HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1926-3-24, Page 6WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24th, 1926
THE BRUSSELS POST
.1.1•OCTVOZIAMI. *a -Barna.
0. A. C. Prepared to Forward
Seed for Experiment
Dr. Zavitz Announces Varieties Thnt
Are Available for 1926 Growing
-For Field Crops -- Instructions
Given For Ordering That Sheold
Be Carefully Noted
Dr. C. A. Zavitz of the 0. A. C.
Guelph, has completed arrangements
for the annual distribution of Amid
to farmers in Ontario for experi-
mental purposes. In a special bul-
letin he makes the following an-
nouncement:
The highest yielding varieties of
several classes of farm crops en On-
tario have been originated at the
Ontario Agricultural College through
hybridization and selection. Lead-
ing varieties of other classes of farm
crops have been secured locally or
through importation. The co-oper-
ative experiments to be conducted
throughout Ontario in 1926 through
the medium of the Experimental Un-
ion will contain some of the very
best varieties of farm crops as de-
termined in past years by experi-
ments conducted at the Ontario Ag-
ricultural College. The following
list indicates the material available
for the co-operative tests for 1926:
1, three varieties of oats; 2, 0. A.
C. No. 21 Barley and Emmer; 3,
two varieties of Hulless Barley; 4,
three varieties of Spring Wheat; 5,
two varieties of Buckwheat; 6, three
varieties of Field Peas; 7, two var-
ieties of Spring Rye; 8, three varie-
ties of Soy, Soja or Japanese Beans;
9, eight varieties of Flint and Dent
Husking Corn; 10, three varieties of
Mangels; 11, two varieties of Sug-
ar Mangels; 12, three varieties of
Swedish Turnips; 14, two varietees
of Carrots; 15, Field Corn and Soy
Beans grown separately and in com-
bination; 16, Sudan Grass and two
varieties of Millet; 17, Sunflower,
Sorghum and Corn for fodder; 18,
Grass Peas, Vetches, and Soy Beans;
19, Rape, Kale, and Field Cabbage;
20, two varieties of Biennial Sweet
Clover; 21, two varieties of Alfalfa;
22, Hubam, Biennial White anl Bie-
nnial Yellow Sweet Clover; 23, three
varieties of Field Beans; 24, Sweet
Corn for table use from different
dates of planting; 25, low and high
grade Fertilizer and Manure with
Oats and Red Clover; 26, Fertilizers
and Manure in a definite rotation,
starting with Potatoes, followed by
Barley seeded with Alfalfa (Pota-
toes and manure to be furished by
the experimenter. Commercial fer-
tilizers in 1926 and Barley an .elf-
afa seed in 1927 to be furnished by
the Eyperimental Union) ; 29, three
grain mixtures for Grain production
30, three grain mixtures for fodder
production; 31, 0. A. C. No. 21, Bar-
ley at three dates of seeding; 32, 0.
A. C. No, 144 Oats at three dates of
seeding; 33, 0. A. C. No. 3 Oats at
threedeates of seeding; 35, 0. A. C.
No. 211 Soy Beans sown broadeast
and in rows; 37, Yellow Leviathan
Mangels, thinned at three distances
in the rows.
Any person in Ontario who grows
field crops may apply for ONE of the
experiments for 1626. Each appli-
cant should make a SECOND
CHOICE, as the material for the
IIMNIMM%
• first chola, might be exhausted be-
fore the application is received. The
Material will be forwarded in the
order in which the applications aro
received while the supply laste. No
charge Ls made for the experimental
material and the produce becomes
the property of the experimenter.
A. carefully filled out report is re-
queeted after harvest. Each person
applying should carefully write his
NAME, ADDRESS, and COUNTY.
All written applications, whether in
closed or open envelopes, require
full postage.
BRUCE COUNTY
Framerson Arkill, Southampton,
has taken a position with the a N.
R, at Kincardine.
+Villiers% H. Hamilton passed away
at hie home on the 2uti Con„ of Hur-
on Twp., at the age of 71 years and 11
months. He lived in Ripley for sev-
eral years, but moved back to the
farm again,
Wesley Howe, of the town line,
Saugeee, was cue 18 the face
with an
"Vld'eei'MgwoodlntleblshIeSVatet Aand Oontiuuatiol i
Schools were closed owing to an out.
break of scarlet fever and measles.
