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Jeweller and Optometrist
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Zurich Book Room
BIBLES, TESTAMENTS, BOOKS,
FANCY AND PLAIN WRITING
PAPER
NORDHE1MER PIANOS, PHONO
LA GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS
NEEDLES.
FOUNTAIN PENS, FANCY PAPER
TABLE NAPKINS.
LARGE SUPPLY OF SACRED
AND SECULAR MUSIC, Etc.
Book Room in
Lutheran Parsonage
Dr. E. S. Hardie
DENTIST
At
ZURICH EVERY WEDNESDAY
DASHWOOD EVERY THURSDAY
MAIN OFFICR — HEN° BLL.
Zurich Deaf
MARKET
Fresh and Salt Meats
BoiogEa Sausages, etc
Highest Cash Price for Wool
CASH FOR SKINS & II1DES
ISOM
L O O K
Why not .use the best coal?
SCRAN roN COAL
Chestnut, Furnace, Black-
smith and soft coal.
GEORGE DOUGLAS
SUCCESSOR TO GF.. CASE & SON
PHONE 35 H E N S A L L
The Hose
Insuarnce Co.
s
Paid-up Capital $6,000,000
Surplus to Policyholders
$19,536,177.25
Insures your barn against damage
by wind or tornado for 40 cents
per $100 for 3 years, and your
house for 30 cents per $100 for
8 years. No premium note and
no extra assessment guaranteed.
G. HOLTZ AN
Agent - Zurich
Dealer in Lightning Rods
Real Estate
List your property with me.
I have the following properties
for sale; -
100 -'acre farm in Stanley. Well
improvedl.
Vine 100 -acre farm near Hills -
Green. Well situated and in good
state of cultivation. Good build-
itngs..
Andrew F. Hess. Zurich
COUNTER CHECK :BOOKS
Do not let your supply of Con -
aster Check Books run too low.
Mire sell Appleford's check books,
first-class in every I.•oSpeet, Let
ta live your order.
WEEVIL IN REIMS AND PEAS
Eg(/s of Insects Are Easily Destroyed
by Fumigation and fl iuilahide
of Carton.
The weevil which makes the buggy
beans and peas lays its eggs in the
maturing beans and peas le the pod
during the late summer. The eggs
are not recognized by the naked eye,
and they do not generally hatch until
some time after harvest. The eggs are
easily and quickly destroyed by flan*
gation and bisuiphlde of carbon, with-
out injury to the beans or peas.
Place the beans or peas in an air-
tight vessel—a stone crock, a barrel,
box or bin. Place a shallow dish on
top of the beans, and in this pour a
quantity of bisulphide of carbon,
which is a heavy, colorless liquid, hav-
ing a vile smell. The fumes are heavy
and will quickly sink through the mass
to the bottom. They are explosive, so
one must be careful not to bring a light
in contact with them.
Cover the vessel quickly and leave
It for 24 hours. A tablespoonful will
be enough to fumigate the contents
of a five -gallon jar and one ounce Is
enough for two bushels. All beans
and peas should be treated in this
way, after which they can be kept
for en indefinite period without In-
jury.
SOIL PLANT FOODS REMOVED
Experiments Add Valuable Information
for Farmer in Use of Commercial
Fertilizer.
A great many experiments, carte
fully controlled, have been made to
determine the amount of soil plant
food removed by crops, and while
In a general way they are more int
teresting than practically instructing
for the average farmer, yet they add
valuable information along the line
of the use of commercial fertilizers.
The results obtained from the corn
experiments show an average use by
full crops of 89 pounds of nitrogen, 38
pounds of phosphoric acid, and 78 4-10
pounds of potash. The husking corn
uses more nitrogen in proportion than
the ensilage corn, but this is no doubt
due to the prolonged feeding season,
developing and ripening the ears, the
ensilage being cut in green stage.
There is, however, quite a wide range
shown in some of the tests, which is
apparently due to the greater avail-
ability of the soil ingredients. For
instance, in full crops of both en-
silage and husking corn its potash
has been shown varying from 60 to
100 pounds to the acre of crops, while
the nitrogen and phosphoric acid main.
Iain their level average.
