HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1918-05-09, Page 5Thursday, May 9th 1918
TJU . WING
AM ADVANCE
"'Jhe Qaz,\Al"
Floor Coverings for Every Room
A large stock of Rugs in Velvets, Axtninsters, Brussels and Tapestries to
choose from in good combination of colors Floral Two-tone and Oriental. All sizes
from t38.50 to $50.00.
Scotch Litlaleums
We are showing the best makes of Scotch Linoleum
(Nairn's and Lancaster) in Inlaid and Printed patterns,
2 and 4 yard widths. All import lines are greatly ad-
vanced in price but we have a supply on hand at the old
prices. Also Oilcloths and Surrounds in all widths.
Call and inspect them.
Congoleurn and
Linoleum Squares
Here is an ideal Rug for bedroom or living room in
both floral and Mock patterns. This is just what you are
looking for, (looks well, wears well) and best et all inex-
pensive All sizes, $3.25 to $14 00,
Curtains and Draperies
Just received a shipment of Curtain Materials,
Draperies, Art Sateen, Cretonnes, etc. A full assort-
ment of Curtaina in voiles and Marquisettes, neat hand
drawn work with embroidered%$prays and Motifs in Ecru
and Ivory, $3.25 to $b 00.
Special Values in
Curtains
We are offering special values in Lace and Net Cur•
tains, Cream, White and Ecru, assorted lengths. if you
want to save money. here is your chance as these are
greatly reduced for quick selling.
Clean Fresh Groceries always on hand.
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Produce Wanted
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Phone 89
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THE GIRL'S PART
"Was there ever a game we did not share,
Brother of mine?
Or a day when 1 did not play you fair,
Brother of mine?
'As good as a boy,' you used to say,
And I was as eager for the fray,
And as loath to cheat or to run away,
Brother of mine.
"You are playing the game that is straight
and true,
Brother of mine,
And I'd give my soul to stand next to you
The spirit, indeed, is just the same;
I should not shirk from the battle's flame,
Yet here I stay — at the' woman's game,
Brother of mine!
"If the last price must needs be paid,
Brother of mine,
You will go forward, unafraid,
Brother of thine.
Death can so small a part destroy,
You will have known the fuller joy—
Ah! would'that-I had been born a boy,
Brother of mine!"
Yov will "play the game," Girls of Ont-
ario! You did not, need to be "born a
boy" for service in food -production. Help
to grow your own food requirements this
year. If you cannot work on a farm,
have a garden of your own, or organize a
High School Girl's Community Garden.
Work hard, pray hard, play hard. Be
content with simple pleasures, simple food
simple clothes. Courageously practice
thrift. Prepare yourself well for the full
Canadianship that is to be yours,
Summer Resorts In Ontario
The Muskoka Lakes, Point au Daril
and Georgian Bay Resorts; French and
Pickerel Rivers, Rideau Lakes; Severn
River; Lake Makinaw District and
Kwartha Lakes are conveniently reached
via the Canadian Pacific Railway. Par-
ticulars from Canadian Pacific Ticket
Agents or W. B. Howard,
Mistakes Of Farmerettea
"I have been much interested in the
"Farmerette" movement in Toronto,"
writes J. B. Skelton, of Palmerston, to the
Daily News, "and as an ex -farmer have
been wondering if the rate of some of the
aspirants would not be something like the
following:
"A city girl a milking went
The cow she chose was violent
The farmer called him 'Mike' because
That's the kind of a cow he was."
"The city girl said 'that big hen
'Should lay big eggs,' The big hen then
Just crowed and crowed and crowed, be-
cause
That's the kind of a hen he was."
No More Liquor Shipments
Any stocks of liquor left in the Express
Offices after May 1st have been seized by
the Inspectors and it is now illegal for any
persons to send, ship or bring, or cause to
be sent, shipped or brought into any Pro-
vince of Canada, with the exception of
Quebec, any liquor containing more than
two and one half per cent alcohol. The
stocks on hand in the cellars of private
homes in Huron County can only be used,
while we are under the Canada Temper-
ance Act for personal or family use, ar.d
people should be careful not to give it
away or treat their friends as they are
liable to prosecution by o doing.
Necessary Farm
Equipment
MORE and more the Ford car is Iooked
upon by progressive farmers as nems*
saryfarm equipment, the same as the
plow, the a -rake, the drill, the mower, the
harrow another labor and tim.savIng
machinery.
A farmer wittt a Ford car care dispense with
one or two of his horses and make the trip$ to
town, railray station, creamery, or to the neigh•
hours in one-third the time. In fact there is no
farm ma '
chine made that will save the bus
farmer and his busy wife so much valuable time
as a Ford, And it's so easy to take care of—far
easier than a horse, No bed to make, or hay and
oats toet, no harnessing and unharnessing, and
no stables to clean. The Ford praotitall r t.eke$
care of itself.
