Neese tpianted to protect the town
hates' supply of Beaton the. forestay
latation at Midhurst, the (amens
Henerie Forest near Midaurst plant-
ed in 1022, the Provincial Govern -
intent Forest Seed Extraction Plant
at Angus, and the large Fnternation,
al Plowing Match being held at
111duesing wear Barrie.
Huron County farmers are re -
guested to get in touch with the
Ontario Departlent of Agrieultere,
nt 'Clinton, for further information,
if they are interested.
Letter to the Editor
WAR ,ON "RAGWEED"
To the Editor,
Sir—Please give are space ea
your paper as a "(Hay Fever" vie -
Um. Yes, all my hey fever friends
are repeatedly asiting, edoes our
weed inspector know ragw•eeci
when he sees it?" We all doubt
him, But believe me, if he had hay;
fever he would soon want to know
wbat ragweed looked like, Our fair
town is chuck full of this deadly
weed this year owing- to heavy
summer rains. All the ditches
along the sidewalks on side streets
are all heavy with :this weed.
School playgrounds are outer fair
places .for ragweed, and well kept
gardens are sometimes full of this
deadly weed. If your hay fever,
starts in or around the fleet or sec-
ond week in August then its Rag-
weed the cause and it will not
leave you until the first dead frost
comes, around the 1th of Oot. So
let's war on ragweed and now la
the time to get acquainted with it
while this weed is in fh11 growth
so by next summer it will have all
been destroyed,
Trusting ottr weed inspector wall
reed this letter and help we rag-
weed sufferers war on ragweed. t
Yours truly,
HAY FEVER
'SCHOOLBOY HOWLERS -
Momentum is something to r,;
a person when they are learen.
Jacob, sun of Isaac, stoles
ther's. birthmark,
The letters' ' M.D." signify
tally Deficient,"
Vesuvius is a volcano, and if
climb to the top yon will see
Creator smoking.
[Science is material but religion i
immaterial.
[-t
Eagle's View of Rio for Cruise Members
'relents'.
jU of flying nor rolling down to
.1 Rio but leisurely sailing there
aboard a luxury liner will go a
happy crowd of winter cruise tour-
ists next January when the Can-
adian Pacific liner Empress of
Australia heads south from New
l"ork January 15 on a West In-
dies and South America cruise,
The glamorous Latin city that
was named Ilio de Janeiro be-
cause Its harbor was discovered
In the month of Sanitary end mis-
taken for the mouth of a river
elatms that the harbor la the
trorld's moan besutlful. dertatnly
other poriA would have to show
mueli o t'lvaT ON claim, and
there is hardly it doubt that the
Empreas of Australia's cruise paa-
sengers will return confirmed
fans."
From the heights of the lofty
Corcovado, a mountain Donk on
which stands a huge figure at
Christ, and from the summit of
Pao d'Assucar, the famed ".Sugar
Loaf,' members of shore excur-
sions will have an eagle's eye
view of the City and harbor.
Thrilling in itself is the asoont of
the Sugar Loaf' by aerial cable -
ear in two rides, first to the half-
way Ration on Penedo de Urea,
hien to the summit of the conical
Sugar Loaf itself:
Besides these two excursions
there lire other trips arranged for
ihb flue-las+ visit, The lovely
motintainottd region of Tljuca au
the mountain residential section
ee se,
of Petropolis will be the ob3eets
of excursions and each evening
there will be a party excursion to
enjoy the exotic night -life.
Rio in not the only port of call
on this cruise. Barbados, Grenada
and Jamaica are islands that will
be visited during the 32 day trip,
whiff) on the mainland of South
America, /At Guaira, Venezuela,
will share with Rio the attentions
of the Empress of Australia's
passengers wlto will be back in
New York of',1-"tr.'oury ...
Pictured above are the Thsatro
Municipal at Rio, a view of Rota-
Sotto bay from the Cokcovado
showing the Sugar Loaf, the ea-
ole -car esconding the latter, and
the Lmrrasa of Australia, the..
Cruise ship that will visit 1010,