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BANKERS
A GENERAL 'BANKING BUSI-
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II. T, RANCE --•
NOTARY PUBLIC, CONVEY-
AN618R, FINANCIAL REAL
ESTATE AND FIRE INSUR-
ANCE AGENT. REPRESENT-
ING 14 FIRE INSIJR.AANCE
COMPANIES.
DIVISION COURT OFFICE,
CLINTON.
W. BRYDONE,
BARRISTER, SOLICITOR,
NOTARY PUBLIC, ETC.
Office— Sloan Block CLINTON
DR., GUNN
Office cases at his residence, cor.
High and Kirk streets.
DR. J. C. GANDIEI8
Office Hours: -1.30 to 3.30 p.m., 7.30
to 9.00 p.m. Sundays 12.30 to .. 1.80
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Other hours by appointment Only.
Office and Residence—Victoria St,
CHARLES 13. HALE,
Conveyancer, Notary Public,
Commissioner, Etc.
REAL ESTATE and INSURANCE
Issuer of Marriage Licensee
HURON STREET, ' — CLINTON.
GARFIELD Mc1UICHAEL,
Licensed Auctioneerer for the
County of Huron. Sales con-
ducted in any part of the county.
Charges moderate and satisfac-
ticn guaranteed. Address: Sea -
forth, R. R. No. 2. Phone 18 on
236, Seaforth Central.
GEORGE ELLIOTT
Licensed Auctioneer for the County
of Huron.
Correspondence promptly answered.
Immediate arrangements can be
made for Sales Date at The
Nevis -Record, Clinton, or by
calling Phone 13 on 157.
Charges moderate and satisfaction
guaranteed.
B. R. IiIGGINS
Box 127, Clinton - Phone 100.
Agent for
The Huron & Erie Mortgage Cor
poration and The Canada
Trust Company
Comm'er H. C. or 3„ Conveyancer,
Fire and Tornado insurance,
Notary Public
Also a numbeer of good farms
for sale.
At Brucedeld on Wednesday each
weelc.
—TIME TABLE—
Trains will arrive at end depart
from .Clinton Station as follows:
BUFFALO AND GODERICH DIV.
Going east, depart 6.33 a.m.
2.52 pan.
Going West ar. 11.10, dpi 11.15 a.m.
" ar, 6.08, dp, 8.47 pan.
" " ar. 11,18 p.m.
LONDON, HURON & BRUCE DIV.
Going South, ar, 8,23, dp, S.23 a.m,
4,15 pm.
Going North depart 6.40 p.m.
11.07, 11,11 alit.
The 1VioKillo • JVlutut
al
Fire Insurance Company
Head ofee, Seaforth, Ont.
DIRECTORY:
President, James Connolly, Godericb;
,Vice., James Evans, Beechwood;
Sec. -Treasurer, Thos. E. Hays, Sea -
forth.
Directors: George McCartney, Sea.
forth; D. F. McGregor, Seaforth; J.
G, Grieve, Walto:; Wm. Rini, Sea -
forth; M. McEwen, Clinton; Robert
Ferries, Harlock; John 13enneweir,
Brodhagen; Jas. Connolly, Goderich.
Agents: Alex ieitch, Clinton; J. W,
Yeo, Goderich; Ed. Hinchley, Seaforth;
W. Chesney, Egmondville; R. G. Jar,
meth; Brodhagen.
Any money* to be paid :a may he
paid to Moorish Clothing Co,, Clinton;
or at Gutt's Grocery, Goderich,
Parties desiri.,g to effect insurance
or transact other business will be
promptly attended to on application to
any of the above ofaicers addressed to
their respective post office. , Losses
irspt:r:ted '.,y the director who lives
••eearest the scene.
Charon
Ne a ecord
By Agronoinlst,
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of an expert on any question reseeding soil„ seed, crops, etc. If your question
Is of sufficient general"Interest, It will be answered through this column. If,
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answer will bo malted to you. Address Agronomist, care of Wilson Publishing.
