The Exeter Advocate, 1920-3-18, Page 5AUCTION NEWS NE TOPICS OF WEEK
SALE OF BUTTER MILK
Mir. C. W. Robinson, auctioneer, has
'tMdl, received instructions to sed by pub-
lic auctions the Butter Milk of Exetier
Creamery, on Saturday, March 20th,
1920, at two o'clock at the Creamery,
Exeter, ;Terms stated at time of
sale,
ivv, G. MEDD,
Secretary,
AUCTION SALE
OF 25 CHOICE' DURHAM COWS
AT
DASHWQOD
�aN
SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1920
At 1 o'clock, sharp, the following ;ad
25 Choice Durham Cows -8 of them
with calves sit foot, anti 17 sprint ers;
Terms -12 ,months' credit, with 6 per
cent per annum added.
FRANK TAYLOR. JOS LAWSON
Auctioneer Proprietor.
AUCTION SALE.
Ohs FARM STOCK & IMPLEMENTS
On Lot 20 C•oti. 7, Hay, 3 t lliiles
West ,of Hens ed, on
TUESI)AY, MARCH 23, 1920
At 1 o'clock, sharp, the following :---
Agri snare rising 4, in .Goal to King
Thomas, Agri, gelding rising 5, by'
Lord Arrnstro;rg; (This team is well
matched); ; draft gelding taming 2, by
by Commodore; general purpose: geld
ing coshing 3, by Voltaire; a;ri., colt
rising 1, by Nate]; driving mare in fog'.
to Silver lti:l:i;n,:iy, quiet and reliable
driving horse 5 years .old,
Cattle -Cow with calf at foot; 4
cows chichi, .' pri3.; 2 cows due in 'May,
cow due la June; cow due in Aug.;
Jersey crow du in Jun; ; 3 heiters ris
int?", 3, clue in, Apr; and May; 4 two
year old steers, 5 yearling steers, 12
y:carlilnJ; heifers, 5 sprint calves, 2
small calves; Registered Shorthorn bull
Pine Apple Di.-rmond, 138332, born
Sept. 7, 1917, dam, Pine Apple of Hay
114904; Sire, Diamond Star Znd, 101179
Pure Bred' Yorkshire Swine -2 sows,
Exeter Queen 2, 63811, and Exeter
Queen 3, 63812, born: ,Feb, 25, 1918,
due „March and May; 2 sows, born
June 1S, 1919, due inn April; 9 pigs
born. Dec 15, 1919; 1 ho;, Meae+dow
Brook Boy 62384, born May 15, 1918;
Sire, Pine Grove Boy, 53549, 'Liam,
ilfe;a ow Broole Jean, 49300; yearling
hog,, About n dozen Rock .hens.
Implements-Oeeraag binder, 6 ft. cut
Deering mower, 5 ft.; 11 disc Deer-
ing ,3rsil, Dairen hay loader, M, H. side
rake anJ tedder comb; 10 -ft. M, H.
steel rake, Deering cultivator, M. H.
2 -rowed corn cultivator; Frost &
Wood bean cultivator, latnd roller, M,
H. corn binder, Eduard cutting box
Deering disc, diamond harrows, Oliver
riding plow, No. 21 Fleury plow, No.
17 Wilk plow, gang Clover Leaf inan-
urc spreader pea harvester, grass
seeder ziamk n'lover table, grain cradle
stoneboat, grind stone, heavy wagon
t�ith two sets wheels, lumber wagon.,
comb, hay and stock rack, wagoau box
gravel box, bobsleighs, light wagon„
new rubber tire buggy, top buggy, cut-
ter, power emery wheel, Clinton 'fan-
ning maul ,scales, sugar kettle, feed
cooker, Stewart clipping machine, set
brass mounted harness, new, made of
oak tanned leather, 2 sets double har-
ness, set single harness, long ladder,
150 ft. hayfork rope, collars, quantity
cedar posts, some end posts, forks,
shovels, hoes, whiffletrees, neckyakes
pails and numerous other articles..