HANDY LITTLE SEED MARKER
Implement Will Be Found of Great
Convenience In Garden—Straight
Lines Essential.
The little seed marker shown In the
illustration will be found very useful
in garden work. The markers which
should be in the form of sled runners
are placed 12 inches apart, an extra
set of lines can be run through the
first. It is important to have perfect-
ly straight lines for planting all garden
stuff in order to save ground, to say
Handy Seed Marker.
nothing of the good appearance of the
garden, and this can be accomplished
in no other way except by the use of
a marker. In drawing the first line
the ground should be squared up act
curately and a string stretched at one
side as a guide for the marker. It is
a good plan to use a line for all other
marks as 'veli, setting it exactly 18
inches from the last mark.
.1 ...
Of Small Account.
"Over 2,000,000 iron crosses have
been given out by the '.german author -
'ties." We doubt if the German sol-
diers place any great value on these
crosses. We recall a good-natured old
German who spent the declining years
of his life in Toledo. One day, with
due modesty, he showed an iron cross
he had won in the Franco-Prussian
war. "You may have it," he said
quietly. "It means nothing to Me." ---
Toledo Blade.
GOOD SE! "`; FOR hs FALFr'1
Preparations :.nculd E'3eggin Year r.to
fore Piantin(1—Keep fest.
Cultivated
Prevent Groat Farin Loss.
If, through better care and man-
agement, the average life of farin
machines could be increased by a sin-
gle year what a tremendous saving
would be effected. The amount a
farmer loses each year through neg.
lect of his machinery would pay for
the erection of a plain weather-proof
shed that would keep them in good
condition. ---Prof. John Evans, 0. Al
Colleges (tueliph,
In preparing; the seed bred tee tt11 1
fa you should begin a year ea two be•
fore you wish to seed by ]slu,a.ing a
cultivated crop, keeping the ground
well cultivated. and free t'r •n weeds.
Corn is a good crop to precteltl alfalfa.
The critical period of. alfalfa Is the
first six weeks of the life of the plant.
The ground should he plowed early
and deep. It should be free from
weeds and as free as possible from
weed seed. It should be well tilled,
but firm up to the surface when seed-
ed. Fall seedling in September with-
out a nurse crop is considered .she sur-
est method to follow. However, if
there is not a favorable season .and
sufficient moisture in the fall, you 'nu
sow at corn or cotton planting time in
the spring. Froin 12 to 15 ,pounds. of
seed per acre is ample if the seed is
clean and strong.
When it is sown with a grain drill
attachment, on well-prepared seed bed.
and when sown carefully end not too
deep, from 10 to 12 posnds of seed is
quite sufficient. The seed is small
and does not need to be sown too deep
—just so you get it into the moist
dirt.
WHERE MANURE YIELDS MOST
Greatest Profits May Be Expected
Where Fertilizer Is Placed on
Poorest Solis.
Greatest profits may be expected
from a ton of manure when it is used
on the poorest soil on the farm.
The value of a ton of manure when
used on soils of different fertility is
Illustrated by two series of plots at the
Ohio experiment station. Corn with-
out any fertL'.izer oi' manure has yield-
ed 48.07 bushels per acre for 12 years
in a rotation of corn, oats and clover.
In another series not more than 40
rods away, the yield of corn for 10
years has averaged only 35.17 bushels,
the other crops of the rotation being
wheat and Clover. Originally the land
was the same, but its treatment previ-
ous to the time these experiments be-
gan made this difference in fertility.
Eight tons of barnyard manure with
620 pounds of raw phosphate rock per
acre has produced an increase in corn
yield of 30.98 bushels on the poorer
soil. On the rich land the same aptailit
cation with 1,000 pounds of raw phos.
phate rock has increased the corn crop
only 17.89 bushels per acre, even though
three times as much of the phosphorus
carrier was added. The totul yield on
the manure land has been nearly the
same in both cases.
METAL SHEETING FOR ROOFS
Arranged to Enable Tinsmith to .Rap -
Idly Join Sheets Without the
Use of Solder.
The Scientific American, in illustrate
ing and describing a metal roof invent.
ed by J. H. Perry of Middletown, N.
