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Anyone acknowledges the ben-
efits of pruning and as, this is the
proper season, we have the neces-
sary tools to offer. Good tools
make good work and easy. why
- labor with that old saw which is.
too wide, too coarse and probab.
ly too loose.
Genuine pruning saws
50c to 75c
Lever pruners... .95c to 51.25
Special pruner head for lone
handle .. . ... . .. .. ....50c
We are agents for . Sp.ramotor Co. and are now taking
-orders for -lime, sulphur and lead for spraying purpose'.
The virtues tef these article' s are NMI known and the Spra-
'motor Co. willingly furnishes the formula for any tree or
bush disease. Buy the Spramotor goods for freshness and
-strength1
jonolowoommoiNIS51.
soon be in order and the proper time to order them is
There is to be increased activity in the maple syrup
line this Spring. 'Sugar is high, preserves will be high, why
not make more syrup to effect the increase. We make any-
thing in syrup supplies of the very best material and our workmen are
all mechanics. Nothing possible is too hard for us to do in the tinsmith-
ing line.
Go A. Sills., 5eafort4
Sole Agents for Lowe Bros. Paints, Chi-Namel, Moffat's Ranges,
Eastlake Steel Shingles, Paroid Ready Roofing Canadian Steel
Woven Wire Fence, Pease Furnaces and Boilers, "Hot Point"
ElectriC Supplies. New Idea Furnaces.
Tite McKillop Mutual
Fire Insurance Go.
• Head° e: Seaforth, Ont.
• DIRECTORY
Officers:
J. R. McLean, Seaforth, President;
J. Connolly, Goderich,Vice-President;
Thos. E. Bays, Seaforth, See-Treas.
Directors: D. F. 'McGregor, Seaforth;
Grieve, 'Winthrop; Wm. Kinn,
th; John Bennewela, Dublin; J.
van, Beechwood; A. MeEwen,
eefleld ; J. B. McLean, Seaforth;
ee. Connolly, Goderich; .Robert Perris,
eats: ,gcl. Hinchlay, Seaforth; W.
(Jhesney, Egniondville: J. W. Yea,
Imesville ; Alex Leitch, Clinton;
R. S. Jartettith, Brodhagen.
an Pumps ft pump
Ripairing
am prepared to turnts all kinds of
Force and Litt Pumps and all sizes
Piping,, Pipe Fittings, etc. Galvan-
ized Steel Tanks, and Water troughs
Stancheons and Cattlet_Basins.
/he Price is Bight
so all kindsof pump repairingdone
on short notice. For terms, etc.,
ply at Pump ,Factory, Godericb
East, or at residence, North
Main Street
J F. Wes h, Seafo0
C. P. R, Time Table
Guelph and Goderieh Branch
TO TORONTO
.. . .. 7.05
Auburn .... ...-..... " 7.30
7.40
iton
1iverton
Linwood
Guelph
iatteIph Jot
11
ft
ft
oronto... .. - . Ar,
7.62
8.25
8.46
9.05
9.83
1115
10.20
FROM TORONTO
Toronto - Lv.
Suelph Jet... .• Az
Mantra,
Linwor
Milverton.
Blyth. . .
godericit ...... „
44
7.20 a. 7TL.
9.45 '
1020
10.59
11.28 "
11.42 "
12.16
12.9S "
1 00 p. m.
2.00 p tro
2.26 '
2.85 '
2.47
8.20 1*
3.40 "
4.00 "
4.88 "
5.05 "
6.45 1
4.80 s.)
6.10
6.66
7.22 "
7.43 "
8.02 "
8.36 "
2.48
9,25
Connections at Linwood for Lietowel. Con
egtious at Guelph Jot. with, main line for Galt
sgodstock. London. Dar& not Chicago an ial
niediate
Grand T runk Railway
System.
Railway Time Table.
nine:tare %%forth as follows
10.46 a at Per Clinton Goderiob, Winglw,nt sod
Kincardine.
..20 p rs Por Clinton and Goderioh
618 pm For Clinton, Winghara and Klass
dine.
1.03 p z. For Clinton and Goderfoh.
7 61 a v. For Stratford, Guelph, Toronto
Orillia, North Bay and Points west
Belleville and Petferboro and points
east.
• p Par Strationt, Guelph, Toronto Mon.'
teal and points east,
5 32p Foi Stratford Guelph and Toronto
LONDON HURON (RI BRUCE.