Another induetry has been 109t to
Walkerton in the passing of the
Sterling Twine factory, which is be-
ing dismantled.
On Sunday morning, Mr, Ferns
tendered his resignation as pastor of
Glamis Baptist chinch to take effect
the last Sunday in April. Mr. and
Mrs. Ferns purpose leaving in May
for South America, as missionaries.
L. B, Reid, Maple Lee Faro's, Reid's
Corners, breeder of pure-bred Hol-
stein cattle, has a three-year-old heif-
er, "Denten t Hon wtje Pesch," which
has just cenepleted a305 day test pro-
ducing 13,205 lbs. of milk and 625 lbs.
butter average test 385, twice a day
milking. This splendid record entit-
les her to the Canadian Champion-
ship, and 42h in the world's record,
Michael Fischer, who sold his 125 -
acre farm on the ninth Cone of Cul.
rose, to his son, Gregory, six years
Iago, has 2 emurelemed this property,
and has pIaci., ids son, Linus, in
charge of .r. (41 -gory has purchased
Jos, D. Nee er's fern), at Amblside.
Mrs. Id eiii tt passed away at Kin-
cardine, h. her 86th year. Deceased
was born i .. Tavistock, but. lived in
the lakesi.•e town for some 62 years.
Her husbamt predeceased her about 25
years ago
A run -a -way horse dashed through
the closed door of A. Travis, at Port
Elgin. Two show cases were roue
pletely demolished and a large part
of the window broker'.
Robert Keith, of Teeswater, suffered
a stroke of paralysis, his lett side be-
tg°7:Vetle'alaglr.'"1lade a,c , for about
year
with a peculiar form of nerve trouble,
iron" which he appeared to be elouly
recoveri pg.
Two Armenian boys, from the
Gem getown Far in, arrived in Ripley.
The older boy by the name of Beuce
Murray, will make his home at Mac
Illelmnalci'm 8211 Pon'
. while his
younger brother will make his home
at Lott Oulbertse
A phonograph was stolen from the
public school, in the village of Green-
ock, South of Cargill, The Board of
Trustees is offering a reward for in-
formation that will lead to the con-
viction of the guilty perty or patties.
The business men of Ripley raised
over 8100 if] subscriptions this week,
to be used to cut down the big hill on
sideroad 40, in Kincardine Twp,
wheel) 18 8,0 extension of sideline 15,
in Huron Twp. Kincardine Twp,
Council and Bruce County Council
will spend another 8500. This will
ronnect Ripley with the Provincial
Highway, and will give us a dieect
road to Guelph, Hamilton and Tor-
onto.
This ever-present task of the busi-
ness man is one that Advertising can
most efficiently perform.
Advertising .in THE POST would
carry any message you desire into every
home in this community. It would spread
the "news" about new merchandise, spec-
ial sales or new store policies quickly and
thoroughly.
Take a friendly interest in telling the
"buyers" or this town what you have for
sale that is of service to them and you
will win new customers constantly.
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Her Own
Detective
A Girl Suspect C -:.ars
Herself
By ELINOR MARSI-I
We were a "bunch" of a dozen boys
end girls, averaging in age perhaps
seventeen years. We were young
enough to get up parties on the prine
eiple of "Duteb treat" and not old
enough for a boy to feel that if he
asked one of the girls to go to an
amusement be must hire a carriage
for the purpose of taking her. We had
mformal dances in each other's houses
and each boy WUS detailed, as they say
in the army, to escort a partdcular girl
td the dance. In this way all the girls
were transported without doubling up.
All went well, and we were having a
merry time when Roy Stivers, one of
the boys who had gone sweet 071 a girl
outside the set, insisted on introducing
her among us. We girls were not
pleased at the introduction of one we
knew nothing about, but we yielded
gracefully, and I consented to Roy
bringing her to a deuce that was to
come off at my house.
