The Brussels Post, 1888-6-22, Page 6lsarn..asllra a sMT00u,nNdm&
'��'elir}aaf11ee 'totes,
CONCERNING TOBACCO.
FIRST buy.
If I were the ehinlney
Of a great big mill;
Where the busy weavers
;^120111 eo Sehtoln $till—
t i i were that chimney,
You might see me then
Smoking, smoking, smoking,
.lie 4, like grown-up men.
S::,'081, t:uy.
if within your kitchen
1 could bo the grate,
Then you'd see me sometimes
Dusky wreaths create ;
Shining tins would darken,
Dust you would espy,
- "Ilow that fire is smoking
Sadly you word l sigh.
T1111,1 OOT.
if the fairito changed me
To a house ou lire,
To a burning ruin,
Scone of trouble dire,
Carling clouds, I doubt not.
Upward would aspire ;
Yes, you'd see me smoking
If a 1100.30 011 tire.
rorl:'1'it Puy.
If upon your table
1. a lamp could be,
Then my little chimney,
Treated carelessly,
Soon would lend a fragrance
Far beyond a joke;
You would be complaining
"How that lamp does smoke l"
FIPTii ROT.
If I were the funnel
Of a penny boat
Or a little steamer
That doth gaily float,
You would feed lily furnace
Then with coal and coke
III were a funnel,
You might see me smoke.
i,ITTIi UOT.
But as heav'n has made me
Just a healthy boy,
Full of strength and vigor,
Fall of hope and joy,
Never, never, never,
Whatsoe'er my lot,
Will yon see me smoking ;
I would rather not,
(ALL Too -maim, SLOWLY AIM t'LEARLT.)
Never, never, never,
We shall never fret
Either for strong liquor,
Pipe, or cigarette.
Little temperance Buddies,
Whatsoe'er your lot,
Say yo to tobacco,
"Thanks—I'd rather not 1"
THE CULTIVATION OF WOOL.
11T 1011. RI(0w\, PROFESSOR 01, AORICCLTLRE.
Among the many developments in
Agriculture of late years there does
not seem to have been any practical
facts as to what may be accom•
plished in the improvement of wool.
The Ontario Experimental Farm
made some. teetingen 1888 and '85
in clipping lambs once and shear.
rings twice a year. Those, we know,
have been adopted in some cases,
but as yet very few are aware of how
much can be done, reasonably, in
several lines to produce more wool
per head, better wool, and more suit.
able wool for various manufactures.
As Canada has notlyet obtained a
place among nations even as a sec-
ond rate producer of wool and mut.
ton, and as we are just beginning to
see how much we could do very
easily, there is the better reason to
ask that our farmers should enter
upon the bueinees with all the light
of modern experience and require
menta.
We are nob without experience in
moat countries as to the marked ef•
feet of climate, eoil and herbage up-
on the various properties of wool,
and at the same time it is safe to
assert that few men make these in-
fluences a study before Investment
in a particular breed of sheep.
Neither do we find justification by
sound argument for the practice of
'washing, of ,lipping once a year, nor
of rarely tatting wool from lambs.
What has been so easy to get and
so cheap to produce has necessarily
obtained corresponding attention
from farmers as well as manufao•
Wren ; indeed, the surprise is that
the manufacturers of woolen goods
have not demanded from wool
growers such a character of material
as is required for particular markets,
rather than having had to make the
(articles according to the nature of
tiro material got with so little skill.
It is to remarkable fact that also.
lutely no change has taken place,
save perhaps in Saxony and France,
in the method of cultivating and
harvesting wool.
It will be said, no doubt, that
with the many breeds and nearly ns
many varieties of wool the mann-
faoturers can get very much of tex•
tore, and of length, and other prop-
erties, as must meet all, or nearly
all, public wants. There is much
truth in this statement, but the
argument is just the best to use in
favor of the positron I am claiming
for bettor cultivation and the im- a
pruvement of the crop by methods p
of harvesting.