Y., says:
"The object of this invention is to
provide a sheet metal roof arranged tai
enable a tinsmith or other person to
rapidly join the metal sheets for form•
ing the.roof-sides and the ridge with.
out the use of solder and, to render tho
joints rainproof and thereby prevent
Sectional Perspective View of Sheet
w Metal Roof With Parts Rrokee
Away.
leakage, use Is made of metal sheets
provided at each side with an upturned
abutting member terminating in an in-
ward and downwardly bent flange and
a. peak -shaped seam cap fitting aver
the Ranges.
Dogs Saved Boy From Bear.
Two small pet dogs saved the life of
their thirteen -year-old master, Bruno
Westerman of St. Paul, when Teddy,
a pet black bear, attacked the boy.
As the bear seized the boy the dogs
gave battle and Teddy dropped the
child and sought refuge in a near -by
tree.
Carl, the sixteen -year-old brother,
finally killed the bear with ten shots
from a shotgun and a fusillade from a
.22 -caliber revolver. The brother re-
treated to the house to protect the
mother, and from an upper window
opened fire on Teddy, who had taken
to a tree after he wounded Bruno and
the dogs gave htm-bottle _..._._--
City Conveniences for Country,
The desirability and importance of
an ample Supply of pure water on
every farm eau hardly be over empha-
sized. Perhaps more than any other
food element it determines the
healthy and robust development of
the body. Inversely, deadly disease
germs lurk in the impure waters of
contaminated wells which may bring
death with little warning Lato the
family circle. Without great expense
the water supply on the average farm
may be so protected as to prevent
contamination and it surely seems
the part of wisdom in every case to
ensure an abundant supply of pure
water for man and beast.
Where the household supply must
be drawn from a well or a stream
at some distance from the dwelling
the physical labor involved is great.
It may be assumed that when no
plumbing is installed an allowance of
ten gallons per person per day for all
purposes is necessary. With a family
of four someone — often the house-
wife — must carry 400 pounds of
water a day, or over one ton a week.
1n the stable much the same con-
ditions exist. The task of pumping
water by hand for a large number of
live stock is slow and arduous—
wasteful of time and trying to the
temper. And in cold, stormy weather
the stock when driven to an outside
tank or an ice -covered stream, will
rarely drink sufficient for their best
performance or development.
Water systems in each case pay their
way in dollars as well as in conveni-
ence, comfort and health.
The question of cost is important.
Many improvements may be made,
however, such as safeguarding
the well from pollution, install-
ing a hydraulic ram, septic tank,
gravity system, etc., which 'are not
very expensive and when the farmer
is able to do a good deal of the work
himself the cost is reduced to a point
where thousands can afford the in-
stalations. With a practical work-
ing knowledge of the principles
of farm water supply, water
systems, equipage and sewage
disposal few, indeed, who have
impure well water and are without
household and stable water conveni-
ences but can make improvements of
a most beneficial nature and at a
cost which they can afford to expend.
To give such information is the
purpose of a bulletin now presented
to the farm public of Ontario by the
Ontario Department of Agriculture,
Parliament Buildings, Toronto. Prac-
tical information, as complete as pos-
sible, and so arranged as to enable
each reader to find quickly the par-
ticular problem he is most interested
in, is given regarding every phase of
the water question. To further as-
sist those who may wish to make
improvements or installations the
authors of the bulletin will gladly
give personal attention to any ques-
tion or problem which may by sent
to them..
America's Greatest e
UNITED ENGINES
We buy direct from factory.
No middle men's profit.
Can sell. cheaper than most can buy wholesale.
Engines are first-class. We have sold a large
number. Ask users how they like their
.rtitttb
L.
handle pumps, piping, etc
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Davies
FERTILIZER
Special for the Holidays
Am now selling 16 per cent Acid
Phosphate at $33.00 a ton from now
fill Jan. 1st ONLY and mixed ferti-
lizers accordingly. Order Early.
• Guaranteed Analysis
Wishing yon the Compliments
of the Season.
MILNE PAnER
AGENT, — — DASHWOOIi
LOCAL AGENT WANTED
for the "Old Reliable"
FONTHILL NURSERIES
Thousands of Orchard trees need
replacing.
