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THE SEAFORTH NEWS
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Rose
Meenie
fliese were of an entirely siinplq
and ingenious character, and had nol
talent whatsoever ,of 'the ghastly
make-believe of wit, the mean swag-
ger. and facetious innuendo 'of the
Loadon music -hall. Now a member of
the, Club, when loudly called upon by
i4'.. the general voice, e-ould step top to
the .plarform and sing some familiar
\
Scotch ballad; and again one of the
professional singers in attendance
'‘.4.11ey did not appear in swallowtail
ad white tie, by the way, hut in :wh-
ere attire) would "oblige" with
seen thing more .a m h i ti o it s; but
' throu 4.1.1ont there was a pr.:tailing
tendanc toward compositions with a
ohoeus; a' sl the chorus grew more Un-
iversal ank more eathasiastic as the
evening prakeerital. Tina occasionally
tnsoveen the ,• erformaneea there ete-
earl-ed. 0 cons\ srahle interval, during
which the membt s of the Club 'would
make 'hrief visit' ,,, ow ether tables:
aud in this way liallahl made the ae-
quithitance of a goott,nunther td thnee
moderately convivial ',ends. For. ii
there was a tolerable Amtault of treat-
ing, and its correapond.ast challenges,
there was 00 drunk:emu,: aetparent
anywhere; there A as son Ik 1. 'lid taK...
lag: and 'Captain NieTaigart 5(0' e10 -
dilly anxious that every.h.sly should
come and sit at the I'resident's table;
but the greatest hilarity did no; ex-
ceed bounds. I; a:1, to be observed.
however, that, as the evening drew
on, it was the sentimental song, that
:were the chief favorite., those that
Mourned the hygone flays of boyhood
and youth, or told of the premature
decease of assille ;beloved Anne or
Mary.
Ronald was once or twice pressed
to sing; but he goodnaturedy refused.
"S'ome other time. if II have have
the chance. 1 will try to screw up my
.conrage." he said'. "IAnd 'by that eine
yell have forgotten what Mts.,Men-
res said—the East Lothian folk are
wOrederful for praising their own kith
and 'kin."
IA:, to ,letting olcl Nlr, Jaap have a
song or two to set to music, that was
another and similar matter; and he
,promised to hunt out one 'or two of
• them. In truth, it would not the diffi-
eutl, as he himself perceived, to find
something a little better than the
"Caledonia's -hills and dales" which
were sung that night, and which was
of a •very familiar pattern indeed. And
Ronald looked forward with not a
little natural satisfaction to the pos-
sfbility of rine of his songs being sung
in that resounding hall: a imet must
have his audience some were; and
this, at least. was more extensive than
a handful of farm lads and lasses .eol-
lected together in tithe barn of lever-
• Medal.
A.: about hali-pat eleven the en-
' tire company broke up and dispersed;
and Ronald, alter thanking his three
companions very heartily for their
hospitality during the evening, set off
for Ids lodgings in the north of the
city. He was quite enlivened and in-
spired by this unusual whir: of gayety,
it had come into his sombre and lone-
ly life as a startling surprise. The rat-
tle of the piano—the resounding elute-
toes—the eager talk of these boon
.eom.panions—all this was of an excit-
ing nature; and as he walked away
through the now (.1farkened thorough -
fart -s, he 'began to wonder whether he
:could net write some lilting .verses in
the old 'haphazard way. Tie had not '
even tried such a thing since he came '
to Glasgow: the measurement of our -
'face and areas and the classification of
Dicotyledones did not lead him in
.that direction. .Belt on such at :gala -
as this. surelyhe might string
some lines toge1a110.-- about tGlasgow
lads and biases, and rrood-delllowship
and the delights ,of a roaring town?
it woeld he an experiment, in any
Well, when be had got borne. and
lit the gas, and sat slowto the jing-
ling task, it was not so dill -kali, after
all. Batt there was an tinder -note run -
fling through these verses that he had
not contemplated -ellen he ;et ont,
in that little TO0123, he felt almost like
, a caged animal dying for a wider air,
a more active work; and there at least
was a height that enabled ihint to feel
the power oi his knees; while the
mere upward erogryse was a kind' of
inspiriting thing, one always having
a ‘vagne fancy that one is going to
see farther in getting higher. Masi
there was hut the one inevitable term -
illation to these repeated elinithings;
and that not the wide panorama ems
'bracing laich Loyal and Sen l -lope
and the 'far iKyle of Tongete, but a
wretched little lane .called Rotten
Row --a -double line of gloomy hous-
es, with here and there an (rider -fash-
ioned cottage with a thatched roof,
and with everywhere pervading the
close atmosphere an odor oi boiled
herrings. .And then again, looking
back', there was no yellow and wide -
shining Strath.Terry. with its knolls
of purple theather and its deViOli:, rip-
pling 'Varn s, but only the great, dal,
grim, 'mysterious city, weltering in its
smoke, and dully groaning, as it were,
ander the grinding burden art its mon-
otonous toil.
