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The Brussels Post, 1926-8-11, Page 6WEDNESDAY, A TGII.i *:1' 11th, 1.026 oyastakaara••• 'L Canada's Best )iano --Prices from °$375.00 sap T I RMS TO SUIT ALL Do not waste time solving. puzzles but get in touch with the old established and reliable firm and grit full value for your money. gan n & Risch 97 Ontario St. Phone 1; 1 Stratford TR:ML RIDERS S IN THE CANADIAN ROCKIES There is a new and interesting movement on foot in Canada these days, and not only in Canada, for its influence has spread far ani wide since that day 2 years ago, when the Order of Trail Riders of the Caned-. Ian Rockies was transformed from a mere beautiful idea into an actual reality. The greatness and beauty of this "trail riding movement" has inspired a charming little book whose part author is one of Canada's outstand- ing writers—Frederick Niven. lir. Niven is widely known in America and the Old Country, and his appre- ciation of the Canadian West has been evident in all his latest books, such as "Hands Up "The Wolfer," "The Lady of the Crossing," "Sage - Bush Stories," "Cinderella of Skoo- kum Creek," and "Treasure Trail." Now he has given us in "Trail Rid- ing in the Canadian Rockies," recent- ly published by the Canadian Pacific Railway, a description of a trail rid- er's day in the mountains. He tells his story simply, yet so vividly that reading it one becomes conscious of beauty undreamt oft the eternal peace that broods among the tangle of woods and peaks; the trail.; un- seen from the train, that wind through narrow ribbons of tamarack needles, soft and resilient; the thew - ere. the birds, and the bee -loud glades. He speaks of the great joy 'of lying down underneath the stars, of waking to find morning on the mis- ty mountains; and lastly of the eager- ness of starting out upon a new day. "The horses are saddled, the pack string waits. We mount and ride in- to the balsam scent, to the sight of lonely lakes, blue • as torqueise, or green as jade tucked away among the woods, to visions of leagues of forests out of which crags flaunt up to the sky holding aloft the gleam- ing glaciers, on these thin ribbons of trails,•strewn with odorous dust or old cones and tamarack needles, that twine through the wonderland:" It is a very wonderful experience to go on one of the official rides that the Order hold in the Rockies. Mr. Niven says; and it is easy to believe hint. This year members of the Or- der, will- gather from all parts of the World to hold their official rides, and wind up with the annual "Pow - Wow" to lee held this year in Ptar- migan Valley, near lovely Lake Louise, "Trail Riding" is not only valuable from the standpoint of the high •lit- erary quality of Mr, Niven'a intro- duction, but on account of the many riding, camping, fishing and hunting trips that are given in detail by pro- minent members of the Order of Trail hiders, such as Lieut. -Col. Phi- lip A. Moore, E. N. Davis and Bill Potts, a number of naps showing the trails and bungalow camps in the Rockies, and many fine photographs. For all these reasons, therefore, this little book is recommended to you with the warning that if you are not already a trail rider, you will be after reading it. BRUCE COUNTY A meeting of the Raman Catholic ratepayers was heli in Car- gill to decide as to the advis- ability of starting a Separate School there. Boy Hosea, a sticker hand in the Malcolm Furniture Co„ was struck with a board when it flew out of the machine which be was operating. I3e taken to Kincardine General Hos- pital shortly after the accident and is recoveril g rapidly, Gideon teeete.er, nf 'Wiarton, has sold Hay i -land to F. J. Talmadge, of Detroit, just evil tt the new purchas- er plans to tin with it has not been stated, her it is presumed that it is for Sumue»r resort purposes, as an aeroplane i, expected there this week, to get general observations and photo. graphs of +he district so that it not , be proper" snapped nut. It is report- ed it is a parr of a plan to develop the tourist possibilities of the Bruce Pen- insula district. Mr. Oastner purchas- ed the island a number nf years ago. There ace abnut twenty-four hundred serer on the island. It is one of a group of three islands situated dir- ectly North of Keppell Township and just outside of Owen Sound Bay and Wial'ton Bay. The death nccutred in Toronto, of Mrs, J. Thornhurn, a former resident of the 10th Concession of Bruce Twp. Sbe was 61 years of age and was burn in King Township. She lived for 17 years on the 10th of Bruce. About nine years ago, she moved to Tot onto, She leaves two daughters, Ihs. Alex. 