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Home My WebLink AboutThe Clinton News Record, 1921-10-6, Page 2eteemesmeamee, G, D. IlecTAGGART M. P. MeTAGGART McTaggart Bros. 4 GENERAL I3ANICING 13U81' NESS TRANSACTED. NOTES DeSCOUNTE'D, DRAFTS ISSUED. INTEREST ALLOWED ON PR. POSITS, SALE NOTES CHASED. , H. T. RANGE - NOTARY PUBLIC, CONVEY, ANGER, FINANCIAL REAL ESTATE AND FIRE INSUR- ANCE AGENT. REPRESENT. ING 1.4 FIRE INellItANCE 'COMPANIES. DIVISION Cotnrr oPricA CLINTON, BRYDONE, /3ARRISTER, SOLICITOR, „NOTARY PUBLIC, 'ETC. *lice- Sloan Block *CLINTON DR. .1. C. GA.NDIER -Office 11ourc-1.30 to 0.30 to 9.00 p.m. Sundays 12.30 ti L30 en. Other hours by appointment only. Oflico and Residence -Victoria et DR. G. SCULLARD Office in Dr. Smith's old stand, Maim Street, Bayfield. Office Hours: 1 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m, Phone No. 21 on 624. G. S. ATKINSON, D.D.S., D.D.S. (Graduate Royal College of Dental Surgeons and Toronto University.) Denial Surgeon Has office hours at Bayfield in old Post Office Building, Monday, Wed- nesday, Friday and Saturd,ay from 1 to 5.30 p.m. CHARLES B. DALE. Conveyancer, Notary Public, CoMmiesioner, Etc. , REAL ESTATE end INSURANCE lesuer of .Marriage Licenses 1.1 CRC N STREET, - CLINTON, GEORGE ELLIOTT Licensed Auciioneer for tile County of ninon. Correspondence promptly answered. Immediate arrangements can be made for Sales Date at The News -Record, Clinton, or by ' calling Phone 203. Charges moderate and satisfaction guaranteed. er m- e -Tlidel TABLE - Trains will arrive at and depart Scorn Clinton Station as follows: BUFFALO AND GODelltICH DIV. Going east, depart 6.28 a.m. f. 2.52 P.m. Going West fir. 11.10, dp. 11.15 a.m. Sr. 6.02. dp. 6.47 p.m. " CC. 10.03 p.m. LONDON, DIMON .4 BRUCE DIV, Going South, at. .823, Me 8,23 can. 4.25 p.m. Going North depart 6.40 p.m. " 21.07, 11.11 aair. The McKillop intual Fire -Insurance Company head office, .Feaforth, Ont. Deer CrUll. President, Ja.nes• Connolly, Goderichi Vice., James Evans, Basch cod; Sec.-Treitsureri Thos. 14. dap% Sea.. fortis. • Directors: George McCartney, See. Perth; D. F. MeGreg..e, Seaforth; G. Grieve, Walton; Wm. Ems, Sea. forth; M, McEnen, Clinton; &obeli terries, Harlack; .John lionneweir. ihrodhugen; Jar. Connul,y, Godericki, Agents: Alex Lettere Clinton; J. W. leo, Goderich; lie. Hinchrey, iscalorti; . Cheeney, EgmentrvIthn G. Jar. Brodboon. Any money .... be paid :a mar ne, paid to Moorish Cloth.:4 Co., Clinton. or at CUtt's Grocery, Goderich. Parties delict to sheet insuranci tteasaet .,the business will <be giromptlY attended t.t on applielik100 te any of the above ufficers addressed ta their respective post offica. Lama" irsoteted Lry the director *he gree ...serest the scene. Clinton News -Record CLINTON. ONTARIO. Terms of subscription, -$2.00 per year, in advance to Canadian addresses; $2.50 to tho U.S. or other foreign countries. No paper discontifibid until all arrears are paid unless at the option of the publisher. The date to which every subscription is paid is denoted on the label. Advertising aates-Tranetent *dyer. Mseinents,Iti cents per nonpareil line lot first insertion and 5 cents per line for each subsequent inset. don, Small advertisements not to exceed one inch such as "Loat,' "Strayed," or Stolen," etc., insert- ed once far OS cents, and each anent insertion 15 cents. Communications intended for public4,. don must, as a guarantee of good faith, be accompanied by the name 04 the writer, 0. It. HALL, U. U. CLAW!, Proprietor. Editor. Sheep Are Accurate Barometers. • Experienced eimpherds declare that sheep turn then. Meade to the Weld when the day le goingeta be flee; if they graze with their tans to wind- ward it ts a sure sign of rein, 6 Seed Pearls Used as Medicine. i Per the low tease of eded-Peaele , there is a eoteteet demand taming ' Oriental physitianisand apothebarien Who grind thee fateedi,P.owder and ad, eithlistee it te petite:at de a eine for itaty Ithe Addrese cemmunIcatlena to Ainellemisa 74 Adelaide et, Woo, Tbram., Clean Cows mid Clean Itlillters. Healthy ems seerete healthy Bacteria and dirt get into the after it is (hewn from the cow or in the process of milking, The cow le not the guilty party, Milk does eot come from the cow entirely fees from bacteria, because it is impossible to keo the teats of the cow sterile; however, we can keep them cleat and reduce contamination front this source. The deem of the teats and the body tempernture of the cow af- ford ideal conditions for the bacteria to intiltiply and, the best we can do, the lower duets of the -teats will con- tain a considerable =neer of bac- teria. By using the first few jets of milk to wash out the ducts, the milk that goes into the pail will be practi- cally free from bacteria. If proper care is taken at this stage of pro- duction, the few bacteria which get into the 'milk from this source