The Exeter Advocate, 1923-10-25, Page 4esee
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Here and There
In order to handle the grain this
fall the Fort William, Ont. terce of
0,60 elevator men will be increased
700. From 120 to 160 grain trim -
his will be employed.
For the five months to August,
1923, Canadian newsprint exports
were valued at $35,303,043 against
$27,257,382 for the same period in
1922. Pulp exports in the same pe-
riod were valued at $20,008,461
against $16,075,533.
• et
Grain loading on Canadian Paci-
fic lines during the month of Sep-
tember totalled 26,376 cars or 38;-
245,200 bushels. This at the begin-
ning of the loading season which
was two weeks late this year on ac-
count of the retarded harvest.
This has been the greatest sea-
son for automobile tourists Mont-
real has ever experienced, according
to the Secretary of the Automobile
Club of Canada. Cars, he stated,
had come into the city over the King
Edward Highway at the rate of two
hundred a day, an unusual number
from California, Florida, Carolina
and Virginia being noticeable.
There was nearly $160,000,000 in-
crease in the total trade of Canada
for the first five months of the cur-
rent fiscal year, according to a re-
turn made by the Department of
Customs and Excise. The total
trade of the Dominion, according to
the return, for the five months end-
ing with August, was $785,000,000,
as against 3626,000,000 during the
same period a year age. Import
during the period were about $393,-
000,000, as against $303,000,000 a
year ago, while exports of Canadian
produce rose from $316,000,000 ap-
proximately to 3386,000,000.
There is a heavy demand for
bushmen, according to the Govern-
ment Labor Bureau at Montreal.
The big lumber companies have been
engaging men for the bush, and the
prospects are that the demand will
be sufficient to make fall and win-
ter conditions good. Wages paid
this year by the lumbei companies
are higher than last year, the rates
paid being $40 and $45 a month,
whereas a year ago the schedule
was down to $26 a month.
With the completion of the harbor
works now in pregress, Montreal
will be in a Much bettee position in
1924 to ha.ndie a record flow of grain
than ever before. Windmill Point
elevator will be increased by 1,250,-
000 bushels storage capacity, mak-
ing its tetal capacity 3,250,000. Four
additional shipping berths are being
provided at this elevator and will
be in commisdion early next month,
and the elevator's loading capacity
will be increased from 30,000 to 90,-
000 bushels an hour.
Reports to the Canadian Pacifie
Railway, show that theiie arrived
'at Winnipeg from the British Isles
this year for the purpose of work-
ing on the hareest, 11,883 men.
Special efforts are being made to
find occupation for as many as pos-
sible to cover the winter period, and
it is stated that it is now probable
that a considerable number of .these
harvesters from Great Britain and
the Irish Free State will remain in
the Dominion.
Addressing a recent meeting of
the Vancouver Board of Trade,
President E. W. Beatty, of the Ca-
nadian Pacific Railway, announced
that the company proposed imme-
diately to add two large modern •
steamers to its coast fleet in order
to take care of increasing tourist
traffic over the company's coastal
lines. He also announced the early
completion of a new pier at this
harbor at a cost of several millions,
which has been made necessary by
the steady development of Canada's
trans -Pacific trade.
WHO IS 'THE WONDERFUL
HEROINE?"
The amazing life story af "The
Wonderful Heroine" in the Family
Herald and Weekly Star of elotitreel
is creating intense interest in every
bait- of Canada, "The Wonderful
Heroine" is a young an,c1...,1,ovelTwani-
an. of tragic history whose. picture in
colom is being given ,froe to subscrib-
e,rs of tile Family Herald, and Weekly
Star. A subacription of two. 'dollen
is lj ttle enough ta pay far a whole.
year's substription to. this greaest
of all farin and family jouxnatls, and
wita a Magnificent picture thrown ia,
the value is superltalliaree
Greenway
A meeting of the town fathers was
called last Thursday by Mr. -R. Eng-
lish to, arrange a better .system -of
draimiage All th,e citizens would be
pleased to e,ere our town. dry.
'Mrs, f, H. Prance of Winchelsea vis-
ited her parents', Mr, and Mrs. T. Bul-
leeklas t week..
Yrs. W. M, Willem went to Toronto
on Saturday to attend 'the ,Itiaeral of
her beo therein -law, Rev..John Rusaela
There ain be no segvice in the
Methodist Church next Sunday oa ac -
'count af the anniversary aervices at
'Shipka,
mei play given by the Sylvan voung
olks in the parish hail Friday night was
well attended and much ,enjoyed. The
proceeds amounted to $.26.00. The
mem:heirs of the Guild entertained the
members of the at ;to. a luncheon
at the dos.: of the entertainment. Mr.