It is marvelous how a nice, well bred
boy will go daft on a girl entirely out
of his sphere and in every way be-
aeath him. The moment we girls saw
Roy's friend, Sarah Stearns, we knew
that a firebrand had been introduced
among us. But it is easier to let a per-
son into a social clique than to get him
or her out Roy was one of our nicest
fellows, and we did not wish to offend
him. Sarah Stearns was not invited
again to any of our little dances, but
Roy asked her to go with him on ex-
cursions, theater parties and the like.
He was the only soa of a widow who
gave him all the money he wished and,
among other luxuries, a splendid mo-
torcar. He was accustomed to take us
all out in it between dances when we
were holding our informal parties, and
also took us on longer rides. Of course
we could not object to his inviting
Sarah to go on exeursions in his car,
and while so enger.ed we endeavored
to treat her civilly.
Just before the spcing opened Roy in-
vited us all to go tc his mother's coun-
try place for a week end. Of course
Sarah Stearns would be of the parte',
Roy being at liberty to invite whom he
pleased to his On'll home. Two-thirds
of our "hunch" accented, and Boy took
us to our destination in his car. Tlie
others would not go on account te
Sarah Stearns being of the enu•ty.
I wished very much to enjoy the fun,
but Eleanor Trevor was my particular
girl chum, and she was one who in.
tended to stay away. I persuaded her
to go, however, since my pleasure de-
pended oil her doing so.
Roy's mother acted as chaperon and
did all ill her power to make our stay
in her house enjoyable. Oue evening
we were dancing when all of a sudden
the electric lights ceased to glow, and
we were left in total darkness. My
friend Eleanor was dancing with
Charlie Hunt at the time. Charlie, like
Roy, was given everything be wanted,
and among other things he possessed
was a valuable gold watch. Soon after
the lights were extinguished there was
a tug at his watch chain and, feeling
for it, he found it broken. Etis watch
was gone. He was dancing with
Eleanor when the darkness came, and
of course they ceased to whirl and dis-
eugaged themselves. Five minutes
later, when the ligiets continted to
glow, they were still standing near
each other.
Charlie, not wishing to mar our fes-
tivities, said nothing nt the time about
the loss of the watch, but the matter
soon leaked out An unpleasant fea-
ture of the matter was tbat he was
dancing with Eleanor when the lights
went out, and the logical infereuce was
that she had relieved hint of it. Never-
theless, none of us believed anything
of the kind.
Our host was very much troubled. It
was evident that there was a thief
among us. So far as circumstantial
evidence was concerned it pointed to
Eleanor Trevor, She knew nothing
about Charlie's loss or the position in
which she stood until I told her. She
was not a person to cringe under such
circumstances. With woman's intui-
tion she at once spotted Sarah Stearns
as being at the bottom of the trouble.
Sho did not believe that Sarah had
stolen the evatcb for the watch itself.
but that she might inculpate Eleanor,
Eleanor's theory was tbat Sarah had
seen her dancing with Charlie when
the lights had gone out and an 09901'-
tunity had appeared to her of penish-
ing the girl who she knew was in fa-
vor of ostracizing her from our set.
But Eleanor told no one except me of
her suspicion, and 1 confess it seemed
to me rather farfetched, though I did
not say thie to Eleanor.
"I've got a detective problem on my
hands," said Eleanor to me, 'land I'm
especially interested in working it out.
I wish you would give me the cold
sboulder and ask the other girls be do
the same."
"Why so?" I asked. "There's not
one of us that believes for a moment
e
that you aro a thief,"
"It will put Sarah Stearns off her
guard and give me a beeter chanee. If
she took the watch -and I am sure she
did -she must get rid of it. I'll take
all poselble pains to see tbat she doeen't
send it away. I shall hem) fib eye on
her all the While and mete everything
;she does,"
"I Will OM you in hat," 2 eakb
te 2e tee 4 eiltielletted
The incident occurred on Saturday
evening. All day Sunday either Elea
nor Or I kept watch on Sarah. Sunday
afternoon $110 started with n letter in
her hand for the postotlece, 2 tole her
Met I had written a letter that I wish
cel mailed. She offered to mail it for
me. 1 went to ray menu for it, and
when I came down had my hat and
coat on and told her that I would go
with her. To that she assented with
at hetet apparent willingness, Whethee
or no she was going to get rid of the
watch, she bad uo chance to do so, for
I did not lot her out of my sight for a
moment.