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onto.
Sento ModernFarm Machinery.
Leaving out of coiteideration trae
tors, all engines and ftum power
plants, dairy, poultry, barn and house-
hold,maehinery and equipment as dee
mending too nmch space for treat-
ment in this otic article, the following
resume of recent devote meats and
progress in implement design and an
enumeration of what the market af-
fords to -day is not wdtheat practical
value.
We begin with machinery for con-
serving and increasing the fertility of
the farm, manure, straw and fertilizer
spreaders and the like. Nearly all
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G Is, HALL, M. R, CLARK,
Proprietor, i;tlitese
tools, beginning with the plows, the
most prominent features are the de-
velopment of tractor plows and the
elimination of left hand, wood .beam,
and other obsolete types.
Practically, all the newer light tree -
tor plows are of the self -lift or auto-
matic type, may be furnished with
combined rolling coulters and jointers,
have quick detachable.shares, and niay
bo furnished with a variety of bottoms
to suit soil conditions, Mention may
also .he made of the self lift light
tractor disc plow, a plow with inter-
changeable disc and mould -board bot-
toms, and special plows for plowing
stony land. Fere also may be con,
manure spreaders are now made with sidered the peculiar, machine ;Mown
some form of widespread apparatus, l as the "once-over" .tiller. This imple-
some perhaps a little more 'efficient 1 ment which -is made in both tractor
than others, probably the ;worst fault and horse plow sizes, consists of a
rotating knife member which is held
in the furrow Splice as it is turned by
the mould -board. This "rotor" is
driven by a small gas engine mounted
on the frame of the plow, or, in case
of engine plows, by power from the
tractor. The "rotor" revolving at
high speed threshes and pulverizes
the soil to a perfect seed bed at a
single passage of the machine. An=
other curious implement that' is prii
marily •a plow is the "once-over"
quack grass killer. This machine is
mounted on wheels and bulks about
as large as a road -grading machine.
There is first a sixteen -inch plow-
share, followed by an elevator some-
what on the plan of that of a potato
digger, .but with a solid or continuous
carrier, which elevates the furrow
slice to a revolving cylinder very sim-
ilar to that of a threshing machine
which thoroughly threshes and pulver-
izes the soil,' which is then passed
back to a revolving screen which al -
love the finely pulverized soil to drop
back to the furrow, while the quack
grass and other roots are retained to
be passed to an elevator which de-
posits them in a wagon that is driven
along beside the machine. This ma-
chine is engine driven, and as might
be expected, requires a fair-sized trac-
tor to pull it, and it is,'of course, a
rather expensive affair. Neither of
these machines have as yet come into
very extensive usage but they are
interesting developments that hold
promise for the future. Of the com-
mon horse-drawn plows there are to
be mentioned a new very light and .
simple riding .plow, harrow and sub-
sail attachments, and two deep -tilling
plows of the_disc type, one of which
while not adapted to quite as deep
Plowing as the other may be con-
verted into a two: furrow shallow disc
plow.'
In land rollers the tendency is to-
ward an increased use of the bar and
corrugated types, and also of various
forms of pulverizers, crushers, and
roller -harrows, some of these last,
particularly a "western" double star -
wheel design, are very efficient imple-
ments.
A very prominent feature of the
tendency toward the better tillage of
the soil is the increasing use of the
double disc harrow, the solid disc
proving to be more popular than the
cutaway. Perhaps the last word in
this .implement is the double disc,
solid in front, cutaway rear, equipped
with tongue or fore -truck, transport
trucks, and so designed that the rear
discs may be readily- detached,' There
are now a number of special engine
disc harrows conveniently designed
for control from the tractor, and a
neve horse-drawn single disc harrow
with offset gangs that leave no uncut
centre ridge.
