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The Exeter Times, 1919-4-10, Page 5'1'HCrnsD T, Ap1rn, L r, 1919. 122 Its ASSAM quality gives' it that rich flavor RED TEAS good tei Sold only in sealed packages Crediton Next Sunday morning the pulpit of the Methodist church will be occup- ied by Rev. Finlay Of Centralia. • The mission Circle of the Method- ist church met at the home of Mrs. Alvin Baker Monday evening, when the officers for the coming year were +effected and the delegates to the Branch Convention and District Con- vention were appointed. Two weeks ago Friday evening the Lambda Phi Sigma Girls met in the Sunday school room and held their regular meeting. After a short per- iod of Devotional Study, Mrs. H. K. .Silber gave a very interesting talk ion "Why Girls Should Learn to Speak in Public." FoIlwing the talk several of the girls took part in an interesting debate on "Resolve that out door sports are of more value to a girl than reading." The negative side was the winner. Last week the girls enjoyed hav- ing with them the girls from the Methodist church. Mrs. (Rev.) Baker gave a talk on "Girls Friend- ship." It was much appreciated by all. The meeting was held in the Forresters Hall. A social time was spent afterwards including several games. • The Tuxis Boys and Trail Rangers held their regular meeting on Fri- -day night in the basement of the'. church, the feature of the evening -was the debate "Resolve that Agricu- ltural being both educational and commercial affords opportunity for the Ideal life." Loenard Hoist was leader of the affirmative and Walter Baugh of the negative, the latter -winning by a small majority. Next Friday is to be "Find yourself night" 'when Mr. Howard of Dashwood, will peak on choosing Life Work. Sexsmith Quite a number attended the Spr- ing Fair at Hensall on Tuesday last. Mr. W. J. Northcott. spent the week -end with friends at London and Toronto. Mr. W. Bieber has got nicely sett- led on the farm he recently purchas- ed from Mr. James Gould; on the second . concession. We wish Mr. Bieber success in their new home. A young son arrived to brighten the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Northcott on Wednesday of last week The "Times" extend congratulations. Thames Road Misses Grace and Flossie Switzer, ,of Blanchard visited Miss Joy Whitt - lock on Sunday last. Corp. Will Jeffery M. M. who has been seriously ill in England is ex- pected home in the near future. The W. M. S. of the Presbyterian church held their monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. John Ratcliffe en Friday last. MONUMENT TO FALLEN HEROES (Continued Erem page 1.) :Strang, who read the inscription on the face of the monument adding a few suitable words.. The band con- cluded the - ceremony by playing. "God Save the King." The monument has been erected on the corner of the school grounds facing North-East, the school itself being on the corner farm. It stands twelve feet, six inches in height be- ing the figure of a Canadian Sold- ier. it stands on a square base. On the face is engraved the follow- nng-"In memory of the men of S.S. No. 1, Usborne, who served for just- ice and freedom in the great world war 1914-1919. On the right side Filled in action, J. C. Strang, Earn- est Neil and Reg. Johnston; on the left side: wounded, Edward A. Oke, J. Cann, Earnest T. Oke and Samuel Dougall: below this is enlisted, N. P. 33latchford, Roy F. Ford, Gordon Oke, Cecil Down and William Haw- kins.. The back has been left plain atntil the return of the others who are still overseas when their names will be added. Mr. Weekes of Exet- er deserves great credit for the idea of having the soldier for the Model. Ike went to London and chose a young man who is now over- seas, he was photographed in full equipment standiug easy with rifle resting on the ground. He sent the corder to Camila, Italy, where the :figure was sculptured from Carrana marble, light grey in color. So per- fectly is it done that the nap in the ,cloth is visible, all seams and rink - les in it aro exactly correct and the pores of his skin are even to be seen son examination. It is a sight to make one hold their breath, expect- ing the figure to speak. It is indeed a marvelous piece Of work Mr. Week- . ee eek-.es cut the inscription on the base which: is a darker shade of grey. These who wish to see something worth while will do well to drive to 1o. 1 school I iurondale cornet end Dashwood Pte. Fred Wells of Exeter spent Monday in town. Mr.end Mrs. J. Kellerman spent last Thursday in Listowel. Mrs. R. 