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FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1904,
certain prinoiples of uniform appli-
cation to the whole country. It
was, therefore, necessary that the
live stock schemes should emanate
from the central authority, while,
in particulars other than their na-
tional featu res,theymight be modi-
fied in accordance with local opin-
ions and circumstances. In order
to have the assistance of the most
representative expert opinion in
Ireland in the formulation of these
schemes, the Governmentappointed
two special advisory committees—
one for horses, and the other for
cattle, sheep and swine.
Horse Breeding Schemes. The
horse breeding scheme, as outlined
by the advisory committee and ap-
proved by the Agricultural Board,
provided for the registration of
suitable and sound thoroughbred
and agricultural: sires, and the se-
lection of a number of the 'best
brood mares in each county to be
served by those sires. The owner
of a registered stallion is entitled
under the scheme, to a fee of £3 for
each selected mare put to his stal-
lion. The mares selected were the
property of persons deriving their
means of living from farming,
whose valuation did not exceed in
the poorer counties £150, and in the
more wealthy counties £200.
The first year 410 stallions were
offered for registration, of which
298 were thoroughbred and 112 of
the agricultural type. From the
first it was deemed advisable to
spare no pains in making a search-
ing examination of the stallions
offered for registration, and, ac-
cordingly, before any of the stal-
lions offered under the scheme were
accepted, the Department's inspec-
tors had to certify, (1) as to suit-
ability, and (2) as tothe soundness
of the animal.,c A register was pub-
lished in March, 1901, which con-
tained the names and pedigree of
07 thoroughbred and 31 agricultur-
al stallions that had been accepted.
Upwards of 1800 free nomination
tickets of £3 each were offered at
150 shows of mares held during
March and April,and nearly 1700 of
these tickets were issued.
In addition to subsidising stal-
lions by means of £3 nominations
to mares, the Department offered
in a few counties, where there was
an insufficient number of stallions
for the purpose of the scheme, pre-
miums varying from: £50 to £100.
Loans for the Purchase of Stal-
lions. In order to encourage farm-
ers of small means to provide them-
selves with a registered stallion, a
sum of money was alloted by the
Department for the purpose of
granting loans•for the purchase of
approved sires. The money was
lent at two and one half per cent
interest, payable in five annual in-
stalments. It was a condition pre-
cedent to these loans that the ani-
mal should be insured for its full
market value.
Premiums for Female Stock. As
a further means of encouraging im-
provement in stock breeding, the
Department adopted the principle
of awarding premiums and prizes
to female stock._ Tho advisory com-
mittee on horse breeding pointed
out that that industry in Ireland is
to a great extent injured by young
mares being sold out of the country
thus leaving only second class ani-
mals for breeding purposes, and
the Department adopted their re-
commendation that the pirizes and
premiums should be mainly con-
fined to young mares from two to
six years old, served by registered
sires, in the hope that the farmers
would thereby be induced to retain
these mares.
GROWTH OF THE "WESTERN."
."
Its Original .Promoters Could Not
Have Expected it to Reach.
Such Proportions.
When thirty seven years ago, a
little band of citizens, with the in-
terests of London and distridt at
heart,launehecl a Fair in the Forest
City, little did they realize that
some day in the future the exhibi-
tion would reach immense propor-
tions and be entitled to rank as the
foremost agricultural show in the
whole of broad Canada. Such,
however, is the transformation
that has been brought about.
Every year has been something
better. The Fair has been in good
hands. What is more, is in the
very hub of Canada's finest agrioul-
tural country, which. has played no
small part in giving it the title it
so well deserves.
The management is looking for-
ward to September 9th and 17th,
when the grounds and buildings at
Queen's Park, London, will be
thronged with thousands from
every section, young and. old, big
and little, it matters not, for there
is room for everybody and no per-
son is more welcome than the other.
They will find many changes at the
grounds.