Other implements that deserve more
extensive use are the curve blade,
harrows and pulverizers of the "acme"
and "killifer" types, for some purpas-
es to be preferred to the disc, and
the light straight blade disc harrows
of the "Meeker" type used by garden-
ers and onion growers in propaning
very fine seed beds, these implements,
in fact, practically taking the place
of hand raking. Another good imple-
ment is the "light draft" .spring tooth
harrow, originally intended for the
orcherclist,but of almost equal value
to the general crop and grain farm-
er. The sulky weeder or riding mulch-
er as it is sometimes called, is a much
lighter implement and may 'be equip-
ped with grass and grain seeder at-
tachments. It is particularly adapted
to the needs of the grain and alfalfa
farmer who wants to cover a large
of any of then being the tendency to
wind themselves with tough straw- or
marsh hay and for log and increase
the draft of the machine. Personally,
I have but little liking for a return
apron spreader, as the return mechane
ism is about as complicated' and as
likely to get out of order as anything
about the machine, 'and while its
weight is not s'o great as half the
apron •of the full apron spreader, yet
I cannot see where tlfo disadvantages
of its complication and the bother of
always having to see- that the apron
is returned ,before the machine is
ready to be loaded, is offset 'by any
practical advantage. It is sufficient to
say apropos to this, that by far the
larger numbers of spreaders now •be -
ng, sold are of the endless, apron type.
Excepting where it is intended to use
a mechanical loader, I am inclined to
favor the ]ow -down extended four-
truck type rather than the higher ma-
chine having all four wheels under the
load. The increased draft of the
former is so slight that it will never
be noticed in actualswork, but change
from pitching into a low machine to
loading a high one, and you will notice
the difference quick .enough. It is
true that the spreaders with the front
wheels ander the load as now built,
are much lower than those of a few
years ago, at leeet one maker having
'practically succeeded in putting the
front wheels under the load and yet
retaining a low-down front truck con-
struction by means of an "automobile"
type of front axle, the front and rear
wheels of .this spreader having fire
seine width of track. In buying a I
spreader it might be well to consider
whether. or not the wheels are 001
spaced that the machine can be used,
for top -dressing row crops or for!
strawberry mulching, and there
eel
jobs for which some spreaders are
adapted for which others will not
serve. Some spreaders may be equip-
ped with lime hoods, at least two
makes are furnished with extra top
boards for increasing the capacity of
the machine in drawing light manure,
o:.e at least can be equipped for dis-
tributing the manure in rows, a device
of particular value to market garden-
ers, melon and cucumber ;'ruvors and
four spreaders are now furnished with
straw spreadeng attachment,.
This brings us to the straw spread-
er, a machine of compavntively recent
introduction and one whose use will
pros sbly Semain somewhat restricted
to localities that are largely grain
'wising and where the straw is neither
baled and wad or fed and used for bed-
ding for live stock. There are now,
exclusive of manure spreader attach-
ments, at least seven of these ma-
chines on the market and there is no
standardization, only two of them be-
ing anything alike. Four are design-
ed to be used with any wagon or truck
with a cake rack or "header barge,"
one is a combined straw and manure
spreader, rack and all that may be
used on 'practically any wagon gear,
one is.a separate wheeled machine to
be hitched behind the wagon like a
hay loader, and the seventh is a com-
plete machine, truck rack, spreading
apparatus altogether, being a rather
bulky machine, Five of these machines
are advertised as being also adapted
i
to spreading manure, x , one maker
claiming that his machine will spread
manure over twenty feet wide. I
doubt very much if they will be able
to compete in thisrespect with the
regular manure spreader, as four of
them require two men for their opera
tion, a driver and a man to help feed
the spreader, as the aprons or carriers
of these machines are short and nar-
row, the longest of them being ten
feet. Further, as mounted on a flat
rack, they would be unhandy:to.load.
As these machines are wagon attach-
ments they cost but about half as
much as the regular manure spreader,
and it may be that they could be used
with a wagon box and give better
service than would at first thought be
expected, These restrictions do not,
of course, apply to the combined`one-
man straw and manure spreader which
is intended to hanclls both materials.
