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Exeter Times, 1916-5-18, Page 6Only Fine, Fiavoury Tea are used to prod=e the X'am us Mendes. fiery leaf is fresh, fragrant full of its natural deliciousness. Sold ht sealed packets only. !S 107 TUE a "L ttlg Al0 AN EXCITING PRESENT-DAY ROMANCE 13Y WEA HERBY CHESNEY IHis tone was as lncrurefui as if be spoke of the demise of a peal. The III hushed voice suggested the gloom of .. funerltle. Mona had difficulty in re- ! pressing a smile. j "1Nhy should Phil Varney leave i you?" she asked. "Has he threatened to do so ?" I "threatened, no I'd know how to talk to him if he did. But he's de- l Moped a sudden and .uspicioue in terest in fruit farming, He'll sway in 1 San Miguel, marry the Davis gill, and grow pine -apples for export to Covent Garden. You know as .well as I do, :that he's up at the Casa Deeds every 1 (lay, I had hopes that Davis would show him the door, but in:,tead of that the old man seems to have taken al I fancy to hint. No, no; it's no gou1l disguising the thing. My family's Iv, M " deserting nee. „ Mona I she said: j "I've changed my mind. If it means !ruin to you, I won't be the first tot push you over. I'll stiek to you." i ! "You've given me notice," said Mon-' tague; but a gleam of hope lighted, ' the gloom of his aspect, and straight-' ened the droop of his. mouth. "I withdraw it. Unless you'll take X my 2450 to cover the losses?" ' Montague shook his head. "Very well then," said Mona. "I shall stay with you till the end of the tour. But we'd better be clear. About that offer of partnership--?"' "I never made it," said Montague, quickly. "No, but—" "And I'm not going to make it. What do you take me for?" "A fool in some things," said Mona laughing, "and a gentleman in all the rest. Very well, we understand each other. The offer was never made. Now let's change the subject. Mr. Scarborough passed along the street just now, and looked up at the win- dow. He saw me, and took his hat off. I think he's coming here. I won- der what he wants." Scarborough came into the room al- most as :he finished speaking, and advanced to the table in the window. Montague rose and held out his hand. "Mr. Scarborough, sir," he said, in his usual fantastic manner—the man- ner which during his long discussion with Mona had never appeared—"I am very glad to see you. It's a dry day! —what may I offer you as an antidote, to the atmospheric aridity? Do you know if I were a superstitious man, I should think that your fate and mine, „ rt)tiFi thought for a minute. Then, CHAPTER XII.—(Cont'd.) A 1 told you. I shall take my profit "This," said Montague. "I konw out of the advertisement I shall turn' you, and I know that if the facts; it into." were so, you wouldn't be sitting there; "I don't think you can do that,'', saying them. You'd have given; said Mona quietly. "I told you not. yourself .up to the police, if they, to reckon that in your estimate. you, would take you! You would have; know. You won't be able to do it, be called yourself a murderess, and given cause I give you notice now that I your friends a damned uneasy time shall not perform again. A month's, of it proving to you that you weren't! notice or a month's wages on either/ That you are s`tting here quietly,, side were our terms, weren't they? I scooping the pudding out of a custard! will pay you the forfeit now." 1 apple with a spoon is proof enough for. Montague looked at her with twitch - me that you had nothing to do with, ing lips. i it." "You mean that?" he asked quietly, "Ion are r igh', ' said Mona, "I ; eyes.. I hadn't. I think that Carrington had He broke into a short laugh. himself well in hand in the talk he "Then," he said grimly, "you Navel had with me. His. mood was a mix-; ruined me after all." i tore of sham, pathos and calm cynic- CHAPTER PITT. ism. If either or us was excited, it was I, not he, Besides, the place "Since its settled that I'm to be where I met him was ten miles from ruined," said Val B. Montagut gloom the place where his body was found. ily. "I niay as well tell you about that' I believe that the doctor was right; ether plan at which I hinted just now. it was overexertion which killed him." You'll laugh, I was