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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1919-3-20, Page 2G. D. McTAGGAIVL M. D. Mc'IAGGAR' , • 'N Claggart Bros,. --BANKERS-- A GENERAL BANKING BUSI- NESS TRANSACTED. NOTES DISCOUNTED, DRAFTS ISSUED. INTEREST ALLOWED ON DE- POSITS. SALE NOTES PUR- CHASED, H, T. RANCE - — NOTARY PUBLIC, CONVEY- ANCER, FINANCIAL REAL ESTATE AND FIRE INSUR- ANCE AGENT: REPRESENT- ING 14 FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES. DIVISION COURT . OFFICE, CLINTON. W. BRY DONE, BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, NOTARY PUBLIC, ETC. Office Sloan Block —CLINTON DR. GUNN Office cases at his residence, cor. High and Kirk streets. DR. J. C. GANDIER Office Hours: -1.30 to 3.30 p.m„ 7.30 to 9.00 p.m. Sundays 12.30 to 1.80 P.m Other hours by appointment only. Office and Residence—Victoria St. CHARLES B. HALE, Conveyancer, Notary Public, Commissioner, Etc. REAL ESTATE and INSURANCE Issuer of Marriage Licenses HURON STREET, CLINTON. GARFIELD McMICHAEL, Licensed A.uctioneerer for the County of Huron. Sales con- ducted in any part of the county. n Chnrges moderate and satisfac- tion guaranteed. Address: Sea - forth, R. R. No. 2. Phone 18 on 236, Seaforth Central. GEORGE ELLIOTT Licensed Auctioneer for the County of Huron. Coreespondence promptly answered. Immediate arrangements can be made for Sales Date at The News -Record, Clinton, or by calling Phone 13 on 157, Charges moderate and satisfaction • guaranteed. Sole Agent for Scranton and DI. & L. Coal Coal at h (� 0 r+ Coal at the /vv{' !!YA Sheds Delivered . ay!;�/p v/100 Lots of Hard Coal for everybody. TERMS STRICTLY CASH. We also have on hand a stock of Canada Cement. ' A. J. HOLLOWAY. B. R. HIGGINS Box 127, Clinton - Phone 100, Agent for The Huron & Erie Mortgage Cor• noration and The Canada Trust Company • Comin'er 11. C. of J., Conveyancer, Fire and Tornado Insurance, Notary Public Also a nuinbeer of good farms for sale. At 13rucefeld on Wednesday each week. p..039. ,. x•67.__ -- G '{ �' -; > � P y, '��i• .iy,. Et Itf xeU lt°4, —Tl allil TAliLId.-a Trains will arrive at and depart from Clinton Station as follows: BUFFALO AND GODERIG3•I DIY Going east, depart 0.18 a,m, ., 2.52 p,m, Going Vilest, ar. 11.10,.dp. 11.10 a,m. ar. 6.08, dp, 6.45 p,m. " e " 11.18 p.m. LONDON, HURON & BRUCE DIV. Going South, ar, 8.80, dp. 8.30 a.m. II„ 4.15 p.m, ,Going North, depart -6.40 pant. ” " 11.07, 11.11 -a,ni. The 1llloKillop Mutual i ��i�tal l t Fire Insurance Gay a � ny Head office, Seaforth, Ont. DIRECTOR'S( I President, Janes Connolly, Goderleh; Vice,, ramex Evans, Beechwood; Sec, -'Treasurer, :}hos. E. clays, Sea- forth,. Directors:' George McCartney, Sea. forth; D. E. McGregor, Seaforth; J, G. Grieve, Walton; Win, Rin',, Sea. forth; M. McEwen, Clinton; Robert 'etxioe, Ilarlock; John Bennoweir, Erodhagen; Jas. Connolly, Goderleh. '!!gents: Alex Leitch, Clinton; 3. W. Yeo, Goderich; Ed. Hinchioy, Seaforth; VV•, Chesney, Tegmondville; R. G, Jar, truth, Brodhagen, ' Any money to bo paid .'.n may be Paid to Moorish Clothi-,b Co., Glrnten, In: et Cutts Grocery, Godericb. Parties desiri:•.g to effect laeuraned or transact other business will be promptly attended t, on application to any of the above officers addressed to their reepoc tive post office! Losses' lrspeeted A,e1 the director who ;fres ,'~safest the scene, Ay Agronoyust, Tile Department 15 for the use pt our farm readers who went the advice et en expert en any question regarding loll, geed, crops, eto. If your question Is of eufficrent general Interest, It will be answered through this column, 1, stamped and addressed envelope le enclosed with your letter, a carnpiat0 answer will be malted to you, Address Agronomists car. of Wilson Publishing Ce., Ltd., 73 Adelaide st W,, Toronto. Research Work On Poultry Diseases. to restate that we ere desirous of Icor a number of years investiga-' investigating affections ' which are Mons have been eondueted en Canada responsible for }urge losses. to determine the nature and preval- In eases of suspected poisoning, a ence of .diseases of poultry. public analyst 'sheltie be consulted, • The need for further research is as we do not undertake work of this emphasized by the feet that the ex- nature, igeneles of wag' -time Brave given a As previously stated, ' whets only stiMulus'fo the poultry industry, and one or two deaths occur, the express charges usually total more than the it is nature.' to assume thea this ad- dibional interest :has led to an in- market value of the burls, urease, ratherthan a decrease, of We trust, therefore, that poultry; poultry disorders.