F.irniture-Extension table, 2 hang-
ing' lamps, cupbaard, sink, 2 couches,
beater, Peninsular range, quantity of
sealers, pictures, 2 cosies', chock, milk
cans, bracket lamp, sideboard.
Terms -Sums ,af $10.00 and under,
cash; over that amount 9 months, cred-
it will be given ion furnishing approved
joint notes. 5 per cent. per off for
cash ion credit amounts.
Geo. H. Gram, Frank Taylor,
Proprietor Auctioneer -
Wm. Johnston, and C. A. McDonell
Clerks
THE POSTPONED
AUCTION SALE
OF PURE !BRED SCOTCH TOP-
PED SHORTHORN CATTLE, on
LONDON ROAD, Axle mile south of
BRUCI5FIELD,
tvill,be'helad+ to
FR1D AY, MARCH 19, 1920 •
HENRY LEBEAU, Prop.
S
C. W ROBINSON, Auct.
AUCTION SALE
OF FARM STOCK & IMPLEMENTS
`,o+r. Lot 6, Cairn 13, McGillivray, on.
• WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24th, 1920
At 1 o'clock, sharp, the following
h--
Horses-Mare 12 years' old in foal to
Kifi-Kiff; Mare, 8 years; Marc,;5 yrs;
Mare, 3 years; horse rising - 3 years;
colt, rising 2; sucking colt.
Cattle -Cow with calf at foot; 2 cows
due time of sale; 1 cow due, in April;.
1 cow,due un May; 4 two-year old
steers ; 1 two-year old heifer; 4
spring calves; 1 registered Short -
hone Mill 15 months old ;,1 registered
Shoxtirprn 12 moinith salol ; 1 registered
- SL,orthorsi 10 uvonjths old.
Implements -1 M. -H, , binder; 1 Deer
ing mower=, 10 -ft hay rake;; 13 hoe
drill; 3 horse cuttivaltor, disc harrow
3 -horse drag harrow, manure spreader
2 -furrow plow; 3 walking plows dan-
t-Ling and,' with bagger, 2 H.1'. gas, .eng-
. ing' with jack and shaft, wagon, root
puler, ;set babsleighs,,hay rack;' set
heavy harness, forks;t whiaffletrees, hones
neckyokes, chains, and other articles
boo nugneraus to mention.. "
Also' o-uartmt;lty seed barley for ';easit:
Terms- [0•_a,nd..ududeir- cash; rover
that aun'nuiet 7 months' creche. will be•
gitten ,on approved joint :mates, .or a dis
tef
coup .
u t >, 5 per cent tier annum off for
cash ,Lieu of notes,,
WM -LE i:S, R.R:"'3; •Aillsa Crai "
1. TAYLOR, Auct, Prop,
Important Events Which Have
Occurred During the Week,
The Busy World's. Happenings Care-
fully Compiled and Put Into
Handy and Attractive Shape for
the Readers of Our raper A
Solid Hour's Enjoyment.
TUESDAY...
Waterloo curlers were beaten at
Galt by the Guelph Union.
The P.P,C.L.I, will furnish a guard
of hener for the opening of the Legisr
lature, .
Government Gas Commissioner E.
S. Estlin opened a three-day hearing
at Chatham.
A shipment of $3,000,000 in gold
was received yesterday in New Yozk
from Canada.
A movement is on in London to
increase freight rates on. ocean ship-
ping from Britain at last 50 per
cent.
The steam barge Marian W., in the
coal trade from the lakes to Quebec,
was destroyed by Are in winter quar-
ters at Quebec.
Britain will not sell the West In-
dies to the United States, Premier
Lloyd George stated in the British
Commons Monday.
The crew of the Cape Breton,
ashore at Scatterie Island, escaped to
the island, and were taken to Sydney
by the steamer 'Kyle.
The Holstein Breeders' Association
headquarters will hereafter be in
Brantford, the old post office being
purchased for $28,000.
The British Ambassador to the
United States will receive a salary
of £2,500 and will also be allowed
£17,500 for entertaining.