'Rrillert, of Ailsa Craig, is visiting her .parents. Mr. and Mrs. C. Fritz and daugh- ter Dorothy of Zurich, visited with relatives here on Sunday. Quite a number of the young people enjoyed themselves at a taffy party at the home of Mr. D. Truem- ner on Saturday. Cromarty Wedding Bells are still ringing. Miss Minnie McLaren is visiting her relatives and friends in this neighborhood. Maple syrup will not be so plen- tiful in this neighborhood. Very few of the farmers are making it this Spring. Mrs. Robertson is in Granton at- tending her grandaughter who re- ceived serious injuries while play- ing at school. Mrs. Fisher has moved in the house lately vacated by Mr. McConeli. Mr. and Mrs. Fisher were settlers at Peace River for sometime but intend disposing of their property there and settling in this neighborhood. Elimville Rev. A. W. Brown of Kirkton, will conduct the services on the Elimville circuit next Sabbath and Rev. Mr. Parnaby will take Mr. Brown's work at rirkten. Miss Ready visited over Sunday with Miss Davis at Saintsbury. Mrs. Upshall was able to get down stairs last week for the first time in several weeks owing to illness. Mr. Ted Poole is a happy man since taking over the farm vacated by Mr. Wm. Hern. An egg shower is being organized on the Elimville circuit when each family will be asked for a contribu- tion of eggs the proceeds of which will go for the improvements of the parsonage. The pastor Rev. Mr. Parnaby intends to paint the veran- dah and suggestions are requested for harmonious colors. A joint meeting of the Recreation club and War Reception Com. of the Elimville circuit will meet next Fri- day night to discuss some social event for welcoming home the returned men. Mr. Mark Wild has taken over a store at Grand Bend and Mr. Thos. Bell expects to move into the EIim- ville store this week. Zurich Mrs. E. Axe, who spent some mon- ths at London has returned home. Mr. Wm. Beiber,, who recently sold his farm near Sarepta, has purchesed Mr. Jaynes Gould's farm near Sex - smith, and has moved onto it. Mr. Joseph Gascho and family of the 14th. Con., have moved into the house vacated by Mr. Jacob Howald. At C. Waiper's auction sale Mr. Ed. Reichert, of the Blind Line, was the purchaser of 50 acres of grass land in Stanley, paying $2375 therefor. Mr. Simon Greb, wt the Babylon Line, has purchased the farm adjoin- ing his from the owner, Mr. George Broderick of London, and will get possession this Spring. Mr. Gideon Koehler had the mis- fortune the other day to have a small bone broken in one of his ankles, when a spirited horse he was driving upset the buggy in the ditch. He will be laid up for some time. A Social , and Presentation was held in the Blake church when Pte. Thos. Johnston and Pte. M. John- ston, returned soldiers, were pre- sentd With war Memento's. The Directors of the Zurich Agri- cultural Society met recently. The prize list was revised and some im- portant changes made. A sweep stakes prize will be added to each class of horses and cattle. This will be a suitable badge to be awarded to the best animal in any one class mentioned. Holstein cows and heif- ers were added to the cattle list, A number of varieties of poultry were also added. A resolution was also passed that the Society enter in two classes in the standing Field Crop Competition, via; White oats and Spring wheat. All entries must be in the hands of the Secret- ary before May 24th. A Baby Show will also be one of the attractions this year. Wife (complainingly) --- "You used to say before we, were married that d was a dream.'•" Hetb---•"'Vou were. A. dream is sontetfiing that one wakes up from END STOMACH TROUBLE, GASES OR DYSPEPSIA "Page's Diapepsin" makes fetch, jour,. gassy stomachs surely feel fine in five minutes. If what you just ate is souring on your stomach or lies like a lump of lead, or .you • belch gab and eructate sour, undigested food, or havea feeling of dizziness, heartburn, fullness, nausea, bad taste in mouth and stomach -head- ache, you can get relief in five minutes by neutralizing acidity. Put an end to - such stomach distress now by getting a large fifty -cent case of Pape's Diapepsin frommany drug store. You realize in five minutes how needless it is to suffer from indigestion, dyspepsia or any stone. ach disorder caused by food fermentation due to excessive acid in stomach. Seaforth The following were ticketed at Seaforth last week for distant points by W. Somerville, Railway and Steamship agent: CIaude Patterson, to Coaldale, AIberta; W. Beattie, son of Thomas Beattie, McKillop return- ed recently from overseas, to Swift Current; Mrs. McDougall to Good - lands, Man., after spending the win- ter with her sister, Mrs. D. Moore, Egmondville; Thomas Townsend, Egmondville, to Nesbitt, Manitoba; Young Sing to Swift Current; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Robinson and child John Street, is booked to Leeds, Eng- land, by C.P.R. steamer. There passed away to his long home, on Tuesday, March 25th., at his residence, Seaforth, one of the pioneers of Stanley Township, in the person of Hugh McDiarmid in his seventy-second year. He was born on the 13th. of September 1847, on Lot 9, Concession 