HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1915-03-12, Page 7ANALYSIS OF EARA .LANDS
REPORT ON LAND,LABOR AND
LIVE STOCK,
Statistics Office Details Results of
Inquiries Matte Throughout
Dominion,
A. press bulaletin issued recently
by •the Census and Statistics Office
summarizes the results of inquiries
made by crop -reporting corre,-
spond•entis as to (1) the values of
farm .hand, (2) the values of farm
help, and (3) the values of farm live
stock in 1914.
Fo:r the whole of Canada the av-
erage value of farm land held for
agricultural purposes, whether im-
proved or unimproved, and includ-
ing the -value of dwelling house 1,
farms, stabies. and other farm
buildings, is returned as $38:41 por
acre, which is about equal to that
of the last similar inquiry in 1910,
when the value was given as $38.45
per acre. In 1911 the average was
returned by the Census vs $30.41,
but this value was based upon re-
turns from all occupiers, including
farms only recently settled and
therefore of less value. By pro-
vinces the average values of 1914
range from $21" per .acre in Alberta
to $150 per acre in British Colum-
bia. In this province, however,
the high value is due to orcharding,
ordinary agriculture being sj b:si-
diary to fruit culture.
Wages of Ferran help.
In recent years the wages of farm
help have increased considerably,
and they reached their highest
point during the bumper harvest of
1913. But in 1914 the pendulum
swayed back, less labor being re-
quired an farms owing to lighter
crops. Since August the war has
had for one of its effects an in-
crease in the supply of farm labor
and consequently a fall in the
wages. The. demand for labor this
winter has also decreased because
of the increased cost of board. For
the Dominion the average wages
per month during the summer, in-
cluding board, were $35.55 for male
and $18.51 for female help. For
the year, including board, the ,av-
eraging wages were $323.30 for
males and $189.35 for females,
whilst the average cost of',',hoard,
per month works out' to $1:4.27` for,
makes and $11.20 fou females,- as
compared with $12.49 and $9.53 in •
1910.
Average wages per month in 1914
were lowest in Prince Edward Is-
land, viz., $24.71 for males and
$14.4S for females; in Nova Scotia
they were $31.20 and $14.80, and
in New Brunswick $31.93 and $15.
In Quebec the averages were $33.58
and $15.65, and in Ontario $32.09
and $16.67. In the western prov-
inces they were for males $39.13 in
Manitoba, $40.51 in Saskatchewan,
and $40.26 in Alberta ; females re-
ceiving $22.35 in. Manitoba., "$22.96
in Saskatchewan and $23.63 in Al-
berta. The -highest wages were paid
in British Columbia, viz., $47.85
for males and $31.18 for -females,
these averages being substantially
less than in 1910 when males receiv-
ed $5'7.40 and females $38.
Farm Live Stock.
Values are well maintained so
far as comparison with the three
years ended 1910 is concerned; but
during 1914 there has been a sub-
etantial reduction in the value both
of horses .and of swine. It is a
cause of general complaint that the
demand for horses other than for
military purposes has fallen off,
and that prices are less by from 25
to 40 or 50 per cent. than they were
in 1913.
Owing to the high price of grain
the keeping of swine in the west is
said to be no longe'%• ,a. p,aying'plo-
position, Hogshave been sold for
what they will fetch -frequently
ass little as, 3M cents per lb, --and
many have been marketed in .an un-
finished condition. On the other
•hand the ;prices of cattle have been
well maintained and the average
values for dairy cows and for other
horned cattle are considerably
above those of 1910, The averag=es
per head for all Canada come to
$127• for, horses, $57 for milch cows,
$42 for other cattle, $7 for • sheep
and $12 for swine. The following
is believed to be a rough approxi-
mation of the total value of Cana-
dian farm live stock in 1914: Horses
$371,430;000; cattle $297,131,000;
sheep $14,551,000, and swine $42,-
418',•000, or an aggregate of $725,-
530,000, for all descriptions.
No Syity/athy+
"Sir, your daughter has 'proanis-
ed to becoane any wife;"
"Well, don't eome Ito me for syan-
palthy:; you night" know. )somethung
would :happen to you, hanging
around here five nights iaweek."
Re Could ' Not
Make Oue Step
THEN DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS
CURED WALTER •Y. ROBERTS.
