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The Wingham Times, 1916-11-30, Page 3Page 3 r Violin and 'Cello Music All the whimsical witch- ery itchery -- haunting restless- ness-dreamful exaltation of the world's finest violin and 'cellc music caught for you with an exquisite sense of reality in COLUMBIA Double -Disc RECORDS 'Ifathlret have your dealer play these for you: Parlour Kathleen Parlow-A5412-$1.50 Humoreske (Dvorak) orchestra accompani- ment. Melodie (Tshaikowsky) orchestra dccom. paniment. Pablo Casale -A5649-$1.50 Largo (Handel), with orchestra. Melody in F (Rubinstein), with orchestra. Jules Falk -A.1110 -85o. /See Maria (Schubert) with Traumerei (Schumann). Charles D'Almaioe-A1712-85o. White Cockade ; Jigs and Reels Medley with Harrigan's Reel (Prince's Orchestra), Eugene Ysayo-36525-$1.511 Caprice Vieunois, Op. 2 (Kreisler), Eugene Yeaye-36524-$1.50 Hungarian Dance in G (No. 5) (Brahms). Columbia stealers ¢ladle Play these and any other of tie thousands of Columbia records without thought of obligation. Complete Record List from dealers or mailed by us. MB! Graphophone Company Canadian Factory & Headquarters Toronto. Ont. t4 He B e ELLIOTT Sole Agent Win gham, Ontario THE WINGHAM TIMES MARK TWAI?'S HOME. Its Charm and Hospitality and the Motto It Lived Up To. Many frequenters have tried to ex- press the charm of Mark: Twain's household, Few Rave succeeded, for it lay not in the house itself nor in its firnishiugs, beautiful as these things were, but in the personality of its oc- cupants. the dally round Of their lives. the atmosphere which they uneon• sciously created. From its wide en• truuce hail and tiny jewel-like con. servutory below'' to the billiard room at the top of the house it seemed perfect- ly appointed, serenely ordered and toll of welcome. The home of one of the most un- usual and nhaccouuteble personalities in the world was filled with gentleness and peace. It was Mrs. Clemens who was chiefly responsible. She was no longer the half timid, inexperienced girl he had married. Association, study and travel had brought her knowledge and confidence. When the great ones of the world came to visit America's most picturesque literary figure, she gave welcome to theneand tilled her place at his side with suet) sweet grace that those who came to pay their duties to him often returned to pay still greater devotion to his companion. William Dean Howells, so often a visitor there, once said to the writer: "Words cannot express airs. Clem• ens -her fineness, her delicate, wonder- ful tact." And again, "She was not only a beautiful soul, but a woman of singular intellectual power." There were always visitors in the Clemens home. Above the mantel. An the library was written, "The orna- ment of a house is the friends that frequent it," and the Clemens home never lacked of these ornatuents, and they were of the world's best. , iNo dis- tinguished person came to America that did not pay a visit to Hartford and Mark Twain. (generally it wus not merely a call. but a stay 6f days. The welcome was mooys genuine. the entertaiumcut uustiuted.-Albert Rige• low Paine in St. Nicholas. SHAKESPEARE'S WORKS. THE IONIC THAT BRINGS HEAUH "Fruit -a -MeV Builds Up The Whole System Those who take "Fruit-a-tives" for the first time, are often astonished at the way it builds them up and makes them feel better allover. They may be taking "Fruit-a-th es" for some specific disease, as Constipation, Indigestion, Chronic headaches or Neuralgia, Kidney or Bladder Trouble, Iiheu- matism or Pain in the Back. And they find when "Fruit -a -Lives" has cured the disease, that they feel better and stronger in every way. This is due to the wonderful Ionic properties of these famous tablets, made from fruit juices. 50e. a box, 6 for $2.50, trial size, 25c. At all dealers or sent postpaid by F ruit- a-tives Limited, Ottawa. PINTING AND STATIONERY We have put in our office Stationery and can WRITING PADS ENVELOPES LEAD PENCILS BUTTER PAPER PAPETEItIES, We a complete stock of Staple supply your wants in WRITING PAPER BLANK BOOKS PENS AND INK TOILET PAPER PLAYING CARDS etc will keep the best stock in the respective lines and sell at reasonable prices! 