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The Exeter Advocate, 1923-5-31, Page 5NMI h- i. n - ng, en 0 Le a r tl e ;SCHOO, r B;AI1t;iDATtES Tie folloWiWg e(t{e -thle; School Fair Dalte,S,itht C11141041 , Sept.. 18 S,eipt.. 19 ,Liaielewjaed , ., ,..;Sept./.10 1$tinCleeletea; , Setp 21 Sept, 27 Sept 28 Oct. 1 Oct2 - Oct, 3 Zurich u,. -s f. Vex a1.0, CrrediIt90, 'Grund Bend .TO CORRESPONDENTS A..1M7t ail items reflecting on p cr- ttiot al character, but sewed ALL THE NEWS. Deaths Marriages, Births. Ace/dents, •C1iurch News, Suppers or Preeeletancust Removals, WAWA, Lodge News, ,Fiu+as, Public Implta cements, IAN Castes, The Crops, Stitilool Matters. uartz Racks !WORKING THE MOWER This excellenit stallioat ;, foaled in 1919, the property of the '.--Canadian RaGing 'AsslociEttion es in charge of James McFarlrane,Ailsa, Craig, Ont,., and will stand flow service at ,Lot • 6, Cion. 9, Stephen, for 1923.. He was purchased in . England for the Canadian Racing : Association for the improve- ment of the light horse in Canada —1 Sad i Hlorse.s, Hunters, and horses required for the Military Force in Canada. •‘' $1.2. See pedigree. SAMUEL LAit2PORT, Mainiager, ST. MA.RYS.—A pretty . wedding was solemnized ea the, home of ?qr. and Mrs. Wm. Glenn, Glanworth, Ont., on May 23rd ,when their daughter, 111a ry Louise, was un(1bec1 in: marriage to Earl WifreCBagneel of St, 152'x. yee Candidates chosen an North. Huron this week -are John Joynt, Conservative and Sheldon Beeches, U. F., .0. by ; furniture Dealer & Funeral Director We carry rile Lairbejs)t and Most Up -tic -date Stock of Furniture, Our Aim' is Service, Sartisfaction end goad value, for your money. THE HOME , FURNISHER. M. E. GARDINER C;onductoir of Euiyeir$ Services. Finest Motor and Horse Equipment, J)AY AND NIGHT SERVICE. OPERA HOUSE BLOCK. Night Cad 74j PEoitie 74w, ii Idle Protected Element Clean as a new dish! GENEROUSLY porcelain enameled inside and out, McClary's Electric Range is a marvel of beauty and .clean- liness. McClary's oven is like a large enam- eledware dish; corners rounded; elements removable. So easy to keen spotless! The oven door seals tight, preventing drying of meats and retaining the flavor of baked dishes. No other oven like this! Be sure to see McClary's Electric Range—at your dealer's. McClary's Protected Element In this feature McClary's achieved the aim of all electric range makers to perfect a protested element. No wires exposed. MCC1ary's London, Torohto, Montreal, Win - niece. Vancouver, st. John, N.B.. Hamilton, Calgary, Saskatoon, Edmonton. 114 MCC E1ec rk Y."_ Range ti' The Separator with the One -Piece Bowl You needn't worry about the capacity if you buy or already possess a • M If Cream. I Separator When you enlarge your herd, just send your machine to the Magnet Works and its capacity can be promptly .. changed at low cost. Magnet square -'cut gears are easy to turn and assure long life. Thousands of Mag- nets are running after 20 years service. The Ma et s large, open, g. pm one-piece skimmer is easiest to keep sweet and clean. Prompt Service Our machine shops are equipped for quick repair work. Write foe' prices on new capacity for your Magnet—or for any information desired. The Magnet Separator. Works " Proprietors: R. A. Lister & Co Canada. Ltd Hamilton, Ontario Branches: Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Regina;' Calgary, Edmonton. 36 .Practical Instructions on Run= ingr" This Useful Machine. Give the Cutting Bar and Steel Plate Attention --Keep the Knife Sharp —Go Over the Machine Daily-- Returns aily-Returns Prom Bees. ,(Contributed by 0 tarjo. Depatnxent of AA riculltiire, Torontto. This machine has given splendid service to the farmers of the past and present generations. Fifty years ago the mower was a perfected machine, and the improvements since that date have not been of a ,revolutionary nature. Watch the Cutting Bar. This machine is subjected to a number of abuses, traceable to the carelessness of the average farm hand, lack of attention in oiling, dull ledger plates and knife operates "over rough or stony ground. With the knife running .close to the soil sur- face, injury from contact with gravel, sand and small stones 'is frequent. The watchfulness of the operator 10 avoid subjecting' the cutter bar to in- jury is the best protection when the mower is in use on rbugh ground. The cutter bar with its numerous guards can be elevated or tilted quickly by an experienced operator and obstructions avoided. The guards should be kept tight and in perfect alignment. Give the Steel Plate Attention. ' The small steel plate that is rivet- ed to the guard at the point where the knife edge performs the. scissor movement should be kept