Newfoundland Han Finds a Firm
Cause After Suffering Ten 11lonths
of Torture --Doctors and Other
Medicines Failed to :Help Him.
Lewisport, Twi111ngate Distnic
Nfld., March 8 (Special).-A'thril,
ing story of a splendid cure b
Dodd's Kidney Pills is told by W
ter J. Roberts, a well-known res
dent of this place.
"My trouble started from a col
after m,easles," Mr, Roberts state
"For nineteen months I was on
fined to the house, amid for to
months I could not make one step
"I tried many doctors and med
eines but got no relief from them
The trouble was in My feet„.leg
and arm's, and at times was alma
unbearable. I could not feed my
self for those ten months.
."At last I tried Dodd's Kidne
Pills, taking twenty-eight boxes i
all, :and am glad to say they mad
a firm cure of me."Mr. Roberts' troubles were cause
by diseased kidneys. That ,is wtl
Todd's Kidney Pills cured him
Diseased Kidneys fail in their slut
of straining ,the impurities out o
the blood and the consequence i
trouble all over the body. Dodd' di
Kidney Pills "cure seased Kidneys
A TRADER'S ' SHREWDNESS.
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Me Wanted.
A wealthy merchant in Paris who
had an extensive business with Ja-
pan was told that. a •prominent firm
in Yokohama had failed, but he
could not learn the name of the
firm. `He quid have learned the
truth by cabling, but to save ex-
pense, he went to a well known
banker who bad received the news
and asked him the name of the firm.
The story is told in the Family Her-
ald.
That's a very delicate thing to
do," replied the banker, "for the
news is not ofiioial, and if I gave you
the name I might incur some re-
sponsibility."
Then the merchant said:
"I will give you a list of fen
:firms in Yokohama, and I' will ask
you to look through it and -then tell
me, without ,mentioning any name,
whether the name of the firm that
has •fail:ed appears in it. Surely
you will do that for me?"
"Yes," said the banker, "for if I
do not mention any name I ,cannot
be held responsible."
The merchant made out his list,
the banker looked through it, and,
as he handed it back, said:
"The name, of the merchant who
has failed is there."
"Then I've lost heavily," replied
the meribhant, "for that is the firm
with which 1 did business"- show-
ing shim a name on the list.
'But 'how do you know that is the
firm that has failed?" asked the
banker, in surprise.
"Very easily !" replied the mer-
chant. "Of the ten names on the
list, only one is genuine -that of
the firm with which I did business;
all the others are fictitious."
.14
STRENGTH
Without Overloading the Stomach.
The business man, especially,
needs food in the morning that Will
`nota.overload the stomach, but give
mental vigor for the day.
Much depends on the start a man
gets each day as to how he may ex-
pect to accomplish the work on
hand.
He can't be alert with e, heavy,
fried -meat -and -potatoes breakfast,
requiring a lot of vital energy in
digesting it,
A Western business pian found a
food oombination for producing.
energy. He writes.:
"For years I was unable to filed a
breakfast food that had nutrition
enough to sustain a business man
without overloading his stomach,
causing indigestion and kindred
ailments. "
"Being is very busy and also a
very nervous man, I had iabout de-
cided to give up breakfast altoge-
ther. But luckily I was indue,ed.tp
try Grape -Nuts. •
"Since that morning I have been
a new' man; can work without tir-
ing, my head is olear•and my nerves
strong and quiet.
"I find that Grape -Nuts, with,a
gar
little sugar b
and a small gtl.rtaltity
of cold milk, makes 'a delicious.
morning meal, wihie invigorates me
for the clay's business."
.Nam,e given by Canadian :Poston,
Co,, Windsor, Ont. Read dTihe
Roac1 to Wellville," in pkgs.
'`There's a Reaison."
isver read the above letter? new
one appears trout time to time. Theyare genuine, true, and tabu or human
interest.
i'
Lady Francis Scott,
Eldest daughter of the late Lord
Minto, former Lieutenant -Gover-
nor. Before • her marriage this
month to Lord Francis Scott, son
of the late Duke of Buccieach, slhe
was known . as Lady Eileen Elliott.
Prehistoric Bottles.