Prince Joachim Albrecht, who led
the attack in the Hotel Action in Ber-
lin on a French officer, has been de-
b;rrred from dining in the hotel.
Hon, Dr. Cody expressed approval
of the Government's action in refus-
ing the survey of Ontario schools of-
fered by the Massey Foundation,
D. 11. McDougal, president of the
Canadian Mining Institute, emphasiz-
ed in his annual address the need
for conservation of Canada's natural
resources,
The Board of Commerce opened an
inquiry at Hamilton into charges al-
leging the existence of a combine
among retail and wholesale ±:"rocera
and certain manufacturers.
WEDNESDAY.
Sterling made a further advance
in New York, reaching $3.641/4.
The Horncastle by-election in Eng-
land resulted In a victory for Capt.
S, V. liotehkis, the coalitionist can-
didate.
The Montreal Chinese Hospital,
claimed to be the first of the kind.
in Canada, was formally opened in
Montreal.
Bert Piper of London and his.bro-
ther, Jitek'of Exeter, died 'a few' hours
atter drinking wood alcohol at the
former's home.
The allied Supreme Council has
notified • the. Bucharest Government
that it will recognize the union of
Bessarabia and Roumania.
The Montreal Administrative Com-
mission decided to reject the appli-
cation for a sixteen -story hotel build-
ing to cost several million dollars.
The opening of Ontario's fifteenth
Legislature was marked by the cus-
tomary formalities, and followed by
a et :Le dinner at Government House.
King George will prepare his cele-
brated cutter, Britannia, for the races
again this season, provided there are
enough contestants in the handicap
class.
• Two representatives of the. Rocke-
feller Foundation were presented
with a survey of the needs of the
Faculty of Medicine at the University
of Toronto.
'Dr. D. B. Dowling, Government
geologist, discussed the hope of find-
ing heavy oil-bearing rock formations
in Western Canada, in an address be-
fore the Mining Institute.
Charles E. Steele, president of the
Ontario branch of the Dominion Al-
liance, presented his annual address
at the prohibition convention, which
opened in Toronto Tuesday.
A large party of armed and mask-
ed men on Monday night attacked
village police barracks at Higgins -
town near Waterford, Ireland, killed
a policeman and seized rifles and am-
munition.
THURSDAY.
Sterling exchange rose as, high as',
$3.75% on Wednesday.
There is more ice is all the Great
Lakes than at the same time last
year. •
All aliens interned in Canada and
not already 'repatriated have been
released.
Eight sealing steamers sailed from
St. John's, Nfld., Wednesday for the
northern ice floes.
Judge McCorkill of the Superior
Court at Quebec died after prolonged
illness, at the age of 65.
Archbishop Emil Joseph Legal of
Edmonton died in his seventieth
year, after a lengthy illness.
The Cabinet of Premier Branting
has assumed office at Stockholm, Swe-
den. The new Ministry is Socialistic.
Neil Walker of Alyinston,- while
running an engine in a flax mill was
caught' in the machinery and fatally.
injured. -• •
Two steamers arrived at Dublin
on Tuesday night last with consider-
able forces of cavalry, infantry, and
machine guns.
G. J: Wardle, Parliamentary Sec-
retary of the British Labor Ministry,
has resigned his seat for Stockport
on grounds of ill -health.
Members of the Canadian Mining l
Institute passed a resolution advising
the Government to substitute a nickel
coinage' for the present silver cur-
rency as -early aspossible.: •
eHousing I'otarito�'-C .o
mmission
declined to undertake the erection of,
any , further hbusee in the city this.
year, as -.it regarde,thc' present cost
of
buildingas ,prohibitive.
At itsannual meeting '` Toronto
g the
sociation an
York Patriotic A -.
and S
nounced its determination to husband
the fund so that soldiers' dependents
may - 3n+ future be ,well provided for:.
Premier Drury promised a deputa-
tion of Ontario prolilbitionists that
he would do ell i e his ,rower to make
the Ontario Tsuaperance Apt an eftl-
tient instrurnentdor the enforcement
of total prohibition in the province,
FRIDAY.
