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The Wingham Times, 1915-08-19, Page 6Page 6 THE WINGHAM TIMES tar August Igth, 19E5 Scientific Farming CULTIVATION BY ELECTRICITY. sylc A Form of Energy Which Can Sup- plant Manual and Animal Labor. 13y FRANK KOESTER, Author of "Electricity For the Farm and Boma," The use of electricity on our farms is sure to be greatly increased with the progress of that intensive cultivation which is becoming a national need. As a class the farmer is a large user of power, but the sources from which be draws it are at present inefficient and uneconomical compared with in- dustrial standards in other liues. of the 333,000,000 persons engaged in gain- ful occupations in the United States not less than 10,000,000 devote their energies to agriculture. About 90 per cent of the horses and mules in this country are also at work on the farms. The substitution of electric power for even a small proportion of the work of farm animals means a great develop- ment for electrical machinery. Outside of being a large consumer of electricity for lighting and for the op- eration of small motors and beating appliances in the house, the farmer 'uses a wide variety of mechanical ap- pliances. Most of these call for motor MOTOR DRIVEN ENSILAGE CUTTER. units of small capacity, and it is here that the electric motor has an advan. tage over any other form of power ap- paratus. The portability of this ap- paratus is also in its favor, and its flex- ibility makes the application of the utility motor practically universal. In the farming communities the in- troduction of electrical utilities of ev- ery description will be rapid as soon as the energy supply is reliably establish- ed. One of the biggest opportunities for the introduction of current consum- ing devices of every description un- doubtedly lies in the rural communities and will follow immediately after the building of transmission lines and d.'- tributing circuits supplying such com- munities. The introduction of electrical ma- chinery on the American farm has been retarded by several causes, among them being the lack of information available and the consequent failure of the farmer to realize the benefits to be derived; the neglect by manufacturing companies to push the introduction of electrical farm machinery, due to the more pressing demand of manufactur- ing concerns and industrial purchasers, and the fact that farmers have been prejudicedagainst electrical machinery. The more progressive farmers, how- ever, long ago realized the great bene- fits to be derived from electrical ma- chinery on the farm and today there is a general recognition on their part that electricity is one of the most prof- itable, practical and useful agencies at their command. There is no form of' energy which can supplant manual and animal labor on the farm or country estate as con- veniently and cheaply as electricity, and it is far superior to steam or any internal Combustion engine. In fact, there is no other agent which can sup- ply all three necessities—light, heat and power—from the same source. Due to this fact, working hours on the farm and rural industries can be reg- ulated as are those in manufacturing and commercial industries, and life in rural communities can be made as at- tractive, if not more so, as that of the cities, where the struggle for ex- istence Is incessant and the living ac- commodations, or what corresponds to home life, fall far short of the pleasant and healthful surroundings of the ,country residence. The giant industries of the country are of recent origin and started in a humble way, but they now surpass any branch of agrarian pursuits. This is a condition readily accounted for `since the services of the trained engi- neer 'were used td advantage In build- ing up the great manufacturing indus- tries, while farming, though the old- est of industries, has been neglected, even to the point of being abandoned in many places. tip to the present time, especially in America, the aid of the technical man is seldom sought In solving the prob- lems which arise in rural industries. In Europe, particularly in German speaking countries, due to the harmo- nious co-operation of farmer and en- gineet, great progress has been made it1tibe Milli t, aj 4tricl se• 'tA rtervi(lttt . T E CLEVELAND & BUFFALO TRANsrr co. C Lf, o 0 ` on the fact, Watt tate cots atry cttiit tr . del:ici twdd iias • 1 1 14111"116,101,011,111010116,11 11,11,11,4•K11,.1b, 1 1`-*N1V4iiiiivap441tiw .w4 $ - $ $ ; $S i $ i i $ $ : $ The Right Idea in Business THE modern merchant filled with the modern spirit carries his business to his customers' homes; that is he doesn't wait to be found out or risk $ the danger of not being found out. 0 The best carrier of businesses to customers' homes is the news- paper. The weekly Times can carry every business in Winghain to the homes of this community with ease and without confusion —the business of grocers, dry goods men, hardware dealers, clothiers, stationers. boot and shoe houses, dru4gists, jewel- lers, furniture dealers, fruiterers, r)utchers, grain and feed stores and every other, class of busi- ness, To the Merchants of Wingham To the ©f Wingham Get your business into the home and you'll sell goods there. The Weekly Tim -.s can carry your business into more homes than you are now serving, Ask us about the cost of advertising. Get your business into the home and you'll sell goods there. The Weekly Times can carry your business into more homes than you are now serving, -Ask us about the cost of advertising. BUY FROM ADVERTISERS FROM ADVERTISERS toos,s 106, 11.