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Shoes&Rubbers
ay, they're not ready. for Ash -can
Let's Look 'Em Over. A Thorough Repair-
ing will make 'em fit for many another comfort-
able mile. Bring 'em in or Mail ern ;to -day.
Most Modern Repair Shop,
Best of Leathers and Rubber Used.
Women Soles . ....
Women's Leather or Rubber Heels
Misses' Soles ...
Men's and Boys' Soles ... `. .
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A Satisfactory Job Guaranteed.
Greer's Shoe Store
Phone 23. Wingham.
News and Information
for the Busv Farme
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Hon, T. L. Kennedy, Minister of
Agriculture, in addressing the an-
nual meeting of the Dual-purpose
Shorthorn ;Club, urged the members
to study feeding and blood lines, in
order to increase the butter -fat pro-
duction of dual-purpose herds in the
province. The members reported.
brisk bidding and good prices at the
various sales held during 1932.
British Markets Warrant
Increased Hog Production
The opportunity for Empire 'coun
tries to increase shipments of .pork
products, to the United Kingdom, is
shown in reports to the Department.
The reports orts se
t forth that imports
orfs
of bacon, from outside the Empire,
average over 400,000 tons annually._
Ninety per cent of the imports of
bacon and ham were of foreign, sev-
enty ,Per cent. of the bacon coming
from Denmark and 8 per cent ,of the.
hams from the United States.
No Waste in. Celery
Celery is, one of the most econ-
omical vegetables one can buy, not
only because of its special value as
an agent in .the promotion of health
but also because every bit of the
stock can be used in one way or an-
other. Many people are in the habit
of throwing the leafy part away as
useless but this is a mistake as the
leaves provide an intersesting new
variety of greens. It is also unneec-
essary.to discard the hard fibrous
butts ` as these are ideal for giving a
fine aromatic flavour to all soups,
sauces and stews.
Europe Appreciates Apples
Grown in Ontario Orchards
That European appreciation of
Ontario -grown apples is increasing
was indicated in a recent statement
of P. W. Hodgetts, secretary, On-
tario Fruit Growers' Association. He
said that two more shipments, com-
prised of Ben Davis variety, would
leave for France on February 12 and.
February 26.
These shipments, totalling some
5,000 barrels, will serve to utilize al-
most the entire Ontariosurplus of
this particular variety.
Small Seed Situation
A recent survey of the small seed
situation in .Western Ontario, reveals
that 'about 60 per cent of the red
clover has been sold; 90 per of
the alfalfa; 80 per cent of the alsike;
50 per cent of the sweet clover; acid
25. percentof the timothy.
Prices offered growers range ac-
cording to quality. Red clover is sel-
ling from 7 to 9i cents a pound; alf-
alfa, 12 to 14 Gents.; alsike, 3 to 41•.
cents; sweet clover 1 to 2 cents; and
timothy 3 to 4i' `cents a pound.
Screenings to -Burn
One of. the interesting effects of
the present low price for grains i,
shown in the fact that screenings
which during periods of high price
found sale even in the export market
as a c
onstituen ' ,
t of feeding
stuffs S i S
now being used for fuel. Demand for
refuse screenings as feed has pract-
ically ceased and getting rid of this
bulky and fast accumulating ;mater-
ial was quite a problem :for the el-
evators until a market was found for
its use as fuel at heat and power
plants in Northwestern Ontario and
in Manitoba:
Canadian. Cattle Feeds Find New
Market
According to the United.Kingdorn
Trade Commissioner a promising
trade in cattle feeds is in prospect in
the British Market, In the January
21st issue of the Commercial Intel-
ligence journal it is stated that the
importance of cattle feeds, consisting
of bran and other flour milling offal,
from Canada is comparatively new,
beginning in 1931 when Canadian
shipments rose from practically nil.
to 22,263 long tons (2,240 lbs.). Of
this amount 6,000 tons were Shorts
and ' middlings and the remainder
bran.According to• this report Great.