.N s the Twelfth of August d'rew
eear he became more and more rest-
less. "He had written to Lord ,Ailine to
say that, if he could be of any use, he
would take a run rap to 1nver.-1\Inda1
friC a IN Vek or SO, jlist to see thiugs
started fer tele stason; hut Lord .Aill-
ine had .considerately refused the of-
fer. saying that everything seemed
going 00 /well eitough, except, indeed,
that Lagar the 'Gordon setter was in
a fair tvay of being spoilt, for thtt t.
owing to Ronald's parting Injeme,
tions, there was not n man Or 1103
about• he place W011dd ,,Ithject the dog
to atry kind of chastisement Or diSeil,-
Hilt' 11 hatever, And it sounded strange
to 'Ronald to hear that he 51 ae still
ref:tenth:Ted away up there in the re-
mote little hamlet.
On the morning of the day hefore
the •rwel.ftli his bodes did net get
much attention. Ile kept going ..., tie
IA ind01.1" to 1{ at :II the arrivals at the
railevo -station oplo t, he, A .nderiln..!
rOlether thi. one or that 141. 'Irf all'i
awae to :it' wide moors and the
lerls. Pee, eleett midday. lie .it
3 onlig lad bring up folir .1,,.4, ;.
Inaes, 0' settees, 1. smal3 spaniel. am'
hig Initial. 01' .01,1 give them
k., vr in charge to a meter. 'Well. 1111-
I11an lame, could not -113 this any
long, t. I I . Imoks were no longer
thought of; on went his Glengarry
cao; and in a couple of ndnates he
a as acrass the road :Intl into the I11, '15 here the porter 05'. hanline
the :loge alone the platiorm.
-Hurt, »is man, I'll manage the
doegies Inc ye." he eairi, getting hold
of the chains arel straps; awl
course the dogs at ,a1,11. receenized in
hint a mama' ally and et,' less al -
;tented. A shemblinghoe-legged por-
ter hauling- w them they could not
understand at all; lint in the straight
figure and enn-tanned eheek and clear
eye of the new -comer they revognis-
ed ivateree familiar to them; and then
he spoke to them as if he knew them.
and what's your nalne, then.:
... lim.. or Wallace, or Soldier?...
but there'll no he much work for you
for a while yet. 131 you, you two bon-
nie lassie,, that'll be amongst the hea-
ther the morn; and well 'I can see
ye'll work together, and back each
other, and just set an example to 1111 -
man folk. And if ye show yourselves
in.t a Wee 'bit eager at the beginning
t.' the day. ---well. well, ic ell, a 0 ,I4'
1,101' car itiptIlt9., and that ow. ,,n
nears off. And tvIntee yotir names,
the? -1.afra. or Nell, or lies, or Fan?
(To Re Continued)
GERMANY BUILDING FIFTY
YEARS AHEAD
together'was over, he looked down
the page; and then the put it away; in
no circumstances could this kind of
song 'find its way into the Harmony
Club; and yet he was not altogether
disappointed that it was so.
ta Glasgow lasses are fair enough,
And 'Glasgow lads are merry;
But I would be with my own dear
maid,
'A -wandering' t1n 1 Sitraill-TerrY.
And she 'worthl he singing her morn-
ing .-scincr,
The song that the larks have taught
her:
A song of the northern seas and
ad a song of eltulal IN'ater.
The bands :go thundering through the
streets,
1114, dies and trunt- together:
Far rather I'd hear the gr. 111,t, owls
crow
Among the
Awl 1 aould ,he or. Sett Ch•hria's
brow
watch the red-decr .110 Iirtg
In single lite down the glen
Mad tvalt the summer elrit
Glasgott lasses are fair tet.:n1h
.N1111 eilasgow lads are tuerr;'
lint all, for the veiee of my own dear
maid. •
.\-einging adown StrathsTerry
1'ITAVIE12 XX IX.