Anyone who contemplates the pur-
chase of a straw spreader should fa-
miliarize himself with all the makes,
as each has some advantage peculiar
to itself, as for example, a device for
saving the grain left An the straw, a
:feature of .011e make.
As fo' limo 'spreaders and commove
cis, fertilizer dietributcrs, I can but
mention the narrow truck "broadcast-
er's type, a line spreader with a
harrow attaehment•by means of which
the material its spread And harrowed
into the ground at one operation, the
row compost drill, and the
fertilizer attachment for cwltd-
vaters, by means of which cotnnser-
ciai fertilizers ate distributed to
growinlg row crops at the time ,of
cultivation, At least two Makes of
dultivators are furnished with these
attachments, and there is a separate
attachment .that may be attached to
most any cultivator,
Comae now to the actual tiifago
The foal should be well fed during
the summer. When it begins to nibble
at the mare's feed, a low feed box
should be ereeteil out of the reach of
the mother, where the young, animal
can be fed regularly, A mixture of
groun.cl oats and bran, or a mixture of
ground oats, ground Born and brad ar
oil -ureal is te good feed during the
summer and early fall.
By Weaning time the colt'should.'be
eating grain and grass. or'hay. Under
careful management there will be
little trouble in weaning the foal; The
mare anis colt should be separated, and
the marc milked by hand to prevent'
casing of the udder, In the meantime,
the Colt should receive plenty of feed
and wailer, and should be kept in a
well -fences lot, paddock,. pasture, or
a good box stall where •there is plenty
of freshair and where exercise cosines
naturally,
Doing °Over Old Machinery.
A man. was tolling me what quips
and quirks he was taking advantage
of to help out when times pinch. It'
called to mind eonie, of the ways we
Bays taken on our own farm to get
a little more wear out of different
tools.
lame example, these was a wheel
rake that came to us along with some
other things when we bought a piece
of land adjoining our farm. As it'
seemed to be a fairly good one, we;
put our rake away and used.the'old'
one. When a shaft was broken, we
took' one out of the rake we bad stored'
to put in the place of the broken one.I
So it has gone on. `Now and then a.
part would give way in the rake and1
we would draft the pieces front the.
other.
We did the same thing with a mow -I
ring machine. We had two of the same I
kind after we bought the neighboring
farm. These we used, changing off
as we liked. When any part was
badly, worn or broken we went to, the
other for a substitute piece, In this
way we have made out 'to keep from
buying a new machine a number of
years.
A neighbor of ours is a very handy
man at this thing of rigging up ma-
chinery out of old parts. Out of some
Md mowing machine wheels he built a l
fine land -roller, so good that we got
him to help us„ to make one just like
it. If we have a breakdown he is al-
most sure to have some way of mend-
ing it without going to much expense.
He certainly es a. handy man in the
neighborhood, and he saves a great
deal of money for us every year. This
knack of doing over old machinery is
one of no small moment in farm
economy and worth cultivating.
There is this danger—that the do-
ing over of old machinery, and replac-
ing of worn parts, can be carried too
far. Trying to make a piece of ma-
chinery do good work after it is al-
most ready for the junk -heap is very
often poor economy; the time spent in
tinkering would go a long way toward
paying for new machinery. Besides,
the old machinery that accumulates
on a farm, when old machinery is
saved, is quite an eye-sore,—E. L. V.
But slight changes have recently
been made in grain drills, that is, with
the exception of the designing of
special tractor -drawn designs. The
use of narrow, three and four -inch
drills, does not seem to be increasing
very fast, and as for other crop plant-
ing machine',-, a special four -row
bean planter, tho motor corn
planter as combined with the
motor cul'..' tor, large four -row list-
ers, and a potato planter that cuts the
seed as it p'sato it, completes the list.
