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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1919-11-21, Page 22 THE,HURON EXPOSITOR NOVEMBER 1, 191W Some Articles You Forget some articles we stock Some prices that will interest you. Black Leather Halter, large size $ r.75 Russet Leather Halter, double sewed I 1-4 inch..... ,• i 90 Lanterns, large font, guaranteed in a wind ✓�,..I.3$ Razors, new English Sheffield steel ,3.00 Razor :Straps, leather 5oc to 3.25 Razor Straps, cushion style 75c to 1.5o Leather Brushes "Rubberset" . 75c Coal Scuttles.,.......,...::...........:..1.25 Dust Pans..... _ ..... ...•. 20C O'Cedar Mops ...... I.5o Foot Scrapers:.... ..... _.....I rc Buck Saws . ...... .. 1.25 Caustic Soda, .5 1b. can . ... i.00 Gillett's Lye....... , .. 15c Nickled Plated 1 ea Pots....I.65 to 2.25 Roasting Pans.............,......5oc •to 2.00 Door Locks, per set..... .......8oc Tool Grinders - .....4.25 ,to 5.25 Leatner Mitts; one finger 5oc to 75c Leather Mitts, lined Meat Saws Canada Ranges... 75c t, 1:70 ....... 90c to 2 • oQ $93 to $ICD THE HURON EXPOSITOR SEAFORTH, Friday, Nov. 21st; 1919. SOMETHINO ABOUT MILk M1►steries and Marvels in its Production and Life. How 11131k Is Secreted -Thunder .Does Not Sour Milk, But Bacteria Does the Business-Agaiaetia, or Ab. sense of Milk, Occurs More Fre- quently With Cows Than In the Females of Other Live Stock. (Contributed by Ontario Department of Agriculture. Toronto.) CONDITION known as "aga- lactia," or absence of milk in the mammae at the time of parturition, probably oc- curs' more frequently in cows than in females of otherclasses of stock. G. A. Sills, Seafor THE McKILLOP ISIUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO's. • HEAD OFFICE--SEAFORTH, ONT. OFFICERS -J. Connolly, Goderich, President Jas. Evans, Beechwood, Vice -President T. E. Hays, Seaforth, Secy.-Treas. AGENTS .Alex. Leitch, R. R. No. 1, Clinton; Ed. Hinchley, Seaforth; John Murray, Brumfield, phone 6 on 137, Seaforth; J. W. Yeo, Goderich; R. G. Jar- muth, Brodhagen. DIRECTORS William Rinn, No. 2, Seaforth; Jo n • :iennewies, Brodhagen; James Eva s, Beechwood; M. McEwen, Clinton; Ji s. Connolly, ' Goderich; D. F. McGreg r, R. R. No. 3, Seaforth; J. G. Grie e, . bio. 4, Walton; Robert Ferris, Harlocke George McCartney, No. 3, Seaforth. I G. T. R. TIME TABLE Trains Leave Seaforth as follows 10.55 a. m. - For Clinton, Goderih, Wingham and Kincardine. 5.53 p. m. -- For Clinton, Wingham and Kincardine.. 11.03 p. m. - For Clinton, Goderi h. • 36 a,. in. -For Stratford, Guel h, Torontd, OrilIia' North Bay a d points west, Belieifiiie and Pet r- boro and points east. 6.16 1. m. -For Stratford, Toron o Montreal and points east. LONDON, HURON AND BR:U E Going South a.m. p. Londesboro 7.13 3. Clinton 7.33 4. Brucefield 8.08 4. Kippen ........ 8.16- 4. Hensall 8.25 4. Exeter 8.40 5. ,Centralia 8.57 5. Wingham, depart...-. 6.35 3. Belgrave 6.58, 3.3 Blyth ° 7:04 3.4� Going North a.m. p• London, arrive 10.55 6.1 London, depart 8.30 4.4 Centralia 9.35 5,45 Exeter ...,.,.z... 9.47 5.517 Hensall 9.59 C . 0 Kippen10.06 6.16Brucefiekl. 10.14 6.24 Clinton .. 10.30 6.40 Londesboro 11.28 6.5'': Blyth 11.37 7.05 Belgrave 11.50 7.18 Wingham, arrive 12.05 •7.49 r • 6� 5; '3' 8, • 13 `•0+ ruiCS, GLORY HAIR FREE FROM DANDY' Girls! 'Try it! Hair gets soft, in ffy and ba e utiful-•-Get a small b ttie of Danderine. If yep care for heavy h tens with beauty and, is life; tas an inconiparabl is fluffy and` lustrous, try Just one t applicatio beauty of yor hair, 'b diately ditto() ves eve y particle o; dandruff. You can no `haave nice henry, u hay a dandruff. This rob the hair of its gth and its very life. e/rt produces a fevt•r- of the scalp; ti)e hair roots famish, :loosen and die; ther the hair falls out fast. Surely get E. small bottle of Knowlton's DanderiLt from any drug store and just try it. r tl>at gIis. adiant with softness' alit ander: e. doubblesa ' the sides ,it Immo- healthy hair if destructive• sea lustre, its sty and if not over iahness and itch' FRERE IS ONLY ONE GENUINE ASPIRIN Only Tablets with "Bayer Cross's are Aspirin -No others! If you don't ,see the "Bayer fiross" on the tablets, refuse then -thea are not Aspirin at all.. Insist ,on gcciuine "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" plainly stamped with the safety "Bayer ('ross.'