Britian imports about 300,000 tons
of these products annually, chiefly'
from foreign countries, Enipirecoun-
tries producing only some 76,000 tons
in 1932.
Boys' and Girls' Club
There arenow in the 'neighbour-
hood of 1,300 boys' and girls' clubs
in Canada, with a membership of
21,822, These clubs under competent
leadership engage in the study of a
variety of subjects relating to six
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ARE YOUR SYRUP PANS AND SAP BUCK-
ETS IN GOOD CONDITION?'
Now is the time to have them repaired.
SYRUP PANS MADE TO ORDER.
Get Your Order in, Early.
MACHAN 2RS.
Wingham, Ontario.
-ia Telephone 58.
projects, namely,^ dairy cattle, beef
cattle, swine, poultry, grain and po-
tatijes; ' In ithe 'fall of the year" in
each ''province the district teams are
brought together in a .competition
and the winners are selected for a
free trip to the "Royal," where they
again compete with high teams from
other provinces. Only members be-
tween 16 and 20 years ofage are el-
igible for this test and wonderful
prizes; other rewards are offered for
members between 13 and 16 years;
of, age, The event at the "Royal" is
synibolis of much earnest effort am-
ong progressive dubs in agricultural
districts from one end of Canada to
the other,
More Sheep Registered
In spite of hard times, sheep breed-
ers of Ontario continue to improve
and enlarge their flocks. The report
of the secretary and directors at the
recent annual session of the Ontario
Sheep Breeders' Association showed
nearly 1,200 more sheep registered
during 1932 than in 1931, ':Entries
have been made at all the leading
fairs and exhibitions during the past
year, and an exhibit of sheep was
again sent to the International Live-
stock c Show in Chicago, A. A. Mc-
,ivIillan,! Federal of#ical, explained
grading methods and told members
of the Ontario Association that more
than the usual four graders for Ont-
ario would be considered if such a
move
were recommended by the As-
sociation. He also emphasized the
benifits accruing from the Govern-
ment_ policy' of supplying purebred
tams, stating that there was a great
need` for such stock in some of the
flocks.
Fertilizers Sold in Canada
Of the ahnost innumerable brands
of fertilizers offered to the public in
the earlier days of the fertilizer busi-
ness in Canada there were hundreds
of brands which contained so little
actual plant food that they were prac-
tically worthless for the purpose for
which they were purchased. This
condition led to the inclusion of a
clause in the Fertilizers Act, 1922,
requiring that every fertilizer sold in
Canada contain not less than 12 'per
cent. of available plant food as nitro-
gen, phosphoric acid and potash
singly or combined. In 1928 this
minimum of total plant food in any
fertilizer was raised to 14 per cent,
which is the requirement still in ef-
fect. During the first year of 'the
of
operation
the e 14P er •
cent. total
plant food requirement hundreds of
brands of so-called, fertilizers were
put out of the market.
This provision of the Act establish-
ed a reasonable basis of minimum
plant food content and undoubtedly
has meant a material saving to farm-
ers in the purchase of fertilizer and
prevented many a disappointment in
crop returns which would have re-
sulted from the use of inferior and
fradulent. materials.
British Discriminating Buyers
When studying the poultry trade in
the British 'market Mr. W. A. Brown
of the Dominion Department of Ag
riculture, learned that the British con-
sumer is a discriminating', buyer. Mr.
Brown concludes from his observa-
vations and interviews with market
men that five essential points have
to be observed in the building up of
a satisfactory trade iu the British
market: (1) High standard of qual-
ity; (2) Absolute uniformity in grad-
ing; (3) Proper weights with • a min-
imum of tolerance; (4) Attractive
display, including both 'packages and
individual birds; (5) Delicacy of
quality and flavour that is pleasing
to the consumer.
Fertilizing Pasture Lands.