11111111111101, JOB PRINTING PRODUCE MORE EGGS s (By l+'. C. Elford, Dominion Poultry Husbandman ) Canada wants eggs and more eggs. Never were the prospects for a bigger demand and better prices more promis- ing than right now. In spite of this, with the cost of grain high and the prices tor poultry meat good, the tendency will be for farmers and poultrymen to sell stock that should produce the high-priced eggs this winter. The fear is that eggs can- not be produced at a profit, but, though a good price can be obtained for the meat at present and high prices will have to be paid for the feed, eggs will be correspondingly high and eggs can be produced at a profit even with the high prices of grain, if proper conditions are supplied. ROOT AND FODDER CROPS Ottawa, November 16, 1916. A Bulletin issued by the Census and Statistics Office to -day reports on the yield, quality, and value of the root and fodder crops of 1916, the acreage and condition at October 31 of fall wheat sown for 1917 and the progress of fall poughing. litter, feed a mixture of the grain rat- ion morning end night, allowing the hens sufficient grain 1(o that they will always have some in life litter, but not so much that they can get a crop full without scratching for it. In the Prairie Provinces, there is considerable shrunk- en wheat available. Shrunken wheat if it is dry is es good a poultry food as wheat tit for milling purposes. Care must be taken that it is not damp or fled. Shrunken wheat otherwise spo alone, if there is no other grain, will answer for the grain feed. For the mash, use bran, middlings or chopped oats. Elevator screenings, free from black seeds, make a good feed for either grain mash. If alfalfa or clover can be had, by all means give the leaves to the hens. In Central Canada, Ontario and Quebec, grain is scarce and it is likely some will have to be purchased. If there is feed wheat from the west available, it should be used. Cracked corn may be purchased and other farm grains which may be on hand or pur- chased locally, such as barley and buck- wheat, might be used. Bran can be used in mash feed and the good crop of clover in Ontario and Quebec will do much to cut down the cost of the ration. The clover may he fed dry or steamed and used in a mash. In the Maritime Provinces where grain is usually purchased for the poultry. the same advice may be given as that for central Canada not forget- ting the clover and milk. If small COST TO PRODUCE A DOZEN EGGS Last winter at the Experimental Farm a pen 100 pullets whose per cent egg yield by months ranged from 5 per cent in November to 50 per cent in April, an average of 27 per cent for the six months, produced eggs at a cost of of 24 ets. per dozen. The percentage of egg yield determines more than any- thing else the cost of production, for in- stance when the egg yield was 20 per cent the cost was 21 cts. per dozen, and at 40 per cent yield the cost was only 10)4 cts. per dozen. This pen was selected as it was thought to be equal in production to an average farm flock, The average dozen eggs sold for 20 ets, more than the cost of feed required to produce it. Each hen gave 99 cts. over cost of feed in the six months, which, though not large, shows that even at the high price of feed, eggs can be produced at a profit. The price paid for grain were local Ottawa prices and were high. The prices received for the eggs was 44 cts. per dozen. This was not as high as the local market and no higher than many farmers ob- tained during the same time. But the farmer in addition might cut down cost, for he has table scraps, milk and other feed that may be used which were not available here. To make a profit this year, business methods must be adopted and a few suggestions that may help follow. ROOT AND FODDER CROPS The total area this year under root and fodder crops, consisting of potatoes, turnips, etc , hay and clover, alfalfa, fodder corn and sugar beets amounts to about8.980,000 acres, which is practically the same as in 1915; but the total is made up an increase •of about 100,000 acres under hay and clover. the total area of .which is nearly 8 million acres, and a decrease for each of the other relatively smaller. crops. In total value, at local prices, these crops amount for 1016 to 8249,882.t)00, as compared with $229,508,000 for 1915. The yield of hay and clover this year is the record one of 14,799,000 tons, an average of 1.86 ton per acre, which is the highest yield cn record for this crop in Canada. 'fhe average value per ton is $11.50, as com- pared with over $14 last year. Potatoes are again upon the whole a poor crop, this result being due to unfavourable conditions in Quebec and Ontario, where the average yield per acre is for Quebec 131 bushels, as compared with 149 bushels last year and for Ontario 61 bushels, as compared with 92 bushels. In the Maritime provinces the potato yield is good, being 206 bushels per acre for Prince Edward Island, 201 bushels per acre for Nova Scotia and 192 bushels per acre for New Bruns- wick. The average price per bushel fdr"potatoes is" 81 ' cents for Canada, 95 cents for Prince Edward Island, E9 cents for New Brunswick, 97 cents for Quebec and $1.28 for Ontario. Fair yields of potatoes are recorded for the prairie