Elem.= interfered with her going out
latex* in the evening to take the air on
the porch. We all went to bed early
or at least to our rooms, We girls
were roomed on the second floor, and
each was given a room to herself
Eleanor was ia my room till 11 o'clock.
She said she expected to be up all
night to see that Sarah Stearns did not
get rid of the watch, and her watch
would not commence till all in th,e
house were supposed to be asleep.
"What are you going to do?"l asked.
"I'm going to stay in the hall."
"Go to bed," I urged. "None of us
believes that you are a thief. Besides,
you are acting ou a theory. You will
lose your sleep for nothing."
"I have more chance of success than
you think," she said. "Charlie has
been very nice to me and has told me
certain things about the watch that it
is well for me M know."
"Then he knows you are hunting for
it?"
"No, what he told Inc was said casu-
ally. But he does not believe I robbed
him. At least be says he doesn't"
"But I don't see how any mark on
the watch can do you any good except
to identify it when you have got it,
and you will have to get it before you
can identify it."
Eleanor made no reply to this, She
simply kissed me good night and event
to ber room. I was a long while get-
ting to sleep, but when I did 1 slept
till 4 o'clock in the morning, when I
was awakened by her. She told me
that she had been awake all night and
asked me to get up and continue the
watch that she might get some sleep.
I did as she asked, but it was evident
that slee had failed, and I believed she
was on a wild goose chase.
She was up for an 8 o'clock tweak -
fast and looked quite fresh, consider-
ing that she had gone to bed so late.
During the day I helped her occasion-
ally in her vigil and again prevented
Sarah Stearns from going out alone.
This time I could see that she sus-
pected me, though she concealed the
fact quite well.
"The party is to break up tomorrow,"
said Eleanor to me. "We were only
invited tin Tuesday morning. Either I
must get that watch tonight or remain
smirclied for the rest of my life."
I assured her that sbe was not nor
ever would be smirched by any one of
us, to which she replied that Sarah
Stearns would spread the matter
abroad in a way that could not be
countered.
Roy took us to drive during the after-
noon. Eleanor feigned a headache and
remained at home. She charged Inc to
keep my eyes upon Sarah Stearns every
moment. I suggested to Eleanor that
she was remaining at home that she
iniiht search for the missing watch,
but sbe said that would be useless, for
if Sarah had left it she had uudoubted-
ly hidden it in a safe place, but she
believed Sarah had it with her, and
Eleanor relied on me to see that she
(Ma not get rid of it during the ride. I
did my wore, but without results.
That night, when Eleanor and I went
to our rooms, as we passed Sarah
Stearns' room I saw Eleanor look up
at the transom. Then she went with
me into my room and took from my
closet a bamboo stick with a book ou
one end and carried it away to her
room. Just before 3 in the morning
she came into my room and, holding
Iter watch to my ear, asked me if I
could hear it tick. I told her that I
could hear 'it very distinctly. She re-
moved it farther and farther from me,
with each removal asking me if I could
still bear it tick. When she had taken
It some four or five yards from me I
could still hear it.
"That will do," she said. "Your ear
Is far more keen than Thine. It is now
a few minutes before 3. Come with
rue."
She led me by the hand through
the darkness to Sarah Stearns' door.
Then she took the bamboo stick with
the hook on the end and, feeling care-
fully for the transom by means of the
hook, pulled it partly open. accom-
plishing the work without the sligliteet
sound. Tbis done, she put her arms
trronna my knees and lifted me so that
my ear was near the transom. She
had held me there perhaps three min-
utes when 1 heard what sounded like
a far distant chime faintly strike the
hour of 3.
"Put me down," 2 whispered to Elea-
nor.
"Have you heard anything?" asked
Eleanor.
"Yes; a chime,"
She lowered Inc to the floor and,
throwing ber arras around my neck,
gave me a bear bug,
"Now go and awaken some of the
girls and, bring them here," she 'said.