Pasture land fertilized at the rate
of 475 pounds per acreof a complete
fertilizer was able to carry 2.15 cows
to the acre when continuous grazing
was practised. The same kind of
land similarly fertilized but grazed
rotationally was able to carry only
1 7 cows to the acre, the same kind
of land unfertilized and cotinuously
grazed carried 1.40 cows to the acre.
These results were obtained by the
Dominion Department of Agriculture
at the Experimental Farrar, Nappan,,
N.S. In practice the number of cows
varied from ' week to week according
to the condition of growth; and by
carefulcalculation dependable re-
cords were obtained. Ili addition to
the pasture the cows received a grain.
ration at a rate consistent with the
amount of milk given. The field used
in this experiment- had been in as
pasturefor most of the twenty-five
years it had been in sod,
The results o:f this experiment go
to . show+ a saving of 1,1 pounds of
meal per cow per day oti the fertiliz-
ed ratationally grazed area and 1.96
pounds on the fertilized continuously
grazed area, its compared with the
tin fertilized area.
Export Cattle on New ,rooting
The United Kingdom agreement, as
now ratified, puts Canadian cattle ex-
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tlIIulitA1a )I•IIajiIN1lJAlurllj.n•im la,
porters on an equal footing with her
competitors in the British market, for
thefa'
rst time in
t 37 years: The segre-
gation of store cattle from fat cattle
moving on export is no longer re-
quired. Fat and store cattle are al-
lowed to move freely to inland points
with the understanding that 'female
cattle must be of a duality and type
satisfactory to the British Ministry
of Agriculture. Cheek branding is no;
longer required; the period of isola-
tion has been reduced to one clear
day; and a veterinary officer is no
longer required to accompany the
cattle on the ocean voyage. These
concessions by the British Ministry
of Agriculture are part of a bi-lateral
agreement arrived at by the respect-
ive governments at the Imperial Ec-
onornic Conference, and under which
Canada recognizes the London Quar-
antine Station, according- to condit-
ions laid down in the agreement.—
Department of Agriculture.
Here and . There
"The decrease in freight car
loadings which began in 1930 has
continued almost uninterruptedly.
In 1931 up to the end of the first
week of December, 558,359 less
freight cars had been loaded on all
Canadian Railways than for the
same period of the
e
previous lous
year.
During the same
period of this
year 376,016 less cars were loaded
than in 1981. The decline in. pas-
senger business has been rela-
tively the same. The resultant ef-
fect 'upon railway earnings has
been naturally disastrous. For the
first ten moriths of 1931 Canadian
Pacific gross revenue declined
22.1 per cent. as compared with
that of 1930. For the first ten
months of this year now closing
there was as further decline of
15.4 per cent. The decline COD, -
tunes, and there certainly ap-
pears to be no evidence in. sight
that for many years we shall see
them entirely eliminated and our
earnings back where they were in
1928."--E. W. Heatty, K:C., Chair-
man. and President, ,C radian Pa-
cific Railway, ha his review of
1932.
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Stories That Parallel
All the great religions have stories
that parallel eaeii other in some de,.
gree. For instance, Jephthali, one of
the judges of Israel, made a rernatit
able vow before he searched against
the Ammonites, that if he proved vie-.
torious he would offer to the Lord
the first living thing which` should
oonae "to `.meet him on his return,
This happened to be his only daugh-
ter, whom he sacrificed' to fellill his
rash vow. The history of Je,Phthab
is contained in the set:orid , .li:oolt of
Judges. Ldomeneus, In Homeric leg-
end, king of Crete, succeeded his fa,
ther .Deucalion on the throne,:nnd ae-
companied the Greelts to the Trojan
war with a fleet. of 90 ships During
this war be rendered himself famous
by his valor. N'Ulle returning, he
made a vow to Neptune inn dangerous
tempest that if he eseopee he would
offer to the god whatever living crea-
ture first presenter) itself to leis eye
on the ()retail shore. This Was his
son, who name to congratulate him on
his safe return. Tdomeneus redeemed
his promise, but the inhumanity of ties
sacrifice rendered him so odious to hie
subjects that he was exiled from hie
country.—Montreal. Family Herald.