'Major J. H,: White of l astview has
been unseated by judge Gunn of
Carleton County. •
Two deaths in two days in Essex,
Ont.,. and, vicinity are attributedto
sleeping sickness.
The reorganization of Military Dis-
tricts No. 3, 10, and 11, perpetuat-
ing the overseas- battalions raised
there, is announced.
A Government Hydro -electric de-
velopment scheme is announced in
the speech from the throne in the
New Brunswick Legigi gtnr_e,
Effie Bond, 17 years old, while on
her way from Halifax to Hamilton,
Ont„ was struok by a runaway horse
at St. John, and died of her injuries,
A bill has been introduced in the
Nova Scotia Legislature fixing a mini-
mum wage for women, along with a
bill to legalize the appointment ql
women as notaries public,
The Old Boys' Association of Up-
per Canada College held a dinner to
organize its campaign for an endow-
ntent and extension fund. of $1,500,-
000 in connection with the work of
the college.
Reports received by the Committee
of Forty, representing the five eotn-',
n)unions which participated in the
Inter -Church Forward Movement, in-
dicate that the total receipts from
the drive will be upwards ot
$7.3,000,000,
SATURDAY.
A large seizure of liquor was made
by Toronto detectives.
Ontario may see a plebiscite on the
liquor tragic by next June.
The Six Nations Indians have pro=
tested to Ottawa against compulsory
enfranchisement.
Nova Scotia Steel & Coal Co. net
pro tits were $1,029,876 as compared
with $1,716,492,
Jin)my Wilde defeated Frank
Mason on points in twelve rounds at �
Toledo Friday night.
The Montreal Tenants' Protective 1
Association plans to build apartment
houses on a co-operative basis.
The New Brunswick Federation of
Labor will hold a convention to or-
ganize an Independent Labor Party,
A youth named Dillon ot Ogdens-
burg was drowned at Prescott in a
passage in the ice made by the car
ferry.
Three persons, whose bodies were
found in a fiat in Toronto, has upper
ently died from gas poisoning on
March 3.
Two-party lines for residence tele-
phones will be the general rule here-
after in portions of Ottawa and other
parts of Canada.
Five girl students have been ad -
nutted to Pekin. University, marking
a remarkable educational advance in
the history of China.
The American Legion has received
from the Y.M.C.A. $400,000, repre-
senting surplus from operations of
the canteens in France.
Marshal Foch has denied through
the French Embassy at Washington
reports published in the United. States
that he is opposed to the League of
Na tions.
It is reported in Berlin that Bon
sbevists have smuggled many rifles
into Poland, and are endeavoring to
arrange an outbreak in the rear of the
Polish army.
Hon, G. Howard Ferguson and
Mr. Hartley Dewart criticized the
Provincial Government for the num-
ber of liquor export certificates is-
sued since it had been in office.
The Toronto Board of Control has
decided to institute a friendly legal
ection against the Toronto Board of
Education, in order, that the scope of
its control over school expenditures
may be determined.
MONDAY.
Marshal Foch h -s sent more troops
across the Rhine
Sterling exchange was quoted at
i;a.ss iu New York.
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic
Church at Buckingham, Que., was
destroyed by fire.
Sir Oliver Lodge addressed a large
audience at Massey Hall, Toronto, on
"The Evidence for Survival."
T. C. Robinette, K.C., the noted
criminal lawyer of Toronto, died on
Sunday as the result of a stroke.
John Whyte, president of the
Whyte Packing Co. and the Stratford
Brass Co., died at his home in Strat-
ford.
Sir Adam Beck returned to London
after three months' absence in Eng-
land and was tendered a warm pub-
lic welcome.
Goullet and Magin won the 28th
International six-day bicycle race,
which finished at New York on Sat-
urday evening.
In the final game of the National I
Hockey League season, St. Patrick's
beat Canadiens in Toronto on Satur-
day nig;.►, by 11 to 4,
Cornell University will confer the
degree of war alumnus on every grad-
uate who left the university in good
standing to serve in the war.