NORTH rassenger
London, di:par c 8 30 4 40
Centralia, - . 9 83 6 43
igteter. 944 554
Ilensall, . ... - - ..... • 9 55 6 05
Nippon, .. . 10 01 611
BracefieLl, ...........-. ... 10 09 6 19
Clinton, 10 25 6 35
Londealporo, 11 18 6 52
Blytb,4. • 11 27
7 00
,BejliVinggrr7 13
at'n.1, smite.- ..... 11 40 11 60 7 2,5
SOI/itt Passenger
Wjughatn, depart. 6 36 3 30
Belgrave, 6 50 3 44
Blyth, 704 8 66
LOndesboro 7 13 4 0*
Clinton, 8 10
11rucetield, . *4 ... •
8 27 1 28
gippee. • . .
a
8 85 4 e
4 47
lIensall, 8 41 4 52
8 54 5 06
tleatralin. 9 04 6 10
dm arrive.... • 10.00 6 16
:
NILO FashipnedPOOR
:OntRipint
is -Now Done-Awiy.WitiL, •
Milburn's Laxa-Liver. Pills gently
unlock the secretions, clear away all
waste and effete matter from the system,
,and give tone add vitality to the whole
intestinal tract.
They do this by acting directly on the
liver, and making the bile pass through
the bowels instead of allowing it get
into the blood, and thus causing ti
pation, jaundice, catarrh of the shoe
and/similar troubles.
Mrs. L. M. Ratchford, Peterboro, •
writes: "Having been troubled for
years with constipation, and trying is any
different reraedies which did me no good
whatever, I was asked to try 1Viilburn's
Laxa-Liver Pills. 1 have found them
most ben.eficial, for they are indeed
splendid pills, and I can gladly recom-
mend them to all people who suffer from
constipation." .
Milbunes liaxaeLiver Pills are t -25c
a vial, 5 vials for $1.00, at all druggists
or dealers, or mailed direct on receipt of
price by The T. Milburn Co, Limited,
Toronto, Ont.
In 1534 Jacques Cartier, dis-
coverer of Canada, and his
crew, were saved from a ter-
rible and fatal skin disease by
an herbal remedy composed of
the juices and saps of certain
herbs. Mr. J. Cartier, of 2192
Clarke St., Montreal, a descen-
dant of the illustrious discov-
erer, has just been cured of
eczema by Zam-Buk. Mr.
Cartier is a Justice.of the Peace
and Assistant. Clerk of the
Circuit Court. He is a member
of the family of the late Sir
George Cartier, one of the
Fathers of Confederation.
Mr. Cartier writes: "Allow
me to express my gratitude
for the benefit I have derived
, from. Zam-Buk. It is the best
rernedyfor eczema to be found.
I always keep it in the house
as our famil doctor. Its heal-
ing and curative power is im-
mense. I wish everybody
could know the high quality
• of Zam-Buk."
ZOn-Buk is the modern scientific
'representative ,of lee crude essences
and saps, which saved the life of
Jacques Cartier in 1534. Zam-Buk
contains these herbal extracts plus
modern antiseptic properties unknown
in the 16th cen.tury. Zam-Buk cures
Ulcers, Piles, Eczema, Cuts, Burns,
Bruises, Chapped Hands, Cold Sores,
and other skin diseases and iajuries.
All druggists and stores. 50c. box,
3 boxes$1.2
FREE TRIAL I30X will be sent
on receipt of this advertisement,
name lof paper, and lo, stamp.
Address Zamenue Co.. Toronto.
IS'
. ,The N.w Tax
The ratepayers- Of eOntario will' beat
with .good will, the -war tax imposed
ty'thei Provincial -Government to meet
an unavoidable' deficit in revenue. The
levy ,oi, one mill, or .a. tenth of a cent,
on 'the dollar.-- applies- -to all classes of
assess hie ,peopert4 incleAing landi
fui1dIigs, business` and incame. The
'mirk of collection will be 'done through -
existing municipal and county machin -
Cry. ad should yield .from $1,500,000-
ta $2, 00,000 per anntitri. Tbig addition-,
- al- rev mete, contributed by the ..people
as a vhoIe, will enable. the Province
to ass e. its proper -share of the war
burder1, and at th e same. three to main-
tain the 'public, services in normal con-
dlttonJ A Liberal Opposition cannot with
good :grace object to a measure of tax-
-ate:in whlch is the ideal of ultra _Radi-
cals,: t-. the very outset of his career
as PX vincia.1 Treasurer, Mr. McGarry
heti shown courage- an.d resource which
.stamp [lam as a strong man, equateto
a highly reaponsible Office, even in a
period of financial cite's.
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The above is from the. Toronto ,News
4nd * a fair sample of the stuff- that
Is being pat forward by =any Conser-
vative papers to mislead their readers.