2, Stanley and was the first white male child born on the 2nd. concession of Stanley, south of the Bayfield Road. When four years of age, he moved with his parents to lot 8, concession 3, Stan- ley where he lived the rest of his life, until he moved to Seaforth in January, 191.2, where he lrasesince lived retired. In April, 1884, he was married to Rachel Harvey, who predeceased him about two years: age He was a presbytertkn 'iii i eligioii and a reformer in politics, and held the respect of those with whom he came in contact. He leaves to morn his loss one sister, Mrs. McTavish, of Kenmore, a brother, ,.James of Stanley, and two 'daughters, Mrs. T. B. Baird, of Stanley and Katherine at home. The funeral took place March 27th., to Baird's cemetry. Starting Early Plants. Growers desire to have vegetables as early as possible, and for this rea- son it is necessary to start plants like cabbage, cauliflower and beets in hotbeds. Others like tomatoes and peppers have too long a season of growth to ripen a sufficient amount of the crop to make it pay. This method gives us from four to six weeks start. Hot beds should he on the south side of a fence or building . Obtain good fresh manure, turn twice to get fermentation well started. . Put it in a pile about eighteen inches to two feet in height, and a foot larger each way than the frame, being careful to tramp it thoroughly. To do this put it up in layers of six inches. Then put on the frame, which should be eighteen inches at the back and twelve inches at the front, facing south. Put in four to six inches of soil and put on the glass. Air every days for the first four days to get rid of the gases' generated by the fermentation. The soil is then raked and made ready for seed sowing. The seed is generally sown in rows three inches apart, about 10 seeds to the inch. When the seedlings are showing the first true leaf they are transplanted to other beds, the plants being set two inches apart each way. Withcabbage, cauliflower, beets and lettuce, this one transplanting is all that is necessary. Tomatoes, egg plants, pepper and such plants re- quire two transplantings, the last one four inches apart each way, or into four inch clay pots or quart berry baskets. Ventilation and watering are the two most difficult problems in hot- bed management. Ventilation should be given whenever possible. Even on stormy days the sash should be lifted even if it is only the thickness of a lath that is placed under it. Many growers use a piece of lath three inches long. This gives them three different distances of ventilation, and it may be laid on the glass when not in use, and will be always ready. Always have the opening away from the wind. You should also ventilate after watering to prevent scalding. IF YOUR CHILD IS CROSS, FEVERISH, CONSTIPATED Look, Mother! 1f tongue is coated, cleanse little bowels with "Cali- fornix Syrup of Figs." Mothers can rest easy after giving "California \Syrup of Figs," because in :t few hours all the clogged -up waste, sour bile and fermenting food gently moves out of the bowels, and you Have a 'well, playful child again. Sick children needn't be coaxed; to take 'this harmless "fruit laxative." Millions of mothers keep it handy Ria cause +they know its action on the stom- ach liver and•bowels fit prompt and sure. 'dru druggist ler a bottle of Ask your _ 11g ,, • u' r eon °PCalifornntt ,Sgntp of Fr aY" w� l TO MAKE CHICKENS LAY To Make the Stock Pay Feed Concentrates. Roughage and Roots Give Bulk to the Ration, But Production. De- pends Upon the Grains, Mill -feeds and Oilcakes. (Contributed by Ontario Department of Agriculture, Toronto.) ANY people forget net a hen requires feeds other than grain in order -to he in good health and to lay. All -grain rations are neither con- ducive to health or egg production. At times when hens have the run of the stables and the yards, together with house scraps, they do very well, owing to the fact that an opportunity is given them to pick up bits of clover leaves, roots, .,nd such like material. A certain amount of meat foods is essential in order to produce the white of the eggs. Too much of such feed is apt to cause trouble with tho general digestion of the bird. Milk as a drink, is, without doubt, the best animal feed known. It gives the best results when sour. When birds are accustomed to it they will not take too much. Beef scrap and high grade tankage are used very extensively on large poultry plants where milk Is not available. These are mixed witb ground grain, generally in the pro- portion of fifteen to twenty per cent, For the general purpose breeds the former amount is sufficient. Breeds such as Leghorns will make good use of twenty per cent. of meat scrap In the ration. Cooked butchers' meat, green cut bone, cooked beef head, lungs, liver, etc., are all very good feeds and may be fed in a manner