sharp or at least not permitted to` wear round. These plates, commonly known as ledger plates, become dull with use, a condition that greatly -reduces the efficiency of the mower and increases the draft. A mower with dull or rounded ledger plates will stick In heavy cutting or damp grass. A sharp knife and sharp edged ledger plates means light draft for the team and clean, free cutting of the crop. The Knife Must Be Kept Sharp. Too much attention cannot bo given to the cutter bar with its at- tached guards and quick moving knife. If the mower sticks at every mouse -nest or tuft of grass, the place to look for the trouble is in the dull knife, the ledger plates, the worn guards, or the keepers that hold the knife down in place. With the new mower it will be noted that the cut- ting edges are sharp, that there is but little play for the knife other than as intended. In the past too lit- tle attention has been given to keep- ing the ledger plates sharp. With these dull, no matter how good the knife is, tough material will be drawn beneath the knife instead of being cut, forcing the blade up against the guard causing wear that gives a loose fitting knife, poor work and greatly increased draft. Why the New Mower Cuts Best. The experience of all is that the mower cuts better the first season than ever after. This experience is largely due to 'the fact that too little attention is paid to the parts that are responsible for the cutting. The wear on the section points of the mower knife is greatest near the point. This wear, together with the grinding necessary to keep the knife sharp, changes the shape of the section con- siderably, and in such u way as to reduce its eiiiciency as a cutting im- plement. The man doing the,grind- ing should endeavor to keep the or- iginal shape of the section in so fart as possible. Many oil the emery grinders used in sharpening mower knifes grind away the points of the section to a serious extent without doing very much sharpening. A spe- cially shaped emery or carborundum stone or file should be used and the work done in the farm shop. A spare knife should always be at hand in the field. Go Over the Machine Daily. The mower should be gone over carefully twice each day and all bolts tightened. The main bearings should be oiled at least once each hour, and the pitman bearings at least every half hour. When the mower is not in use the knife should be removed. The cutter bar should be elevated to the vertical position when the ma- chine is not in use. A little heavy mineral oil should be brushed over all parts that are likely to rust. Don't use paint oils. The mower, like the binder, to give its best service, should be given good care.—L Stevenson, See., Dept. of Agriculture. Returns From Bees. Good returns arae obtained from keeping bees in Canada, the condi- tions in many parts, of the country being particularly favorable for honey production. Yet much uncer- tainty exists, and misconceptions have arisen as to- the returns to be expected. One sometimes hears that a colony of bees has produced in one season four or five hundred pounds 01 'honey. Such yields, however, are exceptional, and are the result of a combination of fortunate circum- stances, abundant flowers of alsike and white clover, fireweed, or other important honey plants, a particular- ly industrious colony, a well trained and experienced beekeeper, and, above all, favorable weather. They cannot be obtained from every hive, noncan they be repeated year after - year. Sorntimes a year of failure fol- lows a year of plenty. To get reliable flgin-es it is neces- sary to average the returns from the colonies in the apiary for a number of years. The latest figures show that the average annual yield of honey has varied from 18 pounds per colony in the least profitable apiary to 13a pounds -per 'colony .in the most profi- table apiary.` The average annual production for all the apiaries was 63 pounds per colony, which is high enough to make a satisfactory profit, These figures indicate the importance of goodmanageenent, the r', nirne cf dnly 18 i ,.i;. having been thio t, iniexperie,ice, PREACHER :AND . FARMER The Two Are Getting: Closer TOW" gether Once .