Harry S. Seott, who had his skull
fractured in a runaway aceident at
Orillia, on Saturday a week ago, has
died without regaining consciousness.
The Armenian leader at Hadjin,'
northwest of Marash, has sent urgent
appeals for aid. He says the Armen-
ians are in,danger of utter extermin-
ation.
A jury pronounced the shooting
tragedy which resultedin the death
of 11 -year-old Elsie Dunn in Tod-
morden, on Friday, to have been
accidental.
Whet. J. Tiernan, stepping between
two moving cars in the M.O.R. freight
yards at Windsor; tripped and fell
across' the rails and was almost in-
stantly killed.
Cecil Gray, 15 years old, of Ogdens-
burg, refused entrance to Canada to
visit relatives by immigration offi-
cials, tried to cross on the ice near
Prescott and was drowned.
At a mass meeting, - the combined
executives of G. A. C. and U. V, L.
selected Major G. W. Stoddard 'as
their candidate for:the,eoming by-
election
yelection in Northeast ,Toronto,
'i
The Syrian. Christians,` are joining.
in the cry for •independence; fearing i
the great influx of Jews from Russia.
They are in alarm for their farms,1
which they think they may lose.
CONTAGIOUS ABORTION
A Too Common Trouble With
Some Farm Mares.
Cause of the Disease Discovered -
Method of Spreading Described" --
Measures for Control Oyster-
shell Bark Louse With Its
Treatment.
(Contributed by Ontario Department o;
Agriculture, Toronto.)
ONTAGIOUS abortion of mares
is due to aspecific bacillus
(Bacillus abortivus eceuinus)
which gets established In the
uterus, fetal membranes and foetus,
setting up local inflammation leading
to expulsion of the foetus dead or
alive at any time during pregnancy.
The symptoms of approaching
abortion are not usually in evidence
j until just before abortion takes
place. Then the animal Is seized with
eolicy pains, restlessness and strain -
Ing, and a swollen vulva with a mu-
cous discharge is noticeable, After
abortion, the syniptotus are more
specitie. There is a ehoeolate brown
fluid discharge from vulva which bas
a typical offensive odor, and the foe-
tal membranes are inclined to remain
intact, thus necessitating artificial re-
moval to prevent blood poisoning.
The disease has been known in
Europe for many yeare, but it was
not found on the American contin-
ent until 1886 when it appeared in
the Mississippi valley, Since then it
has spread far and wide in the Unit-
ed States and Canada. . Although
'teeny investigations were made both
in Europe and America, it was not
until 1912 that the cause of the dis-
ease was discovered. In that year
E. S. Good, of Kentucky, discovered
the bacillus which causes the disease.
The same year 1)r. Schofield, of To-
ronto, discovered the same bacillus
In some cases of joint ill in colts
which had developed in districts in
Ontario where contagious abortion
of mares was prevalent and the fol-
lowing year found the same bacillus
In cases of contagious abortion of
snares in. Ontario.
Method of Spreading. -The disease
is spread mainly by the discharges
from the vulva of aborting animals.
If a mare that has aborted is served
before all discharges from the vulva
have ceased and the genitalia have
been efficiently disinfected, then the
stallion is liable to get contaminated
with the bacillus and spread the dis-
ease to other mares which he sub-
sequently serves. If the discharges
from an aborting mare are allowed
to contaminate the bedding or other
materials that other mares come in
contact with, then the mares are li-
able to contract the disease, If the
discharges are allowed to contami-
nate water or food materials that are
given to other mares, the latter are
liable to contract the disease.
Measures for Control. -1. Three
months must elapse between abor-
tion and subsequent breeding.
2; Mares tbat have aborted must
not be bred if there is .evidence of
uterine catarrh, even after three
months.
3. Mares that have aborted must
only be bred at the end of the stal-
lion season.
4. Application of an efficient dis-
infectant to the external genitalia of
the stallion after each service in af-
'tested districts.
