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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1917-05-10, Page 2. D. MoTAGC3,11t' McTAGOAR' McTaggart Bros, BANA111118_._. E GENERAL BANKING I3U:1I• NESE TRANSACTED, NOTES DISCOUNTED, I)RAF'I'S ISSUED INTEREST ALLOWED ON DR POSITS. SALE NOTES • T UEi• CHASED. tI: T. RAitTCE -- -- NOTARY PUBLIC, CONVEY- ANCER, FINANCIAL, \REA>L ' ESTATE AND , FIRE INSUR. INCE AGENT. REPRESENT- ING 14 FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES. OtVISION COURT CFFIOI8, CLINTON,. W. BitYDONI, BARRISTER. SOLICITOR NOTARY P.UBLIC, RTO. Office- Sloan Block-CLINTON iII. G. CAMERON H.O. BARRISTER, SOLICITOR. CONVEYANCER, ETC, - O®ce en Aleert Street oecuped bl Mr. Hooper. 1n°Clinton on every Thursday, and on any day for which ap- pointments are made. Office hours from 9 a.m. to 0 p.m. A good vault in connection with Ibe office, Office open every week -day. Mr. Hooper will make any appointments for Mr, Cameron, CHARLES R. HALL Conveyancer, Notary Pahl., Commissioner, Rte. REAL ESTATE and iNSURANCE Issuer of Marriage Licenses HURON STREET, -• CLINTON DRS: GUNN & GANDIER Dr. -W.. Gunn, L.R.C.P„ L.R.C.S., Edin, Dr. J. C. Gaudier, B.A„ M,B. Office Hours: -1.30 to 3.30 p.m., 7.30 to 9.00 p.m. Sundays 12.80 to 1.30 p.m. Other hours by appointment only. Office and Residence -Victoria St. on. o. W. THOMPSON PHSYI eee,N, SURGEON, ETC. Special attention given to dis- eases of, the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Eyes carefully examined and edit able glasses prescribed. Office and residence: S doors wed of the Commercial Hotel, Hnroa 9t, tfEOR(3E ELLIOTT Licensed Auctioneer for Os Conzlry of Ifnron. Correspondence promptly answered. Immediate arrangements esti be made for Sale t Date at The New -Record, Clinton, or lay sailing Phone 13 on 157,. Charges moderato and satisfaetloa guaranteed. There is a • Cold Day Corning Why not prepare for it by ordering your winter supply of Lehigh Valley oaf. None beter in the world. Rouse Phone 12. Office Phone 8. A. J. HOLLOWAY The MoKillop• Mutual Fire Insurance Company p Y Head office, 'Seaforth, Ont. DIRECTORY: President, James Connolly, Goderich; Vice., James Evans, Beechwood; Sec• -Treasurer; Thos. E. Hays, Sea - forth; - Directors: George McCartney, Sea - forth; D. F. McGregor, Seaforth; J. G, Grieve, Walton; Wm, Rine Sea - forth; M. McEwen,' Clinton; Robert Ferries,. I3arlock; John Benneweil•, Brodhagen; Jas. Connolly, Goderich. Agents:. Alex Leitch, Clinton; J. W. Yeo, Goderich; Ed. Hinchley, Seaforth; W. Chesney, Egmondville; R. G. Jar- muth, Brodhagett. Any money to be paid in may be paid to Moorish Clothing Co., Clinton, or at Cutts Grocery, Goderich. Parties desiti7,g to effect insurance or transact other business will be promptly attended t,i on application to any of the above officers addressed to their respective post office. Losses inspected by the director who 'Jives 1,earest the scene. Gsj nK frill Loll' V -TIME TABLE,-.., Trains will arrive at and depart from Clinton Station as follows: BUFFALO ANI) GODERICH DIV. Going East, depart , .0 e, a Going West, depart " "Q ar. 6.32, dp. fr " depart 7.88 Lm. 2,68 pert, 12.45 p.m. 6,45 p,m, 11,28 p,m, LONDON, HURON & BRUCE DIV, Going South, er. 9a, dp. 8.06 pan, laoing North, depart 6,40 p,in, Clint 911 News. Record CLINTON; ONTARIO.. Terms of subsorlptian-t2 per year, in advance; $1,50 may bo charged if not to pale], No paper discon. tinged until all arrears sure paid unless at the option of the pub, lisiter. The date to which every subscription lo paid is denoted on the label, Advertising [fates - Transient ad. verUsements, 10 cents per non. Parcel line for first insertion and 4 cents per line for each szrb ae- quont insertion. Small advertise. meats pot to cooed one •inch, such as " Lost," " Strayed," or Stolen;' eta„ inserted once for 85 emits, and each subsequent in. sertion 10 conte. Communications intended for pub• 'leaden must, as a guarantee of geed odt ue writer aecompenied by the G. 18. HALL, Proprietor. Fertilizer We carry a Complete Stook' of Stene'8 Natural Fertilizer, No better on the market. Hay We pay at•e11 season. the highest market prices for Hay for baling. Seeds American Feed Corn, Red Clo- ver, Aleike, Timothy and Alfalfa. FORD & McLEOD CLINTON, How is Your Cutlery Supply ? You know that Jewelry Store Cutlery is out of the com• Moo class, At least, OURS is. It carries a distinctiveness - ail air of s'uperiority, that comes from being made with the greatest care and et - most skill from the highest - priced material,, Ii you can use some of this Cutlery in your home, yon will be proud of it every time you eee it on the table. Carvers, cased, $9.00 up, Enives, Forks and Spoons, ei.00'doz. up. Enives and Forks, steel, white bandies, $3.00 dos, up: Let ua shoes you our Cutlery . li.ue.. .Let_ns tell you mors, about why it is the most ' desirable that you can.pub. Tena IDoney into. • W. 693 WATER JIWELIvit• and ISSUER el- KABUTAGE LICENSES, "News -Record's" New Clubbing Rates For 1917 WEETILIEs. News -Record and Family Herald and Weekly Star 1.80 News -Record and Canadian 1.80 go Countryman News -Record and Weekly Sun . , . . 