thinking of a "Or if it ova overexcitement, some- partnership. Now smile-" I one else did the exciting—afterwards," Mona de la Mar did not smile. She said the circusman eagerly. gave him a quitck look, and asked: I eyes!, "A partnership? You and I? On "Then," said Montague angrily, what terms?" "what do you mean by frightening me "Marriage, and pool the profits," like this? Why couldn't you have said said Montague simply. Ridiculous so in the beginning, instead of hint- notion wasn't it?" ing at horrors in this way?" ! "What put it into your head?" "You said that there was something "Dunno! Expect I've got kind of that you didn't like. You couldn't tell fond of you in the last two years, me what it was, so I tried to tell you." Say, why don't you blaze out at me?" "You didn't suppose that I meant "Why should I?" that!" i "Don't you feel you want to?" "I didn't know what you meant. I "No." don't quite know yet." i Val B. Montague looked relieved. Montagne drummed the table with "That so?" he said. "Then I guess his fingers. Then he said: i you don't think I've insulted you by ``There's no doubt that the money mentioning it. I was afraid you was yours, is there?' '( would. When a woman's rich enough "The twenty thousand? None." ! to throw cheques about—which seems "Then I suppose it's all right; you to be your case, though I don't under - are entitled to have it; but I don't stand how it's happened—she gener-I like the way it has come. to you. Can't ally thinks an offer of marriage from you see what my feeling is? What- a man like me pretty ineultitng Ti ever it was that killed him, thoses dia- don't speak from experience, mind. monis seem Iike the price of his life." you; but I've taken notice of other "The price has not been paid to cases, and !it's generally so. Sure' me." i you don't want to blaze?" "What," cried Montague. "Steady!. "Certain;." said Mona, and then she; How's that?" !added, smiling: "I've never had tan' "I do not even know that it is true offer of marriage before; perhaps, that he had those diamonds at all. If that's why." he had, none of them have come into "Oh, you'll get plenty, now that you my hands. The £50 I offer you is are rich!" clean money. You can take it in "But not from Val B. Montague?" I perfect confidence that not a penny of "Well, no. Not from Val B. Monta-{ it comes from the man who died by gue," said tht circus -man, grinning.. the Caldeira de Norte," "Thought I was that sort of skunk,! "How did you get it?" did you?" ! Mona smiled. "At present," she "I think," said Mona quickly, "that; eaid, "I don't suppose to say. Why you are one of the best fellows I have. not? Perhaps for the same reason ever known. Now tell me why you: that I refused to tell Mr. Scarborough said I had ruined you." what my private business was on the "It's pretty plain, isn't it? My capi-; night of Richmond Carrington's death.' tal isn't big, and isn't distensible; it's, He suspected me." j too small to swallow a loss of four or` "But I don't," critd Montague in five hundred pounds without choking,, distress. land it won't stretch to the bite. I`: "No, I don't think that you do. But thought I could get my own back by` I have my whims. When the Carring- booming you in the West Coast towns,/ ton mystery has been cleared up, ask but you've put a stopper on that. No. me again, and I'll tell you. Mean-` luck's against me, and has been ever, while you'll take my cheque?" ! since we came here. There's Varney/ "Not I!" now. I expect he'll be giving me a "Why not?" 1 month's notice soon; or more likely) "Because I don't count that you owe taking a wrinkle from you, and hand-! The, I've, and: Butl it to me. I've explained all that. Be- ing me a month's pay instead. sides, hang it all, you know, I had an- Combination is bieaking up. other plan in my head! But," he add-' said so pretty often lately, ed doubtfully, "there's no good of thought I was only telling a lie. mentioning it now. I've had my loss.! it's the truth." SHOE P ISHES Contain no acid and thus keep the leather soft, protecting it against cracking. They liquid P S ac rig. TZx y cottnbine liquid and petite In a Baste form and require only half the effort for a brilliant lasting shine. Easy