War Gardens call for small fruits
early bearing fruit trees, Aspar-
agus, Rhubarb plants, etc.
The demand for Ornamental stock
in towns and villages' is large.
Secure a paying Agency with lib-
eral commissions, Experience- Rum
necessary.
STONE & WELLINGTON
(Established 1837)
TORONTO — ON.T
BUSINESS CARDS
LET the people nkow the nature
of your business here. It will
help you to do business.
EROUDFOOT, KILLORAN, & C00KE.
Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries
Public &c. Office, on the Square, 2nd
door from Hamiiton St. Goderich.
Private funds to loan at lowest rates
W. PaouomoOT, K. 0. J. L. KILLORAN.
H. J. D. Cooxa.
Mr. Cooke will be in Hensall on Friday
and Saturday of each week.
ANDREW F. HESS, Notary Public,
Com missioner, " •Conveyancing,
Tire and Life Insurance. Agent
for Huron & Erie Mortgage
Corporation and Canada Trust
Co. Herald Office, Zurich.
STRAYED
From Lot 16 L. R.E., Hay Town-
ship, a red heifer rising 2 years
old. Finder call phone 87r12, or
address, P. N. Denomme, R. R. No.
2, Zurich.
FARMS FOR SALE
160 acres on 15th con., Hay,
and 75 acres on L. R. E. con., Ha.y
Former has good house and bank
barn 44x74, driving shed,
• ueeay ed teeth
are
...nee,. ;• • Th n.r ,, -= K> 1-n., . s*e ;3, .:eta.. •n
the latter farm is 8 acres o
bush Will be sold reasonable.
For particulars apply on the prem
ises or write. Wm, Miller, Dash-
wood. 4t2ip.
Mew alp
tette-tee •OaseaYlti,::1, Ma:
The Sal
ation
ollar Fund
MAIL YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO ONE OF THE TREASURERS BELOW,
OR TO COMMISSIONER RICHARDS, 20 ALBERT ST., TORONTO
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aft +; arse
We MUST pr vide for the need of the
Soldier end his family!
It is absolutely necessary to ensure certain safeguards and comforts to our boys
over there and over here, so that they may be re-established in Canada, strong
in body and soul, contented that we at home have stood by them to the finish.
What sacrifice can we make for the boys who were prepared to sacrifice every-
thing for us?
What the Saivaticn Army
Has Done .
It has provided comforts for fighting men
since the twelfth day of the V✓ar.
Hundreds of thousands of parcels of food
and clothing for the boys.
Tens of thousands of beds in Hostels in
daily use in France, England and Canada.
197 I-Iuts for Soldiers.
1,200 uniformed workers.
45 ambulances.
Thousands of War widows cared for,
Looked after soldiers' families.
Labored for the Master.
Helped to preserve the home ties.
Given the MOTHER touch to lonely men.
Soldiers Y orae
January
What Ren ahns to bo Done
Keep the Hostels open and open. snore, so
that every returning soldier can get a clean
bcd and wholesome meals at a price he
carr afford to pay.
Provide comforts and safeguards for bur
boys, advancing into Germany, as well as
those coming home and needing a place to
eat and sleep, in Halifax, St. John, Quebec,
Montreal, Kingston, Toronto, London,
Chatham, Winnipeg or Vancouver.
Guide and assist soldiers' families, especially
the widows and orphans.
Coming Camp
19th to 25th
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The Salvation Army is equipped and organized to take care of the soldiers'
URGENT AND PERSONAL needs—needs that are imperative. It has never
made a general appeal for funds to carry on this work until now. Give and
give liberally. If you are not certain that your contribution will be taken up
by a canvasser, send it direct to the Hon. Treasurer, Sir Edmund Walker,
Toronto --subscriptions will be acknowledged.
"God loveth a cheerful giver"
SALVATION ARMY'' MILLION DOLLAR FUND COMMITTEE
Headquarters:
Treasurer Toronto anis Ontario: Treasurer' New Brunswick: Treasurer Nova Scotia:
SIR EDMUND WALKER JAMES M. CHRISTIE DONALD MacGILLIVRA'f
13 Toronto Bank of Commerce,St.John,N.B. Bank of Commerce, Halifax, N.S.
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