Ronald's 'frienekhip with the hos,
pitahle widow and his acmittintane,
ship with those three bonn-compaitt
ions of hers grew (pire; and _many a
merry evening they all of them had
together irt the brilliant little parlor
Ronald singing his own or any other
songs without stint, the big skipper
telling elaborately facetious Highland
stories, the \\*Moly %Orin tiftd with her
cigars and 115.r Moet and Shandon,
.\nd yet' he teas ill, ill at ease. He
would nat adniit to 'himself. of course,
that he rather despiaed these new ass-
quaintances—for were they not most
generous and kind towards hint?—nor
yet that the loud hilarity the joined in
was on his part at times a ltd Ile forc-
ed. Indeed. he could not .very well
have defined the cause of this dis-
quietude and restlessness and almost
despair that twas present to his con-
sciousness even when the laugh was
at its fondest and glasses going round
most merrily. •But the trath teas he
had 'begun to lose heart in his work.
The Jir.1 glow of determination that
had enabled him to a ithstand the de-
pression of the dull dues mot the
monotonous labor had subsided 11055.
The thrilliant future the Ainerietins
had painted Inc him did tiot -rein 5,1
attraetive. Nfeenie was away; perhaps
'lever to be met with more: and the
old glad clays that 'were filled with the
light of her presence .were all gone
nos.% and growing ever more and in, re
distant. And in the solitude of the
little room up there in the Port Dun -
des 'Road -with 1 -he gray atmosphere
ever present at the windows, and the
dull rumble of the carts and wag tis
without -he was now getting into a
habit of pushing aside his books for
a while, and letting his fancies go far
allieldt that Iiis heart .seeni-
ed grow more and more sick twithin
hint, and 1110re and more he grew to
think that somehow life had gone all
wrong with him.
There is in 'Glasgow a thoroughfare
familiarly .known to Iltelmanno 13ree.
It is in one of the poorer neighbor-
hoods of the town: ancl is in trtuth ra-
ther a squalid and uninteresting lare;
bit it has the one striking peculiar-
ity of '1111 extraordinarily steep,
having been Iafl on rhe side of a
considerable hill, ,Now. one lutist have
a powerful imagination to see in this
long, abrupt, .1thie-gray thoroughfare
• with ' its g rimy iffivements and
11rmsefronts, tind if • WI( ers tom:ling
with dirty water any resemblance to
the wide slope, of Ben Clete -ie.; and
the caroling rills that flott. down te
Loch Never; leo all the sante Ron-
ald had a ourious fancy Inc mrainting
his long incline, and that at the hard-
VVlien 'the first glow, of getting them e
s; pace he could go. For sometimes.
No, Hills, Intersections or Speed
Limit on New Reichs Auto Road—
Pedestrians, Cyclists Barred.
Toronto, tli tiermatty they arr
looking from ten to li'ty years ahead
in the construction '4 highways.
Ohl, winding traffic arteries are be-
ing supplemented by a area.' ribbon
of emit -rote, 0 hich is slowly Int.
smell; being unwound a Vros5 the
rtsu ti -try itt ail almost level' stretch.
Whis rilyhan is broken -up into two
lanes on one side and two on the
other, 0111 a broad stretch tsi green
sward told tlowerabeclo bet weep,
'Known a.4 the Reich," ,'Nuto Sehnert
Road, his ,Ilighway is barred to ped-
estriatlai and cyclists, while there are
no illierraertions or tratrolling
affirers ;and the speed • litnit is the
limit of your ear,
'The thrill of travelling Over this
new highway was experienced ihy
31 F.:P, Thofstetter, prominent Tot'on-
11) 111'1111, who has just return-
ed from a two -months' t:01r of .Eur-
ope. Mr. 1T-Tofstetter, who is a native
of flaeel, Switzerland, outlined in an
interview the remarkable transforma-
tion he had 'found so far as IGerniart
highways 'were concerned.
'Tie pointed nut that a few thou.
Sand mile, .-1f this new road .had 'been
Imitt rind -that it extended frnm the
Dutch border as far as I-Teirielberg,
"Conetruction Work", continued Nfr,
'THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 193'7
Hoialtetter, is still proceeding, These
highways are aloollutely safe and
ehey1.. are vvry 1(10 accidents, The av-
erage speed of the !German ears 114 40
miles an hour because they are small
cars, but you can travel as fa..1
you wish if your car C1111 'take ie. 1
was travelling 85 miles an hour in
my Oldsmobile sedan. in whioh
toured Enrope. and believe me. it is
Clic hest way to travel in 90111V
these countries."