-slro. 11/16 lw40/*&11.m les.+,...v n.1`1".46$r m11• ,,^4, uiiv(40V111,161/Or%AV+W% THE HESSIAN FLY IN WEST. The Hessian -fly is well-known to farmers as a serious pest of cereal crops; during the present season it has caused the loss of millions of bushels in the United States. In Western Cana- da its depredations fortunately have not attained the extent experienced in other regions of the continent and in order to be able to advise the farmers in the western provinces the, Entomo- logical Branch of the Dominion Depart- ment of Agriculture have investigated this insect. The results of this investi- gation, which was conducted by Mr. Norman Criddle for several years, have now been published by the Department in Entomological Bulletin No. 11, in order to enable farmers to recognize the injury of the insect in its incipient stages and, being thus forewarned, they will be in a position to prevent losses that are liable to occur where the insect is present, as control methods are also described. In addition, the Western Wheat Stem Maggot has been studied and described. This is a native insect that has turned its attention from native to cultivated grasses on which it can become a serious pest. Its habits, life -history and the means of control are fully described in the same bulletin, which is entitled "The Hessian Fly and the Western Wheat Stem Sawfly in Manitoba, Saskatchew- an and Alberta." The bulletin is illus- trated and may be obtained free on ap- plication to the Chiei Officer, Publica- tions Branch, Department of Agricul- ture, Ottawa All inquiries for inform- ation regarding insect pests should be addressed to the Dominion Entomolo- gist, Department, . of Agriculture, Ottawa. SAVING SEED. Seeds of all garden vegetables should be saved by growers, who usually de- pend entirely upon seedsmen for their supply. Selection can be made among the home-grown plants with great satis- faction, and varieties specially adapted to the localities in which they are grown may be greatly improved upon if care is taken to use Beed from only the best specimens. If carrots,onions, turnips and beets are grown every year, some of the best should be saved and planted next year so as to produce seed for 1917. Some early potatoes should al- ways be saved for seed, as a really early kind always proves expensive to buy, and in many cases ^annot be pro- cured at any price Melon squash and cucumber seeds are easily cleaned and saved, and the home-grown seeds usually produce the best crops. HOUSE FLY'S DIARY. If a female housefly could and would keep a diary it would, according to Dr. M. P. Ravenel, formerly of the Univer- sity of Wisconsin, run something like this: Nov. 2,1913—Went into Winter quart- ers. April 20, 1914—Barely lived through the Winter. Came out of Winter quarters and laid my first batch of eggs —120 in number—in a manure heap. April 21, 1914 -My first 120 eggs have hatched. ° April 22, 1914—Larvae have under- gone first molt. April 23, 1914—Larva= have under- gone 'second molt. April 2b, 1014—Larvm transformed into pupm. May 1, 1914—One hundred and twen- ty full grown flies, 60, of which are females. May 3, 1914—Laid my second batch - 120 eggs—this time in the filth of an uncared-for privy., May 13, 1914—One hundred and twen- ty flies came from my second batch of eggs. Laid my third batch in a kind neighbor's garbage can. May 21, 1914 -Left alone and un- hindered, by September 10 my descend- ants will be "too numerous to men- tion." GENERAL PURPOSE FOWLS. The general purpose breeds are medium in size, good Winter layers, have a medium size headgear, are more loosely feather than the egg breeds, and hence can stand the cold a trifle better. They are of a gentle and rather quiet disposition. They make excellent setters " and good mothers. They do well in confinement. They are of a blocky appearance, com- pact body and rather short legs. They do not mature as early as the egg breeds, but earlier than most heavier or meat breeds. They are fairly good foragers, and will pick up quite a little of their living if allowed free range. A general purpose fowl holds the same erosition in poultrydom that a general purpose cow or horse does in the animal kingdom. They are econ- omical feeders, making gond growth, consistent with the feed consumed. They do not use their wings much and rarely attempt to make long flights: Their small wings and weight make it impossible for them to fly over a medium height enclosure. The general purpose breeds are generally considered as half -way between or a medium posi- tion between the light and the heavy breeds, like the Leghorns of the former and the Brahmas of the latter. They mature fairly early, pullets beginning to lay frequently at five and