to use for all the familye-children and adults. Shine jour shoes at home and keep them flet F. 1=. bALLSY CO. OF CANADA, LTD. HANILrDN , CANADA KEEPYOUR SHOES NEAT BLACK»W.fT STAN were curiously linked somehow? As I am not I merely remark that life; offers strange coincidences. Colare —kummel—whiskey and soda?" Scarborough sat down beside the girl. "Nothing, thanks," he said. "But what is the coincidence?" ;. "That you and I always seen to' meet at a crisis in niy affairs The' first occasion was, you remember) when I was making up my mind whether the clown or the ringmaster' would have to go; the second, when, the Sea -Horse was missing from the harbor yonder, and I didn't know where she was; the third—" he paus- ed. "Ah, well, the third crisis has beent safely bridged. You won't drink? I'm in the mood for standings champagne just now." "No, thanks," said Scarborough again. "Too early, you know. I came` ftp here in the search for information."1 "Anything that I can tell you-" Montatgue began. "Miss Ryan possesses the knowledge' that I want," raid Scarborough. Val B. Montague rose took his Int! from a peg. "I understand you, sir," he said, "I' am the unnecessary unit of our tric.l Iwill go. But if you will allow me tot give you a hint -you will ?—then it's this: if you hope to obtain informa ' tion of any sort from the lady before you, don't try' to bully her into giv-1 ing it! As we used to say at the Bose; ton academy where, as I have just now told Miss De la Mar, I learned my, manners as an extra—experta credel / I have the honor to wish you a pros-; perous issue to your attempt, and a,' and a very good afternoon." With a bow to Mona, he left them,. and went out of the room humming an! air. Val B. Montague had passed' through his crisis, and was his own man again. Mona de la Mar turned to Scarbor-! ough with a smile, "Well"? she asked. "I want you to tell me what sort of; person Mrs. Carrington is." She gave him a steady look, and answered. "Telling me your reason for want- ing to know. Please understand that Montague is right/. I give no in-: formation on compulsion." "I don't know whether my reason is one that will ennead to you. I am' working for love ---to help the girl. I love," said Scarborough simply.' "Isl the reason good?" j "To a woman, the one excellent' reason!" said Mona, smiling. "And I1 think you are clever enough to know that, or you would not have begun' like this. How will it help your love' to know about Mrs. Carrington?" "Anything that leads to •a solution of the mystery that surrounds Rich- mond Carrington's death will help me." said Sc arbort itu t tttttt he," said Scarborough. "Or, at any rate, I think it wills' "Then, why don't you a•k the /laughter herself 1" "It would be no use." (To he Continued.). Rather than. waste tithe arguing, a a titan will let a fool have his own way. FOR THOSE LITTLE CU 'FS Tt is always safer to apply e tr,Je Ms is arbo Petroleum Jtlty' A mild antiseptic. Tt keeps the cuts clean and helps them to heal. Sold in glass bottles and handy tin tubes at chemists turd gen- eral stores everywhere. Refuse substitutes. Illus- trated booklet free on request. CHESEBROUGH MFG, CO. (Consolidated) 1880 Chabot Ave. Montreal ON TIP FARM t Soiling Craps Beat Pasture. ,;very year farmers who produce milk lose a great deal of money by re - son of having an insufficient amount of fodder, or by- being obliged to de- vote too great an area fes pasture dar- ing July and August, in order to get satisfactory results.. For an ordin- ary milk herd to be profitable each cow must be able to produce during these two months as much as in the preceding months and in the follow -1 ing months.. The way in which cows are fed ihh' July and August has a very great in- fluence on the quantity of the milk that they will produce in September, October and November. There will be a rapid decrease in the produc- tion of milk front cows which have not had enough to eat during the -,e two months. When the yield of milk' has decreased for a few weeks it is impossible to bring it, during that APIARY DEMONSTRATIONS season, backto what it world have such feeds are not used for hog -feed- 'nage _ --- n satire, .--.