T. Bullock bought the autograph quiet
erleich, was sold by auction, for $15.00.
The proceeds from the names •amount -
ad• to $152-00.
Mrs W. Patterson and Miss Emma
Metiard of -Grand Bend visited Mrs.
McPhereon on Friday.
Mr, and Mrs. John Rowe of Exeter
Miss Rathwell of Bayfield visited Mrs.
English an Sunday.
Here and There
A grant of $25,700 to the Salva-
tion Army to aid Canadian emigre -
Von work in Great Britain has been
authorized by a Canadian Order in
Council
According to information received
by the Canadian Pacific Railway at
Winnipeg, sixty-three bushels of
wheat to the acre has been harvested
on the farm of T. M. Ballantyne,
three miles north of Lacombe, Al-
berta. The wheat graded No. 1
and weighed 64 pounds to the bushel.
Weighing 3,170 pounds, a steer,
said to be the largest ever received
in Winnipeg, arrived at the union
stockyards from Wainwright, Al-
berta. It was sold for $250, the
highest selling price of any steer
in Winnipeg since the war.
The Canadian Pacific S.Se "Bru-
ton," which arrived in Liverpool on
September 5th, put up what is con-
sidered to be a record in the speedy
discharge of cargo when she sailed
the following day, Sept. 6th, at
p.m., having discharged ever 2,000
tons of cargc
It is announced that the Canadian
Pacific Railway will increase the
size of its irrigation headgates at
Kimball, in southern Alberta, by 50
per cent in anticipation of an in-
crease in area of 40,000 acres in the
Lethbridge district. Water will be
turned into the ditches of the Leth-
bridge Northern project, it is ex-
pected, same time this fall.
Buffalo steak will be abundant in
Canada this fall, A herd of 2,000
surplus Buffalo wandering on the
range m the National Park at
Wainwright will be slaughtered by
an Order -in -Council, and the meat
and skins sold. For several years
the Government has paid special at-
tention to the preservation of the
buffalo and the work has been so
successful that the National Parks
are now overstocked.
At a dinner given in his honor by
the Vancouver Board of Trade, E.
W. Beatty, President of the Cana-
dian Pacific Railway, announced
that the Company proposed imme-
diately to add two large modern
steamers to its coast fleet in order
to take care of its increasing tour-
ist traffic over the Company's Pa-
cific Coastal lines. He also an-
nounced the early completion of a
new pier at Vancouver at a cost. of
several millions.
There have been large increases
in the number of pure bred animals
in Canada during the decade between
the last two censuses. The increase
in the number of pure bred horses
between 1911 and 1921 was 44 per
cent; of cattle, 139 per cent; of
sheep, '75 per cent, and of swine,
nearly 44 per cent. The number of
pure bred horses in the Dominion
in 1921 was 47,782; cattle, 296,656;
sheep, 93,643, and of swine, 81,143.
A conservative estimate of the
amount of money spent in Quebec
by tourists reaches $2,358,750. From
the beginning of May until the first
of Saptember, 15,000 motor tourists
had called for information at the
offices of the Quebec Auto Club.
Taking an average of four people
to each car, this meant that at least
60,000 people had come to the city
by automobiles. Of this number
there were approximately 3,000
camping parties, or 12,000 people.
At the Chateau Frontenac, Que-
bece recently, Colonel J. S. Dennis,
Chief Commissioner of Colonization
of the Canadian Pacific Railway,
outlined in a detailed speech exist-
ing conditions in Canada and pros-
pects for the future. He emphatic-
ally stated that there was no cause
for discouragement, but, on the con-
trary, every prospect of a renewal
of rapid development, including an
increase in our population and the
development of one latent natural
resources in such a way as to in-
sure, in the comparatively near
future, that we should be out of
the woods, and progressing- rapidly
to a large population and favorable
business and financial condition&
The Canadian Pacific Railway has
arranged with a number of Euro-
pean countries for the emigration of
xarmers and domestics who are will-
ing to come to Canada for employ-
ment on Canadian farms. The im-
migrants will be brought to Canada
at the joint expellee of their home
governments and the railway com-
pany. c
The first successful radio experi-
ment on a moving long-distance rail-
way train was recently carried out
on a Canadian Pacific Railway erain
frofn Winnipeg to Vancouver. Mr.