. la to Mr. filicGarryaecapabilities as . a
financ er they have yet to be proven
With uch ccmfide,nce. His ability , as
t
as hfie is still a novice at the bust- -
netts. e must say, however, that his
first p,rfermance is not as reassuring
as The News would have us believe and
is not such ,as to inspire the Public
an elouent and fluent special pleader,
is und ubted, but his financial relishil,
ity, in view of the statement he placed
before the Legislature the other day,
may ell be questioned. Tho. finances
of the Province have been in much Saf-
er ads • i
No rson, either Liberal or Conser-
vative, objects to a special tax being
levied for war purposes as all are equ-
ally vi1Ung to bear their fair einem
of thi burden. There may be differ-
ences f opinion as to the best methods
of lev ing such a. tax. But in so far
as thi is concerned the method pro-
posed by the Provincial Treasurer is,
probab y, as simple and fair as any
that c Uld be devised. What the people
do obj t to is the duplicity practised by
theprofrmnciaJ treasurer in using the war
es an excuse and a cloak for levYing•
Spee -1a111 taxes,, not fpr war purposes a-
lone, ut to help to cover up a dis-
crepan y between the receipts and ex-
pondittres eaused by extravagant ad -
midst tion. According to the state- ,
meat t The News these epecial taxee 1
for •Bel Ian relief arid $279,000 for neer 1
I
are ex ted' to .yield from a million i__
land a alf to two million dollars. But Y
the pu lic accounts, just issued, show P
that al the Province has expended for 6
war- rposes is $294,000, being $16,000 •°
sent to Great 13ritain. Now, what is to 0
be don with the eemaining $1,221,000.
An ex 'nation of the public accounts
will sh ..• The Provincial Treasurer
admits . "deficit in current expenditure
for the
etlition
the s
Capital
rent ex
tual de
It will
given h The News and those in the
public accounts which can he seen by
any • One who will . take ' the
trouble to look them up, that three-
fourths of the revenue to ,be derived
from' these a.pecial taxes is to be ap-
plied, not for war purposes but to fill
up the hig-hole*existing between cur-
rent refenue and, current expenditure.
The duplicity, not to say dishonesty of
the. Treasurer, The News and others
in tryiag to lea,d the public to believe
-that th se special taxes 'are exclusively
for wa purposes,, while two-thirds or
more a ,e made necessary and are in -
.tended o supply funds •tor current ex-
penses, will be amply apparent and
that is hat is objected to and it fur-
nishes very good grounds for objec-
tion. It also shows that the Provincial
Treasury is ncit in the safest hands.
T
WOMAN'S SOAP,
441.,..44.40- worareil,44 1.10,111M.KorWmvo.itel.0.
Ingt "PaDered. Seethe" ;MITA be markedC
with the year he which the packet :as
fe1.11116ediireseettativ'e'*•sa.' - seeds for
„purity aner 'germination tests 'may be
sent 'to the Seed ..13.ra,nch, 'Ottawa. Two
oundeee of grass seed, white or slaw
"clover, four OUnCeS of Red clover,
alfalfa or seed.. of like size and
one pound of reereals are desieed. Sam-
ples ander eight ounces may be sent
without postage arid are tested free of
charge tip 125 in number for each
person or firm. -Seed Branch, Ottawa.
Orey
A Good Send -off. -A. large cornaalle-
of neighbors and old friends number -
Ing, possibly 150, assembled at the home
of Mrs. Edward Bryaris,, 2nd s conces-
sion of Grey, one evenfhg recently to
spend a Social evening With the family
before their removal from the neigh-
borhood and also as an expreasion of
friendthip ad esteem. The occasion
pante about owing to the, proposed re-
moval of, this excellent family ftom the
old homestead to Brussels, on aqcount
of Mr. Bryan's death 'nearly a year
Ago. Joseph .AMes was called to the
chair and filled the bill. John Pearson
read an eulogistic address, expressive
of 'regret, congratulations and good
Wishes, and R. Carr and Edward Jack -
lin presented a fine couch to Mrs. Bry-
SAS and laitily -and a music: rack eto
Miss Lizzie Bryans, who has filled the
Important post of organist in Roe'a
church for years with ability and faith-
•fuleless. A. suitable reply was made by
John A. Bryan's; of Pordwich, in be-
half of Ma mother and sisters, in which
the donors were heartily thanked.
Shoat, happy speeches were made by R.
Carr, J. Pearson, G. Johniston, J. Xing
and others, wlhile a fine program of
vocal and Instrumental music was ren-
dered In which Miss Ina Bryan% of
Brussels, Messrs. Strachan, Kelly, Mc-
Cartney, Carr and others took part.
