HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1922-11-24, Page 1Advance Showing. of Special Materials for Hand Made Xmas Presents N • SMALL WARES DEPARTMENT • You will find here delightfully interesting displays of the season's newest novelties in Stamped goods of every description; some- thing you can' make yourself with little ex- pense and labor. Stamped dresses, rompers, Runners, Centres, Pillow Cases, Luncheon Sets, Towels, Kiddies' Aprons, etc., Silk Scarfs, Hand Bags Silk Underwear, Madiera Gloves, Silk Novelties, Collars. 2Big Specials r In Coatings � For Women, Misses and Children A wonderful showing of Blanket CIoths and Tweed Coatings, 56 inches wide, in Navy, Alice Blue, Red, Green and Brown, good weight, pure wool, very serviceable and excellent cloth for Wo- men's Coats. Regular price $2.75 to $3.00. SPECIAL PRICE.... $1.95 per yard Then there is a special display of Velour Coat- ings 56 inches wide, splendid weight, very popular for Women's high grade coats. Brown; Navy, Fawn, Green. - Regular Price"$4.50 to ,$6.00. SPECIAL PRICE .. 83.78 per yard Fancy Hosiery for Women An assortment that will gladden the eye of every Woman who wants good wearing, good appearing Hose at a low cost. Cashmere and Wool Hose all the popular shades, ribbed or plain. All sizes. Special per Pair 1 Another attractive line of import- ed Hosiery made in England, all col- ors; extra fine quality. Co Special per Pair $1.50 Xmas Suggestions From Our Staple Department Buy them now, they will be sold out before Christmas comes. Bed Spreads and Kiddy Blankets Fancy Towels and Bath Setts Flannelette Blankets Wool Blankets Table Linen Pillow Slips Comforters Curtains Sheets Rugs Big Special Display of Medium Priced Overcoats for Men $20, $22, $25 These are not cheap, poor' cloths, poorly made. They are good honest, heavy wool over - coatings, made to give the maximum wear. Overcoats, that measure up in every way to the high standard of this store. You can buy these Overcoats with the confidence that you are get- ting real overcoats -Overcoats that will keep their shape, their finish and their general good appearance to the last.. All the new styles are represented in the above prices. If you are going to buy an Over- coat you will not be serving yourself best un- less you see the wonderful values we have to show you. All sizes -34 to 46. Special Prices $20, $22, $25 Leather Lined Overcoats, $27 Shell made of pure wool Irish Frieze in steel grey, lined throughout with a sheep skin lining, tanned, as soft as a glove. Takes the place of the fur or fur -lined cc All sizes. Price - - - $27.00 Stewart Bros,, Seaforth SWEET, ig Sweet cloyer ie 'a' h discussed crop. Everywhere dabs we have - travelled -this sumilter have seen sweet clover growing a .have heard' its Merits discussed• l' agree that it is. a great pasture ei4p:but all are not agreed that it inegesiot become a very bad weed. Mare afraid to feed it as silage .b eof the re- ports of cattle fatalldU s'. due to its feeding last winter. :;t :Farmers dis- agree as to the effect kit -Sweet clover on the flavor of milk and its products while produce dealerp' .are almost a unit in declaring the crop a menace to the reputation of epi', butter and cheese and condensed Mint. "Keep awiii9 from .sweet clover; it is about the worst lrgp that one can grow on a dairy faro." Thus did Mr. G. A. Gillespie express his opin- ion of this much discussed crop when we met him on the train recently between Peterbeto and Belleville. Mr. Gillespie, be it known,,is a manufac- turer of butter and condensed milk, and deals extensively In cheese. His opinion, therefore, merits attention. "You • can't keep milk sweet where sweet clover is fed, as such milk de- velops a lot of acid," he continued. "I judged the dairy products at sev- eral fall fairs this year and I could taste the sweet clover on the butter. Last spring it detrimentally affected the flexor and texture of all the fac- tory cheese that I handled. I have found that you can't hold condensed milk without serious depreciation in quality, if the raw milk came from herds fed or pastured on seeeet clover." Mr. Gillespie was not cer- tain but that sweet clover might be fed in moderation if combined with