a half months old. FARE $2M fa...' ��=.Illji. r'i Nl_ y c, ����ijii i °'� or?rt �, .., , :y TO CLEVELAND EVERY TUESDAY -THURSDAY AND SATURDAY THE STEAMER "STATE OF OHIO" (June 22nd to September' 4th} 1Geavea Port Stanley every Tuesday, Th:aaday and Saturday 1100 P. Ai. Arrives loveland following morning 8 30 A. M. Loa esvos aveland everyMonday, orninq da . - i a Y, y6 dPrd y . I3.0o P. M. (i E* ort Mee)StanleFare MI5 one way, 8. for A M. to I, Cedar Time) Fare gt, 2 one , Co MA round Cie trip. `ItConnections rgat Cleveland and fol' int• tab Cedar Point,south f Cleveland. Ask, ouC ticket Cientfor ticket* Wheeling and all points mouth bt Cleveland. Ask your Hcket agent for iteketa via �. tk B. 1.4120. EXCURSION TO CLEVELAND—EVERY SATURDAY Steamer leave Port Stanley, Saturday. 11:00 P. M. and brings yob back borne 6:10 'non* Moraine. affording two days In At Sixth Laron Cit, tm dm United Stan. Fare f2.2l for the Pound Trip. Pot further information Wrest 1 W. Pleasenre Canadian Att., Port Stinky, Oat, WHAT IS EDUCATION? iBy H. Addington Bruce in Toronto Star.) In his recent inaugural address at the New York State College for teachers, President Abraham R. Brubacher pre- sented admirably the essentials in a really effective education. Here in a few words, are the points which he emphasized and which all parents. teachers and school authorities will do well to ponder. The truly educated man is a man who has been taught how to conserve his physical well-being and appreciates the importance of this to himself and to the State. He is a man who has been given a clear understanding of the achievements of the race, as recorded in literature and in history. He is a man who has been fitted to earn his living. He is aan who has been trained in self-control and in sound moral and religious principles. Finally, the truly educated man is a man who has been inspired to ideals of social service. It will be noticed that President Brubacher by no means regards ex- cellence in "book knowledge" as the supreme standard of education. Unfortunately, there still are many people who make the mistake he so carefully avoids. Theythink that only those should be called educated whose minds teem with a large accumulation of "facts". To people of this way of thinking the college professor is the most educated of men. Assuredly he is the most learned, but he is really educated only in proportion as he attains the other standards set forth above. Neither a college professor, nor any other man, deserves to be regarded as educated if he does not know how to conserve his health, if he is self-centred, lacking in self-control, deficient in human sympathy or devoid of good moral and righteous ideas. Judged thus, not a few college pro- fessors are less truly educated than many men Who have never seen the inside of a college. The development of efficiency and the development of character — such, in other words, is the great object of education, and only in so far as the sehools attain it are they meeting the purpose for which they were brought into existence. If, however, the schools have failed to attain it in our individual case, let us remember that it is never too late to make amends by earnest study, close observation and serious reflection. For that matter, every man, what- ever the schools have done for him, should continue to educate himself his whole life long. There is always opportunity and need for greater self - development Ask President Emeritus Eliot of Harvard University, one of the most learned and truly educated of Americans and I doubt not he will tell you that; though past the age of eighty, he still is educating.hitnself. The moment a man ceases to strive his ability to do good work and to render service to society, that moment he begins to lose ground and to stagnate. A man's education, then, is never completed. But the earlier it is begun and the more soundly it is carried on, the nearer completion it wili•come. Henry Hamelin, of Aylnier, Que., who already has three sons fighting at the front, enlisted himself in the 77th Battalion, when his youngest available On declared his intention of joining. ERRORS OF SCULPTORS. Statues In England Noted For Crude Blunders in Modeling. Some of the statues to public Waves in Englund ore notable for vermin unique symbols or glaring errors iu modeling. One of the former kind t4 the statue of Sir Antbouy Ashley at Wimborne, Dorset. Carved vet of n stoue at the feet of the tigure Is a faithful representation of• 11 cabbage, Indicating that Sir Anthony iutrodueed the vegetable from Holland into England. Even more peculiar is the carving on one of the four panels on the Queen Victoria statue in George square, Glas- gow. The subject is the knighting of Jamey Anderson, the lord provost of that city. As no sword was available the ceremony was performed with an umbrella, and the substitute bus been copied by the sculptor. This same statue is incorrect In one Important detail. The stately pose of the horse Is negatived by the position of the hind legs—a position which is only possible when a horse is racing at full speed. Perhaps the worst equestrian statue in the world is that -erected in front