• men will assist us in our econornie When the work was first started. policy and send fowls only when sev- era.} deaths have occurred simni- by this departent, very little was taneously and the cause cannot bo known 'theft 'thethe diseases of fowls determined at home,—A. B. Wick - in this country. In order to cover the waive, Assistant Pathologist, Biologi.. ground thoroughly, poultrymen were cal Laboratory, Ottawa. requested by press notices, corres- pondence and personal appeals to co- What Strawberries Shall We Plant operate as fully as,possible by send- and Why? ing in sick and dead- birds for study Strawberries are grgwn either for and dia,gnosie. In pursuance of this ]tome consumption or fon market. policy, the department guaranteed While those grown for market should express charges, and its the last five .be as good as those grown for home or six years, the examination of use, the fact is that in some cases specimens has become a task of con - these produced for market are grown siderable magnitude, mote because of their productiveness It therefore seems timely, when and shipping quality than because of economy is the watchword, to make a their flavor and general pa'latibil,ity. few suggestions as to what work we The most popular variety, taking desire to undertake, and point out the whole of Canada, is undoubtedl,y the various causes which result in the Senator Dunlap. This is a very individual death's in flocks, and which hardy variety, and the fruit is hand - can be easily recognized by the some in appearance, good in quality; poultryman at home. In this con- and is an excellent variety for conn- etion, it neay be pointed out that ing. It is desirable both for home live and dead fowls are frequently use and market. Like all 'varieties, forwarded to us via express from re - it has some faults, the chief one be. mote districts in British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan, and the expense of transporting these birds is wholly unjustifiable where the losses are limited to one or ttvo fowls. From a study of our records, indi- vidual losses may be attributed to the following conditions, •none of which can be transmitted' to other members of the flock: Affections of the Heart:—These are usually manifested by a quantity of fluid within the covering mem- brane, and in some instances by 'an acetunulation of yolk -like material, the result of inflammation, ing that on account of its malting such a large number of plants the fruit begins to get small toe early in the season in parts of Canada where dry, hot weather often occurs during the fruiting season; hence, where there are such .conditions some other sort es desirable, and in the Parsons Beauty and Glen Mary there are two commercial varieties which are sue. ceeding very well in many places in Canada, especially in Eastern Can- ada. These are both large varieties and keep their size well to the end of the season. The Parsons Beauty is better in quality than Geln Mary and the latter i9 not very desirable Rupture of the Liver:—Tilts oc- for home use, but should be tried to cue's in fowls whech are excessively determine which succeeds beat en the fat, and is recognized by sudden particular locality and soil where death, and the filling of the bowel' they are grown. The Williams is a cavity with blood. firm berry, which is ea very popular Apoplexy, or a rupture of a blood commercial sort in Western Ontario, vessel in the brain;—This disease but is not very popular in mast other can be determined only by the ab- parts of Canada. It has a white tip senee of other lesions, and the mi.! which increases ,its shipping qualities. dennees of death, but lessens its value when it is to Peritonitis, or inflammation of the be eaten taw. Splendid is a rather bowels and covering membranes:—' early variety which ]las made a good Peritott,itis is _caused by the partial , record in Eastern Canada, and Beder development of eggs in .tile bowel! Wood is else another reliable early cavity; closure of the egg=duct .by: sort. The Marshall is one of the large eggs; or accumulated yolk best in quality hut must be grown material, etc. Frequently the dis-ander high cultivation in Eastern eased ovary is responeibl2'for this, Canada to get fair crops and is not latter condition. now much grown on account of its The above diseases are those -usual- light cropping, -but on the lower ly responsible for individual deaths,+ mainland of British Columbia it does and may easily be detected by exam- well and is one of the best conamer- ining the birds, cial varieties