Take several practical examples 1
from tho experience of this station, I 0
THE BRUSSELS POST
We have put to pasture this it a
eau all our imported rates and 111003
of Liueeln, Cotewola, Lcioeate+r, Ox
ford, Shrive, Ilamps, l~outli D.,wn,
Morino and Cheviot, as well ns
Inane -bred sitearlings mud I'tlubs,
both T111118 and ewes, together with
first cross we her lambs of ail tbeso
with the comma or grad„ ewes of
the country. Every nnuual, lambs
excepted, woe shorn close during the
end of April and beginuiug of May,
so that practically 110 WL' el has genu
to grows with us this el aeon, The
airy, 0001 ellel.e all winter, with ac
cess to outside court./ at all ltotire,
Rept 11(0 sheep c0taperativcly fro,'
from meeting with their henvy
(sats, nud 11000 after clipping very
few had to be jacketed, and not one
Les turd iteflatuwaliee,t 00 atilt;
trouble in nureiug, nor has there
been more than the usual ]lead colds
even during an unusually late awl
Bold spring up to date. By clang•
fug from pen to pen according to
tilne of shearing and temperature we
have had marked I,nolite by bct'lr
doing in Roth, ler 0tyth earl gopera
11 win.
The COnitll00 practice is le leave
clipping until ;time, , :• after r prig g
netting, when wool is less in goon•
lite, dirtier, harsher, lucre rnggud
and net so soaud for mauufacturiug
purposes. We eheeld have issued
this Bulletin earlier, with the strong
advice -"Never lot your \real go to
grass." Even now it will be in
time for many in other aspects.
The few lines allowed n this pub
lic document do not admit of telling
all the accompaniments of the
change of practice recommended,
among the most important of which
would be that poor feeding and early
spring clipping implies many deaths,
an inferior crop, ,and nearly every
thing in correepondence. Musts of
the wool of a large flock after tho
long housing acct dry feeding neoee•
sary in this country, deteriorates
before April ; some of it leaves the
skin, dries, and consequently the
whole fieeoe prematures nod loses
value. When removed two or four
weeks before going out there is such
a stubble of new growth as sufiloi•
eptly fends from sunshine and ,hilly
mornings, supplemented as it should
always bo by the application in any
case of a good "dip" in mid
summer.
And now comes wbat to one stands
as a great mistake in management
and the value of a crop of wool any•
where, namely, harvesting only once
a year, and never clipping the
lambs. We have already indicated
the good resulting from early clip•
plug and that sheep are decidedly
more comfortable from it, and it is
also our ex erieuce that
p clipping
again in July is both beneficial to
the anima] end profitable to the
owner, The extra well•doing after
April has produced upon good pas.
ture a superior second crop, shorter
and Ener in texture relatively to
hind. This is the stage claiming
the better sample for certain fabrics,
where also the longer, coarser var-
ieties would and do actually give
such a change 08 fetcher a greater
price per pound. Why do not
flookmaeters take this crop ? There
le not the shadow of cruelty about
it, though 11 certainly means tree or
shed shade and another turn of the
dipping tub. Long before the chilly
nights of September or the actual
frost of winter comes—not forgetting
it is not frost but wet that does
most harm to sheep—the second
growth is long and close, and ore
next April, under good management,
is equal in weight to what it would
have -been had clipping been done
only once.
Altogether then we gather up the
following oomparisou of the two
systems as applicable to 'Ontario
and the market today for unwashed
wool, on au average of the breeds
named:
Usual clip of 71b. in June, at 15c $1 05
lot clip of7lb. inApril, ati5a. $1 05
2nd clip in July, 3} lb. et 10e. 52
Clip of lamb, one per Bead of all
tho flock, 8 ib. at 17e 51
—$2 08
Difference per head $1 03
The extra cost of shearing and
dipping amounts to eight cents per
head.