1:80 in News -Record and Farmer's Advocate 2.00 • News -Record and Farm & Dairy.. 1.85 News -Record and Canadian Farm 1.80 News -Record and Weekly Witness 2,30 pa News Record and Northern Messenger - 1.66 gr News -Record and Saturday Night', 3.00 as News -Record and Youth's Com - Denton 3.26 MONTHLIES. an News -Record and Canadian Sports- man 8.88 ha Newe-Record and.Lippincot's Maga- zine 3.25 DAILIES News -Record and World ' $3.60 News -Record and Globe . .. 3.60. News -Record and Mail & Empire,: 3,60 News -Record and Advertiser 8,60- Oa News -Record and Morning -Free M Gress . 3.60 Oa News -Record and Evening Free GI Pitsea - 3.60 News -Record- and Toronto Star.,., 3,36 It Nows•Racord and. Toronto News3.30 tha • t h s f g (1 11 a Ie a a lo 'm ib If at e ev be in 111 I to S gr Pe or an sh Conducted by Professor Henry G. 13o11, TIb* object of this department Is to plait at tfie eervloe of otfr farm loaders the advice of ne aohnowl. edged authority on all subjects pertaining to soils and crops. Address all questions to•Professor Henry G. Boll, in ' care of The 'Wilson Publishing Company, Limited, To. t �,r •«;; lento, and answer will appear In this column Inthe order -In l .I r i n lob W they h e 1 are received. As s a' i ;,>�o...•a Is limited i ti advisable vis a awl r p I m d bl where m ed I m a4 er l reply i ` s ccs ar ' •�' �••` ne s that B at� Y y- a stamped amped and addressed envelope be enclosed with the Henry 0. 13011. question, when the antiwar will be mailed direct. Question -W. E. A.: -]lave a piece be grown in a rich ' friable seedbed of land I do not, wish £ l work this sea- well supplied with humus in ender that son except to summer fallow, Can. I there may be a reasonably good supply plow it about June to kill weeds, and of moisture held in the soil. • Strew - sow it to oats or anythitlg else good berries are not very hard on the soil, for pasture? By not pasturing it:toe A ton' of strawberries is worth say close and turning it under in the fall, $200 and only takes from the soil about 85 cents worth of plantfood, yet because their growing season is so short, the soil must be well supplied with available ,lantfood. This is best done by getting the ground ready a year ahead of time. Pick out the place where you expectto plant the strawberries and cultivate it to a hoed crop covering the ground before this crop is .put' in with anywhere from 20 to 40 loads of manure to the Here. Absolutely clean cultivatior, is neces-' sar'y in order to free the land of weeds. If manure is available that is well decayed and free of weed seeds, ten. to twelve. tons to the acre may be applied, before planting the'berries: and ea -enforced with from 1,000 to 2,- 000 pounds of commercial fertiliser to the acre. A good fertilizer for straw- berries should analyze about 2 to 3 percent, ammonia, 8 to 12 percent: phosphoric acid and 4 to 6 percent. potash, if it can be purchased, This analysis is suitable foe a good sandy loam soil, If the groune. is extra thin and manuee is net available a lit- tle more ammonia should be used in the fertilizer and more pounds to the acre applied. - The ground should be plowed late in the fall if possible and allowed to lie over the winter and'preferably plowed again early in the spring and thor- oughly worked down to prepare a fine, firm seed bed and to eradicate all the weeds possible, In the choice of varieties, the soil, climate and market- must be consider- ed. Varieties, that under certain conditions of soil, climate and -market, may prole profitable, may under changed .conditions prove worthless. In selecting varieties the. beginner should br • led more by the advice of progre growers in his community than by what catalogs say. If .his land is early 'he'may find profitable plants from the early varieties such as Crescent, Barton's Eclipse, Senator Dunlap, Warfield, and Beder Wood. If his land is late he will find it more profitable to plant some of the