Nor has there been any marked
change in the design of the new culti-
vators' placed on the market within
bhe last few years. 'There is some in-
crease In the populiittity of the steal-
low or surface type, eome jvery effi-
oient one torso,implements with wide
cultivating sweeps or -blades that cut
all the space between the rows being
offered, and attention may well be
Called to devices for weeding in Or
very close to the rows, brush weeders,
tobacco hoes, some new thee° and four
row beet and bean cultivators, avid
the motor onlbivato's 06 which there
are now five stakes actively on the
market, exclusive of garden tractors.
• Every phase of labor and otganiza-
teien •required by the exigencies of
infidels werfare are shown in the
Canadian War Memorials paintings
to iso exhibited at the Canadian a-
tional Exhibition this year,
Remove scorch marks from linen
by tabbing with a fresh -cut onion.
Soak in coed water.
Romney's portrait of Joseph Brant,
bought by the Canadian Memorials
Fund at public auction for £27,500,
and the famous "Death of General
Wolfe"enerousl resented to the
g y 1
Fund by the Duke of Westminster, are
among the paintings to be shown in
the War Memorials exhibit at the
Canadian National Exhibition this
yeas.
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FQtI LOSS OF APPETITE
General debility .ari(1 that tired
feeling is U'rei'c Sarsaparilla, This
Every few minutes something Comes highly conee•ntratecl, economical
up to make me glad 1 ni living in 1919. I inocliolno is tt nrent favorite. en.
Of course, 1919 has its faults, what sands of ]torics, It is peeitliarliesue-
with the nncertalrty about the )tease soseeei in vitrifying and revitalizing
Treaty and the Ginnnans acting as; the•. blood, promoting cli; digestion, re -
though they hada U been given far storinr animation? and building up'
less than they deserve, you could hard - I the vvitoleevstem, •
ly call 1919 the golden year, But at; Get title dependable medicine lo,
that) it has given us a great many i clay nail begin tat in;; it at 01110.
things to feel good about and to be l If 'you need a laxative take Flood's
devoutly thankful for. I Pills. You will surely like diem, I
The thing 1 am most glad for to- -, -- --- -.- , , _ --- -- .- _ ._
day, though, is the different idea about thousand and one laws, Isn't It a pity
Christianity, that it is to be a reli- that after two thousand years so,
gion of doing instead of one of notmany good people are still bound by
doing, Wity, just a few years ago laws of man's making?
most everyone thought of Christianity .=—es— -.:-
as a religion of negation, at least they - Straightening Steel Axles.
did in the town where Dived. I2 you) Spring wagon atlas ora very fre-
were a .Christian you mustn't' do quently upa'ung out of shape very'
over-
things that antedto or other you just logcling, or by accidents and runaways
naturally wanted to do. You mustn't They • can sometimes be straightened
play earls nor go to shows not read without hammering and without re -
novels 001' dance, nor drive; Her moving from the vehicle.
swim nor DOW on Sunday. You must-
n't
ust- Place two pieces of oak 2x6 n t joke and laugh, and some Oven to-
gether, one on top of the other. Each.
went so far as to say you mustn't must be a little longer than the track
wear a ribbon o* your hair nor ea of the vehicle. In order that chain
, s
ruffle on your dress nor a bit of 'lace may be readily passed beneath the
on your lingerie, 2x6'ace a small sirs' u tier them
To -day, though, in 1919, we don't to 's, peace
em off the ground. It is,
hear so much about crucifying the noM necessary to remove the wheels..
flesh as we do about lending a hand, i Run the wheels on to the axe's and'
And it is so much more in harmeny pass a log.:chain under the planks land'
with what Christ really taught. As 3 over the axle to be straightened. Two
remember it, He gave just two com- chains are required—one on either
ones.rats and they were both "Cloy side of the bend, Quite often the
ones. "Thou shalt love the Lord thy chains may be placed over an axle
God with all thy heart, and thy neigh- cp c,id marring the wooden axle
bar as thyself."And He told His fol- calip to. avIf not, heavy pieces of leather
lowers that when the Great Judge di- should be placed under the chains.
vicled the sheep from the goats it. Under the bend in the axle place a.
would be on the principle of whether
they had gone out and helped their• jack -screw, Now by raising straightened: the jack-
brother,not as to whether they had screw the axle can be straightened
kept all the Jewish ceremonial law. very quickly.
