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CHILDREN'S
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LADIES'
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Stammer
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ARMY PAINT
in gallon tins only. White and
Grey • .$4.95
Harland Black Enamel at... -$55.50
LADIES'
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Black and Grey Lisle Gloves..$1.00
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Ladies' all-over Aprons. Reg. 51.00
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in rests. Worth 5bc,
CHILDREN'S •
klamttn.r Vesta at - ....25. anis 3k
Nit
INFLATED PURE -$REPS
It would be pleasant to asguse
breeders of pure-riared .lip that their
!Wetness is taking:the • Y upgrade
of reconstruction on lt.cylinders,
with no seriousdp ubta :to the im-
mediate future. 'It wo be. much
easier to write *rime hap hypocrisy
of that sort thi�4 it iii, point out
weakness in thel'busine hich, if
unremedied, Offeeten ai make the
aaterrt unnecess4rilya if not
actually precarious. uch eeanr-
ance would fool none of the majority
of breeders who keenly realize that
certain and sundry things have been
and are wrong, -
They know that some of the cylin-
ders are missing, that the business is
carrying an overload end that there
is a good bit of water in the gasoline.
Wherefore it becomea the part of wins
dom to take honest 'stock of the situ
ation in order that necessary improve-
ments may be made before it leads
to a breakdown. Once the top of the
grade is reached there is every indica-
tion of a long level of smooth going
for the pure-bred swine business. We
should be Shortsighted indeed to for-
get this alluring future prospect for
any immediate headway gained at its r
expense.
The significance of the simile em-
ployed is readily grasped. sure -bred
hogs have bought, enough automobiles
for those who have raised thein to
make the gas chariot a symbol of the
business thoroughly in keeping with
its financial possibilities. The un-
necessary overload it is carrying is
familiar enough to all breeders, for
they know to what unfortunate de-
gree speculative and unethical meth-
ods have crept into the enterprise.
Prices of stock are the "juice" that
supplies motive power, and the past
three years have seen the greatest
watering of pure-bred prices in the
entire history of the business.
Constructive breeders have known
and deplored these facts from their
rise back in 1914, when the boom
which collapsed late last summer be-
gan. But undividually they seemed
powerless to restrain the rising tide
of wild and dangerous speculation. A
boundless enthusiasm was in the air,
helped on by a four-year_bull market,
including practically everything from
shotguns to shoe laces. It was a sel-
ler's market, a great, glad heyday in
which the man who bought something
for more than it was worth could term
round and sell it to an 'eager pur-
chaser at a price even more fictitious.
Farmers went to pure-bred sales,
bid on animals wbi'eb they perhaps
did not seriously contemplate buying,
but sometimes got them and -had the
stock home only -a short ;time when a
buyer appeared and •ofilered arnrice
that included a nice profit. There
was a shortage of pure-bred stock;
and breeder's keep track of buyers,
knowing where each animal of good
breeding goes. An experience or two
of this sort was likely to bring any
farmer who profited by it back to
the sale rings in search of more of
this q ckly and easily made money.
The idea that there was quick, easy
money in the pure-bred business was
cultivated by superenthusiastic breed-
ers, zealous field men and shrewd
auctioneers. They naturally support-
ed the mistaken idea that by spending
enough for highly bred stock the be-
ginner could start in on an equality
with men grown old, wise and gray
in the business. One has only to look
back over the sales of the past three
or four years and note how many of
the high-priced animals have gone to
men just starting in as breeders.
Rooted in this fertile situation, a
great inflation of prices grew and
flourished. It enticed the speculator
and gambler, and long before the
height of price expansion had been
reached and a decline was imminent,
the temptation to bolster prices up by
unethical methods was too strong for
some to resist. There were reci-
procity" sales of animals at figures
that brought a gasp of envy from the
uninitiated, yet which often mounted
to no more than swapping checks.
Many of the uninitiated were thus
lured into exchanging the proceeds
of two -dollar wheat and dollar -fifty
corn for animals whose prices ran in-
to four figures, and now, with the
recent slump that has revalued some
of this stock in three figures, maybe
two, there are things said about it
all by some of the victims that, if
quoted, would not add to the value of
this article for home reading. Truly,
as one philosophical humorist has re-
marked, life yields us, along with
wisdom teeth that can be left over-
night in a glass of water, a good deal
of shop-worn experience purchased at
the highest market price.
EXTRA SPECIAL
in White Lisle Hose. Regular 55c,
for 35c
A FEW PAIRS
of Ladies' Black Hose selling
at 29c
JUST 19 PAIR
Corsets, in odd sizes, to clear
t $1.00
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iplies.