liter varieties such as Sample, Wil- liam Belt, Commonwealth and Brandy - will land- be in good shape for next Brandy - year? Answer! -If you intend to summer fallow the land, I would advise you to plow it sooner than June,' probably early in May, and keep it harrowed and disked about once in two or throe weeks, so as to foot' up the young sprouting weeds and to preserve a dust mulch which will prevent the es- cape of the water from the soil. If you wish to establish a temporary pas- ture I cannot advise you better than to try the mixture advised by Prof. Zavitz of Ontario Agricultural gel - lege. He advises sowing 88 lbs. per acre of a mixture composed of 61 lbs. of oats, 80 lbs: of Early Amber sugar cane and 7 lbs. of common red clover. Professor Zavitz says to sow this early in May The oats and the Early Am- ber sugar cane can be • drilled in through the regular grain drill and the cldver seed through the grass and clover seeder attachment of. the grain drill. At Guelph this mixture has been found to be ready to carry cat- tle late in June. This pasture has carried more than one steer to the acre and in 1911 was successfully used o maintain Milk cows, ' If this ma- erial-isnot pastured down too close t will form 'a valuable addition of amus to the soil if turned down late n the fall. Land under such manage- ment as outlined should be in good hape for next spring, if plowed airly deeply in the fall, Question -M. C.: -Kindly tell me how I can get rid of thistles and quack rase. Answer: -The killing of thistles and uack grass requires heroic methods. Plenty of muscle, horse flesh or Baso- ne used through a tractor will kill them. The top of the plant serve ueh the same purpose as the lungs of nimals, so that if the plant is depriv- d of that vital part it must soon die. If this principle is kept in mind both thistles and quack grass can -be killed. No one method will work in all soils, nd in all locations. If the thistles. re cut down and not a single spear al - wed to come above the surface, they ust soon die from lack of power to twine. Just as soon as the planting reeth - in air Usually andsomebfoty todigest digest is finished cnit1,at?on should begin. oodcultivation is the best method either The first tte or deep cultivations ith a crop or by bare fallowing. The should be rather dee so as to remel- king to do is to outline a systematic pIan of attack and to keep in mind at 1 times the fact •:,hat you must keep very leaf cut off, • The same persistent methods apply • the killing of quack grass. ' How- er, if the quack grass is in sod it is st to plow the ground shallow dun- g 'the summer,_say about three ;hes deep. For this it is advisable use a special type of plow with a cotch bottom having a real long adually sloping mold board. This rmits the easily turning of the sod. The next thing to do is, within a'week ten days, go on the land with a discs d thoroughly cut up the land. You ould disc this every ten days or low the soil trodden down in planting. All later cultivations sbould. be shal- low. The land should be cultivated at leas'. every ten clay:, and after each rain. If you will, write and get the Annual Report of the Secretary for Agricul- ture, :Halifax, Nova Scotia, for the year 1910, you will find therein two splendid articles on strawberry culture that go quite a good 'deal into detail regarding best methods of handling this cipp. May Flowers, The people talk of windy March And of the April showers. two weeks until fall when the quack And how these two are sure to bring grass will be, completely killed out. The welcome Maytime flowers. Don't count the number of times you Bet I am surcethat both these month; Are failures as to weather, For every year they seem to get Most sadly mixed together. over the land. Keep on going, go - g, going until every spear of the ass is killed Mit. Question -J. G.: -What. is the com- rative food value of. oats cut while een and cured and fed in the winter hay, especially as a milk producer? Answer: - The following is the alysis of oats cut in the milk stage: Oats cut in milk stage and fed as y in winter'. There's rain in March and April wind; The snowstorms get all twisted, Which makes it clear that Maytime flowers . Come• forth quite unassisted. Use Fertilizers Freely. It costs time, labor or money to plough • or spade up a garden and to m .0 o r°, t a get the. best return lore the labor or ;w C1 " u expense it is absolutely necessary to Oat in .purchase heeds of the very best qual- ms 19.0 5.7 8,9 27.4 41,2 2,8 ity. These can be had from