other feeds, but he absolutely con- demned the wholesale pasturing of sweet clover, as is becoming the practice. In this he is in perfect agreement with Mr. Fred Dean, the manager of the Toronto City Dairy'shipping plant at Woodstock, Ontario. Several cheese makers have also told us of their troubles with sweet clover milk, and we know of at least one factory that definitely decided to shut down unless its patrons fed sweet clover with more discretion. Where thete is such unanimity of opinion among produce dealers and manufacturer's, it is only wise to conclude that "there must be something in it." This phase of the question *is in need of much thorough investigation by qualified experts and, 15o far as we can learn, itng , is not gett Farmers who are aireM-of' sweet clover as a weed are becoming a very small minority, but it is noticeable that sweet clover as a weed is be- coming very common. Where fields were very badly infested, we usually found that the owners of the land had plowed sweet clover under in the fall following seeding. In al- most all cases many plants survive and become a nuisance. Where plowing is deferred till spring, the crop seems to he as easily mastered as any other clover. We meet many farmers, however, who are growing sweet clover for pasture but are very careful to keep it confined to a very limited part of the farm. They don't want the seed to get into all the land on the farm. Mr. Frank Silcox, Elgin Co., Ont., has 65 acres in sweet clover. lie is not enthusiastic about it as a hay crop. To avoid the heavy, course stems, Mr. Silcox cut far above the ground, and then the bulk of feed does not compare favorably with other clovers. He believes that the most satisfactory sweet clover hay would be secured by seeding without a nurse crop at the rate of half a bushel to the acre and cutting the hay that same year. As an ensilage crop, sweet clover has his enthusi- astic commendation. "I have put sweet clover in the silo for the sec- ond time this year," he told us. "We cut for silage when it was coming in blossom. The yield would be about the same as a fair crop of corn. As a yielder, sweet clover would not compare with a big crop of corn, but sweet clover always yields a big crop in my observation, and corn does not. I fed the ensilage to both dairy cows and horses and they were very fond of it, and there were no bad results. The hogs, too, liked it.'t Mr. Silcox has been growing the crop for 12 years. Last summer his cows would not touch ensilage, as their needs were fully met by sweet clover silage. The men connected with our agri- cultural colleges and experimental farms are far from being a unit in their attitude toward sweet clover. We discussed the question with E. S. Archibald, Director of Dominion Ex- perimental Farms, for a few minutes at the Canadian National Exhibition. We have seldom met a move thor- ough -going opponent of sweet clover. As a hay crop he does not consider that it compares with the mixtures of clover used on the experimental farms and which yields four tons of hay to the acre, as an average over a period of years, and with this con- clusion there can he little room for disagreement. Corn he regards as the preferable ensilage crop and, in addition, it is a cleaning crop, "and most of our land is in need of the cultivation that is given only to hoe crops." Mr. Archibal$ emphasized the fact that on the Central Experi- mental Farms at least; sweet clover had proven a most pernicious weed. A few minutes later we met W. J. Bell, Principal of the Kemptville Agricultural School. He is an en- thusiastic advocate of sweet clover niversar the SEAFORTH PRESBYTERIAN Cilege.1,-. on Sunday, Dec, 3rd at 11. a.m. and 7 p.m. These Services to be conducted by REV. E. A. HENRY, D.D., of .Toronto who has a foremost place among Canada's pulpit orators and religious and social leaders. A welcome to all who may come. Special Offering at each Service. for every purpose except hay. He scoffed at the idea of it being more detrimental to milk flavor than any other clover. His opinion of sweet clover for ensilage is best given by a quotation from a pamplet recently issued from the Kemptville School, which reads as follows: "The value of any