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o Fads in Huron Farming 1
W-EDNESDAY, AUGUST 8th, 1925,
BANKER DROPS DEAR
ON BOWLING GREEN (Good Orthodox Farming Practiced
Ernest M, Sharpe Succumbs While
• Engaged in Tournament at has not applied k since. The grass is
- Hanover, kept cut and thrown under the trees
ea a mall. A large peree ltae'e of
Hanover;' Aug.- 6—Seized with a the irs•es in this orchard are Spy., and
sudden attack of acute indigestion ail are set 35 feet apart, We ob-
while bowling with Kincardine rink at served that a srring bad been tied ti •
-
the Hanover lawn bowling tourna- round every other tree in each row
1110111. here this evening, Ernest M. 'and the trees thus marked ran clic-
Sharpe, 42 yeal'e of age, branch gonally across the orchard. When
manager of the Royal Bank of Kiri- asked for an explanation Mr, Cam-
oardine, collapsed 011 the green and eron :said: "The oru;hard is getting se
expired almost immediately, thick that lam shortening in the
The victim, acting;• as skip for 113s E h'il 1 branches of those marked trees, They
rink -was engaged in play when he will come out eventually and the re-
staining trees will stand 50 feet a-
- part."
"If' you were setting a young or-
chard, how far apart would you set
' Says?" we asked, And his answer
was: "I would set Spys 50 feet a- l
part on rich clay -loam soil, and 40 l
feet on sharp soil.
The trees in this orchard were well
supported with wires from branch to
branch. The wires were attached to
Huron County farmers refuse to the limbs by screw -eyes, and it has
be stampeded into cash crops. There been found that the wires must be
are 12,000 acres of beans grown, and renewed every 12 years.
considerable fall wheat, as well as ' There is a remarkable old tree in
some flax. Last year a few ventured . Mr. Cameron's orchard that has a
into tobacco,. but we did not intend to record worth mentioning, During
"bring that up." j the 8 years including and following
And, of course, there are onions, 11.918, this tree produced 120 barrels
which constitute quite an industry , of apples, tree run. The biggest
in South Huron. The poultry busi- crop in any year was 24 = barrels
and 22 -barrel crops were produced a
ness is progressing. ,but live stock pro- ' `
duction and grain growing are by couple of years. The tree is 35 feet
long odds the majorphases of Huron high, averages 44 feet across the
County agriculture. :branches and 'the trunk is 613 feet in
, circumference, two feet from the
There are 300,000 acres of assess-: around,
ed land in Huron, occupied by ap-•
Mr. Cameron applies four good
proximately 5,800 farmers. That sprayings in this case means two
means that in every farm there are applications — one from each side -
from 150 to 200 acres—sometimes Bordeau is used for the first spray the number would be greatly increas-
more. These farms are managed and and limo -sulphur for the other three. ori if stickers and+feeders, could be
worked by one ratan or two. A con-land
'husbandry seems to be gain- bought • cheaper in Winnipeg and
siderableportion of each farm has, other Western Canadapoints. John'
as a rule, been devoted to pasture; lag in popularity in Huron County.
gone quite extensively into sheep and $9,000 for cattle in Western Canada
last fall and fed 300 head through
in Huron County Run -out
Pastures Giving Place to Le-
gurnes — Cattle Feeding Still
in Style .— Good Horses Are
Popular.
a d14 tng of barnyard manure at
the late et 12 to 15 loads per acre,
He used ni'.rtdo of soda one year and
got 1tteh a gamy set of fruit that he
Last week's l"arnu'1•'s Advocate
had flu,' following ]tem in regard.. to
Huron County:—
S.'ION is one of those counties
11-1 where one sees good crops of
hay and grain where beef of cattle stilt
graze contentedly on the hillsides.
es.
and sheet) and wine are reared in
suffered the fatal seizure, Dr, D. R. appreciable numbers, It is It country
Finlayson, of Ripley, rushed to his side of substantial homes. Huron re -
assistance, but nothing could be done minds one of rural Ontario in that
to save his life. The opposing rink, era of quiet prosperity prior to the
out of 'respect for the deceased, int- was and hard times.
mediately withdrew, But there are more weeds showing
The late 142r. Sharpe was a native than in 'she old dajs when live stool:
of Leamington, Ont. He leaves a pastured, on the roadsides, and
widow and family of one son and Father, from some vantage point, clir-
three 'daughters. He was a member ected the boys in quest of wild mus
of the Anglican church. The remains tard, carrot and dock.
were forwarded to Kincardine to-
night.