Beadsmen ts, the sin 10.4 3,2 11,4 10.8 69.4 9,3 with established reeutatione. To sow is seen from the above analysis cheap seeds or seeds of doubtful quar- t oats mit in the green, stagemake ity is to invite failure:' After the seeds begin to grow labor most be expended in cultivating and keeping the wends down. It is very gratifying after a sea- • sot's hard work to harvest a'large crop of flowers or vegetables of sup, Brier quality and contemplate how well the work hoe paid. The starting point of success is first to get the soil well piliverized and as deeply as possible; second, to sow good seeds; third, to use fertilizers liber- nily. Using .fertilizer 15'similar to depositing'Money in a :savings bank. All the original, de posit or investment is returned" and the liberal use of fertilizers pays many times better in- terest than any savings bank. It is folly to try to make good gardens without the liberal rise of fertilizers andthe hoe or some similar infple- lnent. • 50 what you want Is notin thi9.list let. us know about We supplyou at less than 11 noit.ald coatcan you toy send direct. In remitting please do so by.,Poet- ottloe Order, Postal Note, Express Order or Registered letter and address G. E. HALL, Publisher News -Record CLINTON, ONTARIO. Cance and Effect: "Your brother has the earache." "It serves hint right," answered the small boy's sister. . "Teacher has told him time and again he ought not to play the piano by ear," Waste ground and spare time may bo jointly used for the increased pro- duction of food. a very good feed for all classes of livestock. They should not be fed alone to milk cows but supplemented with alfalfa hay and concentrates in the form of bran, cottonseed or oil meal. The chances are that better results will be secured and perhaps a larger quantity of food can be har- vested if the oats instead of being sown alone are seeder: with Canada field peas. Question -A. S, L.:-7 ani thinking of planting' a few acres in strawber- ries for the market. What is the best soil, fertilizer, and variety of plant and the best time to begin? A detailed answer will oblige. Answer: - Str'awberries are • not overly particular as regards the soil in which they grow; however, they will usefully clo best on soil that is suitable far potatoes. They should ,ea ilL‘ kfe .. --.-- - •o . ..re:: r ..-.:-:rrn +- rp n ;t"1::;a.sit8.w"ra. 3,. ti There Isn't it member of the family need suffer from indigestion, sicl( headaches, biliousness, fermented Stomach, etb., if he of s e will take Ch mberlam s Stomach andTablets'. Liver p sable , They cleanse 9. 6 n, , andabowcls and att elate the liver tohealthyyy a et ne stumahh eRIGl1ty hittoneunthe whole system. Take ode at night Aridyouro ItIG1I1S In the morning. A0 drer&r,io, 26e, or 6 moil 1 rm lfr,m Chamberlain • •-' amb l r IVB a Q a lvledt e • n n Company, Toronka, 16 What the Potato Said. I used to be looked down upon, But tunes change, I declare; Whysince the ne war broke out you'll see My patches evervwheeel These fancy fellows clo get by In bines of pease; but say, Wvrtimes the good 'old .staples, They -step in and save the dayl • the more time and lower hoot i71 cooking to develop .flavone and to secure all the value in 'the .food. Hainaut civilisation was founded on the altruistic and 'Moral inventions of niankindl and . was (lii'ected riot so rnnoh to the "sut'vival of the fattest" as,to the fitting -of as many es pos- sible to sulviye,.. Munro, . illiEUIVIWTISI` CQ QQEnEo of Lsvo ltoen for lilw ,late Leta 79Zoale n .arlpple Volta Mesmer said 2ailanbaaoai'y E110310048to, S trioti alutoet everything known. to 1110111, col Memo to relieve uta of tl; iptonno orlon and etesmptatene eielgl1t 01101100 of 0118,0te ?a 1f OL* Lucky and other Solnthorn 001810 " without relief, Tour menogor h1 tbla rite erenntnoadod ore eree€9 and T LSVr eineo talent, eight liege; Aad api us? cured, 5 con.1der '50 Sa.,0 1 FOPTOE, KtDf'dZy the utr - 90 4le o r oR $hantuatlem sad 5Cidney 1liaeesos. O. 5). 7[teid•" A1X dreeserte Gall t runs at 00o, a baa, or 6 boxes for. 3.3,50. sample free if you write to NA7TONAT, DREG do 0111811tSUAT, 00. 0P nest 07Ap ZINITZD Tomato, hut. . 