provinces the averages being between 170 and 177 bushels, with prices of 92 and 93 cents per bushel in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, and 84 cents in Alberta. In British Columbia the average yield per acre is 189 bushels and the price 70 cents per bushel. The quality of the tubers is between 89 and 95 per cent. of the standard for the Maritime provinces, over 90 per cent. for Manitoba and Saskatchewan and 84 per cent. for Alberta and British Columbia. For Quebec and Ontario the quality is 76 and 77 per cent. The Precious First Edition Quartos Aro Now Next to Priceless. Few literary prophecies have been so strikingly fulfilled as that of the "newer writer" who In the preface which fol- lowed the revised title of the first edi- tion of "'Troilus and Cresida'' tl!101h predicted of Shakespeare that "when he is gone and bis cummodies out of sale you will scramble for them and set tilt 0 new Luglish inquisition." The number of first editions in quer• to of Shakespeare's plays now known to exist is 144, with two fragments. of which eighty are in public ownership and sixty-four in private ownership. These volumes are worth not tuerely their weight in gold, but their weight iu banknotes of high denominations. They represent ,tixleeu different plaSs. two of theta having double texts, male• ing an average of eight copies of each. and those which were most popular having already been pirated- -Romeo and Juliet," the first "hamlet," "Henry V." and the "Merry Rives" -muster only seventecu copies among them. The authors of •'A Census of Shake- speare's Plays In Quarto, 1:194-1709" (Yale University Press t, Ilenrietta Bartlett and Alfred Pollard. estimate that most of Shakespeare's plays print- ed in quarto received editions of 1,200 copies each. The wear and tear of the centuries has thus disposed of many thousands of these priceless books. The total is much larger if we add the quartos which appeared after the first editions, but before the "e valorized" folio editions of 1023, issued by Shake- speare's colleagues of the theater. The survivals alone of these intermediate quartos number 301 copies, of which 144 are in public and 157 in private ownership. 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But at the first international wireless congress it was suggested aid approved that a better call was "S 0 S,", which, by its ar- rangement of dots and dashes, is dif- ferent from any other call. "S 0 S" has no special meaning. It is not intended to express "Save our souls" or anything else equally dra- matic. This call is an international one and has the same meaning in all lan- guages. SCOTT'S LI; BION OF PUREST COD LIVER OIL as a strengthening food and bracing tonic to add richness to her blood and build up her nerves before it is too late. Start SCOTT'S >: • v today -its fame is world-wide. �f No Harmful Drugs. Scott & Bowne, Toronto, Ont. 16-4 potatoes can be had for poultry feed they may be boiled and fed in the mash. In every case, grit and shell should be before the layers at all times. In some lacalities the grit can be secured from the local gravel pit and in other cases sufficient lime can be secured to do without the commercial shell. If neither of these is available they should be procured and as much given to the birds as they will eat. It does not pay to stint the layers. If they do not get the feed they will not lay the eggs. As a rule, a laying hen will not get too fat. Therefore, bone is available and there is no milk, the former may be fed to the pullets at the rate of about half an ounce each per day. The proportion of grain and mash usually eaten is from two to four of grain to one. of mash. The tremendous increase in the de- velopment of an American merchant mar,ine is discussed by prominent naval architects. Miss Georgie Newnham, eldest daughter of the Bishop of Saskatchewan, is now serving in France as a nursing sister. Ten thousand persons in Washington, D. C., took part in a spectacular "Welcome Home" for the President and Mrs. Wilson. New Yorl: Republicans elated at their showing in the election, may enter their own nominee in the corning Mayoralty feed the pullets well. If green cut race. Try the "Times" with your rext order of job printing. KILL ALL NON -PRODUCES. Keep only the best pullets for eggs and the be'•:t sear old hens for breeding. I For good chicks must be produced next spring as well eq eggs this winter. More than ever will it be advisable to get rid of everything that does not produce. Market pullets not matared enough to start laying before early winter. Sell all the hens that are more than two years old, also all cockerels 1 that are not intended for breeding pur- poses. If the cockerel can be kept