CLINTON CHURCHES
MAY UNITE. BUILD
Proposal For Fine Structure Before
Two Congregations.
Clinton, Aug. 5 — Meetings were
held by the congregations of the
Wesley -Willis United Church and the
Ontario Street United Church to con-
sider the question of uniting the two
congregations.
Three propositions were placed be-
fore the Wesley -Willis meeting, one
being to rebuild the recently destroy-
- ed Wesley -Willis church themselves
at a cost of $30,000, another was to
unite with the Ontario Street and en-
Iarge that building a'c a cost of
$17,500, and the third was to unite
with the Ontario Street Church and
erec'c a church on the Wesley -Willis
site large enough to accommodate the
two congregations at an estimated
cost of $50,000.
The latter proposal met with the
almos's unanimous approval of the
Wesley -Willis congregation, and was
accordingly submitted to the meeting
of the Ontario Street Church congre-
gation. As the latter meeting was
not sufficiently representative of the
congregation no definite action was
taken, but the feeling of the meet-
ing was decidedly in favor of accept-
ing the proposition for union, and a
vote will be taken in the near future..
TEAM ATTACKED
BY ANGRY BEES
Swarm Seriously Stings Horses of
East Wawanosh Farmer—Man and
Son Also Stung—Were Drawing in
Nay at Time; Animals May Not
Survive.
Lucknow, August 3—An angry
swarm of bees caused plenty of
trouble for Thomas Congram, East
Wawanosh farmer, and his son, Wil-
fred, when the bees attacked a team
of horses the men were driving.
The team was drawing a load of
hay at the time, and as the cloud of
bees centred around the horses, Mr.
'Congram and his son hastily unhitch-
ed the team in an effort to escape.
The horses became frantic with the
stinging of the insects, and shortly
became insensible, while their bodies
were literally covered with the swarm
Men Badly Stung.
The men were badly stung while
trying to free the horses, and as the
attack,
Mr.
Con-
to
act c
,
bees continued
Gram and his son were forced to flee,
TUE BRUSSELS POST
FIRESTONE
WICK K. TiEST
The jar at left is filled with
Guam -Dipping solution. The
other jar is empty at first. One
end of the wick—made of
cords used in Firestone tires—
is placed in thessolution, the
other in the empty jar. Solu-
tion penetrates"entire length of
the cord wick showing that
Gum -Dipping saturates the
cords.
This exclusive Firestone pro-
cess insulates every fibre with
rubber, reduces internal friction
and gives thousands of extra
miles. Firestone tires cost no
more than ordinary tires. Your
local Firestone Dealer will glad-
lyoand save you
serve you,
money.
FIRESTONE TIRE B: RUBBER CO.
OF CANADA LIMITED
Hamilton, Ontario
Most Miles Per Dollar
restone
Builds the Only
GUM -DIPPED TIRES
G. B. McIntyre
Dealer Brussels
W. M. Henry in East Wawanosh, has Joynt, ex -DZ, L. A, slapped down
and this grass land is becoming un-
productive, or "run out" to use a last winter kept 90 breeding ewes.
00111111011 expression. The practice 1' the winter of 1927-28. Mr. Joynt did
e They are 4 short of averaging 1 ie
now is to break up a few acres of lambs per ewe this year. The ewes not consider it a very good deal, for
these old pas'cures every year and ; were wintered on alfalfa, hay, oats oats and barley •were worth so much
seed them down again with legumes and a few turnips. Last year the clip last winter that xis appeared, as he
or mixed grasses. was a trifle over 9 pounds per ewe, said " Like feeding gold dollars into
Driving throughout the County re- It is a little less this year but:of bet- cattle." One bunch of calves brought
Gently with G. A. Paterson, the Agri- ; ter quality, for the sheep were i down last autumn have since doubled
cultural Representative, we noticed i dipped and external parasites des- in weight and are slaking good gains
a piece of hilly land devoted to past- ; treyed Mr, Henry now dips his on the pasture now. It was Mr.