Insignia of Royalty in
Ancient Egyptian 'Tomb
A tomb discovered near Cairo, by
Prof. Selim Hassan, containing a
mummy adorned with a gold crown.
and a complete set of jewelry, is per-
haps the only tomb in this area un-
touched by thieves. The gold crown
was 24 inches in circumference. rt
was kept in position by two gold lotus
flowers, joined by a chalcedony.' Each
flower, was topped by a bird with a
long beak, named in hieroglyphics
"Yakhu." In the middle of the crown
in front was a ' disk studded with
colored stones set in another lotus
flower. The large necklace was cony
posed of 50 pieces •of'gold in the shape
of some insects threaded on a gold
string. Gold bracelets having the
form of the hieroglyphic letter "N";
a number of silver bracelets -it is be-
lieved that this is the first time silver
bracelets have been discovered in a
tomb of the fourth .dynasty -and two
pure gold anklets also were found.
• Curiosity From the Bog
Uncovering the hog at Ralaghan, In
the county of Shercock, Ireland, a
curious bit of wood carving was
brought to light which Is perplexing
the archeologists and scientists of Ire-
huld and England. The specimen is
evidently of great age, 500 years at
teast, and probably much more. It is
about 3 feet in length and represents
a woman, but the arms are missing.
and it is the work of a skilled carver.
There are some curious inscriptions
upon it which are legible. The speci-
men has been placed on exhibition at
the Dublin museum with the hope that
some Student may offer some explana-
tion of the origin and use.
No Tennessee Pygmies
The existence of a pygmy race in
Tennessee is believed to be a fallacy
by modern ethnologists. The story owes
its origin to the discovery in the early
half of the Nineteenth century of nu-
merous small stone coffins containing
skeletons, the largest of which meas-
ured 24 inches in length and fl inohes
in depth. These were assumed to he
the remains of a race of pygmies.
However, they have proved to he in
many cases the skeletons of children.
Those of adults were deprived of
flesh according to the common custom
in the mound region, then disjointed
and the bones packed into a very
small space.
Hens Busy
The treasurer of the Ladies Ald so.
etety of a Greensburg church made a
deposit for her organization in a
Greensburg bank recently. At the de•
posit window she spoke to the teller,
whom she knew.
The deposit was a considerable one
for a church organizntion and as she
passed in the ninney she said: "Here's
the aid money."
The 'teller understood her to say,
"Here's .the egg stoney." Tlien carne
the book.
"Well, it looks as though the old
hens have been haying pretty good
lately," was his comment.—Indianap-
olis News.
Matching Shade
At a soiree Donnas was wearing the
ribbon of a certnin order., having re-
cently been made a commandant, and
an envious friend remarked upon It,
"My dear fellow," tie said, "that
cordon is a wretched enter! Otte
would 'think it was your woolen vest
that was showing!"
"Oh, tie, my dear CI'1ii—+-," replied
Duninn' with a smile, ".you're mis-
taken it's, not a bad color; it is ex-
actly the shade of the ,sour grapes in .�
the fable."—Golden look.
Houses Like Towsss
Otto of those great dwellin; houses
whih care like small towns has been '.
opened' in Vienna, it is btiilt hound
grassy courtyards set with trees, and
will hcuse 5,000. people in 1,382 flats.
It has vote $4,200,000.: In ,the building
nee two electric istuedries, two bath-
ing c ,tahlishinents, two kindcrite Cot:,,•,
a dental clinic, a "mother's adviceceniter," a library, a post oiiice, a
chemist's, rind 25 other Shop. The,
battle are heated by the steam which
Is electrically generated for the laun-
dries.
The Wallpaper Shop
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Continues Until Saturday February 18th.
On account of the stormy weather I have decided
to continue this sale until the above date.
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ELMER WILKINSON
Decorator. • -:- Wingham, Ont.