According to recent 'discoveries it
appears that nursing bottles were
used even in prehistoric times. This
is true at least for the age of pol-
ished stone. inasmuch as a French
archae,o•logist,when exploring a
neolithic funeral deposit, found a
small clay bottle, and this was
quite intact. This is not the only
specimen of the kind which ebmes
from early ages. Among others are
the specimens -found in the Gaulish
burial places of Jou•ohery, and more
recently in the Gallo -Roman arena
of Paris.
Rheumatism Goes Quickly
Its Virus Forever (Destroyed
EVERY CASE IS CURABLE.
Good-bye to Rheumatism!
Your aching joints, your stiff, sore
muscles, those sleepless nights and
suffering days -good-bye forever
your day is gone.
Sufferer, cheer up, and read the
good news below.
"A man met me a year ago, and
said, 'don't :'stay crippled, quit com-
plaining, limber up.' My answer was,
'I'm 'rheumatic, I can't do it' He
looked me over in a pitying Sort of
way and told me to go to the nearest
drug store for Nerviline and .Ferro -
zone. The combination had cured
him. I was convinced of his sincerity
and followed his instructions. I rub-
bed on Nerviline • three times every
day -rubbed it right into my aching
joints. The pain quickly lessened, and.
t became more limber and active. To
draw the virus of the disease from
my blood I took two Ferrozone Tab-
lets with every meal. I am well to-
day, not an ache, not a pain and no
sign of stiffness at all."
What Nerviline can do in a case
like this it can do for you too. For
nearlyiforty years Nerviline has been
recommended for Rheumatism. Lum-
bago and Sciatica and Lame Back.
It is the one remedy that never -dis-
appoints.
.14
LACKS VITAL ELEMENT.
Germans Without Moral Strength Bas-
ed on Liberty.
Harold Cox, a London editor, writing
on "Militarismus Abroad and at
Home," says:
"The present war has furnished a
magnificent demonstration of the
value of our voluntary system, even
from a purely military point of view.
Still more has this war demonstrated
that the military point of view is not
the only factor that has to be consid-
ered in the supreme problem of nation-
al defence That is the great blunder
that Germany has made.
"Her Statesmen assumed that it was
only necessary to have the army strong
and ready, and they could sweep all
before them. But scarcely had they
begun the war, cynically, wantonly,
and without provocation, before they
woke up 'to the fact that moral as well
as 'military forces still count in the
world. They then set to work with
frenzied haste to try to persuade
neutral countries, and their own peo-
ple, that Germany • was tight:lag in a
righteous cause and defending herself
against the unprovoked aggression of
her neighbors This implicit conies•
sion by the Gorman apostles of militar-
isirl that their creed breaks down in
practice is perhaps the most important
lesson of the war.
"In Germany there has never been
a general and successful revolution of
the people against their oppressor's,
like the revolution in England against
the Stuarts and the French revolution
against the Bourbons. The concep•
tion of individual liberty never seems
to have taken hold of the German
people as it has of•the other peoples of
Western Europe. It is not surprising
that the German nation should be in-
fected with the worst form of militar-
ismus, the mere desire to dom'nate,"
The Essential Thing.
"What must I do, doctor, to 'at
twin old age?"
"Live."
When a Woman Suffers
With Chronic Backache
There is Trouble Ahead.
Constantly on their feet, attending
to.the
w. nus.•of a large and exacting
family, • women often break down
with Nervous exhaustion.
In the stores, factories, and on a
farm are weak, ailing women, dragged
,down with torturing backache and
bearing down pains.
Snell suffering isn't natural, but it's
dangerous, because due to diseased
kidneys.
The dizziness, insomnia, deranged
menses and other symptoms of kidney
complaint can't cure themselves, they
require the assistance of Dr. Hamil-
ton's Pills which go direct to the seat
of the trouble.
To give vitality and power to the
kidneys, to lend aid to the bladder and
liver, to free the blood of poisons,
probably there is no remedy so sue•
cossful as Dr. Hamilton's Pills. For
ail womanly irregularities their merit
is well known.
Because of their mild, soothing and
healing effect, Dr. Hamilton's Pills are
safe, and are recommended for girls
and women of all ages. 25 cents per
box at all dealers. ' Refuse any sub-
stitute for Dr. Hamilton's Pills of Man-
drake and Butternut.
SEEING THE SUN.
A Traveller in China Tells of His
Experienee.