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when the end came. Those who were
must pay the forfeit, just as the
reader may have had to pay many a
forfeit that hurt his pride' and dignity
in the game of Jack's alive when he
was a youngster. The .sad difference
is that in this game the forsfeit must
often be paid in cash that cannot be
spared, and it is paid hi a measure
by every player. -
The pure-bred business as a whole
has suffered by making *speculative
game' of it, for the sale9;of breeders
have been lessened to a degree great -
ter than would have oaeurred had
prices during the past flour years
been kept closer to a utiliforian basis,
We would have had to ibtske the up-
grade of reconstruction ju$t the same,
but it would have been touch easier
with less water in the price gasoline
and less dead weight to Karry in the
shape of sharp practices that are
common knowledge to wise farmers
everywhere.
More tolls have. been'tttaken from
the pule, -bred business than it can
well endure. Some were' unjustified
as to volume, others as to character.
Consider this case as an -'instance of
the latter: The field man of a certain
breed paper was approaehed by a
man who wanted a ;rood boar. He
the latter,
had confidence iia the:.efie man,, for
• carried the ,te, and
prestige of,p,ptihtieatib$ thought-
of among breeders.
"I know, just what you want," said
the field man. "I know your sows,
and I know exactly where you can
get the boar, you need. He'll cost
you 1$2000." And he proceeded to
extol the virtues of the animal until
the breeder, feeling that he was get-
ting fatherly advice from one who
would sorrow grievously if his herd
was not brought up with the best,
gave the order for the purchase. The
result? Well, the man no doubt got
pretty good boar, but when he paid
is 52000 the field man got $500 of
it, this representing the "under -cov-
er" commission to that shrewd agent
in the transaction.
In this and similar ways the cost
of putting pure-breds into the •hands
of the farrier or beginner went too
high. Advertising has been over-
done, auctioneers' fees have reached
four figures. Costs have been in-
creased here and there until' the total
all along the line mounted to figures
that the pure-bred hog could not
carry, big -boned mammoth that he
has become.
It must never be lost sight of that
the big outlet for pure-breds is to
the farms. They must finally be paid
for by market prices far meat, fat,
lard, -skins, and similar products, if
the business is to be on a utilitarian
basis that will allow it to live and
grow. Failing this, it foce3 a small,
precarious market made by a limited
number of wealthy farriers and by
rich city men who take ue farming as
a fad—a market subject to specula -
Plain dishonesty there was in some
cases undoubtedly. Mediocre stock
was too frequently sold at prices that
even an inflated market did not just-
ify. But for the most part the whole
situation resembled a game you may
have played back in the days when
your worldly aft bitions centered about
the acquisition of long trousers and
a manly resistance to the razor on
your upper lip. Jack's Alive was the
name of the game, I think. The
players stood in a circle,, and a stick
with just enough fire .oar -the end to
make it smolder was passed from one
to the other, each player saying as
he did so, "Jack's alive." The un-
lucky youngster in whose hands the
last spark was extinguished had to
say "Jack's dead," and a forfeit was
exacted of hire.
Rather4ike:that the pure-bred busi-
ness had become prior to the recent
smash or prices, not values -tea game:
in which ifictltiously, priced .. aninlu1
were partied fror;;i -one to; another;
each senting that the thing •eonld ooh
lost, but hoping ,riot' to lie cane&&
tion, soon sold up to the saturation
point, depending for its life on young
farmers coming into it at a cost too
great for their safety and on addi-
tional
tional wealthy men with hobbies tak-
ing the enterprise up as a plaything.
The everyday farmer who earns his
living farming and who has a small
herd simply cannot buy boars at high,
speculative prices. He must divide
the cost of a boar among a small
number of hogs sent to market, and
his average profit margin is surpris-
ingly narrow.
Many farmers have decreased their
hog feeding business because they did
not wish to feed stuff unless it was
raised from a pure-bred boar. They
saw the handwriting on the wall pre-
dicting the present hog -feeding loss
period and refused to pay good money
for boars in sums that there was no
indication of the fat -hog market's re-
paying. So it is that breeders are
loaded up with hogs that under more
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intbae :cond�i� i
pa}k a'"d
nn.ao nd T*topd Bs':1
ail pure Owed hogs imat
tfaianelrd can pay
arp. Thdra rider.:
fi limited number are of high';
atructive breeders, whose ,
to fellow breeders, others:
:kat is, tp both breeders
and stili others whose)
farmers. The investments
effort 'involved in -Bash Claps
(etch :individual case ate .ef
fila return. We need er4'R
Of superior' merit that fs
there should be a prise lncen1sva ta'.: s eteadY
the breeding of more .of tide :lit y increasing fait$':
But there should be ,no ;pipe itjt- "utilitybrad" atut The
centive to the unethical, praetlea of �Glentail.''
masquerading ordinary anjtmla .•ip
virtues of great kin and selling
for more they can ever reel�y' gi).
That is anethan th
menace of high ecetl,
be guarded against, just as the men-
ace to the pure-bred business as a
whole consists primarily hi speculat-
ively forcing the level of pricer, into
the clouds, way above an earthly
utility basis.