there, The Magoon is The ,infectious diseases which also a commercial variety which is spread rapidly through flocks tot -raise aise grown mainly. in Bn lisle Cal - cern us chiefly. Such diseases as embia• fowl cholera, tuberculosis\blackhead The foregoing are the leading en turkeys, roup and coccidiosis may commercial varieties in Canada al- ba classified as. infectious, and it is though to these night be added essential that' they be recognized Sample, Pocomoke, and Warfieid as early, so that their spread may be succeeding very well in some places. checked. For the prairies, a varliety called Worms are also very troublesome, Dakota, 'rather small in fruit but and we have already published diree- very hardy, has proved ono of the tions for getting rid of these para- most "reliable, though Senator Dun - sites. These bulletins may be ob- lap also does well if well cared for. tamed upon application to the Publi- The best vaniettes for home use cations Branch of the Department. in Eastern Canada are Senator Dun - If poultry owners desire, to have eto, Bubach, Parsons Beauty, and parasites identified, the parasites— Wm. Bait, the latter and the Bubach preserved in alcohol and securely being largo varieties of good quality. packed—may be sent by mail to the In British Columbia the Rola! SOP,- Laboratory. ereign, Paxton, and • Marshall tirei With reisreneo to tuberculosis and three of the best for horse use. 'The' blackhead, our bulletins fully des- two former aro English varieties not, Mho these two diseases, and any satisfactory except in the mildest poultryman should be able to dieg- sections of the Dominion, The nose them after reading our litera- overbearing strawber'tj'.os are . par_ turn and seeing the illustrations. titularly desirable :for home'use, and To prevent misunderstanding of two of the best of these are Pro the alms of the department, we wish ga'essive and Americus, • t`t�s 5 n' J When two hundred and more chicks are hatched at one time the brooding problem is serious and the coal - burning brooders are economical and a safe method of caring for such flocks. A colony house is necessary for each stove brooder. Some breed - ars use double colony houses for their stove brooder and then the heat is largely confined to one side and the other side is used for a cool exercise room. The chimney pipe should be placed straight up from the stove and a small hole can be cut in the roof and protected with asbestos. Metal pro- tectors for the chimney can be placed outside sd that the roof Will not leak et the chimney thole. These can be made to order by tinsmiths. Abeut one hod of chestnut coal will maintain the temperature in n coal brooder for two days and two nights. Every night .and moaning the ashes trust be thoroughly shaken down and the magazine filled with coal. Some stove brooders are equip- ped to burttoft coal and this fe an important.feaataire during the present go out on some cold might and cause chilling of the chicks. Once each week it pays to allow the coal supply to become low in the stove. Then remove the magazine, poke out most of the ashes and fill with fresh fuel. It docs not nay to clean .out the stove entirely unless the fire goes out, as a new fire will burn very briskly for eeveraI hours and require occasional watching until properly regulated again. In the stove broodei there is less danger of overheating the chicks than its other types of brooders. If the stove be- comes too hot for their comfort they will move to the outside of the de- flector where it is not so warm. Na, Mae provided the chick with an 'instinct which tells it how much heat is best for its welfare, - From, two hundred to fifteen huu- clred ehicl.a con be brooded uncle'. most types of eoalbuvning• brooders. I3owo',re, the best results are ob- tained when no more than two hun- dred are given to each brooder. They will hover two hundred successfully until the chicks are six ar eight weeks old, w'hic'h is as long as arLi- fici-al heat will be necessary, .'Phe amotnrt of heat needed dcapende amen the season and the poultrynian can etudy the bdrde and the weather ane fuel shortage, regulate the brooder fires aceercling- After, the stove has been properly )y regulated the flee will almost take care of itself and there need be little Wo on the torn fields of battle worry deneerning the welfare of the could only harden our purpose to young birds even on cold nights. keep on fighting until Christianity About once oath week it will be and civilization wore vindicated and found that the ashes Have aceutttreat- re-established. And new we have ed