are. It appeared dry, even in a sea- sheep twice a year. The revenue Joynt's opinion that the cattle busi-
son of exceptional rain, and it was from the flock is figured something ness would remain good for a time,
practically barren. Adjoining itbut in order to make money the Cat
, like this: The fleece is worth $3 and
on the same kind of land, a tolerably la good lamb brings 310, The avertle must belpurehased right.
good crop of hay was growing, ani age lamb crop is 11A lambs to the Cattle feeders were not the first
a considerable portion of the crop I ewe, making $15 for lambs and $3 to recommend sweet clover silage; in
was alfalfa. The striking compari- for wool, or 318 in all that can be fact they condemned it even after
son admirably demonstrated the pos- chalked up to the credit of each ewe, dairymen had been converted' to its
sibilities undeveloped in much of merits. It was, therefore, interesting
Huron County's pasture land.
In the good old days when apple
trees were immune to bugs and blight,
the farmers in Goderich Township,
and to some extent throughout Huron
County, set some splendid orchards.
Potentially 'they are good orchards
still, but they are now neglected'.
Mr. Paterson informed us that there
are 12,000 acres of orchard in Huron
County, but only 1,000 acres of that
is managed on a commercial scale.
Thirty growers have subscribed to the
Spray Service, and information is
sent to 60 others on a supplementary
list, The wonder is that some enter-
prising fruit grower does not rent
these neglected orchards and 'trans-
form them, with the proper culture
and care, into profitable enterprises.
As an example of the possibilities
of fruit growing in Huron County,
the 60 acres of bearing orchard own-
ed by Major R. R. Sloan is striking
in 'she extreme. In all, 'Viejo): Sloan
has 75 acres of orchard, located near
Payfield in Croderich Township. The
soil seems to be admirably adapted
to a near -by pond. They later 1•e- for tree growth and fruit production,
ceived medical attention at their for the orchard is the picture of
homes. health and thriftines.. Unfortuna-
Veter'inary surgeons from Blyth , rely, this is an off year in Major
and I3olgrave, summoned to attend Sloane orchard, as it is in many other
the horses, slid everything possible to eviller& in Huron County. John
relieve the suffering' of the animals, -Joynt, ex -M. L, A.. near Lucknow ]n
which are both in a pitable condition; West Wawanosh Township, made the
their bodiea and heads seriously,
swollen,, For .a few days at least, it
will not be known whether the horses.
same coreplaint regarding crop 1all-
ul•e this year. His Spys apparently
set well in the spring, but it was a
can be saved, such vicious attacks on false dhow and most of 'che frust
horses by bees being very rare• dropped. We found Kenneth Camel. -
This was the second calamity in
two days to fall to Mr: Congram,
During Thursday night's electrical
storm his house was hit by lightning,
on in the same township more optim-
istic regarding prospects. Mr, Cam-
eron has a S iS acre orchard, 'which
for 10 years yielded about 1,000 bar-
, the bolt stnashing one of the chim- role annually. The crop will be eon-
neys, Fortunately, the house was sidorahly less than that this year for
not set on fire, Mr. Cameron figures that the leaf
.;. - roller has already knocked 150 bar -
An aerial passenger cableway rels off the crop,
nearly two miles long and a half -mile There is a striking lesson in 0l.• -
lit the air is to be constructed in chard has been ill sod for 18 years
Ceecllo-Slovakia, and every other year it has received
There is a growing flock of Dor-
sets on this farm now headed by an
outstanding Dorset ram, pictured at
the upper corner of this page. Three
Dorset ewes in this flock gave birth
to 17 lambs in 13 months.
A great many Western cattle come
into Hnron County every year, but;
to hear Mr. Joynt say 'chat he had
filled his silos a couple of times with
sweet clover and thought it just as
good as corn silage. A Scotchman
feeding for hint one winter also voic-
ed his approval.
Wonder is expressed sometimes
SOME DAYS
There is perhaps some much desired thing that you
are looking forward to, some day. It may be a
home, a trip or some cherished dream of your own.
Whatever it is,
regular deposits in
a Savings Account
in this Bank will
bring realization
closer.
It is a simple matter
to open an Account
with us.