76 Whore ,the Parbhholise Wins, A farut family living on 100 acres, with the nearest neighbors a quarter of a anile away, ,can know but.littlo of the annoyance of diving in the city With a' dozen neighbors eonstalztly within sight and nearing:. They eon look into your wiudowa upstairs as well us down, They can smell 7031' dinner, watch your visitors come and go, scrutinize the contents of your clothesline. Form houses have few city edvantagca, though it is doubt- ful whether country people fully ap- preciate the privacy o1" their homes until they go to the city to live. Ai wood is simply a discord in the harmony of the garden, Will you encourage turning waste garden spate into food this summer? PREP•_ , ���� POULTRY �� RKT It Pays in Dollars and Cents To Add The Pi ini'Shing Touches To Produce Intended For Table Use. Ion Poultry id'usbandman,) k P If all the dressed poultry that goes into the market was of an appetizing 'appearance and of good quality, the producer would get a better price, and' the consumer would be willing to pay for something he could enjoy eating. It is a good object lesson for the pro- ducer'to see what his pz'oduce looks like just before it goes into the con- sumer's hands. .11' he „saw it, he would sometimes wonder how it brings as big a price as it does. Warm weather and Iong hauls,. coupled with rough handling in tran- sit all have a share in depreciating the quality, but it must be born: in mind that produce never arrives on -the market in better shape than it lea (Ry F. G. /Ilford, Domin makes one wish he were carving one for his dinner. Many were thin and those that were fairly well fleshed were. poorly lucked. The skinwas torn or blotched from scalding, some were bled,. some had lost their heads, and some had thir necks dislocated, HOW TO KILL The illus- tration re- presents the. roof of the bird's mouth and the veins, the lower Taw 'being remov- ed. •'Phe mark across the, vein'on the left side of the bird's neck (A) is. the place to out to bleed. The mark in. a the. roof of the. mouth (13) indi- cates the Prom the original draw, Place to en- ing by nn• 6, E. Wick- ter the blade. ware, to strllce the brain, Putting the finishing touches on' a product before offering it - for sale yields the greatest proportionate re- turn of any labor done on the average farm. This lack of "finish" is no- where so clearly seen as in our poul- try products,as shipped to market. To prove that producers do not put the care they should on their poultry products before offering them for sale, one may visit any mareet and he *ill find that a large proportion of the poultiy exposed for sale exhibits a carelessness that no other business could stand. Good farmers who fol- low a systematic crop rotation, who conserve all - the available moisture in the soil, who never market' a bullock except in a finished condition, seem to forget all their business principles how his: are produced or where they when poultry is being disposed of, and are marketed. the shipper. vas Pp -- Why intelligent farmers will per silt in selling their poultry in any thing but the best of condition is hard to. explain. Possibly present-day conditions could not help but creat a carelessness that has left the trade in its present state. There is, however, no reason for let- ting it remain there. The careful producer should get a higher price for his good quality products than does his neighbor who cares nothing about iO:S .p1N ,TJhr Most Successfully Treated by 'Taking HoAel's Sereeparilfni Loss of appetite is accompanied' by loss of 'vitality, which is serious, It, s common in the spring be.. cause` at this. time the blood io ion pure and impoverished and°,fails to give the digestive organs what is absolutely necessary for the proper Performance of their functions, lloocl s Sarsaparilla, the Old tai'1r, a 11 bio al h t P.tt1-2'01Y17. nC 41 C �9 1 d z di n 1 especially nseetnl in the spun Shot It fiom 3otu druggist, By palsy, Ing and 01u•lalling the blood imam. ink vitality, vigor and tone, it 10 wondez1'ttlly suecessfal in the treat- ment of loss of appetite and. the other ailments,titat lire so prevalent at this time. ' It 1s not simply a spying medicine -it is mn011 more than that -but it is. 'the best spring medicine. xlood's Sarsaparilla makes the rich red blood that tllo stomach and other digestive organs need. Get it today. seem to be flew industries that promise brighter prospects to the farmer than poultry managed on a business basis. In seine sections farmers are be - operating, thus putting on the market a more uniform product in better con- dition and at less expense; more care is being taken in the production; and finishing, and consumers are dis- criminating more in the quality they purchase.' Some of the middlemen's' commissions are being eliminated and the producer • and the consumer, are coming closer -together r Health Causes of Improve Blood. The most important factor in the production