• Mitees Mary -Johnston and Ella Pear-
-son. contributed readings'. Lunch 'WAS
served and after a happy time, the
coMpany dispersed after wishing the
Bryans' family many prosperous years
In their new hems Brussels. Mr.
and tire. ^Bryans livt§d here about 42
,years and were well known and moat
highly asteerned. The removal will be
a distinct loss to Roe's 'church where
he various' departments have shared
n their ste*ardship In the passing
ears. Ma. McCatcheon, of London, has
urchased the farm and takes posses -
lain at once. Ife is a former resident
f the township, who is returning to
he land and he will be welcomed back
y knao;y old friends.
f
FRANCE
year of $698,900. But in ad-
o this the accounts show that 13e
of $544,000 was taken from w
account and used to; pay car- h
nditures, these making an ac- w
'bit for the year of $1,242,000. ab
tes be seen, from the figures al
th
11••••••=..•••••
Last 'week wee.', -gave a doecription• of
igium, that productive little country.
MO !has been over -run and •desolated
y the great nem= armies. This week
e give 'some interesting 'particulars
out 'Prance, a !portion of which has.
so been over -run 'died despoiled' by
e German hordes
, FRANCE :
France has a ttotat length from north
to south of ,600 mites, and a breadth
from east to 'west of 528 miles. ats
area is 302,803 square miles. •
France's population. In 1906 number-
edf 89,262,246. The average density of
the 'population is about 196 to the
square inile. 'The increase lh the urban
population between 1861 and 1891 was
about (ten :per cent. At the latter date
37 per mai of the inhatbitants lived
in centres containing more than 2000
Inhabitants. •
During the thirty years previous to
1966, the increase in _population was
not Fnuch over two millions. The rate
of increase of the French people is the
lowest of any European country, the
percentage of births over deaths being
about a per cent. In 19O1, the excess
of feinales over males waa 1.6 per
cent., there !being about 608 females to
every 1442 rnalea and the disparity has
a tendency to become still more mark-
ed.
1 commumcwrioi
Weed Seeds in Soils
( Atter, for The Expositor)
The resence of weed 'seeds in soils
under tifferent isystems of culture and
croppin should be suggestive to farm -
ere. Aij investigation being condected
by the Seed 13rancla Ottawa,. shoves a
sod fi;ld, which bed been in hay or
pastur for six years to contain 19,-
183 w ed seeds in a surface square
yard ne inch deep, 8,912 in the game
yolum of poll at a depth from two
to thr
, five t
which
• of cu
ain4,914,1
The e neentration of seeds in the, sur-
face ayer of the ...sod field .Imay be 'ex-
plain 'weeds being allowecte_ re -
prod ce thenaselves from year to year.
lnfor a.tion as to the percentage vit-
ality of weed seeds at the different
dept es is not eyet eco,mplete but a large
num er of the !surface seeds in the
Geese Of the (sod field are vital. This
leivestigation indicates the importance
of short rotations, good, cultivation and.
prevention of weeds going to seed.
Other important methods 'of .weed con-
tft '
cult
af
yeti
bee
ta.
tot
tio
line
' T
len
e inches and, 4,;109 at a ,deptn mil
seven anches. Another field vele
• had been under a good •system chie
tivation and rotation contained coal
eed seeds hi the surface soil and
0 0 'In leach 'of the trther depths, , T
&dm
the
dist
tain
. .
1
he !pricipal French railways have a
al length of 24,765 miles. In add-
-, there are narrow gauge an,d local
s- covering 3,905 miles..
he (waterways are 7„543 miles in
gtb, of which canals comprise 3,031
es. (Water traffic, the volume of
ich is vein; • considerable, consists
fly of such heavy merchandise as
, building' materials, farm produce
foodstuffs.
he anain highways of France are
treble. They radiate from Paris to
great towns of Frame, covering a
&nice of 24,000 miles, and are main -
ed at state. expense.
re summer ploughing of sod lands
ed by frequent • autumn cultiva-
to destroy growing seeds, thorough
vation during the growing season
oed crops and after -harvest culti-
n of cereal crops which have not
seeded down. -Seed Branch, Ot-
The Seed Law
[(Written por The Expositor.)
ith the opening of the 1915 seed
tr. le, seedrnen, farmers a,nd gardeners
tn y 'wish to 'review the conditions wi-
de which sales may be made. The Seed
Co trol 'Act provides that timothy, el -
s e, Ted clover and alfalfa, seed must
O t be put On sale for the purpose
of seeding without being !plainly mark -
e with the ,grade, 'namely: Extra No.
1, 'No. a, No. 2, No. 3. Farmers may
s 11 eeed below No. 3 in quality only
t dealers to he cleaned and brought
u to- grade. (All other grass, clover
a d forage iplant seeds and those of
e .reals ;and flax must be marked in
lain and indelible manner with the
omman name or namee of any noxious
eed seeds present.