Interest compounded
half yearly.
THE BANK OF NOV
A SCOTIA
ESTABLISHED 1432
Capital $10,000,000 Reserve $20,000,000
Total Assets over $260;000,000
J, A. Mc1.EOD, General Manager, Toronto
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ALITTLE attention in tiiediat"ly to cutting
Sow 'Thistle will prevent millions of seeds
being scattered over your farm and your neigh-
bor's farm,
Sow Thistle is one of the nl )st pernicious
weeds in the province, It has been on the in-
crease. Further increase means loss of hun-
dreds of thousands of dollars, Get it under con-
trol now before it gets your faun under control,
JOHN S. MARTIN,
Minister of .
Agriculture.
G, R. PATERSON,
Agricultural
Representative.
that, C, B. Middleton, Goderich Town-
ship, can get through with so much
work without ever being in a hurry
and never behind, h'Ir, Middleton is
farming 300 acres; 25 to 30 acres are'
devoted to beans and some to the
fall wheat, but this killed out badly
last winter. He has a -10-acre block
of orchard in the prime of bearing,
and this includes a largo percentage
of spys. Another small Spy orchard..
is rented. A small orchard of Spys
and McIntosh Reds was set recently,
Last year '75 trees of ,Salomes
brought in about $1,400 and Salomes
aoe not 111 the same class with Spys
IS CHOSEN PRESIDENT
and "Macs," lion, Peter Heenan, Minister of
Ms. Middleton keeps about 50 to Labor for Canada, who has just been
60 ewes and annually feeds quite a chosen President of the organization
few cattle. When the next farm sur- committee of the international Lab-
vey is made Mr. thout ton's way of or Conference at Geneva, which is
doing things without worry and 110W in session.
hurry should be recorded.
There is a striking example in
Stephen Township of what can be,
done with those "useless little sam-
ples" of grain that are sent out from
the 0. A. C. Several ,years ago
Harold Wolper secured a little bag
of the 0. A. C. 144 oats. One of the
best crops of oats to be seen in Hur-
on County this year is growing on
Mr. Waiper's farm, and is traces
back to the sample received from
Guelph.
Our tour in Huron also included a
visit to the farm of Frank Wood
who recently sold th young Shorthorn
bull calf, "Wychwood," to Thomas
E. Wilson, of Chicago, for 35,500.
The herd was in splendid condition
and there are still sonic calves in the
stable 'chat Mr. Wood believes will
rival the high, priced calf in merit
when they reach his age.
During a respite from the hayfield,
J. C. Powney, East Wawanosh Town-
ship, gave us some interesting figures
concerning the production of his hens
during last winter and showed us a
comfortable and convenient hen-
house, capable of acconnnodacing
from 400 to 500 birds, which he had
constructed ata cost of 365. But
here are the records -0n January
1st there were 230 hens in the flock.
They were about half and half Gul-
lets and yearlings.
I•n January they lard 2,154 eggs,
which sold for $80.53.. The feed that
month was worth $47,20.
In ,February the egg record was
2,989. The eggs sold for 3105.64.
The feed cost $47; there was a little
left over from January, ,
The March production was 3,234
eggs worth 398.91. The feed cost
350.78.
In April 56 hens were sold and 2,-
208 eggs were laid, These were
worth 358.17 and the feed cost
345.10.
The May record was 2,801 eggs
laid and 54 hens sold. The eggs were
t
worth 357.09 and the feed cost
324.10.
In. November and December of
1927 'the hens just about paid their
way. "September and October aro
the two dullest months for eggs," Mr.
Poveney said,
The economical henhouse to which
we referred was constructed in the
upper part of a lean-to attached to
the barn. The windows face the east
with adequate provision made for
fresh air through cotton or open
'sash, - The nests are orange boxes
with one side removed. tad!) box
stakes two nests, for it already has
a partition in it, The glass, chicken
wire, tar paper, nests and all the ac-
cessories together cost 365. Mr,
Powney said that visitors were quite
impressed with the accommodation
provided for the ihono at so little ex-
pence, and othershad made similar
readjustments in/their buildings.