The entire field of market -pork pro-
duction—its vast total of farm herds
is open to the breeder and should
be assiduohaly cultivated by him. His
great And primary function is to pro-
duce high-class seed stock for these
farm herds that will improve the
economic type, the vigor, the pro-
lificacy and the artistic or picturesque
values in a steadily increasing de-
gree. Surely this is a service to
stimulate both imagination and ef-
fort by the vastness of its field and
the financial, altruistic and educa-
tional opportunities it offers! It is
a real service, a service so great that
we must not allow ourselves to be
lured from its possibilities of satis-
fying achievement by the mirage of
some passing delusive fad.
I wish to emphasize type, for it is
a thing of tremendous importance,
and one in which the .fad principle
may carry us far astray. It isnot
enough that an animal merely trans-
mits type. Lacking other essentials
required from a breeding, nutritional
and meat -producing standpoint, type
is a tinkling cymbaL Types are con-
tinually changing and it is inevitable
that they shall change. We are now
experiencing an evolution amounting
almost to a revolution in the phys-
iological and conformational structure
of animals. The two are so inter-
related that great skill and experience
are required. to knows just how far
wecan safely go ' hanging type.
Witness the• le we arrived . at.
in d vetaping th lard type. It was
a wonderful ac nevement so far as
conformation we t, a bulging parallel-
ogram with plump, hanging jowls and
splendid color markings. Genetically
the breeders of this type were mar-
vels. They produced something asi
uniform as a string of tin 'sizzles,
but unfortunately something subject
to internal shortcomings. Lard then
had a monopoly which has later beeh
destroyed by the advent of tropical
and domes tic vegetable oils and the
advances made in preparing these in
palatable forms.
What was the result of this type
development? We found that in that
fat -laden carcass physiological func-
tions absolutely indispensable had
been inhibited to an extent that gave
rise to great breeding difficulties with
some breeds. The size of litters had
been seriously decreased. We had
evolved an animal, a chuffy, watch -
charm sort, so built that it really
lacked breeding and feeding capacity.
In all this lies a sharp warning to
the breeders of to -day net to overdo
the bigboned mastodon type. Breed-
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A BARGAIN in BLACK TEA
That is a Snapper -de -Cracker.
Cost the Wholesaler 40e lh.; regular cost to retailer, 45c ib.;
it would cost the Consumer 50c to 60c according to the
elasticity of the dealer's conscience. We offer this Ten
in 3 Pound Packages for $1.00.
We didn't buy it when nobody was at home, either.
REGARDING THE FLOUR OF
HARVEY BROS., EXETER;
whereas most millers buy at least two grades, and many of
them three grades of Manitoba Wheat, Harvey's buy only
the First Grade. For that reason, whether you buy their
MANITOBA'S BEST, made of all Manitoba Wheat, or their
MODEL, made of Manitoba blended with Ontario Wheat,
you can always depend on the quality being
FIRST CLASS
To be had in Seaforth only
AT HUTCHISON'S GROCERY
BBODHAGEN
Notes.—Mrs. Frank' &her
who has been seriously 11!. is i
tug slowly.--Miss'A-rspie '
•
bas been very sick at Dublin,;_
now convalescing Mrd'
Kiehna, of Sebrin V,p; F ?tif";
with Mrs. George. MiloW&Xt
few ,weeks. Mr.• John .Roa,'k4 of
Nevada, la visiting reiatjves ire for
the summer.—Miss Ida ;Koints„ oar.
teacher, and Mr. John Amatein spent.
Sunday at Baden.—Mrs. Fred, FiserlIer-
gave a very enjoyable progressive
euchre party on Monday evening. •
present report a splendid'
Bert Gibson, our -butcher, sold
property. here to Mr. William Muell.e.
of Bornholm, the latter to get posses-
sion in December. Mr. Gibson will'.
erect an up-to-date butcher shop,
more Centrally located, next win" tor,--.
The -laying of the corner stone for
the new St. Peter's Lutherane.11ttrch.
has been postponed from May 8S to -
May 22nd.. Further announces arta.
will be made later. — Rev. W. H.
Campbell, pastor of the Evangelical
church for the past five years,- flea:
been transferred by the Conference" t
Stratford to Elmwood, Out..:p*r.
Campbell preached his farewell 'iatm
mon on Sunday afternoonto a
congregation. We are so to1Joaei+.4
Mr. Campbell and wish hied "ev'ery'• '
success m his new field of labof- --•!)
STANLEY
Notes.-JMiss Ethel, daughter of
Mr. Collins, .passed away at ' her
home last, week. She was ' it of
tuberculosis for -some time. Thetfun-
eral took place from het holm ::to
Baird's' cemetery, her pastor, .Rein:, .