-Aspirin prescriix'1• by' phy'sk.ians for nineteen years and proved safe by millions for Headache. Tooth - ,i Earache. Rheumatisin, Lumbago,- .Neuritis, uu1)a o,- JIeuritis, and _Pain 1 is n:13r tin boxes of 12 table t, -also "Bayrer" packages. Made in f' rri i•.i is the trcufo mark f'e'kter(•(i :) (',)L,)(?al, or Paytanfifaclire o: .c..ollo a ci ;_eacidera('i of. Salicylic \ hi,' it is anal known h<<i ..'" iris 1"11yer ittiltitafia tut•e. to a�, i•;: _hint imil-,.itir.n:;, the Vet) ! (,_ (••' l On)p ai)'i'. f ';(l., \VIi; be st1 )::.;;Ie i :1 i•i); 'r `'(:iieiai trade P_'.ur1� t, 3 t.ross." • 1 Now sold in a new waxed board package -- a great improvement, over the old lead package Its dit era ay occur in a female in any Con - on as regards general health, gen- care and surroundings. The causes, or .conditions to which it fa due, are not well understood. It occurs even though pregnancy has been apparently normal and has reached . full term. It is probably more frequently seen in females which have not' bred for a long/time, or in. those which have produced their first young, though themselves aged. While it may occur in an ani- mal under any conditions, there are conditions, that appear to predispose an animal to the trouble. In such cases there appears to be a want of development in the lacteal apparatus,, which may have been caused by pre- vious or present chronic disease of the udder, a chronic lessening in bulk, called "atrophy" of the udder, exhaustion following disease, severe labor, insufficient food, either during or immediately atter pregnancy, nat- ural debility, emaciation, etc. The mammae is usually small and soft, and attempts to milk produce_ only a few drops of a yellowish fluid, in some cases followed by a few drops of a whitish, watery fluid. Treatment •is frequently unsuccessful. It con- sists in feeding liberally on easily digested milk -producing food, mas- saging the udder frequently . and stripping the teats three or four -times daily. Great attention should( be paid to the digestive organs in order to keep them as normal as pos= •sible and the patient should be kept to that she will take considerable exercise. The writer's experience has been that the administration of drugs is non -effective. In many cases the gland becomes perfectly inactive, and remains so until after the next parturition, when, In most cases, it becomes nor- mal. -.1". H. R., O. A. College, Guelph. How Milk is Secreted. No one knows exactly .how the cow secretes milk. Various theories have been put forth explaining the process, but none of these are en- tirely satisfactory. About all we know is that milk is a true secretion of the mammary glands located in wharis known as the udder, more commonly called the. "bag" of the cow. It is made from blood. In order that the cow may have: plenty of blood, out of which she may manufacture milk. She must be in a healthy condition, be supplied with plenty of pure air, and water, and have an abundance of the right kind of feed. Some cows are unable to make milk abundantly even though the owner does all he can be expected to do for his cows. In these cases, it is the fault of the cows -they have not the power within themselves of making milk from their -feed. They seem to chan a their feed into blood which 'is used as a basis for -manu- facturing `beef, instead of milk. In addition, there are cows which ap- parently do little or nothing with their feed -they neither give milk in. paying quantity, nor do they become fat. These are classed as "boarder" cows, and are very unprofitable for a farmer to keep. The only way to -know for certain whether or not a cow is able to se- crete milk in paying quantity, is to weigh the milk from each cow for ;at least three days in each month.. Also test the milk for fat at least twice during each lactation period. •-In,:�this way, the owner may select the good from the poor cows, and thus build up a profitable herd for dairy purposes. ---Prof. H. H. Dean. Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph. Why Milk Sours. It is a common impression that. thunder sours milk, but this is not so. The reason that milk sours is that: minute planta, known as bacteria,, act on the -sugar in milk, changing It into lactic or milk acid. One scien- tist, however, says this explanation; Is not satisfactory. He regards the. souring of milk as a result of feed--; Ing on milk sugar by the lactic acid germs, leaving behind them what isl known as sour milk. No matter what the true explana--i tion may be in detail, we believe that' touring of milk is caused in some' way by "germs" or bacteria which lire microscopic plants that fall into milk from the air, and get in from; many other places. Like all plants, they must have air," suitable temperature,and moisture,! !n order to grow. - The common plan; of preventing the milk going sour isi to cool it to 50 deg. F. as soon as possible after milking aad keep it; cold until it is used. The reason for' this is, the cold makes an unfavor.: able condition for these plants `tot grow, hence the milk remains sweet,, though sometimes it takes on bade flavors, or develops disease producing, germs. In order to prevent this, we "Pasteurize", milk in order to kill the' germs present, by means of heat. If' it is cooled and kept cold after heat -1 ing, the milk will keep sweet for' some time and is free from disease' germs. This is known as the safest: kind of milk to use. "Safety First":' is a good rule when buying milk. --1' Prof. H. H. Dean, O. A. ' College,•i Guelph. 60 YEARS FIGHTING COAL FIRE Just think that while there is a coal miners' strike on, and a short- age of coal is _ developing, there is a fire in one of the largest mines on this Continent, consuming 'coal by the million tons. Occasionally some- one with a vivd imagination has tried to picture what a fire in a great coal minewould be like, with immense heat and fumes being • generated through _crater mouths, but the.near - j est he"usually came .is a reproduction I of a volcano effect. However, liot as may be the bowels of the earth in this particular coal mine, the fire is notg at all spectacular in results. It leas 'plodded its "nary way for nearly sixty years, and is going strong yet, like a lusty infant. This burning coal mine is between" Summit Hill, one of the oldest towns of Carbon County, Pennsylvania, and Coaldale, 129 miles from New York. Engineers have fought the fire in vain for years, and it seems as if it will go on and on until one of the richest coal de- posits in the world is turned to dead cinders. Nothing in the wrecking and devastating of the surface of Northern France could surpass the great deso- lation being caused by this fire. The fire started on a February morning, in 1859. A miner entering Slope No. 1 of the Lehigh Coal Com- pany's reline stopped to warm his chill- ed fingers at a fire burning in a heap of rubbish. That:fire ignited the coal, and before it was discovered had made great headway. This pit was in the first coal mine to be opened, and the first pit to be dug. The slope was sunk in 1847, on the side of the Mam- moth vein, which was fifty feet thick and dipping at an angle of twenty- five degrees. Officials of the mine insist that the fire was of incen- diary origin, but whatever the cause, they have been unremitting in their efforts to stop the fire. The latest scheme is that of building a great tun= nel ahead of where it is progressing, thus cutting off the connection. The same idea is followed in limiting the area of a forest fire. In 1860, - the year after the fire started, it was de- cided to make a cut at a - point 3,500 feet,' or half a mile, from the place where the fire was, but .this did not stop it. In 186 ."the company strove to drive an oven cut into the blazing main. Eight thousand dollars was spent. Next year, thirteen tho a:usnd , the following year, eighteen thous- and, and similar sums in other years, In 1865 the fight •was abandoned. The fire seemed to be znaldng no pro- gress in 1866, and in 1867 seemed to be dying out. In 1883, what is known as the Da- vies' slope was sunk by a man named Davies. In 1895, the Eastern gang- way of this cut was extended to a point where 'it broke into a fire that had been smouldering all these years. The opening gave a vent, and allow- ed a draft to the fire, and it blazed up rapidly. The shaft and headings were sealed, water