With its twinkle in his eye. Mr. .Hof-
atetter enlarged mum this ,ponit. "Yoe
see, they tin 1o4 -bother yon so outch
at the border. They think you are
wealthy and of some importance
when they see you in a ear. 'And, by
the way, speaking about automobile
travelling, here's en interesting fact:
1 covered 6,500 miles in .France.
Switzerland, Germany Holland and
Britain and never had an accident, Inc
was it necessary to have any 'minor
repairs made. I used very little water
and only 2,34 quarts of
Mr. ITiofstetter disclosed' how the
IGerrnan authorities deal with reek -
less or dangerons drivers. He pointed
out that there are bridges which span
the new highway at different 'points.
and on eacih bridge is an, observation
post. Should a man be observed zig-
aog,ea rig or driving in a clan germ's
manner, the official al one post tele.
01011(5 10 the o'bservation post ifarth.
en ahead. By the time the car reaches
this post an officer is waiting, The
driver is ordered to stop and, as a
rule, is not permitted An .cpnlinne his
tri..isket1 if he had to pa' tiny til
charges, 313 m. Hnistetter replied that
the only country where he had been
called mon to pay a charge was in
n01)11011. V, here. he paitl tat the rate of
sixty cents a day.
TESTED RECIPES
Grapes
hit alatirlanee t.f fresh l'anadian
arattes are now tot the market and
...fit he available aithin the next two
lo' three at comMtrativelY
'ice'.. I.:rapes Inc 0 very healthful
frith, being rich in both minerels .011
sneer.
,1-cipe,„ prepared and
te.ted -ho' the Fruit Branch, Dominion
Dep.,rtment of griculture, may:
therefore, prove timely and helpftil:
Grape Catsup
4 pemnis grapes
, 3 pint cider vinegar
1 teaseoon elotes
1 tea.atn salt
tmniol sugar
2 Ica -p.m, around einnamon
-1 teasp000 anoint] allspiett
Wash and stein grapes. Place
SiltIs(.'3titti ,1 1111 villet-4.1r, and ,'sok fon
16 minutes: rob through sieve title
enough to retain the seeds and skips.
Boil pulp until thiek. add ether
ingredients awl lad3 half an hone
longer. 11'Bl into hot sterilized jars
or bottles, and seal.
Green or Ripe Grape Jam
NV3.11 and stem grapes. Separate
-Isla- from pulp. Cook skins nutil
tender, rye', through a ;levy.
pulp ten. ntinute,, press through a
sieve. Combine '1101 • , add one amund
of sttaar to every quart of puree; boil
one-half honr, stirring often. Pour
into glasaes and eover.
Grape Sauce
(For pudilinu,s or its .erettn0
Wash and erneh 5 ong: itt gratc. ttI
litricIN't rtok slimlY 16 Initiates.
Press them -tell 11 coarse sieve. the
map acid to out. gl'N inflated -iger.
Mix well 0110 17110k 1115 minute stir
ring frequently to prevent sticking or
scoreltiag. Seal in sterilized jar, for
winter
Grape Jelly
1\'a -f, the 'mulch,. thorotialtly,
t. the frail front the -.tams. 'Ant
grapes in a /m...rving kettle and
maall well. Set .tver a slow lire and
heat very gradually to extract the
juke. Boil slowly .1 minute,. Straie
throngh doohle cheese -cloth or flan-
nel jelly hag. Al easare tint inlet!, tiring
to boil, ;Ishii, add angar --allowing 1
imp t., each cap of juice, 130i1 rapidly
for 116 minntes or until a little juice
hardens in a eldd '11 It(' Pour into
9101 zterilized jelly glasses, Cnal and
seal.
Grape Marmalade
NN'aeh the grapes, rent °VC fraill the
cteillS and press the pulp from the
...kin,. Cook the pirlp 151 'minutes and
put it through a sieve to remove
seed's. Mid skins; to the tpailp -and mea-
sure the 01ixture. 'To Moto) of pulp all -
low 2-'3i cup of :war. Cook about
twenty Minn -les w until skins are
tender and seal ail once steril•ized
jars.