similar to meat scrap. Some people think that because a little of meat feeds are good, more would be better. Experience has shown that such is not the case. Too much often causes serious trouble. Green, feedsare essential for health and for economy. A hen should have all the green feed she will consume. A certain amount of bilky, succulent green feed she will consume. Such feed is usually fairly inexpensive. Where birds are not fed any green feed, in the course of time they become unthrifty, lay poorly and moreover, the eggs from such birds many times are very low in hatching power. Experience has shown that oats when properly sprouted are a most excellent feed. The hens are 'very fond of them and the value of ,the oats as a feed is good. That is, the sprouted oats reduce the grain feed consumption equal to the pounds of oats sprouted and one gains the in- creased palatability of the oats, as well as the value from the greens. Thin -leafed greens contain one of the very important elements of growth and health. They are called nature's protective feeds; that is they assist to maintain the birds' health or normal resistance against disease. Health is an essential to profit. In winter we find such feed in sprouted oats, cabbage, and clover leaves. Prof. R. W. Graham, 0. A. College, Guelph. Value of Concentrates In Ration. A cattle teed is valuable to the ex- tent it contains those substances which will repair body tissue, build new tissue and furnish energy to do work. The particular materials in a food which have this power are pro• tein, the flesh -forming substance, carbohydrates and fat, the fat and energy producers and the mineral matter which has a great many func- tions in the body. Any feed that carries a high per- centage of protein and fat and a large amount of a digestible form of the carbohydrates is called a concen- trated feed or r concentrate. Thus grains, mill feeds and oil cakes are concentrates. On the other hand, a feed low in these valuable constitu- ents and high in indigestible carbo- hydrates, or crude fibre, as, for in- stance, straw, hay, corn stalks, are called roughage or bulky feeds. Roots may also be put in this class because they contain a very high percentage of water and they are for this reason bulky. These bulky feeds have their place in the ration, indeed in the case of full -frown animals on maintenance ration, they may form the whole of the food; but it is impossible for a young animal to make rapid growth, a cow to give a large amount of milk or a horse to work hard on such feed. The hard woody fibre of the straw and hay are difficult to digest and much of the energy that should go to production of work or increase is used up in digesting the food. Consequently when production is de- sired the amount of roughage feed Must be reduced and the concen- trates increased. Another reason why concentrates must be used is that to get the larg- est production we must have the ani- mal digest and absorb the maximum amount of the various constituents which together form a food. A cow cannot long continuo to furnish a large amount of casein in milk unless it gets the material from which to form it from the food. Neither can n steer snake rapid growth and fat- ten on a food that does not furnish a large amount of the food constitu- ents essential for growth. These cannot be supplied in the largest and best quantities except by the use of the concentrates. The coarser feeds ur roughage are necessary to give bulk to the ration, but there must be an abundance of easily -digestible materials if the best results are to be obtained and this is the place of concentrates in the ration. We want some eearse footle, even if they aro poorly digested, but we also want some concentrates to supply the ma- terials for growth and production, Furthermore Within Certain limits the more of the concentrates fed the NEWS TOPICS OF WEEK Important Events Which Have Occurred During the Week. The Busy World's Happenings Care- fully Compiled and Put Into Handy and Attractive Shape for the Readers of Our Paper A Solid flour's Enjoyment, TUESDAY. A new Dominion coat of arms is to be designed. The Social Service Council of Can- ada has been incorporated. The Toronto police seized ;20,000 worth of liquor on Palmerston ave- nue, and arrested five men. Samuel Gompers and his party sailed yesterday for New York on the steamer Rotterdam. The Allied missions which were in Budapest when the Hungarian revo- lution broke out have arrived at Bel- grade. The Canadian Siberian Expedition- ary Force is to return, the date being kept secret by request of the British Government. Hamilton women may refrain from buying butter and even milk or cream until the prices fall to more reason- able figures. Alex. Duthi, about 45 years of age, an Austrian -Ukrainian, was shot dead in the foreign quarter of Guelph on Sunday night. Alex. Wood, an