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Thursday, March 20th, 1902.
WESP HURON PROSIBITION•
IST3 SEVERELY CONDEMN
THE ROSS REFERENDUM.
A large and representative conven-
tion was held in \Winghattt on Mon-
day to consider the situation con-
cerning the bill which has just passed
the Ontario Legislature.
'1'hc meeting was held under the aus-
pices of the Ontario branch of the I)o-
ininiwt Alliance and was called by
authority of the local society of
\\'inghaun. All the ministers and tem-
perance societies in the riding were
notified and requested to send at
least two delegates. The result was
that every municipality was repre-
sented.
The meeting was called to order at
2.30 and after singing and prayer,l\Ir.
.1, herr of \\'inghaut was appointed
chairman and Mr. I). I':. Munro of
Auburn secretary. The chairman ex-
plained him and for what purpose the
eimventiotn w•as called and introduced
.11r. J. Nichols, who has been for
sonic time engaged by the Alliance itt
organizing and lecturing in various
parts of the Dominion. 11Ir. Nich-
ols, by the way, is itt the full v.gor of
manhood and thoroughly posted in all
matters pertaining to the work in
hand, having spent thirty years itt
connect ;00 tlu•rewith. After a full
outline of the situation, he said that
whatever course might he taken in re-
lation to the referendum, what was
now needed w•as thorough organiza-
tion along the litres of a political
campaign. A motion was passed that
we proceed to organize and that a
nominating eonunittee, composed of
one delegate trona each municipality,
be appointed., The connnittee report-
ed, recommending that the organiza-
tion 1;c ttatiad tlu l'roliihitory A11i-
ance of the West Riding of Ihtion,ancf
that tt he composed of a president,
vice-president, sec.-treas., and one
vice-president from each municipality.
Officers were elected as follows ;
president, G. :1i. Elliott of Goderich ;
vic: -president, Rev. Mr. Whaley of St.
Helens ; sec.-treas., U. N . Munro of
Auburn ; vice-presidents, Ashfield, 1).
Agn.w ; West \\'ttwanosh, W. Watson ;
East Waw•anosh, A. Carr ; Clinton, J.
Greene ; Colborne, A. Young ; Goder-
ich town, J. E. Thous ; Goderich
township, A. J. Courtice ; Ilullett, J.
Wilson ; \\'ingham, II. Parke.
The feeling which prevailed in the
convention was one of great disap-
pointment that the Government had
not yielded to our expressed wishes in
changing the conditions of the refer-
endum, and of severest condemnation
that such unnecessary and unreason-
able conditions should be required.
IIowever, it was considered advisable •
to take no definite action its to our
course re said referendum until the
matter be fully discussed in a conven-
tion to be held in Goderich in the
near future. A resolution was passed
requesting all prohibitionists through-
out the riding, of whatever party, to
do their utmost in securing ciidi-
dates for the Legislature who will.
stand by the principle of prohibition,
and urging each vice-president to call
a meeting without delay in his mun-
icipality and organize as above indi:
cared.
A mass meeting was held in the ev-
ening. • The large hall wus nicely fill-
ed and an interesting and inspiring
address delivered by Mr. Nichols. At
the close of the meeting a resolution
was enthusiastically -carried express-
ing our sincere thanks to Hon. Mr.
Marten and the three other men in
the House of Parliament who 'stood
by us in demanding a change in the
conditions of the referendum.
The tweeting closed with singing the
national autluut, and the benediction.
3. GREENE.
Clinton, March tSth.
FARMERS' INSTITUTE
KEEPING.
Fairly -well attended meetings under
tate auspices of the West Huron harm-
ers' Institute were held on Friday at
the Orange hall, Goderich township,
and on Saturday at the court house,
Goderich.
At the Orange hall meeting the first
address was given by James Snell on
" The management and care of farm
stock." The speaker emphasized three
points : i—Begin with the right dam
a•-Necur use an inferior sire. It takes
more to keep poor stock than good.
3—Start calf to cat as soon as pos-
sible ; don't. feed too heavy. Feed
roots whole as soon as the young
beast can eat them. Never let it lose
the calf flesh. Keep calves in from
the flies. Regarding sheep, his exper-
ience was that roots should be fed be-
fore lambing. Bran was a good thinto feed for growth. Now is the. time
to buy sheep. ,•
Chas. Whitely spoke on the special
judging course at the Guelph 'Agricul-
tural College : John • Sowerby on
" Keeping boys on the farm;'' and
1\'w. Bichan on " Small fruits."
At the Saturday meeting, after the
president's address, James- Mitchell
spoke on " Agricultural fairs." The
fair should he more attractive for the
young. With the view of keeping the
boys on the farm, every opportunity
should be seized to teach them that it
is better to be a good farmer than a:
mediocre professional pian. The fair
should be made educational. The •so-
caiitd " special features'. should be
abandoned. - A groat deal .of. interest
.night be aroused by a. coippetition be-
tween school sections on such points
as the best, kept grounds,• collections
of grains properly labelled,. collet
tions of beneficial and injurious: in-
sects properly: classified, . etc.. TEtre
should' be an, organized, 'systematic.
forte • of book keeping..• Suggestions
were made• that the seed fair *night be •
incorporated in the fall Pair and that •
the poultry association and the fall
fair .night co-operate.. The- Farmers' -
Institute miglit• take up 'these mat-
ters" and approach the • other associa-
tions. Another iniproyenient.inightbe
in the employntent 'of expert judges,
who might give .lectures. and state the
reason's for their awards.
In the discussion on this Subject it
was suggested tliat ladies could be'ap-
pointed as: heads •of departments. The
question was asked • " How . lutve
children time. to. rake these dill; ---
tions spoken of .wlieit teachters now
complain that ,they ]lave 'not enough
time for the various stttdies, The, •
• children are being..forced too i)utch. A
little recreation should be encourag-
ed. -
J, Kernighan. thought.- all- effort
should be made 'to interest.:tite public:
This might. he doiteby lowering the.
admission fee,: and doubling, be...
nt-
teiidanee .; thus more would be . edu.--
cated. H. Morris agreed with stir,
Keinighan's views.
J. Marquis said that what the farm- •
er got front -the Goderich fair was ncit:.•.
always helpful. •'fIg advocated the • a- ••
doptioit'0.1 seed fairs and spring fairs
and the cotritiination . of the several
associations. " In: - unity • there. ' is
strength."
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Mrs.. Elford. gave an address .on
" The Women's • Institute,'-'. and Mrs. •
Campbell spoke on. " Househoid'Econ-.
omits.". F. C.. Elford gave an address'
on " Fattening chickens for the itonte
and foreign. markets." • . •
" The general purpose cow"` was efts.
subject of an address' by -R. Young,
The day for the -:general purpose cow
had not passed-though'the term. =had.
fallen • into. disrepute....-.-. The cow mast :. .
be .well shaped; a faire size, kind rand •
give at' least 6000 pounds 'of milk: At ..
eight quarts per day for• goo• days she.
would. make $66 'per year. It is quite .
possible to 'have . cows that produce
• this amount:.
G. Leithwaite thought that. for one -
who sold. milk the general purpose eow
was pot profitable. •
H. Morris • thought farmers: must
breed either for •milk and•batter. or
for beef, •. • • .
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