\a,:re. Many Prophets of Old Were 1'artuers Preachers Have Done Much for Ontario Agriculture -O. A, C. at Guelph ;Was'elanined by a Clergy- main—Pastors Who Have Been In Pastoral Work indeed, (Contributed by Ontario Department cf Agricul to reTorou to, ) The preacher and the farther aro drawing closer together. Thi' is riot surprising, for the former is usually a product of the' soil. It is estimated that about 85 of our professional men, including clergymen, were rais- ed on farms, and practically all of them have had to "do 'the chores" in their time... Prophets of Old Were karmers. The Old Testament worthies were largely inen of the soil. Abraham, Jacob, Moses and David were auth= orities in heedling flocks. And was not Elisha famous for his record of following the plough "with twelve yoke of oxen before him." Amos went in for nixed 'farming -- herds and fruits. Abraham Cowley quaint- ly remarks that the first man was a gardener, and it was only after the second tiller of the soil became a murderer that he began to build cities. Clergymen Have Done Much for Ontario Agriculture. Rev. John McCaul, an early Presi- dent of the University of Toronto, was a great champion of farming, and read a paper before the Agricul- ture and Arts Association in 1858 on "Agriculture Among the Romans." Rev. Egerton Ryerson, a celebrated Methodist leader, when Superinten- dent of Education for the Province, had several text books on agriculture prepared for our schools. If he were here to -day to behold the "see and do" work of our modern junior agri- culturists, both boys and girls, he would be very much astonished, and would perhaps recite a "Nunc Di - 'mitts." A Preacher Devised the Plan of the Agricultural College., Rev. W. F. Clarke, a Congrega- tional minister, if not the father, may be termed the godfather' -of the On- tario Agricultural College. In 1869 he was appointed by Hon. John Carl- ing, Commissioner of Agriculture, to visit the leading agricultural colleges of the United States—then very few —and report as to the possibility of such an institution succeeding in Ontario. His investigation was care- fully made, and the scheme he re- commended was so comprehensive and practical that it was adopted practically in its entirety, and was the foundation of the excellent col- lege now in operation in Guelph. He edited the Canadian Farrier for many years, and was looked upon as almost omniscient in things agri- cultural. Rev. Dr. Burnet, for over a quar- ter of a century a Presbyterian min- ister in Hamilton, was President of the Ontario Fruit Growers' Associa- tion for nine years in succession (1869-1879), was a specialist in pear growing, and had a grape nam- ed after him. A Clergyman Who Has Been a Public Benefactor. Rev. Dr. C. J. S. Bethune, for years Principal of the Boys' College, Port Hope, (Episcopalian), and for some years a professor in the On- tario Agricultural College, has long been regarded as one of the leading economic entomologists of his time. The researches and observations of this , able scientist have saved annu- ally thousands of dollars to the fruit and vegetable growers of the Pro- vince. For many years he was Secretary of the Ontario Entomologi- cal Society and editor of the Cana- dian Entomologist. The late Rev. Thomas Pyles of Ottawa was also a noted entomolog- ist, with a delightful literary style. Rev. E. B. Stevenson, of Guelph, a retired Methodist minister, has long been reckoned, both in Canada and the United States, as a leading auth- ority on strawberry growing. • A Preacher Who Managed au F.-•.. perimental Farm. Rev. Newton Woolverton,.fo_rnerly Principal of Woodstock College (Baptist), was for some tithe 0) charge of the Dominion Experii:,c:..t., Farm at Brandon, Man. Father E. A. Burke, a former 001 - 'tor of the Catholic Register, teas aisu been well known, particularly when residing in Prince Edward. Island, as an instructive speaker at gatherings of farmers, especially on such topics as fruit ,and vegetable growing. A. Trio of Active hien of the ir.4anse. Rev. A. H. Scott, of Perth, has been president of the Horticultural Society, and has given many helpful addresses on gardening, both home and landscape. Rev. James Anthony has made a reputation in rural leadership;. • and is a well-known writer and speaker on agronomics. Rev. W. M. McKay, while pastor in Weston, made the record of hav- ing procured more members for his local Horticultural Society, pro rata of population, than any other man in the Province. The New Agriculture and the RuralCler gyan. " Agriculture to -day has a new out- look, and it cannot afford to neglect the rural clergyman; and most assur- edly the minister who has a country congregation, or even a suburban one, cannot afford to neglect the new agriculture; lest the •very igrouhd, yearning for fruitfulness and. beauty, should cry out in protest against hint. A later 'article will show what th€. Ontario Department Of Agriculture is doing to assist rural: pastors iu'the solving -ola some of :the prabiems of country life 'now :confronting them.