I can't recall that He ever forbade I Automobile axles which have been.
anyone getting out the car on the bent by running against objects should.
Lord's day. On the contrary, He just be removed, turned on their side with
went about on Sunday as He did on the bend down and strarghtened"in the
Monday and Tuesday—doing 'good, same manner. In a shop with a plank
And when the Jews took Him to task floor the chains can be fastened to,
for breaking the Sabbath He calmly i eyebolts in the floor.
told them that the Sabbath was made _
for man and not nmanfor the' Sabbath.' All who wish to have plants grow -
There are a great many people to- ing in pots in winter should prepare
day living narrow, poky lives under! a heap of good soil for thein immedi- -
the mistaken idea that it is the Chris- ately, in the following manner: Find
tian thing to do. As a matter of fact, some good rich soil which is covered
Christ never anywhere said a word to with a thick sod of grass but free -
give 'one the idea that it is wrong to from weeds, cut off the sod, digging
enjoy life. And Ile dict a great many about three inches deep, and pile up,.
things to show you that He was what mixing with It about one-fourth the
we'd calla "good mixer" to -day. If bulk of well -ratted cow manure. Aa -
you will really react you' Bible instead , low this to remain in a heap for a
of seeing in between the lines the month, wetting it occasionally if there
ideas that some -churchman has im-
planted in yuur mind, you'll see that
Christ went about all sorts of affairs
August is the opening' month of the
molting season. Bens that start molt-
ing this month generally end in time
to become good winter 'layers. But,
goodness, 'how ragged they look)
Molting is not a disease, and yet
nearly all the poultry looter books
refer to it. It is a condition that de
velops whatever weakness there is in
a fowl, and sickness and death often
follow. The period lasts •about 100
days, which dates from the first fall-
ing of feathers to'the conipletion of
the work_
A fowl in good health will grow
feathers rapidly. In such eases there
will not be that ragged appearance
which is noted in cases of slow or
hard Blatt. Fat hens readily shed
their feathers, but they seem to lack
the power of promptly renewing the
coat., A fowl that is poor In flesh has
great difficulty in shedding her
feathers. •
Molting fowls must have clean, pro-
tected houses and plenty of exercise.
They must be fed a nitrogenous food.
Corn, cornmeal, middlings and pota-
toes must be given sparingly. The
males should be separated, from the
females. Bran, green bone, sunflower
seed and linseed meal are highly valu-
able in the bill of fare. Spicy condi-
ments must be avoided, especially sul-
phur, If the hen is not in proper
condition for molting, no amount of
stimulating food will make up for the
lack of a reserve of•,suitable material
for cell growth; and the use of spices
at this time can only overstimulate
and act injuriously on the future of
the fowl.
The laying season of the heavy-
weight ducks ends this month.
March -hatched pullets should be
laying now.
Get rid of the surplus fowls before
they start to molt.
Caponiiing can be performed in
August.
Set hens or incubators for Febru-
ary `table poultry.
Dampen the brooms in hot suds
once a week tit clean and preserve
them a little longer.
Add a cupful of vinegar to water,
in which colored clothes are washed.
This prevents running.
To test the heat of an oven, put
a bit of white paper ,in it. If too hat
the paper will blacken.
II.R.II, the Prince of Wales will
n
spend three clays in Toronto during
the Big Fair. He 'will open the Ex-
hibition n MoedaY, August Au 25th in
iso o n
the open air, where many thousands
may see him, and wall remain in the
city until. Wednesday, spending all or
part of three days at the Exhibition
grounds.
Putting "Pep" Into the Nome Fair
County fairs in general were hard
hit by the war. Many associations
went by the board. Acres upon acres
of centre rings were planted in corn.