'Magni', of Toronto, and Mrs. F. Lew- is, of Newmarket. And new it would appear that the bootlegger's are in the coal and wood alcohol businees. u Happy is he who can go off on a summer vacation without a thought of winter's coal hill. In dunking bootleg put your fin- ger into the decotion first, and if it takee the nail off don't touch it. 9�dVI' a onts The purchasing public is daily becoming greater readers of advertisements, The reason for this is that they profit by so doing. They find the goads they want described in the right manner, It is news to the purchaser. That being the case, it behooves the wide• awake and straight -dealing merchant to study his advertising matter carefully, so ;that when the customer comes in to buy, he or she will find that the goods are as represented. Those who do not read advertisements are losers. Make it a part of your reading to go over the advertisements of the merchants. By so doing you will know where to find the best bargains. Also you will learn whether the goods are as represented. Merchants are stllclying the needs of their customers. Buy from the man who advertises and you will not go astray. Every ` Stuff The Past Ads THE BRUSSELS POST GROW WINTER WHEAT NOW 19 THE TIME'. TO PLAN FOR FILL i4ItE1i1NG. Something of Its Advantages and Something of the Melbods Which Should Be Adopted. (Contributed by Ontario Pel+artn"utt of Agriculture, Toronto.) The seeding of winter wheat comes In September, while the seeding of spring wheat comes at t time or the rush of spring wont, Whore help is scarce this is a factor decidedly in favor of autumn sown wheat. Winter wheat excels as a nurse orop. It is harvested earlier than spring grown grains and thus gives the clover crop a better chance to compete for food and moisture. Winter wheat is able to use plant food in the soil lucre efficiently than spring grains. Fail sowu crops util- ize plant food material which other- wise would be leached out by autumn rains. Winter wheat outylelds spring wheat in old Ontario from 10-30 bushels per acre, It also gives a great bulk of straw, so useful where live stock are wintered. Preparing the Soil for Wheat. Soils for winter wheat' should be pioughed two weeks or more before planting time in order to allow set- tling before seeding, Wheat requiree a Arm, well compacted seed ,bed, such brings the seed in close contact with the particles of soil and enables the roots to get a perfect contact with the soil. A heavy rain following ploughing is desired as an aid to compacting the soil. When a lot of vegetation has been ploughed under or if the weather is dry it is neces- sary to roll, cultipack and harrow following the plough. The surface of the seed bed. should be loose and crumbly, with enough fine soil to give perfect cover and contact to the seed, Small lumps —up to the size of a man's fist are not objectionable on the winter wheat field, as the frost action pul- verises the lumps and leaves the sur- face soil in good condition in the spring. The lumps of soil also hold the snow over the field giving pro- tection to the wheat plant against freezing and thawing,—L. Stevenson, Dept, of Extension, 0. A. College. Injury From Chemical Fertilizers. When chemical fertilizer is applied in the hill or drill, careful consider- ation must be given to the possibility of injuring the germinating seedling. Chemicals high in readily available plant food such as nitrate of sodaor ammonium sulphate or muriate of potash are most injurious, while phosphates and organic nitrogen are less so. Large seeds such as corn, beans and others that germinate quickly, are more apt to be injured than these that germinate slowly. The soil moisture also has an influ- ence when chetnicals are applied as it determines the degree of dilution, hence there is less danger on clay or muck, than there is on the drier sandy soils. The sandy soils hold so little moisture that the chemical goes into a more concentrated solution. and hence is more injurious to the germinating seed. Best results are secured Where the fertilizer is applied in two streams to the sides and a little below the level of the seed. On Light soils where heavy appli- cations are made it is often desir- able to apply a portion of the fer- tilizer at planting time, the balance to be applied as a side dressing later. —L. Stevenson, Dept. .01 Extension, O. A. College. Warns Water for Laying Hens. Ice in the water pan will not help egg production, If trouble is experienced during