- Thos. AIciilicuddy, Statistics and Publication- Branch, Tor'oeto.. ere and There PAn,Pka mita' toils 'for April amounted to $,878,987. About 4800,000 is to be ..pent on' the congtiruction of roads and fridges an the p ovfmce of British Columbia this year. The Customs an Excise revenue for 'April amounted to $20,500,000, ala ineTease of $5,000,000 over the receipts of April of last year. • Emigrants numbering 15,000 left Scotland for Canada during the first four months of .the year, according to consular estimates in Glasgow. Canadian flour has at last been placed on the Panama market. One boat has just loaded the first con— signment of any size, 1,000 barrels being taken. Seventy-five per cent, of the cop- per produced in Canada in 1922 was the output of British Columbia mines, The Canadian production for the year was 43,321,402 pounds, of which British Columbia accounted for 32,432,521 pounds. The famous Chateau Frontenac husky dog team, remembered by visitors during last winter's sports season, is being perpetuated. One of the, dogs has just given birth to three pups, and if the youngsters turn out to be like their parents the Chateau Frontenac team is likely 'to continue winning dog derbys, t'iehing licenses in the Maritime Provinces have been reduced. The special fishery regulations for Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward' Island have been amended to provide that in many instances where the license has been more than a dollar it will now be one dollar. No limit will be set to the help • to be offered to new settlers in, the agricultural sections of the province of Quebec, according to Premier Taschereau. The latest government provision is to pay colonists at the rate of $4.00 per acre for land cleared on their colonization lots since 1920. $7,000,000 have been voted for provincial colonization. The decision of the Canadian Pa., cific Railway Company to scrap agreements of sale with 30,000 Can- adian farmers in the west and enter into new contracts with them, ex- tending over 34 years on an amor- tization basis, will affect agree- ments of a value of approximately $100,000,000, and relieve many farm- ers of heavy, pressing debts. The riew motor ferry operated be- tween Victoria, B.C., and Belling- ham, Wash., develops a speed of 14 knots in adverse weather. This motor driven vessel, recently launch- ed, is the first of its class to be used in this service and the first to be added to the Canadian Pacific fleet. It has a capacity'for 50 auto Hensa.l.l 17rs. Duffin, miother of Or. G. W: rof this place, was knocked down and seriously injured by a motor while at- te-npting to cross the s reit to ',her son's office, on Friday. She is an, eld- erly lady and was: visiting her sen, her home being ear, Thorndale. Her shoal - der was dislocated, and the was badly shaken up. For a "short time her lifer was despaired of, but ,he is nou' out of dance:-. The motorist d, i not stop,, and tb.. numb er was n,7t secwed, 'Irs.. tRev) Flernert Nayier has re- turne.1 'nom Toronto, acco,npanied by• her mother, Mrs. Stokes. Mr. and Mrs. Win, Sangster and lit- tle van left for the Odd Country, their native land, where they intend visit- ing relatives and friends in Scotland and /other parts of Europe. Mr, If, 0, Sol dairy left here. last week for Manitoba,. combining business with pleasure in 'visiting with friends and' relatives. Mr. W. E. Blown, who carried on the jewellery business for the past year or so, has returned to St. Ca,th- arierr, nes. Chas. Shaddock has gone to De- troit, where he has secured a position. Zurich Mrs. Eeddinger of Detroit is visit- ing with 'Sirs. Henry, Rupp, Mrs. C. Heymck, who spent some time ,in London, has returned to her home, here. Mrs. Wm. Rupp of Detroiti, accom- panied by' her sister, are spen,din,g the week with Mrs.- Henry Rupp. Mr. Joseph Howald.i,s ,nursing a sore hand, the result. of having it jammed against a brick u~a1L \'rr. Lloyd Kalb,iteisch has returned from Waterlog, where he,has complet- ! ed his theological course, in the Sem- inary. 1Ir, and :firs. Ed. Ducharme and j family have •this• creek zrt'vecl their household e'f.fects 'to Windsor, where they. hill in future reside. The infant baby of Ur, and )Mrs. Alpert Zettle of the BabyIJan Line, r passed away on. Tuesday night. Dr. Earl 1V. Granzebach, dentist, 1 Shakespeare, ihas just finished his mobiles.course, in the Toronto, University, and Ilias decided to come. to Zur'ch and, op- en ani o nice. Attend Summer School in London School teachers, extranlua.l, regular and special students have the opportunity to spend six weeks at the Western University Summer School beginning July 2nd. For information apply Dr. K.P.R. Neville, Registrar, London, Ont. ashes Well in any Water smi With water hot or cold, hard Mr- or ==~_or soft, SURPRISE gives a z c quick, lasting lather; and perfect' satisfaction. 161 tee •