employee of the Lake Erie Coal Co., was instantly killed by falling from a coal hoist into a barge at Erieau. The Grand Trunk Railway Co. has to meet payment to -day of principal and interest due an G. T. P. bonds. amounting to $10,754,040. J. W. Dafoe, editor of the Mani- toba Free Press, in an address to the Canadian Club of Toronto, told of the work at the Peace Conference. One hundred and fifty persons were executed by the new Budapest Government for looting when the political turmoil of last week oc- curred. At the international boxing tourna- ment final events in Toronto five of the championships were won by Canadian boxers and two by the Americans. Jimmy Wilde, the English fly- weight champion, conceded Joe Lynch of New York sixteen pounds and beat him in a twenty -round, ;bout at London. - WEDNESDAY. Nine hundred soldiers reached To- ronto from overseas. Sir William Meredith may assign counsel whom he thinks fit for the license inquiry. Gen. Byng has declined the Salis- bury command, but is not quitting the army entirely. The new radial line to Port Perry may compel the removal of the ob- servatory at Agincourt. Neville B. Colcoct, former -Agent- General for Ontario in London, died there at the age of 76. Local option in partial exemption of moderate priced homes is to be permitted by the Ontario Legislature. Mrs. Hannah Copeland, of Newton- ville, was murdered by her son, Her- bert, who is alleged to be religiously insane. Brantford has started a movement for a national memorial to Canadian nurses who died on duty with the overseas forces. The preliminary peace treaty will not be submitted to the Germans at Versailles. Only the final session will be held there. Delegates from the "revolution- ary" miners representing 195 Ger- man mines have voted to begin a general strike. J. M. McKay, B.A., mathematical master at Galt Collegiate Institute, when going home from his classes at noon, was striken with paralysis and died in a few hours. Mr. Mark Workman, president of the Dominion Steel Corporation, who has just returned from Europe, in an interview predicted a splendid fu- ture for Canadian trade. The allied powers at Paris have decided tbat Germany is not to be permitted to keep garrisons, fortifi- cations or war factories, not only on the left bank of the Rhine, but also along a strip of at least thirty miles on the right bank. THURSDAY. The W.C.T.U. extension campaign was started to -day. Two Methodist churches in Brock- ville have decided to amalgamate. John Shingwauk, the old chief of the Garden River Indian Reserve, is dead. Bolshevist troops in Pinega area have withdrawn seven miles under pressure of Allies. Premier Paderewski of Poland is expected to pass through Vienna on his way to Paris. Reports are rife that a revolution has broken out in Petrograd against jhe Lenin Government. Fifty Meaford business men have formed a company to develop oil lands in St. Vincent township. A "Committee of Moderation" in favor of beer and wine has been formed in the Province of Quebec. Euclide Jacques, for eleven terms water commissioner and also a for- mer alderman of Windsor, is dead. Quebec Provincial Government has decided to form twenty-one districts for road work, each with a resident engineer. Joseph Ferrer, one of the most prominent citizens of Parry Sound, for many years police magistrate, is dead, aged 80 years, Police investigation into the death of the man whose body was found at the Humber (near Toronto) Sunday disposes of the theory of foul play. Hon. Geo. S. Henry, Minister of Agriculture, introduced a bill in the Legislature to provide for the sale of cream on the basis of batter -fat content. The Guardian Realty Company of Canada, owners of the Royal Bank building, Ling' and Yonge streets,. Toronto, reports net profits of 07,499 in 1918. FRIDAY. A national Liberal ebnvention is called for Ottawa on August 5-7 terday passed the Sunday' baseball bill. The Private Bilis Committee fav- ored allowing Ottawa to try the sin- gle tax plan. It is authoritatively stated that the garrison at Odessa has been greatly strengthened, The Bavarian Government has be- gun negotiations for the conclusion of an alliance with Russia, No matter how Quebec votes on the temperance referendum nett Thursday, the bar is to go. The O atario Legislature was asked to reduce the number of Toronto's representatives in the House. City Solicitor J. F. Gross has pre- sented the city of Welland with a municipal clock for the new fire hall. Peter Wright, British Labor ora- tor, addressed 1,500 returned sol- diers at the banquet in the Toronto Armories. Three lives were lost and property damage estimated at ;35,000 was done in a fire which destroyed the Dorion Block at Hull. The National Olympic Committee at Rome decided to accept the offer of Antwerp for the holding of the Olympic games there in 1920. Acting Premier