-...._ -•,tett., �. Yom„ qj The Secret of 0 Flaky Pie Crust It's In our Recipe Book—with a lot of other recipes for making good idles.. But—we're going to tall you right here how always to have the top crust fine And floky—and how to have the under crust just tight, even when using fresh fruit., Just use part u „u 1�s. co' STA;. Y all • instead of all wheat flout'. Try it, IPF and prove it. 'Oet a package of BENSON'S at your grocer's, and write to our Montreal Office for copy of our new recipe book, 'Desserts and Candles" that tells how. THE CANADA STARCH CO, i.IAIITED MONTREAL, CARDINAL, BRANTFORD, 216 - FORT WILLIAM. WW1. WAN, Arrangements Being Made to Hold Them in Many Places. We have raised an enormous army of fighting men. Many of them have dropped their tools in the shops, left, their machines, locked up their desks or have left the ranks of the feeders, to swell those of the fighters. 'We' cannot all go to the firing line of fight;' but we can do our utmost to feed thoe' who have, and their dependencies' whom they have left to our care. Honey is a staple that is sometimes' classed as a luxury. It has a real' food value and at this time when sug-' ar is so expensive it should be more: extensively used than ever before.' The production must be maintained. To help you "keep better bees and/ to keep bees better," the Ontario I De- partment of Agriculture is arrang- ing to hold Apiary Demonstrations int all parts of the Province. The pro-! ctical nature of the program is very; inviting to all interested in beekeep- itng and in almost any district a good• attendance is assured, provided the; weather is suitable. A specially;. trained practical beekeeper is sent to take charge of the meeting and handle, the bees, and he is gnerally assisted by local beekeepers, Several hives are opened and the actual working of the bees explained. Often a queen-; less colony or one preparing to swarm' serves as an excellent object lesson..i No Matter how many or how few colonies you keep,. you are sure toy learn something at one of these meet Ings. Already arrangements are well und-! er way for over fifty of these meet-, ings. The Department of Agricul-1 ture attends to all the advertising: and supplies he speakers, so that the beekeepers do not incur any expense. whatever. Interested beekeepers desirous oft having demonstrations in their apiar-' ies should communicate immediately! with Mr. Morley Pettit, Department of Apiculture, Ontario Agricultural` College, Guelph, so that arrangements: can be made for the meetings. MAY WEAR WOODEN SOLES. I German Children Said to be Short of Boots. In Berlin the school authorities have asked teachers to recommend the wearing of "Pantinen" to the poorer of their children. Pantinen are wood- en soles without heels, fastened over : the feet by leather straps. This step has been taken in consequence of the! great rise in the price of leather which makes it impossible for the very poor to provide boots for their chil- dren. As soon as the weather is 1; warmer poorer children will be permit- ted to attend school barefooted. The, teachers are asked, howei'er, to see the children use ordinary precautions. not to injure their feet. In Vienna the district, authorities have issued orders against little boys' wearing military uniforms. Any par- ', ents permitting their children to wear uniforms after the publication ' of the order are to be heavily fined. The "Arbeiter Zeitung," commenting on this regulation, while admitting i the silliness of dressing up children' in uniform, oposed the drastic char-': agger of an order which removes clothes from use at a time when most people find the greatest difficulty in buying the very barest necessities of life. If sumptuary regulations re- garding dress are to be applied a beginning should he made not with these silly little' cheap uniforrns, but with the extravagant raiment of the well-to-do. been. Consequently,although there is generally plenty of ,good pasturage during the months of September, Oct- ober and November, a time when the price of cheese and butter is very high, it is of the greatest importance to feed well during the months of July ing on the .farm in question. Wheat and barley chop in equal proportion comprise the- grain ration until the hogs are about four -months old, then the grain ration is composed of two- thirds wheat to one pen of nine would average about one-third bade • Y• •tines August that all possiblt profit Mangels are fed the growing pigs and niay be secured from the high prices dirt from the root house is thrown and the abundance of fodder. 