around the edges of the stove, reached our goal. The foe Is van- eliglitly reducing the temperatete, Te quished, Tho powers of darkness this condition continuos the fire may are defeated,—General Currin, RECONSTRU+ TION IN Mg pAq YARD There's Plenty of Wok for the Whole 1!antily---Bring Out Skate and IIoe and Get Busy. , The day of the war garden is over and the era of the peace garden has dawned. In the spring of 1918 people plunged with such energy into the untitled soil around their 'houses that the whole country seemed to blossom overnight into senrled rows of vege- tables. They were answering an emergency call. - The enthusiasm of patriotic motives lay behind their in- dustry and they achieved their ob- ject. By united effort something like $60,000,000 worth of vegetables was added to the Aountry's food reapply, But much of the energy put into the war gardens was misdirected and futile. -It was the first venture on. the part of mealy, and mistakes were made, effort was wasted, results . were in some instances discouraging. Now, however, the fever that mark- ed the war -gardener has died out and the need for peace gardens as a per- manent part of the work of recon- struction becomes apparent. The peace gardens of 1919 and suc- ceeding years will be tackled more systematically than the war gardens of 1918, The foundation was laid last year for work that, as the years roll on, well expand and be an ever- increasing source of revenue, health and pleasure to everyone. The great teacher, experience, has given the war gardener his first les- son. But further guidance 's heeded before embarking on the eines gar- den venture. Fine Steps for the Gardener. 1. Find out all about the garden— (a) its size; (b) the type of soil; (c) whether it will neer} manure; (d) whether theme are facilities for watering ;•t in dry weather; (e) what tools ore likely to be required. 2. Decide what vegetables are most suitable and what quantities will be necessary. Plan garden on paper. 3. (a) Find out what varieties of vegetables are most highly recom- mended; (b) how much seed of each kind will be required; (e) the dates on which the seeds should be sown. In order to obtain the information suggested ,in the first three steps it is necessary to secure some garden- ing bulletins and seedmen's cata- logues. A list of free publications on gardening is appended. The Soil. 1. The fundamental question of soil is referred to in the first step, and to become a skilled gardener it is necessary to buy some simple! becks on the; subject. T-Iowever, all that it ,is really necessary to knowI in this connection is that soils are of three general typos—eight soils; which, in the main, consist of sand; l good forint soils, which are ideal for ge.rdening purpose;; and heavy soils,' .which consist mostly of clays. If the} garden soil is• of the loamy type, al very little'barnyard manure will en -1 able it to produce , good- crops and! make it retentive •of moisture. Should the garden contain a light soil, how ever, it will require• n inueh• larger quantity of manure in order to en- able it to !produce craps, and it it has a tencleney•to be heavy, the clay can be lightened by the addition of barn- yard ni•tr:fro. Lime is also splendid for hs•It ti soils. A bulletin on man - tree and fertilizers given in eh' List of. free publications contains at the necessary informati.otf on this sub- ject. Tool requirements are of the sim- plest, A. good spade, a digging fork, a hoe and a rake generally suffice for gardening on a small "setae, • In addition, it is advisable to have some kind of simlyie sprayer, particularly if the garden includes potatoes, 2. The second step relates to the crops which are to be grown, Some gardeners make the mistake of grow- ing too much of one 'kind of vege- table -because it happens to be par - titularly easy to raise, For instance, carets and beets yield well, and a few rows will supply a household's n a wine, Con is a de- licious for the r r e- e licious sitnnmer .vegetable, but is not very profitable for the small garden. Peas, also, although popular, occupy too treuch space for the yield they give. Therefore, if one has to cut down on vegetables for lack of specs, it is well to remember that there Are certain t arie•tios which take up too much room for elle returns they give. 3. The third step relates to the best vamioties of. vegetables. A. great deal of experimental work hoe ,been undertaken to find', out what varieties are best enited'to the home garden, and much information on this subject is ayailable in pamphlet form. It is well to renenber that