the very cold weather, in keeping the pouitlty drink, water or milk from freezing, it may be overcome by using any one or several devices, Tho Vacuum water fountain so constructed that warns water put in it will keep warm until used, lasting all day, gives very good service. If the house is equipped with electric light there are a number of device such as "hot points" and "carbon bulbs" that may be suspended partly in the water or Milk to give the necessary heat to keep the drink palatable. Thele are kerosene heated fountains available that are generally satisfactory when given close attention as to adjust- ment and cleanliness. The birds must drink if they are to produce, and snow or Ice water are, not generally palatable to high prociucc•rs.—L, Stev- enson, Director of Extension, 0, A. College, Guelph. Beeping Track of the Farm Income. In every other line business worthy of a name, record is kept of the re- ceipts and expenditures, A study is made of these business records. Knowledge is accumulated and im- provement made. The farm business Cannot make much progress toward Providing an increased income until the farmer adopts a system of record keeping, and studies his balance sheet, every week, every month and every year. Such study reveals the reasons for profit and the cause or causes of loss on operations. It le only once in a great while that we meet a farmer making much progress Without keeping records of his farm operations. The great majority need to do it for their own and tile. farm's sake.—L, Stevenson, 0. A. College. A Poultry Loss. The egg -eating habit once acquired by members of the poultry Hock is difficult to stop. Prevention is easier than breaking the birds of the habit. Birds that have an abundant supply of oyster shell or lime before them at all times and are fed a liberal bal- anted ration, with abundant green Vied seldom develop the egg -eating habit, Arrange the nests at least eighteen Inches shove the floor and have plenty of them SO that 1f a hen' wants 10 lay there will be a nest for her. Tele prevents them crowding two or three irate a nest box and there breaking the eggs. Iieep the nests loris and well supplied with straw. Any birds caught In the act of breaking or ealJr4 4st,8 should be Ooniilgnod to tbtr'feoitthg i6c es. • •• •F a • Highest mark aid,et prices p 4 • See me or Phone No, 2x, Reus- • sets, and I will call and get • your Hen,, } e chile WANTED [Here ancjThere I "There is ne chance of another general strike in Great Britain for a generation and perhaps longer," is the view of Victor Suhr, news editor of the Evening News, Lon- don, who spent a short vacation in Canada recently. He thought the miners' strike in Grieat Britain would not be settled before the fall and perhaps not until the winter. The fishing season opens again August 15 on Lesser Slave Lake and Lake La Biche hi Alberta. There are approximately 100,000 pounds of white fish to be shipped during the season from Lake La Biche and over half a million pounds from Lesser Slave Lake as well as a considerable quantity of jackfish and pickerel from both. Canada's estimated wheat yield as indicated by crop conditions on June 30 is 348,626,000 bushels. The yield estimated for the Prairie Pro- vinces according to the Bureau of Statistics report is 327,226,000 bushels and for the rest of the Do- minion 21,400,060 bushels. Total es- thnated yield for oats is 458,840,000 bushels and for barley, 100,624,000 bushels: For rye the total estimated yield is 11,762,000 bushels and for flaxseed 8,419,000 bushels. The Manitoba Government has commenced an agricultural survey of unoccupied lands in the province which when completed will provide the incoming settle]. with all avail- able information on such lands. A total of 2,474 homesteads have been taken up in Western Canada this year. All post-war immigration records were broken recently when 1,681 immigrants passed through Winnipeg recently in 48 hours. The Earl of Clarendon, British Under-Secretary for Dominion af- fairs, and T. Macnaughton, chair- man of the overseas committee, are making a tour of Canada to investi- gate conditions ander which the 3,000 -family scheme is being handled in this country. They are issuing glowing reports of what they have seen. The full three thousand fam- ilies will have been brought over here by the end of next year. A civic vacation party arranged by the Kiwanis Club of Shenandoah, Iowa, recently passed through To- ronto and Montreal en route to Lon- don, England, There were 600 who availed themselves of the trip and most