Midways and parking spaces were
turned into sheep pastures and the
ballyhoo and bark of the apielee are
no more.,
County -fairs had degenerated even
before the war. There is no denying
that fact even by some of the sophisti-
cated mortals who ran then.
Community fairs, on the other hand,
were rapidly gaining a foothold -when
the war intervened. Let us hope they
regain their standing and go ahead,
for they are educational and help to
raise standards in any community.
They' tend to arouse local pride, de-
velop a friendey spirit of rivalry and.
bring about a better co-operation be-
tween families of the neighborhood,
ailso between town and country. They
have no gold mine of premiums. They
are purely local afl'airs—sortof minia-
ture county fairs with the commercial -
fed amusements left out.
Several,years of experience bi as-
sisting in community fans, acting as
secretary and vting malty fairs in
other localities, convince' inc that one
of the chief faults of the average fair
is lade of unity in exhibits, Lack of
s':aee is sometimes responsible for
this, Lack of ekperience on the pari
of those in charge of departments
often causes exhibits of high quality
to show poorly. This hinders compo-
tent judging, spoils, the effect and
sometimes 'leads to dissatisfaction
among those who are ,showing :Cornu
products. Where vegetables are be-
ing shown every exhibit should be
uniform. A peck •of :potatoes, beets,
turnips, three pumpkins, squashes, a
definite number of this or that; then
with plenty elf room the display be-
comes both attractive and educational.
Jam things together and the display As
neither educational net, attractive.
If it is Possible to sceure enough
vacant store buildings:in town to hold
the exhibits, hale of the battle for a
successful .community fair is won, The
next best plan, but one that usually
takes mot's work mull cash outlay, is
to have booths along the .sides of
streets, or canvas tops erected in the
street itstif., Hartford City, Incl„ a
blace where one of the most elaborate,
est arranged and successful fairs I
have fiver seen is put on every .Year;
are not frequent rains; then turn it
over, break the sods and mix well and
leave it in a heap until needed for
and s singled with all kendsof men use. If the soil is heavy mix a little
and woinen. Didn't the poor old Phar- sand with it. Do this and next winter
isees complain that He was a "wine-
bibber" and "a friend of publicans
and sinners?" They wanted to tie
Him down to their religion of nega-
tion, but' He wouldn't be caught. IIis
idea was a life of service td Isis fel-
lows, mixed with such simple pleas-
ures as His times gave. He went in
your plants will grow and bloom.
"Finish every day and be dote with.
it. You have clone what you could.
Some blunders and absurdities, no
doubt, crept in. Forget them as soon.
as you can. To -morrow is a new dey1e
for everything that makes for a well- begin it well and serenely, with too
rounded life, and He enjoyed all the high a spirit to be cumbered with
experiences common to men. your old nonsense. This day is all
A religion of service is the proper that is good and fair. It is too dear,.
one for 1919, not one made up of with its hopes and invitations, to
"Thou shalt nets." Christ came to do waste a moment on the yesterdays."—
away with the old Jewish idea of a Emerson.'
uses the plan of housing the exhibits
under canvas tops set up in the middle
of the' street. They show cattle,
horses and )togs, as well as the lesser
farm products, and build stock pens
along the aide of the public square.
The town folks turn their little city
over to their country cousins for the
week.
This fair raises a considerable sum
of money each year from banks, mer-
chants and manufacturers; but large
sums• are not necessary. Some money
is necessaryeef course, but it can eas-
ily be raised bya few good solicitors
among both fainters and merchants,
for all are directly benefitted; but
strong competition and ribbons will
bring out the exhibitors. The import-
ant thing is to appoint hustlers, men
with both knowledge and "pep," on
the important committees. I•Iave lived
men for department heads, Give the
poultry exhibit to a live poultryman,
Let the best liked truck grower handle
the truck crop exhibits, Turn the
fruit exhibits over to a fruit grower.
Get the women interested and your
fair will make good.