Ask any farmer who owns a Ford if he would
ever again try to get along; without tli
answer 'will hasten your decision to own one,
tR UNNBRSAL CAR
Touring to $595 Sedan w * • $970
Runabout w $575 Chassis * w $535
coupe . 770 One -ton Truck MO
$, a B. FORD, ONZ.
A. M. Crawford, Dealer, Wingtu
Wroxeter
Mr. Samuel Raerrtussen, a respected
reeldent of Wroxeter, passed away at hie
home an Queen street, on Thureday of
Iasi week. The funeral took place on
Saturday, I• ie leaves a widow and four
children. three sons and one daughter.
Alex the second son le in France, hay.
ing gone over with the "Beavers'' of
Toronto.
Another of Wroxeter's most, highly
respected citizens, in the person of Mr,
John Brethauer, passed to the great
beyond early on Tuesday morning,
Deceased had been in failing health for
some time but was around as usual on
Friday, and his sudden demise came as a
chock to all who knew him. He had
been a resident of Wroxeter for nearly 40
years.
Must Not Hoard Sugar
A certain amount of sugar hoarding has
been taking place in this district during
recent months but it will have to stop
An order recently issued by the Canada
Food Board states that no person, other
than a manufacturer or dealer in sugar,
shall have in his possession or under,his
control at any time more sugar thais
sufficient for his ordinary requirements
for fifteen days. Provision is made that
a person living at a distance greater than
two miles and less than live miles may
hold or control sugar for his own use for a
period not exceeding thirty days. Sugar
held in excess of the quantities prescribed
under the order can be seized and forfeit-
ed. Violations of the order are subject to
penalties ranging from $100 to $1,000.
Sugar hoarding or any food hoarding is
unfair and unpatriotic. In England it
has been a serious crime for some tithe to
hoard food and it should be stopped here
in Canada and guilty ones severely pun-
ished as a warning to others. A similar
order has since been issued making it un-
lawful for any one to have on hand more
than enough flour for fifteen days' use.
SERVICE TO THE
NATION DEMANDS
GOOD HEALTH
Wax is bringing home to every man,
woman and child the fact that service
to the nation is not a swatter alone for
the soldier and sailor and munitior
worker.
There is work, necessary work, for
everyone to do, in the way of thrift and
production and to do this work, health
is the first essential. Even the most
willing will find progress is slow if the
health is bad.
Probably the most common complaint
among those doiug unaccustomed. tasks
is backache. Work may cause a tired
feeling that will easily pass off but this
backache that almost doubles one up is
an indication of a condition of the sys•
tem that needs treatment. The Kidneys
are giving evidence of their weakness
and the sufferer should be thankful foi
the timely warning given by this pain.
The quickest and serest relief from
backache is a treatment with Gin Pills.
Gin Pills are the tested specific for the
healing of the Kidneys. Anyone who
wishes to perform his or her full duty to
the Nation in these strenuous tithes will
find relief from backache in Gin Pills.
Sold by all dealers -50c. a box, or 8
boxes for $2,50. Money back if you
are not satisfied. Free sample on
request to National Drug & Chemical
Co. of Canada, Limited, Toronto, or tc
the U.S. Address, Na-Dru-Co Inc., 202
Main St., Buffalo, N.Y, 125
TORNADO
INSURANCE
Important to Fanners
Insure your property against loss by
wind storm, the cost is triffiing, the
best indemnity, the cheapest. Secure
a policy at once in the Hartford, one
hundred years old and always reliable.
Farm dwellings 30e per hundred for
3 years.
Farm barns and contents insured
with dwelling 40c per hundred for 3
years.
No premium note. Much cheaper
than rates of other companies with
premium notes.
VICTORY BONDS
By arrangements with Toronto, we
are in a position to buy or sell Victory
Bonds for any amount at rates fixed by
the Government. .
Ritchie & C.asens
Insurance and Real Estate
Wingham, Ontario
CREAM
WANTED
Our service is prompt and remittance
sure.
Our prices are the highest on the
market consistent with honest testing
Ship your cream "direct" to us and
save .in agent's cornniission. The
commission comes out of the producer.
'rhe more it cost to get the cream to
its destination the less the producer is
sure to get.
We supply cans, pay all express
charges and remit twice a month.
Write for i+rices and 1509.
eatorth Creamer.. co.
Seafortht, Gall.