of impure blood is foods that contain poisons, or unwholesome substances that may he absorbed into the blood, such as alcoholic beverages e of every description, patent medicines -which nearly always contain a con- siderable amount of alcohol -and con- diments, such as pepper, mustard, pep- per sauce, ginger and similar sub- stances. Flesh meats of every sort contain impurities, being saturated with venous blood and `tissue poisons. Animal products and extracts and meat juices - are not concentrated nutriments, as, commonly supposed, but rather concentrated tissue poisons, which, when taken, render the blood impure and diminish its alkalinity. Meat which has undergone decomposi- tion -that is, which has become tender and high -flavored by long keeping after killing of the animal -and all foods which have undergone fer- mentation or decomposition, are sources of blood contamination. Ilence, large eaters of meats are likely to have impure blood. It is well known that butchers are poor subjects for the surgeon, Overeating also renders the blood impure by filling it with unused and imperfectly prepared material which must be treated as so much waste mat- ter. Overwork and deficient sleep fill the blood with impurities by the overpro- duction and deficient elimination of the tissue wastes or poisons which na- turaIly form in large quantities when- ever the body is at work. Drugs of various sorts, such as opium, tobacco and many other nar- cotic drugs, contaminate. the blood and lessen its defensive power. Exhaust- ing indulgences of all sorts have a similar effect. Tobacco and alcohol not only contaminate the blood, but produce disease of the heart and blood vessels. The idea that the blood may be puri- fied by medicine of any kind is a very great error and one which has been productive of a vast deal of mischief. There are no herbs or drugs whatever the taking of which will purify the . . bl.Qod. The blood is not to be purified by putting something into it, but re- quires that something lie removed from it. . Water is the universal cleansing agent, and its free use is - essential to blood purification. To undertake to purify the blood by means of pills is about as reasonable as to undertake to launder a dirty shirt or any other soiled garment by the same means. Neglect to maintain the proper ac- tivity of the skin, kidneys, bowels and Lungs leaves poisonous matters to ac- cumulate in the blood. By exercise, the amount of air taken into the lungs may be increased seven fold, and blood purification may be proportionately increased. Neglect to keep the skin active by sweating baths or better. still, perspiration induced by exercise and daily cold bathing prevents the elimination of the poisons which na- turally pass off through this. channel. When the bowels are allowed to be- come constipated the poisonous mat- ters which are retained are absorbed into the blood and become a source of universal disturbance and injury throughout the body. When, by the.. free use of bran, :Cults and fresh vege- tables, the bowels are made to move freely three times a day, the absorp- tion of poisons from the colon will bo prevented. Vigorous exercise out of doors is one of the most important mewls of maintaining blood purity, hink only of getting rid of them in the quickest and easiest way possible. There are' comparatively few ex- clusive poultry plants, and experience in Canada, as a rule, has not been encouraging to that system. But Palmers could make considerably more revenue front poultry if they would take even ordinary'carein the prepara- tion. Preparation -Its Value. Inferior Produce -Who Loses There- by?_ There is less reason every yearwhy producers should put up with this state of affairs. By more care in production, through co-operation or direct com- munication with better markets, better prices may be „received by the produc= er and more satisfaction given to the consumer, but the first step is for the producer to produce a higher and more uniformolm 1't qua Y y, for all producers, The time it takes to prepare pro- duce before it is shipped from the whether their product is good or bad, farm is.aime well spent. No matter lose on any bad produce that goes on what is being sold, -it should never be to the market. sent from the farm until it is in the The producer loss on this because this true t when prole duce i8 intended for is the dealer loses on the poor quality table use, an he cannot pay as much for the good, for on it he has to make good Well -finished broilers of roasters his loss on the