Sir Thomas White told Parliament he expected the {whole Grand Trunk System would become the property of the people. It is reported from Kiev that the Bolshevist troops have shot 11 jour- nalists, four professors, the mayor of the town, a general and several other persons. Sir Robert Falconer, president of the University of Toronto, suggests diverting the provincial tax of one mill levied for war purposes to edu- cational purposes. Great Falls, Mont., has "offered" a purse of $220,000 for the Willard - Dempsey bout. The promoters there have agreed to build an arena cap- able of seating 50,000 spectators. SATURDAY. Returned soldiers broke up the W.C.T.U. tag day in' Toronto. A Kitchener candy manufacturing firm has adopted the profit-sharing policy. The Mauretania is to call at Hali- fax to land British soldiers and de- pendents. Canada is to have a Department of Public Health, with a Cabinet Minis- ter at its head. Four children of Alphone Dube of St. 'Donat, Que., perished in a fire that destroyed their home. A woman in a confectionery store at Kitchener found a, sleeping snake coiled in a stalk of bananas. A comparison of American and English steel prices showed the lat- ter much higher than the former. The probabilities are now that the Schleswig territory formerly belong- ing to Denmark will be returned. Canadian shoe manufacturers de- cided to form an export association at once to secure orders in Europe. Hugh I. Strang, LL.D., of Gode- rich, one of the foremost education- ists in Canada, died in his 78th year. Ontario Legislature amended Workmen's Compensation Act to in- crease allowances to widows and children. George Ross, Town Solicitor of Co- balt, and an authority on commercial, mining and municipal law, is dead. J. W. Flavelle told the Public Ac- counts Committee that a million quarts of liquor had been procured on physician's orders since Septem- ber, 1916. Frankie Robinson, America's pre- mier race rider, was killed when sev- eral horses fell in the sixth race at Bowie yesterday. Wm. J. Moorehead, aged 14, of Sweet's Corners, near Brockville, died of blood -poisoning from a stye on one of his eyes. The opinion is expressed by a re- sponsible British authority that the peace treaty will be ready for signing by Wednesday next. Thos. Magladery, M.P.P. for Timis - kerning, is reproved by a league of Cobalt citizens for his attitude is the Public Accounts Committee. The strike situation in the Ruhr district in Germany has grown dis- tinctly worse in the past 24 hours. From 58,000 to 110,000 men are out. "Irish" Kennedy of Hamilton add- ed another to his long string of knockouts last night at the Guelph Military Hospital, when he beat Bat- tling Ray of Syracuse. MONDAY. Troops in Munich favor the Soviet, but declare they will maintain order. The Northland and the Caronia ar- rived at Halifax with more than four thousand troops. York township voted in favor of having Hydro -electric lighting throughout the township. Toronto postmen resolved to de- mand an immediate settlement of their claims at a mass meeting on Saturday night. A large number of soldiers reach- ed Hamilton hours before they were expected and there was no one to re- ceive them. The Toronto police dispersed a So- cialist indignation meeting in the grounds of the Jewish Hall, Sunday aft ernoon. The Hapsburg family has been de- finitely banished from Austrian do- minions by decree of the National Assembly. Capt. Joseph Reade, M.P. for Queen's, P.E.I., affectionately known to Commoners as "the Ancient Mari- ner," is dead. British boxing promoters have made an offer of twenty thousand pounds to have the Willard -Dempsey bout staged in England. The ladies of a Hamilton Presbyr terian Church entertained, after the evening worship, a number of return- ed men who attended the service. Harry A. Blaster, of Bow Island, and two men of Burdette, J. J. John- ston and I. Whitford, were drowned in the Saskatchewan river on Friday. George Wisson, of Simcoe, his sis- ter, Mrs. John Wark, of Brantford, and her infant, perished in a fire which consumed his house at Simcoe. Three men on a motor trip from Toronto to Oshawa and back indulg- ed in an orgy of auto stealing, tak- ing foar cars in the course of the trip. Food relief has been arriving in quantities in Berlin and the' erlirx Ministry annottneec that it wit]. now POTATO CROP 0ISEAS Most .Serious of Theta WIi Established in Old Ontario, Varieties of Grains Which Give l lest Yields ---0, A, C, No. 21 Barley of All --•. Get Everythh1 In Readiness for Spring Spra Now. (Contributed by Ontario Department Agriculture, Toronto.) FFICIALS of the Onterfrr. partment of Agriculture spected 313 seed pota fields in Northern Ontarl last year of 278 acres, and 119 net qualified for certified seed, It i mated that there were 16,000 busk of certified seed secured from No ern Ontario. All of this is bein shipped