D. McIntosh,. officiating.- -.n A et
marriage took place in Kippen Manse
last week, whee Mise Jane Smith Was
united in marriage to Donald Mc-
Donald, of Bayfield.—Mrs..Cochrane
visited her daughter • in Clinton last
week.
School Report—The fallowing is
the report for April of School Section
No. 10, Stanley: Sr. 1V.—Vera
Seeley, Rena Johnston, Bruce Foster,
Wilfred Chuter, Roy Dawson. Jr. IV
--•Phebe Calcleugh, Mabel. McClinchey
and Ellwood Epps, even. Sr. III—
Irene .Johnston, Irene Chuter, Cassie
.Johnston,.. Jack Raymond, Shirley
Dawson, Melvin Webster. Sr. II. -
Clayton Elliott, Mabel Pilgrim, Mil-
lard Robertson. Jr. IL—Rached Johns-
ton, Jean Johnston, Jean. Foster,.
Grace Seeley, Gordon Raymond, kismet,
Steep, Ada Steep, Orrin Dowson-'
Primer.—Ruth Elliott, Calvin Foster,
Mary Chuter, Tommy Chuter.—G. C.
Shillinglaw, Teacher.
Another of an Early Generation
Gone.—Another of the few remaining
of a generation, passed away in Exeter -i
on the 29th ult., in the person of Mr. '
ers of this type have made progress John Jarrott, formerly of Stanley
along sound lines, but the history of township, at the mature age of 82:
European, Chinese and Canadian years. Born in the township of" -
swine tends to make us view with !Vaughn in 1839, he came with Jus
caution the 1200 -pound boar and 800- parents to Huron County and ,set.tketh.;x
pound sow. in Stanley township. As a boy he be -.'r
Is it necessary to have size of bone held Huron's primeval forest and the;
such as would easjly hold up a ton rudaments of a country which by in -
bull as underpinning far a 200 to dustry was to become a beautiful,
250 pound market hog? Is it nec- land of harvests and happy horses.
essary to compete with the lurid rain- To the youth of that day fell'e-,
bow- 111 building a hog's back? Is it task of transforming the wilderne4 s -
economical to carry 1200 -pound boars s the gtachievement fir•'
and 800 -pound sows as averages of a reIllsmovw•ae the forest and acreate hithe inod-
breeding herd to produce market pigs ern homestead. The stalwart young
weighing 225 pounds? Isn't it well woodsmen of sixty years ago, now so
to stop running from one extreme to rapidly passing, are deserving of the
another? highest tributes. They were the arch -
Is it not worthy of serious con- iteets of physical destiny: the builders
sideration that the bigger we make of the century, and reared the founds- .
the hone the more complicated he- lions of a nation. We are standing
conies our 'feeding problem? It is on the service and sacrifice of
difficult enough now, for all ordinary Mr. :Jarrett's strong and noble gen-
to-dayba.sal swine feeds are lacking in bone- oration, which honored honest labor,
forming elements. Is the packer or which enthroned simplicity above
butcher interested in hig bone? Cer- luxury, law above anarchy, devotion
tainly the housewife is not, above greed, and faith above blas-
Whal the Americsn consumer phemy. in 1858 Mr. Jarrott was
wants is flavory, appetizing hams married to Miss Nancie Jamison
and bacon, lean meat tastefully daughter of Mr. John Jamison, of
warbled with toothsome fat. This, Parr Line, Stanley, and for sixty-two
with sufficient bone to get the animal years they shared each others devo-
to market and maintain vigor, should tion. For many years they resided
mark the ideal animal—a leaner, bet- in Stanley township and some years
ter -hammed, more highly developed in Hay township, and finally retired
baron type. The virtues of hig-type to Exeter. During the last -two years
development incline this way. Mr. Jarrott was a patient and untom-
It is folly to say that we cannot plaining sufferer, abiding the Master's
produce in the Corn Belt a lean -meat call, -and passel sweetly to his re -
trim -ham hog that will make good ward. The funeral took place on:
bacon. We not only can but we must. Sunday from his late residence in
The consumer, whether domestic or Exeter to Exeter cemetery, and was
foreign, wants neither bone nor lard attended by a large concourse of old
when he buys pork. He wants real friends and neighbors. The Rev. Mr.
lean meat, nicely flavored with fat, Lundy, of Kippen, conducted the ser -
all with a minimum of waste. vice at the house and at the grave -
The farmers of America mast -look side. Mr. Jarrott is survived .by
to the breeders for the seed stock devoted wife, three edea and Si
that will shape their' herds: to the daughters -Jame$ and
market ideal. To aupply that , stock IHills Green, andAloxst
is the breeder's mission and ,it is+'Mr's. Jahn rT . s o Of
a•mission.,of profit on widcik load{({
out -to .the degree that,
:business becomes a int� l j warts sea, of