was pumped froni a mile distant, in ten and twelve - inch; .pines, holes were drilled directly over' the fire, and the water poured in: But the pump could not be used Much 'for months, owing to i s ! ago and moved to Detroit. After liv- drought, and culm was shipped in. ; ing there a year he returned to Credi- and flushed into the burning area ton, buying property which he oc- through these holes. In 1895 a plan : cupied for two years. He has had was adopted to fill the holes entirely ; to suffer a great deal and he anxious - with culm, to shut off the air aired 1 ly awaited the end, His remains were • smother the fire. Culm is used gen- interred in the Crediton cellrletery on Thursday. He leaves to mourn his loss, his widow, one daughter, Mrs. Henry Fahner, and four sons, Samuel, of Crediton; Albert, of Alvinston, and Ezra and Herbert, of Detroit. SILVER TOO DEAR'FOR A MONEY METAL At the moment the most interesting topic of the world's money marketis the phenomenal advance in the vall.e of silver. Within the last five yews the price has gone up about 140 Rer cent. - For a number • of years before the war it had been falling under the weight of increasing output, 'particularly of the mines of Mexico. erally to fill up the slopes of anthra-1 cite mines, replacing 'the millions of tons - taken out. But in 1900 the f 1 company found the fire still making headway and spreading rapidly. to • the west. Pumps of larger capacity evere provided, and another lake or two was poured in. . But it was then winter, and the culm froze in the transit of the cars on which it was loaded, and two plants had to be erected r to provide hot water to thaw the culm. In 1901 fifty-seven six-inch holes were drill- ed a combined length of 6,414 feet and 91,000 tons of culiii were flushed into the old workings. The follow- ing year tahenty-two holes were drilled and in 1903 fifty-eightsix-inch holes. In this year 28,000 tons of culm were flushed into the burning area. Drill- ing and flushing contiued until 1908, when 708 holes had been drill- ed. But the filling up of the open spaces did not stop the fire. It had advanced to within 100 feet. of No. 2 slope, the main outlet, and was mov- ing at an alarming rate. Millions of tons were being consumed, and the Lansford basin, another great body of coal, was being approached. At the outcrop the sandstone above the vein was red hot for a distance of thirty feet from the vein, whie'F. t was a seething mass. More big schemes to, get water, and to cut off the fire by new tunnels were developed, and by Deceit ber, 1909, $470,000 i hail' been anent. But as the fire still spread, a railroad was constructed to the out- crop, and'the vein was flushed, full of culm to-hlock it entirely at this point., Between: 1912 and 1915, another great open cut was made;,, six ,feet wide, through the whole great mass cf coal, and this was filled with clay and water. Immense steam shovels were at work, rnd millions of tons were taken, out, In August, 1915, steam was discovered coming out of the far side of the clay and water l.arrier, and the company drilled there. The temperature ranged from 60 to 240 degrees. Water was pat into the drill holes at a rate of 1,160 gallons a minute, and. thirty-nine days were occupied with flooding op- erations. Altogether, about 150,000,- 000 50,000;000 gallons of water have been pumiped into the mine. So far, the fire seemingly has not broken through the great clay barrier, and it is plan- ned to build a brick screen in it, if necessary, to allow of removing the coal on the off side. But the fire is still there, and the officials wonder if their grandchildren will still be fight- ing it. -The grim reaper removed from our midston Tuesday u sda morning mo rang a highly respected citizen, of Crediton, in the person of John G. Wein, who has been ill since mid -summer. His age was sixty-eight years and six months. Mr. Wein retired from his farm north of the village three years In 1911 the "record" production of 226,192,923 ounces had been reach- ed. The average price during 1913 had been a little over 27d. per ounce, and at that time it was the general impression of market ex- perts that about 27d. per ounce was likely to remain indefinitely a fair price, In