In ''Thirty Years in Mukden" Dr.
Dugald Christie tells the following
story of an experience that he and
the llev. John Maclntyre under-
went on a trip they took from Muk-
den to the river Yalu, the border of
Korea. On their way back they
found themselves toward dusk one
day in a sparsely inhabited district
several miles from the only inn.
They reached it by fording a swift
liver swollen with melting snows,
and found a poor hovel with only
oneeommon room, and two old men
as innkeepers.
• There was neither candle nor
lamp. but the end of a tarred rope
that htulg from a beam was burn-
ing, and by this dim light I looked
at my watch, says Mr. Christie.
"What is that toy?" asked one
of the old men.
"It tells the time," I answered.
"What time? What do you mean
by time 7"
"It shows where the sun is.
Turning to his brother, he asked,
in a puzzled way, "But the sun's
down long agog. a How can he tell
where'. it is.1"• .
• 92-ys.1" said the brother, with
awe.- "Me. can still see it in the
glass. What can ;these foreigners
not do 7"
Early the next morning vre were
astir, preparing to go on. As our
horses were being saddled, .the old
man questioned its again :
"How far away is your country 7"
"Many thousand miles."
"And did yon ride all the way on
that horse?'
.14
Daring Death.
Young Wife (pouting) -You told
me yea 'would die for vie.. -
Husband - Well, have patience.
Am I not •eia'ting your pies and bis-
auits7 -
rInstant
Relief
Paint on Putnam'si
Corn Extractor tol
night, and corns feel'
better in the morn-!
inv. Magical t he:
way "Puf;nam's"'
eases the pain, destroys the roots,!
kills a corn for all time. No pain.;
Cure guaranteed. Get a 25e. bottle of.
"Putnam's" Extractor to -clay.
Mollified.
Attorney -How old are you,
madam 7
Witness -Sir 1
Attorney -Beg your pardon ; how
much younger are you than the
lady next door i
Minard's Liniment Relieves Neuralgia.
Hardly That.
Mrs. Knagg-Well, what are you
thinking about
•141,r, Kniagg .I was just, thinking
if it's true that :silence is golden no-
one
oone can accuse you of being a
miser.
Minard's Liniment Cures Burns, Etc.
11ow Could She,
Mrs. Erie --11 I'd rbeen in your
place I• think I'd have pocketed illy
pride. •
Mrs. Wye --But I had no pocket.
YOCVR OWN lotto: sorsa WILL T ta, vote
Try 3lurine Bye Remedy forged' Weak, watery
Dyes and Granulated Eyelids; No Smarttnv--
est Eye Comfort, .1 Write for Boole of the iSyo
by mail.il'ree. liturineEfe Remedy Co., Chicago.
Thinking Shop.
Hostess--•"Doe'tor Sprigglins, will
you have ,some of the tongue V'
The 'Doctor (absent anindedly)
"Oh-er-let me look at it, please.,>
Minard's Liniment for sale everywhere
THE SEED THAW
With the opening sof the 1915 seed
trade, seedspen, farmers, and gar-"
d eners, may wish to" review the con-
ditions under which sales may be
made. ° The Seed Control Act pro-
vides that timothy, alsike, red olo
ver and. alfalfa, aeed must not be
glut oilasale for the purpose of seed-
ing 42thout : being plainly marked
with •17ho'°grade; namely: Extra No.
1, No. 1, No. 2, 'No. 8. Farmers
may sell,eeed• below No, 3 in quality
only to dealers to be gleaned and
brought up to grade, All other
grass, clover and ,forage plant seeds
and those of eereals and flax must
be marked in a plain and indelible
manner with the common name or
names of any noxious weed seeds
present.
Seed of cereals, flax, grasses, olo-
vers, forage plants, field roots and
garden vegetables must have a ger-
mination' of two-thirds of the per-
centage standard of vitality for
good seed of the kind or be marked
with the percentage that are capa-
ble of germinating. "Papered
seeds" must be marked with the
fill
yeaesd. in which the packet was
Representative- samples of seeds
for purity and gemination tests
inay be sent^ to the Seed Branch,
Ottawa. Two ounces of grass seed,
white or alsike glover; four ounces
of red clover, alfalfa or seed of
like size and one pound of cereals
are desired. Samples under 8 ozs.
may be sent without postage and
are tested free of charge up to 25
in number for each person or firm,
BABY'S OWN TABLETS
• A GREAT•BLESSING
Mrs. Jas. E, Mailman, Gegoggin,
N.S., writes: "I gave Baby's Own
Tablets to my baby boy for con-
stipation and teething troubles and
have found them a great blessing.
