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The Wingham Advance Times, 1930-12-04, Page 20 R ,z� •..'n ,�.t U AND YOUR S T`,. 0 WO Hands—all that secures thafc which you have worked for—perhaps your only defence against the uncer- tainties of fate. On the skill of those two hands, and the brain that guides them, depend the home you have made, the comfort and the safety of "You and Yours." But how will you stand when those two hands have lost their skill—what would you do if sudden disaster destroyed their power .to earn? The far-seeing tradesman ponders this ques tion -leaves nothing to chance— pro tects himself and his home—realizes that the best possible kind of protection lies in plarmed insurance. A postcard to the address below will bring you complete infor- mation on the many advantages iof Mutual Life Insurance. THE U.0 LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY F . A .' , ED , . WATERLOO, ONTAMO Established 1869 W. T. Booth, District Agent, Wingham, Ont. Wm. Webster, Agent, R. R. 2, Lucknow, Ont. R. H. Martyn, Agent, Ripley, Ontario laity, : 4, rrx..du'.i"f4kNt . fp7 eniCaliTale .4 .t" �FdAiIP'. RJ Minister Announces Program Inan address at the opening of the Royal Winter Fair, Hon. Thomas L. Kennedy, Minister of Agriclture, an- P vrounced a program of agricultural ex -1 and development on a scale' srever before attempted in the prow-. ince. The chief pointsenumerated by the Minister are: 1. To build up the live stock in- dustry by use of pure stock. 2. To cut down by 10 per cent. the annual field crop production in Ontario. 3. To reduce cost of rnanufactur- ang field crops into dairy products aid meat bymore skilful feeding and 'balanced rations. 4, Extension of agriculturaledu- cational training throughout Ontario and co-operation of county councils in spreading information to farmers. 5. Erection of cold storage' plants in various parts of the province for storing produce and fruit and creat - ash D is EsY Now Particularly if you have a inodern Connor Elec- tric Washer in your home. No tearing of, clothes, no back -break- ing work. just fill the tub with hot water, drop in the clothes, turn a switch and the work is done. Tat WORST Birti ata Itliplrer Gives )', Uits of : Over Thirty Yemo' Observance ot'' Habits of Jungle Denizens, The legend "as wise as a snake" has beon dispelled. A snake .is stupid - That snakes are only aware of rnove ing objects we l.aow, but it is not so Well known thee the snake has not arty trace of even the most primitive n'sezltory. Its vietiin is scarcely dead when the snake has already forgottext whore the body lies. They chance by accident upon their food as they erawi abou. searching for what they. have only 'killed a moment before. They feel blindly aboutuntilthey find the head. When two snakes find the sae ureal, a drama of the jrrn le Is en- acted. . One snake begins to swallow from the front and the second attack* the other end of the vietiiu's body. They presently arrive at the middle and continue to swallow with the same lack of concern until one brrs swal- lowed the other and both 'perish. This grins secret of the jungle is one of many revealed by lifr, rani Lipper, in his book "Animals Look- ing At Yon." Snakes are cold-blooded creatures and can go without food for a year when they are full grown and are not casting their skins. Bait they de not hyponotize timer prey, which le rarely conscious of its danger, and death transpires in at few seeoada. The world's worst behaved baby is the Tion. A lioness is seldom left to rear her young if they happen to be born in a zoo. Dogs are more reliable, prob- ably because of their greater pa- tience: Young lions soon oeeorne fiendish tormentors endowed with unusual strength. . Their favorite form of torture is to bite their mother's tail until she growls in pain. She holds hen* tail aloft and out of reach of her way- ward offspring, but the young lions settle down to a waiting game. They wait patiently until their mother's tail sinks wearily, and then fling themselves anon it with redoubled fury. In one ease, the trouble became desperate, and the young liens were removed, bat a new problem arose, for both parent and offspring were miserable at the separation, and Whined • ail day until mother -love found a way out. Although she had only been able to east and sleep in. peace after her children had been placed elsewhere, she could no longer stand the parting, and with /*mark- able ingenuity she hit upon the plan of pushing her tail throagh the bars so that the young lions could bite and play with it to their hearts' content. Give a bear its freedom after years of confinement' in a small cage, and will it go ma its way rejeteing? The answer in at least one case was no. A Polar bear had for years lived within the confines of a menagerie cage, but one day he found biinself in the spacious panorama of a zoo. It now had freedom to climb rocks and crags, swim and bathe, and dive, but despite all this, it could still vis- • ualiae the prison bars, and instead of taking, advantage of its new-found freedom, it sought a fiat plateau. hien began a pitiful and inevitable {tragedy and