there is a vast difference in varieties. Talce .poLa- tooee for instance, Some varieties yield twice as much as others, and the householder who fails to plant the right kind may find his supply of potatoes exhausted be:foxo the winter is half over. A good thing to. remember in the ease of/the potato is that the source of the seed le an inportatit factor in the yield, Local sand should never bo planted itesoed from a mare northerly location es obtainable. Prodigal sowing of seed means a great wastage annually, and the be- ginner is -usually the transgressor in this respect. There is no advantage in sowing seed too thickly if it i bought from a reliable seedman. F instance, carrots and parsnips, tf sown profusely, have to be thinne out several times. 'Phis only entail additional work. In the case of beets and onions, however, thick sowing is not so much of a disadvantage, as the beets can be thinned out and used as beet greens, while the onions can be treat- ed similarly and used as small on- ions, The most important point is to sow the seed at the night date. Too nmch emphasis cannot be placed on this, and the gardener is referred i to.., he bulletins on this subjeet for fuller details about sowing. Practical Preparations. Bringing In the Bucket. e.. "Oil dear!" sighed Mary, "I real y must write that letter to'Mre, Nor- ton to -night. His got to be done iilis" week, or there'll be eroublc "And this is Sete/relay, if I'm riot nristalton," said lade Jim looking up front ]tis neteepaper, "Iii fact, Sat- urday eftorrtcen, Why tot postpone it 2111 to -morrow', if I may flak?"" "Why, Uncle Jim!" cried Mazy. "That from you: 'Why not wait till toot•rowl' I should have expected you to say, 'Why didn't you write it before?' a •.. Uncle Jim hid a quizzioai •smile be- hind hie newspaper.) "Well—since you suggest the question—why didn't you write it on Monday—or Tuesday —or Wednesday—or--" "Oh, Uncle Tim!" Mary interrupt- ed hint, "Do atop) You make it sound so terrible! I've put it' off be- cause I haven't felt a bit well this week; and it's an. awfully hard letter to write, and I dread it no end!" "Oh, yes." Uncle Jim was politely sympathetic, "Well, I asuppose it's a grea,tdeal easier to do to -night, of course." "What in the world do you mean? It's harder, if 'anything." ' "Oh -h? Harder? Well, at any rate I suppoee you don't dread it so much?" n "I dread ,it just as much!" as Mary's voice showed that she ws i becoming a little annoyed, but Uncle °re Jim apparently did not notice, and tt d kept on with his questions. Phen you're feeling pretty well a-egain, awe you?" "I'm feeling tired, to death! You know I said so at lunch. What do you mean by all these questions, Uncle Jim? Are you making•ftm of Me?" But every trace of the quiezical em,1:e was gone from Uncle Jimiel face. "I was just trying to find out," he• said quietly, "why any sensible girl waits a week about doing something that growl harder the longer she waits, and that .she dreads more and more. Besides, the delay makes her every day more and more tired. No, don't shake your head, Mary. You would have felt a great deal' bet- ter physically as well as mentally if you had got that letter off your hands earlier in the week. Did you ever hear the story about the little boy who was sick with all the symp- toms of overwork? The doctor asked hqw much work Ito had to do. And they said, 'To bring 110 a bucket of water every day.' "'At any particular time?' in- quired the doctor. " 'Well, he is supposed to bring it early in the morning, but he usually puts it off till the last thing at night.' " 'And brings it in all day long!' said the wise old doctor. 'You make him titling that water in before he has his breakfast, and he'll be all right' - The practical work, covering a per- ' god of front six to eight months, in - eludes: (1) soil preparation; (2) cowing the seed or putting out the plants; (3) subsequent care and cul- . ture; (4) harvesting the crops, Soil Preparation: The more thor- oughly the soil is worked .and the deeper the seed bed, the better the crops. This is because the roots of the plants have a greater feeding area and the soil being more like a sponge, is better able to hold mois- ture. Stable manure is valuable as a fertilizer, partly because it con- tains plant food and partly because it helps to make the soil more spongy. Sowing the Seed: The seed should be sown either immediately before or after rain. The damp soil ensures quicker germination and this gener- ally remits in mare vigorous plant growth. After sowing the seed the soil should be firmly pressed, to en- sure