I did bet' bidding and collected every
girl in the hall, Then Eleanor turned
on the electric light and knocked gen-
tly on Sarah's doot,
The door Was unlocked, and eve all
Went into the room Eleanor went to
the bed and from under a pIlloev took
out tbe lost watch.
There was a chime etrike In It and
Eleanor, knowing this, had based het
operations on hearing it. Bat Since
the watch was ender a pillow no One
except with the !meted senee of heat-
ing Wotild have detected it.
The matter Was beetled 811 011 Roy'et
account, but we Were ree longer trot*
bled with etilee Stearno.
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Jere and There
Veper Valley, a virginal tract of
land 135 miles from Vancouver, be-
tween Fort Douglas and Lillooet on
the Canadian Pacific Reilway line,
is to be the locaeion of 4 large
medical sanitarium and hunting
lodge which is to be established this
summer by a syndicate of Vane
couver men,
General conditions on the prairies
and in British Columbia indicate
that Western Canada is headed for
a period of real Prosperity. Charles
Murphy, general manager of the
Canadian Pacific Railway, Western
Lines,. after a periodical trip of
inspection, stated that farmers and
business men alike have not been so
optimistic on the prairies in years.
On March 3 a crowd of represen-
tative citizens gathered at the Can-
adian Pacific depot at Vancouver
to welcome His Honor Lieutenant
Governor Robert Randolph Bruce,
of British Columbia. Forty years
„ago the hardy Scot left his ances-
tral home in Invermere, Scotland,
to seek his fortune in the Canadian
West. He found it.
During the month of January
1926, 15,706,700 pounds of refined
sugar valued at $960,483 was ex-
ported from Canada as compared
with 197,400 pounds valued at
$14,893 for January 1925. Of the
total amount the United Kingdom
took 11,750,000 pounds while Sweden
was second on the list with 2,250e-
000 pounds.
A commission of three professors
in agriculture will make a survey of
the province of Ontario to aseertain
the soils best adapted to the culture
of tobacco. The commission will
act under instructions from the
Minister of Agriculture. Soil tests
are to be made on various farms
and also at the government experi-
mental stations within the tobacco
districts.
Government statistics show that
the average wages per month paid
to farm helpers in the summer of
1925 over the whole Of Canada was
$40 for men and $22 for women.
The value of board received was
reckoned at $23 for men and $19
for women. The total received,
therefor, for wages and board in
1925, was $63 per month for men
and $43 for women.
At the third triennial conference
of the National Council of Educe-
tiott to be held in Montreal during
the week of April 5, men famous in
the world of music. will deliver
addresses which should add much to
the knowledge of the subject. Sir
Hugh Percy Allen, professor of
music in the University of Orford
and conductor of the Bach Choir at
London, will speak on "Music as a
National Discipline."
Roy Andrews Chapman, the f am-
oue explorer of New York, has
sailed Tor the Orient on the Cana-
dian Pacific liner Empress of Rus-
sia bound for the Gobi desert where
he will endeavour to establish def-
inite proof that Ancient Asia was
the Mother of Life in Europe and
America. The Andrews caravan
includes noted scientists, taxider-
mists, photographers and a motion
picture cameraman.
With a population of 9,000,000
Canada has as much foreign trade
as the United States had with a
population of 76,000,000. Mining
production in the Dominion is as
great as when the United States
had 88,000,000 people while Canada
manufactures as much as the
country across the border did with
50,000,000 inhabitants, Today the
Canadian per capita export trade
amonnts $134 while in the United
States it is only e37, (P•
PERTH COUNTY
John S. Rowland, who for ten
years conducted a bakeim in Monk -
ton, has sold' out, and has accepted a
position as foreman in a large bakery
hi Windsor.
William Barthel, Mitchell, who is
badly orippled with rheumatism, fell
against the coal oil stove and had
h ree 8ibe fractured.
H. Feltz recently purchased the
farm of the late Mrs, Otto Koehler, of
the 16th of Elgin, for the sum of
82,200.
The Hoederick lenrniture Company
Limited, Milverton, has nn the
grounds five or six carloads of brick in
prepavdness for the erection of the
large addition to their factory,
Chief of pollee, Joseph Gatenby,
hae been a resident of Mitchell forty -
rine years, having arrived here from
England with his paveute on Maroh
5th, 1885,
Logan and Elina will finish hauling
the 000 yards of gravel this week at
Thomas Campbelee clump, to be crush.
ed in the Spring.