are of but little consequence. On the other hand, cows that have loc‘ea diseaeee of the udder may give milk which at times is contaminated with the bacteria which cause this disease. There it a well-founded opinion in medical circles that such germs can live and pass into -the body of the user and cause the same dis- ease as the cow was affected with. This shows us that tuberculosis of the udder may readily be transmitted to human beings, or to young stock. Milk from unhealthy cows should never be used by human beings, or to feed yonng stock on the farm. No matter how well the other require- ments ere met, if the cows producing the milk are not all in good health we fail. After proper precautions in milking we are confronted by other troubles. First, it is °et:posed to dust and dirt in the stable, which consists largely of dried manure and urine from the floor. The cow is fiot a particularly cleae animal and the same materials that are bound on the floor will be found, in a greater or less- degree, dried upon her flanks, belly and tail. If the long hail. on the rev's tell, flanks and udder are not clipped and 'brushed and the udder washed the movements of the cow and milker set in motion a rain of this bacteria - laden duet and the swishing of the cow's tail only adds to the trouble. The dried exereneut dust is rich in organic matter and loaded with bacteria from the intestates and urin- ary passages of the cow, which -thrive and multiply on the food thus given them. By adhering to this solid dirt they get into milk and find ideal places to grow and multiply. When. we drink such milk we take in many of the former inhabitants of the cow's stomach and intestines. The thought of this becomes repuleve when we re- member that the cow ma Y be throw- ing off tuberculosis bacilli :before the disease appears -elsewhere. There is greater danger in milk being con- taminated from this source than be- fore it leaves the udder. Such bacteria cause serious diseases when taken int the human stomach end intes- tines. Dried excrement from the cows body will cause this kind- of contamination and undoubtedly plays even a greater part when the cows are kept in a filthy, dust -laden stable so common on dairy farms. Hay and straw dust will give rise to 710 Very serious diseases, but it will tend to hasten the souring. of the milk, and, cause varieus bacterial growths that will impart a disagree- able odor and taste to the milk. Such dust is as much out. of place so far as clean milk is concerned- as the other. Lactic acid germs are always present where cenditione are right for their growth and development, mad while they do not affect the sanitary qualities of the milk, they do affect its keeping qualities. The milkers and handlers of milk in the dairy rooms are a prolific coerce of contamination. ,Unclean method.s of milking "and handling of the pro- ducts afford opportunities for the pol- lution of the milk by disease organ- isms, as well as dust and dirt that adheres to the inilker's hands and clothing. Here is where such disease bacteria as typhoid, scarlet fever and diphtheria get into the milk. Milk as ir comes from the healthy cow, does not contain these bacteria. They mime from the outside after the milk is drawn from the cow. Any person wee has been attending a sick epee.. son tem mit wink among cows oe 511 the dairy room witheet being a soneee Of . danger to MI who use the milit from such a dairy, Typhoid, ellphs therla and scarlet fever outbreaks without number prove this point With their deadly results, • In the care of &yew utenelis there is still further chance of coeteminas teen. This trouble is not from bac. Mela that coinmenly adhere to these utensils but from those introduced in handling and washing. Washing and curing for the dairy utensils is very exec -Eng from the standpoint of :cleanliness and the quelity of the water ased. A supply of ;bacteria:. laden water which will leave some of the bacteria on the utensils is. an insidious source of Unger to cote smilers of milk. When the milk goes into these utensils there is a fresh supply of these bacteria ready to thrive ane multiply on their new sup- ply of feed and they grow and mul- tiply with disastrous results. If ty- phoid germs are in- well -water they will have a chance to contaminate any milk that goes into the utensils after they home been washed in such water. Numerous other -kinds of bacteria such as those that cause ropy, colored end slimy milk are frequently in well- wethe that is used in washing the dairy utensils. Cooling the milk immediately after it is drawn front the cow will retard the development of bacteria end the more the temperature is lowered the more the bacterial growth will be retarded. Milk that is promptly re- d.uced in temperature to forty degrees Fahrenheit, naid held at that temper- ature until ready for use, will keep for a long time. When