crop, whether for silage or other purposes, depends chiefly upon its palatability, food value and cost of production. Any of these conditions not satisfactorily met, preclude its economical use on the farm. How does sweet clover measure up to these requirements? Palatability: No difficulty, what- ever, has been experienced in getting the cows to eat sweet clover silage with relish and without appreciable waste. It is true that they have been fed on it from the beginning of the feeding season, they were not accustomed to any other silage, but it is doubtful if under any condi- tions, difficulty will be experienced in feeding well cured sweet clover silage. Food value: Analysis of the sil- age by Dr. Shutt, Dominion Chemist, indicated that sweet clover has some- what higher feeding value than corn silage. The report of its analysis, as well as the analysis of corn sil- age, as given by Henry, are as fol- lows; Sweet Clover Corn Silage Silage 75.08 73.6 Water Crude Protein Crude Fat Carbohydrates Fibre Ash 4.74 .54 10.74 6.7 2.2 2.7 .9 12.9 7.8 2.1 100.00 100.00 From this it may be noted that while it is slightly lower in carbo- hydrates, it is also lower in fibre and two per cent, higher in crude protein. Based on the crude protein content alone at average prices of crude pro- tein in cotton seed meal, it is worth about $2.20 more than corn silage. No figures are available as to the digestibility of the crude protein, but the analysis further shows that 68.7 pet cent, of the crude portion exists as albuminoids. This is indicative that the protein is fairly high in di- gestibility. Cost of Production. Items considered in the estimation of cost are as follows: Seed -150 lbs. at $10 per bush., $25.00 Seeding-% day (time divided between oats and sweet clover as both were sown at the same time) 2.50 Rolling--% day at $5 per day 3.75 Rent of land, 71 acres at $537.50 Cutting, hauling and silo fill- ing, men and horse rates: Men 20c per hour; horses 10 cents per hour 53.40 Tractor service, 2 days at $10 per day 20.00 $142.15 With a yield of 10 tons per acre, the cost would be $1.90 a ton. But there arc certain other items which may be legitimately credited to the crop, such as pasture, hay or seed production after the silage has been removed and the addition of plant food to the soil by the crop residues. It is safe to assume that sweet clover silage will continue to be produced Christmas Just OneMonthAway But we are ready for it and have a splendid variety of New Goods to offer for the Christmas Season. In addition to an excellent line of Jewellery of the most up-to-date styles, we have a very large assortment of Special Christmas Goods. Our French Ivory is complete, and we, are showink many new and distinctive articles in this line. We have also a splendid as- sortment of Ladies' and Gents' Suit -case Umbrellas, also the famous "Tukaway" Umbrella. Fred S. Savauge Jeweller & Optician SEAFORTH - ONTARIO. at a lower cost than corn or any sil- age crop requiring heavy manuring, artificial fertilizers and a consider- able amount of seasonal horse and man labor." Farm and Dairy is not attempting to give a final verdict on sweet clover in any of its phases. The foregoing presentation is merely intended to portray, the diversity of opinion that exists and indicates the need of fur- ther study of the crop. TRUSTEES' AND RATEPAYERS' ASSOCIATION The Huron County Trustee and Ratepayers' Association held a series of meeting in the southern part of the county last week, beginning with the Township of Hay. The meeting was held in the Township Hall, Zurich, on Monday, November 13th, Attention! Watch for an announce- ment next week in this column of St. James' Church Bazaar. At Last they all Agree All Critics, Ail Newspapers, Ail Movie Fans Agree That D. W. Griffith's "Way Down East Is the Greatest Motion Picture Ever Produced. ee it at the Strand Thurs., Fri., Sat. 11 Special Music. Adults 5c-8.15 p.m. -Children 25c Matinee Sat., 3 p.m., 25e and 15c wbe4 t(fleeted fo! POW dent HRIts"ir miv a� Miss Geiser; . es ors, John Love, Time ,C0,11101, Neil. Wednesday night tiro •t►%eS held . iA the' .Public Librax i with- the Rev. Mr. chair, At the close of:t mer the ratepayers present decided'' as they