Florida's climate is a specifie, •
instanee of how Providelice
teMpers the Wind to the Shore
Leaders in District
Agricultural Work
S. B. Stothers, agricultural repre-
sentative for the County of Huron.
(London Free Press)
A remarkable work in agriculture
is being carried on throughout Hur-
on County which is directly attribut-
able to S. B. Stothers, agricultural
representative for that county.
Huron County opened the office of
the department of agriculture at
Clinton in March, 1918, . and will
have completed eight years of con-
tinuous service on March 10, during
which time its heaviest and most con-
tinuous line of work in the county
has been the question of school fair%
and it now boasts the largest numIer
of school fairs in any county in 'the
province, conducting 22 of these
school fairs in 1925. The following
statistic's will give an idea of school
fair work in the county: Number of
fairs, 22; number of entires, 11,511;
attendance, children, 3,800; adults,
8,700.
Short course work has been quite
a feature in each and every year
since its inception, and since the in-
auguration of the three-month short
course in agriculture and home ec-
onomics, one is held each year, com-
mencing at Wingham and then going
to Clinton, Exeter, Brussels • and
Fordwich in this order. These cour-
ses have been well received in prac-
tically every part of the county, and
it is the usual custom, as in other
counties, to organize o Junior Farm-
ers' Association and Ju4.:•er Women's
Institute at the close. These carry
on extension and community work
as they see fit in their various coin -
OMENS OF THE OCEAN.
Contorts Things About Sea Supersti-
tions-Parsone Not Welcome.
Those holiday people who visit the
old fishing villages or the West might
luarn !12) 14 curioue things a.bout aea
superetitions Irene the fishermen. On
11 wot day, when one is perhaps at a
lose to know what to do, a little
tactful conversatien with the fine old
fellows, some of 'whom followed the
seafaring profession in the old Bailing
aims, niteht roveal some qualut
things, says an Old Country paper.
For,•the old sailor was full of fads
and fancies and saw Nome omen,
lucky dr otherwise, in most happen-
ing,s; though the modern salt, in
thee° deee of Waal .and machinery,
hi more enlightened end sophieti-
cated.
Parsons wore not liked aboard,
dace they were credited with brtrig-
Ing bad luck and always got the
blame for anything that went wrong;
whilst the taking on board of 18 corpee
Wittl serious matter, and men have
often deserted rather than sail with
it There was a time when um case
cortaining the body had to ho . dis-
guised and marked as ordinary cargo
or the crew might =tiny and refuse
•
• The breaking or a rope was always
a bad omen, and some serious acci-
dent was certain to follow the Male.
ping of an importable cable.
That "rats leave the sinking ship"
WO all know, but it is doubtful if
sailors take much notice of that now-
9,days. It was believed that rats
knew when a ship was downed and
would scurry off before she sailed.
Indeed, they may emnetimea be seen
running shoreward along the haw -
sere just before the vessel's depar-
ture -though that may be because
they do not want a sea voyage.
The ancient fancy that the p08 -
session of an infant's caul protected
ith owner from death by drownbeg
has almoat died out, though it is said
that during the war the adgertise-
ments reappeared and the caul Near-
ed to a prohibitive price. One cannot
Nay whether, in tho ruthletie sub -
m0111114 of the conflict, a mull saVed
a Ute, •
Sa lors ire uneasy about bells and
wenn s. if a table glens is struck 4
hand Is alvmys put out, to stop it
reining, all that act may sage a Memel
lite.
t•ats, eepecdallY a black one, on
board are ltrokg, but if the cat rune
away in port it be Very enhieley. Lour.
Ing the wilt the black eat was 14
great demand and there Were. not
ebtlegh to be 'had, +04 it to
single ploce:, of work attempted.
This campaign resulted in a marked
improvement in the quality of the•
• sires being used in the beef herds of
• the county, This work ins been
carried on since, although not so in-
tensively as in the years mentioned,
Poll Assistance.