the milk is shipped to the city the trouble is invariably with the morning milk, which goes into the cane without be- ing properly cooled. In the fresh milk the bacteria soon exceed that. in the older milk that has been prop- erly cooled, Coaling the milk does not kill any of the disease -producing bac- teria or the lactic acid' bacteria, so that it can not take the place of cleanliness in the production of milk. AR of the bacteria present in cold milk will become active as soon as the temperature conclitione become favor- able. Cleanliness is of first import- ance and cooling is next. Many instructive and entertaining articles have been written on the sub- ject of clean milk, and if all of this advice could be carried out, a prac- tically clean product could be made. But the success of such a plan in- volves expenses that would work hardship upon many of the producers at'the present time. This is not say- ing that good milk cannot be made at present prices, but to show that the dairymen who have a few come can make clean milk withotet hiving any very elaborate equipment. He can keep his milk clean by simply giving attention to the few simple details of handling the milk end. the small expense involved will require but a small outlay of time and money. Among the essentials of clean milk I would name a healthy cow, milked Ill a clean stable, by a clean milker a-nd clean -covered pail, and handled only by clean and healthy attendants in a clean dairy room' and put into clean shipping cans and immediately cooled down to forty or fifty degrees and held at that temperature until ready to be shipped. By clean and sanitary milk I mean only such a degree of cleanliness as outlined in this article, and which does not involve expenses that are entirely out of reach of the' dairyman's means. Healthy cows and cleanliness will give milk that is bacteria free. Cold will keep it in this condition. We can not get sanitary milk from told, dirty milk, or from warm, clean milk. Both fac- tors are essential to success. Most of the diet which- gets into milk falls into the pail during milk- ing. A large part of this dirt may be kept out by .the use of a small top or partially covered pail. In producing clean inn- it is not more knowledge that we need so much as it is the desire to do decently the things we already know.. It is easy for the scientist to tell us how to keep harmful baeteria out of milk, but in our every day work we axe doing pretty well if we succeed in keeping out something that is called by a different name. LI. . Encouraging Nature Study One day last spring, a little gill asked me if ft *ere true that robins liked to eat other -things then worms I replied that rebin.e woule eat fruit when they were thiesty if they could find no teeter. "Oh, ,Ittee nhen they're thirety," she exclaimed in a tone of surprise. "Then I had better give them a basin of water, -because father gets terribly peovoked at the robins when he sees them in our cherry tree or in the strawberry patch." I told he that in the strawberry patch robins were much more likely to hunt the grubs ,and cutworms that Injure the roots of the vines than to eat the strawberries, but that they did like cherries. I asked hell if she would like to make friends with the birds and fix a place in her garden where they could drink when they were thirsty or. bathe and splash about in the warm weather. She was delighted with the idea of making zomething tiedel and) wanted to know lime to build a bird bath. I gladly peornieed to help het Make one, nate accordingly I went to her Immo ane meening soon after our convereation. Together we gathered several baskets full of small stones front a vacant lot 'near her home, then :ore Seleeted a spot in -en open specs in her -garden where we set up a pyramid about three feet high, After we had finished it we filled Et big flower -pot saucer With water and placed it on top of the pyramid. When the warm weather came the birds used this bath so much that the water had to be changed several times a- clay. But the pleasure of watching the different birds that came to the garden to, quench their thirst and splash about in the cool water move than compensated for the -slight trouble of filling the bath, The other members of the child's family became as much interested, in their feathery friends as the little mason who had built the bath, and the practical fails - cc observed with satisfaction that his fruit trees were.less aetractiva to ,the birds. But God hits made no better thing's In all the stars that vise end 'set Than life that grows by cherishing And cannot leiter or forget. Courage -is helped by encourage- ment. Help others by giving it freely. "Whatevee his trials, the Pinner dime eat know the. horror of having no fooe in Isis cupboard."----Vivieri. "A righteous mean raga:Meth: the life of hie bast, but the tendee mer - Met of the Wieked are ruel,".