Seedof cereals, flax, grasses, cloy-
rs, forage plants, ,field roots and gar -
en vegebables must have a germina-
loe of two-thirds of the percentage
standard of vitality for good seed of
the kind or he merked with the per-
centage that are capable of germinal -
1
COMMERCE e
• Being in the main a' self-supporting
Country, France carries on most of her
trade within her Own.borders. Her lar-
gest fmsign trade is done with Great
Britain, and, "next come, in the order
reamed, Germany, United States, and
Belgium.
Raw materials constitute 63 per cent.
of her hnports, the most important be-
teg w,00l, cotton, silk, coal, oll-seede
and timber. Of her imports, manufac-
tured !articles cornprise 56 per cent.,
being Made up chiefly of silk, cotton
and woollen goods, fancy ware and
apparel. Articles such as wine, spirits,
dairy !products and other foods con-
stitute 16 per cent.
• MINES A.ND MINERALS.
f The princinal mines ° of France are
coal and iron, the Flemish coal basin
in ithe north producing 60 per cent. of
the coal, and the district of Muerthe-
et-Moselle on the German border pro-
ducing 84 per cent. of the iron. Zinc,
lead; iron, pyrites, copper and salt are
,also Mined.
Quarries are numerous all ()ie.- er g
France. The non-metallic product -s in-
clude building and paving stone, slate,
plaster, kaolin for the manufacture of
porcelain, marble and cement.
. MANUFACTURES.
Seine, -arta- fearful lievoc has
wrought e tat Preneh industry, tn,
mong the industrial potiultitiOna
Onteide of Northera France,
• manufaetaring dietriets' of Arhao
are found t In late basins of_ thee
aad Ibe _Rhone, with Nantetiand
theita-reepeettieCcentres; and a
:Normandy. In .the manufaeturin
trieta, 60 per cent. andupeVar
• the .W.orking Population is engag
industeial pursuits.
The Department of Nord On the
glan Border, Is a typtcal ladastri
gion, fleeing the seat of the woolle
dustry and prorninent in other t
IndustrieS and in metal working
heel being supplied by its own
field's. Paris and its suburbs hi
large,st manufacturing !populatio
any /district. 'With the , exceptio
spinning land weaving, every
branch of industry Is there -repre
ed. .1The district is the centre fo
Manufacture of dress, millinery
astkles of luxury. Other leedieg
dustrias of Northern Prance includ
manufacture of cotton, flax, hemp,
steel and iron, hoisery, leather, s
glees, porceladn, chemicals, paper, b
Ing .and malting,,- and zinc and c
sinelting.
In Noxehandy, the cotton Indust
proininent. In the, Loire district,
and iron manufacturing and leads
lag are .carried on..In the, Rhone
ley, the leading manufactures are t
of steel and iron, cutlery, twes'.
silks a,nd -ribbons, .lace oil s
chemicals, end hoisery. The siLk fabrics
Of France hold the first Place, particti-
tarty the mot% ;expensive .kinde.-
INDUSTR.IAL CONDITIONS
The "ranch artisan is ;trained 4n:- his
special technique,. and takes OW In
his whek. is endowed with attlstic.
taste, and in large part is free ;to
work out his Ideas. ,Though weave are
lew, . he rarely ernigratee, but steadily
Improves at home in comfort, in Wealth
sind in higher staedards. of - He
Is protected by employee inaure.nce
compensation injury, Old age Pen -
Sid= and to a large extent againsteun-
employment. He also enjoys the bat:a:fit
of low rents, co-operation, and market
facilities vastly auperior to our OWA.
France has made remarkable adva,n-
cee along industrial lines. Its schools
of research have improved methods and
enlarged the scope of industry. Through
the medium of techrtical schools, artis-
ans and Workmen, _foremen and manag-
ers, manufacturers and dealers are kept
familtarewith foreip. methods and in-
ventions,' subjected to eultured influ-
ences and stitnula,ted. in various ways
towards higher accomplishment. Small
Individual workshops, fast disappear -
log on tais continent, 'ahow a .slow
though steady increase in France:
AGRICIILTURE
France is 'pre-emlnently an agricul-k
been
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althea
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pane,ing the farther. Increase, the produc-
oaps s tive power oflhuinanity,and you ame-
The _ Most popular
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• . for Most Purposes
CONIFORT- SOA _
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the Mediterranean coast. Silk -worm
rearing is an industry of the. south
that proebacee, about' .16 midi% .1)011110
of silk. - -
Market gardening is an iinportant in-
dustry in the regions around Paris and
other leading cities, andels very gen-
eral in Southern Prance.
tAGIIICITLTURAL EMACIATION
• The provision made for agricultural
education,ls- good, and [ the government
tural country. It has an agricultural
tlopulation of 18 million souls, of whom
4,800;000 are apiculture/ Prob-
abiy per cent, of the population is
directly engaged in agriculture.