Measures to Be Employed at,Time
of, or Subsequent to Abortion.-
1.
bortion-1. Isolation of mare at first sign of
approaching abortion. •
2. After abortion the foetus and
membranes should be burned, if pos-
sible, or buried deeply in quick -lime.
3. Those handling the foetus and
mare should disinfect hands and
clothing.
4. Bedding should be burned and
the stall washed with a strong dis-
infectant.
5. External genitals, thighs and
tail of mare should be washed daily
with a good disinfectant. Two per
cent. bacterol, lysol, or cresol, is sat-
isfactory for this purpose.
6. Isolation of mare should be
maintained for at least a month or
until all evidence of uterine discharge
has ceased.
Treating the animal with drugs, as
carbolic acid, black haw and methy-
lene blue, though popular in some
districts, cannot be recommended as
being of any value. -Dr. J. H. Reed,
O. A. College, Guelph.
Oyster -shell Scale.
This
is a very
common orchard
insect It attacks not only apples but
also pears, plums, currants and many
ornamental and shade trees and
bushes. Full grown scales are found
almost exclusively on the bark and
are easily recognized by their oyster -
shell appearance. They are about a%
of an inch long, 1-24 inch wide, taper
towards one end and in color resem-
ble' closely the bark.
The injury is caused by their suck-
ing the juices Oat of the bark and
thus ^weakening the trees. When very
abundant they almost completely
Cover the bark ,and in that case may
kill either the whole tree or portions
of the branches. Most infested trees,
however, are not killed but only
weakened.
Control. -Spraying the trees just
before or just after the buds burst
with dime -sulphur solution, 1 gallon
to 8 'or 9 gallons of water, is a satis-
factory remedy. The regular Codling
Moth spray with one gallon of lime
sulphur to about 39 gallons of water,
to which two pounds of arsenateof
lead. paste or one pound arsenate of
lead powder der is added will also help.
i -twse f
greatly, be - t will hit the young
scale' insects just after they have
hatched, while they are still unpro-
tected and ,easily, destroyed. Dead
scales may remain on the trees for
several Years atter date of killing,
Pruning the trees early makes it eas-
ler and cheaper to spray' them well..
-Prof, L. Caesar, 0. A. College,
awash.'
ABOUT THE SEED DRILL
What Is Considered to be the
Most Efficient Type:
The Feeding Device Is the Heart of
the Drill -Seed Should Be Drop-
PO Directly Under the Axle of
the Disc -,-hive the Bearings Care-
ful. Inspection.
(Contributed by Ontario Department of
Agriculture, Toronto.)
AS the drill sows, so shall the
farmer reap, is no fallaey. It
is as true in its content as
the maxim "As a man sows
so shall he reap." Given the right
kindgraind•i!seedi al
of a drill, theis !
planted at a uniform depth, evenly
covered; the earth compacted just
enough to retain the moisture around
it: These conditions mean that tits
young plants' will all come up at the
same time, that the roots will he
weltprotected, and that the grain
will ripen uniformly. As the grain
is planted, so will it grow and ripen,
If some of the geed Is planted too
shallow, and some too deep, the 'seed
that comes up first, ripens first. Thus
It is that some of the grain is ready
to harvest while other patelies are
still in the milk stage,
The feeding device is the t,txart of
the grain drill. Upon its reliability
depends the accuraey et sowing the
seed, The drill scale is computed for
the average sized seeds, and there-
fore cannot always be depended upon
when the size of them varies from
the normal. If the grain is ovel•eiztrd
or undersized the required amount
per acre may be sows, by setting Ow
feed lever at a point slightly greater
or slightly less than ACA, it un tt^
indicator. There are, m corntnote use,
two different form": of feeding de-
vices. Tlie flu ttad-eylinde"r-foree
feed, and the double -run -force fee 1.
The amount of seed sown by the flut-
ed -cylinder -force feed may be regu-
lated by a lever which ebanges the
size of the outlet, but it does not al-
ways handle all classes of seed with
out breaking them, as can be done
with the double -run -force feed, which.
necessarily requires for driving it a
disc wheel, or a cog wheel with from
nine to fifteen sets of cogs that make
as many speeds or feeds.