1 in the pen. On the feecl.s mentioned, The most economical, the safest and one; pounds at four months old. An - easiest way to secure abundant foci- other litter of nine, farrowed Novem- der during the months of July and bel. 6, averaged close to 190 pounds August is to cultivate fodder plants April 6. Six of this litter weighed the field Ti to be cut down green, or to be fed on over 200 pounds, but three were smal- le m t f 1 l t f as use u pans or ler. Last summer these same feed - this purpose seem to be: vetch, peas,' ers lute two sows farrow June 8, and oats, clover, alfalfa and corn. I seventeen hogs were shipped Nov. 29, For Twenty Cows. !which averaged 200 pounds. These We .recommend to milk -producers to ; results with both summer and winter prepare as follows: I litters show that the method of feed - (1) Red clover, 3 acres.—Must have ing is, giving satisfactory returns. The been sown the year previous with the supply of skim -milk no doubt is a mixture of, ptas, vetches, oats and large factor in keeping the pigs doing clover, given below. Cut clover June well. Without a liberal supply of skim - milk, the pigs could not be weaned so 2 acres About vetches, 3 bushels young, and wheat and barley would oats and 10 lbs. red clover seed. Cut probably be too strong a feed for or feed on field, July hath to 31st. (young pigs. On this farm skim -milk (3) Peas, vetches, oats and clover, is valued, highly. Another feeder 1x/z acres.—About the third week of might not have any succers in feed- May sow the same mixture as above. ing the ration outlined. The maj- Cu± or feed on field, August 1st to ority of hog raisers prefer to allow the la"thepigs to remain with the sow until they (4) Corn, 1% acres.—The third ;are at least six weep old, and then week of May, or as soon as possible, start them on skim -milk, middlings, sow on a well -drained field, clover and finely ground oats, using the m.anured at the rate of 10 tons per heavier feeds for finishing.—Farm- acre; and in hills 3 feet apart in each er's Advocate. direction. 10 lbs. of Longfellow _ tie_____. corn (or any other small variety). Cut BRIDE FOR PRINCE OF l�TAI.ES. August 15th to 31st _ (5)• Corn, 1% acres.—Sow in the She Will Probably Be of Russian same way as above, 12 lbs, of Leam- Imperial Family. ing corn (or any other variety of medium_.height). Cut in September. The matrimonial prospects of the —Canadian Farm. Prince of Wales are again much dis- cused in society. Despite the in - Making Pork Rapidly. terest in the subject, however it is No hard and fast rule can be Iaid certain that there will be no announce - down regarding the breed of hogs or ment of his .engagement until the end kinds of feed that will give the most of the war. The Prince is now serv- satisfactory ,return A good deal ing in the British army in Egypt. rest .with the care and attention give Although the bride of the heir to en by the feeder. Some feeders the throne has not been selected, it is claim to make large profits from feed- practically certain that she will be a s ing hogs while their next neighbor Russian princess. The war has com- with the same breed of hogs, similar pletely disrupted the privately settled style of pen, and same variety of arrangement of an alliance with a feeds barely meets expenses. Arm- princess of the ruling house of Roum- strong Bros., successful York county anis. Boum- farmers, feed their hogs a little dif- The final choice of a bride for the ferently from most feeders but they Prince, it is believed in social ocircles secure .very remunerative returns. In London, is between the niece of the Three Yorkohire sows of splendid type Czar, who has been with Queen Alex - are , kept and bred to a Tamworth andra so much that in opinions and boar. They have left large litters tastes she is virtually an English girl, that do well both summer and