Of the total area, 94 per cent, of 196,-
000 square miles is classed as prodttc-
eve. Of this 94.80 per cent. was in
1909 ander the plough, 1.94 per cent.
In ineadow, 2.9 par cent. in herbage
and 'pasture, 0.68 per cent. In 'vineyard,
and 0:49 per cent. in miscellaneous
'crops, in all 171,000 square miles.
, The value per acre of farm lands
braeninggess Ifr $80 to $240, the average
&hall land holdings form the major-
ity. Holdings ranging in size fromless
thlegi 12 1-2 acres up to 90 acres con-
getitute 97.29L per cent of the total;
holdings from 90 acres 'upwards, from
oily 1.2.1t1 .of the total. About 80 ;per
cent of the holdings are farmed by
the owners.• '
the majority of rases, the farm-
ers live in villages, as in Germany,
and not upon the land. Still, a great
number in -all sections of the country
live upon their land, the number that
do so being far greater than in Ger-
n any. The fields constituting the hold-
ings are often scattered; and lie at a
good distance from the home of the
owner, Usually, the fields are fenced
either with hedges, otone, wood or
wire.
'The French farmers are extremely. -
economical, and while on the whole
they are prosperou,s,they owe their
prosperity largely to simplicity of liv-
ing and saving habits.
French farming is intensive, the land
is well worked, and is Inanured and
fertilized liberally. Not as much com-
mercial fertilizer is used as in Ger-
many. On the large farms all the best
and necessary implements are employ-
ed, but the small farmers, generally
speaking, are backward in this regard.
The more' expensive machinery is now
being generally introduced through the
medium 'of co-operative societies: As a
rule the farmers are slow to . adopt
mechanical power, many believeing that
hand labor ie superior to that of ma-
chinery. The amount of hand labor per-
formed is very great, but the percent,
age of female labor is not so high as
ir Germany.
The exodus from the country 0 the
city is serious in Fiance as in hearly
all other countries. :
sbuth and central France where
si'naljlearms prevail, the animal labor
is :performed mostly by cows/and oxen.
In northern France. where the land Is
good and the farma rather large, har-
es and oxen are employed.
While wheat and wine constitute the
staples of the country, French agricul-
ture le: distinguished for the variety
of its products.
Cereals occupy one-third of the culti-
vated area, and the quantity of grain
raised is nearly sufficient for do/nes-
tle consumption. The average yield of
all . the leading crops is far greater
in Germany than in France.
CEREAL PRODUCTION
The cultivation of the sugar beet and
the manufaceure of sugar is prominent
In northern France. Particularly in the
Departments is the Aisne, Nord, Pas -
de -Calais, Somme and Oise. Flax and
hemp are also grown in thp north, but
show a decreasing acreage. Haps are
also produced.
INDUSTRIAL PLANT PRODUCTION.
Dairying and the fattening of cattle
is general he the northwest, west,
west -central and eastern France where
meadows are predominant. The poor -
razing lands of the upper levels
of the 'Alps, Pyrenees and elsewhere,
are given over for the most part to
sheep raising.
All classes of live stock except sheep
-show an increase in numbers over a
term of years.
France produces all fruit consumed,
except bananas and pine apples, and
growing is ,general In all disk-
. Cider production in northwest
e averaged 304,884,000 gallons
g the period 1896-1006. 'The val.-
f4the Loire abounds in orchards.
ots and walnuts are grown in
al France, chestnuts in the hilly
s. figs, almon.ds and olives in the
and oranges and citrons along
The leading' industrial districts of
France, with a few exceptions are
found in the north and northea,et of r
the 'country. That is to say, from the tricts
region of Paris to the seaboard on Plane
the northwest, and to the Belgiutn and (hula
German frontiers on the aorth and ley o
northeast. 'Military operations during Aprie
the present war have swept over al- centr
most the whole of this territory, with region
the exception, of. the valley of the south,
-.nee -._;zee..eeeee-eeeeee eeeeeeeeee-eeeeee-
liorate 1131ities lot,'tips long been a
Maxim. Notonly doe. the government
establish' 'And inaintain_ agricultural
eilools, but young men -are helped fin-
aaalally to attend thelm
.:There are 40 practice , schools, of agri-
culture, 10- -fatal sell' is, .200 teachers
having charge ,of agrl4ultural instruc-
tion in the prisnary nd secondary
schciols, N stations f r iniestigation
and experiment, beside4 otheeinstita-,
tiors for specialized. 1ngtuct1on.,
Co-operative organiz tion' is wide-
-epread, and the . 104111 g of money, to
farmers at reasonable rates is provided
for. .