In the most efficient type of gram
drills the seed should be deposited
as nearly directly under the axle of
the disc as possible, as this is the
only place where the seed can be
dropped directly on to the bottom pi
the trench without hindrance. By
this method the disc is not run deeper
than the seed is deposited, thus the
draft is reduced to a minimum. If
the seed is deposited in the rear of
the centre of the axle, the rotation
of the disc tends to carry earth and
seed up with it, causing the seed to
be unevenly deposited. 1n operation,
a properly angled disc opens,a trench
about two inches wide. The falling.
seed strikes the concave side of the,
shield and the convex side of -he
disc, and is thus scattered evenly over
the entire width of the trench. •
Grain seed drills are divided into
four kinds, according to the type of
furrow -opener - the open delivery,
single disc and the closed c:.ilivery
single disc, the double disc, the shoe,
and the hoe drills. The open delivery
single disc furrow opener deposits
the seed between the shield and the
convex side of the disc. The space is
open from the end of the boot between
the disc 'and shield to the bottom or
lower end of the shield. The shield
prevents the falling seed from becom-
ing mixed with the loose earth and
surface trash and insures its free• pas-
sage to the bottom of the trench made
by the disc. It will also do excellent
work in highly cultivated soil that is
free from trash.
The closed delivery single disc fur-
row opener has a closed boot, similar
to a hoe furrow opener, which comes
down at the rear edge of the disc and
deposits the seed about two inches
back of the disc. It does not plant
the seed at as even a depth as either
the open delivery single disc of the
double disc, but deposits it at least
eight inches in rear, of the disc hub,
and wherever it meets with an
'obstruction, rock or hard frozen soil
the disc rises up and carries the boot
with it, broadcasting the seed on
the surface.
There are many styles of double
discs, but the one that plants the •
seed under or slightly back of the
disc axle, or hub, is the one to 'use,'
for that point is the deepest part
of the furrow. The furrow opener
that shoots the grain forward of this
centre is to be avoided, for the rea
son that the seed reaches the ground
before the furrow is fully formed,
and it is, therefore, mixed with 'the
soil as the seed trench is being made,
causing what is termed "wavy" sow-
ing. The double disc type of opener'
tends to spread out the seed more
than other kinds, so that each seed
has a somewhat greater area from
which to draw moisture. 1 '
The hoe furrow opener or:
shovel opener does not penetrate the
ground readily and clogs easier than
any of the other types. The shoe
opener does no better work, and rath-
er than clog will run over trash and
thus plant the seed at varying depths.
Iii selecting a drill the bearings
should be given careful inspection.
They should be dust proof. The hard
Siler must be considered superior to
all others for this kind of work, as
llie oil can be forced into the bear-
ing from the centre, and as it works
gut it carries all the dirt with it. It
should have a well -braced seed box
with steel hopper bottom to allow the
seed to pass freely into the cafes;
strong frame and substantial wheels
are 'important features. The distance
between the furrow opener varies .to
some. extent but six inches is; the
usual spacing, The seed tubes may
be (if rubber or of steel ribbon,' The
rt.bber tubes, give good satisfaction,
but:` Are not durable if exposea to the'
weather:' The steel ribbon tubes`serve
lhe;purpose well, and if painted Will
last as long as the drill --)no.. Rvan5
D. A. College, Guelph. •
A' Witness Testifies
SHE WAS WEAIC AND NERVOUS
Brampton, Ont.: -"About five years ago
1 began suffering with woman's trouble. I
became ea, run-down
..,, weak and nervous.
ws,y sal, completely
down and out that L
could not do any-
thing, could scarcely
dress myself. had
the doctor and took
other medicine but
without getting bet-
ter until T began
Favorite P,r
taking Dr. Pierce',
eserip-
tion and his Golden
Medical Discovery,
It was only neces-
sary forme to take about three bottles when
I was completely restored to health and
strength and I have been in better health
than I ever was before. I have had no use
for me since, ht
would
edicintake these same resntrdicsouldI, need iwoeiingI
them to be excellent." -::IRS. H.'tRRY
KNIGHT, Jessie St,
OWES HER LIFE
Ft. Saskatchewan, Alta:,: --"It is with
great pleasure that I write the following and
I hope it will help the many sufferers who
do not know the good Dr. Pierre's meth
eines would do them if they would try them..