winter. and het' cousin, the Czar's second One sow raised three litters, of ten daughter, the Grand Duchess Tatiana. pigs each, since February 1, 1915, and The Grand Duchess has been the is due to farrow again in May. The guest of King George and Queen Mary pigs are housed in a frame build- on several occasions, and speaks Eng- ing which is ventilated by leaving lith perfectly. She is perhaps strong - two of the four windows out all win- er in character than her cousin. She ter. In case of a storm, a bran sack is also a skilled horsewoman and is an is hung over each opening and the exceedingly graceful dancer. pigs never appear' to suffer from cold. --< ----- The pen has. a concrete floor which is Teachers in Khaki. kept well- bedded. Eleven thousand four: hundred Bri- When the pigs are two weeks old, tisk men teachers are serving with they have access to sweet skim -milk the forces and about 9,000 have at - regular ration. The custom is to tested under the Derby scheme. In wean the pigs when four weeks old addition there are 147 serving with and feed them principally on skim- the naval forces and 236 women act - milk for a few weeks. While the ing as nurses. Teachers have ., majority of feeder&: consider middle' ready gained five Victoria Crosses, ings and finely ground oats almost while 232 have been killed, 118 wound - indispensable for starting young pigs, eel and nine 1n'ssing. th to July 15th. (2 Peas, vetches, oats and clover, A Great Loss, "Sp., your car was stolen?" „Yes." "I wouldn't worry; perhaps it will be recovered," "I'm not worrying about the • car; that was insured. Taut I. hili six gal- .nkandl of gasoline in the Janke ions h een't afford to stand that loss "• Deaths From Cancer,.' On tho basis of the latst, yirr,t5i'1e5, there due"c ca,r • are -r 8 000 deaths; t > oar annually in the United Stately The mortality rate has steadily ineten;sed' from 63 per 100,000 populal,7ti in 19041 to 78.9 in 1913. A etuttering Man may be thonghtfnl eyen when he deep break hie word: ►• GOOD D 1G E ST 10 N Mother Seigeru Syrup corrects and etiroulatcs When your digestion is faulty, weakness and tho digestive organs, and banishes the many pain aro certain and disease in invited, ailments which arise front indigestion. ,FOR 4OYEARS THE STANDARD REMEDY iiINSOOMI.,001111.1.021MISMOMMIMAIMMOIMING ,•CarmalMIXVr At all Druggists, or direct on receipt off� }p�rice, 50c, end $1.00, The lune bottle contnina three times n WV much as this smaller. A, .1, Wang' & Co, Laurin), Craig Street West Montreal, FOR STOMACH AND LIVER TROUBLE 'ants TRAINING DIST j'°ER i5ver heard of this? Yes of course you d.id, but under a different namwhere e, You have seen 1t in cases the horse watt "over-trainod," worked a little too fast and regular. The nervous systein gets the shook after the voluntary muscular system has been taxed too heavily. The trouble starts In the mucous surface, tinct the rii- Kesttve apparatus, too, must then be impaired. Ho begins to cough when the glands are materially affected ti si OH N Is your true ,gaivation. Tt restores the ;appetite and normal funettens Of the whole system, The action In Nen oases to remarkably tepid and euro for recovery when you use thio remedy ..wording to f»struottons With each bottle, 2'y the bottle, or dozen. Sold by alt good ddt'u[� igts horse tootle hooses, or eXprees .prepaid by manufacturers. 1111101N XIt�AXCAL 00., alnlrtb Idris 1l aoteriologlesta. cioshen, stag. .—.. .....,. tete FROM SUNSET COAST WHAT Ti TB WESTERN PEOPLE. ARE DOING. Progress of the Great West 1014 in a Few Pointed Paragraphs. There are fifteen telephones ill San- cion and fifty-seven in New Denver. South Vancouver city bakers were aeeused of selling short -weight bread, A 9 -pound trout was taken by a loeal fisherman at Mission City last week,. Several milling deals aro in sight, 'incltte. Greenwood may yet be a 6econ4 Iiu A school building is being tallied of Galia.no Island. Thieves broke into the Pule Milk Dairy at Vancouver the other night and took $200.. Since 1916 the Vancouver 'branch of the Canadian Patriotic Fund has added 3,151 families. about Camifor130;d M000 iltsfeet peare r nowday. turning out Miss Anne Woodward, a resident of the district