Huron Nes
-The Mallough Rouse, *one of the
old land marks lnutegannon„ wets -
1
burned; 'ter the ground last Thursday
night:the fire being caueed by an over-
• heateir,stieve coinbined With a defective
chimney. The buildingt; was a large
frame one and once the flames got
headway they le:oon enveloped the whole
place. The fire • started' shortly after
five :o'clock and was ndt -under control
until ka/baut _nine.- at (one time It ,seem -
a that the whole illocit would have
to go and assistance was asked for
from Goat -rich. ".ae at; was, the fire
was stripped [before It reached the driv-
ing abed' and St-ahlesthe property be-
_ longed to airs. lefellough, now of To-
ronto. r i
, -
-Mr. !Geo. Holland,. the well known
e
cattle dealer 'has ,sold 'his eighty -acre
lot on the 1,11-tb (concession of Godericir
Township. to ''Mr. Wilfred; Coiclough.
He- has also disposed of hie fine ibouse
and; orchard in Holmesville, eighteen
acres . in all? to Mrs. Robert Acheson,
Who mill move in from the old borne- '
stead on the 1.4th coacession, where
she has lived for So many years. The
remainder of his, village farm, 120 acres
with tare., Silo; drive Shed. ete., Mr.
Hollandretas sold to Mr.,1N. W. Trewar-
tha, Who will now have 125 acres of
Holmesville /propertyfn part exchange
liar.lHolland took Over Mr. Trewartha's
forty -acre 'grass farm oni,the ,9th con-
cession, formerly known as the Ostrom
property, 'which he has since sold to
Mr., Oeorge Proctor, who will now have
160 iacres hi a block. ..
-George Heaney, Bluevale, has been
awarded the vontract for the new
Section Noi
school house i10. 10, Morrls,
at 42450. 'Building wi I be 27 by .42
feet with 14 foot walls and cottage
root Will be constructed of brick, ce-
ment basement with seven foot Walls
and gement floor. There will be two
cloak rooine and ft, teacher s room all
to he „theatediby a tfternace. School will
be -w,ainscotted with 'aeorsia pine, hard-
wood .floori slate blackboards. and" al-
together will be one of the best among
the modern school houses. It will be
ready Iley :the Feiening ,of the fall term
in September. Thts avill be' the third
school house In the seetion. First one
was tlog, built by a .bee tarnong the old
settlers in 0.858. When something better
was required the late Allan Ramsay
ereeted the present frame school hoe
forty-two years -.ago at a most of ;$550.
eas...aateemeama. .
Thirteen Tioys and Thirteen
Cigarettes
Dear Expositornert 'sometimes rewir-
es a is,tunning blow landed equarely be-
tween itthe eyes to bring' us to our
zenses. /Just such a blow 1 received
a flew, 'dlaya agd: T 'was -driving, in the
vicinity of one of the city high schools.
School had been dismissed and the
sidewalks were full of pupils. 'While
our Auto !slowly turned; one of 'the cor-
ners, la group of thirteen young lade
halted,ttilet.it (pass and a single glance
revealed the tact that each and every
boy in this group Was enioking cig-
arette. Seasoned and hardened, as I am
ithe ways and InebitOf.boys. 1 klir-a6
nevertheless shacked, and now 1 pro-
pose to !nudge the elbow of some of
these boys, %aid, as it (Were, give them
a 'private tip. To begin 1. with these
yoting fellows are not !smoking cigar-
ettes because 'they are bad bays. Indeed.
to -day they, are fine lads' with whole -
same ideas 'and splendid ambitions, but
they have not -been 'duly impressed with
the serious consequences af thle habit
when acquired by boys. 'They are not
aware that 196 per tentof the bays *be-
tween the ages of ten and, seventeen
years, who tare brought before our xna-
gistnates, charged: twith crime, are -cig-
arette smokers.' They 40 not know that
even the tinanufatturere of coffin nalla
although they Made and sold in this
country over fifteen billion cigarettes
last year, rd'o not recomtnend them t
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you consider 'the tremendeous pressure
that, ie useclf ell goods..