--VU- Verbs Nly, 4 , Canada on Guard. In' his address, urging' the removal of the embargo on cetele been the Boyish :Conamiesion of Inquiry in, Jilog. laud, the Hommel/le S. V, Tommie, Do- minion Minister of Acolculturq, gave details of the successfnl efforts that are being made lea the protection of Canadian live e:tock front diSellktt, pointed out that the Health of A.ni- mels Branch., upon vithich the work -dependet consisted of a- Veterinary Director General, im assistant Diree- tor General, and: a staff Of qualified inspectors, all geed:niece of a veterin- eey coliege -tied who had parsed a qualifying examenatione that reseamb and -biological laboratories are main - tamed; that Inspection end quarantine stations extend right along the na- tional 'border, tied that animals enter- ing the count-ry are subject to rigid examination. He mid that there was no record. of an outbreak of Eime-and- Mouth disease within the booed:trim of Canada and that the only cases known here were la two consignments which came from Greet Britain her, self 57 years ago. Both Foot -and - Mouth disease and pleuro -pneumonia had occurred' in the United States, but neither disease had eller crossed the boundary, Rinderpest, or cattle plague, has never occurred in Canada., and any of the rare appearances ef anthrax have been instantaneously and vigorously dealt with. Cattle mange, which has occasionally been found in a limited area, has- been vire teeny eliminated Heavy penalties are inflicted under the Contagious Diseases Act if any attempt is made to remove live stock without a special permit from any quarantined district. When animals are exported they are subjected to the most careful inspec- tion.. If the ember& were lifted even more stringent measures, if pos- sible, would be taken to prevent the importation of unhealthy cattle. Twenty -fur outbreaks of Foot -and - Mouth disease were known to have occurred in Great Britain in 1920, but it had not been permitted' to enter this country. If it were possible for Can. ads to safely -import cattle from eddies the seas in such, circumstances, it was surely possible for Britain to import safely from here. Canadian store cattle can be shipped with free- dom to France and other coon -trial. Since the embargo came into force over three million cattle from Canada had been slaughtered at British ports and not a single ease of Foot -and - Mouth disease or Pleuro-mneumonia had been discovered, Dr. Tohnie quoted British authorities in support of his contention, gave figures to prove the advantages that would ac- crue to the Mother Country by ree move of the embargo, and suggested that an impetus would be given to the importation of pure-bred stock. He further said that under normal -condi- tions this country can be depended upon to export from 200,000 to 400,- 000 head of store cattle annually. Fighting Quack Grass With- out a Hoe. One of the farmer's problems is to met a crop that -he wents, avoid a crop that be does -not want, and get out on the right side of the ledger. One of the methods" of -getting rid of such pests as thistles and quack -grass that has been suggested is to put a ce- ment pavement over the place and keep it there for a few years, or as a cheaper substitute: cover the land with tarred pa -per till the existing plants are smothered out, all of which seems paying too much, assuming that the desired result could be ob- tained. Another method, not involving much use ef the ho -a, and, which looks good on paper, however it might work out in practice, has teen suggested, viz., to seed the plant to alfalfa and crop the alfalfa till the weeds are choked out. If that would work it would seem hard to beat; but, like the 'story of the Swede who want- ed his chum to jump from the dock to the ferry, and suggest- ed that he might snake it in a couple of jumps, there might he an initial difficulty in getting the stand of. alfalfa. Perhaps such suggestions may look like the cogitations of a man too lazy to work, hunting for some easy way; but if such men really find the easy way they are public benefactors. If Such meterial should net be used for they fail they are called dreamers. bedding or thrown into manure. We judge by the results. Fact is, to (5) Fell plowing, thoroughly done, be honest, none of us care torlo work especially early, kills many borers. for nothing. . Heavy rolling Rice to plowing is sag - But to .get beet to the subject, we gusted. (6) Burn weeds and grasses in or near infested corn, (7) Early planted- corn is most like- ly to become'infested; consequently, somewhat later planting usually re- sults in relatively loss injury. Most people overestimate their sorrows said undervalue their joys, difficulty more than the mail-order farmer, who Is compelled by force of eireamstanceff to accept finch results DS he can get from Ohm, 13111% ov-en for the man on the job