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Don't Wait an'VVish ,
Work Now andHave 9
Pogo Vivo
When drastic regulations for the rationing
of food some into effect (and such an
Order in Council may be made very early
next Fall) you will wish then, that you
had a crop of nice vegetables ready to
take off your garden or nearby piece of
vacant land that you could have cultivated,
if you had really wanted to.
Well, all we say is—
Don't Waitandt,==nWish
If you have not yet decided to plant a vegetable garden make up your mind to
do so now. You will not regret it. There is still lots of time. Potatoes: and beans may,
be planted up to June 1st and these are the best substitutes for wheat and meat.
For good, practical advice upon how to lay' out and cultivate a Vegetable
Garden, write for a free copy of the booklet entitled; "A Vegetable Garden for
gvery Home." This has been prepared by the Ontario Department of Agriculture for
the guidance of citizens who will respond to this call for increased production.
1 Organization of Resources Committee, Parliament Buildings, Toronto
Mail Dear Sirs :
1 I Please send me a copy of your booklet "A Vegetable Garden for
This Coupon Every Hone."
Name I
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Address
ONYARtp
711E PILQRIMS
(Lt, -Col. John McCrae)
An uphill path, sun -gleams between the
showers,
Where every beam that broke the
leaden sky
Lit other hills with fairer ways than purs;
Some clustered graves where half our
memories ]ie;
And one grim shadow creeping ever nigh,
And this was Life.
Wherein we did another's burden seek,
The tired feet we helped upon the ro
The hand we gave the weary and , ie
weak,
The miles we lightened one another's load,
When, faint to failing, onward yet we
strode, _.
This, too, was Life.
Till, at the upland, as we turned to go,
Amid fair meadows, dusky in the night,
The mists fell back upon the road below,
Broke on our tired eyes the western light,
The very graves were for a moment
bright,
And this was Death.
.CR DTRUN W1
A Suggestion for Your
Summer Holiday
This Year
ALGONQUIN PARK
HIGHLANDS OF ONTARIO
An ideal spot for your sum-
mer vacation midst wild and
delightful scenery.
Excellent hotel service at
the "Highland Inn",
Full information from any Grand Trunk
Ticket Agent or C. E. Horning, District
Passenger Agent, Toronto. W. F. Burg.
man, Agent, Phone 50,
In one of the camps visited by Harry
Lauder, as told of by George Adam in
"Association Men," they had got some
"special Scotch" whiskey in his honor; but
when he was informed of it, and was ex,
pected to take it, he said, "Pass me the
cauld water --that is the best drink for a
man who has work to do!"
Our problem is to feed our Allies by
sending them as much food as we can or
the most concentrated nutritive value, it
the least shipping space. These foods are
wheat, beef, pork, dairy products and
sugar. Our solution is to eat less of these
and more of other foods of which we have
in abundance - and to waste nothing.
The most valuable tree in the world,
from a productive standpoint, is ;aid to
be a specimen of Cranton avocado, of
alligator pear, near Whittier, Cal. The
average yearly revenue front this tree is
$3.000, single fruits selling at from fifty
cents to one dollar each.
This tree was at one time insured in
Lloyds for $30,000.
area Lake Sienna* Service
Canadian Pacific. Steamship "Manitoba '
now leaves Owen Sound 10.30 p. nr. each
Thureday for for Sault Ste Marie. Port
Arthur and Port William, Steamships,
9FKemeatin" and "Assiniboia" will sail
from Port M cNicoll Wednesdays and
Satttrdsyts cornittisnecing Sun* 1st.
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ORGANIZATION OF RESOURCES COMMITTEE
In Co -Operation with Canada Food Board
axes evstra
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We turn out the very neatest of printin
y Farming An
Irrigation
'(1) Planting Wheat to feed the
,Allies.
,(2) Alberta Crop on an Irri•
gated Farm.
(3) An Irrigation Canal in
Alberta.
HERE is an opinion in the pub-
lic mind that dry farming and
irrigation are two methods of
agriculture directly opposed to each
other. Nothing could well be farther
from the trth. The fact is, dry
farming and irrigation are methods
of agriculture very closely allied to
each other. Both are practiced in
countries where precipitation is less
than the growing crop requires; both
are designed to overcome low preci-
pitation by providing moisture where
it is required and when it is requir-
ed, by means at the command of the
farmer and of the civil engineer.
It is only natural that of these two
methods dry farming should be better
known and more widely adopted in a
country such as Western Canada.
This country has been settled for the
most part by farmers who have had
no experience in irrigation farming,
but were more or less familiar with
the principles of dry farming. There
is also to be considered the fact that
dry farming may be practiced any.
where, but irrigation is dependent
upon supplies of water being avail-
able and certain engineering works
being carried out withotit which it is
impossible. These works involve a
large investment of capital and it le,
therefore, natural that irrigated
areas should be comparatively small
in proportion to areas devoted to dry
farming.