Tho department aims to aesist in
practically every line of farm en-
deavor where at all possible, and the
following in eaell and every year de;
mends some attention, viz.: Swine
improvement, sheep improvement,
surveying for land drainage, refores-
tation, co-operative marketing, farm
Among the older farmers of this
community the live stock campaign
of 1921-22 was one of the heaviest
labor, fall fairs, women's institute
work. and practically every type of
community work. 'During the past
year the two features of the work
have been fruit work and work
amongst the poultry neon. Huron
County has 10,000 to 12,000 acres of
oichard, and by far the larger per-
teentage of it is in very bad shape.
Having been neglected for so long
it is yielding little or no income.
During the past two years attempts
have been made to do something and
put new life in this industry. In
1924 the first fruit show was held,
and in 1925 spray service was C0111-
rnenced along the lines of such spray
service in other 'counties. By this
scheme individual farmers were giv-
en personal instructions and atten-
tion with reference to fruit growing
and it was satisfactorily demonstrat-
ed that cleart fruit can be produced
if we only give the care and atten-
tion necessary. This work will be en-
larged in 1926.
The poultry cuffing campaign
started with the Auburn Egg Circle,
which is aided with reference to
shipping a carload of live poultry to
the American market. An extensive
campaign was carried on to elimin-
ate the boarder hen. A training
school was conducted and six men
trained for the culling of poultry.
Briefly stated, the success of the
campaign is best measured by the
amount of culling done. There were
eulled 265 flocks, with • 23,189 birds.
The number of nonproducers in this
was found to be 7,538.
The alfalfa campaign for 1926
is another feature evhich is demand-
ing a good deal of attention. The0
meetings have already been held in
the county, averaging an attendance
of 100 t 0150. The hay situation is
more or less acute, owing to the par-
tial failure of the 1925 crop, .and vvo
look for a heavy sowing of this crop
in 1926.
armlet Youitioners sometimes' ciy*d
the white patches of other cats and.
brought them aboard. '
But the dog was quite another
matter, and the presence of one on
the ship was always unlucky. Even
to speak of a, dog was taboo, anO
some of the old fishermen would not
tolerate a dog near their boats or
nets. A dog as a passenger meant
a stormy _voyage, and a dog howling
in the night watches meant a wreck
for certain
Sailors in the good old days had
many curious ideas about the wind,
but they eeem to have varied a good
deal as regards latitude and in the
eifferent meeans and routes, Thunder,
also, according to Re nature and the
quarter from which it came, meant
evil in one form or another.
But the Modern seafaring 11183),
does not bother his head about most
of these things.
PERTH COUNTY
The Stratford Presbytery met
Knox chuich, Strireford, last week.
Commissioners to the General Assem-
bly were appointed. The Presbytery,
decided to hold their Summer meet-
ings outside of Stretford, and in cou-
sequence the meeting on Tuesday,
May lith, will be held in Milyeeton,
On Tuesday evening, about, 850,
membeis of St. Petee's Lutheran
chureh, Broadhagen, gathered in .the•
basenaept of the church and aftev
calling m theit pastor, Rev, Johannee
Alberti and his family, elm Alberti,
Wad presented with a well-filled parse
of money on behalf of ehe men of the
congregation. Mine Alberti was pre-
sented with numerous quilts, comfort -
ere, sheets, pillovvmasee and a set of
dinner dishes from the women of the.
congregation, The Young People's,
Soeiety made a, presentation of aii
eleotrie power washing machine and:
, churn. Thie year's confirmation class
1 presented the minister and his wife
. with an electvic heater,
ISt, Marys loses a highly esteemed
and one of its oldest citizens
in the person of Cethetine 111c0raelc„
en, aged 84 years, who passed away
an Friday, at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs, Joseph Catey, Robinson at
West ward, She was born in the
Oorthey of Tyrone, Ireland, and earn°
to Canada at the age of five years,
following the earlier arrival of her
father, who settled in the Ceubty of
Yarmouth. near Se. Thocoas, Where
ehii WM) Married in 1870 to the late
Weer. Grahame, evite peedeceased ' het,
some 15, years ago, In 1870, theye
Ulna to Marys.