Raymond Wylie installed a receiving
set in the drawing room of the
through sleeping car, and the aerial
was installed by the railway elec.,
trical department. Th.e results were
all that could be desired.
TREES BARKED BY MICE
Preventing Injury to Fruit Trees
by Field Vermin..
Poisoned Grain the Cheapest Method
—Preparing the Bait—Row to
Place It—Bee Colony Winter Sup-.
plies—Feeding. Facts—A Refrig-
erator Without Ice.
(Contributed by Ontario Department of
Agriculture. Toronto.)
With the passing of snow each
spring, the destructive bark gnawing
of small rodents iFi in evidence in too
many orchards.
Poison th,e Best and Cheapest Method.
Poison offers the best and cheap-
est method of preventing .mouse in-
jury. Should there be any evidence
of mice before freeze-up, or should
there be an abundance of feed and
shelter for mice in the young orchard
through the presence of weeds, seeds,
and fallen fruit, it is advisable to
institute a mouse -poisoning campaign
before snow covers the ground. An
excellent poison bait can be prepared
as follows; Make a clear starch
paste by mixing one tablespoon full
of gloss starch in one-half cup of
cold water and stir this mixture into
a pint of boiling water; then mix one
ounce of strychnine sulphate with
one ounce of baking soda, and stir
into the starch until a smooth mass
is formed, then stir in one-half cuP
of heavy corn syrup and a table-
spoonful of glycerine. Apply this mix-
ture to 40 pounds of clean wheat
and mix thoroughly to coat each ker-
nel. Put the poisoned grain in a
strong paper sack, then burn the stick
you used for stirring and scald the
vessel, being careful where the wash
water goes.
Where to Place the Poisoned Grain.
The poisoned grain can be placed
in containers cif some sort such as
tin cans, or open -necked bottles,
small drain tiles and such like.
These containers can then be placed'
at any likely place where there is
protection or near the trunk of the
tree. With the poisoned grain in a,
container so placed as to be protected'
from rain or standing water, it will
always be on duty should a hungry
bark -eating mouse approach a tree.
The container with any unused pois-
oned grain should be taken up and
put out of harm's way as soon as the
mouse danger is over in the early'
spring. Put a poison label, large
enough for all humans to see, on all
poison grain sacks. When the sacks'
are empty burn them. Keep all
poisons out of the reach of children
and animals.—L. Stevenson, 0. A. C.,
Guelph.
Bee Colony Requires 40 Pounds of
Stores.
Success in wintering bees depends
upon (1) the strength of the colony,
(2) the quantity and quality of win-
ter stores, and (3) the temperature
and humidity of the air in the cellar.
Every colony must possess an abund-
ance of young bees. If some have
failed to rear sufficient bees in the
fall they should be united with each
other until colonies of the requisite
strength are obtained. It is useless
to put away weak colonies in. the fall
and expect to take out worth while
colonies in the spring.
Equally important is the quantity
and quality of stores. To be on the
safe side every colony should have
40 pounds of stores, either white
honey or sugar syrup. On an average
bees wintered on natural honey lost
twice.as heavily as those wintered on
sugar syrup.
Given strong cplonies with good
stores, there is yet required to insure
perfect wintering a good bee cellar.
Usually a cellar under a house is
used and if the temperature in it
does not Fun below 35 degrees F. or
above 45 degrees F, and it is neither
too damp not too dry, good results
are obtained. Plenty of ventilation
will relieve either an excess of mois-
ture or an extreme of dxyness. In
addition, the part of the cellar re-
served for bees must be always dark'
and must never be subject to jars and
such disturbances.
Feeding Facts.
Silage is indispensable for cheap,
milk production. It is 'a succulent
feed.
The hay should be a legume such
as clover or alfalfa.
Silage and alfalfa or clover hay are
the "best and cheapest" roughages.
Feed all the roughage a cow will
clean un.
Ghoose grain naixture to balance
class of roughage available. ,
Feed grain in accordance to milk
yield of each cow,
For Holsteins or Ayrshires feed
one pound grain for each four pounds'
milk.
For Guernsey or JerseYS'ie'ea---Ion
pound grain for eacb three pounds'
milk.
Give access to salt daily.
Feed and milk regularly. •
Supply an abundance of pure,
fresh water at all times.
This Refrigerator Requires No Tee.
A refrigerator that will keep food
Products ata temperature of 55 de-
grees Fahrenheit can be made easily
at home. It eausists of an open
framework of shelving aroand which
is tacked canton flannel, burlap, or
some similar material, which is kept
moist. The evaporation of the mois-
ture holds the temperature down. A
series of wieke, or strips of cloth,
extending from a pan of water on top
of the refrigerator to the covering of
the refrigerator, provide the mois-
ture. Such it refrigerator should be
kept in the shade where there is a
giood current of air.