Make your fair interesting. If the
qualities cif the exhibits are high, If
they are weld displayed and if there
is interest by the exhibitors, the visi-
tor and the cas:.al spectator will have
three things to carry away with him:1
1, He will be attracted. 2. IIe will be
interested, 3. He will talce home, as
will the' exhibitors themselves, ideas'
that are sound and which will prove
of worth. The conununityfair is the
best place I have ever visited for the
exchange 0f ideas among farmers. It
beats the institute • unci community
school, because men and women ex-
press themselves more freely,
Amusements help make the fair a
success. .Games, foot races, greased
poles and kindred contests bring
laughs and some pride to the contest..
Opts, and they gimp .more because
they are local and the contestants are
known to all. There should be exhi-
bits of household products--ltoute-
baked bead, pies, calve; home -canned
foods, jellies, preserves, butter;
needlework, and outer things in which
woven are interested.
Make your fair have as ranch unity
as possible, tape as much tinno in stag-.
ing exhibits as you can spare, and
community fairs will continuo to
prosper.
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By Joh Z3, ili.x.13er AM,M-D ;
Dr, Huber will answer all signed letters pertaining to Health. It your-
questlon Is of general Interest it wit) be answered through these columns;
If not, It will be answered personally If stamped, addressed envelope Is en-
closed, Dr. Huber will not prescribe for Individual cases or make diagnosis.
Address Dr. John B. Huber, M,D., care of Wilson Publishing Co., 73 Adelaide
St. West, Toronto -
Pure 31111s. , the milk in the can. It would be
No ono who can afford to do other -i well if the water in the tank could
wise should' buy loose milk—that i be kept flowing; and this will indeed be
from the can or taken home in pitch- necessary unless ice water is used.
ers. Bottles of milk should be wiped The tank should be thoroughly c'.esn-
or washed as' soon as received from sed each day to prevent bad odors,
the wagon and placed directly in the The han should remain uncovered dor
refrigerator. The latter should never .ing the cooling, and the mills shoo 1
be without ace nor allowed to become' be gently stirred. The temperature
warm, Milk should nt all times be' should be reduced to GOF. or lower
covered, as n protection against dust within an hour. The can should re -
and insdets. It should be kept inj main in cold water until ready for
some part of the ice box where there
are no strong smelling foods like
onions, cheese, or other substances
from which odors night be absorbed.
Tho object of such precauteons es
these is to keep the milk clean and
to retard the growth of germs in this
fluid,
What measures are necessary to
safeguard the purity and safety of
smile ?
1. The cow should be healthy, and
the milk of any animal which seems for making me grow? I have been
indisposed should not be mixed with told that a device has been discovered
that from the healthy coeds. by which your feet are held and which
2, Cows must not be fed upon swill, fits you somewhere around the spinal
delivery.
7. The milk should be delivered
during the summer, in refrigerated
cans or ,in bottles about which ice is
packed during transportation.
8. When received by the consumer
it should be kept in a clean place and
at n temperature below SOF,
Questions and Answers.
Question—I am a boy of 16 and
very small. Is there not some device
or the refuge from breweries or glu- column. Is this true?
case factories or upon any other fer- Answer—It is not true. You have
mented food,
3. Milch cows must have access to
fresh pure water.
4. The pasture must be freed from
noxious weeds, and the barn and yard
must he kept clean.
5,—Tho udders should be waahed
and then wiped dry before each milk-
ing,
6. The milk must be at once thor-
oughly cooled, This is best done in
plenty of time to grow. You will not
attain your full growth until you rifle
21. I would not worry about it.
Question --I have had a lot of
trouble with my nose lately. It seems
to get blocked up making ,At very hard
at tines for me to breath properly
and affecting my speech.
Answer --There may be some ob-
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trophied turbinates. You should
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0 oxalniited by a spra-
in a tank of cold water or ice water, petent specialist, Additional infnrsne-
the water being at the seine depth as tion is being mailed you,
—if yet feel pa sign your liver piousis out of orc
"headachy" and 'rritabla—
for theta; sii r mr. Your
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