its close contact with the seed. I£ the weather is likely to be dry just after sowing, it ,is wise to cover the row with a little loose soil to form a mulch. The purpose of the mulch is to prevent the drying out of the soil. Subsequent Care and Culture: This consists of keeping the young plants free from weeds and the soil loose be- tween the rows. It also entails thinning out the young plants and keeping them free from insects and diseases. Frequent cuitivat; on is very necessaay, especially when the plants are young, After every rain it is important to Ioasen the soil and break any surface crust which' may have been formed. Harvesting the Crop: Some of the root crops !rave' a fine flavor when harvested before they are fully ma- ture.. This is especially true of beets. As' a rule, however, it is wise to let mast of the root crops mature. If they are left in the ground too long, the' fibre is apt to become -head arid stringy. Exceptions to this rule are 'parsnips and salsify. These crops ntay be Ieft in the ground until the following spring, if deaired. All roots should be harvested on a dry day and left on the ground for a few hours before they are taken into the collar, This will prevent taking in too much of the soil which is euro to adhere to them if they are pulled during a wet period. Their keeping qualities are also likeiy to be enhanced when harvested under proper conditions, E A te tee Lambs that have been docked and castrated sell for, fifty to seventy-five cents more a hundred, on est average, than those that have not. There is little da,tger in pedant- ing these operations; the danger ie greatly reduced by proper methods. Both operations may be perforated at the same time, preferably en e mild day, between the second and ,sixth week of age. 'Castration is more safely done when the -lamb is two weeks. old. . The testicles are easily removed by laying the lamb on its side, drawing the hind feet tip cic.te to tho body, cutting off the ;ower one-third of the ec0otum and pulling out the organs with a quick movement, using Lhe thumb and fore- linger. The constriction near the end of each testicle should be slit to free the testidle. Docking may be Bono with a •sharp knife, cutting from the under side of the tail 'up, between joints in the, tail bone, at a distance of three- quarters of aat inch from the body. Powdered _alum should be applied to stop bleeding. The most efficient method Is the hot pincers, designed especially fen this purpose. The pincers.•ero heated to a dull rod and tho tail seared off. The laneb's 2011 is passed through at hole ,in a board so the pinLer'e •twill net burly the body, Man is the only thing that; ever stdeem an lis back, ' LOSS OF APPETITE Most 8ueeescfuliy Treated by Taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. Loss el appetite M aecgmpenied by loss of vitality, which it serious. It is cotenant' it the spring Vo- calise at this time the blood is int- pito' hod iwpoverished and fails to give the digestive organs avbat is absolutely necessary for the proper performanee of th''r i'unetione. Hood's Sarsaparilla, the old reli- able all -the -year-round medicine, is especially useful in the spring. Get it Timm your druggist. ;li,y purify- ing and enriching the blood and glee- ing vitality, vigor and tone, it is wonderfully successful in the treat- meat of •loss of appetite and tate other ailments that are so prevalent at this Unto. It is not s`nnply a springmedieine--it is much more thandicthatine.—but it is the best spring me Hood's Sureaparilla makes the rich red blood that the stomach and other digestive organs need, Get it today, "And he was!" Mary laughed in spite of herself. "That's all very well for it small boy," she said, "but for a girl as old as I am it's different," "Ilow much older do you think you are than Mr. E•Ioward Carpenter?" inquired Uncle J•im, with one of his surprising conversational changes, "Older? Why Mr, Howard Car- penter M as old as father! Whet do. you mean?" "Simply that he was the one who told me the story yesterday ,and in- formed me how he used it for a watchword. I was asking him how lie managed to get so much done with- out ever acting tired or showing strain as so many men do. And he said, "I bring in my bucket of water the first thing in the morning,' Then Ile explained that for a good many years he had chosen the hardest thing in each day's work, or the tiring he dreaded moot to do, and had del- iberately done that thing first of all —thereby losing neither time nor nervous energy in dreading it. I've determined to adopt the plan, Mary, and I respectfully