of these had never travelled outside the United States before in their lives. They will pass through Stratford -on -Avon and Oxford on their way to London and will make a side -trip to Paris and the French battlefields during their stay. "Association football in the Do- minion of Canada bids fair within the next few years to become a rival to the brand of soccer played by the major leagues in Great Britain," was the comment of Joe Smith, cap- tain of the All -England Association Football team which has just com- pleted its seven -week tour of Can- ada. The team travelled close on ten thousand miles en its tour and played twenty games against all kinds of teams. They did not lose a single game and scored 105 goals in all with only 18 registered against them. University men, municipal and government representatives, doc- tors, priests, notaries, lawyers and newspapermen made up the major- ity of the party of 100 people who took part in the across-Oanada tour of the Universite de Montreal re- cently completed. They were feted and welcomed by civic, university and government heads throughout their tour and return from it with a far clearer notion of the prob- lems of the West than when they started, The tour was run on C.P.R. lines under tate auslniees of the Uni- versity of Montreal, and was the second annual trip that has hoer{ made, During the past ,year 20 new pub - lie libraries Were established b On- tario, malting a total of 496, 'rile :HAAR'S, Sonne Little Wrinkles That Will Ileep 'rheum Soft and IVhite. Nothing betrays lack of daintiuose 1u lrerenual care more than neglect of the hands and nails. 111 course, it Is more digieull for some women to keep their null clean tubi hands soft, white and i;ree front hloluishes than foi' others. livery Hine they arc washed it should be done thoroughly, just rinsing them in cold water gl•inds the dirt 111 and ruins the exture of the slciu, tuaking it rough, coarse and red When exonsed to hard usage, as in the routine of housework, instead or frequently washing the hands in water a few drops of nil should les rubbed into thein, then talcum pow- der dusted over them and wiped with a coarse towel. This will cleanse them and protect the flesh from grow- ing calloused, Lempn juice will re- move the stains, Redness and burning are caused by ; defective circulation. If the hands • are constantly moist from too free Perspiration, bathe them either in salt water, which acts as a tonic, or in a solution of vinegar or lemon juice. Oatmeal will also cleanse and 1 soften the skin, so will cornmeal and clean white sand. Mix an heedful of sand with hot soapsuds and rub the hands with this mixture for a few minutes. This method softens and re- moves the callouses caused by heavy housework. The hands may be after- wards rubbed with the meal and treated with cold cream or some oth- er simple lotion. `SCHOOL FAIR DATES, 1926. Grand Bend Sept. 7 Dashwood Sept. 8 Crediton Sept. 9 Winchelsea Sept. 10 Wroxeter e Sept. 18 Gorrie Sept. t4 Bluevalo Sept 15 Ashfield Sept. 16 I St. Helens Sept. 17 , Colborne Sept. 18 Hensall Sept. 20 Zurich Sept. 21 Varna Sept. 22 Blyth Sept. 23 Ethel Sept. 24 Walton Sept. 27 Godericlh Twp. Sept. 28 Belgrave Sept. 29 Dublin ....... ., e. Clinton .. e....... . . Sept. 30 Oct. 4 and 5 t 1 LL! 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These graceful animals look very much like an English greyhound, but have long, silky coasts. In 'addition, the Afghan has a quaint bunch of hair, known to fanelers as the "top - bat," standing upright on his head, and his legs aro adorned with long, shaggy tresses from shoulder to paw, a peculiarity which has earned for him the description of "the dog in trousers," From a distance that is exactly what he looks like, The Saluki and the Afghan are admitted to be the oldest breeds of dog known to mankind, and there is some difference of opinion as to which came into the world first. A well- known show judge believes, however, that the saluki is the father of the species. Many years ago, when all the world was young, he says that old grandpa Saluki wandered with his master's caravan from Arabia into Persia, where his progeny became sturdy settlers and developed a big- ger frame. Roaming further afield, he breed established itself in Af- ghanistan, and there, while remain - ng true to type, grew a stronger coat plus the "top -hat and trousers," which were evolved as ae extra pro- 'ction against the more severei1,n canine. They say bobbed hair isn't as much trouble as long hair; and if you have your teeth