to Old Ontario to be plante this year. The survey which was made 1 year by inspectors to detect diseas in the potatoes was spread over counties, although the reports fro four of that number are not include in the statist!cs because of irregular ties in the work. The territory cove ed was from Northumberland an Peterborough counties west to Esse not including Simcoe and Victoria. I was found in this survey that a average of 15 per oent. of the pota toes had the most serious disease o Leaf Roll, and that 7 per cent. wer affected with Mosaic, a total of 2 per cent. affected by disease. An in teresting fact revealed by the sura is that the diseases are most commo along the shores of Lake Ontario through Dufferin and Wellingto counties, and along the shore of leak Erie through to Essex county. Far ther north the percentage of diseas is much smaller. While the averag for the two diseases is 22 per cent, some of the counties showed a muc higher rate, as Haldimand 29, Wel land 61.7, Lincoln 33.5, Wentwo 26.6, Brant 44.8, Halton 32.1, Pe 51.9 and York 25.4. The standard this province permits of two per cent. Leaf Roll in No. 1 seed and 5 pe cent. in No. 2. In severe Mosaic the percentage is the same, althoug in slight Mosaic the figures are doubled. The cause of these diseases is not known. Whether there is some or- ganism, or whether the climate has something to do with them, is a matter of doubt. Prof. P. A. Murphy, of Charlottetown, who is the Chief Pathologist for potatoes for the Dom- inion, and who is attached to the Central Experimental Farm, is at work on this problem, and it is hoped that before many months the cause will be known. At any rate, it is known ,that the diseases are more common in potatoes in the Southern States. That is why it is expected Ontario seed potatoes will be in de- mand there in a few years. Leading Varieties of Spring Grain. The old Six -rowed barley gave way to the Mandscheuri, and that in turn has given place to the O.A.C. No. 21, which is now grown throughout On- tario to the exclusion of practically all other varieties. The Egyptian and the Black Tartarian varieties of oafs which were popular at one time have been largely displaced by the Banner and more recently by the O.A.C. No. 72 and the O.A.C. No. 3 varieties. The 0.A.C. No. 72 variety has a com- paratively strong vigorous straw, spreading head, and white grain of good quality, the hull being quite thin. In experiments at the Ontario Agricultural College it has surpassed the Banner in yield per acre in each of nine out of ten years. It has made a phenomenal record in connection with the Ontario Standing Field Crop Competitions, taking more first prizes than all other varieties of oats com- bined. The O.A.C. No. 3 variety is ten days earlier than the Banner or the O.A.C. No. 72, and is an excellent variety for mixing with barley when it is desirable to grow the two in combination. Of the spring wheats the Red Fife, the Marquis and the Wild Goose are the principal varie- ties. At the present time, however,• when the demand for wheat for bread production is so urgent the Marquis and the Red Fife, and especially the farmer, should be grown as exten- sively as possible in Ontario. Spring rye does not yield equal to Winter rye but its cultivation will perhaps be increased somewhat during the present year. The O.A.C. No. 61 variety has given the best results, surpassing all other kinds in yield of grain per acre.—Dr. C. A. Zavitz, 0. A. College, Guelph. Prepare for Spring Spraying. Efficient and economic spraying is hard to attain with the use of poor machinery. The power sprayer is an expensive piece of machinery, but it is effective when properly handled. Its usefulness can be greatly impair- ed by improper care. To secure the highest degree of efficiency in spray- ing the maintenance of high pressure is necessary. Probably high pressure is not needed in all cases; it is, how- ever, true that by means of it more thorough and, consequently, more ef- fective work can be done in a much. shorter time and with much less effort. The agitation of the liquid in the tank is another important matter. In the case of most sprays, the individ- ual particles that make up the in- secticide are suspended in the water. 'Unless the sprayer is equipped with a good agitator, these particles will settle to the bottom, rendering the mixture in the top of the Yank weak- er than it should be, and that in the bottom stronger, and possibly in some cases too strong for safe appli- cation. It is needless to say that the eare of spraying machinery should never be neglected. Indeed, the spraying outfit should never be put away at - ter using until the miitture is thor- oughly cleared out from all parts of the primp, rod, piping, hose and ribs - Mee by running clear water through. thein,. The water should be drafngtl. Brom, the engirse, and all parts els;