The new Dairy Hall, costing $10,-
000, -will be in use. The agricul-
tural and Horticultural Hall, here-
tofore inadequate to meet every
demand, will be as largo again as
before, giving greater scope for the
display of roots, grains, vegetables,
fruits and flowers, and in other de-
partments improvements will be in
This week's issue of THE HERALD
-marks the encs of the fourth year
.of publication. The progress of
this paper has been steady but sure,
as is evidenced by the constantly
increased list of subscribers. The
publisher enters the fifth year with
-renewed confidence and with the
assistance of our correspondents
and friends we will push onward in
the endeavor to make THE HERALD
not only a welcome, but an indis-
'pensible weekly visitor in every
home in our field. We feel grate-
ful to our friends and patrons for
the support given to THE HERALD
and any assistance,or contributions
-to its columns will be thankfully
'received. Right here we might
state that we will have some club-
bing rates to offer for the coming
year which will be interesting and
profitable to every reader.
Persia steps to the front with a
novel cure for drunkenness. It is
claimed that a single application
often works a complete cure, the
patient ever after exhibiting a
strong aversion to booze,frequently
even refusing to look on wine even
as a work of art in a picture gal-
lery. The remedy is non -secret in
composition, and is applied as fol-
lows : The drunkard is laid flat on
his back on a plank by stout, select-
ed attendants. While in this re-
cumbent position spikes—any kind
will do—are firmly driven through
his ears and into the plank, and the
patient is placed in a warm, sunny
place until he feels able to take the
'pledge, or until his doctors think a
cure is effected. The spikes can be
used several times, but the planks
soon wear out and have to bo re-
placed. Labor is cheap in Persia.
Hence the treatment is compara-
tively inexpensive.
sasa
OVERNMENT AID TO HORSE
BREEDING.
order.
As an indication of the place. the
Western hair will occupy, and the
value that is already being placed
upon it, it can be stated that every
mail brings inquiries from firms
and individuals desiring to exhibit.
Machinery men are asking . for
space, and it is confidently hoped
that the hall "will be filled with the
things that Are. of particular inter-
est to the farming community.
The newest inventions in all kinds
of agricultural implements will bo
shown.
To amuse the thousands, before
the grand stands every afternoon
and evening, the attraction com-
mittee has scoured the United
States and Canada for artists, and
already a number have been secur-
ed. They are the best that money
can buy. More will be engaged
later in the season.
What would an evening' at the
Western be without fireworks? It
would certainly be lacking some-
thing that every visitor enjoys.
And just here it might be said that
the display this year will include
some brilliant pieces, the grandest
spectacle being "The Bombardment
of Port Arthur"—a representation
of the frightful hammering Togo
and his Japanese ships gave the
beleaguered town—ships and forts
will be shown in action, making a
sight that will not soon be forgot-
ten.
A parting word : the Fair of 1904
is approaching. In a few weeks it
will be here with all of its interest-
ing features, and it will not bo
wise for you to miss it.
Forecasts For August.
By Prof. IRL R. HICxs.
Tho sterni diagram shows that
the first six days of August are cov-
ered by the combined disturbances
of "Vulcan," Mercury and Mars.
The regular Vulcan storm period is
central on the 3rd. The culminat-
ing days of the period will be the
3rd, 4th and 5th. On and touching
these dates general storm conditions
will develop and pass from west to
east across:. the country. After
heavy storm and bluster about the
3rd 4th and 5th look for rising bar-
ometer, westerly winds and cooler.
On and touching the 8th and Oth,
under the influence of reactionary
storm forces, intensified by the
Moon's extreme north declination
and conjunction with San. the tem-
perature will rise to some of the
highest readings of the summer,
the barometer will fall and severe
storms and bluster will visit many
iocalities in Their sweep from west
to east. This heated spell will not
break down until after the new
moon on the 11th, with strong
probabilities that it will last into
the regular storm period extending
from the 12th to the 17th.
THE IRISH SYSTEM.