for 35 years, died recently in New Westminster, The British tanker El Lobo arrived at Victoria recently with 6,022 tons of crude oil for Icoco. There are to be no military formal sties in Victoria this year in connection with the King's Birthday. lt'if"ty-five names are on the honor roll of the Port Coquitiam Methodist Church as wearing the King's uni- form. The death occurred recently on Gabrielle Island of James Rollo, a !resident of the district for the past thirty-seven years. Five fishing boats landed catches totalling 16,'000 pounds of halibut at Prince Rupert the other day, and the haul sold at 9% oents per pound. The Vancouver board of health is making a vigorous crusade against waterfront tents and has already re- duced the number by two-thirds, North Vancouver ,has a new fire, truck, purchased for $450 and remodel- led and fitted up as a fire truck at an additional cost of less that $400. The Vancouver Zionist and Social Society reports that it has sent more 1than $3,000 to headquarters for Jew- , war sufferers and more honey is on the way. ?lir. Caspar Phair, wlio was appoint - .ed Government agent at Lillooet on the 7th of January, 1878, has just bean superannuated after thirty-eight years' service. At the canneries and among fishing Iboat owners general repairing is the order of the day. A busy season is anticipated by farmers and all other lines of industry. That scores of Limes in North Vann oouver are being served by unlicensed i milkmen was the charge made in a letter received by the council from the North Vancouver Dairy. POULTRY RAISER'S CHANCE. Present Market Outlook Warrants Greatly Increased Production During 1916. From present indications Great Britain will require all the eggs and poultry Canada can produce during 1916. Last year, as a result of great- ly increased production, Canada was ableto ship to Great Britain the larg- est quantity of eggs exported since 1902, and at the same time reduced her imports for home consumption by nearly a million dozen. Canadian eggs have found favor on the British market, and the prospects are that, providing they are available, much larger quantities Will be ship- ped this year. The unusually high prices prevailing at the present time are largely due to this anticipated ex- port demand. Prices for poultry are also high, and will likely continue so :for the rest of the season. Last fall and wintdr all the surplus Canadian poultry was. exported at highly profitable prices. Between fifty and sixty cars of Iive poultry were shipped from Western Ontario to the Eastern States alone, and in the Maritime Provinces, par- ticularly in Prince Edward Island, the export demand for canned poultry has greatly enhanced prices to producers. Although some uneasiness has ex- isted on the part of the trade as re- gards transportation facilities in view of the high freight rates and the shortage of boats, it is now reasonably certain that an even greater demand for Canadian poultry and eggs will occur this year. It is imeertant, therefore, that every poultry producer takes steps to profit thcrrby, by hatching as many chickens :. rossible this spring. • Now is the time, by-hatch:ng early, by hatching everything p:r,,rii,le in the .month of May, to geregl against the marketing of so much ;:mail, un- dersized, poorly gni ,peri i.oult'r"y, which annually becomes a rug on the market in the fall of the year, Again it is only by hatching now, and give ingthe chickens every poesiblc ehanco to thrive and grow, that a maximum of eggs can be obtained in the win- ter time. • Given their proportionate nni'oin,t of attention, the growing of poultry brings quick and profitable returns to the farmer'. With the increasing`eost of meats, milk butter, ebe., there is a r , n' 1 f0• c n ,tants increasing demi ad 1 o y x 8 poultry and eggs. The labor problem. is not ethical, as the boys and girls on the farm can readily take care of the poultry. The cost of feed is nom.. incl, prices for..,`poultry and eggs are high, the highest, in fact, for many years. It is obvious, therefore, that Canadiat s have a patriotic, as well all ars economic duty to perform in mak. ing the year 1916 the banner yes r for poultry production in Canada.