Current Crop Report
Brace 'County reports very little
movement in grain and hay, with
some alfalfa going into meal at
a ton for 141'))(3cot. Dafferin reports
its thief cash wrop, potatoes, not sell-
ing at a .a ry high figure, prices riosa-
ing from .35.1, 50c a thag. 'Phe yield
nf late ('1 1,1''. tliere ie not experted
to he as high eslas year. In Halon
interest is keener in feeder cattle and
lambs than in ,,ome years. This is
largely dile tss excellent fall pastures
and abundant ,noughage tor winter
feedine. Balton barns are field and
stacks of hay and .grain numerous
throughont the etainty.' There is a
large quantity of sec'ontl, crop and
some third' crop alfalfa 'being cut
there this year. Alfalfa seed is in
strong demand with buyers offering
from $110 to to as high as $13d5 for
seed ill the rough, but quality is Iow normal due .to spronting and
weathering. Perth has harvested one
of 'the best .crops of corn in many
years. 'The root crop is also excep-
tionally good. North Simeoe reports
-cattle in 'better than average condition
and More feeders than usual being se-
cured 'by farmers in the county. Tur-
nips are theing shipped in 'Waterloo,
with a price of liSc' per bushel being
paid. Wellingtou reports buckwheat,
mangels, corn and potatoes AO me -
what hotter than average cropsPas-
tures there .eontinue in excellent
shape and' the large importations of
cattle and sheep on ,these pastures are
doing extremely- well. In illaedimand
livestock is reported as' in excellent
condition. A tremendous increase is
evident where in the number of feed-
ers 'brought in from the West. Fall
wheat acreage there is only about 50
per cent, of normal, Lincoln County
will hit,Ve probably 1/0 per cent. as:
m'uuh ail 55 heat 511(11 this year as
last. There is a demand in Lincoln for
pullets for winter laying. 111 North-
umberland the cannittg factories have
completed tomato canning. Fortun-
ately no heat:' frosts occurred and the
yield per acre was 1:total, reaching
as high as 000 bushels to the acre in
one or 'two fields 'Mit at eraging Whom
300 hit S. In Ontario t'onnty eont was
an excellent crop :btu badly lodged
and many farmers cut their. corn by
hand. Th e mangel crop in York prom-
ises to be a heavy one. Farmers in
Leeds have 'found difficulty in obtain-
ing sufficient farm help. In Manitoul-
in the demand for rattle is keen and
the ureteral condition heeler than ns.
nal. Several thow-loads of tiniehed and
feeder sold' have been shipped aml
to'tr Lamb Fairs are being 'held this
month.
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Storing Farm rMachinery
Proper care should to exercised at
all tittle to protect the lariat. 11111.,1
:11.011 in farm machinery from rapid
delerioration. Teal, In. dst A,ind.
fro,. And 'direct sunlight are the must
tiestractite elements taivonntered by
iarin equipment. Storage Means pr,.
Wit ion against these deteriorating (if.
feet, dining the inactite life ,h ma-
chines and has 'Isom found to 1.c flit'
greatest single factor in prolonging
the lite of the inaeh in cry. l'ilv 1110,1
active peri.m1 oi deterioration i,
ing the ,easot, oi machine 11-e. It i.
important, however, to entice; mach.
inery the year around from the ef-
fect, of weathe('. 'Generous use of
3)111111 on all .vonel and metal par1e.
wherever the original has worn thin.
and the removal to a dry shed of all
slats, ealivaAgeS. 101 iVeS, ploughshares.
,cultirator teeth, etc., immedia1 ely the
machine is out of use, will help pro
long the ueettel life of the implement
.Pack all hearing, with the correct
grade of hrbricant. Cover all exposed
metal pants worn bright from nse with
451 crankcase or transmission oil he -
'lore Olitting the machine aside even
for a few days. Tide will 'keep out ail
dirt and moisture from the bearings
anld off the wearing sorfaces, thus
preventing excessive wear dcie it
1.11.i. 'Clean all seed from • drill hoxes,
make same that all dirt is removed
from plough or one-way disk ibottonts
and that they are well greased 'before
leaving, straw, grain or weed,
should he tioaroughtly cleaned /from
binders, etunibines, separators, cultiv-
ators, tlisks. etc., before greasing and
painting for storage. Blight sunlight
and moisture cause exposed parts to
warp and crack, paint applied early
will prevent this destrnotion. Metal
parts exposed w -ill 'east told wear;
grease or paint will save these sur-
faces.