of Trinity college, Dablin, to the Memory of King WIlliam iI1. Among other faults, one of the forelegs of the horse Is straight and the other curved con- siderably, yet both hoofs meet side by side on the pedestal—London Spare Moments. Longest Canal. The longest canal in the United States is the Erie canal, which covers a distance of 387 miles. The Florida East Coast canal is 350 miles long and runs from Mayport, Fla., to Miami. The. Miami and Erie canal, between Cincinnati and Toledo, 0., is 274 miles long. There are three canals in Penn- sylvania, the Schuylkill Navigation company, between Mill Creek and Phil- adelphia, 109 miles; the Pennsylvania, between Columbia, Northumberland and Wilkesbarre, 193 miles, and the Lehigh Coal and Navigation company, between Coalport and Easton,' 108 miles long. The longest canal in Eu- rope is the Berlin -Stettin, 120, and the next longest, the Suez, 103 miles.—Phil- adelphia Press. Beauty of Zambezi Falls. To realize fully the wondrous beauty of the Zambezi falls, Rhodesia, one must have time to linger and watch the ever changing scene. The depths of the chasm below are veiled from sight by the rising columns of opales- cent mist, and .above the yawning abyss the sun glints and sparkles, weaving the drops into a magnificent rainbow. Three hundred feet below roars and boils the swirling flood as it emerges from the Boiling Pot, rushing on down the zigzag gorge between tow- ering cliff's of rock, narrow, fierce and of unfathomable depth.—African World. Too Deep For Him. A Britisher was announcing his views on things in general and sum- med up his own position by the state- ment, "Well, I've seen life." "But," said his American friend, "one of your own bright poets has said, `Life's a joke.'" The Britisher is still exploring the remark.—New York Times. Consistent. She — This wait between the acts seems to me to be dreadfully long. He —Yes. You see, twenty years are sup- posed to elapse, and the management is simply trying to make the effect as realistic as possible.—Richmond Times - Dispatch. Reciprocity. "I wish I could get some washing to take in." "So do I." "Well, you take mine, and I'll take yours. There's nothing like getting a start."—Pittsburgh Post. Figures of Speech. Gotcha—I ran into a burglar last night. Jake—How'd he manage to get away from you? Gotcha—Re went through me.—Dart- mouth Jack o' Lantern. Cutting. Lord Chatham .said of the'9nemberei of Lord North's cabinet, "They have brought themselves where ordinary in- ability never arrives and nothing but first rate geniuses in incapacity can reach." SUFFERED FROM Catarrh Of The Stomach FOR 8 YEARS. Millburn's Laxa-Liver Pills Cured Her. Mrs. Agnes Gallant, Reserve Mines, N.S., writes: "I take great pleasure in writing you. I have been a great sufferer, for eight years, from catarrh of the stomach and tried several, so called, catarrh remedies without relief until a friend of mine advised me to try MR- tern'S Laxa-Liver Pills, which I did, and four vials completely cured me. Be sure and get llfilburn's Lasa -Liver Pills when you ask for them as there are a number of imitations on the market. The pride is 25e. per vial, 5 vials for 51.00, at all dealers or mailed direct on receipt of price by The T. Milburn Co.. ',united, Toronto, Ont. ,. Made in Canada Made &' in Canada MININIII•111111111011111111111111MIXION A Columbia Grafonola will return you divider.da of pleasure for a lifetime. Until Columbia Grafor.olas were brought within reach of all, folks who lived in country towns and rural districts hadn't the same opportunity for hearing good music that city folks have. But the Columbia Gratonola has changed all that. Now, the C olunlbia Grafonola will play,. perfectly,records of all the music of all the world.. You can sit hcnie in your parlor or living room and hear famous opera selections by the great-•. est of living artists. You can listen to famous bands—such as. Creatore's, Prince's, H. M. Scots Guards and others. You can hear magnificent symphony orchestras. —famous violinist like Ya aye, and Kathleen Parlow—old English, Irish and Scotch Ballads. sung by such artists as David Bispham—or all 'the up-to-date light song and dance music of.' the day. All this the Columbia Grafonola makes pos- sible for you, and at a small cost. Yon can bay a superb instrument for $45.00. Others as• low as $20.0u or as high as $650.00. One for every taste and every purse, and on easy terms. Come,seeand hear any Columbia Grafonola play Columbia Records. We will gladly play them for you. HILTON HUNTER, Agent. WINGHAM, ONTARIO 1 PRINTING Aral STATIONERY We have put in our office a complete stock of Staple Stationery and can supply your wants in WRITING PADS ENVELOPES LEAD PENCILS BUTTER PAPER PAPETERIES, WRITING PAPER BLANK BOOKS . PENS AND INK TOILET PAPER PLAYING CARDS; etim We will keep the best stock in the respective lines and sell at reasonable prices JOB PRINTING We are in a better position than ever before to attend to your wants in the Job Printing line and all= orders will receive prompt attention. Leave your order with us 4 when in need of LETTER HEADS BILI. 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