view of the regular known demand, whether for coinage or for • usei »the arts. The actual progress of events has upset all such cal- culations, as may be seen from the following quotations which are takes from a recent issue of the London Times: In 1913, the average price of silver quoted in London was 27 9-16d; in 1914 Wafts 25 5-1Gd.; in 1915 23 11,16d.; in 1916, 31 5-16d.; in 1917, 40 7-8 4I.; in 1918, 47 9-16d.; and on October 3rd, 1919, the price quoted was 64 1-4 d., the highest since March, 1859. Before : the - close of 1914, after outbreak- of war, the price had ,dropped about 4d. below the quota- tion in June. It was not until 19151 was fairly advanced that the squeeze for gold began on account of pay- ments by the Allies to America and that more silver currency had to be put in circulation in the United King- dom, France and Russia; while India having to be ruled cut from the coun- tries to which gold was permitted to flow, began to concentrate on imports of silver in payment for its large trade balance in exports. And . it was not till about February, 1916, that these increasing demands took the price above the 1913 level. As with other commodities, the • cause of the rise was partly diminution. of supply, but far more the increase in de- mand. World production had de- clined since 1913 (when it amount- ed to 223,900,00 ounces), mainly owing to the disturbances in Mexico, which previously, with about 80,000,000 ounces, was the -largest producer. " But it was still about 170,000,000 ounces in 1918. In 1917 ;the ' chief feature was still the large a e eo ' g continuous purchases by the Indian Government, chiefly met by sales from. China, whence thirty-nine million ounces were sent. • But the demands of the Royal Mint, France, Russia, and Italy were also constant, and on the • United States -joining the Allies in April these were further increased. Restrictions had to be placed by India on the export or import of silver on pri- vate account, also: on the export of • silver from the United States. and from Great Britain, to Scandinavia and Holland.. At the end of the year the general belief among mar- ket- experts was that in 1918 the demand would be legs keen. As a fact, business was less sensational that year, with spells of actual dull- ness in the market, but this was mainly owing to new restrictive measures. At the opening of the: year there was a further rise from 43 1-2d. at the end of December to 45 1-8d. early in ,l' am nary, owing to - the report that the United States Government intended to comman- deer the whole American output and fix the selling price at $1 per ounce; but when this was not done the Lon- ` don price declined to 42 1-2d. in. Feb- ruary and March. In April, 1918, the passing of the Pittman Act by the United 'States Congress, by which the seilinf of 350 million silver dollars from the Washington rezcrvo wile authorized,. provided for further pnrehases by the United State Treasury at $1 per ounce to replace them. This, of course, settled the minimum world. price of- silver. The British and Amer- ican Governments next unposed a relax-- ' inium market price, London's being= made to correspond to New York's, -according to the exchange, and from May 2nd till the end of 1918 there were only five changes in the Londone- quotation, namely. May 2nd, 493(d4 May 13th, 487/ed.; Jiily 2nd, 48 13-16doe ' August 21st, 49%d.; November 12,.. 48%d., d., and December 6th, 48 7-16d. Finally the present year having ore February 21st, seen the London quo- tations down to 47%d., on May 9th: the maximum prices were taken off by both the American and British;. Governments. The London price in a. free market at once rose to 53%ti.., and on May 11th, to 58d. From that: 1point after some fluctuations in the interval, the rise again began in Sep- • tember, and has culminated for the - present on October 3rd to 64%d.,, though reacting again about Id. the . following week. . For Britain's own domestic cur- rency purposes -it is necessary tea bear in mind that at 66d. per ounce,„ ' or only a further rise of about 2dL or 3de it would, begin to pay to melt. down English silver • coins and self. them as metal. This would result in: driving the existing silver coinage out; of circulation, and comps the Govern- ment either to mint something differ- ent ifferent or to substitute paper notes. Tc offset any action of this nature t - 1 ing place, Austen Chamberlain, ' Chalice cellor of the Exchequer, announced ice the House of Commons on Thursday- last that an order • had been issue& making illegal the melting or break- ing up of silver coin currency.