1 nside storage grain boxes,
wooden drills. .vitgon running gears.
and wooden separators is desirable,
hut not essential. 'Outside storage of
machinery Itsbeen fotiodhighly suc-
cessful when proper care has ,been ex-
ercised to proteot against animals ankl
weather by good fences, t.he use of
paint anal proper lobricanta,
Trite average yield of spring grains
for the province will he considerably
higher than ie 1110.,To when drought
conditions reclueed the crop, hilt still
somewhat below normal. The coun-
ties bordering the St. La wrellee and
some districts in Northern Ontario
particularly 111Ignma and 'Manitoulin.
report yield's considerably below av-
erage and large 140313)1 1'. vil 3 llaVe
he intrehased inc winter feeding pm.
poses. 'She quality 'of spring grain
varies greatly. In sonic Central On-
tario, and particularly the southern
part of South Western Ontario, large
mantities of g.rain Were damaged by
'recitient heavy rains -which hlaekened
the grain and Ail'aw anti cansed
prouting. •eirisiderable grain wa
atil into the 'barns or threshed in a
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Post Graduate School and Hospital.
Member of the College of Physicians
and Surgeons of 'Ontario. Office on
High street. Phone 27, Office fully
equipped for 5 -ray diagnosis and Inc
ultra Short wave electric treatment,
ultra violet sun lamp treatment and
infra red electric treatment, Nurse in
attendance,
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Graduate of Faculty of Medicine, Un-
iversity of Western Ontario, Member
of College of Physicians and Surgeons
of Ontario. Office 43 Goderich street
west. Phone 37. Hours 2-4,30 p.m.,
7.30-9 p,m. Other .hours 'by appoint-
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DR. H. HUGIH ROSS, Physician
and Surgeon Late of London Hos-
pital, London, England. Special at-
tention to diseases of the eye, ear,
nose and throat. Office and residence
'behind Dominion Bank, Office Phone
No, 5; Residence Phone 104.
DIR. F. J. BURROWS, Seaforth.
Once and residence, Goderich street,
east of the United Church. Coroner
for the County of "Huron. Telephone '
No. 46.
DR. F. J. R. FORSTER—Eye
Ear, Nose and Throat, .Graduate 311
Medicine, University of Toronto 11897.
Late Assistant New York 09hthal-
mic and Aural Institute, Moorefield's
Eye, and 'Golden Square throat hospi-
tals, Landon, At Commercial Hotel,
Seaforth, third Wednesday in each
month from 1,30 p.m. to 5 -p.m.
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Physician - Surgeon
Phone 90-W. Office John St, Seaforel-
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(Successors to James Watson)
MAIN ST., SEAFORTH, ONT.
All kinds of Insurance risks effect-
ed at lowest rates in First-Llass
Companies,
THE McKILLOP
Mal Fife IllSillarlee Co
HEAD OFFICE--SEAFORTH, Ont.
0 FFI CERS
President—Alex. Broadfoot, Seaforth;
Vice,Presiden t, Thomas Moylan,
Secretary -Treasurer, M. A, 'Reid,
Seaforth. '
AGENTS
• F. McKercher, R.R.1, Dublin; John
E. Pepper, R.R.1, Brucefield; E. R. G.
Jarmouth, Brodihagen; James Watt,
Blyth; C. F. Hewitt, Kincardine;
Wm. Yeo, Holrnesville,
• DI RECTORS
Alex. Broadfoot, SeafOrth No, 3;
James Sholdice, Walton; Wm, Knox,
Londesboro; George Leonhardt,
Bornholm No, 1: Frank 'MoGregor,
Clinton No. '5: •1gones CO11110'113'. ,God-
crich; Alex :Melt:wing, Myth No, 1;
Themae 311,lan, Seaforth No, 31
Wm. Ie. 'Archibald, Sealforth No, 4.
Parties desirous to effect insurance
or transact other business, will be
promptly attended to by applications
to any of the above named officers
addressed to their respective post -
offices,
wet condition and much searing !grain
will be only of treading quality. The
yield per acre of hay and ,clover this
year is estimated above average in
094 Ontario but extremely low in
most districts of Northern tOntario.
August was favourable Sur the dev-
elopment of late potatoes, roots and
corn for fodder. Corn for busking,
however, which is chiefly grown in
Essex and Kent Counties, was dam-
aged by excessive 111 mid -sum-
mer ,and. the average yield will be !far
:below normal. The yield of dry beans
'a estimated at 117,0 bus, as compared
with 115.12 Ibus. in 8986, and -a long
term average a 1136.11 tuts. Tree fruits
now being harvested are 'of good
quality and later varieties Inc sizing
well. Tontaeo crop prospects were re -
...limed by dry weather at a critical per.
and production will -be consider-
ably below expectations.
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