it is no easy trick, To any who are interested ins getting results of this kind, the eels lowing experience is recited; Last spring we decided to put; in some senflewers for ellege. op a plet flint had quite a patch of solid quack - grass on it; and by such cultivation as could be Othined we heed to hold the quack beck till the sunflowers eot going, and it looked fel. a while hue is losing game; but fighting one weed with a more vigorous and thrifty orie is pretty good logic, and surely the reeder will admit that the sunflower is a hustler, Well, pretty soon the eunflowere were reaching up higher than the quack could; nail --unlike corn, the broad terms of the sunflowers left eo spaces between for the sunlight to .get down to where the quack was; and the groundlings began to look rather pale but still there. Then came the, second part of the play. The sunflowers word then abeut six or eight feet high and fairly steciry. As a methed of getting rid some of the quack without laying off from the baying, we turned- the sheep into the field, They immediately be- gan teaming the quack into mutton without charge, picking only the low- er leaves of the senflowers that would soon fell off anyway, ance doing little other harm. This done, they were turned out. Now the ground looks pretty clean, without any labor ex- pense to get it, and we 'hope the quack will not be so robust next spring. -me The Autumn o' tile Year. When the leaves are turning rece And the long hot days are over; When the silo's full o' corn And the barn is full o' clover; Men potato 44gging's, And the husking time is near- -I kind o' like the rush o' things In the autumn o' the year, • ; Then we roll out in the morning Long before the rising sun, Ere the breaking of the day' Have our early climes all done., The griddle cakes aro 'baking And the cook is full o' cheer - I kind o' like the mornings In the autumn o' the year. When the twilight shadows quicken Azle the evenings grow apace, And -we form the family circle In it kind o' homely grace, With papers, books and fancy -work The passing hours to cheer - I kind o' like the evenings In the autumn o' the year, Now the elver threads -appearing On the beads o' loving wives, Tells us that the years ere passing And it's autumn of our lives; That the time of our departure And our gathering in is near; Still we hail with growing pleasure The autumn o' the year. Corn Borer Causing Serious Damage. Owing to the extensive -spread of the European Corn Borer in the Province of Ontario and the States of New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio, in 1921, fifty official entomologists end agriculturists of Canada and the United States -recently met at San- dusky, Ohio, and St. Thomas, Ontario. It was recognized that the natural spread of the insect and its establish- ment over large areas, makes exter- mination Impossible and it was agreed that efforts- be detected to 'check fur- ther spread so far as possible one to promote the speedy development of practical control measures. The 'conference adopted the follow- ing methods of control,- which have been found of value: - (1) Cut corn clio.se to the ground and. as early as- possible. (2) Ensle entire crop wherever possible, and this should include all waste from canning factories. (8) Shred or cut cornstalks before feeding, since this kills many borers and promotes consumption of the fodder. (4) Uneaten corn etalks, including corn stover in field, lot or barn or parts of stalks sheuld be completely plowed or 'burned before May 15th. all start out in the spring, hoe in hand, or with seine more effective instrument, resolved to keep the land clean this year. But by the hale the days get hot and the weeds -come fast, they begin to get the better of us, and soon the -battle is lost, again for us and won by the weeds. No one feels 'this Saskatchewan Farm Revenue, 1920 The Province of Saskatchewan is noted for the vast quantities of grain it annually precludes, :in.& the figure -s for 1920, which:have just been issued by the Provincial Department of Agriculture, not only corroborate flue, but also reveal the fact that breathe being a grain -grower it re -calves large revenue froin livestock activi- ties. The official figures give the! total value of agricultutal products tied livestock as $549,997,969, of which sum:the value oil agricultural peoducts is $808,967,219, and, live- stock, $241,030,755. Of the agricultural products pro - flu -cod in- the province last year, wheat leads all other veins in value, in fact, cue much as all, 'ether produets combined. Slightly over ten million acres were planted in, wheat, fetnia which 113,185,274 bushels were pro- duced, valued ert $175,859,674. This conmaxes vary favorably With the preceding yeas when the crop was meth Satittgdr. Of tho other gettins grown, oats stand' out predominately, 141,549,000 bushels, valued -at $58,035,000, being grown on 5,106,822 acres. Those Reeves it:Heath, to -a largo extent, the eget:nation in which this .greit is held by SaisltotelieWart fertneele Both the acreage and the yield axe the largest since 1916. The value of creamery products, owing to an intensive eeincational campaign conducted by. government end oth-er officials interested among the farmers of Saskatchewan, has- in- creased phenomenally. in 1916 the to- tal value of dairy products was- $1 - 838,180, increasing to $2,221,403 in 1918 and to the record figure of $23,- 043,048 in 1920. Homes and mules, to- the number of 948,280, were valued at $1.51,724,800, w.hith is more than 'half the total value of livestock and more than the combined value of all' other 11m:elk:c1t. Cows were second value with $85,- 450,100, followed by ether -cattle, $26,- 673,075; swine, $7,725,600; steers:, $7,- 191,140; calves, $6,526,160; bulls, $4,- 180,100; -and- sheep, $1,609,180. Lest year there were in operation ibroghout the peovince it tote of 3,600 grain elevators-, ranging hi size from the small 35,000 bushel seandard to the mammoth government deem: tor, with a capacity of one einem ibushele and: more These ole -vs -tore, a large proportion of which are owned and operated- by :farmers' organize- tiona, have se totei otheage capacity of 110000,000 lyasbala, Butter ScOri110 COX406t8. This in the third year cif the Do- minion Batter Scoring Contest conducted by the Dairy and Coed eitorege Branch -of the Departs meat ff Agriculture at Ottawa, Last year awl the ye -us' before four cream - miles In each province conteibuted is fourteen pound Kemple each month from May to October inclusive for the eompetitioe. This year six creamers ies in each Proyinee are .competing, a (lament treamery each month from May to Oeoher sending in a sample, The scores for the first thime menthe, May, June and July, of this year show Manitoba end Alberta leading with an average of 96,7 pointe, Quebec next with 96, Nova Scotia following with 94,5, Sasketehowen with 94.3, I3ritish Columbia with -94,2, Cameo 08.f, New Brunswiek 98.6' and 'Prince Echvaid reined 93,3, Manitoba leads in flavor with the others emording to score ex- cept that British. Columbia is eighth and Ontaxio ninth, The average per cent, of salt addecidat -churning was 2.37 p0 -uncle, the average per tent. salt isa the batter was 1,45. Testing shows that from 1 to 1% per tent, salt is about right for the export bra -do. In the opinion -of the judges, the tea -bore, incorporation of moisture, amid salting, so far this season, are more uniform than in previous con- tests. The average per cent, of mois- ture in the butter, it should 'be stated, was 14.05. The color, how -ever, varied from almost white to a deep June shade. 'Tis with our judgmente as our watches, none go just alike, yet each believes -his own. -,Pope. .CATARRH HOES HARM Whether It Is of the Nate,. Threat, Other Orana, Get fild of le °Mame of the noee or throat when: it becomes ebronie weakens the dolt. eats lung tissues' deranges the diges- tive organs, and way lead to con- sumption. It impairs the taste" smell and hearing, and affects the votee, It is a constitutional disease arid re - (Wires ix constitutional remedy. Take Rood's Eifirsaparilla, which by purifying the blood removes the cause of the disease and gives per- fnancia relief. This alterative and tonic medicine has proved entirely satisfactory to thousands of families in throe genereeions, If there is biliousness or °onetime. time 'take Hood's Pills, -they are a thorough cathartic, a gentle laxative. - ' Two Varieties, "Dill of fare., waiter, please," de- inatiaed the diner The old 'waiter embled forward. "The bill of fare, sir, is ham, eggs, bread, and coffee." The old waiter bowed and shuffled out. But a moment later he put his head through the doorway again. eGuv'nor," he called, "how d'ye want yes' eggs -blind, or Mete' at mere" Hundred Signatures. Chinese property deeds or leases of- ten have a hunared signatures. The reason is that land Is usually owned by syndicates, and agreements" must be signed by every member of an or- ganization. Red Ribbons for Better Families BY MARY T. WATTS A new deportment was added lase year to the Fall Fair held at Topeka In the State of Kansas, which might well be copied in this, province. It was called the Eugenie Department and was -listed in the program (or fair book) between the milk goats and the pouter pigeons. Amongst the prizes offered in this department was a hand -some silver trophy, the gift of Coeernor Allen, to Use "fittest" Kansas family. The con- test wa-s open to all healthy Kansans, and as the rules declared that the contest was "not a clinic," no person obviously ill was admitted. In this "Fitter Family" contest, as was called, entire families were tested and scored according to a score 'card prep -need for the contest by a group of experte. This