SLAT'S DIARY
Friday—Effy Plant has got marry -
ed agen. They was all most a mix
•
Up this time be-
cuz the judge sed
her devorse De-
cree
wood be all
Reddy by Thirs-
day noon so she
went ahead and
the minister was
there and if her
entended husband
wood of ben on
time she wood of
fergot about the
devorse but he
was late and the
devorse cum just
in time to keep
her from Camitt-
ing Bigamy. She says this is the lst
husbend she ever marryed witch had
to pear of Pants. Ant Emmy says
she acks offly snooty.
Saterday—Pa says he is Discusted
with Pollatix. • The wets says the
country is wet and the drys says the
country is very dry. So pa says he
can't understand what they are ar-
gueing about and Wishes they wood
keep there mouth shut a while. .
Sunday—Lafe Lumley has bawt his
self another 2nd handed ford so when
1 of themgoes roti whyhe
will not
g
half 1
f to call the reekingcar to Toe
him in home.
Munday—well ma finely got pa to
by her a Fir coat. When Mr Gillern
seen it he cuddent keep frum smil-
ing and he sed to pa. Well I see
you bawt your wife a fir coat to
keep her warm this winter. and pa
replyed and sed. No I have bawt
her a fir coat to keep her quiet for
a yr. or to.
Teusday—Well pa got to have his
Buie Joak tonite at the supper table.
we was tawking about the English
Langwidge and Ant Emmy thot it
was very very difficult to lern. Per-
sonly I think it is very easy. Ant
Emmy ast pa why shud there be a B
in the wird debt. and Pa laffingly
Retorted. The B is put in to firnish
the Sting.
Wensday—well ilia and me went to
the pitcher show tonite and ilia was
mad all the time becuz pa slipt out
on us and diddent go along and then
when we cum home we discovered
ilia had locked pa in the seller wile
he was a fixing the fire in the Fur-
ness. I smiled silently to myself. &
I dont think pa liked it so very very
mutch.
Thirsday—Are Dentest is a very
Peculear mean. Ma sent see up t6 see
him about soy tooth ,witch has been
acheing very bad. & I was trying to
tell him whut to do about it and he
told me to open niy mouth and Shut
up, I think lie is incon—very hard
to please. E
Chttchie
Colunut
Mather—"What's the awful noise
next door?"
Willie—"That's the gentleman from
the furniture store collecting his easy
payments."
"I'ni sorry I spoke sharply to that
boy. I must have cut him to the
quick."
"Oh, that's all right; he has no
quick.
"Has no quick?"
"No. He's 'a messenger boy."
"Do you think the congregation ap-
proved of soy sermon?" asked the
new rector.
"I think so," said the church war-
den, "some of 'em were nodding."
Teacher; "Johnnie, now you have
in front of you the north, on your
right the east, on your left the west.
What have you behind you."
Small boy: "A patch on my pants.
I told mother you'd. see it."
A conceited young actor, giving
evidence in a court of law, described
himself as the greatest tragedies in
the world. A candid friend twitted
him with this later. "Yes," said the
actor, "it must have"sounded rather
like conceit, "but you must remember
I was on oath."
At a recent literary gathering in
London, Mr. Ernest Milton told a
story of two flies. "A fly," he said,
was walking on a bald man's head,
She had her daughter with her, and.
as she looked round she was heard
to say, "Ali, my dear, when I was
your age this was only a footpath."
Son in college was applying pres-
sure for more money from home.
"I cannot understand why you call
yourself a kind father," he wrote his
did, "when you haven't sent ire a.
cheque for three weeks. What kind
of kindness do you call that?"
"That's unremitting kindness," the
father wrote in answer.
The Earl of Lonsdale, in opening
a new boxing stadium at .Liverpool,
recalled the occasion when he knock-
ed out John L. Sullivan in five rounds
in 1879, Not so long ago another
and younger Earl was less successful
in an exhibition bout, and as he walk-
ed dazedly from the ring one of his
friends murmured consolingly;
"Hence the expression 'the belted
arl. "
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