until later and well fed, a bigger price will be obtained, hut better sell all now than take up space required by the early pullets. Aeroplane "Loops." The first person ever to "loop the loop" in an aeroplane was M. A. Pe- goud, in May, 1013. The first woman to "loop the loop" was Miss Davies, but she was a passenger. The first woman to "loop the loop" alone was Miss Katherine Stinson. Probably the regs ord for 'looping the loop" -although unofficial -is that listed as •performed by a Russian who is said to'havemadl forty-six loops continuously. - Mrs. Newlywed's Mrs. Newlywed, (in tears) -I just , don't caret I m seta$ to give up house» keeping. Her Dearest Friend -Wiled When you took a special course at col• lege in domestic science! Mra. New3ye wed (sobbing) -I -I know, but -but X can't find a butcher that did! Trouble& FALL WHEAT AND FALL PLOUGHING. Owing to the dry condition of the soil in Ontario difficulties were experienced in the ploughing and seeding of all wheat. By October 31 only 656,500 acres were sown, as compared with 820,600 acres in 1915, a decrease of 164,100 acres, or 20 per cent. In Alberta also there is a decrease of 36,500 acres, or 14 per cent, viz, from 260,500 acres - to 224,000 acres. For all Canada the area estimated to be sown to fall wheat is 899,300 acres as compared wite 1,100 800 acres, a decrease of 201,500 acres or 18 per cent. The condition of fall wheat on October 31 for all Canada is 76 per cent of the standard as compared with 88 per cent last' year aed 97 per cont in 1914. Of afire total land in Can- ada intended for next year's crops 51 per cent is estimated to have been ploughed by October 31, the percentage proportions in the West being 47 for Manitoba, 28 for Saskatchewan and 21 for Alberta. Beyond Question. Diner --'hest eggs are Strictly fresh! You are quite ante? Waiter --Yes, sir. The chef boiled them for himself end hadn't time to eat them, Ilir. NGW York Globe, HOUSING. See that house into which the birds go is suitabe. Have plenty of sunlight and fresh air. Keep all draughts out and be sure it is dry. See that the front of the house, from eighteen to twenty inches above the floor, has glass and cotton, one third glass to two thirds cotton. Make these windows so that they can be opened opt every day if desired. Shut up all Holes in every part of the house that might cause a draught. Double line the north side so as to give the hens greater protection while on roosts. If the house is inclined to be damp, more ventilation helps. It is. also a good plan to put in a straw loft. If this cannot be arranged, because of the nature of the roof, tack' slats below the rafters then stuff straw in between, See that the house is per- fectly clean and free from mites, then get the pullets in at once. Do not overcrowd. Give an average of five square feet of floor space to each bird of the lighter or Leghorn type. If there are to many pullets for the avialable space cull out the poorer ones. Fifty pullets with sufficient accommodation will give more eggs than sixty in crowded quarters. a y.;+Oo.va4,4.”o a•*.vo 44, Dc-ovbgee..>.8•♦0eeo•4oa••®mo•♦o•0.400•• 0 e 0 .The Times w • • o ,a • a • •• 1' i 0 . • v • 4, s a• s 0 •a •is (► • • 0 • 0 e • a • • 0 • •• m 0 • 4 • 4 • 0 Beware of batarrh Oint- ments that Gontain Mercury as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on pre- scriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by1:'. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0., contains no metcury,.and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. in buying Catarrh Cure e..v.- be sure you get the genuine. It is taken internally and made its Toledo, The mash can be fed dry in a hopper Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testi- or mixedAny table scraps should be used with milk and fed moist once menials free. n day. Sold by Druggists; Priced 75c per in the mash. If milk is not available, FEEDING The question of feed is the hardest one to solve this year because practically all feeds are high. It will pay, to feed the pullets well from the start, though the hens might be fed more lightly till the middle of January. Where possible use feeds grown on the farm. Good wheat screenings, shrunken wheat, barley, oats, or buckwheat, all make suitable feed. Clover and milk cover a multitude of feed and cut down the cost. If these can be fed, animal foods such as beefscrap maybe curtailed or dis- pensed with. High-priced mashes may be eliminated and cheaper ground feeds such as bran substituted. Two or more of the grains may be mixed in equal proportions for the grain rations, The mash may consist of ground barley and oats, or bran may be added. 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