"In regard to my condition, I will say
that I =tiered from childhood from a very
weak bank, I bad tate misfortune of having
spinal meningitis when I was one year old
and until I was 13 I did not see a well day,
but a very kind lady told my mother about
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and she
got a bottle to try it, It did me so much
good that.nxothergot me 0 betties. Recent-
ly I happened with a car ter, idut and hurt
my back badly. My dotter gave me up
and said -1 would not live, but I still stick to
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription vad• to
my surprise in three weeks 1: was out of bed
and better, I owe my life to it and nothing
thee, and shall never be without it.
"If any sufferer wishes to write I will
answer *with pleasure." -MRS. NOEL
BARTHOLOMEW..
The Advocate can give you club-
bing rates with any of the daily news-
papers or maga;:nes.
Zurich
A hu1ret wedding was solemnized at
the Evangelical parsonage on Tuesday
evening March 9th, at 7 p. m., when
Miss Maud, youngest daughter of Mrs.
S. McBride of the village, was united
in matrimony to Mn Albert H. Schnell
of Zurich. The coup',c were unattend-
ed and left for ,their home a't Cal -
gala", Alta., an Wednesday„ They
will however, their honeymoon at Lon
don and Detroit and ,ga west by Chi
cago, etc., and have t,'ie best wishes
through life of a :,urge number of
friends and comgrattaa;t o.n' are ex-
tended by all who know them', -Mr.
Dan Koehler of 1,".itch,ene.r has return-
ed to Zurich, and ,,s making prepare,
dons to move his household effects
to that ,ptitce in a few weeks.
Hibbert -The wedding was solemn- '
ized at the home of the bride's par-
ents, Mr and Mrs, Rlc'ha(rd Be Robin-
son, ,Fullarton, oil the 3rd when their
daughter, Pearl M., became the bride
of Frankliln G, Moore, ;son, of *lir and
Mrs, John Moore of Hibbert,
MITCHELL, -Wm, J. Levy passed
away at his home on March 6th, aged
69 years and 9 pariahs, after. only a
week's illness. He was: Born in Mitch-
ell and conducted a grocery business
in town- for .fifty years. --On March 6,
another of our highly respected eitize.
ens, _in the person ,of John Sharsel,
passed away at the age of 88 years.
He was born in Devonshire, Eng., and
came to Canada when' quite young with
his parents. -R, W. Huriburt, M. 11,
while sitting in a chair at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. Page, at Salem,
Oregon, wbere he had gone,, accom-
panied bv, his wife, who predeceased
him by one year, to spend their re-'
maiming days. When; a young ratan, he
practised his profession at Brucefield
and later settled in Mitchell.
wommonmenommaiiMMINIP
KEEP THEM VIGOROUS
When a child suffers from
the slightest exposure
and is thin, listless and
easily tired, that child
ought to receive plenty of
sc ITT'S
EMULSION
regularly. It is an essential
Factor in the health records of
thousands of children. Given
regularly, with or after meals,
it helps keep them
in normal weight,.
vigorous and spirited:
Try ;SIDOTT'S` for
your boy or girl.
Scott @ Bowne, Toronto, Ont. 19-32
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THE DOUBLE TRACK ROUTk
Between
MONTREAL
TORONTO
DETROIT
and
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S1eep,ug cars
' on night trains ax►e#?
Parlor casts oft`'princjpal day trains,.
Full 'iaformatlom from ,any G
rasd: ,
Trunk Ticket . Agent, or C. E. Horn-
ing District Paeseta ser Agent,Tor"?etO';
Phone 46w,`
J. Df3RE
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