The potato grower who gives
thought to labor, seed, and fertilizer
Is tackling the potato problem in the
.right VrEiy.
geeds, like folks,, like a good bed,
'Prepare, It well and make More
money, c
THE IMPLEMENT SHED
Farm Machinery Worth Careful;
Caring For,
Practical Hints as to Location and
Size — As to Foundation and
Floor—Walls, Roofing and Gen-
eral Frame Work Described—
About 1n -breeding.
(Contributed by Ontario Department of
Agriculture, Toronto.)
Implement sheds should be so de-
signed that the accessibility of the
implements stored therein will al-
ways be easy. Wide implement sheds
are ,generally not rib "'convenient as
the narrower structures unlesS de-
signed with doorways on both sides,
or alleyways -kept clear to facilitate
the movement and storage of the im-
plements. The storage of implements
In the farm barn or any other ex-
pensive building ,is not economical.
Tho Location.
The implement shed should be so
located that time will not be lost in
travelling more steps than absolutelY
necessary with, or to get implements,
either going to or returning from
work. Where horses are used as the
main farm power, the implement
shed should be located near the sta-
bles, at a point where the teams can
conveniently pass on the way from
stable to field. On many farms the
implement shed can be located at a
point between the house and barn, a
very desirable location, especially if
the building is used for the motor
car and workshop.
Size.
For a 100 -acre grain and live stock
farm fully equipped with the neces-
sary machinery a shed 60 feet long
and 24 feet wide is generally amply
large. Different types of farming call
for different tools and implements,
so before deciding on the size of
building to erect, determine the floor
space required for each tool or ma-
chine and then plan a shelter large
enough to cover all.
Foundation.
The implement shed does not re-
quire a heavy foundation. A light
cement wall six inches thick and set
on firm ground is all that is required.
Small pillars of cement set to sup-
port each post of the frame can be
made by filling a half barrel, or nail
keg, or small forms specially made
with concrete. The posts used in the
frame may be set in cement. Such
practice gives strength and durabil-
ity. Foundations set on the firm soil
after the top vegetable mould has
been removed are generally satisfac-
tory in all parts of Ontario.
The Floor.
A dry earth or gravel floor Is all
that is necessary if the shed is lo-
cated on well -drained ground. Ce-
ment is degirable where the cost of
such is not excessive. Wood floors are
the most comfortable to work on,
but such are expensive and may har-
bor vermin. Sand floors are objec-
tionable. If the earth floor is damp
at any time of the year Iron may
rust. Narrow boards placed under
the wheels or runners will aid in
their preservation.
The Walls.
The implement shed walls need.
only be heavy enough to keep out the
sun, the wind and rain, and strong
enough to give rigidity to the strue-
Lure. Vertical boards and battens oa
a 2 x 4 inch frame will provide stilth
at low cost, or matched drop siding
over a ship -lap sheathing will give
a more durable and better appearin.g
wall at a higher cost. Corfugated
galvanized sheets or siding does very
well, and has the additional advan-
tage of fire -proofing the structure.
Cement block and brick walls, if on
good foundations, are very desirable
from the durability standpoint, but
much too expensive for general
farms.
The Roof.
For narrow,. implement sheds the
cheapest durathe roof is the wide
roof board and batten. Galvanized
Iran sheets if well supported on a
strong pole or 2 x 4 inch roof frame
makes an excellent covering. The
prepared paper roof coverings of tar,
or asphalt felts are very desirable,
and are generally dust -proof. Shin-
gles make a very acceptable covering
providing that the roof is not less
than one-third pitch.
The Frame of the Implement Shed.
The width and height of the struc-
ture will determine in a large meas-
ure the dimension of the structural
material. Narrow buildings with
gable or -hip roof can be framed of
2 x ,4 inch lumber. A building design-
ed with shed roef will require heav-
ier raftaars; 2 x 6 inch for buildings
over 12 feet wide, unless the building
Is high enough to permit the use of
rafter braces. Corner po'sts, sills and,
plates may be one piece 2 x 6 inch or
doubled 3 x 4 inch. Sheds that are
built open front must be well braced
to stand both side and downward
strain.. The posts on one side may
be set well in to give a wide eave
or overhang. A convenient type of
shed or shelter may be conetructea
by erecting one line of posts and
constructing thereon a fram.e that
will give sufficient width to shelter
wagons or large implements and be
wide open all round during the per-
iod when farm implements are gin
use. Provision for closing in can be
made by providing doors or panels
which may be put in place for win-
ter protection of implements. --
-L, Stevenson, Dept. of Extension,
0. A. C., Guleph.
About 1n -breeding.