I have recently advised with two
extensive woolen manufacturers,
and submitted samples of unwashed
wool from all our breeds, upon
wlileli they sot the following as the
highest possible present market
prices por pound :
0001! On, APRIL AEU ;OLT, 1889.
ata. Lbs,
Lincoln 11 131
Ontario grade 18 1111
Cotswold 1.3 111
Leicester 13 111
Oxford le 1d
Cheviot 10 a
Shrope 10 9
Tramps .. 10 tl
South Down 18
ltiorino
8
21 7
Tatting the Merino as standard
ud at an average weight of seven
ounds per neon in Ontario, I give
n fila second column the number of
Lunde per fleece required, from the
Ebel' breeds to make an equal
t'aln.•, 11 is significant of neture'
illelmrltality that but ono of ll(
number, v15., the grade, fails t
stand the eon,perls0n, ns with the
oxcep110', which 18 three poend
too ranch, the actual average weigh
par ileceo of all the breeds with u
19 very close upon 1113 figures given
d 1't',1'i I.i 7' ;11,1 It:1i 13 7'
Brunn 0irerl. - Brusseeta
t ANJRlal' (7E11E11E, 1'ltOl'1ttETt It
v i r'r"GSI of). ,.Milt Ikieats
u
a
1C^t)s.•nl, Ne'*er4.
1uv0etigaiicne of the swine plaeu
show that, of all farts elltmele,
swine Inure than any other should
Hare pare Water from la well.
seeeees iu farming 18 net lottery
but lab's nud good management
TIT' 11trio Reals toast be waloheti
the penuioe saved, rho details !kept
well in hand.
Ono nustake made with selling
fowls is iu guuwiug them to n largo
size before 10111ug. The Host weights
000 from three to four pounds ,(1011
Prof :build has Laid : "The
teenier slue minds of dairymen aro
disabue5:1 0f the idea that the ripen
ins of cream and the development
of high flavor of butter he only to
the scouring of the cream rho batter
wilt it be for their ropntatiou and
their rurit te, and also fpr the con-
etunere."
Dr. Wm, Ilorn5, V, 8., maintains
that the whole animal economy
suffers by what ho cbaraoterizes as
1110 "frightfully painful" pra01100
and "crime" of sawing oft' the hurtle
of cattle, and tho effect is, iu his
judgment, especially detrimental to
the prepotent powers.
Get the ground ready for turnips.
Plow it now, so as to allow the prase
and weeds to start up. As feet as
they shall appear run a cultivator
over the field. In this manner
nearly all the grass and weeds will
be destroyed before the arrival of
the Elmo for putting in tho turnip
seed, and it will save labor in grow-
ing the crop. It is also bust to
spread the manure on the plot now
as manure frequently contains seeds
of weeds,
of the lee+at duality always on hand nail le•
1(v1ree1 Lo nut' leant of thy 3(11(4, fret, of
0llnr(te.
'fern, vary laversl,UU.
FAT CATTLE WANTED:
For which 1113 Ligltr:e5 run: list rte edit
by paid.
1 ole" u13,110 n specialty of buyL,e 111.1,3
3n.1 0)11116.
il°t0 forget the 1113.09 next door to
1'1etaluw's aewelry Stare. A. CURRIE.
Money to Loan,
1 Molloy to Loan Parni
• petty, at
MEASURE EE FORA COFFIN.
A young man walked into the
establishment of a prominent under-
taker a few weeks ago, and after
glancing carelessly over the place
inquired :
"Flow much for a coffin ?"•
The undertaker ran over a list of
prices and asked the sex of the per•
son for whom it was needed.
"It is for man -a man about
my size," replied the customer.
After some bickering a style of
coffin was selected and a price do.
oided upon. Then the young man
tools off his overcoat and said to the
undertaker :
'elleasnro me.",
"But, hut," stammered the mor.
Mary dealer, "you are not buying
a coffin for yourself ?"
"That is just what I ane doing,"
replied the customer, with a hollow
cough, "I have only a few week,' to
live and not n relative in the world
but n feeble old mother, and I want
to save her all the trouble I can."
The undertaker took his height,
and breadth of his shoulders, feel-
ing more nervous than he Lad at
any contact with death. Then the
young man paid for his uncanny
purchase, took a receipt and left
word where it should be sent when
wanted,
Ono day last week the climax of
this strange story was reached, when
a tottering old woman entered the
undertakers cetablisLmentandshow-
od a crumpled piece of paper.
"It's for my boy, Harry," said
site, weeping bitterly. "Ho said it
was an order for his coffin,"
"Then he is dead?" asked the
undertaker, who had not forgotten
his strange customer.
"Yes, he is dead, the best boy
that ever lived," and she broke
down again.