puleld out you won't have to brush them either.. i 1 ✓be•thel. or not this neeolurt is his- loricelle accurate does not matter very much, The antiquity and noble lineage of Beth breeds' have been generally accepted—tradition says that it was one or other of them that reeeesented the canine race in the: Arlt--at+ti have won for them jointly all unchallenged eesi licit as the aris- tocrats of the doggie world. HOLES IN tlR.IT_VN. Lend Is leubsiding Ihio to Mining Operations. One of the. many problems that sooner or leer will demand urgent constderaticu is that of land subel- deu., due to mining operations In var10115 parts of the country, Every yell in Britain a square mile 01 salt, one foot thick, is taken oat of the Marti:. In coal aloue more than 8,551) millions of tons have been extt•atted rruul the pits of England. Scotland, ala Wales, while to this rust be added another 1,800 mil- lion, 01 tons ..i- copper, tin, iron, anti lead, leaking a total of 10„nil mil- lions of tons! No miler country has yielded more minerals, in relation In its size, than these islands, nlnmy parts of which, as a result, are honey- combed and may in time collapse al- together, if nothing is done to prevent the catastrophe. Twelve years ago the high Street of Cradley Heath suddenly sank five feet. Several houses caved in and many shops had to be abandoned. In the Cheshire salt -mining areas where once was solid earth are now great lakes up to a hundred feet deep. Streets and highways have disappear- ed; in the town of Nantwiclt many of the buildings are twisted like cork- eorewo mlge-L00K AT THE LABEL Bass of t1~pe .W. cross 1 The enooda and fighting qualities of the bass of the north country are fully explained in tbts article, written by Ozark Ripley, the well-known authority on angling: Somehow or other, I am never impressed with the ubiquity of bass mit* I travel into the north parts, Mr. Micropterus, better known as tht small mouth bass, often as red-eye, seems to tbrive, somehow, twherover you place him. In the South he lives only in swift mountain streams, but in the North country his'abiding places are in lakes, where he grows to be a big, lusty fellow, broad, strong and willing to tickle any offering en angler Bonds his way. I thought for a time that the range of the small mouth, as far as the north country was concerned, was, limited to Lake Ponage, the. KaWartha Lakes and others in. Ontario, where he is especially largo and a vicious fighter; but I found him up in the Laurentians, even to Manlwaki, also along that rail route which runs from Montreal to Monl, Lawler in Quebec, This makes mo think that, irrespective of the cold waters, this fighting chap twill thrive anywhere you give him a chance. There are arts or the north ovate b country where one will the puzzled a bit to find the base, unless he strives to bring a'rtse in a proper manner. They will tanto the fly with greater avidity than a brook, rainbow or brown trout, but the offering has 10 be made to their lilting or hot at all. If base in the north country kite one thing better than all oleo it Is a Pleating fly, 'They love them; they attack them whatever the shape or color. But they have moods like other game fish, and Many days no response of any kind conies. Even if you have made a long trip and have fished northern. bass waters Without immediate results there is no rea aon whyyou should be disappointed. They will do business when they are in the mood and at no other time. I remember I once fished near Pine Rapids. Camp in the French River District. For four .days I did not get a shale rise, ,though I felt they were most profitable bass waters as they had delivered' the goods nicely during the previous season. .All the burl there had been a driving wind from. the northeast, Sud- denly It changed to a mild west one on the afternoon of the fifth day. All at once bass began to rise and I never saw them do it so fact nor in. Such numbers in all my life, They had found my luresand the weather 'to their lilting and continued their striking mood for many days. We make long journeys to the north country for .bass and other game fish. It invariably pays to be provided, with an assortment of luras. There are days, when they 'will look at nothing but the underwater hiss, then at what we might call the semi -underwater baits, and, too, as sure as fate, will, come hours when only 'floating flies or casting baits will tempt them, The man who tries continually and is equipped with every- thing right, usually is the one who tomos home With the record -breakers,