I think the Tablets .should be in
every home where there are young
children." The. Tablets are an ab-
solutely safe remedy for little ones,
being backed by the guarantee of a
Government 'analyst to be free from
opiates and narcotics. They are
sold by medicine dBalers or by mail
at 25 cents a box from The Dr.
Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville,
Ont.
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Out of IIarn1's Way.
"If you had to go to war, what
position would you choose V'
"The drummer's, I think."
"Why so 1"
"When a charge was ordered, I'd
pick up my drum and beat it."
LOW FARES TO THE CALIFORNIA
EXPOSITIONS.
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Four splendid daily trains from the New
Passenger Terminal. Chicago to San
Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego.
Wide choice of scenic and direct routes.
Double trick. Automatic electric safety
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Let us plan your trip and furnish fold-
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E. 11 Bennett, Gen. Agt., 4,6 Yonge St.,
Toronto, Out.
Widows Are Dangerous.
"How did you catch your cold,
old man?"
"I cod id by siddig dear
dow."
"She must have 'been very icy."
a wid•
We have been using MINARD'•S LINI-
MENT in our home for a number of years
and no other Liniment but MINARD'S,
and we canrecommend it highly for
sprains, bruises, pains or tightness of
tho cheat, soreness of the throat, head.
ache or anything of that sort. We will
not be without it one single day, for we
etmbottle is allusd,T cai recommend it highly
to any.
one.
JOIIN WAIKEFIFLD.
La:lave Islands, Lunenlom g Co., N -S,
Pat Remark.
"That settles it I" said the Ivan
as he watelied the piledriver ham-
mer descend on the, pile.
Minard's Liniment Cures Dandruff.
A Case of Necessity.
OldLady(stopping on road)--
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Dear ! dear . Why :are you ;two men
using such frightful language'?
Tattered Thomas -Well, yer .see,
lady, me an' me pard has ter ex-
change heated words to keep warm,
not having no overcoats. •
It was at the dentist's, and Potz
was the object in the chair --a mis-
erable, (forlorn object to !boot. The
operation was ended, and the den-
tist was ostentatiously cleaning his
forceps. "I-anust 'eharge you five
dollars,' be said to the patient.
The unlucky victim rbu'rned upon his
pdrsecultor : "What 7 Five dollars!
Why, you promised to Charge Inc
only ma!' "Yes," agreed the
tooth -hugger cheerfully, "that was
my yeonitraet price. "Well 7"
queried the tormented one, "But
you yelled iso loudthat you've .sear-
ed away four other ` dollar pa-
tients 1"
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FARMS FOR SALE.
H. W. DAWSON, Ninety Colborne .strael.
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1.F YOU WANT To Bur cit SELL A
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write R. W. Dawson, Brampton, or 90 Col.,
borne St., Toronto.
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"Do you like the •breast of the.
turkey 1" asked the host of the old
lady. `I've never been able to find!
out," she responded. "When I was
growing up the children always gob l
the necks, so that the grown folks
cou'Id have the choice parts. But
since I have grown up things ,have;
changed and now' the -children gest
all the best pieces."
The young mother stole silently,
upstairs one evening, to he sure
that her little son was sleeping safe -1
ly. As she paused at the door slhs;
saw her husband standing bride
the crib, gazing earnestly down at•
the sleeping child. Tears filled the;
mother's eyes, and she thought ; j.
"How dearly Frederick does lover
that !boy !" But ;just then he itul c• -i
ed and saw her. "Amelia,"
the said,
"1 dwi't• see how on earth they;
can get up a crib like+thi's for three
dollars. and sixty cents,"
REMEMBER ! The ointment
-you put on your child's skin gets !1
into the system just as surely as II
food the child eats. Don't let ,l
impure fats and mineral coloring
matter (stiuch as many of the
cheap ointments contain) get
into your child's 'blood ! Zan
Buk is purely herbal, )NO pois-
onous coloring. Use it always.
50c. Box at All Aroggtsts and Stores.
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