The undertaker delivered the
coffin, and sate the man whoa
measure he had taken comfortably
placed in bis pnrchass.—St. Louis
Chronicle.
At a social of Zion Presbyterian
Church in Brantford, the Bev. Dr.
Cochrane before leaving for tho
-General Assembly in Balifax and
the Pan -Presbyterian Council 111
London, England, wee presented
with a handsome purse filled with
gold, amounting to $400, asa alight
token of their appreciation of his
servioea, accompanied by the best
wishes for health during his absence
and a (info return home,
The Hamilton Board of Tracie
600)5 time ago memorialised lbs
Postmnstsu.Gsneral through the
city members for a reduotion of the
rate of postage from throe cents
to two cents per half -ounce. Iron,
A. W. 1ieLelan has replied regret-
ting his inability to reootnmencl such 1.48"11111'"fa step, as ho thinks the time has
fully givoll.
LOWEST RATEi3
Pro -
PRIVATE AND COMPANY FUNDS
DICKSON L1 HAYS,
Solicitors,
Brussels, Ont.
MONEY TO LOAM.
PPI.-T'9i]'L+ FU.iYDS.
of Private Funds have just boon
placed in my hands for In-
vestment
AT 7 FEB CENT.
Borrowerscan have their loans
complete in throe days if title is
.satisfactory.
Applyto, E. WADE.
S. PLUM,
General Blacksmith,
wishes to intimate to the public generally
that he dons all kinds of Biaokemithing
in a Workmanlike Manner.
Wagons, Buggies, Sleighs and Cutters
made to Order.
Repairing promptly Executed.
I make a Specialty of Horse -shoeing.
A Call Solicited. 'Remember the
Stand—Nr:in TnE Bnrvsr,.
ee
S. Plum.
nu Sio�er
BUT A GENUINE
SEWING MACHINE
—IS 711E—
..A.
11E--
..A. C0,1]T3D
For it is putting other Machines
out of door's every week.
She is tho Lead-
er at
Geo", Love & Co's,
Th'zasseis.
WM. SMITH
is prepared to attend to
Carriage Painting
in all its breaches, as well as
Sign and Ornamental
Painting.
Ho has had years of exper-
ience and guarantees his
work to giro satisfaction. A rig
wall painted is half sold.
not arrived for making the change,
which would certainly entail a con•
orderable loss to rho department,
He promises to take into consider•
alien the question of increasing the
weight of letters from halt nn etume 1Sltollin the old 11'osT'hublishing
to One ounce, house, h",.ing street, Brussels,
111111 terns cheer,
GIVE 111181 A CALL.
JUNE 22, 1888.
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W. COATS.
Storling Alaohh o Oil is daily becoming more widely and favorably known. Those
who try it continuo to use it. No othsr Oil is more suitable for general use, it is
well adapted for all
Pill Machinery,
Reapers, Powers
and Threshers !
Ask Your
M.E)C:lA.NT_
for it
Manufactured by I11c111illcnt, Kittredge (l Co., Paroles. ; Branch at
Stratford, Ontario.
7011 SALE BY A.1. M�cKA.Y & Go., p1�USSF1.s;
11. I!'.11IOALLIsian, Ethel ; J. T8108s, Bluevale, 7m
The Oranbrook Lime
Works
Aro in full blast mut a first-class
.c'YllA .BIL, 4__
---SOLI:) FOR—
,12-.1, Cents Per Bushel.
4c -;tin
( 011METHINC1 NEW 1
1,
WALTON PUMP FACTORY,
:Phe undersigned desires to intimate to
the public that he has 'purchasofl the
IVAr.T014 1211110 320.100137 from John Love
and is now prepared to fill orders, by
!nail or otherwise, intrusted to his care.
Satisfaetlon guaranteed 111 Pumps,
Tanks, &e.
Repairing promptly attended to. Con-
tracts taken for digging walls.
Ilaving boon 11 years at the business I
feel confident that 1 con suit ivy cus-
tomers.
ClT't•1'1 MIS A TRIAL and be convinced.
V, GRAMM, l','O/0. ;am
3'. S. VIIR.t SH',
Prop 15101', Waltwn,