Mr, Powney hatched over 500
chicks this year, "'1 moot have good
FAVORED AT GENEVA
Charles Evans Hughes, nominated
by 26 nations, who now are joined
by Italy and Poland, ror one vacant
position on the Permanent Court of
International Justice at The Hague.
ClL1l1fAN5'h 11101.
'a
0l'h'St Passenger Ail•ltllp Service Over
Anent le.
"LZ127 will be ready about four
months before tho hist 13rStisli air's
ship."
Such 15 the reply that comes from
Friederlekshaven, an the shore's of
Lake Constance, to Conunander
Aurney's recent statements as to the
dramatic race no11' In progress, be-
tween Britain and GerntanY, for the
carrying out of the first passenger
airship flight across rho Atlantic:.
Dr. Eckner, 3110, with money rais-
ed by public subscription, is respono-
ib7e for the construction of Ger-
medanyas'shasopor-airship further Is quot-
ving said
"The work has made such progress
we can reckon on the completion of
LZ127 by the beginning of May."
If this estimate is realized, it is
expected that, after the minimum
possible number of trial flights over
the continent, the new Zeppelin., will
make .its first aerial voyage across the,
Atlantic in August next. It is Plan-
ned to continuo the journey from
North to South Aon"rirn without an
Intermediate landing.
LZ127 has a gas capacity of 105,-
000
05,000 cubic metres awl will be ail.' to
cover• 3,750 miles without having to
land. Given favorable woather con-
ditions It expects to make the North -
Atlantic a •fin In from 00 to 80
hours, and the crossing to Buenos
Ayres, South America, to from 00 to
100 flours,
The claim for the Zepp' Sin's speed
and radios of acting, la largely based
on a revolutionary method of fuel -
ting, design •d to r, du:'e the w: t ht
which must be carried for title pur-
pose The airship mntorr are to ha
..Il i3 01.11 ::- it" i mixture no
heavier than air which w'.1 he stored
in great quantiti••s :n etimpartments
in the body of the at'3' p. It is
claimed that by this mei hod, for long
voyages, a dead lveicht of 80,000
kilograms wiil be sa:-ed.
Day and night sliIlts are working
at Friederiekshavenh, and t`oltlmander
Burney's statements have intensified
the efforts being. made with a view
to Germany winning the dramatic
race for the first passenger airship
flight across the. Atblatie,
luck to put a good pullett in the
pen in 'she fall costing no more than
31.30," he said.
During the winter feeding period
the hens in this flock had dry mash or
rolled oats before tllenl all the time.
Morning and night their feed consist-
ed of buckwheat, fall wheat, oats and
barley, and they were obliged 'co
scratch for it. The warns mash ata,
noon consisted of shorts and bran
with cod liver oittui1 what milk there
was to spare, They had turnips
every day.
When asked regarding the net profit
per hen, Mr. Powney sid, "I have not
carried my figures far enough this
year to determine what the hens
have cleared; but I remember selling
eggs at 12 cents to 15 cents per doz-
en, and,2 good cockerels for a quar-
ter, and' then I know hens cleared for
me $1,58 per year,"
SEAFORTH
RACES
The midsummer meet of the Sea -
forth Turf Association was held on
the Driving Park on Wednesday of
ternoon of this week. Owing to the
catchy weather which has delayed
haying and harvest, and consequently
kept many country patrons at Thome,
there was not the attendance there
was at the June meeting, but there
was, nevertheless, a big crowd. The
track was in fine shape and last, and
the program of racing well merited
the large attendance.