scoring included hereditaey Ile tory, psycho- logical and mental tests a tberough physical examination, including sight, hearing and teeth, besides the special laboratory tests for adults. The examinations were made in a building his the fair grounds. This building -was divided into eight small rooms, opening from it centre hall, thus giving easy necess from one room to another and securing the de- sired privacy for the individual tak- ing the examination. The examining • staff consisted of eight specialists, besides their assist- ants and clerks, making in -all a force of eighteen people who gave their time and talent free, because of their interest in the peen. As the physicians- examined each person, they interpreted their find- ings so that the examinations would be as instructive as possible. Defects were pointed out tent constructive measures advise-cl, so that the greatest good- possible to hoth -the family anal the individual might result from the expenditure of time and effort. A physician in private practice would be entitled to a large fee for door people. All three of the chil- an examination of this kind, but in -dress have done well at school, the this case not even an entrance eee eldest daughter having won many school honors before enterin-g college, where she Is now a sophomore. There are many healthy families in every community, but there are like- wise many that are decidedly below par. This "Fitter Family" contest marked one husky farmer as he gathered up his family of wife and five children for the hundredentile. journey home. For these people came from all parts of the state and as one man said, "There was but one family from 01.1r town this year but you can get ready for fully a dozen- families next year." Entrants were to be scored A, B and C. or 'below. Forty of the indi- viduals examined scored B, fifty-six were in clam A and a few did not quite finish the test. There were no C's in the whole group. All grade A families yr: eolved bronze medals. All entrants ccmplet- ing their examinations were given health :certificates by the Kansas State Board of Health, officially acetifying the grades attained. The family receiving the highest grad -es for all its membera was awarded the governer's handsome sil- ver loving -cup with an appropriate inscription thereon. When all scores were in, it was found that three famires tied for the trophy. Two of these families conestect of faller, mother and one child under two years, while the third family included three children in their teens, After careful considera- tion the judges awarded the trophy to the larger family, the Ford Robin- ette family, living on a farm near Topeka. Mr. Robinette 'comes of a family whose members enjoyed long lives. All four of his grandparents lived to nearly ninety years of age. Hie father was killed- accidentally at seventy-six and his mother -is enjoy- ing good health at eighty-six. Mrs. Robinette's family also shows is fine record of longevity. The immediate family of the Robiaettes consists of two daughters, aged eighteen and fifteen, and a son just entering his teens, The Robinettes have never suffered serious illness and may be called out - was required. The money value of the examination was a big inducement to eater the contest, but it was not the only one. Parents realized- that it was a wonderful opportunity. to obtain expert advice not only from one specialist but from several, and I plan was originated by Dr. Florence they were not slew to take ad -vantage' Brown Sherbet), Chief of Child Hy - of it. gine of Kansas, in connection with Twenty-five families, comprising 101 individuals, competed for the gov- ernor's trophy. Of this mimher forty- seven were parents, one a grand- mother, and fifty-three were children. Seven families were turned away be. cause there was not sufficient time to take- care of them. The tame required for nn adult to pass throug-h the entire test was a -bout three hours, and although -the un- avoidable "waits" prolonged the time needed for the examinatiens, there Was no compinining. "I missed the racez this. year, but this health test is certainly worth more than a good many races," re - the writer, as a follow-up of the Baby Health contest, with the hope that all parents would be made to realize their responsibility for the health of their offspring. The periodical health test is quite as essential for growing chndren and adults -as it is for babies, and eugenic records are of valuable ass:I:dame in circumventing ba -d heredity, any our human stock experts. There is splendid scope for a she - ilea' depaetment in the fall fairs held throughout Ontario. Here is an ex- eellent work to be done by goblin - spirited citizens who have the true Welfare of Canada at heart, rAPAVARS11.23A1E.AEWANIEOSTATMENOOCISAISCPSIIMANCR1.1,45...........A.A. 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