Weakness in breeding stock is
often laid to inbreeding but facts
prove that the greatest progress ir
producing fine caws has beenby skill-
ed men who have used inbreeding.,
But such breeders have known the
blood lines of their ste5ek,, and they
are thus able to mate so that strong
points will be made stronger instead
of weak points make eirea,ker, as A
often the ease when breeding meth -
ode &re euelesti. •
VICTORY LOAN
COUPONS
We will cash your Victory Loan
Coupons or place them to your ,credit
in our Savings Bank where .they will
draw interest at 3% per annum. 114
THE CANADIAN BANK
OF COMMERCE
Capital Paid up $15,000,000
• • Reserve Fund $15,000,000
Exeter Branch • • M. R. Complin, Manager
Crediton Branch . • • G. G. Maynard, Manager
Dashwood Branch . • • 0.0. Maynard, Manager
INCORPORATED 1855
Capital and Reserve $9,000,000
Over 125 Branches.
THE MOLSONS BANE
This
their
every
inatitution offers depositors safety for
savings, reasonable interest compounded
six moieties, and freedom from red tape
in cue of withdrawals,
Savings Departments at every Branch,
' Deposits of $1.00 and upwards invited.
EXETER BRANCH
T. S, WOODS Manager,
Centralia Branch open for business daily
Furniture Dealer 86 Funeral Director
We. carry the Largese and Most Up-to-date Stock of Furniture.
• Our Aim is Service., Satisfaction and good value for your money.
THE HOME FURNISHER
M. E. GARDIN ER
Conductor of Funeral Services. Finest Motor and Horse Equipment,
DAY AND NIGHT SERVICE,.
OPERA HOUSE BLOCK.
Phone 74w.
Night Cal, 74j
ACCIDENT PROVE,S FATAL
Abr,ut 4 a. m, an. Monday Oct. 15
Mr, Arthur F. of London Tp.
was awakened by the barking of his
dog, He got out of bed and went to
anether roam so that he might listen
if there were a noise at the barn and
in returning to his room fell down the
stairs backwards alighting on his shoul-
ders, breaking his back near his neck
rendering him helpless with the except
ion, of be:ing ableto move his head;
s pi te his serious inj ury hi,s mind
we; clear until he passed psacefully
away about ten p. in. Tuesday, Mr.
ON aiii wbo was in his 55th year, was
well known and highly respected by
I all, He was also, widely known over
Ontario and many ,parts .af the United
Stater; as a breeder of prize Here,
f ords.
LOOK AT THE LABEL.
The, Advocate is going to make a
determined effort to clean. up • the
subscription. list. The labels were all
marked up on Afig, 23rd. If, by any
chance, your label is not as it should
Ee, let us know at once. We are go-
ing to give all those w•ho are years
back this one chance, to pay up, ,and
thug it will not be aur fault if some
are asked to pay $2.00 per year, and
pee -haps some costs. We know it is
simply neglect on. the pert of many --
but we cannot live on neglect.
nom
SeaforthLA quiet wedding toc>k
place at the Manse, Kitchell, when
Mass Patricia King ,of Seafortb, be-
came the brirde of Mr, Elmer Shade
of Egmondville.
Bayfield -Death due to heart fail•
ure ;occurred iri Detroet, ,ivhen Miss
Kate McLeod suddenly passed away
at the age of 36. Miss McLeod was a
torraer Bayfiell grI and a sister cf
John and Lewes McLeod of this place.
The, two latter attended the funeral
services at Detroit,
siMaL
WANTED NOW
RELIABLE SALES AGENT
for this district to sell our Fruit, Ornamental
Trees, Flowering Shrubs, etc.
Good Pay. Exclusive Territory.
This agency is valuable --our stock
is the highest grade -all grown in
our own nurseries, and the list of
varieties the very best. Prompt and
satisfactory deliveries guaranteed.
Established 40 Years. 600 ACITA,
For porgiculars write
PELHAM NURSERY CO.
Toronto, Ont.
et.
Clothes a Good. Color
To have Clothes perfectly
cleansed' and good color, the
,Soap must remove all the vis-
ible and invisible impurities.
SURPRISE will ' do this
thoroughly._
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