poor; the bad produce cost less per pound to the producer has already cost for transportation than those that are poorly fleshed, and which comes out of the producer; they are much more palatable to the these .poor quality birds are retailed consumer, 9 Though he may have :to and the producer again loses by the pay from 25 to 60 per cent, more per pound for such, as, a rule the edible portion really costs less, The Old System of Marketing Dress- ed Poultry -Its Defects. Possibly nine -tenths of all the dress- ed poultry produced has found its way to market through what is sometimes called "the system," the outstanding feature of which has been the lack of system. The peddler or, country store was the first handler; there was no encouragement to be careful, for the same price was paid for all, goce and bad. In some cases the pre- Ilucer broke away from the system and shipped direct to the dealer but did not prepare his bird; as he should: In many cases the birds were bought by a middleman on a commission basis, and too often the quality was not good and there was absolutely no grading. This system, or rather lack of system, :in selling meant, and still means, a lower net return to the shipper, because of lack of uniformity, poorer quality and numerous commis- sions. Fortunately such producers are be- coming fewer every year, but they have been responsible to a large ex, decreased consumption]. Not a pack- age of dressed poultry is offered for sale but either helps or hurts the sell- ing It Is quite probable that many a chicken dinner has been changed to beef because of the way these products are exposed for sale and the producer is first responsible for this and is the heaviest loser. Inferior Produce -Who is to Blame? Though it has been pointed out that the producer might improve his pro- duct and his methods of selling, it ntust not be imagined that he alone is guilty. Each person who handles the product even to the consumer ir. some- times at fault. Though it is possible to improve the quality delivered by the producer, it too often happens that stuff that is good when it leaves the farm is spoiled before it is eaten. It might therefore be noted that all, front the producer to the consumer, are more or less to blame for the con- dition of the poultry market and every link of the chain ;.hould be strength- ened,though the wholesale! and the producer are the two most important. However, as it is the produces' that we are writing this information for, it is A CASE OP 01A• -0E PE31, WELL 1-AOEEb 05103LE1da. Fourteen 10 this box but they are well noodled, uniform hi sine and necked tight tent for the condition in which pro- duce arrived on the market and for the state in which it has been exposed for sale, even in some of our larger cities. On one of those markets visited by he writer there was hardly a bird young or old that could not, by a very little attention, have been improved, in n oaran ce. at leastpp 1 Chickens were thele in dirty crates, ehickeno of all colors and sizes, There were old hens that were lousy, bens with scaly legs and some that looked as if they might die before the Axe'catifo, 'There was .not one live bird in the lot that one could relish 011 the table after seeing it as it was, Nor Wee the dressed birds much better, 'They lacked that neatness and iinigli that his responsibility that we are em- phesieleg. The Improved System -Its Methods and Advantages. Thanks to demonstrational work And to co-operation among the pro-. dicers, batter business methods are being adopted. Conditions in some sectio118 are greatly improved bet the work has only started and this liravement must become more general if producers are to get the returns they ought. The demand 'for good stuff is steadily increasing and with it Expeitsive Neutrality The war has cost Holland $285,- 48.0,000, according to the latest of- ficial announcement this sem having been spent on the upkeep of the mobilized at'my and navy, together with the supply of cheap food, the care of refugees, and the like, More- over, the rate of expenditure is rising. The last half-year the cost was $67, 050,000, ns against $40,000 for the preceding six months. With the ever - =Wee; cost of the provision of cap food, the figures aro expected to ittinite their upward 00llr8e in the Yt'rettt year.. 0l the price, Fifteen years ago farm- es ere 'oeeo ionelly sold poultry for. 6 to ct 8 conte a pound. Now dressed peel - try ee118 ;Cot 12 to 20 cents ii pound and in 061110 eases much higher, Thane ti The perfection of peraoylality is on,