tAlfects The Brain,
These boys dee ma reallie that indulg-
ing in this halfit Slows up the brain
making:it istupid in comprehension and
inacurate because , of destroyed will
power. No -amount of :determination and
to Inheritance .of Mental. strength will
ovettome the 'stupifying effects of the
cigarette. netrootic. This being :the case,
Itwciuldilleeqo leek the fierehts of these
thirteenleoyee'ana their teathers, If, in
their tobilen Iforeneons trainlrig ;1v
en la school, at public expense, ,*111
more tbian offset the Injurious effect
cif lair elternoone. ismoke, so that the
boys will /show up next -.morning Just
ds little /more mentally Tit than they
were ,the 'morning before, in other
words is there any gain to the Com-
munity, in !trying to whip up their pole -
mewl brains, _ when autitorltiei on edu-
*demi that eto boy adleted to
the "pill" has ever been known to
make better than a third or fourth.
grade meant 'So Jong as we are engaged
educating those of Oter boys or girls
Who eratee fdetermlnation to work, we
are MolAg 'good. but we :know In .
iteleathce ;that Cigarette miceitine
Lely 'destroys that .determination, thert
and there wahould attemptsliit education
pease. Where kno*ledge Is toe given.
no teseful -direction It had better be
withheld. t
if 'Make 'Fourth .Raters.
These thirteen hore Might Just as
well be taesurett ritYW find it out
for theinselves ilater, that not a. 'single
one f,of itbern -ever Make le, man of
the first Tank. They will be. third and
-fourth raters /frein the start, grumblers-
atdegrowlers in imiddle life down-a,nd-
nutees in their IDid age -all this uniess•
they Immediately 'quit the pradice once
and: tor all. None of these boys, If
they continue In this habit, will ever
elek their claws into a purpose . and'
_stay twith 4t until success Is won,
Parents aeught to be ,told what .allgood
teathers know that the boy with the
cigarette habit is one who as a Mail
always looses 'himself ignominiously In '
the fpathway -of life. The very forces
that enrich the life "beld spirit' of those
whose :will sad- reason are always en-
throned. lare tut. -engines iof elestraction
to prude fend. tts /blot taut. for ever, tbe.
weakling because ihe is but a curnberer
of the 'earth,
James !Atkinson.
Note. --The writer of the Above, Jaines
Atkinson, is a former Tuckersmitle
boy, nove successful newspaper man
and Editor of the &.wa Homestead*
one
of the leading lAgrictilturat paper.T
ite the ;United` States. E.very word. he
deays, true and should ! be eareftilly
pondered over by our by readers. -Ede
Sick Headaches
,Penuanent,fy Cured
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Dr. Williams' Pink Pills Correct
the Cause of This Trouble
There are few. ailments that ,cause
mere gen,aine misery in the horne than
attacks which are geaerally termed •
sick .11eadacbes. The atta,cles, are often
periodical and when the Mother of a.
family is prostrated at intervals there
is not anly her own suffering to con-
sider, but the discomfort _caused the
other members Of the hotisehold, Sick.
headaches arise from a variety of cans -
et, 'and boat of them can be relieved
or cured through the tonic treatment
with Dr., Williairts' Pink Piree. Irrse
Hugh Docherty, Rocaville, Saike says:
"I suffered for years with what the
doctors called nervous proetratiOn and:
sick headache. When these spells -came
Gin timid not work nor walk; and the
pal in the head were almost unbear-
SAAB. At dines the pain in 111k head'
was so dreadful that I feared it would -
drive me mad. I tried four different
doctors at times, and not only took -
bottles of medicine, but quarts of it,.
but to no avail. Thea I quit taking'
medicate altogethee and tried dieting -
but it =de no difference, I was still:
an agonizing sufferer. Finally my bus -
hand urged me to try Dr.t
Pink Pills and got me a subly. After•
taking the Pills for some (weeks I felt
a little better and I gladly continued:
their use. My nerves began to feei.
stronger, the terrible headaches came
with less frequency, and after taking:
the Pills for some months disappeared
altogether. Pram that day to thli
have had no return of the trouble,
and all who knew of my illness regard-
ed ,my cure as marvellous. I cannot say -
ton much in praise of the Pills as t)ler
cmeosrtatincolyaisstaavnetdamgoeny,f7: life of ala
If is by building up and enriching
theeKood and strengthening the nerves
that Dr. Willianie' Pink Me -Work
iseemingb- marvellous cures,. and what
they have done lor others they will
do for all ailing people if given a lair
trial. If you. do not find these Mils
at your medicine dealers you can get
thein by mail at 50 cents a box
OCxes for $2.50 from The Dr. NM --
Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont.
owing boys. 'This is significient when Hanle'
a
LABATT S STOUT
Has Special qUalities
MILDLY STI.MULATING,
NOURISHING, SUSTAINING
A Perfect Tonic
THIS IS THE TIME OF THE YEAR IT IS NEEDED
. If not sold in .your neighborhood, write
JOHN LABATT, LIMITED
LONDON - CANADA,
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