- The; export p rt of British silver coins is pro- hibited, and steps are being taken to* prohibit the export of silver bullion, ' ; except under license. In France it is a penal offence to melt down silver coins, and it may become necessary tee pass some such legislation'in Canada,. ) The ..Moline leads and no wonder The Moline is not a low-priced tractor. It is not low-priced because it is made to stand hard work. , When a farmer looks it over he knows he's looking at a real machine. When he tries it out on his farm he learns that what lie expected of it is true. It is economical -uses less fuel -uses less oil -gets through the work without breakdowns. We want farmers to see the Moline. -just to look it over as a fine machine. Here's a tractor you couple direct to the plow or harrow. You drive it from the seat of the implement. You can back up with implement attached -and turn short. " TESTIMONIALS "I don't.know any tractor that can do better work or be more satisfactory to the ctif tomer than the Moline." -H. E. Hutchings, Edmonton. "Two great features on the Moline tractor are weight and con- struction of plows, and operator being able to ride on them." --- Campbell Bras., Eyremore, Alta. "I plowed 100 acres of stubble -end broke 60 acres of gumbo with the Moline this spring." -L. G. Beecroft, Edmonton. • "I could just tear the hind end out of a 23 -in. separator with my Moline. I used it with a binder as well as plows." -Geo. Thomson, Aliiance,,.Alta. The motor rides high out of the dust, and gives 29% -inch clearance for cultivating. It has an electric starter -and electric lights. All moving parts are cased in. The gears run in oil. There are 15 Hyatt Roller Bearings. You can see strength; durability, long life in every detail of the construction. The Moline -Universal is the tractor you will choose as the sturdiest and most dependable, You can use a Moline -Universal this' fall - and make money out of it. You owe it to your- self to investigate it and learn what it will do for you. Cao. e in and see it. WE SHALL BE PLEASED TO DEM- ONSTRATE the MOLINE UNIVER- SAL TRACTOR AT ACTUAL FARM WORK TO ANYONE INTERESTED. ALLEN & ALLEN, Blyth, Ont. CANADIAN DISTRIBUTORS Willys-Overland, Ltd., West Toronto Made by MOLINE PLOW 00., Moline, Illinois 6.1 O IRE DI {Too Notes. Mill in a l.eo Muria the West. of Guelph,' -during the Nolan, M family, Mr. Mr. J. M. a flying THE FAL Canadian 'mrd on litt; and bright These sudd cramps a little stoma may be ser -equal Baby' the little on; tomach, up colds a '"Ta bets ars air by mail: Dr. William 'Ont. HENRY American lessor.. to 1 hent which "upon hear' struction s Marvelously emergencies .- ue Such corq '(len and f -thrust upon the great Rife of the that he ,wo announce a Of course 1 :inan could. lead to tell , that any s people, is six we can rills; Work. The l is Work. troubles tha States to -de Wp of the :much the s -of Great Br pectase ti. of oitr indivi f•,und Tor" th .scarcity of ply of raw r lidrances t niert of o, Some people` reduction of soot do it cit "prices" a -the necessit are riot lir prices is on -af good ti 'people have tion of our : adoption of *have never at least as -1. Blains what' .Indeed, th -day, irconsi_ ticable; and -ordinary ti as preposter considered pearl of trouble to -d •to use: A shortage o; city sof coal; which may of use and :almost anyt And what is age f,f art the hands of is so sirrpl even to ma answer lies and the wo eonstraction the labor of of those tl man product e f men. T men who patriotic du the ,a-. lab o . Ther produ- tjven the- higher v to receive, i 'much as it would he e' steer this sues. Any be brought of past ind Wenseii war." Well will save -t1 be kent as l branches of be increases foolisb -to t wages woul tion of price in prcduetio wnc one of the s ing an incr roust be pa stimulated that they r the country' their worki .a will if