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The summary:
sale greet ur 'Plate, Parse 5850
Sid Hal, Dr, Whiteley, Goclerich 3 4111
Carl Private, A, Allan, Waterloo 11 3 2 2
Jean Peters, Laughton, Apptn 2 2 2.3 s
Billy Fitch, •T, Price Dunnville 4 2 4 1 4
Time -2,12, 2,1'1; 2,18; 2,16; 2,10,
(.11 'rent or Ynoe, Parso 5880
Willis Gratton, Mfrs, Hodgins,
Stratroy 1 11
Joo tInko, C.-k,etttt, Lambeth ,,2 s 2
Bing Grattan, J. Wenwood, -Merlin 4 3'4
�t V Guy, eafnrth
646
OliverPoe I. 1 S
Y,
Peggy Alletl on, 4Vliiyoloy, Goderich,1113
6 8
Peter Patch 1lowatrue. Weston 8 0 1
Mae Togo, 11 Smith, Guo1.31h (6:11
7 s
b 10 ,Irrot or Paw. Purse -3010
0041e c. rattan, (1.0, Litt, Mitchell 42151
Ward 13n1sm, Lowery, Seaforlh.,.,e1215
Pial Mierlilun, Mc Mantis, Coderieb 64224d
Teddy 100 1105, llunseith & Coup -
land "1063
i'017i3011a Grattan, Shenerd 0 Fraser•
'7td-
llillie 11n1c0, Fraser ze \Vnitams
Dutton 11284
Robt. D, Lee, Rowntree, Weston ,004011
Dar]cey Boy, :girdling, EXOter
TleIn .1414; 2,11; 2.10 1,1036; 2,10.
Starter, Stan,.Burns; Judges, Dr,
Clark, William Cravat, William' Mar-
tyr:: Clerk ei 000110, A. D. Sutherland.
its
Walter C. Johnson, inventor, of
the first motor -scooter, recently died
at Coleman's Hetch, England, at the
age 'Of 80.
More than 40 icebergs were noted
in one day by the Cunard liner An -
sone during a recent voyage from
Canada, to Englond.
AUCTION SALE
AUCTION SALE 0'n HOUS111HOLD E1.
MOTs, 003. 131ovOr,14, h0-0. 01 . Scott,
Auctioneer, has been inBtrncted to sell et Et.
leabeth street, Brussels, on Saturdny, Aug.
181(1, at 2 o'clock, the fonowin g : 1 three-piece
parlor suite, l music cabinet, 1 large kitchen
ranee, 1 electric range, 1 coal henter,1 noel
011 heater, 1 oouah, 1 parlor rug, 2 rocking
chairs, 2 bedsteads, mattresses and Springs,1
square oak dining -room table, an assortment
of kitchen obatrs. I outdoor swing, 1 child's
cot. 1 oradlti and mattress, 1 wicker baby
baggy, 1 baby's high chair, 1 cow, 1 butter
churn. 1 bievale, other sundry furnIshtnua,
colleotion or jars, jogs and other numerous
other articles. Terms -08.h. 0VOLLEO B, Prop.
Popular Stallions
ROUTE FOR TM) PURE BSOED
CLYDESND ADD STALLION
Royal Buchlyvie
28240
Enrolment No, 2308. Form 1,
1cONDAT-Will leave his own Stable.
Lot 10, Con, 10, Grey, and go South and
East to Nell D. McNair's, Lot 21, Con,
14, Crey, for noon; then South and
East to Jos, Me&ay's Lot ss, Con, 10,
Grey, for night, -
TUESDAY -W111 go North and West
to Coo. It Spelran for noon; then
North and West to his own stable
where he will stay until Thu)'sdaY
horning.
TSIURSDAY-W111 go North and West
to Lonls 1000hl's, 1,01 0, Con. 4, Grey,
fon' noon, then South and East to his
own stable for night.
:P'ItTDAY-'will go by Ethel. and North
to John Pearson's, Tot 22, Con, 4, Grey
for noon; then East and South to '5113
own stable for night,
SATURDAY-WillIll go West through
Brussels to Piston CarciifC's I52orris,
for noon then South and East in,
c`ranbroolr to 1118 own stable until the
following Monday morning.
I01{II0-$28,00 payable) Feb. 1, 1510.
All accidents at owners risk.
R. L. MoDONALD,
Owner and Groom.
The Imported Clydesdale Stallion
Nutberry
No, 23218
Enrolment No. 850, Form A. 1
Premium No. 154
JAMES LEIPER, Prop.
MONDAY—Will leave his own
stable, Lot 10, Con. 11, Hullett, and
proceed North to Thomas Laidlaw's
Morris forenoon; thence East to Wm.
Sholtlice's, Grey for the night,
ITUES]AY—Will ,proceed Soutllt.
and West to Ilerbert Kirkby's for
noon; thence West and South to his
own stable,
iThis route will be continued
throughout the season,' health and
weather permitting.
:TERMS—$16 payable Feb. lot4
1929; all accidents at the risk of
the owner's of mares.
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