day by day and week by week the bear spent the wbole time shambling six paces forward and sev- en paces backward—the dimensions of its prison house. ing an orderly market as well as im- proving quality of products. LONGEST REIGNS. The Minister stated that legislation of a far-reaching nature affecting ag- riculture would be introduced at the next session of the Legislature and that a committee would shortly be formed to make a survey of Ontario to investigate every phase of agricul- ture. County councils throughout On- tario will be asked to help the Depart- ment in spreading vocational educat- ion to the farmers. Formation of rur- al clubs will be one of the chief ob- jectives. A committee has been en- gaged forthe.past six. weeks in mak- ing k - ing a province -wide survey with a view to extension of the three and one-month instructional courses in rural counties. At present ten coun- ties have the three months' eourse. The Department proposes to extend these courses to embrace the whole province eventually. ,',4PAO' YF. Win hair UMW. rawfora Block s COrlittliOSt00 • Phone 156, 1 it Is Believed That Pepi II. RReigned. Ninety -One Years. It is believed that the reign of , Peen IL, of the sixth Egyptian dy- 1 nasty, is the longest on record; Ac- cording to James Henry. Breasted, Pepi IL ascended the throne of Egypt about 2566 B.C., when he was only six years old, and reigned nine- ty-one years. Some of the ancient writers estimate the length of this reign as high as 100 years, The reign of Louis XIV. of France is the second longest on record. He ascended the throne in 1643 at the • age of fiveand reigned until his death in 1715—a period of seventy- two years. Francis Joseph of Austria - Hun- gary a -gary reigned nearly sixty-nine years —1848 to 1916. Queen Victoria reigned longer than any other English sovereign -- sixty-four years. She ascended the throne in 1837 and reigned until her death in 1901. Henry III.. of Eng- land reigned from 1216 to 1272— a period of fifty-six years. The reign of Pedro II. of Brazil was also a long one. He was em- peror from 1831 to 18$9—&ity,-eight years. Alfonso XIII. of Spain Was born in 1886. He was the posthumous son of Alfonso XII, and was pro- claimed king at birth. Accordingly, he already has had one of the long 1 reigns of history. WEIEliE ROMER LIVED. Convinced Beyond Shadow of Doubt That He Lived. In 1thsica. ]Extraordinarily valuable achaeo- laagicai discoveries have been made on the island of Ithaca in the Ionian Sea. Ky'parisis,, the director of the archaeological district of Attica, re- ports having discovered ' on Ithaca the famous springs of the city which comer deseribea in bis Gdyssef. He stated that photographs will ehow the "giant cyclopian architecture of the rocky countryside wherefrom the springs rise. Kyparisis said that will prove that Ithaca is really the island on whseh Horner saw the springs, despite the unwillingness of marry archaeologists to accept this theory. Ile hoped also to uncover the city Wherein Odysseus stayed. Exeavations will be contin- uedi. - Kypurists reeently stated that he was convinced beyond the shadow of ,a doubt that Homer really lived in Ithaca himself, as the details of his writings etre in aecordanee with the recent discoveries. A "floating ehureh," made from it steamer to 'serve the barg often of the River Spree in Gernittnyy recent- ly tei.ebrtste d its tsrenty - itt'th oxalis versant. • WINGIIAM ADVANOE-TDVIES• DR. IL V. GOLDING ENDORSES SARGON "My troubles started in 1900 with chronic constipation that defied every effort 1 made for relief. My whole k system became toxic. Rheumatism settled' in my arms and legs; my di- gestion was impaired; 1 had constant headaches and dizzy attacks, and was finally forced to give up -my practice. Knowing something of the scientific background of the Sargon formula, I tried the treatment. Sargon Pills t e -,established a :regularity of bowel movements and overcame niy toxic condition. The Sargon liquid restor- ed my digestion and my strength :re- turned. Every 'trouble I had disap- peared and I ,expect to soon resume my practice. When T. do, I will re- commend. this remarkable treatment." Dr. H, Verner Golding, 12 Christie- Grant Block, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, former intern at the Boston City Hospital. Sargon may be obtained in Wing- ham at McKibbon's Drug Store. News and Information For the Busy Farmer (Furnished by the Ontario Depart- ment of. Agriculture) A Word to Junior Farmers "Hata off to the- past, coats off to the future," was the slogan given to Junior Farriers by Mr. J. B. Fair- bairn, Deputy Minister of Agriculture in an address at a banquet tendered this organization in Toronto last week. Mr. Fairbairn impressed upon his youthful hearers the fact that money was not everything. "The greatest force in the world today is intelligence," he said,' in. urging his audience to develop an ideal. "Hon- esty. and straightforwardness s are of greater service to .agriculture than monetary returns." Current Crop Report Live stock throughout the province isreported to be in a generally good condition. In Brant the absence of rain