already - had a achool'* bQer� of ten members that they would 'ap point one of their number as a direc- tor -of the county organisation '.at;, the next meeting of the Board Thursday night in the T'owllehi of Usborne, Mr. Hawkins was vee$ to the chair at the meeting in the hall in Elimville. A local associa- tion was formed with the following officers: President, F. C. Stewart; Vice President, John Cornish; Sec. - Treasurer, Jos. Yellow; Directors, Benson Williams and R. D. Hunter. Friday night the week's serieswas brought to a close in the school house at School Section No. 9, Tuek- eremith. The meeting was called to order by Rev. R. A. Lundy, of Rip- -pen, and a local organization was formed, with the following officers: President, Wm. Archibald; Vice Presi- dent, Robert Cooper; Sec. -Treasurer, John Alexander; Directors, James Finlayson,' Mrs. Cris. Howitt, Mrs. James Smillie, John Varley and Wm. Finnigan. These meetings were all addressed by Dr. MacKenzie Smith, who spoke on Medical Inspection of Schools and - the results already attained. She stated the county already has three school nurses at work with centres - at Goderich, Wingham and Clinton, and Exeter almost ready for another. Each unit has 40 class rooms. In the Township of Tuckersmith, there is only one school section which has not gone in the unit. Mr. P. J. McLaren spoke on "Rural Education; it's needs and how ,to meet them," and answered innumer- able questions, the discussions keep- ing the meetings till a late hour each. night. Inspector Tom was present at the Exeter meeting and spoke words of wisdom from his long .years of ex- perience as a School Inspector. Nurse Campbell spoke briefly at the Tuckersmith meeting. The 'Coun- ty President. Rev. A. Laing, of Ford- wich, was unable to attend this series owing to ill health, hut the Secretary, Mr. Ed, Fulton, was present at all the meetings. This week organization meetings are to be held at Varna on Monday, November 20th; Seaforth, on Tues- day; Clinton on Wednesday; Londes- hero, 'on Thursday, and Friday night at Holmesville, each to be addressed by R. Seg -worth and Prof. McCready. The week following, meetings will be held on Monday, November 27th, at myth: Tuesday, in West Wawan- osh; Wednesday, in Ashfield; Thurs- day, in Colborne, and the concluding meeting of the series in Goderich on Friday, December let. A list of the (Beers elected at these meetings will appear in the next two issues. SEAFORTH U. F. O. ORGANIZE TO SHIP The organization of the "Seaforth Live Stork Shippers' Association" was completed at Ih' ^ronin monthly meeting of the Seaforth L' F.O. Club on November 8th. The work of organization was begun at the October meeting and a special meeting was held also at which the project was thoroughly di-el- fromfrom every angle. The ('resident.,. Mr. John Scott. also explained the grading of hegr. TT- o,-'li-d 'n addition the proposed ceustitution ui the live Stock Shipping Association and the duties • of the local U. F. O. shipper. Following the explanation and dis- cussion, steps were taken to elect a shipper. Mr. Scott, who was the shipper last year, at first stated he could not undertake the task this. season, but after several others had been proposed, but expressed their inability to act, Mr. Scott was per- snaded to continue en the job for some time at least. in accepting, he asked that every member of the asso- ciation act as a shipper in so far as soliciting his neighbor's hogs, cattle and sheep for U. F. O. ship- ment was concerned. The meeting was an enthusiastic one and the pros- pects are bright. for the coming sea- seln. __----- BRUSSELS Station Burned -The Grand Trunk station here was burned to the ground at 6 o'clock Sunday morning, with a loss that cannot be estimated as yet, but which will run into thousands of dollars. The alarm was sounded shortly after 6 o'clock, but by the time help arrived the station was a mass of flames. There were excep- tionally large consignments of freight and express in the building and ab- solutely nothing was saved. The cause of the fire could not be deter- mined, but is believed to have start- ed from the station heating appar- atus. The previous station was . de= stroyed by ere on July .1st, 1899.