pass it on to you. And now, since the sermon's over, how about a nice little walk through the woods?" "Thanks, kind sir," said Mary, with a smile, "but that's no bucket. I'm going now to draw nine; .better late than never." It is when we forget ourselves that we do things that are remembered, An idea, like any other thing, if worth having, is likely to be expen- sive. Father—"You sat up very late with George again, Doris." Doris— "Yes, father; I was showing hfin some of my picture postcards." Fa- ther—"Well, Doris, whenever he Wants to 'sit up again show him some of my gas bills" GOOD HEALTH QI STlON BOX ley Andrew F, Currier, M.D. Or. Currier will answer all signed letters pertaining to Health. If your question is of general interest It will be answered through these columns; if not, It will be answered personally if stamped, addressed envelope Is en- closed: Dr, Currier will not prescribe for individual cases or make diagnosis. Address Dr. Andrew F. Currier, care of Wilson Publishing Co., 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto. The Wrong Idea. Seine parents carry the idea tha• it is •a good plan to let their childt become expand to contagious dis- eases so they will have them all and get over them. This idea is entirely wrong, Most of the children's dis- eases are very serious propositions and the younger the child is when it encounters them, the more serious they are, From infancy until fifteen or six- teen years of age the child under- goes a period of development during which the tissues of the body are easily damaged by infection. This applies to teeth infections as well as to other infectious like contagious diseases. The damage is often, in foot, gen- erally permanent but does not mani- fest itself until consideral'ly later in life. Such damage is often recog- nizeci, by the observing dentist, who can frequently tell the age at which the person suffered some ilino After the age of puberty the system is more resistert to disease and indi- viduals occasionally- escape . some of the children's d!taeases altogether. In my opinion, it i9 the duty of all parents to protect their ehildron as long and as well as passible from contagious diseauses. Beer its mind that messles and whooping cough are not trifling ailments but quite formiclabie because they are accom- panied by more serious complications than are many other diacrises, For- tunate indeed is the 0111111 who escapes measles altogether, When there is more than one child in a fantiily the one first complaining should be iso- lated until entirely well. This pre -ii caution can always be arranged with 1 a little extra trouble on the part of parents. The morel, then, is protect your cleiidren from contagious disease. 1 wish to emphasize that parents should' co-operate in every possible way with school lectors, dentists, nurses and teachers it their efforts to detect the i�reseneo of contagious and infectious dieeases in their chil- dren; Questions and Answers. Miss E. R.—I have a friend who has had alopecia 'for seven years, •S'he ilea no hair left except short hair that comes in and stage perhaps a month, then falls out and in a short 1.inte is renewed, Do you think her case cart be cored? Answer—Yes, that lt'nil of alopecia can be cured. If there is any elan- di'ufi', euro that first with sulphur ointment which you elm buy at any tlrtig store. Rub et little into the scalp 'every night. Shampoo with Ivory soap every ten days, If there is rot: dandruff, write mo again, t!N. M.—My upper lip constantly puffs and swells so that it interferes with h'speech. W 'c t ,ha h of theca ell my causes do you think it comes from: Three years ago I was operated upon for cancer on the lip and in eider to prevent recurrence, they cut not only the cancer out, but the glands on the 1 side of my neck; I have also had pyorrhoea and other trouble with my teeth—now can lieu teal me what causes tho lip to swell.? Answer—Tire operation has inter- ' fered with the circulation of the parts. The teeth have nothing to do with it. Try X-ray treatments for 1t lh ttmi '1 . , it 0, Record CLINTON, • ONTARIO. Terms of subscription—$1,50 per year, i in advance to .Canadian addresses; (;2,00 to the U.S. or other foreign countries, No paper discfontinued until all arrears are paid unless at the option of tate publisher. The 1 date to which every subscription is Ipaid is denoted on the label, Advertising rates—Transient adver- tisements, 10 cents per nonpareil • line for first insertion and 5 cents Per lino for each subsequent inser- tion. 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