It is not the purpose of this article
to discuss in detail the advantages of
one method of farthing as compared
with the other. Each has its advo-
cates arid each, doubtless, its advan-
tages which may vary with loeal eon -
dittoes. For example, as has been
stated, dry farming is not dependent
upon engineering work, water supply,
or topographical conditions. Its prin-
ciples can readily be acquired and•
practiced by any one familiar with
the general business of agriculture.
It does not involve the capital outlay
neeessary in connection with irriga-
then projects. On the other hand dry
farming necessitates the purchase
and cultivation of large areas of land,
et a certain percentage of the farm,
running as high its fifty per
cent. in
the dryer districts, must bo left fat•
Iow each year in order to store up the
necessary moisture to produce the
next year's trop. itry farming, too,
ie only a partial remedy for low pre.
elpltation; if the precipitation is too
low not even the nlbthorla of the moat
advanced farther can laduee the soil
to bring forth a erap.
Tn order to practice irrigation
taming it is neccseary that engineer.
ing works, frequently ut a very ex•
pensive nature, should be Metalled,.
atad this is possible only where the
tonography of the tout try lends it.
pelf to truck an snteriir le. It tt alio
necessary that nature should provide' to the irrigation enterprises whietii
an ample supply of water available
for use through these engineering
works. Where the foregoing condi•
Lions exist certain very great advan-
tages are found in favor of irriga-
tion farming, and it may be said
that probably nowhere are they
found under more favorable circum-
stances than in Southern Alberta.
The irrigation farmer requires less
land than his neighbor who follows
dry farming, because he is not
obliged to allow any of it to remain
fallow, and while he may pay more
per acre for his farm his total in•
vestment may be Tess. He has the
advantage of absolute insurance
against drouth. He Could raise much
heavier crops et grasses, vegotables
and fodders than it; possible under,
any Method of dry farming, and he
can raise some craps which are not
practicable without irrigation. Such
a crop for example Is alfalfa. Al-
though alfalfa is grown to some ex-
tent on dry land Ito natural home is
in the irrigation districts. It is the.
greatest of all irrigation crops pro-
duced in the United States, and is,
rapidly becoming one of the most im- I
portant of Alberta's crops. The fol.;
lowing table show sthe alfalfa acre. I
age and production in the various,
provinces of Canada:
Province Acreage .Production
Prince Edward
Inland None None E
Nova Scotia 30 acres 100 tons
Now tlrunswiek None Nant
Quebec 3,818 " 8,600;. w
Ontario b2,000 " 142,800 \ "
Manitoba . ,.. , 4,400 " 8,104 ,
Seekatchen`an., 0,500 " 15,300 "
Alberta 3106 " 64,404 "
I3, eelttmbia 8,881 . " 22,400
The pre-eminent petition occupied
by Alberta among the Western Pro.
kilicaa in th a res; is die 1I.?
have been carried out is that pro.,
vince, It should be stated also 'Oak'
the alfalfa production of Saakatcfie-
wan and British Columbia 15 also due •
mainly to the irrigation 'enterprises
in those provinces. Alfalfa may be•
said to be the most valuable crop
that can be produced on a farm; it
has a food value equal to its otvn
weight end bran. It has been demos-
strated that an acre of alfalfa will
produce 591 pounds of pork as tela•"
pared with 365 pounds frons aki acre
of corn. It has also been deeden•
strated that with milk at 32.00 per
hundred pounds the value at az :at
of alfalfa for intik praduiioa
$91.88 compared with $14.72 for an.
acre of timidly, Ia adstitiosses to its
great feeding value alfalfa hsps the
advantage that instead of faftttrer.
teeing the land It makes the Iaad
richer; it mils for ecaaptera33
little Tabor, being SOW/1.only' cape 1
several years; it requires le Mallet
twine ar threshing, and the termer
can either export it or CU cease
the entire crop on the premises bZ
feeding it to liveateek.
There is little doubt that the large
area in Southern Alberta which has
been brought under -irrigation 14, the
Canadian Pacifies Railway will bs•
comb one of the greatest Itveaotr
centers in Canada its a result of the
fodder crops rendered o priveibte,
through irrigation. At the same
tine the nonirrigated areas will eon•
time to be worked ,en the 40 fiutm+
ing principle and instead tri dre+ Witt.
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each other they Will be OpPeetteiete
fiettakeeleg.
they now are Lound—praetteed by the
Utile farmer on the sense leans, the
irrigation taming 'below tbll anabI*
mad the dry fatrmitng oix the high t ,
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