has created a difficulty as far as watering stock is concerned, but farm work is well completed. Stock ap- pears healthy in Bruce hut some classes appear to have gone ba.ck somewhat because of the poor grass. In Essex a complete clean up of the crop sugar beet' is indicated. Fall S wheat in Hastings is in good condi- tion and the report states that live stock will go into winter quarters in fine shape. Cattle are moving brisk- ly- in Oxford with many head being shipped to Quebec and the United States. Between 30 and 35 carload of cattle have been shipped out of Tem- iskaming so far and all live stock is reported in first-class condition. Fax niers in Welland ate fearing 'a water famine as a result of the absence of rain. Many wells and streams are al- ready dry. • Fertilizer Tests on Potatoes During the past summer the De- partment of Chemistry, 0. A. C., in co-operation with the Boys' Train- ing School at Bowinanville, has con- ducted an extensive test with fertili- zers of varying analyses on the po- tato crop, In :the experiments two sets of plots were used. On the first set, the fertilizers were applied at the rate of 1006 pounds per acre and on the second, set at the rate of 500lbs. In each set one plot was left unfer- tilized for comparison. In these tests and on this soil, a 2---12-4 fertilizer scents to give materially better results than any other. Where fertilizers were applied at 1000 pounds per acre, the average yield of potatoes was - 241.5 , bushels—against ail average, where no fertilizer was applied of 162.1 bushels. This figured out at a net gain of $56.90 for the crop. Arid where fertilizers were applied at the rate of 500 pounds to the acre, the average yield was 100.6 bushels as compared with 162,1 where no fertil- izer was used, and a net gain of $18.- 34 per acre was recorded, The ea- perinieets Will be repeated next year. Thus ernber 4th, 19$O i' 7�I,R�U, t1 V�r�:laic p 41u� Iltr, t" Will' el 1st a ti t r the a sent f the 1 Et will 41e a i .t#, ea ns s' ' d1 cep 1 closer t r ch with ta h e ia' . in tIr as."' T Junior Judging Contest In connection with the 1932 World's Grain. Conference a Junior grain judging competition will be held according to a recent announcement, Many inquiries have been received recently by officials of the exhibition from agricultural societies and junior grain clubs throughout Canada, while many similar organizations in various parts of the United States have sig- nified their desire to become acgtiaint- ccl with the rules and regulations. Copies of the preliminary announce • ment may be obtained upon applica- tion, from the Secretary, World's Grain Exhibition and 'Conference, Im- perial Bank Chambers, Regina, Can- ada. Recommend Cow Rations A committee of leading agricultur- ists was recently appointed to study rations and suggest mixtures of feeds that would be suitable to Ontario con- ditions. The committee comprised Prof. J. C. Steckley, Ontario Agricul- tural College; R. W. Wade, Director; Ontario Live Stock 13rancli; W. J. Bell, Kctnptville Agricultural School, and W. R. Reek, Ridgetown Experi- mental Station. The following ration was suggested for cows in milk and getting clover or alfalfa hay: 1 pound hay per 100 lbs, live weight; 2 pounds silage per 100 poundslive weight; 2 pounds roots' per 100 pounds live weight; and a grain mixture of 200 pounds ground or rolled oats, 200 lbs, bran, 100 pounds barley, 50 pounds oil cake and 50 pounds cottonseed, Another suggested mixture is 200 lbs. oats, 100 pounds gluten, and 25 lbs. oil cake. The protein content of the first ration is 18 per cent, and of the second 1'71 per cent. Either is to be fed at the rate of otte pound Phone VI of meal for each four pounds of milk. Wheat may be' used its place of, bar«jean ley, and, if roots are not available, feed three pounds silage. If silage is not available, feed four pounds roots Per 100 pounds live weight. New Plan of Instruction Institution of a plan of instruction in rural districts in nutrition, hone nursing and first aid, sewing, millin- ery and handicrafts, was announced at the 29th annual convention of Wo- men's institutes of C:ientral Ontario in Toronto last week by the .superin- tendent, Geo. A. Putnam, "It is evi- dent," he said, "that many rural home workers cannot attend classes every afternoon from day to day for two weeks or more, so we are planning to give instruction in a form which will meet the convenience of either small or large groups. Instruction will be given for two, three, four days or a whole week, as well as the present courses. Up-to-date inform ti n will be given on nutrition, how to produce and utilize to the best advantage hone -grown products, how to remod- el the old house to snake it conven- ient, attractive and healthful, how to snake one's own dresses and hats and how to make at a minimum expense many articles which odd to the at- tractiveness, beauty and comfort of the home." Another man nobody understands is the train announcer. m CRE A Wanted - EGGS POULTRY Phone for Prices. M • ■ •.. ■ ■ ■ • ■ ■ w • a • ■ s • , • ■ ■ • 1 TUE UNITED FARMERS' CO.OP]E ATIVE j COMPANY, LIMITED. Wiintgliam, Ontario. •