In the year 1900 the Department
of Agricultural and Techinal In-
struction for Ireland devised a
scheme for encouraging improve-
ment in the :breed of live stock,
particularly of horses and cattle,
in that country. An outline of the
Irish system may be of interest to
Canadian horsemen, who have for
some time been discussing the mat-
ter of obtaining for service through
out tae country a sufficient number
of sound well-bred stallions of the
most profitable types.
General Objects. In formulating
'their live stock schemes, the De-
partment's main object was to pro-
mote improvement in the breeds of
the country by encouraging private
enterprise in the breeding of pure-
bred animals. and in the introduc-
tion of new sires, and to do this in
such a way that the accompanying
advantages should be principally
secured for the smaller farmers.
Since interests of national impor-
tance were at stake -such, for ex-
ample, as the rnaintainanoe of the
high reputation of Irish horses, the
improvement of the feeding quali-
ties of the store cattle, and the
.milking properties of dairy cows—
and as
owsandas these interests required that
the stock of the country should be
t•considered as a whole, and should
not, in public schemes for improve-
ment,.be attacked by the introduc-
tion of strains likely to have in-
: juridus general effects on the
.national breeds, it was necessary
-that these schemes should contain
The good o!d Surniner Time
is with us once more. You will enjoy out -door life
this sunnier if you have one of our
REED AND RATTAN CHAIRS,
and Reclining Chairs, which are ' ideal for porch and
lawn use, the coolest chair made. We have just stock-
ed a. full line of Furniture Novelties.
A
complete line of Organs
Pianos always on hand,
and
.. ....A full Assortment of
Dusters, Fly -nets, Rubber Rugs, Plush
Rugs for cool nights, Trunks,
Valise, Harness.
The Moon will be at New, or in
conjunction with Earth and Sun,
on the 11th, in perigree, or nearest
the Sun, on the 12th, and on the
celestial equator on the 14th, the
central day •of a regular storm
period. This period is also em-
braced in the on -coming Venus dis-
turbance, which is central on the
24th. The disturbances of this
period, whether or not West India
storms come up from the south.
may be expected over most interior
parts of the country from Saturday
the 13th to Taesday the 16th, the
culmination falling most likely on
the 14th and 15th. Vicious thunder
storms and high gales will center
about Sunday, the 14th.
Reactionary storm condition will
return on and nextto the 19th and
20th. It is well to remember that
destructive hail storms are almost
sure to attend the storms, especial-
ly in the great northwestern wheat
regions, during the last half of
August. Change to rising barome-
ter and very much cooler, especial-
ly at night, will follow ,for some
days the reactionary storms cen-
tering about the 18th and 19th.
Tho last regular storm period for
August is central on the 26th ex-
tending from the 24th to the 29th.
Within this period the Moon is at
full on the 25th, in apogee on the
26th and on the celestial equator on
the 28th. This period'is also at the
center of the Venus perturbation,.
and fully under the pressure of the
Earth's September equinox. We
may therefore confidently antici-
pate some very marked storm dis-
turbances at this time.
The indications are that the gen-
eral disturbances of this last period
will be followed by a general high
barometer, with fierce, high winds
and unseasonably. cold weather out
of the northwest. If frosts make
their appearance over the northern
to middle regions of the country
during the last.few days of August
our readers need not be wholly
taken by surprise, .
The dates upon which .volcanic
and earthquake disturbances are
most likely to reach, a maximum,
generally over the globe, will be
the Oth to the 18th and the 24th to'
the 28th of August. We 'will name
Thursday the. 11th, and Thursday
the 25th, as central days of these
probable seismic periods of dis-
turbances. •
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For this warm weather
: We are showing a beautiful range of :
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Our line of Whitewear was never so complete.
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We are offering a special price in
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4,4 b 1114,1 Worth double the money.
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Our fibiltineve Eepatttnent
is booming and no wonder. We are offering
special prices in all lines.
WE TAKE PRODUCE OF ALL KINDS.
J. D. Merner, Zurich.
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